The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-17 00:00:00

711 E SEVERE GALES. The destruction caused by the severe gales Which were experienced on Monday and Wednesday last in the metropolis, and generally throughout the country, has been greater than was at first reported. The heavy rain has caused an overflow in the upper parts of the Thames, covering large areas of land, and at Esher, Hampton, and the surrounding dis tricts, the water in several of the kitchen gardens and meadows is three feet deep. Yesterday, shortly after noon, the tide rose above its usual height, and in many of the low lying districts between Battersea and Chiswick the water flooded a large extent of ground. In nearly all the south-western districts great damage was done by the wind, which unroofed outhouses, and blew down trees and haystacks. The telegraph wires were also in many parts destroyed. At Wands worth a conservatory was blown down, and two persons injured ; at Roehampton a chimney stack in falling killed a horse ; and other damage was done to house property in the neighbourhood of Clapham. Last evening the wind again blew from the south-west with the full force of a gale, accom panied by heavy falls of rain, and there was every appearance of another tempestuous night. Warn ings were issued ye3terday to ail the Arts round the coast from the Meteorological Department, and it was stated that at most of the southern and western ports the storm drum was hoisted. The captains of the continental boats which arrived in the river in the afternoon reported a very rough sea in the Channel. The Medway is full of shipping, and a large number of vessels have sought the shelter afforded by the harbours on the Suffolk and Norfolk coasts. On the river several small craft were overturned, and at the turn facing the Nine Elms Kiln, a man named Anstey, whose friends reside in Rotherhithe-street, was, together with two other waterman, named Maynard and Emmerson, precipitated into the river. The two latter were picked up by Mr. Sykes, a waterman, who put off, but the first-named sank, and was drowned. A skiff containing five persons was over turned by the high wind, near the Folly-house, at Millwall, and two out of the number were drowned, the other three being saved by a man working at the Patent Crane and Anchor Works. The damage done to house property is very great. On Wednesday morning, during the violent gales, a mill belonging to Mr. James Hodson, a miller re siding at Hunston, was almost destroyed by the wind which raged throughout the night. One por tion of it was blown down, and Mr. Hudson's eon and another person had a very narrow escape from being killed. The damage is said to amount to about £BOO. The side of a barn in the same neigh hour hoo I wz,s blown down, but no one was injured. At Crawley, Cuck field, Itedhil, and other places, the damage done by the gale is said to be incou siderable. In some places the roofs have been en tirely carried off the houses. At Cuckfield a stack of brickwork was blown down, and fell through the roof of a small cottage, and several persons had a narrow escape. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lafflplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. Pleasant, palatable and brilseratiag. IS4ld by all Ohemiste. —tAdTt.) THE SUN, LONDON, FrIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1869 NAVAL AND 311L17.ARY INIELLIGENCE. VALETTA, Dec. 10.—The Telegraph Construc tion and Maintenance Company's steamer Hawk, Capt. Briscoe, returned cn the 7th inst. from Alexandria. She formed part of the flotilla of steamers that successfully traversed the Suez Canal. After replenishing fuel she proceeded on the Bth for England, to bring out the Suez shore end of the Anglo-Indian Telegraph Cable, and meet the expedition which is now on it way to the Red Sea with the principal portion of the cable, by way of the Cape. Three steam launches from the Eng lish squadron also passed through the Canal, hav ing on board as many officers as they could accom modate. It is but justice to the Sutz Canal Com pany to state that they afforded these officers, who were somewhat uncomfortable in the open boats, the greatest hospitality, including an offer of gra tuitous supplies of coal or anything else they might require. We hear from Alexandria of the depar ture on the 9th inst. of her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche, Lieut.-Commander A. T. Powlett, for C011 . ,' and Brindisi. She has on board the Right lion. Mr. G. 11. Elliot, our .Ambassador at Constantinople, who is proceedieg to England on leave of absence. She will return imme diately to Malta, and probably receive her new boilers, which are now lying in the dockyard ready for her. The Enterprise, 4, ironclad corvette, was at Malaga on the Ist of December, where all was quiet at that date. The Jaseur, 5, gun-vessel, Commander C. F. Hotham, was at Valencia on the 24th ult., and was to leave on the following day for Alicante. The Cruiser, 5, corvette, Com mander G. C. Duff, was at Cadiz. The Wizard, gunboat, Lieutenant-Commander J. J. C. Small, was, by the last accounts, visiting the western ports of Morocco. The Trinculo, gunboat, Lieu tenant- Commander F. de V. Sanders, was at Patras in the early part of this month. Her Ma jesty's Indian troopship Serapis, Captain J. Soady, arrived on the 7th instant from Alexandria, having on board Colonel W. J. Smythe, Colonel J. W. Domville, Colonel C. S. Longdeu, Lieutenant- Colonel F. Miller, V.C., Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Boothby, Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. B. Laurie, 48 officers, 10 ladies, 12 children ; Mrs. Brown and three children, 89G non-commissioned officers and men, 94 women, and 137 children of different regi ments, and naval supernumeraries. She resumed her voyage for Portsmouth on the Bth instant. The Royal Oak, ironclad, Captain H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., came out of dock this morning, and the Prince Consort, ironclad, Capt. W. Armytage, went in. The Norwegian frigate Nordstjcrnen, 15 guns, Capt. A. L. Rus, and the Dutch frigate Admiraal Van Wassenaar, 45 guns, Capt. Toe Water, re turned here this morning from Port Said. Both vessels saluted the English flag with 21 guns, and the garrison replied. They afterwards minted the flag of the Naval Commander-in-Chief, which com pliment was returned by the Lord Warden. The Nordstjernen is on her way to Spezzia, and the Admiraal Van Wassenaar is bound to Gibraltar and the Brazils. They will undergo some repairs here before leaving for their respective destinations. Mr. Charles W. Sleeman, midshiptnau of the Belle rophon, has passed his examination for lieutenant, and has been appointed as acting sub-lieutenant to the same ship. Mr. W. 11. Burner, assistant engineer, second class, of the Prince Consort, has passed his examination for assistant-engineer, first class. A Court-martial was held this morning on board the Hibernia, for the trial of Mr. H. Greaves, navigating midshipman, of the Lord Watden, for firing a pistol off on the lower deck, and for leaving the ship without leave, and on the next day breaking out of the ship while under arrest. The Court was composed of Capt. T. Cochran, of the Caledonia, president ; Capts. Armytage and Marten ; Com manders Partridge and Andrew ; Deputy Judge- Advocate Mr. C. A. Pritchard, secretary to the Commander-in-Chief. The Court was still sitting when the mail closed. At the termination of this trial the Court, consisting of the same officers, will proceed to try Charles Neville White, navigating midshipman, also of the Lord Warden, for insubor dination and kicking a midshipman oa the quarter deck. The many rumours as to the great reduction early next year in the Royal Navy make all the officers nervous as to what will become of them, and the fact that no Nary List is to be published on the Ist of January next rather helps to increase the excitement, as it clearly shows that setne great changes are contemplated by Mr. Childers and his colleagues at Whitehall. It is hoped that in put ting old and meritorious officers on the shelf, and in getting rid of the juniors, that justice will not be lost sight of in the ever-prevailing cry of economy. