The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-25 00:00:00

LITE.RAI ÜBE. lost Among the Afghans : Being the Adventures the Wild of John Campbell (otherwise Fel inghee Baeha) amo n g st Tribes of Central Asia. Related by Himself. Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. In 1857, some gentlemen attached to the Persian em bassy, while on the road from Teheran to Herat, received, at Meshed, a letter from a youth who represented himself as of English birth, an d then lying in hourly appre hension of cruel death for refusing to acknow ledge the Mahomm edan religion. Inquiries were instituted, the lad, apparently about eighteen years of age, was closely questioned, and ultimately sent with an escort to the Hon. Charles Murray, the British Ambassador to the Court of Persia. He was unable to speak a word of English, but, through the medium of Persian interpreters, related one of the strangest stories it was certainly ever the duty of a British envoy to listen to. He had been found, he said, when 2 years old, on the battle-field at Tezeen, where the English army was so cruelly massacred by the Aff ghana. His nurse, a native woman, who survived the car nage, represented that he was the son of an English officer slain in the battle, An Affghan chief, pleased with the child, took it home, and reared it as his own. In course of time the boy learned his story, and, from that moment, determined to escape. In this he succeeded, travelled into Bokhara, u andered among the passes of the Hindoo Koosh mountains, reached even the Chinese frontier, made friends everywhere, performed many marvellous teats, and expe rienced numberless hairbreadth escapes. At one time he is travelling with caravans in Turkestan deserts ; then he herds with robbers, or studies with holy dervishes in Tartarian wastes. Occasionally he turns soldier, and performs prodi gies of valour, or saves a town by his cunningly devised stratagems. He serves with the Russians, and is highly popular, but soon quits the service, impelled by a restless desire to meet his countrymen, which—after many wander ings among naked magicians (who conjure up visions which are worthy of Bulwer Lytton's " Strange Story," and, indeed, remind us very strongly of the concluding chapters, of that remarkable book),' warriors an d ro bb ers , and taking part in the siege of Herat, whe r e be is looked upon as a miracle of courage and ingenuity—he achieves as we have related. Mr. Murray sent him to Bombay, where Lord Elphinstone the Governor, Sir John Lawrence, and others examined carefully into the truth of his narrative. Atter a stay of two years at Bombay, John Campbell (for that name was given him by Lord Elphinstone) was sent to England and placed under the care of a Baptist minister who had been a missionary in India. He was then placed in a school at Brighton, conducted by Mrs. Edmund Fry and her two sons, one of whom acts as editor of this volume. He remained at Brighton for about a year, during which time he acquired a competent acquaintance with the Eng lish language, and then returned to India, having received an appointment as superintendent of the Government tele graph at Kurrachee, a position for which his knowledge of the Eastern languages peculiarly fitted him. Such is a brief outline of the career of the hero of this re markable book. The editor anticipates that some doubts may be cast upon Campbell's veracity ; and certainly not without reason. The Bombay authorities were, it is said, satisfied with his narrative ; and certainly they were in a position to sift the evidence adduced ; but the adventures related are so strange, and Campbell's mode of relating them so egotis tical and romantic, that doubt on the reader's part may well be excused. The whole narrative is such as a pro fessed writer of amazing adventures might dress up for a boy's magazine. There are disguises and stratagems, abrupt changes of fortune, scenes of battle, murder, sudden death, enough for the most eager appetite for sensations. Moreover, the geography of the book is not beyond sus picion, though we are told the attaches of the embassy at Teheran tested the story by the means of numerous maps. We have no proof, however, that the narratives of adven tures given to Mr. Murray and to Mr. Fry, the editor of the book, were identical. We are hurried from Cabul to the Chinese frontier, from the Khyber Pass to Bokhara, with startling rapidity ; and the publishers should at least have appended a map showing the course of Campbell's wanderings. A few well-known names occur; but we are utterly perplexed by continual references to great towns and powerful kings unknown to our researches. It is almost a pity the author left England so soon. Had he been in troduced to London society, he might have related before the Geographical Society the story of his life, and no doubt he would have shared with Da Chaillu the lionising hon ours of the day. The book will create a sensation. It is either a most remarkable narrative of adventures, or a not less remarkable imposture. We will not take upon our selves at present to decide which, but will extract a few of the anecdotes interspersed in the book. Soon after his escape from Cabul he becomes servant to an innkeeper at a place called Saniropoor. Having quarrelled with his mas ter, and attempted to kill him, he is condemned to be punished, and here is a specimen of the torture inflicted on criminals : HORRIBLE PUNISHMENTS. " They led us out into a field surrounded by a high iron wall. A vague feeling of horror crept over me when I saw this place, for I knew at once that it was the execution yard. The executioner, who was a negro man, approached and first singled out the old man who told me we should see the stars, and I soon saw what he had meant by these words. The negro sat him down and drew his dagger. The poor old man cried ont, ' I thorn,' which is, I will speak the truth ;' but the executioner plunged his dagger into his heart, saying, It is now too /ate.' He drew his dagger out reeking with blood, and cut the man's throat to make sure of his death. Oh, horror I the poor wretch's eyes started half out of their sockets, and his tongue lolled out of his mouth, whieh was covered with foam. A camel was brought, and the body was laid on it and carted away. I shivered with fright ; my blood froze in my veins, and the rest of the prisoners stood like dead men, witnessing the fearful commencement of horrors. The first being thusdis posed of, they took a second man. Him they hung and a third was seized. He was laid flat on his face on the ground, a large sharp stake was then driven through his back, peg ging him, writhing with agony, to the ground. He of course soon died. The nine other prisoners were then met down on zinc blocks of wood. The executioner then went to one of them, and with his knife made a gash in his arm, and he thrust a candle in under the skin—this he did again and again, till the man was covered with candles. When the nine poor wretches had all been served thus, all the candles were lit. Then the exe cutioner told a man who stood by, with a paper in his hand, to read out the list, who these men were, and what were their crimes; and he read—The first was a spy. The man who had been hung was a robber who had killed a man and taken his horse. The nine men were murderers; end the man who was staked down was a fornicator who had defiled his own daughter. They were all Mahomme dans. Who can imagine the state I was in when all this was over? My turn was come at last. A man told me to follow him ; I obeyed with a sickening feeling in my heart. He lead me to a large stump in the ground, through which were put planks of wood like see-saws, but so high up as to be quite out of my reach. I was tied by my hands to one end of !hese, my legs hanging down, but far from reaching the gri , unti ; a weight was put on the other end of the plank tobalance me, and I was left swaying in intolerable, and every na.ment increasing, agony. Oh, the torture I endured that dreadful day ; often I almost regretted ever having left Affghanietan, but even then I could not wish myself back among the Affghane. No, I thought, this trouble I have brought on myself by my own hot rashness. I was left on this rack all day, and in the evening I was taken down." THE MAGICIANS OF THE JUNGLE. " In the evening, to my great surprise, I came suddenly to a queer-looking little hut, outside which I saw some naked people squatting on the ground, with their faces buried be tween their knees, which they were clasping with their arms. There was something weird and ghastly in their appearance, so that I felt an instinctive dread, and laid 14old of my sword. At this the creatures lifted up their heads, and said, What are yon about, young man ?" Who are you,' I asked. And what do you here ?' Without heed log my question, they merely said, Come down and take rest.' I dismounted, and approached these strange beings, wondering who they could be, for their nails were like great claws, and long hair was on their bodies. They had hidden _their faces again, and th e y sat moti on l ess , h ugg i ng th e i r k nees. I half doubt e d th e i r hu ma nity, an d aga i n t oo k h o ld of ray sword, just to try if they knew what pain was ; but the n bei4htotheey, could not possibly see me do this, their faces and said,,e young away, they immediately lifted up their heads, or pen le Joung man, what are you about ?" What sort speak; b l i ru?' I asked, ' You squat there, and won't resumed . th e i r the y said, Sit down and rest;' and again : ext a r t aordinary position. I sat down, and waited to s eah and hoped th e y Wotad t h o lY would do. I was very hungry, they rose, and I follow:fder me food. When it got quite dark all sat down again as ix,to them into th e h ouse , w h ere th ey a candle. This fellow ssarea: Presently a man brought in I had seen for some tim e all tloper human being, the first he fell down before one of th e ~k 6 clothes on. Suddenly had e men, crying aloud, and d , kissing his feet. Then he arose took the light and motioned me to follo;wilird his eyes, I went after him, Lor e , and various and he led me to a room in which we!s. g ra : t a ker : l , cud went into household things. The servant left Bud vegeta vat Doerd fire littla garden near the house, and bles or herbs. In the middle of the room between four large stones. The servant fire a round shallow iron pan. As soon as the t w il a i : g Chopped the; s heated, he put the herbs in, having ho f r i e d them with butter, p e p per, and up, and 54 1 t and he brought flour and water acid nixed a cake, which he cooked i n t hepan with the h er b i , when l all was done, he br ou g ht it and set itbeforeme. ' him to eat with 11l do I but he refused to so. was took ur.