The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-30 00:00:00

MR. CARLYLE RIGHT. Some weeks ago Mr. Carlyle incurred a little censure for suggesting that on the recently erected statue to Marshal Keith at Peterhead, the name " Hock kirch " should be substituted for " Hochkirchen." The, .town clerk of Peterhead, before venturing to tamper with the - word on Mr. Carlyle's authority, and re quiring some better assurance of the accuracy'of the ori ginal inscription, consulted Professor Ranke of Berlin,who states his preference for " Hochkirch ;" so that Mr. Carlyle has better authority on his side than his eager censors supposed. " Hochkirch," says professor Ranke, "is more grammatical than historical. Everybody speaks now of the battle of Hochkirch, not Hodzkirchen." Ho admits that the latter is not absolutely wrong in grammar; but, so far as usage is concerned—which is, on Horatian authority, the true touchstone of werds—Hochkirch, as the only form adopted by the more recent books, is to be preferred. Mr. Carlyle, therefore, though possibly over stating the grammatical objection to Hoch-Kirchen, was quite justified in recommending the obliteration of the 'last two letters, and substituting "silent granite." TEE EXPIRENG IL4s.ruzETTCY LAW. With the commencement of the new year a change, bor dering on revolution, will take place in the law affecting bankrupts. The Act passed in the late session comes into operation on the Ist cf January, and during the pastN few weeks signs have not been wanting to chew that advantage has been taken of the less stringent law passed in 1361. A remark able circumstance was observable in the London Gazette of Tuesday night. It contained a list of bankrupts sent up from the Manchester District Court, without the usual announcement of days of meeting. This results from the extraordinary pressure put upon the court, in common with altthe other courts, caused by the rush of persons anxious Ito place themselves under the operation of the existing laW . before the end of the year deprives them of all further opportunity of doing so. It has been stated, we believe correctly, that during the present month the usual number of bankrupts on their own petition has been nearly trebled. The adjudications in bankruptcs on Wednes day occupied nearly two columns of the-11 - arming Post—fully one-half of the bankrupts belonging to the metropolis. The extraordinary number of bankrupts has tended to greatly delay the hour of publication of the Gazette. The ordinary time of issue is seven o'clock in. the evening, but as the adjudications have lately occupied, on an average, nearly sixteen pages, the. publication has not been commenced until after nine, and sometimes as late as eleven o'clock. It may reasonably be expected that, on the advent of the new year, and with the commencement of the new Bankruptcy Act, the Gazette will no longer be delayed through an influx of bankruptcies. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT THE CROYDON THEATRE. On Wednesday night a most alarming accident oc curred at the New Theatre, Croydon, during the performance of the pantomime of "Ali Baba." ' The in troduction had just concluded, and the transforma tion scene had taken place, when the dress of Madile. d'Arnauld, the Columbine, burst into a blaze. A panic ensued, and Mr. Clarence Holt, the manager, who had just quitted the stage, on which he had been called by the audience to testify thei r approbation of the scene, again rushed on, and, divesting himself of a large winter coat that he was wearing, he threw the lady down, and, by wrapping the coat round her, he succeeded in extin guishing the fire. Madlle. d'Arnauld was, however, very severely burnt on the thighs and arms, besides sustaining a severe shock to the nervous system. She had, it appears, unconsciously placed herself, while forming a group with the other pantomimists, too near some floor lights behind the first set. Dr. Sutherland was imme diately in attendance, and every attention was rendered to the unfortunate young lady, who remains in a very critical state. Had the occurrence taken place on Boxing night, when the theatre was full to overflowing, a serious calamity must have occurred. As it was, there was a general rush from the house, and many ladies fainted. Mr. Holt, the manager, and Mr. Griffin received some burns in rendering assistance. FOOLHARDINESS ON THE ICE. • The foolhardiness . of people in venturing upon the ice when in a condition totally unfit to bear them, was exem plified in numerous instances in the London parks on Wed nesday. One of these was of a characer which excited a large amount of interest and indignation. Along an obviously unsound sheet of ice, a man of mature age insisted on walking, accompanied by him little girl, a child of about 11 years of age. Not three minutes before he left the bank the deputy superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, stationed in St. James's Park, had expressed the opinion, as he critically examined the spot, that something would happen ere long, and proceeded to post another man on daty in the vicinity. As the father and his child essayed to cross the ice, the little one exulting in the feat, the shouts from the hundreds of specta tors who lined the banks on either side should have sufficed to convince the man of his danger. To all these shouts, however, he appeared to be utterly indifferent, and persisted in pursuing his course. Once the little girl fell, and was dragged up again by her father, only a second time to slip and fall. Yet still the man continued in his course, careless of the peril to which he exposed his child. The extent of that peril was soon made manifest, for in another moment the third tumble of the little girl was sufficient to break the ice. As she d:sappeared, in clinging to her father, she dragged him into the hole along with her. Great excitement was manifested on the banks. So fragile was the ice that the struggles of the man and child broke the margin of the hole like so much glass, and the skaters and sliders in the immediate neighbourhood were frightened to approach to render assistance. Help fortunately was at hand in the shape of the Royal Humane Society's officers, who after some difficulty suc ceeded in rescuing first the father and then the child, both of whom were conveyed to the Royal Humane Society's tent. The man whose stupidity exposed his little girl to so great a danger, will not soon forget the hoots and hisses with which he was greeted as he was dragged to the shore. , ",. A LANDLORD SOLVING THE LAND QUESTION: Mr. Mac Carel, who has a large property in the county Antrim, has adopted a course which his tenantry say would, if it were generally followed, remove all necessity for legislation on the Land Question. He writes :—" I have instructed my agent, Mr. Nelson, to make known to my tenantry that I will grant them leases of twenty-one years at their present rents." It need not be told with how much satisfaction this announcement was received, EXCITING SCENE IN A THEATRE.—IIerr Band man, who is fulfilling an engagement at -Melbourne, acci dentally stabbed the lady who was playing Emilia to him, in the last scene of "Othello." The lady fell prone to the stage in hysterical screams, and it soon became apparent that, as was at first thought, she was not acting. Herr Bandmann, who seemed himself utterly unnerved, raised her in his arms, and called to the audience to "fetch a doctor immediately." A medical man, who was in the dress circle, was quickly on the stage, and, as he found that the lady was not dangerously wounded, the excite ment of the audience, which by this time was intense, was quieted by Mr. Harwood, who came in front to announce the fact of the lady's safety. This announcement was received with immense cheers. It seemed that Herr Bandmann had uscd a sword he had brought with him from England, and which he had neglected to blunt, as is customary among actors. He was earnest in his profes sions of sympathy, and none will be more glad to 'hear that Miss Bowling appears on the stage again this evening than himself.