The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRINS, SATURDAY EVENING, DEVEMBER 29, 1866 LATEST LNTELLIGENCE. a queition which Ws caspet answer ; all we feel sure of is tilt he Eta man if alarming elownoe, sad that the whole cait of his writises. is stamped with the mark of • 1 gamine eeelesiastiol origin. It is sow rather mote than a year since this my‘terious monk's voice was fi rst heard in Rome. Other documents of which the Spectator gives an account seem to lead to the conclusion that another organisation exists in Rome which might at a given mome nt be in a position to attempt a coup de India on its GOLDCHAINS. --JOHN BROGDEN to call the attention of the public to the VOll.ll o l f 3e ir- VOICE which he delivers with hold Chains purchased at his nrannfactoi7: S. d. To worlaaanshin of wove pattern chain, fd inches long 2 15 0 To ,18) carat gold, weighing 2 ors, at a ae. per ounce, Mint price .......................... 6 7 6 Total .... 2 6 Upon this system, the quAtiry, 'VALUE of the gold are egnaly dames, and guaranteed to the well uer John Brogiles looking for • far reinaneration on the Workman ship unls , which is charged acco rd ing to the intricacy or s 10,1•1 1- city of pattern.-51anufactory, 16, Haut etta-street, Oovent garden. Lo agricultural classes at all, small occupiers Iliad not peasant proprietors. The reason of their auffering is conveyed in five wo rds—high rent, sad short leases. So far as th e example of elgiuin yea, its thriving peasant proprietors and its compara tively impoverished small occupiers corium the position of those who maintain that the Irish pea- nd sa nt needs greater facilities for acquiring the la in ownership, and ampler security by long leases I for his improvements as a tenant. It strengthens (PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED.) _ I the case against " present circumstances." ALLEN'S PATENT PORTMA/NTTEAUS and 1 But we are told that the condition of sue- RAVELLING BAGS, with square opening! LADIES' WARDBOBE TRUNK, tit s Yo BAGS, with cessiul peasant-proprietorship in a fully peopled silver fittings, BOXE, WRITING and DRE.sSING CASES. „„ d country is that the rate of increase shall be too ot DtT' her articles for hams ur continental travelling- Dlustrated small, and that the Irish are the most rapidly catai.tnii poet free. I -1 • • Also Allen's Barrack Furniture Catalogue of Portable Bed- . m ulti p l y i ng race in Europe. This allegation steads. Drawers, Easy Chairs, Washhand.stands, Canteens, &c., transfers the argument from the realm of poli post free. J. W. ALLEN, Manufacturer and Patentee, 37, West Strand, I tical economy to that of animal phyaiology ; ' ll ` l " ° ' w * e ' Ibut perhaps it may be practicable to bring it back to its proper domain. The accumulated testimony of travellers and economists proves that the habits of thrift and self-restraint inspired by the possession of landed p ro p ert y -, an d the desire to keep an d increase it, a re the real checks up on a ra p id increase of the popu- The lation in a natio n of p easant proprietors. argument we are considering reverses this order of cause and effect. Population multiplies slowly wherever the system of peasant-proprietor ship prevails, because, to use the words of SIS MONDI, "a just family pride, common to the " peasant and to the nobleman, makes him ab " stain from summoning into life children fur " whom he cannot properly provide." The con ditions, on the other hruul, which favour rapid multiplication, are either boundless resources, as in the United States, or the recklessness of despair such as prevailed in Ireland. These 'circumstances sufficiently account for the high rate of increase of the Irish formerly at home, and now abroad. When , however, there is a gleam of hope, the dictat es of prudence are heeded. The improvement which has taken place in Ireland d ur i n g the past fifteen years proves that causes which retard or promote the growth of population are mainly moral. The rate of has in ' crease among this rapi dl y multiplying people been checked. In 1864, according to the REGIS TR.A.R-GENEttAI:B returns, the ratio of births in Ire land was 1 in 41.89 of the estimated population, L i being about ono-third less than the birt thhe rate of ' Great Britain in the same year. If Irish I f arm ers were peasant proprietors, they would be no exception to the rule of which Belgium, F Den rance, , Switzerland, G er Ma n y, Norway, and mark are instances. As little doubt can there be that, with the induoement of lownership, no small proportion of the land which is now waste would be brought under profitable lcultivation. The Belgians have made garden farms out of less promising material. What the Irish effected under the comparatively unfavourable con ditions imposed by the Waste Land Improve ' ment Society is a p roof of what might be done with the same or ampler encouragement now. If the unoccupied land is unavailable for culture in "present circumstances," the motive is strengthened for changing those circumstances. It is clear, we hope, by this, that the Irish ques tion presents more elements of greater complexity than the vindicators of existing arrangements are disposed to allow. No advantage, or only a dearly-bought and temporary advantage, is gained by ignoring any part of the case. We are far from advocating the artificial creation of yeomen or peasant proprietors. We object only to their artificial prohibition. The di vision of the land among small owners and occupiers exclusively is not more desirable than its dis tribution solely into great estates and large farms. A mixed system, whichwould embrace the greatest possible variety of elements —peasant, and yeoman, and 'squire, and large, and small, and inter mediate holdings—would probably combine the grea test social and econ omical advantages ; and such an adjustment the free operation of natural laws, un-hampered by legislation for political ends —whether the maintenance of an aristocracy, as in England, or its destruction, as in France—would in all likelihood bring to pass. (azuria'a rattaa.tms.) ABOLITION OF TONNAGE DUES LN FRENCH PORTS. PARIS, Du. 29. An imperial decree has been published based on the law of the 19th May, 1886, abolishing the dues in French ports on and after the Ist January, 1867, except for vessels o f those natio ns which, like th e United States, impose differential duties upon French vessels in their own porta. The