The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-20 00:00:00

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Orders front persons who are not known to the firm should '.e seenmpanied by a remit tance, or a London refererce. Any article not worn or injnred will be 2hPerfUll7 exchnnged, Or, if, desired, the money will be returned. All Goods aro marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Cape. and Boots and Shoes, is un aqualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap- A v"ry large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfit , ' 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 re closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday eveninm at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Beady-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollen drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufae turors, and General Outfitter for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORTES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOR 1870, Second Edition, containing the following useful information:— Altnanack I Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds I Postal Information Weights and Measurea List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab • Fares Ministers of State Ready Reckoner Al;o A DIARY, a•ranged oil the moat approved plan, and neatly printed on good writing paper, Price One Penny. or post-tree for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINORTES and A I.DG ATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET. LONDON, TOTTENHAM-COTT T- 'ROAD. And BRADFORD, Y , ,RKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare cf Four pence per day, will be issued at Hammersmith, Shepherd's Push, Lhtimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Park, to Moorgate Street, and intermediate Stations on tho Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. For full particulars see special notices. GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE - to introduce cornmodiles valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remttnerativeCommission +o Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. COHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY - 7 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decly, and imparts a pleartant fraerance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Ball Wharf, 93, Upper Thames- street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. TNO. (OSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect iny; this wou(: ,rful liquid. it is now offered to the public n a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Ss. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. in rludin z brush. Rod Bull Whnrf, Angel passsage, 93, Tipper Thames ?rept London. E.C. I)EALITY AND THE BFAST ; or HARLEQUIN ) AND CLD MOTHFR DT:-:CH, will be p.toduced on MON RAY, December 27, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 213. Mr Ding Perf•rmances every Wednesday and Saturday dnrinr the above perino. Box offi,e open from 10 till 5 daily.— THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET, Solo Lessee. Mr. 13nekstone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS Mr Compton. At half-past Seven, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Rowe, Mr Rogers. Mr. Braid, Mrßuckstone, inn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &c. C ,, nelmlinz with (by desire) HIGH LTFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal. Mr Buckstone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Misq F. Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPET Role Proprietor and Manager. Mr. P. WETISTP,R. TTIIS EVENTN(, nt 7 o'clock., THE DING STRIKE: Mr Penjamin I,Vehster: Ylessrs A. Stieing, CI. Belmore, J. G. Taylor. W. lAgnelfl. Miss Furtado. &e. To conelude with LOST AT SEA: Mr (4. Belmore, Mr A . Stirlinz, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. TT. Stephenson, Miss Rns, Leolereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and IF , s.l.ennoz (7 rey. 2 , 1 -office open daily, from 10 till a. No fees for bookin7. Places can be secured a fortnight in adyance.-7- HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE RATH RG AD. At 7.45, Loveli's celei;rated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Parry Sullivan ; 3fessrs. George Honey. J. Cl Cowper, Charles llnrfiman. Lin Payne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur. fie.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs C. TT (Inman. To conclude with STATE SECRETS, Principal Scenic A rtist—Mr Julian Ricks. Actinc Manager—Amortv ScLLWAti! GI OBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.45, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Byron. To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr T. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. A ncw Burlesque. by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Mies ny Josephs will appear, is in active preparation. J) oYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr Cl trke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. INO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan. Newton, Maitland, &c. 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This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security— all have been most carefully kept, and there is net one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtair:ed en application. Au independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Farnuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABII General Life As surances, less re-Assurances Children's En dowments Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) !Number. TIES AND ASSETS. Net Value Acnumu- of Surplus, 'fatedFundi Assurances £765,021 £942,643 21,260 23,287 Total.. 13,844 14,472 137,544 156,345 'D23,825 .£1,122,775 [X198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable Furplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. M'LAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. T HEATRE-ROYA L , HAYMARKET. 'THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compton. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Blackstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Misa F. Wright, &c. aces. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Twig EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr ignold 1411-s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA : Idr G. tselmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss R. Leelereq, and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Trns EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F ►ha'. At - . , 5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE GOOSE WITH TEE GOLDEN EGGS: MrJ.Clarke and Mrs Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN. TIM EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.4S,LOVE'S SACRIFICE: 'Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And ISO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G <lli DENS, Regent's-peak. