The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, truESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1866. Nlpe is stated to be ti* not •terr ibl e lose of 10 Vanier Von ?boil, on tleei aler•rope vrosida:ascssegagabsi* Lave become anis PARIS, SATURDAY MINING. I am tempted away from the Champ de Mars for ▪ day, that I may be enabled to give your readers au account of the Christmas or New Year's show of fat ve . ltry, arranged in the spacious galleries of the Feeds de l'lndustrie. The exhibition juist c l o sed was more extensive and comprehensive than those which have preceded it. In addition to the fat poultry there has been this year an interna tional competitive exhibition of cheeses, more im portant in its range and proportions than the former shows of cheese. It is amusing to mark the contrasts that suggest themselves to the English v i s itor, in the elegant Paris poultry show, between the country folk who are brought to London by our Christmas cattle show and the strange provin cial figures that crop up to guard the gigantic tur keys, geese, and capons which are coquettishly ra nged upon a series of blue counters ornamented with evergreens, and arrayed in ribbons, in the Champs Elysies. Here were Norman dames, with their brown, sharp faces, looking browner under their snowy caps, and shrill-voiced little women from the southern provinces, together with rough farming men with short bran new blouses over their holiday clothes, all driving hard bargains with the keen old rtirmands who were lifting the capons of la Fleche or la Braise, that were as heavy as legs of mutton in their lean hands. There was a most distinguished company present, and very learned were their remarks on the way in which this capon should be dressed or that duck should be treated. Along the extensive and highly decorated counter, inscribed "d r Hamm de /es Roche de Lyons," there were lines of eager ladies and gentlemen lingering over the foie gras and the trufiks. The central trophy of the counter was a lofty monu ment of charcuterie, the chief adornments of which were magnificent truffles on silver skewers, that enriched the air far and wide about them. There were fine critics, also, wandering about the big butter saloon. The butter lay in immense pyra midal and other forms, yellow as crocuses or white as cream. It was from every part of France, and in the list of the exhibitors were noblemen. The het, indeed, was led off by the Princess Baociochi, whose farming skill is well known, and who sent samples of fresh butter priced at 1 franc 2 sous the half kilogramme. There were 424 lots of poultry, making between three and four thousand specimens of geese, turkeys, ducks, pigeons,guinea fowl, and fowls. The salon entre, or salon of honour, was devoted to the immense capons and pullets of la Breese and la Fleche races. Trussed as they were for the French manner of cooking, the legs and wings pressed into the fat aides until the whole assumes very much the form of a leg of mutton, they would not have been recognised by English-1 men as specimens of poulty were it not for the f es ther-tuftedheads thatwere left danglingover the edges of the counter. The great tufts of head-fea thers of the Breese breed, hanging down like fea ther brushes. Some of the groups of Fleche capons were of extraordinary size and fatness, and white ness. There were three ornamented with red rib bons round their black tails that were marked "sold to M. Chevet" Excited groups lingered over the prize Fleche fowls which the restaurateur Martin had secured. The dingy rows of little pigeons in the next salon made a pitiful appearance after the white giants of the poultry-yard I had jot seen. In the room with the pigeons were some specimens of the renowned Cravecoeur breed, easily recognisable by their thickly tufted black heads. Some idea of their size may be gained by the mention of the price that was firmly asked for them. I assisted at a bargain carried on with vivacity on both sides, the shrewd countryman being determined not to be taken in by the equally shrewd Parisian. The price asked by the exhibitor for capons was 41., and he would not abate his price by a sou. Near the Craveseure were the Houdan capons and pullets. These, like the Nor man breeds, are much smaller than the La Flkhe or Breese breeds. But they look less like the effects of over-feeding. The Fleche and Breese birds are apt to be unpleasantly oily. The Houdan birds are trussed in a peculiar way, with their wings stretched out, while the Norman capons were submitted to epicurean Paris, with a few of their quills fancifully stuck into them. The Houdan capons of moderate size sold at the rate of three for twenty francs. From the fowl saloons the way led tothe great turkey salon. All the turkeys were of extraordinary size and weight ; but I never saw finer birds than the prize group of male turkeys. There was the first prize, and the prize of honour, over which some fifteen country drones were having a hot discussion, the knotty point being whether the prix d'houneur was a higher one than the first prize. The moat surprising birds, however, were the geese, which had also a salon to themselves. They were of the size of, and shaped like square bed pillows, and their feathere d necks looked like snuffs. By the goose rooms were slues in which were exhibited the tools and ma chines used in the fabrication of butter and cheese, the most popular of which appeared to be M. David's hygienic apparatus for milking cows. Through these sa/ons the visitorapassed to the inter national exhibition of cheeses. Fortunatelythemore pungent samples of the cheese family were under glass cases ; quite enough, however, remained un protected to lead the visitor by the nose from afar to the whereabouts of this caseous corner of the palace. There were no leas than 760 samples of cheese exhibited in one vast saber, the cheeses of each country being indicated upon the walls. England made a very poor figure ; not that the cheeses exhibited in the English department were indifferent samples, but because the cheese dairies of England were represented by two firms I, —namely, Mr. Gibbons, of Bath, and Illessrs.Clark and Son, of Bristol. The Cheddar, Gloucester, Berkeley, Stilton, and Cottenham cheeses, exhi bited by the latter firm, were of excellent quality ; but they were not in variety enough to give a jury an idea of the dairy wealth of England, or of the utmost delicacy of our dairies. I very much doubt whether in all that room there was a cheese that could have been compared for richness and delicacy of flavour with that rare Cotheratone cheese which is to be had now and then, by very small quantities, in London. In the collection of European cheeses were some strange and puzzling ones. They were in all shapes and of all sizes, fresh and ripe, of cows', goats', and sheep's milk. The French and Dutch departments were the richest in varieties. Gruyeres, Brines, Coulommiers, Camemberts, Bon dons, Malakoffs, Rollots, Macqueilles, Marolles, Itstueforts, Neufchatels, Mont d'O rs, Gourna y s, Dutch cheeses of many kinds, Flanders " tiles," were in abundance, and were examined critically by tiles of Parisian connoisseurs. From Belgium there were samples of the Herve cheeses, and a col lection of indigenous cheeses exhibited by M. de Borges, of Vilvorde. There were Gruyeres from Switzerland, Parmesans from Milan and Parma, Ilieheimer cheeses from Westphalia, wine cheeses from Hesse Cassel, Brimsen Kiise from Hungary, Myseosts from Denmark, Ranmatur cheeses from, Bavaria, and cheeses of sheep's milk from Arabia. Generally it may be said of this year's exhibition,' that it was not up to the mark of last year in the poultry department. The cheese show was, how_ I ever, rich and plentiful, and the new features in troduced, namely, the exhibition of tools and ma okines for butter -making, was a step in the right direction. The Parisians are beginning