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Lord Warden, bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Milne, K.C.8., the Prince Consort, the Royal Oak, the Caledonia, and the Bellerophon, ire iclads ; the Hibernia, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral E. G. Fanshawe ; the Rapid, the Newport, the Lee, and the Cockatrice. Yachts, the Flower of Yarrow (Lord Suffield's), and the Camilla, schooners; and the Ilebe, screw steamer. The U.S. schooner yacht Meteor, Cap tain and owner Mr. G. L. Lorillard, left this port to-day for Tunis. It affords us much pleasure to learn that Ad miral Rous is now able to leave his room, and that a speedy recovery may be confidently looked foe. An unusually large body of officers and non-com missioned officers and men will shortly leave Chat ham Garrison to eno)ark to join the service com panies of regiments in India. These reinforcements, which are to embark on the 30th instant at Ports mouth, in the Indian troopship Crocodile, 3, 4,173 tons, 700-horse power, Captain George W. Watson, will consist of no fewer than 18 officers, awl about 383 non-commissioned officers and men, selected from the depots of the following corps :-2d Bat- Ulm of the Ist Regiment, Ist Battalion 3d, Ist Battalion Bth, 38th, 45th, and 109th Regiments. The service companies are stationed in the various presidencies. Besides this large force, which will sensibly diminish the strength of Chatham garrison, a draught from the depot of the 31st Regiment is under orders to leave Chatham to join the regiment in Malta on the 21st inst. An order, which has been anxiously expected by the Royal Marines, has been received at the head quarters of the Chatham division from the Board of Admiralty, respecting the wearing of beards. This order gives permission to the Royal Marine Light infantry henceforward to wear beards. There are some regulations. If beards are worn the men must not shave at all ; if the whiskers are shaved, the beard must not be worn, but both beard and whiskers must be shaved off ; but the moustache is still to be worn. General Ramsay will probably succeed Colonel Fytche as Chief Commissioner in Burmah. The 14th Brigade Royal Artillery was to proceed I from India to Ergland in her Majesty's troops hip Euphrates on November 16. Yesterday the 2d Infantry Brigade at Aldershott, under the command of Major-Gen. J. G. Carey C. 8., and consisting of the 2d Battalion, 13th Light Infantry, under Col. T. Maunsell ; 4th Battalion 60th Royal Rifles, under Major E. Bowles; 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment, under Major Miller ; and ith Battalion Rifle Brigade, under Col. Eking ton, formed* up on the Brigade-parade, Centre Block, Permanent Barracks, at half-past 9 o'clock, and, after being proved and equalised, proceeded on route-marching duty along the Farnham-road, the 2d Battalion 13th furnishing the advance gnarl, and the •Ith Battalion Rifle Brigade the rear guard. Atout a mile before Farnham they halted and commenced the homeward march, the 67th Regi ment in this instance furnishing the advance, and the 4tb Battalion Rifle Brigade the rear guard. They returned to quarters at. 1 o'clock. The Ist Infantry Brigade, in complete marching order, under the command of Col. J. H. Cooper (2d Bat talion 7th Royal Fusiliers), Acting-Brigadier, and composed of the 2d Battalion 7th Royal Fusiliers, under the command of Capt. Sparkes, 2d Battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, under Licut.-Col. the Hon. S. Mostyn, and the 42d (Royal Highland, the Black Watch) Regiment, under Major M'Pherson, formed up on D Parade, South Camp, about the same time as the 2d Brigade, and at 10 o'clock marched along the Farnborough road to Frimley- I grove. The 2d Battalion 7th furnished the advance and the 2d Battalion 23d the rear guard. After a short halt they returned to quarters, which the reached almost simultaneously with the 2d Brigade. Yesterdaythe Artillery division at Aldershot, under the command of Col. Smyth, C. 8., and consisting of B Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, A Battery C Brigade, and C and G Battery of the 11th Brigade Royal Artillery, marched from their quarters to Eelmore-hill, where they were exercised in numerous movements peculiar to that arm of the service. The 7th Dragoon Guards, under the com mand of Col. R. Clarke, and the Gth Dragoons, under the command of Col. the Hon. C. W. Thesiger, were also exercised yesterday inde pendently in numerous field movements. The weather was very unfavourable. An extensive order has been received at the Royal Laboratory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for the ma nufacture of a quantity of shells for the muzzle loading rifle guns, which has enabled the depart ment to re-engage the 50 bands in the alien foundry who were discharged last week. This order will, we understand, keep the hands now engaged at the foundry fully emp'oyed up to the 31st of March next. An officer of the 36th Regiment, in a letter to his friends at Woolwich, written from Camp Huzzoo, India, under the date of the 7th of November last, says :--‘, We have had a fearful turn out of cholera here, having lost one officer, 120 men, five women, and ten children, which, considering that our strength was barely 700, is a pretty heavy loss. The weather is cool now, the cholera has almost left us, and we are on our way to R►awal Pindee." THE THAMES AT BARKING. _ .... _ Mr. Rawlinson, in his report to the Home Secre tary on the result of his inquiry into the state of the Thames at Barking, expresses the following con clusions :—" That the allegations in the memorial have only been partially proven. That the 'lmmo rialists are not in a position to establish the dete rioration of health to emanations from the metropo litan main sewerage outfall works, as the town of Barking is without local governing powers, is un sewered, contains many cesspools, a sewage-tainted subsoil, and has a defective Rat er supply. That the river , Thames is polluted by the metropolitan sewage, and receives such road and street de tritus as the aforesaid sewage contains. That the main channel of the Thames has not been reduced in depth of water by such detritus. That Barking Creek has not been closed to vessels of 250 tons burden. That fish have been destroyed in the creek, but most probably by chemical refuse. That an accumulation of mud has taken place, both on the shore of the Thames and at the mouth of Barking Creek, but from what special cause has not been proven. That the ➢le tropolitan Board of Works, in their annual reports, recognise their obligation to purify the Thames, and to effect this purpose have negotiated with second parties for the utilisation of the northern sewage by irrigation. That the board, throughout their transactions for the utilisation of sewage, have stipulated for pecuniary relief to the metro politan ratepayers. That the Metropolitan Board have objected to the admission of sewage into the Thames from towns situate above London, and therefore inferentially justify the objections to river pollution below :London. The deodorisa tion and disinfection of the metropolitan sewage by chemicals would be very costly to the rate payers, and in the results imperfect. That river pollution by town sewage in the case of the Thames may be prevented." On the sanitary state of Bark ing Mr. Rawlinson says :—" The town of Barking has no local government. There is one drain which opens into the basin at the town quay, and any foul matter or sediment passed through this drain pol lutes the water of the small basin bounded by the town quay. Barges also bring up London muck, which is loaded into waggons and carts for re moval into the country, and the nuisance so caused is at times very offensive. The town of Barking is not sewered, and therefore the houses are not properly drained. There are numerous cesspools, the subsoil around which has be come sodden with putrid sewage, and, as a consequence, the cesspools get full to the surface. One witness stated that the moment the house door was opened the stench of the cesspool was perceptible. There is no supply of water other than from pumps, wells, and water carts. Those who have neither pump nor well (and this is the case with the greatest number of the inhabitants) have to purchase the mater used by buckets or cans full. The result is that the sanitary destitution of the inhabitants is as bad as it can be, and in the event of any epidemic or contagious disease break ing out, all experience teaches that a population so situated will suffer in excess. Mr. Crowe, in