The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-01 00:00:00

e T HE APPAREL OPT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." 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 cbtained. E. MOSES and SON - possess unequalled resources for the MANUFACTURE of CLOTHING, and are consequently able to supply 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 assortment of Overcoats, and every &scrip ion of Clothing f►r 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 accompanying their Sons there is a separate department for this important branch of their business, and it is furnished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all ocmsions, including all the favourite designs atd 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. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should be 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 equalled 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 Establisbments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 105, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, AIINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATI 87, ALDGAT 88, ALDGATE 99, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH'. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD STREET 108, 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. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES, THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Cue for Travelling. THE « SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS TIIM BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p euliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to lequire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free I • HE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY chief Office in the United Kingdom:] 147, CREALPSIDE.: CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFF, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION or THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY G 2, Ludgate fill, London, E.Q. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the ('ompany, at the close of 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. 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 Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,662,960. The present value of the lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. wag £139,322 15 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured X 3,169,237, 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 constantly lapse, so that the balk 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 X 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. BARBEN, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN— Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefecre, Esq, M.P . Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell. Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey. Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq, ACTUARY—Sarni. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas mast be renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the 14th of October. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the assets and liabilities i❑ the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF EITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.C, NuW POLieiNs Issues. New Policies issued. In Weeks. 3 3 . .. 86 -Z14,250 ... 108 - 18,481 1888 1869 Excess .. •• •• •• 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 .• 3,105 —£539,442 COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Paix. Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New:York. BATES OF PASSAGE. From Tay= or BREST to NEW YORK. First 'Anse 7llO fr. Second (tarn 425 fr. Third Class - 275 fr. Prom Pads to Now York, ria Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class," 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cm; New Orleans, Porto Rico, Santiaco de Cuba, Guadelmmo, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St.Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O. 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 BREACH OF PROMISE. Box-office open from 1 ) till 5. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The MICHAELMAS HALF-YEARLY INTEREST WARRANTS, at the rate of 5 percent. per annu n, iiuve been duly forwarded to the Shareholde• s entitled to the same, and are now PAYABLE at the Offices, 33. Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C., daily, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, except on Saturdays, and then from Ten to Two o'clock. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEESEN, Secretary. Nov. 1, 1.R69. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, and Building Advance Departments sent free of charge. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of the past twenty-two months the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended 436,134;in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 44,250 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London xnd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan uary and 15th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (E 30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (.£5,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, WANTED, by an ex- Licensed Victualler, Manual Employment, in any eapwity. Town or Country. First-class character. Address E, 13, John street, Hanway-street, Tottenham-court-road. EVENING EMPLOYMENT WANTED , by a Young Gentleman (a Reader at the Sri . ish Museum), age 22, after Six p.m. Has received a good education. Can give excellent references. Address R, 46, Theobald's road, W.C. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE V to introduce comcnodi , les valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-strect,Norwich. OHN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY el 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 is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GIJA. 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 worm /dui liquid. It is now offered to the public it. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 38. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Rod Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 98, Upper Thames 4treet London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattArton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucic,ault : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright. I ohs. Rouse ; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. rHEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Tlnekstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS : Mr Compton Mrs E. Fitzwilliam: Miss F.Wright. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr ['owe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun. ; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &e. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, AD-ELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. TIIIS EVENING. at 7 o'clock, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins,Mr C. J. Smith, and MISS Eliza Johnstone. At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson. C. J. Smith, li. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss t liza John s! one, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr (*.Edmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till C. No fees for booking. ['laces can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Mo.nager. Mr. Benjamin Webster. OPEN FOB TIIE WINTER SEASON, THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MITCH OF A GOOD THING: Me,4srs Ash'ey, D. Leeson, and Misses v , aria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to -, THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr Benjamin Webster Me - srs R. Phillips, J. G. Taylor, A shley. Stuart, W. Rlenold, D. Leeson, C. J. Smith R. Romer, W. H. Eburue, Miss Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon, Mrs Addle, Ili s M. Harris, &e. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, THE LOTTERY TICKET: Mr George Honey. At 8. Moore's great Tragedy of THE GAMESTER : Barry Sullivan; Messrs J. C. Cowper. W. H. Stephens, Lin Rayne, Charles ETorsman, and Lint; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard. To conclude with THE WATERMAN: Messrs. G. Honey, E. Cotte, Evans ; Mrs C. Horsman. Miss R. Power. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Amonif SULLIVAN. p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Ir)I Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr CI srke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. INO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner : Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, .Cc. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. rrHE"SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn. 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxtridge, 9.20; Watford. 9.45. SPORTING. —J OH.N ROBERTS supplies thr LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. T" SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G - . R. 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THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be s e en in the Coffee Room, at the "Southampton Arms," High street, Camden-town, where all Sporting and Political eventF are freely discussed. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1869. THE LATE EDITION of "ME SUN " at J. SMITH'S, SO, Bow-street, Covent-garden. TIHE LATE EDITION of "THE SIIN" at W. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES retail every description of woven goods—silks, satins, woollens, calicos, lace, and an endless variety of other articles. The shopmen in these immense stores num ber not fewer than 12,000 in all, and are of various grades ; but it appears that only a few of the oldest servants, occupying the best posts, enjoy a good remuneration or are well-treated. The great majority suffer from various grievances. Their hours of labour are excessive—averaging some fifteen hours a day. Their food is indifferent ; one master recently boasted that the keep of his assistants cost him ninepence a day each ! Lastly, their salaries are seldom more than £7O or £BO a year, when without board or lodging. With the view of amending their condition in all three respects, but more especially for the purpose of reducing their hours of labour — which is clearly the most substantial ground of complaint—these assistants presented a: series of demands to the employers, and on the refusal of the latter a general strike took place. The movement was characterised by remarkable unanimity. Both masters and assistants in France are enrolled in a species of union called a syndicate, and a very powerful organisation that of the linendrapers is. The masters agreed that the first who yielded to the demands of the men should pay a forfeit of £2,000. The assistants offered to work at any period, but insisted that if the shops were kept open for fifteen hours a day there ought to be relays of salesmen ; and on the rejection of this moderate request they involved the entire trade in confusion. At first only the lower ranks left work, but soon the higher officials—those who wore comfortably situated—went to the support of their fellows. And at length twenty-two large houses lost not only their subordinate assistants, but the first-class salesmen and buyers, who are not easily replaced. Altogether 8,000 men quitted their counters. The remaining 4,000 are those employed in houses which yielded to the demands, and those in which the treatment of the ass j istants was origi nally good. The greater number of employers were brought to sad straits by this well-organised strike. Some, in deed, yielded without concert with their fellows, whilst others asked assistance from the Government and from the provincial towns. But though a Govern ment officer, it is said, sent one hundred girls from an orphan school, their assistance was found of very little avail; whilst the provincial linendrapers seemed rather disposed to support the strike than to fill the vacant places. Some proprietors tried women in their inaga4ins, but a good authority states that this experiment did not answer. " Those who go shopping to these houses are mostly women, and women have little confidence in their An adroit salesman will pass off upon: women the worst merchandise in stock, where a saleswoman would entirely fail." Still, however, the masters mostly held out, and at length the assistants, abandoning all hope of coming to terms, resolved to give the strike a new and bold turn. They decided upon entering into rivalry with their employers, and selling on their own account the goods which they formerly retailed as assistants. Three co-operative rnagasins were opened in Paris this week under very favourable auspices. One landlord pro mised to charge no rent until the business so far prospered that the ex-assistants were able to pay. Several large manufacturers of nouveautes have offered goods on credit. A financial company has, it is said, volunteered a loan of £20,000. The assistants' syndicate proposes to establish a co-operative company, with a capital of £20,000, the assistants to hold shares