The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1868.

in the House, and if he was not the head of the one
or the leader of the other, he had pretty much his
varn way ; and how was it that the resolutions of
Mr. PITT, which seem to have been mysteriously
!revealed to him, were not carried outs or at least
.advocated, by him? So far as he is concerned, we
Isave a right to call the policy " novel," for it only
dh.tes February or thereabout. The concluding part
of speech was directed by Mr. GLADSTONE to the
subject of the Conservative party, and declared that
they (the Opposition) had a great interest in its
proceedings, because it was important to each party
that the other party " should be truthful and
honest in its proceedings and firm in its principles."
The magnanimity of the right hon. gentleman can-
not go very far, and this seems the utmost stretch
of its capabilities in the heroic line, " always pre-
suming that they do not succeed in impressing their
policy on the Government of the country, I wish
them well." The unfortunate members of the party
have, however, lost the chance of their distinguished
opponents' goodwill, because they have gone
quite astray, and instead of gaining respect
by holding fast to old prejudices, they have
" sought to create a new an 1 fictitious
strength by an awkward affectation of Liberal
methods of proceeding." Mistaken individuals, had
they been content to fulfil their destiny, and remain
quiet until the chariot wheels of their exulting ad-
versary overwhelmed them— then he would have
pittied them as the poet did the modest flower
crushed by his ploughshare ; but now they must
take the consequences, and abide the result of their
independence and liberality.
Mr. GLADSTONE, in blaming others for being in-
consistent, becomes the least fit in the world to do
so himself, and after denouncing his opponents for
having too much tact in Parliament, he finds out
that the new House must second them because they
have not got enough to do, aud, worst of all, the
right hon. gentleman was wroth because some dis-
tinguished member of the other side declined to be
taken in by the traps so kindly set for them, and do
not pledge themselves in respect to supposed events
taking place. With a dim vision of the dreadful
future before him, in which the Conservatives may
outshine him in other matters as well as of Reform,
Mr. GLADSTONE exclaims, " What is, it gentlemen,
what will-o'-the-wisp, what phantasm is it that this
constitutional party is proposing to you ?"
Some allowance must be made for a man who
has talked so much as Mr. GLADSTONE has during
the last month, and therefore we must not scan too
closely the closing passages of his elaborate oration;
but it is allowable to say that he first created the
scarecrow, and then excited himself by its contem-
plation. The result of his exploration is this, that
only one principle will guide the Government and
its supporters, and :only one article of faith will be
rigidly adhered to, that of maintaining the present
Administration in power. The spirit of iprophecy
seems to have descended upon Mr. GLADSTONE yes-
terday, and he discerned the voice of the Tower of
Babel in the language of his political opponents, as
no two of them can speak the same. Altogether
this speech is one of a far more irascible tendency
than any that the right hon. gentleman has de-
livered as yet in Lancashire, but, perhaps, he has
been irritated by finding that he has not made so
many converts as he supposed, or some other cir-
cumstance has came to his knowledge which did
not please him. Be this as it may he has given his
opponents a good rap, and they had better take
heed to their ways, for he defies them to interfere
with him, or to endeavour to improve their ways,
his political creed being that those who are illiberal
should be illiberal still.

The intelligence respecting the West Virginia
elections, received by telegram this morning, is
conflicting enough, the returns being as yet very
incomplete. As is often the case, both sides claim
the victory ; though the numbers, as yet known,
are in favour of the Democrats. The news brought
by the mail of an earlier date shows the same con-
tradictions. The Republicans have gained the
majority in the Indiana and Nebraska Legisla-
tures, but both parties claim success in the election
of the Mayor of Philadelphia, and it is thought
that the Democratic candidate will be elected.
The Republican press is highly elated at the result
of the elections already concluded, and confidently
anticipates the success of General GRANT in
the Presidential contest. The White House
threatens to become no very enviable dignity in
if political feeling continues to run so high. A
company of negroes are said to have taken an oath
to assassinate Mr. JOHNSON, though the authenticity
of the report is doubted. Remembering the fate
of his predecessor, it may well be asked why the
chosen head of a free and self-ruling people should
be open to the dangers which beset the irrespon-
sible despot.
Any interference with the elections on the part
of the military and naval authorities is depre-
cated by the President, who has just issued an
order through General GRANT calling the attention
of officers to the constitutional provisions respecting
the Presidential election, and especially to the sec-
tion prohibiting any interference with the elec-
tions by officers of the army and navy. This step
has, it is said, been taken in consequence
of General REYNOLDS, who commands in Texas,
prohibiting the holding of Presidential elections in
that State on the authority of the Reconstruction
Act. The Democrats have issued a circular urging
the people to vote without waiting for local per-
mission, so that the issue remains to be tried among
the more prominent of the Southern States.