- gry to stop astel de of, so thin I bega so t anyg n ea ting directly, and never , in mylife, good, Wheat I had finished, I asked where I should keep ~,y horse, • n(l the man said he wou ld take said I would go too, and look after him ; CO we we charn of t,him.a.:,d. !d i as I felt sure no one would touch tie animal, I l eft hi_ tied up outside the house, and went in-doors to rest. I lay down , to sleep, and soon found myself alone in the room ; the man had gone away with the light, without say ing a word. I rose and tried to open the door, but, to my astonishment, it was fast locked ; so I lay down and went to Bleep. I dreamt that a beautiful girl was by my side. I looked at her face, she was very lovely, and I kissed her; pw, the moment I touched her lips, a sudden pang shot . _..._ __..._ through my teeth, and I awoke. I felt very unhappy, and began to cry; the girl had vanished, but my teeth were still in great pain. The door was open, and there cas a light in the room, and on looking round I saw the servant stand ing by my side, offering me something in a cup. I said, ' Thank you, Ido not want to drink.' He r ied, 'lf you do not drink, your teeth will continue to pai 1 2 ou ; so I took the cup and swallowed the contents, which tasted to me . like some sort of wine. In a little while all my limbs began to feel very heavy ; my hair seemed to me like trees, my arms and legs like mountains, and I laughed excessively at nothing at all. Then the man brought some bul lock's-dung and burnt it in the fire, and while it was smouldering,he laid three eggs upon the embers; gradually the fire faded, and at last went quite out, leaving the blackest darkness in the room ; thick, and it seemed to me almost palpable, was this darkness. Presently 1 saw some thing moving in the ashes, and the three eggs appeared glowing with a red light, like rubies. One of them rose in the air, and gradually expanded, opening out into a large ardent ball, in which I saw many countries, and kingdoms, and peoples. 1 gazed attentively on this wonderful picture for a time, and then it gradually faded. The egg remained for some moments, still burning in the air, and revolving rapidly, and at last fell down on the ashes. Again the same thick darkness filled the room, but soon the second egg rose from the fire-place as the first had done, and burned with the same red light. It expanded, and I heard a fearful noise as of lend thunder, and in the luminous ball I saw again many countries and people, but the latter were all dead. Suddenly they all arose, and began to dance; some of them thrust out their tongues, others looked very angry, and others were crying. I was all this time unable to stop laughing. Then I saw scenes of war; all the people in the mysterious landscape began to fight, shooting and stabbing one another with great fury. This picture vanished slowly, and the egg, after finning for some time in the air, fell cl , ,wn and left me in the terrible darkness. Once more the red light appeared in the ashes, and the third egg rose and expanded as the others had done. Another scene presented itself. I looked upon the most beautiful jungles and gardens, just such forests as I had passed through, and suddenly the landscape was enlivened with troops of beautiful girls dancing and singing together, and drinking wine—amongst them I spied the same damsel of whom I had dreamed. She moved as if to speak to me, and I heard her companiono:aolr hor who I srao, ' He is a poor stranger boy,' she answered, with an accent of pity. I sprang forward to embrace her, but the servant man seized my arm and held me back. I struggled hard to get free, but he cried, ' Take care, if you go near her you will be mad till judgment-day, and never leave the jungles.' ' Who are these beings ?' I asked. He told me they were creatures summoned by the arts of the naked men; and if any one touches these beings he will be mad till the end of time. 'lt is best,' he said, 'to turn away from their en chanting looks, or you will love the spirits and lose your reason.' By this time the scene was beginning to fade; the beautiful maid slowly retired, bidding me adieu as she went. I felt some pain to see her go. The globe then began to revolve, and finally fell, leaving me in deep dark ness." Ten Years in the United States. By D. W. Mitchell. Smith, Elder, and Co:, Cornhill. Strongly opposed to President Lincoln's Government, and believing that the cause of progress will gain by the secession of the South, the author of this volume has pro fited by his ten years' residence in America to collect a num ber of facts and statements bearing upon the causes of the present struggle, and of considerable interest as showing the working of the democratic form of Government. Still, the observations are not new. They simply confirm the views which the most sensible Englishmen have enter tained respecting the " States;" and they accord in all essentials with the opinions which this journal has consistently expressed. Thus the author, whilst sy mpa thising with the South, by no means defends slavery in the abstract. Hd accepts it as an ugly fact, to be made the best of. He considers that the negroes, as a class, are incapable of self-governmont, and that they are, upon the whole, well cared for and well treated in the South ; whilst the North on the contrary, not only looks upon them with hatred and contempt, but would be glad to be utterly rid of them by any means, however violent, even to the extent of hounding them on to massacre their masters, that it may have an excuse for massacring them in turn. The extreme Abolitionist party he considers mischievous fanatics; and whilst admit ting the accuracy of the separate incidents in Mrs. Stowe's " Uncle Tom's Cabin," he considers it utterly false as a whole. The most mischievous political party in the North he considers to be the Irish. Courted by the rival candi dates for power, and animated by the most rancorous hos tility to this country, they have contributed, more than any other section of " United States" citizens, to demoralise the lands of their adoption and embitter its feeling towards us; and the author wisely suggests that it would be far better if they expended their superfluous energy and their political influence to introduce among themselves a little social re form, for in the Irish slums in New York all the worst features of the worst dens in London seem exaggerated in a tenfold degree. But, as regards dirt, something is due to the influence of the Roman Catholic religion. The saints and hermits of old were notorious for their contempt of the decencies of life. The odour of sanctity is a sufficiently suggestive phrase. Even now on the Continent cleanliness seems by no means allied to what is there looked upon as godliness ; and Rome, with the finest supply of water of any city in the world, is almost destitute of baths. But to return to the "States." Corruption, it seems, is not the exception but the rule, Every man has his price and considers him self aggrieved if he does not get it. If needful a Legisla ture may be bought almost in the lump. Vote by ballot is a farce, and the worse men grasp the best places. Such in brief is that pleasant state of things on the other side of the Atlantic, which the Manchester school would fain introduce among us. To those who may still have faith in the efficacy of a Republic we recommend a perusal of this volume, of the contents, of which we offer the following specimens : AMERICAN STAMINA. "Much observation has since convinced me that the American descendant of Europeans has not constitutional physical stamina equal to that of the European. Were the Americans subjected to poor and scanty fare, insufficient shelter and clothing, excessive labour and mental depres sion as extensively and frequently as great numbers in Europe, the population of the Union States, lam con vinced, would show an unmistakeable deterioration. I speak of the most populous portion of the continent of North America; the atmosphere of which, for two-thirds of the year coming from the west, has passed over the vast breadth of land bounded by the Pacific, and is, therefore,in a condition very different from that of the air we breathe in the west of Europe, which also coming from western quar ters for about two-thirds of the year, is a sea air. Our sci entific knowledge on this subject is probably very:imperfect ; but that in a long course of years such an atmospherical difference must tell on the human constitution, every one will believe who notices the respective effects in England on his own feelings, and on vegetable