The Express. — London, England, 1868-12-22 00:00:00

NEORETTI anti ZAMBRAS MAGIC LAN- T.... vb..r. daseriptialt. sad barstpruntst slides. Illustrated catalogues tn.. , Rut statuary slidua rressusended Ise door sada. NEOREITI and EAMBRA'S OPERA and RACE (I.MWV-4. in loathe, taw.. tom two, and thrwe onthwal , Warranted tr..l manolorton.-1.0. Hattonirart.n : cornhill; 112, Itegowtotrort; sod 137. Plootwieret. Illuotrate6 tat tree+ HOw COLD IT HAS BEEN.—NEGRETTI .x.-a obi ZAlFlUtit'l celebrated THERMOXIITERS, to register the pastern oold. Aire 1 , 4 td Many liattatioan are offered. Tone derodne linker bearing name and reittn.aa —Hatton-garden M. tYea6ill: ISt Regentrtreet ; sad 19, ileatatatere. Agents liberally treated rth. THE D •IL 1r •NEW a MOE ONE rangy. 'CALM OP CRAIG= MI AMNIMUNINTiI. Per Lins• • & •& MMISPIONIIIMS al MTN ocalWriss WOMB of 10011116011 and ZINO)? Male $ S w i I • CAN• AL NOTION ll do. 16 • de. I • MILK/ 00NPANIMIRIbliddielndt 66 6 de. 6 • do. • a M ons.cmanam ill juinfium Arr DOOM& 11•• lil M. • • BMUS ems, kadarps I de. I an 1 • DO ADMIna I • 4. 1 • ze ll•Ali•66111/1„ end MAIM. I de. I I de. 6 SWAIM Wanting Plum 6 de. 1 de. • NS worimaske • MN • oasis isfam sr anl• IS as • vole& NOTICII TO 0101111111 L &MINIMUM'S. • •Zianor Irm a ' se en nelowiwirepel epos Ons' eel Xerheirry inerlien• inespe •Inpli Ind in iinfesetre end rapidly Preeedrig dnee lis =I:4: Peony rename It as inweeslie selims "nib el Periedler Orden kr /Idvertiminnele ilea" In sad* rorabie lk. &Sun PerneNee. liseA4brei• Teltz ak fllsaps nantred tor meanie op to SS lieseerforerser. Plonekrell. M. 0.. LreArs. IFEBOAT SERVICKS. —During _Of . Monne _a 41 th. year ,11 1 11 h, the Nahosel Lifebesit IneMeelea mart Imed to the remelt of 7114 hem from varies, ehipirreeket and It treads troer d. 'trachea. The Inebentfina ales expended 114,15/ In the ease r.od our Its . Lifeboat Satehtlalunenta In addition to prantang f...r0 tor rewards. Ithe Conned t o of tbe Inatitation eseurally appeal to the peak) tee met , .de to eneble them to UM. 00a$1■604 heavy de nous& on L/eir I Lthtnat Pletabliebraeata o.rritatione will be thankfully reereved by the Lneeten and (wader Hawker%la and by tie Peorearary. law* Fag.. at Inuit attest Jnltlaranat. Adelphi. IVE6RETTI and ZAMBRA*B BPNCTACL&S ;TH61111014VOPIC). A sow Utvaatioa. 'Web Um" 0011- 14dratt7 rervimerbetto waren a oposesolos so opirmior In every na..l to an at ;mooed in sow. Domlplion pool boo. NFOREITI and ZAMBRA'S FI TZROY STORM BARODIETERK. so ouptibod tbs. Baird of 'Prato, and Taboo& Utobrot loatatution. PAO' , tistotrio Moors Mainiale I . P.+>. Totrall the Wether." It. root trot. NECIRETTI and ZAMBRA'S WATCH BARO =TER. for t overiling wroth or and for soludere mogour•- meats. o@rd by Her Majrrays Governmont and IssAirsir orlontilie own. Iltrirtly wear's.. —No. Ididtondshrdre ; $O. ; Rogret-otreet ; and rd. Plert@tr@rt. Drerription root tn., Eh* eypvelisi. HATYAEKST. tvlimrs, ALAN.MIiiirIiACRIFICS. Nam. F. . natl. kc. ; Yu. Wroaid.—PISTILA. Mesora. Howe, auppendale, o.,ordoa. and /Caudal; KeNdames Bateman and Pitswilbson. And RURAL YKLILITY. Masora. Buskstem, Mm/ma. Am. Two NTEms, Arnim LAIN: TALI or LONDON LIM Kr. %aim Noes. W. lAcy, Dasioiek 'turn?. he. ; Mate T.. Barnett and Row taimera.—DAlowlid by sCONCLIL T. --Cotcluduag with bAYka) BY A SONO. 61Jiiire THEATRE, LONG-ACE& Thu Nvastaa, at f, THE LANCASHIRE LABS. Mom H. Intro & Emery, L. Horses , J. Clayton, C. Wyndham, asd B. T not; Nimes N. Maas sod H. Hodasa. with It Beers, EN •• Pier. of Extravagant..., entitled, THE HTEANGEE. FTRANOER THAN EVIL Nowa. L. Broach. illeseess. sad fitytos ; and Nino Halms, Evens& sad Nate GAIETY THE %TEE. STRIN"). . ...—... legic;aajiaaeu. Mr. lobo thangsbeal. % a Eals.:. at 7, T TWO HATILIMUINd. Mr. P. Lt . His C.afnunco 7.4 ON TEE C.IRD9. )(r. Alkyd Waraa, N. 'taut; Mad,* L b.rson.— ROBEET I.R DIAIII.F.. Mawr. Barker, Eldred. and Bobo ••. Needataf• E. Tama. Hastier., and rowles.—And TWO BALLETS. Principal &nue% Mac Boat. Tote Bemire, at 7, A — *MONTI HMV. Weinee. Clarke. Belford. sod Jove.; Ift-ere Button and Maitland .— TS! MILD OFT B MOTE dl GOLD.—Merare. Thorne, Junto, Bottom, sad Fenton ; Mw Goodall, te.—And A COMICAL COI:NTE.S4. GLOBE THEATRE ROYAL. Terra zyzipm, - .VY:l6sgliciii!•liiiiiiiiin.—At w to a, J. Hymn'. original Corniqr. in Pine kite, CYRIL'S SIX OW. UMW.. F. Martha, Warner. Vernon, Pusher, litwirki Bertetone, and J. Clarke, kr.; Mesdames Thorne, Hashes, Aka, present Prim Miler, TOUT POppere 10 Uri r *and then I think I you should not wit►deni from me. Having defined Pelf capable of tokastion able in his own credo to justify and which ith re•ders Reform in our mode urgent necessity for the ballot and the certainty of its being granted by the Liberal government, the " Americanizing our Institutions "—a foolish phrase originating with the friends and partisans of the late government, a rigid economy in public expenditure, a foreign polio,' which shall not meddle or muddle, a free breakfast-table, educa tion for the poorest of the people—such are the objects still set forth by Mr. /Wont as the worthiest a nation's aim. The motel is sound as ever and gives forth as true a ring ; and while few will doubt that simple citizenship and the answer of the Shunamite woman, " I dwell among " mine own people " would have been in finitely preferable to the member for Birmingham than the trammels of office, no one can doubt after the speech of yesterday that the Government has gained the services of a statesman without robbing the country of the greatest popular leader of modem times. Mr. Lowa's address to the electors of the Lon don University was signalised by emphatic and almost unnecessary deprecation. It is tho busi ness of a Chancellor of the Exchequer "to " make himself disagreeable to everybody all " round," and the present holder of the post seems to see his future unpopularity as in a glass. Why Mr. Lows should expect "to " appear at least once a year in the very unwel " come character of a person making fresh de " mends upon the taxpayer," is