The Express. — London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

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NO. 16, IMNRI ETTA-STREET, Covent earais. SEFUL PRESENT 8.-SANGEITERS' U rmzßzurs (Pow Prise Medal awarded). ea Foes Anson Fraesea—Tbeee °detested !rane bear Paz sad Co.s trade smirk. S. sad Co. bare always a Imre anralrtasent of lathes and gentlesn , n'a rabrallaa, elegantly raountad, adar:g for yr.,. tin, at then. establishments. 10, Regent-street; 04 r . stmt : 10. Rota Etehskag• . sad TA Cheeesida—N-1. Moen. the name sad aeldreee. ATTENTION 18 INVITED to the Report of the Sixth Septennial Investigation of th. SCOTTISH AM cap= LIFE AStRA%CE SOCIETY. and to the Speetal Paw 'Wet explaiturg its economical and popular system of " Minimum Premiums." t fits on application. LONDtiN O FFICES, No. 1. TESDNEEDLEASTREZT„ EC D •ILY — N a W 8. PRICE ONI Plertil OCLLI OF CHAZGES FUR £DYII2I :fir - Lae,' PRO6PLCITSES of NEW COMPANIES. -- otter. EEPORT3 of HlXELsii.el sod ELKO.) 7 lines 10 6 1 4 TION 8. 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Warm Blackstone, :• O ti ; Yosa:azare Mai Careadvls, Mammas* Ire A 11. r .11111:L Compt.or. Ikeluotone, jar. k•• .1 a., V ••• put, Butler, .—Arad AN Af.ARMING Nit TA}: ht.o Ett.'l =ATTER DARE: A TALE OF LONDOE LOX Mr. Tiln, Maga. W. Lac 7, Damiaiek agony, Harcourt, lihnn-, k ; Mem K. Baroost ial ban Lottlirmi.—And YASTLE, JONES'S Is IRTHDAY. WIEN'S =LAMA LONG-ACM. Tan Ivassao, at T. MS LANCASILIM LABS. Num S. Emery, It. Goma, L. Brack J. Clayton. and C. Wyndham; Hodenn und aza A ftpr which THE 014011 K KIM, —Memo. J. L Ttole, frown, aad rophaaa; Law H. Rehm. K Canon. iantl.v, A dsun+, mad loorazd.—CoacluAing with A LACE FOR A DOZNEIt. Mr. Clay.on. GAIETY THEATRE, STRAND. Lessee and Manaakr, Mr. John Hollingoheod. Tots E,EYINU, of 7, THE TWO HARLEQUINS. Hz. C. troll ; Hue Constance Loreby.—At 7.45, ON THE CAILLIB. lir. Alfred Wigan, Y. Stuart. ; Si. Madge Robertson.— ROBERT LE DIABLE. Hem.. Earlier, Eldred, and Robins; llltedasoco E. Fairren, Leeeby, H and Fowler .— And TWO ISALLETS. Principal dancer, Mdlle. Baa GLOBE THEATRE ROYAL., Tins Enurrisc,aii,liiiiTlOTNOTLllTlO.—At a 1 to 8, li.J.Binicesariginal Comely, is Two Acts, CYRIL'S SUC CESS. Mews. E. Marshall, Warner, H Vernon, 'User, Ne ieboura, Zurlotooe, and J. Clarke, Ire. ; Mesdames Thorne, eater, Ike. BlirrJOlN IA . EVINISO. BRGIVZHERRILLNBROTHRUX ; OR, Mk DWARF 01 , 2/111 DIAXO.ND DELL. Xis. S. Lane, lino Y. Barth; M. -re. E. Dean, J. Lnuia, and W. Newham.- -Aad 1/12 ILARROCIL-11ASTLIt'S EILCRLT. ICKIBWATER #2 LONDE,/ BRIDOL rfriJAT -MOl9lllll. Ilk. !oft. .Attlellooll. 1111. T.-Z.:•ftukw—Moraftg. A:Wafts. O. ROTICt Slow= of Ittivoi, 1111111A051. ad! DTAvao, are Trefoil atll ff ef4oek for boortion PIM maks. Pries la. M. LONDON. SATURDAY. DEC. 20. BOXING DAY. " GIVE, give" is onoe more the cry of the hour. In vain do we button our pockets and endeavour to look hard and stern. The spell of the season is upon us, and we can no more refrain from giving than those over whom harlequin's wand is waved Cila avoid obeying its tremulous motion. The disturbers of our rest, the wheezy bassoons and harsh ophoeleides who have made night hideous ; the forgotten labourers who have once upon a time during the year rendered us a service ; the happy expectant boys and girls whom we love and whom we think love us; the friends and relatives with whom we have not yet quarrelled, or with whom we wish to make it up ; the people who have been kind to us, and to whom we wish to be kind—are all eligible recipients on a day like this. " Parting" is a sweet sorrow, when it means a genial sacrifice to the spirit of the hour, and grumble as we may, there is at the hearts of most of us &secret Wang for the custom we condemn. The Paris fashion of observirgtheJour der n, when even the café waiters proffer gifts, and when cigars and oranges, doecrated with parti-coloured rib bons, like newly enlisted recruits, are forced as presents upon every customer—be his disburse ments what they may—is but feebly imitated here, We give extensively, but it is to inferiors and children. Reciprocity is little known among the gift-takers. but Boxing-day Las a jollity of its own apart from the eleemosynary fun which its name evokes. The streets never look so brisk as on this anniversary. The troops of children, servants, and people from the country, who struggle four or five abreast upon gifts yesiard4 the pavement, who stare open , public buildings, and at such patronise, the air of " best clothes and the unexplainable look which observant passe -by that they are out for the day, make our dull London thoroughfares seem festive for the time. It has been pleasant, too, to note to-day the number of large establishments which are closed. Shutters up mean holy days and joyous family meetings for those who have but scant opportunities for enjoyment, and who look forward to Christmas as an oasis in the colourless monotony of their daily lives. The firms which have agreed to set those working with them free for a clear three or four days have never been so numerous as this year ; and signs are not wanting that the good old English love for pastimes and holyday-making will revive. When Puritanism was in the ascendant it was not satisfied with abolishing sports which were barbarous and cruel, but laid its cold hand on the amusements of the people as well, and it is only within the present generation that a sensible rrsetion has been felt. The Saturday half holiday, the early closing movement, the three days' grace at Christmas were all con demned at first by the " old-fashioned people," who did not know that holyday making and enjoying is an older English fashion than