The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-16 00:00:00

" 1:11E APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE E. MOSES & SON (the ORIGINATORS of the READY-MADE CLOTHING SYS TEM) supply Ready-made Clothing equal to Clothing made to measure, and Clothing made to measure equal to the best that can be obtained. E. MOSES and SON possess unequalled resources for the MANUFACTURE of CLOTHING, and are consequently able to Oupply the public at lower prices than any other house in the trade. E. MOSES and SON'S STOCK for the WINTER SEASON comprises an immense issortment of Overcoats, and every iiescrip ion of Clothing br all ages, all occasions, and all classes, in all the newest designs and materials. E. MOSES and SON give particular at tention to CLOTHING for YOUNG GEN TLEMEN. For the convenience of Ladies accompaTiying their Sons there is a separate department for this important branch of their busines., aro] it is furnished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all oc:asions, including all the favourite designs acd the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. 3 . 105F.S and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. OrdArs from persons who are not known to the firm should 1.0 accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be Cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un ?quailed for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evenine at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Readv-made and Be spoke Tailors, II abitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiet., Boot and Shoe Mannfae tnrars, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT, 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDOATK 85, ALDUATE 86, ALDGATI 87, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 99, ALDUATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 50C, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD STREET >OB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. H EATHER'S TRUS I' (under the Managemen of the Clothworkers' Company). . At a COURT, to be holden on the Ist December next, this Company will DISTRIBUTE to Six Poor Widows of decayed Housekeepers the Amount divisible under the above Trust, being about .£8 to each. Printed forms of application may be obtained at the Company's Offices, Clothworkers' Hall, Mincing-lane, London. The applicant must insert therein particulars relative to her condition and circun.stan ems, and name references from whom information may be obtained for verifying the same. The application, with certificate of her marriage and a certificate or other proper proof of the death of her hus band. must be loft at the Company's Hall previously to the 23d November inst., addressed to OWEN ROBERTS, Clerk. Clothworkers' Hall, Nov., 1869. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF TIER PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, (tl. Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the company, at the close of Is6g, was £220,978 05.10 d., and the Total Amount Assured £-1.832.197. The Business is divided under two heads:- Ist —The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that. transacted by other Companies. 2nd—The Industrial or Working (Mass Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum A ssurod £1.562,960. The present value of the lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. was £139,322 15 8 The Premium income of the Industrial Branch was 16,546, the sum Assured £8,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,322 15 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch does not admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very large proportion of Policies which cconst , ntly lapse, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of the Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application. H. HARBEN, Secretary. IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY of MAR . SEILLES and CONSOLIDATED LAND CO3I• PANY of FRANCE. The Holders of Debentures and other CREDITORS of the above-named Companies are requested and advised to COMMUNICATE, without loss of time, the amount and other narticulars of their CLAIMS to the Directors of the CREDIT FONCIER of ENGLAND, who were appointed, at the Meeting of Creditors held on the Ist instant, a Committee for giving effect to the resolutions then passed for the removal of the present Liquidators of the Mar seilles Company and the appointment of others in their place. F. MOWATT, Chairman of the Credit Foncier. St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, 9th November, 1869. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highlyremunerativeCommission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, ex. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. lOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.--Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. London. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING. and during the week (Thursday and Friday excnpted) at 7 o'clock, STAT h. SECRETS: Mr George Honey. At 7.45. Lord Lytton's celebrated Play of 't BE LADY OF LYONS: Barry Sullivan; Messrs. W. H. Stephens, Charles Fl orsman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, Evans, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mrs C. Ho rsman, Etc. To conclude with THE LO FTERY TICKET. On Thursday and Friday (for positively the last times) Moore's great Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Amonv SULLIVAN. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole T.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr Clarke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLEN IE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. SPORTING. —J 0-IN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE " SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware Toad, delivers the LATE EDITION of "TIIE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 45 o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to 1 be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S, Britannia, Kensal New-town. 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 in;; this wow! mini liquid. It is now offered to the public it a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 78. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red gull Wharf, Angel passaage, 93, Upper Thames street London. }IO. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. THE SUN..—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr thumiN's, " The Wheatsheaf," High-street, '2 amdtn-town. THE LA LEST EDITION of " THE SUN" J. MIMES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as published.—No.lo, Hampstead-road N.W. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST PEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. I'HE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," w Riving all the SPORTING NEWS of the day, may be seen at JEMstY MA N TON 'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. ABOLITION OF INSURANCES . THE DUY ON FIRE T THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE THE COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new I , at:trances now effected there will only b.. payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order awl Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. 