The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

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Um ..... , . — .Mierawa, th. Um. zo-awasow Mandag, A. To.....Aftarnooo, Sh. Ma. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. THE last number of the Curaill Magazine con tains some suggestions on the treatment of crimi nals which deserve consideration both from their intrinsic value, and from the fact that the writer has himself been a convict in Western Australia. His account of this settlement helps in • great mea sure to explain the apparently exaggerated hos tility which the continuance of transportation has excited in the other Australian colonies. He de scribes the convict who is out on a ticket of-leave as having no opportunity for refor mation, and every opportunity, or rather every temptation, to drunkenness and license. " The spirit-shop is one of the first things that stands " in his way as he leaves prison ; and though he "may not cross the river without the formality of "a pass, he may enter the dram-shop and get "drunk without hindrance." The only obstacle which it is attempted to interpose, is the exaction of a very high license from the publican ; but if this was intended to force him to fix the price of his liquor above the convict's means, the expedient has signally failed. Its only result has been to introduce extensive and most mischievous adultera tion, and the unfortunate purchaser gets drugged as well as drunk. But facilities for debauchery appear to be the only privileges which a ticket-of leave implies. In all other respects the convict leads a life which, though it is not reformatory, is still " peculiarly hateful ;" and his first and strongest desire is to leave the colony behind him. The only thing which keeps him there at all is his expecta tion of a conditional pardon. If it were not for this, he would start for the South immediately he is " on his ticket," for the physical obstacles of the land journey across the continent, great es they undoubtedly are, are insurmountable only to individuals. He refrains from making the at tempt, because he hopes in a short time to be free, within certain limits, to go to some place he likes better; but if it were not for this single motive, the period for which he is out on leave would be spent in Melbourne or Sydney. It is possible, of course, that this descrip tion may be considerably exaggerated, but we can easily imagine that even a possibility of this kind might be exceedingly unwelcome to the people of Victoria or New South Wales. Our whole later system of transportation has been infected by the fatal error of confusing two opposite theories of the nature and effects of the punishment. Transportation was formerly regarded as • means of inflicting more severe suffering on the criminal than it was possible or convenient to do at home. Fur a long time, therefore, it was the most dreaded of secondary punishments, and human misery reached so high a pitch in Norfolk Island that men sometimes murdered their keepers, or one another, simply because they wished to be hanged. At length, however, Englishmen began to see that there was an inconsistency in driving criminals to what was virtually suicide, because their crimes were not heinoua enough to deserve capital punishment ; and as the rapid growth of the Australian colonies coincided with this change, another view of transporation came into fashion. Its object now was to give a man • better chance of reformation than he could hope for in • settled country. In Australia it was thought he might learn to lead a new life ; in England he was certain to relapse into his old one. If there was one thing plainer than another in connexion with this new theory, it was that it could not be applicable to the same class of criminals with the old one. The man not yet habituated to vice might have • fair chance of doing well when removed beyond the reach of old companions and old associations. But there was no such probability of amendment in the case of a hardened offender, and con sequently when transportation ceased to be re garded as purely penal it ought no longer to have been applied to him. Instead, however, of making any such change, we went on just as before. The long-sentenced men, of whose reformation there was little or no chance, were carefully shipped off to Australia ; the lesser criminals were 'Z - - - LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms d the pad year, the beets of the !Salami Welted Luta tutted saved 417 persons from different wrecks on oar coasts The Institution has alba expended Elt,Blll Ss. Id. In the same period on Its Lifeboat establishments, In additios to granites £1,361 Oa ea rewards for ammo 716 ahl wrecked yeresse by Its lifeboats and other mean& The Committee of the institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE, to enable them to meet the continued bees/ demands on the Institution's 138 lifeboat astabilehmanta. Contributions are received by Memo Wilts and Co . Herrin and CO., Condi and Co., and by ell the London and 1011011$ bankers, sod by the S tottery, ltidiard law* Esq., at the In dttutiou. 14, Johnetreet, Adelphl. O VERCOATS. —No. 105, STRAND.—Special attention is given In Oh estabilehotent to WINTER OVEROOATS, of widen a select stedt is dam oo band to choose nom. HAMILTON sad ICTIITTON. Overeostmakers, 106. STRAND (opposite Rustessnall). I M R. MILES'S (the ORIGINATOR'S) World-famed lee. TROUSERS on only be bed M 78, BROOKSTRILIT. RANOVIR-SQUARR, where " oompetalon I. &My distanced by Mlles." ALVLED WEBB MILE. ESTLISRED 1841. 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Ttd* 4 and on Saturdays (PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED., ALLEN'S PATENT PORTMANTEAUS and TRAVELLING BAGS with LAMB WARDROBE TRUNICS,=I3B, Beer ettinen. DFSPATCH BORES, WETTING and DEMING CASES, slid SOO other articles for borne or continental travelling. Illustrated eatakriaes post free. Alao Allen's Barrack Purriftare Catalogue of Portable Bed steads, Drawers, Buy Chairs, Washhand-stands, Canteens, dc.. nod ties. J. W. ALLIS. Wades. W.C. mM Psimatee, IT, /Fat Wind. NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S One Guinea and Two Guinea FIBLD ()LOAM and TILISCOPIIS an war rsadt4 u unrivalled for power and brilliancy. Ti,. and as. In c i az ert iclt t a —I, Ilat.tonirarden, LC.: ad, Corolla'. LC.; 1!!. W. ; U S.Fleeturest : and Crisisi Maw. THE EXVIESS, SATURDAY E kept in prison at home until such time st they were sent back to their old haunts to perfect themselves for ultimate admission to t 1 pritilegsa of a colonial career. It is much easier, unfortunately, to point out the faults which were committed than to say how they could have been avoided. There are two opposite difficulties attendant upon any scheme of transportation which has the reformation of young convicts for its object. If the banishment to • new country is treated as part of the punishment, the sentence will appear disproportionately severe, and an apparent