themselves. They have flourished apace, however, and competent witnesses aver that there was never, in the memory of the living, more holyday-making, or greater jollity than in the Christmas wo are spending now. It would be, perhaps, painful to speculate upon the physical consequences of such mighty feasting as went on yesterday, or to ask for statistics concerning the indigestions and the headaches of this morning. A little latitude is given by common consent at such times as this, and as Lelou Htnrr once fancifully maintained that a genial, loving temper made even the taking too much wine innocuous, so we may fairly hope that none of the indulgences of yester day have bad prejudicial effect upon the pleasures of to-day. The people who give and the people who receive presents ; the magnates with whom it rests to decree bolydays, and the toilers whose privilege it is to enjoy them ; the advocates of amusement who have an antiquarian leaning to the customs of the past, and the eager seekers of it who live only in the present ; the jovial convi vialists of yesterday's dinner tables and the poor recipients of the festival's bounties are all earnestly bent upon making Boxing-day enjoyable ; and as it is a poor heart which never rejoices, so it is a poor spirit which will not heartily wish them success. THE JUDGMENT IN TIM ST. ALDAN'S RITUAL CASE. TitE judgment delivered by Lard CATRNi on Wednesday last, in the great ritual case of MAR TIN r. MACKONOCRIE, will be regarded with ap t royal by all but a narrow section of the com munity. It is perfectly lucid, it is in strict accordance with precedent and common sense, and it gives a deadly blow to the innovations of the Anglican party. On these grounds, it cannot fail to be acceptable to the nation at large. On abstraA points of doctrine an ordinary English man will sometimes shrink from forming a defi nite opinion ; but with regard to the mummeries of the extreme Ritualists. he has for the most part very dteided views, and is always ready to exprc , s them. As a Churchman, he desires to hold by the Prayer-book ; as a Protestant, by the ; and he has a jealous dread of supersti tions which affect the integrity of the one, and the j tirity of the other. On sac h of the four points raised by the case the decision of the highest court of law is against the defendant, and it has been truly said the condemnation pronouned is sufficient to prove that the position of tho Ritualists is u holly untenable. The court ruled, and this is a most important decision, that whatever ceremony is not prescribed in the Prayer-book is on that account abolished, in contradiction to the opinion of the Ritualists, that any obsolete ceremonial, not distinctly abrogated, may legally be revived. It is easy to see how through such an open door all the follies of mediaeval Christianity might be restored until our Protestant Church would be transformed into a feeble copy of the Roman Catholic system. For these ceremonies must not be regarded as insignificant additions to our reformed worship. They strike at the very principles which produced the Reformation. They are means to an end, and that end is sacerdotalism, a system which professes that all the highest spi ritual blessings can be conveyed only through the supernatural medium of priests. But England for three hundred years has retased to acknow ledge this mysterious power, and through the voice of her authorised authorities she refuses still. It will be well for the Ritualists if they apprehend in time the spirit of the people. can give us, their highest thoughts, their asst workmanship. We want them to teach us : not that our taste should guide them. But they cannot do this without sacrifice, and it is too much to expect that, while we English people are so bent upon money-making ourselves, our art-teachers should be indifferent to the prizes of fortune. Yet there are many of them, happily, wbo dare to swim against the stream, and the self-abnegation which distinguished some great masters of poetry and painting in former ages is not without illus trious exemplars in our own. It is well to have men who can testify by their work and by their lives that truth is better than gold, and that life does not consist in possessions. Christianity does this, and where it fails we may be very oertain it is spurious ; but in a lesser degree the same lesson is taught by art, and herein lies, perhaps, the chief mark of its nobility. . OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Referring to the delay which has occurred in carrying out the negotiations opened on the basin of the settlement agreed upon by Lord Stanley and Kr. Reverdy Johnson, the Dina remake that England need do nothing but calmly await the issue. If Yr. Seward proposes trilling alterations of detail for the manifest purpose of delay, be should be humoured, but the basis of the protocol signed by Lord Stanley and Kr. Reverdy Johnson mast remain axed, and will sooner or later command consent. The Daily News, it seems, answers the question, " Shall we give up Gibraltar f" in the afilrarative. U we ars mediated that we can do it without defter, a amnion of that whir, still full of noble memorise to us, cannot foil to be bitter to her, would be timbal oi an *dead brother hood between England sad Spain. Oar retirement boa Othraltar made the circumstancia isellested by our ins. temporary would be a glorious complement to the history of the Peninsular war ; and would be a proof of unselfish. nem such as Europe, pothers, needs at our beads, and such as would not fail to bring as a great equivalent of amity and confidence throughout the civilised world. The Tekkgraja mays that Yr. Cardwell will dad that the two most