The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times thinks the reappearance in this country of Relapsing Fever is a phenomenon which might have Pointed a moral if we had been lately indulging in boast fulness about our riches and prosperity. The wealthiest city in the world is threatened by a disease which implies chronic poverty, and is popularly known as "Famine" Fever. Contemporaneously with the awakening of atten tion to this stealthy epidemic, the alarm has been sounded •—none too soon—about another growing evil which presents certain analogous features. Vagrancy is not so recent an intruder as this Relapsing Fever; but it is still a new comer in its present dimensions. Like Relapsing Fever, Vagrancy is a malady which is easily caught, and easily carried about from place to place. It is also, like the fever, most bard to deal with, for as that is the last result of a general infirmity in the entire bodily system, so vagrancy is not so much a bad passion, or even a bad habit, as a diseased moral constitution. As, again, relapsing fever, though it may not be itself mortal, is a feeder of typhus, so vagrancy readily prepares for and turns into Habitual Crime. Nor is the resemblance between the two only one of analogy. To a certain extent they ori2,inata in the same circumstances. When work is plentiful and trade is uniformly prosperous, famine fever becomes obsolete, as it was in England for the thirteen years preceding 1863. Under the same cir cumstances vagrancy enlists few recruits. The depression of trade, or of any branch of it, infuses new vigour into both. The threatened outbreak of relapsing fever calls for all the help which the riches and benevolence of a capital like London can supply. It is vain to expect the neighbours and relatives of its victims to aid them in warding off the attack. The attack arises from the very helplessness, and poverty,and despair, not especially of the individuals attacked, but of their class. The resources of public institutions and of private charity willbe all wanted if the epidemic attain the proportions which some sanitary authorities apprehend. An increase at the rate indicated by 120 cases in the Fever Hospital alone last Saturday would speedily overtask all the hospital accommodation available. If, however, too abundant a bounty can scarcely be displayed on behalf of the Fever's possible victims in the metropolis, on the other hand, any demonstrative com passion shewn to East-end vagrancy is cruel kindness. The object in treating a disease is to cure it. Relapsing fever springs from hunger and dejection, and the charity which removes these heals it. But indulgence shewn to vagrancy, as such, encourages and inflames the vice. The Standard remarks that the Dean and Chapter of Exeter have been unable to resist the influences which are carried in a conge d'elere, and by a majority of thirteen to six have elected Dr. Temple to be a bishop of the diocese. This result, of course, was inevitable after it had become certain that Mr. Gladstone intended to persevere in his nomination. It is a mere hollow mockery this, the pretended election of. a bishop by the dean and chapter. It is a "wasteful and ridiculous excess," an unmeaning _form, which, having been gone through, can lend no additional grace to him who has become Bishop of Exeter. That Dr. Temple has become a bishop, not by the voice of the Church but by the arbitrary decree of the State, is un deniable, He cannot even be said to have been confirmed in his dignity by a vote which, if it had gone against him, would still have left him untouched in his bishopric. However brought about, we cannot but repeat our opinion that this appointment is one most most calamitous to the Church, and most ominous of her future destiny. Either the bishops unjustly and wrongfully condemned the book called " Essays and Reviews," and are unable to judge between truth and error, between what is for and what is against God's Word, or they have been induced out of political considerations to consent to an appointment of which they disapprove. Which ever theory we adopt the scandal and damage to the Church is equally the same. What are the laity to hold in future as to what is true doctrine in the Anglican Church, when they see a man advanced to be a bishop who was the other day charged with heresy, aral who has done nothing since to put off from himself that charge ? With what grace and effect will Dr. Temple himself proceed in his new :office, " privately and openly to call upon and en courage others " to drive away erroneous opinion, when his own is the opinien which the majority of his flock hold to be most pernicious? The Dean and Chapter of Exeter, says the Daily News, have acted like sensible Englishmen, and elected Dr Temple, as they were directed to do by the authority re• sponsible for his elevation to a bishopric. It is satisfac tory to find them correctly understanding their duty, and firm enough k resist the solicitations and incitements of violent Ad irresponsible persons who would have brought them into conflict with the Crown. By acting as they have done they have averted a great scandal. The opposition to Dr. Temple is not likely to be renewed at any subsequent stage of his progress to his episcopal chair. In the ordinary course cf things the Bishop-elect will shortly be "confirmed." In the course of the proceedings which tcok place in the Court of Queen's Bench on the occasion of of the appointment cf Dr. Hampden as Bishop of Hereford it was argued on behalf of those who had presented them selves before the Vicar-General to oppose his confirmation and who had been refused a hearing, that, confirmation being a judicial process, it was the proper occasion for making inquiry or examination as to the fit ness in point of piety and doctrine of the in dividual in question to be made one of the Bishops of the Church of England. But the Court of Queen's Bench gave no encouragement to this idea Opposers of Dr. Hampden were ready with definite charges which they were anxious to submit to a court of law ; but the impugners of Dr. Temple's appointment have nothing but vague and nebulous accusations to bring against him, and they will probably be content with defeat in the Chapter. With his early consecration and installation, we may expect that a state of theological excitement which has been artificially produced and sus tained will speedily disappear. Dr. Temple, says the Telegraph, is now Bishop of Exeter Despite the combined efforts of Lord Shaftesbury and Dr. Pusey, Archdeacon Denison and Dr. M‘Neile the Chapter of that great diocese has deliberately resolved not only to obey, but to sustain the law. The result is gain to the whole body of Churchmen. It is not Dr Temple, but the great ecclesiastical body of which he b a member, that would have been injured had the Chapter given an adverse vote. Had it disobeyed the conge d'ilire, it would not have kept Dr. Temple out of the episcopal throne—for the Crowr would undoubtedly have enforced its right tc elect him by letters patent—but it would have cast de fiance at the Crown, the Parliament, and the country. Fos reasons similar to those which swayed the foes of Dr Temple, Tillotson would have been excluded from the se( of Canterbury, and Butler from the see of Durham. Fos like reasons the Low Churchmen might have demanded that Dr. Phillpotts should be kept out of Exeter, ane Dr. Wilberforce out of Winchester. On ground: of equal cogency, Dr. 111`Neile would shriek witt horror at the bare idea of Dr. Pusey's getting preferment of any description. Dr. Temple's ele vation is valuable in proclaiming that the Bishop: of the English Church should be chosen, not because they represent any particular ecclesiastical party but because they are good, able, and zealous Christiar men. The well meaning but mistaken divines who hav( opposed Dr, Temple, will admit that the occasion was his toric, and will mark an epoch in the history of the Church Henceforth the clergy will see more clearly that bishop: must be selected because they are personally qualified fm the high office; and the clergy will also see that, in a Church established by law, the law must ever be religiously obeyed. The Post remarks that it is difficult to conceive anythin more mortifying than the discovery that a great