The Express. — London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

If NEWSPA PER • T •.. 1.41 j t c\5 , 111.1.. _ ) 11i , •,• 1 0 ‘1! •11 • . • . titk . Z • .• s a l i dx. 4 7 ;FL or, - 'rE • ';"--Pr,4 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1867. [STA/APIA Id. ADDITIONAL.] [TWOPENCE No. 6,663.) WaSRS. MONEY WIGRAM and SONS' (of Blackwalliard, Londnc) LINE of SWAM and PACKET SHIPS to A USTRALIA.—For MELBOURNE (Port Phillip) Direct, to leave the Docks on SATURDAY, the !Ist December (calling at ilymooliti , , the splendid clipper ship SUSSEX. 1,002 toes, li. MANI MILLER, Commander ; Lying in the East India wo► tier accommodations for 2U dosses of passengers are i mierpaseed, and she will carry an irWnced surgeon.—For freight or Pcowww 40 ALLPORT aad MORGAN, with Messrs. MONEY WIGE.AM sad EOM T. Loadaabidlatresa. TSMAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW ..11. YORK, and PRILADILLPHLt BTLAM-8111P COMPANY Intend despatching their full-powered Clyde-butlt iron mew .1...t0p5, currying the United States Malls, calling at Queens town, Ireland. on the following day, to take on board ga g Sesuetches, and with liberty to call at an interme= I'l7l' ilk !.W . L . Dll:B• :., W , e . dreeloy, December 18. 1W LI MEltitit K. Saturday, December *2l i'ITI OF WA'SHINOTON, Wednesday, December 2.. And every Wednesday and Saturday. Cabin pomp by the mail stemma ailing every Wedneeday, 16, 17, and 11 guineas, according Lathe accommodation. Forward Includes a full supply of cooked provisions Pamengen ice Canada and the United 'UAW; booked through on very Mean- MZlterms —For further particu AM lan apply to WILLIAM N, 22, Water-street, Liverpool; and to LUGS and MACEY, 01, ling William-street. London. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE . — NOTICE to PASSENGERS—The BATAVIRR has DISCOVITINUND RUNNING for the MEMO N. The B.S. " YYRNOCIRD " will be ,I,epatched as usual every THURSDAY MORRO% at 8 o'clock, from uQ the Tower, weather perattitne. PIIILLIPPIk GRAYS& PHILLIPPS sad Co. St Dunstan's-house, E.C. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Invested Amets—Upwards of Five littliona Annual Income—RAU a Million. Claims Paid—Seven and a Quarter Millions. POordiths of the profits allotted to the Assumed Quinquennially. Donates hitherto added to Policies—Upwards of Four Million& Policies upon the partkipating scale effected during the car. mat year ;11507 will share Oa the profile to be distributed at the teat ditriaion, which will be made up to slat December, 180. /or Prospectuses, Statements of Accounts, Ac., apply to the Adam, as Sly Wks, Ileet.street, London. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. PURCHASERS of BOORS for CHRISTMAS PRIMINTS and FR17.69 are respectfully Invited to apply for MUDiES CHRISTMAS LIST of BOORS in ornamental bindings. This Hat includes:—The Early Years of the Prince Consort, half morocco, The Globe Shakespere, half morocco, ea A Story of Doom. by Jean Ingelow, hall morocco, Si.;Tannyeses Poems, half morocco, 10a. MI.: and more than Bye hundred other well selected Gift Books, at unusually ow prices. MOW, Select Library (Limited', New Oxford street. " THE LONDON," 191, Fleet-street, corner of Chancery-lane, Temple-her, E.C. nrionicx SAW TER, Sole Proprietor, and of PMI'S, 3,4, and 5, Poultry, 39 and 40, Bucklembiary, Cbeapekle. LATE PURVEI OR TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The London Dinner, U. 91., attendance 3d., foe this day, the 13th last., served from 4 till s o'clock: MAORI. Ala puree de Gibier. Au Vermicelle. POMPONS. cabillaud aux !flares Marla= Mt.. EN MM. VesaLan 3 FAng!aise. Blaseles de VolidUe. I LOT liamhe de Montan. Name au Rh. D'ArtolL The London Dinner, 2s. 9d., attendant,. 3d., for to-morrow (Saturday;, the I Ith Inst., served from 4 till 8 o'clock: APTAGILS A Is Cressy. POMPONS. Anguilla Iltuvee. Bolos trite. rum Tartare. INTROS. RIB do 'Rani sus peUts pots. Petits NM &Bomar& Manche de Veoakson Otte. Pudding de Biscuit. --- ecgnpOlie de prunes. nouns*. Reduced Tariff of Prfees. Diener from the JoiatlneTuart;gvegetages, bread, cheese, le., _ . .le Yd. Joint, with soup or fish, 2s 6d. Fish dinner, Is. 6d. ; attendance, 3d. extra ; and Dinners 4 is Carte are served from I until is o'clock. The carte for to-day includes pheasants, partridges, grouse. tresselcocka, teal, golden plovers, chickens, and every other kind of poultry and game in season. Dinners la private room; for large or small parties, from 3s. tid. to be. per bead. The famous London Dinner is served daily from 4 until 8 o'clock, at Is Id. per head : attendance, 3d. Good dinner hock and claret at 2s. per bottle, Is. per pint Phonies, ports, champagnes, etc., of the choicest vintages and brands a4Coatinept!tl prices, - . . . . on anndsya at 4 o'clock. PRADERIeIi &kW V ER, nolo Proprietor, and of Plat WS, A 4, and A Poultry, An and 60, backleribrary, Maitland'. LATE PVIVEYOE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACK KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN BXBTBITION ISCA this celebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN MIER MEDAL—It Is pare, mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold In bottles, Sd. each, at the retail houses In tondos by the agents in the principal towns In England ; or wholesale at 8, Great Windmill-street, London, W.--Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded •• Kinahaa•s LL Whisky. SAIICE.—LEA and PERRIN B' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. 1111 a delicious condiment., pronounced by ammonium* " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRIN& The public are repecttully cautioned against worthless knits- Esse and should see that Ina and Parrins'names arson wrapper. Mel, bank, and stopper. AMC for LEA and TERRINE' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Worcester : Messrs. CROSSE and BLACKWELL e Messrs. BARCLA Y and SONS. London. Sc., dc.; and by grocers and oilman universally. CAPLES, GLYCERINE, and SOAP.