important matters which await his peremptory action et the War-oflios have reference, first, to the dis tribution of our army, and, secondly, to that vast and reckless expenditure represented by the mosey wasted on our permanent fortifications. The Peet observes that if it be true, as asserted, that the outrage at Tang-chow was occarioned more by other pro visions of the treaty of Tien-tiat than those protecting the missionaries, then it seems probable that we shall and fresh difficulties arising daring the next two years. In the opinion of the Herald the scandal of the day is not that church livings in private patronage should be re carded here and there as marketable property, but that Mr. Gladstone and the radicnts are taking measures to ensure that there shall be no livings to sell. ;Wei; sad thar wires, who aeseeiblell at fear reels*. Her thijedy, aseenswaled by the Qom ?Awe awl Primers d Pranks, Plimsoll Lemke, Parse Arthur, Prise laspola. Frisson Beatrice, sad Primmer Merlotti et Pram* entered the Dentate hell, where the gifts were laid out, ewe after four &cleat. The Cbassa thee dietrlbated the priest, eiebbed by the royal lawny. The Labe sad Otatlewea In Wafting were is attestliewe. The Inv. George Prelim*, motor of Whip,bighon Wm. Prating and their family had the honour of being invited to be pseud. The QO.Bll and the Crovra Prince and Prisons of Prussia, Prisons Isaias, Prins Arthur, Priam Leopold, and Aimee Beanies attended Divine genies at Whip pingham Church thin morning, where the Gov. George Prothro calcined. The Right Boa. Edward Cardwell left Osborne yester day for London. - Friss, Christie& of fielslaewigatoisiein visited the Duchess of Cambridge. at Cambridge-pottage, Hew, on Wednesday. Casnrwr COUNCIL.—The principal members of the Cabinet will meet on Tuesday next at the Foreign. oboe, D iwnintatreet. THE RIGHT How. W. E. GLADSTONE AND HIS CONVITTI7II3I7II.—The following is a copy of the saran of the Premier to the *lectors of the borough of Green wish cm his co-election :—"11, Carlton-house-terrace, Deo. 24, IN& Gentlemen,—l again tender to you my cordial and respectful thanks for having confided to me the frost of representing you in parliament. Both in the trust itself and in the =MUIR in winch it Las been ac oorded, I bops to end as additional and powerful imam tire to the discharge of my public duties.—l have the honour to be, geatimare, your obliged and obedient savant, W. E. GrArcrrown' The Doke of Norfolk will attain his majority to• aonow. sad great preparations have been in program at Arundel Oantle for several days in order that the corning of age of the head of the Home of Howard should be eels lusted with a spkedeariMeoming his ancestry. On Mon. day mad there is to be a grand banquet in the baronial ball of Arundel Castle, at which a very large party, in cluding the mobility and ratty of the neighbourhood, are invited, and when Use young duke's trustees—Lord Edward Fitaalen Howard, Mr. Hope-Scott, Mr. J. Abel Smith, and Serjeaat Bellmie—will attend and take a pro minent part in the festive proceedings. There is not to be a ball, as was expected. The fear following days are to be devoted to the entertainment of the smaller tenaats, cot tager, school children, and haskendmen on the extensive family estates in Surer. His grace, who was born on the 27th of December, 11147, is the sixth peer who has attained his majority within the present year, his dye predecessors having been the Marquis of Bute, the Marquis of Huntly, the Earl of Ellesmere, Earl Ferrers, and the Earl of H amster. The Earl and Countess Cowley will entertain a succession of visitors at Drayeott, Rant., during the ensuing week. The guests will assemble on Slonday neat. The Earl and Countess of Shannon have left town on a visit to Mr. and Lady Louisa Mills at The Wilderness, near Sevenoaks, Kent. The Counte.s Ashburaham and Lady Katherine Aebburnham left town on Thur,day fur Ashburnham. Suesez. Viscountess Palmerston, who left her re4.lenoe is I'ark•lane on Wednesday for Brosulland., ILants. is surrounded by a select family circle, including Vi4couut and Vecuunte. Sud!ey, Viscount Jocelyn, Sc. Lord and Lady George Quin are among the riaitors staying with Sir John Ramadan, Bart., M.P.. and Lady Owendolin Ramadan at Byrom, their mat in York shire. Lord and Lady Edward Pelham Clinton have arrived in Upper Belgrave-street, Belgrave-sq tiara from Great Glenn Hall, Leicestershire. His lordship is Tory seriously indisposed. The extinction of the barony of Belhaven, which was noticed a day or two ago, recalls attention to the fact that there are now six fewer peerages on the roll of the lords than there were twelve months ago. The earldom of Cardigan Las been merged with the tnarquisate of Allesbury, while the marquise.. of Hastings and the baronies of Belhaven, Cranworth, Dunfermline, and Wens leydale, have become extinct. Thus the extinctions have very nearly kept pace with the creations, which have been eight in number. On the re-assembling of the House of Commons, on the 29th instant, amongst the writs to be moved will be the following:—Clare count on Sir Colman n' 0' Loghles acceptance of o ffi ce as Ju dge- Advocate Mr Gene ral ; the Wigton district of burghs, on . Young's ap pointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland • the county of Kerry, on the acceptance by Lord Castlerosse of the post of Vice-Chanaberlaia of the Royal Household ; the county of Kildare, on Lord Otho Fitzgerald be coming Controller of the Household ; the county of Louth, on the a • dent of Mr. C. Forteseue as Chief Secretary for Ire Lad ; the borough of Mallow, on Mr. Sullivan s he omotion to the office of Attorney-General for 'reload ; t counties of Cleckmannsn and Kinross, on Mr. W. P. Adam's acceptance of a lordship of the trea sury ; the county of Westmeath, on the nomination of Captain °resale-Nugent as Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen ; and for the border district of burghs, on Mr. G. o.lty Trevelyan taking the duties of Civil Lord of the Admi ra. NICR.