The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-30 00:00:00

ruIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. R. Chatt.rton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault bressrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright /oh?. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FAMILY JARS : Mr Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, dm. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins, Mr C. J. Smith, and Miss Eliza Johnstone. At 15 to 8, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster; Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. Rignold, C. H Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Miss Furtado, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Belmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN T HEATRE-14_0 YAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SumavAN THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, STATE SECRETS: Mr George Honey. At 7.45, Lord Lytton's celebrated Pls.y of TAE LADY OF LYONS: Barry Sullivan; Messrs. W. H. Stephens. Lin Rayne, Charles iloraman, Evans, Lunt, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin Mrs C. Horsman &e. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AmoßT 511,7,1,7114 GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of Mr. H. J. BYRON, THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Mr Henry Neville, Miss Lydia Foote. At 7.15, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, by Mr. H. J. 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SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, a ,rand. BUILDING GROUND.—CITY OF LONDON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the City Lands Committee will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth December next, at half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive proposals for Building Lease for 80 years of the site of the Premises No. 48, London Wall, in the City of London. A Plan of the Property may be seen, and further part'- culars and Forms of Tenders obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDn. BRAND, Comptroller. Guildhall, 29th Nov., 1869. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing the financial position of the Company : The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assu r e d is Two AlumoNs STERLING. The amount actually paid up is £'288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security—all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Eamuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. Net Value Accumu- Surplus. Number. of Assurances fated Fund General Life As surances, less re-Assurances 13,844 £765,021 £942,643 £177,622 Children's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 137,544 156,345 18,801 ---,-- -- TAW I 14.472 1£923,825 1 .£1,122, 9 75 £198,450 Total 14,472 1£923,825 1.£1,122,975 The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expen ses are entirely held in reserve, and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £195,450. JOHN H. WLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TIM EvEzi7No, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMb.S THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET 'Pais EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FAMILY JARS. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENT HG. at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY, Followed, by TtiE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stir ling, Mr G. Bellmore, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Hignold, Mr Taylor, Miss Furtado, &c. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLP FAIRY. At 7.!5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS BE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr I Clarke and Miss Hughes. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS Evsruse, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Mr Ashley and the Misses Haan is. With HAMLET; Mr Fechter, Miss C. Leelereq, THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. -------- - , THis EVENING, at 7, STATE SECRETS. After which, THE LADY OF LYONS: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE LOTTERY TICKET. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG T lIE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL l 3 A.RDENS, Regent's-parlr, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission. is.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve, 6d. ROYAL ALHADLBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS: Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from II to 4. LOIVDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1869. The Speech of the Emperor NAPOLEON on the opening of the Chambers is always ono of the events of the political year, and certainly it has never excited more interest than on the present occasion. A great deal has happened since last year, and although the Chambers are summoned to meet at an ear lier period than usual it is difficult to realise the fact on account of the vexatious delays that have been interposed and the frivolous pretexts that have been taken advantage of. It is impossible to withhold our admiration from this discourse of the EMPEROR'S, but the question is whether it will satisfy those to whom it was addressed, and through them the country so intimately associated with the affair. To judge from the French papers , it has not produced a very favourable impression. They seem irritated and indignant, and refuse to put faith in fine-sounding words, or to expect much pro gress to be made under the existing order of things. If words mean anything, the EMPEROR seems to be earnestly bent on taking a decided step in the right direction, and perhaps his critics and commentators hardly do him justice, but again on their behalf it must be urged that they have been often disap pointed. This Speech before us possesses one merit, it is frank and decided, and one passage at the com mencement seems admirably to sum up the required conditions of government. " France desires liberty, 1 but liberty united with order; for order I will answer. Aid me, gentlemen, to save liberty, and to attain this object let us keep at an equal distance from reaction and revolutionary theories." If it were possible for the EMPEROR and the leading minds of the country to combine together in support of these views, what a great and glorious work would