wor? which has been years in progress has no sooner bee] finished and opened with unwonted pomp than it has be gun to fall to pieces. Yet it looks much as if this wcr the case with tho Holborn Viaduct. At the very momen' that the Lord Mayor was calling her Majesty's gracious at tention, in studied terms, to the " strength and beauty o modern constructive art" as displayed in the Viaduct a portion of it was already giving way under th weight placed upon it; and while he was promis ing that it would be "more enduring th a . the trophies of successful war," the cracks wer already forming of which the discovery has now so un pleasantly surprised us all. Pillars do give way sometime in spite of the best calculations as to their strength, am when they have begun to crack in the very alarming manner shewn in those that support the Holborn Bridge it is time to treat them as suspected ; while if, as in thi case, they crack at the first strain, it is not unle. - oonabl to cendenm 'them altogether as unsafe. It (loos no appear that in the case of the Ironer' Viaduct ther wag any known neglect of duty or any apparen failure to perform the work in the manlier agreed upor end contracted for. But that there has beer a failure in - the doing of the work somewhere, is beyom a doubt. It is to be feared that in these matters there i: a very general want of solidity and good workmanship Usually. however, as was really the case ill the Whitechape affair, the bad work is done and put out of sight, and th consequences only follow in after times. In the case o the - Holborn Viaduct a flagrant failure either in the wort or the materials has been made immediately apparent ti ell ; and we trust that due means will be taken to remed3 it before it is followed, as it may be, by a serious calamity The flying squadron arrived at Simon's Bay, Capf of Good Hope, on tho 4th ult., and was to leave for Per Philip, Melbourne, on the 14th. METROPOLI7 AN GOSSlP —Thursday. The depression exhibited by Mr. Gladst sne a tLe Guildhall has been the theme of general comment. It is not altogether surprising. The Premier is not one c f those men who think that, so long as they have a good working majority, all is well. He feels that all is not well while any portion of the Queen's subjects are disaffected. _ . It is for this cause—because the spouters of treason are still listened to in Ireland, because one measure intended to shew that England was prepared to treat Ireland with justice has failed to produce that effect, because Irishmen are still as they were before, turbulent and treasonable, that Mr. Gladstone had reason to be depressed. Nor is this all. Not only has one "message of peace" failed to elicit any peaceful response, but the knowledge that another is about to be sent has only led to outrageous demands, which weaken the hands of those who were preparedto grant all that was just. Mr. Gladstone's chief difficulty in helping Irish tenants is not opponents in the Cabinet, not the Opposition in Parliament, not the Irish landlords, but the Irish tenants themselves. In supposing that legislation is to be extorted by terror these make the greatest possible mistake. Treasonable mass-meetings and agrarian outrages hinder legislation; render it necessary to apply to the Executive rather than to the Legislature. It is quite within the bounds of possibility—l fear of probability — that there will be either a great increase of isolated crimes during the coming winter, or another desperate movement. The position is, in fact, very "strained." Threatening letters are being constantly received by landlords, and they are now told that if they attempt to evade danger by leaving the country, as many of them are resolved to do, they will be followed and punished. Clearly, the hostility of seven centuries is not to be assuaged in half as many months. Mr. Gladstone can hardly expect to see the result of his own measures. They will need many years to pro duce their intended effect. _ _ Meanwhile Cabinet Councils are frequent; but as Mr. Chichester Fortescue has not yet come over to attend them, and the Government are waiting for some statistics which they have ordered to be collected in Ireland, it is probable that the land question is not the topic which is uppermost at present. Some journalists had ventured to predict that Mr. Gladstone would shadow forth his land bill at the City banquet; but, of course, he did nothing of the sort. On the other hand, his refer ence to foreign affairs and to our relations with the United States, taken in connection with his recent visit to Lord Clarendon, indicates that it is the Alabama question which is just now most prominent. It is generally believed that we are not far off from a settlement, and that before long the Government will despatch a plenipotentiary to Wash ington with power to settle this long-standing dispute Few men have laid themselves so open to attack as Mr. Ayrton has just done. His speech on being re-elected was as bad as bad could be, and amply deserved the stinging leader which the Times published on Tuesday, and the reprobation of Mr. Layard in his speech at Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle on the evening of the same day. Mr. Ayrton's remarks show that he is utterly unfit for a post which in volves such matters as the building of the New Law Courts, the construction of new streets, and the beautifying of this most ugly of capitals. If Mr. Ayrton had been First Com missioner during the past three years Hyde Park railings would still be in the state of ruin to which they were reduced on July 23, l 866; the Knightsbridge side of the park would still be the hideous wilderness that it used to be ; and Parliament-square would still be the paviors' yard that it was, instead of the garden that it is. It is really melancholy to think of the fate that is in store for our lawyers and suitors now that a lawyer has been made mdi'e. All the world knows that it was not Mr. Layard's wish to take the New Law Courts into a back street off the Strand, but that the idea was Lowe's, started by him because he thought he could save a few hundred thousand pounds. Mr. Layard had too much artistic taste to throw away a splendid opportunity of giving London a palace of justice worthy of the empire. But Mr. Ayrton is of the same mind as Mr. Lowe; economy is the first consideration even in a work that is to endure for centuries. So we may be sure that next year the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is the most obstinate man alive, will renew his proposal, and, should he insist upon its being made a Ministerial question, Parliament will, of course, support him, however unwillingly. It may be asked what could have induced Mr. Gladstone to put Mr. Ayrton in his present place. The answer is certainly not (as certain critics of small imagination and large suspicion have affirmed) to find a place for the Premier's son, but to remove the member for the Tower Hamlets from his former post of Secretary to the Treasury. For that post he was even more unfit than for the one which he now holds. The first requires tact in dealing with men, the second requires only taste in dealing with bricks and mortar. If Mr. Ayrton has little of this, he had absolutely nothing of that. The whipper-in should be as little like his name as possible ; the whip should never be seen ; the whipper should be the blandest and discreetest of confidential friends. He should know exactly how far to argue seriously, how far to joke, how far to hint at results satisfactory to an ➢I.P. who gives his vote " for a consideration." But Mr. Ayrton used to irritate instead of persuade, and instead of con tenting himself with " a word to the wise," he would pour out a never ending torrent of talk. This being so, why place him in office at all ? Mr. Gladstone would reply, in the words of Horace, "Nec tecum, nec sine te, vivere possum." Mr. Ayrton may be an unsatisfactory colleague ; but to have him for a foe, with his power of talk, would be some thing terrible to contemplate. No doubt the Premier will look out for some colonial governorship in which the Right Hon. Commissioner will be able to exercise his talents, especially as it would seem to be the policy of the Government just now to snub the colonies. But then the post must be a first-class