—The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia ere expeded at Nies after Christmas. Magnate: part of the Hotel Luxembourg, on the Promenade des Anglais, is engaged for their reception. The English of distinction at Ain this mean are few, but Russian and Spanish nobles are numerous. Amongst the English wintering at Nies ate--The Duke and Duchess of New castle, Lady Combermere, Lord Rokeby, the Dean of Windsor end Mrs. Wellesley, Lord Albert Gower, Lady Blantyre and Miss Stuart, Sir H. Dupuis, Lord and Lady Vivian, Mr. Henry Baring, Mr. Oswald, Colonel Ouseloy Higgins, Sir H. Telly, Lord Blayne', Mr. 0. Needle, Lady Largan and family, ke. Tun NATIONAL BANK.—The Dublin Express says :—" The changes in the management. Ike., of the National Bank, suggested by a deputation of share holders, and brought under the notice of the directors, are, we think, wise and practical, more especially those relating to the abolition of the office of macaging director, and the institution of • thorough scrutiny of the accounts of the lank. The system of audit adopted in the pug has not beau satisfactory to the shareholders. It is of the last iin portant.e to an institution depending for its success upon credit, that every possible means should be empl oyed to ins) ire con fi dence in the minds of thou.) inte in its pi apt rity, and we hope this will be the aim of the ma nagement in future. It is not sufficient that an institu - tion of this kind should be properly managed ; it is ne cessary that the public s hou ld be convinced that this is the case." Mn. FRANK IVES SCITDAMORE.—It is currently reported that this able and distinguished public servant will shortly be removed from his present position, that of Second Assistant Secretary to the Post-office, to the ; when his great administrative talent and powers of organisation will have a more ample for their exercise, In the preparation ef a greet meow whit& die Premier, aided by Mend Mises and litmeisid, is said to have in Ike the rano end reorganisation of the whole Civil Mr. ilssderness b at poosist in cosjasetica with Mr. Porde4lo'esominien fr a :tis a t room, in revising soma el Se eases oil wood at the sio Sams, It is ossllledly anticipated, by a iiiii Its euralnose smainety sow in am, and a ePslinn of the ditties el sevesol of these node, Mat es inoreseed Minima logetbst = I • t wake earaaway la their administration, will be brought abed by SO faintly sow Armoruzinfe MALL. lPl t ili r= er a of Exami nes bold lad, the ildionig lektur co ed the Mender asemary ezaahnlissik were . = of the Soong of • vie.: Knob William Prided: Aime e of ( Respite) ; Josiah Areal Bows, _ _ near Pren, Lancashire (Liverpool gibed of ) ; Raked William Unitised books. of Nieddreet it: li f a College rdablze = ; Henry 9at a ce y Bearaear, Cooties, of Xeid igaillibil an i als Hospiter V I cot k l=n4 W eigi t e l a = ° : , E lan seas l e ss e =or s i lle i ltol a tL A ow la ho ul: stew's ; lhedert in oo , —" Wais, C Soma Mire gal) ; and I = ). : Nethisy, Tosinhire the ruse court the f&e . novel examinations, vis.:— 3 11111 Ma= Olive Sires Shaw, and =ward NW/ a ll of Guy's Radial ; Frederick William Joy. di Pol, ta cti T il i r iertak ßartbol aa ttLi' l e Ugg i sad ; Themes H : v Marshall Wilkinson, of Si. Thomas's • MIDLAND ILtiLwAT.—We are oikintly in formed tint Mr. James Williams has bees appointed the secretary of this company. and will ester apes the dative of the cake as the Ist of January nest. LETTER. (PIM ONO OWN eolizseromener., FARM. Feresy Briar's°. Pinerd hes written the following letter to the Paris : In your somber of December 22, I mad the followiar pangraph :—" There was iamb talk yederday about this phrase—the laost endow of all—in the Emperor's letter to M. Pinata: ' A wrong eeeetroctioa pot upon a resolatte• of a minis terial council owspele me, notwithstanding all the meal you have shown, to smith:testa your dedros and swept your reogastios.' " - I writhe the mosl positive dseh►l to this statement. L the litter which the Emperor did me the hamar to write there was no sentemo at all like the on♦ you cite. Receive, de., _ So far we know, on the best evidence, some thing that the Emperor did not say. Why he did dismiss his Minister of the Interior, of course M. Pinard cannot tell without leave. The Figaro says the order of the day in the newly organised bureau of the prose in the Ministry of the Interior is "to be extremely agreeable +.17. the Parisian provincial and foreign press." Esperona k. - The ex-Queen cf Spain, accompanied by the Prince of Asturias, paid a visit this week to M. Delaunsy, the cure of St. Etienne du Mont. It was this priest who administered the sacraments of baptism and the first communion to Madame Duruy when she was converted from protestantism in 1866. M. Delaney belongs to the Dupanloup school of churchmen. He is the author of a widely eirculeted commentary on" The Imitation," which ho ascribes not to Thomas I Rempis, but to John Gerson, the Belgian. The early part of his career was passed in the chaplaincies of different French embassies. Out of the pulpit he is a man of courtly manners. The Queen has made up her mind to confide the education of the Prince of Asturias to the Jesuits instead of sending him to the Lyede Bonaparte, as was talked of when she first came to Paris. Yesterday evening the Queen and her husband, returning from one of