report of M. Behic, which precedes the decree, states that the English go vernment have undertaken to bring forward in the next session of parliament a bill for the aboli tion of local duties of a differential character. " The English government," continues the mi nister, " do not contest our right to re o -establish tonnage dues in even t of the rejection f their bill by parliament." The Commission upon the Anglo-French Fisheries Convention held their first sitting yesterday at the Ministry of Marine, under the presidency of M. ChasselouP Laubat. The French government were represented by MM. Mauceaux, Herbet, Ozeune, Am 4, and Champeaux ; and the English govern ment by the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, Vice-President of the Board of Trade ; Mr. Goul bourn, Captain Hore, and Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, own impulse. prospects the Saturday Review Discussing our politic al p assum es that if M r . Disraeli 'Can produce a fair and reasonable measure of reform tte House of Commons Mill not inquire too curiously into his motives or consistency, though it would be premature to form a definite judgment of the intentions of the opposition in the absence of hlr. Gladstone. It is reasonable to suppose that the right hon. gentleman, before the opening of the session,will consult with his former colleagues and with the principal members of the liberal party. If he stands apart, it will be assumed that he has resolved on a new political course. Perhaps he may still contemplate fiscal and economical re. forms, although he has lately preferred constitutional legislation. The minister of the coming generation has not yet revealed his future greatness. It is possible that he may induce his contemporaries to accomplish some object which has not yet come within the orbit of practical politica. A new Chatham might neglect many questions which are n,ow subjected W eager discussion, and he would either organise an eflicient army or he would stake his fortunes on the enterprise. Assuming it to be a striking fact of modern histo r y that the protestant powers are now in the ascendant and that protestantism falls in with the new relations that are beginning everywhere in the civilised world to subsist between those who isle and those who are ruled, while catholicism is out of h armon y with the general current of modern thought, the Saturday Berl , to proceeds to con sider what it is that makes Protestants strong and catholics weak. Viewed on the side of religion, catholicism has many advantages over protestantism ; but protestanism contains a spirit which gives all forms of it life and strength in the contests of the though protestantism answers, it is nothing unless it is alive, and it must continually c h ange and assume new forms or it will lose that hold The on the individual mind which is its g reat strength. people who stir things up, and not the people who are all for peace, are the best friends of protestantism and of pro testant churches. Bishop Colenso and the Ritualists, for example, are among the greatest of the recent benefactors of the Church of England, for they have in their different ways forced a considerable number of income-tax payers to ask what they mean when they use familiar wordwhat s, and to re flect what a great a mount of learning and a large range of thought men should have before they pre tend to give an opinion on the questions at issue. In this way protestantistii is carried forward and kept alive, and it is in this way that protestantism wins those triumphs which have excited the wonder and envy of catholic observers. aminer comments on the danger of spiritual ter The Ex rorism such as Dr. Posey w ould substitute for th e p arent's appeal to reason and natural affection. Are the results of secret terrorism in other instances so encouraging as to justify a general recourse to it as a means of moral educa tion, especially when, in addition to the nefarious prac tices of empirics in other departments, we have before us the grand example of the catholic hierarchy, ostensibly employed for so many centuries in trying to make men virtuous, and not succeeding very well in the attempt? The cause of failure is obvious. It is because freedom is the only true basis of moral character, and this iuquisi tonal interferences and terrorism moat etfeotually destroy. The springs of a ction are b y such a system placed out side the moral subject, who thus becomes a puppet in the hands of au ecclesiastical confederacy, sincere e and well-meaning, no doubt , bu t based upon a principl of despotic authority that checks development. Devotioialn, obedience, the fai th of ignorance, rigidity in ceremon obsei Vance, may be obtained in union with a truo natural piety by such a system, but the rigorous morality of a free conscience is hal illy to be so acquired. Soule years ago there were two lodg:ng at Weymouth in a house where there lodged also an influential English clergyman with his daughters. One morning at breakfast the bacon s missing, and on inquiry it appeared that the young la wa dies, whose appet tes had been rendered ungove rnable by much holy fasting under the direction of their papa, had eateu it in the doorway Let Dr. l'usey take this circumstance to heart, and whelk too rigidly enforcing the di-,cipline of his church r emember the Weymouth flitch of bacon. BROWN and for C PO HIL DREN'S LSON'S OORN Faux To To obtain extra profit b 7 the cab other Mode are sometimes Ohre , ' instead of BROWN and ?OLSON'S. ...kill! Brown," "John Poison," la eight& to, the makers on each packet. DAVIES'S BEST REFINED COLZA OIL, 4s. ta.l. per gallon ; Trench oil, Is. Stl,; palace walla candles, ls. per lb.; sperm, le. 4d. and Is. ad.; botanic wax, Is.; o anposite. Wd.,10d.; best, Ild.; twat dips, 74.; mould* yellow soap, Slas , 40s 445., and 48s. per 1121 b. ; mottled, 4na; I.mcablt, at IL P. DAVILS and St*MSO arttn's-lene, W.C. M. P. Zhe tarvrefigi. TO CORRES?ONDENTS. 