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, la.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET i Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from it to 4. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1859. IT is manifest that, however great may be the una nimity of the Liberal party with respect to the Irish land question, and pace Mr. COGAN, we believe such unanimity to exist, there is anything but unanimity with respect to education. When men like Mr. BAD.-Es and Mr. BUXTON, Liberals of the Liberals, deprecate the programme of the Education League, and affirm that the present system has worked meat good, and ought to be supplemented and perfected rather than abolished, it is not surprising if Ministers hesitate about bringing in a measure whose fate must be very doubtful in the present uncertain and unformed con dition of public opinion. Delay, of course, is very undesirable, if it can be avoided. But a delay, which will not be for more than a year or two, would be better than mischievous legislation. It must be remembered that both the League and the Union are agreed on the most vital points. Both admit that the present system is insufficient, that parents ought to have a right of veto with regard to the reli gious training of their children, and that there is need of a great development of education among the especially in agricultural districts. It is only poor, with regard to the machinery that there is any differ ence of opinion. The distinction between them is, as Mr. BAINES has pointed out, that while the Union wishes to maintain and improve the present machinery, the League wants to substitute a new one which shall supersede the present partly voluntary system by one which shall be compulsory. Theoreti cally we have not, and never have had, any objection to compulsory education. The State has as much right to insist that every child shall be educated as it has to demand that every child shall be fed. The objec tion that compulsory education involves throwing the burden upon the already over-burdened rate payers, is one that always seemed to us with out force, for education is one of the most profitable investments, and the money spent upon it will be far more than repaid in the diminished cost of justice. The school is not only a more Christian and humane, but also a cheaper institution than the gaol. Still, when all is said, is it wise to do away with the present machinery, and substitute one that has not yet been tried in this country, and in the United States has been tried with only very partial success The advocates of the League say yes, because the present system has failed to educate the whole people. The Leaguers say there are so many thousand persons who sign the marriage register with a cross, so many thousand children who do not attend any school at all, so many thousand of those attending who are so imperfectly taught that they cannot pass even the fourth standard. We do not care to quote the figures, because they seem to us not wholly relevant. The only fair way of calculation is to ascertain how far the present system has improved the national standard of education. Mr BAINEs asserts that there is at the present time an average schooling of nearly six years for every child in Eng land ; that whereas in 1846 the number of men who signed the marriage register with a cross was 32 per cent., and the number of. women 48.2 per cent. ; in 1867 the numbers were only 21.2 and 28.8 per cent.; and there is no doubt that ten or fifteen years hence, when the children now under education come to sign the register, the proportion of cross-signers will be found to have diminished still further. During the forty years, 1818-.58, there was an increase of 276 per cent. in the number of day scholars, and during the same period the number of Sunday scholars increased three fold even in proportion to the increase of population. It is manifest that when the Leaguers talk of nothing having been done, they are both inaccurate and ungrateful. Perhaps all has not been done that might have been accomplished, but there is no reason to suppose that if the system of the League had been in force, it would have been more successful, and there is no reason why the present system should not be supplemented and improved so as to be wholly adequate. For instance, ' compulsion of some sort may be both advisable and necessary. And this compulsion should not be per missive on the part of employers, but should be absolute. IVith this proviso why not make use of the existing machinery, and extend it from the manufacturing to the agricultural districts ? It is an indirect compul sion; it does not need the intervention of the police. It simply says of a child, If he will not learn, neither shall he work ; and the argument will have infinitely more weight with the parents than the longest homilies about the "pleasures, objects, and advar.- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1869. "at t'ges of learning." Legislation, as it at present exists, does not force down education upon an willing people ; it does far better—it stigmatises ignorance as a social disqualification. In this way it makes the parent and the State co-operate together in seeking the education of the child, instead of setting the parent and the State in array against each other as foes. The case is diffe rent with the Arabs of the street, with the paupers who come into our workhouses or receive relief from the parish. These have been well called " the children of the State," and the State being to them in loco parentis, assumes the duties and the rights of a parent and sends its children to school. But this is done already, and there is no need of fresh machinery for that purpose. The gravest objections to the League scheme are that .it extinguishes voluntary effort, and leaves education in the hands of persons in whom we, for one, have no confidence. We have repeatedly pointed out how disastrous it would be if education were left in the hands of boards of guardians. Let us imagine, for instance, what would be the state of S t. Pancras parish, a parish whose population is probably equal to that of Hull or Newcastle-upon-Tyne, if the guardians, who are morally responsible for the deaths of scores of children, were allowed to decide the amount of money that should be spent in educating them. These people not only do not value education, but hate it. If we want a less extreme case, we have it in those parts of the United States where the com pulsory system prevails, and where, as a rule, the schools are conducted on the "cheap and nasty principle." Moreover, it is unfair that parents who can afford to pay for the education of their children should not do so. It would be most lamentable if the present voluntary system, which, what ever its defects, has done splendid work, were to give place to an education rate raised and administered by parochial magnates. It