not quite clear, but the anticipation is put forth with so much confi dence that we fear there must be occult reasons for it. Fresh taxes are not quite what Mr. GLAD nora's supporters look for as a result of his ad ministration ; and Mr. Lows is perhaps adopting the favourite device of predicting evil in order that good may be appreciated the more. Like Mr. BRIGHT, but with, as it seems to us, ecarcely the same favour, Mr. Lowe claims to be judged not by Lis official acts, but by what is known of hie political convictions and sentiments. " All I beg " from you is that you will put a kind con •• btruction upon my acts, remembering that a " man may be a fitting member for your Uni " ve rsity, and that he does not necessarily forfeit " those qualities. whatever they were, which in " duced you to chose him as your representative " be•ause he Las undertaken a heavy public trait •` which necessarily brings him into conflict with " many interests and exposes him to much °bier " vation and, it may be, to much obloquy." The two state , men whose accession to Mr. GiAo sl ()NE's Ministry has been watched with most eurio.ity have made their first appearance to their constituents in their new parts, and have played up to their reputation. It is pleasant to think of the ►word turned into the reaping -book, and of Mr. Lows, sitting side by side and taking counsel with Mr. &mita for the public good. character and capacity, was entitled to the due and proper fee for taking the ship clear of the English land. Can it bo, wo ask then, that the Trinity Board allows mon whose sobriety is doubt ful, and whose capacity is open to question, to male themselves responsible for the safety of large ships heavily insured, of the liven of pas songere, of valuable cargoes P Such a question, ono would think, should answer itself. But the ease of the Gossamer seems to compel us to pause for a reply. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) OF zunariss. The re-cdeotion of ministers is the enbjeet of discussion in all the journals this morning. The Timm excuses them for the barrenness of their speeches so far as the future is concerned, on the ground that they had so recently addressed their constituents and had already ex plained their views at inordinate length. Dismissing the notion that any definition of memos policy could be given yesterday by any cabinet minister, and, looking upon what each said as nothing mire than the expression of his own feelings in a new politics, the speeches they delivered have, our contemporary says, a real, if a leaser, interest. The Daily New thinks that othdebere have ao reams to complain of the Act of Puma AMMO'S reiga, which ma pole a member of parliament to reign his seat ea swept *, aloe under the crown ; and the world is indebted to that decried piste of legielatke for the intensities and ins porteat epesches delivered by Yr. Gladstone and Kr. Bright. MU the annoteate which are employed lo show that the principle of the meows ►as ao applies- tics :to existing oiroMManeee not beta sailorodl. me abuses w►ich this sot wee intended to remedy are now impossible, and the remedy itself has beams a mares of 11100eVellia000 and embarresement. In the opinion of the Tim!, Mr. Gladstone has formed an achniniMation °imposed of the met eminent members of the liberal party, and one with which be, at all rreate, luta every reeron to be content. The election, which took place yesterday wore, however, only stapty for malities. The ./deerriser hardly knows what construction to pet on the Premiere utterances in relation to the Irish church. From parts of his speech it would infer that he mato to bold no terms with those who would wish to see under any conceivable class of circumstance*, or to the smallest extent, the Irkh church retain bee connexion with the sate. But, on the other bend, there are portions of his address which seem to indicate a more modified coulee of policy in dealing with that church. the Tehreph Faye of Mr. Bright's speech that it kat once so imtinct with the pneknce &mode 1 by office. and en like those which Le was wont to dolivor when a private member, that it will disappoint his critic,. As he justly mays, however, the day has come when the mist !insect bberal may be a minister of the crown. Imbed. the day has come when the chief representatives of honest liberalism must take pail in the work of governing this country. Mr. Bright's presence in the cabinet demand. no other explanation or apology. In the opinion of the Star Mr. Gladetom.'s epee sh 1,13 more than a re-vindication of the coum of the libvul party on the question of the day, although that topic naturally occupied a large share of the attention of the orator. It may be taken as an indication of the line of policy which the ministry intend to follow, not as to matters of principle, for on that head the public is already perfectly informed, but in the selection of the subjects which are deemed of most preening importance. According to the lirrald, Mr. Gladstone is entitled to the distinction of having made the most offensively egotis tical and the most wearisomely weak speech ever made by an English premier upon the first opportunity afforded him of addressing his countrymen after his elevation to that high office. As for Mr. Bright, although he kissed the Queen's hand. and accepted the heavy responsibility of a leading part in the government of his reentry. he re mains as intolerant as ever of all direct from his opinions, and as uncharitable as ever towards his antagonists. Ef4PARTERO AND THE THRONE OF SPAIN. The Duke de Is Victoria has addressed to the members of the Liberal-Monarchic Committee of Saragossa a letter thanking them for the manifes tation in which his name figured aa a ft candidate for the throne. In it he mays: Your frenurous 'is favour of the veteran is the hard recompense a people ran reader to the soldiar who defends his soverege banner. I write to you with the most profound emotion, but once mom I feel that I Rust tell you that my soul, detached from all personal