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The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Chi istian and Prince Leopold, awl her Majesty drove this morning with Princess Louise. Princess Beatrice aw l Prince }Lary of l'russia walked in the grounds this morning. Her Majesty held .1 Council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which were present the Duke of Buckingham, Viscount Cran borne, and the Right lion. Sir J. Pakington. Sir William lioNill, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Mr. Seymour l'itzget ald were introduced by the President of the Council, and sworn in as members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Conseil, and took their seats at the board accordingly. The Duke of Buckingham and Sir John Pakington had audiences of the Queen. After the Council, the Queen entered the Drawing• room, accompanied by Princess Louise, when the Marquis of Camden delivered up to her Majesty the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by his father. The Lord Chamberlain afterwards introduced Mr. Alderman Phillips and Mr. John Karslake, Solicitor- General, who had the honour of knighthood conferred upon them. TIM philosophy ullieli assumes that whatever is is best, is strikingly manifest in the arguments of the apologists fur things as they are in Ireland. When Lord DUFFERIN has proved that an exten sive emigration is necessary in the present circum stances of that country, he considers his case made out for keeping things as they are. To suspect that the circumstances themselves might be changed for the better is in his eyes, appareatly, a sort of political blasphemy, a profane questioning of first principles, a ecepticisin as to the moral :ma material order of the universe, like that of the Spanish King who thought that if he had been consulted be could have suggested improvements in the plan of creation. His reasoning proceeds on two assump tivust—hat English agriculture is the perfectt standard, the Imperial measure of a aouud rural econzfiny ; and that the amount of land at present under cultivation in Ireland is all that is suitable for culture. Possessed of these two ideas, he desires to see emigration continue until the agricultural population is reduced to the PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. proportion per acre which exists on this side of the Channel. Wu have already suggested that he might OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The despatches in the English journals repre senting that the French admiral Buie met with a profitably extend his survey to the Continent. (TIUS DAY.) " check "in Corea, which caused some anxiety Those who give this advice are sometimes taunted _—...-- here yesterday, seem to bo completely refuted by with ta•iahiug to establish in Ireland a system of The Vines isof opinion that the verdict of "man' the official intelligence in the 3foaitmor, reporting agriculture such as exists in France and Belgium. slaughter" against the two workmen in the case of the I. the capture of Kanglioa, and the offensive opera "lnt, surely, there is a difference between learning accident on the Metropolitan Railway, the men in question lions of the admiral in the Seoul river. The fear from foreign nations and servilely imitating being employed in fixing the girders, was an inevitable of new costly and fruitless " distant expeditions" them. In shunning ono extreme we are not one. That a work of such magnitude should be performed is now, however, so predominant in France as to necessitated to run into another. There is a in such a manner and at such a time was inexcusably care- neutralise the pleasure with which the news of a the between steering due south and less, and there were special points of neglect of steering due north. To say that if we reject an incredibly reckless nature. Under the den- " victory " over no matter what foe was wont to the English system we must adopt the French is gerous tu thod of work adopted, everything de- be received. The Acciii.. wh at grumbles as ' pended upon the girder not being pulled forward folloWs to propose what every one ou reflection must per- so far as to be overbalanced. And yet ever! prea,u• As in Mexico so our campaign in Corea begins with a ceive to be a false dilemma. The very differences lion likely to afford this security was disregarded. There brilliant fait d'or»i Es. May the like peed not be the pre between France and England teach in this respect cer tainly never was a Case in which an accident was more . kt the Council held by the Queen at Osborne yesterday. lode to a like harvest. We may alreaily have an inkling one and the same lesson • They justify the infer- clearly due to culpable neglect, and the only difficulty must !parliament was ordered to be further prorogued to Tote • of the probable sacrifices which this new war will entail ence that neither the excessive morrellemetit of the be to restrict the culpability to the two men who must now day, the sth of February next, then to meet for the upon us—as to the benefits the prospect is far less clear. land among a multiplicity of small proprietors, vor take their trial for manslaughter. In other articles the • despatch of business. Admiral Raze has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants its accumulation in vast estates held by a few ter- T . itats treats . of the opening up of large tracts of country ' Despatches were received yesterday at the C,donial- of Corea, informing them that ho conies to " chastise ' an Australia formerly held by ritorial magnates, is a natural consequence of econo- their government, and he offers no other explanation. We agricultural settlers, and of the claims of the medical ofti a few gentle" to office from the Governor of Canada. know, however, that the pretext for our intervention in mic laws, since direct legislation is required to bring cent in the army and MN y, conceded by the parliamentary .--.------- --- e . Corea is that we are " protecting the Christians in the about both these results• No one desires to adopt committee who have inquired into the subject. Some ac- The British Medtir •ul <burial; states that the Flat." We might, fur that matter, find Christians to in England the French law which compels the count is also given of the statement which the Board of \ accouchement of the Princess of Wales m ay be expected protect nearer home. The Cretans whom we discounte equal division of landed property among all the Tiede has just issued, showing the acreage of land under in March, and that of the Princess Christian in April Hance are Christiana. and Christian priests marsh with children of the owner ; and just as hale, we crops or The Dann thirughoutointheLhoble Kingdom.t t ' h n o ite‘ o l ootoat Th e wills of the undermentioned persona have them against their Mahometan oppressors. s is s imagine, does any one in France desire to est.