The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-14 00:00:00

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To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled 'RIMALKIN THE GREAT; nit, HARLEQUIN Puss is BOOTS, I,ND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. T HEATRE ROYAL, lIA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE: Messrs. Howe, Kendal, Clark, and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c,: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. 14 essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commenee at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. deimore, Mrs. L. Murray. tit a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Behnore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault s new drama, in f 3ur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds an 4 assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open day from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. ClLrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But An and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TI CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, etc. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. T. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S ►J HALL).—Great Success of SARDANAPALTM—The new Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of Silt DANAPALUS (received with roars of laughter and applause). Eveiy Evening, at half-past 7. The best Shilling Pit in London. Morning Performances on Saturday, Jan. 16, and Tuesday, Jan 19, at Two o.m. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. -At 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to S. Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCE SS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David _fish° Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Etsphens. R OYAL AMPHITHEA FR E AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most charming entertainment in Loudon. Two Thousand Five Hundred seats. No crowding. 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SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S ' , Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town THEATRE-R(11 - AL DRURY-LANE. -ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENT:C(I. at 7. MY WIFE S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET THIS EVENING, A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs. Buck stone, Sothern, Compton, Chippendale. &c.; Mesdames Ada Cavendish, Chippendae, Burke, Fitzwilliam, &c Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL H IR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, ea , Commene. at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHI. Tars Evi. SING, at 7, DID In iU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM B F.RW FLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 :CIO` 7E CRISTO. Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. 1 - burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tuts EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Concluding with MA STE It JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE,- ROYAL. TUTS EVENING, at 7, GOoD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to S. CYRIL'S SUCCEsS: Messrs. - Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale. ITurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes. and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanhorough. THIS EN - ENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford. Clarke ; Miss Buft-n. THE FIELD ON' THE Ci OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne. James. Fenton; esdames Maria Longmore. B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston. TIM EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens, C. Wyndham. and L. Brough; Mesdames Montague, J. Rignold, Maze, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Mr. Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tars EVENING, at 7, SL SHER CRASHER : Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Seville, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Alesdamer. Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THYS EVENING, at 7.20, A LOVINI CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF lICHA RD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Nfr. Danvers: Miss Collinson. and Miss M. Oliver. To con ;Jude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SOCIETY: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. Preceded by A WINNING HAZ It D. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 31. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL Ti AMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Buz-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Gd. ; Children under twelve, 6.1. i t 14144 - - - LOA DO.S, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1869, " Out of sight out of mind" is true, when applied to most circumstances of life, and it is certainly ap- propriate with respect to the weather. Because the season has hitherto been unseasonably mild, some sat guine individuals have flattered themselves that we are getting through the winter very nicely, whereas, to all intents and purposes, the real winter has not yet begun. A few days of frost will speedily dispel the illusion that the worst is over because the year has turned, and the ignorant and sceptical will wake to all the horrors of inclemency. Cold weather is associated in the minds of the experienced of all ranks with one predominant idea, the " poor." What are the ill-fed and ill-clothed to do when sharp and bitter weather has fairly set in ? Already distress is most prevalent in consequence of the scarcity of employment, though the mild season has warded off the worst of the evils that result from this a l l iction. But it is idle to suppose that this state of things can continue, and it is surely advisable to be a little pre pared for emergencies. We hear a great deal now adays of the failure of charity, and a critic on the sub ject has advocated the adoption of