his evidence, stated of Barking, The town is governed by nobody, and consequently there is nothing done. The roads are allowed to get out of order, and no footpaths are made.' " SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times thinks that if Mr. Motley proposes on behalf of his country that negotiations shall be reopened at Washington the prorosal will be accepted ; but it is useless to negoliato or to talk of negotiating, unless each side is prepared to enter upon negotiations with confidence in the honour of the other. The American charge against us is that we did not show a proper feeling towards them during the war, and our want of proper feelings led us to afford an unfair assistance to their enemies. Our defence is that our duty was to abstain from chewing feeling to wards either side, and that the alleged unfair assistance was no more than a strict observance of neutrality. It is plain that satisfactory relations between the two countries will not be restored until we understand and respect their craving for sympathy, and they understand the difficulties of our situation as impartial bystanders, very much injured by a war in which, nevertheless, we felt ourselves botuni to abstain from interference. We shall never arrive at such a restoration of friendship as this if we begin in the spirit of pettifogging attorneys. American writers and statesmen may remember with mivantage that our blood it, after all, not so very different from the own, that we are not without susceptil Lilies as well as themselves, and that it is not probable that we shall be drawn towards them by suggestions that we are probably " insincere " in our conduct, and bent on " hoodwinking" those with whom we profess to be dealing openly. The Post declares that the history of Rugby, especially of late years, is the strongest possible testimony to the manner in which the trustees have discharged their duties. If the school has become groat, surely some share of its credit is due to the trustees who appointed the successful Masters. The same Trust that has elected Mr. Hayman elected also his distinguished predecessor, and before him Goulburn and Tait, and Arnold. Judged by this testi mony there is no case whatever for the complaint of in competency or abuse. It will soon be seen of what stuff he is made, and how far the parents of Rugby boys may confidently trust him. Should he prove incompetent, it will soon be manifest, and he will have to withdraw to work more within his powers ; but should ho be successful, he will need no other vindi cation. Further, the Get that a given appointment is at first unpopular must not be pressed too strongly against the presentee, or what about the diocese of Exeter? The new Master of Rugby is not more unwelcome to the under masters than the new Bishop of Exeter is to three fourths of his diocese. It is believed, and reasonably, that be will outlive prejudice, outwork opposition, and become a popular and useful bishop. We subscribe ourselves to that belief. But Dr. Temple's friends ought to be the last men to refuse a like fair field, like good wishes, and like confidence to his successor in the school. The Telegraph, in advocating the claims of Mr. Odger a• a candidate for Southwark, observes that one of the greatest questiOns of next year will be the enactment of some wise law to regulate trades unions. We shall re quire, in studying that question, to take counsel from men of all kinds; and yet, if Mr. Odger is rejected by Southwark, this question, so important for artisans, will be discussed by an assembly not containing within it a single working man. Is there any one leading Minister, is there any ono intelligent member of the Opposition, who will not lament this want of a speaker qualified by personal knowledge to speak for the artisans ? Are we to have a bill on tradesunions discussed altogether by a company of employers and consumers ? Would not all sensible capitalists themselves desire that the views of the employes should be directly represented ? No matter how that question is approached—no matter how it is dis cussed—the very debate will inevitably arouse some jea lousy, some irritation. The feelings of whole classes are intensely affected by the discussion. The interests of nearly a million of skilled working men, and of four or five millions depending on them, are mixed up with the subject; and, beyond thst, it involves the future of English industry and of English trade. It is not only advisable that we should do the right thing, but that we should carry with us the conviction of the labouring classes that we wish to do right. We have not only to make laws for them, but, if possible, to let them see that these laws are for their good. Especially is it to the interests of capitalists and employers to be on cordial terms with their " hands ;" and what claim have we to conciliation and friendliness next year if the year begins by a contest in Southwark between class and class? The Standard says that the first mutterings of a storm, which may be expected to break with full fury in the course of January next, have already begun to make them selves heard. The practical effect of the new administra tive changes in the collection of taxes has not even yet been thoroughly realised, but the broad principle involved has been grasped to some extent. In various ways th,r taxpayer has been warned of the fate that awaits him, and indications have been given, by sundry letters, which have appeared from time to time in these • columns and elsewhere, that public attention has not been directed in vain to the true signification of the impending changes. The comprehensive effect of these, as we have pointed out on former occasions, will be, that some of the assessed tax and the income tax will be doubled this year. Far from any interruption taking Place in the stream or payments on account of articles on which the duty has been remitted, the taxpayer will have to pay his year's licence fee in January, three months earlier than in the ordinary course of things he would have been called on to pay any further instalment of his arrears. Indeed, he is not even allowed to get clear of his old liabilities by this early and entirely additional payment, for, three months after having made it, when March comes round, he will still have to pay the second half of the tax incurred on the old system in 1868-69. We hope this review of the prospect before them will assist our readers "n forming an opinion on the great financial feat accom plished by the last budget. It has never been considered necessary by our Liberal contemporaries to elucidale the scheme further than by describing it as an arrangement by which a quantity of money comes into the Exchequer "somehow," without the help of any new taxes. Mr. Lowe had a " somehow "as well as Mr. Bright. Its race, how ever, is very nearly run, and we have endeavoured to shew here in detail, as we have frequently explained in prin ciple, what lies behind. The Deily News considers that the Bishop of London has set an example to some of his brethren of the Episcopal Bench. In a letter to the Bishop of Lincoln he has not I.pologised for consenting to assist at Bishop Temple's con secration, but has given unanswerable reasons why he ought to do so. Nobody suspects the Bishop of Lon don of sympathising with any unchurchly opinion, yet he declares that in Dr. Temple's essay, in "Essays and Reviews," "serious errors, or doctrines con trary to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, can only be discovered by a perverse ingenuity of criticism," and that he himself was willing to exempt that essay from the censure of Convocation. In one matter of fact which has been pesistently misrepre sented, the Bishop makes a statement which will probably set the question at rest. '• It is," he says, " capable of strict proof that Dr. Temple, when he sent his essay to the publisher, was ignorant of the other essays, and of the opinions put forth in them." He also maintains, with the chivalry of a man of the world, that the dis claimer of mutual responsibility in the preface ought to be accepted, and that "it is not credible that seven English gentlemen should agree deliberately in a false statement." Still the Bishop thinks Dr. Temple should, in the interest of truth, have made a further dis claimer, though he secs that any such disclaimer is impos sible now. He says that had Dr. Temple