—slielbortene Age, November S. SODA WATER-ITS lIISTORY.—Few of our readers who frequent the soda fountains are probably aware of the manner in which the beverage is made. Soda water is simply pure water impregnated with carbonic acid gas. It is known by its agreeable, pungent taste, by iNhslightly exhilarating qualities, and its bubbling and scintillation. The water to be impregnated with the gas is placed in a strong vessel, usually made of iron or copper, called fountain. The gas, after being rassed through water ti purify it, is conducted to the fountain, and, after sufficieni agitation in contact with the gas, at a high pressurs, the water becomes impregnated, and is then what is known The first experiments were made by Venal in France, in 17i70, end uLlislied in 1776 ; Ly Priestly is 1733; and lat - ,r 'r..y Bergman, Piaci:, Van Helmet, an - ethers. Tha first reanufactery in the world was esti. Ilished at Geneva, by Goss, au apothecary of that city whose annual sales aenounte 1 to 40,0')0 Lott:us of " Eau tic Seitz." In 1700, his partner, Mr. Paul, founded an eta Miahreent in Paris, where were compounded not only tau principal mineral waters of France, but even those of foreign countries. From this time onwards laboratories multiplied all over Europe, and the m: meaLtare of simph aerated water is now conducted on so large a scale in al; civilised countries that a very large amount of inventive talent has been succespfallLemployecl in improving the necessary aPpliatus, • wat LAW AXI) POLICE. A t r d'EL I3frosmoN.—A Belgian named Alexis Ensor alias Rinedson, has been charged at Lambeth Police Court with defrauding Marguerite Loutz, a young Belgian woman, of 16 stamps, valued at 13s. The case was founded on a cruel imposition by means of advertisements, and it is expected that an extensive system Of swindling will he brought tolight. The advertisement which deceived Mile. Loutz was insert ed in a Belgian paper, and was for a governess to the daughters of the Baroness de Foutieres. Millie. Loutz replied to it, and forwarded 16f., that were de manded for certain preliminary , payments. After some correspondence, she came to London, when the fraud was discovered. The prisoner was remanded. • CRUELTY TO A CHIMNEYSWEEP.—A chimneysweep, named Whiteley, at Huddersfield, has been sent to prison for six months for cruelty to a boy, aged 10, whom he had beaten severely and ill-treated. CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST. —A singular trial has taken place at Inverness. A Roman Catholic priest, named Macdonald, was charged with assault. He had endeavoured to shrive the late Captain Ross, at Fort Augustus, but Mrs. doss resolved he should not, and over the dying man's bed a fight took place, in which the defendants were on one side, and Mrs. Ross and persons she had called in on the other. The pr:cst insisted that Captain Rcss wanted to be a Roman Cathclic; Mrs. Rcss, supported by several witnesses, main tained that he did not. After hearing the case, the jury found the defendants guilty. Mr. Macdonald was fined £lO, and the other defendants £2 each. STABBING A RECRUITING OFFICER.—A labourer named Toney has been charged at Halifax with stabbing Hem y Scholefield, a recruiting ccrporal of the Royal Marines, with a pocketknife. The prisoner wished to enlist, but was told by the corporal that he was not tall enough, and there was a slight dispute between them. Soon after, while the recruiting officer was walking in the street, he felt a blow at the back of the neck, and found he was stabbed. The prisoner, who was seen run ning away, was committed for trial. The corporal is re covering. . _ ATTEmPTED nu:DEL—Great interest has been excited at Blelksham by the trial of Worthy Itich, who was charged with robbing the house of William Butler, endea vouring to murder Ralph Butler, and setting fire to the house. William Butler, the owner of the farm, deposed that en the evening of December sth he went to chapel, leaving his brother Ralph in charge of the house. When he returned he found his brother insensible and mach injured by blows on the head, a chest of drawers broken open and money taken from them, and a bed on fire. The son of the injured man identified the prisoner a 3 his uncle. He war, cleverly captured by a constable, who obtained the £lO reward offered. The prisoner was remanded. THE TRIAL OF TRaPPMANY. All Paris was in commotion on Tuesday to near the opening of the trial of Troprmann for the Pantin massacre. Crowds surrounded the Court cf Arsizo ficm a very early hour, and every corner of the hall itself was turned to account with stools and chairs; but numbers were well centent to stand, provided only they could obtain an entry. Judge and jury found it no easy matter to reach their places. The ladies, as a matter of course, were in the majority, but members of the Corps Diplornatique, magistrates, and other officials wcre present. Fifty places were reserved for the bar, and these were seized upon by junior mem bers at half-past nine. On the table were spread out the inanimate witnesses to the crime, and never perhaps were so many pieces a conviction placed en the table of the court. There was the silk dress of Madame Kinck, the bloodstained clothes of her children ranged according to age; the spade which dug the trench in which the bodies were buried, the pickaxe with which the murder was committed—the two latter being identified by an ironmonger who had sold them to Troppmann— knives stained with blood found near the trench, aad the jars containing the parts of the body of Jean Kinck. Considerable sensation was manifested when these were brought in. At eleven the court opened, and the accused was brought in. A general movement through the court shewed the surprise with which the audience saw a short slight young man, with a countenance by no means disagreeable, and a frame indicating no great strength of body, stand charged with such an extraordinary crime. Tropp mann, who is only twenty years of age, has a quantity of brown hair, which he had arranged with considerable care. He has bright gray eyes. He was pale, and his face was scarred. Two points were noticed. His arms are out of proportion to his height, and his thumbs are as long as his forefingers. He was self-possessed, and caluted the audience on being brought in. In answering the questions put to him he spoke in a low voice, with a strongly marked Alsatianaccent. The act of accusation was read, the substance of which has been already before the public. The prisener li,tened to it with an apparent indifference which contrasted strongly with the close attention of the audience. After the indict ment, the President proceeded to question the prisoner who answered him without difficulty. He made the acquaintance of Jean Kinck, he said, at a cabaret or little inn where he frequently met him, and the object of all their consultations and schemes was the manufacture of false money. Kinck was too great a miser to intend building, as was said. He took the journey to help in this affair of the counterfeit coin. When the plan of Ccrnay was shewn him, and further questions respecting the journey put, Troppmann spoke so low that the president had to call upon him to speak loueer. An accomplice, be said, poured out the poison for Jean Kinck, but who this accomplice _ . was he would not ray. Further on he said that on the 18th of August as he was walking he saw three men scaling a wall for the purpose of robbery. They threatened him if he betrayed them, and forthwith they concocted the scheme of killing Kinck. "Do you know them ?" was the next question. " No, Ido not; they live at Mulhouse." He bad stated on his former interrogation that one of these accomplices was 40 years of age, another 36, and the third 25. "you are not," proceeded his questioner, "the only criminal who has sought to screen himself by declaring he had accom plices.' "I had thcm,however," was the reply. "Tell us at least the localities where you used to meet them ? "I can not tell them." Upon this