—A Gold teda was awarded at the Parts Eshibitlon to Price's Pant Candle Company ,Linitted;. for "Candles, Glycerine and Seep"-.the only one to any British exhibitor for these three Minns eembined. The chief candles of the mummy are their " BELMONTINE " and " PARAFYINE" for these who nut have the extreme transparency of pre praline their "Geld Medal Pahnltine" and "Sherwood hilmitine," fur those who, while desiring candles of great beauty, require also steady brilliancy of light and freedom fr san smoke and smell; their Shod old fashioned "Belmont Sperm and Wax." and •' Best." "No. 2," "No. 3," and "Battersea" composites for those who require only perfect burning without caring for transparency sad their " Chamber " candles hard and of small diameter to shed the dropping of grease when carried. Their new Meet soap, •• Price's Solidified elycerine," contains half Its weight of their distilled glycerine, and should be Ike one toilet soap in use, specially In winter, because of Its admirable effects in preventing chapping of the hands and face. There ought also to be in every house one of the sealed bottles of their patent distilled Glycerine, known everywhere as " Price's Glycerine," two or three drops of which, mixed with three or four times as much water, will In a day or two remove chapping sad roughness of skin, whether of adults or children ; and when this is effected, a single drop of the undiluted Glycerine applied once a day will prevent the recurrence of the chapping aid muchness. Insist on having " Price's Glycerine" in the Company's own scaled bottles, quantities of cheap Impure °lye,. floe DOW sold in the shops because of the low rate at which the dealers can buy It In comparison with Price's. All the good Medical authorities abroad, as well sat home, order " Price's as the one only Glycerine to be used. " Price's New Patent Night Lights." for homing in the wide Oates. are believed to he the very best night lights made. Price's Child's Night Lights" are known everywhere, and are toefient for burning without a gloss. CANDLES. — A Hint to Purchasers . — Do not make sure that you know what price you are paying per Pound tor your candles until you have stripped them and put ta the scale. Some candles are right weight without the - Oars,some with moderately thick wrappai i ndue with very I PPers, and some are not nearly t weight with Wtapven however thick. PRICE'S " GOLD EDAL PALE!. ?ME's" "Sherwood Palmitin.," "Belmont Sperm," and " , s ___ li nnd Wm." " Best," " No. 3," ~ No. 3." and " Battersea" "Price's Paraffin.," and " Belmontine," and all Ye other candies of Prices Patent Candle Company (Lintitaii, are tun weight without the *ropers. WIN TER OVERCOATS. la, STRAND. OPPOSTTE stUati , ou is area la Shia EsSiblistunent to WINTER O I EBCOATS, mot a select, stock I. always kept on luand at HAMILTON sad ICIMMTn. TAILOR.* and OVERCOAT-mmati. ITARRISI CRYSTAL SPROTACLES of well known excellence tea only be had et 62, Oreat Itrunet:- est. opposite the British Museum Oates. The very best steel life Craltal Spectacles, lie and Iea—THOMAS BASAL:. and lON CAUTION the Wale against persona using their name a naelliheil7re. No travellers or agents. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, • never Lanni remedy, prepared without any nercurin fit, will be found invaluable to all wbo suffer from billow ?co m a plaint. on, wind, spasms, giddiness, Mai of f min or habitual costiveness, as a Well) nertent medicine, end so a purifier of the Mood, they are WO Asst: mild In their operation and grateful to the etansch, awe appetite, pr•ntois dinged and Annbld tam Whole baryons systern—liold by W cheesed. dm KW _William street, Chasing-cross, and most draggled', to bons 5_ 1 4. and three times the quantity In oce, la ad. Be sure to w Dr. Scott's MUMS and Liver PM. TM, candor are in a = l O Vela panne, with "Wildman Lemberg* engraved on the 0.017 T and RHEUMATISM.—The evrva excruciating ga 110111111413111 I. (wiel dy relieved awl • few daysot ga or 1 by that celebra and ItHLUIIted medkine, &LAMA GOUT ATIC PILL& 711 7 rendre crrtaln elo restraint of diet or countermen, duiing their Ole. mid are to prevent the disease attacking any vital Pin sold by all medicine vendors at l& lad. sod is. por boa 6 . obtained through any chemist. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-GRAND lIAL D'OPBRA, MONDAY, Dec. it, 1967. Open till Three a.m. permission . Usual entertainments suspended for this night only. Orchestra of 100 performers. Conductor, M. RIVIERE. 8010 Cornet, Mr. Reynolds. Twelve Master. of Ceremonies, under the direction of Mr. Birch. Doors open at 9 30; dancing to begin at 10. The whole of the rut building and ante rooms thrown open to the dancers. Gentlemen's tickets, 155... ladies' tickets, los ; balcony tickets to view the .• gal," Gd. To be had at the Alhambra BOx.fliCA, the Alham bra Bars, and at all the chief Libraries. Refreshments at lied charges. A few private hones to be bad on application. ROYAL ALRAMBRA PALACE, (Managing Director, Mr. F. Strange.) Three Ballet, 200 Dancers, 60 instnunentalids, Singers, Amobsta, Mimics: Pic tures, Latest Telegram., Saloons, Supper-rooms Lavatories, Smoking-rooms , Evening Paper; 10 Orche s tral Pieces Every Night. Open at Half-past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—la, is., and ed.: Reserved Seats, es. ; Private Bola, from El ls. Bos-offlos open from Eleven to Four. Now ready, price ed., THE EXTRA CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF ALL THE YEAR ROUND, Entitled NO THOROIJOHIPA RE, By CHARLES DICK ENS and WILKIE COLLINS. CONTENTS. Veudale makes Mlschlet Acr In the Valley. On the Mountain. ACT lE. The Clock. Lock. Obenreizer's Victory. The Curtain Falb. The Overture. _ _ ACT 1. The Curtain Riles. later the Housekeeper. The Housekeeper speaks New Characters on the Scene. WS Wilding ACT 11. Tisdale ?sakes Love. In the Number of ALL THY YEAS ROUND for January 4, will be commenced THY 1400xyrosis, _____ ;WI Story. 61*am commit London: 26, Wellington-street, Strand. W C. ; and Chapman and hail. 193, Piccadilly. W. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. A public demonstration of the friends and imp porters of the/tut London early closing movement took place List evening at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end. The proceedings, as usual at these meetings. consisted partly of speeches and partly of a musical entertainment, the choir being composed of a hundred voices, and the various glees, part songs and choruses being performed under the able direction of Mr. Jules Benedict. Mr. C. lien) occupied the chair, and among the gen tlemen on the platform were the Rev. C. Stove, the Rev. J. Kennedy, Captain Campbell, Messrs. Ling, Walker, Wickham, Bonn, G. Walton, and various other gentle men, invading some of the largest shopkeepers of the dis trict. Around the room were suspended conspicuously printed placards, earnestly entreating ladies and the public generally to discontinue shopping upon Saturday after noons. The Chairman having taken the chair, Mr. WALL, the secretary of the local association, read a short statement of the operations of the East London branch. The committee thankfully acknowledged the support of the clergy and several of the influential inha bitants in favour of the movement, and they mentioned with peculiar pleasure that afforded by Messrs. J. Crane and Co., and Messrs. Venable. and Sons. The statistics of the district showed that the woollen drapers and iron mongers closed at 7, the linendrapers at 8, and one (Mr. Venables) at 7, the grocers and oheesemongers at 9, the hosiers at 9.30 and 10, the clothiers from 8.30 to 9.30, the ls.otmakers from 9to 9.30, and the hatters at 9 p.m. In summer the hours were a little later, the actual hour of release for the saidetents being nearly 10 at night. On Saturdays Messrs. Venable. closed at 2, and the other woollen drapers at 3 ; the leading ironmongers of White chapel closed at 6, and the linendrapers from sto 7. In other trades the hours of closing were 11 and 12 at night. He added that there were in the East of London about 3,000 assistants of both sexes, whose average time of re lease from labour was 930 oa ordinary nights, and about 11 p.m. on Saturdays. The object of the movement was to obtain the closing of all the principal establishments at 7 in the winter and 8 in the summer. The Ciwasurr, in a short and effective address, reite rated the arguments so often urged in reference to the ad vantages of early closing, condemning that great "greed for gain" which indu.wd so many shopkeepers to keep open their shops far later than they should be, and pointed to the fact that those who had adopted the early closing system had not in any degree suffered in trade a a great encouragement to the supporters of the movement. The Rev. J. Ktivrreair also addressed the meeting. He deplored the fact that within the last year some of the shopkeepers of the neighbourhood, who were formerly sup porte of early closing, had returned to their old bad ways, and now kept open as late as ever. He saw no reason, in the depression of trade, for keeping open later, for it seemed to him that the less trade there was the shorter was the time necessary to do it in, and therefore the more reason for closing early. The Rev. C. Stovel, Captain Campbell, Mr. Contend, Mr. T. Wickham, and Mr. C. A. Ling addressed the meet ing, the speeches being interspered with various glees and choral pieces. A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, and also to Mr. Benedict for his services in conducting the choir, concluded the proceedings, which passed off in a very satisfactory manner. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION.—The report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Tenure Ireland) Bill, to whom was referred the report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons (of 1565) on Tenure and Improvement of Land (Ireland), has been pub lished, together with the proceedings of the committee and minutes of evidence. The committee say that they have, so far as time has permitted (the report is dated August 2), carefully considered the bill referred to them, and have heard much and important evidence, as well with refer ence to it as to the general subject of land tenure in Ire land. The witnesses were impartially chosen and com bined much experience in the management of land with an intimate knowledge of the condition generally of the agricultural classes. The subject matter of the bill is, however, of so much complexity and diflizulty that the cou.inittee confine themselves to reporting the evidence, and recommending that the committee be reappointed at as early a period of next session as practicable. STRAND UNION, ST. ANN'B, SOHO. —A meeting of the representative vestry of this portion of the Strand Union took place last night at the vestry room, Dean street; Rer. N. Wade, rector, in the chair. After the ordinary business of the meeting had been transacted, Mr. S. Bourn, Oxford-street, formerly a guardian, rose and moved the following resolution, accompanying it with some severe strictures on the conduct of the guardians of the Strand Union, who had moved Dr. Rogers' suspen sion :—" That this vestry, having heard with surprise and regret that the guardians of the Strand Union have sus pended Dr. Rogers from the performance of his duty as medical othoer of the workhouse upon charges which do not imply any neglect of the sick, but some supposed disrespect of, and antagonism to them, causes which we consider very inadequate for so grave a proceeding, and having had the opportunity of knowing during many years the zeal and assiduity with which Dr. Rogers has performed his duty for the benefit of th 6 sick and suffering, trust that your honourable board will immediately restore him to that position which be has so long, faithfully, honestly, and usefully occupied." This was bristly seconded by Mr. Charles Wakeling, senior churchwarden, and carried una nimously. It was then moved by Mr. Mummery, Oxford street, and seconded by Mr. Pratt—" That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the vestry clerk to the Right Hon. Earl Devon, President of the Poor-law Board." Several gentlemen commented strongly on the conduct of the guardians in reference to the personal ill-feeling which had been shown by several of them towards Dr. Rogers. Ties PROPOSED FENIAN DEMONSTRATION AT LIVERPOOL.