•ablislt anxiety i been recently proved :—The Rev. H. R. shepherd , i B.D., Mt The (f:ptiuion Nutionuicothbo, which some Of d e al are y beginning to mani- there our system of primogeniture and entail. In the prelude to another uccess feat for the federal constitution of the United States, and T_riinhity Hitailledte'aiTibnridogie,pundet:l3oii3Onf. a a l u 'e nto: Somerset , t . , dis T tan . t ersxpe.alition. Mi a •x y ieo and Cochin China have shun tooth countries, however, the opponents of change endeavours to assure them that their fears aro baseless, 1 M c 150 000/. ;Mr William g' Irowell, of Palace-gardens, Rays- dautly proved the abnegation of our soldiers, and the pre persist in thrusting this absurdity upon the advo- and that there is every prospect that the , constitution will , I'anl Stoc . k Exchange 40,00 W. ; Mr. Robert Wilson, sent state of Europe does not permit us to scatter our cites of free trade in land. Whatever may be the come out strengthened front rho present conflict. The water,of Durban , , rham, ship and insurance ' broker, 21,01x1/. ; bliss forces for a remote object and a doubtful result. vices of the rural economy prevailing in France, Daily News also describes the unfortunate events in the fary Touchet, of The Grove, Exton, Hants, 59,0001. The Liherth follows on the name side : h missionaries have been put to they do not form an arpment against the slop Coresdt , w co h n e c r l eud7nn'ewiFtrheithce remark that it is inclined to 1 Mr. Thomas Charles Sorb} has been appointed We find small comfort in the Msniteur's bulletin. Facile tion of a principle as remote from the French law think that the F g rench admiral will he content with the !to the surveyor - hip of police buildings in the metropolitan victories over large populations are always dangerous, for of inheritance as from ours. " satisfaction" he ks, and leave to others more 94016. district, add of county courts • These appointments were there is reason to fear that by going on . fighting we may Driven from France, the champions of the toned to such enterprises the task of "opening np the I bell by the late Mr. Reeves. teach them to fight• . . . In Mexico we began by data 3 quo in Ireland take shelter, like some trade of the Corea." Cochin China will satisfy M. The Star is informed that actions for damages beating the blexicans, Beware, oh, let us beware of dis political refugees, in Belgium. We doubt Fould for some time to come• have bees instituted by Dr. Robert G. Bruce, of - ere, tent e xpeditioos. whether they can reckon on a secure asylum mnient in strong terms , Jama'ca, and Mr. Alexander Phillips, of Vere, against Mr. The ironclad squadron under the command of TheH i X,mf•! l and Sta,nhda:tincro:Hin ,bani with regard to 1 Eyre and General Nelson, for illegal a pprehension and Admiral La d le Noury - is expected to sail there. So far from affording an instance ..i x a the a pro r.ognwoaf :peach Eyre. '. The H,rofii calls cruel treatment during the Jamaica disturbances. Dr. of the tendency of a system of peasant-proprietor - from Cherbourg, for Vera Cruz to morrow. The him the hero of the Lambeth Baths, and says he might Bruce, a Scotch physician, upwards of seventy years of ship to an intleinite sub -division of the soil, and admiral, who hoists his broad pennant on board have found a field more congenial to his tastes and more age, resided nearly 100 miles from the scene of the die to distress consequent thereon, the example of creditable to his own judgment than "in co-operating ' turbances and from the martial law district, but was the Magenta, will have 42 transports to escort. Belgium affords an . xperinicaturn crucis establish- 1 w ith the )o.nd-thirsty fanatic. who are clamouring for a' 1 Canted to MOrant Bay and fortunately escaped execution The Meinorial Dipl.iiialique affirms—from cer ing, so far as a single instance can do so, the oppo- brave gentleman's death." The Star, on the other hand, .by the termination of martial law. Mr. Phillips got 100 . n la fain k owled , e—that the Empress Charlotte has re site doctrine. "In Belgium," VileitAll M• EMILE DE 1 ccnii,lers that the whole case has been put in an admirable lasb be nietwi wu ci in General Nelson's ahout trial by order of some boy-subalterns while ceived a telegram from Maximilian, dated Orizaba, LAN' ELEYE in his "Economic Rurale de la ! way by tie hon. gent!eman. custody at Morant Bay. December 13, in which he apologises for not having The Earl of Shaftesbury, it appears, has been " Belgique," " a constant relation is observable l i written to her by the two last mails, on the ground THE WEEKLY PRESS. remonstrated with for asserting that what his critics con " between the extent of the farina and the num- of severe attacks of intermittent fever, which he eider to be the peril of the established church is the peril " her of the proprietors who cultivate their own 1 d then *int recovered from. He promised ha only j The ,Cpn•hftur gives an account of two secret of the r eformation, but he repeats his phrase to-day, and " estates. Thus, in the provinces of Namur and . goveniments, one Florentine and one Mar:Mien, which are lad's that he is conscientiously convinced that " were the - his wife a long letter which she might expect to "of Luxemburg, three-fourths of the cultivators , believed to exist in Rome. The first committee have establishment swept sway a large proportion of her mem- receive at Miramar by Dec. ~• This news con " are the owners of the whole, or of the greater . iesued an address urging the people in moderate term not hers would join the church R o om oi e d ; h m ol a d ny would . remain . tradicts that brought from New York by tbe City " part of the land which they farm ; and it is in to give way to impatience, and they have endorsed another I indifferent , eddy to her of Paris, according to which Maximilian had passed but saver bit w heir very weakn , would " this region, moreover, that we meet with the document profess o in h g e t d o be b t u t t h th s e italividu . al a l ddress of a ! dmocuttririnbeol: to the e p through Puebla on `oc• 29, on his way back :Srogrs ' of the great enemy. Highly as " greatest number of farms of more Olen twenty FruirottiGmuisotot ;plc:our:li a‘) so . fo a rcib w l ' e tat in r. e m xpriass a lo a n age an a° d , 11. svp iate the zeal, learning, talent, and princiile of to Mexico city. It is now quite certain that Maxi " hectares (nearly fifty acres), and the smallest num- m em Li y i ng milian after his original flight from Mexico city ideas so sub g tje, that it must de stine the hard ' several of the nonconformist bodies, I cannot 111.1! ID their " ber of holdim.