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BRITANNIA. 'TIM Emma, LAURETTE'S BRIDAL; OR, MORE THAN MEETS TIIE EVE. Mrs. Land—NWGarstone; Mr. "Dancing Mad" Bryan ; Vaster George l'erks.—THE WHAT IS IV-- Concluding with SOME BELLY THAT RANG. - - MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUN DAY —liorolug, 81t. 9m Alterman.. 811. 45m. TO-KOSKoW—Storoing. 911. 2Ont Afternoon, 81.:.:.m. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. Noruism can be objected, on the score of ob scurity or reserve, to Dr. PUSEY'S last letter con cerning the claims which a section of the cler g y make to a power of forgiving sins. According to this eminent theologian, every priest of the Church of England has this faculty, and may say—or decline to say—over his penitent, " I absolve " thee from all thy sins." And this sentence, he is careful to explain, is to be taken in no non natural sense, but in its plain literal meaning ; it is not a simple declaration of Golfs forgiving mercy, but an " authoritative absolution," a " positive power." There is nothing here, we believe, that Dr. PUSEY has not professed before in various forms, and if his claims now take any one by surprise, it is because we have most of us been too much engaged, possibly with inferior interests, to note the growing promi nence of this and cognate doctrines among the clergy. Another reason why their due importance has not been attached to declarations similar to those we have quoted is that their place in the great system of sacerdotalism, which is so rapidly growing around us and over us, and threatens to fairly vault us in, hay not been apprehended. It is precisely a dawning perception of this truth which is now giving importance to the writings of one whom it has been too much the habit to re gard as a pious recluse, led by predileetiou to embrace exploded ecclesiastical theories, now happily impossible of revival through the advanc ing intelligence of the age. So far from this being the case, it is now seen that the doctrines which it has been Dr. Prs;:v's life-work to teach are the counterpart and key to that system of worship which is transforming our churches, making maws good churchmen homeless, delight ing the heats of Romanists, and subverting the Church of England in the respect and affections of the people. It is the ritualistic development—at first, but may by the very superficial, regarded as an outbreak of a childish love of finery, or, as at bast, a skilful attempt to gratify esthetic tastes, but Dow better apprehended in its profound significance—that has given prominence to the pre tensions that underlie it. We might not have had it under Dr. Pusev's own hand that he has been fur eight-awl-twenty years superintending the practice of Confession, if people previously in different had not been scared with the spectacle of this and that " Father" in coloured Popish drums elevating the host for the adoration of a couple of thousand of worshippers in a building consecrated to the use of the Church of England. Ritual and the doctrine of priestly Absolution are the main pillars of the Sacerdotalism which it is now attempted to impose on the English people. Ritual exalts the position of the priest, leading up to the belief that he can at will effect the mira cle of transubstantiation, and confession is the door that admits to participation in the sacrifice. " There is Christ's minister ready to receive you" is the weekly cry of the ritualistic preacher, as he points to the altar. The priest is everything in this system. Even in the dark night of Popery a THOMAS A KEMPIS can discern more of the truth than these men in the light of reformation day, and could work out a system of piety depending on the direct access of the sinner to his Saviour. But that would never do for our nineteenth cen tury Churchmen. An attempt is made to reconcile the public to • the system by representing that confession to a priest is, after all, voluntary. So for that matter are honesty and truth, but they are not left to our free choice. How can that be optional which is of Divine institution and obligation ? In the Christian system sin is not a misfortune, a taint, or a disease ; it is guilt, condemnation, death. And if a power of absolution from the worst of evils has been lodged in the hands of the clergy, resort to that power can be neglected only in the spirit of presumption and unbelief. Where absolu tion is proelaimed as a power, there confession will be inculcated as a duty, and neglect of it must he reckoned with the " contempt of " Goe's word and commandments." When that is done, the result may very well be left to what Dr. PUSEY calls "the voluntary workings of " people's consciences." When Dr. Prone writes " What I and others desire is that we should, " both clergy and laity, be free to do what we " severally think right before Gun, not abridging " the liberty of others," we implicitly believe him; but neither that nor the extract he gives from the first English Prayer-Book is the language of sacerdotalism when free to speak out. Sacer dotalism is not so much a doctrine as a cause, which must be promoted. It can know , Hi. ‘,. LATES' nothing of any liberty but its own., The idea of freedom is alien to it ; it must not and cannot tolerate any rejection of its pretensions. Dr. PUSEY'S liTterelitT, such ak it fi, springs from another and very ditlerent source, and more than one of his former associates has gone even further than he has from the principles of the Reformation, and yet retained a tincture of magnanimity derived from a free English training. It is perfectly idle to suppose that the promoters of Ritualism and the asserters of the priestly pre tensions which it outwardly represents, contemplate it as one of several schools or systems equally entitled to exist side by side in the Church of England. In this very letter Dr. Puri' claims for himself and his friends the credit of fidelity to the Church of England, which he denies to those who oppose the doctrine of priestly absolution; and so it will always be. It is not a pleasant thing to find that while principles so important as those of our modern sacerdotalists are thus firmly asserted, the in fluence of our Bishops is either in abeyance, or exerted on the side of priestly pretensions. The charge of the Bishop of Sr. DAVID'S