been instituted to a benefice, no bishop would have ventured to refuse him induction." I cannot, therefore, understand," acids the Bishop, " how the Archbishop, or any of his suffra gans who may be required to act with or for him, could be justified in refusing to obey the Quee en's mandato to consecrate a clergyman who has never been convicted, or even accused, in any court of heresy or false doctrine, or of any offence against morality or laws ecclesiastical, but who has been duly nominated to a bishopric, duly elected, and duly con firmed." This is, of course, the common-sense view of the subject. The bishop adds that, if asked to act for the archbishop, ho shall take his part in the consecration of Dr. Temple " without the least hesitation and with a clear conscience." In discussing the several proposals for the abolition of University Tests, the Herald remarks that if it becomes a question whether each college is to be allowed to dispense with or retain the present restrictions, or whether they are to be abolished without exception, it may not unrea sonably be argued that the latter alternative is to be preferred The adoption of the first would lead to the introduction of a hybrid system, some colleges retaining and others cancelling the tests, and thereby introduce a chronic agitation which would arouse endless disputes and jealousies. If the worst comes to the worst, and we have to choose between a permissive and a compulsory measure, it will become a grave question whether the latter would not be less detrimental to the permanent interests of the Universities than the former. We are not without hopes, however, that this exhibition of the lengths to which the secularists are prepared to go will bring over to the side of their opponents many moderate men who have supported Sir John Coleridge's bill as a compromise. It is now no secret that the party with which lie has allied himself will be content with nothing less than the total extinction of that special relationship which has hitherto been maintained with the happiest results between the Church and the Universities. They seek —or, at least, it is the inevitable tendency of their action—to do in the case of the universities what they are striving to accomplish in the case of national education, the elimina tion of the religious element both as.regards the adminis tration and the teaching. In the universities they would throw open the fellowships, professorships, and scholar ships, without exacting any test of religious profession whatever, and they demand that the clergy shall be banished from the management of the national schools. We should hope that it may be thought worth while to withstand them on both points, and shall look with interest to the forthcoming meeting at Oxford on the 28th to indicate the policy they may think it desirable to RATTENIAG AT SHEFFIELD. A remarkable case of rattening has just occurred in the building trade at Sheffield. The contractors for the new Midland Station there are Messrs. Chadwick and Thirlwall, and a few days ago they engaged a number of non-unionist masons to do the flagging work along the platforms. The day after they had been at work, they were told by a unionist mason that unless they joined the trade society they would not be allowed to continue at work. The men complained to Mr. Thirlwall of this interference, and he at once had the unionist mason discharged. On the following morning, the - non-unionist masons found that the whole of their tools had been taken away. The circumstance was reported to Mr. Thirlwall, and he having summoned the whole of the unionist masons into his pay office, accused them of the robbery, and told them that unless the tools were returned by twelve o'clock on the following day every one of them would be discharged. When twelve o'clock came, the tools were not forthcoming, and Mr. Thirlwall paid off every man and boy in his employ who was connected with the union. The morning but one following, the tools were restored, having been placed during the night a short distance from the station. In the course of the night the discharged men waited upon Mr. Thirlwall, and asked, as the tools had been brought back, to be allowed to resume work. Said Mr. Thirlwall, "Point me out the man er men who committed the robbery, and the other men may begin to work.' The men denied all knowledge of the robbery, and they were consequently refused work. The men say that they were discharged because they objected to work with men win were not members of the society, and who were at work uy the piece. They are being supported by the society. MISCELLANEOUS NE IVS. LAW AND POLICE. AN OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR.—In Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Court a motion has been made that Richard Davis, the official liquidator of the Granine and Hardstone Working Company, should be removed from his office, and ordered to pay into court the sum of £772, and £2OO for interest. The winding-up order was made three years ago, but nothing it seemed had been done. The applicant was almost the only creditor, and had acceded to the plant being sold for wbioi ne complained the liquidator had not paid into court, and he now required the liquidator to pay the interest allowed by the Act, 10s. per week for every .£lOO. The Vice-Chancellor directed an inquiry as to what was due to the liquidator for costs and from him for interest, and as to who was entitled to the fund in court, with liberty to apply as to the applicant's costs. COMMITTAL OF Two GENTLEMEN FOR CONTEMPT.--A singular case has been brought under the notice of Vice- Chancellor Malins. A clerk of Mr. Linklater's was sent to Mr. Hutchinson, the assignee in bankruptcy of a Mr. Cowart, to serve an order for an injunction to restrain an action at-law. On the clerk going up stairs to Mr. Hutchinson's room, he found Mr. Cowart and several other persons with him, and was told he must take the papers to Mr. Hutchinson's solicitor. The clerk replied that personal service was requisite, but was told that he should not leave the room without the papers. The persons in the room were very violent, and threatened to throw the clerk out of the window. A clerk in the office below hearing the noise ran out and called the police. When they arrived, Messrs. Hutchinson and Cowart gave the clerk in custody for a trespass, and the clerk invoked the assistance of the police, telling them who ho was. The policemen released him and he left, the papers being thrown down in the confusion. The Vice-Chancellor denounced the conduct of the defendants in the severest terms, and said he hoped that an application would be made to remove Mr. Hutchinson from his office of assignee in bankruptcy, for which he was totally unfit. He com mitted both defendants to Whitocross-street prison for contempt of court. SUNDAY TRADING. —Four tradesmen have been charged, at Marylebone Police-court, with infringing the Lord's Day Observance Act of Charles 11., by Sunday trading. Evidence having been given, Mr. Mansfield said that he must convict under the Act, but fined each of the defendants a penny, without costs. THE AFFRAY AT ROCHDALE.—MichaeI Lardner has been committed for trial by the magistrates, at Rochdale, for wounding two men in the stabbing affray at that place on Saturday night. Admiral Rona is now able to leave his room, and a speedy recovery may be confidently looked for. ➢lr. Cawley and Mr. Charley, the members for Salford, addressed a meeting of their constituents last night. A vote of confidence in the hon. gentlemen was uassed. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. The vacant minor canonry has been conferred by the Dean on the Rev. John Trout beck, M.A., Minor Canon and Precentor of Manchester Cathedral. The Rev. Sella Martin, the minister, late of London, who claims to have a small portion of negro blood in his veins, has won his suit in the United States for the admission of his daughter to a white school. A notice was posted on a Roman Catholic Chapel at Carrick, county of Donegal, on Sunday, cautioning the tenants against paying any increase of rent to the Messrs. Musgrave, of Belfast, who lately purchased some property upon which they were e:cpending large sums in improve ments. A royal residence in Ireland, a national Parliament, and no suspension of the constitution—these are the true remedies for disaffection in Ireland, according to a reso lution unanimously adopted on Thursday by the Board of Guardians of the North Dublin Union. The mover of the resoluticn—a Protestant — suggested the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant, but this evoked dissent. A copy of the resolution was ordered to be forwarded to his Excellency. DRUNKENNESS IN AMERICA.