The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-02 00:00:00

TB E SUN, LONDON, / WEDNESDAY EVENING SrPTEMBER 29 1868
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COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED • says that he saw at once that the siding would' yet taken place. One occurs to-day, another a i CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. DISQUALIFIED CANDIDATES,
VICTUALLERS. not hold the entire of the train. The week hence, others, again, not till October; but 1
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'1 IIIE only article really suitable for that purpose, train was a long one, and it was obliged to as straws show which way the wind blows, so may
PARIS, TuESDAT, September 1.- j'A. 'contemporary says • , .
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-11- ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address
wh0:96., has been convicted oil tit' (11;140r:erre occasion
1.)5, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. be divided, so as to put some waggons on one set we learn from these minor contests the prevailing - .
The question of Ministerial modifications is treated in
Of, tampering with electoral virtue is in itself an
, detail by several of the journals here. The Ministry of
insult to a respectable constituency, and should
- - of rails and some on another. The sooner some temper and sentiments of the American people.
GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED . .
change is made in these arrangements the better The Democrats, so we learn by the City of Boston ' State is to be suppressed, says one report, and M. Rouher
VICTUALLERS, 7:3. 9d. PER DOZEN.
listo be made Minister of Finance and President of the be at once resented by a refusal even to listen to
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WILLIAM lIOLDICII and C 0.,. No. 105, for the general safety of passengers, and it seems from New York on the 22d ult., have carried the
Council. M. Piiiard, at present Minister of the Interior, any proposals from such a quarter. It is not without
Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate bill ; and No. 5, surprising that there should not have been more elections in the territory of Idaho, returning their
is to be replaced by M. Ernest Leroy, Prefect of Rouen.
'1 he Pavement, Clapham-common.
accidents the way things are carried on. It is no candidate as delegate to Congress. In the New This scheme takes no account of M. Magne, who would t
ignoranceul r returned
FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, use making arbitrary rules and not allowing for England States Mr. PENDLETON is busy canvassing be supplanted by M. Rouher in the Finance Department.
expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins • and has met in Another combination, published in the Figaro, gives theelectors. Johntoof
any chances or accidents
for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of that may occur from the for Mr. SEY3lol3lland General BLAIR,
portfolio of the Interior to M. Buffet, deputy ; the Wartwhaeef afford
commissionersr cl
therefore, them
every description. Patterns gratis and post free. first train in question being a little too late, or the some quarters with an enthusiastic reception. If the Ministry to General Trochu •; preserves M. Magne as
second too soon, and no space being left on the New England States give in their adhesion to the Finance Minister; and does not change the functions of -
etARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar appointed to inquire into the existence of corrupt practices
'kJ use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for sidings, and so on. Another very desirable change Democratic candidates they will have a good chance the statesman, M, Rouher,
in the now disfranchised boroughs of Totnesand Great Yar-
st dies' ani Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICII The Gaulois solves the problem of the day-the visit of
and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS 105, Fleet- will be to give up the habit of locking the carriage of success. It will be a singular, though, under
the Count and Countess de Girgenti to Fontainebleau. mouth. If the Parliamentary Elections Act bad become law
ttreet, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Claph'am.common. doors, for it is a most pernicious one. It is said present circumstances, not an improbable thing, if The solution of the Gaulois is not very novel-and, alas 1 three years earlier, Mr. Pender would have been incapable
--- 'until 1874, not only of being elected to, or sitting in, the
WILIAM. HOLDICH and Co.,_ LICENSED that some of the doors on the platform side were the Northern electors should vote for the Demo- there are no means of determining whether it be the
House of Commons, but of being registered as
VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, locked, but that does not agree with the account given crats, and the Southern electors for the Radicals, correct solution - but it bears the appearance of
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Fioet-street, City ; Southern Branch-No. 5, The Pave- probability. An alliance, offensive and defensive, between