may prove an exception, when it is published, and that of the Bishop of LONDON, we do not forget, is still im pending. But some of the most active and in fluential of the Bishops protect and foster ritual ism and its associated doctrines in their most flagrant forms. The Bishop of OXFORD has come out in his proper person as a full-blown ritualist, while in his diocese the Prayer-book is to his knowledge set aside in favour of semi-Popish forms, its services are mutilated at the caprice or fancy of the clergy, and remonstrance only draws down an arbitrary sentence of silence. It is inesossible to say at the present moment of what use our Bishops are, except for the routine duties of confirmation. As for ordination, Dr. DI:SEY'S letter makes it doubtful whether in that act they do not directly assist the growth of the dangers which menace the Church. "So long," says that learned divine, " as those words of Our " LORD, Whose sins thou dust forgive, they are " ' forgiven,' are repeated to us when we are " ordained, so long will there be confession"—and absolution—" in the Church of England." Vitt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 29. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty drove out this moring with Princess Beatrice, attended by Laxly Susan Melville. Princess Christian went out driving, attended by the Countess of Caledon. Princess Louise went out walking. Prince Leopold walked out, attended by Mr. Legg. Prinoess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley. and Lord Alfred Paget, went to London last evening and honoured the performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre with her presence. Her royal highness afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian went out shooting this morning, attended by Major-General Sir T• M. Biddulph and Lieutenant Haig. The Duke of Edinburgh left for London in the afternoon. attended by Lieutenant Haig. The Hon. Lady Biddulph and Mr. G. D. Engleheart had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yes' iterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord John Manners, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (TIES DAY.) ----- A C , mmittee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon ourable Privy Council sat yesterday, at Whitehall, upon questions relating to cattle plague and other matters. The lords present were—the Lord President, the Right Hon. Sir S. Northcote, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the committee. A deputation from the Middlesex and Essex Trustee' , consisting of Mr. J. J. Hickmott, Mr. E. L. Johnson, Mr. J. S. Giles, and Mr. G. Johnson (clerk), transacted business with the Right Hon. Horatio Waddington, at the Home-office, yesterday. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office, yesterday to the Governor of Canada. MONDAY'S DENIONSTRATION. The Tinvs would have the leaders of the reform demonstration revise their programme and consider whether it would not be better to make their arrangements for a readier start and a more direct route, for though Beau fort House ground may be illuminated by the magnesium light, it is nut at all desirable that the streets should be filled with great multitudes of men, however well inclined, at a late hour on a December evening. Besides the 203,040 men who may be set in motion from various parts of London and the suburbs to muster in the Mall and march in procession, there will certainly be as many mere lookers on, and a very large proportion of them will station themselves in and about St. James's park. A route already inconveMently long is lengthened merely for the pleasure of passing before the Pall-mall clubs. From the Mall in St. James's-park the working men will have to march nearly four miles to Beaufort House. Have they calculated what time will be taken by 200,000 men to accomplish this distance, through crowded streets, and with the unavoidable slowness of a procession? Do they think that they can march at more than two miles an hour ? There are few who can know anything of the matter who believe that even the head of the proces sion will reach Beaufort House within two hours of the time it leaves St. James's-park. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR WOLVERHAMPTON.-(TIDS DAY.) WINDSOR, FRIDAY. This morning, at five minutes to 10 o'clock, her • Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses l'rince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise, and attended by Lord Alfred Paget, General Grey, Lady Caledon, and Sir T. M. lliddulph, left Windsor Castle for Wolverharnpmn, in order to inaugurate the statue of the Prince Consort. Earl Derby dined nt the Castle last night and accompanied the royal party, who, on leaving the Palace, drove to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway. There was a large concourse of spectators at the station. The Queen and royal family left Windsor at 10 o'clock in a special train, Sir D. Gooch having charge of the en gine, the " Lord of the Isles," which was decorated with the royal arms, Prince of Wales . feathers, flags. and ever greens. The train was due at Banbury at 11.38. Here the Queen wasto receive an address from the mayor and corporation, and the special would then resume its journey to Wolverhampton, which would be reached at 1.10 this afternoon. At the close of the ceremony, the ladies of the town were expected to proceed to the station, and present Prince and l'rincess Christian with a gift. Prince Chris tian, as well as the gentlemen of the suite, who were offi cers, wore their scarlet uniforms, cocked-hats, and reathers. INTERNAVONAL LAW AM) CAPTURE:4 AT SEA. Leaving the present government to show how the ap. pointment of a commission with regard to future changes in international law is to facilitate the settling of the Alabama claims, the Daily News observes that it is toler ably certain that t li American government will accept uo modifications for the future which are not accompanied by a satisfactory concession of the past to the judgm-nt of au unbiassed tribunal. The government are to be congratulated, however, on approaching the prodigiously important ques tion of marine captures in any way. We in this count'' , have as yet no occasion to consider practically the effect of the new system of naval warfare ou the operations