-3 of less than one hectare (nearl y British mind to believe it a broad sheet destined for popm organisation and action, any power of presenting a eye- never returned to it. All the latest authentic ac " two and a half a cres), w hile in Flanders, where tar effect. We have here the grand utterance of one who ternatic and continuous opposition to the papal policy." counts leave him at Orizaba. " the holdings are extremely small, four-fifths of declares hi m self an It a li a n i n fib re an d a ma n o f "lt has been stated," says the Patric, " that Theresa, who after an unusually long vacation, " the soil are cultivated by tenant farmers." The the altar by conviction, and who, inwardly per- tiers was some question of removing the Pyrotechnic l is about to reappear at the Alcazar, is advertised large uumber of families in Belgium, whom the goaded that the two are perfectly compatible, I school from Metz. We now learn that this intention has , for a new song to bear the title of M. Louis official " Documents Statistic tea " of 1856 speaks to his countrymen with the eloquence of an ! been finally adopted, and that a central . school . of the same ; Veuillot's work, in which she figures as a frightful described as in straitenedand • impoverished - apostle, and the peculiar accent of a mind saturated with , kind is to be established at B urges, which will coon lets the blended intellectual fluid of a Dante and • St. Thomas ' the t military estaidishments at presen t i n „ um of 1 example. The song is called " Les Odeurs de circumstances, are, so far as they belong to the Aquinas. But who, then, is this Friar Ginsto? That is ! formation there." I Paris ;" it is sure to draw. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The Christmas performance of the Messi;e2t by this society was repeated last night, when Mr. Sims Reeves --• I reappeared for the first time in London since his long and __=.-..............5a5ee.. THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. severe illness. Fee several months past this gentleana .___.-s-- has been prevented by oontinued indisposition from rub Her Majesty the Queen has taken much interest filling his usual "....moot, , to t h e great . ths in the race, and invited the owners and their friends to pu bli c , w h o can ill Vara an arana th r eg ot ttai in Osborne yesterday. I . many Yeepects, and especially as an interpreter of liandel. It will be remembered that Mr. Reeves made a strong effort to adhere to his engagement at the receat tahy,daitoplitainyre.iffyP.eachurciarytvalsge tyonictokut;;hioeecicthhtiaii reeAme,aitcrometheehdiairnon.nerTiraavuetn:oo:, . Norwich Festival ; but it was quite evident that on of the iltte of the Isle of Wight have accepted invitations the two days when he did sing (out of the five days when , he should have sung) he was suffering severely from am ! prostrating effects of illness-a° although, with the Temp tOwntohnepdtinnwehromat sre the crbeenngenanet saetymtohuer,GslirounceteinrasHoßteial. dulph, K.C.8., Sir John Cowell. K.C.8., Colonel Army - late will of a true artist, he surmounted these depressing taut, several members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, CV- in fl uences so as to sing with but slightly diminished effect, fain Luard, R.N., and officers of her Majesty's 'hip Hector. • the effort must have involved considerable reactioeme The band of the Hector will play during the banquet. I, exhaustion. Kr. Reeves has therefore done wifely le The following letter has been forwarded to Mr. J. G. m ai m for a f ew men wee k s, and aaappeating, aa he did Bennett : I last night, with recruited nervous energies and restored " Dear Sir,-As commodore of the Southampton Anna ' occasion. His recitatives were given with that artistic te wi vi th " Southampton, Dec. ZS, 1866. \ vocal power. Never has he sung more finely than on this phrasing which is as far beyond the reach of a cotameas place singer as the refined reading of a gifted elocutioniatis Reitifigino t be Cl m ub, to l te ar tify ex th tr e em mva el y int an ti x o i n ous en , te in r t a i co n m e nt d n f o o n r the marvellous skill and courage displayed in the recent unapproachable by a gabbling schoolboy. Thus, for it yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean. That event, as stance, the short recitative, " Thy rebuke loth broken his you are fully aware, has excited the liveliest interest heart," depends entirely on the capacity of the singer is in this country as well as your own ; and with a desire feel and to express the sentiment -the mere notes them. to do honour to those who were engaged in it, and to selves, however correctly sung, convey bra little mesa* strengthen the s entiments of mutual attachment and re - =ha imbue d wit h t h e s i nger ' s Own intense the at spect which ought always to prevail between the kindred the feeling which the composer intended them to express. people of Great Britain and America, I take the opportn- This recitative was delivered by Mr. Reeves with the deep. nity of respectfully inviting yourself and the o ff icers of est sentiment and utmost purity and re fi nement of style-. the Henrietta, the Fleetwing, "a the Vesta' to with a pathos that, although istense, never descendedfrom a public banquet at Southampton, to take place on any the dignity belonging to the situation. A finer piece at day that you may please to name as most convenient to mus ic " reading "we have never beard. Throughout the yourself and the gentlemen of the American yachts. I need whle oratorio, indeed, Mr. Reeves's performance was ot hardly inform you that every facility would be most res • an , equally high order ; his opening recitative and air, " Comfort ye," and " Every valley," and the air, " pat bdriilyngaffthordemeaintotoy this vpoessertlsouishaoyulodu itmbaey thou didst not leave," being as admirable for elevation and yboeurasspluear:rtebtao : it would be a source of the highest gratification, not only ' pathos as his air, " Thoa shalt break them," was for de. to myself and the members of the Regatta Club, but also . clamatory power and nobility of style. Only once or twice to the citizens of Southampton at large, if an upportn- was there the smallest trace of the effects of recent inners nity were afforded us of exchanging those internatioxia. and then so slight as to be next to imperceptible; courtesies which tend so much to cement the good feeling while in the higher intellectual requisites of his ark swathe friendly relationships now happily existing between Mr. Reeves appears even to have made an &armee the two coun ty am, dear sir, yours very truly, beyond the high position ho has so long held " FREDERICK PERKINS, as an oratorio singer. His reception last night was so "Commodore Southampton Amateur Regatta Club. I warm as to prove that the public has forgotten the several " To disappo i n t me nts of the past few months ; and is too glad J ames Gordon Bennett , " The yacht Henrietta, Cowes Roads." 