The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-06 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING, will performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, tND TUE 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. 'THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs. Buckstone, Sotbern, Compton, Chippendale, &c.: Mesdames Ada Cavendish, Chippendale, Burke. Fitzwilliam, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFI7L HAIR. V essrs. Comp ton, Kendal. Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS Ey ENING-, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, 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 Nefly Harris. it 0 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS Ev ENING, THE SECRET. After which tat 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in rinr acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. O. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ani a ss i s t an t s. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daliy from 10 till 5. T 0 YAL STRAND THE A T RE. Sole Lessee and Mana geress, M rs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Buf\an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TLZ CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS. sZT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S HALL).—Great Success of SARDANAPALI73.—The new Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SAR DANAPALIJS (received with roars of laughter and applause), eveiy Evening, at half-psst 7.—Morning Performances on Satur day, Jan. 9, and on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Two p.m. (LOBE THEATRE - ROYAL . -At 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, Mr. T. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke• Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. R OYAL AMPHI H T O HEA L 4RE AND CIRCUS, The most charming entertainment in London. Two Thousand Five Hundred Seats. 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MUM'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town, THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. gole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand F antomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HA YMARK ET. Tins EVENING. A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs. Buck stone, Sothern, Compton, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Ada Cavendish, Chippendale, Burke, Fitzwilliam, Sic. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR• Messrs. Compton, -Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weatheraby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &a Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL TIM EVENING, at 7, DID YoEr EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBXRW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MONTE CRISTO. Messrs. Pechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. P burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclerc% and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tens 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; 11Iessrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Btaclean. Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq C.ncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Trtts EvmciNG, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8. CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon. David Fisher, Newhound, Andrews, Timlale, Her:stone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Hearsay, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swa,nborongh Tiffs EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDi )W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Braton. T IIE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Tins EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham. and LI trough; itresdames• Montague, J. Ri,gnold, Mexe, and Everard. And THE CIISWIE $1.11 0 5}. Air,T99le, With A RACE kVii A NIVEA THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENMG, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : - Messrs. H Ne - ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield; ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M_ Oliver. Turs EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF 'ICHARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Mr. Danvers; Miss CoHinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con elude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of N iss _ Marie Wilton' THIS EVENING, SOCIETY: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, .Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, WHO SPEAKS FIRST ! Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; Miss C. Addison. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carr° Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M., Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and taturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BA LLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, la.; on itcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6cl. ttr rK - 1 • lir Lyo LOSDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1869. Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN has made out so strong a case in favour of the new site proposed for the Palace of Justice, that before any further steps shall have been taken in the matter it is earnestly to be hoped that the whole of the plans will be subjected to a most careful and searching reconsideration. We say this perforce ; we say this in spite of our strong disinclination at the first blush to entertain the idea of any change so complete and radical, after the purchase of the Carey-street site, and not only the purchase of that site, but the enormous and at pre sent, of course, the unsightly clearance which has been there effected. Remembering that £BOO,OOO have already been expended in clearing the site al ready selected, it is natural enough, however, that at the first mention of its abandonment for another should be regarded with a sort of instinctive re:uc luctance, and even repugnance, as a suggestion in itself almost amounting to the preposterous. When it is borne in mind, nevertheless, that an additional grant of at least £700,000 has already been recommended by the Commissioners for the purchase of additional blocks of buildings im mediately adjoining, making, with the previous ex penditure upon that site, a gross total of £1,500,000 —and remembering that that very sum of £1,500,000 is actually, as it happens, the estimated cost of the proposed new site upon the Thames Embankment— common sense seems to say at once that, after all, the proposition of a complete change of site altogether is not by any means so preposterous as it has been sup pose . d That it is, in point of fact, not preposterous at all ! Practically as Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN puts it the two sites are estimated as costing identi cally the same