injustice will be committed. lf, on the other hand, it be not treated as a part of the punishment, and the convict, after he has left prison, is simply sent out as an emigrant at the Government expense, it will look like offering • premium to crime. We cannot say that the proposi tion of the writer in the Curnhill Magazine is wholly free from either of these objections. " Take," he says, "in some country favourable for agriculture, " • large tract of good land on a navigable river, " map it out into allotments, and make arrange " manta as for founding a colony of poor emi " grants." To this spot he proposes to send the convict as soon after conviction as possible ; giving him an allotment with the means of cultivating it, and support for the first year ; helping him, if he is married, to bring over his wife and chil dren ; and letting him make • home for himself. No doubt it is • tempting scheme, and supposing such • tract of land to be found, which could probably be done without difficulty in our African or American colonies, it would have many obvious advantages. How to deal with our con victs becomes every day a more unmanage►ble question, and even the system which has worked so well in Ireland may yet be found to fail in England, from the much greater difficulty, in the latter country, of finding employment for dis charged prisoners. But we fear that in its pre sent form the suggestion is not admissible. It is practically • system of free emigration, for which a conviction is the indispensable qualification ; and though it may be true that it would not appear in thus light to a class accustomed to liv ing in towns, it would still seem like giving the town thief a preference over the country labourer. And the very argument which the writer uses to prove that it would not be offering a premium to crime only throws us over to the other horn of the dilemma. "To such men " the threat of perpetual banishment to such a " home is the most dreadful that could be held " out." How, then, can it be just to attach such a penalty as this to any but the worst offences f Perhaps, before we can hope to discover any real solution for these difficulties, it will be necessary to arrive at some more philosophical classiication of crimes and punishments. If our penal disci pline is confused and contradictory, our penal coif) displays these pleasing characteristics in a far higher degree ; and there is little probability of the punishments we inflict being more effective until we can obtain a clearer notion of why and for what we are to inflict them. & 1R Nairn. Glib 129.94 1 V. Vi NAM 1.96 Isli e.s.W. 111 .: se, aw. — I 14 5.w. i Galway ..... Valenti' .... - 119.00 I 30.17'1 '30.06'1 ;/0.2111 ,110.32.1 Cra rarr trer u po . oi knnt . Bolybead Pembroke— L'Orlest 30.39' Rochefort 30.471 Plymouth 10.114, Weymouth 30.391 Portsmouth 110.37 1 Laudon 30.371 Dower 30.43 Tarateeth Scarborough 30.11 Old& ti ellgoband ,1 61 S.W. 'ao L 1'62 B.W. .162 S.W. :62 W.B. W. 18 B.W. LILL fr . IL ,40 8. 161 AW. 48 B.W. 146 B.W. 46 W. 8.414. i. 45 148 W.B.W. 50 S.W. 8 8.8. W. Inc Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dro. 2. Princess Helena, ►ttended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Hon. Florio* Seymour, and Major-General F. H. Seymour, went to Lon. don lut evening. and honoured the performer, at the Haymarket Theatre with her presence, and returned to Windier Castle at 12 o'clock. The QUINN sesomparied by Princess Louise, milked and drove in the pounds this morning, attended by Lady An gusts Stanley. Princess Helens rode in the riding-school.; Princess Beatrice went out walking. Princess Louise drove out in the afternoon, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcert. Major-General F. H. Seymour and Lieutenant-Colonel du Plat have &unneeded Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel the Hon.,* Harding, es Equerries in Waiting. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street The ministers present were— Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, sit. tiog at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, ii at present engaged in the hearing of appeals from India and the Eastern dependencies. The Lords present during the week have been the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, Sir Lawman* Peel, Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir James Colnlet The birthday o her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was celebrated at Sandringham on Monday. The dinner party in the evening included their Royal High ness.* the Prince and Princess of Wales, his Royal Highness the Dyke of Cambridge, Viscount Hamilton, Colonel sad Lady Emily Kiegacote, Colonel the Hon. A. Harding*, Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, Colonel and the Hoe. Mrs. Byng, t h e Counter of Macclesfield, Lienteeent-General and Mrs. Knollys, Major Teesdale, Capt. Grey, Mr. C. Won', Hr. Herbert Fisher, and Mr. Holzman. After dinner the royal and distinguished party wee increased by a number of the principal members of the landed gentry of Wail Norfolk. The Duchess (Dowager) of Richmond has re turned to town from High Cliff, Hants. The duchess was accompanied to town by their Serene Highawses Prince and Princess Edward of Save-Weimar. The Earl and Countess Russell leave town to-day on a visit to Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Portal, at their net in Hants. The noble earl and countess purpose to return to Pembroke-lodge, Richmood•perk, on Monday. We (Pest) have to record the death of the Hon. Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, widow of the Right Hoc. Henry Fitz roy, only brother of Lord Southampton. The lamented lady was a daughter of the late Baron Nathan Rothschild, and consequently sister of Baron Lionel Rothschild, M.P., Sir Anthony Rothschild, and Baron Meyer R.:Wrath,.id. She married in IMO the Hon. Henry Fitzroy. Bodied in 1859, and left bane an only daughter. We (A rmy rand Nary Gazette) understand that it was owing to some misapprehension se to the day General de Todleben had not the honour of dining with her Majesty at Windsor. The Queen was pleased to command that the general should be invited to the royal table, and Baron Brunnow repaired to the castle to present him ; bat the general did not make his appear►nce. seat day, however, he proceeded to Windsor, and had the honour of being pre sented to the Queen by the Russian minister. The examination of candidates for the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, under the regulations, dated Horse Guards, January 1, Itut, commenced at Chelsea Hospital on Thursday, before Major-General F. W. Hamil ton, C. 8., rice-president, and the members of the Council of Education. Mr. John L. ttle, the present Mayor of Belfast, and whose sudden departure for Harrogate during the height of the recent note led to his controveny with the Marquis of Donegal, and the apology of his lordship for oessuriog him at a masonic festival, has been re.elected mayor for next year. His old