one in order to satisfy Mr. Ayrton's opinion of Mr. Ayrton, and, unfortunately, the occupants of first-class posts are not in the habit of resigning their offices as frequently as colonial bishops do It is said that Lord Cairns is about to resign the leader ship of the Conservative party in the Upper House, on account of ill-health. I know nothing of this myself, but see it mentioned in the London correspondence of a Con servative journal of high standing. The same authority says that there is perfect agreement between Lord Cairns and Mr. Disraeli, and that the Marquis of Salisbury is quite alone. I doubt the last fact. Nevertheless, it is possible that the new Lord Derby, rather than Lord Salisbury, will lead the Conservative peers in future. Twelve months ago to-day the severe battle of 1868, which had been impending for such a lengthened period, commenced in earnest by the publication of a supplement to the London Gazette, dissolving the late Parliament, and ordering the writs for a new one to be returnable on the 10th of December. To-day we again find ourselves in the centre of electioneering strife, and although the coming fights will not decide the fate of a Ministry, they never theless excite a great amount of interest. The first con test in importance is undoubtedly the one raging in Scot land, where Mr. Gordon endeavours to retrieve his defeat of last year. Partly through the injudicious selec tion of Mr. Smith as the Liberal candidate, and partly owing to the active exertions of the Conservative com mittee, it is generally anticipated that the Liberal party will experience a defeat. To-day the Speaker will issue his warrant for new writs for the county of Tipperary, and for the boroughs of Waterford, Whitby, and Hastings. The vacancy in Tipperary, which is caused by the death of Mr. Moore, will probably be filled by Mr. Heron, who " goes in" for fixity of tenure and for the release of the Fenian prisoners. At Waterford, where Mr. Blake has retired on his appointment as an inspector of Irish fisheries, Mr. Bernal Osborne is competing with two other Liberal candidates ; and, in spite of this split on the Liberal sile, no Conservative has yet come forward. Mr. W. H. Gladstone expects to get re-elected at Whitby by a large majority, although Major Woreley, who was defective by 376 votes last Nov., is in the field in opposition. A severe contest is antici pated at Hastings, where there is a seat vacant through the death of Mr. Frederick North. Mr Kay-Shuttleworth, who fought a gallant fight in North East Lancashire, being beaten by only 131 votes, is opposed by Mr. Robertson, a former member. The battle last year was an exceedingly hollow one, the Liberals polling several hundreds more than their opponents; but the Conservatives rely on the popularity of Mr. Robertson to reverse the verdict then given with such decisiveness in favour of the Liberals. The other seats at present vacant are Lynn and Chester. At the former borough Lord Claud Hamilton is opposed by Mr. Young, both gentlemen having lost their seats last year—the former at Londonderry and the latter in Cambridgeshire. Mr. Young is for some reason exceed ingly popular, r.nd his former constituents were very sore when they found that owing to the minority clause their old member had been dist anced by young Mr. Ervid. Young's qualifications for Parliament are not very apparent, and the electors of Cambridgeshire re turned him formerly on the understanding that the :never spoke. I believe that he always " voted straight." If a Grosvenor comes for and for Chester, the seat so long occupied by a member of that family will in. all likelihood be retained. Mr. Layarcl's seat at Southwark will not be vacated until February, when Sir Sydney Waterlow, who so gallantly won, and after wards lost, Dumfriesshire, is expected to be the Liberal candidate. The Conservatives threaten to contest the seat, but with an united Liberal phalanx the fight cannot be looked upon as a serious one. The rumoured elevation of Mr. Robertson, the member for ,Berwickshire, to the peerage, has not been confirmed, but the retirement of Mr. Corry from the representation of Tyrone is much talked of. The right hon. gentleman has sat for this county forty-three years, and will resign on account of ill-health. Newspaper proprietors are just now up in arms against the Lord Chancellor because he has refused to appoint a gentleman of their profession to the magistrates' bench. Lord Hatherley says that it is not desirable to appoint as magistrates men who have to criticise in the press the doings of their colleagues, and that journalists have no reason to complain of being excluded from the magistracy, because lawyers, brewers, and clergy men are' excluded. It is strange that so zealous a Churchman as Lord Hatherley should be ignorant of the fact that the clergy form a very large proportion of the rural magistracy. It is still more strange that he should not see that if the exercise of criticism disqualifies a man from holding one ()Mee, it must do so for all, and that Mr. Baines, Sir John Gray, and all the other M.P. journalists ought to be prevented from entering Parlia ment. It is strangest of all that, having laid down this rule of exclusion, Lord Hatherley should be the first to set it aside ; that having refused to sanction the appointment of a Conservative journalist in Kent, he should sanction that of two Liberal journalists in Yorkshire. The absurdity of any exclusion at all is apparent when I add that Lord Hatherley makes an excep tion in favour of journalists who have already served the office of mayor. Of course journalists are far too powerful a body of men to let this matter rest where it is ; and so thanks to the intervention of Mr. Stansfeld, himself a member of the Government, a deputation is to wait upon the Chancellor and represent the whole matter to him. The now Lord Derby is making great changes at Knows ley. Under his father's regime there must have been a vast amount of extravagance. The beer bill was £5,000 a-year, and the sum spent, or rather charged, for corn given to the game was £250 a week. Somebody ought to have had a nice picking off these amounts. The Lord Stanley, whom we all know, is not the man to allow this style of things to go on, and he is entirely rearranging his house hold staff. The Poet Laureate is building for himself " a lordly pleasure house," as the man who is making £4,000 a year by poetry can well afford to do. He has cleared some fine forest land on the Surrey hills, not far from God aiming, and is erecting there a spacious dwelling, sur rounded by extensive grounds. It has already received the name of Tennyson House. It is at a short distance from Blackdown House, a fine old place, once the abode of Oliver Cromwell. It is to be hoped that Mr. Tennyson may be able to secure for himself the privacy whichhe could not obtain in the Isle of Wight, although it is questionable if any part of England, if even Dartmoor itself, would com pletely meet the wishes of the Laureate in this respect. The Divorce Court is now once more in full operation. The suit brought by Sir Charles Mordaunt against Viscount Cole and Sir F. Johnstone will in all probability not come on this term. Lady Mordaunt's insanity has led to this delay. It is hoped that she may recover sufficiently to be able to traverse the charge:. Certain professional habitues of the Court state that they have copies of letters to Lady Mordaunt from a still more distinguished person than either of the two co-respondents above mentioned, letters which the world would very much like to see, but will not see at present—perhaps not at all. I have been allowed to see the signature only, and prefer to say nothing more. This same savoury court was fast falling into discredit by reason of the increasing number of unopposed suits. It be came clear that these were matters of arrangement between husbands and wives tired of each other. At last the Queen's Proctor has been stirred up to intervene in behalf of public morals. Another case beside the Mordaunt one is likely to come off shortly. A well-known actress is one of the principals. Actions for libel are threatened, and, I believe, have been commenced against the publishers of certain insurance papers by the directors of the Albert Company. Another