ambition, desires cue thing only—to know that, bound in a loyal end intimate concord, we lay the foundation- Moose of our tempts of liberty. Adhesion to the Provi sional Government, submission to the Conatitneat Corte. ; these ere the COMMIS ties to Mad on to the port of safety which shall be settled on by the asthma will. (111110011111 111111/11111 A4111110T.) SWEDEN. TEE DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES FOR DENMARK. STOCKHOLM Dsci. 22. The Prince of Wales left this morning for Denmark. Since yesterday the cold has set in, accompanied by a fall of mow, and navigation is entirely !WAIN. 11,ADIUD, Dso. 21, Dynamo. The municipal elections have terminated. In Madrid a large majority of the counefilore elected belong to the democratic-monarchial party. BMW:interviews from Havannah has been received by the government. Six thousand man have left for Cube, and the government declares its inten tion of sending as large • force as may be re quired to preserve order. It is of stated that the government will treat the colonies with the utmost sympathy, and will make every proper concession to their rights and interests, but it is determined at the same time to make every sacri floe to retain them. MADRID, Dio. V. The Papal Nuncio here has transmitted to the Pope the wish of the Provisional Government that the sentsinee of death recently passed upon the two state criminals should be commuted. The elections in Seville and Barcelona have gone in favour of the republican party. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Dto. 17, Evvio.• Senhor Bento da Silva has reiigned his posts of Minister of Financo and of Foreign Affairs. The former is hold provisionally by Senhor Calhe:ros, the present minister of Public Works, and the bitter by the Marquis Fia:da Bandeira, President of the Council and Minivter of War. • This movaage arrived in London December MALTA. VALETTA. Die. 22. Intelligence from Catania to the 21st Doe., states that Mount Etna has been undisturbed ince the 9th inst. The Casa Liglase is undamaged, although tho ascent of the cono is difficult from the depth of new scoria, which have fallen. The mouth of the principal crater is hermetically closed, by a hug. , stopper of lava and sixiri.e, so that not ovou smoke issues from it. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP. (Via Queetudown.) _ NEW YORK. Dec. 12. The Renate finally consented on Thursday to hear the Eresident's Message read. The Senate continues the committee charged with the investigation into the alleged bribery and corruption of the senators during the impeachment trial. A resolution by Mr. Wilson providing for negro suffrage in all the States has been introduood into the Senate by Mr. Wilson, and has boon rufurred to the Judiciary Committee. Test cases involving the constitutionality of tho Legal Tender and Reconstruction Acts have been brought before the Supreme Court. It is rumoured that President Johnson, at the request of Mr. Seward, has sent Mr. Caleb Cush ing to Spain to open negotiations for the purchase of Cuba. It is reported that prominent repeal agitators in Nova Scotia have been notified that the Canadian Government will increase the Nova Scotia subsidy .50 per cent. if the repeal movement be aban doned. Whelan has been respited until the 29th inst. General Cialdini to doubt is felt in any *ter had a political candidature of the Italian The notion that tor services rendered scion of which is with an aptittule for - any part of the mo on the decline. In Spain especially nothing but force or fraud is holy to make the people accept $ foreigner and a total stranger fora ruler. According, however, to a Machiavellian theory broached by one of the French papers Victor Emmanuel only wishes the Spanish crown to be offered to a prince of his house in order that it may be refused, and an opportunity thereby afforded to show the Italians that tho Savoy dynasty founds its hopes on Italy slow,. This theory seems to me far fetched indoud. M:Lisaagaray, the cousin and political adver sary of M. Paul de Cassagnac, has bee► mentericed at Auch to a month's imprimonmeut and a fine of 2,000 fr. fora Baudiu article in the Anthir of that town. I do not now mention all the press c indeus nations which occur almost daily, they are too numerous. There were no new despatches from the Bast to day, and the Bourse was left to deal as it big might with yesterday's news. Bente, after boing done at 69fr. 4.1 c., closed for account at 68fr. 64c., without change from Saturday. Fur cash there was a fall of 7/c. .... I * E *tar - k Iti4WRKS, g i:fEE‘ 1 Y. ' 5 %%, , th, DECEM :ER ,o it - N Aft I i vi , 1. 6 • .1 Msg, is sash o• Arta to g e nduw- *. than a- 1 : -boned F 0 : ' G N .... . •,, . . ri 4 1 1 1 1 1 , owed 0601 • gommaniset el is the t ying to; Int awa 'from . '. pilot; 4 • i . • , ail have fair kr eating r r ., .. .. , leapt clout withdraw your mallitass and supped can iell b. Oki at hbollobrl-h the • -.4' (TRW DAY.) .. ' ( Port Wend dist the latter pilot obliged to pursue her Nos M she wore 41 _--... xl his own course, and shown him- smuggler, in order to put himself on board, in TURKEY AND GRIMM • ' Prince for the throne of Spain. toleration to o th ers w h i l e nro dt er .. to ok of his right and duty. The pilot quite indepcsdeutlyof local t ' n oonviotions, Mr. Batonr pro- who took the Gossamer in °barge in the Downs The Geed". of a. r•eoroburt gives our- there woor area few families every ea and re i tera t e th e sen ti men t s w ith was, we apprehend, a licensed Channel pilot, who raw, "" a re P urt that in "E. of a ruptu r e b e- tween Turkey and Greece the troops in the 8 ):± 1 2y ende r 4l l nature with El i of his speec h es are fam il iar. had pawn d his examination before the Trinity mode of conducting elections, the Board, and who, in virtue of his certificate for circuisacri ,...,___P ti°n et ° d ee" would be placed on a - ' l . g"er "" fellow ma i n g . . _..1 -- ..:a... ....•:•1....1 4.. 41... A.... war wulaug• world, is one which seems to me EIGHWATZE AT.LOXDOI To.D. =l6;ajr, 771: AM. To-111.aaow —Plaratag, Qt. als.