—An American jour nal has quite lately published the following figures as to the statistics of drunkenness in the State of New York. pton, founded some five The Asylum of Birghampton, ve years ago, near the " Empire City," for the reception and treatment of drunkards among the well-to-do classes, has during that period had under its surveillance 8 magistrates, 39 Protestant clergymen, 40 merchants, 226 medical prac titioners (!), 510 gentlemen of no profession, and 1,387 ladies. The Leeds stipendiary magistrate has had before him a local brewer charged with selling beer off his pre mises without a license from the justices. The defendant pleaded that an Act of George IV. allowed brewers to sell their own beer on an Excise license. Mr. Bruce admitted that this defence was good ; the Act of George IV. had not been repealed in the Wine and Beerhouse Act of 1869. We are threatened with an epidemic of falling gas ometers. One accident took place at Cambridge on Monday; now another has happened at Gloucester. During tho gale two chains LI oke attached to a gasometer containing 240,000 feet of gas. The gasometer began to fall ; and while it was descending one of the large iron pulleys fell over and broke a bolo in the crown. Very shortly the gas was all gone. The Gas Company have issued an appeal to consumers praying that they will be as economical as possible. The Speaker of the House of Commons, at a Church meeting just held at Newark on Trent, condemned very strongly the Ritualistic tendencies of the present day. He approved the growing feeling in the House of Commons to avoid the discussion of religious questions. The Bishop of Lincoln also stoke, and deprecated the interference of tho Legislature in ecclesiastical affairs. As to Ritualism, Dr. Wadworth said that of all destructive things the most destructive was to obtrude any novelty on an unwilling con gregation. The French treaty formed one of the subjects of discussion at a special meeting, yesterday, of the Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. In January last the board passed a resolution affirming that the treaty had proved highly beneficial, but it was agreed to memoralise the Government to make an effort to obtain reductions of the very high duties imposed by the French tariff on cer tain English manufactures. At the meeting yesterday Mr. Hugh Mason moved that the resolution adopted in January should be confirmed; and tho motion fur. thet committed the Chamber to an expression of opi nion that any inquiry into the working of the treaty would " confirm the proof already given of its beneficial operation, and lead to a further extension of Free-trade principles." Mr. Malcolm Ross seconded this proposition; but an amendment was brought forward by Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Platt, the member for Oldham, declaring that fur ther inquiry was unnecessary. The original resolution was carried. VANITAS VANITATUM.—If anything were needed to show the dangerous temptations to which those who give way to personal vanity arc exposed, it will be found in an incident related by a Scotch newspaper. A farmer near Kinglassie, in Fifeshire, was much annoyed last week to find that his cows' tails had been shorn Of their hair. As he was not conscious of having made an enemy, he was at a loss to conceive who could have disfigured the useful animals in this barbarous manner, until his wife discovered on the dairy-maid's dressing-table, a chignon manufacturel out of the hair of the cows' tails. Further concealment being useless, the culprit confessed that not only had she furnished herself with this adorn ment at the expense of the cows, but that she had sup plied a select number of her friends with materials from the same source, for tae purpose of manufacturing head dresses of a similar nature, in anticipation of a social reunion to tarn Aarul at the comMeneement of the' new TILE LATE MB. PEABODY. The Monarch and the Plymouth were still detained on Wednesday off Spithead with the remains of Mr. Peabody, the state of the weather being such that it was impossible for the vessels to get away. They hoped to leave the next day. The American House of Repre sentatives has unanimously introduced a resolution announcing the death of the great philanthropist, and reciting the honours paid him by her Majesty, the London authorities, the French Emperor, and others, and also the extraordinary . preparations for the transfer of his remains to America. The Presi dent has been authorised to detach several ships of war to meet the European convoy at sea. The reception of the corpse in America will be alike solemn and grand. MILITARY MEN AND CIVIL TRIBUNALS. The Dawkins-Paulet case, and the division in opinion amongst the judges respecting its proper decision, has naturally given rise to much comment. Lieutenant-Colonel Dawkins, formerly of the Cold stream Guards, sued Lord Frederick Paulet, com manding, the brigade of Guards, for libel, alleging that, in consequence of the reports made by Lord Frederick to the Adjutant-General o? the Army, he had been compelled to leave the regiment, and had suffered accor dingly in character and estate. For the defen dant it was answered that the reports in ques tion were made in the ordinary and regular discharge of professional duty, and must therefore be privileged. Upon this arose the curious point whether the law debarred Colonel Dawkins from seeking redress in a civil court. The Lord Chief Justice held that it did not; but the other judges argued that the members of the army voluntarily submitted themselves to a code of laws which provided special courts, and they ought to abide by their decisions. It was true that the military tribunals can award no compensation; but that defect lay in the law itself, and was beyond the power of the judges. The Times coincides with the majority which so decided the judgment. It, moreover, argues that no change ought to bo made in the law— that is, that officers ought not to be allowed recourse to civil tribunals on account of matters which have passed in the ordinary course of business. "It may. certainly happen that a wrong for which a civil court would have granted a remedy might remain unredressed by military tribunals ; but it is hardly to be doubted, we think, that military duty would be seriously obstructed if every officer had the prospect of a lawsuit before him as a consequence of orders given or reports made." The Telegraph, on the other hand, acorns to hold with the Lord Chief Justice, that injustice may arise thriugh an officer having no remedy at a civil tribunal, and that a change in the law is needed. THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. So far as may be judged, the Welsh Fasting Girl case is coming slowly to an end. The poor creature, plump and healthy only lately, is getting weaker and thinner day by day. This fact suggests a startling question as to the nurses, and the committee of physicians, who are watching her. Are they justified in withholding food when they see the effects of abstinence upon he r ? Wh a t if the girl should die ? Can anyone anticipate the verdict of the coroner's jury ? It is all very well, as the Daily News says, that science should have its martyrs, and, of course, fraud and superstition will have their victims ; but which will this poor girl be if she should perish under the eyes of these nurses, and die of starvation ? It is not an impossible thing that the child may be unable to ask for food, that fear may restrain her. And if she die under these circumstances, " Felo de se " would hardly meet the case ; natural causes would not have produced the death ; it could not be said to have proceeded from an =if. .nt. The " Visi tation of the Nurses," not the " Visitation of God," will be the proper verdict, and that means man slaughter. TREATMENT OF EMIGRANTS IN AUSTRALIA. The various New Holland colonies are constantly crying out for more emigrants ; but the doings of the Government of South. Australia can hardly be regarded as an encouragement to intending settlers. Six years ago this colony