LAMENTABLE WRECK AND Loss OF LIFE OFF THE
LAND'S END.—PENZANCE, Saturday.—Nicholas B. Down-
ing, Esq., of the Bank, Penzance, reports that the Devon,
Government Lighter, has been lost on the Brisson Rocks,
and ;sixteen poor fellows drowned. The lifeboat Cousins
William and Mary Anne of Bideford, belonging to the
National Lifeboat Institution, stationed at Sennen Cove,
was launched, and was instrumental, in a tremendous sea,
in rescuing one man. A rocket with a line attached
was fired from the boat to the rock on which the man
was, by which means he was fortunately hauled into the
lifeboat.

MR. W. HOLLAND'S BENZEIr.-1113 abwa moit
indefatigable and industrious of lessees will take his bene-
fit on Tuesday, the 27th inst., and that the Canterbury
Hall will bo filled in every part is a certainty—or
a "moral," as it is now called in the language of
the vulgar. Mr. Holland's managerial activity is re-
markable, and his energy as the presiding genius of
this hall has completely changed the face of things.
Numberless extra attractions will be presented on Tues-
day night, and Mr. llollan l's own company is to
be reinforced by a host of the most famous performers
engaged at other establishments. Blondin will appear for
this night, and the extraordin try entertainment given 'ey
Niblo is to form one attraction of the b:11. A now ballet,
entitled "Masaniello," is to be produced, with superb
dresses, scenery, and appointments. It is invented by
Madame Collier, an adept in her art, as all the world
knows. The Crystal Saloon, once the Picture G calory of
the Canterbury, is now completed., ant the lavish
splendour of the decorations is the seerce of general ad-
miratioa.—Era.

TIIE WORKING CLASSES IN WESTIIINSFEP..—We
understand that a new model lodging-house is about to
be erected in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square,
under the auspices of the local " Association for Im-
proving the Dwellings of the Working Classes." The
Marquis of Westminster, who is the president, has granted
a plot of ground in Grosvenor-mews—a large space in the
rear of Bond street—and has also presented a donation of
£2.00 to the funds of the association. Mr. IL H. Burden is
the architect. The building will shortly bo commenced.—
Builder.

I)UNVILLE and Co:, Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is to
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion. Quotations on application to MOSSrei. Danville and Co.
Belfast; or 4, BlatdQrt-buildings, Strand, Lyndon, WA)—[Ati-
ilrtlNcitant.]

LATEST INTELL MENGE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, Oct. 23.
The Juntas throughout the country are dissolved.
Senor Rios Rosas has tendered his resignation as
Vice-President of the Board of State.

It is expected that the foreign powers will shortly
recognise the Provisional Government.
To-morrow the Official Gazette will publish regu-
lations relative to the manner in which the new poll
tax will be collected.

Ciint

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 22.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
went out yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty drove to Alt-na-
Guithasach, attended by Lady Churchill.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales drove ou yesterd ty.

LITERATURE.