to take a strong interest in their great annual exhibitions of Poultry-yard and dairy produce. It is said already that the plan will be further extended next year, 1 0 a s to include every edible form of farm moduce. This year the turkey show has been incomparably the most satisfactory. M. Fleury, of Gambois, Seine-et-Oiae, has carried off the first prize of the exhibition with a group of four splendid birds. It 18 said that in giving the prize of honour to the turkeys, the jury got rid of a great difficulty ; the merits of the Breese, Fleche, Houdan, and Crave *elle fowls being evenly balanced. It will be inte resting probably to your agricultural readers to nail the list of prize-holders for poultry : • Sm. Blanc, Poneet, et Cheirat, de Way (Ain) ; Cham bord (Al exan d re ), de Villemotier (Ain) ; Purt et Prabet, de Prontenand ( 3aene-et- Loire ) il Vlancher, au )(weir (trine-et-Loire) ; MM. Foulard (Pierre) fib, Cor- bin et Desjarclina, de Viilaibell4ous-idaticorne (Barthel ; Aneeaurne, de Gambia. ;Seine-et-Oise) ; Leblanc (Jean- Baptiste), de flaint-Amand (Manche) • Yvon, au 13eny- Bocage (Calvados) ; Mme. Griard, a Vert-en-Druais (Eure et-Lmr) ; MM. Gaubert, de Saint-Georges-ear-Eure (Enre et-Leir) ; Bertot, de Prunay-le-Temple (Seine-et-Oise) ; Mme. la Captained. Belbent, aßelbeeni (Seine-Infrieure); Mine. Lefrard, avenue de la Motte-Piquet, de Paris ; M. Vanquelin, i Memil-sons-Jumiiges (Seine-Inferie ; Mme. de Remusat, i Witte (Haute-Garonne); MM. Labouiche, de Villefranche-de-Lauragais (Haute-Garonne) ; Le Baron y, Valframbort (Orne) ;de Monte, Bel legsrde (Gers ; Mme. la Comteme de Preissac, i Verdun sur-Garonne Tarn-et-Garonne) ; MM. Gilleron, i Epdae (Seine-et-Oise) ; M. Penelle, i Mitinville (Seine-et-Oise). The juries who undertook to judge the qualities of six or seven hundred varieties of cheese were allowed only two days for their labours. The Gruyeres seem to be:on the whole the finest cheeses in the collection. Messrs. Clark and Son, of Bristol, have received a gold medal for their Cheddars and Stilton'. The gold medal for Gruyeres has been awarded to &Bavarian exhibitor. The gold medallist for Brie is M. Maurice, of Tril bardon S e i ne - e t-Marne. The Camembert gold medallists are M. Leon Gautier, of Camembert, and widow Lebrert, of Mezidon. M. Leseoq. of Neufchatel, Lower Seine, has won the gold medal for Bondons. There are two gold medall is ts for Roquefort, MM. Pierre Lasso' and Coupiac, both of Roquefort. M. Julliard, of Brinand, Ain, and M. Emile Leconte, of Ville Blevin, have obtained gold medals for Gruyeres. No medals whatever were awarded for fresh Neufchatels. The prize of honour, making the holder king of this in ternational cheese exhibition, has been awarded to M. Julliard—the Gruyere factor alreadymentioned. In the list of prizeholders, as cheese exhibitors, will be found the following names : MM.Van Queninbroak, a Amsterdam (Hollande) ; War nink,i Gotta. (Hollande) ; Bultman, a Haarlemmermeer (Holland') ; Jean Van der Maiden, é Lecoduinen (Hol lande); Schnetter, Kompten(laviire); Ecquey, i Fribourg (Sulam) ; Martin, a Yemenis (Suisse) ; Maurice, I Trilbar don (Seine-et-Marne) ; Gibe* t Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne) ; Chatelin,a Buillancy (Oise) ; Drevault, iGuerard(Seine-et- Marne) ; Devauville, I Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne) ; Magnet and Besaert, a Saint Augustin (Seine-et-Manie) ; Engel, I Vim (Wurtemberg) ; Ferrari a Panne (Italie) ; Count Seven t h a techowitz (Moravia) ; Deasounaux, I Charnecen ( Belgiu m ) ; Von KAM, T ran kwita (Prussia) ; Schmitd, We (Baden). The care given to the production of poultry in France, and the manner in which fowls are reared at a cheaper rate than in England, are advantages over us in the farmyard, which many of our agri culturists are beginning to admit. M. Teget Myer, an authority on the subject, ha" remarked that " the systems pursued in the culture of poultry in France and in England are strangely in opposition to the characteristic traits of the two nations. In France attention is almost solely given to the practical value of the birds, and methods of feeding are adopted which are far superior to those followed in this country : the result being, that the generality of the fowls found in the markets of Parts are of much better quality than those seen in the shops of the poulterers of London." We have looked to purity of blood and regularity of marking in the plumage rather than to weight and flavour. English poultry shows are of handsome birds ; those of France are dead poultry shows, at which the prize birds are those with the largest propor tion of flesh, the whitest skin and fat, and the most rapid rearing. These valuable table quali ties, which the four great French breeds possess in so eminent a degree, have of late years drawn the attention of some of our agriculturists to the de sirability of importing them into our yards. It is acknowledged that the La Fleche breed are greatly superior, both as table birds and as egg-layers, to the Spanish fowls, which have been so popular of late in England on account chiefly of their beauty. Mademoiselle Millet Rosbnet is a great authority on French poultry fattening. Her plan is to secure pullets when they are six or seven months old in coups, so that they cannot turn round. The poor little prisoners are here fattened on buckwheat meal !kneaded with sweet milk. Buckwheat, it must be remembered, is of hardy growth, and is cheap. Buckwheat and dough are cut into pellets and literally crammed into the crop of the bird with the finger. This cramming is performed with great punctuality twice daily. Wonderful care is taken of the bird's health, lest it should suffer from in digestion, and so lose weight. Three weeks' cram ming completes the fattening, and then the bird is killed instantaneously by piercing the brain. The flesh so produced is plentiful, and the fat is white. A little more than a peck of buckwheat will com pletely fatten a bird. Certainly the pullets, and capons, and turkeys I have just seen in the Palais de l'lndustrie are not to be matched for weight and fineness of flesh in England. ELECTION OF A NEW BISHOP IN NATAL. The mail just arrived brings a report of the election of a bishop in place of Bishop Coleus°, by a number of the clergy and laity of the diocese of Natal on the 25th of October. The proceedings commenced with an early celebration of the Holy Communion (choral) at 8 a.m. At 10.30 a.m. the meeting assembled in Brooks's large room in Longnarket-street, specially engaged for the purpose. The chair was taken by the Very Rev. the pean, and the meeting was composed of the following clergy, Arohdeacon Fearne, Rev. Canon CallaweY, and the Revs. F. S. Robinson, W. 0. Newnham, J.. Bar ker, J. Walton, W. A. Elder, W. IL 0 . Lloyd, S. T. Tozer, end F. Delaniere, priests ; and the Revs. J. F. Neville Rolfe, T. Taylor, and E. W. Jacob, deacons ; and between forty and fifty communicants of the dis tricts of Maritzburg, Richmond, the Karkloof, Unainto, and others ; the districts of Durban and Verulam having, at a meeting held at Durban on the 22nd, decided to send no representative. There were also present the Revs. A. Tonneesen and E. Robinson, and about 120 of the laity, which number, however, speedily swelled, and at one time there could not have been less than 200 persons in the room, exclusive of the clergy. The westing having been opened with prayer, the dean read the following letter from the metropolitan : " Bishop's-court, Sept. 19, 1866. " My dear Dean, difficulties, as I trust you will do, it might perhaps be wise to name two or three, and leave the selection from them to the Archbishop of Canterbury, or others. I think, under the circumstances, the bishops of the provinces would concur in the act. My reasons for hoping you will proceed to an election are these : The way is now clear for you to act. There is no doubt that you have a perfect right to do so if you will ; and that you will forfeit no privilege which you now en joy in connection with the church of England by doing so. Convocation has answered your questions fairly and fully. It throws the responsibility of further acti'.n now upon yourselves. The next step must be yours. There is nothing more that you can fairly ask the mother church to do. If you do not elect now, you never will. You leave the field to Dr. Colenso, and he will make havoc of o ars For myself, I say that I am already overworked, and can hardly getthrough what I have to do. You cannot look to me effectually to superintend the diocese, and still less to throw vigour and life into it. It abaolutelyrequires an active, energetic bishop on the spot to do this. Without a bishop, Wesleyaniam will take the place of the church. Dr. Colenso may live for twenty years . Where wili the church in Natal be at the end of that time, if you fail in your duty at this important crisis! Your hour has come, and you must act, or be prepared to see your church die out. Supposing, then, that you decide upon election, what course are you to pursue? 