item of insurance news is that in all probability the action against the Albert directors will fall through for the same reason as the action against the Overend and Gurney directors probably will—want of means on the part of the prose cutor. Another item of journal news is, that an old esta blished Sunday paper is believed to he moribund, all the hands engaged on it having received notice. Since the death of its proprietor, about a dozen years ago, it has ceased to contain much original news, and has been going down the hill rapidly. We Londoners are all full of humiliation at the terrible Holborn Viaduct fiasco. We dare not walk through Leicester-square, for we cannot venture to look a foreigner in the face. However, there is still the hope that the mischief is more apparent than real. Another great public work is just about to be commenced—the new Money Order Post-office. A large number of houses have been cleated away just opposite to the General Post Office, at St. Martin's-le-Grand, and on this site the new structure will be erected. The façade will be 860 feet in length, with an elevation of 89 feet. It will be of classical design, in order to match the General Post Office, and will present four architectural fronts, with interior arrange ments of sufficient capacity to meet, in every Particular, the increasing requirements of this important branch of the public service. Last night there were torrents of rain for a short time, followed by a sky so clear that the stars seemed close to the earth, and by an intense frost. This morning the parks were as white with hoar frost as though there had been a heavy fall of snow. If experience is any guide in meteorology, we shall have a warm winter after this premature cold. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. 88. TEMPLE, BISHOP OF EXETER. The Dean and Chapter of Exeter have obeyed the law, and refrained from doing an injustice to an individual; they yesterday—as we thought from the first they would—elected Dr. Temple as Bishop. The opposition would seem to have fallen through, at any rate there was no very long discussion. After the first lesson had been read the Dean and his Canons retired. They were absent only half an hour, so there could not have been either long speeches or many of them. When they returned it was announced that they had complied with the man date of the Crown. The course they have taken is satisfactory on every side. FROM THE PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The Association for Promoting. the Union of Christendom will hail with delight a letter from the Archbishop of Constanti no pl e , th e " (Ecumenical Patriarch, to the Primate of all England. The Guar dian publishes such a one. It is full of expressions of love, and conveys to the Archbishop of Canterbury, "brotherly salutation in Christ." Apparently it is a reply to two communications from the English Metro politan—the first.being the Encyclicalletter of the Pan- Anglican Synod, the second a copy of the English Prayer-book. The Eastern Patriarch says he has deferred the answer to the former letter that he might study the " sacred ecclesiastical work." The result of his study of the Articles and Liturgy of the Church of England is not at all complimentary to our orthodoxy. When his Holiness received the Prayer-book he "rejoiced greatly in his soul" for joy that the dawn was come of the gathering together in one fold. As he read, however, his joy was moderated. With the state ment that the Prayer-book was founded on the Word of God he was pleased ; but thereafter came enuncia tions of the eternal existence of the Holy Spirit ; suspicious doctrines he found of the Eucharist, the number of the Sacraments was reduced, the saints not spoken of as they should have been, and the Eastern Church in Article 19 was said to have erred. The Patriarch, finding his own communion thus accused, is in suspense ; and prays for more light from above. His letter closes with the same expressions of love in Christ unto Dr. Tait as marks its commencement. THE QIIfEEN. Her Majesty is casting off the remembrance of the past more and more. On Saturday she had a long day in London, and during the week she has been holding councils and giving audiences. Enthusiastic royalists will no doubt see much significance, too, in the fact that the Queen has, for the first time since the Prince Consort's death, taken horse exercise. On Wednesday she rode out with the Duchess of Roxburgh. OUR COLONIAL POLICY. - -- ----- The Times is in the act of performing another of its favourite changes of front. Up to this week it supported, not only the general policy of in sistin g upon the colonies bearing their own burdens, but also the refusal of the Government to allow the 18th Regiment to remain in New Zealand—an application of the new colonial journals that which the Spectator and other that usually uphold the Liberal Government con demn as excess!va. Now, however, the Times pre pares to reconsider the matter. It admits that the New Zealanders must not be dealt with too harshly. It regards it as probable that the Government may alter their resolution. True, it is now too late to keep the regiment in the colony, because the order for departure is far on the way ; but the suggestion of Lord Carnarvon that the English Government should guarantee a loan to New Zealand, and give the colony the means of providing for its own defene r is, the Times thinks, worth consideration. The signs still further point to the conclusion that, unless the Government do something in the mean time, there will be a sharp fight on colonial policy when Parliament meets. THE CHELTENHAM CONSERVATIVES. Th© Working Men's Constitutional Association of ,ucii.cimum nave given a eanquet to the Conservativet candidate at the last election—Mr. J. T. Agg-Gardner. There was a strong muster of local Conservatism; but the only M.P. present was the übiquitous Charley. This active M.P. (the number of meetings he has attended lately defies computation) was as full of hope as ever. The Conservative party, he is sure, is rising from its ashes. "There is a great shaking among the dry bones." Mr. Charley thinks that the land question has been largely misapprehended. In his opinion, the worst proprietors in Ireland were the small ones, who had vested in the landed estates as a speculation, and wanted to make the most of it, and consequently the 4 ' screw" was put on ; the tenants thought they had a vested interest in the land and objected to leaves. lle believed fixity of tenure would prove the greatest curse to Ireland. Mr. Charley is somewhat liberal on the education question. He will not object to an extension of the factory system. WAIL AGAINST LANDLORDS. The land agitation is producing some very deplo rable results in Westmeath and other parts of Ireland. .We have heard a good deal about tyranny to tenants; there now arises one or two cases of robbery of land lords. A correspondent of the Daily Express states that the agent of a landlord in Westmeath, going to collect his rents, was met by the stern assurance that no money would be paid until Parliament had settled the land question. "On mildly expostulating, and asking what Mr. was to do—that he was a good employer, and how could he continue to be such without being paid his rents—the answer was —' Let him live now on what he has wrung from us ; he had his turn, and now it is ours.' This gen tleman is a Roman Catholic/ and his agent, a kind hearted man, had to return to him without one shilling." Another instance seems to point to organised coercion. Some old leases recently fell in on the estate of a landlord whom the correspondent describes as an excellent proprietor, and, with the assent of the tenants, the rents were raised to what was admitted to be only the just value of the land. For some time the increased rent was paid ; but on the Ist of this month the tenants received a notice ordering them to pay only the rent under the old leases. Whence this order came does not appear; but the tenants have been afraid to disregard it, and have accordingly tendered the lesser sum, which was of course refused. Another landlord for gave a defaulting tenant three half - years' rent , a nd paid, in addition, £l5O to regain possession of a farm which the tenant was unable to cultivate. The result