there was, as there might well bo a movement of incredulity in the court. The ques tioner then asked what share these mysterious accom plices were to have of the booty, and Troppmann answered that they were to divide with him the 5,503 f. "This , is the first time that you have said that." "Pardon," replied the prisoner calmly, " I said it before. There is a portfolio buried 150 stops within the forest of Cerny, at a depth of fifteen centimetres, at the foot of a small tree. In this portfolio is the proof that Jean Kinck came into Alsace to fabricate false coin . It also contains the name of my accomplices. - 'lf you search well," he continued, "you will find it." Later on, when asked who had seen these accomplices, Troppmann said that they had been seen with him at the Hotel du Nord in Paris, by the garcon, and also at Cernay. When told that he, and he alone, poisoned Kinck, the prisoner was silent . When he entered Paris he had, he said, ICOf. remaining of the money he had taken from Kinck, but he kept silence or returned vague answers to the President's question about his proceedings at Roubaix. The spade and the pickaxe he bought, he said, at the instigation of his accomplices ; but he admitted that he knew they were to dig the grave of the whole family. His accomplice killed Gustave, and he did not interfere; but he induced Madame Kinck to come to Pantin by telling her her husband had bought a houso there. His accom plices murdered the family. Troppmann wished them tc save the little giri, but they would not listen to him. He wished to defend her, and was thus wounded in the hand . At this point the inquiry was suspended. The Bishop of London has conferred a Prebend't stall in St. Paul's on the Rev. John Evans, retired Secretar3 to the S.P.C.K. _ _ _ Lord De Grey has selected Sir F. Sandford, Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Of to succeed Mr. Linden as Secretary to the Committee of Council on Education. The Bishop of Ely, who was joined with the Bishops of London, Worcester, and St. David's in the com mission for consel.rating Dr. Temple, had placed four sous under Dr. Temple's teaching at Rugby. Several Irish Conservative papers print the state .nt, as from a "well-informed correspondent," that "Lord B •ssborough has thrown up his appointment in Mr. Glad stone's Administration on account of the Irish policy of tin Government." Ono journal affirms ant this step is takci proroFed L an d Bill o f th e G overn "in t e . o „ n sc pie n of the A commercial travAler was a I at ! -IC _AIN.. 1 3 01;4.T-court, yosterday, with tml,, n of his em,,b,vers. It was proved ti at in three tw. i I,:neliester and one in EiVer . 001, the lori,onor had rc c,i., money to the amount, in tho aggrcgate, of about. £74, any had not accounted for it, although ho had been called upon to band over the money. The stipendiary magistrate ruled that to constitute embezzlement it must be shown that a fals, account bad been rendered; in this case no account at all had been given. Witnesses NI ere then called to prove other cases against the prisoner, and the prosecutor said-he could multiply them "over and over again." The'''magis -440 how Ireli rt4;(l cowl-m1,14d the prisoner kggi ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. witnout any sign or miantnegs, ne was puma lii cne infirmary, and had hospital diet. But three inoril inns later he died. The coroner expatiated, at th inquest, on the desirability of flogging for garotter. —though . how this case can be likened -I.• garotting is not clear; and the jury returned a ver diet " in accordance with the medical evidenco: Various indignant letters have been written on thi " tragic act." The result is unhappy, certainly; bti. if corporal . punishme#t is to be inflicted, errors of judgment will occur.4netimes. There is no evidence 0 show that either doctor or the inspector was guilty of cruelty. It isa curious and not altogether satis factory fact that the:death of this coßvict has made more stir than half ~ a dozen semi-murders in work hous THE AD.3IIKAL 7'l AND 711 E COAST- GUARD. (From the Shipping and Alercantile Gazette.) We learn that it is in contemplation to reduce coostguArdscrvicelly the compulsory retire►vent of the officers of that service known in the language of the Admiralty as " civilians," in. contradiainc- tion to those officers in the force who belong to the Royal Navy. Against this reduction we have entered our protest, as a melsure at once uncalled for and impolitic, and as having an immediate tendency to impair the efficiency of a service At which our merchants and shipowners, our ship- masters and seamen, have a direct interest. The Coastguard service, alrhough originally designed for the protection of the revenue, Las sines the gradual abolition of our system of import (luaus. found opportunity for employment never con templated the early institution of the force; and amongst the most important of the duties cast upon the Coastguard by modern legislation are those con nected with the assistance of wrecked vessels and the prottc . ion of wrecked property. In the dis charge of those duties the Coastguard render constantly most valuable services, and most efficient aid, to receivers of wreck, in dis'ricts where Eitel assistance is of the last importance. We have frequently to record—and it is at all times a pleasure to do so—the gallant beha viour of coastguardsmen and their officers in making •their way to wrecks, in working the mortar and rocket apparatus, and in saving life and property at great personal risk, where but for the efforts of these men, the destruction of both wag inevit►ble. Nor need such results surprise those who know the manner of men who constitute the Coastguard. The force is composed of picked men, who have served an allotted term in the Royal service, and who are placed in the Coast guard as a reward for good conduct and the long continued display of seamrn-liko qualities. Origi. Daily the Coastguard of bers were all selected from the Royal service. The work of protecting the revenue at a time when smuggling was car ried on to an enormous extent, and arme I conflicts with smuggling vessels and their crews were matters of ordinary occurrence, necessitated the organisation of a force well trained to arms, and commanded by officers accustomed to act with, and to lead, fighting men. But the gradual change which our commer cial policy has introduced, and with the decline of the smugglers' trade, has disappeared in great mea sure the m cessity for officering the Coastguard from the Royal Navy ; hence the appointment of those " in officers," whose very efficient ser vices are about to be rewarded by summary dis missal, in order to confer their appointments on naval officers who, as we haVe already observed, may preft r service ashore to service afloat. If this design be carried out we cto only say that an act of gross oppression and injustice will be perpetrated upon a number of most deserving men, so gross and so indefensible that we do not believe it can ever receive the sanction of Parliament. The duty of the officers and crews of the Coast guard stations is clearly enough defined in the Ad miralty instructions :—" T,, render all possible i assistance to vessels in distress, and, in cases of shipwreck, to use their utmost endeavours to save the lives of the persons on board, and to save and protect from plunder and embezzlement the rigging, sails, stores, and cargo." We do not say that this duty exhausts the functions and obligations of the Coastguard, but we say it forms the most important portion of those functions, and it has been, and is,per formed quite as well by officers trained, as they have been in the merchant service, but who have never served an hour on board a man-of-war, as by officers who have gained all their professional know ledge in a Queen's ship. The assistance of wrecked vessels, the salvage of life and property, and the protection of that property when so salved, fall as clearly within the category of civil, as distinguished from military duties, as the preservation