The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF • THE PUBLIC JOTTRNLLS, The Times observes that such a shipwreck as that of the China clipper Spindrift would almost warrant the paradox that a sea voyage is becoming dangerous because it is safe. A sea divested of rocks and shoals, or a vessel which rocks and shoals cannot wreck, would not enter into the wildest dreams. Yet, if we may judge from the story of the Spindrift, these two inevitable conditions are all that is necessary for a total shipwreck. What conceivable occa sion was there for keeping the vessel so near shore that the safety of property worth £220,000, to say nothing of life, depends upon whether a leadsman called out " eight "or "three"? Why not leave a broad margin for these "mistakes," since they must, it appears, happen in the best-regulated crews, and their consequences are so terrible ? There is on record a case in which a collison occurred between two vessels simply because an officer suddenly rushed drunk on deck, and, giving " by rniqtalte " the wrong order, made the helmsman of one vessel steer straight into the other. It may be impossible in crowded seas to allow a margin for the results of such unusual conduct as this. The only perfect remedy is for all hands cn board to keep always sober. But since it is notorious that all hands are not always sober, especially wen a vessel has just left port, it is surely the height of rashness to keep a vessel so near la.nd that her running or not running ashore may turn upon whether any one of the numerous heads and hands upon whose perfect concert safety depends is slightly the worse for a glass of grog. In railway accidents we are quite familiar with the defence that if some official had not been so many seconds behind his time the acci dent could not have occurred, and we naturally reply that the safety of life and limb should not depend upon whether an ordinary human and fallible being counts correctly a certain number of seconds. We had fancied that at sea the calculations as to distance and time were, for obvious reasons, less fastidiously nice, but from the story of the Spindrift it would almost seem that we are wrong, and that one of the duties of a first class Pilot is to relieve the monotonous security of a Channel voyage by seeing how near to land he can steer without, as in this case, striking upon a rock. The Post remarks that the correspondence which has just appeared respecting the proposed Anglo-American Atlantic Yacßt Race, taken in connection with that pub lished by '2,lr. Bennett in October, reveals a case of cross purposes as curious as it is vexatious. The way the matter now stands is this. In his letter of 27th September Mr. Ashbury makes a final proposition for bringing off the ccn test with the Dauntless next year. He suggests five races, one round the Isle of Wight, another to Cherbourg and back, the third from Cowed to New York ; there three to take place in March next, the first two being conducted by the Thames rules and measurement, and the ocean race without any ques tion as to time or tonnage. The other two races to be run at Yew York, in accordance with local conditions. Mr. Ashbury now says that he has received no answer to his letter. But he must be aware that in October Mr. Ben nett published a letter in which he declined—as of course was to be expected—the inland race proposed; but, to save " another disappointment," he accepted the ocean race, although he thought March would prove "stormy and disagreeable," and he suggested that the race should be for a piece of plate worth £lO,OOO, as a " testimonial worthy of the event," or, if that was considered too extravagant an idea, that "a set of "colours " should be the prize. Thus it will be seen that it rests with 'Mr. Ashbury himself whether the ocean race comes off or not. If he will not sail the ocean without the inland races, the matter must drop; for Mr. Bennett has repeatedly and positively refused—for reasons best known to himself L-to sail except on the ocean. All that Mr. Ashbury has to do to ensure the ocean race coming off is to write to Mr. Bennett saying that he will waive the question of the inland contests, and to select whether the prize shall be £lO,OOO or "a set of colours." This is the simple way out of the strange labyrinth of misapprehen sions known as the Anglo-American Atlantic yacht-race question. The Daily News declares that the date of the last fortu nate news of the great African explorer strongly illustrates the delays of African travel. The place from which Dr. Livingstone's letter of May 13 is dated was that to which he was directing his steps when his previous letters of July 1863 .were written. The last communi cations left us on the verge of a great discovery, nothing less, in fact, than that link which connects together the discoveries of Dr. Livingstone and those of Sir Samuel Baker and Captain Burton. There remains the solution of the question whether Tan ganyika drains into Chowambe, and whether Chowambe is the Albert Nyanza, out of the north end of which flows the Nile. It is very improbable that Dr. Livingstone will return without this great secret in his possession. Ujiji is itself a natural point of departure for this crowning investigation. The undiscovered end of the Albert Nyanza lies due north of it, and for at least two degrees of latituc'e the lake Taganyika stretches towards that lake. At Ujiji Dr. Livingstone has just touched the great world, and yet stands on the very edge of the most mysterious region of the earth. He has probably by this time got far on into the trackless wilderness where the final secret of the Nile lies hid. Baker has traced the mys terious river from its mouth to the great equatorial - reservoirs. Livingstone has hit the head waters of some important stream ten or twelve degrees south of the Equator, and has traced it flowing in the very direction in which those great equatorial reservoirs lie, and he is now probably at work in that primeval land mapping the course of great rivers, determining the height and position of great mountain chains, and filling up the last remaining blank in our knowledge of perhaps the largest river system on the earth, and of the great mystery which has baffled all previous generations of civilised men. The Standard reminds us that a great question bearing on the food of the poor now engages atten tion. Notoriously the produce of these islands, espe cially in the matter of beef and mutton and pork, is insuffi cient for their population. We are the worst economists in the way of the dairy and the poultry-yard of all Europe ; we buy eggs by hundreds of millions without any natural necessity; and although our grazing lands and pastures are incomparable, their yield is so much more in quality than in quantity that it falls far short of the common demand. We have to go thousands of miles fcr an adequate provision. We have to hunt on the plains of South America and penetrate the Australian wildernesses in order to obtain beef and mutton enough for our wants. Every device of human ingenuity has been tortured for the sake of bringing home this plenty which is wasted in the desert. At last an endeavour is being made to derive from the inexhaustible grounds of La Plata a supply of live cattle, brought across the ocean in steamers of a peculiar build, and calculated not merely to keep the animals healthy, but also to exempt them from any physical suffering on the voyage. The undertaking, indeed, has already been put in practice with success. A consignment of oxen has arrived in England, been sold with profit, and proved to be excellent material. South American cattle are at this moment grazing in English parks, and have fed English dinner tables. We shall get something better than butter as commenced in London, and completed in Amsterdam, from those famous prairies of the South. It is full time that no chance should be cast aside of securing a more plentiful and cheaper diet for the pocr, because, notwithstanding all the blessings bestowed upon them by their infallible benefactors, they seem in the eyes of the blind to be poorer than ever. Isish lunacy, says the Herald, has now been rampantly violent for .twelvo months.. The debates of last session were accompanied by the dropping fire of the Ribbonmen. The assassination principle is now extended to every rela tion of life. The auctioneer of land receives a threatening letter. The purchaser of a lot of bog in Mayo perishes by the hand of the assassin. The lawlessness of a large portion of Ireland could not be denied. But we were asked to wait until Vag loyalty of the people had awakened and overpowered this truculent minority. Every day now proves that the chang e within the last y ear h as b een ' t h e other way. It ts Fenianism which