be before them, and how would France, in the days of the Second Em pire, shine with a light that never adorned the most brilliant period of the great BUONAPARTE'S career. Notwithstanding the doubts that arise, and the diffi culties that throng the way, there seems to be some cause for congratulation in the spirit which animates the Speech. The Emperor NAROLEON is always equal to any occasion that may present itself and in moments of cmergeney, he rises to the height that is due, but it would seem that in this last effort of his skill be had surpassed himself. Whether the leisure afforded by his recent illness has been turned to account, or whether ho has at last learned wisdom from the plain speaking of the press, and the outspoken language of the politis cal reunions, may be hard to determine, but it is cer tain that progress has been mads by the ruler of the State himself, while he counsels his friends and fol lowers in the way they should go in that direction. The EMPEROR declares, in the most positive manner, that when he proposed the Senatus Consultum of hst September, he meant resolutely to inaugurate a new era of conciliation and progress, an I ho has im plicit trust in the " good sense of the public" to control the excesses that are committed by some of the public journals and at some of the public meet- ings. It is something new for the temper of the public to be discussed at all in the course of Imperial speeches, and still more strange for the once arbitrary ruler to refer to the impotent attacks which have been allowed to die out instead of being met, as they would once town. rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1869. have been, by the terrors of the law. lie Emperor gazes beyond the frontier and sees every cause for satisfaction in the course of events. The New World suppresses slavery, "England doe greater justice to Ireland, and from the assembled Catholic Bishops at Rome they need only expect a work of wisdom and conciliation." Further on, the progress of science brings nations together, and America joins the Pacific with the Atlantic by a mighty railroad, while France and Italy are about to clasp hands through the tunnel of the Alps, and the waters of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea mingle already by means of the Suez Canal. It was observed by a captious critic that France had nothing to show in this list of achievements, and, doubtless, many persons may coincide in this view' but there is yet time for the past to be retrieved in a great measure, only the opportunity must not be lost. The last years of the EMPEROR'S reign may yet be the most successful of his erratic course ; but for this to be it will be necessary for him to be more straightforward, and his people to have more patience. Perhaps the hardest work of all lies with the Deputies, and they have indeed great cause for consideration. If they are too hasty a general confusion may ensue, while, if they are too tardy, France may lose a good chance of securing her liberty to a greater degree than she has enjoyed for a generation at least. It may be that the Emperor NAPOLEON has met the French Cham bers for the last time, his health is precarious and the prospect of affairs by no means encouraging, but it is also possible that he may be spared to re main at the helm of affairs for some years to come. The course of events is beyond his control, but if he a anxious that history should speak well of his name he must rouse himself, even though it be at the eleventh hour, and take a steadfast and determined line of action. If so, he may more than fulfil the hopes of his friends, and disappoint the expectations of his enemies ; and his Speech of November, 1869, will hereafter be looked back to as the beginning of a new era, the Hegira of the liberties and the progress of Constitutional France. WE have the pleasure of announcing another advance in the way of cheap communication. A postal convention has just been signed by which the cost of transmitting letters between England and France has been reduced to the extent of about one half. The rate has been lowered from 4d. to 3d., and the weight which can be sent for this sum has been increased from a quarter of an ounce to ten grammes. The quarter ounce represents a very little more than seven grammes, so that the weight which will pass muster is nearly one-third greater, whilst the rate is one fourth smaller. Thus there will be a material saving upon the vast correspondence between the two countries, whilst the necessity of using paper too thin to bear legible writing will be obviated. This at once simple and beneficial change has, like many others of the kind, been long under consideration. It appears that the authorities on both sides the Channel made no great difficulty about the price, but the weight gave rise to an obstinate controversy which has endured some three years. The English Office would not take the ten grammes' weight as the standard, and the French were equally resolved to have no dealings with our own darling and absurd half-ounce. They pointed out that the English avoirdupois system was as much unknown in France as the Ancient Briton style of reckoning by copper rings; whilst, on the other hand, the French weights are known in England, and, indeed, it has long been a question whether we should not adopt a similar mode. The French is a decimal system, and repre sents progress ; the English is an irregular system, and represents backwardness. Whether we adopt deci mal weights and measures for ourselves or not, there can be no question that the French plan is the best, it was, therefore, unreasonable to expect our neighbours to give way in any compromise of the kind between the two countries. It is quite time to abandon the notion that absurdities become sacred because they are English. The authorities in this country have at length awakened to this truth. The ten grammes' weight is to be the standard of postage between the two countries; and thus we get the formal recognition of a decimal measure in England. It may he added that the French copper coin of ten centimes—the French penny—weighs ten grammes. A CENTRAL PRESS telegram has informed us that the Ultramontanes have carried 80 out of 1-54 seats at the elections for the Chamber of Representatives in Bavaria. This victory has been followed by a Ministe rial crisis, and a change of Government is imminent. It is