of order in our streets and public pays by the police. There is nothing, therefore, in the reason of the thing to justify the decision at which it is said the Lords of. the Admiralty have arrived. The most. important duties discharged by the Coastguard officers are emphatically civil duties. Those duties have been well discharged by the " civilian officers" —as efficiently, and in many instances much more efficiently, than by the naval officers of the force. The csmitemplated removal of these gentlemen, there fore, from t: e appointments where their services have been fully tes!ed, can only be attrPuted to that professional prejudice and professional greed which would absorb all available patronage, ostensibly for the behoof of naval officers on half-pay. It is in the 611110 spirit that the professional members and officials of the Admiralty have never ceased to carp at and misrepresent the Royal Naval Re serve; and now that the success of that enrol ment, and its availability for service, have been fully demonstrated, there is a manifest disposi tion on the part of the Admiralty to take the Naval Reserve in hand, and enter into the labours which the Board of Trade have for 10 years bestowed on that force with such marked and gratifying results. As our readers aro already aware, the contemplated changes in the officering of-the Coast guard have so far proceeded without any reference to the Board of Trade. Considering the extensive jurisdiction possessed by that department in matters of wreck and salvage, and the duties cast by law in those matters upon the Coastguard, it is some what surf rising that the Board of Trade should not have been consulted with respect to changes which may seriously impair the efficiency of the Coastguard in the discharge of its civil functions. The Coast guard is not the creature of the Admiralty, it is a national esabishment, and it is time that Parlia ment should interfere to prevent its being made either the sport or convenience of profes ional in terests. LONGFORD. The nomination for Longford County will take place on the last day of the old year, and the polling on Monday next. The two candidates are Mr. Greville Nugent (Liberal); son of the late retiring member, who has been made a peer, and Mr. John Martin, who represents " the Fenian interest." The Erening Post, which strongly advocates the candida ture of Mr. Nugent, says that Mr. Martin has not up to the present given his sanction to any of the proceedings of those who call themselves his supporters. But at any rate his partisans are active enough. The feeling of hostility is so bitter that in some instances the rivals have come to blows. An exciting contest is looked for. THE CHANGES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. According to the computation of the Daily News, the changes in the personnel of the House of Com mons have been more numerous during the year than usual. Not only has there been more than the average number of deaths; the election judges have been the means of erasing a large number of names from the roll of the 6.58. Since the general election, and exclusive of the re elections consequent on the appointments in the Government, 20 constituencies have been called upon to return members to Parliament, viz.:— Twenty cities and boroughs, eight counties, and one of the two Scottish University constituencies. Of these 20 elections, 22 were contested, ani. in only seven cases was no cpposition offered to the return of the new members. Ex cluding the convict who was sent to Parliament for Tipperary, Liberals were succeeded by Liberals in fifteen constituencies, whilst Conservatives were re placed by politicians holding similar opinions in seven constituencies. The balance of party (says the Daily News) remains undisturbed, for, against the Liberal gains in the City of London, Bewdley, and Brecon, the Conservatives point to victories in Dumfries shire, Stafford, and Glasgow and Aberdeen Univer sities. This statement is not strictly correct, for the Liberals gained a seat at Taunton by the substi tution of Mr. Henry James for Serj cant Oox. Eleven deaths have occurred : Johnstone, 70 years of age ; Mr. F. North, (19 ; Mr. D. Williams. 63; Mr. C. Mo 65 ; Mr. C. Bell, 64 ; Sir A. W. Buller, 60; Mr. E. C. Egerton, 53; Admiral Sey mour, 51 ; Sir R. J. Clifton, 43 ; Sir T. Gresley, 30 and Captain Speirs, 28. Seven of these were Liberals, and four were Conservatives. LAND TENURE CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN. The tenure agitation in Ireland is assuming an imposing magnitude before the meeting, of Parliament. It is proposed to hold a con ference in Dublin at an early date to consult on the best means of securin g the tenant-farmers against "arbitrary increase of rents," and to "protect their right of continuous occupancy from capricious viola tion without infringing on any of the just rights or legitimate influences incident to the enjoyment of landed property." Lords Granard and Greville, fourteen members of Parliament, and several mayors. deputy-lieutenants, and magistrates, signed the requisi tion to this conference.. It is proposed to assemble: representatives of the Lords and Commons, the clergy, landed gentry, and municipal and poor-law authorities. THE LATE PUBLIC ORATOR AT CAMBRIDGE AND TESTS. An attempt is being made to use the recent letter of Mr. Clarke, the late public orator at Cambridge, resigning his orders, as an argument against the abolition of University tests. There is evidently great religious disquietude at the Universities, arising out of the incessant clash of opinion. Much of this continued unsettlement is attri buted to the latitude claimed by the supporters of an abolition of tests. Parents are asked whether they would care to have their sons brought con tinually in contact with—nay, ruled by and taught to honour—men who say publicly they do not believe God spike words that the Scriptures declare came from Him. A member of the Cambridge Senate hints that the recent Liberal movement in the universities comes from men who are in somewhat the same position as Mr. Clarke. He must have been same time considering this subject, and .yet he slid not a word of his doubts until he resigned his place. The plain deduction to be drawn from this is that the moment the tests are withdrawn we shall have a number of repressed doubts taught openly. The member of the Senate sees nothing immoral in a system which, according to him, leads th e chief public teachers to narrow their minds against the investigation of religious questions. It does not strike him that if whet he says is true—and it is a mere assumption—a large number of professors are untrue to themselves and the world. THE AMERICAN DESPATCHE3. "Ilistoricus" writes a- severe letter on the un happy Alabama correspondence which has been pub lished to make " the saddest season of the year" still sad ler. "Ilistoricus " exposes the mis-statements of Mr. Fish very much as Lord Clarendon exposed them. "Since the famous bulletins of tl:e First Napoleon such liberties have probably never b,:ea taken with facts for political purposes as those ventured upon in the despatch of Mr. Fish." The rifutation of arguments based upon assertions whisk all the world know to be unfounded is superfluous. Bet one point in this remarkable document is worthy of note, and that is the passage in which the Aue r:can Socretary claims that English sympathy ought to have been given to the North on the ground that the object of the civil war was to put down slavery, which the Southern secession was meant to uphold. " Ilistoricus" points out that if we had paid attention to the merits of the dispute between the two parties, we should not have been neutrals at all. A neutral has no business to express any sympathy ; it is essentially his province to be not olly lukewarm, but cold. If this claim means alything at all, it means that the Northern Government, having regard to the merits of their cause and the demerits of that of their a lversary, were entitled to expect that England should not be neutral, but