justice peace,holding any judicial or muni-
'Aleut, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, by those who passed the keys to passengers to let The fact is that the common sense of the Northerners
France and Spain, is the key to the mystery. It was to
with Price List,
themselves out. At any rate let the rule now be sees that the real interests of the country are being conclude this alliance that the Queen of Spain desired an accidentou 8 i
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'TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. that doors are not locked at all ;it will be far the sacrificed by the Radicals, who have raised the interview with the Emperor of the French-a request
which was not conceded. Thc Emperor probably wished
wisest. The experience of the accident at Abergele taxation to an enormous height by their lavish
ESTABLISHED 1842. to avoid the public excitement which invariably follows spective, the action of a constituency may and
offenceouglat atgoainsbtepubsolic
11/4VIL LIAM HOLD I C II and CO. has shown the public very plainly that there are and reckless expenditure at a time when the these royal interviews ; and it is just possible that the
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V LICENCED VICT UALLERS' DRAPERS, No worse evils to be apprehended than can arise from finances were exhausted by a protracted and costly visit of the Count and Countess de Girgenti was 1 0.5, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. e. r cent measure was passed 1143 it is now; and as decency
L, 'Pte Pavement. ciapham_nommon (southern Branch). a stray passenger here or there jumping out of the war, and the greatest prudence and watchfulness Planned as a substitute. According to the Gaulcns
has not availed to prevent a man whose acts, if committed
the terms of a secret convention have been
fr lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. carriages too soon. The general safety and con- was needed. The Radicals of Congress voted large
settled, and the Count and Countess are come to since the 31st of July, 1868, would condemn him
a. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. venience of the passengers must be considered be- bounties to the soldiers for the sake of securing arrange the details. The stipulations were that Spain to seven years' disfranchisement from offering him-
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. self as a candidate, we can only hope that decency
Mr. Eburne's Benefit. fore the claims of those who run risks by their the military interest in favour of their party ; they should supply 40,000 men and a naval force for the defence
THIS EVENING, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. George foolhardiness and before the prejudices voted
mess, large sums for themselves on pretence of of the Pope in case of war between France and any other will prevent the electors of Linlithgowshire from returning
Bornore, Billington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson,European power. In return France was to protect Spain him as their member. Sir Edmund Lacon's position may
C. J. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss and fancies of those who like to make travelling expenses; they kept up a costly system not be such an open outrage upon political moralit as
DI trio, Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey.from attacks both without and within. This is the diffi-
y
Followed by A CONCERT. arbitrary rules. Let not the unfortunate of military rule in the South, and used every effort culty. The Emperor is willing to lend assistance to Spain Mr. Pender's, but we believe that such men as he are at
After which, Four Scenes from ROB ROY. Messrs. J. W. least equally responsible for the corruption b which they
Anson, Stuart, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, W. H. Eburne, and Mrs. affair of the other day be in vain, but to keep those great producing States impoverished in case of a foreign attack, but hesitates to guarantee the . y ...
Birlington.unstable throne of Queen Isabella against revolution. The have profited. If no candidates presented themselves to
To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss Estelle let it be a mark for the changes that are rendered and desolate. The Protective interest, too, notoriously corrupt constituencies but such as made no
Bodenham and Mr. W. H. Eburne,Mexican affair is too terrible a warning to be readily for-
necessary by the requirements of the passengers, and is very strong in the present Congress, secret of their readiness to bribe when required, it would
gotten. No foreign enemy is likely to strive for the barren
1- YCE U M TH.EA. T R E.— the experience which each day's travelling affords and that has helped to keep back the honour of conquering Spain, but the prospect of the at least help to ticket these electoral plague spots more
• 4 - .. Mr. FAIRCLOUGH having made an extraordinary success
dynasty being overturned fre within is imminent. The unmistakably.
,s,i his first appearance in England, he will have the honour of those who are willing to learn. The Railway Com- progress of trade and the development of corn-
:pmearing EVERY EVENING during the week in HAMLET.