—A consultation took plate yesterday between the mayor, the police, and the naval and military officers, and arrangements were made topromptly stop any attempt to form a procession within the borough on Sunday next. It is, however, believed that no breach of the peace will occur, though a number of the resident Irish will probably walk in precession outside the town boundaries. The Liverpool police yesterday received information that the Glasgow Irish had threatened a demonstration next Sun day and in the coiner, of the day the arrangements made in , Liverpool under similar circumstances were telegraphed to the t;laagow authorities. PROPOSED FINIAN FUNERAL DEMONSTRATION AT Lieut.—lt has been determined by a number of Irishmen residing in Leeds to evince, by means of • funeral proces sion, their feeling with respect to the recent execution of Allen, Larkin, and Gould, at Manchester. This demon stration of their disapproval of the conduct of the govern ment in the matter, and of their sympathy with the rela tives of the unfortunate men and the cause they espoused, is to take place on Sunday next. A placard bearing the sub joined announcement, within • deep black border, has this morning been very extensively posted in various partsof the borough; though, of course, most freely in those portions of the town in which the bulk of the natives of Ireland reside—the East, the North-East, and Kirkgate Wards. The placard runs as follows :—" God nave Ireland. A public funeral procession in honour of the Irish patriots executed at Manchester, Nov. 2:3, will take place in Leeds on Sunday next, Dec. 15, 1567. The procession will assemble in Vicar's Croft, and will start at two o'clock p.m., and parade the principal street. to Saint Patrick's Cemetery. All lovers of Ireland, men and women, are requested to attend and show their respects to the me awry of their fellow-countrymen." We understand that the procession is likely to be a very large one, and, it IS hoped, very orderly. It will be preceded by • hearse drawn by six homes, and will be aosompanied by • beam band,which will doubtless perform " The Deed March" in Sae:, and other appropriate music. The attention of the police authorities has been drawn to the matter, but it is not at present known what steps, it soy, they will take ia respect to it.—Leeds E./prat. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (11011:11% TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Dac. 12. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Cambray Digny, Minister of Finance, pre sented two bills sanctioning the budget of 1868. The budget shows an economy of 18 million lire compared with the budget of 1867. There is the sum of 184 millions in the Treasury to meet the obligations of the State. As the committee on the budget will not be able to examine it and make their report before the 31st December, the mi nister also presents a bill for the provisional exercise of the budget until the 31st January. He will make his financial statement on the 15th of January, but this delay, he said, need not prevent the Chamber from considering the important finan cial bills already before it. The minister an nounced that the government accepted the bills proposed by the committee for taxing flour, with some alight modifications, in preference to the bill of Signor Ferrara. Early in January he will pre sent a bill upon the system of State accounts. The government hopes to introduce the budget for 1869 before next February. After speeches from Signori Alfieri and Berti (right), Signor Bertani strongly condemned the policy of the government with regard to the inter vention of France. He had been assured that the French soldiers had been guilty of cruelty to the wounded Garibaldiane at Mentana. The blood shed at Mentana had severed the tie between the volunteers and the monarchy. Signor Bertani concluded by proposing an order of the day affirming Rome to be the capital of Italy, and the existence of a Pontifical State to be incompatible with that of an Italian kingdom, and also declaring that the chamber did not consider the present ministry capable of carrying out such a programme._ General Menabrea energetically protested against the expressions made use of by Signor Bertani relative to the monarchy, and respecting alleged cruelty on the part of the French soldiers. Signor Bertani's order of the day has not yet been put to the vote. The debate will be resumed to-morrow. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEc. 11, EVIIIING. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the final debate took place upon the treaty for the transfer of the administration of the principalities of Wal deck and Pyrmont to Prussia. Count von Bismarck said that the treaty was the result of a collision between the institutions of the Northern Confederation and the smaller States. It was a point of honour for Prussia, in introducing the Federal constitution, to renderthe minor States capable of bearing the burdens of federation, and to ensure to the latter their sovereign rights by a collective guarantee. Prussia must not infringe the sovereignty of her Fcderal allies, although the inconveniences of the dual relation to both parties were unmistakable. A long debate followed, at the close of which the first part of the reporter's motion, recommending the house to assent to the treaty, was agreed to, but the second part, stating the expectation of the house that the government would shortly bring about the union of the principality with Prussia, was rejected. BIRLIN, DEc. 12. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to day the bill for increasing the civil list was passed by a large majority. Only a portion of the party of progress opposed the measure. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the Minister of Commerce presented a bill asking for a credit of 40,000,000 thalers, of which 14,500,000 are to be employed in the construction of railways in the new provinces, and 25,500,000 for the same purpose in the old provinces of the kingdom. The bill was referred to committee. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 12. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with the previous account : 'NessABE. Cash Private accounts. . Treasury balance . . DEcitrass Bills discounted fr 21,000,000 Notes Advances 100,000 AMERICA. OM ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Die. 12, 6 P.N. The steamers Columbia and Borussia arrived out to-day. Closing Prices :—Gold, 1331. Sterling exchange on London, 1092. 