their frequent visits to watch the progress of furnishing in the Hotel Basilewski, were seen walking down the Camps Blysees arm in arm, like Darby and Joan, and quite unattended. N. Marion is in treaty for the splendid mansion, in the Avenue de l'lmperatrice, belonging to M. Hartmann ; the price asked is 48,0001. Mr. Jefferson Davis, with his family, is expected at the Grand Hotel to-day, en route for Nice, where he proposes to pass the winter. An action by M. Guertlionoff, manager of the St. Petersburg Theatre, against Signor Fraschini, the celebrated tenor, has just been tried in Paris. The plaintiff claimed 100,000 fr. damages fur breach of an engagement to sing at the St. Peters burg Opera last season. By the terms of the con tract, the defendant was to perform for thirty eights during four months, at a salary of 2,630 fr. per night. The season was to begin on Nov. 11 last. His name was announced in the preliminary bills as one of the leading stars of the year, awl the pie, es which be had selected were put in rehearsal. On October 9 the plaintiff received from the agent through whom the engagement had been effected, a telegram thus worded :—" Fraschini ill, try and get somebody else ; I send you a medical certiti cate—Ronzi." The manager being very sceptical about indispositions of singers, telegraphed to a confidential agent in Paris to know the truth, and received the following reply:—" Fraschini very well and in first rate voice; plays Trorafore to morrow, and Rigolett.) Tuesday. Rather think ho wants to go to Madrid." M. Carraby, the plain tiff's counsel, read a number of Paris theatrical critiques of the tune referred to, all stating that Frasehini was never in better voice and was enthusiastically reoeivcdby the public. Anticipating the defence, he said medical certifitstes were always to be had in these cases. Hippocrates said yes, while Galen Fah! no. M. Fraschini, it was certified, had chronic granulations in his throat. He, M. Cerraby, had been assured by an eminent phy sician that all actors, professors, preachers, singers, advocates—all people in the habit of speaking in public—were never without these granulations more or less. That the malady in M. Frasehini's case could not have been such as to prevent him from fulfilling his engagement was conclusively proved by the public verdict in Paris at the very time when he telegraphed the excuse of sickness. He was now at Arcachon, on the borders of Spain, and nobody could say that if he now got a verdict he would not go to sing at Madrid. Admitting, however, that the defen dant, who was a grand seigneur and wealthy, had changed his mind, and on reflection preferred to winter in the sunny south rather than in St. Petersburg, that was no reason why M. Guedion off should be subjected to severe pecu niary loss. The court had once awarded 100,000 fr damages against a French actress who had gone to St. Petersburg in breach of an engagement with the Theatre Francais, and he hoped equal justice would be meted out to the Russian manager. M. Nicolet, for Frasehini, said he was really ill. He had completed his engagement in Paris at the cost of much suffering, and the statements of friendly newspaper critics as to the state of his voice in October last ought not to be taken against him too literally. Ile had every interest to have got the large sum of 80,000 fr., which was the total pro mised fur the St. Petersburg season, instead of doing nothing at An:schen. But the fact was he was advised by his physicians that he could not go to a northern climate without serious risk of his life. The Judge Advocate Manuel expressed an opi nion that the medical certificates were not conclu sive, and that the court should appoint a commis sion to examine M. Fraschini at Arcachon. The court, however, after taking time to consider, thought it sufficiently established that the defen dant was not well enough at the time of the cause of action to go to St. Petersburg, and gave a ver dict against the Russian manager with costs. Mimi Minnie Hauck's debut it the Italian Opera is fixed for Tuesday next, when she will appear in the Somaambula. Prime Poniatowski is oom posing an opera expressly for this new Ameriwn star. A velocipede accident occurred yesterday in the Champs Elysfes. A lad of 13, said to be a mem ber of an English family named C—, was bowl ing along in the broad space near the Are-de- Triomphe, when two hones drawing a private car riage took fright at the velocipede, ran away, and epee! the object of their terror, which was dashed to pieces by the shock. The young man was very much hurt. Tuz ROYAL 'KARIM—The Army and Nary Gs:6M denim that the retirement of Major-Onamal 'Damn was heetened by the eartimplated redaction in the force of Royal Mariam The UMW davit* Gana& sire. annum to • rumour that the eolonele-ooni meadeal of .11 the divticas are to be removed, and the appointment of colonel-eoransandant, one of the very few epee to the veteran dime of the Nubian is to be en tirely lost to the tome. *MOM PALLOR. Ota BRILLIMO D•lfe... iIIZZAT, Dno. 11L—Ailmirelms by tieliele. L. lin; aft ea payiesi. ant kw visible% 4.784. • ii - -111111) r k • ' ECEM !, : 42&11Par s' Al -, J 4 f ic i l y es : , ....k die tasty and ill- aside INK ;tf 115 1 15 ' MOT. o• \ , r 1 elnirt• Z ., 1, I - • l 1 they immediate Mme, then IM ulliselli mesrd.. . • . ; ____,___ Isi thee" thej all hive, The result is of eourseastrimental 4 *hi lute- 06BORIf 8 . M. rhioh tells the least rests of art. We want the best our mertal genius Her Majesty the Queen distributed Christmas _ . ........