Emperor may well recoil from the task of putting down -
9'elt very kind reception ho met with on Saturday night, from a panies may rest assured that public opinion will not merce. The Reciprocity Treaty with Canada has
fa Altionable and crowded house, will never be effaced front his Spanish insurrections by French bayonets. FRACAS IN A CHURCH.
nt enory, nor the enthusiastic calls that he received before the tolerate any addition to rules and regulations that never been renewed, as it has been part of the Another journal in the hands of the authorities ! The
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iii.it, and a few only of whom heard of his serious attack of illness have been shown to be fatal, and that in future they Radical programme to threaten war with Eng- Correctional Tribunal of Nantes has condemned one of the
on arrival in this country. contributors and the proprietor of the Esperance du People The box-office open under the direction of Mr. C. Nugent, must endeavour to carry out those plans which land. Then the perpetual quarrels between PRE-
commencementto
in fines of £6O and £4O respectively.
most readily insure safety, and not follow those SIDENT and Congress has kept up a state of public, The final acceptation by M. Dufaure of the Opposition
II: I) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. . •
it Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. more convenient ones, which may be all right, yet feeling most undesirable and unprofitable. The candidature in the Var department is considered to afford on Sunday morning, some surprise was caused among the
THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. which are liable to fail, and to produce the most se- price of gold under the Radical auspices is evi- a congregation who witnessed the occurrence at a fracas
After chance of success to the Democrats. The election
After which fat 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in of M. Grhvy in the Jura has revived the hopes of the between the clerk and sexton of the parish and the
7,,1r acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. rious consequences. dente sufficient that they have completely failed
Me isrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Montague party, and the acquisition of so excellent a candidate as pew-opener at the church. It would appear that a
J. , s shore ; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. ' to inspire that public confidence and security M. Dufaure, who, if returned, would doubtless rank as lengthened course of legal proceedings have been for some
Flutirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants.
'Co conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Mr, F. PEEL has issued an addressto the elec- without which no nation can flourish. If the De- one of the best debaters of the Corps Legislatif, renders ti past in progress between Kingsford, who now holds
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open , them confident. the offices of clerk and sexton of theparish, against P The official journals, I see, speak P.
daily from 10 till 5. tors of South-east Lancashire, and declares that he mocrats had been able to exercise a more decided
of the election in a very angry tone. The success of Weller, the former clerk and sexton, to deprive him of
Rill support Mr. GLADSTONE'S Irish policy, and influence on political affairs, :and to oppose D those offices,
Til OYAL STRAND THEATRE. M. Dufaure would produce an effect anything but agree- which he had held fora great number of
.1. lif Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. seems to be very desirous of promoting education the progress of the Radicals, the fall of the latter able at the Tuileries. years. The result of the proceedings has terminated in
i'LLES EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Kingsford taking the clerkship and s t 1 •
31, ford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan by all available means. He entertains the most might have been less speedy and less complete. As M. de Montalembert is recovering, though somewhatex ons lip of the
After which, THE FIELD 010 THE CLOTH OF GOLD. slowly, from the effects of his accident. M. Nelaton has parish, while Weller, the former holder, has been deprived
1'4,, , Ts. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Sheridan, lively hope that the result of the elections now at it is, they have had every advantage. No one can .
not deemed it necessary to continue his attentions. not only of his means of livelihood, but has been actually
ti s, tall. Hughes, Newton, &c.
'l', conclude aith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRIOE, hand will be to replace the existing administration pretend that their views or policy have been inter- A poisoning case has just been decided in the Assize driven to bankruptcy. A considerable amount of sympathy
by one presided over by Mr. GLADSTONE, which is fered with. Even the PRESIDENT himself has been Court of the Seine. The poisoner was found guilty, with and indignation against Kingsford is accordingly felt in
113 0 YAL AM PHITH EA FRE AND CIRCUS, sure to possess the confidence of the majority of the powerless to check them. They have had - the parish, the church committee still employing the late
.1 L HOLBORN.
went for life. From the following brief details your clerk and sexton as pew-opener and for other purposes
in tuguration of the London Season. Fresh Engagements and people. Why he does not explain very clearly, two years to experiment on, and what is the result ?
aII )st of Attractions. First appearance of M. NAPOLI, the readers will be able to judge how far the plea of extenuat- connected with the church, and refusing to recognise his
Italian Hercules; M. LOZADA, the celebrated French Prestidi- but lays great stress on the importance of retrench- It is no great wonder that the shrewd politicians of ing circumstances has become a legal fiction to prevent successor. On Sunday Weller was in the act of escorting
etateur and Equilibrist; and .A.LMONI'I and DELEVANTI, the
.1 ranch Clowns. merit, which seems to have become a sort of mania New England begin to repent of their bargain, and the punishment of death. The poisoner, Ringard by the officiating clergyman to the reading desk, when Kings-
()Nita, the Sensation of London.had seven
name, was married to his cousin, and children, .