--ithasem. Ws. t. germs of Plum, Dues, are rucetvel sew u o'clock for iirsertroa eine make. Prise 111. ed. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 22. MR. BRIGHT AND MB. LOWE. TII E chief contributors to this morning's journals are Cabinet Ministers. TLe utterances of Mr. GLAte - foxe, Mr. Mauer, Mr. Lowe, and their colleagues, surpa.s in interest the other topics of the hour, and the entire country is occupied in sifting, comparing, and analysing the speeches of yesterday. Everyone wanted to know what Mr. BRIGHT had to pay respecting his new position, and it is possible that some few will be disap pointed at the ease with which he has put himself in his true light before the country. Nothing could be more dignified and patriotic than the BRUIT/ENT of the Bowan of TRADE'S explanation of his conduct. That which has been well known to his private friends, which has circulated freely in the clubs, and which Las been caught up and repeated in the newspapers, is now given to the world in the first lesion. and by Mr. Dufour himself. He did not want oMoe. He was looking forward to being more his own master than formerly. Ile Lad private and personal reasons of an almost overwhelming character, urging him to refuse place even when pressed upon him by Mr. Ch.Anssoh - x. But the interests of the Liberal party prevailed, and the new Cabinet minister " surrendered his inclinations, and he might say " also. his judgment, to the opinions and to the " judgment of his friends." So far as to the general caue.ca governing Mr. BRIGHT'S accept ances of office. Now for the particular reasons which have made him President of the Board of Trade. His health forbad him to accept the Secretaryship of State for India, and though he is still satisfied that the principles he has advocated fur the government of India are sound, he sees that public opinion is not suildently advanced for their adoption. The duty of an " advanced " member whose views are not always shared by his colleagues is stated in a few clear words : A Cahiuet, as you know, is composed of some 14 or 15 members of the two houses of parliament. The question which the government itself may propose, and the ques tions which may be submitted to parliament by others, will require to be discussed sad cousulted upon by mem bers o f th e cabinet ; and you are aware that unless there b e harmony among the members of any Administra tion there must necessarily be failure' and disaster. It is therefore possible that in seeking the maintenance of this harmony the member of the Administration may appear at times to take a different line from that which they have taken when unconnected with the Oeverameet. !I there should be any such occasion—if any one of my constituents should find that I have at any period to come boon in a lobby different from that in which at some former period 1 have been found, let him have each patience as he can ; let him understand this, that until I say I have changed my views, those views remain unchanged, and that the different course which I may be compelled to take is one which does not affect principle so much as time and oppor tunity, or that it is a temporary and inevitable concession to the neoessity of maintaining harmony of action among the members of the Government. I must ask you to look always at the general result. If I should remain] in office one samion, two sessions, three Mbor more ( look at the close of each, and observe & bessail result of the administration and C .! OI. ffff 4141tanttry, under the leadership of th e t+,•;,17 '4 , •.•:,'•. • . . • '1• ' o t," 1 , ••• , :_, •: - 1 112c1VdSM3 is TILE CASE OF TILE GOSSAMER. Ai ONO the many calamitous losses recorded during the recent week of gales there is one which seems particularly to press for the most anxious inquiry. About a fortnight since the ship Gossamer was despatched from London for Australis with a general cargo, and under orders to call at Ply mouth for passengers. The Gossamer was • ship of considerable reputation as one of that famous fleet of China tea clippers, whose performances ex cite so much interest in the shipping and commer cial world, and, we might add, in betting circles. She was built in 1e64 by Sri:we-ors, of Glasgow, owned by a Liverpool firm, and chartered by Messrs. HOLDER and Co., of London. She sailed from the Downs under charge of the pilot, and Lad to Lest down Channel against a strong south west wind. When the Gossamer, standing in to wards the land, was off the Start Point at noon on Thursday, December 10, her mate, who was on deck with the pilot in charge, called the pilot's at tention to the position of the ship, and gave it as his opinion that she was too near the land, but the pilot held un his course until the ship was close to Prawle Point, a signal station between the Start and Bo'thew!. The pilot then attempted to tack the ship, but she missed stays, and was pre sently driven on the rocks, her anchors refusing to hold. Be had evidently miscalculated the strength of the indraught of the tide, and when the ship missed stays he did not attempt to wear her round, but trusted to her anchors. Of thirty souls on board, thirteen were lost, including the captain and his newly-married wife. When the ship missed stays the captain came on dock, but it •as already too late; and so long as the pilot was in charge, he, and not tho captain, was of course, solely and wholly responsible for the ship's course and the way she was handled, and the authority of the captain and his officers was in abeyance. There is reason to believe that the pilot was in drink ; if he was sober, he must have been grossly incompetent. It is but a few weeks since the Leichardt, a New Zealand passenger ship anchored at the Nore, was deliberately run down on • bright, calm, moonlight night by the North Star steamer, which was in charge of a river pilot; in that case the pilot was also mate of the steamer. It is a matter of serious interest and importance to the