has been winning converts, n loy alt y to British rule. It i s ti me it were understood that some one else has a voice in the affairs of Ireland besides the Irish Radicals and the Fenians. How long will the Eng lish people be content to hold Ireland on the terms of acquiescing in assassination and perpetrating confisca tion ? How long will the English people tole rate a Ministry which presents our rule in such a light to the wild Irish population? These are questions which the Tipperary election will hardly help to solve, and they are more pressing than the result of the struggle between avowed Fenianism and unchecked lawlessness bearing the garb of religion and of justice. The English people must resolve to make the ordinary conditions of government observed in Ireland. If we hold Ireland on the policy of Mr. Ryan, if we treat assassination as a natural product of the country, how long shall we be able to confine these practices to their native soil ? Fenianism is already vigorous in our English towns. Will not the counter policy of assassination soon establish itself here if it is to be recognised as the most effective Irish invention? The Times, in referring to the trial of Henson, says that upon the facts the prisoner had undoubtedly committed homicide. The only question was whether it amounted to murder. The prisoner had been an honest artisan, and satisfactory evidence was adduced of his general good cha racter. Boyd had no doubt behaved infamously, and bad given him great provocation. A good deal of sympathy hall been expressed for him, which was reilected even in the Judge's Charge. and, it may be presumed, caused the lieritati‘m of the jury to convict on the plain facts narrated. The counsal for the prisoner urged, accordingly, with great earnestness, that the provocation was sufficient to reduce the crime to manslaughter. The judge ruled positively to the contrary, and expressed his opinion that the jury could have given no other verdict con sistently with their oath: It is always a painful task to com ment on such a terrible issue, unless the way seems clear to admit the existence of reasonable excuse. As the ques tion, however, was so urgently pressed, we arc bound to say the.rnling of the judge appears to us consistent with the substantial justice of the case. If the prisoner had simply murdered Boyd his case would have stood very diffe rdntly, though even then it would not be susceptible of the comparisons offered. But the murder of the woman—for which Henson was actually tried—was a cruel and mali Cious act, and the evidence tended to show thii i t it was AenUnittV4 with Mae deliberation_ . • THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON HIS BED OF SICKNESP• The Archdeacon of Canterbury has written a letter to the Vicar of Margate on the state of the Archbishop, which letter is published. " The Archbishop of Canter bury (says the Ven. Archdeacon), in the midst of his serious illness, has much upon his mind the subject of some Ruri-decanal conferences, for which arrange ments were on the point of being made when his Grace was suddenly :taken ill. Among the number your Deanery was included. I have therefore to ask you, on behalf of the Archbishop, and at his most earnest request, that you will be so good as to invite the clergy of your Deanery, as soon as possible, to a meeting (the arrange ments for which must bo entirely left to your own dis cretion), not now for discussion, but for prayer. Prayer,' the Archbishop says, is better than discus sion. And tell them,' he added, that I have come to the determination what to pray for myself. I have desired to live especially that I might carry out the organization of lay-helpers in the Church; but it is possible that my life might be P. hindrance and not a help to the work. So now I quite determine to pray that God would give me and His Church that which will be best. This prayer cannot be wrong, as God knows what is best. If I were to pray for my life, I might pray for what would be a hindrance and not a help to the work of His Church, I have only to add to these affecting words that the Archbishop's mind has from the first been perfectly clear, and that his whole trust is placed in the merits and media tion of the Lord who died for sinners." Owing to the serious illness of the Archbishop of Can terbury, no meeting of the Ritual Commissioners was held, as intended, on Wednesday, and the meetings appointed for the Ist and 2nd of December will not be held. COMMITTING CHILDREN TO PRISON. At the Richmond Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, before the Hon. E. B. Wrottesley, Sir H. W. Barker, Major Pen rhyn, Major Ommanney, E.C.Dermer, and W. J. Maxwell, Esqrs., Frederick Dixon, 12 (who had been in prison on remand fer one week), James Littlewood, 11, and Alfred Bond, 11, were charged with stealing some artichokes, the property of Mr. Winslow, of Richmond. Adelaide Chamberlain said she saw the pri soners in her master's garden gathering artichokes. She pursued them, and overtook Littlewood and Dixon with some artichokes in their possession, but Littlewood refused to give up what he had. The chairman reminded witness that last week she stated it was Dixon who had the arti chokes and who refused to give them up. The Bench committed the boys (against whom no previous charges or convictions were alleged) to prison for seven days, each without the option of a fine. Shortly afterwards the mother of the boy Bond came forward, and begged with tears in her eyes to be allowed to make an applica tion on behalf of her boy. She prayed the Bench to impose a fine instead of sending him to prison. Mr. Wrottesley said ho was with the other boys, and was equally guilty. Mrs. Bond : Oh, pray do not send him to prison, Do impose a fine this time. Major Penrhyn : A fine will come much heavier on the other boys than on yours.—Mrs. Bond: Then fine mine heavier than the other boys, but don't send him to prison. Ho assures me that he never took any.—Mr. Maxwell : How old is your boy P—Mrs. Bond : Eleven, sir. (Addressing the bench) —On my knees I will ask you not to send him to prison. Mr. Maxwell expressed himself as being decidedly against sending such young boys to prison, remarking that it would be a slur upon their character all their lives. One or two of the other magistrates were understood to be of the same opinion; but as the majority were for adhering to their decision, the children were removed in custody. LAW AND POLICE. A LITERARY CASK—The singular case of "Pike v. Nicholas," has been brought to a conclusion in the Court of Chancery. The suit was instituted by the author of a work called " The English and their Origin," for the purpose of restraining the publication of certain portions of the defendant's work," The Pedigree of the English People." on the ground thAt it was a piracy of the plaintiff's book. Both books arose out of a competition for the prize of 100 gUineas offered by the Welsh National Eisteddfod in 1865 and 1866, on the origin of the English nation. The plaintiff's essay was strongly recom mended for publication by the arbitrators in 1865, and he brought it out in the sluing of the year following. The defendant competed both in 1865 and 1866, and in the second year his essay was favourably noticed. It was published in March 186 i. Vice-Chancellor James thought the defendant's work was in the parts complained of a crib from the plaintiff's book, and granted the injunction. Their lordships, in giving judgment, held there had been no such use made of the plaintiff's book as would entitle him to an injunction. At the same time the defendant should have acknowledged his obligations. The bill must be dismissed, lAA without costs. TIIE FAMILY ENDOW3fENT SOCIETY. -- Vice-Chancellor James has given judgment in re the Family Endowment Society. The society was formed in 1835, and was an un limited society, not registered under the Companies Act. In 1861 it was amalgamated with the Albert, and circulars were sent ronnd to the shareholders and annuitants, announcing the amalgamation, t which, however, the petitioner, General Poll - , had not given a direct ausent. At the time of the order to wind up the Albert Company, half-a-year's annuity was due, and the petitioner sought to make the members of the Family Endowment Society liable. The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment, said that three answers were urged in opposition to the petition 1. That the petitioner had ceased to be a creditor of the society; 2. That the society had ceased to exist before the Companies Act came into operation ; 3. That the court should leave the petitioner to establish his rights at law. He was of opinion that the society failed entirely in the first point of its defence, there being no evidence of novation