would, moreover, be contrary to the whole tendency of public feeling, the feeling, which has just disestablished the National Church in Ireland, and which many persons believe will, in the course of twenty years, disestablish the National Church in England. At the same time we admit that changes, impor tant changes are needed. We have already named one, the extension of factory education-legislation to agriculture, indeed, to all employments. Another change which Mr. PORTMAN has pointed out in his re port to the Royal Commissioners on the Employment of Children and Women in Agriculture, is that Govern ment aid shall not be, as at present, entirely condi tional upon voluntary effort, that education grants shall no longer be administered solely on the prin ciple that to him who hath shall be given, and from him who hath not shall be taken away, even that which he hath. At present, wealthy parishes which could well support their own schools, get any amount of help from the Government, while poor parishes which cannot afford to pay a certificated master get none. If this very serious injustice were rectified, the redress might be accompanied by the stipulation that the Government shall have power to enforce the establishment of schools in districts where there are none, and that such schools shall be sup ported out of the rates, supplemented by a Government grant. We have left till last the religious difficulty. We do not believe it to be a serious one. The probability is that there will exist two classes of schools side by side in all parishes large enough to support two, one denomi national, one secular. In the first, the master ought to be free to teach religion, and, as the second would be available for children of parents who objected to the religious teaching, it might not be necessary to insist upon the conscience clause in the first. But in all parishes where there is only one school, that school, as a condition of Government aid, ought to have a conscience clause, which while it leaves the teacher free to teach religion, leaves the pupils free to absent themselves during the teaching. This is not a clause to which the clergy or any minister of religion need object. Colonel AKROYD, a well-known Churchman, has just declared that in the case of schools which he erected thirty years ago, there has never been one instance of objection on the part of parents with respect to the religious teaching of their children. Altogether we have little doubt but that the rivalry between the Union and the League will lead to no serious consequences; will on the contrary facilitate an investigation of the whole subject as thorough as it ought to be before we revise the system now in force. 1X177,622 2,027 18,801 THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, DECEMBER 12. The first General Congregation of the Council took place on Friday morning in the Aula in St. Peter's, under the presidency of Cardinals Di Luca, Bizarri, Dilio, and Capalti. Cardinalßeisali's illness prevented him frombeing present. The entire body of fathers-750 in number— took part in the deliberations, which were strictly secret. Mgr. Vitellischi, Bishop of Osinio, celebrated the Mass of the Holy Ghost before the Assembly, and Cardinal Di Luca, as senior of the presiding cardinals, and representa tive d the Pope, recited the prayers destined by ancient usage for cardinals, the fathers assisting standing. His Eminence then addressed the Assembly in Latin, the Orientals receiving the speech by means of sworn inter preters. The Congregation then passed to the Secret Voting for the election of the Five Fathers, who, according to the immemorial usage of (Ecumenical Councils, compose the Commission of Judges of Disputes and Controversies. The second Congregation will be held on Tuesday morn- ing, and important business will probably be transacted, but as the sessions are now strictly secret, and all the assistants sworn to silence, it is impossible that our infor mation can extend beyond that given by the authorities. A meeting of the definisseurs, or those favour able to the definition of the dogma of Papal Infalli bility, took place the evening previous to the Council, at St. Louis du Fraulais, under the presidency of Cardinal de Bonnechose, Archbishop of Rouen. It was very nume rously attended by the bishops of the French language, as well as by most of the English and American bishops. A meeting of those unfavourable was held the same day at the Casa della Missione, but the attendance was small. Mgr. Dupanloup was not present. A meeting of definis seurs of the Spanish language was held at Cardinal Yareno's, the Archbishop of Valladollid, and was very well attended, embracing all the Spanish and South American bishops, and those of Mexico, Costarica, and Honduras. At present it seems that the great majority of the Episcopate are in favour of a definition. Mgr. Dupanloup has sent a message of submission to the decision of the Council of the Pope, and so has Mgr. Darboy, while even Mgr. Maret, the day before the Council, begged a friend to express to his Holiness the extreme regret with which he saw his book seized on by persons without the Church as an adhesion to certain principles, and of his full repudiation of everything everything that might lead to a scandal or revolt against the Church. The Pope replied, through Cardinal Antonelli, that Mgr. Maret's work would go before the Council and be judged by his brother bishops. His Holiness was confident that Mgr. Maret was too good a Catholic not to accept their verdict as that which he had himself invoked. The English and American bishops are mostly favour able. P.e opposition lies in Germany and Bohemia. The Empress of Austria paid her official visit to the Vatican on Thursday, and from the report of persons pre sent, the Pope's welcome was very cordial. The relations between the empire and the Holy See are pretty good just now. The review which was to have taken place to-day has been put off to the Greek Kalends, in consequence of the continued downpour of rain. The Tiber is overflowing the Ripetta Ghetto, and the emporium of Marliess, near the Axentien, is completely under water to-day. The Papal commission of archeology has decided on examining that side of the Palatine in possession of the Pontifical Government, and the Commendatore Visconti initiated the excavations last week in the part of the Palatine which overlooks the Circus Maximus. Discoveries of grea t interest are expected there. The very extensive Distillery now being erected. at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the mailifacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE dr Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) JUDGES' CHAMBERS. Two very important questions respecting the winding up of the Albert Assurance Company were this morning referred by the Chief Clerk in Vice- Chancellor's Chambers to Court. In the first the question was whether the case of a joint insurance, the death of one of the insured prior to the wind ing-up order would render the company liable to pay the claim in full, and the second point raised was whether policyholders, whom other officcs would not reinsure, were entitled to claim on a different scale to other creditors. A motion by the Crown to change the venue in the case of the Queen v. Peter Barrett, charged with the late attempted assassination in Galway, was fixed to be heard in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Saturday, but owing to new affidavits having been filed on behalf of the pri soner which required answering, it was adjourned until the second day of term. POLICE IN] ELLIG ENCE.