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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAlRMAN—Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P. Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esc; SECRETARY—Thomas Tallrmach, Esq, ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the 14th of October. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal, with statemen' of the assets and liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORFEITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen -street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.O NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. In Weeks. 3 86 -L14,250 108 - 18,481 rHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ALEXAN DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, o. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street " HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE LIFE BOAT SERVICES. —Durin g the Storms MN.'' of the past twenty-two months the National Life 11Aboat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives E. MOSES & SON (the ORIGINATORS from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, of the READY-MADE CLO THING SYS- The Institution also expended £36,134:in the same period TEM) supply Ready-made Clothing equal on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting to Clothing made to measure , an d Clothin g ' 44,250 for r has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under ewards. made to measure equal to the bes t that can The Institution its management. be obtained. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution. 14,,T0hn-stroet Adelphi, London. E. MOSES and SON possess unequalled resources for the MANUFACTURE of CLOTHING, and are consequently able to supply the public at lower prices than any other house in the trade. LON DON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE STOCK. E. MOSES and SON'S STOCK for the WINTER SEASON comprises an immense assortment of Overcoats. and every descrip ion of Clothing hr all ages, all occasions, tnd• all classes, in all the newest designs and materials. The Directors aro now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par. to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of -1 (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan uary and 15th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (£30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (5E,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, E. MOSES and SON give particular at tention to CLOTHING for YOUNG GEN TLEMEN. For the convenience of Ladies accompaliying their Sons there•is a separate department for this important branch of their businesg, and it is furnished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should 1.6 accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully exchanged. or, if desired, the money will be returned. WANTED, by an ex-Licensed Victualler, Manual Employment, in any caps ity. Town or Country. First-class character. Address E, 13, John street, Hanway-street, Tottenham-court-road. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea gure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmentg are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitruakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Sbce Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT, 155, MINORIES 156, IMINORIES 157, MINOR' ES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATB 87, ALDGATI6 89, ALDGAT F. 59, ALDGATE OXFORD-STP.EET BRA'SCIT. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET :07, NEW OXFORD STREET so 3, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH'. 37, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHDTES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOP. EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p tuliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post tree rIIE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY Chief Office in the United Kingdoml 147, C FIE APSIDE.: CLERICAL, MEDICAL, ANI) GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,00 The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over .£1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION OF TILE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. Branch Office 17, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the company, at the close of 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. The Business is divided under two heads:- Ist—The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that transacted by other Companies. 2nd—The Industrial or Working Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,662,960. The present value of the lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing, was £139,322 15 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,322 15 8 The Liability of the Industrial Branch does not admit of being estimated in the same way as that of the General Branch, on account of the very large proportion of Policies which constantly lar se, so that the balk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms oni7 ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of the Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be had on application. H. HARBEN, Secretary. FVENING EMPLOYMENT WANTED , by a Young Gentleman (a Reader at the Bri . ish Museum), age 22, after Six p.m. Has received a good education. Can give excellent references. Address R, 46, Theobald's road, W.C. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommis ion to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. HARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. (OWN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY 'e- 7 TOOTH PASTE is greatly snperior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from deny, and imparts a pli•avant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. Gd.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. hive at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wont. ,rful liquid. It is now offered to the public IL a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 78.6 d., and 15s. each. including brush. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. EATING'S INSECT rowDER, KILLS MOTHS, and \LL OFFENSIVE INSECTS. Sold in Packets, ls., and Tins, 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. each ; or Is. Packets, free by post, for 12 Postage Stamps. Also in Bottles, with Bellows, IS 6d. and 3s each, by THOMAS HEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,;London, rIEA'FRE ROYAL, I)RURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7. BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault ,lessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, Joh/. Rouse; MrA Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS : Mr Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliam; Miss F.Wright. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jnn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY: Mr Kendall, Miss F. G wynne, Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. 'WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MITCH OF A GOOD THING : Messrs Asbley, C. H. Stephenson, and Misses Maria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to 8. LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G•. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R.Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza, John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bflmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. ' Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. appearanco of Mr. Henry J. Byron. THIS EVEN INC. nt 7, A TIOVSEHOT,D FAIRY. At 7. 5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Fimon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. C!arke, Parselle, &c Mesdames Hughes, Berend. and Mrs. Stephens. To conclude with A BREACH OF PROMISE. Pox-office open from till 5. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN TUFTS EVE NI,NCT, at 7 o'clock, TTTE LOPTERY TICKET: Mr George Honey. At 8 Moore's great Tragedy of TITE GAMESTER : Barry Sullivan; Messrs. J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, Lin Bayne, Charles Horsman, and Lunt; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard. To conclude with THE WATERMAN: Messrs. G. Honey, E. Cotte, Evans; Mrs C. Horsman. Miss R. Power. Principai Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—A.3lol:x SuMrviN. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. Followed by THE TODDLES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton. Maitland, &c. T"E " bUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. QPORTING.—.IOHN ROBERTS supplies the kj DATES 1' EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub i9hed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GA.,ENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgewo.re -road, delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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LAWRENCE, Mayor.—A COMMON COUNCIL -LI holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the 28th day of October, 1869. Resolved—That this Court has received with the deepest feelings of sorrow and regret the mournful intelligence of the death of the Right Honourable Edward Geoff ry Stan ley, Earl of Derby, S.G., ttc., her Majesty's late Prime Minister. That this Court regards the decease of this eminent statesman as a great loss to this nation, and in ex pressing its high admiration of his abilities as a scholar and a legislator desires to convoy to the Countess of Derby its heartfelt and sincere sympathy with her on the in spar able loss she has sustained. WOODTHORPE. ACCABE.—GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL, Regent-street and Piccadilly. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. MACCABE TO-NIGHT will give the FIFTH FAREWELL PERFORMANCE of his univer sally popular Entertainment BEGONE, DULL CARE, which attracted the largest and most fashionable audier.co during the week ever assembled in the Great St. James's Hall. Throngs are turned away nightly. Secure your seats in advance for the final performances. Every Even ing at Eight o'clock, and To-morrow (Saturday) at Three and Eight. Full Orchestra. Conductor, T. G. HARRIS, M.D. ACCABE has achieved a much greater suc cess than any other artiste who has attempted nightly to entertain an audience, having by his own un assisted efforts been enabled to continue the same round of characters for the past four years, without change or interruption, and on every occasion to draw forth the flat tering and tumultuous approbation of the largest number of spectators ever drawn together by a single performer. GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL. MA C CAB E, the Humourist, the Witty, and the Whimsical, the Poet True and Critical, the man of the people, the ladies' man, and everybody's favourite, will COMMENCE a Short Series of his Musical, Comical, Dramatical, Ventriloquial, and Soliloquial Entertainments at the GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL THIS EVENING at B.—The only FAREWELL MATINEE TO-MOR ROW (Saturday), at 3 o'clock. THE FIFTH RECEPTION of FREDERIC MACCABE'S FAREWELL REPRESENTA TIONS of his universally popular "BEGONE, DUL L CARE, in London, will take place THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, at the GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL, Regent-street and Piccadilly. Maccabe cannot possibly appear in London for some time to come after SATUR DAY NEXT, on which day he will give an EXTRA AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE. Prices of admission —Sofa stalls, 55.; stalls, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. ; area and gallery, ls. Doors open at half-past Seven; to commence at Eight. Tickets and Programmes can be - obtained at Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly; and at all the principal Music-sellers and Librarians. Manager and Business Agent, Mr. JOHN F. SUTTON. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. czole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tills EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF T HE KITCIIEN. At 8, FORMOS A : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan. Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES. TIIEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. TIM EVENING, at 7, TOO IkIUCH OF A GOOD THING Mr Ashley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed by LOST AT SPA: Mr A. Stirling. Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr reyeridge. Mr stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr !tomer ; ,Liss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Sir G. Eelmore and Mrs L Murray. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. THIS EVENING. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At !