Natural Magic. By Sir David Brew3tcr. New
Edition. W. react•

The reprinting in a beau,;iful form, and at a very
moderate price, of one classic after another in our
national literature, may be said to be Mr. Tegg's
speciality. Now, in a charming little volume, just
fitte.l to the tourist's pocket or his knapsack, it is
" Pope's Poetical Works " that we have to wel-
come. Now it is " Swift's Tale of a Tub." Anon— in
the present instance—it is that delightful series of
letters addressed (years ago) to Sir Walter Scott by
Sir David Brewster—in which the marvels of " Na-
tural Magic " were explained with a clearness com-
prehensible by the meanest capacity, and in a
manner that rendered the explanation of them in-
teresting to the most phlegmatic and the least
scientific reader that might chance to undertake
their perusal. As originally projected by the
philosopher, but now very recently deceased, the
book was designed as a companion to the mas-
terly treatise (then in the height of its popularity)
penned by that true Wizard of the North,
the Great Unknown, in which Sir Walter Scott
descanted with the gusto of a romancist upon
" Demonology and Witchcraft." And a companion
worthy of taking its place side by side with Sir
Walter Scott's "Demonology and Witchcraft" was
Sir David Brewster's "Natural Magic." Side by
side, they havesince then held their ground together.
Like Nelson and Collingwood they have run
their course—coupled. They can with difficulty be
disassociated. Insomuch is this the case that we
cannot but earnestly hope to see a volume the very
counterpart in its general appearance of the ono
now issued from the press in the form of this new
and admirable edition of "Natural Magic"—com-
prising within it the whole of Sir Walter Scott's
" Demonology and Witchcraft," with a supplement
or addendum, it may be, giving a resume of those
modern demonologists, the practisers of, and be-
lievers in, spiritualism. An introduction, rather
ponderous of its kind, brings this new edition of
" Natural Magic" on to a level, so to speak, with
the present generation. There is another book,
by the way, very much akin to that which we
would gladly see reprinted in just such a form
as the present—and we earnestly commend our
suggestion to Mr. 'Pegg for his particular conside-
ration—the book we mean being no other than the
late Dr. Paris's charming introduction to the
natural sciences, entitled " Philosophy in Sport
made Science in Earnest." It is a book that, in
the interests of education, deserves and demands
the largest popularity and the widest circulation.
HONEY

JIABKET

AND
lOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENON,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

In the Stock Market to-day business partook of
the usual Saturday dullness, and where any trans-
actions occurred it was on the part of those who
desired to realize. The fortnightly settlement,
which commences next week, gave foreign shares a
downward tendency, but with respect to railway
and miscellaneous securities the prices were main-
tained. There has been a moderate demand for
discount, 11 to for first-class paper being the
rate charged. Loans in the house can be had at
1 per cent.

Consols are at 941 1 for money, and 94i s for
the account ; the Three per Cents. Reduced and
New Three per Cents., 93k 92f.
In the Foreign Market prices were falling.
Brazilian of 1865 is at 79 to 791 ; Chilian of
1867, 94} to 95 ; Egyptian of 1861, 814 to
821 ex div. ; Italian of 1861, 53 to 531 ; Mexi-
can, 151 to 16/ ; Peruvian of 1865, 81/ to
82 ; Nicolai Railway Loan, 6S to 11.; ditto Orel,
821 to 83k. ex div. ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 831
to ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to I ; Turkish of 1858,
67i to 68 ; ditto of 1862, 69k to 70 ; and ditto of
1865, 40i to 411.

India Stocks remain unaltered.
United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 721- to
73g.

Italian Loan Scrip has improvel, the present
price being 21 to 8 prem.
In railways a trifling improvement has taken
place in Brightons. The following are the quotations :
—Caledonian, 711 to 4; London and North Western,
112 to 4 ; Great Western, 484 to 4 ; Midland,
1121 to 4113 ; London and South Western, 874
to 88k; Great Eastern, 411 to 4 ; Brighton,
514 to 524; South-Eastern, 784 to 1 ; Metropolitan,
1064t0 4 ; Great Northern, 1074 to 108 ; ditto A.,
1061 to 1071 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1284 to
129 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to 4 ; tnid
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 484 to 1.
In Bank Shares the prices of yesterday remain
stationary.

General Credit, 21 to 2f dis. ; International
Financial, 1 5-16 to 3-16 dis. ; National Discount,
111 to 121 ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to / ; Telegraph
Construction, 151 to ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight
per Cent. Preference, 3f to 41 ; and Anglo-Ame-
rican, 211 to f.