of commerce. The configuration of ltusia enabled us to seal all egress fur her vessels, and the idea had nut then occurred to her that she might have Alabamas of her own fitted out in Stettin, Trieste, Cadiz, or New York, and so sweep our commercial marine from the sea. While the Alabama claims remain unsatisfied, it is obvious that we are merely maintaining a precedent to be used against ourselves, and even if this case were dis posed of, a naval power having so much as one port front which a vessel could put to sea, would be entitled to ... __ THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1866. :(3, EN CE ------ and taxpayers the fact that surpluses are accruing. How cleverly they do hide the fact is evident from the way. In which men like Mr. Baltm—not to speak of ROME AND THE POPE. Mr. Pitt sad Dr. Prim, are deceived over and over spin The Avotir National says : by their tiseans. The truth is, however, certain, and we • We stated yesterday that the Pope would engage to re confess; to a persuasion that it would be better to avow it main in Rome if the Italian government withdrew the re rnantelly. Mr. Dl` is the Amerkima Secretary of the so many % solution which declared that Rome was the capital of Treasury, boldly asks for a revenue exceeding by The nom is true, and it only proves "lbs millions the necessities of the national expenditure, and Ital y' political ignorance of the Pope's advisers. The gets it. Our Chancellor of the Exchequer timidly pro resolutinn, the cancelling of which the Pope demands, duces a badges showing a probable surplus of half a was voted by the Italian parliament, and it can only be million, and some member, whose seat is unsafe , instantly rescinded by that parliamen t . As the chambers will not proposes, as a means of winning votes in his constituency, meet before the 12th of December, the Pope will have to that any duty obnoxious to them be abolished. We do remain some time in Rome to await t he result of the die not say that the American policy is right in maintaining mission. But of what use is it to discuss impossibilities 1 such a surplus sa they are at present raising ; we believe, The resolution will nut be rescinded, and tho Pope will in truth, it would be better for the States were taxation remain in Rome—if he is truly inspired. simplified and reduced ; but we are convinced that to whatever extent it may be deemed desirable we should make an effort to reduce our can burdens, that extent had better be frankly stated to the House of Commons, and provision asked for it accordingly. BELGIAN OPINION ON THE ENGLISH LAND QUESTION. The Ind4pendance Beige, after referring to the state of Ireland, has the following remarks : Let not England cast the first stone at Ireland. If she does not concede largely at home, she will soon see ana logous facts reproduced amongst her own population, for all the evil, it must be spoken aloud, proceeds from the abuse of property in land. In England, min Ireland, people complain of the absorption of the soil by the great pro- I prietors. English economists themselves are compelled to admit that this exclusive possession of the soil is incom patible with justice and the welfare of the whole popula tion. The evil is great in England—it is worse in Ireland ; I that is the only difference. (RECTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21. (Vii Marseilles.) Advioes received here from Candis state that resistance continued to be offered by a portion of the insurgents. It is belived Aali Pacha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will shortly be replaced. Cholera having ceased, clean bills of health are granted to vessels sailing from Constantinople. PARIS, Nov. 30. THE LICEICSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. person, which I shall not fail to lay before h er I thank you especially for the kind feeling tow oo k which you have evinced, and for the rennet is have received me to-day. I need scarcely say h ow accepted your invitation to be present take part in this ceremony, pro m pt e d by the desire entertained by o il family to further, by their presence and interests of all institutions which, like this, to alleviate suffering and distress. (Chem, remains for me now to wish every success to p to this institution, which is so fitly to bear th e munificent founder, and the first stone of • LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW WING BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. (MS DAY.) ' This morning took place the interesting cere monial of the laying of the foundation stone of the Smalley Wing of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, Old Kent-road, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin burgh. The day was favourable for such an event, the bri;ht sunshine and clear atmosphere contrasting plea santly with the thick unwhole some fo g of yesterday. His royal highness reached the asylum at 12 o'clock, the fact being announced by the firing of several guns ; but the gates had been thrown open two hours previouely, and the interval had been passed by a numerous company of lathes and gentlemen in inspecting the building and listening to the dulcet strains of the band of the First Surrey Rifle Volunteers. At the portico of the chapel I the royal party was received by a g uard of honour of the above corps, and it was conducted into the chapel by the chairman (Mr. Wright), the trustees and governors of the asylum, the chaplain , s ecretar y , and melical officer. A procession was the n formed, and, headed by the band, escorted th e ro y al duke, first to the statue erected to the memory of the Prince Consort, then to the board and court rooms, to the Albert Wing, and through the grounds in the rear s f Mesh ere to the Smalley Wing, where a pavilion haeen erected. About 1,500 persons, including a large proportion of ladies gaily dressed, were assembled in the spacious pavi lion, in which the stone was leliL It was about a quarter past 12 when his royal highness, who was attended by his equerry. Lieutenant Haigh, entered the pavilion, and ascended the dais amid the loud plaudite of the company. Among those who accompanied him on his entrance were the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, Mr. Robert Hanbury, M.P., Mr. H. Huggins, Mr. Alderman Waterlow, Mr. John Foster, Mr. James