The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-22 00:00:00

OTIN GOSNREL anti ` CO.'S CHERRY " TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from OPC ty, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every Wednesuay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To he followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled ( IRIMALKIN THE GREAT; on, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, »D TILE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. lIHEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee. lfr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE: Messrs. Howe, Benlal, Clark, and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HoME : Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, tc. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp bin, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clif and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. CH RisTY ITINSTRF.T.S. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and t:aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL IT AMB R A PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-oftlce open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Gd.; Children under twelve, M. •:;4 1 4. xr, st Commence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. R WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YnUR WIFE TO CAMBE Fr WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. Alt a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter. Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. U Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson. Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer Mr. W. H. Ebume, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Lecicreq,3.lrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in cur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with 11 ASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past G, commence at 7. Box-office open dally from 10 till 5. - - - 6:33 - In ac live preparation, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE. ROYAL • STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE 'WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. OlLrke. Belford, Joyce: Mesdames Bui Att and Maitland. After whiei, Tiff. FIELD OF TL L CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HIDE AND DYE. rILOBE THEATRE-ROYAL -At 7, GOOD kit FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy. in five acts. entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David fiche Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Huriston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. IT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S HALL).—(treat Success of SATtDANAPALUS.-21d Night.— The new Drama. SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SAIIDANAPALUS ;received with roars of laughter and ap planse). Evety Evening, at half-past 7. The best Shilling Pit in London. _ _ - Morning; Performances on S;turday, Jan 23, Tuesday, Jan. Jan 28, at Two p.m. Preceded by a Farce 26, and Thursday, QT. GEORGE'S THEATRE having been pre viously Let for a long period after the 30th inst., the pre sent performances CANNOT be CONTINUED here after that date. Places should be immediately taken to witness the greatest success of the season. R OI AL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most charming entertainment in London. Two Thousand Five Hundred eats. No crowding. o confusion, The SCENES in the ARENA unparalleled and matchless. The beantiful Horses alone worth seeing. Great success of the Holiday Programme. The Great Carre Troupe every evening, introducing Herr Oscar Cerro and his magnificent stud of Fifty Performing Horses. fhe laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess and Loyal, in a series of whimsicalities, novel and new. In ad dition, a spectacular bit of Pantomimic Extravagance, entitled THE M RVEL OF ELECTRICITY, in which the whole strength of the establishment will take part, besides 250 troops and beautiful ponies. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Performances Monday, Wednesday, and Satur day, commencing at half-past Two. Irinz ,, SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, I Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, ielivers the LATE• teDITION of "TH I.: SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chip pendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c Concluding with TIIE FRIGHTFUL H % IR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstone, jun.. Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &z Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT. THIS EvsigiNG, at 7, DID YOU EVER SENF YOUR WIFE TO CAMBFRW PLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MON"( E CRISTO . Messrs. Pechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, O. J. Smith, W If. burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclereq. and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TUTS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murnty: Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss it ose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TAN EVENTN4, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher. Newborn:id, Andrews. Tindale, Hurlstone, 3. Clarke: ➢Mesdames Remade, C. Thorne, Bremen, /3erend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mann s?eress. Mrs.Swanborough. Tins EvENING. at 7.:30, THE WID() W HUNT. Messrs. Pel ford, Clarke; Miss Burton. THE FIELD OF THE C OTT OF GOLD : 'Messrs. Thorne. James. Fenton; r esdames Mari, Loncmore, R. Goodall, I ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. T, conclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THE.ATRF., LONG-ACRE. Mnon ger. Mr. W. FT. Liston THIS EVENT:CO. TOT. :Nres:grA. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. a Stephens. C. Wythll]rm. and L. Brotigh; 7 esdameg Monflu J. Pi mold, awl Everard. And THE GNOME KING Mr. Toole. With A RACE FOR A T,INNER FATP. POYAL, OLY!,TPTC, THIS EVENING, at 7. SL v STIER &CRASHER :Messrs Atkins. Vaughan. G. Vincent, &e.: ML , s Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, TIIE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. Ti _ . Ne (1-. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and E Aresthunerg Furtado, Lennox arey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. uller the 7,7r.nagement of Miss M. Oliver. THT3 EVENTMI. at 7; 0. A LOVINg , CUP. Mr. Dewar. Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF ' , ITCH AR D IIT.: or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewa) Mr. Danvers: bliss Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con elude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Mir , v , irmont of 3/IiSS Marie Wilton THIS FITTENTNG, SullOOL: Meeers. Hare, H. J. Montague, Alreou, 9lover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss 0. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGIIg. LONDOIV, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1869. The taxation of the United Kingdom is unques tionably a subject which interests us all, and very often when the public has been vainly appealed to on grounds of reason, humanity, or justice, its attention has been successfully aroused by an argument ad dressed to the taxpayers. Taxes are never popular, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, even in the richest country in the world, has often an ungracious task. Just now economy is the order of the day, but we apprehend that although the British taxpayer will find a very satisfactory diminution in the nominal number of clerks, deputies, and other official super numeraries, there will be very little actual decrease in the ministerial demands upon his purse and his pa tience directly and indirectly. It was certain then that Mr. DUDLEY BAXTER'S paper on the taxation of the United Kingdom, read the other evening before the Statistical Society, would attract a fair share of attention. Mr. BAXTER says that we all pay taxes, but scarcely one of us knows how much we pay, and how the money is taken ; he therefore endeavours to fathom some of he secrets of taxation and to allot the share each in- dividual has of the burden. He begins by dividing it into four beads, taxes on income and capital ; licenses or taxes on trades and professions; :axes on food and stimulants ; and lastly, rates or local taxes. Tliese four points correspond with four great controversies, and as a general rule we may conclude that wherever there is heavy taxation there is controversy. The sum total of our taxation, according to Mr. BAXTER, is about £83,000,000. The total amount of all taxes on income and pro- perty is £17,671,000, of which 3 per cent. is paid out of income and 1i out of capital. Mr. BAXTER'S theory on this point is that taxes levied on capital ought to be applied to the reduction of the national debt ; they ought not to be devoted to the current expenditure, because they diminish the capital of the country. Coming to the consideration of the taxes on trades and professions, Mr. BAXTER informs us that it was a maxim of Government in the olden days that dealers in taxable commodities must them selves be taxed for selling articles of such increased value, while dealers in untaxed commodities might escape. To this distinction must be ascribed the licenses imposed on wine merchants and tea dealers, while ironmongers and drapers needed none. After an analysis of the total of £4,869,000, or more than per cent. on the gross income of the nation, raised by these taxes, our staiistician proc,eds to subdivide the taxes on food and stimulants into three parts. 1. Taxes on necessaries, which consist nowadays of the shilling duty on corn, producing £870,000. 2. Taxes on semi-necessaries, such as tea, coffee, sugar, sago, &c., which produce £9,470,000. 3. Taxes on alco holic liquors and tobacco, which yield the enormous sum of £29,120,000. Taxes of this class return £89,560,000, or nearly half the actual taxation of the United Kingdom. This view of the subject naturally gives rise to very serious considerations, more espe cially as we apprehend that Professor LEONE LEVI is right in objecting to Mr. BaxTliat's division of the expenditure among the three classes of the commu nity. Unfortunately there can be no question that the sum which the working man pays to the Exche quer, through the medium of the taxes on alcoholic liquors, is altogether out of proportion to his income. Of course, we are speaking of the working men as a class, to which there are honourable exceptions. Professor LEVI, on examining this ques tion, declares his conviction that if the working men would be but sober they would pay but little to the revenue. He attributes the increase of pauperism and crime throughout the country to the excessive consumption of spirits among our working classes, and, although this is one cause among many, there is some truth in the charge. Mr. BAXTER admits that there is a wide margin left after all his calculations. lie tells us that the result of his examination tends to show that the actual distribution of taxation in the United Kingdom bears upon men of temperate habits in nearly the following proportion :—A wealthy man with £lO,OOO a year pays £960 ; a professional man or tradesman with £5OO a year, £52 ; a workman with £7O a year, £5. But besides this portion of the taxes, which provides for temperate indulgence in alcoholic drinks, there is a residue of taxation —more than £10,000,000 —derived from these drinks sufficient to supply 15 additional gallons of beer, and nearly two-thirds of a gallon of proof spirits per head to 22,000,000 persons" This, adds Mr. BAXTER, is the liquor fund of the intemperate, which it would not be fair or possible to allot in averages over the population. It is the fine on intemperance imposed by the State. If, however, it were possible to divide to each class of the community its share in this vast aggregate, we apprehend that the result would considerably affect the percentage of 7 per cent., which Mr. BAXTER allows for the pressure of taxation on the work ing man's income. The system of taxation does not, in Mr. BAXTER'S opinion, bear unjustly on tem perate men, but the victims of the gin palace make a dark side to the picture. " Out of their fully the nation draws ten millions of money—an eighth of her whole revenue, almost sufficient to support her army, more than sufficient to support her destitute poor." We may add to this the question how much this revenue of ten millions costs the State in the form of pauperism and crime? We may very much doubt whether there would be much profit out of this important contribution to the revenue if we had the power to trace accurately the relation between cause and effect. No Legislative enactment will suf fice to repress this growing evil. We must, in the first place, amend our workmen's homes, both in town and country, for the thronging population of the city, and the scanty supply of cottages in the fresh open fields, tend to the same result. So long as we bap the present fearful system of over-crowding, of close air, foul smells, bad and insufficient water, and all the attendant evils, moral and physical, we must inevitably have our gin palaces crowded, and our latouring population suffering in mind, body and estate. Physical and moral degradation go band in hand, and the exhaustion consequent upon the vitiated atmo sphere, and the depressing surroundings of the man, whose frame is wearied with constant toil, is a more powerful agent than any temperance missionary can hope to be. If we could provide more rational amusement for the masses, if we could open cheap and entertaining reading-rooms, lecture-rooms, ranoramas, or dio ran is views, concerts, and public readings, we should be doing something towards redressing a monster evil. All such entertainments should be made at , ractive and interesting, such as a man without much preliminary knowledge, or a special taste for study, can really enjoy and not have too much of the di- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. ,EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1869. d actic element. We must look to these points, to the mental diversion of ;the manual worker, and to the proper habitation of himself and his family, be; fore we can hope to break the fatal spell cf tha gin palace, and to see a sensible:diminution either in the revenue derived from alcoholic liquors, or in the £7,000,000 or £8,000,000 cost us annually by our pauperism. Mr.II3IxTER, at