*.5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TIIIS EvEviNG. at 7, THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which, THE GAMESTER: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Bermatua Vezin, &c. And THE 'WATERMAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Stvanhorongh. EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOrll OF GOLD CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve. 6d ROYAL AL El AMB RA PALACE. —HREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-oftlee o pen from 11 to 4. lAN% At p 1 aim. - LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 29, 1869. The strike which is just now " on" in Paris is suggestive here in London of one of those social re forms being at last seriously taken in hand in regard to the reorganisation of a very numerous industrial Bass—a reform which has often, hitherto, been so far only very vaguely meditated. It is a strike among the Parisian attendants at the Magasins de Noureaute's, and is, naturally enough, a reminder of the change long desired to be seen here in England in respect to the persons assisting behind the counters in the shops of the London and provincial linen drapers. Of all occupations the least appro priate to a man, one need hardly hesitate to essert, is that of measuring out ribbons, and lace , and silks, and satins by the yard. Even a man milliner is a sort of an improvement upon a draper's assistant. Mr. iSIANTILINI, we take it, though an utterly ludicrous and preposterous individual, one would give the pas to rather than to such con temptible creatures as the HUCICY and TITTY of " Ten-Thousand-a-Year." It was by a touch of shrewd sarcasm that the author of that humorous novel hit upon the notion of making his fanciful hero, TITTLEBAT TIT3I 0 USE, a counter-jumper or linen draper's assistant. It was with a like sense of the ridiculous incongruity of such an employment for any specimen of the genus homo that the young author of " Sketches by Boz," revealed in the meta physical HORATIO SPARKINS, when the final moment for the eclaircissement as to his identity had arrived —Mr. SMITH, the linendraper's assistant. The Laureate, in his volume of " Maud, and other Poems," cast similar derision upon the same avoca tion, and in doing so, virtually, was one of the very first to sound the trumpet, as it were, that called together from shop and factory, from homestead and laboratory, the English Na tional Guard of the Rifle Volunteers. Two rea sons there are which are recognisable at the merest momentary glance why the system according to which the linendrapers, hosiers, silkmercers, and similar traders in London and elsewhere throughout England are served. The first of those two reasons being that the work thus done is wholly unsuited to him. And the second reason —which is the corollary of the first—that it is, on the contrary, work peculiarly suited to women, that it is one of the most obvious and fitting fields opened, or rather we must say, as yet to be opened up for— Female Employment. In consequence of the strike of the mercers' assistants at Paris, females have re placed them in many of the Magasins de Nouveautes. A change has thus at Paris been inaugurated. With out waiting for the chance of a possible strike one of these days among the same class here in London, could not some gradual modification of the system at present and hitherto acted upon lead almost imperceptibly to a similar replacement of male by female assistants ? The same thing might also be done in many other kinds of shops much more systematically. Attendance behind counters, as a rule, might be the right of women seek ing employment. The projected transformation is worthy of the especial attention of the Social Science Association. TIrE Archbishop of YORK has lately borne testi ninny, at the Hull Church Conference, to the fact that secular journalism is doing its work far better than religious journalism; that while the first is, on the whole, fair to political opponents, ready to credit them with honourable motives, even when most dis approving of their conduct, the second is so partizan that it seems as if its mission were to sunder fellow-Christians by magnifying the points of dis agreement between them, instead of uniting them by dwelling on the points of agreement. It may be worth while to examine the causes of this difference. The main cause undoubtedly is the excessive importance which is attached to mere opinion so far as theology is concerned. We do not find that theoretical fallacies, however extravagant, seriously interfere with a man's political career. He may hold erratic notions about the relations of the sexes, about population, about the relative positions of labour and capital, abotit,parliamentary representa tion, but none of these peculiarities of thought would be any obstacle to his entering the House of Commons. On the other hand, if a theologian is only suspected of not being quite sound oa such points as inspiration, or the double procession, cr the Trinity, he is held up to hatred and contempt, and his promotion to any office in the Church is the signal for an agitation from the Tweed to the Fal. The most singular part of this great difference is that, whereas a man's poltical opinions may to some extent influence legislation, that is, may have a prac tical result, a man's tholog,ical opinions generally have none. If a politician, holding the belief that labour has not its fair share of profits, is sent to Parliament, he may, and very likely will, have an opportunity for giving effect to his opinion by originating or supporting a measure which will alter the proportion. But if a theologian holding the belief that the Second Person of the Trinity is of like (instead )f identical) substance with the First, be raised to the episcopate, his promotion can make not the smallest real difference to the Church or to Christianity. This startling contrast is due to the fundamental error that in re ligious matters the first consideration is a right creed instead of right conduct, that " before all things it is necessary tc hold the Catholic faith," instead of before all things it is necessary to lead the Christian life. This grievous mistake is due to human frailty. It is so much more easy to repeat a certain set of phrases than to lead a pure and self denying life, that it is not surprising if men who have little of Christianity save the name, are perpetually dweling upon the first, rather than upon the second, are perpetually seeking out doctrinal errors on the part of others rather than correcting their own faults of temper and conduct. Fortunately for England, fortunately for the human race, we are not a metaphysical people. Although our religious newspapers would give a foreigner the impression that we thought of nothing but abstruse questions of dogma, the impression would be false. The great body of Englishmen do not read the religious journals at all. We do not find the fish mongers of Billingsgate or the costermongers of Shoreditch wrangling about the Hypostatic Union as their congeners did in Alexandria fifteen centuries ago. The street-hawker of to-da . l, would not comprehend the most elementary terminology of religious jour nalism. Religious journalism has absolutely no hold over him ; it does not exist for him. The influence which it might have