life of the east and west winds." AN EYE TO BUSINESS. " The members of Congress draw lots for their seats, each place in the hall having a chair and desk, which are num bered. Now, Americans have a fondness for trading in any way : even the Southerners are more apt at it than Euro- peans : but Yankees especially are fond of a swap, always expecting and generally contriving to make a little. For indulging in this penchant, members of Congress have been very shabbily taken t 3 task. One paper, an unsophisticated Providence Journal, mentioned, but could hardly believe, that some members, having drawn eligible seats, had sold them, and taken others in the cuter circle. A New York journalist was amazed at the greenness of his contemporary, and informed it that M.C.e sold the books, stationery, seal ing wax, franks—and also some the votes—to which they were entitled." BRIBING A LEGISLATURE. " The Yew York Times of May 25, 1858, adverting to the state of things in Wisconsin, had these headings : Railroad Management—The Wholesale Bribery of the En tire Government of Wisconsin—Tariff of Prices: Governors quoted at 20,000 dols; Senators, 10,000 dole; Assembly men, 5,000 dols. The General Plunder., Robbery, and Miscellaneous Swindling of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad—Report of the Special Committee of the Wiscon sin Legislature. This committee (I bog the reader to be lieve that this is all serious) was appointed by joint resolu tion to inquire into alleged bribery and corruption of mem bers of the Legislature of Wisconsin and others in 1856, and also into the condition of the refit., ad mentioned, and other corporations. The committee reported as a tame fact the discovery that a great majority of the Legislature of 1856 had been bought up, while the most unique ingenuity had been used to veil the transaction. The bribery was effected by assigning to certain persons bonds or stock in the La Crosse and Milwaukee Company. A list of senators' names was given, with their pecuniary compliments, varying from 10,000 to 20,000 dols in bonds. The amounts were placed in the hands of an agent of the company, to be passed by him to those senators when the bill should become a law ; the recipients not choosing to trust the directors. About 50 members of the Assembly, or Lower House, received 5,000 dole each in bonds ; a few more, 10,000 dole ; and one —of higher principle than the rest, perhaps-20,000 dols. Of these, none rejected the compliment. Four senators, however, voted for the bill gratuitously. Several State officers in high places came in for a share of these pecuniary compliments —some getting 10,000, ',erne 5,000 dole. About 30 outsiders received from 1,000 to 25,000 dole. In one of the lista of recipients of the railway company's bounty there the ta sked •tim ne was a pretty good \v . : a r s e five dashes-10. When the clerk who drew the lists up me dto explan those blanks, he said he remarked at , these roust be for the Governor. His principal told read the guesser. One would be curious to state oE „ sv i_ messa ge coi to the Legislature of this Governor of the those numbers stood fno.rhPths lists made out, of • The manager of the business had two the recipient s o f th w e t i eh the first contained the names of , numbered ; while in the second packages of bonds were then names, with the amounts ; the were jestroystl. There seemens trnade up, and tho first list clufeitiovhave been a general under- The witness just men preserve not to be too in tinned said—' It has been the habit of my life to make and .'as president, he Th,, pmrebseirdeanhing preserve written memoranda of ai,llireevteunrteenoire circumstances I desire to remember. I had no de sir© e tl y m id se en p e a c e , k t a h g a e t: of the 1 company, about the s ( a le id li , v i e n r3 h ' agent 200 000 dole. in bonds of. placed in the hands of an I tb.a tom parry, to be used in any such way as might seem necessary to procure the passage through Congress of the several acts granting lands to the territory of Minnesota, for a virtual extension of the La Cress and Milwaukie Railroads. Only three editors came in for a share of the plunder. On exa mining the lists of names of the persons bribed, it will be found that five-sixths are of English origin, the rest being foreigners. It was not the despised Irish or German ele ment of the population that furnished this body of corrup tion ; it was not English born, of course ; an Englishman stands a most infinitesimal chance of getting any office, or of obtaining the people's votes, in the North especially. Nor did the South contribute any of its English descended population to the list of bought and sold freemen. I see no reason to doubt that full half of these persons were genuine Yankees, and more than a quarter more of them Northerners of Yankee origin. In England we are in the habit of attri buting American wrong-doings, excitements, and rascali ties to the mob;' but in this case it need not be proved the mob had no hand in the foul business : nor has it generally, These things are the work of highly-respectable persons, ho, when at home, are most of them attendants or mem bers of the Churcb,' as the phrase is, The Wisconsin Le gislature adjourned without taking any steps to redeem the character of the S tate from all these infamies ; and the public wealth in land thus, and in other ways, becomes a public curse." THE SUN, LormoN, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1862. BOARDING-HOUSE MANNERS. "It cannot but be—it needs no proof —that this mode of of life undermines the domestic virtues ; and it is rather surprising that the high standard of the Anglo-Saxon as to essentials has not been lowered very decidedly. Troubles occasionally arise in thesefamilycommunitie.s, as the women will notice things, and think and talk about ore another. At one of the private fashionable boarding-houses, on one occasion I recollect, quite a pretty public excitement was got up by a grass widow,' a lady whose husband being ab sent for a period in the country, is therefore said to be at grass.' This lady being young, handsome, and, in one sense unencumbered, attracted a deal of attention from some of the gentlemen, and, consequently, was subjected to the sharp criticism of some of the ladies. Reports, rather de rogatory to her character were circulated in and outside the house—such as were not to be mentioned far the world. They reached the ears of the person most interested ; but she took no notice of them. At last w 1 la 11G,.0eLC44.4cd ...plaiutiami ui ,uutritalCLloll, and the lady, having ascertained the original scandal-monger, soon made up her mind how to act. She communicated her plans to a few friends, and determined to have a public apology, or to cow-hide the offender. On the day appointed dinner happened to be late, so there was a full gathering; about fifty persons had taken their seats immediately on being summoned by the customary bell, among them the slanderer, a respectable merchant. Hardly had he settled himself in his chair when the injured lady entered the room, and, walking straight up to him, demanded that he should then and there retract and apologise. On his refusing to do so, she drew from the folds of her dress a good cow-hide, and gave it him over the face, head, and shoulders, in earnest. Ladies screamed, gentleman re monstrated, but she kept on deliberately cow-hiding the offender, till at last some one wrested the weapon from her fierce little hand ; and her victim was hurried off to his room, where he stayed for a considerable time. It is characteristic that the merchant, having an inkling of what was in store for him, had a police officer ready, who was called in imme diately the punishment began ; but he didn't like to inter fere in a lady's private affairs, and retired. It was stated in one of the respectable city papers that, in consequence of the many intrigues going on among the boarders in the house, it was tacitly agreed to hush up the matter; which, however, got into the papers. 711 E LATE &DONOGHUE OUTRAGE. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. It is gratifying to'perceive that The O'Donoghue remains in his discreditable isolation. Not a single gentleman or person of any position has taken up his cause. His fol lowers are confined to the senseless mob that cheered his " princely " eloquence at Tralee, headed by the person who insulted the memory of the Prince Consort by speaking of him as " that foreign wretch," violent priests at Headford, and the writers of the "National" organs. An imposing array, truly, for one who —now that Smith O'Brien has sunk into oblivion —is to wear the royal purple when Ire land escapes from under the heel of the Saxon I Most peo ple, even in this country, were under the impression that " the Knight of the Glens " had considerable territorial pos. sessions. The dating of his manifestoes from Derryquin Castle, the ridiculous prefix to his name, and the court paid to him by the "Church," strengthened this illusion; but it is now rudely dispelled. A letter, which is receiving ex tensive circulation through the press, says:— " It is high time that the public mind should be disabused of the idea which seems to prevail in England, and in the greater part of Ireland, that the above gentleman is a large landed proprietor in Kerry, and that Derryquin Castle be longs to him. As to his Kerry property, lam in the dark about its position, as are most Kerry men; and as to Derryquin Castle, I can confidently inform you that it never belong to an O'Donoghue, and that it probably never will. It is the property of the Blands, and has been let to The O'Donoghue for three years ; its owner