the close of his analysis, finds him self face to face with some important questions. In their direct action the taxes do not bear heavily on the working man ; but he asks whether indirecty they do not press hardly on him ? To this we may answer all the more readily in the affirmative, as undoubtedly Mr. BAXTER'S estimate of the consumption of tea and sugar among the working classes, is far too low. Tea is their great domestic staple, and if the men are not always contented with it, they take their share, while their wives and families as a rule take tea two or three times a day. Even accepting Mr. BAXTER'S estimate, the £5 a year paid in the form of taxes, direct and indirect, by the working man out of his income of £7O, is a far heavier burden than the £960 which he allows to be paid by the fortunate owner of £lO,OOO a year. As regards occupation, again, the direct rating of the poor, which Mr. BAXTER admits to be too often higher in amount than the suburban rates of the rich, presses very heavily upon the poorer householders. Amongst the remaining topics, upon which Mr. BAXTER invites discussion, are the ques tions regarding the inequality of licences or taxes on trades, and the doubt whether any injustice is in flicted on the professional man or trader in the rela tions between land and personalty. We have to thank Mr. BAXTER for so thoroughly examining a matter of such importance, and, whether or no we accept his conclusions, and agree with the inferences which he draws, we must acknowledge the fair and candid spirit in which he has conducted his laborious inquiry. The questions raised by the con sideration of the facts and figures which he has laid before us are of national importance, and it will be for the benefit of all classes if they receive the atten tion which they merit. THE new Ministry has hastened to redeem one a its pledges. On no point of policy had Mr. GLAD. STONE been so decisive, on no issue had he so directly challenged his opponents as on the reduction of expenditure and the consequent diminution of the national burdens. On none has the Ministry displayed such anxiety to justify the confident challenge of its leader. There is now no reason to doubt that the question of " What will he do with it ?" will soon confront Mr. LOWE in the form of the surplus which Mr. GLADSTONE declared the late Ministry had needlessly lost, but which their succes sors would not fail to regain. Nor are signs wanting as to the probable issue of this economy. Mr. BRIGHT'S declaration in favour of " a free breakfast table " was not so much anterior to his assumption of office as to be without great weight ; it was repeated at Birmingham in the immediate prospect of an electoral victory, and received in substance the public support of the PREMIER. When the economic policy of the Government has produced its natural effect, there can be no doubt that the taxes on useful articles of consumption will receive the most serious consideration. Scarcely less formal than the pledge of the Ministry to reduce the expenditure of the nation is its promise to attempt a diminution of the burdens which are common to all classes. The arguments why any surplus should be applied to this purpose are many. Such a course is in accordance with Mr. GLADSTONE'S successful policy : he has never yet been able to deal fully with the chief items of indirect taxation, but he has rarely left them wholly out of consideration. The reduction of the taxes on food is decidedly the means by which economy can be of the greatest advantage to the greatest number. The burden presses upon all alike, and the benefit of a diminution is experienced by all, especially by the poor. The working man is not taxed upon property, but the levies upon food and the local rates press most hardly upon those who are least able to bear them. Taking all imposts into consideration, it is certain that the weight of taxation increases in proportion as the income diminishes. If the classes which live by manual labour escape all charges on property, the percentage which they pay on articles of food is much above that contributed by the rich, and considerably in excess of those levied on the middle classes. With regard to local rates the comparison is similar. The rich family pays, according to Mr. DUDLEY BAXTER'S estimate, 3s. in the pound ; the middle-class family 3s. Gd., the poor family 4s. Add to this the enormous sums paid as fines on indulgence, chiefly in the form of alcoholic liquors—a burden which falls most heavily upon the working classes, and which presses on the innocent and guilty alike—and the calculation is complete. The poor contribute the greatest proportion to the revenue. And, in face of an ever-increasing pauperism, a policy which shall lessen the taxes on food must, other things being equal, be of the greatest advantage to the nation, as it is most in accordance with the well-established prin ciples of economic science. The taxes on tea and sugar are most unproductive, because the cost of collection is greatest ; and they are most oppressive because the price of the articles taxed rises, as we have previously shewn, more than the amount of the imposts. The cost of maintaining the collecting establishments comes from the taxpayer, whilst the interest on duties'as well as theprofits on cost price, is charged to the consumer. Nor is the amount derived to the revenue so great but that a consider able reduction may be made without danger. Taxes on food and luxuries produce half the revenue ; but luxuries bring twenty-nine millions ; necessaries not ten. - Without realising all that is indicated by Mr. BRIGHT'S free-breakfast table project, much of this burden on food might be taken off by a comparatively small surplus. The fines upon intemperance, as Mr. DUDLEY BAXTER calls them, neither can nor ought to be removed ; the fines upon industry are precisely in the reverse case. t THE "PRESENT" PERIOD.—Of late years many corporate bodies have adopted the practice of issu ing an annual, ordinarily with an almanack com bined. One of these periodicals has just been cir culated by the Royal Insurance Company, and may be had at the head offices in Liverpool and London, or at either of their twelve branch establishments in Great Britain and America. In its " getting up" this almanack is a specimen of typography, with its eleven chromo views of branch offices of this wealthy company ; and its carefully-compiled calen dar is faced by blank pages for memoranda. The accompanying annual report will gratify every one interested in prudential progress generally, while the numerous tables on fire and life in surance will guide lingerers on the path to provi dence. The concluding pages contain a brief biog raphy of the late Lord Brougham, and an obituary of INIr. Percy Matthew Dove, one of the founders, and a ruling spirit of this distinguished company. The cursory notice of this good and able man's life will be read by many thousands with a sorrowing interest; but his useful career and the lasting crea tion of his active mind will continue a monument of the man and an incentive to others to benefit their age and posterity. Allusion to this elegant diurnal companion for the desk and the domicile offers occasion to notice the progress of the Royal