not often that Bavarian politics present any fea ture of great interest to Englishmen, but the issue of this electoral contest is of more than usual moment. The Ultramontanes, who have returned a majority of 80 against 74, are the anti-Prussian party of Bavaria. They call themselves the Patriotic party, and are united to preserve the complete independence of their State, and to repel all Prussian control over South German affairs. Their ranks are recruited from the clerical Ultramontanes, and from the " Particularists," who are more purely and simply opposed to the movement in favour of a united Ger many. The Liberals, who have been beaten—though they muster a respectable minority of 74, are made * up of two shades more or less favourable to German unity. There is yet a third party, the Democrats, who are anti-Prussians like the Ultramontanes, but from the very opposite reason. The Democrats are in favour of a Federal Republic. They have not, however, returned a single candidate, and for all practical purposes their party may be considered extinct. Thus the fight for power is confined to the Ultramontanes and Progressists, the former having the advantage, though not so decisively as to permit the taking of liberties. But it is sufficient that they have a more or less complete control over Bavarian affairs. Their supremacy in the most powerful South German State signifies that the movement in favour of one authoritative power in Germany will, for a time at least, be arrested. Prussia has already a considerable influence south of the Mein ; it will be the Ultramontane policy to prevent the extension of that influence. Of course not even Count BISMARCK would think of further conquest in Germany, but it is quite certain that he entertains the project of converting the Southern States into Prussian satellites. It is equally a matter of course that the Ultramontanes should strenuously oppose this progress of the Protestant power. Whether the present result will be a gain to the world, is a question to which there are two sides; but the Bavarians have, at all events, the right to decide their own fate. Two soldiers of the 45th Regiment, named Sad ler and Davis, have been found guilty by a district court-martial, presided over by Major Mould, R.E., at Chatham, where the men were stationed with the depot, of a serious offence—robbing a comrade named Haw of £3 10s. This money Haw had saved up in order to enjoy a furlough. He put it into his boot for safety. He treated three com rades at the canteen. On his return to his barrack room he was set upon, a blanket was thrown over his head, he was " garotted," and his money was stolen from his boot. Three men were tried for the offence, but one, Marshall, was acquitted. The other two were sentenced to 12 mouths' imprison tnen t with hard labour, and afterwards be put under stoppages for the repayment of the money taken. Major-General Freeman Murray, commanding the district, has approved the finding and sentence. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." LEIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING; TUESDAY. ` .) O min past 11 48 min past 11 WEDNESDAY 0 min past 1 9 l2 min past 12 DIVADAY l2 win pascl2 5 min past 1 STBANGE,STOBY FROM INDIA; Another snr-gver , the Cawnpore massacrd ties, ac cording to the Indian ,Daily News, just been discovered. Brigadier Sir Hugh Wheeler, who was in command at Cawnpore at, the time of the liAd two grown up daughters. These wore both with him when he was besieged with the garrison at Cawnpore. On the ar rangomerat of terms of capitulations with Nana, the besieged were conducted by him to the 'river, under pre tence of assisting their escape by embarkatiOn. What actually took place there is a matter' of history. The men were butchered; and meanwhile the ladies were kept in confinement. After the mutineers had finished their work of blood at the ghaut, they fell upon the helpless women and children, whom they had reserved for a worse fate. It is needless to suggest how the ladies wore treated ore they met a merciful deliverance by death. It is known that one of Wheeler's daughters bravely met her fate, facing death direct rather than fall into the hands of the wretches about her. She flung herself into a well. The other was reported to be missing. Her remains were never found nor heard of, and the impression was that she must have suffered the horrible mutilation and death which befell others at that miserable period. nut it now appears that sht survived, and is alive at the present time. She survived th, massacre of Cawnpore, and has lived tho twelve year, succeeding it; and for aught that appears to the con trary may see another score of years. We have said that the Government must know of the case, and the reasons for this opinion are the following;—Mr. C—, an official of high position, while on a tour through his division, had occasion to encamp near a village called s—. While there information reached him that the missing daughter of Hugh Wheeler was in the keeping of a petty Rajah in the neighbourhood, who came in under the amnesty, and thereby deprived the gallows of a legitimate victim. Mr. C— managed to send a verbal message to Miss Wheeler to the effect that if she wished he would re move her from her present position, and restore her to her re latives and home. Al issWheeler sent a written reply, in which she told Mr. C— that she had been for nearly twelve years living with a native in the degrading position of an inmate in his harem, had children by him, and could not muster the moral courage to face one of her own kind, letting alone her relatives. She wished to be entirely for gotten, and to be permitted to remain unnoticed, or if thought of at all, "to be remembered as one in the grave." THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE ABOLITION OF TESTS. A very influential meeting was held on Monday after noon at St. John's College, Cambridge, for the purpose of considering the question of the abolition of university tests. It was confined to the masters, resident fellows, or ex fellows of colleges, or university and college officers. Dr. BATESON, in openixg the proceedings, said that it ap peared to him, and to many others, that the time had come when those in the university who were in favour of legisla tion for the removal of tests should confer together, and, in case there appeared to be sufficient agreement among