-11as Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE. ASSAULT. —Henry Smith, a hawker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault:— Mr. Henry Martin, proprietor of the White Hart tavern, Market-street, Oxford-street, said th a t on S a t ur d ay n i g h t the prisoner came into his housa with a box containing small hampers of scents, and offered them for sale. The prisoner was several times told that none wore wanted, and he then took out a small roulette box from his pocket and wanted some customers to gamble with him. As he persisted in annoying his customers his potman put him out and returned to the house. The prisoner then made a rush to get into the house again, and on his (Mr. Martin) seizing him by the arms to prevent him and to hold him till he could obtain a constable, he fell, and then jumped up and seized his whiskers, and pulled out a quantity of them, and struck him several times in the face. Mr. Martin hero exhibited a quantity of his whiskers which the prisoner had torn out. The prisoner said he did not know that Mr. Martin was the landlord of the house, or why he interfered with him. Mr. Martin said he told the prisoner that he should detain him until the police came. His face was very sore, and he considered it a vary savage assault upon him. Mr Tyrwhitt—Tho prisoner had no reason whatever for treating Mr. Martin in such a cruel manner, and fined him 40s. or 14 days. THAMES. THE COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY AND BROKEN LIMPS. —Eldon Arthur Fitch, 12, of 42, Edward-street, Salmon lane, Limebouse, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with breaking a gas lamp. A detective, named John Cook, saw the prisoner pick up a stone and shy it at a as lamp close to a railway arch in Limehonse, He missed the lamp, but struck a news paper placard on the arch. He picked tip the stone and aimed at a lamp a second time, breaking one of tho squares of glass. Mr. Valon, inspector in the service of the Commercia Gas Company to whom the broken lamp belongs, said the l damage in this case was only is. 6d., but the company were put to an expense of £BOO par annum by the repairs and making good the loss of broken lamps, and the damage was chiefly caused by idle and mischievous boys. Mr. Gomm, for the prisoner, said the boy was throwing a piece of turnip at the lamp merely to test his powers and try the strength of his arm. Mr. Benson said it was perfectly monstrous that a re spectable company who supplied the public with gas should be put to the expense of £BOO by the mad pranks and monkey-like propensities of wicked boys. If the nuisance was not abated it would be necessary to Inflict heavy fines, and send the offenders, whether boys or men, to prison. A few days' incarceration in a gaol and solitary imprisonment would do the prisoner good. He fined him ss. and 2s. 6d. damage, which his father paid. TT yj UST ANGER. The Liverpool Irish Volunteers aft., It seems, angry at being, as they suppose, specially singled out by the War Office to be the first to send in their arras to the Tower. They say it is distrust of their loyalty which has induced the authorities to call on them first. It appears, however, the reason why Lancashire corps are ordered to forward their weapons first is because that county has the greatest proportion of efficients to enrolled members in all the volunteer districts, and is, therefore, to have the chance of exchanging worn-out weapons for the best of the militia Enfield rifles now being called in. Instead of an insult, therefore, the Lancashire volunteers have received a com pliment. 4 WARTVICKSTIII?E LANDLORD ON THE GAME LAWS. The Eirminglum Post publishes what it designates as an important circular on the game laws, addressed by Mr. G. F. Muntz to the Warwickshire Chamber of Agriculture. As a landowner in the county, Mr. Muntz has been led to consider the operation of the game laws. The result of the consideration he has given to the subject is that Mr. Muntz has devised a plan by which, in his judgment, equal justice may be done to landlord and tenant. The great source of grievance, Mr. Muntz remarks, arises from the quantity of game preserved after the commencement of a tenancy. A fair arrangement may be made at the outset, but by a change of system, or a change of owner ship, the conditions of the agreement may be varied or abrogated in practice. To meet this, Mr. Muntz proposes that " the food to be provided for feeding game by the tenant, and the cost of the damage done by it to his crops, which he agrees to bear, should be clearly defined in value, and stated in the lease or agreement of tenancy." APPREHENSION OF A SUPPOSED FENIAN HEAD CENTRE. A man who is supposed to have been in sonic way con nected with the outrage at Manchester which resulted in the murder of Sergeant Brett is now in the hands of the Liverpool police, but so far the grounds forthis supposition are very slender indeed. The Liverpool Courier says He is also alleged to be a head centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, but the evidence of this seems to be of the flimsiest character: However, we presume the Liverpool police will make the most of it. Meanwhile the alleged Fenian is under remand on a charge of not loin able to give a satisfactory account of his possession of some revolvers. There seems to be a good deal of mystery about the affair. The prisoner had four six shooters in a carpet bag and another in one of his pockets, the fifth being loaded. On seeing a detective the prisoner tore up a letter which he had been reading, but the officer secured the pieces; and we suppose that it is these frag ments of paper which have given rise to the surmises indi cated above. RISING OF CONVICTS IN AN INDIAN GAOL. The Rangoon Times gives an account of a very painful affair, which occurred in the Central Gaol at Rangoon on the 15th November. A gang of eight Burmese convicts was employed in bringing broken stone from one of the wards to the wicket gate for stowage in the yard. These men had planned to effect their escape, and the leading man, when putting down his basket, struck the warder on sentry with a stick, and rushing to the police sentry, who stood near, seized his musket unawares, and took it from him. The seven other convicts rushed to the support of their