5-20 United States Bonds, 107 ; Illinois, 133 ; Erie, 73. Cotton : Middling Upland, 14. PHILADELPHIA, Du. 12. Petroleum : Standard white, 25k. DISPATCH GP BOMBAY MAILS. -SOUTHAMPTON, Dic. 12.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bangalore, Captain Roakell, sailed this afternoon for the East, with mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ocolon, and Bombay. She took out 56 passengers and a full cargo, including sovereigns, 1,000/. ; and gold thread, jewellery, As., Wt. lis. . _ _ . TFIE ALABAMA CLAIMS.—The Alabama claims are soon to come up both in ecmgress and in parliament. We earnestly beg that some kind of a settlement may speedily be made. The greatest obstacle to a mutual understanding is the factiousness of a party which tries to nurse a cause for war with Great Britain, and hopes some day to use these unsettled claims as a convenient pretext. The two governments are so nearly agreed now that it seems hardly possible to avoid disposing of the matter unless there is a want of good faith on one side or the other.—New York Tribune, Nov. 30. THE. EAST END DISTRESM.—On Monday evening last a substantial tea was given to 121) of the inmates of the common lodging houses in Spite Melds, at the Mission hall, 19, Princes-street, Brick-lane, under the auspices of the Christian Temperance Mission. A special fund was raised for this purpose, to which Lady Havelock and the rector of the parish, with many others, most kindly con tributed. Several of the poor creatures had not broken their fast since the previous day, and all did ample justice to the ad lifeline supply of bread and cake. After tea the chair was taken by Mr. Conolly Peyton, the honorary secretary, when an address was delivered by Mr. F. Gore, which was followed by an entertainment given by the committee and a few lady friends. Although so poverty stricken—many of them being shoeless--every man and woman came to the meeting looking very clean. The committee are desirous of giving this treat at least weekly during the present distress, for which purpose contribu tions will be thankfully received by the treasurer at the mission. or by the manager at the Shoreditch branch of the Bast London Bank. - _ CZYSTAL PALMA. ONI SHILLING DAY.— THOESDLT, Dre.l2.—Admimions ea payment, 823; ditto by season ticks* 1,150; total Alters, 1,973. EXPRFSS FROM PARIS. (NEON OUR OWN COI PARIS, THURSDAY ECSNING. ! The Pat rie reiterates the contradiction given yesterday to the assertion that the Marquis de , ?cloudier had sent a despatch to Florence, destined to " attenuate " the meaning of M. Rouher's de claration of Dec. 5. M. Malaret, the Minister at Florence, was simply informed by telegraph of what M. Rouher had said. The despatch was sub mitted to the Emperor before being sent, and it faithfully reproduced both the letter and the spirit of M. Rouher's words. For the rest, the extensive circulation in France of M. Rouher's speech, in the form of a pamphlet, by the Emperor's orders, leaves no doubt that his Majesty, on reflection, en tirely approves of the speech which we have the , minister's own authority for saying was made in strict pursuance of his Majesty's orders. It is in print that according to a rumour circula ting in Vienna the Duke de Grammont, the French ambassador there, had received advice that the Em gator Na leon and the Prince Imperial will shortly ply Rome, and that the Archduke Albert, the conqueror of Custozra, will repair to the Holy City to greet the Emperor on the occasion. The hum in noticing this news thinks there is no Seri ous foundation for it. But there is no knowing. Very extraordinary things are upon the cards. It ' is evident that official declarations conceal myste ' rions intentions, and therefore vague reports com mand more attention than they would otherwise do. ' If the Emperor and the Austrian Archduke meet at the Vatican as proposed it will be for the purpose of dancing over the grave of Italian unity. Viscount de Kerveguen has accepted the pro. posal of MM. Ravin and Garoult to refer the question of the alleged venality of their journals, the Miele and Opinion Nationale, to a jury of honour. He names as his arbitrators the Marquis d'Andebirre and M. Martel. They, together with MM. Jules Fevre and Marie, held a first meeting L to-day at M. Schneider's official residence. The 1 Pigaro thinks it probable that they may give their verdict to-morrow ; but the Pays, on the contrary, says the four arbitrators consider their mission as necessitating a long and serious inquiry. A capital mot is attributed to the Queen of Spain, not by her enemies, but by the catholic journals. It is narrated that when she read M. Rouher's declaration of December 5 she exclaimed, " 11 n'y a plus de Pyrdnees," meaning by the &clop ' I tion of this old saying of Louis XIV., that French ' policy was now conformable to that of Spain. Lord Clarendon, who passed through Paris this week on his way to Florence and Rome, slept a night at the Hotel Mirabeau, and had an audience I of the Emperor the next morning. A man has been arrested in the Jardin des Plantes for stealing the blanket of the boa con strictor. A Florence letter, in the Turin Gazette, says the Prince of Wslee has subscribed 1001. to the fund for the wounded Garibsichans. The Bourse opened with great firmness and Bente went up to 69fr. 80c. ; but in the afternoon, upon a rumour of bad news from Italy, sales were pressed and the closing prices were 69fr. boc. for cash, and 69fr 4bc. for account, with a fall of 10c. and 15c. Italian fell 40c. ; ()irklit Fonder, 10fr. ; Mobilier, sfr., and Comptoir d'Escompte, 7fr. 50c. The Bank returns show an increase in the long talked-of milliard of money lying idle in the cellars, it has now swollen to one milliard 914,648 fr. Mr. John Bright, M.P., and Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., have accepted the invitation of • number of Roth. dale gentlemen to attend a public meeting, to be held at an early date, to congratulate the latter gentleman on hia triumphant election as member for the city of Manchester. —Manchester Examiner. THE LATE SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE, BART.