Mr. GLADSTONE'S old theory, of taxing charitable institutions, but the Premier is not likely to forget the lesson which he learned when Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had the good sense then to give way at the right moment, and it is not probable he will now run coun ter to the public expression of opinion so unmistake ably elicited on the question. Misdirected relief is certainly most injudicious, and it causes regret for many reasons. It wastes the money which is so much required in other directions+, it spends it on wrong purposes, and it gives rise to other sources of evil in calling forth censure and criticism on a subject which should be treated with good-will and magnanimity. Professional mendicants are a pest to society, and one does not know whether to be most irritated or grieved with those who persist in encouraging them ; but it may be said that it is easier to point out the errors of others than to set them the example of a better mode of action. What is most wanted by the really suffering, the deserving poor, pining in misery, whose actual details would outweigh the descriptions of sensational writers, is that people should feel for them. They have legions of thinkers to analyse their position, myriads of teachers to tell them their duties, hosts of censors to denounce their errors, and relate bow they have trod the down-road of poverty; but how few really feel for or with them. How few actually comprehend their state and realise the diffi culties of their task. It is easy to write the words that work is slack, but how bard it is for those who know the truth by experience and need no political econo mist to inform them of it. No one could ever sup pose that the innumerable company of these name less martyrs could be maintained at the expense of others, or even relieved in the most temporary man ner, taken collectively ; but it would be well to think about . the subject, and not rush precipitately into action. Money is not the on e thi ng needful in this matter that some suppose, and this is proved by the fact, that those who are most useful among the ranks of the distressed are not the possessors of long purses, and never give help indiscriminately. Many people spend immense sums in the so-called relief of the poor, but few give what is far more valuable, time and trouble to ascertain who are really in want. To wait until the sharp weather has set in, and then to scatter money ab - out will not do nearly so much good as to consider now, and it would be a great advantage if personswith means would intrust the amount they intend to give to those whose judgment can be depended upon. It is a desperate resource to think of dealing with widespread misery after this minimum fashion, but care and fore thought can never be thrown away, and surely no better exercise can be found for their endeavours than the relief of the really deserving. This is by no means the easy task that some imagine it to be, and although we may feel that " His blessing is sure Who fights the good fight of the feeble and poor, we must remember that the victory is not to the weak or the wavering, but is reserved for the steadfast and the watchful. Mercy without justice is only produc tive of evil ; and though we have been told that Charity shall never fail, we are not told that those who take her name in vain shall succeed ; and we may rest assured that if we would attain to the most faint perception of the far-off glories of her reign which shall be consummated when tongues shall cease, and when knowledge shall vanish away, we must follow now in the spirit wbich suffereth all things, and is kind, which vaunteth not herself and seeketh not her own ; which beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Notwithstanding the changes Time has wrought in both hemispheres since the close of the great Ameri can war, it cannot be said that the interest so warmly felt in this country respecting it has died out. The ties between England and America are indeed drawn closer since the angry feelings produced by it in a certain section of the Americans towards this coun try have passed away, and in spite of disagreement: and differences which constantly occur in minor matters, we, for our part, can never be indifferent to the for tunes and interests of the great people so nearly allied to us i❑ sympathies, in language, and in race. If we had been less keenly interested in American affairs we should have been less likely to give offence to our susceptible brethren across the Atlantic. So warm were the national feelings on the question that the advocates of North and South among us formed two parties quite as strongly defined and as closely separated as any political parties could be, and each side was ready with arguments, with illustrations, and with eloquence on behalf of its own favourite theory. But there is no deny ing that the sympathies of England were not for the most part on the winning side. The national hatred of slavery indeed never wavered, but when Ameri can statesmen themselves declared that emancipation was not the obj-ct of the war, and when the Southern leaders did not make slavery but independence their sine qua non at Fort Monroe, it showed no defection from the English love of freedom to wish success to the gallant and struggling Confederacy. The planters indeed brought their ruin in great part upon them selves by refusing to assist the Confederate leaders in their emergency by allowing the enlistment of their slaves, but it did not follow that the establish ment of Southern independence need have prevented a gradual but wholesale emancipation. If the North had really exerted themselves in the matter, and had made the maoum;ssio❑ of the slaves the condition of recognising secession, the slaveholders must have given way. As it happens good has come out of evil in this as in many other respects, and the waste of blood and treasure has not been fruitless of good. Still, looking at the question politically, and not philanthropically, it may very well be asked whether the United