amount—namely, £1,500,000. All the additional expense that would be incurred thereupon by a change of site being now adven tured upon, would, as Sir CHARLES adds, accrue through any loss that might arise upon the sale of the Carey-street site upon its being discarded through a preference, by after-thought, for this newly-pro posed site upon the Thames Embankment. But even there, upon that point, we are disposed to agree with him, on a more mature consideration of the matter, that any loss which might thereupon be incurred would be in a great measure counterbalanced by the risk we should most certainly run of having to adventure upon a still larger expenditure, supposing it determined to abide by the site already selected, namely, that to the north of the Strand and to the south of Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields—in order to make it suitable in every way to the purposes to which it would have to be applied—in order, in other words, to secure to the Palace of Justice, when it should have been there erected, or while it should even be there erecting, adequate light and adequate ventilation, as well as broad and suitable approaches from the east and the west no less than upon the north and south. Accept for the sake of argument the notion of its erection upon the space now indicated as within reach upon the Thames Embankment, and the advantages of the latter become at once perfectly obvious, and, as it now seems to us, entirely undeniable. Listen here, to what is really and truly the gist of all, Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S elaborate and comprehensive argument. "The Embankment," he says, and says quite truly, "is now the real Strand.' " There is no ventilator or reflector like a tidal river, and it has this peculiar quality, that the open space cannot be curtailed. The site bounded by the Thames Em bankment, the Strand, the Temple, and Somer set-house is the most central in London ; and yet, for space, and light, and air, it could hardly be better if it were in the heart of the country. Im mediately in front is a road 100 ft. wide, with a rail way underneath, which will furnish constant and rapid conveyance to and from all parts of the town ; and beyond the road is the river, with steam passen ger boats constantly plying to and fro. The com munication with the City would be infinitely more convenient by the new street going direct to the Mansion-house from the end of the Embankment, than it would be by Cheapside, St. Paul's, Ludgate hill, Fleet-street, and the Strand, to the Law Courts on the Strand and Carey -street site." All this is perfectly undeniable. But so also is what follows immediately, thereupon, as when Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN adds, "The connection with the Houses of Parliament and the public offices by the Thames Embankment would be equally direct. The south side of the river is joined to the north side by several railway and other bridges ; and the general facility of communication will be much increased by the new road on the Southern Embankment and by the wide street which has been opened from West minster to London-bridge. On the other side a new street would connect the Law Courts with Holborn. The space on the Thames Embankment is so ample that a carriage road might be made, with an easy gradient, which would set down the judges and bar risters at the doors of their Courts ; while, on the Strand side, the Courts might be on a level with the street. The site already acquired is seven and a half acres. The Thames Embankment site is nine and a half acres, and every foot upon it can be built upon. We should be able to take full advantage of Mr. STREET'S façade towards the Strand, because, having both sides of the street in our own possession, except the Holywell-street block, the Strand might be widened to the necessary extent ; and, on the other side, - towards the Thames, we could erect a building worthy of our notice." As fur the superior splen dour of the proposed new site, not a word need be said upon that point. It is only necessary to contrast the two propositions, to recognize almost at a glance the immense superiority of the site upon the Thames Embankment. IT is to be hoped that the general and well-earned ridicule which the last act of the London University Senate has called forth may induce that body to reconsider the tenour and probable effect of their recent regulations. The great centre of English middle-class education long since attained a: position of recognised usefulness. The London University was founded for thepurpose of encouraging a higher course THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1E69. of intellectual training amongst those classes who are deprived of collegiate residences. Its aim was to enable students to obtain university degrees and honours without the great expense and loss of time attendant upon university life ; it was to promote the combination of the counting-house and the study, and to foster the cultivation of other branches of learning besides Latin and Greek. Few persons will be inclined to dispute that this scheme has in the main been well carried out ; but there are many who seriously doubt whether recent alterations in the curriculum are not likely to prove baneful. The continually increasing difficulty of the London ex aminations has, in fact, become a grievance. Rarely does the calendar make its appearance without some change in the regulations, and never are these changes in favour of the students. The amount of knowledge required is always increasing, and the minimum period of time in which a degree can be obtained is always extending. The object of the Senate is to enhance the value of the degrees by increasing the difficulty of obtaining them. This principle may be carried too far. The original severity of the London examinations has secured their standard of value ; but the excessive rigour now being introduced is rapidly excluding from com petition the very class for which the university was designed. In the recently-published regulations for the examination of women, the Senate has achieved its chef d'ceuvre of absurdity. Some ten months inter vene between the date of issuing these rules and that at which the candidates are to present themselves for the first time. To say nothing of honours, in order to simply pass this test the candidate must shew a competent knowledge in the English language, his tory, and geography, in Latin, in Greek or a modem language, in mathematics, including arithmetic and some geometry and algebra, in natural philosophy, and, lastly, in chemistry or botany. Nothing could be better suited for the Miss I3EcKEn section of society. Nothing could be more ill-devised for the ordinary Englishwoman. When the rights of women are so firmly established that the sex has its place at the Tieasury Bench, this programme may meet with favour, but at present it is objectionable in every respect. It is so far above and away from the