thcm should have an opportunity of making their views known to the Government. He must say that, much as he desired legislation on this subject, he should almost deprecate such a measure as the permissive bill introduced last year by Sir J. Coleridge. He felt that while on the one hand it could afford but a temporary halting-place, and must be a step to further legislation, it world disturb the peace of the university, and give rise to much acrimony and heartburning. It would place in an awkward situation many who, while they desired, or at any rate had come to acquiesce in, and feel the necessity of a final measure of tests abolition, were reluctant to embark in such a course of internal agitation as would become necessary if the permissive bill were passed. A different scheme had been proposed in the House of Lords by Lord Carnarvon ; but ho believed that that scheme, interfering as it would in a sweeping and violent way with the constitution of colleges, would encounter much greater opposition in Cam bridge, and be found to work much worse than a simple measure abolishing tests. The Rev. Dr. THOMPSON, Master of Trinity, moved the following resolution:—" "That the time has come for settling the question of university tests ; that the mode in which this question is dealt with in the Permissive Bill in troduced by Sir J. Coleridge is open to grave objection; and that any measure designed to effect such a settle ment should include an enactment that no declaration of re ligious belief or profession shall be required of any layman upon obtaining a fellowship, or as a condition of its tenure! , He said ho believed that they were all convinced that, while no sufficient cause could be alleged for retaining tests, there were many reasons of justice, of expediency—he might almost say of necessity—for their immediate abo lition. Agreeing entirely with the views expressed by the chairman as to the probable result of Sir John Coleridge's bill, he would point out another very pos Bible and very undesirable consequence. The col leges would avail themselves of the facilities afforded by the bill in very different degrees and ways. Some would leave the present tests untouched; some would partially abolish ti em, and others remove them entirely. The result of this might be that the new element would be concentrated in one or two colleges, who thus, in conse quence of liberal and unsectarian intentions, might become practically sectarian. On the other hand, he felt sure that if tests were abolished in every college at once, the result would be the substitution everywhere of a tolerant for an exclusive spirit. The Rev. Professor SEDGWICK rose to second the resolu• tion. After giving an account of the share he had himself taken in the previous agitation, dating back more than thirty years, and illustrating the extreme bitterness with which the question was once discussed, by quoting from a Tory journal of the period the epithets of " sceptic " and coxcomb," applied to him in consequence of his exertions in this cause, he went on to say that the restrictions on fellowships existed but as the wreck of a former age, were out of harmony with our political Constitution, and opposed to the fundamental view of the universities. Fears were expressed as to the possible predominance of Dis senters. His only feeling was, that when Dissenters formed so large a portion of the nation, and included, he would add, so large a portion of the intellect of the nation, if they could predominate there they had a right to predomi nate. For his pert he had no fears. Some little discussion was raised by Mr. SEDLEY TAYLOR as to the wording of the resolution. it was ultimately de " person" for "l a yman," with cided to substitute the word the view of leaving the question of clerical fellowships altogether untouched. Thus altered, the resolution was I assed unanimously. Dr. CAnTELL proposed the second resolution, which was to the effect—" That a committee should be appointed to embody the opinions expressed in the previous resolution in a memorial, and that this memorial should be forwarded to the Prime Illinister." The Master of Christ's, alluding to the bitter feeling which had been aroused in past years upon the question of tests, hoped that the subject would be treated with calmness, The Rev. Professor MAURICE, in seconding the resolu- DEPRIVATION OF A •CIERGYMAN: The Dean of Arches gave judgment 'on Monday in the suit instituted against the Rev. James John Merist, vicar of Upton, Snodsbury, by the secretary of the Bishop of Worcester for simony, and for having been guilty of a libel to extort money. The defendant did not appear. The Dean of Arches pronounced him disqualified to hold a living within the province of Canterbury, and declared the presentation he had held to be void. He regretted that the three persons who had been connected with the charge of simony were all clergymen of the Church of England, and condemned the defendant in costs. THE PROSECUTION OF THE REV. JOHN .PURCHAS. The prosecution instituted by Colonel Elphinstone nominally, but by the Church Association really, against the Rev. John Parches, tho inc:imbent of St. James's Chapel, Brighton, for Ritualistic practices, was resumed on Monday before Sir R. Phillimore, Dean of Arches. Mr. J. Stephens, who, with Dr. Tristram, Mr. Archibald, and Mr. B. Shaw, appeared for the promoter of the suit, addressed the court in a long and elaborate argument. Vestments, he contended, were from the year 1571 down to the year 1612, regarded as the symbols of an idolatrous and abolished worship, and as being utterly alien to the simplicity and spirit of Christian worship. The Canons in force from 1603 all decreed that in reading the prayers and adminis tering the sacraments, a surplice, and a surplice only should be worn ; and it was, said the learned counsel, Very doubtful if the minister in an ordinary parish church had any right to wear his academical hood over his surplice, though, of course, he might do so over his pulpit gown. Tho Savoy Conference was next referred to, and it was pointed out that the Nonconformists having objected to none being able to officiate in parish Churches who dared not to wear the surplus, the Bishops of the Church defended its use. They certainly did not advocate the reintroduction of vestments, but argued that the rubric ought to remain as it was. The Dean of Arches : What answer do you conceive