by the petitioner. As to the second point he held that the society had not ceased to exist; it could not destroy itself for the purpose of prejudicing creditors, and the arrange ment with the Albert provided for its continued existence. As to the third point, his Honour held that he was not justified in leaving the petitioner to bring actions all over the country to find out the shareholders, &c. He must hold that the respondents had failed to substantiate any of their grounds of resistance, and the petitioner was entitled to a winding up order ex debite justitie. The petitioner would have his costs, and the costs of the Albert Company must come out of its estate. THE " PoßcuPlNK"—Arguments have been heard in the Court of Queen's Bench for and against the rule obtained in the case of the Porcupine, a Liverpool paper, for a libel contained in an article on " Marine Coal Scuttling." Reference was made in the article to the loss of the Golden Fleece, which had formed the subject of a Board of Trade inquiry, resulting, however, satisfactorily to the owners. The defendant disclaimed any intention of applying the article to the applicant, and after proceedings were begun, a second article was pub lished explaining that the passa g es complained of had no reference to the Golden Fleece. Rule absolute. PROGRESS AND THE PAPACY.—A. religious journal, Le Monde, sap it is well known that the Papacy has been the originator of the greatest undertakings and the leader of every movement best calculated to ensure the progress of civilisation. According to this journal it was a Pope, Sixtus Quintus, who first conceived the idea of the Suez canal. The ITgaro, which has been very hard upon the successful candidate for the First Circumscription, con tains the following squib on the imperative mandate : "An elector said to M. Rochefort, lam ready to vote for you on one condition.' Which?" That you will promise to find the body of Kinck pere.'" - A JOURNALIST'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN AMERICA.— It is evident that the editor of the Chicago Tribune must take the first place among duelling editors. M. Paul de Cassagnac pales his ineffectual fire by the side of such a hero. The American editor finds it necessary to place the following intimation at the head of his news :—" The editor of this paper, in consequence of the number of analogous engagements previously contracted, will find himself, compelled till Easter, or Trinity, to refuse challenges from his honourable adversaries, political or otherwise." TAKING Dnnis.—Thero is no custom which is more annoying to quiet folks who go to lectures, con certs, or theatres, than that of "taking drinks " between the parts or acts. The moment the first pause in the performance occurs, away go an eager crowd of men, a; if they bad but five minutes to live, and the loss of a moment would be an irreparable misfortune. The elucert or play is generally r:sumed before they como rushing Lack, bringing with them a fine odour of whisky or rum, and diotuibing decent people who can manage to go an hour a': a time without recourse to the bottle. It is merely the result of a habit of drinking— the tipplers are not thirsty, but they must drink when ever thcy have nothing clan to do. Young men, at least, ought to be ashamed be seen thus training themselves to become dminkards. Their elders have the excuse that they are the slaves of A habit which degrades all the truly noble qualities of human nature, riel renders a man into lerablo to himself and odious to everybody else. It is very easy to find out the topers in a concert hall or theatre.— • 4 - 07 X . Pik 4/#0 THE SUN, LON OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN EMBANK _ MENT OF 7HE THAMES. The formal opening of the handsome embank ment which runs along the south side of the Thames, from Westminster-bridge past Lambeth Palace, and as far as a point known as Gunhouse alley, and which is not far from Vauxhall-bridge, took place yesterday. Sir John Thwaites and the members of the Board of Works were true to their previous announcement respecting the informal character of the intended opening, merely walk ing down two-and-two from the office in Spring gardens ; but the Lambeth Vestry had ideas more consistent with the importance of the occasion. They had previously extensively announced the opening, and had engaged a band, and the conse quence was that an immense crowd lined the Embankment along - its entire length, and the gentlemen who walked in procession were kept in step by a series of martial and exhilarating airs. Sir J. Thwaites and the members of the Board of Works who attended were joined at Lambeth Church by the vestry of that parish, and the whole party then pro ceeded to the present terminus of the Embank ment at Gun-house-alley. Here a halt was made, a grand salute was fired from a battery placed on Lambeth-bridge, flags were run up, the crowd cheered, and Sir J. Thwaites ascended a tempo rary platform which had been prepared for his ac commodation. In the course of the few words which the chill and foggy atmosphere permitted of his addressing to the crowd, Sir John dwelt forcibly on the importance, both local and metro politan, of the work, the completion of which they were celebrating. lie believed that the Southern Embankment of the Thames would greatly facili tate the traffic of all London ; but besides that it would effect a complete sanitary revolution in Lam beth. Formerly, as his hearers could well remem ber, every high tide flooded their roadways and swamped the lower rooms of their houses ; but now, thanks to the embankment, the people of Lambeth would ahs ays live high and dry, even although the tide should rise to the height which had been prophesied some weeks before. In this way healthy dwellings would be secured, and the zymotic diseases which had so long been a periodical scourge to the borough would be driven away. Sir John reminded his hearers that all this good work had been achieved by municipal, not imperial exertion, and expressed his hope that all classes in the country would stand fast by our old Saxon municipal in stitutions. The people, he said, were a feeble people, who relied not on themselves, but con stantly called upon the central government to do their work. The observations of the worthy chair man were much cheered and appreciated by such of the Lambethians as were able to get within hear ing distance of the platform, and were equally cheered upon trust by the greater numbers who stood in the remote distance outside. The next p. oceeding was to adjourn to the open space in front of the Church, where the National Anthem was played by the band, and thence the whole party, both members of the Board of Works and Vestrymen, took shipping in a river steamer, and proceeded by water to Paul's wharf, whence they proceeded to the Albion Tavern to dine. The party was a large one, the members of the Board of Works being the guests of the vestry, led by Mr. R. Taylor as chairman, and both sections of our municipal organization mustering in considerable strength. Speeches full of mutual congratulation were delivered, Sir J. Thwaites repeating with enhanced emphasis his exhortation of the morning to "stand fast by our municipal institutions ;" and the Rector of Lambeth, the Rev. Kr. Lingham, telling the company how the Lambeth fishermen, now an almost extinct race, had once caught flounders at Lambeth-stairs, and had made their toilettes with the clear, transparent liver for a mirror, and he expressed his hope that one of the results of the Embankment would be before long to restore the river to something like its ancient put ity. A capital selection of music was given by Miss Banks, Mr. Feilding, and one or two other artists, and the company, which had as sembl,cl early, retired early, according to the good old municipal and parochial custom. The Southern Embankment of the Thames, which is about a mile and a half in length, was commenced in July, 1866, and would have been completed long since but for the difficulty that was experienced in getting possessio i of the pro perty required. The exact measurement is 2,200 feet of river wall between Westminster and Lam beth bridges, and 2,100 het from Lambeth-bridge to the site of the London Gasworks. The wall is nearly uniform throughout its entire length, and is similar in elevation to the Embankment on the Middlesex side. The foundations of the wall are carried down to a level of 30 feet below Trinity high-water mark, and it is intended to excavate the foreshore generally to the extent of 18 feet be low the same datum. At one portion of the river bank excavations have been made to the extent of no less than two acres, in order to produce a free and uniform tideway, and in another place, close to the first, and for the same purpose, nearly six acres of land have been reclaimed fro. t the river. The result of these works is, that the width of the river now varies from 800 feet at Westminster bridge, to 700 feet at the Penitentiary. The ap proximate cost of the works has been, for compen sation, £712,963 ; works, about £280,000 ; to gether, say £993,000. From this the recoups :lents are, St. Thomas's Hospital, £105,000 ; other items, £30,000 ; total, £135,000 ; leaving the nett cost of the Southern Embankment of the Thames some where about £858,000. The whole of the works were executed by Mr. Webster, the well-known contractor, and they reflect the highest credit both on that gentleman and the whole of the subordinate staff. TRIAL OF A PATENT STEAM CAR BRAKE.