usual range of study as to be practically useless. The sum total of knowledge required is much in excess of that ordinarily possessed by Englishwomen, and the subjects laid down differ altogether from those usually studied. The university pre scribes what few women ever learn, and what none but men would be able to teach. It is admitted on all hands that the training of the rising generation of women ought to be greatly improved ; but to pass this examination it must be totally changed—the old curriculum discarded, and another adopted in its place. It is by no means clear that anything would be gained by this revolution. The education of our women is defective, not because unsuit able branches of learning are chosen, but because they are superficially taught. The French of the boarding school ends in capacity to read novels, the music in tinkering easy dances, the drawing in undesigned caricature. But real knowledge in these subjects would be more valuable to average women than Greek or algebra. Whilst the so-called accomplish ments, when perfectly acquired, are of great value both at home and in society, it is doubtful how many husbands or fathers would find pleasure in a , neat version of Pindar or the elimination of x. The English language and literature, a modern language, music, drawing, and one or two branches of science furnish materials out of which the Senate might have constructed a programme which would have secured all that is needed in the way of training and at the same time have necessitated no great changes in the accepted course of study. The Senate seems to have acted at random, with no special object in view, though a well-defined course lay before them. The great object of opening the universities to women is to promote a higher standard of education through out the country. Had the university accepted the ordinary course of study a healthy competition amongst lady teachers might have been promoted in a little time ; some schoolmistress would speedily have perceived the advantage of announcing a few successful passes in her prospectus; others would follow, and soon the establishment which could not turn out a scholar equal to the university course would be discredited. One great cause of the super ficial education of women is the lack of a standard by which it can be measured. The London Univer sity Senate has not supplied this want. Teachers will have an excuse for disregarding this examination as being wholly unsuitable ; and the only probable result of the change is the certification of a limited number of blue-stockings. It is satisfactory to find that the University of Cambridge has also taken up the education of women, and has put forth a programme which contrasts most favourably with that of London. The subjects are divided into five groups, the first of which, including religious knowledge, arithmetic, English history, English language and composition, is an indispensable part of the examination. It is necessary to pass in this and in one other group in order t o gain a certificate. The student has thus the option of choosing as her second subject a modern or a dead language, mathematics, science, logic, or music and drawing. She may even elect to pass in Group A one year and in the optional subject the next. These regulations are much more liberal and less difficult than those published by the Senate of the London University, and are likely to be of propor tionately greater benefit. Some of the other London examinations are simi larly calculated for the display of intellectual leger demain rather than for securing the greatest good to the greatest number. The university has been a public benefit by discarding the exclusive study of Latin and Greek and exacting proficiency in science, philosophy, and modern languages. But is it reasonable to expect young men from sixteen to twenty-three years of age to shew a " competent knowledge " in all these subjects at once ? The Senate is right in tolerating no superficial acquirement, but the consequence of demanding great attainments in all branches of learn ing is an excessive proportion of failures. For the B.A. degree, Latin, Greek, English, French or German, pure and mixed mathematics, history, animal physiology, and logic and moral philosophy are demanded. And yet no student can obtain a prize in any of these subjects after the age of 23. The knowledge required in all these branches is very considerable. But it is a hot-house cultivation which fails to bear the test of practical life. It can hardly be deemed a satisfactory result that one-half of the candidates should fail at matri culation, one-half again at the first B.A. examina tion, and more than one-half at the second B.A. The proportion of passes has uniformly decreased of late years. Previously to 1860 the degree of B.A. was obtainable by passing once after matriculation, and yet the proportion of passes at matriculation was six -sevenths, and at the final test four-fifths. But in 1867 only 69 out of 142 were successful at the second B.A.—a decrease in a few years which is explicable only on the ground of the increasing severity of the test. Similar results are noticeable, though in a lesser degree, in other branches of learning. For the degree of Bachelor of Science, 227 have presented themselves at the first examination since 1860, and of these 04 have been successful. At the second B.Sc. two-fifths fail, for the degree of Doctor of Science one-half, at the preliminary examina tion for medical degrees two-fifths. Whosoever would become Doctor of Literature must pass an examination in the English language, literature, and history, and must be so proficient in four other lan guages, including Latin and Greek, as to be able to compose in each of them, besides have a com petent acquaintance with the literature of each of these tongues ! This degree was created in 1866, and but one gentleman has yet obtained it. This excessive proportion of rejections is not the means of securing a higher standard of learning. Useful acquirement in so many subjects is wholly out of the question : and it is not a little significant that those degrees - which are granted for proficiency in individual branches have a much greater value than those which can be secured only by a " competent knowledge " of many. It is notorious that whilst the London diplomas in law and medicine rank higher than any others in the world, the B.A. degree has no status comparable to those granted by Oxford or Cambridge, though the sum total of knowledge demanded is very much greater. Equally convincing is the fact that whilst the failures at the general examinations are so numerous, the rejections in special subjects are remarkably few. For the LL.B. degree 206 candidates have presented themselves, and 103 have been successful. The examination is severe, but it is wholly confined to law and constitutional history. The M.A. test is remarkably stringent, but the candidate need pass in only one branch of