enemy (Mr. John Rea) will not trouble him in the town council again, as be was not returned for the ward that he formerly repreasotsd— a happy onset for Belfast, whose corporate business was seriously impeded by him. Mr. Jordan, Agent-General of Emigration for Queensland, has just returned from Brisbane. Among the new regulations adopted during his visit is an authority to advance 61. in the colony to every immigrant paying his own puma The security to the government will be the deposit of his 301. land order, which is sow given without say limitation as to age, and which can be redeemed within two yearn oa payment of 11. for interest sod thapeams. rZOIABIJL MWDST. Ogi&lOgrlMMN NoNDIT. S.S.W. to N.N.W., CoMT& N.W. to 8.W., Nab to moderate to l esh, strong, rata la places. with rain In places. B.W. to N.W. and N.. WagrelaN. N. to W. sod 8.W., moderate to fresh, moderate to strong. generally fine. rain In places. W. N. W. to N. N.E.. SOOTIMILII. N.E to BE. and &W., moderate to fresh, fresh, aimettled. floe. W.A.W. to N.N.W. LAM.. N. to W. and &W., sail to N.E, mode- moderate to fresh. rate to fresh, gene rally floe. NortherusSoollsad. Western:lreland, Wales, and ad lateuzlea aonthernwEngtlsti Channel sad May of Biscay. Loan wfasSwezd England sad North See. The Russian government in Poland has closed 71 monasteries and four convents because they did not contain the eanonically-preseribed number of monks and zoos. Thirty-nine monasteries and convents haws been shut up because their inhabitants waisted ►heir fallow-countrymen during the rebellion. Mrs. Francis L. Clayton, now in Maine, enlisted in the army at Bt. Paul. Minnesota, with her husband is 1861, end fought by hi. side till he was killed in the battle of Stolle River. She wan in 18 battles once • prisoner ; three times wounded—ill hand, hip, sad knee ; and at her hnsbarid's death made known her sex to her general, and was discharged. After that she walked ninety-three miles, from Lexington to Louisville. bareheaded and barefooted, teacklag her way is bhoed.—Afieteuri Democrat , DECEMBER THE sums CLOSING ASSOCIATION. The awing celebration of thin association WM held lest eight at the Queen's Concert-roone, Hanover amain The large room was crowded by an ele w m a an deemed n and the arehastia at the back of Ike form m• choir of 200 voice', composed of easietin e leading retail homes, who were over by Mr. G. W. Martin, foundered the NatiorarliToXl Society, and at intervals enlivened the proceedings by sing ing an excellent selection of music. Colonel Istlfulwo, C. 8., laspootor.G•neral of Volunteers, occupied the chair; and on the platform were Sir Thomas Phalips, the Rev. J. B. Owen, the Rev. J. Baldwin Brown, Captain Jay, Mr. J. J. Knight, Mr. J. Spicer, Mr. E. Shiptoo, Lientenact-Oolooel Beresford, Rev. J. D. Glean* Rev. H. Swabey, Mr. George Williams. Mr. G. Mr. H. Turner, Mr. W. Beech. Mr. W. Sharpe, Mr. J. Yerfoa , &a, he. The decarrawr (Mr. Henry Walker) said that he had to make one or two statements respecting the metropolitan work of the society, which had not been laid before the pub lic /WOO their last celebration, and which were special to the oeciation. They were briefly them : Returns from vezioas pens of London, which had been forwarded for the society's rogieber, showed that at heat 900 young men had received the Saturday half-holiday during the last twelve months, ' titer representations from this society, and by the kindly disposition of various employers. Amongst them 300 MRS In the employ of two large type foundry establishments, where the Friday payment of wages bad been concurrently adopted, whilst the remainder were engaged in the Man chester and other houses of the City. There had also been resent additions to the list of houses closing at seven in the winter. On the Surrey side the movement was indebted to Messrs. W. Tarn and On, and to Messrs. Goode, GAinitOn. and Co.; and in the Edgeware-road, and elsewhere, to Messrs. Spencer, Turner, and Boldero, Mesas. Hunwicke, Beath, and Sharpe, and Messrs. Hewett and Co., for their adoption of this movement. Finally, it should be added that the desire of the association to extend this move meat to houses of lass magnitude had led them to establish during the peat autumn load committees in five of the late hour duericte of London. By this means it wee sought to extend to the trade amociatioes generally those facilities of leisure which were enjoyed so much more largely by working men. (Hear bear.) The CHAIRMAN, on rising , was received with cheers. He commenced by congratulating the association upon the ene ma of the movement, and the gradual soosesioc year by year of, various firms throughout the country, especially of several great metropolitan firms who had given their ad herence to it. Knowing his antecedecte, perhaps they would pardon him if he looked upon the movement • little from a military point of view. There was no doubt that the pro sperity of the country generally depended to • very great extent upon the character and energy of those who were being benefited by this association. Be the army and navy of this country what they might, we could never exist as • great! and powerful nation without the material peeps ' rity of those classes to which the members of this associa tion belonged. (Cheers.) And it was • remarkable fact that the decline end fall of nations bad ever been attributable, not to any want of military elficieocy upon the part of the armies of the particu lar country, but er rath to the spirit of luxury pervad i ng the middle enervating the people end sapping the national prosperity, so that the lass of • battle or the loss of an army spread irremediable ruin through the commonwealth. In the de cadence of the Roman empire the arms of the legions carried devastation among their foes, sod conquest after conquest attested their prowess. But the people themselves were sunk in luxury and sloth, eo that when any reverses happened to the legions it was impossible to get them recruited. The people were filled with abject terror at every Ices sustained by their armies. This it was that filled the spirit of Augustus with alarm, this spirit prevented the de generate Romans horn filling the ?mantas in the legions' with hardy, generous, and martial youth, and made the emperor cry in his despair, "O Quintilius Vane, give me back my legions," for he well knew that when his legions passed away the povrerof his dominion pasted awaywith theca. Nations as well as individuals should profit by the warnings I of the past, and, although be did not for • moment iosinuate that England was degenerating into luxury to such au ex tent as to impair her strength—yet, looking to the wonder. ful progress it had made within the last thirty years in I what might be termed the industrial arta, be could not help thinking that it had reached the culminating point of its prosperity, and that it befitted them to reflect deeply upon the mums which had led to the dreadful fate that had befallen other mikes, in order that continued prosperity might be mar lot. The welfare of the middle claws was of the deepest importance to the state, and the welfare of this as sociation was to a certain degree mixed up with the welfare of the middle classes. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the connexion which existed between the early closing movement cud the volunteer movement was of the greatest value to the nation. Notesithatendiog that movement took place at a period of great popular excitement, end when there was some apprehension that a neighbouring nation might be tempted to make some demonstration against us, and notwithstanding that the feelings which led to the es toblisbuient of the volunteer movement bad to • great ex tent died sway, such was the martial spirit sod enthusiasm of the youth of the country that the volunteers were increasing as much in numbers as they were in efficiency. (Cheers.) The comae:ice between the volunteer and the early closing system appeared to him to result from the desire of teem emancipated from wearying toil seeking in the ranks of the volunteers that manly exercise in which Englishmen delighted, and as • soldier he could not but admire the fine spirit of self-organisation which they meal fasted ; and that organestaon was nowhere better evinerd than by their organisation of • medical staff, wbo attaudist their members voluntarily. He referred to the extension of the iron trade. not only as it affected this but other countries, and particularly Russia; to the introduction of the 'penny post, of railway', awl of telegraphs, sa symptom of the wonderful skill and industry, and he contended that unless suitable time was given for reareatioo, the overtaxed body and brain would no lesser . be able to bear the constant strain, and therefore must give way ; end he gave a penalised anecdote of some of his children who, coming home wearied sad tired, and unable to learn their lessons, be took them into the country, and on their return gave them ease-fourth part of what had been eat them to learn, the consequence of which was that, refreshed in mind and body, and being relieved of the weight of toil, they not only learnt, but nodeistood what bad been set for them. He then proceeded to read several letters from places in the country, testi fying to the perfect amen of the movement, and, after having read letters from Bristol, end some other places, in favour of the movement, he said that he would read oos more extract from an employer who was a soldier like himself. He wrote to his own staff °Meer in Glasgow to ascertain how this association got on, and in his reply he said that she movement sprang into existence eight or ten years ' ago and was muchopposed at first, but when some of the large firms adopted it it was speedily followed. It was found that the operatives had improved both morally and phy neatly ; and this movement had been one of the greeted tams conferred on them. The writer added that Glasgow bad 6,0C3 voulnteers, and that the success of the volunteer movement was slmoit entirely due to the adoption of the system of early closing. A letter had also been received from Edinburgh, which spoke in similarly favourable terms of the movement. There was only one point snore on which be would touch. If they were to have a Sdurday halt holiday there ought to be • charge in the present sys tem of paying wages late. In rata-ming from his inspections which was generally io the evening, he could but fail to see from 10 to half-pest 10 o'clock at night the numerous assemblages at the public-houses. and he had often seen poor women, the wives of persons who were revelling, dam n:red together outside. He had sex one of those women, who had rose into the public-house to " hell the cat " as it were, thrust out immediately she got inside, and he bad • prayed that some means might be devised to alter such a shickiog state of things. lie would only add that if he could be of the slightest use to the association by presiding that evening, it would afford him the greatest pos sible pleasure. (Cheers.) The choir than wog Mr. G. W. Karlin a choral march, "Forward, still forward," which received an unaimnoea Sir Taos. PHILLIPS thell stepped forward and addressed the meeting. He observed that he owed some apology for addressing them on a subject with which he was not inti mutely coovereaut, At the same time, when the main object was to limit the boon of labour he could not refuse to accede to the request which had been made to him to support the present movement. It was well known that numerous evils arose from too intense a devotion to labour. It might be said that if that was so it was • matter which might be settled between employer and employed. They must, however, remember, that unless the public was called in and sanctioned a diminution of the hours of labour, the employers could sot close their shops early. The great object to be gained was to persuade the amend public to make purchases within reasonable boon. (Ilea.) He had been told that 100,000 persons were engaged iigthe shops offthe metropolis. Thome persons were of good character,neceerearily of considerable intelligence, having the entirelcoolidenoe of their employers. The amelioration of their condition was of great importance to the public. Inasmuch as the education of those persons very often closed at a very early penorl of life, it was of the utmost importance that time should be afforded to them to devote to education and self-improve • meet. The higher classes remained in educational establish. meat. for a very considerable time, whereas the class whose interests they were advocating were obliged to enter into the struggle of life at en age as early as 12 or 13. What must be their condition if so time for self-improvement is cessation from toil was allowed them? The Saturday half. holiday was a most valuable institution, but he thought a vast amount of good resulted from the devotion of • few boon each evening to educationel subject.. He pointed to the trium plan t success of the evening classes at King's College and the City of Loader' College, and various other places of education, sad to the vast amount of benefit which they had conferred upon the people at large, as a proof of the value of shorteniog the tours of business, and allowing time as well for study as for recreation. Pericles who worked from 10 to 14 hours • day ware altogether too exhausted for self improvement, being jaded and weary. and unable to devote their minds to anything which called for the slightest enemy. He had ample mesas from his conoexion with the Society of Arta, of knowing what vast benefits bad resulted to the artisan dam from the operation of night schools. He had attended numerous examinatioes by that society, and the test afforded by those examinations really was the Granting step to the work of selfmulttue; above all. it showed that • very large amount of work was dose in the City by means of night schools. He did not deal with the sanitary, the physical, or the moral question, which would be referred to by other smokers but be ezionted a .oddest opbtioathatby 18~: primmer sad moderation, not going too rapidly, but working is harmony with their employers, seams would accompany their efforts. ((beers.) It was a meek impotent part of this movement that 14 was ooaducted by thangslre ; and by the earneetnem with which they had pursued it, he fell round that they deserved emcees, and would obtain it. Though there might be some cases of misspent time in iadividualinstanote, they must remember that in all movements there was some evil to be encountered, and he had not the slightest doubt that in the broad reunite the mated possible advantage would arise to the community at large from the carrying forward of the movement. ) The Cnoir—" Slow is the Eastern sky."