and the public debentures. It appears that an Englishman, whose name is not quite clear, has subscribed largely to the scheme, and has placed a shop free of charge at the service of the men on strike. Thus powerfully upheld, the co-operative principle is to be fairly tried on a large scale. The system which has hitherto been confined to isolated firms, mostly in a small way, is now to be extended to an entire business. How far the experiment will succeed the result alone can shew. But that such an attempt should be made, and command such sympathy and assistance, are-surely signs of an altered state of things own sex. Mn. BAILEY DENTON has furnished an important contribution to the literature of the sewage and drainage questions. After twenty-one years' con stant effort to discover the best mode of protecting the public health in this respect, it is rather startling to be informed that the ordinary system of drainage is altogether wrong. But such is Mr. DENTON'S conclusion. The common method of carrying off the sewage and drainage of a town is, he affirms, excellent in some respects, but it is like wise open to very grave objections. The radical mistake of the plan usually adopted consists in combining the functions of the sewer and the drain. They are quite separate " institutions." A drain is for the purpose of carrying off the natural moisture of the earth ; whilst the proper office of a sewer is to remove the refuse of houses. " A drain should be calculated for slow, gradual, and constant action on the soil; a sewer for the rapid discharge of its work." Unfortu nately, in practice, one convenience does the work of both. The sewers operate as drains, and the effect of the combination is perceptible in two ways. The subsoil water in the neighbourhood of a town with a proper sewage system invariably diminishes ; in other words, a well which would at one time contain standing water at a depth of twenty feet. Such examples, e system is constructed, be fi o v f e w f sunk e h e :th h n l fi l t f a h t t e: erwneheoanrre a many, prove clearly that water permeates through the brickwork of sewers; and, on the converse principle, it is not less certain that the liquid in sewers penetrates through to the earth, and is brought by evaporation to the surface in the shape of malaria. The earth, air, and water may become tainted and pregnant with infection through the very means that have been adopted to guard against disease. The defect of the present sewerage system, then, is that by com bining the drainage liquid s ith th 3 more solid sewage matterP, it facilitates this penetration through the brickwork, and the subsequent rise to the surface of noxious gases. Thus, while the sewers in one way prevent disease, in another they actually cause it. Otherwise, how is the fact tobe accounted for that in some towns lung diseases, fever, and other maladies have actually increased in spite of both systematic sewerage and a copious water supply ? The sewage ought to be carried off with as little admixture of water as possible. In order to secure t he maximum of benefit from sanitary improvements, the systems of drainage and sewerage ought to be quite distinct. In one city, Salisbury, they are distinct, and there the best results are attained. Mr. DErrrox concludes that the labour of a quarter of a century is in part useless ; we must commence and construct afresh. SURELY it would be a graceful thing if the Liberal wire-pullers would allow one working man to have a seat in Parliament. The presence of one "honour able " builder or carpenter would not be so very portentous. We have long past the shoe-buckle stage. The appearance of any number of ROLANDS without the courtly appendage does not dismay us. There are already in the House men who began life as labourers, and they in some instances occupy important county mitts, which used to be considered the appanage of the great families. We do not see why Mr. ODGER should not be quite as useful a member as Mr. ELLIOT ; nor why, as North Durham returns the one, Southwark should not return the other. And yet there are signs that the managers in Downing-street will not suffer it. they have of course a considerable number of old supporters who were unfortunate at the general election, and they wish to find room for them. There is Mr. MILNER GIBSON, for instance, who, it is said, will be put up for the seat which Mr. LA.YARD is about to leave. Mr. MILNER GIBSON iS a very respectable gentleman, and journalists espe cially are bound to speak well of one who led the crusade against the taxes upon knowledge. Yet for all that we do not think that his presence is indis pensable to the well-being of the House of Com mons. We remember that he was the most faineant of Ministers, and that he preferred to display his handsome and well-dressed person in Pall-Mall to sitting in an office in Downing-street. Mr. GLADSTONE was congratulated, eleven months ago, because Mr. GIBSON had been defeated, and it was, therefore, not incumbent upon the new PREMIER to find a place for him. If he re-enters Parliament, we suppose that he will have to be provided for, and that an additional Lord of the Treasury will be found necessary to assist Captain VIVIAN in the discharge of his overwhelmingly arduous' duties. On the whole, we think Parliament, the party, and the Ministry can very well spare him. We are sure that it would be only doing a graceful thing to let Mr. ODGER walk over the course, as an acknowledgment of the self denial which he displayed in retiring from Chelsea rather than • divide the Liberal interest. South wark, moreover, is essentially a working man's constituency, and the concession would, therefore, be all the more valued. If it is not made we foresee trouble in store for the Liberal party. They will find working-class politicians assume the same relation towards them that the Radicals assume towards the Whigs. Mr. BRIGHT and his friends, by temporary alliance with Conser vatives, compelled Lord PALMERSTON to give will to the Radicals. Mr. ODGER and his friends will bear that fact in mind if they do not receive better treat ment than the Government at present seems inclined to shew them. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EITSIZING, at 7, FOUNDED ON FACTS. After which FEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with A. DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS ETENING, at 7, MY PRECIOII3 BETSY, Followed by LOST AT SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge. Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; Miss Rose Leelereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Ur G. Belmore and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. I 'THIS EvzsiNG. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7.45. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS AE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes. PRINCESS•'S THEATRE. Tins EVENING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING : M Ashley and the Misses Hants. With THE WILLOW COPSE Mr. Benjamin Webster. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TIIIS EVES ING. at?, THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which, THI4; GAMESTER : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE WATERNIAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THY CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CBRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS, Regent's-park, 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 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. i t t l i . ?4 if* LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 1, 1869. There is now publishing in one of the popular shilling magazines, more especially devoted to the interests of light literature, a serial story so remark able in itself, and so beneficent in the humane pur pose its author has at heart in writing it, that it ap pears to us to be entitled at the bands of journalism to more than merely the customary reference made en passant to the varied contents of the monthly pe riodicals. A tale told for the vindication of some especial moral is generally a failure as a work of art. As a rule, it is almost by necessity wearisome. But the pecularity at once noticeable in regard to the fiction we are now referring to is this—that while its whole aim and object are transpa rently visible and persistently avowed throughout, it is never by any chance wearisome, and so far as a production can be estimated accurately before it is finished, and therefore before it can actually be re garded as a whole, it is, to our mind, peculiarly en- titled to commendation in its particular character as a work of art. It has to do, not as in the instance of so many masterpieces from the hands of the greatest imaginative writers dead or living, with epochs more or less remote—with sixty years since as in " Waverley," with eighteen centuries ago as in " The Last Days of Pompeii"—it has to do with the actual present: and, under no romantic aspect, iu the very thick and crush of the ccuamon workaday world. " Put Yourself in his Placa" is the name of the story. The author of it is CHARLES READE. The periodical in which it is appearing by instalments is the magazine established by THA`HCE RAY, and known as the Cornhill. The novelist's idea in penning this powerful and affecting narra tive may be expressed, perhaps, the most accurately, by speaking of it, according to a familiar phrase, and by applying that familiar phrase negatively. It is the very opposite, then, we would say at ()nee, of the root-idea at the he trt of the evil ambition of every demagogue—that of set- ting class agaiust class. The question of strikes, and of trades unions, and of rattening, and, so to speak, of Broadheads, and Narrowhearts, are inextricably intermingled with, are part and parcel of, as charming, is pure, and yet as impassioned a love story as any reader of fiction well could wish. The scenes lie mostly in the streets and workshops and outlying listricts of a great manufacturing town such as Sheffield or as Birmingham. The hero of the tale is introduced as a working man, grimed with labour, toiling night or day (it matters little to him which) at the forge and the furnace, with the hammer and the file, and the other blackened tools of his handicraft. Skilled in his trade ; intelligent, gifted, inventive, though ho is ; gentle born in part, though he eventually turns out to be as heir to the proud old trada•hating Squire, the head of the ancient house of the ItAuvs —this superior artizan, who is the hero of the work, is, for all that, Eo essentially and engrained a working man himself, that when he is constrained, •tit last, in spite of himself, to emerge into a more decently civilised atmosphere (into just such an atmos phere as was described the other day by Mr.ROEBUCK), he has to get transformed, just for all the world like PIP, in " Great Expectations." Only, instead of going like Pip to a village tailor, like Mr. TRABB—HENRT Lrrru, the hero of " Put yourself in his place," goes to the London tailor, to the London hosier, to the London hairdresser: and has even then to be warned by his lady mother about the greater need there is upon him, for example, to have a more sedulous attention to the condition of his nails. In speaking thus of the narrative, now appearing piecemeal in the pages of the Cornhill, from the hand of CHARLES READE, a novelist already famous and of established repute in our literature as the author ? , among other books, of a great work like " The Cloister and the Hearth," and of such a minor work of exquisite beauty as " Christie John- stone"—we are desirous, in the first place, simply to realise the homely, matter of fact, workaday charac ter of the story he is now telling ; and, in the next place, to direct attention more pointedly than in a mere passing literary notice of it, to the noble, generous, elevating, and practically beneficent nature of the moral it is expressly designed as a means of inculcating. If properly applied it is calculated to do as much good between the two great classes to whose common interests it more especially refers, as even a well-contrived and carefully considered Act of Parliament. Only, while it takes the King, the Loral, and the Com mons, in turn and together, to produce the Act of Parliament—it requires the genius of CHARLES READE, prompted by a generous heart and guiding 'A skilful hand, to produce a work as noble and as humanizing as the one we are fain thus earnestly to commend to popular consideration. As a hundred years ago the prints of IfooAßTuts " industrious :uid Idle Apprentice" used to be hung up on thc walls of our workshops —so, now, on the early com pletion and collective republication of the current ierial story in the Cornhill, among the classes to which that imaginative and yet very real narrative, more especially applies, a cheap reissue of CHARLES READE's " Put yourself in his Place," ought, in the public interests and upon public grounds, to be scat tered broadcast. A. REMARKABLE strike is now in progress in Paris. The men who have " turned out " have no precise counterparts in England, but they are most nearly described as linen drapers. They