enjoyed had it taken up with such questions as sanitary reform, false weights, bribery, temperance, education, is monopolised by the secular journals. The clergy have for the most part followed the disastrous example set by their newspapers. The clergy might have been the leaders of the people in all great social reforms ; but they looked upon them with indifferent eyes, they preferred to dispute about questions of words, " words of little meaning," and thus lost, as we believe for ever, a golden oppor tunity. They have abdicated the throne that might have been their's, and given place to the politi cian. Politics are every day becoming less a matter of party, and more a matter of philanthropy, while religion-Lthe religion of the religious press, not the religion of St. James—is becoming more and more a matter of metaphysics. This marked difference gives an irre sistible opportunity- to the Secularist and the Posi tivist. They ask their hearers and readers what religion has done for them except set them by the ears; and then they point to Free Trade, factory legislation, sanitary improvements, and co-operation as the fruits of the Secularist and Positivist gospel. Who shall blame the people if, while acknow ledging the difference, they fail to see that all the mischief wrought by religious journalism is due to irreligion, to neglect of the very first principles of Christianity—the principles of doing unto others as you would that men should do unto you, and of judging not, that you may not be judged? Who can blame them if they do not discern that, in so far as Secularism and Positivism have done any good at all, they owe it to the teaching of that very religion which the advocates of those creeds despise ? The blame rests not with the people ; it must lie at the door of the professional teachers of religion, who have forgotten that the first element of religion is love—the clergy and the journalists who are devoured by religious partizanship." (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. THE much-dreaded 26th of October has passed off in Paris without the slightest disturbance. It rained very heavily on Tuesday, and a shower is a sure antidote to all revolutionary projects; but it does not appear that even fair weather would have tempted the Democrats to riot. The Members of Parliament who at first proposed extreme measures had renounced their intention, and the mob, although it threatened, did not choose to act without it s leaders. The proposed demonstration has proved a fiasco; but it ought to have the effect of teaching the Government that concessions, if made at at all, ought to be made in perfect good faith, and that no people of the calibre cf the French are likely to be satisfied with a policy of giving with one hand and taking away with the other. The cause of this panic— of the rumours of plots and of the military prepara tions in Paris during the last few days—is a very curious one. Last July the EMPEROR yielded greater power and liberty to the Parliament and the nation ; but simultaneously with this concession he abruptly dismissed the Legislative Body—the French House of Commons—whilst in the act of investigating the returns of the general election just held. This arbitrary act caused widespread dissatisfction ; but the Liberals contented themselves with the assurance that the reassembling of Parliament could not long be postponed. By the terms of the Constitution the utmost limit up to which the Government could delay would expire on Tuesday. It was soon discovered, however, that the Government had no intention of paying heed to the Constitution. No intimation was given that the Chamber would be opened before the 26th, and at length it was ' notified that Parliament would not meet until above a month after the con stitutional limit. Whereupon, a storm of indig nation broke out all over France. It cannot be doubted that in this instance the EMPEROR had furnished his opponents with a substantial griev ance. To what purpose did he grant a more perfect Constitution, if he would not observe that which already existed ? The power of the Sovereign in France is so great that there is the less excuse for disregard ing those few restrictions which are actually imposed upon him. And surely this delay at the time of granting reforms was an offensive proceeding, inti- 1 mating that the power of gi v ing and withholding was vested solely in the EMPEROR, and that though he might grant more liberties to the Parliament, he could, if he chose, prevent it from even meeting. But though the Government was clearly wrong, the expedient hit upon by some of the Radicals was not less so. One deputy proposed that the Liberal members of Parliament should present themselves in a body at the Chamber on Tuesday, demand admis sion, and get to business. Several of his colleagues, including the able GAMBETTA, agreed to support this unwise scheme. But reflection soon brought about a change of purpose. It was evident enough that the deputies could not do any business even if they secured admission to the Chamber, whilst their conduct might furnish the Administration with an excuse for still more repressive measures. All the ground that had been gained would be lost by such an act. The deputy who first made the proposal renounced his design, and the others followed, except one. This was M. Ras- PAIL, a politician of so extreme a typo, that Messrs. FAWCETT and MILL are ultra Tories in comparison. It is jocosely said of him that if a Red Re public were established in France he would I take his place on the Extreme Left ! But even M. RASPAIL at the last moment gave up his design I of marching in solitary state to the Chamber, and thus ) the storm passed over, The Paris mob were furiously indignant at being deprived of their sport, and threa_ tenedto go to the Chamber without the treacherous deputies. This good intention has not been realised. It was hardly likely that the mob would act if the deputies held back; but the Government has clearly had a narrow escape of a serious dis turbance. Whilst nothing could have been lost by convening the Parliament at the proper time, the dis content in France at the arbitrary postponement is far deeper than is represented by the clamour of the Paris mob. "4 7. 1 f i Tr Ar VIVO 6 1 ,0 11 _. ~. The Princess of Wales dcove out yesterday, at tended by Viscountess Walden. LATEST INTELL MEN CE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AIIERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Allemania arrived out at 1 a.m. to-day. The India (of the Anchor line) also arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING P RICES. Gold closed at 1281 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 129} ; the lowest, 1281. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll9/. ti " 1885 ll9l. " 1867 ll6f. ii 10-40 Illinois l4O. Erie. 301. Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White 34c. Flour, extra state, $5.75c. to $6.35c. Corn, old mixed, sl.Bc. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Oct. 28. The corvette Estephauia, having on board the representatives deputed by the Portuguese Govern ment to be present at the opening of the Suez Canal, has sailed for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 28.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital , an Fives 54 3 per Cent End of month 7l 65 Ottoman Loan ... 327 50 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 252 50 Spanish Threes ... 251 Credit Fonder 1690 Home Debt 221 Paris Gas 1672 Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Western Northern .... 1092} Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 615 Sardinian Austrian 756} Lombard 525 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4B POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—?his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GOVERNMENT CLERKS ON THE SPREE.—Thomas Alfred Manners, 89, Carlton-terrace, Hyde Park, and Henry S. Hayes, 169, Marylebone-road, Government clerks, were charged before Mr. Knox, Manners with being drunk and disorderly, and Hayes with being disorderly and assault ing William Hazell, an errand boy. Police-constable Squires, 24 C, said that about nine o'clock the previous night he saw the defendants coming along Coventry-street dancing. They went into Cook's at the corner of Windmill-street, and afterwards came out and pushed several persons off the pavement. He told them that if they did not behave themselves better he should take them into custody. They then went into the Haymarket awl along Panton-street, going into different shops, but not having anything in any of them. They then went to Spur-street, where they knocked down some shutters. Hayes said it was not true, that they did not have any thing, as they had three pints of bitter ale, and two bottles of lemonade. _ Wm. Hazel], a boy, said be saw the defendants dancing about and knocking against young women, and Hayes, without any cause, struck him twice on the ear. He saw the defendants go into different shops, and afterwards knock down some shutters. Mr. Knox ordered Hayes to enter into his own recog nizance in the sum of £5 to be of good behaviour for a month, and fined him 20s. for assaulting the boy, and fined Manners 20s. THAMES. LAZY PAtinrtts.---James Hussey, aged 23 years, tailor, George Martin, 20, harness maker, Thomas Belcher, 19, wheelwright, and George White, 18, carpenter, were charged with tearing up their own clothes in the casual ward of the workhouse of St. George-in-the-East, whore they were admitted last night. They made the usual excuse that their clothes were dirty and worn out, and they could not wear them any longer. The magistrate said he was ashamed to see great hulking fellows like the prisoners in such a position, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. The poor laws were made for the old, infirm, maimed and disabled members of society, and not for strong able-bodied men, like the prisoners. A strong and overwhelming necessity had led to the esta blishment of casual wards, and they were occupied not by houseless and poor wanderers, but by man like the prisoners, who ought to be getting their living by hard work, and who, he was afraid, were indolent men, prefe r ing the workhouse and casual wards to getting their living by honest industry. He sentenced the prisoners to 10 days' imprisonment and hard labour. WESTMINSTER. "THE Riorrs or MAN."—William Ayres, a young man, was charged as follows: r.l:he labour master of St. Luke's, Chelsea, said that de fendant came into the casual ward last night and received his supper, bed, and breakfast. He was then sent to per form the usual amount of labour for it—to pick 21bs. of oakum—but after he had been engaged upon it a little while he left off and commenced smoking a short pipe, and refused to do any more. Defendant said he was an artisan who, failing to ob tain employment, had been driven for the first time to seek a night's lodging in the casual ward. Re had picked part of his oakum when the superintendent threw the doors of the shed open and exposed him to a thorough draft. Mr. Selfe—lf you were smoking, it was of course neces sary to open the doors to let the smoke out. _ _ _ Defendant—And this is England is it? Mr. Selfe—l believe so. Defendant—And a free-born Englishman is not to smoke his own tobacco that he bought himself in a workhouse yard. _ _ Mr. Selfe—lt's a viccious habit ; it interfered with your labour. Defendant--Then, if this is England, the sooner I'm out of it the better. I'm dragged here for smoking like a dog. Mr. Selfe—Dogs don't smoke. The labour-master—The other men did their work with out complaint. Defendant was committed for seven days. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE DEFALC.A.TIONS. CORK, Thursday. The Southern Reporter says :—" Mr. N. Parker and Mr. H. B. Julian sat as Government Com missioners to inquire what sum or sums, debt or debts, are due by Bernard Robert Shaw, distributor of stamps for the county and city of Cork, to the Crown. The Commissioners were assisted in the investigation by a jury of twelve gentlemen. The inquiry, which was a private One, having been duly consituted, Mr. Shaw said that in order to save further trouble ho would admit being a defaulter to the extent of £15,000. The proceedings then terminated." BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.— The very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazelle remarks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. CONSECRATION OP THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY. The ceremony of consecrating the Rev. George Monertey, D.C.L., a bishop, to fill the see of Salisbury, has been performed in Westminster Abbey. The choir and the transepts were filled some time before the hour announced for the commencement of the service, the special seats under the lantern being appropriated to the use of the friends of the bishop elect, and in these seats were to be seen many of his old pupils at Winchester College. The attendance of the clergy, places for whom were reserved in the immediate vicinity of the altar, was also considerable. The procession from the Jerusalem Chamber entered the choir at half-past eleven precisely, and consisted of the Abbey officials, Queen's scholars, choristers, gentlemen of the choir, minor canons, the dean, proctor, and registrar, the bishop elect, and the preacher for the day, the vicar-general, the bishops assistant the Bishop of