learning-- classics, mathematics, or mental science—and conse quently the failures are very few. The examinations for medical degrees are most difficult of all, and yet it is only at the preliminary scientific pass that any large proportion of failures occurs. At the last M.B. test, 525 out of 610 have been successful ; and for the degree of doctor 261 out of 288, though, if the truth were known, it would probably be found that no small proportion of those who had entered themselves to pass retired on seeing the examination papers. There is no gainsaying the force of these facts. The earlier examinations are difficult without being useful; they reject a large number of aspirants without securing any solid attainments in those who are successful. If the usefulness of the people's university is to be maintained, substantial practical knowledge in a limited number of subjects must be made the rule throughout. The Senate may plead some arguments in favour of their present system, but the strongest argument is against them : their special examinations are successful; the general examinations comparative failures. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Among the unhappy shareholders of various under takings who have to go without any dividend are those of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Naturally, they were not well pleased ; naturally, the directors have been cogitating how they might improve their position. Inquiry of their agents in the West Indies elicited the information that nearly- the whole of the French traffic would be diverted to the English company if only the company's steamers would, after calling at Plymouth, run across the Channel to Cherbourg. Nothing could be more rational than the suggestion, nothing more feasible than carrying it out. Yet it is not to be carried out ; and if the dividend less shareholders of the Royal Mail Steam Company wish to know the reason why, we answer that it is because at the last general election the Right Hon. Russell Gurney was returned at the head of the poll for Southampton. The two facts seem wide apart. Yet they are bound together by a chain of very few links. If the steamers go to Cherbourg, the English passengers will disembark at Plymouth, whereas now they go on to Southampton. Southampton does not approve of this ; therefore South ampton being strong in influence at the Board, and Ply mouth being weak, it has been determined by the directors at the meeting just held, that the steamers shall not call at Cherbourg. In other words, the shareholders must consent to go on without their dividends because the Southampton tradesmen and hotel - keepers do not like losing the custom of the passengers. In a word, the shareholders are expected to carry the passengers without any remunera tion in order that the traders of Southampton may grow rich. How far the shareholders will approve of this arrangement it is not for us to say. They will have an opportunity of expressing their opinion at the share. holders' meeting which takes place next month.—Northern Daily Express. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth., Helder .. Oux haven :. Skudesnses Axdrossan Green castle Holyhead Liver pool Valen Cape Clear Roch Pt. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth Portamo uth London „ CpsQrlBNeze . Brest L'Orient Roch e fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time► 29 77r. 29'86r. 29'95r. 30'05r. 30'07r. 3019 r. B.W. w. W.S.W. W.B.W. S.W. S.W. B. N.W. W.N.W. w. N. W. W. W. S. W. S.E. B. W. 3018 r. FI.S.W. S.W. W.N.W. W. S.W. S. N.W. N.W. N.W. W.S.W. W.S.W. S.W. W. S.W. S.W. S.S.W. S.W. S.W. a. W. o'll' 0'37 o'ol o'o9 o'l2 l o'2ll 10'08 o'o7 o'o7 o'lB, o'l3 o'o3 'o'o3 10'05 CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.' (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.; PARIS, TUESDAY, January 5, The defeat in the Manche Department is a very serious check to the Opposition, and no encouraging omen of the general election. The Liberte and other papers are very gloomy about it, and, indeed, there can be no doubt that the defeat is one of the first importance. M. Ravin, the proprietor of the SWle. and the representative of the Republicans in politics and of the Voltaire creed in reli gion, gained a great victory in this department. How has it been lost? M. Havin was not a remarkably able or enthu siastic politician, and it is known that, in spite of the advanced opinions of the organ which he represented, he always kept on good terms with the authorities, and even, it is said, with the bishop ; but this does not fully explain the reverse which was experienced on Monday. It does not account for the fact that immediately on the death of a Republican representative his constituents elect the official candidate in the proportion of 17,648 to 10,761, and this, too, directly after the prosecution so damaging to the Government in the Baudin affair. The result is truly remarkable. Marshal Niel is said to entertain the proposal of pro longing to the 31st of March the half-yearly furloughs which expired at the end of the present year. This must be deemed an omen of the success of the Conference. The Chinese Ambassadors have arrived in Paris. The object of the mission, which is to visit several countries, is to prepare for the establishment of permanent embassies. The Emperor will receive the deputation at the Tuileries this week, when the first am bassador will deliver an autograph letter from the Emperor of China to the Emperor Napoleon. This document is written in double columns, in two lan guages, the Mantchou to the left and the Chinese to the right, on a sheet of yellow paper fifteen inches broad and six feet and a half long. The line of separation of the two columns and the framing are ornamented with large dragons with five claws each, which constitute the Royal emblem, of which the Emperor alone enjoys the privilege. £1,600 has been subscribed towards the monument to M. Berryer. It is rumoured that the Princess Clothilde, wife of Prince Napoleon, is enceinte. The first grand ball of the season has taken place at the Tuileries. The number of invitations was over 4,000. The oyster is becoming more and more intractable. The season has opened with such a terrific onslaught upon the bivalves, that many of the largest establishments have found themselves without a supply. The price is becoming fabulous—from two to three francs the dozen. The Moniteur seems to have betaken itself to the ranks of the Opposition since it lost its status as an official paper. At least since the new year its columns have been full of the most annoying and often untrue paragraphs, inserted in a quiet way without a word of comment. As a specimen I may quote a statement to the effect that the Crown Prince of Prussia intended to pass through Paris on his return from England, and pay a visit to Prince Napoleon, but that a telegram bad expressly forbidden him. Count Bis marck had personally induced the King of Prussia