States have actually gained or lost in strength by the for cible maintenance of the Union ? The question has been reopened at this moment by the publication of a correspondence which took place in the autumn of last year between Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. LESTER, an American gentleman, who had addressed him on the subject of his well-known Southern sympathies. Mr. GLADSTONE, with a can dour which does him honour, admits that he was mistaken, and confesses that he did not understand the nature and working of the American Union, and that he h al imbibed an opinion that twenty or twenty four millions of the North would be happier and stronger without the South than with it. Such an opinion he owns to be mistaken, and concludes by expressing his cordial good wishes towards the Re public. But however suitable may be Mr. GLA DSTONE'S open retraction of opinions he no longer h olds and which he believes circumstances to have shown to be mistaken, we may very well ask whether after all his first impression was not the right one ? The South, as matters now stand, gives no strength to the Union. The cost of its military governments form the greater part of the heavy national burdens ; its productive powers are well nigh paralysed, its ability and intelligence, and patriotism are excluded from the national service. It supplies a constant source of irritation and dissension, and of arguments about the constitution ; it has produced a rupture between the Executive and the Legislature, and there seems little or no prospect of all this weak ness being turned into drength. If the the leading men on both sides had been able to " agree to differ," if by the aid of mutual concession and forbearance the Federals and the Confederates had succeeded in forming two allied and independent nations, the progress of both might have been doubly rapid. The Australian colonies have certainly not lost in character, in strength, or in fortune by their subdivision. If New South Wales had persisted in retaining the supremacy over Victoria and the other three colonies, we may very well doubt whether any of the five would have reached their present hopeful condition. Nations, like trees, want room to grow and though the United States cannot certainly be said to suffer for lack of space, they are hampered by the unwieldy sise of an empire which woul I make a dozen European kingdoms of fair proportion. Very few untravelled Englishmen realise the extent of America. We real of some States being 300 miles long, of railway lines measured by the thou sand miles without pausing to think how an aggregate of these Stares, many of them of equal size, can pos sibly be well and independently governed from one seat of Government. The pendulum must neces sarily oscillate between a degree of local anarchy and the risk of excessive centralisation. If the adminis tration of the country were grounded upon recog: ❑ised laws, individual liberty would be cared for in outlying districts, while the tendency of Congre s to absorb all the functions of the State !would be effectually guarded against. Mr, GLADSTONE may be satisfied that many thoughtful Americans share in his former views. Less anxious for the temporary triumph of a particular party than for the ultimate welfare and prosperity of their country, they cannot fail to recognisethe fact that the uniion is still virtually incomplete, with some of the largc st States unrepre_ sentcd in the national Legislature and with a large portion of the ;people estranged front their fellow - country men. " COUNCILS of war do not fight," awl the meeting of High Church clergy on Tuesday is iio exception to the rule, And yet there was a party, Iv no means T 17 SUN, LONDON, THUWzDAY EVENING, - JANUARY • 14, 1869. mall, which was prepared to - fight. If wiser counsels prevailed, it is not to one of the leaders of the party that this result is due. Mr. BENNETT, of Frome, who has already sustained one action, and who is at this present time defendant in another, was for resisting the decision of the Privy Council at all risks, and he had a numerous and enthusiastic band of supporters. It is worth while to review the pro ceedings at the Freemasons' Tavern, so that our readers may have a clear understanding of the various resolutions laid before the meeting. The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of MARTIN V. MACKO NOCME was given on December 23. On that day week, December 30, a private meeting of High Churchmen was held to consider the judgment and the course which they should adopt. A committee was appointed to draw up a report, and an adjourned meeting was fixed for January 12. It was originally intended that this meeting also should be private, but in consequence of the great interest felt through out the country in its proceedings, it was decided that the press should be admitted. Large and in fluential was the gathering—orderly, too, we are glad to add. Archdeacon DENISON presided, and,while avow ing that he was not a Ritualist, contended, neverthe less, for due lil‘erty of worship, and urged obedience to the judgment, to be followed by unremitting efforts to get rid of the present Court of Final Appeal. The report was next read, the substance of which lengthy document has already been placed before our readers. The resolutions were then pro posed seriatim. The two first were formal, and carried without opposition. The third was the crucial resolution, and gave rise to a discussion that lasted for several hours. It was as follows : That this meeting does not recognise the existing Court of Final Appeal as a court qualified to declare the law of the Church of England upon either doctrine orceremonial ; that with respect to this particular judgment of the said court in Martin v. Mackonochie, the meeting finds, among other things, that that judgment disregards the Church of England's fundamental principle of connec tion with and reference to the practice of the Church primitive and catholic ; nevertheless, it acknowledges the duty of submitting, under protest, to