induced a number of capitalists to subt.vribe for 250,000 acres of land in a settlement to be created by the Government in the Northern Territory. r The formation of the settlement roved to be attended with difficulties, and in the course of about two years, the Legislative Council adopted a resolution that "in order to maintain the credit of South Australia, it was desirable to refund to the purchasers the money paid by them." The House of Assembly refused to ratify this, and the parties interested remained without redress. Two years passed, and the same Ministry once more proposed that the money should be returned without interest; but the Legis lature still refused. The sagacious Government, its measure being rejected, resolved to have a new survey, and to insist upon the subscribers taking such land as might eventally be allotted them 1 Six TORTS after the first bargain it is thought that a double portion of land—for such a quantity is pro mised—will compensate the duped capitalists for the lock-up of their money. When people make such contracts it is on the understanding that they will be ratified at once, and not after the lapse of a space which may have altered their circumstances and intentions. The offer of a double quantity of land is, as the Times remarks, neither an exculpation nor an apology. LONDON AND PARIS. Newspaper correspondents, in their nabltual com plaints of the dirtiness and dinginess of London, fre quently point to Paris as an example by which metro politan authorities might profit. But there is a vast difference between the two capitals. Paris is a show place, it is profitable to be such, and therefore an immense outlay is incurred for the simple purpose of keeping the city fit for the reception and entertain ment of its numerous guests. An army is daily employed in sweeping, rolling, watering, scraping, and brushing every public place. "Fa nc y," says the Times' correspondent, stationing detach ments of men with baskets of sand to diminish the slipperiness of the road ! In summer, the roads, the graesplots, the trees and shrubs in the Champs Elys6es, the Bois do Boulogne, and the many other parks and gardens, are all profusely washed and watered by men's bands." Besides these cleansers, there are regular detachments of ruder scavengers whom only early risers see. London can never be made a show-place in this way; but it might, never theless, be rendered a little more presentable than it is. It cannot be very gay, but it might be decent. THE SPANISH CROWN. Further proof is now given to the effect that the Duke of Genoa cannot be King of Spain, and that Prim and his colleagues have committed a de plorable blunder in proposing him. The Politica of Madrid states that King Victor Emmanuel has informed the Spanish Ambassador at Florence of his resolution not to permit the Duke of Genoa to accept the crown. A Times' telegram says it is reported that this negative is due to the Emperor Napoleon's objection to see the Italian dynasty aggrandised, and the Mediterranean converted into an Italian lake. It is also said that approrch2s had been made without success to Prince Luis Victor, brother of the Emperor of Austria and of Maximilian. Of course it does not follow that the Politica is infallibly right; but the Government papers are quite silent, it seems cer t a i n a l toget h er that the Progressist party has been guilty of an un pardonable mistake. Meanwhile, the Cortes, with true Spanish indifference, is haggling about the Crown jewels. TILE COUING BILL. The journals which aro supposed to most nearly represent the policy of the Governments wrote pro fusely about the Irish land question at first, but, after involvinc , themselves i n a n i nex t r i ca bl e maze o f bewilderment,' they gave it up. It was dull and puzzling. For some time past the Times and the Telegraph have contained very little editorial effusion on the tenure problem. At length, however, the Telegraph comes out once more, and, strange to say, advocates cautiously the remedy which has lately passed out of general favour a good deal—the legalisation of the Ulster tenant right. "The practical conclusion that the bill will offer the Irish tenant security of tenure is scarcely open to question. Security of tenure is but another name for tenant-right, and, indeed, the task of the Govern ment might be described as the framing of a measure to declare that right." What a world of trouble would have been saved if the oracles had stuck to this simple remedy from the first. THE PROGRESS OF AGITATION. Two meetings of the Tenant-right League have just been held in Dublin. The speakers were very much of the old type ; but Mr. Butt's remarks present two noticeable points. In the first place, though he once advocated the system of assuming sixty years' leases in all cases of occupation for three years, he now goes in for fixity of tenure, not because he has changed his views, but because the Irish will not now be satisfied with leases. In the second place, Mr. Butt affirmed, and others agreed with him, that no measure would give satisfaction unless it were preceded by the release of the Fenians. The ieea of demanding more because what was once asked has not been granted, is essentially Irish. The Sybilline books are no pre cedent for modern doings. DEDRY DOINGS. The magistrates at Londonderry are making efforts to curtail the uproarious pleasures of the Apprentice Boys. They have passed a . resolution that the ", Boys " must dispense with music and banners, and must " burn Lundy anywhere but at Walker's Pillar." These restrictions have raised a mournful howl. It is all very well for the magistrates to say that they " will not interfere with th e saaLa ihB rtrturfk...-n•r4 " NX71..4. —.:11 ,_ A, • of the prograinufe, if the time-honouree music, dze., be taken away ? Why, nothing but the march to churdh. Will the Apprentice Boys accept such a degrading compromise ? The watchful _Derry Sentinel hopes not. " Whatever course the Govern ment may pursue, whether one of wisdom or one of infatuation, the Apprentice Boys, conscious of the rectitude of their cause, and satisfied that their cele brations are legal, are prepared to meet the issue. The grave responsibility will rest upon the heads of the Irish Government it any lives be lost on the 18th." This patriotic and pompous declaration means in plain English that the Boys are to make all the disturbance they please, insult Catholics as much as they please, and it the Government interfere with this righteous procedure, the consequences must recoil on the wicked M in i st THE PREMIER AND UNIVERSITY TESTS. In his reply to deputations from O x f or d an d Cambridge on the subject of University Tests, the Premier expressed himself unable to promise a measure next session. But Mr. Gladstone certainly was pretty precise in his declarations of opinion. There were three points, be said, on which he was agreed with the memorialists :—let, That the time had arrived when this question ought to be settled by some legislative enactment ; 2nd, That it should be by a compulsory, and not by a permissive mea sure ; and, 3rd, that it should be made a Government measure. This statement at all events sketches out clearly the intentions of the Government. . 3IERIONETIISHIIIE. Mr. David Williams, M.P. for Merionethshire, who has just died, was a great local magnate in his county. He was a deputy-lieutenant, and a magistrate for the counties of Merioneth and Carnarvon. He became High Sheriff for the former county in 1841, and for Carnarvon in 1842. Mr. Williams was born in 1801, but only entered Parliament last December, after fighting two unsuccessful battles. His pro gramme followed the advanced Liberal type. He supported Mr. Gladstone, and declared in favour of the Ballot, education by compulsory rates, and open universities. Owing to ill-health, Mr. Williams voted only once during his Parliamentary career—on the second reading of the Irish Church )3ill. ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE OPINION OP MR. DISRAELI. Many politicians think Mr. Gladstone a dangerous man, others hold a similar opinion of Mr. Disraeli; but Lord Henry Thynne, supposed to be the Conserva tive member for South Wilts, upholds his complete independence of party, and condemns both gentlemen. At an agricultural dinner in Dorset he declared that he would never have anything to do with " ally unnatural conjunction of Conservatives with Fenians;" he would go only with " the moderate part) , ; " and if Mr. Dizzy—he meant Mr. Disraeli—joined the Fenians, he should walk over to the other side of the House. Lord Henry does not admire Mr. Disraeli. EDUCATION. There can be no doubt about which question just now comes home most clos e ly t o Englishmen. The Irish difficulty is the great question of the hour ; but that of education is the most directly important. The meetings in various Tarts of the country are now becoming so numerous that it is impossible to chronicle them all. Two of the Education League were held on Wednesday, one at Lambeth, and the other at Burslem. At Burslem, Messrs. Dixon and Melly were the chief speakers. In London, Sir C. W. Mike, the member for Chelsea, advocated the League scheme. He very earnestly supported the idea of Government schools bring free, and observed, with regard to the religious difficulty, that in districts where denominations were strong enough, they could support their own schools. The Churchmen also met in London at King's College, on Wednesday. Dr. Barry, the Principal of the College, read a paper upon Education. He urged that the voluntary system should not be altogether superseded; that inspection should be enforced in all schools ; that all masters should require a certificate; that indirect, rather than direct, compulsion should be exercised upon parents ; and that distinctive reli gious teaching should be upheld. Mr. Hubbard, M.P., protested against conscience clauses; but Lord Lyttleton spoke in favour of them—in favour, that is, of complete liberty of teaching to the teacher, and complete liberty of withdrawal to the parent. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. The annual meeting of the National Society for Women's Suffrage shewed, at least, that the new doctrine is no party one. Mr. Charley hobnobbed with Mr. Jacob Bright, .the former highly compli menting the latter. The display of partisanship was of the smallest. Mr. Bright observed that the funds of the association were mainly obtained by ladies, and the association was chiefly con ducted by the women of Manchester and its neighbourhood. After this exhibition of ability and public spirit on the part of women, it was simply absurd to continue to exclude them from the simple but important duty of giving a vote. Miss Becker read an exceedingly able report. The concession of municipal rights to women was of course deemed a strong argument, and an infallible precursor of victory on the more important question. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. Mr. Bright has made a little appointment of which most pcople will heartily approve. He has given Mr. E. Stanley Jones, son of the late Mr. Ernest Jones, a temporary clerkship in the Registrar-General of Seamen's Office. This is a just and kind action. The late Mr. Ernest Jones found more adversaries than friends ; be was much in advance of his time—though he would not have been now ; but ho made great sacrifices for his principles, and his name merits respect. His conduct in giving up worldly things for his convictions contrasts most forcibly with the life of those who have systematically given up their convictions for worldly things, and have profited thereby. TIIE BISHOP OF LONDON ON DR. TEMPLE. The late Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Jackson, now of London), disagrees very materially with the present head pastor on the subject of the consecration of Dr. Temple. Dr. 'Wordsworth is protesting earnestly against the ceremony ; Dr. Jackson is going to take part in it. The former has written an earnest letter to the latter begging. him to withdraw from the proceedings ; but he has got a most logical and conclusive answer. Dr. Jack son disapproves of " Essays and Reviews," but feels bound to believe the word of seven English gentle men when they say that they wrote without concert or comparison. lie regrets that Dr. Temple did not withdraw his essay from the work when he saw its drift; at the same time he declines to judge on a point of honour ; a mistake therein is one thing, heresy is another. And it will hardly be said (observes the bishop) that "The Education of the World" is heretical; that had it appeared in any of the periodicals of the d a y it would have attracted much attention, or brought discredit on its author. Dr. Jackson is also sorry that Dr. Temple will not disclaim sympathy with views with which h© has been identified. here, agai n , however, he will' not set himself up as the critic : There is much to be said for the position which he has taken up, and which is probably the ono which most lawyers would advise; and it would be to demand a serious act of self-sacrifice from a high-minded man to ask for a disclaimer at the present time, after reading the following words of ono whose words always carry weight, Dr. Pusey. " What would be thought," he wrot e t o the John Bull newspaper on October 16, " even of any disavowal now ? Simply, that while it was a question only of the loss of Christian faith, or of human souls, Dr. Temple was silent ; and that he spoke when it was a question of worldly pre ferment." While regretting, therefore, very deeply that Dr. Temple has taken up the position he has, the Bishop of London refuses to condemn him. No bishop would refuse to induct him into a benefice; it would be doubtful if any would refuse to make him deacon. The two cases are analogous with this diff erence : whereas in the on e case th e Bishop has a certain choice allowed him by law, in the other he receives the Queen's strict command. "TILE DOUBTER." It is astonishing to what small matters an educated man can descend when passion and prejudice act upon him. A gentleman, who was not ashamed to affix an academical title to his name, wrote to the Standard, making much of the fact that Dr. Temple is to be consecrated on the day dedicated to St. Thomas, the doubter! Another correspondent makes the obvious retort that Thomas, though a doubter, was nevertheless a saint, albeit cer tain clerics in England would doubtless object to his being one. And it may be added that Christ did not disdain St. Thomas's doubts, but gave him substantial proof of his error; nor does it appear that the status of the apostle was in any way lowered. There was even a worse character than St. Thomas amongst the apostles—St. Peter himself. TILE INDELIBILITY OF ORDERS. Professor James E. Thorold Rogers writes a special letter to the _Daily A'azes, protesting against the in delibility of a clergyman's orders. He illustrates his meaning by a reference to Mr. Voysey. Mr. Voyseyis charged w ith violating the law of the Church. If the Archbishop of York succeeds in ejecting him ! Mr. Voysey will b e d e b arred from obta i ning his living legally in nearly every calling. And not only so ; the present vic ar of Healaugh will still be bound in allegianc e t o th e pre l ate w h o has expelled him, as Mr. Sho r e, a ft er h e b a d f orma ll y renounced Episco pacy, found hi mse lf b oun d t o th e Bishop of Exeter. " l ou shall not," says the English law to a heterodox clergyman, "get your living in the Church, a n d you shall not get your living out of it." This is mon strous, exclaims Mr. Rogers; the Church of Rome alone upholds the i doctrine. No other Legislature in Europe has ratified t; and in England neither barristers, doctors, nor soldiers are thus dealt with—. only clergymen. Why should they be so fettered ? MARKETS. ?his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. 170-sales probably 10,000 halee. The market Oititdr. .L 167 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by app lieat inn to the secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Reen tig i park. Admission daily by or d ers f rom f e ll o ws. /WY" . Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Frida a, 10 to 4 • summer months till 7. Closed Ist till 7th J anuar y, Ist till 7th May, a n Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiving days; City—Guildhall. A collec. on of antiquities, &c. 10 till 5. Geological- Jermyn street. Open daily (except Pricier') free. 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Open daily. 