Insurance Company. Its foundation, in 1845, was during a year of political and financial excite ment, and its upward development has continued through many trying commercial periods. To have been so well founded and built shows that its eleva tion is theresultof directorial prudence and the exercise of great tech eical knowledge by the principal officers. Fortunate in an undeviatingly able administration the Royal has gone on, until in its twenty-fourth year (as stated in the report) it never stood higher j u public estimation nor had so large a constituency; w L ist itslife bonuses are reckoned amongst the larges t ever ei latiutiously declared Ly any company, its pro gress b e :tig almost unparalleled in the history of in surance institntions. By very satisfactory figures it appears that t.l'e present yearly increasing income approaches £Boo,ot,°, the security for fire and life claims restingon a cap: kal of two millions sterling and a large reserve fund. This increase being over £2,000 d lily, including Sundays, p :oves that society's po pularity and influence. A en.am pillar of the Royal is its unquestioning certainty a. td promptitude in sati-fyiug all its just claims, few i. astitutions being readier to fulfil the duties and purposes for which they are designed. So long and honourable a career is a pledge that the Royal will gather further renown, and be remotely remembered as a commercial glory marking the unrivalled reign of Victoria.—Obser ver. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESTONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, January 21. The Emperor's speech is still the topic of comment ; indeed, the articles in the journals have lapsed into a curious phase of controversy. The question now is not whether the Emperor's speech be good or bad, but whether the English journals did or did not praise it. The autho rities, casting a glance at the Times, immediately sent a telegram to the effect that the reception of the speech in England had been wholly favourable. The Opposition papers point to the Daily News and deny this. The truth seems to be that the comments of the English journals were varied, some still keeping to the old story, others carried away by the manifest supe riority of the sentiments expressed'on the 18th over those of former years. The speech is, beyond doubt, the best the Emperor has delivered, but that does not prove it to be remarkably gcod. It is a great improvement on the hard terms offered in other discourses ; it expresses great confidence in peace, and throws out some vague hints of liberal reforms ; but the peace is an armed peace, and the liberty is yet all to come. Whatever may ')e the value of the discourse, nothing could exceed the anxiety of the French people to obtain it. It was delivered at one o'clock, and was selling in the streets at two. This feat is managed by dis tributing copies beforehand. As soon as the Emperor enters the ball, a copy of his address is given to a representative of each of the newspapers ; they drive off to the rrinting offices where the compositors await them. Each man gets about three lines of the precious document : in five minutes it is all in type, and within the hcur it is corrected ; a brief comment from the editor is added, and the machines set to work. The newspapers on the 18th were sold for half a franc to a franc a copy on the Roulevards, The speech is immediately telegraphed to all parts of the Empire. It reached Rouen in twenty-two minutes, and was sdd in the streets of Marseilles before five o'clock. The sale of newspapers on Speech day is fabulous. The Corps Legislatif sat yesterday, but did less than at the previous sitting. A demand of interpellation on the Reunion affair was presented by DS. Bethmont, a few local bills were presented, and then the chairman rose. There will now be a short vacancy, during which the Deputies may study with advantage the Blue-book and the Budget. This forms a nice total of about 2,000 pages, crammed with figures—altogether a lively holiday present. The budget is coming on soon this year, on account of the general elections. Usually, it is the last business of the session—the Government reserving it, because it naturally prefers the task of disposing of the finances to be as short as possible. Marshal MacMahon has set out for Algeria. Civil reform has been adjourned for the time, but not abandoned. I am told that a new and far more extensive project is under consideration. It will radically transform the whole system upon which the colony is administered. Of what nature this change is to be it would be premature to speculate upon. The Temps contains a letter complaining of the dismissal of M. Sainton, the Mayor of Mergey, by the Prefect of the Aube Department. The facts are certainly curious. Lome time ago M. Sainton was talking with the prefect, and expressed his intention of not actively propagating Imperialism at the elections, and further of voting as he chose. If that was not agreeable to M. le Prefet, he (the mayor) was ready to resign. "Remain, Mayor," answered the prefect, "and vote as You please." A little while after M. Sainton received a note from the prefect, telling him that "his resignation was accepted !" An admirable illustration, says the Temps, of the Emperor's recent speech on the liberty of election and the freedom of the great bodies of the State. There is much talk at Paris of a sermon recently preached by the Abbe Bauer at the church of St. Louis d'Antin. The worthy father took occasion in the course of his discourse to warmly eulogise the virtues of—the ex- Queen Isabella ! A man named Legrand was sentenced to hard labour for life, at Melun, two days ago, for a murder com- mitted under rather strange circumstances. The crime was a cruel act of vengeance. The convict murdered a girl of 18 because her father, an innkeeper, had put an execution into Legrand's house to obtain payment for wood supplied to him. The miscreant laid wait for the innkeeper's daughter, and cut her throat. A woman who had been attracted to the spot by the cries of the deceased saw the murderer escape into a wood, followed for a few seconds by a dog which belonged to a young woman ; the animal then returned to protect the body of his mistress, but shortly after, accompanied by several persons, he was again put on the track, which he followed to a copse, where he commenced barking. On the spot being searched, Legrand was discovered in an abandoned marlpit, standing up to his middle in water, in which he had probably entered for the purpose of cleansing the traces of the crime from his clothes. He at once gave himself into custody and confessed his guilt. He was now condemned to hard labour for life. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RERORTB. Extreme sea Fy. 14 4 .1 F. 0 Jan. 22, B. T. 0A , G 7 • 11 to , F. D. W to 8 a.m. 12 _I 9 1 Nairn Leith A.be rdeen 3 300'39r .' . 1 37 35 ;4 2 N.N.W. 2 3 E N.W. 1 2 N.N.E. 0.m'0•25', W. 0'22 3 36r — Shields 30'33r. 41 ,41 N.W. 2 4 N.E. , r.o. 0 . 18 6 Scarborough 30'26r. 41 ;40 S.S.W. 2 2 S.W. fro 9'19 2 Yarmouth 3o'3Br. 35 33 S.E. 5 6 W.N.W. fine 4 Helder — Cuxhaven _ Skud wanes 31 Ant r OSS an . • 30'38r. J. , 1 N . E. c.m 1 Green castle Holyhead Liver pool Valentia .... 