leader, and the deputy gaoler who came up to interfere, was roughly handled, but succeeded in getting outside the gaol. The leader of the mutiny then entered the guardroom presenting his musket at the police man on guard, who retreated, and the convicts got possession of the arms and ammunition. The superintendent of the gaol, Dr. ➢lanigay, hurried in to the prison on hearing of the disturbance, and was shot dead. Mr. Hewett, the head gaoler, came up to the prison, and was begged by seve ral Hindoo prisoners not to go in as the convicts were armed. He persisted, and pushed them aside; but one poor fellow ran forward in front of him, and received the bullet in tended for the gaoler. Mr. Hewett then called all the Europeans in the gaol to come to his assistance, and the Englishmen, who are never wanting in courage, imme diately responded to the call. Another convict was shot in helping to suppress the revolt. Eight convicts got out side and were chased, two being firedat and falling. Fortu nately, the whole were captured and brought back. The con spiracy was not widespread as there were 1,200 convicts in the gaol at the time of the rising, and though others joined when they saw a chance cf escape, only eight got outside. Four persons were killed and nine wounded in this tragic affair. The cowardice of the police has been severely cen sured, and general regret expressed for the death of Dr. Manigay, who was known as a botanist of very great ability and research. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MONDAY..... HORNING. EVENING 7' ................ 54 min past 2 10 min p as t 3 TUESDAY. ................. 30 min past 3 50 nth' past 3 WEDNESDAY 10 min past , 4 28 min past 4 THURSDAY .. ~ 50 mitrpast 4 10 min past 5 DUT A T immitiss•sioemoreo 414 1 Patit I>mm 0 Min pont, 6 WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CHARGE AGAINST A MILITARY SERGEANT'S WlFE.—Chathedne Meadows, the wife of a sergeant at Chelsea Collego, was placed at the bar charged with steal ing a "pale," value sixpence, from a fence in Oakley street, Chelsea. William Grata!,ld said that he was employed by Mr. Phine, an architect, who owns property at Chelsea. The pailiogs belonging to his estate in Oakley-street had been gradually going. They were t4olen day by day early in the morning, and he determined, when he saw the prisoner at seven this morning coming from that direction, to sea whether any more of the wood was gone. He has tened round Oakley-street, missed the pale, and overtaking the prisoner found it under her cloak. She said she picked it up. Mr. Phine said he had no wish to press the charge with severity, but his tenants complained that he afforded them no protection, because he had taken no steps t:, prosecute those who wore stealing the pailings. To show that it was not money which induced him to press this master, he begged to put a sovereign in the poor box. The woman said she picked it up. A person was called who gavo her a very good charac ter, and said her husband was present. Mr. Crantield said he had seen her loitering about the fence. Mr. Arnold thought the woman did not give a satisfac tory account of tho possession of the piece of wood, and that if any une had pulled it down they would have car ried it away. He fined her as., or seven days. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 18. Mr. Arthur Earle Lidbetter, from Christ's Hos pital, has been elected to a Mathematical Scholar ship at Oriel College. Aceesserunt.—Mr. J. R. Forman, Commoner of Trinity College, Oxford. and Mr. W. J. 11. Campion, from St. Andrew's College, Bradfield. There were ten candidates. The following elections have been held at Christ Church :—Mr. Barclay Thompson, of Queen's Col lege, Lee's Reader in Anatomy ; Mr. A. W. Rei nold, of Merton College, Lee's Reader in Physics ; Mr. E. F. Sampson, Scholar of St. John's College, Mathematical Student. The " History" Student ship is not yet announced A prize offered by the Professor of Botany bap been adjudged to Mark James Barrington-Ward, 8.A., Scholar of Magdalen Hall. Congregations will be holden for the purpose o: granting graces and conferring degrees on the fol• lowing days iu the ensuing Term, viz. :—Friday January 14 ; Thursday, February 10 ; Thursday March 10 ; Thursday, March 24 ; Saturday. April 9. OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.' ADMISSION OF GIRLS. The Delegates for conducting the Local Examina tions of the University of Oxford will admit girls to their examinations in June, 1870, subject to the regulations which they had already issued for boys. Girls may be examined at any place where boys are examined, if the local committee shall so desire, and at such other places as the Dele gates may appoint. But in every case the Dele. gates must first be satisfied--1, that there is a local committee of ladies, who will efficiently superintend the examination of the girls ; 2, that such com mittees will see that the girls who do not live in the place have suitablelodging and accommodation; 3, that the examination room for girls is quite separate from the room or rooms intended for the boys. An application from any place where the Delegates do not hold an examination for boys should come to them from a local committee ; and they will require such committee to undertake all those expenses which are occasioned by the exa mination being local—that is, by the candidates being examined at that particular place instead of coming to Oxford for the purpose. Such expenses are chiefly these—the cost of providing suitable rooms for the examination ; the charges incurred by the superintending examiner (appointed by the de legates) in travelling, lodging, and board; postage, the carriage of parcels to and from Oxford, and some stationery. Each committee will appoint a local secretary. Further information may be ob tained from the Rev. J. Griffiths, 63, St. Giles's, Oxford, secretary to tho Delegacy. The name of Mr. A. G. M. Mon gnus was incor rectly given in Saturday's list of Students of Civil Law as Meageas. MA I KE7.S.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. 20.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. steady. Tho market An enormous saving will be effected in plain, fancy, and commercial stationery, by dealing with the manufacturers. Perkins and Giotto, who receive the papers dirt et from the mill, and cut, press, and finish it upon the premises, employing up wards of 150 hands. They undertake to supply the public with large or small quantities at a trifling advance upon the cost. A s an example, a ream of 480 sheets of Note Paper for 2s. 500 En• velopes for 2s. 3d. Samples and price list post free. Parkins aAd Cf9tto, wazaufacturipg stationery, ttud 23 Oxfigcl-itreet, ; ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP. The Orchestra deeply deplores to bear on what it con siders good authority that Signor Mario has committed suicide at St. Petersburg. He is said to have poisoned himself with prussic acid. Grief for the loss of Madame Grisi, and the dread of destitution are the reasons assigned for this lamentable act.