'to welcome back, in the plenitude of his p owers, a tingle at least in Mandela oratorios. A writer in the Harapshire Adocrtiser of to says :- ,who cannot be replaced, " I went to Cowes yesterday, and was invited by a The other solo singers were (as at the performance of the friend to go with him on board the American yachts. We same oratorio last week) Madame Sherrington. Madill* boarded the Henrietta first,were kindly receivea,sind all the Sainton Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Lewis Thomas : with good things they brought from America were put out for the addition of Mr. Carter, for the tenor part i as n the tiro densely us. She is a fine and well-built v owel, and looks more like short quartets in the last part. The w io craft than either of the others. Her accomino- crowded, not a sea t, a pp arently, being unoccupied, a sea-go g dation is much the same as the old America -only one good On January 18 /srad in Egypt . is to be given. sleeping berth and one large saloon, with three sofas on either side, which are used as beds. On one of them the i sailinganiater, a fine young man about 33 years old, was ! lying ill, I suppose worn out with continual watching. Her crew consists of thirty-two in all-sixteen A.B.'s, four 1 (From Le Fond.) quartermaster', three mates, one boAtswain, two cooks, 1 The weather having at last become more sewn two 'stewards, one sailing-master, one captain, one sail- able, the winter materials decided upon and exhibited foe maker, and one carpenter. We afterwards boarded the the last two months are now brought into requisition. }lettering, and were very kindly received. I canno t de- We are very glad to welcome the return of brocaded sillu; scribe the depression on board owing to the loss of her six there is hardly any dress more suitable for an elderly men. Her captain is a fine, noble -looking man, about 35 lady. Young ones have not yet adopted it, excepting fog years old, with jet black whiskers and moustache ; tunics, or portions of a dress. while giving a description of the affair, I saw the Satin is also very much in favour for almost all purposes tears rise in his eyes. Thu Fleetwing is the finest -ball or visiting dresses, mantles, and bonnets. There is looking yacht of the lot ; she is rely much like the old scarcely any fabric so elegant or essentially "grinds America. She is exceedingly clean and orderly, dame." both on deck and below, and ii she had not shipped that I Velvet, that used to be reserved for toilettes of eery unlucky sea it would have been a close race between her molly, is now making its appearance fur all kinds of wan and the Henrietta. If I were to have my choice of vessels sions , and the velveteen, so fashionable this autumn, is to sail round the Western Isles (Azores) I should take the rapidly giving way to plush and poplin. The plush dresses Henrietta in winter and the Fleetwing in summer. The and mantles en suite look very elegant aud seasonable, sad Vesfa was lying far off ;we did not board her, the weather require little or no trimming. The terry velvet dresses being too rough. The Fleetwing was running dead before mire, in our opinion, more elegant, and decidedly mole the wind when the sea broke on board. She had slightly dressy. broached too. The sea came over in midships, and when 1 The silk or woollen reps are much in use for morning her stern sunk in the hollow of the sea the water rushed dresses, moires, rays, poult-de.soie antiques, still keeping aft and washed the men out of the cockpit, except the much in favour. mate of the watch and one of the men at the wheel. The ; Stripes are still in the ascendancy, but are no longer two men on the look-out forward were also saved. The pl as formerly ;they are formed oameaaillona or small same sea washed the jib-boom away." I I patterns. Black is most fashionably worn, but grey and violet Preparations are being made in Liverpool for ' seem the favourite coloui s. several beautiful shades et. giving a hearty welcome to Captain Samuels, the cont. blue have appeared. Very little green is seen, excepting 'minder of the Henrietta, the winner of the great Atlantic yacht race. Captain Samuels hasty ded between the Old for indoor wear. and the New Woilds for very nearl3o years. I Fur is very much wont as trimming, the species pre ."-----_-- ferred being astrakan, sable, chinchilla, martin, naniver, .1 squirrel • the two hitter being preferred tin, n young The following particulars of the sudden death of " ladies and cl'alaren. Grebe is also in great favour, as ate C ou nt de IA F erroun ay, at Froluidorf, have reached Paris, m ost kinds of feather tr immin g . Lace is, of cause, kept Oa the 21st, Count de Chambord went out in his carriage, for indoor and evening wear. Grelot and chworkeaenille fringe accom p a nied by the deceased. After the exchange o f also m uch used as ornaments. Velvets with some conversation the prince perceived that his observe- beads or embroidered in floss silk likewise make a most time remained unanswered, and upon looking at his coo- . elegant addition to a toilette. pinion he noticed he was pale and motionless. Every at- . For evening wear, satins and silks are much worn; but tention was at once paid him, but without effect ; a vein for young ladies who dance, lighter materials are cca.. had burst at the heart, and death was instantaneous. . ',sacred preferable-such as gauze, nets, tarlatanes, ot Count de Chambord himself announced the sad event to tulles, worn over silk or satin under-skirts. The usual the Countess do la Ferrounay, who had only lately arrived trimmings for these dresses are niches, beads, and at the chateau. flowers. Many