—(Chorale.) The Rev. J.B. Ow= next addressed the meeting. He observed that there was • peculiar Atoms in Colonel leldurdo occupying the chair from his oonnexion with the volunteer movement, for if there wee no time to enable the gallant youth of England to sores in drill, it wee impossible that the volunteer movement could becarriedon with effect. Having had very great experience of the power of self organisation of the 'weeder he saw before him be could say they well the compliment which Sir P. Phillips had paid them, and be could not help feeling that with that Nelf-organisatiCn, oombieed with the justice of their cause, the roam of the early airing movement was certain. The filet plea which could be put forward in ate favour, was that it afforded a legitimate mode of recreation, on the prin ciple that " all work and so play made Jacks (1'1113'7," and he never knew • dull boy make a particularly bright man. (Laughter.) Then it was to be supported with • view to afford a miserable amount for every individual to staged to his own all airs,and again for intellectual training ; for although constant toil in • shop right makes very acute ealeemanlerouldiumkehimemarrterspirdora merchant prince Leetly„ a person ought have some time for family order sod the regulation of his private affairs. Then as regarded the economy of time. He was certain that the business of fourteen desultory hours might be condensed into twelve with great advantage to the employers as well as to the em ployed. Were they to say that bemuse • few unsteady parr chose to put their time to improper purpose, all the steady should be deprived of the opportunity of baying • few spare hours for self-culture. He contended that the fair reciprocity which would be created by the employers seceding to this movement would put an end entirely to the ill feeling which too often led to strikes. It would act like the oil to a machine or a railway train, and would make everything go smoother and more rapidly than it did before, while it would toed to prevent those occurrence* which imperilled the whole structure of society. " Rule Britannia," by the choir. The Rev. J. 13. BROWN expressed the pleasure which be fait at the growth of the society, he having known it from its earliest infancy. There was something very significant in the festive form which the proceedings had taken. It was called a celebration, which implied that to a great ex tent the battle had bier won. (Cheers.) He alluded to the many struggle* which the association had had with self interest and mistaken principles of trade. He really doubted whether the advocacy of their principles or the celebration of their success ought to form the chief topic of the speeches. It was not work or even hard work that they objected to, for they were all hard workers, but wither ing and caroming toil which they wished to escape (Cheers.) Hard work propely restricted in point of time was beneficial to human nature, educated met and women, and strengthened their energies, but one hard unvarying doll round of toil tended to euervate and ultimately to emasculate them. He really believed that this movement, combined with the volunteer movement some few rears ago had arrested street physical decay in the people of England. (Cheers.) He exhorted the youth of both sexes to be sore that the Insure hour which they had won was used nobly, fur if used negligently or profligately it would teed mate to their ruin than all the hours they devoted to labour. Captain JAY next addressed the meeting, observing that the greatest improvement, physics Ily u well's morally, had resulted from the movement within his own knowledge, and taking it in connexion with the volunteer movement, be saw no reason why the youth of the present generation should not be as expert with the tiffs as their ancestors were with the cross-bow, and they all knew with what effect they used that arm spinet the armies of their country. Mr. J. J. KNIGHT (of the firm of Shoolbeed and Co.) con gratulated the association on the soccer it had achieved, and stated that its adoption by the firm to which he be longed had been attended with the happiest effects, and that so far from its in any way impeding business, their as sistants displayed an alacrity and energy is the transaction of business which amply made up for the extra time which they themselves had is consequence of the adoption of the retort). He however called attention to the fact, that from thoughtlessness it had been found that many of the young men, released from business by the early closing movement on Saturday afternoon, found their way Into west-sod shops and made purchases there, thus, to some extent, preventing the boon being conferred upon their partners in toil This, be was sure, only required to be mentioned to be remedied. (Cheers.) . _ . . . Mr. J. SPICER, of St. Paul's-churchyard, in proposing • vote of thanks to the chairman, said that he fully concurred with the remarks of Mr. Knight, and as a proof of his sym pathy with the cause, be Mated that he should be most happy to co-operate with that gentleman and his west-eod neighbours in promoting the closing of their establishments at two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturdays. (Cheers.) Mr. Snirron seconded the motion, congratulating the association on its program, and pointing out the great coo trust in the social life of the shop tanstant now to what it was 20 years ago. The hearty thanks of the association were due to the gallant colonel in the chair for his important aid, and for the able manner in which be had edemas.' the claims of the association. (Bear, hear.) The gallant COLONEL having returned thanks, propcesd that the meeting should give some mark of recognition to the splendid amateur choir which had given its valuable assistance to the association, and also to Mr. Martin, who had not only undertaken the arduous duties of training it, but had conducted its operatioes that night. This propontion being cordially responded to, the national anthem was sung, and closed the proceedinp. CAPITAL PCNISIIIIF-NT Meetings of the Capital Punishment Commissioners were held on Wednesday, the 30th ult. and Thtinday, the Lt Ms.., at which the Duke of