11E.A D OFFICES: Royal Insurance Euildings, Liverpol. and Loml,ard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCITS, with Participation. EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY. 181;R, will become entitled to an INCREASED SITARS OF TIM PROFITS. in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN Jr. NicLA:R VN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON Secretary in London. DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN * . —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN an 1 WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810. Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most ur4ently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the poll- little suffering inmates at this Hospital. Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E. Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. CHARLES J. P. RENTON, Secretary. G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. LEAMINGTON AND WARWICKSH HUNT MEETING, November 23d, 24tb, 25th, and 26th, 1869. On TUESDAY, November 23d, a FAST SPECIAL TRAIN (Ist and 2d class) will leave PADDINGTON at 9 a.m. for LEAMINGTON and WARWICK, calling at Reading and Oxford only; also a Return Special Train will leave Warwick on Friday, November 26th, at 5.30 p.m., and Leamington at 5.40 p.m., for Paddington, culling at the same stations. Trains leave Paddington for Leamington and Warwick daily (except Sundays) at 6.0 a.m., 8.0 a.m. (3d class), 10.0 a.m., 10.55 a.m. (3d class), 12.30 p.m., 2.20 pm , . (3d class), 3.30 and 6.20 p.m. ; and Warwick for Paddington (calling at Leamington), at 7.10 a.m. (3d class), 7.45 a.m., 9.41 a.m. (3d class), 10.35 a.m., 12.14 p.m., 2.4 p.m. (3d class), 5.52 p.m., and 7.51 p.m. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, November, 1869. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN ItAILWAY. SHREWSBURY RACES, November 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, 1869. On SUNDAY, November 14, the Express Train leaving EUSTON STATION at 5 o'clock p.m. will be continued through to SHREWSBURY the same us on week days, for the conveyance of Passengers, Horses, and Carriages, and will arrive at Shrewsbury at 9.30 p.m. For particulars of Express Train Service see small bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, November. 1869. " WOODIN'S RETURN TO LONDON." W. S. WOODIN "AT HOME" with his great Original CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOK. OPENING NIGHT—MONDAY, Nov. 29. First Morning Performance. SATURDAY, Dec. 4. The large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, is now in cont se of adaptation and decoration. Plan of Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond street. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Swea sey. THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS LE PETIT BLONDIN AND HIS SISTER BLANCHE, who dance a comple•e Set of Quadrilles on the Double Tight Rope, without the aid of a Balancing Pole, and perform Feats never attempted by any other Performer, ECLIPSING THE ORIGINAL BLONDIN. Miss Carlotta Verte, Serio-Comic and Danseuse ; M. P. Feaster, and Mrs. Macnamara (their first appearance here). Great Success of Mr Louis Lindsay. Miss Lonie Sherrington, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Claremont; the Sisters Bushbrooks ; Mr Rowland Lascelles: and Mr Waltov Lahrirriam Prices of Admission as usual. Balcony, 6d.; stalls, Is. Mr. P. Corri, Musical Director. El Special Notice.—Mr. J. Husk's (Chairman) Benefit on Friday, Nov. 19. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Bake - -street.—ON VIEW, a PORTRAIT MODEL of the late EARL of DERBY. Admission, ls.; Children under ten years of age, fkl.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. • ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production )f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of ihe electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the T r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca: Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and otherable artistes. Manager, Mr Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.C. Admission, ls.; Basely ed Seats, 2s. R. B. IsioNELL, Proprietor rriIEA'IRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. D. Cbatterton. THIS EVENING, at ", BELLE' OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Nlessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, loin, Rouse; Mre Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, ind Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. lIHEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekatone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FAMILY JARS : Mr Compton Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, ere. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELYIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.. THIS EVENING. at 7 o'clock. MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins, Mr C. J. Smith, and Miss Eliza Johnstone. At 15 to fi, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith. R. Romer Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss I. liza John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr U.Belmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. OPEN FOR TIIE WINTER SEASON. THIS F.VENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Ash'ey, D. Leeson, and 'Misses M aria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to . THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr Benjamin Webster. Me=srs IL Phillips, J. G. Taylor, A Wiley. Stuart, W. Ilismold, D. Leeson. C. J. Smith R. Romer. W. H. Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs Nlfred Mellon. Mrs A ddie, v 1 S N. Harris. &e. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7. 5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. Clarke, Parselle, &c Mesdames Hughes, Berend. and Mrs. Stephens. To conclude with A 13 RF.AOII OF PROMISE. (lox-office open from 1 till 5. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. GR. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genera that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "TAN SUN," and can supply th same on Friday evening, if required, in town 3r country. G. R. G. bees to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. WHO'S GRAINGER? LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. The SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN" can be seen at GRAINGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight o'clock. rliE LATEST EDITION of "TIE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ALF.XA • DER date "Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street ruilE I,AIF.ST EDITI()S of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as pnbliBbed, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent. and special agent for the North-western distract, 24, Delancey-street, Camden-town, N.W. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION t o be seen in the Coffee Room. at the "Southampton Arms," High atreet, Camilen-town, where all F•perting and Political events are freely di:,cusFed. THE LATEST EDITION of , "rrIE SUN" may he seen et Eight n'eloek every Evening at Mr. J. EWPORTs% the Oxford Arms, 114;h-street. Camdeu-t. wn. THE LATEST or SPECIAL EDITION of ...ri:F, • T'N" every Fveninc,-. at Eight o Clo k, at slr - • The Black Cap," High-street. Camden :ova RaBERTs' THE LATE EDIT - 10N of "TIIE SUN "at J. SMITH'S. n.?. 13w-street, Covent-garden. PrII - IE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehington,"Wellington-street, d.rand. rnE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1869 THEATRE - ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. role Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tuts EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMS A : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES LOIVDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 16, 1869. TO.I/ASC animnoirvsoe. 41,a enrtnal onenincra justly been described as the greatest scientific work of modern times. It is now fifteen years since the project of cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Suez, and thus shortening the voyage to India by 8,000 miles, was started, or re-started, by M. DE LESSEPS. For more than ten years the work has been actually in progress. And to-day a large gathering of crowned heads and princes meets to cele brate the completion of the undertaking. Though the final success of this great enterprise—its success in a financial sense--can be shewn only by time, our neighbours may claim the highest praise for what they have already achieved, for actually accomplishing what was pronounced an impossibility, for reducing, in short, the whole problem of the Suez Canal to a simple money question. Incredible have been the difficulties surmounted by M. DE LESSEPS and his coadjutors. The canal runs for just a hundred miles through a land of sandy desert and swamp. The country itself produces nothing in the way of material to assist such an undertaking. Nearly all the apparatus required for the construction of the works had to be brought from Europe, even to the lime of which the concrete blocks for the breakwaters were made. To one place fresh water for the use of the labourers had to be conveyed a distance of thirty miles. The labourers themselves were not to be obtained in Egypt to any available extent ; the want was supplied partly by new machinery and partly by impor tations of men from Europe. Towns were built, lakes filled up, morasses crossed, and a large harbour constructed in the . interests of this single enterprise. One of the greatest difficulties was that which confronted M. DE LESSEPS at the outset. The point on the Mediterranean Sea at which the canal commences was, in the month of April, 1859, a low desolate strip of sand, sometimes covered with the waters of the ocean. A few wooden huts were the nucleus of the now busy town of Port Said. The first duty of the canal constructors was to form dry land, by dredging the sand from one place, and heaping it up in another. Thus a harbour and the site of a town were formed at the same time. So slow were the early operations that more than six years elapsed before the breakwaters were commenced. As Port Said is situated on an open shore, it was necessary to make a port by con structing two piers, and this was done by manu facturing blocks of concrete with lime and sand, and dropping them into the sea. From August, 1865, to January, 1869, sufficed for the construction of two breakwaters, one two miles, and the other a mile and a half in length. The works at Port Said and at the canal proper were carried on at the same time. Endless is the story of the difficulties experienced in excavating the channel. For several miles the cutting passed through a wretched marsh, a mixture of sand and mud. As fast as this stuff was heaped up by the dredges it slipped back again, and for a time the excavation came to a standstill. A Dalmatian peasant solved the problem by heaping up a thin layer of the dredged material, and allowing it to dry, then putting on more, and so on until the bank was formed. At one time the contingent of native labourers furnished by the Egyptian Government was withdrawn, and the contractors were obliged to make up the deficiency by inventing improved dredges which both excavate the canal and empty the earth on the bank. Near to the Suez end of the canal are the "Bitter Lakes," large dry basins twenty-six miles long in all, and from one to , six miles broad. As the cutting runs through these depressions, it was necessary to fill them with water, and accordingly an immense weir, 300 feet long, was constructed. Since last March the waters of the Red Sea have been pouring into the open space, which is now nearly full. Nineteen hundred cubic metres of water is the quantity which the Bitter Lakes are calculated to hold. Not the least interesting of the various contrivances to which different obstacles have given birth are the expedients adopted for getting rid of the superficial soil. The principle of the canal is simple. It is a plain cutting from sea to sea, very broad at the top, but narrowing greatly towards the bottom. At those parts where the soil is not more than seven feet above the level of the sea, the width is about uniformly 330 feet ; where the ground is much elevated the breadth is about 190 ft. At the bottom, however, there is a 'uniform breadth of 72ft. This space will not permit the passage of two vessels, and docks or stations are being constructed at ten points on the route, to allow ships going in different directions to continue their course. The depth throughout is fixed at not less than 26 feet of water ; but whether this draught really exists along the whole length is one of the most important questions which the inauguration will solve. Divers difficulties and doubts as to the ultimate success of this enterprise yet remain ; but the result so far must be regarded as a signal triumph for the French engineers. It is now questioned whether the canal can be so worked as to afford the share holders a dividend ; but some years ago it was confidently affirmed that the canal could never be made at all. The leading English engineer then declared that the idea was a chimera, that the con struction of such a water-way was a simple impossi bility; and the great English representative of obstruc tiveness—Lord PAL3IERSTON—set himself vigorously, though in vain, against the improvement. The opposition has been set at naught, the prophecy has been confounded. The canal is a reality. Ten years' earnest application has subdued the desert ; greater difficulties than any that remain have been overcome ; a wide and deep water-way now stretches from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The problem of shortening the distance to India by 8,000 miles has been solved. No competent authority doubts that time and money only are required to surmount any obstacles which may be disclosed by the experiment of this inaugura tion. Whilst we write it is still a matter of uncer tainty—which a few hours will clear up—whether the canal is yet sufficiently deep in water to admit a large