'believe that you will comply with the conditions named by Convocation if you simply elect, and present your nominee or nominees to the bishops of the province. Ido not myself suppose that the inten tion of Convocation was that you should draw up a decla. region at all, or, stall events, one that should bebinuing upon the bishop elect. It would be for the provincial synod to dothis. There can, however, be no porible objection doyour doing this as expression of your faith. Your ing so would indeed be satisfactory to the church at home, and give confidence to all. If yon do make a de claration, the Bishop of Grahamstown, now with me, con curs with me in thinking that you had better adopt that agreed upon by the Synod of Bishops in 1863. . . • • As to the mode of election, the counsel of Convocation is clear—the clergy elect, communicants assent. They alone have to do with the matter. All communicants have a right, I apprehend, according to the customs of the primitive church, to express their assent, if they so will. If men will not give themselves the trouble to go to the place of election on so greet an oc casion, they have no right to complain if their voice is not heard. If they do come, and claim their privilege, Ido not see bow you can exclude them. Anyhow, if delegates are appointed by the several districts, non-communicants cannot elect their representatives. The church does not give this highest spiritual right to those who are not really and fully in communion with her The clergy of these parts have met the Bishop of Grahamstown, and addressed him as they did you. We have discussed the future organization of the province. They have unanimously advised (the Bishop of Grahams town included) that I do not, in the first instance, call a provincial synod, but a conference of clergy and laity from every dioonie for counsel only, and to decide upon the future ; these to be elected somewhat upon the principle proposed by me in reply to the parties in Natal who called upon me to resign ; the meeting to be held in Cape Town, the time left undecided. The wish would be not to call it till after the Colonial Church Bill, to be introduced by Lord Carnarvon, is passed ; if it were not that, probably, renewed attempts at legislation would be made in your council next year. The general opinion was that any legislation would be most undesirable, and would tend to separate your diocese from the rest of the church, but that it would be absolutely wrong while you were without a bishop. The period for inviting the assembling of * con ference was not fixed, because it was desired to meet the wishes of your approaching conference on this subject. I think that I may say tbat.whatever wish your conference might express would weigh very considerably with the rest of the province. If held before the meeting of parliament, it would, in a very legitimate way, bring our view before parliament. You will see that, before the consecration can take place, the Convocation expects that the South African church will have agreed upon a declaration, which the new bishop, and all future bishops, priests, and dea cons shall sign. Of course, we, who have signed at our ordination or consecration, have no need to enter into any fresh contracts ; nor have the laity need to do so.—Believe me ever, my dear Dean, faithfully yours, " R. CArerowe." DESTRUCTivE FIRE IN FLEET-STREET• (THIS DAY.) To-day, being Christmas-day, is of course ob served as a strict holiday in the City. It may be useful to repeat that the Stock Exchange will be opened to-morrow, the 26th, when the half-monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin ; but it will be a very slack day as regards general business. Considering the holidays, there was a fair de mand yesterday at the Bank discount office, but the general market wax very quiet. The rates remain at 31 to 4 per cent. for choice bills. About 92,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank yesterday ; while 10,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for Egypt. The total bought since last Wednes day is 513,0001. An advance of 51. per ton has taken place in the prices of English copper. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,6201. over the corresponding week of last year, and the South Eastern an in crease of 741. The directors of the Egyptian Commercial and Trading Company (Limited) have issued the fol lowing report, in anticipation of the meeting called for the 31st inst. at the London Tavern. Perhaps the most satisfactory feature presented in the ac companying accounts is the fact that the company's liabilities have been reduced by a sum of about one million in six or seven months : With the view of forming the closest possible estimate of the company's assets, the directors, with the con currence of the committee, have postponed to this date the meeting at which to submit the company's balance sheet. The accounts have now been suede up to the 30th November. They are duly audited, and after making that which, in the opinion of the directors, is a full allowance for bad and doubtful debts, rebate of interest, and current expenses, and after also writing off the amount represent ing the purchase of Briggs and Co's. business, a net defi ciency is shown of somewhat less than 21. per share. Having regard to the apprehensions entertained as to the position of this company at the period of the great financial pressure of the year now closing, it is satisfactory to the directors to be able to announce that they do not anticipate any further loss than the above. The losses are due, in a very great degree, to the financial and commercial panic whichvailed last summer both in this country and in Eg y pt. e Whilst all resources of ordinary ciedit were suddenly cut off, the company found itself with heavy immediate engagements to meet, and for that vital purpose the three ' tors were compelled not only to make and rigorously en force the call of 31. per share, but to convert and realise assets at a heavy sacrifice. In the accompanying balance sheet every asset has been carefully revised, and every precaution taken to estimate it at its real value. In con currence with the committee, the directors have continu ously applied themselves to the contraction of the com pany's liabilities, which it will be observed are now re tinas& to about 210,000/. Since the 30th of June last, and up to the present tea,t assets have been realised :ind liabilities discharged very large amount. The Egyp tian Government Debenture Loan of 330,00 W., which bore the endorsement of the company, has also been redeemed. The directors confidently look forward to con siderable further progress in the realisation of the company's assets being made during the present winter. In the meantime they have the pleasure to an nounce