ford attempted to prevent his doing so, on which Weller
I NRA, every evening, in his Flying Trapeze Act, as performed among the Liberals lately. Doubtless they are are inclined to try whether the altered side of poli-
1-Are the Prince and Princess of Wales. He was a bad husband and a bad father. His cruelty either struck or pushed him down the steps leading to the
ONRA'S Terrific Flights on Two Bars. taking the cue from their leader's famous address tics cannot produce a more satisfactory state of was incessant, and his infidelities numerous ;he formed reading-desk. The occurrence, just before the commence-
o . RA'., lueredibli, Somersaults and Pirouettes.
cr,f HA, the most wonderful and perfect performer ever at St. Helen's on the subject. Mr. HUGHES affairs ? an illicit connection with his niece, and persecuted his meat of divine service, has given much pain to those who
w' .''asses'
sister-in-law with his assiduities. Five of his chit- witnessed it. One of the congregation has, we are informed,
Lie incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, including M. has addressed at some length a meeting at Kenning-
:4Ln' yell's wonderful performing Dogs. dren died-one at least, it is believed, from want of since laid the circumstance before the bishop of the diocese,
/den at half-past Seven, commence at ight. Morning Per- ton Hall, yesterday. In contesting this election,
Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two• Children LATEST INTELLIGENCE. proper treatment. His wife left him on one occasion, in order that he might interfere to prevent such an
15:::. Ter ten, half-price to morning performance only. * the hon. member assured his hearers, that he should but was induced to return, an indulgence which was duly unseemly occurrence again."
5.13.-On and after Monday. Sept. 7, the doors will open (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
at 7, not have recourse to any of the " venal electioneer- rewarded by frequent threats of poisoning, which were
i erformance commencing at half-past.
ing machinery" that was in vogue, and truly added -•.- ultimately put into execution by means of cyanide of
THE WEATHER TABLE.—THIS DAY.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN AMERICA. potassium. Madame Ringard and her son were both
el R. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library, that it was degrading alike to the constituencies poisoned; but the child recovered, whilst the mother died. •
‘ .4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to, and the candidates to do so. He made some at- NEW YORK, Sept. L
The wretched poisoner when told that his wife was dying
4,.., Tin his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, The National Company's steamship France manifested the utmost indifference, and would not even go METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
that he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in tempt to defend the Sunday Trading Bill, and de-
hlition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of '' TIIE SUN," , arrived out to-day. and see her. If these are extenuating circumstances, when Extreme Sea
tud can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town Glared that the measure he had introduced into
br country.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. is a murderer wholly and unjustifiably guilty ? Wednesday, 1.4 F.
September 2, B. T. "'" W. Ito F. D. WR. tO
G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the Parliament was intended to render the law
8 a.m. lEtFci 12 9
ruvrEsT EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier Closing prices :—Gold, 145. Sterling exchange
1),11 any other man in London or Country the evening of publi " efficient and satisfactory." He certainly has The North-East Correspondence contradicts the report of
Nairn 3OTh-, -si), 53 4 W.N.W. c. 7....-1
I,!,,,tesNoacnoriegtoirit.swilhat,teny; otherl persons. Bally's, Ruff's,
the bestk f • ' • b • •
right to Speak o its intentions, ut it is on London, 109 k. 5-20 United States Bonds, the intention of the Russian Government to propose a Aberdeen - 1
the Daily Papers, Maga-
s eels, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint 1882, 1131 ; ditto, 1885, 111 i ; 10-40 Bonds, European Congress, with the view of a general disarms- LeithSuelds ..._. :33(0):grr: 55! 558 W.TT.W. 2 4 N.