vessel along the whole length. But if it prove too shallow it can be deepened ; nor will the excavation be attended with much trouble, save in one place near the town of Suez, It has been feared that the motion of vessels passing along will wash down the sandy, brittle sides of the canal. To a certain extent this difficulty has actually been met with. It is quite possible, however, to protect the banks so as to preserve them against any action of the water. Another, and very serious danger, is the probability of the harbour of Port Said, the Mediter ranean terminus, being filled up with detritus. As we have seen, Port Said is an arti ficial construction—a harbour formed by run ning two piers of concrete into the sea. The blocks forming these piers have not all been regularly laid, but for the most part simply dropped into the water. Interstices of considerable size have thus been left between the various blocks, and quantities of earthy matter brought down by the Nile ooze through the piers into the harbour. In order to keep this formidable foe out, dredges must be kept constantly at work, or the breakwaters partly reconstructed. Lastly, there is ground for apprehension that the canal itself may be filled up or rendered useless by the drifting sand of the desert, unless the work of dredging be constantly carried on. Here are several difficulties, all of which may be overcome to a certainty, but not without expense. One or two will it is thought, be a permanent charge on the revenue. It remains a question, therefore, whether the in come derived from the passage of vessels will pay interest on the capital and bear • the cost of mainten ance as well. The commercial part of the problem is in fact the only part that is left to solve, and it is a question which time only can dispose of. But should it transpire that the pockets of the liberal capitalists who have furnished the money for this splendid achievement become at length - exhausted, should it appear that the traffic will not prove remunerative, it is to be hoped that England will not allow the work to perish. Of the nations which the passage to the East will benefit Engiana unt IJ 77,.1 mercial nation of the world has allowed the greatest commercial undertaking ever known to be made with out her assistance. Of the 400,000 shares which form the whole capital, only 5,000 were taken up in Britain. Whatever excuse there may have been for this inaction, there can be none for similar supineness in the future. The work has been done ;it remains only to keep it up. This nation surely cannot be indifferent to an achievement which reduces the distance to British India by one-half. VICTOR EMMANUEL ON lIIS SUPPOSED DEATH-BED. Letters from Florence report that it was commonly asserted there that the Archbishop 4 Pisa had forbidden the royal confessor to give absolution to the King of Italy unless . the latter should first make a full and formal retractation of all that he had done or per mitted against the interests of the Church. The condition was flatly refused, and after some negotiation was withdrawn, and the sacrament was administered. After which, says gossip, came another sacrament, that of marriage. Having first consulted Prince Hunabert,and with his full approval, the King, it is asserted, made the Countess Rosina di Mirafiori his wife, as far as the Church can effect that purpose ; but in Italy the civil ceremony is alone a legal form of marriage, and that has not yet taken place. There is a little Count of Mirafiori, who will thus have been made ecclesiastically legitimate, at least.—Pall Gazette. MR. DREW AND THE BOTTLENOSES AGA IN. Mr. Alexander Drew, Nairn, sends to the Scotch papers a long correspondence which he has had with various members of the Government on his favourite sub ject of bottlenosed whales. On the 15th May he wrote to Mr. Bright, stating that about the Bth of that month "a bottlenosed whale, measuring about fifteen feet long, was drifted ashore, dead, at the East Bay, Nairn, abOut three miles distant from the burgh. The fishermen and women cut up portions of the animal, and carried the same into the burgh, to the extent of four or five hundred weight. Next day the Castom House officer, act ing upon an order from the Board of Trade, claimed those portions taken away, and sold the same by public roup for 19s. (nineteen shillings sterling) " This whale, Mr. Drew states, was about two tons in weight, and was worth £5 yet, with the exception of what the women had carried away, it was allowed to lie and rot. He also states that recently two fisherwomen had pelted a porpoise ashore at Kirkton, Localsh, Ross-shire, and that, after doing so, the Custom-house officer seized it, and the price os the blubber was not allowed them. Mr. Drew therefore prayed the Board of Trade to rescind the order under which these captures were made, as he con sidered them not only "useless and unjust, but mischievous and a hindrance to good order and industry." In reply, Mr. Drew received a letter from the Board of Trade, signed " Thomas Gray ;" but not being satis fied Mr. Drew next addressed himself to Mr. Lowe. To his letter the following reply was sent : "Sir,—l am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ult., on the subject of the bottle-nosed whales, and I am to state that this is a matter which pro perly concerns the Board of Trade, and that any farther representations which you may desire to make on this sub ject should therefore be addressed to that department.— I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM LAND." All undaunted, Mr. Drew next turned his attention to Mr. Gladstone, whom he addressed, as he had done in his letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as "My dear Sir." He repeated the same complaint to the Premier, only in a little more emphatic terms, and adding that he thought, "under the circumstances, it is now a Cabinet question." The reply he received was as follows :—" Sir, — I am directed by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Wm. B. GunDoN. --- A. Drew, Esq., Nairn." It has been suggested that the laity of the Diocese of Exeter should present Dr. Temple with a congratulatory address, now that ho has been elected. it is understood that peerages have been offered to and declined by Mr. W. B. Beaumont, member for South Northumberland, and Dr. George Grote, F.R.S., the eminent historian of Greece. . _ _ -- - A man named Martin Mackenna, fifty-four years of age, a labourer, was found dying in Bradford streets on Friday morning last. At the inquest it was proved that a discretionary order for relief had been given by the guar dians, but relief or admission to the workhouse was refused by Mr. Burniston, the relieving officer. Burniston has been committed for manslaughter. - ---- - On Saturday an inquest was held on the body of Samuel Weave, the man whQ was shot on Thursday morn ing whilst driving to St. Helens. It appeared from the me dical evidence that the fatal shot must have been fired by some one behind the deceased, on a lower level, and at a distance of from four to eight yards. A reward of £2OO has been offered by the family for the discovery of the mur derer, but no clue