Grant, Mr. Bruce, of the firm of Younger and Co., &a. His royal highness having reached the dais, the children of the school sang a hymu ; and the trowel, a bottle con taining the coins of the realm, &c., a plate bearing the inscription, and cups containing corn, oil, and wine, as emblems of prosperity, having been placed on a table by the side of his royal highness, the board of ma nagement approached the dais, and the chairman pre sented the following address : " May it please your Royal Highness,— The asylum which your royal highness has this d iy deigned to honour by your presence, is an institution which boasts the proud distinction of being the largest of its kind ? and also he ant of the many trade institutions which now ado t rn this country. Founded in the year 1827, and designed for the reception of ' aged and decayed members of the trade of licensed victuallers,' it has ever since been honoured by • royal patronage. Few, comparatively, of those now pre sent remember the nine when his Royal ighness the late Duke of S uss ex honoured this institution by consenting, as its patron, to lay the first stone of this edifice ; but many of us recall with pride the events of tha t memorable day, when your royal father (then our patron) laid the society under such lasting obligation by his gracious condescension in laying the foundation stone of that portion of this building which is designated ' The Ladies' Wing ; and still more of us delight to revive the recollection of thaneond visit, when on the 23rd June, 1858, your royal hig's lamented father was pleased to confer upon the institution a similar mark of his royal favour, by inaugurating the erection of another portion of this asylum, which is called, after his when it reversel and cherished name, ' The Albert Wing.' And pleased Almighty God to deprive us of our beloved paloytron,al the board of management approached your brother, and humbly sought at his lauds the continuance of that distinction which your royal parent had for nearly twenty . years bestowed upon us. With a graceful condescension, so characteristic of your royal house, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at once consented ; and our minds dwell with the deepest satisfaction upon the honour conferred upon the chanty, when, on the 9th August, 184 4, your royal brother, as our patron, deigned to visit this asylum for the purpose of unveiling the statue which your royal highness lias to-day beau pleased to inspect, and which we trust will stand for ages as a memorial of your royal father's manyn. virtAnd ues Rill of his various acts of gracious consideratio now, your royal highness, we humbly seek at your hands, a renewal of the distinguished favour which your royal house has for so many years vouchsafed to us. Large as this asylum is, it is not large enough to meet the wants of the many deserving a pplicants for admission into it.. Year after year the boa rd of management have hail to sympa thise with many whom they hail known in brighter days. and to whom they would gladly have furnished the aid which this asylutn is intended to impart, but whom they have been compelled to send away to seek subsistence in the cold charity of friends. Encouraged, bowevct, by a great and generous benefactor, the board of management have resolved to erect another wing, and thus complete the edifice ; and as the only fitting conclusion to a great and noble work, they now appro ach your royal highness and respectfully solicit that, just as your royal ancestor was pleased to condescend to lay the first foundation stone, your royal highness will, to-day, vouchsafe to lay the The following prayer was then offered up by the Rev. W. G. Martin, M.A., the chaplain to the institution: " Almighty God, Father of mercies, and God of all com fort, helper of all them that need, give Thy blessin g , we beseech Thee, to this work of mercy, on which we would enter in dependence on Thy guidance, and in the devout hope that It may issue in Thy glory. L or h d, d th irect and bless us in this our undertaking , and grant tat e whole design may be begun, continued, and ended in Thee ! Pour down Thy spirit, we beseech Thee, upon all who from time to time way he the inmates of this establish ment. Make them bumble and contented ; patient in adversity and thankful for the merciful provision of a place of refuge in the hour of need. Grant them to have a right judgment in all things, that, being delivered from the bonds of their sins, they may live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, and finally be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasure. And bless, 0 Lord, the benefactors, the helpers, and patrons of the work, and reward them sevenfold into their bosoms. Bless especially our gracious Queen, and the beloved and honoured prince who is this day among us. May the grace and mercy which they are Thy instruments to extend to others, be vouchsafed abundantly to them pelves ; mind grant that they may rejoice in Thy favour here, and receive the fullness of eternal life hereafter, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." The architect having exhibited the plans of the proposed buildings to the Duke, the stone was lowered three degrees. The bottle containing the coins of the realm, newspapers of to-day's date, Sc., was handed by Mr. Searle to his royal highness, who deposited them in the stone. The plate to cover the coins was handed by Mr. Comber to his royal highness, who embedded the same in the stone be neath the foundation stone. This plate bore the follow ing inscription :—" This foundation stone of an additional wing to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, to be named the ' Smalley Wing,' was laid by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., &c., Sze., on the 30th of November, 1865." The cups were then handed, one by one, to the Prince ; the corn, by Mr. Dickinson ; the oil, by Mr. Wi'son ; and the wine, by Mr. Fennell. His royal highness then poured the contents on the stone beneath the foundation stone, and having received the trowel, mallet, and triangle, from Mr. Wm. Smalley, proceeded to lay the fou,.dation stone, and to declare it fixed. The chairman elect, Mr. F. W. Ward, banded to the royal president a list of the subscribers to the " Smalley Wing," and afterwards the