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`tack Coal Cempany. Orders by post attended to, also very true that the measure in question did not
meat. The Cabinet of Berlin questioned Prince Gortscha- Scarborough 30'29r. 59 56 W. 2 4 W.N.W. c.b. - 2
fulfil them, and would have caused great dissatis-
• 105 f ex coupon. Illinois, 145 ; Erie, 4q. Cot- on the subject, thinking it possible that the Con- Yarmouth„ 3012 r. 59 56 W.N.W. 2 3 N.W. .b. - 2
Helder .... 30'27 63 - W.N.W. 8 - - . - - 2
frIIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " faction had it done so. It is quite idle to draw the ton, middling upland, 30i. Petroleum, standard ference which is to meet at St. Petersburg to Cuxhaven,. 30706 ii 7 W.N.W. -2. L" W.N.W. -0. - i
n supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. white, 311. Flour, extra state, $8 10c. to $8 70c. determine the use of explosive bullets in war- A fao,
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A I-. iXtl. \DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old line too tight in this respect, and all the recent
Holyhead .. 30'2Er. 59 58 S.S.W. 1 3 W.S.W. c. - -
Cavandish-street, Oxford-street. Corn, old mixed, $1 24c. fare might undertake still more important questions.
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efforts made to legislate upon the matter gave rise The reply of the Russian statesman was in the negative. Valentin,— 30115. 60 55 Ek 3 3 *W. .bc. - 3
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PIIILADELPIIIA, Sept. 2, 1 a.m. Cape Clear.. 30'22f. 63 W. c. 1 - 1
4\VP II O'S GRAIN G E R ? 'LICENSED to invidious comparisons as to the relative advan- On the other hand, the evidence of constant diplomatic itoche's Pt. 30'25f. 59 ,18 S. 2 3 W.N.W.'b.m - 1
V VICTITALLIOS TOJIACCONIST, SFIEPIIERD'S-BUSII. The Republicans have carried the election in communications between Prince Gortschakoff and Lord Penzance .. 30'31f. 58 ,' 14 7.1 0 3 W.N.W. c.b.l - 2
'he sportTr N G EDI CIO Vof "THE SUN " can be seen at tapes of the rich and the poor, which are always to Plymouth .. 30'33r. 55 154 S. 1 2 N.W. c.b.l - 1
• .• (~ d Vermont. Their majority is 27,000—a Republican Stanley, during the stay he latter at Lucerne is not to IVe o nth 30'31
of t , yrn .r. 59 I 5,..,8 lz.Ny. 2 3 W. Ib. I - 3
CR 1 INGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight b d t d th de de e, as the pro uce angry Neap san Portsmouth 1 30'3^_r. 581 .t> N.M. 1 3 IV.N.W. b.in - 1
()I:1)A. 0 be despised ; though it does not at all follow that this
gain of 7,000. London ....' 30•23 r. 55 54 Z. 0 4 W. b.f.' -
I— can do no good to all one. interchange of despatches relates to a Congress. C'peGrisNez, 30'29r. 63 61 N. 0 7 W. b. - 1
(ME LATES I F,DmoN. of " T lIE SUN" An lin'ian massacre is reported in Colorado. Brest - - - - - - -
The Baden journals consider the incorporation of the L'Orlent .... I 30'26f. (9 17 E.N.E. 4 3 W. c,l). - 2
I supplied as so )n as published, containing all the LATEST Rochefort .. ' 30'17c. 66 62 N.W.___ 4 N.W.. 1
.N 1,11V.i and SPORTING INTELLIGENC E, byli W HARRIS, • • • ''
Nine persons have been killed.
Untied States Grand Duchy with Prussia to be merely a question of Biarritz .... 30'18f. 66 66 N. * 4 - '- • b. := 3
IN e wspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. The intelligence from the seat of war in South
troops are being sent to the western border. An time. The Minister of War is a Prussian, and the 'Dili- B°r,rilinerit3l,: :: . 30'17 69 -_ N.E. 3 -L- - b. - 2
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.America, turns out, on further information, to be tary system is so completely identical with that of Prussia Paris
Ir H E LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." less disastrous to the Para Paraguay than was at Indian war is impending.
that the entrance of Baden into the Confederation of the Lyons°.t.'r.g.:: -.----. i: =_ 7_ .7 = = == :
• I. LJLMES begs to inform his friends anti the public The Canadians have appointed an agent to nego- Toulon . 30'27r. 63 68 E.S.E. 1 3 S.S.E. f. - 2
f rl, ra ly that he stir plies the LATEST EDITION of "THE first represented. There is no reason to doubt that North could be effected without the slightest •
difficulty. Heart's Con-5 ~N "as soon as published.-No: 10, Hampstead-road, N.W. tiate a new Reciprocity Treaty. These facts and the speech of the Minister Beyer at the localtent (6 a.m.