that, according to the last adviees from Egypt, a sum of 21. per share may be calculated upon as available for return during the ensuing month on account of the last call of 31. per share, and the baker three months later. The directors think it well, until this first obliga tion to the shareholders be fulfilled, to delay bringing forward for discussion the plan they have had under con sideration for the continuance or reorganization of the com. In accordance with the articles of association, pany all the directors retire at this meeting, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election, to remain in office until the next meeting of shareholders to be summoned soon after the repayment of the last instalment of the dl. call. The following is the report of the committee ap pointed at the extraordinary general meeting of this company on the 9th July: The committee have now to follow up the program re port which they addressed to the shareholders un the let September last. Since that period it has become possible to determine much more accurately the amount of the company's assets, and to form a better estimate of the general position of its affairs. The directors have intimated their belief that the actual diminution of the capital of the company does not exceed 21. per share. The committee concur in the correctness of this opinion, though n , of course, this result must in sonic measure depend upo the application of care, prudence, and skill in the recovery of the assets. Considering that the financial crisis, both here and in Egypt, involved very heavy sacrifices in order to meet the company's immediate engagements, which were of very large amount, it seems only fair to infer that the real origin of the mischief which has occurred is to be sought more in the exaggerated use of the company's credit than in the inherent badness of tee business under- taken. From the residence abroad of several members of the board, it became absolutely necessary for the proper conduct of the business that the vacant places should be filled. The committee believed it would not be otherwise than agreeable to the shareholders that some of their members should join the board, and accordingly Mr. Sanders, Mr. l'axton, and Mr. Fit z g erald agreed to become members of the direction. The committee also were for tunate enough to secure for the company the services, in the same capacity, of Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Stewart, two The Herald regrets to hear that the issue of the members of the committee of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, conservative Wednesday paper, the Monitor, which was both of them wed versed in Oriental business. The um to have commenced with the New Year, is unavoidably Amen. mittee believe the shareholders will now consider them as postponed. An amendment was proposed , and after a very strong discussion rejected by at. overwhelming majority :—" That practically discharged of their functions ; and whilst, on The Roman catholic buildings erected at the ex- theit is c t h h u e rc iu h drs of in E en n t em of a this and m t ee he ti c n reec g tha t. t a t Th he w fo e r . u p tul lic ari it e m s of the one hand, they cannot but regret that an institution starting with such fair promise should have become in penae of the Countess of Clare, at Cerisbrook, in the Islevolved in the recent troubles which have so generally pre of Wight, cost 12,000 L part as to the render unnecessary any formal expression of opinion on our veiled, they feel, on the other hand, that the shareholders At an iron-shipbuilding establishment in the adorability of our blessed Loral .' may be congratulated that the losses are likely to fall far month of England 300 men are employed. This time Mat The original resolution was then put, and carried unani mously, and the declaration was made by the meeting, the short of the anticipations which were at first formed. The direction of the Dutch Rhenish Railway year 1,300 men were employed at the Same establislunent. whole of those present in the room rising to their feet, Company have announced, on account of the first Gambling continues to increase in Paris, and with the exception of the A. A. 'fonnesson, who remained half of the current book year, a provisional divi recent heavy losses and gains have been the subject of seated dell of Ils. 81. per share on the paid shares ; much convemation. Amonpt the fortunate winners is On the motion of the Rev Mr. SFWVIII , I a voteof thanks to the Convocation of Cante . rliu . ry fee h e returned and of 14s. 71. per share on the fully - paid shares. Kalil Bey, who on Saturday evening gained in all a million to the questions submitted to them was unanimously A special general meeting of the Mid-Wales of francs. Viscount D-- lost the same evening carried. Animated discussions took place as to the heat method of proceeding, some urging that the Queen should Railway Company is called for the Bth January, 130,000 fa, which he paid immediately. Heaps of gold are " for the purpose of authorising the exercise of the on these °cautions laid down upon the table, and have a be petitioned to have the case tried on its merits. Ulti mately, however , after many divisions, it was resolved to powers conferred upon the company by the Mid visible and sometimes remarkable effect both upon the elect a bishop, and that if the person chosen should refuse Wales Railway Act, 1866, for raising adilitienal players and spectators. The places of resort are in the Bishops hat the choice of a bishop should be left to the capital for the general purposes of the undertaking of Capetown and Grahamstown, with the concur vicinity of the Palais Royal, and are very likely to attract to the amount of 200,000/. by the creation and a treat from the police. rence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. issue of new ordinary or preference shares or At the close of the second day's session, the clergy, A letter from Rome of the 20th says :—" Mr. with the exception of the Revs. W. 0. Newnham awl W. stock." Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, and the Duke of Argyll are H. C. Lloyd. accompanied by about 50 of the laity, re- The transfer books of the Rio do Janeiro City paired to the cathedml, where the usual evening service still in Rome, enjoying the fine weather, the galleries. and Improvements Company (Limited) aro to be closed performed. In accordance with the custom of the front the Ist to the 12th of January, for the pre the countless objects of interest, observing the crisis c WaS which as yet has been so uneventful, and contemplating, th e 7 c l erg y hurcb on such occasions immediately after the first lesson, who bad voted forthe election of a bishop save- paration of the half-yearly interest warrants, which as I hear, a move nurthwards not long after Christ- rally repaired to the altar, and there made the follovnng de- will be payable on the 14th. mas. Mr. Gladstone, to whom, especially, so much in- cLaration : 'I --, having thefear of Godbefure my eyes, The numbers are published of 5,166 bonds of terfcrence in Papal politics has been falsely attributed, Rad seeking the welfare and glory of His church, believing the South Austrian, Lombardo -Venetian, and Con- William Butler, priest, Vicar orWantage, in the diocese tea] Italian Railway Company, which were drawn has been very much engrossed with art and antiquities, and has acquired some beautiful Capo di Monte puce_ of Oxford, in the kingdom of England, to be, by soundness in the faith, holiness of life, and divine learning, emi- at Vienna on the 17th rust ., and aro to be paid o ff lain, destined, it is said, for the South Newington nently qualified to be appointed bishop over the church in at the rate of 500 f. per bond on the 2nd January. Museum. He was lately confined to his bed for two or Natal, do now and hereby nominate him to that holy A petition for thew inding up of