the law of the land, upon that law being put in force, so far as such law is expressed in the decree of the said judgment. and until such law shall be further declared or amended." This resolution was moved by the Rev. W. H. MOLYNEUX, of Sudbury, in a very able speech. He sliewed that in all judgments of this sort two courses lay open to the clergy—either to accept and obey the ruling of the court, or, if they found that to be incom patible with their higher duty as Churchmen and Christians, to leave the Church in which that obe dience was required. The Hon. CHARLES WOOD, president of the English Church Union, seconded this resolution with cogent arguments. Mr. BENNETT, of Frome, moved the omission of all the words after the word " catholic," and the substitution of these word.s And therefore it (the meeting) is unable to reconcile submission to the present decree with its paramount and primary duty of obedience to the Church, and can only await in patience the providence of God. This amendment met with influential support, although opposed by men life Mr. PERRY, one of the royal commissioners, and an advanced Ritualist, and Dr. LITTLEDALE. Eventually it was defeated. A large number of amendments were then sug gested. One, proposing to stop short at the word " catholic," drew forth an emphatic pro test from the Chairman, who pointed out that this would stultify the resolution, and that he should leave the chair if it were carried. Eventually the following words were, on the motion of Mr. MAYOW, substituted for that portion of the original resolution beginning at the word 44 never theless " At the same time this meeting, feeling the great diffi culty of the present case, and that there are many reasons why those who have used the ceremonial or practice now condemned by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council may be anxious to wait rather than give imme diate effect to the decision now p onounced, considers that it is a matter that is best left to the individual judgment and circumstances of each priest who has been accustomed to use the ceremonial or practice in question. The main difficulty having been surmounted, the other resolutions were speedily disposed of. One urged upon the clergy to teach more emphatically than ever the doctrine of the Real Presence; the other expressed satisfaction at the thought that the depreciation of the Sacraments during the last twen+y years has issued in the wider and heartier reception of the doctrine involved in them. The result of this meeting is that the clergy will be left to comply with this judgment on their individual responsibility. In other words, if any of them should find that no objection is taken to the use of altar lights and genuflexions they will con tinue to use them. If they should be in danger of prosecution, they, knowing what the law is, will be at liberty to choose between obedience to the law and which that law is e secessionnforc enforced. d. fromln the the Church in they will con ti nue t o meanwhileteach the doctrine which the illegal practices symbolise. Thus the Church Association w ill ga i n nothing by its victory ; will have lost, rather, for the doctrine is to be taught more earnestly and con ' stantly than ever. If the Association really means to banish from the Church what it considers to be false doctrine, it will have to conduct a prosecution for heresy—a far more serious and difficult matter than a prosecution for illegal practices. Such a suit has been already commenced against Mr. BENNETT, of Frome ; but there is a rumour, though scarcely, we think, well founded, that it has been aban doned. If the Privy Council should decide that this doctrine is opposed to the teaching of the Church of England, w e do not see how a secession is to be prevented, far more formidable than any which has yet taken Place. This event was, indeed, openly considered at a subsequent meeting of the party who at Tuesday's meeting unsuccessfully counselled resistance. Secession will, of course, be followed by the disestablishment of the Church, since it would be absurd to maintain as the Church of the national body which even now is in a minority, and which would then be reduced to much smaller proportions. Disestablishment appears to have no terrors for many High Churchmen. Indeed, some of those at Tuesday's meeting avowed their belief that the change would be for the better—at all events unless the constitution of the Court of Appeal be entirely altered. To bring about this alteration is the work to which the High Church clergy have now committed themselves, and for which they will labour with all their well-known energy. AFTER the grave incident which occurred at the first meeting of the Conference, it would be useless to expect more than an ostensible settlement of the difficulty between Turkey and Greece. The total failure of the negotiations is seriously contemplated in many quarters : an arrangement which will be even a temporary guarantee of peace is beyond hope. The work of reconciliation was obviously difficult, and the attitude of the Great Powers has not been such as to smooth the way. To forbid the representative of Greece to appear on the same terms as the Turkish Ambassador —to arraign the little State, in fact, as a criminal at the tribunal of the Powers was a pro ceeding which can be characterised only as absurd. It was not warranted by the circumstances of the case, and it was by no means calculated to diminish the danger of a war. The proper mode of con demning the policy of the Greek Government was to support the demands of Turkey ; the insult ogered in the name of Europe could end only in humiliation to all parties. Such, indeed, has been the case. Greece has refused to take part in the Conference unless her representative be permitted to vote, and the Powers are left to the choice of agree ing to this demand or holding the Conference in the absence of a principal party. The whole affair has been mismanaged, and its issue is both discreditable and dangerous. It is self-evident that Greece would