is that the person who has .been thus treated has sent several threatening letters to his late landlord. THE BRIGLT SIDE OF IRISH LIFE. It is pleasant to be reminded that in many cases the relations of property in Ireland are better than is generally represented. A day or two ago the tenants on the Kilfane and Tipperary estates of Sir John Power met to present Mr. and Mrs. Power with a testimonial on the occasion of their marriage. On this large property the best agreement prevails between the owner and the cul. tivator. Sir John and Lady Power deal liberally with those under them ; during the famine thousands of pounds were expended in drainage; and since that time much has been done in the interests of the occupier. The result is that the kindliest feeling is felt by the latter to his landlord. This testimonial meeting was of the most enthusiastic kind. The Times correspon dent, after noticing the occurrence, adds :—" Such de monstrations offer an agreeable contrast to the organised exhibitions of discontent which are kept in the foreground of Irish public life. They are not confined to Sir J. Power's tenantry. It would be an interesting , inquiry how many estates, covering a large area in the country, have given similar proofs of prosperity and contentment within the last ten years." The writer thinks they are many. TUE O ' DONOGIIUE'S BACKING OUT. Mr. Smith, who acted on behalf of the O'Donoghue rn the matter of the late challenge to fight a duel, claims the sole credit of the settlement of the affair. From the time he accepted the position of second, he determined to avert actual combat if it were possible. He found it in his power to pre. vent the shedding of blood ; taking advantage of the occasion he stepped in between the two would-be duellists. Mr. Smith tells us that it was " all by chance " that the two Irish M.P.'s did not come together at Boulogne. Major Lynch accidentally came across him at Charing-cross Station just as he was starting with his princi pal for the Continent ; if they had not so fallen together a meeting must have been the result. So The O'Donoghue must not he charged with cowardice, or Mr. Moore of being afraid; Mr. Smith, however, is a first-class diplomatist. Thus " everything is satisfac tory to everybody." THE HOLBORN VIADUCT. The authorities have some consolation to offer respecting the cracks in the granite columns that support the iron bridge by which the Holborn Viaduct is carried over Farringdon-street. The occurrence is unfortunate, certainly, but the damage, it seems, has been over-estimated. The cracks are a great blemish to the beauty of the structure, but they involve no danger to the safety of the bridge. T;lere will, it seems, he no difficulty in repairing the di2aster. But several judges hold that granite pillars were not the best supports for such an enor mous burden, mid that the . only means of effectual repair will be to substitute other material. This is hardly a stat isfactory issue to so many years' labour, immediately after the completion of the work. TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR SYME. Readers interested in the progress of medical scienco will be glad to hear that Professor Syme's retirement from the chair of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh is not to take place without some expression of esteem being made to him. Both in Edinburgh and in London a movement is progressing amongst t to seientificmen and the members of the university erect a memori a l to the retiring lecturer. A meeting to further this object was held on Wednesday in London. In the chair was Professor Lyon Playfair, the member for the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrew's : among the speakers were Sir Roderick Murchi son, Sir Henry Thompson, and Mr. Paget ; and Mr. Thomas Carlyle wrote offering hlO towards a Syme testimonial: Resolutions were passed in favour of a memorial. It was determined that it in the of Edinburgh, to should take the form of first, a fellowship for the pro motionSyme Fellowship ;" and, second, a be called of s t u h r e g e rUniversity marble bust, to be placed in the University Library, or in the hall of the new Royal Infirmary. A corn* mittee was appointed to carry out the plans. DEATH OF A BARONESS. The death is announced of Baroness Windsor in the 72nd year of her age. She was daughter of the fifth Earl of Plymouth, an extinct title, and married in 1819 the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, the son of the Earl of Powis. She took the title of Baroness Windsor in 1855. The barony had been in abeyance since 1833, and it was in the first named year terminated in her favour. She was the patron of three livings. Her successor is Robert George, son of the late Sir Windsor Clive, M.P. THE EFFECTS OF TRADES' UNIONS. Mr. George Potter once more takes up the cause of Trades' UnioniSts. Mr. Edmund Ashworth wrote a letter to prove that the badness of trade was owing to the operation of the Unions; Mr. Potter holds that whatever . may be the cause of the depression it is not to be attributed to the combinations of workmen. But his defence is found wanting by the Times, which insists that strikes and similar movements have driven various branches of manu facture out -of England. No doubt workmen can do . as they please with their own labour ; but there is one question which has never been satisfactorily settled, either by Mr. Potter or any other advocate of Unions. If Mr. POtter wished to set his friends right with the public, he should have simply stated that it was not the " function" of a Trade Union to concern itself with the views or proceedings of any but its . own members. Such an affirmation would exonerate the Unions from blame ; but the Times affirms that it has never been made. " Although Mr. Potter and hi s colleagues this assurance, they have most caref u ll y abstained from doing so, and they leave us, theref ore , w ith the unavoidable impression p that, whatever they may think of Free Trade gene rally, they will not, if they can help it , a llow the ri g ht of individual freedom.to the British workman." SAFE SWINDLING• ----- --- A remarkable instance of the sort of roguery which the law fails to reach is furnished by a case heard on Wednesday at a London police-court. A man entered the shop of a stationer in Poplar and gave an order for some pencils in writing. Half an hour after wards another man came to the same . shop offering for sal e a quan tity of pencils of different kinds, and exactly answer i ng the description of those ordered . by the fi rs t i mpos t or . The stationer — young and inexperienced —was th u s induced to buy twelve dozen articles, at a price far exceeding their valt:e. The man who gave the order of course never pre sented himself aga i n . Th e sw indler who offered the goods for sale Was apprehended but the magistrate felt himself unabl e to - inflict any punishment . Tile . fraud was clea r enoug h, b u t the case was one of caveat enlpier—th e stationer ought to have known good pencils fro m b a d ones . This is true; but con sidering that th ese i m p os t or s have practised the same trick all over London, and have duped at least sixty persons, it is unfortunate that such roguery cannot be checked. FARMING OUT PAUPVIt CHILDREN. The Poor-law Board have been asked to lay down the law as to the boarding-out of pauper children.; to the application. Th e and they have, th r ough their Secretary, acceded request came from the, Bpthuo-green guardians, who have had an otter - rrom a - lady to adopt silt orphan girls and to maintain them, without cost to the parish. Mr. Peel, in reply, tells the ap plicants that they have perfect liberty to accept Miss Preusser's offer; the law imposes no restrictions whatever. But it is not so lax in regard to cases where money payments are made. It allows guar dians to put children out to board ; it permits them to grant any . relief to whomsoever within the limits of their own parish may require it; but it prohibits cash bestowals in other parishes. Thus Bethnal-green children must be kept within the limits of Bethnal-green. This interpretation of the law takes away one of the recommendations of the boarding-out system—that children might be sent under it to the country. The Poor-law Board insist that in case the