young girls wear foulard tunics Harrovians will be interested to learn that va l e - and corselets over muslin bodies and rts. ski 711 is able prizes of 30 /. a y ear for the encouragement of the f orams a very pretty, young, an d by no means a study of Modem History and English Literature have recently been founded by John Edward Bourchier, who expensive dress. With two or three muslin dresses was head of the school in line' - 3, and who died at Bourne- nice appearance through the winter evenings, cither for ' with low and high bodies, a young lady can make a very mouth on the T3rd inst., aged 22 years. Baron Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, at demi-toilettes or small dances, w the a Idition of * Vienna, with his three sons and one dam,liter, has signified plete, and can be constantly diversified. silk or foulard corselet and plastron the toilette is cone his renunciation of the rights of a Frankfurt citizen and Hardly any alteration worth mentinning has takenplaos Prussian subject. in the form and trimmings of the mantles worn this The first instalment of 2,000,000 fr., paid by the month.ira They are handsome illornamented all bands of deswarthrback of the Italian government on account of the one year's interest neck. The l e ong banging lee f u e l s ' :a. , likely to come into on its proportion of the Pontifical debt, which it is to dis. great favour for cloaks, especially if made of velvet . are burse in cash, arrived at Rome a few days ago, and the satin. If the mantle is of velvet or satin, trimmed et* unaccustomed jingle as it was poured into coffers too often fur or feathers, the snuff is invariably made to correpond. empty must have been sweet music to the ears of the We do not sec many shawls, but those a never w .. triangularly as they used to be , but always._ lded strsign Vatican treasurer. ' like a scarf. We do not consiaer this at alg a ea elegant he THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY AND THE FACTORY fashion ; but as the mode, it is our duty to chroicle it. Act's.- The followina letter, dated July 5, latin, is ex. A few attempts have twee made to introduce some very erected from a " History of Factory Leger, just ugly forms for bonnets, but those at present in ear- . published by Mr. Philip Grant,of Manchester, to whom the " Catalaue " and the " laintballe are so very becoming letter is addressed. It discloses the fact, not generally and elegant, that we sincerely "-they r will not be ra known, of a scat having been offered to Lord placed. Shaftesbury in the present cabinet :--" Dear Grant,- Crinoline, in spite of all the abuse and prognaticatienS I Imve declined office with a seat in the cabinet, as au' it. is still worn, and likely to be so. The forint! I wish to be unfettered, and give the residue of my very much altered, but the skirt, la it fa , of what meat?! life (having given already some 33 years) to the it may, invariebly has a few steels, but only round ;Es social welfare of the working classes. Lord bottom. Derby government is very friendly to your catae ; you For out-of-door wear, with tote short dresses. a Iswa may publish it everywhere, on my authority, but I round crinoline is worn (no lady ever attempts to spree desired leisure for the work, and freedom, which I could in a short dress without one). With an inaloor or ever not enjoy when bound to a cabinet. I want very much to ing dress the crinoline is long behind and made with a I see the operatives, or write to them, on the Factory Acts ; train. it may, perhaps, be my last effort, what think you' The Linen collars and cuffs, with medallions of lace, wt . _ paper you sent me touches on points alach I have always much worn; very fine tatting is also much in favour fa avoided, a im which I shall ever avoid. But ' accidents this purpose. sod violations of the law are within my jurisdiction.'- The hats worn are exactly the same as those iutrodutea • Yours truly, Bestarx.stseay." 'MEETING OF MAGISTRATES IN TYRONE.-The uuderials baing following letter last month, and are ornamented in the same D wner, rte generally velvet, felt, or beaver. . iv:dtoinackrentodwyltoedstlemetrehesolreui There is an endless v..,.:eatiyiloonf, Ifcelaricendaim,uas:in:: lett dons adopted at the meeting of the county of Tyrone ma- both high and low, intended tones e worn with cone_ has L be Li en e rcrA nan ' o than mow gi.tnatea :-.-" Dublin Castle, Dec. an, len& Sir, -I am l Some are exceedingly elegant ; ne more s ceipt of your communication and lam to state that his embroidery. • sna lip s excellency was much gratifial by reading the resolution We have seen several very elegant muslin w _,. • passed at the important meeting of the magistrates of the of slums ; also some of black tatured net, with lattice- ort county of Tyrone, and begs to thank them for their ex. of coloured velvet, or black velvet spotted with coloul pression of approval, and their confidence in the measures beads. One peplum basque shown to us was formee ea to fool which his excellency has felt it his duty to take with a black velvet, about four inches wide, plaited so . - view of ensuring thronghont the country the preservation five Points. that in the middle of the hack being sunan w r, _, of the public peace. I am further to state that his ex. deePest. These points were auneunded on both sato Int cellency has great satisfaction in feeling that the event. white lace, and ornamented with small medallion:. . ~._... of the last few weeks have been the means of eliciting Gloves for evening wear are invariably long. ianjl: o ; from men of all religious and Political opinions in this has been some slight idea of introducing long hir e . '.. s , country expressions of loyalty to the throne, and at mittens for young ladies' demiaoilette wear. N , 7,:: meta to the institutions of the country, which will have this fashion suctess, but do not think it will t.".e,!';',, in his opinion, the effect of showing how hopeless and In: stand until the spring, for which seamen it is deeme . 7 sane are the designs of those whose object is to promote more suitable. The parures of thavera, brooch; back - Tr treason and disaffection in Ireland.