— The council of the Royal College of Surgeons has just added a marble bust of this celebrated surgeon, by Weeks., to the other distinguished medical celebrities adorning the hall of the institution. As a work of art, and as a likeness of the original, it is highly spoken of. RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD MASTER OF ETON COLLZGL —Yesterday morning it was publicly announced that the Rev. Dr. Ralston had resigned the head-master- ship of Eton College, the onerous and highly responsible duties of which this learned and much respected gentleman has discharged with distinguished honour to himself and universal satisfaction both to the college and the 'shoal The Rev. Dr. Ballston commenced his arduous duties in 1862, upon the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Goodford, the present provost. Dr. Ralston's resignation was made known to the provost and fellows of the college on " Founder's-day," always a great day at Eton, but it was not made public until yesterday morning. We understand that the Rev. Edmond Wane, M.A., one of the assistant masters, has already been appointed to the office. SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION. —The conser vatives of South Leicestershire are endeavouring to retrieve the defeat which they recently experienced. With this object they are about to hold a meeting " to oonferon their present political position, and to make future arrange ments in the interest of their cause." THE SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. — Yesterday afternoon the special commission appointed by the Bishop of Worcester to inquire into several serious charges of misconduct which had been preferred against the Rev. Thomas Jones, M.A., incumbent of St. John's Church, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, resumed its sittings at the Swan Hotel in that town, and proceeded with the investigation of the case. The proceedings coin mencee, by the commissioners calling upon him for his defence. Mr. Hawkes, his solicitor, made an address on his behalf, and then proposed to examine Mr. Jones in denial of the charges ; but the chancellor declined to take his evidence, on the ground that the court had no power under their sommission to do so. Hobert Heming, saddler, was called, and said he was present when the indecent conversation took place in Godfrey's shop. The filthy language was used by a man named Neville, and Mr. Jones told him be ought to be ashamed of himself. Neville replied, " Don't be sly, Jones ; you know all about it." Witness said he bad been in the habit of smoking and drinking with the defendant at the parsonage, but bad never heard him swear or make use of an improper expression. Three other witnesses were called, who gave the defendant an excellent character. After the court bad deliberated for about fire minutes, the chancellor said they were of opinion that all the charges had been proved except that relating to the sick and poor. In due course the commissioners would forward a report to that effect to the bishop of the diocese, and his lord ship would then, no doubt, adopt such further measures as he might deem to be necessary. The proceedings than closed. TRICKS OF A LCNATIC.—On Monday evening a young woman, respectably dressed, was observed by several persons sitting by the seaside, near the railway station, Dewlish. She was crying bitterly, and in reply to ques tions said she bad just arrived by train. in which she had been robbed of all her money. Her story was believed, particularly when she fainted. She was taken to en inn, and treated with every kindness and attention; to the land lady and others she said she had relatives residing at Templeton, near Tiverton, and efforts were mode, but in vain, to find out the persons whose names she mentioned. Having incurred heavy expenses at the inn, she was re moved to the Newton Union, where she remained a day. At length she stated her determination to go to her friends at Teignmouth, and the station-master at Newton paid her fare. On arriving at Tsignmouth, however, she repeated her Dawliah conduct. A telegram received by the super intendent of police informed him that a young woman, a lunatic, who turned out to be the unfortunate person in question, had escaped from the Axminster asylum. • THI CONDINNED CRIMINAL BARR& —A nnmber of persons in the town of Guildford, in which place Baker's father carries on the business of • tailor, and when the unhappy criminal was brought up, an exerting themselves to get up a memorial to the Home Secretary, praying for a delay in the smoution of the aesteois, on the round of the great doubts existing as to the prisoner's sanity. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. (TROY A COR6LBPONDENr.) ZOOLA (ZULA), ANNZ2LICY BAY, Nov. 20. I arrived here yesterday in her Majesty's ship May Frere, from Aden, which port I left on Fri day, 15th. In addition to the usual mails, the May Frere brought up 50,000 dollars for the pay ment of troops. The Kurrachee Brigade, which , left Bombay on the 25th ult., and Kurrachee on the 6th butt., and the !kind Brigade were both 1 looked for at Aden hourly. It is generally thought, however, that no European troops will be landed here until the roads into the interior are completed. ! Matters in Aden remain quiet, except that large 1 numbers of camels for the expedition are being shipped in native boats. The contractors are losing heavily, a large per mintage of the camels dying on their hands. The Peninsular and Oriental steam ships Mooltan and Punjaub arrived out at Aden on the 15th inst., with 320 passengers, principally for India and Australia. They were due on the 11th, 1 1 having been detained at Marseilles by the non arrival of the Australian mails. The Rangoon fol lowed on Alia There is little of interest to report in regard to the expedition pending the arrival of the troops and the advent of cool weather. The headquarters of the advance brigade-1,800 strong—are still at Eladoda (Adowa) Pees, 16 miles from here. No further general advance will be made until the roads are completed and the troops from Bombay arrive. A successful reconnaissance has been made for • distance of forty miles beyond Hadoda, and sur veying parties are now engaged on two routes through the Hadar Pass. I append the distances to the several villages and camping stations on the route : Zola to Hadocla l6 miles. Hadocla to Hornbeam 8 „ Hazabamo to Hillansis Hillaileos to DOWNS. . Deem to &wisdom.