following chorus, taken from Beethoven's " Mount of Olives," was sung by the Members of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum Choral Association (accompanied by the band of the Ist Surrey Rifle Volunteers), " Halle lujah ! praise the Lord, ye everlasting choirs in holy songs of joy. Worlds unborn shall sing His glory. Hallelujah !" ai address : insutru:- , Mr. William Smalley, the founder of the new building, the , l3 )6 Ca y te i e t fpolrwmaerd and yourm p y r al presented the as the following humble highness, ment in the hands of the Almighty, of setting on foot the work which has procured for us the honour of your royal highness's presence, I am permitted by the board of management to enjoy the distinguished privilege of ap proaching your royal highness for the purpose of present ing to you our tribute of respectful homage, and of ex pi-casing our sense of the deep obligation which your royal highness has laid us under by your gracious nd co escension in visiting us to-day. This act of your royal favour, illus trious prince, is a cause of unbounded gratification, not only to the executive of this noble charity, and to the subscribers at large, but especially to myself and to the many generous donors to that portion of this asylum which will henceforth bear my humble name. We trust that the work which your royal highness has just honoured us by commencing, will, in answer to our prayers, receive the blessing of the Almighty. May it stand for ages as a monument of your royal favour towards us. And not less fervently do we pray that the best of Heavenly blessings may ountinue to descend upon your royal highness and upon your royal house. And now, illustrious prince, in the name of the boardef management, as well as of the society at large, permit me to assure your royal highness of our deep devotion end attachment to her Moat Gracious Majesty the Queen. May God, who in his goodness has blessed the nation with such a ruler, long preserve her Majesty, and grant to her and to her royal family the rich enjoyment of a full and lasting happiness, With this expression of our heartfelt loyalty to our Queen and of profound respect for the person of your roy al high ness, we render you our homage for the honour yo u have a ve conferred upon us this day." His ROYAL RIGRIMaa said—Gentlemen, I thank you for your address, containing as it does such warm expres. soon of loyalty and attachment to the Queen's throne and had so much pleasure in laying this mortis& cheers.) After the singing of the Notional Anthem, highness was conducted to the Ladies' Wu thence to the chaplain's residence, where be Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs of London and &c., and then took his departure, quitting about half-past 1. i ........,,,,.... her X i . *et . nweri c c . c. . is chi ck " , - how 111 Will eat it l i 4 the ilk After 1 ,1 sopped .. I &i f * 4 ) It ich Th e M. 1 libel th c kkik j it morn' the ki ck/4 vilidl I h W la r .' . )n li&IL 4 4 Dir. Steph hen, his Dr. Ping, and t : phr i• . 110 itceb o u tie phys and Kide ckt some It Si in' the aye tion. thing The t wool . 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"la P dolui - ;. op • the Dpi, ea gild* MU and app c w it the p hade, aitra ki c k hi burn a silks er s ea, 4 oath . ig so mach rode, the aoeful Nikki." du - bet oat make sr hick Int ' Priralel rata A ' Hoe • he style to thih g . theo being, Perkskoci op i and just menthe him I ha root and gash* for • Ind log sir mi la lay' • es with Wiwi* men teens ing anti • tho I sleeves-4pm ci for c he tame, sad emit I .. deems Illis thole the man h trimmelois sr, wit appl . ementerie Ivrea boo • ; for imam,* wit' ait or owl, oho C ked with earsk thro I proftWin ; soy are b are • with jet beals, el DUD lo the Elias, pit l) me implim lark to d ir-of-pewl, feria the less tin Wide ate' has wore, and ail i o two bank d a fit. , acid to lath. t s : There is a wept but on of black er km ' to i is in width, whit OM wing dresses. how inc cub above from the lel ;in to be sligheyit q roe . n of the yattm. taw. menterie Maw it is a hangs of while tail qa• th s fringe el hem ac•• m ne- m Out La lake all wads, if net slick ace. se to floweit bo' gradually Walks th '' Lambe& • mpg of • Marie Strurk"lll a . irri itable " Empeole , . per n the hands of tag get as coming millet lhe 85 , though cobortbea coo • or. The " Ear la are .log a flat eurteieitis th : ox ring all mewl 1 I in' Inge are of whet.. en' with brides elks* ea. jet ornament or i Imo • oci • i u. ...---• e conveyed boos al . • Eastern and the Isesi • wh shine, is said w ll p coo year. DO —The °eternal. td th. Seaton at Decollo ' • wea ther wu • ! w th sit th ibbtpelermoistnuf.ttcAmdmoididarsitnced,stayeerisicidtty . th c oo mmandiog ; 60 ' di of -neon. _The suppairni tr.. 7 8 0.6.1seahlte; re lit dinner in de , to eek in the a sou of his Yeti , * W to j u t genial Dii •nt of his . , past remora. b in_ wri hued t o the taro II so , ruble ge ntles:a i .„. 313 l atter of come s yy., in, and we wade d+.lised ll4 ... hers of per , veer a polio:sirloin. Itoo nty. — irld' r4 A i au. THIS AND A i .. . luar terly court 9 'r ' he la'. ; the Be'. w item . the p+a l e be ono of t • . i this tha t the ,•, fa • and out patients' . in iticial ronilto lb' eh ) the .nterior of the ards lied teen i 11,,, c ed to notice tha. t f' • .1 met with I Id 4 ik 1 . it os they vwe , of cets to ohao!',, my diminutioe a w•r c , e . ,e expenses wee! OM t lied forward 1• 41, Y''''' . ,j support. Ve1 5 70 . shape of a elonaly'!,, th r which cordial teirs, w . he clergy by mesie!.; , w • weeks was al r- l ila : : : a•l7.lliilefiFtlihtfed*:h',l bil6elihneinTwertvr7wsi.ol,l.; ' anwi'' FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. (From Le Follet.) As winter costumes make their short dresses are seen to be more and more fact, for walking dress the trained skirts ma) quite out of date ; they are reserved for ' riage wear. We should be sorry to have total disappearance ; but, so capricious fashion, that it may yet be our duty, I chroniclers, to give even that proof of fickleness. There is still a talk of short dress, but of that we hesitate to speak general. We must again repeat that black is extremely o nuparatively one sees little else out of " tainly, worn as it most frequently is, over , colour, nothing can be more