not venture upon the luxury of defying the Powers unless the Athenian Government had calculated the consequences. The demand which was made at Paris on Saturday might have been made before the Conference met; the fact that Greece waited until the last moment before refusing to come to terms can hardly be inisinter- preted by the assumption that she has found encou ragement in the background. The Powers were jus tified in refusing to discuss the Eastern question generally, but this minor quarrel should have been allowed to take its course, unless there was a clear understanding as to the basis of arbitration and as to the means of compelling the two disputants to accept the terms proposed. It is difficult to conceive a scene more absurd than that which took place at Paris on Saturday. When the ambassadors of all Europe meet together in solemn conclave, and are informed by the representative of a few square miles that their mission is futile, the undiplomatic mind can form but one conclusion. In fact, notwithstanding the Conference, the aspect of affairs has grown more gloomy. The fruit of these pacific attempts has been that European politics are far more threatening now than they were when HonanT PASHA assailed the Enosis. The French official army journal has deemed this a suitable time for informing the world that France can " advantageously fight " any Power in Europe, and this cheerful announcement has found its echo in every part of the continent. So far as appearances go the state of Europe has rarely been more unpromising: The troublesome Eastern States have promised to be quiet whilst the Conference sits, but they are making good use of the time in arming. Turkey has now 40,000 men in Thessaly, and is sending artillery by sea. The Russian war preparations in the South are going on rapidly. Most inauspicious of all is the unfriendliness—more violent than at any time since the war—between Austria and Prussia. Germany, which it was hoped would become the great European security, is at present as little pacific as any part of the Continent. Ever since Count BELYST assumed the direction of Austrian affairs, the old jealousy between the two States has been revived. So long as Austria was helpless her neighbour was satisfied ; but Count BEUST, be it said to his credit, has rapidly retrieved the fortunes of the empire, has succeeded in thoroughly conciliating the Hungarians, and has brought about social and constitutional reform on a scale wholly without precedent. Austria is now far more formidable than before the war in 1866. Hence the revival of hostile feeling between two States whose interests can never be identical. A war between the official journals of Berlin and Austria was taken up by Count BISMARCK and his rival themselves; and, finally, the symptoms have become so serious that the reports of a rupture cannot be wholly unfounded. The danger of this hostility is not improved by the fact that Austria and Rrussia hold different views and have different interests on the Eastern Question. Between hard words and fighting there is always a wide interval ; but between this unfriendly rivalry and peace there is a wider interval still. If Europe be not involved in war, the security and the confidence which are so necessary for the welfare of its people were never more distant than at present. LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BOMBAY MAIL. MEsstNA, Jan. 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tanjore passed through the Straits of Messina at 4 p.m. to-day, en route to Marseilles. MALTA, Jan. 13. The Massilia, with the heavy portions of the above mails, arrived from Alexandria at 7.30 p.m. to-day, and leaves at 6 a.m. to-morrow for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 23d inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Bangalore, from Southampton January 2, arrived at Malta on the 12th inst., at 5 a.m., and left at noon the same day for Alexandria. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Jan. 13. The Commander-in-Chief of the Roumanian army has issued an order of the day, dated Jan. 1, wherein he acknowledges the improved spirit which prevails among the troops, but nevertheless impresses upon the soldiers that a stricter atten tion to discipline is required, which he declares to be necessary for the maintenance of peace. The law establishing a Roumanian port on the Black Sea has been promulgated to-day. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 12. According to the last official news received all the volunteers remaining in Crete, including Petro poulaki's son and several Cretan leaders who had surrendered, will leave the island on board a French vessel, in order to return to Greece. The insurrection is considered at an end. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. SHEERNESS, Jan. 14. The Great Eastern commenced this morning shipping the deep sea portion of the French At lantic Cable. The total length of the cable made up to last night was 1,009 nautical miles. FR , INCE. BOURSE, Jan. 13.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O g 374. Credit. Mobilier - 25 - End of month 282 50 Credit Fonder 1545 End of month Bank Shares 3lOO Ital'an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 241 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 30 Home Debt — Deferred Orleans Northern 1175 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... Western Eastern ............ Sardinian Austrian . 