to interfere. Nothing can be less like the truth than such a statement. The Moniteur, after abdicating as the official organ, has become a hatcher of canards. Its successor is not a respectable publication. The Journal Officiel is in fact the poorest newspaper in Paris, where all the newspapers are poor. It is badly printed, wretchedly edited, and generally contemptible. Not the less odd of its arrangements is the division of its space into official, semi-official, and non-official compartments. To-day the official branch is nil. The exceptional mildness of the present season seems to be general throughout Europe. Austria is spoken of as being in many parts like a garden of spring flowers. In France the winter has been tropical ; heavy rains have taken the place of snow and frost, and the result is that the country in many places is inundated. The Oise and the Aisne have risen so considerably that the sur rounding country is under water, and navigation at an end. In the Nord department the houses stand out like islets from the general waste of waters. The Charente has overflowed to such an extent that the inhabitants are freqnently driven to take up their residence in the top stories. The rivers in the Meurthe department, too, have risen, and greatly injured the works of a canal which is being constructed. The winter, like the summer, is such as is rarely seen. The condition of the Marquis de Moustier gives rise to serious apprehension. Paris commences the year 1869 with 43 theatres with spectacles, 29 public balls, and 33 cafes concerts. The total annual gas bill of these establishments is estimated at eighteen millions sterling. THE CONFERENCE ON TIIE EASTERN QUESTION. Though the meeting of the Ambassadors to settle the difficulty between Turkey and Greece is not expected to last long, it is thought that the question will not be finally disposed of before the Emperor opens the Corps L6gislatif on the 18th. The 7th was the day first selected for the assembling of the Conference, but, Austria having suggested the 9th, it was agreed, to avoid further delay, to finally fix that day. According to rumours at Paris, Russia, having failed in obtaining admission for Greece, attempted to exclude Turkey, in order to place both disputants upon the same footing ; but the other Powers would not consent to this. The first three points of the Turkish ultimatum will first be discussed, but it is believed that the fourth—that which stipulates for the punishment of Greek subjects who have injured Turkish citizens—may also he accepted, at least in principle. As to the fifth demand—tL at which requires Greece toguarantee for the future its observance of international law—it is announced that Turkey will not insist upon it. The Independance Beige says that sufficient satisfaction is secured to Turkey by the intervention of Europe in her favour, and the submission of Greece to the decisions of the Conference. Everything points to peace. The wiser councils have prevailed both at Athens and Constan• tinople. The TimeB, discussing the position of affairs in Eastern Europe, says there can be no doubt that the Christian subjects of the Porte have greatly gained both in number and influence since the Crimean war, but that is no reason why Turkey should be dismembered to give them an hide pendent existence. Where is the force which is first to subjugate four millions and a half in Europe and then control a jealous Christian popula tion ? It is worthy of remark that the Christians of Turkey have been more eager to shake off Greek in fluence than Ottoman domination. Every cons'clera tion of policy, therefore, forbids us to countenance an attack on the Turkish Empire from without. Of course, if the fabric collapses from its inherent weakness, it is no business of ours to prop it up. If the rayahs rebel, if any section of them can establish their indepen dence, or shew that they have struggled bard for it and de serve to win it, we are not bound to withhold our sympathies. But when we see piratical attacks directed against a part of the Sultan's dominions by a foreign Government, when we hear the Greek boasts that Turkey shall never be let alone, that she was made to spend so many millions last year, and shall be made to spend still more next year and the year after that, and know that the vain littl e nat i on which does thi s mischief is merely playing the game of a great aggressive Power behind it, Englishmen cannot h es i tate on which side to exert their influence. The Temps has received a telegram to the effect that twelve hundred Greeks and Cretans have capitulated in Crete on honourable terms. Crete continues its resistance, and the Turkish admiral still blockades its shores. A mixed commission has been nominated, and will meet on board the French war steamer Forbin, in order to deliver judg,r.nent on the Enosis. Mr. Harvey will repre- sent England on the commission. It is asserted that, in order to meet the promissory notes falling due in March next, the liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited) will be compelled to make a fur ther call upon the contributories, but to what extent has not been ascertained. _ _ _ The Norfolk farmers calculate that one hundred weight of tolerably good linseed oilcake makes one imperial stone of be e f, i n f ee di ng a shorthorn bullock of average quality, beginning with the animal in a half-fat condition, and not prolonging the process beyond ten, or, at the outside, twelve weeks.—Chamber of Agricultw e Journal. Maddle. Schneider, the well-known actress, bas just brought an action for slander against MM. Savagnier and Schiller, the editor and printer of the Veilleuse. Tho offence consisted in the publication of fictitious memoirs of the plaintiff of a scandalous nature, and to which the let ters forming the initials of her tame were affixed as a sig nature. The accused were condemned to pay fines of 300 f. and 100 f. respectively and the costs. _ The first prosecution in the provinces under the Act recently passed for the prdtection of the funds of trades' unions, took place on Monday at Barnsley. John Holden, late the treasurer to the Edmunds Main Miners' Weighing Fund, was charged with embezzling £8 12s. Gd. The accused admitted having received the money, but said ho had lost it. He was committed for trial. The metropolitan correspondent of a Leeds contem porary states that Madame Rachel, who is just now at liberty, and who, it is said, is not likely to return to gaol, the ()Nee, tion urged on her tehalf being a sufficient one, has suffered severely from her incarceration, and is much altered from her appearance when in the dock of the Old Bailey. The famous shop in Bond-street is closed; but it is said that Madame Rachel's daughters have now gone to Paris, and are v914410g thigritamqs 4 rpgs sgsl_stmples to tlio gay gapital, THE RITUAL JUDGMENT. Canon Trevor writes to the Eastern Morning News to dispute the statement that the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was