The sum of £72,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank to-day.
The steamer Pacific, from the West Coast of
'America, has arrived at Lisbon. She brings later
accounts from Rio de Janeiro. The news regard-
ing the Paraguayan war was that the Brazilian
army were advancing and were between Villa
Franca and Villeta, while the army of Llpez were
retreating upon Palmas. The rate of exchange at
Rio had further rallied, the quotation being 191 d.
to 1911.

It has been announced that the Liverpool, Brazil,
and River Plate Steam Navigation Company, who
at present despatch three steamers in each month
from Liverpol to the River Plate, are about ts)
arrange for a monthly departure for Eto3ario.
The Atlantic and Great Western Telegraph
Company have issued a circular requesting the
holders of certificates of debentures to seed in
without delay their assents to the plan approved in
July last for the arrangement of the affairs of the
company, this step being of importance to facili-
tate its satisfactory working.
The half-yearly meeting of the Demerara Rail-
way Company was held yesterday, when a divi-
dend at the rate of .21 per cent. per annum was
declared.

The following telegram has been received from
India, announcing the opening of a large section
of the Delhi Railway, about 127 miles in length :
"October 17—First train from Meerut arrived
safely at Umballa yesterday."
The Anglo-Austrian Bank has notified that
shareholders of the Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway
Company desirous of applying for the new shares
of the Jassy line, are entitled to four new shares
for every five shares they ara holding, at the rate
of £l4 (nominal value £2O, with 7f per cent.
guaranteed), and 7 per cent. daring e_mstruction,
which will be ell Li to 10 per cent. per annum.
The report of the diree.ors of the Chontales
(Nicaragua) Gold Company, to be presented on
the 29th inst., is accompanied by a first half-
yearly statement from Mr. Belt, their superinten-
dent, giving a favourable view of the enterprise,
and an estimate of the returns for the next twelve
months, showing the expected attainments of pro-
fits in January next, and their gradual and regular
increase from that date. _ _

The prospectus of the Brazilian Street Railway
Company has been irilillOd, with a capital of

£lOO,OOO, to purchase a line of street railway in the
city of Pernambuco. The chairman is Mr. Henry
Haymen, of the Don Pedro North del It3y Gold
Mining Company.
The Somersetshire (s), from Melbourne, is making
another protracted voyage, being seventy-eight
days out. The ship Thomas Lie, from Calcutta,
on which 20 guineas have been paid, has arrived off
the coast.
The directors of the Hercules Insurance Com-
pany have notified their intention to discontinue,
after the end of tile present month, the marine
branch of their business. By this course they hope
to pay greater attention to the departments for life
and fire.

Notwithstanding the large supply of wool °Tore d
at the last series of sales, the quantities to be brought
forward at the November anctions pL'3.11i33 to ba
very considerable, and to approximate to 110,000
bales; viz:, 70,000 bales Australian, and 49,000
Cape pro lace,. The arrivals since the last series
have been nearly 52,000 bales.
The death was annonacel yesterday, at Lloyd's,
of Mr. Robert Oliverson, Wll3 was o 1.3 of the largest
brokers aa 1 underweiters in the C.ty, an-1 who
dated his cnnection with the above establishment
as far back as 1817. Mr. Oliverson had attained the
great age of 79, and was reputed to be worth about
a million sterling.
The intelligence from Natal by the Cape mail
is to the 29th of Septe:nber. A heavy fall of rain
between the 29th and 31st of August hi I causel
damage, bit its extent is sa:d to have been much
exaggeratel. The sugar and c)tree crops and
also the general appearance of the c) intl., ha I
subsequently improve 1, an 1 the Government
were taking active steps to rep air the roads and
bridges. Mr. Parsons, the mineralogist, coa-
tinues to sea l from the Nutwalumi a river about
30 miles south of Durban, small particles of golf,
lie is to receive assistance fro n the Government to
continue his prospecting, an 1 seems very sanguin e
of finding a paying field near the coast. From
the Tatin or Victoria diggings there is no further
news, but it is now ascertas ned that Black and
his party returned in consequedee of disagreement
among themselves. The quartz an I gold dust they
have brought down is to be sent to 'Durbin to be
soli for the benefit of the party, and may be ex-
pected in England by one of the next mails. Mean-
while, Bloch has returned to the diggings with an-
other set of men.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, Nov. 5 -- i
3 per Cent. Reduced'
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. Tor 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — pm
Do. £5OO
Do. £lOO le £2OO — Pm
Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent
Do. account
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Cranium