are assistants in the magasins de nouveautes, establishments which TRADE AND FINANCE. The money market shews few signs of returning anima tion. The position of the Bank of England, as shewn in weekly accounts, is gradually getting stronger, notwith• standing the comparative smallness of the totals involved. Thus we find that while on the Ist of July last the private securities were £20,552,000, the amount held by the Bank at the present time does not exceed £14,347,805. There has, therefore, been a falling off in the demand for accommodation at the Bank to the extent of very nearly six millions sterling. The actual position of the Bank, however, is very strong, and so long as the directors possess their present facilities, any considerable advance in the value of money is altogether out of the question. For example, the total liabilities of the banking department on the Ist of July amounted to £27,912,102, against which there was a reserve of notes and coin to the extent of £11,337,671. At the present time the figures are £21,301,044 and £10,223,956 respec tively. In the one case the proportion of reserve to liabilities was about 40 per cent., rising at the close of this month to 43 per cent., thus showing a continual improvement in the Bank accounts, and a fair proportion of reserve for liabilities in ordinary times is considered to be about 33 per cent., which is more than sufficient for all practical purposes, and the proportion at the present time is unusually large. The great falling off in the inquiry for discount at the bask, however, has necessarily caused some little pressure in the open market, and at various intervals the Lombard street quotation has advanced to a par with the bank rate. Though there is still sufficient capital afloat in the open market to satisfy all present requirements, we may expect the pressure, when it does arrive to come from this quarter, and the movement will be all the more sharp and decisive on that aocount. At the same time any important rise in the value of money here would be sure to attract large quantities of specie from Paris, where the Bank of France still holds about fifty millions sterling, and thus a speedy reaction would take place in the market. . A somewhat unusual feature at the present time is the absence of speculation in the stock markets. In ordinary times of cheap money, transactions in speculative stocks and shares are greatly increased, and a vast quantity of stock is held under advance from capitalists. In this way the two markets act and react upon one another in the. most salutary manner, fur an immediate rise in the quotations for loans follows excessive com mitments in stocks, while idle capital is taken up for the temporary investment. Something of this kind took place a month or two since, when there was en excited demand for Five-Twenty Bonds, but recently business of this nature has been much curtailed. We do not leek fcr any movement in the value of money on this account for the present, and as the position of trade will not justify the expecta tion of an active demand, the probability remains that money will continuo easy for some time longer. The Government will, it is true, require about seven millions for the service of the telegraphs before the close of the year, but even should this ho raised in the open market, the disarrangement that must neces sarily follow the movement of so large an amount of capital will be of a temporary nature. It seems more than probable, however, that the loan will be met by the issue of terminable annuities through the agency of the post-office savings banks, in which case the operation will affect the money market in but a small degree. A rumour is circulated by a country paper that there are serious dissensions in the Cabinet. There is no confirmation, however, of the questionable statement. A meeting of members of Convocation has been held at Oxford, and it has been resolved to put the Marquis of Salisbury in nomination for tho Chancellorship. Fanny Letitia Stockwell, alias Baker, alias " The Heroine of Romance," who was charged some time ago at Birmingham with bigamy, forgery of a will, and a variety of frauds, was on Friday sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. It is understood, the South London Press tells us, that Mr. Layard has given great dissatisfaction through not displaying the ordinary courtesy of issuing a circular even to Lis most intimate friends respecting his retirement from the representation of Southwark. A telegram from Weymouth states that on Friday morning the screw steamer Durley of London, bound from Cardiff to Portland with coals for the Great Eastern steam• ship, had only just arrived in Portland Roads when a serious explosion took place, which set the forepeak and forecastle on fire. Six men were injured, four of them seriously. The last act in connection with the massacre of Mr. and Mrs. Powell, together with their son John, all of whom were murdered in Abyssinia in April last, was the interment of the remains in tho family vault at Bassalleg Church, near Newport, on Friday morning. Everything in connection with the funeral arrangements was conducted with the strictest privacy. Some of the newspaper accounts of Lord Derby assert that ho was the author of a little book for children in explanation of tho Scripture parables. This (says the Pall Mall Gazette) is a mistake. The author of the work in ques tion was either his father or his grandfather. We believe the claim is duo to Edward, the twelfth Earl of Derby, who died in 1834, and was grandfather of the lately deceased statesman. The South Staffordshire Industrial Exhibition, which has been open for six months, was closed on Friday aftez a very successful " run." It is said that about a quarter of a million people have visited it, and, after the payment of over £7,000 expenses, there will be over £l,OOO surplus, which is to be given to the funds of two local associations, ono educational, the other having the promotion of art for its object. Margaret M'Gowan surely (says the Liverpool iller cury) may lay claim to the title of tho most veteran drunkard in Liverpool. She made her appearance for the 126th time at the court on Friday, and, in virtue of her pre-eminence, the ordinary drunkard's fine was increased to 40s. Our respect for the "liberty of the subject" is such that we suppose this old woman must be allowed to drink herself to a miserable death without hope of rescue. We are glad, the Manchester Examiner remarks, to obLerve a glimmer of sunshine breaking through the clouds which have so long hung over Preston. There hes been