— Oti Tuesday afternoon, Oct 26, at New York, several invited guests attended an excursion with the agent of the Long bridge Steam Car Brake for the purpose of witnessing a practical test of the value of that invention. The com p tuy took passage in one of six cars drawn by a locomo tive furnished with the new brake, and were soon on the meadows a short distance beyond the Tunnal on the Ed- Railway. Here the experiments were made. While run ning at the rate of perhaps 20 miles an hour, the train was brought to its first full stop in 28 seconds from the moment the whistle was blown, having passed over, in the interval between the signal and the stop, not more than three times its length. In the four succeeding trials the stoppages were made in 23, 18, 18, and 17 seconds respectively, the rate of speed having been somewhat diminished. The results of the trial were eminently satis factory, showing beyond a doubt that the invention is an improvement well worthy of commendation. Its claims for superiority over other brakes are that the control of it is solely in the hands of the engineer, who, without the aid of brakemen, and without the slighte , t, exercise of physical effort, can bring his train to a full stop at plea sure ; that by its use much time is saved in making stops at stations, and that it is easily attached to the hand brake, and can be used with or without it. As its name implies, the Loughbridge steam-brake is operated by steam A. small lever within reach of the engineer's hand operates the valves in the steam-chest connected with the boiler by an upright pipe. To the rear, and a little below the steam-chest., is a horizontal cylinder, which, caused to revolve, works a pair of cogged wheels at its rear end, these in turn operating a main chain which raises or depresses the levers attached to the brake beams. This brake, for reasons sufficiently obvious, is a great safe-guard for life and property, and in the opinion of engineers who have tested its merits, it cannot be excelled for simplicity and power. It has been used on the high speed through trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad for nearly ten years, and, according to the testi mony of the officers of that road, has in many instances saved the destrnction of life and property. On the Xlil waukee and St. Paul P.ailroad it has been in use for six years, and all the express trains of the Morris and Essex Road are furnished with it. The Supetinteudent of the latt• r road says that on the 21st inst. the Eastern express train, running at a high rate of speed, was brought to a dead stop in 500 feet and in 16 seconds; and that but for the use of the steam brake (this was a Stanhope; the loss •f life would have been terrible, as a collision was thereby prevented. EMIGRATION TO CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND.— On Friday last the clipper ship Siberia sailed from Graves end for Port Lyttelton, having on board 140 free and as sisted emigrants, consisting chiefly of agricultural la bourerF, mechanics, &c., selected by the acting emigration agent' of the Canterbury Government, Mr. A. C. Ottywell, 16, Charing-cress. IJOIN, HIMISDAY EVENING, INOVEMBER 25, 1:,,1.69. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. TIER 11.EPiESSiON OP IiENDICITY. The organisations for the suppression of beggars are extending their operations so rapidly that they must by this time occupy a very large proportion of the metropolis. It was recorded a few days ago that the western district of Paddington and its neighbour hood had come under their system. The southern borough of Lambeth has now been brought into the fold. At a meeting presided over by the rector of the riarish, and attended by a large number of the local magnates, a resolution was passed adopting the scheme of the committee for organising relief and re pressing mendicity. When will the provincial towns take the matter up P Surely mendicity is propor tionately as rife in the provinces as in the metropolis. THE WOREING-3LAN HUNT IN SOUTHWARK. Yet another meeting has been held in the South London borough tc choose a working-man candi date for the vacancy caused by Mr. La aril's disap pearance. The issue has been materially narrowed during the last week or two. The South wark men will have an artisan candidate, and only two suitable representatives have as yet come forward—Mr. Odger and Mr. Bradlaugh. But which of these shall prevail seems to be an almost insuperable difficulty. A. night or two ago the Odgerites got the show of hands at a meeting; on Tuesday night the Bradlaughites were victorious. Mr. Bradlaugh entered into an exposition of his quali fications, which appear to have been both numerous and weighty. He was born in Bethnal-green. He had worked for years at ten shillings a week. He had been a private soldier for three years. Should ho be returned to Parliament he would supplement those great merits by a root and branch policy. The English Church should go the way of the Irish, the family system of Government should disappear (is the Royal Family to go with it ?), and Whig2ism should be exposed as unsparingly as Toryism. The meeting thought this exposition satisfactory, and pronounced for Mr. Bradlaugh. Since Sir Sydney Waterlow's retirement Mr. H. Labouchere, formerly M.P. for Middlesex, has come forward in earnest, and has been made the chosen candidate of one meeting. FENIAN CANDIDATES. Whatever may be the choice of the Tipperary electors, there can be little doubt as to the choice of the Tipperary mob. All Mr. Heron's promises did not suffice to secure him the favour of the Fenian sympathisers who met at Clonmel on Monday to nominate a candidate for the county. Mr. heron is an advanced Liberal. He is an Irishman and a good Catholic. He has made the fullest pledges. Denominational education—that is, the full control of most of the Irish children by the Catholic priests—fixity of tenure, the release of the Fenian prisoners, and divers other popular remedies of less immediate moment, have received his sanction. And yet he was greeted with "hisses, groans, and cat-- calls," and neither he nor his supporters could obtain a hearing. O'Donovan Ilossa gained an immense majority on the show of hands. The most remarkable feature of this strange nomina tion is the hard treatment which befell the Catholic priests who upheld Mr. Heron's claims. One who proposed that gentleman could not get a hearing, and was told that " priests should not interfere in politics." Another had his house wrecked on Mon day night. QUEEN'S COUNTY. The Independent Club of Queen's County has unanimously adopted Mr. Edmund Dease, D.L., as the Liberal candidate. It was believed that some more pronounced representative would be sought; but Mr. Dease, like other Irish Liberal candidates just now, has felt himself constrained to pledge fully. His address contains a neat little periphrasis which can mean nothing more nor less than a promise to support fixity of tenure. THE SAFETY OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. The latest telegram received from India by the Puke of Argyll places the question beyond a doubt : Dr. Livingstone is safe. The public has been so com pletely puzzled concerning the great traveller, that it has looked suspiciously on all evidence about him; and thus it would barely accept the recent letters from him, conclusive as they were. But the tele gram sent to the Secretary of State for India settles the matter. It is to the effect that letters have been received from the doctor, dated Ujiji, 13th of May, 18(39. The information they give is satisfactory. Ujiji is the spot for which Dr. Livingstone said he was making in his letter of July 1868. So far, then, his Journey h as b een prosecuted according to his wishes and intention. The last lingering fear that, after all, some calamity may have happened to the African explorer must now be banished from the breast of even the stoutest pessimist. A LowEIL DEPTH STILL. It is a matter of public interest, perhaps, that the measure of public disgust with the St. Pancras guardians should be complete, and therefore it maybe as well to expose another of their doings. At the meeting on Monday, after most of the guardians had left, it was proposed by the visiting committee "that the present night nurse be replaced by a more skilful and trustworthy person." This untbrtunate night nurse has given material evidence, not at all favour able to the guardians, at the various inquests which have been held. Hence the necessity for some "more skilful and trustworthy person"—that is, for some person who could be trusted not to disclose the truth when it was unpalatable to these parish functionaries. One guardian protested against turning out the poor woman, but he was met with cries of "Dinner's ready," and "We can't have your jabber." The resofution to dismiss the nurse was passed. Even the consideration that such a proceeding can only accelerate the fast-approaching suspension of those parochial officers did not avert this detestable action. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. The Southern Embankment of the Thames was thrown open to the public yesterday. This work does not gain much space ; in fact, it is little more than a river wall, and is altogether less important than the embankment on the north. But the southern construction reclaims a hideous mud-bank, secures a site for St. Thomas's Hospital, and completes the view along the river from Westminster Bridge. MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION. Professor Playfair has visited that admirable institution, the City of London Middl e -clas s S c h oo l, and is much gratified with the excellence of the system adopted. Hy would extend its operation in the direction of scient ific teaching. The Professor tells the Committee :--- As part of your freehold I observed some inferior nouses the site of which would be admirable for chemical laboratories and scientific museums in relation to com merce. I should like to see btilt upon this site a building suited for these purposes, open to the school during the day and to the working classes in the evening. No boy with such advantages need leave the upper classes of the school without being able to examine the various kinds of merchandise which he will meet with in his occupations, so far, at least, as would enable him to test chemi cally their relative excellences or detect their adultera tions. The cost and maintenance of such a building would be fr but what is this sum to London -Pony,oo Perlin,o otlo,oo Bonn, 0 and Leipsic have each ; spent from twice to four times as much upon similar institutions. The metropolis has got its middle class school; it remains to improve its scientific teaching. As for the provinces, the movement there has yet to begin. THE LAW AS TO MARRIED WOMEN. The supporters of an alteration of the law as to married women have found some argu ments in a few cases that have recently been made public. The fact has been brought clearly to light that a married woman, in the absence (from whatever cause) of her husband, is virtually an outlaw. She can neither prosecute a thief, recover a debt, nor sue in the courts. Thus a woman (not, certainly one of blameless character, or one for whom we can call for much sympathy) who was living away from her hus band with a man named Love, was robbed by her paramour of her watch and some money. She obtains his arrest, and he is taken before the magistrate; but as her husband does not sue with her, the man keeps tht watch, pockets the money, and is discharged for want of a legal prosecutor. The verdict will be probably " serve her right." But then the same event would have occurred had her husband been away. A. lady, who writes to the Times, tells how she, the wife of a soldier, sold her furniture for £5O to an officer. The debtor could not be made to pay more than t3O. She attempted to get at him The officer replied that he had paid the husband. By the time the wife had written, discovered that the debtor had told a n un t ru th, a nd obtained permission from her husband to put him into court, the officer had gone nobody knows where. None will deny that the case is a hard one ; but those who oppose an alteration in th e l aw will ask :—Suppose the wife had sold the fur n it ure w i t h ou t her husband's leave, and in his absenc e , an d h a d th e r ight to recover the money without his consent ? HOSPITALS FOR WOMEN. are ser v i ng Among the miscellaneous fare which the news papersof a dull week is a d i scussion on t h e manage ment of homes and hospitals for "invalid gentlewomen " and "ladies in straitened. circumstances." An appeal is now being m a d e b y advertisements f or ass i s t ance in up to relieve the intellectual famine paying off a debt of 4700, contracted by adding . a new wing to one of these institutions. Now, it is claimed by one side and conceded by the other that considerable fees are charged from "ladies in s t ra i tened circumstances " w h o are admitted to th e w i ng in question. A. " Sister of Charity" compl a i ned that one lady pa id F i x guineas a week. Thi s statement was denied, b ut it was allowed that the charges ranged from one to three and-a-half guineas a week. The question is, must it not be too much to expect that poor ladies can pay these heavy amounts for medical attendance and nursing ? or, on the other hand, if the ladies who are admitted can pay these fees, is it fair to ask the public to uphold an institution which ought on these terms to be self - supporting? Cannot the charity of the benevolent be better applied ? It is pointed out that in one " Establishment for Invalid Gentle women " the scale of weekly charges descends to four shillings and never exceeds a guinea. In another " Ladies Home" the weekly paymeirt is only from ten to fourteen shillings. Accommodation which is paid for at the rate of three-and-a-calf guineas a week cailmmely beamed charity, ` t __ _ A CATHEDRAL cnout's APPEAL FOR MORE. The cathedral canons insist on their choristers doing their work well ; naturally enough the lay clerks demand to bo paid well. When Canon Gregory rated the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral for negligence, its members replied that theyhad not enough money to live upon. Since then the movement has advanced. The singing men of Rochester Cathedral also feel their position to be an anomalous one ; they get £GO a year for attendance twice a day ; and the amount does not keep them decently. But they think they have stronger claims to more money than those of St. Paul's ; they have the law on their side. So a memorial has been sent to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners pointing out that the salary was in old times a third of the canonical stipend, and they pray that it may be made so again. TIrE ESCAPADE IN SPAIN. The lively row between the Times and the Madrid journals respecting the Duke of Genoa has by no means diminished, though the English paper has decidedly the best of the battle. General Prim has been endeavouring to secure the crown of Spain for the Duke ; the Times has declared again and again that neither the young Prince,the Duchess of Genoa, his mother, nor the Marquis Rapallo, his step-father, will entertain the proposal. All three have " insuperable objections" to the scheme. In support of this state ment, the English journal publishes a letter from the Marquis Rapallo himself, who is now in London. Can anything be more decisive ? General Prim states that he has the pledged word of the King of Italy ; but would the King think of forcing his nephew's inclinations, and that, too, in spite of the wishes of the lad's mother and stepfather ? The Spanish Marshal and his journals may well endeavour to wriggle out of the difficulty, for assuredly any thing more discreditable has rarely occurred ; but how this evidence can be set aside it is difficult to conceive. CHURCH AND STATE DT JAMAICA. The members of the Liberation Society are exer cised - very severely about the manner in which the Church and State difficulty is to be solved in . Jamaica. Is levelling-up to be the policy? Or is the easier statesmanship of levelling down to be adopted ? Mr. Carvell Wil hams, the Liberation Society secretary, writes in great perplexity to the Daily News. The position in Jamaica is peculiar. The "massacre," as it is called, had the effect of destroying the local constitution altogether. The result is that the Colonial Office, instead of the Jamaica Parliament, has to deal with the Church. Episcopalianism has hitherto been the only religion established. That state of things, it seems generally admitted, must be abolished. But what is to take the place of it ? Earl Granville is said (but we do not know on what authority) to be in favour of paying all round—a course which is