647 Lombard 43' • .................................... North of Spain Sa.rap.:ossa Roman RAILWAY! THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. A general court of this society was held at the offices, Trafalgar-square, Mr. J. M. Case in the chair, when some interesting facts were pre sented as to th e resc ue of persons from drown ing. Mr. Lambton Young, the secretary, stated that in Hyde-park during the last year, the persons who were taken from the water by the society's aid numbered 65, of whom 49 were successfully treated. Of the 65 there were ten found drowned, and six had been in the water too long to admit of being successfully treated. Of the 49 recovered, 19 were attempted suicides. In what are termed " general cases," viz., of rescues in other parts, 363 persons had been taken from the water, of whom 337 had been recovered, and of these 31 were attempted suicides. The society had given 19 silver medallions, seven bronze medallions, and a large number of other rewards for saving life. The Duke of Argyll was then elected president, and Mr. Wm. Hawes was re-elected treasurer and chairman. Other officers were elected, and the secretary re ported that the number of persons bathing in the Serpentineduring the past year amounted to 502,995, and that the boats, receiving -house, and gear gene rally were in good condition. Silver medallions were then presented to the following persons : --To Mr. Samuel Dyer, for saving three persons; to Mr. Uriah feather, for saving two persons ; to Mr. Henry Stocks, a chief officer of Coastguard, for saving one life ; to Mr D. 11. James, for saving Miss Osborne ; to Charles Porter, policeman, for saving six per sons ; to Sub-Lieutenant C. E. Drake, R.N., for saving a seaman ; to Charles Pride, and Viscount Bury, for saving three lives at sea ; and to Captain A. Brown, for saving part of a ship's crew. Thanks were voted to the press, the secretary, and chair man, and the proceedings closed. COIiiBEbkO.NDIZUE FROM (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, January 13. The probable failure of the Conference will be no news to any of your readers. But I remark that popular opinion here is rapidly coming round to the old state of chronic alarm. During the last two months of the old year the pacific symptoms were numerous, and apps. rently so trustworthy, that even Count Bismarck's con. soling assurance that Europe had escaped a great war bythe skin of its teeth did not greatly disturb such security as existed. But this confidence, which was never, perhaps, very strongly founded, is rapidly disappearing. The aspect of Europe was never less assuring. On all sides nothing is heard but rumours of intrigues and complications ; from Spain to Russia everything looks troublesome, if not warlike. Austria and Prussia, Greece and Turkey, Italy and Rome, ;Spain and its Government, France and everybody, are all at loggerheads. There may be nothing in these popular fears, but they are not likely to be calmed by the recollec tion that the last panic was but too well founded. You may look for another emeute before long. Amongst other rumours I may mention two which have gained much consistency. One is, that the tardiness exhibited by the Provisional Government is owing to dissensions amongst its members. Prim, Serrano, and Topete find themselves unable to take a common view of things. Of course, all this is in favour of the Republicans. 'Ma second rumour is, that negotiations—nobody seems to know with what exact purpose —are going on between the French and Italian Governments. The foundation for this report is the undoubted fact that telegraphic com munication between the two Cabinets is incessant. The Emperor, I hear, is hard at work upon his speech for the 18th. He labours every day with Ministers Rouher, Niel, Lavalette, and Magne, who are often summoned to the Tuileries several times daily, and have long interviews with his Majesty. It is to be hoped, then, that all this trouble will result in something werth hearing. Let the mountain labour as long as it might, a ridiculua mus has been the only result of late. I have reason to believe that one or two high officials have been "hauled over the coals" during the last day or two. The Emperor is by no means satisfied at the management of the Seguier resignation ; he would like these little affairs to pass off more quietly. There is some talk of an interview between the late Procureur- Imperial and the Emperor ; but this Is doubtful. Much more certain is it that the explanation of the unfortunate affair which has been given to his Majesiy met with no gracious reception. The intentions of the functionaries who thus brusquely treated M. S6guier and caused all this chstur. bance were, doubtless, good—that is, good in the Imperial sense of the word—but then the result was bad. M. S6guier was snubbed, straightway resigned, and made a public commotion by seeking the aid of that fourth estate which the Emperor hates so heartily. M. Rouber, too, has got a little into trouble. The statesman who can manage an empire is by no means necessarily equal to the control of a newspaper office. At any rate the Journal Officiel has made..a most miserable beginning. It is badly printed, is issued. late, and in very many instances never reaches its subscribers. Every morning there is a row at the office, caused by the indignant public which has paid for the inestimable official thoughts of the Journal, and does nob get them. Next session the debates of the Legislative Body will be reported, written, and composed within the building. Workmen are now engaged in fitting up a printing press within the palace. Of course I presume the object of this is to enable the Ministers to better "revise" the report. Such a plan would not answer in England, where not only has every journal its own report, but every speaker would desire to " edit " his speech. A sudden and very unexpected improvement in the con dition of the Marquis de Moustier gave rise to hopes of a recovery. lam sorry to announce that this change has not lasted long. A relapse has taken place. A treaty has been concluded between France and the Government of Madagascar, and has been sent to Europe to be ratified. It is very favourable to French commerce, and is, moreover, interesting as establishing religious liberty. The Queen is very friendly to foreigners, and has just taken an important resolution. She has decided that her eldest son, Prince Ratahiry, heir to the throne, shall follow the course of instruction of the French Catholic school, with a certain number of young men belonging to the first families of the country. The instruction in that establish ment is regarded as superior to that of the others directed by Europeans, and most of the foreign families settled at Taranariva send their children to it. The Moniteur since its release from official bonds has become one of the most lively papers in Paris. Every day it publishes something more or less noticeable, and very often more or less distasteful to the Government. It has already received its first communique. £1,436 has been raised towards the statue of Voltaire, and this sum is deemed sufficient. The authorities have promised a site at the end of the Rue de Rennes. The young Prince of the Asturias has gone to study at Stanislas College. Prince Teck and the Duke of Sutherland have arrived from London. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY Thursday, Jau. H, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields .., Scarborough Yarmouth .. Helder .... Cux haven .. Skud conies Ardr ossan Green castle Holyhead Liver pool Valentia .. 1 Cape Clear Roches t. Penzance Plymouth .. Weymouth Porten) , " uth Lon don • • . • C'pe Gris Nez Brest ...... L'Orie nt • • • Roch e fort Biarritz ... • Corunna... • Brussels . • .. Paris .. .• • • Strasbourg.. Lyons .. • • • . Toulon •• • • Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) ...... 30'043. S.S.E, c.or 0.0. C.O. o. o.c. =PLANATION , Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; fog; h . —ball ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— ra i n ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. A decrease of atmospherical pressure in the west has set in with considerable rapidity since last evening, and the reading at Valencia this morning is nearly half an inch lower than that of yesterday. The diminution has been slight on the east coast and in the south of France, and pressure at Cape Griz Sez is now 0.7 in. higher than that at Valencia. Temperature has decreased in the north and east, but a rise has occurred in the south-west and on the west coast of France. A southerly gale has set in on the south coast of Ireland during the night, and is still continuing. On our other coasts mode rate to fresh south-easterly winds hare been and now are prevalent. The sky remains overcast, and rain is falling in the S. W. of Ireland. The sea is very high at Valencia. Warnings issued to the westward and southern coasts. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET. On Tuesday a banquet was held at Idle, in connection with the Conservative Working Men's Association. Mr. Alderman Terry, of Bradford, the President of the Associa tion, occupied the chair, and some other gentlemen at tended. Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., made some obser vations on public affairs. He thought that it was ono thing to speak of the disestablishment of the Irish Church on general grounds, and another to deal with it in particular details. He believed that the Irish land question was ono of far more consequence than that of the Irish Church, and that they had better take the worst grievance first. The state of the poor of this country was a matter of grave importance, and a revision of the poor law would be found necessary. North Wales is to have a " Grand Conservative Demonstration." The party men of Denbighshire are about to hold a banquet to celebrate the return for the seventh time of Sir Watkin Wynn. Le Figaro of Wednesday announces that Victor E mmanuel has written to the Pope, wishing "to return to the sheep-fold, from which tho Papal bull of excommunication has driven him." Le Figaro says that Prince Napoleon's condition is becoming more serious. He has had a return of the fever, during which even his most intimate friends were forbidden admission to his bedroom. For forty-eight hours the Prince was delirious, "and," Le Figaro adds significantly, "the de lirium of princes necessitates closed doors." On Tuesday morning, the marriage of Lord Ar chibald Campbell, second son of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, and Miss Jane Callender, youngest daughter of the late Mr. James Callender, of Craigforth, Stirlingshire, and ward of the Duke of Argyll, was celebrated at St. George's Church, Notting-bill. Another aristocratic marriage has just taken place. It was that of Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, youngest son of ?hp late Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, to Miss )1 ary Hutchinson, daughter of Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, of 11 `i'Y'lc; 111 . 1 A 11, nt Thgrr..A474l!,l).ltr fitaktog, sit Tuo, 61)11114 • METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 29 - 72 f. 29'82f. 29'82f. 29'88f. 29'92f. 29'94f. S. s.W. S.S.W. S.S.E. Extreme B.w. S.S.W. E.S.E. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 13. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompauipd by Princess Louise. POLICE IIVTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.---Julia Murphy, a strong hearty-looking Irish girl, 21 years of ago, wa3 charged with endeavouring to drown herself is the Thames last night. Alfred Welding, Policeman 378 B, said that last night he was on duty at about half-past seven in Claverton-street, Pimlico, when he saw the prisoner, who was in Grosvenor-row, get over the iroa rail ings by the side of the path, and endeavoured to throw herself into the Thames. Ile rushed across the road and arrived just in time to catch her clothes and prevent her effecting her purpose. Mr. Arnold—What state was she in ? Witness—She had some drink, but appeared to be perfectly sensible of what she was about. Mr. Arnold—Did she say anything ? Witness—Yes ; that she intended to commit suicide. Mr. Arnold—What is ehe ? Witness—An unfortunate girl. She was servant in a family in Denbigh -street only a few week's ago, and now she is in the Grosvenor-road nightly. Another Constable—l heard her declare last Tuesday night that she would commit suicide. Prisoner--I don't recollect anything much that occurred last night. lam very sorry. Mr. Arnold—Have you any friends in London ? Prisoner— None in particular. Mr. Arnold—What part are you from ? Prisoner—Cork. Mr. Arnold—Have you friends there ? Prisoner —I have, and am just longing to get back to them. Mr. Arnold—Jumping into the Thames is not the way to get there. I must remand you for a week. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. THE H AYMARKET.—Joseph Jones, a gentlemanly looking man, residing at 41 Tottenham-court-road, Henry Andrews, described as a broker, of No. 41, Threadneedle-street, and Gustav Portbury, a waiter, residing in Dean-street, Soho, and two young women, named Mary Clarke and Adelaide Walmsley, were charged before Mr. Knox with dis orderly conduct in the Haymarket, and Jones was further charged with assaulting the police. The evidence of Inspector Pay, C division, Sergeant Leech, 17 C, Serg .ant Pope, 26 C and police-constable Portch, 28 C H, Palmer, 4 C B, and &lead, 33 C H, was to the effect that they saw Jones and Andrews about one o'clock that morn ing in the Haymarket drunk, pushing against every person they came near, at the sarn•e time shcut ing at the top of their voice and causing a crowd of prostitutes and other disorderly characters to a,:sena ble. The constable Portch requested Jones and Andrews to go away, but they refused. Jones struck Portch in the face, not a very severe blow, but it had the effect of causing Portch to go down, and in doing so his thumb was hurt. While the altercation was going on between the officers and Andrews and Jones the other defendant (Portbury) came up, as also did the females, and joined 1 0 the disturbance, but Portbury appeared to have taken very little part in the battle. As the crowd kept on increasing, there not being fewer than 600 persons collected, the police took all the defendants into custody. In answer to the charge, Jones admitted that he was not sober, and said that he was handled by three very strong fellows, but not very bad ones, but he considered they a cted very roughly towards him. Mr. Knox reminded Jones that he was drunk at the time, and therefore could not well recollect what occurred. Jones said he did not think the police had a right to tell him to move on. Mr. Knox said that now that he (Jones) was sober he would ask him whether he thought the police would have been doing their duty if they allowed drunken men to disturb a whole neighbour hood by shouting out at the top of their voices ? Jones made no reply. Andrews said he was perfectly sober, and all he did was to attempt to get Jones home. Mr. Knox said all the witnesses had sworn that Andrews was drunk. Andrews said he was not drunk, having dined at seven o'clock, and it being one when he was take o by the police. Mr. Knox asked Portbury whether he thought the authorities of Cologne (Vortbury's native place) would allow such a thing as a mob of two or three hundred persons to disturb the public peace to g ° on for sonic hours, and P or tb ury sa id they would not. Mr. Knox discharged Portbury, and fined Jones £5 and Andrews 40s. The females were committe d for seven days each. Alfred Hunt and Solomon Belasco were charged with attempting to pick pockets in the Haymarket/ and after hearing the evidence of Sergeant Leech , and Walker, 216 C, Mr. Knox committed them fo r three months, with hard labour each. THAMES. RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MOIL* . ING.--Williatri Harris and Thomas Harris, brick' layers' labourers, from New cross, were brough t before Mr. Paget with being drunk and fighting il l Ratcliff-highway. Stephen Emmerston, police-constable 483 K, sa i that at one o'clock this morning the prisoners an d twelve others emerged from a disorderly public house in the neighourhood of Ratcliff-highway. were all drunk and quarrelling. When they reache d the highway they all began fighting like savages. It was a general row, and they all struck at each other; He separated the prisoners from the others, and his legs were seized and he was thrown on his back c i The loose women in the Hi g h wa y screame d, and some of them who always deli g ht e d i n a row and brutality, encouraged the rioters. There we re many blows exchanged, and there were black ey o and blood streaming down the faces of many. lle succeeded in capturing th e pr i soners, an d l o cked them up. He saw them knock down several me n ' and they were also knocked down in return. The prisoners said they were brothers, and bard, working men. Th e y h a d b een to Blackfriars .1 search of work, and strayed to Ratcliffe.highwat' where they met with three persons and went to publichouse, where they drank three pots of a le among the five, and were quite sober. They se °l3 found they were in a hornet's nest. Drink was de manded of them by strangers, and because they refused to submit to the demands made upo n them they were a tt ac k e d an d beaten. Wri- liam Harris was kicked and knocked don and when Thomas went b the assistanca his brother, he was illused by the highs" roughs, and his billy-cock hat, a silk handkerchi ef ' his grub handkerchief, and a belt stolen from bi °3 ; lie was enraged at such treatment, and tb thrashed a few of his assailants. Thomas Harris b 6 assured the magistrate he had no wish to be a ril •cf, F e j brawler, that his skull was fractured by a b r , l o falling upon it whils - at work, and from a licno of 45 feet, and a little drink soon affected hirn. , he Evidence was given of the att Ick made upon prisoners, who were more sinned against than 5 Ding, by the Ratcliff -highway roughs. Mr. Paget said that the pri soner s should br o a t appealed to the police if they were ill-used, anc i o o join in a row in a public st ree t. Il e would 3 r them to go at large on entering into their reNg sauces to keep the peace. MADAME TussAuD's.--There appears to bev e i:- lack of visitors to the far-famed Galle r y of Wax-work 10 'Z O O street. Visiting the exhibition a few evenings sinco w e Lop aston shed at observing the hosts o f e i g ht se , rs who keP t "; 0 4 ing in, for the purpose, evidently, of enjoying a deligh pleating lounge, which this favourite place inyariably Aff" ci dal 0