Ilumaita has been evacuated by the Paraguayans, time) - - - - - - -
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The North-East Correspondence contradicts the report of
the intention of the Russian Government to propose a
European Congress, with the view of a general disarma-
ment. The Cabinet of Berlin questioned Prince Gortscha-
koff on the subject, thinking it possible that the Con-
ference which is to meet at St. Petersburg to
determine the use of explosive bullets in war-
fare might undertake still more important questions.
The reply of the Russian statesman was in the negative.
On the other hand, the evidence of constant diplomatic
communications between Prince Gortschakoff and Lord
Stanley, during the stay of the latter at Lucerne, is not to
be despised ; though it does not at all follow that this
interchange of despatches relates to a Congress.
The Baden journals consider the incorporation of the
Grand Duchy with Prussia to be merely a question of
time. The Minister of War is a Prussian, and the mili-
tary system is so completely identical with that of Prussia
that the entrance of Baden into the Confederation of the
North could be effected without the slightest difficulty.
These facts and the speech of the Minister Beyer at the
" jubilee " banquet, to which we recently alluded, point
to further conclusions. They strengthen the presumption
that the terms of any military union amongst the States of
the South in which Baden may form part will in great
measure be dictated by Prussia.
The news from Japan contains some wild rumours
respecting the defeat of 20,000 men by 1,500, besides
other terrible battles, and an infinity of executions. In
the acceptation of these statements it will be well to
" reserve all rights." But it seems certain that the native
Christians have been very hardly treated under the rule
of the Mikado, and that two more battles have been
fought in which the partisans of the Tycoon have gained
the advantage over Satsouma, who rules in the name of
the Mikado. The Government of the latter has
been discredited by the persecutions against the native
Christians. Fearing final defeat, the party of Satsouma
has offered to refer all differences to the arbitration of
England, France, and the United States. It must not be
forgotten that the Tycoon takes no active part in these
struggles. According to all accounts he is content to do
the ruling, but leaves the fighting to his subordinates,
shutting himself up and awaiting the issue of affairs
with
the most enviable equanimity.
An attorney, named Moreton, has been applying for a
license for a public-house. The Liverpool magistrates,
who heard the application, refused it. The application for
licenses at Liverpool causes no little excitement. A solicitor
charged the bench with "audacity," one of the magistrates
having voted without hearing a case. The solicitor
said, " man's sins should not always be visited upon him,
for if they were their worships'—and more especially one or
two he saw on the bench—would not escape condemna-
tion." The bench called him to order. They could not
have done much less. An able and powerful lawyer is
sometimes too much for the peace of mind of provincial
magistrates, but this sort of thing is rather undignified.

The intelligence from the scat of war in South
America turns out, on further information, to be
less disastrous to the Paragutyaus than was at
first represented. There is no reason to doubt that
Humaita has been evacuated by the Paraguayans,
or that the Allies are naturally much elated by the
almost unlooked-for success. The fortress which
has withstood a siege for more than two years is at
their mercy, and the fall of the Chaco and Timbo
are eagerly looked for. The defenders abandoned
Humaita on the night of the 24th, crossing
to the Chaco under cover of the darkness, and
leaving behind them, we are told by the Bra-
zilian accounts, two hundred guns and a quantity
of ammunition. As it turns out that these guns
were spiked by the Paraguayans, before they left
their post, the possession of them is not calculated
to add much strength to the Allies. Without
doubt the desertion of Humaita is a gain for the
Allies, but it is by no means certain that it is so
great a gain as tbey now represent it to be. LOPEZ
is a man not only of great determination of charac-
ter, but of great resource. Ile has all the versati-
lity as well as the energy of a practised general,
and 'we may be sure his deliberate movements are
carried out in accordance with carefully matured
plans. There is good reason for believing that the
Paraguayan General has availed himself of the
time afforded by the long siege of Humaita to raise
new defences at the mouth of the 'reciquary—a
river which communicates with Villa Rica and the
centre of Paraguay. Villa Rica contains the
arsenals and is LOPEZ'S base of operations ; and
here again are strong positions, upon which the
army may fall back. It must be remembered that
the Paraguayan entrenchments are really something
formidable. A siege of two years and a half has
failed to captureHumaita until the besieged chose to
evacuate it themselves, and if at every further point in
their advance into the interior the invaders are to be
met by fresh obstacles, the already exhausted patience
of the Brazilian people and the Argentine Confe-
deration will scarcely hold out. The loss of the
Allies during the recent encounters has been very
severe. The accounts vary—the official returns
making, of course, light of the matter, but the re-
ports of various independent correspondents put
the losses of both Brazilians and Argentines at a
very high figure. One writer, who gives a full
account of the attack made by General ASORIO
upon part of the works of Humaita
before the evacuation, declares the loss to
have been terrible ASORIO captured the redoubt
at which he aimed, but, from some unexplained
reason, the Marquis de CAXIAS ordered him to re-
treat from the rosition so hardly gained. The
retreat occasioned the greatest confusion among the
Brazilians, and two battalions were nearly destroyed
in effecting it. We thus perceive, on examining
the several versions of the story, that it will not do
to put entire confidence in the reports which
reach us through the medium of Braz:l.