6 c l . bf Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admit3sion members' order. The Bank Returns, The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the c it i culation of the public and joint-st oc k b an ks in Engls u and Wales for the four weeks ending the 6th of N ev: i These returns, combined with th e c i rcu l a ti on o f the Scot ch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average Cir culation of the Bank of E ng l an d f or th e f our w eeks en ded the 3d of Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : N v. 6, I Oct 9, 1869. I 1869. , IncreaselDecrease• - . __--.----. Bank of England Private Banks Joint-stock Banks 23,940,947 23,574,520 2,885.44 2,712,497 2,425,07 r 2,333,153 Total in England Scotland Ireland 29,251,469 1 28,63 I, 70 4,871,3 . 8 4,726,6 . 4 7,381,180 6,657,02 i -- 367,427 172,943 71,919 - - - 612,23) 141,714 723, 88 1,48 ,191. United Kingdom. 41,503,957 40,023,766 And as compared with the month ending the Sl' °t Nov., 1868, the above returns s h ow a decrease: £483,792 in the circulation of notes in England, 4° ,7,1 decrease of £53,795 in the circulation of the VII - Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of th e several banks the following is the state of the circulation:"... The English private banks are below th e ir fixed issue £1,1.57, 1 8 6 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue Total below fixed issue in E ng l an d ... X 2 1 ,1, 7° .;47 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... , 1 1 666 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of En a land in both departments during the month endir'g mG, of Nov. was £18,831,490, being a decrease of .£1,0 27, '"„/ as compared with the previous month, an d a decreas e £883,485 when compared with the same period last Ye 3r i ii , The following are the amounts of s p ec ie keld by t Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6t of Nov. : Rfi 37 5 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2, o33+ • x,5,406, 533 being an increase of £402 802 as compared with the P re a vious return, and an increase of £115,652 when u 0331 P 31.° with the corresponding period last year. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam , Short ... 11 181. ... 11 lit Do Do 3 2.18 ... 12 3.} ... ..... i l, Rotterdam — ... 12 11. ... 12 At Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 la Brussels Hamburg h — ... 13 10-1,- ... 13 221 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 - - Ditto 4o 3 Ms. ... 25 35 ... 20 , n . Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main -- Vienna Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 i ... 12 65 ... 12 4 Petersburg 25 12 3 0-1 5 ...... 25 124 ... 29 ... 291 . 2 Copenhagen a. 9 18 ... 9 '1; Berlin Madrid.. - ... 6 A Q/ ... 481 2 Cad i 7 t... 49 ... . `i'l Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 .:: 26 , i .. 7 .. 26 75 .., 2 6 7 1 . 7 . Genoa — ... 26 75 ..., 26 71 Naples 2 A - ..,- IJ 1 na i Palermo • ... 26 75 „. 2 6 7. Messina Lisbon ... 514 ~. 52 Oporto — ... 51t ... Rio faneiro .,. New York ... ......... 4 4 [ADVERTISEMENT. 1 — consumption and all n erte bilious, stomach, and liver com pl a i nts i n every etsee ,0 o bu t .„ aggravated and accelerated by d rugs o f eve' y descriEtio_aneons perfe_tly curable by Du BA RRY ' S h ea lth- res toring S ev d been Arabica, Food, as proved by tho usan d s o f cases which ha c oug h ' considered hopeless ; such as indigestion (dysPePsis);, Gastric asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrheas , a",`:,,uer derangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria , c_ i s goa t ' colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rhenrnat i fr ee ple o : impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability* , s ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, 000: spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea , at tl l 7 ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ti:_htness of the chest, pabls r , uo te pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, eec. V' Ts c 4 ,,re l4 ° o . flatulen_ faro, few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food..,,, t ber 68,413-" Rome, July 21, 1866. The health of the 1-1019,',, be ys excellent, especially since, abandoning all other rernedlf; fel confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta A rah ic ro dues of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It ha s , Po o liaa!, a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his, oszet' r cannot praise this excellent food too highly."-From 03 10 _ du Midi, July 2i, Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Robert,, lo gs! merchant, of Frimley, r3urrey, of thirty years' disease _cuf . spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafn! r "f ter for,2, N 0.1,77 '. Lord Stuart de Deeies, Lord-Lieutenant of ' , !_r de scry` of many years' dyspepsia.-No. 49,83'. "Fifty years' 1 . .. 3, ee% able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, a o "a_ stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and to .wroar,f Jolly " Important Caution.-Beware of the many a n 'a j orlti and more than sloppy imitations to which, without au Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached_ i 2 2 2 : 0 ; In tins, at l lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d 5 lbs 21 lbs 40s. -Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABISA k;' o 2 cup s , POWDER if; packed in tin canisters : f or 12 cups at 28, I °' Go at 559 at 3s 6d, for 48 e ups at 6s, for 288 cups a t 30s, for 57 a - cups are sent -being about ono penny per cup. Th e 30s an d 65s tins , ier."l free of carriage in England on rece i pt e, of Post-Otliae; 00; 0 0 ' BAat.Y Du BARRY and Co., N o . 77 Regent street, Lo n all Grocers and Chemists BIRTHS. BMIGALLAY—On the 16th t es t , at 55, Queen'o-gm- e ' Lady ßaggallay, of a daughter . the LUKIN—On the 15th inst ,at /9 Gloucester-street, t wife of Col one l L uk i n, Of a son. ' MARRIAGES. CHICHESTER—FAIREIE—On the 14th inst., Margaret-street, Edmund Prideaux Chichester,,,to Captain 7th Dragoon Guards, to Ellen Louisa , doh," cf I. Fairli e , E sq. • Ven d ElA unts — YovNG—On the 13th inst a t Edinburg% t o HarriP, E sq ., o f L ongpar i sh H ous e , Hants, t o Jant,y., eldest da ug ht er o f t h e Bight lion. Geo . ..ge ' You n g , Lord Advocat e o f S co tl an d. a t All Sailitte', DEAS. BURLISSON— On the 15th inst Tß ~ atWest Brornpton, sA•otaill Borlinson, aged 68. Grnus—On the 16th inst. at 7, Clarendon -place, I-19de park-gardens, J o h n Gibbs, Esq., aged N. llav i i HOWARD—On the 15th l us t , a', B ru ce Grove, Totten Elizabeth Howard, age d 90, London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TNZ SUN Office N 0.112, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County et 30 ,1011° Friday, Dotuaabo 17, Nos% At Thin telt t P !ze Pure, Sold in Bo t':l3 Agents in 8, GB Observe th , n's LG Wb UTU • (1 14, RUSS: ADVANCES bold or Loas able weekly, Forms free o 'THE ab Lunch for deviling I ORIGINAL B. F next Consignee fc celebrated PA Bordeaux Wi Whiskies, fri also be seen number of IT of others wan ANGI AZI Devoted to PAGES. Railroad, ki and those ha this tewspa Publish( E STAB] The rolat Elusions] 114 Weekly oar bined with establishme! This estal nised by he and it is re Lady Lsnr; Caroline Ru All infori ton cr perso Subscript Treasurer, vTIHE D 1 -a- JEWS receive APE and DUMI Pupils, for i The systA manual alp') A public When the S Wessel. Applicatio othor par tict T HE L O ffic,css—' The Invef Fire Reveuu, The morleral Bonusi or II value as Sl render, them leave is gran thirty days a UHE ftt of CU Upwards a this Hospital . The Oomn enable thb-n I numerous p . helpless by si Bankers, 31 street ; and Watorloo-1 NATIUI Rich= Under the patr Whereby a ho GIME, of all age the kingdom. The Alenof tieh education, and laundry, t ;vise provided imitable situad Tht , Comm entirely sustail cline,. tn. i? G It E A 7 Tbf Hosp . i establisbeJ at free. Bankors-3 etroet, Alivars Sac, 1, Smitl ORITIS Mackon: Patron-1 For the g destitute orph and of all di prosperous cis _ . One hundre stitution , arnr Increased endowed, and assistance. Subscribers Institution, ai Its peculiar cl. The last It( Secretary. Offices, 73,1 Bankers-3 ane ; and Me IFEBOJ JII-4 of the boat Institutic from various E The Institutic on its Lifebot £4,250 for reN The Institu its man age me Contributio and country h Esq., at the It HEALTH RFS nu BAT] 15 and Inf Curo No. 5C,, year:, di:tn....ix). Tito Fool i 9 2!!")., 'IJ.; 1: cirri; 11.i.rry'q 1-tovale. tia olaTst,m - .3: I c 1 0 : at for Jia porn ,- ! t.:60 euriftge DC B. r. 1,30 At Portal Or Lc:?clititeli-s1 Nate ticrth-rad road. Sum