an improvement in the trade of the town. Several mills which have been running short time have commenced full hours, and one or two millowners, whose machinery has only been partly at work, will, it is hoped, soon have their spindles in motion during the whole week. At a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, held on Saturday, on tho motion of Alderman Stewart, se conded by Mr. Rathbone, a resolution expressive of regret at the death of Lord Derby and of sympathy and condolence with his family in their bereavement, was unanimously passed. The mover and seconder of the resolutio❑ dwelt on the widely-spread benevolence of the nob:o earl, and stated that among the latest acts of his enevolence which Lad been bestowed on Liverpool was a contriLution of £lOO to aid in the completion of a mortuary chapel for the use of the poorer classes of the Roman Catholics. Public security at Birmingham is reported to be badly looked after; and if tho charges against the police be true, tho force is sadly demoralised. The publicans, finding themselves completely in the power of these guardians of the peace, only retain their good will by incessant libations. It is said that one street is so neglected that it is a continual scene of disorder and violence. The other day 17 shopkeepers had to put up their shutters and suspend business; a landlord reports that ho is losing his tenants ; and another matt declares that he is obliged to go to bod in the dark, for the roughs smash any window in which they see a light. 711 E QUAR7ERLIES, The Quarterly Review is an exceptionally fine number — not to be surpassed in excellence even by the famous Talmud issue. Three out of the nine articles for tho October quarter - call for special notice. First, and of most enduring importance, comes " Islam," which is a continua tion, by the same writer, of the memorable article on the Talmud. " Islam" is specially devoted to a general survey •f the rise, progress, and characteristics of the Mohamme dan power. Though less striking than the essay which :fussed such a sensation in the world of letters, this sequel is nevertheless admirably written, and is distinguished by the same depth of research and boldness of speculation by which Mr. Emmanuel Deutsch first attracted public atten tion. The contribution on the Byron mystery has already established itself as the leading brief on the side of the lefence against Mrs. Stowe's charge. The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin " is likely to find it an exceedingly tough problem. The article is ably written throughout, and bristles with telling pleas; but its most important feature is the correspondence of Lady Byron—the affec tionate and confiding letters written to Mrs. Leigh after the separation of the poet from his wife, and, sonsequently, after the discovery by Lady Byron of the crime attributed to her husband and Min. Leigh. But I find that the Saturday Review, which has throughout warmly supported Mrs. Stowe, is not satis fied with this evidence. It is not easy, it admits, to con ;ludo that Lady Byron could have believed in the ;barge of incest while she was writing to Mrs. Leigh in these loving and confiding terms. But, as a matter of fact, she did believe it—the Quarterly Reviewer himself acknow 'edges this—and expressed her belief to Mr. Lushington' as well as to another person ; and yet she wrote the letters. The Saturday cleverly points out that whilst the objection to Mrs. Stowe's story is the co-existence of the charge of incest and the affectionate letters, a' monomaniacal or insane belief in a non-existent crime is an equal objection to the Quarterly Reviewer's story. In other words, it is as hard to think that Lady Byron believed a false charge, and wrote the letters as it is to admit that she was certain of the charge and yet wrote. The Reviewer undoubtedly does confess that Lady Byron not only believed the charge, but made no scruple of repeating it "ri,;ht and left to almost anybody who chose to listen to it." It certainly is a. re markable mystery. "The Past and Future of the Conser vative Party"—attributed by common consent to the Marquis of Salisbury—is another exceptionally good contribution to this fine number. It is as able as the " Conservative Surrender," and far more hopeful and practical. The fortunes of the party, argues the writer, were never so low as at the pre sent moment ; never were the Conservative forces so weak in numerical strength, and deficient in organisation. The disasters which have reduced the opposition to this ebb aro solely to be attributed to the persistent efforts of its leaders to gain or retain power by alliances with the dis sontented Radicals—their most inveterate foes. These attempts have been partially successful. Three times within twenty years have the Conservatives enjoyed a brief tenure of office. But it has always been found im possible to maintain the unnatural coalition with the Radicals, and expulsion from power, combined with a decided advance of democratic principles, has been the invariable fruit of these flagitious combinations. If the Conservative party would be true to itself it must for some time, at least, abandon all hope of power, at all events it must forego all union with the Radicals; and must be con tent to do the hard, but honest, work of Constitutional Opposition. Instead of forming immoral combinations which promote democracy, it must be the especial care of the party to arrest the triumph of extreme prin 'iples. The advice is good, and might succeed if politics were more a matter of principle than of interest. Unfortunately, it can hardly be said that this is the case. Especially is it unlikely that the policy of the Quarterly will prevail whilst Mr. Disraeli remains at the helm. Several of the minor contributions this quarter will be found pleasant reading. "Sacerdotal Celibacy" is a compendious historical review of the ordinances and customs affecting the marriage of priests. Lord Lytton's translations of " Horace " receives very high praise, which it deserves. There can be little doubt that this new version of the Latin poet is a substantial achievement. " The Water Supply of London " is chiefly a digest of Govern ment inquiries by Royal Commissions and Select Com mittees. The general conclusions are that there is no fault to be found with the sources from which the water of the metropolis is at present derived ; but the control of the supply ought to be transferred from private companies to municipal hands. There can be little question that one of the chief grievances relating to the London water supply is