being away for that time in Devonshire. About one half of the term has expired, so that in eighteen months or so The O'Donoghue will date his letters to the iVornimg News from some other quarter. The London newspapers labour under the impression that the man has influence and power resulting from a position. Hs has just as much influence and power as he has property; and I think the sooner the public knows this the better." It was rightly assumed that the disgraceful conduct o, Priest Conway at Headford, and The O'Bonoghue at Tralee, would largely increase the subscriptions for Lancashire throughout the country, Every loyal person, in fact, now feels called upon to protest, by contributing to the fund, against the narrow-minded opinions of the Kerry agitator and his clerical imitators. More than one example is at hard of the prevalence of this spirit. A meeting of the gentry and traders of the county Galway, convened by the High Sheriff and the Lieutenant, was called a few days since, when an attempt was made to disturb the proceed ing. The Marquis of Clanricarde having proposed a reso lution of sympathy with the suffering operatives in Lanca shire, a Mr. O'Brennan, of the Connauyht Patriot, moved an amendment. This created considerable commotion, but, notwithstanding all the fury of its opponents, the resolu tion was carried, and, at the close of the meeting, the noblemen and gentlemen present marked their indignation of such conduct, as well as their sympathy with Lancashire, by subscribing the handsome sum of £340. The principal subscribers were—The Marquis of Clanricarde, £5O; Lord Dunkellin, £26; the Marchioness of Clanricarde, £lO ; Lord. Clonbrock, £3O ; Lord Ashtown (in addition to £lOO already forwarded), £25; Sir Thomas Burke, £25; Lord Clanmorris, £2O ; Denis H. Kelly, £2O ; Walter Shaw° _ _ Taylor, £2O; Mrs. Shawe Taylor, £10; Lord Dunsandle, £10; Robert French, £10; Burton R. P. Persse, £10; Thomas H. Burke, Dublin, £10; the Hon. G. Dillon, £lO ; Robert Bodkin, £10; Lieutenant-General Hall, C. 8., £5. A report of the meeting, published in the local journals, thus describes a "scene" t 1 at occurred towards its close : Mr. Robert Bodkin, J.P., said he had much pleasure in seconding the resolution. He was aware that charity begins at home-- Mr. M. A. O'Brennan hero seized his hat and waved it in a most violent manner, shouting at the same time, " Hurrah, huirah." He was seconded in his efforts by a few persons, and finally sank into his seat exhausted. The High Sheriff put the resolution. Mr. M. A. O'Brennan—l beg your pardon, sir, as a cess payer. Marquis of Clanricarde—l rise to order—l object— Mr. O'Brennan—lt is not the first time that you and I have met, sir. " When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war." (Cheers and groans.) I will sit down until you have done. (Cries of "No, no," "Go on," " That'll do," and uproar, and " Hear the Most Noble the Marquis of Clanricarde.") Marquis of Clanricarde—lf he wants to speak on the dis tress in this country, let him sign a requisition to call a meeting to consider it—(hear, hear)—and I pledge myself to attend that meeting, and I pledge myself now to put down, without inquiring into the amount of that destitution, a pound for every ss. he puts down, to be applied to that distress, (Prolonged cheering.) A Voice—Shut up. (Groans.) A Voice—Put the original resolution. (Cheers.) The chairman then put the original resolution, and de clared it carried. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Brennan (to the gallery people)—Was it carried ? (No, no ; Yes, yes ; groans and cheers.) All against the resolution will say no. (Cries of No, no, and counter cries of Yes, yes.) Mr. A. W. Blake moved a vote of thanks to the high sheriff for his most dignified and most patient conduct in the chair. Mr. Eyre seconded it, and it was carried by acclamation. Mr. O'Brennan said he wished to have an explanation of the word "patient," No one acted improperly during the proceedings. Chairman (leaving the chair)—l had to wait an hour for the train. (Laughter.) Mr. O'Brennan—Very good. (Laughter.) Mr. Kirwan—l think he has acted very patiently with you. Mr. O'Brennan --The chair is vacant now. You aro a liwr, sir. (Oh, oh, hisses and groans.) You sneak. (Hisses.) The proceedings then terminated. Another pleasing circumstance, be des the gen eros ity o f the public who do not. D. nohue, is sympathise with The 0- the readiness with which such Roman Catholics as 11.'4 been literally "denounced" for subscribing to the relief fund are defending themselves from the strictures of the . Ultramontane press. Mr. Maguire, M.P., the mayor of Cork, replied to the Morning 11(ews in a scathing letter, and now the mayor of Clonmel, Mr. H ac k e tt, has f o llowed iu his footsteps. In addressing that journal he says : " I confess I still think it very presumptuous in any man to direct his neighbour as to where and how his money shall be expended. I know that parties who never gave a shil ling to this, or mayhap any other charity, have acquired a claptrap notoriety by abusing the subscribers to the Lanca shire fund, and while I assure you I never thought for a moment of classing you with such persons, I have not found in your lengthened article >ne syllable to induce me to change my opinion on eithei of these two points." Mr. Hackett quotes letter from Roman Catholic priests in Lancashire, to prove thelepth of tho distress there. One of these appeals on behalf d 5,500 of his co-religionists, all Irish, who are suffering. mayor then vigorously pro ceeds : " Why, the amount reaitted from Ireland-410,000, cuts but a paltry figure besies the munificent subscriptions given in England; yet it ism evidence that Ireland is not ungrateful. It is an ungrm,ious task to speak of oneself, but your recommendation me to look amongst the lanes and garrets of my own tow. forces me to tell you that I have not waited for your suggestion to give it practical effect. In the early portion of the year I was chairman of ,our local relief committee, ead was for days and nights en gaged in preparing to set its members at work on their mission of charity. In fat noble cause Catholic, Pro testant, Quaker, Presbyterian, and Unitarian all united. We went through lanes ant into garrets, and had the satis faction of bringing comfort to many an abode of sorrow. For to-morrow I have summoned our local relief committee again to assemble in order that when the Christmas time shall come around they may bring relief to many a humble fireside. My sympathy, then, you will see, was not wholly expended on Lancashire. The subscription I gave to that fund is not a tithe of wlat I have quietly devoted to the cause of suffering at horns within the past year, and when you leave the issue to be lecided by my fellow townsmen, I cheerfully accept the responsibility and abide their verdict. Will you excuse me for not entering more fully into the sensation' portion of your long article ? I have shown you that if we did not, as you assert, make any remittance to the Mansion-House Irish Distress Committee, it was be cause we had many pressing claims upon us at home; but you will permit me to observe that if those who did not do so subscribe are really to be visited with all the pains and penalties so magniloquently prescribed by you, you should, as a matter of stern justice, include in the list the editor of the Morning News, for in the report of that committee, though Mr. A. M. Sullivan's name appears as a member of the body, it does not figure in the columns headed £ s d." The day is past for dictating to 'intelligent and liberal minded Roman Catholics like Mr. Hackett. They will not suffer such interference. The Lord Bishop of Cashel, in a Snttar to the Dress announces that he has transmitted £9OO from Ins cuocese to manene.Ler. he received from England the sum of £1,546 for distribu tion among his poor, and it is a great gratification to him to be able to send back more than half the amount then liberally sent him. The Cork Reporter, a Roman Catholic journal, thus draws the picture of The O'Dunoghue, in connection with the re cent proceedings at Tralee :—" Except the vain and weak minded young man, who, as the tool of more designing persons, occupied the foremost place in endeavouring to mar the object of the meeting, not a single person of the class to whom the epithet ' respectable' is applied, joined in that discreditable proceeding. The 0' Donoghue, of course, is capable of any folly, and the attempt to teach him sense or discretion would be a hopeless one. Having had the mis fortune to inherit one of those traditionary chieftainries that conferred station and influence in a semi. barbarous period of our history, and nearly allied to the man who, in our own time, swayed in so marvellous away the popular mind of Irslind, he imagines that his proper role is that of an Irish patriot, and that, by enacting it, he can acquire somewhat of importance before the empire. We believe the young man has nothing vicious in his disposition, and we acquit him of any deliberate intention to work mischief. Morbid vanity and utter want of common sense constitute his sole qualifications for mischief. But these are just the qualifi cations that make a man a dangerous tool in the hands of others. In times like those in which we live, he can of course prove dangerous in no other way than by compro mising to some extent the reputation of his country in the estimate of wise and thoughtful men. On two or three previous occasions he identified himself with movements eminently tending to this result. And his appearance the other day in his native ccunty to oppose its most respected inhabitants in a work of