becoming or 1 for the long dresses worn when making ceremsei ci , black velvet, moire, or satin predominate. alias upper skirt, with low or high body, fashionable. A new style of dress called is very neat for morning wear, being Irian of plain cachemire or woollen material, and masque of the same, in a deeper shade, tooned round. It is generally supposed that broche sill be worn this season. The crinolines being , material that will haag in thick and graceful than ever likely to meet with success. There is much questioning as to what adopted with the short dresses. Tlie served by all good artistes is to adapt the vidual figure, that which may suit one bei unbecoming to another ; but we may ju three makes in vogue—the small corset matching the tunic, with high body, and the under-skirt ; also h;gh body forming • style called " Princesse," the long ale under-skirt ; and again the vests with hanging—of the same material as the natty, the waistcoat, with long tight sleet skirt. Though the skirts are not very much not say the same of the bodies. Passes,ea, endless variety, and of great elegance ; plaques a la hussarde, with a thick plai aiguillettes ; Oriental plaques, worked plaques mandarins, with teasels in formed of a thick plait, ornamented wit ending off in plaques to match. Also of quite an original style, as their name fantasie is the giant button in mother %Tates, the diameter of which is not less Narrow far trimmings are again wry cloth or velvet like the dress, with are still used, though they cannot be rank as the muffs entirely of far. made, called fur-galon, an imitatiot Aetracan, from about 10 to 14 inches used as a trimming for woollen morns with success, making a little v.triat trimmings, of which some may begit It is certainly suitable to the season nising well with velvet or paasemei Some bias galons are made with edgy and also plaits of red, bordered Intl dents of jet. For evening toilette we can affirm of the most admired trimmings ; beat will, in a great measure, give place' Bonnets, though still small, are change ; and the " Catalan " and way to the " Heine Hortense," " 1 " Empire "—not, indeed, the vent modification of the same, which, in modiste, may really be made a beco: velvet is the material most used,' and satins are also much in favour tense " is cut quite round. tonal's; back, and is trimmed with a silk frill; trimming of cut jet above. The strings the same colour as the bonnet, wit' over them, fastened either with a je We prefer the former. 'pm The number of passengers London and Paris by the South-East Chatham, and I)over Companies alo• less than 300,000 in an ordinary ye THE LATE LORD SEATON. —'. augurating the statue of Lord Seal place yesterday afternoon. The we fine, and there was a conaiderabl and gentlemen, including a numbe( officers. Among the latter were P Martin, Admiral-Superintendent Owen, Royal Engineers, and the the various military forces in garri, REFORM AT `ALP - Richard Young, Esq., for C; invite that gentleman to a publi( Hallsin about the second wee) January next, in celebration ; House of Commons at the and as an acknowledgment political conduct during the past bility the dinner will not be coati' , be a meeting of the honoural throughout the isle. As a and topic will be the reform question, the attendance of several membe; secured, so as to render the dinne siderable importance in the corm HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMP7 I THE CHEST, BRONIITON.—The qu; of this charity was held yeateni , Foulis, Bart., in the chAr. Al nets, the secretary read the rei management. It appeared fro( the establishment as regards in carried on with the usual benel colouring and white -washing to t had been completed, and the wa; again. The committee regrettei cesi progress of the charity hvi during the past quarter ; trace this falling off in Intel they did not attribute it to ar the part of the public. As the increasing, the committee look( to continued and additional 1 help had been received in the sin through Mr. E. J. Layton, for • due. The kind assistance of th 4 collections during the last few • acknowledged. The following h within the past quarter :—Mie guineas ; Mr. C. Beachcroft, 19s. The number of in - pa tient. ‘. August was 320; discharged, itnury be p - died, 46 • ne w out-patient cases, '' l„ terminated with a hearty to te of that chairman. NATIONAL BENEVOLENT IN:41 annual general meeting of the friends this i ns titution was held in the Freeir terday. Mr. Henry POWntal, vice chair, and in opening the proceed which would be read to them was than its predecessors, as, notwitbst downs of money matters during the yi to the institution had not been dinaii trary, they were enabled by the bent to grant sums of 20/. a-year to no leas in addition to the large number of per roll. The secretary then read the rei appeared that the number of pensionets was 279. the total sum paid to them dr 6,0021. 2s. 611. Gratuities of 10/. ere ear l" ' member of the committeei w unsuccessful candidates. The entire supported by the institution since 1812 is 1,159, and the gross «mom 210,536/. ra. 1(1. The receipts for H . 30th of September last have been 12 disbursements to peneionera. 6,0171. expenses, 1,2221. 131. tid. The report res. 7 -7,00 tj ~ s r s The ofjo 1 Lulu to ••• th it. ji and rr e sr einnsons N il ea , e .peeeirte st i o A bo alga o 'o pu •nn le ° to ,unding tbru*/ tit •enr, ed tbe so rj at, On tefieeeee tlit% the th7 f 'croon , w port,Z: o l, o ßL poi at darintlitTivi id of sr * 'lie be len Pai d L e r POI T 1 re n6 :15 11°. 0 az 114_ 4 4 V 1 wit r..—..diote N r i the rffi r VOL'Ag T 1 12,7 141 * in 'I.•:tool De; to' PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov : 30. - . Herr von der Heydt is much better. Having been cupped, he experienced considerable relief, and is now out of danger. FRANCE. Count Lallemand and M. Noel have been ap pointed French ministers to China and the Argen tine Confederation respectively. ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 30. General Fleury will shortly leave this capital for Rome. The Nazione of to-day declares the rumours pub lished by the Florence journals relative to the projected mission of Signor Vegezzi to Rome, to be premature. ALARMING ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (raox oua OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CHATHAM, FRIDAY. An alarming accident occurred at the Royal Marine Barracks this morning, by which a number of workmen were seriously injured. At the rear of the barracks a considerable space is being covered over with an iron and glass roof for the purposes of a drill shed. From some cause which at present seems inexplicable the roof for some distance gave way, bringing down the massive iron girders and beams, leaving only the walls anti pillars standing, and carrying with them the workmen employed on the works at the time. Niue of the workmen were more I or leas seriously injured, and these were at once conveyed to the hospital at Melville, the other workmen having only received trifling injuries. An investigation into the cause of the disaster has been ordered by the authorities. At the theatrical performance given at Com piegne this week, the Empress Eugenie wore a headdress with a white plume, fastened by a crescent in diamonds, and a magnificent dress of white silk brocaded with flowers and trimmed with ornaments of green velvet. Her Majesty's earrings, necklace, bracelets, and clasps, were of the most beautiful diamonds. The ladies of the court appeared in the most costly toilettes. Thedailyconsumption of oysters in Paris amounts to upwards of three quarters of a million (which reach the capital in something like 6,000 baskets, each of which I contains a gross), and furnishes altogether on an average TILE PRINCE ANI) PRINcEss (IF Wat. Es.-- The half an oyster per head of the population. The number visit of the Prim e and princess of Wales to Sir E. C. Kepi- I of snails , " now so favourite an edible with the Parisian son, M.P., and Lady Caroline Kerrison, at Brome-ball, gourmands," says Gafignani, "as to have thrown the frog, Sutfolk,haa been postpoued to Monday week. Tuesday next the national delicacy par excellence, completely into the was the day originally appointed for the visit, but as the I shade—brought daily to the Paris m arket is not so easily Prince is not expectedtoreturn from Russia until S aturda y , ' ascertained ; ; all one knows is that from Burgundy and a slight delay has taken place. The arrangements for the Champagne, the great snail-producing districts, upwards reception of the prince are still in a very incomplete state, ' of 100,000 are despatched to Paris every day." and beyond the probability that he will alight at the Diu Gavarni, the late French artist, was passionate station of the Great Eastern Railway, and that he will be for aerostatics, and like Leonardo do Vinci, had the con escorted thence to Brome-hall, little or nothing is known. ; viction that aviation, or the fly of the bird, was the prin. The visit of the prince and princess is not expected to ex ciple and the alpha of aerial locomotion. He spent the tend beyond two or three dayr. I last ten years of his existence in experiments and studies Their Royal Highnesaes the Duke and Duchess I on the length of the wing and its level, and he con de Chartres have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from ; structed many apparatuses which never answered. Woodnorton. I A Berlin correspondent writes:—" Two years The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have en- ago a society was established in Berlin, the rce:ubers of tertained a select party at Strathfieldsaye during the week. which agreed to preserve all the points of their cigars, The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon leave town instead of biting them off and throwing them away. towards the end of next week for Highdere Castle, near These ends are collected, and then sold in large quan- Newbury. ' titles, either for the manufacture of snuff or for smoking Yesterday the Ludy Adeliza Hervey, sister of in pipes. The sum thus raised is applied the maintenance the present, and eldest daughter of the late, Marquis of and education of orphans, and some idea of the extent of Bristol, was married to Viscount Dunlo, eldest son of the the society, and the intensity of its affection for the weed, Earl of Clancarty, in the parish church of Ixworth, near may be gained from the fact that the cigar ends of two Bury St. E hounds, Suffolk, in which parish the marquis's years' saving have brought in a sufficient stun for the main seat is situated. The ceremony was performed by the tenance of twenty-two children. Such a society might be Ven. Lord Arthur Hervey, and the Hon. and Rev. Lord established in London to support an hospital for persons Charles Hervey, uncles to the bride. suffering from the deleterious effects of excessive We (Post) understand that Mr. Francis Beilby smoking." Alston is appointed to succeed Mr. G Lenox-Conyngham • The French government is asked by the South as chief clerk of the Foreign-office. Mr. Alston core- Eastern Railway Company, to suspend the baggage search menced his probationary career in the diplomatic service Mg in Paris during the Exhibition of 1867. The South in December, 1839, and attained the rank of senior clerk Eastern Company have reduced the time of travelling in April, 1857. • between Paris and London to ten hours, and the waste of Mr. R. C. Banbury says that arrangements aro time involved in the existing system of baggage transit and being made for a meeting of the laity, under the presidency search is estimated at half an hour on the average. of a distinguished nobleman, to consider what steps should i The Mandicster Exam;ner publishes a correspon be taken to put a stop to the "pernicious nonsense" in dance between Mr. Mills, the manager to Messrs. Bright the church of Eir,laud. and Co., and Mr. Harris, of Bradford. Mr. Harris a short Sir J. T. Coleridge, the late judge, writing of time ago was reported to have stated at a conservative the proposed Keble College, says he believes he is not far dinner that, while Lord Derby subscribed largely to the wrong in laying down thus much with regard to it : fund for the relief of distress during the cotton famine, "We shall encourage simple and economical habits by and attended regularly at the meetings of the cora example, precept, and rule, by the size and the furnishing 'suttee, Mr. Bright did nothing. Mr. Mills says, of our rooms, by a common breakfast in hall, and the for- " I now have to inform you that the firm of biddance of breakfast parties ; but our ball