plan is adopted an efficient system of inspection shall be maintained; and a hint is given of a proposed reform of the law. REWARDS TO INFORMERS. The Telegraph regards the case recently decided in its favour as evidence against the practice of offering certain penalties as rewards to the persons who undertake prosecutions. A common informer the other day brought an action against the Telegraph to recover penalties for publishing advertisements offering a reward for the return of lost or stolen property, accompanied with a promise that no ques tions should be asked. The prosecution was founded upon an old Act of George 11., which stipulated that the publisher of such advertisements should bo liable to a penalty of £5O, this sum being payable to any person who . chose to sue for the penalty. Unfortunately for the informer in this case it was found that the statute had been repealed, and that the proceedings therefore were invalid. The Telegraph deprecates the practice of encouraging the trade of common informer by offer ing fines to prosecutors. This noble profession is much less practised than formerly, but "even recent legislation commits this species of mistake." An Act passed so recently as 1861—one of the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts—directs that the penalty of £5O for publishing the illegal announcement shall be payable "to any person who will sue for the same by action of debt, to be recovered with full costs of suit." But the courts of justice discourage informa tions in every possible way, and for an evident reason: the informer brings only those actions which are likely to pay, and thus the operation of the law becomes very irregular and uncertain. The informer, too, is most commonly merely the puppet of some attorney. The practice, our contemporary thinks, is decidedly prejudicial to the interests-of justice. " BOSCH." "Bosch," unhappily, is no bosh, but a very sad reality. A little while ago a man was charged with stealing a large quantity of suet from a " factory," and it transpired in evidence that this fat was used in the manufacture of butter. The owners of the " factory" indignantly denied the imputation. But the Grocer, whilst accepting this explanation, declares that in London there are several manufacturers of what the public buy for butter, but which is known in the trade as " bosch." "We regret that this is the case, but it is of no use blinking the fact. -it is, per haps, the work of that inexorable master—the law of supply and demand. There is a large section of the public who will have butter at a less price than any dairy man or woman could produce it for, so the manufacturer of bosch steps in and fills the gap." WARFARE BY NON-CONSUMPTION. The resolution of the Amnesty Committee to bring tne English Government to its senses by discouraging, the use of tobacco, and thereby injuring the re venue, is by no means without precedent. The Italians of Milan, whilst under Austrian rule, re nounced the use of cigars made by their hated masters ; the women of St. Petersburg forswore French millinery during the Crimean War; and the New Englanders, in 1770, bound themselves to drink no tea until the obnoxious Stamp Act was with drawn. But, though these examples are undoubtedly highly respectable, it does not appear that the self. denying persons ever achieved anything. THE PANTIN MURDERS. It is stated that Troppmann, the man in custody on suspicion of perpetrating the wholesale massacre at Pantin, near Paris, has made a full confession. lie was the butcher of the whole Kinck family. So far from the father or the son having any share in the bloody deed, they, too, were murdered by his hand. Troppmann declares that he first killed Kinck, the father, and buried the body; that he next lured Kinck's eldest son to Paris, made him drunk, and killed him; and that, by means of forged letters, he persuaded Madame Kinck to come to Pantin with the rest of her family, murdering them all in the field where their bodies were found. The murderer is said to have been fond of his relatives, and to have sent some of the money he gained by the massacre to his sister as a present. The hypothesis that Troppmann murdered the entire family has long been thought the only one that would meet the circumstances of the case. FOREIGN NOTES. TUB INSURRECTION IN' DALMATIA. News from Ti ieste on the 9th states that the Prince of Montenegro has addressed a circular note to the foreign consuls at Ragusa and Scutari, communicating the deci sion of the Senate of Montenegro forbidding the people to take any part in the Dalmatian insurrection. Further in telligence of the same date from Cattaro reports that the prince had ordered three of his subjects to be tried by court-martial for having joined the insurgents in the at tack on Fort Stanjevitch. A Montenegrin has been: acci dentally killed by an Austrian spent ball, and the Austrian commandant has replied to the complaint of the Prince that in future every effort should be made to respect Montenegrin territory, expressing at the same time a hope that the Prince would prevent any violationof the Austrian territory. We learn from Jara, through Vienna on the 10th November, that the whole of Zuffa is subdued, and opera tions were to be commenced in the district of Crisseh. The Montenegrin frontier has been guarded since the last engagement, so that the Montenegrins can partly prevent the passage of the insurgents. The North-East Correspondence of two days' earlier date gives full particulars of the recent Imperial successes. At Pobori, which was taken by assault and burned, the insurgents made a desperate resistance, and a great number of them were captured. Two Servian officers were found in their ranks. The imperial forces were endeavour ing to cut the communications between Montenegro, Dal matia, and Albania. A combination with the Montenegrin and the Albanian mountaineers is very much feared by the Austrian; as the twenty leagues of mountain range which form the frontier of Montenegro offer immense advantages to the insurgents. The North-East Correspondence remarks that the Montenegrins have always been anxious to obtain an outlet to the Adriatic, and that it is very probable they will profit by the Pansclavist agitation to make a moves went in that direction. The occupation of the Dal matian towns by the insurgents signifies, according to this journal, the submission of the Italian element ; while the loss of the mountains indicates the revolt of the Sclave element, which will always derive support from Her zegovina, Montenegro, and Albania. The Sclaves are the enemies of the Italians of the coast, and it was the Dalma tians, the ancient mercenary marines of Venice, who con quered Admiral Persano at Lissa. It is therefore an error to suppose it possible that Garibaldi would put him self at the head of the Dalmatian insurrection. THE POLES IN AUSTRIA. The prorogation of the Gallician Diet has been delayed in order that it may dispose of some important questions of local administration. The Diet afforded an instance of Its wisdom and public spirit in rejecting the proposals of the Polish " irreconciliables" who wished to cause a rupture with Austria. In spite of the efforts which Herr Smalka and the extreme party made, the majority decided upon sending delegates to the Reichsrath as heretofore. The Austrian Govern ment, on its side, has exhibited far greater moderation, and seems more inclined to yield to the demands contained in the resolution just passed by the Diet. The governor of the province has used his influence to induce the Assembly to act in a constitutional manner, and so promote the interests of the country. GERMANY. There seems a good chance now that Count Bismarck's projected journey to Carlsruhe will take place. The object of this visit is supposed to be the carrying out of a new political combination, which will allow of the entrance of the grand duchy of Baden into the Prussian Confederation. It is believed in Berlin that General Fleury's mission in Russia is to bring about an interview between the Emperor Alexander and the Emperor Napoleon. The French Envoy will propose that it should take place at Nice. A corre spondent of the New Free Tress mentions the same news. PORTABLE FORTS. The military correspondent of the Eastern Budget at Vienna