Richmond, the Right Hon. S. Lush. innton. D.C.L, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. H. Waddingtoa, Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. C. Naas, ILP., Mr. G. Ward Hunt, M.P., and Mr. G. Hardy attended. The secretary, Mr. J. H. Patteeon, was also present. It will be seen by the following list (says the •thrnrem) of names that a little new blood has been in fused into the Council of the Royal Society elected oo Wed under Lit :—President, Major• General E. Sabine ; trea surer, W. A. Miller, M.D. ; secretaries, W. Sharper, M.D. and 0. G. Stokes ; foreign secretary, Professor W. H. Miller; other members of the council, Professor J. C. Adams, J. Alderson, M.D., 0. Beak, Esq., Colonel Sir C. Everest, H. Falosuer, M.D., J. P. Clusiot. Eel., J. E. Gray, Ph.D., T. A. Hint, Ph.D., Sir H. Holltad, Bart., H. B. Joan, M.D., Sir R. I. Murchison, W. Odin', Pro tumor W. Pole, Rev. B. Price, Sir J. Rennie, and Lord Stanley. The Council of the British Association have re solved that the next congress shall be held on Wednesday, September 6, 1865 ; of muse at Birmingham, as settled by ►he vote at Bath. A winter exhibition will be held on Wednesday next (Deoeraber 7), at the Gudene of the Horticultural Society, South Kensington. Agriculture will be the theme next week. In addition to the Cattle Show, the general meeting of the Smithfield Club takes place at the Agricultural Hall, on Tuesday ; the dinner of the club, on Wednesday ; 66d the general meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, on Thursday. The annual dinner of the Central Farmers' Club will take place on Tuesday. On the evening of the pre vious day, the following subject will be introduced by Alderman Mechi "On some of the Canaan that tend to render Farming unprofitable," a subject with which the worthy Alderman ought to be peculiarly well appointed. This meeting will be held at the house of the Society of Art., in Jobs-street, Adelphi. Miss Susan Calton, a uieoe of Miss Louisa Pyne, is announced to make her debut at her Majesty's Theatre oa Monday, as Amiss, is the Sonuconbuta. The title of Mr. Henry Leslie's coming opera is given in toe Orchestra es the Guardian Stork. The Musical Society announces its first conrer vitinne for the 25th of January nest, and its first concert for the 29th of March. The Gazette 3fusicale states that M. Gounod has undertaken to write a new Romeo and Juliet, in four ado, for the Theatre Lyrique. Mr. Anthony Trollope's "Orley Farm " has been translated into German by A. Kranchmar ; and Bonk's. "History of Civilistion is Emitted " has also been Iran& kiwi into German, by A. Rugs. LITERARY AND SEINNTIFIC MEETINGS YOB THE PAT./MDR WE/C.—Monday Entomological, 7; Royal Aca demy, 8, "Anotomy," Professor Partridge • Architects, 8 ; Royal lortitution 2., general monthly meeting . Tuesday. Noncoms, 8, " ersat Gnmeby Docks,' "River Tees and its Navigation ;" Anthropologiml, 8. " Cooke:Ito of a Kid at Reis, Caithness," Mr. Laing; " A liistvarro la Shotlood.o Mastro Roberts sad Carter Blake; " Hut Circles," Mr. Ro berta ; " Aoriosat Skulls," Dr. Smart; "Tumuli from Chel tenham," Dr. Bird. Photographic A, "Photographic Palatka with Salta of Uranium," Mr. H. Cooper. Wodoesday Hart(- cultural, Intonational Fruit and Vegetable Show ; Society of Literature, 44 • Society of Arts, 8; Geologies', 8, "Gee logy of Otago," Dr. Hooter; Exasvatice of Deep lAlor Basis., New Zealous! ;" " Notes to a Sketch-flap of Cato. Unbar,. New Zealand," Dr. Rust ; "Notes oe Dr. Ilsast's Papers," Sir R. L Mureltieon. Thursday : Royal, 8. " Re. searches as Ethylphosphateo" Professor A. H. Church "Dynamical Theory of the Elestro-magnetie Field; Aatl• queries. Friday : Astrosomical, 8. —AtAneaust. Btamsonsst Carrtr Snow.—The Sari of Has. rowby bag accepted the office of presiaset for the sink year. • LATX3T INTELLIGENOS. ••• (cola's nizeintc) FRANCE. PARD3, Dna 3. The arguments on the appeal of the 13 deputies accused of holding illegal meetings have terminated. Judgment will be delivered on Wednesday next THE ITALIAN PAI TUBJN. Doz. 2. The discussion on the convention was resumed to-day in the Senate. , General Della Marmors, in reply to some asser tions made by Signor Lineli, declared that as an Italian the beat reception had been recorded to him in France. All the senators who had visited France would bear witness to the universal sym pathy felt towards Italy in that country, as testified by the French press. The Minister of Finance denied the rumour that the Bank of Genoa had ceased discounting bills. THE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. ST. PETERSBURG, Die. 3 It is asserted that a new Internal Lottety Loan of 100 millions of roubles will be issued at the end of next week. The proceeds will be applied for the con str action of railways in Ruda. OVERLAND MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA. Dec. I. The Syria leaves for Marseilles at midnight. The Ceylon left at 3 p.m. for Southampton. OUTWARD MAILS OF NOV. 2:1-26. The Delhi, from Southampton, reached Malta on the 29th of November, at noon, and left at mid night for Alexandria. The Euxine, from Marseilles, arrived at 8 p.m., on the 30th of November, and left at 1 a.m. on the Ist inst. for Alexandria. THE HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA. The following log, kept by an officer of the ship C. N., vividly describes the fearful character of the storm. In a letter dated the 22nd ult., the same writer says :—" The price of some things since the "blow " is enormous : they are charging 50 rupees or 51. a running foot for rough spars ; 150 rupees or 5/. a day for the use of one lighter ; and everything else connected with ships is the same extravagant price." Loo.—Ocr. s.—At 6 a.m. weather dull and cloudy; wind N.N.E., moderate breeze, but heavy squalls of rain. Barometer 29.40, falling. B►m —Wind increasing, and bearing easterly, with drizzling rain. Barometer falling fret. 10 a.m.—Wind rapidly increasing ; fr-led awnings, pointed yards to the wind, caulked in side ports, placed tackles and extra lashings on mooring chains, and proceeded to make every precauton for • heavy gels. 11 a.m.