36'34f. V 136 r 4 2 5 N.N.E. Ic.o. 1 Cape Clear.. 30 27f. 29 37 N.E. 2 - 3 N.E. b. c. 1 Roches Pt. 30'295. 40 N. 2 4 N.E. Penzance .. 20'27r. V I 3.3 N.N.E. 3 4 S. o.c. 0 - 0 - 2 2 Plymouth .. 30 33r. 35 2, - , N 1 3 S.S.E. b. 1 Weymouth 30'32r. 40 3. E.N.E. 1 1 B.E. m.o 2 Portsmouth 30'34r. 25 E. 1 1 s. 1 London „ 30'34r. 32 E. 2 1 W.S.W. fbm C'peGrisNez 30'38r. 27 4 3 N.E. c. 4 Brest .. • ... 30'27r. 34 34 3 3 E. b. 2 30•21 r. 24 4 4 E. c. 3 Roche fort .. 3018 r. 3 2 ;.; 4 3 B.E. C. 1 Biarritz .... 3012 f. 45 a, 4 m. o'o4 5 Corunna.... Brussels Paris ..... Strasbourg.. Lyons . Toulon .... 29'94f, 39 • • 1 5 W. b.f. 2 Heart's Co ntent (9 a.m. local time) ROMAN rTATISTICS. It appears, on an examination of the new "Roman Catholic Directory," published permissu superiorum, and under the sanction of Archbishop Maiming, that there are thirty peers of the three kingdoms and fifty baronets who profess the Roman Catholic faith, and also thirty-eight members of the House of Commons. There are now thirteen Romish " dioceses," including the "archdiocese" of Westminster, all which, taken together, form the " Province " of Westminster, with Archbishop Manning atlits head. Of his twelve "suffragans," there remain only two, Dr. Ullathorne, of Birmingham, and Dr. Brown of Menevia and Newport, who were among the hierarchy re vivediby Pio Nono under Cardinal Wiseman in 1850. The other " suffragans " are Dr. Grant of Southwark, Dr. Turner of Salford, Dr. Brown of Shrewsbury, Dr. Roskell of Not tingham, Dr. Goss of Liverpool, Dr. Vaughan of Ply mouth, the Hon. Dr. Clifford of Clifton, Dr. Amherst of Northampton, Dr. Corntbwaite of Beverley, and Dr. Chad• wick of Hexbam. During the past year there have been no less than 63 Romish priests ordained in England and Wales, 56 belonging to the regular, and seven to the secular clergy. There are 19 Roman Catholic Chaplains to the Forces, including three "on half•pay." The total of Roman Catholic priests in England and Wales is given as 1,489 ; the number of churches, chapels, and " mission stations" as 1,122 ; the monasteries, or convents of men, as 67; the nunneries, or convents of women, as 214 ; and the colleges as 18 in all, including some " pre paratory colleges," or, as we should term them, schools. Of the chapels in England Wales, no less than about 640 are registered for marriages, and therefore, the Directory says, " may be regarded as parochial." The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, it appears from the same authority, is presided over by four bishops, and geographi cally divided, not into " dioceses," but into " districts." These are three in number—the Eastern, the Western, and the Northern. These " districts " number 201 clergy, who serve 207 chapels and " mission stations." Besides these, there are in Scotland eighteen convents for women and two colleges. It may be interesting to know that the list of Roman Catholic peers in 1769, just 100 years ago, included only eight English and six Irish peers. POLICE IN —Titis Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. NOVEL SYSTEM OP FRAUD.—Charles Rhodes, a ser vant, out of place, was brought before Mr. Knox on a war rant by Sergeant Cole, 23 0, charged with obtaining money by fraud, from Mrs. Carlton, wifo of Mr. James Carlton, coffee house-keeper, of No. 4, North-row, Gros- venor-square. Mrs. Carlton said that the prisoner bad been in the habit for some time past of coming to her house as a cus tomer, and, on different occasions, tendering her in pay ment of his bill, what she took to be sovereigns, but which were merely shillings gilt. [The coins were pro duced, and the words "One Shilling" had been attempted to be erased, but had been very clumsily operated on.] She placed the coins on receiving them in one piece of paper, and did not find out that they were not sovereigns till some days after. Mr. Knox said that as far as he understood the prisoner each time tendered a sovereign, which was not one, and received 10s. change. _ _ . Sergeant Cole said that was the case. On taking the prisoner into custody he said that he had only paid Mrs Carlton twice, and that he could prove it was all wrong. In answer to the prisoner, the prosecutrix said that she received four coins altogether from him. The prisoner was committed for trial. WINDOW SMASHING—COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL.—Two miserable-looking women named Mary Smith and Jane ilealls were charged before Mr. Knox with breaking two panes of glass of the value of £3O, the property of Mr Alfred Faulkner, hosier, 107, Regent-street. Mr. Faulkner said that about six o'clock the previous evening he was called down stairs, and found that the pri soners bad each broken a pane of glass of the value of £l5 each. The women admitted that they had broken the window, and did not appear to want to get away, and said that all that they wanted was to ba locked up. James Taylor, assistant to Mr. Faulkner,:said that while taking some things from the window he heard two crashes, and on going outside found two panes of glass in the win dow smashed, and the prisoners standing there. They said that they wanted to be locked up for a night's lodging. Police-constable John Holman, 37 0 R, said the pri soners were given into his custody for breaking the win dow, and they said they had done it with stones, and the stones were Iroduced. Smith said, on being asked why she did not go to the workhouse, that she had been to the casual ward so often that she was ashamed to go any more. She also said that she had been to the House of Detention for six months for a similar offence in Regent street, and once had a month for tearing up her clothes in a workhouse, and that all she wanted was to be locked up. Mr. Knox said that as for being locked up the prisoners had managed so well that they would, no doubt, be locked up for a long time, as they had rendered themselves liable to five years' penal servitude. The prisoners would be committed for trial. =PLANATION Barometer corrected an d red uced to 3 2 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather ; b.—blue sky ; C.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r. — rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or bail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Atmospherical pressure has increased steadily in Great Britain since yesterday afternoon. In the south of Ireland there has been a shght decrease during the night, and in the S.W. of France there has been hardly any change. Pressure is remarkably uniform over these islands, but slightly lower in France. Temperature has decreased, except on the east coasts : at Scotch stations the fall is about 10 deg. Winds are light. They are variable in the eas t, b u t g e n erally from between N. and E. elsewhere. Rain has fallen in the north and north-west, and there has been fog in the east. The sky is cloudy this morning, but the weather finer. The Echo has reason to believe that the Govern ment have no intention of bringing forward a measure for the purchase of the Irish railways; and that, although the postponement of the acquisition of the telegraphs by the Go vernment has been under deliberation, Mr. Gladstone has now determined to proceed with that measure. The Freeman's Journal remarks that, as the deci sion on