— &edam to Tubbs* . 2e „ 4 „ 381 miles. A good road will be completed and opened to Tubboo by the Ist December. A most wonderful change has taken place in the appearance of this' part of Annealey Bay since the landing of thetroops. ' 1 Less than two months ago the site of the present bustling settlement was an almost impenetrable jungle, known only to the natives who resorted to the miserable wells near the coast to obtain their upplies of brackish water. The ancient Greek :ity of Adules, now in ruins, two miles distant, was the only place which could assist the traveller , to the locality. The expedition, with the advance brigade, arrived on the 22nd October, and since that time the scene has undergone • wonderful change. Labour and water were the great requisites in the work, and the first and most strenuous efforts were made towards securing the necessary supplies. They resulted successfully. A substantial stone' bunder (pier), nearly 600 feet long, is being con structed into the bay, which is very shallow for some distance from the shore. The stone used in the construction of this pier has all been brought from the other side of the, bay. One hundred and fifty native boats, under the charge of Harbour-master Dawes, are now en gaged in transporting this stone, and the total ! force employed upon the work numbers over 500, made up almost entirely cf native labourers—the I Zula, Aftah Dankali, and Christian Abyssinians; being most largely represented. They are a most lazy, worthless, degraded set, and great difficulty is found in keeping them at work. Large numbers of Chinamen are industriously engaged in erect ing sheds, &c., for the commiaaariat department. As regards water very satisfactory progress has been made. It was soon found that little depend ence could be placed upon the local supply. It was as deficient in quantity as it was poor in quality. The steamers in port now condense be tween 35 and 40 tons (10,000 gallons) daily, and arrangements are being made which will in crease the supply to 20,000 gallons. With this from four to five thousand souls and 2,000 mules are supplied daily. Forty-two vessels, steamers and transports, have arrived here during the put month, thirteen of which are now in port. The latter are the Satellite, R.N., Lord Elphinstone, Sir John Lawrence, Coromandel, Dalhousie, Scind, India, Punjaub, Indaur, May Frere ; three of the Egyptian Azizah Company's steamers, and two French ships with commissariat stores. Considerable curiosity and discussion was ex cited by the arrival a few days ago of three Egyp tian vessels, one frigate and two corvettes, with troops. They state that they are making their customary cruise along the coast, distributing troops to the different garrisons and military sta tions, &c. I have good authority for stating that upwards of 800 men were left at Massowah, in tended for that point and the interior. As I in- tend visiting that point in a day or two, I shall be I able to give you more definite information shortly. I visited the camp (Bal Katoo) last evening, which is well situated about one mile to the west of l i the landing. There I met the veteran Major Baigrie, I asaistantquartermaster•general, Captain Pottinger, and others. Officers and men are much pleased with the climate, and are in high spirits at the prospect for a vigorous campaign as soon as the roads are ready. The weather is all that could be desired, and the health of the troops is excellent. lam satisfied from what I have seen that the diffi culties of " invading Abyssinia " have been greatly exaggerated. Colonel Merewether is expected here to-morrow, from the explorations among the Dangalis. He reports a good road by the Haddam' Valley and Halay, as far as Tkhonda. This route has been!decided on, and the road will be ; pushed as rapidly as possible. I am preparing a profile map of the route, which I will send you in a few days. 1 All sorts of rumours are flying about here, which may reach you in some way or other. Put no faith in any of +hem. CRYSTAL PALACS FRES LECTURES.—Mr. Arthur Wieland yesterday gave a histrionic reading from memory of Lord Lytton's celebrated play of the Lady of Lyons, to • very large and appreciative audience. HEALTH RSSTORZD SY Du BARRY'S FOOD TO TER Simians, nerves, hulas. and hear of old and young, ming, with out medicine or expense, dyspepsia (indigestion!, tullatipation, diarrbna, acidity, headache. neuralgia, hysteria, palpitation, aleepleannesa, debility, wasting, aoegh. asthma. floort. into, low spirlia 60,000 annual cur* which had restated all inedictnea, including that of his Holiness the Pope. It lases Ofty times its cost In other retnedles. lib., Is. fd. ; 121 b., Us. : 241 b. We, or 2d. per meat—Dn Barry and Co., 77, legent quadrant, London . also Fortnum and Sisson, Piccadilly, and at 11, Orscechurch.areet : gheapside : and 160, Oslardetreet ; and allgrooers and chendata.--(Adreynannant4 ITALY. (PROM 01711 SPICIAL CORIZSPOWDZIT.) FLORENCE, Die. 7. I General Menabrea has shown that his parliamen tary fortes are well in hand by the result of yester day's struggle for the presidency of the Lower House. There was a majority of forty votes for the ministerial candidate, Giovanni Lanza, where ; his moat sanguine friends had looked for a majority of fifteen or twenty votes, and it is hailed as a great i ministerial triumph. The Left is said to be dis couraged, and Menabrea to be master of the situa , tion. How far this is true will be better known after Monday next, when Rome is to be fully din , cussed, and the difficult task of holding back impa tient men is to be performed. From to-day's achievement in the Senate we might suppose that the Roman debate in " another place" will not give much trouble to the go vernment. But then the Senate is much i more tractable than the lower house. T o -d ay the honourable senators were in an excellent humour ; no minister could wish for a better vote than theirs, and there was a short discussion beforehand which gave Menabrea a fair chance of speaking