London and the Bishop of Oxford--the apparitor-general and secretary, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his chaplains. The Archbishop having taken up his position on the north side within the altar rails, and the bishops assistant on the south side, the bishop elect being seated in the Sacra rium, the Dean on 'the south side of the altar, and the canons on the right, the Communion Service (morning prayers having been said at eight o'clock) was commenced by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, who read the office in a tone of voice singularly dis tinct. The Epistle and the Gospel were severally read by the bishops assistant, and were followed by the sermon. This was preached by the Rev. R. W. Church, DLA., of Oriel College, Oxford, chaplain to Dr. Moberley, whose appearance in the pulpit, habited in an M.A. gown, and not in a surplice, was somewhat strange in a cathedral church. The text upon which the discourse was based was taken from 2 Cor. iii., 16, " And who is sufficient for these things." The sermon—it was a long one—being ended, Dr. Moberley, wearing his cassock and ordinary black silk preaching gown, passed through the side gates of the choir to a robing room sot apart for his service, where he assumed his rochet, the choristers during his absence dhaunting the anthem, " How lovely are the messengers." The presentation to the Archbishop then followed at the altar, where also the Queen's mandate was read, and the oath of obedience to his Grace was administered. The Litany chaunted by two of the minor canons at a faldstool on the west of the lantern, preceded the usual examination of the bishop elect at the hands of the Archbishop, who sat for the purpose in his chair of state, in front of the altar. The special prayer for the new pre late about to be installed in the full dignity of his office being said, Dr. Moberley again left the choir, the anthem "Awake, awake, put on thy strength 0 Zion," being sung in the interval. When ho again emerged from the side aisle and approached the altar, the late head master of Winchester College had assumed the remainder of the episcopal habit. Kneeling before the Archbishop, the bishops assistant being one on each side of him, the " Veni Creator Spiritus" was sung,and his lordship received his sacred commission from the head of the Anglican Church by the imposition of hands. Still kneeling before the altar the other prelates and the whole congregation, cleric and lay, standing up, the new dignitary received a copy of the Scriptures from the Archbishop, and the service of conse cration was virtually over though a large number of the clergy and of the congregation remained to partake of the Eucharist which was then administered. A. NICE LITTLE Sint.—rl Dublin correspondent telegraphs that inquiry has been made into the accounts of Mr. Robert Shaw, stamp distributor for county Cork. He has admitted defalcations to the extent of £15,800. Several of the strikes connected with the South Yorkshire collieries are about to be settled. At the Park gate pit of the Strafford Main Collieries the men have re sumed work, an arrangement having been made with the masters to refer disputed points to arbitration. There is a prospect that operations will be shortly commenced upon all the collieries. A gross outragewas enacted in Sheffield onWednes day. When the men were leaving Huntsman's pit (New Win nings) one of them named E. Thomas was attacked by five men, who, with others, had been lounging about the road. They knocked him down, and while on the ground struck him with sticks, and kicked him several times. Mr. Hunts man hearing of the outrage, went with some police in pur suit of the assailants, who left Thomas on the roadway much injured. No one was arrested, but it is believed that the mon can be identified. " E. 0. Bligh," writing from the " Church Reform Society" to the Globe, says that, in answer to a memorial to the Premier against the appointment of Dr. Terrill°, Mr. Gladstone replied :—" I do not learn that the highest and most responsible authorities of the Church are dissatisfied with the nomination of Dr. Temple. At the same time, I do not seek to transfer to them any portion of the respon sibility which belongs entirely to myself." Mr. Bligh lays the blame of the appointment on the bishops. If they had protested the result would have been very different. A letter appears in the Cambridge University Gazette, signed " Sedley Taylor," and addressed to the Bishop of Ely, in which the writer says conscientious scruples have induced him to give up his minis try in the Established Church. "Though," he adds, " of course, I am perfectly aware that, while the law remains as it is, I cannot free myself from certain disabilities attaching to the clerical office, notwithstanding the resignation of all its attendant advantages, including, in my own case, a fellowship in this college." The letter is published "to draw attention to the anomalous and unjust state of the law affecting those who see fit to resign office in the Establishment." A conference took place at Bolton, on Wednesday, in reference to the proposed reduction of 5 per cent. in the wages of the cotton operatives. A fortnight's notice of the reduction was given by the masters, and the men requested that it should be extended to a month, in order that they might have time to determine what steps to take. The masters refused to accede, and the men then risked them not to consider them on strike if they left for the present. This request has been granted, and the matter in dispute will be laid before aggregate meetings of the masters and the men. At a meeting, held last night, of some of the operatives concerned, a resolution was come to to the effect that they did not think it would be wise, in the face of the depressed state of trade, to offer any resistance to the pro posed reduction of 5 per cent. in their wages. 0 nWednesday a special meeting of the members of the West Riding Chamber of Commerce was held at the Bull Hotel, Wakefield, to consider the present unsatisfactory mode of taking corn averages, and the desirability of obtaining greater uniformity in weights and measures. After a long desultory discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. T. C.'Johnson, of Chevet, seconded by Col. Mackie, of Westfield House, "That the chamber, being of opinion that the existing system of taking corn ave rages was most fallacious, involving great injustice to the agricultural intbrest, believed that a more reliable result would be arrived at by requiring growers only to make a return of their sales ; and in case of re-sale such transaction to be omitted altogether from the return." Subsequently it was recommended that all grain be sold by weight, but the settlement of specific quantities be left to the discretion cf buyer and seller. The last resolution was proposed by Mr. F. Thompson, corn miller, and seconded by Mr. T. K. San derson, corn factor. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE PARTLY SCOTCH.—Our friends north of the Tweed sometimes get the credit of being rather too ready to claim on slight grounds as country men of their own the natives of other countries, whom high talent or great good fortune elevates into the position of being the popular idols of the day. Thus the Empress Eugenie has been claimed as a Scotchwoman by descent, her mother being " one of the Kirkpatricks " of such and such a stock. It will interest our Scottish readers to know that her Majesty, recently at a reception she gave at Con stantinople, observed to Mrs. Elliot, wife of the English Ambassador, "We are compatriots, for you are wholly a Scotch woman, and I am half a one." THE HORNET.—One of the crew of the Hornet has made an affidavit at Washington setting forth that he was enlisted in New York city, and went on board the Hornet at Guy Head. Her supplies of coal, guns, and men were received on board a short distance from the shore. The Cuban flag was afterwards hoisted, and the men told she was a Cuban privateer. There is other evidence to the same effect—i.e., that the Hornet was armed within the jurisdiction of the United States. Information of importance has been received in regard to the purchase of the vessel and the movements of those connected with the affair both at Philadelphia and Halifax. PROFE SSOn ItisLEY,—A. letter from this gen tleman says :—" Though the verdict was unanimously and without hesitation given in my favour, there is still a taint of suspicion remaining. Deeply sensible of the terrible degradation intended for me, I address the public with a view to assure all who know me now and all who may know me hereafter, that I am guiltless— not only in deed, but in thought; not only legally but morally. The accusation of 'unlawfully taking hold' of a young child fell upon me like a thunder bolt. It has caused me mental agony indescribable ; and the manner in which my name has been held up before the public has been a dreadful and humiliating punishment for a crime, not only never committed, but never for a moment contemplated. I may add, that I never meant to compro mise the matter, but invited the fullest investigation, despite the exposure." Mr. Risley returns Ids thanks to all . . who came forward in his defence. SPIRIT OP TIII7 PITBLIO JOURNALS. The Tines, in referring to the recent discussions on the cotton trade, observes that the doctrine of the Lancashire malcontents amounts to this : That we should be doing better if France would take our cotton as freely and fairly as we take her wines and silks, and that Mr. Cobden's Commercial Treaty has proved a failure in so far as it allows France all the benefits of Free Trade without imposing on her the duty of Reciprocity. Frenchmen are glad enough to send us their silk fabrics and their cheer claret, but, instead of buying our cheap hardware and our cheap calico in return, they persist in manufacturing the articles for themselves. One thing must needs be clearfrom these debates, and that is that want of reciprocity has very little to do with the depression of trade. The industry of Lan cashire could hardly be much benefited by the admission of English cottons into France duty free. If Professor Levi's statistics are accurate, the margin of cheapness still exist' ing in our favour must be very small, whereas in all the elements of recommendation except cheapness we er e actually behindhand. Instead of crying out for duties ea French goods, it would be far better to take a lesson from French manufacturers. We have been accustomed, it must be owned, to make light of our rivals, and to per suade ourselves that nothing could touch us in com mercial enterpiise. The sooner we undeceive our selves the better. Such a monopoly as we once enjoyed we enjoy no longer, and shall never, in all proba bility, enjoy again. There was a timo when we had e e competitors ; we must now look for keen competition . There is not the slightest reason why the national trade should not be as good as ever, but it must be maintained and extended on different terms. We have taught other nations to rival us, and we must now maintain our posi tion by the same arts which have proved so serviceable to our rivals. We must give up the idea of inherent anti unapproachable superiority, and condescend at last to avail ourselves of every lesson, and turn every example t 0 account. The present number of the Quarterly Review, says th e Standard, contains an article on the "Past and Future of Conservative Policy," which, by its tone and style, is soul degrees removed from the ordinary contributions of ou r contemporary to the literature of practical polities . Hitherto it cannot be said that Conservatism has been much indebted to its most ponderous instrument in the press, either for active help or moral countenance. UsuallY it has pleased the Quarterly to play the role of the Cassandra to the party. Alternating between dismal prophecy and gloomy comment, its counsels have been as unsupportable and about as valuable as its predictions. It was neither a comfort to its friends nor a terror to its enemies. It was the first to applaud the Conservati veS for their triumph—the first to reproach them for their fall' It has mingled congratulations and remonstrances, apPia lle f and opprobrium, curses and blessings together in such curious confusion, that its value as an auxiliary in the formation of public opinion has become a good deal paired. To Conservatives the possession of a Mentor, of whom nobody could know whether three months after the event he would be found blaming or approving, had falle n into considerable discredit. The Quarterly Reviewer gives us no help whatever to the true ideal of Conservative policy. His advise, that we must seek in "a Pr ec.. tical withdrawal from the race of office" the resters' tion of the spirit of Conservatism, is one 101°1 cannot be taken literally without a dissolution of the Conservative party as an active instrument in government. No party in England can afford to with draw from the race of office without also resigning ions , 4 principles. It is not a question only of self-denial. I t a question of self-existence. It is easy, of course, for th e leaders to give up the ambition of place ; but a party e 0 ,1 1: sists to a very small extent only of individuals who can benefited by the acquisition of office; the vast n umber °' those who compose a party are those who have nothing t° gain by parliamentary triumphs. What then ? Are the n to be told that there must be no race, no competition, 17 collision of principle with principle? If they bel ieve th° to be their duty, what shall save them from the next con' t elusion, that Conservatism is not a principle of governale' at all, but only a passive opinion—a negative faith ? will persevere in such a faith or cultivate such an °Old ° when it is deprived of all use and work, and reduced fres2l a living force to a dead sentiment. The Daily News considers the fund of good senses rla., right feeling which is in Mr. Roebuck when ho will aliewo those qualities to shew themselves was apparent in Dewsbury speech. Addressing the members of a es mech eeics o institute, he combated the notion that a working tealf should seek education for the purpose of raisi n g hir`Lase g above his sphere, rather than with the view of maltss himself happy in it. Perhaps Mr. Roebuck does 11-s make the best contribution possible to the secc. e of his mission for making working men contented it their own sphere when he revives the old con sit between those who, like himself, work with t" heads, and those who, like the artisans of Yorkshire/ w°l' o f with their hands. Hands without a head woul d prove jo little use in the woollen manufactures of Dewsburlt ° r a the " wheels" of Sheffield ; and even Mr. Roebuck's he;o might have been less serviceable to himself and to world than it has proved if he had not been a biseel l ott animal. Lord Palmerston, with that penetrating goers_ sense which he often displayed when dealing wi th ° out commonplaces, once protested against t he distiei!red, which Mr. Roebuck revives. His head - work , he der the involved a vast amount of hand-work ; les' hand-work of the artisan required no oiff clear and active head. Intellectually to dig eon' and respect their own employment is a gi ll tion essential, in the first degree, to the workin ° of happiness in his own sphere. As the working I°ool England become conscious of political power, th e l otue r. learn more and more to respect themselves and ea ell . cre ach If they are not quite so polite to one another as ja.t oe artisans, neither are the members of the higher acs„nd quite so polite to them as is the case with the corre eYs'ges, ing classes in France. The few in all ranks who tlemen by nature obey an instinct of kindness an d b ° oo ree cate perception ; the many in all ranks who Walt they" gentlemen by culture need to be trained to eke selves and others. When they have learned sisef they will carry into their homes the temper 'whicfs are induced to form, and the demeanour which it venient to exhibit abroad. 'clus l The Telegraph considers that both by his indi v to th e his political career, Lord Derby had full ela ire° , l to th e honour of Imperial obsequies ; and, when w e adde result account his social and proprietorial character, theaohscli certainly was a " personage " with respect to vlb.° lll _ 9o ptr —Tory or Liberal—could have objected that it -a sin ' sumptuous to expect sepulture at the charges n ut oos e the honours of the sorrowing St a t e . But the P r'sa, then° message of the Earl to his family put a n end to th , i' dop se speculations. He himself, when nea r his des toeing, cated the very thought of such a disposition of h ie ba tided t he wished to lie in the "sepulchre that he bado to —the family vault in the family ch urce ....._ora d h in a simple and peaceful manner, ad to be s i quietly laid to his rest. And this isellg i t o tede ° " home "in dissolution—this passion for the g as 0 01 the tomb--this taste for country death as w ell , re siolg ee ,s life—has covered England with the gr aves ° . , at to re: . , men, and made all her soil a Santa Croce; s 0 Ch anywhere within her confines is to lie in li e % psib lt o ground, and enjoy in a true and beautiful sei Lse funeral." Who would move the bones ° f ff,_ o To w from Stratford to Ludgate-hill, or dig up froraeulcootle! and calm hiding-places of " God's Acres " the 7 celebrities • Death, in order to bet a t' e ti : at Westil, ? Our sacred dea d bet e9 ' scattered as ,hcy • are over th e length altue`ipea, real of the island, which they loved, and t 0 0re r oe honoured. Dead earls rest better, and g t e hey oar. f tributes of recollection and regret, wh en . ss _slord e ! ar little churchyard with hinds and millonsal'aonotea feudal shadow-land, vanished seigniors ef „ a : tig ers v e '„,, o salage. Fewer, but more fit, will be the Pt; ins sl.o;er turn aside thither to mark where the faal ° .1 4 het t be his last sleep, than if his grave made one alli: uoies , of on it geneous crowd of notable sepulchres. . renders The the of great Earl was, therefore, natural ; and it , s i s i_ at Knowsley one spot the more in Which „„. 4 011 0, " pause to note the present peace, and recall the entertelter ea turbations, of a famous and lordly Briton. ss io l! Whatever opinion may be genera got ire ss the Post, as to the advisability ac d dicating any of his acts or his policy in IP ha rdlY , ~s s se to private individuals the Premier coul? o, hafe,s; ee knowledging the receipt of the Dublin Ad s t i l s t b it over in silence the speech in which Mr. o ", is a s ton,., prS, tract between the views expressed by Mr. t" a t , well-known pamphlet of 1851, with r§ r _ f the UO sons of Naples and the treatmentl the,eoo,oo: tical captives confined in them, C on v icted I. 'oo fficl- fat enforced by him with regard to t he, a ce What Mr. Gladstone has said is so absolutec'oorience itself that it requires neither support noru outs. f o ;er f as his own justification as a public ina, o f bee n s 1851, and as a statesman, at the Government in 1869, is concerned. is, ', O v uolo !e s held—and still is held—that crime nausb " 80,'., 111 0 P,' of a Cablillters aslois law vindicated. These men --31r. Cpon,°_,vie retie his co-conspirators—guilty of the high ?T od suan so s n_ u o, have scarcely been more severely pu?as u 'i d t hey P o otif i4 who steals a fowl from a hen roost , a of the ir Inv as yet strewn either true appreciation° _oviosio;;; 001,0 or exhibited real repentance for its e. s t were no circumstances of extenuation ^ s or 01 ' w p° of case • they have not done one single ac t ify 031 0 a retrs, single feeling, since their sentence to pl o oa ex cuse mercy. Why, th en, for them o w ith _ 0 '; 0 0 the law be shortened ? The firnsne u Gladstone has acted, and the precisio the ssbibeZ lot wtalkiecnh, willhe has given Course or acai ni eli clee ° tually reasons s e any for Goys% ina- 4 -0 1 any still remain, as to the attitude s ot I ;.., a a o tonsoo4 relation to the Fenian movement. Dire.urs s no 4 nor less, which is a very unusual posltis ,Y in days 0 Anciliiinseif in. and said exactly what he should have.a..°ollQo„