supported on the ground that several Dissenting - ministers, especially amongst the blacks, have been keeping up their popularity by political agitations. If they were paid by the State it is thought they would become better disposed towards the status quo. But these ministers, or at 'any rate their congrega tions, do not seem to care for subsidies of the kind. So an appeal is made to Lord Granville for an autho ritative statement on the subject; he has hitherto spoken oracularly. FOREIGN NOTES. GErtmex msnors. The Augsburg Gazette states that a number of Bishops in Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary have written direct to Pius IX. to express their hope that the Council would not draw up a resolution on the infallibility of the Pope, and the decrees on ecclesiastical subjects in the sense of the Syllabus. Although it is deemed prudent in Rome to ignore the receipt of these letters, the Gazette declares that they have caused Pius IX. a good deal of anxiety. The powerful party which had hoped to carry without discussion the vote on the new dogmas has already abandoned its idea, and the Council, whatever be its result, is likely to be continued much longer than the partisans of the theory of infallibility can desire. THE TURCO-EGYPTIAN QUESTION. A despatch from Constantinople states that the Porte has consented to delay the issue of its ultimatum until the sth of December. This last concession was made in deference to the Ambassadors of the friendly Powers prior to their departure for Suez. At this moment the diplomatic representatives are making every effort to it.attc. tlie, Egyptfan Government to propose more accept able terms than those which have lately been made. They hope to prevent the carrying out of the plan proposed by the Sultan. This consists in breaking off all negotiations with the Viceroy, in order to send him a summons which he must obey in fourteen days. If things came to this pass the most serious consequences might ensue. The ambassadors hope to gain their purpose before they I .^-e Cairo for Constantinople. EASTERN NOTES. The Eastern 13u 7 get says that the proposed interview between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Italy, will not take place, the latter not being yet well enough to undertake the journey to Brindisi. The Emperor has left for Alexandria, where he will stop twenty-four hours. He is expecte Ito arrive at Trieste on the 26th. It is still expected that the negotiations opened by Count Von Bcust at Constantinople with a view to a settlement of the Turco- Egyptian dispute, will prove successful. News from Montenegro states that great warlike preparations are being made there, and that the Prince of Montenegro has renewed his demand for the cession of the Turkish districts of Malle and Veli-Burdo. The Eastern Budget also pub lishes a telegram from Bucharest stating that the Consular corps there, having protested against the new Customs duties, the Roumanian Government has expressed its readiness to draw up a revised tariff, if approved of by the Powers, adding 2 per cent. only to the 8 per cent. duty fixed by treaty. The matter has been referred to an Inter national Commission. The Roumanian Minister of War has obtained an extraordinary credit of £1,600, to provide winter clothing for the army. CAPTAIN HIGGINS AND TIIE CUBAN JUNTA. The Cuban Junta i 3 not at all pleased with the conduct of Ca: t yin Higgins, late of the Hornet, either in the rnana,gcm?.nt of his ship or in his sayings and doings since his ca:lu .e by the United States authorities. They sa y that he has disregarded the instructions of the Junta, and has never made any explanation to them of his conduct. It is not likely that he will be entrusto.l with another Cuban man-of-war. His story about the causes which led to his running into the pert of Wilmington is not generally credited by the Cubans, neither are they disposed to shoulder the blame of his receiving bad coal on Montank Point. The Hornet cost the Junta over 5200,000, and at the time of her capture she had on board a considerable amount of specie. It is the intention of the Cubans to fit out another vessel, but Captain Higgins will hardly be appointed to the command of her. TUB SUGAR CROP IN CUBA. It is said that the burning of the sugar crop in Cuba, as proposed by the insurgent General Cespedes, in order to keep the Spaniards from us'n,g it, will cost the United States, according to Cuban estimate; from fifty to sixty million dollars in customs revenue and increase from commercial speculations. THE CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL BUTTERFIELD. Nothing more is said of the charges against General Butterfield, and the Nation hears that the subject is to be dropped. The Nation expresses great indignation, declaring that' if the Administration allows such charges to pass without notice it will make itself an aces sory, after the fact, to the performances of the Gold Ring. A public inquiry is indispensable. DISTURBANCES AT SALT LAKE. Serious complications have arisen amongst the community of the Mormons. Some of the members were recently excommunicated by Brigham Young for publishing in the Utah Magazine certain articles objecting to his policy. These excommunicated brethren Wave published a public appeal in the October number of their magazine, protesting against such excommunication. The President, Brigham Young, and Elder Cannon maintained that " it is apostasy to honestly differ with the priesthood in any of their measures," and the result has been a crisis in the history of Mormonism which promises to lead to serious consequence,. A COLOSSAL MARKET. New York boast 3 that it is at last to have a market worthy of the commercial capital of a continent. A com pany has bean formed under the name of the Manhattan Building Company, for the purpose of erecting a magnificent structure, to be called Manhat tan Market. The property secured for it comprises eighty city lots, with bulkhead and river front of 200 feet, and all water privileges ; and the main market is to cover 160,000 square feet, being the largest building under one roof on the Conti nen t. Thi r ty-f our th-street, in which part of it is to bo situated, will before long be the central of he _t__L_J_t_yaaggy2atjLsAli2lLtkzgngaxhieJA it touches are also important thoroughfares. The clock tower rising from the centre to the main roof will be 192 feet high. The number of stalls on the main floor is to be 1,200, and the whole building is to be lighted inside by 700 gas burners, and outside by 150 globes over the centres of the doors and windows. The outlay is expected to be about $1,000,000. LYNCHING CASE IN KENTUCKY. Frank Searcy, who was hanged by a band of lynchers - at Richmond, Kentucky, was a man of desperate character, who had been guilty of nine murders, generally of intem perate men, who were in no condition to fight. He gave himself up to the authorities, but was released on $5OO bail. A party of citizens attacked Searcy's house. He made his escape, and took refuge in the gaol, but the next day he was forcibly taken from the gaol and hanged in the court-house yard. PROPOSED EVANGELICAL COUNCIL. A preliminary meeting has been held at New Ytrk consider arrangements for a conference of all the branche of the Evangelical Alliance, to be held at New York in V:, autumn of 1870. The Rev. Dr. Schaff reported the resell of his mission to Europe for the promotion of this object. He obtained promises of attendance from many eminent men in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerlantl. In conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, he told him that Christian people in America would be glad if he could see his way clear to lend his official aid to the pro posed conference. The Archbishop did not promise to de this,but referred him to Dean Alford as one who would be likely to take a great interest in the matter. At dinner at the Archbishop's palace subsequently he was introduced to the Dean, who said that he had made arrangements to visit Palestine at the time proposed, but that he would send a paper on" Christian Unity," to be read to the assembly. Mr. Spurgeon, it was believed, was anxious to come. Dr. Schaff maintained that the (Ecumenical Council at Rome should not pass unanswered. The Rev. Mr. Bacon of Williamsburg, stated to the meeting that he is compiling Father Hya cinthe's sermons for publication in America, and that, hay lug acquainted that gentleman with this fact, he had received from him a letter to be used as a preface to the work. In this letter, dated All Saints' day, 1869, the Father states that he continues faithful to his Church and faith, only protesting against excesses which dishonour it. The Father writes lam still faithful to ray Church. I am none the less sensible of