the election petition disqualifies Mr. Benjamin Whit worth, on the ground of "undue influence," from sitting in the present Parliament, the Liberals of Drogheda have de termined on calling on Mr. Thomas Whitworth, eldest son of their late representative, to offer himself as a candidate. The judges .net yesterday in the private room of the Lord Chief Justice of England, and arranged the spring circuits as follows:--home, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Baron Bramwell ; Norfolk, Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Mr Baron Pigott ; Western, Mr. Justice Byles and Mr. Justice Montague Smith ; Oxford, Mr. Justice Keating and Mr. Jus tice llannen ; Northern, Mr. Justice Lush and Mr. Justice Brett; Midland, Mr. Justice ITayes and Mr. Baron Cleasby ; North Wales, Mr. Baron Channel'; South Wales, Lord Chief Baron Kelly. Mr. Justice Mellor remains in town. Sir Lawrence Palk, writing to a Torquay meet ing on the Permissive Bill, says:—" I have always been strongly in favour of regulating and restricting the sale of spirituous drinks. I am convinced the law is much too lenient to drunkenness, which often leads to grave crimes. I think a district of parish, or part of a town is interested in the conduct of the public-hou , :es in its locality ; tut I could not support in Parliament a bill which would deprive the working man and his family from obtaining that refresh ment to which he is accustomed, and the moderate use of which is in no way injurious." Nearly £500,000 in gold is now on the way from Australia to this country, of which about £250,000 is clue. The Swiftahure has £129,000; True Briton, £105,000 ; Empress of India, £20,500 ; Norfolk, £57,500 ; Clauronald, £48,000 ; British Statesman, £12,000 ; Britomart, £lO,OOO ; City of Adelaide, £41,500 ; Thyatira, £41,000 ; and the Dover Castle, .£30,000. report of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com pany, to be presented on the Ist February, recom mends a payment of ss. per share interest, and a bonus of LAW AND POLICE. WHAT CONSTITUTES A CHARITY ?—ln the Court of Appeal a question has been raised respecting the will of the late Mr. Benjamin Oliveira. The testator made certain specific bequests to several societies and institutions, and the question was whether the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, which were among the number mentioned, were charities. Their lordships were of opinion that these societies were corporations founded for purposes of general utility, and therefore came within the statute of mortmain, and the disposition of the property was ordered to be made accordingly. THE SCULLER'S RACE. —ln the Court of Queen's Bench an action has been brought to recover £3OO, the amount of the stakes in a sculler's match between Sadler, the cele brated waterman, and Kelley, the champion of the Thames. The case had previously been tried at Guild hall, bef o re the Lord Chief Justice, when a verdict for the plaintiff was returned. The question was, whether the referee, who was not present, had authority to award the stakes to Kelley, on the ground that Sadler refused to row over the course. It seems that Kelley did not properly deliver the referee's order to Sadler . , and thus took an undue advantage of his opponent. It was argued that the decision of the referee was final upon whatever grounds it was based, but the Lord Chief Justice decided that as no race was run the stakes ought not to have been given up to Kelley, and the rule was therefore discharged. AN AWKWARD CHARGE.—At the Mansion House, on Thursday, Mr. Edward Simpson, a merchant, was again brought up on a charge of having, within three months of his bankruptcy, obtained goods to the value of £l,OOO under false pretences. The case is not yet completed, and the defendant was released on bail. A WELL-DESERVED PENALTY.—Two more keepers of refreshment-houses in the neighbourhood of the Hay market were on Thursday summoned at Marlborough street on charges of having sold exciseable liquors without the necessary licenses. In each case the magistrate inflicted a penalty of £l2O and the costs. CATTLE PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.—SeveraI slaughter house keepers have been summoned at Bow-street Police court for having infringed the provisions of a metropolitan cattle plague order by n eglecting to forward to the police the market passes authorising the removal of cattle. In one case the summons was dismissed on the ground that the defendant was neither the proprietor nor the licensee of the premises on which he slaughtered his beasts ; and in two others fines of £5 and £1 on each summons were inflicted. A POLITICAL LIBEL.—An action is to be brought in the Court of Queen's Bench against the proprietor of the Leiceter Chronicle for a reported libel arising out of the late election. A Liberal named Smith bad been fined by the county magistrates for an assault on a voter on the other side, upon which the Chronicle had a series of articles attacking the bench for political partiality. The court thought the comments went beyond legitimate criticism, and granted a rule. A New York paper says :—" Queen Olga of Greece walks the streets of Athens with her baby in her arms, stops and talks with all the mothers she meets, and compares babies with them." The Liberals of IVednesbury intend celebrating the return of Mr. Alexander Brogden, as the first member for the borough, at a public dinner, to be given in St. George's Hall, West Bromwich, on the sth proximo. The nomination for RenfrewEhire has been fixed by the Sheriff of the county for Monday next, at Renfrew. As the Home Secretary's candidature has been unopposed, his election may to expected to take place on that day. A few days ago Mr. J. Heaton, of Kearby, near Wetherby, accidentally ran a needle into his thigh on tak ing a seat in his chair, but it was subsequently extracted. Mortification afterwards ensued, and, despite the most strenuous medical Efforts, has since terminated fatally. Mr. John Tatham, the agent and manager of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company, has disappeared, not baying been seen since Saturday. The directors have natu rally caused inquiries to be made into the state of his accounts. A report is current that the Senior Wranglership at Cambridge will this year be carried off by a gentleman of Trinity College, to whom the Master and Seniors will not be able to offer the reward of a Fellowship, inasmuch as the abolition of tests is not yet the law of the land. Defensive works are being constructed on the north-east frontier of Hungary. Eperies is first to be forti fied. It is situate at the point where the roads leading from Galicia cross each other, and is a post of the highest strate gical importance, commanding both Austrian and Russian Poland. MOULD TO SOW THE SEEDS IN.—When Chief Baron Lyndhurst, on the Home Circuit at Croydon, was trying a man for coining, the principal witness was a gardener. On cross-examination the counsel for the defence said to the witness, ," So you went to sow the seeds of this prosecution ?" " No," said his lordship, "he went to find the mould." THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION AND THE RITUALISTS. —A. correspondent writes :—" Will you kindly allow me space to warn all incumbents who still continue the use of lights on the altar, that I haveheard on the best authority, through a leading man of the Church Association, that that society intends to send a representative to each church on Sunday next, and will prosecute in every case where lights are burnt? They say, 'We have got the law ; why not use it ?' " DIRECTOR-GENERALSHIP OF THE NAVAL MEDI CAL SERVICE.