the Llantris three days by a bad sore throat, and—u a matter of °ffice * " se nt Iron and Coal Company (Limited) is to be course in Rome—au alarming rumour was got up, but he This was done by the Dean, the Ven. Archdeacon Fume, and the Revs. F. S. Robinson, J. Watson, J. heard before the Master of the on on the 12th has quite recovered. I suppose the quidnuncs and the Barker, T. Taylor, and .T. F. Neville Rolfe, the other January. credulous will make something of his having yesterday clergy, together with the laity present, knee li ng in the Creditors of the Himalaya Tea Company paid a visit to Cardinal Antone ll i, accompanied by Mrs. body of the church. (Limited) are required to send the particulars of Gladstone and her daughters, to whom the Cardinal The Dean then rrononnced that the Rev. William their claims to Mr. John H. Norman, the liquidator Butler bad been duly elected bishop by seven priests and showed his beautiful collection of ge , and gave the; for the voluntary winding up, by the 7th Jan. d eaco ns, and required that if anyone knew any cause or young ladies his autograph, and behaved altogether as just impediment why the said William Butler should not I Creditors of the Leeswood Iron Company the pink of gallant churchmen." be consecrated to that holy o ffi ce, he should make it (Limited) are required to send the particulars' of known without delay to the A FARMER OF HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC NOTE.— Metropolitan through the ' their claims to Mr. John Ledward, of cheater, the clergy. A highly respectable farmer, named Rolfe, has just died at T official liquidator by the 30th January, the 21st The evening service was then proceeded with, and the Beaconsfield, at an advanced age, about whom a passing Benediction having been pronounced by the Dead, the Y o word is but justice to his memory. This Mr. Rolfe was son of the farm-bailiff of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, and red congregation reti . upon them. had been the original of the famous picture, by Sir Jisahus, --------it ' Februar having appointed for adjudicating Vice-Chancellor Wood has appointed Mr. W. Reynolds, of "T o o Infant Hercules." Mr. Jesse, in his PROPOSED CHAMBER OF AORICCETCRE FOR STAF- H. Holyland, of Gresham-street East, to be official " Favourite Haunts," recounting his visit to Beaconsfield FORDSHIRE.—A meeting of owners and occupiers of land, liquidator of the London and County Coal Coin in 1843, thus refers to the circumstance :—" blr, Rolfe's convened by the Earl at Lichfield, lord-lieutenant of the party (Limited). mother-in-law," writes Mr. Jesse, " told me • eircum- county, was held at the Shire-hall, Stafford. on Saturtlay, We are requeeted to state that the Hop and Malt stance that I was little prepared to Dear ; it was the fact for the purpose of considering the propriety of establishing that her good, honest, and portly son-in-law, whom I a Chamber of Agriculture for Staffordshire. The Earl of Exchange and Warehouse Company (Limited) have saw before me, had been the very infant whom Sir Harrowby, K.G., Lord Netherton, Viscount Bandon, Mr. removed their offices from 8, Southwark-chambers, Joshua Reynolds took as the model of his well- Pell (chairman of the Central Chamber of Commerce), lenown picture of ' The Infant Hercules.' The infant's several landowners, Alla a nymber of tenant farmers were - - —-- ----• father was the knit-bailiff of Mr. Burke, with whom he pretient. Lord Lichfield, in opening the business of the - a.t. REFORM UNIOv A public meeting Borough. -..— to the permanent building in Southwark-street, wu an especial f a vourite, that great man in his hsppier meeting, urged the necessity for some means by which the was held in the Sunday School, Dukeld, on Friasy Mr. James Low has issued his annual statement, days frequently coming to the cottage, sometimes eating views and the special knowledge of those connected with evening, Mr. J. Thompson presiding. The chairman said , potatoes roasted in the embers of a wood-fire, and once agriculture could be brought to bear with authority that there could be no doubt that the time had now j East for the year 1866. The amount despatched ;vying the merits of a rook or jackdaw pie, or rather upon the government aod upon parliament in ro- arrived for the passing of a reform measure that would showing the amount of bullion shipped to the a mixture of both." Sir Joshua Reynolds, when visiting at ference to questions sprially affecting that interest, meet the demands of the great body of the labouring f the Perms •' tiler and Oriental Company is stated Burke's, happened to see the infant Rolfe sprawling on the 1 The Earl of Harrowhy, in proposing the establishment classes ' that their united efforts showed their earnestness, 1 0 ! from England , month by month, by the steamers grass, and was struck with the look of strength the child lof a chember for Sta ff ordshire, pointed out that there and merited the speedyfavour of parliament ; that it was ,as under : possessed ; and he took him for his model of the dend- was an increasing tendency to impose taxation on tan- deplorable to see the existence of a constitution which was Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver. god, all powerful even in his tenderest years. Rolfe did Bible or real property, to the exemption of personal pro- af raid of those upon whom it had to depend for support ; I Jan, ki5t.3,067 gelfaPo 1 Aug. ta5,906 1:314,745 ,454 not belie the opinion of the painter. He grew party. Such • course was, no doubt, convenient, for and that he was glad Dnkinfield was now about to take its i Feb. 70,566 686,731 Sept. 4, 863 19,830 18,045 up a very • strong and stalwart man, and so be ap- the former class of properly was easy to discover and pert in the great movement. Mr. Mark Price, as &depute peered even in his old age, when he was familiarly known assess: but it wee clearly unfair, as the protection and lion from the National Reform Union, delivered slieeches April 60,216 376,0 1 I Nov. \ :eil I March 16,192 1V14,2 8 1 0 I Oct . 94 : 1 5 7 1 : 4 1 41,016 Dec. 53,162 , to the last as "The Infant Her Mr. Rolfe lived advantages which government a ff orded were equally on the principles and policy of the National Reform Union, ' May 4,548 in a snug farm close to Beaconsfield and to the states- necessary and equally enjoyed by the owners of personal as when Mr. John Cooke moved, and Mr. W. Winter Uni on, Juno 4,t'a 12,472 1 ---- " 240 I Total £477,275 £2,374,314 man's favourite spot, "Burke's Grove;" and he used to of real property, and it was the more unfair from the fact seconded, the following resolution, which was adopted July 13,166 receive strangers visiting his cottage very courteously, that the value of personal property was increasing much with the greatest unanimity :—" That this meeting, n&v and would show them sundry relicts of the Burke family. u nanimously rid than real property. The resolution was Mg heard an explanation of the principles and liepoy 4 -ti, Oriental steamers have taken this year for the East In addition to the foregoing, the Peninsular and Among other curiosities he would, with great pride, ex- adopted, as was one appointing a committee of the National Reform Union, nail being unpres ye and 3 Oil 1351. in silver. Of the hibit a dagger, which he meintained was the identical to draw up rules and to consider the terms on which i the necessity for a substantial measure of National Return tiu t c eir ti as from the Mediterranean ports a total of 836,497 1 . weapon that Mr. Berke threw down in the House of Com- • the proposed local Chamber might be represented in the I that asked for in the constitution of the National orm in gold, , , moray. Mr. Rolfe was interred in Beaconsfield church- Central Chamber of A,Oculture in London. Both Lord I Union, hereby resolves to establish a branch of th• union l agitation now • d 453,5421. yard the same day as the late venerable rotor of the , Lkhfield and Lord .rrowby took exception to small iin Dukinfield, and pledges itself to aidthe agi . t. . silver 2,363,1051. went to Bombay , an gold 427,918/. went to Alexandria, and of the place, the Rev. John Gould, Ha, and they both now lie ' farmers' clubs being represent at the Centr a l Chamber , being carried on with all the vigour and determine l e i: not f u r from the graves of the two great Edmunds whose on the same terms as county chambers, and Mr. Fellcli shipped from Mszeeilles to the East by the pee i its power." Officers and a committee wen dul y _ appein . maize:irks they were wont to honour—Edmund Waller and wised to submit to that body any representation the cone ' and there is every respect of • strong and active bran toCalcutta. Distinct from the above are the sums Edmund Burke.