the interest which must be felt in the bosom of other Churches in what I may say or do within the pale of Catholicism. For that matter, I have never deemed that the Christian Communions that have been separated from Rome have been disinherited of the Holy Ghost, and without a part in the infinite work of the preparation for the Kingdom of God. In my relations with some of the most pious and the most learned of their members I have experienced in the very depths of my soul that unutterable blessing of the communion of saints. Whatever may divide us externally in space or in time vanishes like a dream in the presence of that which unites us within—the grace of the same God, the blood of the same cross, the Host of the same Trinity. Whatever be our prejudices, yet under the eye of God, who seeth every hidden thing, who gives His hand whichis leading us,we are labouring all in common for the upbuilding of that Church of the future which shall be the Church of the past in its purity and its original beauty. In the days of his captivity the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel and said to him, ' Take a stick and write thereon for Judah, and for the children of Israel his fellows, and take another stick and write thereon for Joseph; also a stick for Ephraim and for all the house of Israel, his fellows. Then thou shalt join them one to the other, and they shall form but one stick, and they shall be united in thy hand' The Lord hath then put in any hands two branches, Rome and the children of others. I have pressed them together to my heart, and under the outpourings of my tears and my prayers I have so ioined them that they shall be henceforth but one tree, Men have dared to scorn my efforts, seemingly so, and they ask of me, as they have asked of the seer of olden times, ` Will you not tell us what then you would do?' And I look upon that tree thot seems still torn and mutilated, and already I behold the brilliant flower and the savoury fruit, one God, one Faith, one Baptism, and there shall be ono fold and one Shep herd." Before the meeting closed, $9,000 had been sub scribed towards the expenses, and offers had been received to provide for the expenses of at least 20 delegates. Dr. Do Witt said he would provide for all from Holland who were willing to come. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) THE NEW CITT.—The Suez Canal. How TO IMPROVE THE CATTLE THADE.—IMpTOYO the cattle-truck. THE RIGHT MAN IN TRH RIGHT PLA.CIe,—Mr. Hogg inspecting the sick-wards of St. Pancras. WHERE TILE ST. PANCRAS GUARDIANS EXPECT DR. ELMS TO CO TO.—..VOt the Elysian fields—quite the reverse. ILLUSTRATION OF " SWEETNESS. AND LIGHT "—(For a pieterial edition of Matthew Arnold.) A St. Pancras Guar dian opening the sick-ward windows. PALMAM QUI ME ittlT FERAT.—The Suez Canal is opened, and its projector, we are told, is to be made a Senator and a Duke of France, in commemoration of the great event. We congratulate M. de Lesseps on two things--on getting through the Deserts, and on getting his deserts. (From Fun.) MAXIM.—A poor man is to be avoided—he lacks princi pal. THE LAST THING A CHANCELLO R or THE EXCHEQUER SHOULD Tex.—The public credulity. A Class deserving legislation on " Abstract Principles."— Pickpockets. A FACT FOR Mn. FREEMAN.—The brutal sport of bull baiting has long been abolished, but how many are there, even in the present day, who bait their horses ! FOREIGN TO THE SUBJECT.—If a man commits himself under the influence of a bowl of punch, how should he be tried ?—By a " mixed " jury. (From Judy.) THE DIFFERENCE. — The new Lord Mayor is a type founder. Romulus was a founder also—but his line was the Roman Capital, whereas Besley is more of the Old Eng lish Type. INTERNATIONAL SCULLING MATCH. ---a-- There is a prospect that a second international sculling natch will take place in the course of six or seven weeks. liter the defeat of Sadler by Brown, the American hampion, at Newcastle last week, an attempt vas made to match the two men again. The nitiatory steps were taken, but for some rea ;on at present unknown the matter was allowed to drop. Mr. Biffin, of Hammersmith, has now come for ward with a challenge to Brown to row him from Putney to Mortlake, the former being allowed a start of a couple of lengths. If these terms should not meet the approval of the American, Biffin will row him on level terms if £l5O be staked to his £lOO, or £7O to his £5O. SADLER V. SMITH ; Tile great aquatic case is expected to be argued in the Court of Error at West minster on Friday next. If the business of the Comi prevents its being heard on the day named, or the fol lowing Saturday or Monday—the three days in which it is arranged the judges sit in error —the matter will have to stand over until January, SYDNEY SMITH UP.MI 3 nEAD. "Bread play s a more important part :than we thi n k o f , i n the most sumptuous feasts," Sydney Smith remarked one day at dinner. It serves as a landing place to the flights of stairs we call courses. It reposes the palate between the various dainties we are summoned to taste, not merely to eat. It supplies us with a resource when we are taken aback in any way. If some one at table touches on an awkward subject we can look away and call for some bread. If we do not wish to answer an inconvenient question we can fill our mouths with bread. If we are nervous or shy we can trifle with it, "as you are doing now (to a young lady beside him.) You are a little afraid of me?" "Oh no, I am not," she . answered, blushin g . " Y es, my d ear, you are ; you have made quite a little heap of crumbs. I always crumble my bread when I dine with the Archbishop of Canterbury." If „had time to grapple with the subject I would publish, a, :little essay—" Thoughts on Bread." Bread is to delicate flavours what light is to colours. It brings them out, separates, blends, and gives its duo pro pondorance to each An artificial fabrics, we employ white for this purpose. The'rnost brilliant colours put side by side without this relief will be comparatively dull. They mix togetherthem off t andlose o their distinctness. See how r It sparkling a t r h k e li w n h g a it r e e ta e t chews English and French flags, for example, or that of the T.Y.C. They glitter like jewels in the air. 'What bread is to a feast, what white is to colour, such is commonplace to conversation. LADVERTISFMENT. I —Holloway's Oi n t ment and Pills.— Shortness of Pa, nth.—Th e::e corrective Colds, Coeghe, e e m dies are Infallible Lints e for these p ec t ora l oomp remedies when neglected. often end asthma. bronch , itis, or consumption. The ointment, well rubbed upon the cheat and back, penetraing the skin, is carried directly to tl e lungs, whence it expels all impieties. All the o'ood is the body constantly passes through the lunt::s, and the.• all noxious particles tending to produce disease can b qu'ckly, thoroughly, and permanently neutralis d. rt n dei ed harmless, or rejected from the system. In influenya a d all chest complaints early curative measures are im periously demanded. One day's delay may cause aj r - tracted illness, one week's neglect may consign tho dis oosod to destruction. NAVAL AND MILITARY 11V7ELLIGENCB. Yesterday, at 11 o'clock, the 42d (Royal Hig h ' and, the Black Watch) Regiment, under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. J. C. M•Leod, was draws up in line on the General Parade, South Camp, and inspected by Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Jan ie° Yorke Scarlett, G.C.B. At the close of the iesPe c ' tion Col. 111'Leod was highly complimented by Ge n ' Scarlett upon the efficiency and admirable condi' tion of his regiment. The new iron pier which is being constructed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, is making rapid pro gress towards completion. The pier will be 290 ft. long, with a bead 50ft. long by 40ft. wide. l II° approach, which is 24ft. wide, is composed of sil t spans of 48 ft. The principal features in its C 0 1 1" struction are two main longitudinal wrought iron girders, which run from end to end of the n P : proach, and thus secure l y ti e i n t h e h ea d o f the Pl c ; to the wharf. The ro a d wa y, w hi c h i 3 for three lines of rails convergi ng t o a turn t a bl e a t the he 3 11 (l, is carried by cross t russe d g i r d ers o f wr" g n iron. All the found a ti ons cons i s t o f wr ought o cylinders of 21t. to 2ft. 4iu. in diameter, sei ew l - , h into the bed of th e r i ver . Th ey are filled w l ' es Portland cement con c r e t e , w hi c h grea tly iec rea , s be the solidity of the foundations. The piles at d head average 47ft. in length, and are scr e ',, Bft. into the gravel bed o f th e r i ver . The foue a tions for carrying a 30-ton steam crane at the h ell _ of the pier are being prepared. They