the Bishops made to the objection of the Nonconformists that the continuance of the rubric as it stood would tend to the re-introduction of vestments ? Mr. Stephens : The Bishops treated the objection as one of little weight. The Dean of Arches : You know of no definite answer that they made ? Mr Stephens replied that he did not, and passed on to review the judgment which the Dean of Arches had given in the case of "Martin v. Mackonochie," which he said confirmed the view he had urged, that from 1566 down to 1662 the advertisements were treated as part of the statute law of the land. The rubric of 1662 ordered the retention of the ornaments in use by the ministers of the Church at the time of the Act of Uniformity, provided, as the learned counsel contended that they were also mentioned in the first book of Edward VI. The Dean of Arches : I suppose, Mr. Stephens, you will presently address yourself to the judgment in the case of " Liddell v. Westerton." Mr. Stephens : I think, my lord, that case has nothing to do with the present. That case did not deal with the ornaments of the minister, but of the church. Ills Lordship read a passage from the judgment in ques tion to shew . ths.t the Privy Council held that vestments were ornaments of the church as well as of the minister. Mr. Stephens then proceeded to argue that from 1662 down to the present time the surplice had been con tinuously recognised as the proper garment to bo worn by the ministers of the Church of England, and quoted from a number of visitation articles to shew that the Archbishops and Bishops were constantly inquiring whether the ministers in the different parishes were obeying the canons in that respect. Ho noted as a curious fact that Fuller, Bishop of London, not only asked if the clergymen of the churches in his diocese wore the surplice during the reading of the prayers and the administration of the Sacraments, but also inquired if they wore a gown for preaching. The Dean of Arches: Whore he got his authority for the gown from I do not know. Mr. Stophons : The question so appears in the visitation article. The Dean of Arches asked Mr. Stephens if it was not on all hands conceded that there were no visitation articles in which vestments were ordered to be worn. The first mention that was made of the use of vestments in a Bishop's pastoral was, he believed, in one by the late Bishop of Exeter, some twenty years ago. After some furtiver discussion, his lordship said he thought Mr. Stephens might assume that from 1662 down to a time within present recollection no ordinary had ordered that vestments should be worn, and, as a matter of fact, from 1662 down to a few years since they had not been worn. Mr. Stephens, continuing his address, argued that the mixture of water with the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist was illegal, as was also the practice adopted by Mr. Purchas of standing before tho Holy Table lu: frig the whole time of celebration. Ho then quoted authorities to substantiate the charge of the in troduction of the "Agnus Dei " before the reception by the congregation of the Eucharist, which, he argued, was totally opposed by the rubric. He then referred to the charge that on a certain day the rev. defendant had allowed the Holy Table to appear without the covering appointed by the Prayer Book, which was a clear breach of canon law. The performance by Mr. Purchas of a mortuary celebration was another of the practices charged against him. The Dean of Arches : The prayer for the soul of the departed of which you complain was introduced in the ordinary Communion Service, was it not? Mr. Stephens : It was, The Dean of Arches : I do not see how that can be justified. Mr. Stephens then examined the charge which alleged that Mr. Purchas had held high celebrations of the Eucha rist on certain saints' days not inserted in the Prayer- Book. On the subject of processions in which incense was used, and a cross, banners, and candles were carried, the learned counsel contended that they were altogether excluded from the rubric. Such ceremonies were clearly illegal even if they did not take place until after the com mencement of morning prayer. These processions, as explained in the book entitled " The Ritual Reason Why," were symbolical, and as such were denouncd by the Church. Until lately they were never seen in Protestant places of worship. The singing of the Te Deum after the evening service, with the " crucifer " standing in front of the altar, was, it was contended, an introduction that was illegal, as was also the use of what is known as " the pascal taper," placed on the floor, on the epistle side of the altar. Dr. Tristram addressed the court on the illegal use of the vestments worn.—His Lordship said the argument cut both ways. He knew of no authority for the use of the " back gown."—Mr. Stephens said it depended on the ser mon.—Sir R. Phillimore said he would consider the case. Some of the charges were important and some very trivial. Judgment reserved. Mr. T. B. Burcham, one of the magistrates at the 4outhwark Police-court, died on Saturday, in the 61st year of his age. He received his appointment in 1856, on ;lie death of Mr. Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett. The nomina tion of a successor rests with the Home Secretary. Four Pawnee Indians were lately convicted of ourder at Omaha, United States. Two of them subse [uently escaped from gaol, but one of the fugitives cropped his blanket in his flight, Veeling sold without it, :le returned to the gaol to look for it, and liatl ipfedily recaptured. A fierce snowstorm has prevailed at Chicago and extended throughout the North-West, It lasted for forty sours, and did serious damage to the telegraph wht§. The storm on the Lake has never been exceeded in fury, the sea running to a tremendous height, and the snow and ice being completely blinding. The Odessa Messenger publishes a letter wrltteii in :he name of Luka Woukalowitch, the famous chief of Her zegovina by his son. It totally denies the authenticity of the various proclamations, and letters attributed to bim, stating as evidence of their inaccuracy that the chief cannot even sign his own name. The New York Times accept 3 the honours paid in England to the remains of Mr. Peabody as in part a compliment to his country. The differences of opinion which have existed between these nations ought not, it to render us insensible to the homage now paid to us, or to the good feeling which prompts so many tributes of affection and admiration for a man who was almost universally regarded as a representative American. A convict has escaped from Georgetown Gaol, Delaware. He filed off his irons and dug through three wells. Ho vas helped by outside parties, who had a car riage waiting. The Governor of Delaware has issued a reward for his recapture. The prisoner had been convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hanged on the tenth of December. TUE SPEAKER'S CHAPLAIN.