—Wind east, and blowing a heavy gale. Barometer falling rapidly. The tier astern, consisting of six ships, parted their moorings, and brought so mach more strain upon our', that our Mar board bow's moorings parted about 12.30, while mak ing every preparation in our power for holding or. The wind having risen to a hurricane, during a furious blast the ships inside, consisting of three, breaking adrift, came down upon us, parting our bow moorings and stern chains, the Lady Freaklin laying outside of as ; we were all driven athwart the City of Parir, and parted her chains. The Lady Franklin was cut down and sank. Our port bows catching the City of Paris she tore up our port fore chains and rigging, stove in our port bows, tore up port catboa t taking with it anchor ; also carried away foretopgallant mart, jibboom, upper and lower fore topsail yard, billet head, bobstays, bowsprit shrouds and damaging bowsprit, besides cutting the hull up most fearfully. After driving foul of several ships, and others driving down on as whom names it waa impossible to find oat, we were at length driven on the Hornet Bank on the other aide of the river, where we grounded sod remained about three-quarters of an hour, it then blowing a fearful hurricane. About 2.30 p.m., the wind bearing S.S.E., we drove over.the bank and went driving up the river before a furious hurricane; at times in collision with, and others driving down on us and cutting us up on all sides. Coming is collision with one ship stove in oar stern, lifting up the whole quarter-deck, starting house, and starting stern post. Oar rudder being jammed with the stun moorings, the ship was completely num namable. About 4 p.m. we drove on chore of Cosaipore, and remained stranded. The ships Waterloo and Lincoln shire came down upon us. The Waterloo came down with her broken bowsprit, doing us a great deal of damage, carry ing away our main rail, stanclioes, splitting covering board, twisting main chain plates, damaging mizzen rigging and chain plates, and very much carting up our starboard aide. Directly, after stranding the steam-tug Fire Queen drove down upon us, end hooked our starboard anchor, tearing it away from the catbead. Coming under our foreebaias abe tore up the channels end cut up our starboard side. In a few moments she sunk alongside. About 5.30 p.m., wind and weather moderating, barometer rising more rapidly than it fell. During the time from commencement of the hurricane the pumps were kept regularly sounded, but the ship made little or no water. We now lay stranded, the Speedy and Hindustan cutting into us on the port aide, and the Waterloo and Fire Queen on the starboard aide. Oct. 6 commences with light breeze and clear weather, and looking around we find she is hying in a daugeror• po sition, and straining very much every tide. Friday and Saturday—Nothing done to'get ship off : crew employed In seeding down broken glass and gear. Sunday—Agreed with tag Defiance to tow us off, but failed. Monday—Steam-tog Defiance towed us off, and we anchored in the river. WEATHER REPORT. -(THIS DAY.) SArcatur, Drcossza 3. 3 LM. 0.1011 10.07 $ a. s. 1410 i 10.36 1 SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW ABEIVAL OP THE CATTLE. Yesterday from an early hour in the morning till late in the evening there was • constant arrival of cattle, sheep, and other stook at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, from the various metropolitan railway termini, and whilst daylight lasted vast crowds assembled in the Liverpool-road and Barford-street, where the oatmeal gates to the show-yard are etude, to catch a glimpse of the animas. Many of the Dawns and shorthorn and superior specimens in the cattle classes reached the UZI in the butchers' trolleys, or trucks, but most of those arriving by the Great Northern and Londe, and North- Western, from the aloes proximity of the railway termini, walked to the show-yard. Oa reaching the hall, sod producing the certificate of entry showing the class to which each animal beloored, it was at once conveyed to the position which its class is sp. pointed to occupy, and its number appropriated to it. To- wards evening, notwithstanding the rapidly continuous ar. rival of the specimens, under the able direction of Mr. John Douglas, the manager of the cattle department, each animal was at once deposited in its class without any trouble or confusion. Up to 8 o'clock it was computed that more than half the stock intended for exhibition had arrived, and the general and cursory glance afforded to those who proles' to be judges indicates that this year's show will prove one of more than ordinary excellence, as well as being largely augmented in numbers. The implements are now nearly all in their places in the galleries, and although not quite so crowded as they have been seen on former occa sion, there are, it is stated, several improvements an d novelties produced. Another, and probably one of the most important features on the occasion of such gatherings as the Smithfield Cattle Show produce, is the alteratl which has taken place this year in the refreshmeht depart. went. In coosequenoe of the satisfactory manner in which Mr. Thos. Rudkio, of the Salutation Tavern, Nestor,. street, has carried out his contract for the pest year, the directors of the Agricultural Hall have let him the con. tract for three years; and Mr. Rodkin has, at an expense to himself of 1,500/., bad erected • new and permanent kitchen capable of supplying any number. The first-class dining.room will be supplied upon the same principle and in precisely the same manner as at Simpeou's in the Strand ; and • second.class department has also been established, where refreshments may be obtained at the cheapest rate, io each instances printed tariff of prices being posted. The judges will commence their duties as early as o'clock on Monday morning, and expect to conclude by 2p.m. LORD DERBY'S TRANSLATION OF oM LR. —A review of this work &nears in this morning's rio , fs. Lord Derby seems to have aimed at giving as simply as possible a pellucid translation of the original. lie Las not attempted to produce a rigidly accurate version, nor has he assumed like Pope the privilege of a poet to recast Homer's thoughts in the mould of a poetic imitation. He proposes to be modestly content if " some Live re. called to their minds a faint echo of the strains which delighted their earlier days, and recognise some slight trios of the original perfume." He describes his plan of work in the following passage of his preface .—" It has been my aim throughout to produce a translation, and not a paraphrase ; not, indeed, such a translation as would satisfy, with regard to each word, the rigid requirements of accurate scholarship; but such as would fairly and honestly give the sense and spirit of every passage mil of every line; omitting nothing, and expanding nothing; aad adhering, as closely as our language will allow, even to every epithet which is capable of being translated, and which has, in the particular pumas, anything of a special and distinctive character." Lord Stanley last night presented to the students of the Manchester Mechanics' Institute the prizes pined by them in the examination cf the Coven. meat Science Department and the Society of Arts. There was a loge attends nee at the saostia., at which Mr. Oliver Heywood presided ; and Lord Stanley delivered ooe of those instructive speeches which are chanateristic of him. The Wed ./y Register says that the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp has again entered the Roman catholic church. It may be remembered that some twenty-one years ago the reverend gentleman became a convert to Roman catboli• clam, and WAS in • abort time thereafter oeclained priest. He was not long, however, in the catholic church when be again left it sod became a proteateint. Now, it seems, he bas once more gone round to Roman catholicism. The Cardinal-AroLbishop of Toledo hes just ad dressed a circular to his clergy absolutely forbidding women to sing in churches. GRAND MILITARY BALL AT WlNDiOß.Yelitel , day 'Tieing' grand ball was given by the officers of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, at the Cavalry Barracks, Windsor, to a large number of the neighbouring residents and the officers of the Wiodsur garrison. The officers' mess. room was very tastefully decorated with military trophies and choice exotics, and brilliantly lighted with elegant can. delabra filled with wax tapers, while the ante and supper rooms were similarly lighted and adorned. There were about 200 guests. The company began to assemble about 10 o'clock, many of the punts having previously attended an amateur performance at the Windsor Theatre, which took Owe earlier in the evening, on behalf of the funds of the Windsor Dispensary and Infirmary. MR. WILLIAMS, M.P.