* ff. &kw flaw . ma !PIS as. their Behest thourhts. their lbw* Sift ralardff afterwmei to the Mourne ea the Olbaca• H. Pin ART VERSES MONEYMAKINO. Tnz poet, the painter, the sculptor, live as much in an ideal world as in the world by which they are surrounded. They see visions, and dream dreams. They have restless aspirations and noble aims. Their art is dear to them as life—dear as wife and child—dearer far than any mere worldly emolument. Such men, if they would remain faithful to the mistress they have chosen, are oftentimes subject to • severe trial ; and in this age the temptation to swerve from their vow is, perhaps, greater than at any former period. Artists, bite other mortals, are bound to pay their bills and to provide for their families, but in simpler times they were satisfied with subsistence, while in the present age they possess the power of winning wealth. This, then, is the danger which threatens them—s danger so pleasing that most of us would readily incur it. Yet it is a real peril, and one which the great poet or painter is bound to look in the face. *ben ll.u.rou wrote hie " Parodies Lost " he was urged to the work solely by the admonitions of his genius ; when a modern poet writes, the thought of publisher and payment inevitably arises and no wonder, for a suooessful poem not only produces fame, but hard cash to boot, and if we may believe reports there are poets living to whom the slightest blossom of song pro duces golden fruitage. The worth of artiste upon canvas is equally auriferous. Once let them gain popularity, and they will inevitably gain fortunes, but it is of course possible that this popularity and wealth may be achieved with the lois of their artistic integrity. Their genius has said "Do this," the voice of the public has said " Do that," and need we wonder if after some struggle they have left the narrow road of poverty and fame for the pleasant paths of wee and independence In literature, oleo, the same danger °mars, for literature bas grown of recent years into a highly lucrative profession. A novel, fur instance, is a wok of art. and the popular novelist ia one of the beet paid of pmftesional men ; but, as the gold Rows into his coffers, and publishers make muni ccs et proposals, Le is encouraged to produce, THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review says that nothing could better illustrate the total uselessness of the constitutional rule which requires ministers of the crown to be re-elected than the elections which have taken place this week. Nn oyposition has anywhere been offered. Most of the nutii,tcrs hold seats too secure to be attacked, but &Ten where a contest might have promised a poi kibility of success, it has not been attempted. Jir marking that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council hare reversed the judgment of Sir It. Itillimora so far as that judgment was favourable to the ritualist practices of the clergy of St. Alban's, the Spectator proceeds to cdnerve that what is far more important is that they base reversed that judgment on principles which leave the ritual of the church as definitely and authorita tively clear, as rigid and inelastic, as if every pasture and right had been enacted in an elaborate Code Ecclesiastical, and all others had been strictly forbidden. Irwin ELECTION PETITIONS.-The Court of Common Pleas, consisting of Chief Justice Monahan, Mr. Justice Keogh, Mr. Justice Morris, and Mr. Auties Lawson (who sat for the first time) sat on Wednesday to hear motions in relation to the election petitions. Mr. Macdenogh, Q.C., moved, on behalf of Sir Leopold M'Clititock, for an order directing that the trial of the Drogheda election petition should take place in the county of the city of Dublin, and not in the borough of Droghedi. At the close of the argumente the Chief Justice announced that the majority of the court were of opinion that the motion shou ld be refused. The venue accordingly re mains in Drogheda, and the 15th of January next was fixed for the bearing of the petition. A motion was also made for a change of venue in the matter of the Sligo (borough) petition. The hearing was adjourned. The court granted an application, made on behalf of the the against the return of Sir R. Blennerhaseett for lhe borough of Galway, that the should be allowed to substitute service o• the respond nt's agent,-.DwNia Ar CAST OF TUE BANQUET AND PROCESSION ON Loan MATOR'S-DAY.-The cost of the banquet sad cession on Lord Mayor's-day, Nov. 9, 1868, amounted to 2,631/. 6s. 9d.; of which sum the Lord Mayor paid 1,2114 12s. 11d.; Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Cotton and Mr. Fluniff Mutton, each, 6071. 16s. 6d. ' • and the City Leads Committee, 2001 . The contract for dinner and wine °sly, as supplied from the Albion, was 1,232/. ta 4d. The decoras cod 666/. 194. 7d., which included 3261. pard to Mr. Phent for upholstery ; 42L 19s. 9d. for the loan and removal of statuary • loan and cartage of armour, 61.145. • repairing and arranging Saga &MOW ' Ike., 271. Is.; iire of shrubs and pinata 361. ; hire of awning, 381. ; gas and . fitting, 1421. ; carpenter. 33!. 6a. 9d.; insurance ofpictures and stet 131.175. 9d. The cost of the on was 266/. 33., which included the moneys paid to the several bands, banners, banner bearers, rosettes, scarves, allowance to troops, mounted ponce, and gravelling the streets. The music in Guildhall, including the band of the Coldstream Guards, the quadrille-band, the trumpeter., and vocalists, cod 601. 19s. The bills for printing and stationery amounted to 1681. 10e., the dinner-tickets alone coating 261. The gelded expenses amounted in the whole to 241/. 4s. 10d. These oemprised, among other items, wands and decorations for committee, 691. 6s. ; gold pens and pencil aims for chairman and secretary, W. 9s. ; seal for chairman and engraving same, 71. 