to the point. He spoke quickly and I boldly, with nothing of oratorical display, yet with quite clearnees enough to relieve his somewhat monotonous emphasis. You must listen carefully Ito catch what is said, though it is not a large room in which we find ourselves sitting. Yonder, straight before us, at the flat end of the Senate chamber, is a dais with a throne upon it, and the president's chair, and below, the seats of the minis ters. On the wall behind the throne is • full length portrait of Victor Emmanuel in military uniform, whilst on our right hand is a bust lof King Maria Albert, placed on a level with his eon's portrait and with the strangers' gal lery—the first gallery, for there are two of them, one above the other. On either side in the body of the house are red covered seats for senators, forming a semicircle before the throne in the man ner of so many foreign legislative chambers. It is not a large room, but it is richly decorated, and bears upon its ceiling the inscription " Italia," which savours of a recent completion, as much as the portrait of that sturdy soldier looking across at us over General Menabrea's head—over it, and high above it, for the general sits in his official seat below the president's chair, down on the floor of the house, as it were. There are several sena , tors to our left, and only a few to our right, so, facing the throne as we do, there is a strong muster to be counted for the government, and not much for the opposition. Yet there are so many to our right—the " left " of the house—that they can not all be said to go one way. And now, as we listen, General Menabrea is speaking. He has risen to reply to an honourable senator on his right wbo has promised him his support. Mena bras speaks quickly, so the answer is soon made. He has been told that all roads do not lead to Rome, but that Italy must go thither as is her right. He has been told that the Conference I scheme will fall to the ground, and that Italy must , follow a moderate policy. In reply to this, the General is saying that religion must be respected, that the Pontiff will do wisely to reconcile himself with Italy, and that Italy must go to Rome in accord with France. How Menabrea intends to manage this last feat after M. Rouher's decima -1 Lion about France and Rome does not seem very clear. But the Italian Prime Minister is too bold `to stop at trifles, or trouble his head with shadows. Never mind what M. Rouher has said, Menabrea has a Palmerstonian instinct for carrying on the government at any rate, and making some reply. He says that he will, or rather that he ought to, go to Rome in accord with France, and then he sits down to listen. The honourable senator who before spoke proposes a resolution supporting the ministers in passing to the order of the day. Now the motion is seconded, and a senator on the " left " sarcastically inquires how Italy can go to Rome in accord with France, since France has declared that she shall never go. There is some applause from the galleries at these re marks, and the honourable senator continues his ,speech by saying that Italy should reorganise her army and should convince Europe that she will respect the rights of the Pope. Menabrea rises again with easy boldness, so that it is quite a plea sure to see him on his feet. He passes over the first part of what his opponent has said, and de clares that as to reorganising the army he heartily ! agrees with him Presently, the motion of confi dence, in proceeding to the order of the day, is put and carried unanimously, both sides voting in effect with the government, and matters of leas interest are brought forward. With the French fortifying Civita Vecchia and the Conference seemingly about to slip out of diplomatic probabilities into the limbo of past experiments, it is very important that some strong and moderate government should be kept together in Florence. The success of General Menabrea may enable Italy to prepare for the day when she mt can haeyre ac fob t ree w , i f t ow h prudence rhathteivnegsr on tohfee h e r Geerln.-dae ora)le:s•pn political ; and life, litical creedhe may do, as a conservative, good service to the liberal cause all over the world, with which free Italy is so closely bound up. CONFLICTING TENTIMONY.—" Don't believe his tory," said Sir Robert Walpole. What are we to believe. then? Some one suggests that Divinity is the safest thing to put one's trust in. But there are difliculties here, too. One divine, Bishop Clark, the American, mys on the sub. ject of drunkenness In a tour of several months in Europe, I did not see four men or one woman intoxicated." and he declares there is more drunkenness in the ('sited I States than anywhere else in the world. On the other hand, Rev. Newman Hall, the Englishman, says he saw I but three or four drunken men in Antetica, a number that he saw every evening in England ; he considers us naturally under the circumstances s remarkably temperate people.—Nrs• York Times, Nov. 29. ••• • • - • A BRAVE SAILOR LAD.—During the recent intr. ricanethe brighlinerra,of end from Sunderland for Dieppe, was wrecked. The muter sad lire men took to their boat, but unfortunately as it tbeu seemed they were unable to bring off a lad named Thomas Dudgeon, isn apprentice, the rope attaching the boat to the vessel breaking. and carrying the frail craft into the roadstead. The brig drifted into the broken water ou the Scroby sands ; but being in ballast she drove over the dangerous shoals, and the blase youth, despite the fearful gale which raged, contrived to loosen the foresail, and by *Distrait perseverance and un remitting attention he brought the brig safely off the Testi. ADMIRALTY, Die. 12.—ArpourniErra.—Navi gating-Lieutenant John Jones, to the Royal Oak ; Chief Engineer George A. Tuck, to the Royal Oak ; Midsbip. man Frederick Strickland. to the Arethusa ; First-class Ansistant-Engineen James W. Compton to the Asia. for service in the Steam Reserve (Mice, and Robert E. Chia nell to the Octavio. . . The man Thompson, recently apprehended at Manchester with 45 revolvers in Ms possession, and Hogan, arrested at Birmingham, and brought up at the police court at Manchester on Wednesday, were further remanded for a week.