should from the first have espoused their side. EMIGRATION. Mr. Lowe says he does not believe in the Govern ment doing for the public what the public can do themselves. . He and some of his colleagues are always afraid that the State as such will be doing too much. These fears have probably had their due Weight in leading the Cabinet to refuse to give any farther aid to emigration ; though it may be emit Ministers are opposed on principle to sanding away our citizens - to the colonies. What tio Government, however, refuses to do, private en t 3rprise will attempt. Several men of note, with tht Dike of - Manchester at their head, have formed them salves into a society, or rather a limited company, to assist the working classes to settle in the colonies. They call themselves " The Emigrants and Colonists' A.: d Corporation (Limited)." They adopt the style and mlnner of the usual joint-stock enterprises. The pro sp3ctus gives the capital of the corporation at £250,00( in shares of 5.7,1 each, of which 10s. is to be paid co application, and the remainder on allotment. O. what principle this new company will work is not very clear. The object of the society, we are told, is "not only. to. provide passages for approved emigrants and. their families, but a'so to procure for the settlers a suitable recep- Con in the colony they may select, or, in other words, to forward them from their 'port of departun in this country to their new homesteads. To thi: end concessions of land are to be obtained, either b‘ purchase or otherwise, on terms - which will enabi , corporation to make grants to settlers gratuitously o on easy terms." -Amongst the trustees are thre, well-known M.P.'s—Lord Bury, Mr. It. It. Torrens. and Mr. N. Fowler. LA QUEUE •SE FOR3IE. The terrible accident at Bristol raises the questio , whether the French system of forming a queue, tail, at the doors of theatres may not be practicabh This rut.) is invariably enforced at all Parisian place. of entertainment. The entrance to the theatre i: protected by strong barriers. Beyond these a length tile of would-be spectators form themselves two ane, two as the queue, and are expected to wait thei) turn. Thus the possibility of a crush is avoided. Same such plan is adopted at our railwa:, stations, but nowhere else. In America, says tilt Te!egrapli, the queue system prevails, not only a; theatres, but at popular chapels, at railway d 6 p 6te at steamboat wharves, at the doors of the dining halls in hotels ; and, impatient and mercurial as tin American people aro supposed to be, they patiently suhmit to temporary restrictions of which the result i; certainly the comfort and safety of the general body. No doubt the result on great occasions is a noisy string of people stretching far down the street; as ; French paper says, the surrounding inhabitants ei savent quelquc chose ; but a policeman or two 'nigh ke. - .3p something like order, and surely noise is bette: than a fatal crush. OBITUARY. Mr. Thomas Creswick, R.A., has just died. II was born in )811, and contributed to the Roya Andemy Exhibition at the very early ago of it D wn to the present year he has been a regain exhibitor. Few artists were more popular, eithe ampngst their brethren or with the public. DEATH OF A CONV,ECT. Some excitement has been caused by the death Thomas Wilkinson, a convict in Portland Gao' through corporal punishment. Accordivg to on version of the story, the man had burned som' clothing and paper in his cell. Captain Stock a visiting inspector, gave summary judgment_ and sentence of thirty-six lashes; and on f• certificate from Dr. Blaker that the prisoner was fit for corporal punishmegt, this penaltywas in fliaect The culprit, I§Agkid boredishu A MODEL PRISON. The admirable arrangements and discipline at Wakefield Prison may be advantageously studied b- 2 - thou managers who find difficulty in making then involuntary lodgers pay even a little towards theit maintenance. The treadmill is only used at Wake field for intractable prisoners. The establishment possesses steam-power and machinery, in this respect resembling the great continental and Amenear: gaols, where the inmates are trained as Tactic& workmen, and made to relieve the pockets of tlx ratepayers. At Wakefield the average earnings of eaci c)nvict are £7 14s. a year—not a large sum, certainly. bat a great improvement on the old system. The arti chs manufactured are chiefly mats, but the Governor SAyS: " If we did not make mats, we could turn am mAchinery and I.Lbour just as well to other purposes. al, for instance, the manufacture of steam-engines.' The competition with outside workers is at the worst very little (a few pence or farthings per individual), and the advantage gained to both prisoners and rate payers more than outweighs it. THE GREAT BOWLERS. Freeman, the Yorkshire cfcketer, stands first among the bowlers of the year. During the past sAson he delivered 539 overs for 586 runs and 60 wickets—an average of 91 runs per wicket. J. C. Shaw, of Notts, comes second, with 650 overs for 6)8 runs and 63 wickets—average a little over 11 runs per wicket. Emmett, another Yorkshirernan, is third, with an average of nearly 12 rims a wicket. Southerton, of Surrey, has bowled the great total of 1,219 overs, for 1,874 runs and 124 wickets—average about 15. Wilishor, of Kent, is fifth, with an average of 151. The bowlers of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire have mainly con tributed to the superiority thoso two counties during the season of 1869. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASI 8 ACTS. rn her second letter to the Daily News on this -un inviting subject, "An Englishwoman" continues her pretest against the Acts, She bases her arguments on the assumcd existence of a right of per sonal privacy belonging to every woman, ball or good. To violate that is to commit a crime—an outrage — the " extremity of outrage." And she hints vaguely at stories of innocent women who have confessed, under the torture of the new T 1, sin which thfiv never dreamed of, and of real sinners so unable to eadure what is 1107 V imposed I:lion them as to faint or to go mad. She alain urges that the law was passA in the dirk. The press did no. falfil its usual function ; the legislature was ignorant. Brt supposing a proper knowledge to have existed, for whose benefit was the law imposed? For the n,in says this writer, and for him only ; while he is as great a sinner as his partner 1a , 3 suffers EO indignity. In fact, however, the law was devised with no such intention. It ova= to prevent the decay of the nation, to preserve the iaaocent, who shilir from the effects " unto the thirCi and fourth generation." In conclusion "An English man " fervently urges that the Acts virtually aclmowledge prostitutionAs a necessity ; they le ally give the trade a right to continue; they "establish the evil woman. SUNDAY TRADING. At a meeting held on Tuesday evening to promote the voluntary closing of shops in London on Sunday, some remarkable figures were quoted to show the extent of Sunday trading in the capital. One resolution deplored the fact that, at the lowest estimate, 70,000 shopkeepers and their aisistants were engaged in business on the Lord's Day; and the report of the London City - Mission was quoted as evidence that in one district 18,444 shops and public-houses out of 39,768 were opened on the Sunday. This does not look much like keeping a day of rest. THE CHURCH IN NATAL. A member of the Church in Natal writes to the Telegraph protesting against the pressure which - is being put upon all in that colony who uphold the authority of Bishop Colenso, to make them receive Bishop Macrorie. Notwithstanding that Bishop Colenso has been duly consecrated and confirmed. notwithstanding that the Privy Council has decided in his favour on nearly all points, the religious societies in England are refusing all aid to congregs; tions who hold communion with him. A number ( colonists put some land in trust with the Bishop o' Natal for a church, and applied to the Christia: Knowledge Society for a