not the quantity nor the quality, but the receptacles and. conveniences furnished to the poor A sketch of Isaac Barrow, one of the great theologians of the latter half of the seventeenth century, and an inevitable dis quisition on the reconstruction of the Irish Church, are amongst the remaining articles. The Llndon Quarterly devote 3 itself chiefly to philoso phical and theological matters. The articles on " Brazil and the Amazon " and " Motley's United Netherlands " are the excei,tion. The reviewer of Veitch's " Life of Sir William Hamilton " is written by an old pupil of the great Scotch philosopher, and contains many interesting personal anecdotes. But though a pupil and an admirer, the reviewer is not prepared to swear to all the words of Lis master, and he criticises some portions of Hamilton's philosophy unfavourably. For instance, with regard to what Hamilton viewed as an important discovery—that all positive thought lies between two extremes, which, as mutually contradictory, cannot be true, but of which for the same reason one must be true, while at the same time neither of these extremes is conceivable—Sir William him. self admitted to the reviewer at the close of his life that he was not wholly satisfied. The criticism on Lecky's "History of Morals" is on the whole favourable, anc the writer acknowledges with gratitude the triumphant way in which Mr. Lecky has overthrown the Utilitarians. The biography of Rudolph Stier, who was known to Englishmen chiefly by his " Words of Jesus," is especially valuable, as no English life has been written. Stier, it must bo admitted, was not a very large-minded man. He answered to the devout, earnest, but somewhat narrow-minded Low Churchman of our own country. Ho was an unwearied student of, and commentator upon, the Bible ; but was wholly incapable of entering upon points of canonicity and authenticity. The article on " Protoplasm" is a refutation of Mr. Huxley's notable article in the Fort nightly Review of last February, and shews that, though the Professor has chosen a new term, he is advancing an old error, known to all the world as " materialism." The article dealing with " Arnold on Culture and Anarchy" is a protest, setting forth the part which Christianity has played in the culture of the human race. The writer on the approaching Ct cumenical Council does not expect that it will lead to much result. THE NEW LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. One of the two great achievements of last session was the passing of a new Bankruptcy Bill. It was a most voluminous bill, and it will be some time before the profes sion, much more the public, master its details. Mr. Sala man has offered most efficient help by his "Practical Guide." In a work of 102 pages (including valuable indices) he explains the working of the Act under different sections, and in non-technical language. A treatise of this kind scarcely gives room for quotation, but we may mention two or three provisions of the Act which Mr. Salaman sets forth in terms intelligible to everybody. A member of the House of Commons becom ing bankrupt will be incapable, for one year from the date of the adjudication order, of sitting and voting, unless during that time the adjudication is annulled, or the creditors are satisfied. If at the end of the year there has been neither annulment nor satisfaction, the member vacates his scat, and a new election will take place. Another pro ♦ision is that one partner of a firm may be proceeded against by petition in bankruptcy without including the others. One of the most important sections of the Act is that providing for the appointment and the duties of the trustee. This officer takes the place of the assignee, but will be a far more satisfactory agent, for he will not be allowed to devour the estate with expenses, as the assignee now does. A solicitor will be eligible, and he will be entitled to enter into a contract with the creditors for doisg the work on payment of a given sum ; an innovation on the present rules which regulate the conduct of solici tors that will probably have large results. The trustee will have power to disclaim and surrender all property in volving serious pecuniary responsibilities, such as shares in companies ;re not fully paid. When the whole of the property has been realised and distributed among the creditors, the trustee applies for an order of release, which, being granted, secures him against all further liability in the matter. A bankrupt will not be able to obtain his dis charge unless a dividend of 10s. in the pound has been paid, except the creditors should pass a special resolution to the effect that the inability to pay is due to circum stances over which the bankrupt had no control. If he does not obtain his discharge, no portion of a debt provable under the bankruptcy can be enforced until after three years from the close of the bankruptcy. If at the expira tion of that period he has not obtained his discharge, the balance will be deemed a subsisting judgment debt, capable of being enforced against his property (subject to the right of persons becoming creditors after the bankruptcy). Even if the bankrupt should die, the proceedings may continue as if he were alive. Post-nuptial settlements are void if the settler becomes bankrupt within ten years of the date thereof, unless he can shew that, at the time of making the settlement, he was able to pay all his debts without in cluding the property so settled. " A Practical Guide to the Bankruptcy Law of 1869." Ely Joseph Seymour Bitlamtoi, Solicitor. London ; Grocuubridge. T i u D '"• 4 ' HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 28. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out in the morning. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Eli+ drove out in the afternoon. VISIT OF THE KING AND Q UEEN OF 7HE BELGIANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l shall feel obliged by your permitting nee to state, with reference to the announcements made by the London press of the formation of this Com mittee (of which the Right Ron. the Lord Mayor , M.P., is President), that I shall be happy to receive the names of noblemen and gentlemen who are willing to co-operate in promoting a National Welcome to the King and Queen of the Belgians• I shall also be happy to receive subscriptions• Cheques to be made payable to our treasurer, Co l • E. T. Gourley, M.P. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES MERCIER, llon. Sec• 21, Albert-gate, llyde-park, S.W., 30th Oct., 1869. LATEST INTELLIGENC (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Oct. 30. The North German Lloyd's steamship Amer ica arrived here today at 9 a.m. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 129 ; the highest quotation (Ju r ' Lug the day was 1291 ; the lowest, 128 a. _ . Sterling Exchange on London NOS;• 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2O. tt " 1885 llBl. cc " 1867 ll6l 10-40 it Illinois l3B. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 26 l e' Petroleum—Standard White 34 l c' Flour, extra state, $5.65c. to $6.25c. Corn, ° ld mixed, sl.Bc. BOSTON, Oct. 9. 64 The extra Cunard steamship Siberia arl ici out at 10 a.m. to-day. QUEENSTOWN, NOV% 1 ' The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Tripoli, fr° t lit h New York, rrrived here at 8.30 this morning sv;s 129 passengers. She lauded despatches an d passengers, and proceeded at 8.40 a.m. for Lile pool. All well. 0 0 The National steamship Company's Fite -lalt Helvetia arrived here yesterday from Live rl / 0; and having embarked passengers proceed ed New York this morning. All well. Noy' SOUTHAMPTON, No" 1 l o t The North German Lloyd steamer Deuts ch from New York, arrived here this morning. 01 0 brings 150 passengers, 40 sacks of mails , in specie for London, and $lO,OOO for Paris' the 24th ult.:she spoke;the English ship rete rga :f well, and on the 28th the Ame-rican ship Que en the East. CORRESPONDENCB .- SvO f The great topic of the day is the publicat ion e 04. Imperial decree convoking the electors of the vi4pcior c• • umseriptions of . the Seine, the Vendee, and I rienn qliii the election of deputies on the 21st of November• s e movement has taken the world a little prise, as the Government, it must be a .c k n owledg e- ; the not usually been in a hurry to anticipate the wish es O f * people, and it might have deferred these elections eer whole month without infringing constitutional of uette. The Siecle is a little satirical in its vrondc after examining the reasons put forward by th e ;:lor official journals, admits that it cannot believe coneer-tive. the public interests to have been the reigning t e° ,l the The Ministry, which during three months has resistedeo unrnimous wish of the people, is not likely so be ruler animated by public spirit. The Siecle finds an ° al- bead planation in Ilya desire of the Cabinet to see Mg. ' ).111. 00 1 1 and Le Roux in their places in the Chamber on the i5O the Senates-Consultum now permitting depu ties to °etc public functions. r r e th at No change is to be looked for in the Cabin et be'e" r on date. It is confidently reported that the ratePeryr°o the leaving Compiegne declared that he wished to 1 0°c e - A th e status quo without any modification whatever li ceremony of the 29th was over. of A meeting of the Left was lately held at t he . 11 :. 0 0 81 / M. Favre, at which that politician protested "srig—tviaicli against the character of passive obedience attach some of the electors seemed inclined to te j olie to the office of deputy. He intended, be sai d ' ~ 005 ' a public protest against this doctrine in the P o the This speech produced considerable sensation, th°l_, ere principle was generally approved, but the merabe:ogreecl not inclined to support M. Favre altogether, an d 11 4.. h o r 01 to defer the publication of his letter until th e 7 to of November. E lven . At Saint Tropaz a grand banquet has he el ' ; 00' 4 M. Emile 011ivier, in the ancient Eglise de on * . O a f r s now transformed into a salle. More than 30 0 r , o rni e ,a''' all classes were present and the utmost prevailed, notwithstanding social inequalitAieB.o2ecel4 011ivier made a brilliant and imPas si°ne r on t1 :0, 6 tracing the miseries which befall a l' e ° P ., h ° o l' l at morrow of a revolution. The emancipation oi ge,--„ to be durable, must, he said, be gradual, like a b ' to works of God and of nature. Turning, loc i agriculturists present, he asked whether Ol io s ee: 4 for their grain the day after they had 00' 0° ,4 c res t The speech, which occupied an hour in &l iv a boll great enthusiasm among its hearers. plea t for; M. Arthur Picard, brother of M. Ernest clic oe announced that he will come forward as a sari re° the fourth circumscription of the Seine. is t t he The Liberte calls attention to a rumour t..-*toot hating in the diplomatic world. It is to the e ffec ib ilitie * 0 0 , Emperor Alexander is so weary of the res Pena f bis o a :o power that he will shortly abdicate in favou r ° . O ) 1 0 the Czarewitch Alexander. This prince is ne W L i r o t 1.11 11 , year. The Empress of Russia intends to wilit e ost and has hired the Villa Valroso, one of tile most tli resque habitations of the place. The Enapress,:oe des frequent visitor to Nice, has not been there sine 0 1° of her eldest son, in March 1865. ~agraelit the The Correctional Tribunal has given J — .„," hers e- ,io Belleville affair, and has considered the ro e , e eon s bureau to be guilty for their refusal to obeloti'deloodept nary of police. Four of them have been his j u dge / 0 0 pay fines, and three others sent to prison. theaiiethe is looked upon as serious. In consequenco 01 w olf oe o that is experienced in hearing the Coin ra ost ion oc l ,atter is compelled to make signs, and the cfn ought to s ta d whether in construing a legal act a sign es to in place of a word. Some surprise has also be c e s iii io to s 01 at the second batch of witnesses who wer e 5. So t licet stantiate the depositions of the former °T ie y Of r ° these were acquaintances of the conroisEaration of th who was greatly concerned in the c onden ° '0 hsa prisoners. n inais" The Memorial de la Loire states that a c c '. reni e ho met at St. Etienne, for the purpose of PreP ar L i3g basit i tor measure for the working miners in the whe'tlat th Loire. The People of Marseilles an nounces ° makers of that town have just stru ck work. ter p rt a jo Snow has mad e its appearance in the gr.erias t he central France. During the last few days it fe ce j large quantities in Orl&tns, 131ois, and ',Yon° 00 ,1 1165 mountains of the Loire the roads have bock 00,1 nearly impassable by the depth of the sne .gi accumulated e tO 3 a er e of The very extensive Dis tillery now at Belfast, with all recent imp rovements for thecu'llurAelie o It o .f r o be _ i o c e t Irish wisky, by Messrs DIJNVILLE Co:%s a world h -wido celebrity for their fine old IrislaL called "The Royal Irish Distillery" riaiD G-5. 1 10 lIIG LI WATER AT LONDON % ,[o 4s t MORNING. 0 MONDAY 5O min past 11 ...... 01 0 a5 l 15 min past 12 ...... ; 1 0 / no p ot ; TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY. 5O min past 1 ..... FRIDAY 3O min past 2 ..... u" A ei