7s. ; toilet articles, gloves, per fumery, Itc., 26/. 175.: Corps of Commissionaires, for at- Undone. of 110 men, 101. ; refreshments for committee and guard of honour, II!. Os. 6d.; assistant to secretary, 211. ; inning tickets, disbursements, and preparing list of corn rany, 241.75. 2d. ; toastmaster and assistants, 6!. 6s. The " men on roof," of whom there were four, to guard against ere, were raid 21. 2s. ; and the bellringers at seven churches received 14/. 14e. The remaining items were for mersengeri, attendances, and general petty disbursements. -City Prem. LECTURES TO LADIES BY PROFESSORE( OF TNT TRIFITY Cousox, Lorinow.-We understand that several professors of University College have expressed their willingness to give courses of lectures to ladies, on the plea which has been carried out with such swam at Edinburgh, Manchester, Clifton, and other towns. The lectures will be given under the auspices of an media tics including many influential which is at pre sent' being formed. It is to commence in February with two eonress-is literary and seientille ; but the scheme may be greatly extended next winter. As soon as th ai L=Neents are completed, they win be publicly FIELD-WIZ RAGGID Scuroor..-14ve hundred of the waifs sad strays of this great any wire yeserday provided with a substantial dinner by the manager of Field-lane Ragged School. • ange gatheriag it was, consisting, as It did, of tra mps, women, and labourers out of wadi and out of heart, and not • few broken down tradennua and gurdemen. dinner was preceded by • short but affropriale secede, to which nil istimed with great integer. As the funds of this excellent institution are too crippled to permit such a dinner being given, two lady Washers kindly collected the nesdful feat. Hoy= OF LORDIS.--Lord Campbell, in a speech the other day, said Next to Guy Fawkes, the late Sir Charles bury had been the meet eldater and bessocable eat my of partiamenU Me senslgned the two hems to structures where, as they coati net hear what was on, they bad oes entselere-s4e vain& The of Commons, W but a Sales sod, had Ilidealed the eransomma The Rowe of Lords had died away under its FORXION-OFFICE, Dee. 22. - Th bl e ti has been pleated to approve of M. Lords Braoueerse as comied for the English Bettlemenis en the West Comet of Africa, to reside at &into Marie de for hie Majesty the Em of the French. The has also Lem plewd to approve of Mr. Botha veil Iteuchhaupt as eansul at Lamm for the North German Confederation.- Ger.d/c. 6ULD4R DEATH OF A CLISROYMAN.-With the despise regret we record the death of the Rev. J. C. Cole area, vicar of Glare, liunolk. Led Sunday weak he preached his final winos from Work while it is dey,_for the night onmeth In which's° man can week." He died ors Tuesday afternooa at 1 o'clock. Deceased, who was 64 years of age, had been vicar of Chun about finuiteee yeas.. • • 17' M•P Pour ,--- BOXING-DAY AMUSEMENTs, Dever Less.—" lir morsel& " " Tem le Brute" Far pertlesler• see rat Ameeesi.—"Dla roe ever mei year We b Cagabereelo, "Meets Crhte."—, *ink. Otreeer—"Wee sal Oteder." "The Taney Perp o e.. —f vast. ' —7 fedi,„v Clencee.—" The Lasendda Leis." "The Gnome " A !Moe far Disser."--1 Ode& Poe Fettle/dare we air.: Graano.—" The Widow Ent" "The Field of th e Geld ." "A Comkell Osionkes."—f o'clock. Palms tor Waane'e.--" Society." "Who Speaks Fire. "-Ti, o'clock. ip aYmmr. —ii A /awing Om." "The Wm and FaII or Ilium ILL" The Cleekmakees EA."— 1.38 o'clock. Guise.—" Good for Nothing." "Cyril's Seecesi." —7 01, k . tirrr.—" The Two Itorlequins." "Oe the Curti." ~ le Diable." Two balletic For particulars see *art. Hatisamer.—" A Hero of linenaeos." " A Fnglithal " An Monolog fiserilke."-7 o'clock. LTC11111.—" FOOT 1101,14111." •' IIaTILTILLO2 Humpy bik;.;•' r• • —7 o'clock. Panienas's.—" The Secret" " After bark." " Monty Itirtbday." —7 o'clock. Janzes.—" The Secret Panel." " Glitter." Beauty in the Wood." Butooas.—" 8t Map's Ere." " Turco the Tern',: ~•• Charlotte's Maid." essay.—" Time Trim All." " Jack and Jill enl the c• Beanty."-7 o'clock. EoraL AjallTriltATlS. nouloar.--CarK,'s Performing li de.-740 o'clock. STANDARD.—" Tell Talc Tit." "Three to One." Barrairma.—" Mute ilerrhaahliothrum."—" TSe r 11,., :.•. Waster's Secret." Pc 41L1 , 43,.—" Bluff King Hai."—"The Sergeaut:4 W.f o'clock. By. Groomes T ISr . OCOBOON HALO —" - " Serlanapslus." —7 o'eloek. For particulars see alit. IEISCELLANEOTTS. CRTPTAL PALArt.—" Harlequin Little Boy Blue," and rtainments.-310 o'clock. Sr. Onewas's-,,ALL. LASONAII.PLACIL—Rubies " Manch Mateo."-3 o'clock. GALL IRT or ILLITITILATIOS.—MT. and Wm ii , rutut tabooing, "Inquire Within," and The Lot of the Pslodn. —3 and 8 o'clock. ROYAL AGRICCLTVIAL HALL.SITLItT'S Brat CJCWL-1 7.30 o'clock. For particulars am adit. Tee ALRAWSIA.—A now Christmas ballet," The Fairy Acorn Tree," Ike. For portioning see advt. C RRRRR WIRT HALL.—TWO balk* ItAOLlVtriq." "no Fairy Bawd of the Butterflies," ke. ZOTTTILII•SALL, PIOCADILLY.—Mr. Fleming Merton . ' Entertaia. asst.-8 o'clock. Dr. June's Hau..-11 p enhus see advt. lovas POLYTICSNIC.— A Shoat Btorf, and Coote's Entertainment, " The Maid of Orleam:," a , . } .. ticuLirs see advt. NADA= TOWLEIVIL THE LATE IVILLIA.V CABLETILV. hb m eutb tl e : shit list of oth o ut f reir l; tl far o : mi, : i i ewe A 31 , i among s. i s ,ti di : c li un a .s p he t Pe ri rrn arvi li en st iG s t , authors, which had for some time ceased to i. to pass away without a record. The death a u LIAM CARLETON, at the age of 70, has bablv of Irish peasant life who ever existi.;l. novels, his a - orksmaynot rank with those of so::. his better known countrymen and countrywon. with the writings of Miss EnoEwonrit a:,•1 L .:•• Mottosx among his predecessors. or with , URI}YIN, BAXIM. LovEn. and LEVEI:. . eciiteuipen aries and successor;. 