seafaring British public to have some sort of guarantee that pilots in charge of passenger ships are sober and responsible men of thoroughly proved capa city. The Board of Trade requires that the masters of merchant ships and all their subordi nate officers shall pass a strict examination in navigation and seamanship, and we believe the officers of the merchant service are disposed to complain of the severity of this examination, and of the somewhat pedantic tests and " catch " questions to which they are subjected. Many an experienced and skilful seaman, they say, is liable to be tripped up by a question which is scarcely more practical than a conundrum. As landsmen we should be inclined to support the discretion of the nautical examiners of the Board of Trade. But surely it is worse than idle to impose those rigorous testa of proficiency upon the officers of the mercantile marine if their ships are liable to be put in charge of drunken or in competent Channel plots. The seafaring public are apt to trust their lives and fortunes with perfect confidence to the care of pilots who are licensed by the Trinity Board, and have received their certificates from that Corporation of whose valuable services we hear so much at their annual dinners on Tower-hill. There are, we know, a class of men—broken-down sailing master-mariners and mater--who, having lost their character and their certificates, infest the Channel under the name of deputy-pilots, and tempt foreign ships by offering to take charge of them at half-price. Nothing is more strange to a TIT 7 4LAIfII.L arrwirm ?nu= MID 011801. The Tea, dew not recollect any one of the numerous eastern disputes in which the opinion of Western Europe has been so clearly and unanimously pronounced, as in the present quarrel between Turkey and Greece. Every phase of the business exhibit' the untenable position the Greeks have taken up. and those who judged on the general principle, of the case as first pre sented to them have their opinions amply con firmed by its details. A recent despatch from M. Dekanni, the Mellen* Minister for Foreign Allan, to the Turkish minister at Athens, confirms the views which the Times has held respecting the une•rupulous conduct of the Greek government—conduct which they now sick to justify by doctrines subversive of all national security: and our contemporary insists that no anti quarian sentiment and no pity far weaklier should lead us to tolerate prccsedings so mischievous. rraemma tozwemes TIM M& The Doily Awls lays that the financial policy of Presi dent Jo'season in reference to the public debt is nothing lees than a scheme for paying off the debt with its own in terest. He put the suggestion so nakedly before the Ame rican people, hcwever, u to call forth a nations! ezpres kion of indignation. The resolution of the House of Re presentatives., claring all forms of repudiation to be odious to the American people was the noble reply of that nation to the suggestions of its accidental and most ignoble head. the Court. OSBORNE!. Dm. 21. The Queen, attended by the Hon. Nary Las alle., walked in the grounds this eacessinr. Prince Edwin d of data Weisar loft Osborne this wonting. His Excereney the Swedish Minister and Baroness Hoch. oLild left town puts:day for Linton park, on • visit to Viscount and Visouuntass Holmes dale. The Duke and Duobeee of Athole have loft Brown's Hotel for Widely Court._ The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, accompanied by lady Madame Phipps, Lord William Phipps, Lord Henry George Phipps, and Lord Harvey Phipps, have left Um Pares UMW. Ilnetinghmalane, for Mulgrave Castle. Toriolim. The Marquis end Marchioness of Bath are putertalain a suociesdoe of TIMM', M Los/Ws" Wilts. The MareMonett' Maria of Aneebury has loft town on • visit to the Marquis and Marahionew of Bath at lcsigleater The Earl end Countess of Beseborough left town yesterday mein on their return to Beethorough House, Kilkenny. The Earl of Warwick has boon entertaining a sh( oting party at Warwick Oastle. Among kis friends have been the Earl Somers, the Earl of Ayleeford, Ron. Colonel Finch, Sir Dudley Warjoribanka, °aorta Boat &c. The party separated on Saturday, when the Earl of Warwick hit for London to joie the minima _ _ _ _ _ Lord Carington sad Major Teesdale leave town on Saturday next for If arwillak on their way to Alum dria, where they will await the arrival of the Priam of Wake. Lord Loncleaboroagk loft town yesterday for Onsnatoa, Ye:Madre, scoompanied by Colonel the Hem JIMA* Illsedoneld. Her ladyship MIIIIIIiIIS is town. A marriage is arranged between Lord Col chester sad As Hon. Isabella Osseo Meade, eldest daughter of Vicesatt Ifswardea. Mr. 11. Butler-Johnatone, M.P., has loft tho Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-parbettraar ler Pavia Hr. Oeorg• M. Bright and Mrs. Bright have armed at tie Palsoa Wed, Bookingliasi-gate. OUR PARIS LETTER. OMAN OUR OWN PARIS, MONDAY EVIENTNO. NI/count de Is Cueronni&e, the French minister at Brussells, tame to Paris yesterday and had an audience of the Emperor. He was subse quently received by his very old friend the Marquis de la Valette, Minister of Foreign Affairs. When, therefore, the France (IL do la Gueronniire's journal) says this evening that there will be no reaction against the liberal promises of Jan. 19, we may fairly presume that it is offi cially inspired. As to foreign polities, it is averred in the same article that " pesos has no need to be better affirmed than it is at present, but that perhaps it is desirable that it should be better dellnecL" This la one of those pure Gueronni4re antitheses which have puzzled me ever since I have been a correspondent—until, and that is long ago, I Mt off thinking them worth interpreting . I have not the least ides whet I. now mesa. The Tempe takes it for granted that the Marquis de Meatier, in concert with U. de Beast, encou raged Turkey to assume the hostile attitude towards Chrome which has led to the present momentous crisis, and thinks the great question upon which peace