—lt is said that Mr. Hepworth Dixon has registered the title of a journal to be called Light.—Signor Graziani is reported to be dangerously ill.— Mr. J. P. Crocker, one of the joint proprietors of the Christy Minstrels, died on Friday. The cause of the lamented gentleman's death was consumption, from which he had been suffering for two years.—Cuthbert Bede, who made a great success with " Verdant Green," has written a new humorous story for the illustrated Midland 11 ezrs.— Messrs. Fields and Osgood are to publish Mrs. Beecher Stowe's " Vindication of Lady Byron," and a new work by Emerson, beside a book on " Political Economy," from the Protectionist side, by Horace Greeley, of the Tribune. Mrs. Stowe's book will be ready this week.— The Atlantic Monthly for January will contain a new poem by Lowell, " The Cathedral ;" a paper called " Nearing the Snow Line," by Dr. 0. "W. Holmes; "The Autocrat," an essay by Coldwin Smith," and a ballad by Whittier.—The re-edition of Shelley, on which Mr. W. M. Rosetti has been earnestly engaged, will probably be published within the current month of December by Messrs. Moxon and Co.--- The library of the old Seraglio contains a large col lection of very valuable manuscripts, formerly belonging to Matthew Corvinus, King of Hungary. On the occa sion of the recent visit of the Emperor of Austria, the Sultan presented his Majesty with four of the most beauti ful of these archeological treasures, bearing the arms of their original owner, and splendidly illuminated.—Mr. Jefferson Davis is writing a history of his administration as President of the Confederate States.—Mdlle. Chamerovzow made her first appearance in London, as a vocalist, on Thursday night, at the Hanover square Rooms.—Mr. Peter Austin Nuttall died recently at his residence in Canonbury. Mr. Nuttall was the compiler and editor of numerous educational and classical works, amongst which was a scientific dictionary.— The treasure just brought to light at Pompeii consists of 700 coins, Consular or Imperial, some of gold, with a quan tity of jewels, among which is a magnificent chain of plaited gold wire, forming a very thick round cord not less than Bft. in length.—Verdi has presented to the daughter of his librettist, I'iave, the sum of Io,ooof. He has also requested that the pension of GOOf. a year, attached to his chevalier's Order of Civil Merit of Savoy, be paid to two poor pupils of the school of Busseto, who have distinguished them selves by their talent and zeal. The John Bull states that the University of Cambridge have just obtained, through the trustees of the Fitzwilliam Museum, a very fine work of Dlurillo. It is a large picture representing St. John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness. The Baptist is a Spanish peasant (as might be assumed in a picture of Murillo), but more nobly idealised than is always the case with this painter's Scriptural works. The other three figures are delineated with great power, and the colouring is magnificent. The pedigree of the picture is interesting and well-traced. An English gentleman was in Spain while the French were pillaging the convents and churches of their art treasures. Ho bought this picture and two more from the frightened inmates of a nunnery, and had only just time to get safely away with them when the French marauders arrived and made a dean sweep of all that re mained. The painting has ever since remained in the purchaser's private collection at Newcastle, from which, through the good offices of a neighbouring connoisseur, it has been obtained as above stated. A Cable telegram from New York reports that the ship Energy, of Liverpool, has boon abandoned at sea. It is stated, by Nature, that the Council of the British Association for the Advancement of Science have determined to ask the permission of the Lord President of the Council to appear before him as a Deputation, to urge upon the Government the need of a Royal Commission to inquire into the Present State of Science in England. Ain. GLADSTONE AND TILE EDUCATION LEAGUE. —Mr. W. C. Bennett writes respecting Mr. Gladstone's letter to the Greenwich Branch of the National Education League, of which 1117. Bennett is honorary secretary : " The letter only assures the committee that the Govern ment are considering with care the great question of education, but adds that of course Mr. Gladstone cannot PIik49IIAgt,tIL9O4CI.IOOIIAY.642II.RIOY TRADE AND FINANCE. SATURDAY ETTINING The wheat trade has remained in the same dull, inani mate state which has characterised it for some time past, yet the circumstances attending the trade are not altogether discouraging. The stocks on hand are very large, but it must be borne in mind that millers and bakers are literally bare of wh eat, owing, to the hand-to-mouth purchases they have made for some time past. A large portion of the surplus grain in the granaries may, therefore, be reasonably regarded as so much produce misplaced, or, rather, temporarily delayed in transit. On the other hand, there is a large quantity of grain afloat for the United Kingdom, and our wants for some time to come are most amply provided for, and in the face of these large supplies it is impossible that any reaction can take place in the tharket. At the same time it may be noted that several cargoes have lately been taken off the coast for the near Continental ports, a fact which justifies the hope that prices cannot recede much further. The principle feature in the money market has been the introduction of the Imperial Ottoman Loan for £12,000,000 effective. Many lame attempts have been made to bring this loan forward, which have, for obvious reasons, failed, and even now the prospectus is far from satisfactory. It was understood, in the first instance, that a large propor tion of the loan was to be taken firm, but we are unable to gather from the official announcement that this is the case, in fact, we strongly suspect it to be far otherwise, and it is difficult to say what is the additional obligation which the new loan will add to the already pressing debt of Turkey. The operation has attracted but little attention in this market, for which three millions only have, it is understood, been reserved; but there is no doubt that the whole, or nearly the whole of the money required will be forthcoming. It is unneccssaay to warn our readers of the danger attending an operation like this; those who deal in it will do so with their eyes open, and will pre pare for all eventualities by setting aside a portion of the interest in redemption of the capital. Mr. Gladstone is much better, and has resumed his attention to public business. Prince Arthur is having a ball-room built in con nection with his residence at Montreal, and will give a series of balls during the winter. The Broad Arrow " hears" that the troops at Chatham were recently left three weeks without a