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2lO
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent 914
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 —
Di 5 per Cent., Eup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
Do., Scrip £3O paid
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
Do. 1859 634
Brizilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent., 1852 —
Do. do. 1858....
Do. do., 1860 —
Do. do., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 —
Do Account...
B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent. -
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cub% 6 per Cent.
°adieu 6 per Cent
Do. 44 per Cent
00. 6 per Cent., B
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per Cent., 1866
C3l rubian, 6 per Cent.
D Amish.; 3 p.i. Cent., 1825... .....
Donnbian Principalities, 7 ler Cent 73

Do 8 per Cent., 1867
r:fuador New Cousolida.ted, 1 per Cent.
Egyptian, 7 per Cent ...
Do Secoad Issue ., ~
Do. .£5OO Bonds
Do. .£IOC Bonds
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. £591, Bonds
Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 84 /
English Scrip, 1868 72 i /
Do do. 415 pd — dis
Government Railway Debenturos
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824- 5, ex Coups --
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
'7'Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
Guatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
lt ilian 5 por Cent., 1865

Do. Account .
Do Maremmana Railway
Ilexicat, 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1861
3lontevidean 6 per Cent.
M oorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada

Do 3 per Oen,
Do. Doforred

Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 811
Do 4} per Cont. (Uribarren)
Do 44 per Cent., 1862

Do Account
Porttiguese 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': 37}
Do. do. 1867 37i
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid 3
R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4} per Cont. 850
Do Lli per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO BondE ) 901
Do. dv. .£Bl 15s. (lc ~
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O!
Do. do .£B4 15s. do
Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl }
Sar Tinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Con
Do. Accc,unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferrou
Do. Account
Do. Passive _
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip — pm
Tur. ish 6 per Cent. ....,

Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 72}
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
D , Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 66'
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed .....
. •••
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.

• _
Do. kcc main
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 I
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 5 per Cent.oan. 1873
A..inuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Italian 5 per CAnt. 1851, Ex. Zsf.
Do. Account :s3ii
Belgian' 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2.4 per Gent. Ex. 12 Gail
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
CLOSING PRICES.
Consuls, Money 941 1
Do. Account, Nov. 5 .... 944 1

COPPER ORE SALE.—At the Swansea copper ore
ticketing on Tuesday 2,015 tons of ore were sold, which
realised £19,35E 95., being an average of £9 12s. ld. per
ton of 21 cwt. The averages on the whole sale were as
follows :—Average produce, 131 per cent. ; price per unit
of produce, 13s. 10d. ; price per ton of 21 cwt., dry weight,
£9 12s. ld.; standard, £B5 4s. 6d. ; standard calculated for
2 per cent. produce, £92 2s. ; ditto Cuba ores, £92 17s
As compared with the previous ticketing, there was an in-
crease of 323 tons in the quantity of oro sold, and the ave-
rage standard calculated for 9 par cant. produce showed an
advance of £2 ls. Gd.

SIIOCKING DEATIL—A fatal aceilent bef el a goods
guard, named Edward Price, 26 years of age, while en-
gaged on Thursd•iy evening shuatiug his train at the
Knighton Junction of the Midland Railway, about two
miles from Leicester. The train left Leicester about 9.20,
and it would seem that deceased was coming out from be-
tween some waggons which he had coupled together when
his foot caught between the metals, his body was thrown
across the line, and the train being in motion at the time
several waggons passed over his body, severing his head
and feet and smashing his legs in three or four places ; in
fact tho body was so fearfully mutilated as to be scarcely
MC% Aitable.