now hangs is whether the Mar quis )le Mouldier went beyond the Minperor's in struotione. The Marquis de Moustier continues U. be very ill indeed and cannot be removed from the ministry of foreign stairs on the Qua d'Orsay. The Emperor and Empress send frequently to make inquiries, but his medical advisers do not allow any visits. His legs are swollen, and the swelling hes a tendency upwards. He remains day and night in an easy chair, it being too pain ful to him to lie in bed. There are those who think it unpolita to question the truth of any of despatch and when I said a few days ago that if Genova Claldint was only going to Spain on " private Weirs " it was very extraordinary that Is• should take snob • circuitous route as that by Pads, my rosaark was doubtless set down, in some quarters, as that of a systematic disbeliever in official announce ments. Well, it now appears that the Priam THE WHICH OP MB Jolla , DUNC,ILV. THIRTEMI LIVES LOST. The chief officer, Mr. 0. Lamb, of the ship John Duncan, ban just arrived in Liverpool from Gibraltar, where be and sir of the crew of the ship John Duncan had been landed from the American brig Dirigo. Mr. Lamb tells • terrible tale of the sea. The ship John Duncan, Captain Randall, sailed from St. John, N. 8., for Liverpool, on the red nit., with • full cargo, and • deck load of deals. Immediately after leaving port she mcountered fearful weather, which coettnued up to the 10th, when it blew • hurrtcane from N.N.W. At night there was • tremendous sea running, and • heavy storm of rain and hail, almost every sea pooping the _ The cabin skylight was washed away, said the cabin flUed with water, thu stores being snaked about in all direction,. The ship was still running before the wind and sea, the cabin was full of water, all the cloth ing, nautical inatrumente, tee., were deritreyed, and every sea broke over the ship, which was fast becoming water logged, and stewed very badly. An attempt was made to throw the deckload overboard, and two of the crew were washed away. The rernalider of the seamen were then lashed to the standing rigging. At 4 p.m. on the 1 lth, the ship pooped • tremendous sea, which cleared the poop of everything, carrying away all the boats, hurricane deck house, the wheel, wheel charm, four of the crew from the wheel, the captain, his wife. infant eon, and a male pa.- senger. The stern WY knocked in, end the poop.iluck torn up. The ship then broached to split three lower topsails, and lay on her port beam ends, the sea breaking wetr. end washing away the deck hod. The Nurriving crew took to the fore ragging, and afterwards to the top-gallant foie castle. At 7 pm., the ship fell over ou her broad-ids. with her masts and yards in the water. Tlb^ fare and main to) niuit were carried away, as was al-o the Edwin mast, with all the yards; the diakt were *weld of every thing:, and the port site turn up. The ship Veil ngle • .1. having her foremast and nuiihmast standing. but thre • of the crew wile drowned. The weather eon:inlet fear:ul until the Lith, when it nederated, and »ate of the wreck was cut away from alongside. to prevent the ship from breaking up. It was thou f. d that al; the pr.. visions were destroyed, but a pig was foun 1, and at once killtd. The remainder of the crew suffered eery truth from want of fre-h water and the eating vi the raw roar, until the 17th. when a hrig lin.ve in , ight, but lore away without offering any assistance. On the '2..1 d, the American brigs Dingo sod liadboni tell in with the ship, and rescued the unfortunate survivers. The names ui those who perished were Captain C. O. Randall, Mr.. Randall, and infant 1,00 ; Mr. Reed, sou of the owner of the slip; W. Itiddey, carpenter ; W. Wy.io, sailmaker Jae. Smith, James tinting J. Silver, M. Ander-oft, T Traver. —111.• Allist er, an d the boatauadr, whose name is unknown. We have to announce the death of the Marquis il'Ei-cnyrae de facture at Fontainebleau in hit 43rd year. after having received the last vaeramenta from the hand, of Mgr. July, former Archbishop of S-114. The health of the dictascd had suffered grievously from illtxeatmeut amov g the Chinese prcrious's to the Fri neli expedition. The Journul de Puri. states that the imperial diet( a naming M. Pittard senator had been actuAlly sent to the official journal, but was in type when the order awe for it. withdrawal. To employ priutur's phrese aogy, the matter had to be di,tributail.•' TIIE QUERN'S NEW YEAR'S GIFTS TO TILE Pooh os WINLsOR. —Her Majesty' new year's gifts to the poor of the pari.hes of St. John, Wiudsor, Holy Linity, end Ckwer will be distributed on Friday week. New Year Day. The sum intended for the purpose will be spent in beef and coals, tickets for which will be disponied by the aid of the local cler i - ty. The distribution of the meat will take place in the butchers' market at the Town ball, the nails being sent to the homes of the uumezons recipivnts. THE " RECORD " AND THE LATE M:t. DEMI VORD.—The Iterord. in a notice of the approaching cele bration of the marriage of Lord Percy, Wirt sou of the Puke aid Duchess of Northumberland, to Ledy FiLth Campbell. eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, pays the following unconscious testimony to tho erratic brilliancy of the late Mr. Henry Drummond, and lord Percy's suppo-ed inheritance of his eccentric humour. Our oontempoiary says, •• Lord Percy is ma ternally, the grandson of the late Henry Drummond. and it is announced that there will be a grand display of rockets at 8 p.m. on St. Martha's Hill - DULWICH COLLEGE. Last evening a public: meeting of the inhabitants of Camberwell and Dalwieb, convened by the Camberwell Vestry, was held at Cam berwell Hall, Grove-law, for the purpose of opposing the scheme proposed by the governors of Dulwich College for doubling the capitation fees now paid by the boys attend ing the upper school of the college. Mr. IL A. they occupi. d the chair, and was supported by a large numbs: of the vestrymen and leading inhabitants of the district. The chainaan