philanthropic duty was only what might have been expected from his singularly silly ante cedents." COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS On Tuesday night the anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of this institution took place at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Western Wood, Esq., one of the members for the City, The hon. gentleman was supported by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Messrs. G. Stock dale, Thomas Roberts, John Angell, C. Blowers, C. Esse,N. B. Gunton, G. Hewett, J. L, Boothby, Robinson Fridley, W. M'Culloch, Wm. Holt, J. H. Hughes, Thomas Parkes, and several former pupils of the institution, who have now become subscribers to its funds. The following firms in the hop trade were represented : Wood, Field, and Hanbury, Selmes, Masters, and Taylor, Pattenden and Smith, Barlow and Ashbp, Thomas Parkes and Son, West, Jones, and Whitehead, Kitchin and Turn bull, Thornton, Kennedy, and Co., G. Hewitt and Co., the Hop Planters' Company, Woolloton and Sox. This institution was originated in 1856 by a few commer cial travellers, who in that year appealed to the body, and in a few months received £2,000 from it alone. Within 18 months a suitable house was leased at Wanstead, and 20 children placed in it, under the superintendence of a master and matron, The rapid increase of the work made a removal necessary, and a building, expressly designed fcr the insti tution, was erected at Pinner, and opened by his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort on the 27th Oct., 1855, and has since continued to increase in usefulness. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been proposed and honoured with great enthusiasm,the children—girls and boys—were introduced into the room by Mr. Angell, the senior member of the board, under the direction of the matron and master, and their healthy, happy, neat appear ance elicited hearty and general commendation and ap plause. They were then marched into the gallery, and having sung a hymn in chorus very creditably— The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the evening amidst much applause. He was glad to hear the words " Prosperity to the Commercial Travellers' Schools" so favourably received, and he hoped, after they had listened to the few wards he had to say, that they would hear the rustling of bank notes as they had just heard the clapping of hands and the chink of glasses. (Cheers and laughter.) It was not necessary that he should say much in support of the institution. To those who were unacquainted with it he would simply say—Go down to Pinner and see for your selves. They would, if they did so, see a building—a sub stantial building, unadorned by any meretricious ornament. They would find it within admirably adapted for the pur poses for which it was intended, not only with regard to the instruction, but the comfort and health of the inmates. They would find an admirable master and assistants fully qualified for their work. The girls received an education which would fit them for the positions they were likely to fill in after life. The boys got an education which embraced reading, writing, ciphering, mathematics, and Latin, to an extent which would be of use to them in after life, espe cially in thoroughly mastering the grammar of the English language. They were also wall greuuded in French, which he regarded as a most valuable branch of education. Ho had gone y, without the slighte s t note e down to ner ra P ti i o n nto la t s h t atuoSseinrdeaharge of the school, and therefore he had seen the institution in its natural and nor mal state. He found the pupils enjoying a partial holiday, however, and could not say what the ordinary routine was, but he found some of them engaged in decorating the place for the Chrigmas holidays, and very tastefully they were doing it. Others were engaged in amateur and voluntary educational exercises. He had looked at the mathematical exercises, but had not closely examined the pupils, for fear of being plucked by them. (Laughter.) But, without boast ing, he might say he thought his knowledge of French en titled him to say that the translations from English into French, and French into English, were very well done. The original compositions were also very striking, especially when the ages of the boys were taken into consideration. They all knew the value of a sound commercial education, and he hoped the children now before him would avail themselves to the fullest extent of the advantages which this admirable charity offered them. It was of the highest importance that the schools should be placed on a sound and permanent footing. Ho was well acquainted with the spirit and energy of the commercial travellers as a class, and therefore he believed they would take care of the institu- lion. He had had some experience in the calling himself. When he was a very young man, he was sent out for his father's house, but it was found he was not the right man in the right place, for ho was never set out again. (Laugh ter.) Still, his experience had given him a knowledge of the class of commercial travellers, and of the energy by which they were characterised, and in behalf of his own firm he could testify strongly to their honour, integrity, and value 'He would, however, have no objection again to become a commercial traveller, and to make the circuit of the roomin behalf of the Commercial Travellers' Schools. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The next toasts were "The Chairman," "The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Corporation of London," " The Board of Mangement," " Mr. George Moore, the Treasurer," and other toasts were proposed and honoured. The subscriptions announced in the course of the even ing amounted to nearly £l,OOO, of which £5OO were in the chairman's list. The musical arrangements, under Mr. Donald King, in chided Miss Poole, Mr. Coward, and Mr. Lawler, and gave great satisfaction. Mr. Harker was toastmaster, and the dinner sustained io high reputation of the London Tavern. Private advices from the Canaries have been [AD r_ olloway's Pills.—Noxious Air.— received. at Cadiz, stating that th e y e llow f ever a t Tene rife ' l B the de c li ne . VEILTISE3tra I he effects o f i mpure a i r on the human body are so del , :to • I—H rious that all exposed to it become uneasy and languid, with headache, difficulty of breathing, oppression at the heart, and general debility. Holloway's Pills are the best known remedies for these symptoms; they discharge from the blood all the impurities which had gained admission into it from foul air in its passage through tho lungs ; they strengthen the powers of the heart and regulate the circulation. At the same time they rouse the depressed nervous system by expelling all poisonous matters from the springs of lif e , an d re f r eshi ng every organ with a pure vital steeam without incurring any great expense or en tailing any shock on the constitution, THE LICENSING SYSTEM. DEPUTATION TO SIR GEORGE GREY. On Tuesday a deputation waited upon Sir G. Grey,at the Home-office, for the purpose of presenting a memorial on the licensing question. The deputation consisted of Mr. E. Backhouse, Sunderland; Mr. B. Whitworth, Manchester; the Rev. J. Burns, D.D., London ; Mr. Councillor Thomp son, Manches'er ; the Rev. D. Burns, London; and Messrs. J. H. Raper, Manchester; J. H. Cotterell, Bath; and Chas. Jupe, of Mere, Wiltshire. Mr. BACKR orsE read and presented a memorial, of which the following is the substance : Intemperance, crime, and pauperism are affected by the increase or diminution of facilities for the consumption of in toxicating liquors, and the demoralisation and impoverish ment of the community bear a proportion to the number of public-houses, spirit-vaults, and beershops. The memo rialists regard with interest and hope the prospect of Govern ment introducing a comprehensive measure on the subject next session. They are convinced that all past legislation abundantly proves the impossibility of limiting or regula ting a system so essentially mischievous in its tendencies. While they approve of any reduction of the numbers of houses, or limitation of the hours of sale, they submit that the licensing system, involving, as it does, the right of the people to protect themselves from the consequences of the sale of intoxicating liquors, the forthcoming measure should include clauses enabling the inhabitants of any district to determine whether the licensing powers should be inopera tive in their locality. A veto vested in the people would be a just complement to such a measure ; and as it should be supported by an unmistakable public opinion, immunity from the traffic should be secured only when two-thirds of those voting decide in its favour. Many noblemen and landowners have already prohibited the sale of strong drinks on their estates with gratifying results. But, seeing that all classes suffer from the traffic, the power to veto should not be confined to wealthy landowners. They, therefore, pray that the forthcoming measure may provide, " that any parish or township where the majority of two-thirds so determine, may be exempted from the operation of the provisions for licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors." The memorial was signed by the chairman and officers of the United Kingdom Alliance. Sir G. GREY—I do not quite understand how you mean Sm. 00111 3 1T111 to onerate. Who are the persons who are to vote on this subject ? how are they to vote r and on what occasions ? Take a township or parish ; suppose an applica tion is made by a person to the magistrates to open a public house within it, in