has as yet been obtained. The Sheffield Telegraph says A very beautiful phenomenon was observed in the heavens on Sunday night. Round the moon there appeared a body of pale, milk-like mist, very brilliant and tinged with a kind of golden green. This was bordered by a beautiful rainbow fringe, and again at a greater distance from it and quite detached there was another rainbow greater in extent, and bearing still more beautifully varied hues. The whole formed a most interest ing spectacle as seen from Sheffield shortly after midnight. - - An alarming accident happened a short time after the Leeds and Liverpool express train left lludde: afield on Saturday morning. S evera l w aggons of a goods train proceeding in advance became detached at a siding, and rolled backwards down an incline till they met the express. A collision of course ensued, but its consequences were considerably reduced owing to the driver of the passenger train having found in time that the trui,ks were com i ng u p o n him. Being s i g nalled to stop, ho bad his trai n a l mos t a t a s tandstill when the crash occurred. One gentl eman on l y, a f ir st-Class passenger, had his face cut. THE POPE TO PROTESTANTS. The Secretary to Archbishop Manning sends to the papers a letter from his Holiness Popo Pius IX., on the sub ject of the admission of Protestants to the (Ecumenical Council. The letter is addressed "To Our Venerable Brother Henry Edward Archbishop of 'Westminster," and runs as follows :—" Venerable Brother,—Health and the Apostolic Blessing,—Having said, in the letter which we addressed to you, Venerable Brother, on the fourth day of September last, that subjects which had already been carefully examined and decided by an (Ecumenical Council could not again be called in question ; that therefore no place could be given in the approaching Council for any defence of errors which had been condemned, and that for this reason we could not have invited non-Catholics to a discussion, we now learn that some of those who dissent from our faith have so understood those words as to believe that no way is loft open to them of making known the difficulties which keep them separated from the Catholic Church, and that almost all approach to us is cut off. But so far are we, the vicar upon earth, although unworthy, of Him who came to save that which was lost, from repel: ng them in any way whatever, that we oven go forth to meet them and nothing do we seek for with a more ardent wish than to be able to stretch out our arms with a father's love to any one who shall return to us. And never certainly have wo wished to impose silence upon those who, misled by their education, and believing their opinions to be right, think that their dissent from us rests upon strong arguments whith they would wish to be examined by wise and prudent men. For although this cannot be done in the Council, there will not be wanting learned divines, appointed by our selves,to whom they may open their minds, and may with confidence make known the reasons of their own belief ; so that even out of the contest of a discussion, under taken solely with a desire of finding out the truth, they may receive a more abundant light to guide them to it. And may very many propose this to themselves, and carry it out in good faith ! For it could not be done without great profit to themselves and to others ; to themselves, indeed, because God will shew His face to those who seek Him with their whole heart, and will give them what they long for; to others, because not only the example of eminent men cannot fail of its efficacy, but also the mere diligently they shall - - - - • - hpnefit of truth- +r.- earnestly will they strive to impart the same . benefit to the rest. Earnestly praying the God of Mercy for this most happy issue, we desire you to receive, Venerable Brother, the apostolic blessing which, as a token of the ' Divine favour, and of our own especial goodwill, we most lovingly grant to you and to your whole diocese.—Given at St. Peter's, in Rome, on the thirtieth day of October, 1869, in the twenty-fourth year of our Pontificate.—Porr, Pius IX." ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. The King of the Belgians arrived at Dover on Monday. Ho left Calais in the Belgian Mail Packet Belgique (Cap tain Chard), accompanied by his youthful daughter, the Queen being unable at the last moment, from severe in ,n, to leave Brussels. Ills Majesty left the Admi ralty Pier soon after two o'clock. The King was received by Captain Bru e, R.N., the Admiralty Superintendent; the Belgian Ambassador at London ; the Belgian Consul in Dover ; and Lord Torrington representing her Majesty the Queen. A guard of honour of the 91st Argyll shire Highlanders formed upon the pier, and their band )I.ayed the L'rabanc;cnee and a Royal salute was fired from the castle as his Majesty landed. The King was conveyed in a carriage to the Lord Warden Hotel, where its Majesty was received by the Mayor of Dover, Aldermen J. G. Churchward, Norwood, E. Knocker, and other members of the Corporation, together with a large number of the borough magistrates. An address of wel come was then read by the Town Clerk (Mr. W. Knocker), in which allusion was made to the cordial hospitality extended to the English people by the King at the international fetes in his kingdom, which had promoted the strongest feelings of amity between the two countries, and a hope was expressed that the friendly relations that now existed between Belgium and Great Britain would bo more and more closely cemented, to the com mercial prosperity and social happiness of each. The Mayor then presented the address to the King, who replied as follows :—" Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, if the sight of the harbour is always pleasing to every traveller, the approach to Dover is the more peculiarly pleasing to myself, for when I reached the magnificent pier at which I landed just now I put my foot on the shores of England—a country to which I am very irongly attached, as it is that of my dear and beloved lousin, your gracious Queen. This town of Dover being one of the nearest to the Belgian coast, I feel that I have almost a right to take a peculiar interest in its welfare. Let me then tell you, that I thank you very much for the trouble you have taken in welcoming me. Accept my very Lest wiles, my warmest and sincerest wishes, for the future prosperity of Dover." There was a great deal of applause at the fluish of his Majesty's speech, and all ex cept the officers present retired from the room. The King then spoke to all the military gentlemen in turn, and took a great interest in conversing with them. After partaking of luncheon, the King and the young Princess, with the Belgian Ambassador and suites, left by the South-Eastern Railway, a special train having been provided. His Majesty was received at the station by the Hon. J. Byng, deputy chairman of the company; and Mr. Eborall, the general manager, who accompanied the train to London. The Lord Warden, General Brownrigg, Mr. J. G. Church ward, and Colonel Cox, witnessed the departure of the King, who was loudly cheered as the train moved away. The distinguished