sends an interesting description of the new port able forts or watchbouse3 which are being used'against the insurgents in Dalmatia. These forts are roughly fitted up as barracks for about twenty men, with 1-inch iron plates and are consequently musket-proof. The whole can be put together or taken to pieces in a very short time. The men sleep in hammocks. It might be worth consider ing whether these moveable forts could not be adopted with advantage in New Zealand. The two-wheeled bullock carts commonly used there would suffice to carry the iron plates and screws required for the fort. and the wood might be obtained on the spot. THE IBERIAN UNION, The last reports from Lisbon state that the question of the Iberian Union has again been brought forward. In spite of the former refusal of Dom Fernando, a strong appeal has just been made to him, and it has received the support of England. Dom Fernando is requested to take the Government of Spain fol:one year, and after. the expiration or that perioa h 0 IS to be; tree tO retie) and transfer the crown to the King of Portugal. The latter would reside at Madrid, and be at once King of Spain and Portugal. The national party in Spain is opposed to the annexation, and it has intimated to the King that it ne accepted the Spanish crown. Lisbon would; pronounce his dethronement. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Thursday. The Cork correspondent of Saunders's News Letter says that the murder on Saturday night in that City, instead of exciting abhorrence, is openly regarded with satisfaction, as the deserved punish ment of a " traitor to the cause." Et was not as serted that Callaghan had betrayed his fellow con3pirators, but that he had threatened to do so, believing that he was not equitably dealt with by the financiers of the brotherhood. Even the family of the deceased do not bewail his death. On Mon day, when the assassination became publicly known, a near relative of his was asked, " Is it true that Dan was shot last night ?" The answer, coolly aud un concernedly returned, was, " So I hear ;" and to the question, " Arid why was he shot ?" the laconic reply was given, " I suppose he deserved it." The Saunders's correspondent goes on to say : " But even those in a class of society far above the mur dered Fenian publicly applaud the assassination. Yesterday a petson of position, holding an im portant public office, openly declared, when travelling in a train, that 'if Callaghan were an informer his best reward was two lead pills ; and he hoped more of theta would get the same.' This is the feeling of an individual wearing broadcloth, and is well known to be that of hundreds of the well-dressed in this city, who, if not sworn Fenians, are avowedly open sympathisers with the conspiracy. While the police are unable to procure evidence to justify arrest, they are not ignorant of the circumstances which led to the slaying of Callaghan, nor of the parties who decreed his death, or those who were selected to carry out the 'execution.' Callaghan, who was a ' B' iu the 'I. R. 8.,' frequently com plained of not being pecuniarily recompensed for the benefits he had performed on the scale that others were rewarded, and gave hints that if not more liberally dealt with it might be unpleasant to parties whom the public little suspected. This was a danger to be averted ; and the subject was, it is said, discussed in the conclave of head-centres. Passing over the other rumours afloat, it is sufficient to say that Callaghan was met last Sunday evening by two brothers,' who invited him to drink. They went to a public-house at the south of this city. There they plied the unconscious victim freely, and then left the house. They passed over the Anglesea Bridge to the centre of the city ; and in Noonan's place, a wide street connecting the south and north channels of the Lee, they were accosted by three other brothers,' to whose care the enter tainers confided Callaghan, to take him home. With these be proceeded along Merchants'-quay, over Patrick's-bridge ; but instead of conducting him to his house at Anson's hill, which lay on the left-hand side, conveyed him along Patrick's• quay on the right-hand side, which is continued by Penrose's quay, at the extreme end of which the deed of blood was done. From the evidence given at the inquest there can be no doubt but that two of the three companions fired into the skull of Callaghan, and that they were not persons in indigent circum stances. It is stated that the offence of Callaghan being condoned by the loyalty of his relatives to the I. It. 8.,' a public funeral has been accorded to his remains, which is to take place on next Sun day." The Cork Examiner publishes a letter from a " reliable correspondent," who states that he has recently had a conversation with several of the Fenian prisoners confined at Portland, and that they are anxious that the amnesty meetings should cease, feeling that the language used by many of the speakers is calculated to prolong rather than to shorten the duration of their punishment. The writer intimates pretty plainly that the prisoners are very much disgusted at the pretended zeal of their false friends. It is stated that a magisterial inquiry into the murder of Morton by the Orangemen of Drumaloor is to take place immediately. No cause can be assigned for the attempted mur der of Mr. Thomas Mac Adam, of Ashrowe, county Limerick, except that he had recently discharged acme servants with whom fault had been found. The outrage was committed at seven o'clock on Sunday evening. Mr. Mac Adam was standing with his back to the fire in a stooping position when he heard a noise like the report of a pistol and the slapping of something in the grate. He turned round to look at the grate when a second shot was fired, the contents passing over his head and lodg ing in the wall. lie immediately ran for his gun, which happened to be loaded, and fired through the parlour window, but without effect. On Tuesday he received a letter, stating that his ancestors were traitors, and warning him not only to sell out his place, but to leave the country with his family within a month. The writer warned him that, if he did not comply with this order by the Bth December, he would be a dead man soon afterwards. Mr. Mac- Adam is neither a landlord nor an agent, but a gen tleman farmer. CITY OFFICES COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at St. Clement's-house ; Mr. Alder man llakin in the chair. The following special report of the auditors, Messrs. Maynard and Price, was presented to the shareholders :—" We have to report that we have examined the books and accounts of the company, and that we find the figures in the latter correctly stated. We cannot, however, sign the accounts, as we disapprove of the account called the Profit and Loss Suspense Account.' This account is credited with the amount received on extinguished shares, which, in our opinion, clearly belongs to capital ; and among the debits are various items which are as clearly clrargeable to revenue. In other words, a deficiency in revenue is made up out of capital. If the shareholders should think proper to make such an application of the above sum of £30,095 Gs. 2d. it is competent for them to do so, but we, as auditors, cannot assume that such an ap propriation will be directed. The bonds of the company that became due on the Ist of July last, amounting to the sum of £300,000, have been produced to us. These bonds have been cancelled, and a receipt is endorsed on the back of each. We have traced the receipts in respect of the new issue of £200,000 bonds, and find that of this sum there was paid to the company's credit at their bankers the sum of £89,500. A further sum of £3,000 was invested by the company from their Lease hold Redemption Fund' in these their own securi ties, and the remainder, £107,500, was taken by the holders of the original issue in exchange for those due iu July last. We find the expenses of placing this last issue (including commission, stamps, and law expenses) amounted to £3,310 ss. 4d., and they charged to the ' Suspense Profit and Loss Account' before mentioned." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, said that, under ordinary circumstances, his task would be very short and easy. In face, however, of the special report of the auditors he should have to enter into more lengthened particulars. It would be seen that the auditors did not question the accuracy . of the figures, but they have raised a question with re spect to the amount which had fallen in from the forfeited shares. But it was clear to the direc`ors that the mode in which the accounts were presented was the proper form by which the proprietors could be informed of this balance in their favour, for it was a profit on the half year. He was able to show that this application on the forfeited share account was a proper application both from a mercantile and a lawyer's point of view. The directors had determined to take the best advice, and they had obtained the opinion of Mr. Alexander Young, who was an authority in the City, and they had also ob tained the opinion of Mr. Iforatio Lloyd, of kino.'s Bench-walk. Mr. Alexander Young quite agreed with the directors that the accounts were properly made out, and that this was a proper mode to dis pose of the forfeited share accounts ; and Mr. 110- ratio Lloyd, from a legal point of view, had also ruled that this amount was properly carried to the profit and loss account. (Cheers.) It would 1, understood that the account for the Lombard-stree t building was kept distinct from the other accounts, the manner in which that building was adminis tered being a somewhat anomalous mode of pro- , clueing rent. The directors had now 10 months experience since the opening of that room, and they considered that experiment, which the share holders had sanctioned, had been eminently suc cessful. (Cheers.) That room met a great wan t in the City, and it was increasing its subscribers week by week. The number of the subscribers was now 1,500, and upon their lists were included many of ,the most eminent firms in the City ; an d not only so, but even West-end _firms were begin ning to find the value off-a central room like this- The fact that it was appropriated by those for whom it was intended, th it the receipts to the pre sent time amounted to £5,180, and that the num bers were still increasing, gave great hopes of 3 complete succsss. (Cheers.) That very morning th e directors had been engaged with the authorities of the General Post-office, who had taken offices 111 the Lombard-street building, which were to be Oa' netted with the General Post-office by means o f pneumatic tube. The working expenses of Law bard-street had been greater this year than they would be in future years, as many new things had to be purchased this year which would not be re newed. He then went into the accounts With great minuteness, and said that the directors now, a 5 they were starting afresh with a clear working V . *" tem, would be able to practise other economies, 1° the staff and otherwise. The secretary's and ac countant's positions would be filled by one pers °l l and so save several hundreds of pounds. He wen on to explain that the company would let the build ings as far as they could at short periods, bu t tha they should look to nothing less than to let theta a, ; their full value when granting leases for seven (1_ fourteen years, or other periods. He assure d the ! it would only require a moderate improvement he the company's lettings to enable the shareholders blue derive some benefit from their investments, an d assured them that the best efforts of the director: mould be directed to improve the property of th company. He entered into a lengthened estiniatel by which he came to the conclusion that the sne holders would shortly find a balance for a divide!' r; He concluded by moving the adoption of the rep and statement of accounts. Mr. E. MASTERMAN seconded the motion. Mr. A. YOUNG gave his opinion that the direct° had made up the accounts correctly, and be c°ll- sidered that the balance-sheet was very clear. Mr. COPE objected to the large expenses is tha management. at e 5 ju Another shareholder mentioned that estims-e former years had not been adhered to, that a u es : e mate of £3,000 had amounted to £7,000, a nd w ,be estimated receipts had been greatly below " figures which had been given. op' The CHAIRMAN made a reply to the various jeetions, and the motion was carried unanimously k:s The proceedings concluded with a vote o f thas to the chairman. L 1,57 FOR THE USE OF VISITORS 0 THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUS. Antiquarian-Somerset House. M Admission by who • tioll to the secretary. Botanic-Royal Botanic Society of London. B'ig-Lytil park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. -Lf n cleY 6 ' British-Great Russell-s root. Open free on It'• ° "1,0 1-t ) Wednesdays, and Fricla s, 10 to 4 ; summer ni.,° nt ,aDd till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th YIN' 0 . Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving "n 3 ailif City-Guildhall. 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Open free daily. except Friday. s treet' Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Govire,,r,,ooYi Foundling hospital—Guildford-sheet. Open 1- ' - ' le till 4. ... Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. is. A and P ell Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Monday s h das Fr : other days 4d. to the Guildyhall—City ee . May be seen on appl ication pa keer. Hampto pe n Court Palace.—The galleries are opea fr°o except on Friday. Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6 c l. g o odel ° National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. _street' i National Portrait Gallery— , 29, Great George 0 free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. i f clele Trinity House—Trinity-square Tower-bill. ~..° til l ~, lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4. ditlii Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Opell 10 p.m. ls. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Oa ttir' Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls. Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, 1E1'; days, 2s. 6d. Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Ope n froo.6(A' Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. 1s / 4 Highbury Barn and Gardens —Highb ur y . refreshmedt tickets. K Rich m G o a n r d d e p n a s r — k c . h m O o p n e d n . free, o pdaii ly e at o e °l° Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open till;Aura i66sclioli by Royal Horticultural Gardens —Kensing ton. members' order. i;OURSE OF EXCHANG -- x Amsterdam - Short ... 11 17k "' 12 it Do 4 _ Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ••• "-25 400 A ntwerp — ... 25 35 •• 25 l i Brussels —."25 3 5 l3 2 21 Hamburg h — ••• 13 1 1 ••• 25 7 Paris Ditto 2 25 5 3 1 2 21 •..• r 5 _ 3 4 .. Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 k ... 0 oi Vienna — ... 21 , * 12 Trieste — ... 12 2 5 1, 4 , 291 4 a Petersburg Copenhagen Berlin - '' 6 46; ••• Madrid.. •.• Cadiz4Bt ." 26 8 5 ... Leghorn .„ 26 7 4 2 6 8 5 Milan ... 26 7 4 1 8 5 Genoa .. 26 7 2 ''' 2 6 85 ••• Naples •.• Palermo — „. 26 77i . . • 0,0 Messina ..• Lisbon ... Oporto — •.• 511 Rio Janeiro New York York ..,..„ B ti at L: C: Ye 11,?, Mt fo fo, . ...... • • .•• ~' rank May, Esq., 0 0. BIRTHS. as MAY— On the 11th inst , at the Bank of Engl' a l the Si o m f r F sox—On the 9th last at 9 York-ternac°' Fogelit.' . park, Mrs. Edwin Simpson, of , a son and boil.' ii• MARRIAGES. , ~ Job i l I CROFT —PAXTON—On the 10th inst., at Biceso', te r o f - . Croft, Esq., M.B.C.S.E ,to Liddy, sixth dttilgbte , Paxton, Esq., of Bicester, Oxon. Ol St allits TIIELWALL WILKIN—On the 10th iust. at , - , iia (1. ' o f' the l'''. o VP King's Lynn, Francis Thelwall Esq to Emily Martha s , third daughter of 7% ICOrilk" solicitor, King's Lynn. 3ro ot D gil TBS. BATT—On the 10th inst • t 10, Lower SoYra°llrs' ~ ajr Mr. Richard Batt, jun., aged 39. BREACH—On the 10th inst., at Twyford, for k ' S ' rililiV Breach, 7o . Afi vitc DAVISON—O sq n the 10th i ns t., at Sevenoal:s, l' a n 40. the wife of J. R. Davison, Es 1 ., Q.C., M.r., g•--- A . , 10 0‘1:41 London: Printed and Publishe d b y WILMA— -„ strO jf of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TfIE SUN Office So. .` o in w' the Precinct of the Savoy, in tbo County of $l4-11s' Frilay, November 12, 1869. bi es D rilE SUN, LOND .)N, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1869. ,r,~,, I