what way is the scheme to work ? Is there to bo convened a meeting of the whole parish ? What is your view of the modus °poi' andi, putting aside for a moment the policy of the proposal ? Mr. RAPER—Does your question apply to single licences P Sir G. GREY—I will put it in any way you like. I want some explanation of the scheme. As it stands, no licence is to be granted without the approval of two-thirds—it does not say whether of the whole inhabitants ; 1 want to know how you propose to bring that practically into operation. Mr. RAPER said that the memorial bore upon the mea sure which it was expected was being prepared to consoli date all the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and it did not refer to the Permissive Bill of the United Kingdom Alliance. The memorial prayed that some fran chise, to be defined hereafter—say the owners and occupiers —should have the power to render the provisions of the expected measure inoperative in any particular district ; and the operation of such a clause would be tantamount to the operation of the Permissive Bill. Sir G. GREY --Do you mean that, once for all, the owners as well as occupiers in any parish are to be convened, and by a resolution carried by a majority at such a meeting they are to deprive that parish of the possibility of having any licence granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors for ever ? Mr. RAPER—It is the desire of the United Kingdom Alliance that we should have the power of putting a veto of that description upon the entire sale, precisely as a land owner is now able to do on his own estate. Sir G. GREY—Do you mean that the meeting is to de prive the parish of the possibility of having a licensed house within it for an indefinite time ? The Rev. Dr. BURNS said that the veto would extend to the periods over which it was proposed that the new bill should operate. Sir G. GREY—That veto would be permanent? The Rev. Dr. BURNS—No; it would probably be annual: a meeting would be convened annually, either to continue the veto or to remove it. Sir G. GREY—I stated last year, when the debate took place upon Mr. Lawson's motion, the objections to this pro posal. It is not like compelling a minority to contribute to the maintenance of baths and washhouses, or any institu tion which the majority think to be useful. Here it is pro posed that, by a bare majority of the owners and occupiers of any parish or district, the minority, which may consist of many thousands, are to be debarred altogether from ob taining what are called intoxicating liquors, which, if used to excess, no doubt are intoxicating, and are too often fruitful in crime, but which, if used temperately, are not open to that objection. You are proposing to interfere with the free agency of largo numbers of your fellow-citizens and fellow-subjects, and to deprive them of the useof what can not be said to be evil, although the abuse of it leads to evil. I am afraid that, even if the scheme were sanctioned by Parliament, the effect would be to drive people to obtain liquors in a way which would be more objectionable than the present one, because free from all restraint. Mr. RAPER—You are thinking of the consumers ; but no act of Parliament provides that houses shall be established. A return to Parliament, obtained on the motion of Mr. Dunlop, shows that there are in Scotland tO4 parishes without a licensed house in them, and 144 entirely with out public drinking houses. Sir G. GREY—The non-existence of a public-house in any township or small parish is no proof that the people living in it have no legitimate access to a public-house to obtain beer. Mr. RAPER—There is no law providing that such houses shall be opened ; and if a number of landowners in con tiguous parishes agree to have no such houses on their estates, the result is the same as it would be under a veto by the inhabitants. Sir G. GREY—Clearly; but there is no provision in the law that there shall be a grocer's, a baker's, or a butcher's shop, although tenants are sometimes prevented opening them by clauses in leases, the object of which is to keep a district clear of shops; and still there is no place where there are not such shops within reach of the inhabitants. Mr. RAPER—Precisely; because the law does not for bid them. Sir G. GREY—They are precisely on the same footing as public-houses, which, however, are liable to greater restric • tions, because nobody can open one without complying with certain conditions. These may be insufficient or inadequate, but that is not the qusstion. The only question is whether you shall establish a principle which does not exist—that a majority of the inhabitants are to have the power of abso lutely precluding the minority from the possibility of ob taining the most convenient access to an article of trade. Mr. RAPER remarked that a veto upon the sale of intoxi cants already existed ; but, instead of commencing with the people it rested with the quarter sessions ; and at the Preston quarter sessions three magistrates had overruled the decision of 14 magistrates at Blackburn, and had granted licences which had been refused in petty sessions. Sir G. GREY—The magistrates at Blackburn thought that there were plenty of public-houses, and they objected to increase their number for that year only—but they did not say that there should be none. Did they go the length of refusing to renew existing licences ? Mr. RAPER—No; but at Runcorn, the magistrates, adopting the theory that, as are the facilities for obtaining drink, so are the results, reduced the number of existing licences by five or six, and at the quarter sessions at Kirk dale the decision of the local magistrates was reversed. Sir G. GREY—Do you propose that this veto, supposing it to be carried by a majority, should apply to the renewal of licences as well as to the granting of new ones ? Mr. RAPER—That is our desire. The Rev. Dr. BURNS—Whilst rejoicing in any measure that will reduce the number, our object is to do more by the will of the people, and not by a mere majority. Mr. RAPER explained that the definition of the consti tuency in whom the veto should be vested was a point of detail. They did not care how extensive the suffrage was. The lower it went the better, for even the victims of intem perance were with them. Last session there were 272,399 petitioners for the power asked in the memorial. Sir G. GREY—I entirely sympathise with you in the de sire that drinking should be checked, although differing from you as to tho means proposed to accomplish that ob ject. We must look to practical means. Mr. JUPE, a large employer of labour in the west of Eng land, said that matters had reached such a state that the Government must really come to the aid of the well-dis posed part of the community. The beerhouse system was raising up a class of men with whom in boyhood they were not - familiar, and recent crimes indicated the deepening de moralisation of the people. Sir G. GREY—.We do not differ as to drinking being the cause of crime, but we differ as to the best mode of checking the evil. Mr. JUPE—Can we be 'protected ? Every beerhouse is demoralising a dozen or twenty families. Sir G. GREY—Are you sure that the parish of Frome, which you have mentioned, would by a vote of the majority of the ratepayers or owners give you the protection you think you could get in a veto ? Mr, Jura—There is a strong and growingfeeling amongst the well-disposed that something must be done. Sir G. GREY—Do you trace crimes to particular houses w hi c h are disorderly, and which might be proceeded against under the existing law ? Mr. Jur E—Whena complaint is made there is a difficulty i n obtaining a conviction. There seems to be a shield thrown around the trade. As a Sunday school teacher for 30 years, I see too plainly that the work I do is counteracted by temp tations; and I am confident that, sooner or later, the public must speak out on this question. Sir G. GREY —.I am not defending the present system. The question is whether your view of total prohibition is a practical view, and whether other means may not be taken to correct evils for the absolute-extinction of which I do not think we can look. Mr. JUPE mentioned the formation of a total abstinence society amongst the clergy, and the establishment by them of a monthly periodical. Sir G, GREY—The clergy and others who arc ondeavour- ing to check evil are entitled to every consideration and re spect, and to eve' y legitimate assistance that Government and Parliament can give them. The only question really is, what is practicable ? I should say of the scheme you propose that the probability is it would not be effectual, even if Parliament should sanction it ; but that is a matter of opinion, and you are entitled to form an opinion as well as myself. • Mr. BACKHOUSE urged that the trade in drink was an exceptional trade. Sir G. GREY—That is quite clear ; it is treated as an ex ceptional trade by Parliament. Mr. RAPER remarked that the7possibility of a veto being exercised would have a salutary effect. Speaking of the re commendations of Mr. Villiers' committee, the Alliance executive said that the proposal of licence by mere payment to the Excise would lose its terrors if the countercheck of locally exercised public opinion were secured,because houses would not be misconducted when indignation could make itself felt by the entire destruction of publichouse property within a district. In Manchester the Watch Committee considered themselves fairly beaten by the beerhouses. Mr. Councillor THOMPSON said that was the case. Police men were tampered with and convictions could not be ob tained. The ward of St. John's, containing some of the worst neighbourhoods