in effect in favour of the use of mass vestments. " The question of vestments was not before the court at all, and there is not a word upon it in the judgment from begin ning to end. The "ornaments" referred to in the judgment are those of the church, not of the minister, and the principle on which it was ruled that lights in the daytime are not lawful now, will, when the case comes on, pronounce as strongly against albs, chasubles, and ttinicles. The Ritualists have been wrong in every point yet, and they will be found .wrong in this. It is true that the judgment has ruled that the consecration prayer is to be said `standing before the table,' which is what the old-fashioned Anglicans (so despised by the new school) always said and did. It is so manifestly right that it would perhaps have been general before this if it had not been for the alarm excited by the pranks of the Romanisers. Still, I must admit that the judgment has not determined the question raised by some as to what `before the table' means. I cannot doubt myself but other people do. Lastly, allow me to remark that the Judicial Committee has no right, and has never pretended, to expound the Church's law for the guidance of the clergy. It is simply a criminal tribunal, charged to decide on the penalties alleged to be incurred by the accused. It interprets so much of the rubric, and so much only, as is requisite for its own decision, and it is tied to the very letter of the law in a penal judgment. It doubts and difficulties arise on other rubrics from the principles laid down with respect to that before the court, the Committee cannot help it. They cannot supplement or modify the law to meet an unforeseen case. But the bishop can : he is expressly empowered to take order for all doubts and divA . s'ties with the single restrainst of not ordering anything contrary to the book. If the clergy would do what they are hound to do, and resort to the bishop, the Judicial Committee would be seldom invoked, and if the bishops would do what they are bound to do, when people take things divinely and will not resort, the Church would be much better golerned than it has been of late years." THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Wednesday, Jan. 6, 8 a.m. D. I W 1 ,W.N.W. 30 7 i0r. W.S.W. EXPLANATION 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 ; f.- fog: h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; t— rain ; 3.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Since yesterday the increase in barometrical pressure has been groat on all coasts, amounting to more than an inch at Greencastle : the increase since last evening has been most on the E. coast. Read ings, which are now generally high, are least in Scotland, shewing a difference of nearly six-tenths of an inch between Naim and L'Orient. Temperature is much lower everywhere. The south-westerly gale which was general yesterday on all coasts shifted to N.W. at some stations, and subsided during the evening, and this morning a light westerly wind is reported from most stations. At Ardrossan a fresh westerly breeze is bowing. On the coast of Scotland the sky is clear: elszwhere it is generally cloudy, with mist at places on the P and E. coasts. Some rain has fallen since yesterday. Lord Hawke, the master of the Badsworth Fox hounds, is at present dangerously ill at his seat in Werner slay Park, near Pontefract. Only faint hopes aro enter tained of his recovery. On Tuesday next Captain Donelly, the commis sioner appointed by the Privy Council, will hold an inquiry at Barnsley, and hear evidence upon two petitions for and against the incorporation of the town and township of Barnsley. The Conservatives of Brierley-hill and the sur rounding towns and parishes have invitod Sir Smith Child and Mr. Meynell Ingram, the members for West Stafford shire, to dinner, on the 27th instant. The new members Iwo pgeptoil the invitation. -- THE MURDER AT NORWICH. Mr. Hitchman, chief constable of the Norwich police, and other members of the force, have been busily engaged in investigating the circumstances of the murder confessed at Lambeth Police-court, on Saturday, by a man named William Sheward. There seems no reason to doubt the accuracy of the confession made by the pri soner. The date assigned by Sheward as that on which he murdered his wife is June 15, 1851, and it appears that human remains were discovered in the neighbourhood of Norwich in June and July 1851. The circumstances excited great attention at the time, and every exertion was made to solve the mystery, but without result. The first discovery was made on Saturday, June 21, 1851—just six days after the date assigned by Sheward as that on which he committed the murder—when a young man found a hand in a road leading to Lakenbam, a suburb of Norwich. About 200 or 300 yards from the spot where the hand was discovered a foot was picked up. The discovery provoked so much horror and excitement that diligent further researches were made in the neighbour hood of Norwich, and pieces of flesh, bones, &c., were dis covered at Hellesdon (another suburb of Norwich) and elsewhere on Sunday, June 22 ; Monday, June 23 ; Tues day, June 24 ; Wednesday, Tune 25 ; and Thursday, June 26. The hand first found was clinched and much dis coloured, and on the remains being collected the medical men consulted expressed their opinion that they were those of a young adult female. The remains were placed in spirits of wine (as stated by the prisoner), and were kept for some time at the Guildhall, Norwich. The search for further remains was continued after June 26,1851, and a piece of skin and muscle was discovered on Saturday, June 28, some intestines on Sunday, June 29, and a hard substance, supposed to be a thighbone, and part of a female breast on Monday, June 30. The last discovery appears to have been made on Wednesday, July 2, 1851, when some bones were found. A shirt, smeared with blood, was also picked up on Mousehold-heath, near Norwich. After the first week in July 1851, the interest felt in the matter gradually subsided, and the occurrence of another murder at Holkham, Norfolk, about the middle of July 1851 also served to distract the attention of the local public from the circumstances. A great many theories were ventilated in attempted explanation of the discoveries made, and further confusion was created by sensational misstate ments, the metropolitan press not being so efficiently repre sented in Norwich in 1851 as it is at present. All this seems to have diverted attention from Sheward, who passed among his neighbours for a quiet, inoffensive man, and who explained the disappearance of his wife by stating that she had left home on a long journey. After July 1851, the matter appears to have excited scarcely any notice, and it had become almost forgotten, until a com munication was received on Sunday by Mr. Hitchman from Inspector Davis, of the P division of the metropolitan police. Mr. Hitchman