grant. It was promised But Bishop Macrorie - visited the place, and i• was then stated that the grant would only be given on condition . that the buildinp be erected on other land than that wit!; which Dr. Colenso had to do, and that only supporters of Macroric be allowed to preach. The majority of the inhabitants, however, would not consent to these conditions, and the promise was withdrawn. Is this, asks the Telegraph correspon dent, fair or just ? TIIE SUEZ CANAL. The special correspondent of the Daily .News gives some interesting descriptions of the Suez Canal at work. He mentions one very important fact. It will be remembered that nearly all the correspon dents who wrote at the opening of the Canal com plained of the shifting character of the banks. Holes appeared at some places in the sand, and unevenness in other places gave evidence that the sides were not so hard as might be wished. The Daily News' correspondent has discovered a great change. The banks are now quite consistent. The lumps of sand which formerly fell away have ceased almost entirely. Tho action of the water when steamers meet, or when a large vessel goes by, has had a pre cisely opposite effect to the one feared. After a certain quantity of loose side stuff was cleared away by the disturbed water, it seems as if the banks had been knit together and made stiong wherever the wash reached them. Th:s it? especially the case at a portion of the Canal between Lake Ballah and the bend before Timsah is reached. Running along the foot of the bank, and at the point where the water joins it, may be seen a ridge of sand so far solidified into rock that shining seaweeds are growing,, and float backwards and forwards as the water is forced up and down by the action of the steamer. THE 3IORALITY OF FIELD SPORTS. The controversy between Mr. Trollope and Mr. E. A. Freeman on the morality of field sports, and especially fox-hunting, has resulted in another letter from the second of those literary magnates. The subject, however, appears pretty well exhausted. Mr. Trollope in his last communication laid much stress on the incidental advantages of the sport—the exercise, the improvement of the breed of horses, Sze. Mr. Freeman, in reply, urges again that those are list to the point. If the chase of the fox inflicts torture upon the animal, the incidental ad vantages cannot be held to excuse the cruelty. It is no doubt extremely difficult to draw the line as to the exact amount of need which justifies the putting of an animal to death. But it is clear that in the case of fox-hunting the primary consideration is the sport ; the death of the animaLserves no directly good pur pose. Moreover, when animals are killed from necessity they are, or ought to be, put to death with as little pain as possible. A fox, on the other hand, is tortured to death, and if there were no torture there would be no sport. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... it 181 ... 11 19 D o 3Ms ... 12 lf ... 12 1 Rotterdam — ... 12 lf ... 12 1 An t werp — ... 25 37 ... 25 42 - 25 37 ... 25 42 Brussels — ••• Hamburg h ... 13 101 .. 13 11 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 22, Ditto . 3 Ms. ... 25 35 ... 25 40 . Marseilles Frankfort-on-the -Main ... 120* ... 120 i Vienna ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste . ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Ccpenhagen.w ......... Berlin Madrid.. C a di z — ... 49 ... 49 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 ..„ 26 77 , Genoa — ... 26 75 ... 26 77 N aplos Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 77. Messina ... 26 75 ... 26 77, Lisbon — ... 511 ...„ 52 Rio 3 aneiro New York ....•... ••••••• .., Oporto — ... MI BREAKFAST.—EN's'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM- FenriNG,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a geueral favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re marks:—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the Operations of digestion and nutrition and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JAXES BITS and Co., Home patio gamititol LIFEBOAT .EI?T'ICES IN 1869. The year which is now about to close will long be remembered as one of the stormiest on record. It is, however, gratifying to know that it will also be well remembered for the great exertions which have been put forth to save shipwrecked persons. It appears that during the past twelve months the boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been the means of saving during boisterous weather the crews of the following distressed vessels on the coasts of the British Isles :—Scar borough fishing-boats, rendered assistance ; brig Beatrix, of Whitby - , assisted to save vessel and crew, 7 ; brig Pearl, of Shoreham, 8 ; barque Eliza Caroline, of London, remained alongside; ship Hannah Yetterson, of Bergen, 20 ; ship Ingrie, of Amsterdam, 9 ; schooner Elizabeth Miller, of Thurso, 4 ; schooner Matilda Calder of Findhorn, 8 ; barque, Adelaide, of Pernambuco, rendered assistance ; schooner, Amelia, of Torquay, 8 ; schooner Doddington, of Dumfries, 1; schooner James Cuchow, of Ipswich, 7 ; brigantine, Helena, of Liverpool, 1; schooner Mary Lloyd, of Carnarvon, 4 ; brigantine. Rebecca, of Carnarvon, 6; schooner Sally Green, of Liverpool, rendered assistance ; schooner, Frances Ann, of_ Goole, 3 ; brig Belle, of Sunderland, 9 ; bark Fieremosca, of Genoa, assisted to save vessel and crew, 13 ; boat of the brig Elizabeth, of Blyth, 8 ; trawler Start, of Brixbam, 4 ; schooner Gaspard, of St. Maio, 1 ; bark, Cora, of Havre, remained alongside; schooner Claften Winkel, of Aalborg, 7; brigantine Thomas of Poole and Padstow shoreboat, 14 ; brig Carl, of Rostock, 7 ; schooner Alexandrienne, of Pornic, 6 ; schooner Lord Coke, of Middlesborough, 4; Austrian brig Veritas, assisted to save vessel and crew, 3; brig Queen of the Tyne, of Shields, 8 ; bark Liebertas, of Genoa, 14; bark Lady 'Westmoreland, of New castle, assisted to save vessel and crew, 18; brig Robert Bruce, of Belfast, 7 ; bark Selina, of Fal mouth, 8 ; ship Calcutta, of London, 8; scho-ner Friends, of WeNt Hartlepool, 5 ; schooner William Thompson, of Dumfries, 4 ; schooner B'ossom, of Thurso, 3 : schooner William Wallace, of Duudalk, saved vessel and crew, 5 ; lugger Isabelle, of Dinan, 4 ; steamship Hellenes, of Dublin, 21 ; schooner Prudence, of Wachet, 3 ; brig Phillis and Mary, of Blyth, assisted to save vessel and crew, 8; schooner Lady Anne, of West Hartlepool, assisted to save vessel and crew, 5 ; ship Electric Spark, of Boston, U.S., 22 i yacht ikootio, of Dauuloro last, =fated to save vessel and crew, 3; bark Empress, of Prince Edward's Island, 18; smack Active, of Selsey, saved veisf_.,l; • Dutch schooner Talkeina Alcisitenia, as si , ted to save vessel and crew, 8; steamer, Viking, of Dundee, 7 ; smack ,John James, of Chester, saved vessel and crew, 2 ; billyboy Swan, of Hull, 6 ; schooner Gipsy King, of Glasgow, 1 ; schooner Elephant, of Ulverstone, 1 ; ship Frank Shaw, of North Shields, 14 ; brigantine Cherub, of Yar• mouth, 4; barge Ernest, of Ipswich, 4; brig Zos teria, of Colchester, 6; brig Lizzie, of Newport, Monmouth, 8 ; schooner Ariel, of 'rraro, 5 ; brig Henriette Greve, of Granton, saved vessel and crew, 9 ; steamship Lady Flora, of Hull, remained along-ide ; bark Drago, of Genoa; 16 ; bark High laud Chief, of London, 11 ; barque Tavistock, of Plymouth, saved vessel ; schooner Pride of the West, of Penzance, saved vessel an I crew, 6 ; bark Columbia, of Stavanger, assisted to save vessel and crew, 8 ; schooner H Ludy, of Wexford, 4; brigantine Isabella, of Aberdeen, ren dered assistance; bark J. C. Ilowi'z, of Rostock, 8; coble Mary, of Hartlepool, 4; coble King Fisher, of Hartlepool, assisted to save vessel and crew, 5 ; coble William and Alice, of Hartlepool, assisted to save vessel and crew, 5 ; sloop Amelia, of Castletown, 2 ; steam whaler Diana, of hull, 31 ; bark Bartolomeo Comic', of Genoa, 14; Datch brigantine Catharina, 5; brigantine Elizabeth, of Drogheda, assisted to save vessel and crew, 7; bri gantine