visitors arrived at Waterloo junction at twenty minutes past five. The South-Eastern engine was detached at Waterloo,and a South-Western engine coupled to the train, which passed by the working junction into the South-Western Station, and onwards without further stoppage to Windsor. From Waterloo junction the train was under the charge of Mr. Williams, superin tendent of the South-Western line. Only a small number of persons were assembled at Waterloo, and the Royal visitors were not greeted with any noisy demonstration. The train consisted of engine and tender, four saloon and first-class cars, and two luggage vans. The Royal party arrived at Windsor at 0.30. Prince Leopold and Prince Christian came to the entrance, and remained facing the saloon while his Majesty alighted, the band of the Grenadiers, under Mr. Dan Godfrey, playing "La Brabanconne." The meeting of the King and Princes • was cordial in the extreme. The King, the Princes, and the suite were conducted to the Royal carriages, Prince Leopold and Prince Christian riding with his Majesty. The drive from the station up Thames-street to the Castle was a sort of ovation, for nearly every house :nd shop was draped with flags and banners of all .actions, while the bells of St. George's and the town rang lilt merry peals of welcome. Before reaching the Palace another mark of respect was shown his Majesty, for upon the left of the Castle-bill were the Windsor Volunteers, with their drums and fifes, under Lieutenant Ellison. As his Majesty passed, the corps presented arms, and the band greeted the King with the strains of the Belgian national air. Upon entering the Castle the King was re ceived by her Majesty and the Royal Family. There was a grand dinner party in the evening, his Majesty the King of the Belgians and the Princess sleeping at the Castle, a magnificent suite of apartments having been prepared for their reception. At a meeting of volunteer commanding officers of the metropolis, present—Lieutenant-Colonels Lord Elcho (in the chair), Marquis of Donegal, Lord Truro, Lord Bury, and Lieutenant-Colonels Lloyd Lindsay,Wilkinson, Beres 'ord, Vickers, Gordon, Ives, Laurie, Durnford, Murray, Macdonald, Walmsley, Labrow, Comyn, Money, APLeod, and Captain Angel, it has been resolved—l. " That it is desirable that an address should be pre sented to the King and Queen of the Belgians on their visit to this country, expressing the grateful sense entertained by the volunteer force of the hospitality and kindness shewn by their Majesties to the volunteers who visited Belgium on the occasion of the tics internationaux." 2. " That a committee bo appointed to communicate with the commanding officers throughout the country for the purpose of obtaining their co-operation with the above resolution. That such committee consist of Lieutenant- Colonels Lord Elcho, Marquis of Donegal, Lord Truro, Lord Bury, Lloyd Lindsay, Thomson, Walmsley, and , 'Wilkinson. A woman named Martha Shepherd is in custody at Wigan on a charge of stealing £2OO in cash, and a bank book representing deposits to the amount of £l5O, from her stepfather, William Prescott, a paralytic, on whom she had been in attendance. On being charged with the theft, the woman produced the bank-book and £5B in cash. The anaby Main miners celebratel the recent settlement. of the di:pute between themselves and their em ploye' s by a dinner, which was held in Mexbre' on Satur day. The Mayor of Sheffield (Mr. Alderman Moore) occupied the chair, and them were about four hundred persons present. his worship, who it will be borne in mind, was maiuly instrumental in the first instance in bringing the contending parties together with a view to a reconciliation, delivered an address, in the course cf which ho advocated the establishment of courts of arbitration. Mr. Smith, the consulting engineer to the Denabf Main Colliery Company, was also amongst the speakers, and offered a handsome subscription with a view of providing a feast for the wives and families of the men. The Mayor of Sheffield gave a liberal sun towards OA9 qtrao OW. THE IMPRISONED BEVERLEY NESSES. We subjoin the Home Secretary's reply to a compfaint made touching tho treatment of the two men (Flint and Fitzgerald) by the officers during their transit from Beverley to York :—" Whitehall, S.W. Nov. 9, 1869. —Sir,--I am directed by Mr. Secretary Bruce to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ult., complaining of the treatment of Thomas Ward Flint and Charles Henry Fitzgerald, by the officers who con ducted them to York Castle, whither they were committed by the Beverley Election Inquiry Commissioners for refusing to give evidence before them, and to acquaint you that the Secretary of State has no power to deal with tho case.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, "E. W. KNATCII - CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE PuBLIsHER OF "PORCUPINE." On Monday, in the Queen's Bench, Sir John B. Kars- Like, QR., applied for a rule calling upon Mr. Hngh Shimmin, the pi inter and publisher of a satirical news paper in Liverpool, the Percupiße, for a libel published by him in the latter end of October, reflecting on a Mr. James Fernie. The latter is the managing director of the Merchants Trading Company, which had its "aces in London and Liverpool, and the charge made against him in the Porcupine was that he had obtained an insurance upon a vessel which was double her value. The court granted a rule as asked. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FAMILY JARS. After which, EW MEN AND OLD ACE S: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIN EVENING, at 7. MY PRECIOUS BETSY, Followed by LOST AT Mt: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge. Mr .tephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; bliss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: lir G. Belmore and Mrs L Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F kIRY. At ".s5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mc H. J. Byron. And BREACH OF PROMISE Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. THIS EVENING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Mr Ashley and the Misses Hargis. With 'rim WILLOW COPSE Mr. Benjamin Webster. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tins EVE vING. at ", STATE SECRETS. After which, THE LADY OF LYONS: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin &c. And THE LOTTERY TICKET. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborouvh. lins EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THY CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at $ Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-palk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS . Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. 10. Box-office open fromli to 4. gfit Sint .c. MA IIKETS. 7 his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Nov. 16.--Sales probably 10, 1 00, bales. Tho maiko quiet. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent i mprovements for the mallufacture of Irish whisky, by M essrs. DUNV ILLE Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their flue old Irish whisky, is to bo called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. HORNING. EVENING TI ESDAY 15 min past 11 ...... 