More than once in the course of the war we have
been told decisively that all hope for the Para-
guayans was over, but the war is not yet ended.
LOI'EZ has cho.,en his own time for retreat, ar.d
doubtless his plans are well laid. Meanwhile there
is no sign of the Paraguayan people being willing
to abandon a struggle of which their enemies are
heartily tired.

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GREECE.

ATHENS, Sept. 1.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of M.
Coumoundouros, late President of the Cabinet,
and now chief of the Opposition, together with four
others, for their conduct during the recent elections.

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A matter of some importance is broached in the Times
by "A Railway Director." He denounces in no measured
terms the practice of feeing guards and porters. It is
absurd to pay a man for doing what the passenger should
have done for nothing, and it is questionable morality to
pay a man for doing what he ought not to do at all. To
wink at smoking, bringing a cigar, and locking a door so
that no one may enter a carriage, may be small sins, but
they tend to give the servants thus tempted a disregard for
rules and laws. " I will not," says the correspondent,
"pretend to measure the exact extent to which the moral
sense of a man hourly in the receipt of bribes of any sort
must be blunted, nor the contempt for all rule and law
which must be engendered by the hourly breach of those
which he knows it is his special duty to obey, nor the con-
tinued deceit which he is obliged to keep up to avoid
detection. But what possible right has one to expect
that an uneducated porter should feel it his duty to dis-
criminate between the laws he is taught and paid by
passengers to disregard and those which he may break or
neglect for his own convenience or comfort? How much
may the accidents which arise from breach of duty
be attributable to selfish disregard of right and wrong on
the part of passengers ? "

The usual charitable appeals which, as a rule, commence
In November, have started early indeed this year. Ere
September has really commenced, and while yet the
wealthy are on their holidays, " Mary Stanley" writes to
the Times, suggesting that just now coals and provisions
are cheaper than they are late in the season. If, there-
fore, she had money now, she could lay up a
store for the poor about one-third of what it
would cost at Christmas. There is much of
reason in this appeal. But is it advisable that such
stores should exist? Would they not tacitly sanction a
want of economy amongst the poor? A great deal of the
distress existing in the winter is caused by a want cf
economy and frugality when work is plentiful and food is
cheap. It is only the fable of the "Grasshopper and the
Ant " over again. What is really wanted is, that the
practice of living from hand to mouth should be dis-
couraged. If the suggestion of Miss Stanley were carried
out, would it not be rather encouraged ?

APPEAL DAY AT MILE-END.—A petty sessions for
the hearing of appeals against the parochial rates has been
held at Mile-end Old Town. About 6,000 summonses had
been issued, or an addition of about 5,000 on the number
served in 1867, previous to the abolition of the compound-
ing system. There were between 500 and 600 appeals, the
majority from persons occupying a humble position, and
lb. tslekddiotress were lisnewizur in the extreme.

The Democrats continue to make progress in
such elections as have already taken place in the
United States. The great State election 3 have not