St. Areta, of Santander, 8 ; brig Wasps-run lock, of Sunderland, 6 ; three fishing cobles of Scar borough, assisted to save vessels and crews, 9 ; bark Hannah, of Drobak, Norway, 9 ; bark Medoc, cf Bordeaux, 17 ; brig Dawson, of Newcastle, 6 ; brig Helsingoe, of Elsinore, 14 ; sloop Frances Mary, of Inverkeithing, 3 ; brig Schiedam, of Middlebro', 5 ; schooner Brenton, of Fowey, 5 ; schooner Colum bine, of Wexford, 5; brig John and Mary, of Shields, 9 ; brig Ravensworth, of Hartlepool, 6 ; brigantine Gleaner, of Carnarvon, 3 ; schooner Trusty, of Boston, 3 ; ship William Frothingharn, of New . York, assisted to save vessel and crew, 18 ; bark Emilie, of Swinernunde, assisted to save vessel and crew, 14 ; bark Alma, of Malta, assisted to save vessel' and crew, 16 ; ketch Heckler, of Cullen, 2 ; schooner Astrea, of Konisberg, 6 ; sloop Ann Eliza beth, of Barnstaple, saved vessel and crew, 3 ; brigantine Commodore, of Waterford, saved vessel and crew, 5 ; schooner Two Sisters, of Aberystwith, 3 ; smack David, of Cardigan, 3 ; brig Supply, of Stornoway, 7 ; schooner Bonnie Lass, of Wick, rendered assistance ; steamer Anglian, of Dublin, rendered assistance ; schooner Adina, of London, 8 ; brig Echo, of London, 2 ; schooner Merlin, of Llanelly, rendered assistance ; schooner Loretta, of Bilbao, 13 ; Austrian bark Suez, 10 ; schooner Vi g ilant, of Hayle, 6 ; schooner Jessie, of Liver pool, 5; brig Mary Young, of West Hartlepool, 8 ; ship Providence, of Waisa, 3 ; brigantine Luther, of Leith, 5 ; schooner Viscount Macduff, of Mac duff, 4 ; schooner Agatbe Scheilbert, 10 ; brig Englishman, of Workington, 6 ; ship Coustancia, of Stettin, assisted to save vessel and crew, 26 ; and steamer M. E. Clarke, 12. This long list makes a total of 832 lives rescued by the lifeboats of the insitution front the abovementioued disasters, in addition to 28 vessels saved from destruction. During the same period the Lifeboat Institution granted rewards for saving 360 lives by fishing and other boats, snaking a grand total of 1,192 lives saved mainly through its instrumentality. These noble services of the lifeboats have varied much iu character—many have been during the dark hours of night, others have been by day ; some have been at short distances from the shore, others on the outlying banks far from the land. In some cases greater danger hag been incurred than in others. In some men have been washed over board from the boats, but recovered again. In deed, the work of saving shipwrecked persons, even in the best appointed lifeboats, must ever be one of danger, and no little courage and hardihood are required on the part of those who engage in it. By gibing their invaluable aid they perform their full share of the duty of alleviating and reduc ins the amount of the misery and evil pro3uced by the storms on our coasts. It remains fur those who cannot share the risks and exposure which these brave n'en incur to perform their, part in this humane work, by enabling the institution which has undertaken to organise and superintend it to provide the lifeboats' er:ays with every means of safety and efficiency, and to remunerate them Lufil den tly, this serving as some encouragement to them in return for the risks and labour and exposure which they undergo. The National Lifeboat In stitution accordingly appeals to all humane and geberous persons in the United Kingdom to con tribute from their abundance towards so good a cause. LIS7 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO 211 E METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary. Botanic —Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's park. 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SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls. Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenhatn. Open daily, ls. ; Satur-: days, 2s. 6d. Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Onen f‘•Ae Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. Highbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. 6d. and is by refreshment tickets. Kew tairdens —Kew. Open free, daily at ot.e o'clock. Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. Rosberville Gardens—G 7 avese nd. Open daily. 61 Royal Horticultural Gardens —Kensington. Admission by members' order. Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Op: - ....n u frre. Castle may he visited on 'Mondays, esdays, and Fri days, by tickets ob',..ainable at the Lord Chamberhin s Office, in the Castle. AMERICAN NEWS.—'I he Anglo-American Times this week and last, with Supplements, contains the Names and States of the Members 41st Congress; The President's Message; Reports of the Treasury, Interior, Post-office, War, Navy, &c., &c. Documents all must read who would ;learn the Progress and Present Condition of the United States. Price 4d.-15, Catherine-street, Strand. 4391 , 4 conics, kwtod, 101 A US _~ The ruining news brought from Victoria by this mail tells of some large yields. Among the ranges our•.d flaylesford a party of miners obtained nearly 91b of gold from a lump of quartz not weighing much more. The Inglewood Journal reports the finding of a nugget-weighing 200 oz., and a quartz specimen weighing 100 oz., which yielded 560 z. of gold. This specimen was .a round, much water worn piece of quartz, like a large pebble, and three times the men attempted to use it in walling back the loose dirt in the claim they had thrown behin I them ; but every time the stone rolled away, bring ing with it th,: , stones piled above it. Th , .! last time one of the men wigrily threw it from . him, IA ith a curs 2 upon its unhandy shape, but as it fell he caught he glisten of Liao metal, and on . picking it up and washing away tb a mullock from it the gold was seen thickly strewed all over it. The tables published with the mining surveyors' and registr.trs' reports state the total quantities of gold got front allu vium 3 and qu reefs throughaut the auriferous districts of Vic tc ria during the ITesent. year, up to the 30th Sept a fiber, as follows :—Frog► alluviums, 701,8270 z. ; :trout quartz, 418,0430 z. ; total, 1,149,8700 z. 'Die total quantity exported during the same pet od according to returns furnished by the Ces . ..oras llopartment is stated as 1,011,8560 z. of gold, the produce of this colony, being a fal iiug off as compared with the first nine months of 1868 of 262,2040 z., a result which may be a';,t;:ibuted principally, if not entirely, to the lor,g drought during the first quarter of this year, and a lesser but still in many • places severely felt drought during the third quarter. Otherwise ..the depression experienced on so.ne of the gold—iffelds, notably on Ballarat, appears to have been fully counterbalanced by the increasing importance of many of . the others. The particulars given relative to quartz, quartz tailings, cimient and mullock crushed, and pyrites and blanketiugs operated on during the last quarter show about the usual averages—viz., quartz, I(:dwt. 2 40gr. of gold to the ton ; quartz tailings, cement, &c., 3dwt. 14.61 gr. to the ton ; and pyrites and blankezings 3oz. 3dwt. 12.27 gr. to tie tom The latter is an item which appears to increase every quarter, the quantity operated on, acciirding to this return, being 412 tons, against 168 tons for the previous three months. The number of miners employed on the gold- fields of the colony of Victoria on the 30th of Sept , :mber was 68,684, described as follows :—Allu vial miners—Europeans, 34,996 ; Chinese, 16,307. Quartz miners—Europeans, 17,295 ; Chinese, 86. Com pared with the returns for the 30th of June last there is a decrease in the total number, amount ing to 1,206—a result more apparent than real, since it is accounted for by the dispersion of. the population at Spring Creek, in the mining division of Waranga South. The Brisbane Courier states that it is considered certain that the neighbour hood. of the Gulf of Carpentaria will prove rich in gold. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 24.