—Auother old member is hors dc cmbat. and never likely to enter the house again— Mr. William Williams. the member for Lambeth. He fell from his horse in a fit, and, though be has partially re. covered, all hope of his perfect recovery is abandoned. This is not the first nor the second attack of the kind. and, of course, the force of such attacks is accumulative,— Illustrotel - . THE NEW egracß OltaCLE..—ln a wori, what we mean is that Mr. Diemen is not exactly the mu we should suppose would naturally be selected as the guide and oracle of a great church party. His coonations ina religion, as far es we can judge of them by what be has punted, are at least peculiar. We me not aware that they precisely fit in with the traditional or accredited doctrine of the church - staters, western, or even Gesevese. Mr. Disraeli thinks that there was no crime, as far as the Jewish nation and the peculiar people were cocooned, in putting the Saviour to death; or, if then wan a wrong, the guilt rested only with the few hundred persons who influenced Pontius Pilate ; or—for he is not quite consistent—if the ex piation on Calvary was foreseen and foreordained thousands of yeas before it took plats, nobody did wrong IC helping min event which nobody could have prevented. Whether this view is right or wrong, it is not for us to say ; but it is open to us to point out that it it Mr. Disraeli's view. and that it is not the doctrine of as Christian body which exists, et ever did exist. First, it is sheer fatalism ; it gets rid of the action of fres will, and cute off responsibility at the roots. Next, it denies the re ceived teaching that the rejection of the Saviour at the hoods of the Jewish priesthood was that final act of nation,' and ecclesiastical apostasy which had been fawn* by PCP. phecy. and was all but instantly visited by the Divine judge meet in the dispersion of the Jews, the annihilatioa of the theocratic system, and the revenslof the Devise adoption And, lastly, Mr. Disraeli holds that the old Jewish pri vileges still remain. aad that in some nose the Jew, even though he reviles the Saviour, still occupies the same rela tion towards Ood that Abraham and David did. As we have mid. Mr. Disraeli doss not stand alone in holding these yaws. They are identical with, sad most likely borrowed from a continental and critical school, in which certain Jews—Spina, Salvador, and Nicolas--ore the great lights. It is not for as to say whether they an right or wrong. Bat we do commend the simple fact to the earnest notice of the babas and clergy who are disposed to make the inge nious author of " Cooingsby" their guide. The church has fallen into this sort of error before. Lord Bolingbroke was s very good tory aadagreat leader of thechurch party. Whether the church really paned by such a party is written in the annals of the ehmoh of England. The church of &gloat gave itself over hand sad foot to tha friendship and patronage of the tones for nearly half a notary, and then mine the storm of ISZL As long as the English church was a political tool in the hands of a parlay, it loth its influence over the country —as soon as it found out that lee truest policy was to stand apart from political factious, it began to regain its red power. The The Oxford orator mks the church to go back to 1 The Freon church, too, identified itself with the court and the nob/me—with what result may a bloody page e un o e f ttthr:TagltishWrcrerrertie,ons It may th: l t r is t , T t e ht ' ita social statue is falling. Bat there is a moral decadence which has at least equal dangers. Poor livings io the dio cese of Oxford are a great sandal; but Mr. Dismal' pre- scribing the polity and dictating the doctrines of the chunk of England are a grgathr.—Saiorday Revive. THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER, MI. ANDER/HOE. -- The following are extracts from a privets letter, received by the last Cape mail from the South Afnmin traveller, Mr. Andersson. They give the particulars and extent of his recent severe misfortune. " Damara Land, OtPmbiunno• September 8, 1884—About six weeks ago I received your letter of the 27th of Horeb. The reason of my aof replying to it before is that I was at the time, so to say, in a dying state, my right leg bnn completely shattered by a gunshot wound, received in a terrible engagement with the satins. !t was a regular pitched battle, and lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We more about 4,000 Ines engaged—Damaras. led by myself sad two or three other Europeans, against Hottestota. But I am unequal to outer into details, being still very weak, and suffering at times excruciating pain. Fee three months I have laid flat on my back, sod indite these lino in that position . . . . At no dimwit day I had a very flouriebit.g preened ; but, in an unlucky moment I befriended the Damaras, who suddenly threw off their yoke of s'avery. I pitied them, and determisel to steal by them. The upshot has beau, notwithstanding we have baton the Hottentots (chiefly the Africanus) in three die• tied enagernents, that my prospects in life hare been utterly blighted. Loss upoo lose has followed in rapid anoosesioa, and, to arowa my misfortunes, I have become • stipple for life. But God is merciful, and lam not alto rwithout hops st bang able to tight myself, should b a rrimlored to hoilth."—Basier. ... . • - - - - -, .1... cOVRT Ssriea tiffs ; M r • &hods": Th• talp t w ill of I the sib F otos remover per t ) . tardia• gro und of Ri lorlueoce. The dross &swot I , Sr* Sbe , 300/. Sli . d"dendokL. after MAID at the into& phylici" " onestroo. f)r. goblown s'. nonslip, to tooth& Owens ICO solidus. aft Or. Larrogr u p the docT, &ceased s everal witho For the dr hese oo the , had alwaYs take her MOI that be had disposition o [The ri SaraA Tie Using Oakes shil ßarnet H }orphans d tend Into of hiving shop, sad bbmci f otb hawe ri oe uri l i eT le el i a :l : l i .:d prari. y w yini il e:: ; l , 1 Weed time. I hap and on his pu Nut taste, of atlas. 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