—Dr. Bryson, C. 8., whose term of office has expired, has, it is believed, resigned, and is only hold ing. on until the appointment of a successor. Several inspectors-general are named as likely to be considered eligible for the vacancy, especially Sir David Deas, K.C.8., Dr. Davidson, C. 8., Dr. Armstrong, and Dr. Salmon. The latter may possibly be promoted over the heads of his seniors, who, however, have, independently of seniority, good claims on account of service and popularity. WORCESTER CATHEDRAL GREAT BELL.—A new mode of tolling great bells has just been applied to the 4-ton bell lately cast by Messrs. Taylor, of Lough borough, for Worcester Cathedral, and recently hung there. The bell has been hung on a new plan, which, with the clock and peal of twelve bells, is designed by Mr. Denison, Q. C., and gives a new effect to bells which are too heavy to be rung in the usual way. The gudgeons, or pivots, instead of being round, are wedge-shaped, like those of a scale beam, and roll on hard brasses very slightly hollowed. The fi ietion is thereby made so little that this great bell can be tolled easily by one man with one hand, and was so toiled for service last Sunday by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe, of Topsham, who is a small man and in his 80th year, as well as by Mr. Denison himself and the Rev. R. Cattley, the author of the Worcester Cathedral clock and bell scheme. It is actually much easier than clappering, or pulling the clapper by a rope, yet brings out the full tone of the bell much more grandly. This tone is half a note below the fourth quarter bell of the Westminster clock. The heaviest bells in Eng land might be made tollable in this way at a very small expense, where most of them are only inadequately struck by clock hammers or by clappering, which is the cause of nine out of ten cracked bells. No wheel is required, but only a long lever fixed to the stock. The gudgeons must not be lower than the top of the bell. WESTMINSTER. SEIZURE OF COINERS.—A fashionably-dressed man and his wife, giving the names of Magnus Stone and Melina Stone, were this morning placed at the bar, charged, at the instance of the Treasury with coining. James Brennan said—l was an Inspector of Police, but I am now employed to seek offenders against the coin laws. Petween night and nine o'clock this morning I went with Inspector Humphreys of the B Division, Inspector Brennan, of the F Division, and two constables to 69, Page-street, Westminster, where the prisoners live. Police-constable Morgan, who was in plain clothes, knocked at the door, and upon its being opened we all ra❑ up stairs to the first floor, and on enter ing the front room we found the male prisoner undressed coming from the window. I said, "Connell or Stone, whichever I shall call you, my name is Brennan. I have had special instructions from the Solicitor to the Treasury to look after you as a coiner, and have got a warrant here under the hand of Mr. Selfe, the magistrate, to search your promises for counterfeit coins and implements of coining." Inspector Brennan, my son, then entered the room with this packet which had been thrown out of window as we entered the room. I opened it in the presence of the prisoner. It contains 41 counterfeit coins, and 218 counterfeit shillings. I told prisoner ho would have to account for the posses sion of them. He said, "Oh, dear." I found there plaster of Paris blocks with the impressions effaced. I found clamps to hold the moulds for coin while metal is being poured in in a state of fusion. I found plaster of Paris, white metal, and everything necessary to carry on the trade of a coiner. When I gave directions to look for a galvanic battery, the male prisoner said, "I don't do it here. I have only been at it 12 or 14 months." The prisoners wore remanded until Monday next. THAMES. TEA STEALING IN THE DOCKS.—Edward Cleveland, aged 62 years, clerk, a man of decayed respectability, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 8 ounces of tea, value Is., the property of the Loudon and St. Katherine Dock Company. The prisoner was stopped by Inspector Ellis, of the London Dock police, as he was leaving the dock, and the tea was found in his pockets. Ho pleaded in defence that he was passing heaps of tea and chests of tea, and picked up a little bit for his own use. Mr. Paget said this case must follow the example of others, and that the continued petty pilferings in the docks must be put down by severe punishments. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Thomas Knave, a rigger, aged 38 years, was sentenced to a similar punishment for attempting to bring 9 ounces of tea out of the same dock. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. --Edward Holmes, a labourer, aged 24 years, was charged at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with torturing a horse by working it in an unfit state. The animal was iu a most wretched condition, with large sores on each shoulder, broken kneep, old, and worn out h, was the skeleton of a horse, with very little flesh on its bones. A policeman, named John Connor, No. 230 K, saw the horse in a coke cart belonging to the prisoner's master, who had sent him out with it. His master's name was Davis. The defence was that the horse had not been worked lately, and the prisoner thought a little work would do it good. The magistrate looked at the horse, which he said was quite unfit to work at all, and was in a miserable condition. The ani mal was only fit for the knacker, and if it was not imme diately destroyed he should issuo a summons against the prisoner's master. The prisoner undertook to kill the horse, and he was discharged. BANK OF FRANCE. ;PARIS, Jan. 2 The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 14. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 0 Reserve of the Bank Jan. 2 182,500,000 -- and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,376,344,00 1,380,322,059 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 4760,967 22 34,436,290 54 Treasury account cur rent creditor 152,566,468 39 152,673,375 96 Current accounts, Paris 252,235,127 17 239,849,488 63 Do. branch banks 42,332,096 41,276,64 3 4 Dividends payable ,132,402 2,974,867 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 1,840,179 95 933,790 85 933,790 85 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 14. Jan. 21. Cash in hand B and in Br banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 326,688,351 03 310,992,394 40 Do. branch banks 292 ,89 8 ,012 289,907,278 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 3,955,700 Do. on French Public Securities 13,354,000 Do. by branch banks 6,851,300 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 161,887 81 771,073 94 42,975,400 3,973,600 13,226,700 6,987,700 36,845,800 28,633,200 942,500 - 886,200 -- 943,000 869,800 Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Elotel and furniture of the Ilt.nk and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage ment 23,086 32 58,517 12 Sundries 60,000,001 12.980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 8,956,414 - 8,965,113 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.