change of bedding. What can the Controllers have been about ? It is stated that Lord Napier of Magdala is to be allowed a full year to recruit his health, and that then he will succeed to the Indian command. The letter in the 7inzes upon " The Mother Country and the Colonies," by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, has 13.2 en publitled in the form of a pamphlet by Effingham Wilson. The Board of Trade has made arrangements re specting the survey of ships' lights, by which the delay at tending such surveys will bo obviated. The Queen, who is patroness of the Crathie Agri- cultural Club (says the Dundee Advertiser) intends this sea son to present to the club a handsome silver cup to bo corn petal for by ploughmen. A new detective department is being organised in connection with the Irish constabulary force, and an Irish paper states that Sub-Inspector Harvey, of Belfast, is to be brought to Dublin and placed at the head of it. The whole sum of £1,960, appropriated by David Dewar, clerk in the Lancashire Insurance Company's Office (the Glasgow Citizen states), was on Friday afternoon re covered. Tho young man had never left the city. It is understood that the War Department has resolved on doing away with the Upnor Gunpowder Maga zines. For a long time past the stores of powder have been steadily diminished, and latterly very large quantities have Loin removed by lighters to the magazines at Purfleet. The metropolitan correspondent of the • Leeds Mircury states that the orders for new copies of Mr. Tenny- Eon's new work aie still pouring in upon the publishers, and it is expected that 40,000 copies will have been printed before the end of the year. At the Liverpool Assizes on Friday a jury awarded £5O as compensation to the widow and child of a poor street sweeper who had been run over and fatally injured by a horse and cart driven at a high rate of speed in a thronged thoroughfare. Mr. Justice Blackburn on Friday, charging the grand jury of Nottingham, said he had long been convinced that flogging should be administered to criminals convicted of incendiaristn, and he speedily directed the attention of tLose grand jurymen who wero members of the Legislature to the subject. The London correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette mentions a rumour that " the enterprising proprietors of a certain excellent little paper, which appeals to the sup port of the million, at a wonderfully low price, are dissatis fied with the result of their speculation and have determined to al andon it." The editor of the Morning Advertiser has received a communication from Colonel Henderson about the prohi bition of skittles, from which he gathers —first, that it is not illegal to play at skittles if it bo not for money or beer, but simply amusement; ard, secondly, that playing at bowls is not even mentioned, and, therefore, not declared illegal. A betting man, named Robert liampson, recovered £75 from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, on Friday, as compensation for injuries received through a collision on defendants' line. Plaintiff received a "blow upon the back" and a "shock to the system," which laid him up for six weeks, preventing him winning money at some race meetings. The renewed impulse given to the movement in favour of the ballot by the political evictions in Wales has by no means spent its forco. Two public meetings will be held next week, at Liverpool and Manchester respectively, each having tho same object in view —first, to express sym pathy with the evicted tenants; second, to support the ballot, as the only efficient means whereby the tenant can be saved from the application of the "screw." A circular has been issued by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty directing that in all cases of officers and men suffering from fever or other contagious diseases on board her Majesty's ships, their effects are to be destroyed to prevent the risk of contagion. The value of such effects are to be appraised, and to be added to, in the case of death, the assets of the deceased, and payable to their legal repre sentatives. In caso of recovery, it is to be paid to the officer or man. Party politics appear to reach a very great height in Warrington. Air. Laverock, draper, a member of the Town Council, who is a tradesman of good standing in the town, was on Friday charged with inducing his servant to personate a voter at the municipal elections for that borough. The court was crowded to excess, groat interest being felt iu the case, which was eventually dismissed, the Mayor remarking that the affair was disgraceful to both Sides, and everybody implicated ought to bo ashamed of themselves. A Conservative banquet took place on Friday at Harrogate, and was attended by upwards of 200 gentlemen. The members for the Division, Messrs. Denison and Fiolden, were present, and spoke on the work of last session. Both of them argued that the Irish Church Act was a failure, Mr. Fielder' maintained that neither that nor any thing that could be done in dealing with the land difficulty, or with education, would remove the disaffection in that coun try, which he attributed exclusively to Fenianism, which could only be grappled with by a calng.'ATO firm 00Verri- morkt• the acdounts froni the manufacturing districts this week are scarcely so favourable as they have been for some time past; nevertheless the mills appear to be fairly employed for the time of year.. Nearly all departments of the hard ware trade are actively engaged, and prices are consequently well supported. Iron has ruled steacly,and the quotations have tended upwards, while a large business has been done in steam coals. The coal trade is likely to be influenced by the opening of the Suez Canal, which will probably cause a large increase in the tonnage of steam shipping trading between England and the East. Messrs. Mosses and Mitchell, the transit agents for the Canal on this side, have given notice that the navigation is open to vessels drawing 24 feet G inches of water, and should the passage bo open to vessels of that draught there is no doubt that advantage will be taken of it and a large trade created. Colliery owners are accordingly making preparations to supply the anticipated demand. In the Lancashire market there has only been a moderate amount of business passing. Cotton goods have changed hands to a fair extent for export, but the demand for home consumption has been unusually limited. Some difficulty is found in arriving at a fair estimate of the probable out turn of the American cotton crop. Very little reliance is to be placed upon the figures of the Statistical Lareau, which vary from month to month, but we notice a disposition to increase the estimate at first put forth, until it is now placed at 2,750.000 bales. We see no reason to alter our original estimate of 3,000,000 bales, which will probably be near the truth, and in which most of the leading authorities in the United States now agree. Looking at the bare stocks of cotton on hand, and the comparatively small quantities of cotton goods in stock in the various foreign markets, there is no reason to anticipate any serious reduction in present prices, but with the large increase now taking place in the visible supply of cotton, the tendency of the quotations must certainly be downwards. • (4 . • ' / r t i • ' - 17114, , lel 4, isvu 4 i',1,14 HER MAJESTY. OsBonNE, Dec. 19. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, ar rived here at two o'clock yesterday. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divin e service this morning at Osborne. LATEST 111 TELL CGENC3 (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) A nEIIICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, liec. 18. The North German Lloyd's steamship Rhein arrived out to-day at 3 p.m. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1201 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1208 ; the lowest, 1204. Sterling Exchange on London lOBB. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3B. ti " 1885 llll. 14 " 1867 ll4. 10-40 16 1084. Illinois l32i. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sle. Petroleum—Standard White 3llc. Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12c. LlN ,. EitrooL, Dec. 20. The West African mail steamer Calabar has arrived off this port. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 20. The official journal of this morning publishes a report of M. Forcade de la Roquette, dated the 15th of August last, relative to the establishmen t of mutual benefit societies for soldiers and sailors. An Imperial decree, dated Saturday, authorises the formation of a committee of patronage for the object, and places the sum of 500,000 francs at its disposal. The electors of the circumscription of the Haute' Saone have been convoked for the 16th of January next. BOURSE, Dec. 1 8.—Three: o'clock—The marl closed as follows 4i per Cont. lO3 End of month 3 por Cent End of month 72 60 Credit Mobilior ~ 2lO Transatlantic 233 75 Credit Foncier 1715 Paris Gas 1642 50 RAIL WA Bank Shares 2840 -- - ^ lltalian Fives 5O 10 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan - Do. Debt 44 65 Spanish Threes -- Home Debt ___ Deferred 26 5° Cash Orleans ... 960 k , W Western Northern Strasburg .r. Lyons and Alediterranean - 980 Southern.... . 5931 Sardinian Austrian BlO Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 45 KELLY'S POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY FOR 1870• The Messrs. Kelly have just published their le comparable Directory for the coming year, and fre quently as we have had to speak in praise of the colossal volume, on the present oecasion it is more than ever deserving the highest comtnendati on• The Directory has now become a positive necessity to the trading community, and, under such circure" stances, the Messrs. Kelly feeling the responsibility of producing such a book, have spared neither trouble nor expense in obtaining the best and n oB l t reliable info rma ti on on t h e various subjects whic' make up the table of contents of the " Post-offi ce Directory for 1870." In the latest change ° that have been made it will be found th at the creation of the late Lord Mayor (Sir Janes ,L Clarke Lawrence, M.P.) , t o a b aronetcy, gazetted Dee. 7th, is r ecor d e d i n t h e off i cial in d ex , P . u:' Court p. 2,042, P ar li amen t ary pp. 2,15 2 an d 2,15' and List of Aldermen, p. 2,180. Count Lovradio , ° a , late Portu guese Mi n i ster, whose recall was no tificu in the Gazett e o f N ov. 30 t h , i s expunge d Rom t he list of Ambassadors in the official directory, P. 128. Colonel Fraser, the City Police Commissioner, whose appointment to the Companionship of th e Bath was gazetted Nov. 30th, is entered as such in the official index, p. 55. The eight new Peers, viz., Earls of Southesk and Listowell, and Lords Howard (of Glossop), Castletown, Acton, Robartes, lirolv er ; ton , and Greville, gazetted Nov. 26, are each described, according to their new titles, in the Parliamentary and Official Directories. Mr. J us ti ce Hayes, wh ose death was announced i n th e papers on th e 25th alt.' is is removed from the Offi c i a l I n d ex , p. 59 1 Courts, pp. 1,848 and 1,851, and Court Directory, p. 2,020. The names of Mr. E. S. Gordon, H t. ' Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Mr. Kay-Shuttle" worth, and Sir H enry Wi ns t on B a rron, t h newly-elected members for Tipperary CountYci Glasgow and Ab er d een U n i vers i t i es, H as tings, an d Waterford city, are entered in the Pailiamonl Directory. The many c h anges wh i c h h ave occurr ed in the bench of Bi s h ops h ave a ll b een carefully noted. The trades' di v i s i on h as a ll b een set up in new a n d remarkably clear typ e , an d as a cu riosity we st in mention that there are 52 co l um ns devoted to the enumeration of the publicans in the metropolis, 25 to tailors, 32 to boc,tmakers, 18 to butchers , 25 .0 bakers, and 18 to beer retailers ; and as each of t he columns is 110 lines long, those curious i n su ch matters may easily come at the extent of some of the demands of the inhabitants of the metreP °ll _ The entire arrangement of the Directory is remark" able for its simplicity, and, taken as a whol , > , it : one of the most wonderful productions of the co mercial energy of London. BIERST ADT'S NEW PICTURE. The last grand work of this celebrated artist, th e painter of the " Rocky Mountains," is now on vie w. at Mr. 1. M'Leau's new gallery, 7, Haymar ket ' The picture, " Mount Hood," is one of marvellous power; it represents the snow-capped mo untain which is situate in the cascade range of the Rocky Mountains, State of Oregon, about 150 miles frorat the mouth of the Columbia River, and is the hi g hes of this extensive range of mountains, being in ths region of 18,000 feet above the level of the sea . The picture is taken from the north bank of the river, at a point called Cape Horn. M ount Hood is seen towering to the sky, surrounded by scenery of the most wild and rugged grandeur. It is a marvellous work of art, and had Mr. Bie r " stadt produced no other picture:than Mount Hood, it, of itself, is quite sufficient to stamp him one hi the greatest painters of the age. The picture i 3 to be reproduced in the chromo-lithography, in the highest style of art, so there will be an opportunity of possessing a copy of a painting which, at first sight, fairly impresses the beholder with the utmost wonder. On the walls of the gallery surrounding Mount Hood, are the latest works of Maclise, rbli lips, F. Goodhall, Ansdell, Creswick, S. Cooper, Frith, Ward, and other celebrities, in oil painting, and also the drawings of Carl Haig and Birkett Foster, of the old Society of Water Colours, so that the gallery of Mr. M'Lean, at the present tinle, forms one of the most attractive and splendid win ter exhibitions now open to the public. 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