are of eeel o mous strength, consisti n g o f a 7-feet cast ire to cylinder, filled with concr e t e , an d l ow ered Bft• the bed of the river ; on the top of this c ylinder h crane post, also of cast iron, i s t o b e placed, w inc itt will carry the steam crane . Th e d ep th of water t. r the head of the pier will b e 18ft at low and 3;f re at high water ; the l arges t t ranspor t s can there ri ` n he be brought alongside at a ll ti mes o f th e tide. ' of approach and head are c a l cu l a t e d t o carr y guns 50 tons, and the steam cr a ne, d es i gne d by the s u P s e rintendeut of machinery, R o y a l A rsena l, for 30 ° l can be strengthened, if desired, to lift the gr easer . er weight. It is in contemplati on t o i ncr ease the O ft, head next year 175 ft. It s l eng th th en w ill be 300 d, and two 13-ton hydraulic c ranes are t o be provi de is one on each side of the 30-to n s t eam c rane. I t to be regretted that this extension has not been ordered to be carried out while the contractors have their plant on the ground, more espeeia lll a , such a course would be attended with less exile% The contractors are the Hatniltons Works), of Liverpool, who deserve great credit ill the good workmanship and materials employedos the undertaking. The necessity for this pie r arisen from the great difficulties which are now e ce perienced in landing and shipping heavy ordean.e: armour plates, and stores. The timber T pier, vi„%, (Windsor illivor was built in great haste during the Crimean ", t - e ' shows signs of weakness when 12k -ton guns te r taken over it; it has therefore been decided, a`. ed due consideration; to limit the weight to be ea rri r , by it to ten tons. The transfer of the greater Peal tion of the stores from the Tower to the - 6 3 1 35 Arsenal and the late Clothing Store, Woolwich/ also rendered it necessary to provide greater 10;0 lities for the shipment o f war lik e s t or es. In tlly of war this pier will be invaluable, more esli eni. ,,,Ll when it is placed in direct communication by with the South Eastern Railway. f the Yesterday the whole of the batteries 0 rO, Royal Horse Artille r y s t a ti one d a t head-quarteato Woolwich, went for their usual weekly ° he i r march, in heavy marching order ; they took , t ‘re i.. departure by way of Shooter's-hill, through " h ling, &c., and returned to Woolwich throe; Plumstead. The depot of the 47th Regiment is under o rd t e to leave Pembroke Dock for Bi rr , King's °nun yr° f t Ireland, to join the head-quarte rs of the reg hne t o he on its arrival from Barbado es ; the depot o f t ae Ist Battalion 9th Regiment will also shortly le he Pembroke Dock to join the head-quarters of__Fa'ne ;,. regiment, now on its p a ss a ge h om e from the (1 , of Good Hope. The depots of the Ist Bat ‘, 17th Regiment and the 89th, from Athlone/ "e l replace the first-mentioned depots in the sty e " of the 3d Depot Battalion at Pembroke Dock' The vessels of the Gui on s t eam line bet Liverpool and America are built in Palmer's 17.31. 7, 0 3 arrow, twelve miles b e l ow N ewcas tl e , on the Dur-:ild side of the Tyde. The Guion fleet are all brig -rigge d ',„ classed for twenty years under the Li veri 00l Undervil"); Regulations. Two splendid steamers, the - Wisconsin god the Wyoming, are now in the yard, and will goon be na ; l is to the fleet of the six first-class passenger steamers of "; line now plying. These steamers are sister ships of la $a dimensions, measuring 365 feet in length between PT.!) the diculars, 43 feet in width of beam, and 27 feet deeP dery hold to the main deck, abo ve w hi c h th e y have a eP 4I. J e re' 't feet 6 inches hi g h, an d eac h i s o f 3,336 tons buil.eri measurement. These ships a r e of beautiful sY n/13' fr et ei each having a very fine entrance and a clean run aft• direct -g c a h ientei t ns o sb b ei e ng propelled by engines of 60U horse 1 3°. il e ti engines, o f th e h descriptionavihg superheatingknow u as a nd sii cent condensing apparatus, together with a ll the mo st and approved improvements, and they are furn isb c r e9 ; l3 Palmer and Co. They are v er y s t rong ly built, al' "ht is divided into seven co m pa r t men t s by six Wa fer bulkheads running from the keel up to the m ain t e, co t Each ie to be supplied with Em ers on and Walker's Pliao capstan,"which is capable of bein g worked either birtseoll power or manual labour, and ea c h i s to be furnis hou s three steam winches to aid in loadi ng o r dischargillg c - cio.o, and also in working the ship. re' OBITUARY.— ve aro Herman Bangs, for many ; o cop t siding elder of the New York East Methodist PP; ct i c ati Conferenc;e, died, Nov. 2, at New Haven, 00 " aged 80.—On the 2d instant the remains of N• & Leech were convoyed t o L aure l Hill C em etery", ien Atte °dlog by a large concourse of friends, embracing ma n y f men of Philadelphia, Pitt s b urg,an d ot h er portions ° woo' Sylvania,cott following besides friends gentlemen from ac t e N d e l a y s York baenadreo the'. bearers ' 4 The A. Houston, J. Edgar Thomson, A. J. Drexel, T il° , Bl id, g t Scott, J. H. Chambers, Mr Harris, George W . Cl2l l . Fry, Hon. 'William A. P o rt er a n d G e neral Case, and Mr Shaw of Pittsburg.—The oldest editor ftt' a ij ie d of John B. Hoeman, editor of the Nets Albany Ledg e r editorapoplexy on Monday, Nov. I.—Stephen C. M iller ' al.' . Oct.of the Pulaski (N.Y.) D emocra t , died on Sunday, O died T. T. Shreve, one of the wealthiest men in ICett at Louisville NeVember 5. eVil 100 the u BARRY'S Delicious Health Restoring n t of s hine t ore Arabica Food, which contains three times the noun g res et perfect meat, saves fifty times its cost in other rerne', l 4 e ; liver' os es . f p rn e ef r se f c ibt ge d d i lereseetmpi removing nantgertoisonpngoaenldeirl speedily regularity,e sounds a , nd eff lungs, healthy the ri d ,to _ pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrh e complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness , tths throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the hea d ours n wit cescatnud,allehyr:itunr'dolgrfte:otileiss:,, e l g i ao C rfi rt e : rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hYste", ia burti,„o o, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, hea r ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, 0 ._„,0u1P„.. 0 h, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, incipient_ s ton!,7 o : scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit 0 , , ;1,000 our between the shoulders, &c. 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Wortham, Ling, near ' u g yi Cure No. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of N azi indif e u tieS Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme nervousness, to t ()s w ift , ' gatherings, low spirits. and nervous fancies. —Beware of the many unsavoury and more B i th:s l3 P 2 l a re l i sjl ::: lions to which, without authority, Baron Liebig " audacionslv attached 1 2 lbs, e rs In tins, at ls lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6cl 5 lba 11st docOP e k ) . 24 lbs 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REVAEENTA for ' - o t, POWDER is packed in tin canisters for 12 cups er e at :3s 6d, for 48,3 ups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for " t ins s r ie; —being about one penny per cup. The 300 and 5 55 .„, 0 Cr or free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Qn„dalli BAR , Y BARRY and Co., No. 77 Regent street , .1. 1.. " all Grocers and Chemists BIRTHS. W ide' AL DRIDGE—On the 23d insc , the wife of Th os ' " A ell jun., of B rompton-road, of .a daughter. ..,, E. $b C BE AUMONT—On the 23d inst., at Chapel 110 0 . --, the wife of Joseph Beaumont, Esq., of a C'l3. MARRIAGES. • . „ o° he Marylebone, Augustus John Elliot, ' ELLIOT —MANGLES— On the 23d inst , at rious, tw Bengal gate, tUe youngest son of the late Hon. John Elliot, to third daughter of Ross Donnelly Mangles, E s q . ' t Oti tr et Grel o ga r lIA.RRISON—PHILBRICII —On the 23d inst . mow, Charles Harrison, of Burton-nponlTrePt, oltoroe garet Brough, younger dauvhter of Edward 13W Philbriek, Great Duuntow: D OR AMPIN — On the 22d inst EA T BS. , at Park 11 ()use, Sa% lll-- John. C. Crarnp;n, Dig., aged 70. FuLEy—On the 20th inst., at Paris, the Lord Foley f on NAPIE It—On the 23d inst., David Nap ior, Esq-, ° shillish, Argyleshire, aged 79. . 11 0 S, London: Printed wad Published by WILLI/CAI A-14D4,06, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tau Sex Office N.0.112';080-' in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Mid‘" ThufedAY, N9vember 25, 1809. K prize s o l t A. Oh 4 n's S t 9 DV Forty Ti for d ORI( Cons relet Boni also num' of of Devi PAS. hail and this boat fron The on • £4,f: itg z fess wee bin( este nice and Lad Car