—The vacant prebendal canonry in this cathedral has been conferred by the Bishop of Salisbury on the Rev. George L. Nash, M.A., vicar of Tolpuddle, Dorsetehire, vice the Rev. Prebendary Waldy, deceased. 6inirt • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 2 1 . The Queen drove in the groun d s yesterday noon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice a nd rripc° Lcop old. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this mora; ing, accompanied by Princess Louise, a nd attended by Lady Churchill. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. after _ LATEST INTELLMENCV. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BELGIUM. DEATH OF THE PRINCE ROYAL• BRUSSELS, Jan. 22• His Royal Highness the Prince Royal di ed during the night. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Jan. 21, Evening. The Roumanian Government having urged 4 . 3 the proceedings against the former leade rs of tb! bands which attempted to invade Bulgaria summer, their trial has now been concluded, a they have been condemned to six months' i 132.,: prisonment. It is believed that this sentence *01; have the effect of greatly discouraging undertakings in future. A banquet was held here to-day to celebrate anniversary of the birthday of M. Bratianos. 3° persons were present, and many violent speeebe° were made—particularly in reference to Ranaelill' Transylvania, and Greece. n tieo In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of DeP- °f the Minister of the Interior censured the conduct of M. Bratianos. f the Doubts are entertained of the continuance °- harmony which up to the present time h as elisted between the Ministry and the Chamber. BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 21. , The Peninsular and Oriental Company ste ship Ceylon, from Southampton on the 16th 113 " f o . ; arrived at 1 a.m. to-day and left at 10 8 . 131 ' r • Alexandria. All well. Experienced fine weathe SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AYRES AND RIO. GIBRALTAR, Jo . 21 : to The steamer Sowie, belonging to the S °cl o e teo Generale Marseilles, has arrived here. He h are—Buenos Apres, December 20th, and Rio are—Buenos At the latter place much alarm had been ca Iv u se— ,t a great fire at the Custom-house. Business '. a standstill. PARIS, Jan. 22' ti, The Official Journal of to-day publishes a fication that any announcement of financial °P er o tions with which premiums are connected, t, which thereby assume the actual character of v" teries, may give rise to legal prosecutioa. c o ok t Bo URSE, Jan. 21.—Three o'clock.—The - closed as follows : FR &NCE. BliaanitnShLaoreasn ............ 3 0 1 15 ...-: End of month... Mexican Loan... 15 2 0 4 . / 60 Do. Bonds ...... „,, ..- Spanish Threes ... °'' / Home Debt .....• --- .., Deferred ......... ' s. Cash: Orleans ." .. 928 1 . Northern 31 7 5t Lyons and. Mediterranean Southern..... 5BBl Western Eastern • • 5 68 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 460 North of Spain 6l --- Saragossa Roman 47i ti per Cent. Eud of month -- 3 per Cent End of month 7O 05 Credit Mobilier End of month 277 50 Credit Foncier 1552 50 End of month — RAILWA Ll 7 ERATU RE. , 0 Meta's Faith. By the Author of "St. Oltsfe Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett• too This is a far more interesting story tha n Oci to which we have of late years been acoustogovoot receive from the hand of the accomplished a n ie fo of " St. Olave's." Her last novel, Quiet Life," and its predecessor, , t Alec's r,OOO were so entirely deficient in the sensational B°olo as almost to resemble the no-story of " La e Knife-Grinder." i In " Meta's Faith" ". glad to notice a visible improvement in the O m " et io of the plot, but even with this amelioration . 0 the Faith" is one of a class of navels very rat ® ! t de; present days of literary excitement. A 4 , a ; : As ( ' scription of the simple details of every-dal a faithful pourtrayal of the pecu liarities 01 ';'l3 the dual character, are the principal feature s 0 0 11 works of this writer. Some of the charaotenhryes as Mrs. Waldemar, for example, with her "liestoesd and her " hysterics," and her continued' " t - sh e tation for the lack of attention t" c le o meets with, "so different from P°nrifeari' Mr. Waldemar's time," become positivelf 001 some from monotonous repetitions. 11 1,,, r times Mrs. Waldemar bewails the dea r during the course of the tb re° o th e lumes of Meta's history—how many t ili ng° ie salts are in requisition, and the 801-1411°':00 brought out of the cupboard, where it il l reserve, we should be sorry to count. 1130 ,, - „ 3 30, comes, even by the close of the first If°" 0 0' great a nuisance to the reader as sil foitb i l have been to every friend and acquaintailcy 9 brie' reach. When she takes her departure acquaint e' tour of visits, we must confess that we n!Pebosiell quite a sensation of relief. Very different I W Dorothy Aun, the sister of the hysterin%iiitial Waldemar. Dorothy Ann, with her pa o ° 00'; od housewifely cares and her knitted stookil; withal a corner of romance in her te n h 'of!' heart, which prompts her to sympat hise wit" Dcto; story, is one of the best characte rs in tb 1 5 a e, The scene in which a friend of her fine j ef surprises her, while unpicking some bed 1;70000:: is capital. In the conversation the honest-hearted spinster beecin3h:/ quainted with the duplicity with bli ghtPvic, " sister Waldemar" has endeavoured t° Meta's happiness. Not wishing before a B ';. - 0 0 fr et give vent in words to the indignant fe e ' l ie itS 13 ; information occasions her, Dorothy Alln l 13 o orte i de indignation upon the unconscious ctu" Se i f t o rending the seams with a vehemence wlw as a safety-valve for her excited emotils' yeet larlp Waldemar, the heroine, is a very loveable character. She is not A"if t sad fortunate in her lovers. Dr. °Ple° is represented as one of the most sbssebothl abstracted of mortals, loves her after a C310,4-:oer i l °1 ; account of a fancied resemblance to tarp to eit wife, an wet acion not very complimentari 0414 , cb o pt l lady, and cannot say that we fee , —,, 11 0 d 0 ie thy for the venerable doctor's s econd ' bie !Orl ij oy mentality. Stephen Garton, the yer itit Attoiete, la a somewhat original, though not yen , ' dis tio, e V o character. Every portrait has indeed 9. a, 0 ) 1 ; dividuality, and, aq we have alreadY s el „, d a° of Faith," as a story, is far more interesti;tl,o as' tractive than any of the recent works 0 ' i 7 of " St. °lave's." 9 , 0 LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL o fer ' sr O A ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRICSSIN6 f Go l° o 4 1 ; 1 quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its Yo'' t4 8 10 ° s ° fr ° ; . 4 01 ,10,V ,tlt beauty, and with the first application a be ,. ' s 010 )"" ,11 lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It sta 10,0 voo falling off. 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