in the town, had been fairly can vassed on the veto principre ; and the householders were ten to one in favour of its adoption. Mr. COTTERELL said a churchwarden had told him of one public-house that was producing nine paupers annually. speaking as a land agent, he said it was now a common occurrence on the sale of land for building purposes to stipu • late that:no publichouse should be:erected or opened upon it; and he had not heard that any inconvenience had resulted. Sir G. GREY remarked that under the present system the magistrates were not precluded from giving due weight to the wishes of the ratepayers. Mr. RAPER replied that it was difficult, if not impossible, to induce them to give effect to those wishes, and that the magistrates had no power over the beer-houses. At Saltaire, near Bradford, the property of Mr. Titus Salt, where there was a population of 3,000, there was not a licensed house ; and Mr. Baxley, M.P., in laying out an estate near Bolton, had taken care that the nearest publichouse r hould be a mile away from his tenants. Sir G. GREY—If your scheme were carried out in Brad ford, and there were no publichouses or beerhouses there, then an inhabitant of 6altaire, who now sends three miles or one mile for drink, would not be able to get it, and thus thus the inhabitants of Saltaire would be excluded from a legitimate enjoyment without having a voice in the decision that was arrived at. Mr. RAPER replied that their present deprivation was more unsatisfactory than one could be in which they had a voice. Sir G. GREY said he was much obliged to the deputation for the expression of their opinions, and the statement of the object they had in view. The deputation thanked Sir George Grey for the patience with which he had listened to them, and then withdrew. 711 E BREADALBANE EARLDOM AND ESIA7ES. By the death of the late Marquis of Breadalbane a second male line of descent from the first earl, of Glencoe notoriety, has terminated, The first earl was, in 1681, elevated to the earldom under a patent which empowered him to appoint the succession to whichever of his sons by his first wife he saw fit. The power he exercised in favour of his second son, John, Lord Glen orchy, passing over his eldest son Duncan, Lord Ormelie. The first earl's second son, Lord Glenorchy, and his eldest son, Lord Glenorchy's son, each succeeded to the earldom, but his line ended in his great .grandson, Lord Glenorchy, who died in the lifetime of his father, the third earl. This last-mentioned Lord Glenorchy was the husband of the eminently pious and useful Lady Glenorchy, friend of the Countess of Huntingdon, of Henry Venn, and others, and whose life was written by the Rev. Dr. Jones, of Edinburgh. On the death of the third earl, in 1782, the peerage went, according to the patent, to the descendant of the uncle of the first Earl, Colin Campbell of Mochaster. This de scendant became the fourth earl, and was created the first marquis by Earl Grey. His only son, the fifth earl and second marquis, is just dead. The marquisate has expired, but the earldom and entailed estates must seek another descendant in the respective limitations of the patent of the earldom and the deed of entail, which slightly differ, but nearly agree. It has generally been supposed that both earldom and estates would now fall by descent to the descen dant of the second uncle of the first earl, which uncle lived little short of 200 years ago. That descendant is Capt. W. J. Lamb Campbell, late of her Majesty's 79th Highlanders, and the eldest or only son of amedical practitioner in the Edgware-road, whose line is distinguished by the title of Campbell of Glenfalloch. But it is said that, as he claims as " the nearest legitimate heir" of the first earl, it may now be questioned whether that description does not more pro perly belong to Lieut. Campbell, the heir male of the dis inherited Duncan, Lord Ormelie, eldest son of the first Earl Breadalbane. This Lieut. Campbell is great-great-grandson of the first Earl of Breadalbane, so famed in connection with Lord Stair in the lamentable affair of Glencoe. It is, how ever, urged against his claims that the Glenfalloch line are the legal heirs of the Mochaster line which has just termi nated, on the old feudal principle that the succession to an inheritance ought not to ascend but to descend. However, the application of this principle is not here evident, and the precedent of 1782 will not avail. In 1782 the first marquis succeeded to the fourth earldom because he was the male heir of Colin of Mochaster. Now the succession is to go, not to in individual or his line, but to "the nearest legiti mate heirs whateoever" of the first earl. This may cast the descent both of the earldom and the estates on the first earl's existing male descendant, or it may give the earldom and estates to the sisters of the deceased marquis. It is stated that Captain Campbell of Glenfalloch has no issue, so that, even if he succeeds, a third line of earls may become extinct, and the inheritance revert to the descendant of Duncan, Lord Ormelie, who in 1722 protested against his younger brother's succession as second Earl of Breadal bane. In any case there is a probability of considerable litigation, and the questions are so doubtful that the costs as to the property would probably be borne by the entailed estates, which are stated to produce a rental of £40,000 a year, exclusive of about £20,000 a year of unentailed pro perty divided amongst the late marquis's two sisters or their representatives.—Record. CRIME IN FRANCE, A Spaniard, named Rey, was tried on Friday last by the Court of Assizes of the Gironde on two several charges of attempting to commit a burglary and of stabbing the police agent who arrested him. The principal witness against the prisoner was the agent above mentioned, named Fage, who deposed that on the night of 12th June last, when passing along the Cours Napoleon at Bordeaux, he saw five persons lurking about in a suspicious manner. He consequently ob• tained the assistance of four sergents de ville, and on return ing to the Cours Napoleon they saw the same men, who separated, and ran off in different directions as they ap proached. As the prisoner seemed to have something con cealed under his coat, witness followed him, the sergents de vine remaining some distance behind. On coming up with prisoner, witness collared him, and at the same moment re ceived a severe wound with a poniard in the left arm. A struggle ensued, during which witness was again wounded, when the sergeants de ville came up and the prisoner was secured. On the prisoner's person were found centre bits and other instruments used by housebreakers, evidently the same which had been used to break into a jeweller's shop in the Rue St. James during that night. Several witnesses deposed to having seen the prisoner and four others near the shop in question. The jury without hesitation returned a verdict of guilty on both charges, but allowed the prisoner the benefit of extenuating circumstances, and he was accordingly condemned to hard labour for life. The Court of Assizes of the Bas-Rhin, sitting at Strasburg, was occupied two days last week in trying three young men, Gigax, Ruff, and Wolff, from 20 to 22 years of age, for two murders and a robbery committed at Benfeld in October last. In the warning of the 31st of that month, several persons having noticed that the house of an old unmarried lady, Mile. Reibell, remained closed later than usual, the authorities were informed of the fact, and the mayor, accompanied by police officers, forced an entry. It was evident from the disordered state of the rooms on the ground floor that the house had been entered by thieves during the nignt ; and on proceeding to the bed chamber, Mlle. Reibell was found lying dead on her bed quite dressed, and she had evidently been strangled, as a hand kerchief was drawn tight round her neck. In an out house, her servant-maid, named Wissmar, was also found strangled. Robbery had undoubtedly been the motive of the twofold crime, for Mlle. Reibell was known to possess con siderable property, and the general belief was that she kept a good sum of ready money in the house. This proved to be true, for the officers found 33,000 f. in specie, and it was I afterwards proved that the murderers had t a k en a b ou t 10,000 f. The police were put upon the track of the mur derers by the confession of a prisoner under sentence in the House of Correction at Schlestadt, who, as soon as be heard of the crime, informed the gaoler that the prisoner Gigax, who had recently undergone six monthts: intended im prisonment, had told him that he (Gigax) to rob Mlle. Reibell as soon as he obtained his to the In consequence of this information orders N co e n t l ® d be found, police of Strasburg to arrest Gigax, if he e ested the two pri • and while seeking for him the officers a i , i r_r_ farne, where they d had s in liberty. senors Ruff and Wolff in a house of s oon l after their arrest wore spending money profusely Soon the murders and these men confessed they had committed with Gigax. The latter robbery at Be r nfeld, in conjunction made no attempt meanwhile had escaped to f i o i ton t. w_he e nce he afterwards returned to France, and was ar tea to deny his guilt, and detailed all the circumstanc es o f th e and a a t l e l r a t l h ei e v r d s e t n a c t e e . m e n T t s h e w c e a r s e e , a b u n therefore,dan t crime. This confession fully agreed with th ose o f hi s accompli d ce% confirmed presented no difficulty for th e jury, who at once brought in a verdict of guilty against all the pri soners, w ithout extenuatin g c i rcumstances. The Court accord i ng ly condemned them to death, and ordered their execution to take place at Benfeld. The Court of Assizes of the Yonne last week tried a vine grower named Vordriat, aged 48, residing at Yillexieuvo- sur-Yonne, on a charge of having murdered his own son, Adolphe, a young soldier of the reserve. The i nrisoner, a man of most forbidding appearance, and an habitual drunkard, had long been the terrce of his wife and family, whom'he cruelly ill-treated, but of late his son Adolphe, having returned home from the army ha d done all he could to protect his mother and sisters .fram his father's brutality. On the let of November -the prisoner, in one of his drunken fits, struck his wife on the shoulder with a chair and broke her collar.