—The market for fillip- ping yarns is steady, and some descriptions of yarns are rather stronger than weaker in price. There is an inquiry for yarns suited to nearly all foreign markets. The home trade yarn market is also steady in tone generally, but the tendency of prices, where there is any change, is in the buyer's favour. This weakness, however, is so slight that it hardly amounts to a quotable change. The large contracts spinners have on their books enable them to maintain full prices, but there is not much- new business. The cloth-market is strong, but not active. Owing to the continued high rates charged for yarns, manufacturers are asking rates Which are a shade above last week's quotations. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth market :—" The holidays have, as usual, interfered with business. so that we are scarcely able to test prices. The engagements of manufacturers con tinue on a large scale, and quotations are quite as high as last week." CARDIFF, 27th.—The shipments of coal during the last few days have been comparatively small in consequence of the Christmas holidays, and even during the present week it is not expected that there will be much work done. The leading pro prietors are fairly placed for contracts, and there is a prospect that the demand will further increase early in the new year. Stocks at most of the foreLn stations are reported to be considerably be:ow what they were at the end of last year. The decision of the house-coal proprietors that they cannot at present grant a rise in wages has caused some dissatisfaction, but no fears are entertained of a strike. The iron trade remains without any mate rial change. Few transactions are entered into just now, but the prospects of the new year are decidedly encouraging, more especially as regards foreign requirements. The exports of rails in 1870 will, it is believed, far exceed the clearances of any previous year. LEEDS, 28th—The woollen cloth markets this morning have been of a very quiet character, as is usual in Christmas week. The purchases included a small quantity of plain cloths and hair lists, and some parcels of light-coloured tweeds, fancy coat ings, and meltons. Several parcels of goods which had been bought off the market last week were removed, so that the stocks in the halls showed a slight diminu ion at the close of the day. Wools, woollen yarns, and cloths are alike firm in price. ROCIIDALE, 27th.—Partaking of the Christmas holidays, flannel makers and buyers were in less than an average attendance in the market to-day. Trade was quiet, and only a very small quantity of flannels was sold. Prices were steady, and an improvement in the demand is generally expected with the advent of the new year. There was about a late average business done in Yorkshire goods, without any change in prices. Wools keep firm, but manufacturers are not buying much beyond immediate requirements. MARKETS.-7hiB Day. LIVEAPOOL COTTON. Dec. 30.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. Du BARRY'S Delicious Health Restoring Revalent rabies, Food, which contains three times the nourishment of th_ est meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restore perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sort throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia , . irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitatlon, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness , sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, incipient consumption , scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach , between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few out of 0 8,100 cures : —The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food, Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, July 21, 1868. The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, pa has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revel, nta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly.!'—Frog the Gazette du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 9,832: "Of Fifty year.' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous ness, . s tbnie cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting. Maria Jolly. W ortham, Lin g , n ear D iss, Norfolk Waltham Cross, Herts, of ex treme ne rvousness, indigesti on gatherings, low spirits. and nervous fancies. I mportant C au tion —Beware of the many unsavour y an d more than sloppy but ts Cure No. 47,121: Miss Eliz abeth Jacobs, of Nazin g Vicar a f a tions to which without authority, Baron Liebig's name is Mott audaciously attached In tins, at lend; Ilb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d 5 lbs lls; 12 lbs 220; 21 lbs 40s. —Also DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIEA CHOCOLATE PoWoza is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at fs, for cups at 3s sd, for 48 c ti t cat Os, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 5 59 —being about one I,enny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are seat free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office er ler.- BAR. , Y DU BARRY and Co.,Ch No 77 Regent street, London; an d all Groce's and Chemists DORIDANT—On the 22J inst., at Folkestone, the w ife of C. Doridant, E sq . , J .P., of a eon. MACKINTOSH —On the 21st inst. the wife of E. W. MSC' kintosh, of Raigmore, of a son. MARRIAGES. HILL—WitsON—Cn the 27th inst., at Holy Trinity Church , Knightsbridge, George Wooitl Hill, Esq., to Elizabet h Eleanor, oldest daughter of the Rev. John Wilson, D.P. , of Durham House, Chelsea. ROWE—SHARP - On the 23d inst., at Craven Chapel, Lon don, Henry Bryant Rowe to Rachel May, eldest daugh ter of the late Joseph Sharp, formerly of Maldont Essex. DEA TBS. BETHAM— Onthe 23d inst., at Brixton, Mr. John &thaw/ of Lower Thames-street, aged 72. RONALD —On the 26th inst., at 5, Manchester-square, R 0 0" land Ronald, Esq., aged 84. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SIM Office N 0.112, Stud' in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex•' Tixureclay, December 80, 160'i K" This to pr.ze filed Sol l in the Agent Obsonn n's LL I Erl 14, RC ADVANC hold or I able week Fct me fr< THE I Lau For devilir ORIGINA D • B. Consignee celebrated Bordeaux Whiskies, also he seo number of of others Ni AN 1 Devoted PAGER. Railroad, and those this news Publie 1- ) STA . The T.& fessional weekly nil bined witl establishn This esl nimPrl by 1 and it is Lady Lai Caroline I All inf< ten or per, Subscri' Treasurer •PPiE JEV receive Al and DUM Punils, for The sy manual all A public when the nessed. Applicat other parti T"E 0 ffices- The Inv Fire Reven The milder Bonus!' or value as I render, the leave is gr thirty days THE I of C road. Upwards this llospit The rfon2 enable th., , numerous helpless by Bankers, street ; and Waterloo TA'rio Rich: Under the loa whereby a Girls of all a the kingdom The Welt lisp e lueatio an laundry, wise provide suitable situ: The Comn 3ntirely acct Office, 121. CIREA This Hos establisbee , free_ Bhnknrs street., Mess Sea., Y. R m i a l e;! Patron- For the destitute or and of all prosperous One bun( stitution , ai IncreaseC endowed, a. assistance. Subscribe Institution, its Recnliar Th. last Secretary. Offices, Banker's ate ; and / IFEI3I AA of tb boat Institt from variou The Institt on its Life' £4,250 for The Inst its manage' Contribut and countr: Esq., at the HEALTH R DU BA and . saves fifty t perfect (lige refreshing E most disor effectually i gumption, 1 rengementi 9 MOUS nes catarrhs, c rh eumatitur ralgia, ITT heartburn, nausea and fits, brooch the pit of t the most di; for invalids IMPORTA: anu more t: rity, Baron Honeefot Du Barry's and Infant has &tread: been deem( ness the Pc by it-after i We quote 48,413):—' Holy Fathe ther rem( arry s Bei lateful at eneficial praise this Cue No. 'years' liver noes, irrihil digestion, °mous rtgi Cure No. Stuart do D ford :—" I 1 food.—STU Waterford.' Cure No fro:u I,3 , spe tiatuleacy, of Lynn, Care No. nArvonshes yo to fancie CU re No. year, diary The roc .48. 6d. flusters, arry'9 He; n ..laatstor 0104 AL IS., J.a.4 ut 3A iiitY 1) 1 also at Pc Grscechu►. NON ticrtk