dinners will be which Mr. Bright is &member gave as large a sum to the like those of other colleges, and we shall not discourage Rochdale Relief Fund as any other firm in the town, and that intercourse which now subsists usefully between men have the authority of the gentleman who was chairman of of different colleges, nor the moderate use of wine We the committee here, for saying that throughout the whole shall pursue the usual course of university studies, of that period he had only t. ask Mr. Bright to have what with perhaps, a larger admixture of religious instruction. he wanted. At the same time he and his partners were Our students' rooms will he smaller, and the architecture dispensing numerous bounties of which the outer world of them and of the residences of our principal and tutors knew nothing." Mr. Harris, called upon for an explana. may be simpler than that of other colleges ; but we hope tion, denies the right of Mr. Mills to ask an explanation, to have a spacious and handsome chapel, hall, and library. but says the word " nothing," representing what Mr. We do not expect to enrol the sons of noblemen, great Bright had given, was not his, hut the response of the proprietors, or rich manufacturers, but we hope for a very audience when he asked what Mr. Bright had done. large proportion of liberally educatel sons of gentlemen ; A combination of working men, of an unusual and we trust that our young men, if they be known as kind, has been formed in connection with the Stavelcy poorer than others. will yet be able to hold their own in Colliery at which a strike, promoted by the recently the university by their numbers, their busting, and their formed trade union for the midland counties, has been proficiency." going on some weeks. A number of the men are opposed The Prince of Augustenburg has sold his chateau to the union, and at a meeting held the other night they of Dalsig. in Lusatia, and is going to quit Germany with resolved to form a " non-union society," and nearly all his family and .ettle at Geneva. He is at this moment 100 members were enrolled. SURPLCSODI AND SINKING FCNT9. lat Coburg, and had addressed himself to the duke there to A PANACEA FOR NATIONAL CALAMTTIES. The Mr. Dudley Baxter writes to the Times i n d e f ence of his i obtain his intermediation with the King of Prussia for an people also has its sorrows ; may we add, its claims? Thu suggestion for making railways a sinking fund for the appanage, in return for which he would renounce his year has been a sad one : murrain among the herds, pep national debt ; hut the Times tells him there is no way claim to the Duchies. The Prince Royal of Prussia is said pitioustoe i s n um our me g r re: l tsi n ti o e w s, tliNe commercial eery gravest politiaenaluaule of p a ying off debts, e xcept by surpluses. Sicking to be favourable to the application, and he proposes ties—all these gave afflicted us by turns ; and all these we funds, terminable annuities, and the like, are only so ,to grant an annual income of 100,000 thalers (3fr. 73e. could bear better if the Queen were to resume her old much machinery for hiding from the House of Commons' eac h). position.--Doily Myosin& receive for that vessel full belligerent recognition, en titling it to take shelter in and procure coal and supplies from neutral ports. It must be remembered that we could nut now, as in former wars, give protection by the system I of convoys, for a single fast steamer could find its oppor tunity to get by day or night into the centre of the fleet under convoy, and when there, a single shell, at almost any range, would suffice to sink or burn the stoutest wooden 1 merchantman, or to destroy the crew and cargo of an iron ship. The Federals adopted as their sole remedy the selling of their commercial marine to neutrals, and such will be the fate of our own merchant ships in a time of war, unless the principle is previously accepted of the im munity of trading vessels from capture by a belligerent. No nation has such an interest as we have to adopt and to recommend this rule, and the Daily Nara trusts that the commission which is to consider the present state 4,1 international law will be sufficiently well advis.d. in respect of naval practices to see the necessity and recom -1 mend the speedy adoption of the change wh i c h our altered circumstances demand. THE MAI.DON CONSERVATIVE The Tillie; sees in the demonstration of the above body that healthy activity of thought and originalit) of im pression which is always to be found in a muster of Englishmen. Mr. Du Cane, who presided in his official capacity, told no state secrets, and promised nothing. Mr. Sandford would like to throw a few seats to the workingmen if parliament should have them to give away, and advocated an extension of the electoral area, which is a step towards equal electoral districts, and was urgent in his demand for reform in our naval expenditure, and in our military and naval management generally. From his remarks on the rumour that the Fenian, sentenced to be hanged in Canada li ire been let off through the interference of the American government, the conservative ministry may learn that if they wish to keep their supporters they must above all things consult and maintain the national honour and in dependence. The Herald says that these gatherings inspire confidence ; they quicken and extend the political organisation ; they prevent what would otherwise be a mischievous monopoly of public speaking ; they counteract the incessant efforts of liberalism to represent itself as exclusively popular. But this leads it to ask why in every town all over the kingdom as important as Haddon—" the old town of Quintin Dick, the model conservative of his time" — should there not be established, on the same plan, a i political club upon conservative principles! The Standard censures Mr. Sandford for not crediting the members of the government with the same regard for the dignity of the crown which be feels himself. It would be a miserable weakness on the part of the government to refuse to advise her Mnje•ty to exercise her prerogative of mercy in these cases, if the exercise of that prerogative seemed to them advisable, because the American govern ment had intervened impertinently, and the pardon might I be interpreted into a submission to its mangoes.