- lasme Adolphe was absent, but when he came home he re mon" strated with his father, who instantly attacked him With great fury, but some neighbours interfered and r toted them. About an hour afterwards, however, his son saW his father again beating his mother as she lay in be(' and he went to defend her, when the prisoner seized a sword which hung against the wall and plunged it into hi s son's abdomen to the depth of ten inches. The young m an died a few hours later, and the prisoner was arrested. In his defence, both before the examining magistrate -and in court, the prisoner maintained that his son had 'fallen on the sword during their struggle, but the medical a videnee proved that the wound could not have been infli eted in that manner, and this opinion was supported by 0; Le state ment of the prisoner's daughters, who were press rit at the time. After a short deliberation the jury brought in a ver dict of guilty, and the Court sentenced the prism% r to hard labour for life. COUNTRY MA.RAL2 ..... .. NE WARK.-WEDNESDAY. _._ .• ______ .. ________ _. Scarcely so much wheat on offer to-day, and, -with a fair demand, is per qr advance was made. White wheat new, 46s to 48s Barley, grinding:.. 27s to 296 Red do. 42s to 47s Oats, old, .. ........26s to 300 Old white 46s to 48s New do 0 .22s to 24s Red do. 42s to 47s i Beans. 0 .42s to 45 s Barley, malting 34s to 40s i Beans, new...., 0 0—s to --0 Peas, ....' 44s to 48s. BOSTON—WEDNESDAY. Wheat came sparingly to hand to-ctay, and most same pies were in bad condition. An improvea demand, at r a they more money. White wheat 48s to 50s I Barley. a's to 36S Red 3Bs to cas I Oats.... Ms. to 22 Beans .30s to 35s I Peas m a to 5 HULL—TUESDAY. At our market to. day there was a good supply of whea t, which sold at is advance. Wheat.... Old white per qr. 6os Od to 53s pd Old red New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic Konb , ' &c. old white 62s Od to 56s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58$ Od to 625 o_l Baltic and Hamburo,o- red . ._ 49s Od to 518 Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 50s Od to 62s 0 1 Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s 061 Grinding 3ls Od to 338 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 33s Od to 345 Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Od Oats English, new 26s Od to 28si 0 3d Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2id to -,,, Friesland and Dutch 0613d to 03 13 V Swedish and Danish s 0 0s 1 2 a' 0513 d Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon 42s Od to 44 s O d New tick Egyptian .. 34s 6d to 35 s Peas Foreign boilers ... 37s Od t' 38s 6d Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to --s c c i Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing • 4OB Od to 528 o'o' Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 00 to dtoto46s 04 £9 5 , 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 u Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 ,0., Bones 6 6 oto 5 10 v CORK—TUESDAY. The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 168 Od to 24s 63 ; white, 20s Od to 27s 6d, barley, I" Od to 14s Od ; oats, 78 Od to 14s Od. ; new here, Od t a Od. DUBLIN- A very fair attendance fo: and barley rather neglected, alight advance: —TUESDAY. r Christmas market. Vill eat !! but a good trade in oats, a' s. d. s. d. a. d. od. . 0 Wheat, white 30 oto 34 0 Beans.. ..... 24 oto 21 , Do., red 27 0t032 0 Bere Do., new .... —0 to --0 Rapeseed to - 1-6 ( g ) (2 Barley Oats Do., black l4 6to 16 6 Indian corn.. 31 0t036 a COAL Di (Prfoea of Coal per Ton a s. d. Ball's Primrose l3 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting 22 0 Do. Anthracite 20 0 Eden Main .....16 9 Byass's Bebside West _ ARBET. ; the olose of the market. 13 . d. Holywell ............ 16 6 Walls End. Hetton ........ 18 South Hetton . . ....... 18 6 Braddyll'a Hetton ..... 17 ° Baswell lB 6 Gosforth .. 16 u Cassop Hartlepool. South Hartlepool... ...1 7 altos Harton ......... 111 1 87 7 0 ; li 16 0 Hedley 16 0 Ridde11....., Heugh Hall 17 0 South Kelloe. 17 6 w Hartley ....14 6 Ts::field Moor fanfield Moor Butes 14 0 Davison's West Hart- ley l4 6 North Felton Gas 11 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley • 14 6 Cowpen Hartley 14 6 W ylani ..16 6 Bower's West Hartley 15 6 1\ alker Primrose 13 3 Ships at market 127; sold, 107. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. . Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Dec. 19 via Marseilles ......... Dec. 4.• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Jan' 2. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. 11111 ' 19, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton , via Marseilles ...De c ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Dec. i ' . Dec. . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a S out h ampton ..Dee' 1, via Marseilles ....n e e c c : 26, D India (Bombay), via South am pt on De . 20. via Marseilles Portuga 1.... ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via S ou th am pt on Dec' -' via Marseilles pe e . Jan. ‘L. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet... • D e c'-,, by U.S. packet 1.0. by Canadian packet ne e • i o. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. g Bahamas, via New York • .Dec. 1 ,; c1 . .. ' Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, incl u di ng Chili, P eru , j Deo. 'A'' California, and British Columbia.. A Paris letter, in the Salut Public of Lyons, Ser —" The application of the tax on private carriages giv e tonumerous and often curious reclamati o ns. The law et)lm into operation on the Ist January, and as the declarations must be made at the different mairies before that period, the clerks during the last f ew d a y s h ave f oun d th e ir work 0011 ‘ siderably increased. I ought more p ro p er ly to say at s ome of them, for at that in the Faubourg St. Honore the /W eber , of carriages declared is more than in all the others put togs ther. In the arrondissement of the Batignolles, there ar e only two persons who have returned carriages liable to the tax, and Montmartre has only one—the mayor. A elel ,f in the mairie of the Faubourg St. Honore has told at e - some of the reasons brought forward in order to obtain er emption. The agents de change demand to be exerePt 11 e . account of their carriages being necessary to carry on thelt business. Before and after the Bourse they are oblige e l t they say, to go in ;all haste to thei r customersito r eeelve orders, and to inform them of the r e s ult of their operation& The notaries endeavour to e s c a pe the tax on very gra il !! is grounds. The purveyors of the court, and their nu mber great, found their elaim o n th e f ac t that they are o bli g ed e _ go in a carriage to the diff e r en t I m p e rial residenc,ss, in or e that if the weather were bad th e y should be able t o P reece . , themselves in a becoming manner ; also tha t there should ere a be no delay in the execution of the orders. In fact, seems to be nothing too absurd t o b e b r ought forward as a reason not to pay the duty." Co m of s . .— A O r h the ic 24 C t h inst., MELLER.—On the 20th , inst., at 6, Bloomfie ld Villa, park' road, Sloke Newington, Mrs. Samue l Mellor, of a son. MORRICE.—On the 20th inst. , th e wife of J. W. Morriee) Esq., Catthorpe Towers , n ear Rugby, of a son. WARNER.—On the 19th ins t., at 2, Leinster-terrace, Hyde' park, Mrs. A. Warner , of a son. o o roa at BIRTH 29, . S ' A n3pthill .square, N .V.., MARRIAGES. REES—UTTINGL—On the 20th inst., at St. Clement Danes, diganshire, to Emma, t on h t e .tßh Y ea o w2 U 3d n ds g e e yi the Rev. David Morgan Rees, rector of Apenporth, Cyr,st the daughter o e f r the ft third daughter of Co lon • a Palliser, R.A. w.wGziararid:rihTnte:rEptisAqtLt.i,LnitigsiENEß..B:_qt,oo, Mary, BLbAoxurinT, s ovice.r--byoshnirteh,e 2 3 D d E in A st T ., H at S S . andybrooke Hall/ 80. L). DA'nu,.—On the 22d i ns t , at Gravesend, Comm o Sir Matthew Blakiston, Bart., age gler Osborne W m . D a l yell, Inspecting - Commandersf the G ravesen d Coastguard Station youngest son of sir Wm. Cunningham Dalyell, Bart.,of Binns, aged 28. f ELNon.—Yesterday morning, after a long and painful illness, at No. 7, Arbour-street, East, StepneY7 A 2 Catherine Elnor, wile of Mr. George Elnor, age" years. HAmoNo.—On the 19th inst, at his residence, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart. G.C.13 &c., aged S 3. LorTus.—On the 2d ult M ' b ~ at Murree, Punjau Major HP the Loftus, 71st Highland Light Infantry, second son of Nortol? , late Lieut.-General William Francis Bentinck Lottuot of Kilbridge. PHILLIMORE.—On the 20th inst., at 24, Old Steine, Brigh ton, Anna, relict of Wm. R. Phillimore, Esq., of &ills... Hall, Herts. --- LoNnom : Printed and Published by JOHN CHArl.'"l' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex,--Thursday,pecembor 25, 1.50,1, Tr! 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