—The Speaker has appointed the Rev. Henry White, chaplain of the Chapel . Royal, Savoy, to be his chaplain in succession to the very Key. Dr. Merivale, Dean of Ely. The new chaplain was. ordained in 1856 by Archbishop Sumner, and in 1860 was presented to the Queen by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for nomination to the chaplaincy of her Majesty's Chapel of the Savoy. The chaplaincy to the Speaker will not interfere with the fulfilment by Mr. White of his duties A5Y.44,14 §4TQYt: tion, said that while all agreed as to the practical objet' in view, different seasons would weigh differently with each of them ; and the reason that most strongly moved him was one that no previous speaker had brought forward. He believed that theological education was not only in itself one of the most important functions of the University, but also the best means of invigorating other departments of education ; he believed also that the formularies of the Church of England (and the remark might come with special force from him, who had not been brought up a member of that Church) afforded the best means of theological education ; and believing this, he felt more and more strongly every year how the perversion a those formularies into tests had weakened and impaired them for their proper use ; when thus perverted they become instruments of falsehood and sources of immorality, instead of instruments of truth and piens of religious education. Mr. CLARK, the late Public Orator, suggested that the memorial, instead of being forwarded to Mr. Gladstone, should be presented by a deputation, who might meet any difficulties or objections on the part of the Prime Minister, and might convince him that this measure was more simple, more effectual, and less objectionable even to Conserva tives, than the Permissive Bill introduced by Sir John Coleridge. Professor Hencounr and others supported this suggestion ; and it was adopted. The Rev. S. G PREAR, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman, expressed his satisfaction that the compro mise of last session had been rejected by the House of Lords. It was no case for compromise, as the interests of all parties were, ho believed, really identical. The vote of thanks having bcon seconded by the Rev..N. M. FERIZERS, Was most emlially ra3ml, and the meeting then terminated. The cashier of the Second Nutional Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, has committed suicik in ccnsequence of his losses in the late gold panic. The Bank states that its obligations will all be promptly met. The judges' bills in connection with the late elcc tiou assizes are (the . Pall Mall Gazette remarks) being severely taxed by the Treasury. In one case a charge of Bs. 4d. as gratuities to railway servants for carry ing luggage has been objected to. Another judge was asked for vouchers for his railway fares. Ile replied that he had obeyed the law and given up the tickets to the guard when they wore demanded. It came out in a recent trial in the Court of Queen's Bench that Mr. Justice Willes's expenses at Tamworth included a charge of ss. for dishes, which the Treasury disallowed charge - 91 2s, foE reititiiriugthinaco iwith f I A' NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The New York Times publishes : . the following "special despatch," dated St. Petersburg, November, 12th : —A project for a treaty of alliance, offensive' and de fensive, between France, Austria, and Russia, has been submitted by Prince Gortschakoff to Fleury,' the French Minister, and sent by the latter to Napoleon!:. The duration of the alliance is to be three years, and' is to be renewable upon six months' notice. Each party is to keep a certain standing army. THE UNITED CONTROL IN THE WAR OFFICE. The Pall Mall Gazette has the following :—" The announcement made by the Army and Navy Gazette that it has been determined :to transfer the office of the Com mander-in-Chief from the Horse Guards to the War Office in Pall Mall is, as far as we can learn, somewhat prema tm o. No doubt the Duke of Cambridge and Mr. Cardwell would both prefer to be in closer communication with each other than they are at present, but we doubt whether any immediate transfer of the military departments to the office of the Minister of War is actually decided upon." THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The Echo is very precise in its comments upon the retirement of Lord Cairns. The Standard is not quite honest (it says)—or possibly not quite well-informed—in dealing with the retirement of Lord Cairns from the leadership of the House of Lords. We agree in all that the Standard says in praise of Lord Cairns ; we would, indeed, go further, and say that he occupied his place by natural right. When, towards the close of last session, he stood forward to expound the famous compromise on the Irish Chiirch question, there could be no question about his possession of those great qualities of moderation and ability befitting a leader. We are not, we trust, unfairly betraying the Conservative party when we state that Lord Cairns's resignation of the leadership is influenced as much by his Liberal views on the Irish land question as by any other consideration. Nothing could more clearly evidence the utter disorganisation of the Opposition. Lord Cairns is an Ulster and a Belfast man, and "Or ange" and" Green" have sentiments much in common upon the land question. HORRIBLE MURDER OF A JEWISH FAMILY. The Berlin correspondent of the Jewish Record gives an account of a murder of extraordinary barbarity, per petrated in Russia, in the neighbourhood of Skud. The victims are a Jewish family, consisting of eight persons, living at a solitary inn. The head of the family, Jessel by name, about a fortnight ago bad occasion to go to Skud to fetch his boy from school. In his absence five peasants entered the