—Scotamon. I mlttee might make on that point. being formed in this popului district. steamers of the Message Impiriales; which Between six and seven o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Peterborough-court, Fleet-street, near Shoe-lane, placing in imminent danger the offices of the Daily Telegraph and the Standard. The premises in which the fi re originated were occupied by E. l'ilottram and Son, engravers, &c., and Mr. H. Whitehead, book-edge gilder, and are situated at the extreme end of the court. The building, which was composed chiefly of wood, extended some distance westward into what is known as the Wine Company's yard, the front facing the printing-office of the Daily Telegraph, whilit the Standard office was in close proximity in an easterly direction. The fire is said to have been first observed at the top of the building, and no sooner bad the alarm been given than the flames shot forth with fury. The hose of the two establishments named were brought into play before the arrival of the brigade ; but when the land steam engines came up the fire had obtained a serious ascendancy. The building was in a sheet of flame, the blazing wood and shower of sparks ren dering the scene one of considerable danger. The engines were at once put in motion, but it was near eight o'clock before they achieved a mastery over the fire. The premises were destroyed, and the elegant show-rooms belonging to Messrs. Winfield and Co., brava and iron bedstead manufactures, situate in the Wine Company's yard, sustained much damage. A portion of the Standard office was severely scorched, but no mischief was done to its contemporary. The cause of the outbreak could not be ascertained. The supply of water was abundant. MR. HEADLAM, M.P., ON REFORM. Mr. T. E. Headlam, M.P., addressed the elec tors and non-electors at Newcastle, on Friday night. In alluding to the subject of reform, the right hon. gentle man have been always desirous to promote some measure by which the basis of the constitution of the country should be widened, and by which the political pri vileges of the people could be extended. At the mine time, I must tell you that there is much in the language which has been used recently with which I cannot exactly con cur. It is my wish to hand down the constitution im proved and not impaired by anything ; but I must tell you fairly and distinctly that I believe in no time, in no age, amongst no people, has there existed a constitution better adapted than our own to the government and wants of an enlightened people. There is more of true freedom in this country—freedom in the highest sense of the word, freedom of action and thought—than in any other ; and there is no government in the world which is carried on more in accordance with the wishes and the welfare of the whole community. At the same time I am not reluctant, but desirous to widen the basis of our constitution, to make it still better, and to give a larger number of my fellow citizens a voice in the representation of the country. I was a humble member of the late government, and I can conscientiously say that they were actuated in the course which they took by a sincere desire to carry a good measure of reform. lam not at all prepared to assent to the belief that any different course would have led to other results. lam certain that the course taken by Earl Russell was one of perfect sincerity, and his lordship believed that it was the best course that could be followed. Considering, too, that the existence of the government was staked on the Reform Bill, it was plain that the cabinet did their best to secure the best possible law for the country. Whether they were right or wrong I will leave posterity to judge ; but I can say that they did all that lay in their power as public men to prove to the world the truth of their assertions. With respect to the future, a measure of reform is said to be now in the hands of three who lately opposed it, and they have the responsibility and the privilege of initiating a measure on the subject. I have far too deep a respect for the working classes and those whom reform is intended to benefit to throw any obstacle in the way of such a measure. Public men must be the guardians of their own honour, and if they feel that they have in any manner incapacitated them selves from dealing with the subject they have in hand, this I can promise, that no taunt will ever be uttered against them by me. I wish, however, to state, in order that there may be no misunderstanding on the sub ject, what are my ideas on the question. In 18.19 I opposed the measure which was then submitted to parliament, although I have since heard it said that the course which I and others then took was factious, and that the bill was a good one. Though I am not prepared to o ff er any factious opposition to the pre sent government, yet looking back to that time I have nothing to regret, and if the matter were to come before us again I do nut Dee that I could take any other course than the one I then took. I opposed that hill because I considered it to be clearly • step in the wrong direction. It contained no diminution of the borough franchise, and I unbounded opportunities were given for the creation of I faggot votes. - Therefore, should any such similar ineasure be again introduced I shall oppose it to my utmost. There have been many arguments raised with respect to this question of reform, and we have been told over and over again that if the working classes were admitted to the franchise they would swamp the classes superior to them in social position and wealth. In that, however, I do not concur ; and lam not prepared to refuse a vote to any man on the ground that his class is numerous. I am not prepared to consent to any measure by which all bona fide citizens in this town are not to lie enfranchised ; that is to say, all persons who have a subatantial inte rest in connection with this place. lam nut prepared to give votes to rich people at a distance ; neither am I pre pared to give votes to people who have no connection with 1 the place ; nor am I prepared to increase the number merely for the purpose of making the proportion of votes come up to any particular figure. A great fallacy his prevailed that non-voters belong all to one clas.i—to the poorer class. This, however, is not the case, for I can show you that in the moneyed classes there are a large number of persons who have no votes—such, for instance, as barristers, and others of the like class, who go up to London, men with a liberal education and great abilities, some of whom are destined to become our future legisla tors. At any rate they are men well fitted to have a vote, but none of them have, simply because they are young un married men, and it is not in accordance with their habits I of life to have any partic ular connection with any place re turning members to parliament ; and I cannot say that 1 I ever recollect bearing from them any complaint that they have not a vote. There are also a great number of labourers in the country who go from place to place seeking work, and