11 l • if i • . woiks of art. Lis stori..s : C.. rivals in truth of portraita:•.. writ. re whom we kayo ptimant from ub ! . r T:: : toile the " •,. , the theatric and •.• ..r., . Lima if simply a c r.... ~i ing the pen —the vulware: 11 - land. Born in a part of rr• !. :•. ! • and traditions, not very f.-T .i: • •.• .1 I Dire., the station to wt.': !I -h Catholic peasantry- make their :•. •.; *:. by thousands to the Purgatory of s: . . Pi:. • . his boyhood an assistant in a helge-4. •••. with the peasantry, and, indeed, one ei silently absorbed their feelings and n modes of life. Happily for himself and :: of his works, he was not tempted into .. - ship until he was some years over thirty : therefore, accumulated a vast stock . • vation and anecdote before begito.•.: drew upon it. As might be expected. I. work was highest. Nothing he wrote iiia.th " Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. - whole man was put into those two velum -4. v• he became author by profession, he beg•in : • in a literary sense, from hand to mouth. Y, • over, a spirit of political bitterness. his first work was free, got hold of him.••: . . • pears with vehemence in his novels of •• tine Micelutehy," •• The Tithe Pr. , . • and " The Black Prophet," in wILL'L bandied the religious and social irrii.v of his country, and especially the L..: of the Churth question and the Land q l •• Born in 1793. the year of the Irish reb, growing up to manhood and maturity in - period which witnessed the social eoneulsion: a. agitations that preceded Catholic emancipation. and passing to middle age during the suceetslM; period of misery and disaffection which cu.- minated in the famine of 1547 and tit , rebellion of 13-13, Caatrrox bitterly felt the wrongs and resented the sufferings of his country. He was in sentiment a nationalist, and an England hater. Whether his was right or wrong politically. the temper which eul tivatid was unfavo . urable to art his first work. as we bare said. was his best. lie had his full share of the weaknessas both of the Irish an 1 of the literary character, and as he grew eld.r these infirmities increased. But, after au deduc tions. he remains the truest painter of Irish:.:. a nd manners. Ile appeaml at a seasonable slat: ... to catch the national character before the tr.ri4- formation which English and official malair ness has wrought in it had begun its work. 7..• future historian who has the skill to make ti,••• subserve reality will find more trustworthy ice:: rials for the delineation of Irish life is, t!:. • mimes - in the sketches of CAUI.I:T , N .•• those of writers more in fashion.—Peaj X. ••• - - FOX 1111fT1Ntl T: evening a fox ;one of a number consign,'.!` I , r in the etiskrus ware Louse at .• in !car of s ore I•oxes. from which ben s • the motnng. lie got outside. and rhos ii.• • • &Air swam for Its life, closely pursued by use hi.h. after a long chive, re:optuml tiim r. 1 • hire afely in Isis former prison. and ile.p.it,•"l , • 71111 to the Landon market.—Kr-t,sl tt .01 Tilt: SMILEY COLLIERY EXrLi,,lt'N. or 711 E Thu lEss.— I ate on We.lite.i.lay aft " of searchers for the twain. of ChaVih:l7l All i :-.. • 7: ~• ag ain entered the workings. they wen. a..coutp.e. • the government inspector. Without niaeli '• adrunced to a i oint about 100 yards f trete: chan nel i• reached on the previous exam ination : hero theyl heavy fall of root and at an upthrust they c.llllO c.•uts..: with some gas. Bratticiug was used to o'ost this out. And the roof having been made secure the e ipl..rers pesse,i thr fall, and proceeded to make up some opetuns'illlteh been blown down. The work had to he earriol yen slowly, and with great care, but eventually they memos' , Inodtting to within 80 yards of the place where thr L _ r_„ • __,. l " 71= to be. dt this point the g , 1" 7 Poms. and after a consults:ie . ! the was determined to return until more cloths were bud. In I the ventilation thoroughly restored if pos.ible. f lit ,"! o' not until half-past ten clock in the eventiv; that o of the part returned to the surfaee. Soon ate , i s ' 01 1__flureday the explorers de:veal: l e°4"--u•'•",'" uammauon. The work Was very .4µ. to that of the previous day, and although the opeeitiit were tedious, no very serious &Scuttles were en eounti It was not until afternoon that Shartork'S body sts. • covered, and it was found to be much decompord bad died near the slip at which be had been sent toe *. 84misl boors elapsed before the remains of the tires? '" were found. They were buried benea th a fall of s'. which was of considerable length. Coffin. were down the sha ft , an d the bodice were sub s .. . moved. It is intended that a further exploration commenced this (Saturday) morning. BtrIOLAHT NKAIt CARLIBL2.—On samn'ng the office in connexion with Mr. Marl' .‘ woollen manufactory at Haven Nook. near this broken into by thieves. The burglars had unprotected window of the office. an d moving the '. bad stepped in. Eeriest desks were r ansacked. l'•••• • thing of value was takes, the whole of the hooty of being some three shillings in money, and a simile in stamps. They bad, h owe ver. attemPt''' ob°11141:10101s prim fur when the workmen went • manufactory in the MlOraillff. they found lying in Joining field the Mica ask which the thieves ied tric th p with some chisels and hammers belonging l to • s M sho connected will tlie manufactory. The safe. h.'s ° . hal hem too strong for their ollortn--Cornak IPW tor wh MN fee zee the A • °am 2 for An oo btu He Un Wi ate we old Da wb by for vim the *on the like end whi corn ont des baa lroa bits gro2 0