inn, ordered food, and after partaking of it refused any payment. Upon Mrs. Jessel remonstrating with them, ono of the ruffians knocked her down, and, not content with one victim, murdered each of the other five occupants of the house, the children and sister of Mr. Jesse]. They then piled the bodies up, and, in order to destroy all traces of their work, set fire to the house. The father and son, who arrived at the time, whilst contemplating the burning inn, were seized by the miscreants and thrown into the flames, to share the fate of the other sufferers. The correspondent goes on to state that one little boy escaped, and can bear witness against the murderers, who, he remarks, are well known. RAILWAY DANGERS. An illustration of the manifold dangers of railway travel ling as now conducted is given in the following letter from Sir Charles Anderson, Bart. :—" On the line of rail way from Penistan to Clecthorpes there is a large bridge crossing the •river Trent, between Gunhouso and Keadby. A portion of the bridge is movable, revolving horizontally. on one of the piers which support the bridge, so as to form two openings on either side the pier, for brigs and sloops, having fixed masts, to pass through. On November 2 a passenger train was coming from Doncaster to Barnetby, and drew up, as is customary, on the river bank. A vessel had just been passing, and the movable portion of the bridge had not been closed. By some strange carelessness the train was allowed to move on, and had not the engine driver put the break on and stopped the train, in half a minute it would have been precipitated into the tide below, when every soul must have perished. The train afterwards moved over, its inmates unconscious of their hair-breadth escape. The circumstance would in all probability have been kept dark, had not a friend of mine, hearing rumours, inquired into the case, and communicated with the Board of Trade, who sent down an official to investigate the matter. I am informed that some rules have since been made to ensure greater care when trains pass the bridge." A pear tree in full blossom is to be seen in a garden iu the Lower Bristol-road, belonging to a gardener named Butler. The Liberte states that the Pope has decided upon the renewed request of the French Emperor to elevate Mgr. Dart oy, Archbishop of Paris, to the rank of Cardinal. A telegram from Rotterdam reports the wreck of a large vessel near Oastriann. Three bodies had been washed ashore. Kickham, the Fenian, the Freeman's Journal states, is to ho nominated for Marlow, and Captain Mackey for the ccunty Longford. Cardinal Cullen has issued another pastoral, bit terly condemnatory of Fenianism. It is allied, he says, with Orangemen and intevsted land :agents to prevent use ful legislation. A demonstration of the tenant farmers of London derry is ail anged to be held shortly at Coleraine, and will, it is expected, be attended by Sergeant Dowse, Q.C., for this city, and other prominent members of the Liberal party. The schemes projected for the forthcoming ses sion, it is anticipated, will i nclude at least t wenty - five tram way bills for London, the suburbs, and the provinc e s. They must be lodged in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons by the 23d of next month. The medical officers attached to the various Boards of Works of the Metropolis report a steady increase in the number of cases of relapsing fever, notwithstanding the fact that the provisions of the 22d section of the Sanitary Act relating to cleansing and disinfecting are strictly enforced. The Bombay Gazette says that some of the "edu cated" natives at Moradabad recently addressed Lord Mayo in English as follows:—" Brilliant as the sun which enlivens the world with its light, refulgent as the moon which suc ceeds the darkness of the night." The Viceroy replied, "I am much obliged to you." The smack Jupiter, of Guernsey, from Montrose for Plymouth, when off the South Foreland, was run down on Saturday night, and foundered immediately. The captain and crew were saved in their own boat, which floated from the wreck, and reached Dover Harbour yester day morning, when they were received at the National Sailors' Home. Intelligence has been received at the Admiralty of the death of Commander Leonard Dacres, the oldest son of the Senior Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres. The lamented officer died only a few days since at the island of St. Thomas, of yellow fever. At the time of his death he was waiting to bo relieved from the command of her Ma jesty's ghubeat Cherub. Sir George Young will read a paper on the case of the Alabama, at a meeting of the Juridical So ciety, on Wednesday next. It is said that Sir George's paper is thrown into the form of " a case," upon which an eminent jurist may lie asked to pronounce an opinion; no action since the failure of the last negotiations having yet been taken by either the English or the American Government. A rumour is prevalent in Londonderry that the Royal ComMiddion appointed some time ago to inquire into the cause of the riots there on the occasion of Prince Arthur's visit have urged her Majesty to put a stop to the Derry celebrations. The statement has produced great ex citement among the Orangemen,.wbo, it is alleged, are de termined to hold the usual procession on he 18th of De cember. A manorial to the Lord Lieutenant has been adopted, praying him to prevent such a proceeding. Oddfellows' fetes are said to be jolly affairs, but they have just presented themselves in an ungenial aspect in the Ormskirk County Court. it seems that a Southport lodge has a rule that all members who do not give seven days' notice to the contrary. are Asstimed to be guests at the anniversary festivities, Mid the money is deducted in the shape of a flee from those Who neglect to attend without notice of absence. Philip frooton found three shillings deducted from his sick money as his shard of the cost of the file he did not enjoy, but Lo refuScd to allow the deduction, and brought en action a.giinst the officers for the recovery of the full amount of benefit. Mr. Sergeant Wheeler, judge of the County Court, has given the Southport Goodfellows a wholesome lesson. In the particular case liuoton had called at the secretary's house to give notice that he would not attend tho dinner, but the officer was absent from home, and does not appear to have received the message. But the learned judge which was that the lodge had n o r i g ht, U declared teat this incident did not a lt er hi s v i ew o f th e case, with or without no , N. W_Sigiggt . l3l,2lloT fQg_t_49k fstc_4; ~1 11 ,CO3nritt-- Itzu HER MAJESTY. CLAREMONT, Nov. 29. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge has succeeded Colonel the Hon. D. de Bos as Equerry in waiting upon her Majesty. THE PRINCESS OF WALES• The following bulletin has been issued :-- MARLBOBOUGII HOUSE, Nov. 30. " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has passed a very favourable night, and is progressing at isfactorily. " The infant Princess continues well. (Signed) ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. EDWARD H. SIEVEKING, LATEST INTELLEGFANCB (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Nov. 2 9 . The steamer Columbia (of the Anchor line) ar rived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1221; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 123 ; the lowest, 1211. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll2l. « " 1885 llll. 64 " 1867 1131• 10-40 107• Illinois 132• Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 250- Petroleum—Standard White 31 1 0• Flour, extra state, $5.35e. to $5.95e. Corn, old mixed, sl.loe. ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 29 (Evening). Up to this afternoon Signor Lanza had not cola pleted the formation of a Cabinet. ROME, Nov. 29. Count Traumansdorff, the newly Austrian Envoy to the Holy See, presented his credentials to the Pope to-day. appointed SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 29 (Evening.) In to-day's sitting of the Cortes Senor FigUer° la ' the Minister of Finance, declared that the SahlCO of the Alhambra would ramain in state—propertl and will not to be sold. The discussion on the proposed sale of the ONO property continues. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 29. General Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador to the Prrte, arrived here this afternoon from Cairo. t The Khedive gives an official banquet to -nigh in honour of Mr. Eliot, British Ambassador to tile Porte. • o Her Majesty's troop-ship Serapis has arrived here. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, NOV. 29. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer° Nubia sailed at noon, and the Candia at 2 p.m , to ' day for Bombay and Calcutta respectively. THE BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. LISBON, Nov. 29. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's E bi P Arn', returning from service between Rio d e Janeiro and the River Plate, arrived here yesterday at 7 a.m., and will leave for Southampton at 3 PO' with £33,000 in specie, £6,000, precious stones, and 27 passengers. The Douro, with the outward mail of the 9 t ll October, left Rio de Janeiro for the River Plato on the 3d November ; and the Oneida, with the outward mail of the 9th November, was at Vincent on the 20th inst. BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 21. Exchange on London, 491 Wet salted nominal. Number of beasts slaughtered, 1100 e. Sales since last mail, 2,000 ; shipments, 4,000 ; . 13° stock. Dry hides for Germany, 44 ; for Amerlest 44; sales since last mail, 41,000 ; shipments, 3, 000 . stock, 41,000, Freights to Antwerp, 30 to 4° ' to the Channel, 171 to 25. Wool advancing, r 1133. Tallow, 15k. Lumber, 40. Cardiff coals, 1 Cadiz, salt, 10. RANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 29. F—Three o'clock—The 133arUet closed as follows : Bank Shares ......2765, ---50 Italian Five 5....... s '!, ....- 60 Austrian Fives ... ~Q ...- Ottoman Loan ... af,' 30 Do. Debt....... 4 i Spanish Threes ... -4d i ..-- Rome Debt...... -...--- Deferred ....... .. '— _ _ _ ... Cash. Orleans Western Northern 1097* ... Strasburg • • . 5781. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 5871 Sardinian Austrian 7661 Lombard 5OO North of Spain 471 Saragossa .... Roman 46 q per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 62i Credit Mobilier 205 Transatlantic 230 Credit Foncior 1635 Paris Gas 1597 50 RAILWAI SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The first oratorio of the season is always 5 7:1 interesting event for the metropolitan 111°^,i-ie world, and the inauguration of the Sacred Liar Society's thirty-eighth season on Friday 'lig ht t he everything to make it attractive. Oa ° cif ire grandest of the many noble works in its reper ll9 o a was selected for representation. The chorus a,O orchestra left nothing to be desired, and the abgaJ to popular Sir Michael Costa was as usual a 'fignr°ol and efficient director, receiving ind e ed q uite rro ovation when he ascended the platforn3• e solo performers were Miss Edith viryo, e ; whose voice was scarcely equal to the dn ti s , of the soprano, Madame Sainton-Dolby, D 1 ¢n>; Winn, Thomas, and Vernon Rigby. Rigby A ,4 The enemy said" with so much effect that a rer s v o tition was demanded, and the same compliment:l-4 paid to Messrs. Winu and Thomas in the fine u u- rs At The Lord is a man of war." The chorus singier.l; however, should carry off the honours of " b rae' elf Egypt," and the chorus of Friday night proved fully fully equal to the requirem en t s o f the oratorio, n.cd, sustaining the reputation of the Sacred liarr a°l3 ; 1. 1 ,e famous " Hailstone Chorus" received an -- e ly thusiastiC encore ; while the less known, but 5C51.110 less impressive, " Ile sent a thick darkness' 010 l ed them through the deep," and " Pe,°i'eft shall hear" were given with a precision thai'a in nothing to be desired. The hall was crowd ° re , every part, and the performance was in everio is spect a striking success. llandeV4 Dehorae announced for the 10th of December._ RIMMEL'S ALMANACK Fat 1870. --The at tion of the almanacks for 1870 hascom menc ed, and ara°l;,. those issued none assuredly can com p ete, for style , e gance, and fragrance, with the p roduction of gr styli, of the Strand. The Perfumed Almanack for 18 7° ce j i be are fOi.ttie British poets, and the entire "g ot up" of the d trifle is the perfection of tas te 'and elegance. t i o je fumed Almanack forms a very pretty and at the useful present i and while it is ono th at will call forth or, miration for the delicious fragra nce it emits, it is also feet =ante o chrome-priating and chopnet3o3 rd CO3 The on the b‘: have nc report. 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