who have no permanent home, and simply come and take a temporary lodging, and do not become citizens. There is nothing against their fitness for the franchise, but simply they are not members of any particular community. I could name to you also other classes—young men between 20 and 30, unmarried. and who have not , generally speaking, any Ifixed or settled homes, because their life is before them, and they have not yet settled down at any place to become citizens. But I really do not know on what ground votes can be given to rich or poor who have no connection with etown. I listened attentively to the to debates in the last sessi kart on, but whether it was owing my of , or the obtuseness of my understanding, I will not say, but at the termination of the discussion my opinion on reform hail not been altered. The rule I have laid down I i s , that I would give a vote to every man who has a true I and substantial interest in the welfare of the town in which he lives. I agree with the late Lord Durham, and with the principles of the Municipal Pill of 1836, which made rating and residence a qualification for every man. To that extent I am prepared to go, and I should not have the slightest objection to confer a vote on every man who pays rates. (Loud applause.) lam not prepared to say that there are not other qualifications beyond those I have named, but those gentlemen assembled in Manchester wisely resolved when they said it wag not expedient for liberal members to say how far they would I go, or s what was e the minimum they would accept hus, have tad t broad principle I am prepared to adopt, but it is not for any individual to say what is the right measure to go upon. It is the duty of every member of the liberal party to waive his own individual opinion, and to act for the general good of the community. I have been a member of the liberal party for nearly thirty years, and in that period I have always been found ready when the occasion occurred to give my support to, and to act in accordance with, the principles of the party to which I belong. I think I may promise you that although the particular measure may not be precisely the same as the one which 1 should have chosen — l ma y go further, perhaps not so far—there will be no measure forwar of reform broughtd by the liberal party which I shall not heartily support. (Cheers.) So far as my own individual interest is con cerned, it will be rather to soften differences, and to obtain od legislation for the country at large. A letter approving generally of the above was read by the Bishop of GRAHAM TOWN. The DEAN proposed that the following should be signed by those present :—" We believe with firm and unhebitat ing faith that our crucified Lord, Very God of Very God, is adorable and worthy of all adoration ever has been, and ever is to be adored, 'iota in heaven and in earth."— n 6,074,938 £112,522,808 I •Includes ilapmeuts per Memel RAILWAYS AND MINES. The Stock Exchange and Mining Exchange arc shut to-day. 352 persons were brought up at the Dublin police-offices yesterday morning for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct. DR. MAJOR TENTIMoNIAL Ft:NO.—The follow ing amongst other names have been recently added to the committee for promoting this fund :—Thu Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Lon don, Lichfield, Lincoln. My, and Nova Scotia, Lords Harrowby and Calthorpe. It has been deemed advisable to keep open the mbecriptiou list for a short time longer. in order to give a further oppor tunity of subscribing to Dr. Major's numerous pupils and. friends, many of whom are widely scattered over different countries. THE. FIRS AND LO,A OF Twit LIVES AT IIKoHLEY. —Yesterday afternoon Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, held. an inquiry at the Old Five Bells Tavern, Brumley, into the cause of the fire at No. 21, Francis-terrace, Brumley, on Friday last, by which Ellen Martha Dement, aged tt years. and Florence Sarah Jane Grant, aged yr, were burnt to death. The bodie. of the deceased presented a horrible spectacle, being reduced to cinders. The two deceased were respectively the daughter and the granddaughter of ' a carpenter named Oanient, living at 21, Francis-terrace. }Seemly. The family. who were very well on. were re duced todestitution by the fire, 150/. worth of toolsbeing de strayed. Tho,nasoement, a youth, said that at half .past 4 o'clock last Friday u.orning he was awoke front hie sleep by a sense of suffocation. He found his lip. parched, and his throat eore ; upon getting up lie felt the floor .mite hut. lie ram down stairs and found the kitchen full of eame smoke. He assieteel his father to escape, aud then nied to go upstairs for his sister. But the staircase wits then on fire, the cod cellar blazing out. His mother was got out of a window much burnt. His father was also injured. He did not know how the fire originated. Gee. Miles, one of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, deposed to finding the holies of the deceased coinpletely burnt its the back room on the second floor. Witness could nut any how the tire originated. It had begun in the kitcken. The landlord of the house Lad that owing to the defective arrangements of the fire brigade, great delays took place in getting the engines when required--tho keys being kept at one place, the horses at another, and the engines at a third ; thres-querters of an hour's delay that k place on the present occa sion. George Miles ded her received notice of the fire till a . carter- mat rive o'clock, and no delay took place after that. The keys were kept in Bath-street. and the station was in Newby place. The present arrangements were temporary. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased were burnt to death through the house in which they lived incidentally catching fire, and requested the coroner to write to tho Board of Works to draw ettention to the defective arrange ments of the fire brigade at Bromley. MURDER I.:I Sr lI:II,E.—A dreadful incident wag revealed at Postwick, Norfolk, on Sunday. Mr. Rubinson, an upholsterer, of Pottergste-streetNorwich, wentdown to the Great Eastern Railway station, with his wife, at a very early hour on S.iturday, for the purpose of taking leave of one of their children. On quitting the railway •tation, Mr. Robinson seems to have hurriedly left his e 'le, mid he was not seen any more b y any of his relativesi and friends durieg Saturday. About 11 oclock on Sunday, the deal body of a Man was found in a I.eld at The Pos corpse ck, a village about four miles from orwich. was Vying in a little hollow, so th.it it waegnot readily seen, an.l when it was 11111COYerefl it was .j its cold and stiff. There were some dreadful wounds at the back of the head which appeared to Lave been inflicted by a large flint atone which was found clues by c overed with blood. Various parts of tie , holy wer e also smeared with blood, but the clothes of the deceased do not appear to have been torn, MA an. IAI. was found in his pocket , It was at first supposed that a barbarous murder had been committed, and great excitement pre vailed in con .e.iiience iii the neighbourhood ; the intelli gence of the occurrence seems indeed to have been re ceived at the parish church, the result bring 04 at the conclusion of the morning service nearly the whole of tho congr egation proceeded to the spot where the h body 11.01 been tlesevered. In the course of the day, Mr. Athi. deputy chief constable o f the Norfolk county p . olice, went down to the will , ee and made minute in.itnries into the ciecutestauces. While he was proceeding with the iovs tigation it transpired that a communication had been made to the Norwich police with reference to the missing man, and a person cute forward and idantifed the corpse as that of Mr. Robinson. A few articles found upon the deceased were also shown to Mrs. Robinson, who was much affected by them, at once identifying them as having belonged to her husband. Ain man who examined the wounds expressed an opinion that they might have been self-inflicted, so that the geueral ;cone sion now adopted is that the poor Ili= perished by hand. It is ~toted that Le had for some time piist been in a dmwtidiug state of nand, although there appeals to have been no cause for hie depression of slants. Mrs. Rubinson believes that when her husband left her on Saturday morniu he had not s watch with him and that he Lad ouly g a few shillings in hi his pockets. A BRAVE FELLow.