-I am, sir, your °be. and ear-rings, worn to conespond with the . bar area divot servant, NAAS. The Clerk of the Peace, county ceedingly p.etty when worn by young ladies, but areteef". of Tyrone INNS Erenilio Mail. unsuitable after a certain age. TkiE DINNER To R. YOUNG, Esq., 111.P,-The i -----__ ----- 1 arrangements for this complimentary dinner are going on „, 1 • - The Rev. Pr very satisfactorily, and there can be no doubt but what tHE NEW DEAN OF NORWRII, _, :. to 1 the meeting will be a great success, so many of Mr. Goulburn, the new Dean of Norwich, will Pm"' .L. a Youngs friends, of all shades of politica, having secured cathedral at the morning eerrice to-morrow. The.°""-oeindi tickets. We bear, on unquestionable authority, that the not expected, however, to come into residence at a following gentlemen have expressed their intention of being before February or March. 1; bon hag present. viz. :-Nir. G. Onslow. M.P., Mr. G. H. Whalley, TILE LATE GEORGE W. GORDON.-Arpas . w _ of M.P., Mr. C. S. Read. 31.1`.. Mr. J. Fades, O. been made to the Governor of Jamaica by the relit' " Stock...P., Mr. J. Wyld, 'M.P., Colonel Onslo ' w, ac.- the late Mr . . Gordon to have t e e 0 h boa f the httter as Crtm,cridge Independent Press. to Ili° ° l ' s humid for the purpose of being trensferred . tem THE MANSION-HOUSE COLLIERY EXPLOSICII family burial-ground. No authority has asp icoe.` noon at total amount received up to yesterday after. received,but it is presumed that the governor can ; ,n: e i noon at the Mansion-house was over 12,0001. The sums a request of such a nature. Sonic , very eatiaL e 7f i la received during the day consisted principally of small rumours are afloat in Kingston as to the muti1ati..,...,01 amounts and slime collected at di ff erent churches and body after death, which the exhumation will no um"' chap.'s throughout the country. at rest.-Star. lownward reaction al for cas h and 270. Pluotc , at Thies wss s the Bourse. \ B.enta fell 2I0c • f or account, closing at --- Mobilier fell 16fr Mc. ; Cr 4 e dit Yoneast, gr. 50c. ; Comp toir d'EsCompte, 15fr. ; and Italian, 25c. BONI caisoits 01 TIMOD AG TX Mr. Boleti caw Baca Insilsers,Wasbxociht of the F division to who thArrieligeool47.llloll nen A few ahri go the r maioot s n d. faked to being mencueed to t some to give myself soney .by false preteno you 14 find that I an of the 18th what was Deoemt olfel him C yrasoner answered, " 'ben I bad net sun, that them s n father has offered tl they have refused from publicity." L.Tp 111131 custody, aza tor the alts nos ht of , County Oonstabuy *rim. That otlioer VOW er pas handed 01 FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. lIARLI Miens 0? JosePh rw P teY g ' t e g " Soho , w" charism I c l l . 2 ur s aid e ight syllea hear -li, Yor habil' G re i " pi t %coleus lt d en _ et the be t a uders the puhlte house, j3lwi w n ebhi nw s, , taken h° ,tatt °.bibdv ' er o t at o tc : s w t usa h lin h e erw lt : ital that moruin, sulloon refuse 4 the rnslist r " e ' * leg was br an ; In answer to i The constable mad a r jnk e . Thprisoner said b on t o wn, who a d black eye at s l ow ing a female w: th tations . After id iprisoner) then to spin he would en] matn,• and then be lroolens, and in do pOt 511110 that he I purely an accident. cried to get rid of tl sad no one regrettl Amelia Clement w idenoe, and "a t ' charge against the Mr. Knox said t discharge the pne address he c°`'" proper. ASSAULT AND A HenrY De lM • Ms charged be t tor ander an attempt Mr. Francis Sti ton, stated last e through the Hi so d 7 o'clock. soddenly this pm me and asked, my home ;" the throat and beam low and then to out and scream owing whom the Mr. Ellison— , Prosecutor — c. formation, and 1, Mr. Ellison — Prosecutor -1 ' Mr. raison — Prosecutor -1 Mr. Ellison — is the man Prosecutor —I Blackwell, 17 clothes, and re prosecutor him me a clear acco prisoner, who' in search of an, Mr. Ellison — prosecutor's aci Constable- 1 some is Connc Mr. Ellison- Have you (to 1 Prisoner (co Mr. Ellison This wan in The prison' AtP John Era o 4 a hay dealer, with stealing of corn, the 1 0077 l dealer, c James Wei tor, said he in the High The cart con oats, and tw louse, and I, while he wei He was in tla the horse an loos to the I cart. On ti lag the lion, put himself prisoner to look, and u whip. He Re was mom from the ea posited the you will le: refused to custody. Thomas Old Ford, full speed 'iceman ca The prim Mr. Par and cart in vehicles in tee in clot He corn Philip magic rat' Bible, to t taken iota peen. Mr. Pa planner. If you du Rota] Bankiug • box cot at Braint dais '''' omnibus. minutes, On Thur named I •ere cor sad mor , that De i Howard Wicker coveted thing is g 0 soap tardy 1 terday. AC ingot river C this cit They g were ; sad co body p mater WeJai return storm 3 liohno (*vete leave the ri, . s . • 1 ' i i I \ .I,' t 1 1 I 1 SPAIN. 31AD1ID, DEC. The Captain General of the province of Madrid has ordered the police to institute a rigorous search, in order to discover the authors of a landestine proclamation aga inst the government, c which has recently been in circulation. CROATIA. AGRAM, Dec. 29. The national party has resolved upon suspend d ing all negotia tions with the Hungarian Diet an the Austrian government, should an unfavourable reply be given by the Emperor to the demands contained in the address of the Croatian Diet. THE GREEK CHAMBER. ATHENS, DEC. T. The Chamber has almost unanimously elected M. Createnetes, the opposition candidate, as Pre sident. M. Deligeorgis, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has tendered his resignation. THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) III,ENOS AYRES, Nov. TT. Exchange on London, 491 to 49/ ; dollars, 23.40. Wet salted hides , 33 for 60 pounds ; dry salted ditto, 39 for 22 pounds. Wool, 65 to 98. Lumber, 4G to 49. Sugar, 22. RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. R. Marshal Caixias has arrived at Tuyaty. Admiral Tamandari. and General Marto Alegre have resigned their commands. _ _ _ OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. OALLE, DEC. 17, The Behar, from China, arrived on the 15th, and the Bombay, from Australia, on the llith. The Bengal leaves to-day for Suez. OCTIVARD MAIL OF SEPT. 20-26. The Geelong arrived at Melbourne on the 11th, and the Sydney on the 14th November. OUTWARD MAIL (IF NOVEMBER 4-10. The Simla reached Guile on December 4. BOMBAY MAIL. ALF.XANDRIA, DW. 2.t. The Tanjore and Ceylon left at daylight. The forer may e expected at Marseilles on the 3rd, and m the latt b er at Southampton about the loth January. -----------r-------. EXPRESS FROM PARIS, (PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. POI•?