was not superintendent of the Norwich police in 1851, but several members of the force are still left who assisted in the investigation—now so strangely renewed —seventeen years and a half since ; and there will be no difficulty in adducing a mass of evidence in support of the narrative now given. In consequence of the com munications which have passed between Mr. Hitchman and the metropolitan police, Sheward will be brought to Norwich for examination before the local magistrates in the course of the current week. FLOGGING GAROTTERS. Three men, who had been convicted at the Leeds gaol delivery of garotte robberies, received twenty-five lashes each with the cat-o'nine-tails in the central hall of the borough gaol, Leeds, on Tuesday afternoon. A new triangle, much stronger than the one hitherto in use, was employed, and the prisoners were secured to it so firmly that the struggles of two of them scarcely availed to cause the least vibration of the solid timbers. The punishment was inflicted by two of the gaolers. There were present the governor, the surgeon and his assistant, the town clerk of Leeds, three of the borough prosecutors, several repre sentatives of the press, and one or two private persons, besides about a dozen of the more refractory among the ordinary prisoners, who by way of warning were made close spectators of the scene. The oldest delin quent was brought out first to the triangle. He had had no previous notice that the time had arrived, which for more than a fortnight he must have been gloomily anticipating. His name was John Edwards, aged 36, who, along with Solomon Robinson, aged 19, had been convicted of seizing David Naylor by the throat in a passage off East-street, Leeds, and robbing him of six shillings. Besides flogging, each was sentenced by Mr. Justice Brett to seven years' penal servitude. He stripped to the waist coolly, and with no outward sign of dread. Having been bound band and foot, the first and second stripes alighted close to the neck, and after receiving the second, Edwards, with wonderful coolness, exclaimed, "Don't flog me on the head." The stripes afterwards fell right between the shoulders and the middle of the back. The fourth elicited a scream of " Oh !" and dreadful groans and howling proceeded from the wretched man until he had received seventeen of the whole twenty-five lashes. At the end of twelve strokes a second goaler handled the cat. For the last half dozen lashes he was perfectly quiet, and when loosed from his bonds be walked firmly back to his cell. Joseph Robinson was the next delinquent brought to the whipping-post. He was full of fear from the first. He had been one of two men who, at Bradford, had roughly used David Popplewell, and robbed him of a silver watch. He was sentenced by Mr. Justice Brett to ten years' penal ser vitude, as well as this whipping, having before been con victed of a burglary and several minor offences. His crie s of pain were soon loud and frequent. Not only did he groan deeply, but he exclaimed despairingly, " Stop off," " Murder," " Pull me off," and more frequently than any thing else his plea for mercy was, " I'll never do it again." He showed throughout more feeling than either of his fellow-garotters. When he was unloosed he fell into the arms of the attendants, and crawled back to his cell. The next prisoner was, from the callous way in which he received his punishment, quite a contrast to the other two. It was Solomon Robinson, the accomplice of Edwards, the first man who was subjected to this punish- ment. It was expected of him that he would be hardened where others had writhed and screamed through unutter able torture, and he did not disappoint that expectation. He went to the fearful ordeal with evident determination to put on an appearance of bravado. Though the youngest of the victims, he was infinitely the most self-possessed. He never uttered a sound from his lips from the descent of the first stroke to the last. When liberated from the triangle he went away with considerable buoyancy. At his trial, when he heard the sentence of seven years' penal servitude, he shouted out, " You'd better put seven to it, and that'll make fourteen, and I hope the cat will kill you." WINTER IN RIISSIA.—Snow fell in such abun dance in St. Petersburgh and its suburbs in the latter half of the month just closed, that in several streets it rose to twelve feet in height. Accounts from the provinces state that whole villages are buried under the drift. THE ISLE OF MAN.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been pleased to extend the bonded privileges of this port to all goods subject to duty in the island, except corn and grain, proper premises have been provided and fitted up in accordance with the established regulations, and approved by the Board of Customs on the 22nd December, 1868.—Manx Sun. Vaccination was introduced into Russia 100 years ago by the Empress Catherine 11., and the anniver. sary of that event is to be celebrated in a few days at St. Petersburg. The Government has offered a prize of 3,000 roubles (£400) for the best history of vaccination. The competition is open to all Europe, and the history may be written in any modern European language. FALL OF A RAILWAY EMBANKMENT. — On Mon day night, at the western end of the Exeter tunnel on the London and South-Western Railway, several tons of earth and rock fell upon the up line. The disaster was not unexpected, the embankment having been constantly watched for some time previously, as, owing to the late heavy rains, the soil had in several places shown indica tions of falling down. A large body of men were engaged all night in clearing the line, and the traffic was not much delayed, the up trains being shunted for a short distance on to the down line. ATTEMPTED MURDER. —An extraordinary attempt at murder is reported from Kilmarnock. On New Year's Day a man named James Drummond bought half a pound of gunpowder. He went home, told his wife he would give her three minutes in which to prepare for death, and at the expiration of that time he threw the gunpowder into the fire. The consequent explosion threw Mrs. Drum mond to the other side of the room, and severely burnt her. The man escaped with only a slight scorching. Mrs. Drummond is now recovering. Her husband is in custody. —Scotsman. SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD. Mr. We. P. Burra lost a valuable hunter on Monday last, while out with the Mersham harriers. He had crossed an arable field, bounded on one side by a hedge and ditch, which separated it from a pasture field on a rather lower level. Mr. Burra probably had had his attention directed away from the leap, and consequently did not prepare his horse for it soon enough. The animal cleared the hedge, hut its hind legs came in the ditch, while its fore legs rested on the top of the bank. The shock of the rider's weight was so great in this position that the horse's back was broken, and it fell. Mr. Burra, however, got off without injury, except a slight scratch in the face. Mr. Fordham, veterinary surgeon, of Willesborough, was sent for, and on examining the horse he saw at once the extent of the injury, and pronounced it to be dying, Witer•UPOA. WON 940 ei110ti=59244-Agqll.oo4oikt , A•wag•••• Cmat • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 5. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday after noon. Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel Ponsonby were in attendance. Gen. the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Teck and suite honoured the performances at the Theatre Roy al Adelphi last evening. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MADRAS, Jan. 2. Lord Mayo arrived here this evening, and met with au enthusiastic reception. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 5. The Minister of the Colonios is ill. The state of siege at Cadiz has been raised. HAVANA, Jan. 4. General Lersundi has left for Spain. HUNGARY. PESTH, Jan. 6. Herr Peak has consented, upon the invitation of the Central Electoral Committee, to come for ward again as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies The agitation for the elections has commenced throughout the country. In the Hungarian, German, Slovak, and Croa tian electoral districts the party of Deak is in a great majority, while in the Roumanian and Ser vian districts the Opposition are the strongest. The majority of the Doak party in the Diet is assured. GREECE. ATHENS, Jan. 2. Intelligence has been received here confirming the news of the surrender of the Cretan volunteers, numbering about 700, under Petropulaki, who were afterwards conveyed to Syra by a Turkish vessel. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MESSINA, Jan. 6. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon passed through the Straits of Messina at 2.45 this morning, en route to Marseilles. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. s.—Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3150 Ital'an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 24 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 33 Home Debt — Deferred ...... __s. Cash Orleans ... 920 N orthern ... 3202i Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.,... 5734 Western Eastern .. 566f Sardinian Austrian 662f Lombard 44li North of Spain Saragossa Roman slk 41. per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 371 Credit Mobilier End of month 282 50 Credit Foncier 1550 End of month — RAILWA' COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN WILMS- BURST. PORTSMOETII, Jan. s.—The court re-assembled this morning at 9.30, and was composed of the same members as on the first day. Navigating Lieut. Molloy was recalled, and ex amined by the Judge-Advocate. llis evidence was to the effect that the wreck of the Bremensis was sold to Capt. Wilmshurst for £2O, and so entered in the log, which was submitted to the prisoner the day following. Could not say if the withdrawal of all the men from the island would have injured the public service. More cargo could have been saved had there been more labour. On one day-- a Sunday—all hands were employed on the wreck ; when about 500 bales of cotton—worth between £5,000 and £G,ooo—were saved. Had all the men been employed on the wreck he thought the greater portion of the cotton would have been saved. No labour was available for any purchaser of the wreck except from Captain Wilmshurst. Captain Grant, Lloyd's agent, told witness that the cotton saved after the sale was held for and the proceeds handed over to the underwriters. Lieutenant C. R. Forrest, first lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Flora, was called and examined. His evidence was to the effect that the crew of the Flora consisted of 110—ten of whom were marines. Fifty marines were stationed on the island. He had orders from Captain Wilmshurst to send about 40 men to the wreck up to the 19th of August. Received orders to discontinue them, and subse quently counter-orders. Received orders to survey the remains of the Bremensis and her cargo at the request of her captain. Gave corroborative evi dence to Dr. Molloy as to the condition of the wreck. Witness's opinion on returning from the wreck was that the ship should be sold, and the cargo saved, providing labour was available. Told prisoner the opinion of the surveying offi cer, when he replied that no more labour could be given to the wreck, and he was afraid the commodore would find fault with what had al ready been done. In consequence of which opinion, the report was altered, advising sale of wreck and cargo. At the same time asked the prisoner (at the request of the surveying officer) to be al lowed to add to their report the reason why the conclusion was arrived at, to which he replied "No." After the sale, witness received orders to send all the working party from the ship to the wreck, excepting a boat's crew and four marines. The men were to volunteer, and all the Flora's ship's company volunteered. The salvage was to be 100. per bale. On being cross-examined by the prisoner, witness said all the men of the Flora, excepting the cooks and stewards, were employed on the wreck to the 19th August--200 in all. As soon as the Rajah Sans was loaded, or nearly so, with sound cotton, the work was resumed at the wreck. The master of the Bremensis told witness that the reason he called for a survey was the small amount of cotton being saved, and the expense to the underwriters. The examination of the witness was continued at some length, but nothing material was elicited. The court adjourned at four o'clock till nine o'clock to-morrow. REGISTRY OF DEATIIS.—The nomenclature lately recommended by the committee of the London College of Physicians has been adopted as far as the designation of fevers is concerned. The English Registrar-General hag issued a notice that medical practitioners are requested to use the names, in order that the Registrar-General may distinguish the several forms of fever in the returns of the ensuing year. The committee, it will be remem bered, detailed four forms of fever—typhus, enteric, re lapsing, and simple continued fevers.—The Medical Press and Circular. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.--• A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steams Factory, 58 and GO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this trail valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint. ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too Buyer recommend it to On noticis of the latonclisic puroWer MC The 1 attract( maintail slightly, The mil; tropolita money Coast] Count, 9 New Tk graph, I 4 per C( India ditto 5 Cent., I 20 preen In th ceded I, and Itali and 54i main ste and Per ex all. Egy pi and Hot In the Great 1 shire f, ton I Caledon Eastern 108 ; ditto Ex field, 47 North V South E Great Debentu Am eri Bonds of 71k, 72. 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