said he thought the proposal to double the preeent amount of capitation fed fur the pupils was deeply to le regretted and most unjustifiable. The reason awaited for the finer use was the great expenditure now being incurred in building a new college ; but he con hidered it the duty of managers of all charitable funds to limit their expenditure in n to their means. Co The expenses of Dulwich College were much larger than they ought to be, and the funds that should be expended upon education were being wasted in unnecessary and extravagant expenses, and thew expenses viers continually increasing. Mr. Gull, one of the parochial governors representing the pariah of Camberwell, detailed at length the present posi tiou of the college. Its endowment fund for educational I=was now 18,000/. per annum, with anther 1,0001. the pupil., and this be contended was amply sui- Ui. mt for an purposes. There were now only Me boys in the school paying a capitation fee of 6/. and 81. per an num. which it was proposed to rake to 121. and IV. re spectively, because the governors had mod unwisely resolved to build a new college as an expense of over 100,0001., to give school eimommodation for boys only. A resolution 0011411 _ the proposak of the governors wee carried isonely. It was also resolved " that a deputation be appointed to wait upon the go ' remora for the purpose of - inducing thane to reooneider their te ropdal" deputation of 12 wee then ap- Palk MERCHANT TAYWItie SCHOOL.— The winter speeches of this school were delivered yesterday, and were attended by a very large number of old Merchant Taylors' men and their friends. At 2 o'clock the Head Mader, the Bev. Dr. Homey, istroduced to the large school-room the Mader of the eenipan_y. Sir James Tyler ; the Wardens ; the Exanehisse, the V. Archdeacon Browne and the Bee. C. Maeda ; and the chief members of the °cud, when the pedormanom immediately commenoed. IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL INQUIRY IN FRANCE. The Msedrar publishes a report, eatemilng over sir columns of tint easal. ham IL de rereads In Roquette, late Minister of Agrisnikern on the peened dad of the q_ah7 decreed on the 28th Mach, MK C riiii iteul te ir r ilto the effects of the new desonsie eiride applied to the trade la earn. Twenty-eight departmental committee. were than pieinisil, and have End held neeetnip in 270 t han ___ bowed besides visiting farms and rural disiziote ) rtatilleakag ciativittors on the spot. Oral or written evidenee Imam been received from more than 10.000 genies. The central superior committee ap. pplated to 1k the fads no obtained met on the 23rd Nov.,andheid mien ecamoutive sittings ; it has elatidded the dingiest gamboge to be solved under the nine fol lowing beads Landed property, its division, trans uded's, besniarke. and Idnai ; Capital and credit 3. Wave and Meer ; 4. Improvements of tw soil ; 6. Outlets kr sale and reads • el. Oedema' legislation • 6. to S. Colionee oPrilj_mad 1611 V ailm ; V. AliT"11- tura! imllreollos. me lad act cd On committee has Wm to &Ma that it will only pronounce basn dial* quoillow wbka mpt 7 (y he weft solved er mew .1 the mai ad the ; that wre AA In riwateudi kr rollosso to a enmeinatloa ; sad cam a eanamey shall le Irma up at Vie whim expressed is the odium of tholapOry. _and which merit to lie room amid to tie aollendo WI the edialaistraliss. LONDON AiiiiSEMl (THU! lIVRNING.) rm. ---- MUM= Lnuorn.—"Aa Alsmia. Beadle." "Ntrk" rtheity."—Y Aosust.—"Dill Foe aim end Ms Ws to "Masa) ORiskk"—T daboak. !arsons.—" Alt Dark." " A Comeert." ikeg."—T dila& OLTAno.—"Bleabsit sad Oeumbir." " Thad yellow; „ —I Vied. Cluses.—" useathdr, Lem" " The Novae,. ie Drer."-1 Vela*. Ter partirelare we advt. eraanie.—" The Widow Not," "Ilve told of th e Gait" "A CCOlield oountens."--f o'elork. Penton or WiLaa's.—" Tare Chta." " Who Siaaks p., fie deice& Itoraurv.—" A Levin, Cop' " The Biaa and Tail y r„, DL" " The Cleclanakeem Nat."— T.IN) o'clock. ihniasr.—" Beasive." " Tho Favengvr.'*—f votiovic. Gun...—. Good for Nothing." " 9/14,,M." -7 5' I - Ov iwrr.—" Th e Two ilarkquiaa." '' On the Lad. • Ic Diable." Two Lallet... ROYAL AXPIETSIUTLII, PLULAOII.II. Argq. Arnim be.-1.88 redo*. filreeheus.—" 130 (!rood Docher. " " The Mr —I o'clock. ZOTTAII-11•LL. PICCAUILLE—Iir. !haling Mrito,n'• ri.s pmt..-8 o'clork. Camera Miusnatd, T. James 0'.....aet calm are advt. 110Tal INI1.TT•01111110.—Tbe Limbic Oink ke. 114,11111 Toleatrylik G4IZTY TRE4TRN. The Gaiety Theatre was opened for the 6 , 4 time last night under the lesseeship and mans reset Mr. John HoWarhead. It presented a handsaws brilliant appearance. The audience was fashionw,s, though very numerous all were enabled to win's,, t„ performances with perfect ease and comfort. Tee n . gramme comprised • sparkling one-act operetta. (41,4 Ten Herlegmess, composed by M. E. Jonas; a .a.sitly• drama in three acts, adapted Lem L'Essom.tor, awl name d (hi Ms Cards; and • new operatic bIttaVILVIUM, tf Mr. W. S. Gilbert, giving • fresh venni 4 the ohl 1 1 of Allsieve 4 losa6k. The most laughable scene in the burlesque was oue presaging the Chamber of Horrors at Madame rusiausl'., when the W&IGO criminals, being suddenly quickened int, life, danced ndiculotudy about tn.! stage, w.l i ns i ste d upon. associating with the respectable effigies who come troot,n 4 in from the adjoining rooms. . - In the course of the evening Mr. Holling-shead um ! before the curtain, in compliance with 111 IMlWtat V.: vitation from the audit:nog and was mceiv..d th• utmost enthudasen. He alluded brietly the kah,zp.,:usl difficulties with which ho had had to contond, eh. tire in the studio of the soene.paintera and con 1 , 1! amid hearty applause, by calling on the public to opemto with him for the carrying out of thy vi 7.. forms he was desirous of eeectiug, waking spe,al 5...• eiou to the abolition of feet. THE O.Xfol:11 B,INQCET To YR. rdROWE b HAIWOCIIT. (sT :Amu's.) OXFORD. The lanquet to Mr. Cardwell, the new 31u1:- ~f War. and Mr. Vernon Hareiuit took p:ace low es in the Ceuhcil Chamber, uutlor the preenleu y mayor. 