85 min past 12 WEDNESDAY 58 min past 12 12 min past 1 THURSDAY ....• 32 min past 51 0 min past 1 FRIDAY 5 min past 2 20 min east 2 SUFFOCATED IN A SEWER. Two men went into one of the street sewers at Staly bridge, in order to discover a leakage in a waterpipe. One of the men ascended a man-hole for the purpose of getting out, but the iron plate by which it was covered was so fast that he could not remove it. Noxious gases had accumu lated in the man-hole, mid the man was overcome and fell into the cellar in a state of insensibility. The circumstance alarmed his comrade, who made his way out of the sewer as quickly as he could. As he proceeded the lighted candle ho held in his hand ignited gas which had escaped from a pipe, and he was severely burnt by the explosion that followed. As soon as possible he gave an vui, wi.Lvii Maio uiuer man was leaulut, to be quite dead. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday. The jury recommended that the man-holes should be covered with perforated plates, and pointed out that one of the consequences of the present system was to drive noxious gases into the cellars of dwellings. A FIGHT WITH POACHERS IN DERBY- SHIRE. A fight between a considerable party of poachers and three gamekeepers took place on the estate of Lord Vernon near Sudbury, Derbyshire, early on Saturday morning, and it is feared the result may ;prove fatal to one of the keepers. About three o'clock, as James Ling, Edward Kent, tnd Joshua Watkins, his lordship's game keepers, were on their rounds, they met with a gang of poachers at a place called the " Gorse Cover," in the parish of Sudbury. The nets of the poachers were set, and they were in full work. The moment they found themselves discovered they commenced a very violent attack upon the keepers, and resolutely followedit up by conduct which was alike brutal and cowardly. So sudden was the onslaught that the keepers were taken by surprise, as no sooner were they seen than Ling, the head keeper, was knocked down by a large stone: While lying on the ground he was beaten and kicked in an exceedingly brutal manner. One of his arms was broken by either a blow from a bludgeon or a kick, and he was seriously injured on other parts of the body. Watkins was struck on the mouth by a large stone, which cut his face very severely, and knocked out several of his teeth. One cf his fingers was also broken, and he was otherwise ill-used. Kent was also very badly beaten. The poachers havenot been caught. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FRAUD. At the Mansion House, Robert Haswell of the Lord Napier Tavern, Fenchurch-street, was on Monday brought before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Detective Serjeant Spittle, charged with converting to his own use trust funds to the amount of £10,600. The complainant was Mr. John Macdonald, managing clerk to a solicitor in Lincoln's-inn Fields, and the prose cution was authorised by a fiiat of the Attorney- General. It appeared that the prosecutor married the daughter of a Mrs. Markwick, who, until about four months ago lived in the same house as the defendant. Mrs. Markwick, it seemed, was a lady who was separated from her husband, and she lived upon the interest of a sum of £14,000 which was invested in Consols, and, under a deed, the defendant and a Mrs. Baker were trustees. The prosecutor's marriage with Mrs. Markwick's daughter took place in March of the present year. He had previously asked her consent, and she told him she could not allow him to marry her daughter until she told him that her daughter was entitled, upon her (Mrs. Marwick's) decease to an eighth share of £14,000. She also said that she would have wished to pay down the share at once, but under the deed sho had not power to do so, and even if she had the power she could not do so, as that villain opposite (point ing to the defendant) had sold it all out. Prosecutor asked for explanation, and witness said, " Never mind her, sho is mad. Her money is all right." He afterwards admitted that he had sold out part of the stock, but said that he was perfectly able to replace it, and would do so. Previously to this the defendant had advanced the prosecutor £4,000 to purchase the lease of the Lord Napier Tavern, and in consideration of the advance he held a mort gage of the premises. Ho was opposed to the prosecutor's marriage, and while they were at church defendant took possession of the tavern under the mortgage. In conse quence of that proceeding prosecutor became bankrupt, and in the bankruptcy court defendant, in answer to a question, said ho had given a bond for £10,600 to settle a Chancery suit brought against him. On one occasion ho shewed the de fendant a revolver, and said that if anybody took proceed ings against him he would blow their brains out. On Saturday ho was arrested, and he then had in his possession a revolver loaded in five chambers with ball cartridge. In answer to the charge, he said that the prosecution was only instituted to annoy him. Mrs. Markwick died on the 2nd of November last, and her property then reverted to her children, eight in number. On the application of Mr. Straight, the prisoner was remanded for a week, and the Lord Mayor declined to admit him to bail. • :1 The keeper of a sporting lottery at Chipping Norton, known as tho " Groat Oxon Spec," has been fined £5O, with the alternative of threo months' imprisonment. A Dublin correspondent mentions that a private meeting of landed proprietors was held in that city, "for the purpose of considering whether any and what steps should be taken for exposing the fallacies now gene rally propounded in connection with the management of landed property in Ireland, and the relations of land lords and tenants, to obtain the fullest information in their power on the land question, and to report to a future general meeting." Among the subscribers to a fund in sup port of the movement are understood to be the Marquis of Ormonde, the Duko of Manchester, Lords de Vesci, Done raile, Clonbrock, Bandon, Erne, Bective, Meath, Oranmore, and Dunsany. MR. P. T. BARNUM ON RELIGIOUS TOPICS.