—On Saturday last ' a coal trimmer. maned John Foulke s, em p lo y ed on board the Cumin' steamer Scotia, in the Canada Dock, LiverpooLfell into the dock and oink. William Pritchard. a fireman, jumped into the water, dived, and brought Foulkes up. A rope was thrown to Pritchard, who fastened it round Foulkes' body ; but as the men above were drawing water it up the rope slipped , and Foulkes fell back him to the face ; but, ufortunately, when he was lifd to the edge of the dock. n he was dead. The brave fe t l e low who had made such noble efforts to gave his comrade was greatly exhauted, and lied to be oirried home. An inquest was bald yesterday, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned. T ERRI BLE SITUATION. —A boy named Thomas Wyatt, agedls, employed on board the brig Ayrshire Lash was sent ashore by his father (who Tr en d s t he whoa he vessel, in a small boat, to procure a pilot a co t ale, about a quarter of a mile from the vessel he fell overboard. , His cries attracted his father's attention ; and an elder Ibrother of the boy, who was also in the vessel. at once plunged into the water and SRAM to the spot where his brether was struggling. The boat had drifted away, sad the gallant fellow had, therefore, no mows of assisting his drowning brother. He, however, struggled manfully to bring him to the vessel's side : but the father saw frets the deck that, unless the attempt were relinquished. both sons must inevitably perish, and he therefore, Galled to his eldest son to let the younger go. which he reluctantly' did, and the boy sank to rise no more, end his brother reached the vessel in a very exhausted sta t e , having had a very narrow escape. T body was recovered at low water and interred at Tralee. KAN.:Aftoo 11.%M . 4.— " Tho kangaroo hunters, Messrs. Niffnecker, Silby, and Co., have returned to Gee long, the hem-curing season being closed. Mince the 28tk June," says the Gerb.ay Adrreiser, " they have smoked and pickled about 1,200 hams and have every reason to be satisfied with their trip, which they intend eepc ding, D.V., when the cold weather sets in again." A fresh case of refusal to take an oath has just occurred in Brussels. In the present instance • corn sitar declared in the Court of Correctional Police that his conscience did not permit him to repeat the usual for mula. Ile was, in oonsecinenoe, condemned to pay 100 fr. fine, or • fortnight's imprisonment. f3ol rn KENNINGTON MVSEUX.—Visitors during the week ending December n—On Monday, Tues day, and flatnelay, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 6,058 ; on Wednesday , Thursday, and Friday (R&M,- don 6‘1.1 front 10 a.m. till 4 11. m., 1,164 ; total, 7 , 2 r. 2 . Average 'of correeponding week in former years, 7,468 . Total from the opening of the Museum, 6,457,124. PATENT OPTIC! MY/SEVIN, SOUTH KENNINGTON. Number of visitors for the week ending Dee. 22, 1,127 ; total number since the opening of the Museum free daily (12th May, 18581, 1,098,666. CRYSTAL PALACE. Oxa Sulu. NO DAY.— M O NDAY, Dnc. 24.—Admissions on payment. 6,188 ; ditto by season tickets, 2,386. Total visitors, 4,574. • MONEY MARKET. dicated suicid a l (math oove all no .f Italy to the PPosed e, come Port of question 'Port, in n point s mphati- Italian ecul and ell coin. ject say may. the go.. canal- (rsox on smut. CO] on, hav e ncing th♦ tga—abeo. that the iia respect bt possible finances lthout this eh a condi r all the which Italy that rents it was the tlortly ba to thecoures that never -ention has orence will alp. It is the subject opening of preparation • ich long ago :tal of Italy. ay in the -enture on declara tends the the Roman solved as to pe's city the nions. The h I saw the , bably found -hat cheaper It is so; and 7opulation of hem is some last winter. t this pheno -th the depre- I 1 ensue from ;y of Flowers. rarg. r.im, DEC. 24. von directions this dockianl es oe of their being two of the im -1 nib's screw gun Ldld one or more vl each of about r ill be laid down ' Marines left the ace, for the per their friends. iirt-martird as aouth, on Friday •pernunierary able :'first, for having, er, on board her of porter, the a a charge of per award Tatham, of F. Egerton, aide. C. Chamberlain '. J. E. Commerell, V.C. (Wirern). Urgent). and d.G. kins officiated as e frieft in question •mplored on board hat snip from the vorking•partY had wd, and on their Mr. Blake, the they were accused iew anything about so. A pettyofliess ;hen woe forward uu d Mr. William of the theft. A led for the trial of Doran swore that that he called the Another witness, d Doran atternPring nson was hOTIOUrd a i ,sand that the first at that the second imprisoned and kept oths ItAce.—The fol regsed by the Admi• sul at Southampton : I am commanded la t iralty to or-4mila' fiir T. Pasley, on the "ts which left Ne w owes, Isle of Hight, • captains or owner!, ssistance of the deck. -ant (Signed ) 1115a1 Esq., United State f r om Munich ; d e northern PW l2cll. I. being about to rends tnachwandlu• pounces the death Cl lie almshouse of that filled the sites oh i e nt and distinguished accompanied Wale*, h WAS an officer i 0 ibe of the family is • car' he Monti mg Herald oo k place at Date It of which, as I before Among the auditory dice and Public Wor. ''shop of Paris. So long himself to a rather evil, Sc., all went close of the second on the era erffeats nce. Ile contrasted England—a great patina with the piety lot the ; an d humiliation WO ore e t us gr and spar i ng that 'so long la to immorality by I r stage, she weal unry with rapid strides ere the Father stopped to beckon to hive. he did not resseend waiting for the third pal delivered. The andienee at this abrupt terminn• Lest li. Beroohe knows PRIZE POULTRY AND CHEESE SHOW IN PARIS. 3 have comprised a total for the year of 1,499,9611. in gold, and 1,604,8661. in silver. Of the gold, 1,337,015/. went to Alexandria ; and of the silver 741,3601. to Calcutta, 277,8351. to Hong Kong, and 159,822/ to Saigon. The foregoing particulars may be supplemented by the following table, which exhibits the total shipments of specie and bullion to the East for a series of years. It will be seen that the draught upon us on this score, notwithstanding the demand to pay for cotton in Egypt, has been less this year than for many years past, and it is easy to. trace some connection between this fact and the fall which has latterly taken place in the value of money : . TOTAL AMOUNT OF SPECIE TO THE EAST. From Great Britain lot Sixteen From the Mediterranean Poi • Yearn. tor Fourteen Yearn. Gold. Silver. Gold. MIT. 1851. 102,280 1,7 16 , 100 1853. 93,528 848;362 1852. 921,739 2,630,238 , 1854. 48,456 1,451,014 1853. 880.202 4.710,665 1855. 243,239 1,524,240 1854. 1,174,299 3,132,003 i 1856. 74,10.4 1,980,916 1856. 948,272 6,409, 889 . 1857. 159,986 3,350,089 1836. 404,749 12,118,985 i 1868. 165,230 911,043 1857. 269,215 16,795,232 1659. 142,144 1,521,970 • 1858. 168,365 4,781,923 1860. 765,138 2,764,064 1859. 788;50 14,834,521 1861. 644,904 2,021,005 1860. 1,6139,746 8,038,276 nab - 2. 1,676,00 4,4'3,173 1861. 783,r43 6,838,292 1 '1863. 4,649,521 6,8%3,159 1862. 1,715,963 10,134,51)6 1'1864. 4,928,891 10,681,428 ' 1863. 3,173,442 8,213,264 1'1865. 3,794,4:1' 6,123,988 1864. 2,041,854 6,175,270 '1866. 2,036,458 4,676,001 1865. 555,725 3,621.330 ---- 1866. 477,275 2,374,314 £19,722,67x£49,245,'%7 • of the Meenarks Impf dales: 14