'ltem was a full attcwlance of the r• oz th , cerpoution and the princi:•al c.tizons of - In mg macho; to the toast of the array Mr. i• . made a speech eulogistic of the British , partkuLirly to the hhysmnian caropai i m. H. e • 1416 , inu to elude in gracefui terms to the a- , with Oxford of S.r W.Liam Erl . and the p. . flacc,llor. • u.l scrvial tL .t th..t city Vii• from political fame. Beth nicsubtrs were received Wth the lan . 61411 s ANOTHER COLLIERY EXl'Lvslos yE .I WIUA.N. WIGAN, MONTAT Another miller,- explosion °court, i !!... at the Norley Colliery. actuated ut the t0w..•1 bertha, about a rode and a half from Wl_ I . 1 which the casualty occurred are Soc. 2 a.. I • • Nrwley Coal and Cannel Companv. v o'clock a party of man descended the bonveyiug with them a puny. which he-as ...• work u. a twu.el in the bottom of the Mort. t.... J. Feet, one of the managers of the collier:. It . the :itt. mouthing, and just 4.4 the other two m pied the cage. and pony. reached the La...a b., occurred. the effects of which were gaicisly pit bank by a cloud of mut ascending the , ipc b.: lustosaary indications in the very quickly returned to its ordinary oxtr , e. .•• Thompson. the manager, and other person.. .i - the pit. They were. however. able to lean' bat • the core had be. n wedged tad in tier shaft. V !dies that were given to the shoute from the m ..t. were not satisfactory. As promptly as poo.h:e was rigged over the pit, and when our report I 77 bottom had not been reached. Fortunate:y t • :.• is reckoning Monday—that is to any. the 31 atter the fortnightly pay. and no cowers ars at w 7• the pit. There me. however. a number of day labourers. the fate of whom is at present a m the profoundest interest to the crowd that is claes...: around the pit-bank. The gas. It is now believed. was fired at the estre-.....y of the workings, where a number of men were citt:-.: across a step. The number of the dead is not yet as.- • tamed. but it 14 thought that six persons have Five others are severely burned—one probably tam:.r. tlalv two bodies yet have been brought to the surfs Ar4her, fearfully mangled, as said to to below, and v.:Oozing party continue at work. TI I E ACelllnT ON MI BEIGUTON Ratt.vraT.— The man Harris. who was injured by the esploston of a trui k full of rvtined naphtha on the Brighton Railway 1 the morning of Sunday. the 13th nis:ant. died st t• Brighton Hopital on kuiday night, having lingerei .1 gi cat agony tBI that time. The impost was re-op • : at the County hospital yesterday aitenium. when voluminous evidence was taken. The Coroner his. : summed up the evidence clearly and ably. the delivered die following verdict. agreeing with ho . : lions :—.• That the deceased dud from shock burns naive i by the ignition at the dame of a Lamp by one John Rants of vapotalgi en off r an oislin try 'stature from a product known as relined n iohth being carried in barrrlkin a truck on the railway. an . valour then tired the remainder of the ia:.l t: stud the jurors further find that the said put Wined naphtha is a dangerous article. and that its s - : set should be the subject of special regulation& Thiel •••• • • include means for giving information to tae g . servants of any and every company cartyfiz of what the substance is which they are m•ryitir Brewer said the moommendatiou and nada* or should have the best consideration of the railway nice. The Coroner. iu accordance with the desire jury. commended the conduct of the men who hid bravely assisted French and Harris. He also Ousel ,. I Nl'. Hawkins for the assistance and facilities t tven on ! i !. • of the Brighton Railway Company during the y- Tfiff RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR NortiNunir . —The cause of the collision has been fouud to be s take the Tort of the driver of the train of , in the CD signals. It seems that the signalman dise t e , ? - ! the weal sign for the train t o stop while the llar..re.l °?dinary Puma, but instead of doing so the drive' am' ht on, and thus it woe that the eollisioit ensue.: Manny tee p• gore am reported more serioualy than was at first thought, and in one or two mere it is el . pectedthat death will the result. I. I. asa4ley. so• Beiges. Mansfield, is is a very serious combtimfrom Jail= and his daughter Ls Men desedfull t &b oat y en the and face. Clement Tuthcry. of Aulto 4o l. ha i received frightful injuries on the 'body : and lass , Wheeler, of Nanitheld. is fearfully out and bruised. beea . o .i having cos of bra areas fractured. Matthew Butler. Sutton, has had his skull and one of Ms legs fractuel. and Mr. Day. of Nottingham, will bear for Ids v! wounds upon hie 0104 and fem. A large bodc of molt men were es the spot soon after the sondem and rode , ' every *instance to the sufferers. lirAvY DAMAOS* AOAINST A RAILWIT rain.—At the Liverpool Winter Assi•es yeetenlay Mr. deities Lusk and • spacial jury) the case of NI , - v.* v. the North Eastern Railway Company was It The = Samuel Nichols, sought to moover the ts compensation for sevens Micros Au: Mined by him in an accident which occ.ined the North Eastern Railway, near Darlingtoa. ou Web of May. DR?. Plaudit was a pas-env' • second-clam carriage of • mail train violin.: Newcastle to Lillian on the day in q uestion. al that after passing Darlineon. and whit" now.: Tal l ig r ► apnwil, the carriage in which plainti ff was .**-y, =tie mesas or other got off the line and we% ' Ming violently thrown to the tide and s !:. =a The carriage sou daigged along the po for so w J . :, biders the train could be stopped it a:Weds& Tb. pleintiff was taken back to Botha' and tbere slassibed to by Dr. H o icon. who urea as.* MIMI that the plaintiff had suffered r : 2 4 =est the head. The jury fouled for the 'ANL 4 .i The government contract for 80.000 P ilo kr the navy, was taken by Lama hart aid Gasegesdinth . _..~ Oust ;ate Com fano Sitti TE halllibN h! le p l ain was bridi iome bad gee dayl Cd i M , with it, Ws „IL; Paw amid _ Os Ms if lams dime Se la fall 4 had It f~ I~!~