— The American Universalists lately held a centenary cele bration at New York. After speeches by Mr. Horace Greeley and others, Mr. P. T. Barnum rose, amid loud applause, and, in excusing himself for his appearance, reminded them that often "fools rush in where angels fear to tread." He paid a tribute to the greatness of this generation, and said he thanked God that he was born at this period of the world's history. They had telegraphy, photography, steam engines, and recently a groat civil war, which he considered to be most uncivil. He was glad to live in this generation and to find liberty triumph. When he looked back to forty years ago he could not but recall when he, then a young fellow attending Church service, heard from the preacher a most horrid account of hell, built with brimstone, and he prayed to God to save him from such a place. And as he struggled on with the business of life, he asked what he would have done if such a picture still remained before his mind. But things had changed since then, thanks to their religion; and he was happy to find ho could contribute a word toward their great cause. In the first place the supply in preaching was not equal to the demand. Forty years ago it would have been easy to supply, for then the only qualification for a preacher was a proper rendering of that awful word " brimstone." At present, however, a man was wanted who could think, and who could preach to thinking people. A man who thought like Father Hyacinthe would shake the whole theological position of some Churches. Employment for 500 preachers could be found in Now York State alone, and thousands were wanted for the United States. To supply that demand was to make appeals for money, and in his opinion 200,000 dollars was not the sum which should be men tioned for that purpose; it ought to bo 2,000,000 dollars, an amount that could be easily collected . by energetic clergymen, who declare it is better to give than to receive, but who, in their own cases, prefer to receive than give. As far as he was concerned, he would skolaro4 his intention cf giviAg 7,000 dollutte, the fund, • t. f4l "Zvez, 'Aty ' e% arl `iyk 41111 r HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, NOY. 15. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatwe, walked and drove out this morning. His Majesty the King of the Belgians and ;ier Royal Highness Princess Clotilde arrived at the Castle this evening. LATEST INTELL IGENCB (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Nov. 15. the National Steamship Company's steainbblP Helvetia arrived here to. day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1278 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1271 ; the lowest, 1261. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll5l. it 64 1885 ll3i. 61 46 1867 llsi. 10-40 16 Illinois 1374. 2 Erie 7l. 25ic• Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White 34.1c. Flour, extra state, $5.20c. to $5.80c. Corn, ° l4 mixed, sl.Be. BOSTON, Nov. 1 5 . The extra Cunard steamship Tarifa arriv ed out at 7 a.tn. to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 1 6 . The North German Lloyd steamer Berlin, fr° l3l Baltimore, arrived here this morning. She bring g 27 passengers and 3,300 packages for this Por t ' Hamburg, and Bremen. No specie. The Berlin experienced foggy weather during the latter pa rt of the voyage. EGYPT. PORT SAID, Nov. 15 ' The Emperor of Austria, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and Prince Louis of Hesse arrived here tir day, where they were received with the salutes ell 3; tomary to their rank. The illustrious guests at oee exchanged visits with the Khedive. The British ironclads Bellerophon, Caledoni3; and another of her Majesty's ships have arrived ° this port. The Khedive has invested M. de Lesseps with the Grand Order of the Osmanli. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAI& LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16 ' , s The steamer Macgregor Laird arrived here t hi morning with the above mail. Her dates are Old Calabar, 10th ; Canaeroons and Fernando P ° ' Bth ; Bonny, 11th ; Brass River, 7th ; Benin, 13° ; Lagos, 14th ; Whydah, 15th ; Jellah Coffee, 16th' Prampram and Acera, 17th ; Cape Coast Cast le ' 18th ; Salt Town, 20th ; Cape Palmas, 22d ; Sher bro', 29th; Sierra Leone, 30th; Bathurst, N °V. 2d ; and Madeira 9th. The Macgregor Laird brings a full cargo, 521 ounces of gold dust, and £l9O in specie. There is no news of importance to report fr °l3l the coast. CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOEZ, Nov. 15• 'The Peninsular and Oriental Company's s tearn e r Behar and Deccan sailed at eight this evening Cc) Bombay and Calcutta respectively. FRANCE. PARIS, NOV. 16 ' The official journal of this morning says :--" Prussian Ambassador, Baron Werther, when P re' seating his credentials to the Emperor, yesterd3lfa said—' By using all my efforts to maintain o°,, cement the friendly relations and good understsea, ing which so happily exists between the G° Yeril t i, meats of France and Prussia, and also of the forth German Confederation, and which, based 111; mutual interests, the two countries so cordia ll y sire to develope, I shall only be obeying the el. press wish of my Sovereign.' " 0 0' The Emperor replied : —"I appreciate the se e ments which you have expressed to me in the Ora of your Sovereign. Like him, I wish to 1 11011 c l good relations between the two Governmen t ' s ' Il ea the development of friendly relations bets'reoa Prussia, the North German Confederation, lithe France. I cannot but congratulate myself 011 jo , choice made by the King in sending you to Plop and I beg you to rely upon the kindly reeePti you will find amongst us." ,5 the The Constitutionnel of this morning eolifir' „ " rumour that M. Delangle is seriously ill. „ i ,at A meeting was held last night at Dondanv"' o i , which 2,000 persons were present. The 13311 00 festo of the Left was read and received 1 1 It o audience with a burst of derisive laught er t o hisses. The assembly decided almost ullan ira ° that M. Gambetta was a traitor to the cause e' people, and had broken his word. e tiog The Figaro of to-day says that at 10— , held in the Rue de Paris M. Owlet reproached Lissagaray, the editor of La Reform, for O tti tio p ing MM. Barba and Felix Pyat, and a reß ° A lti t , was adopted approving the speech of Al• ° tl " e r get BOURSE, Nov. 15.—Three o'clock—The 131(4 closed as follows : 0 Bank Shares ..••••2-g, 4_ Italsan Fives ......• e*: A us t r i a n Fives ... 0 ~..'' Ottoman Loan ••• 4 4 ~ Do. Debt......... 25 Spanish Threes ... ....., '' / Rome Debt ....•• ....., Deferred ......... ens ll ' 93 31 Orleans , ... 61 71 Western Northern .......•• to Strasburg • • 96li Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6O Sardinian Austrian 49a Lombard 45 North of Spain 65 Saragossa Roman 4} per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 60 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 230 Credit Poncier 1652 Paris Gas 1562 RAILWA: 0 ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION WIGAN. WIGAN , 1 4 t ooic At four o'clock this afternoon an OEO O3 I Coa l place o at No. 5 pit, belonging to Moss il a " 00 03 seam, broughtt the \ C vi mpany Collieries, Platt-bridge, three lun e° be en re gall. The shaft is 275 yards deep, and li r a , so ° for recently constructed. The winding up of t7 i - b ell liadincortrtinlhetenenaesefidr,eadnwdasmr thho7t,rfteieeso workings. E xp loring P io ioO were formed at once, and they found the el oo to had been very violent and much damag e , A is WI the workings. The number of miners kili e— e, t oo yet known, but the dead are at least tsvelvrtajoecl may reach twenty. It is not positively as ee he L oci' how many were left in the workings w hen t ist tb ° e t the night e t ° lowest bank. dent happened. Two firemen are ai novb a ip 0 killed. Two men have also been found d o . n s 110 seam above. The exploration of the workin g aid° Larg e proceeding at nine o'clock to-night. a iled' had assembled, and much excitement prey- r di P( 4 lo re till frc fr( 13( shi £1 tb TI on we kn evl dr4 Mi his tal At 13 , £2 cec