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THE :SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and =furnished TOWN, Luburban, aad Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact requirements and rental. on ces, 2, C the Musetrumee t , Regent street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing S"Til KENSO GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elvastou- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons. Ar.c. Messrs TOPLI4 and ROBE ILI'S have RE DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and south Kensington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past twenty-two months the National Lifeboat Institution, by its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the anvil' of i,ISS persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended .C 37,284 in the same period on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £4711 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 152 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Week but Two of L'Airicainc. THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand. Opera, L'AFRICAINE. Miss Louisa Pyne, Madame Lem mens-Sherrington, and Mrs. A. Cook ; Messrs. Alberto Lawrence, Henry Corri, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Patey, C. Lyall, and Charles Adams. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Acting Manager, Mr. E. Murray. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. • - Commence at a quarter to 8. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY -LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN: Messrs. Phelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; bliss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Mrs. Hodson, &c. After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun, and Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, C. Harcourt ; Misses Ilalewood, E. Falconer, hose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buctstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews. Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers, Clark. Gordon. Braid, Coe, Amt. ; Measdames Madiewe, Snow den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, 4re. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? 3lr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. &c Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Char:es Leclercq. Miss Fanny l right, Miss C. Adams, and the Corps de Ballet. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATAE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After which, at 8, a New Drama, entitled THE WATCH CRT. Mr Fechter, supported by Messrs. H. Widaicombe, S. Emery, C. Horsman, Raymond, Fitzpatrick, Clifford. and Miss Elsworthy. To conclude with the Farce of NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Moreland; Mrs. Lee and Miss Lavenu. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, 11. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR .NOTHING. Mrs Allred Mellon and Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 75th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billingtor, P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix Rogers, Ashley, kburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To cpuelude, at halt-pact 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. Biliington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN. Alter which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan is : Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborougb, Itaynham, Johnstone, 4174. To conclude with MRS. GREEN,S SNUG BUSINESS. (1111 E LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGEINCE, Oan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, L o. 4. 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At a time when the principles and practice of Parliamentary Reform are being so much discussed and dwelt upon by Liberals of all ranks and shades of politics it is well to know what the prominent members of the opposite party think on so impor tant a subject. The days have long gone by when it was possible for any considerable body of states men and politicians to set themselves resolutely against all progress or improvement, and it is now some years since theheads of the Conservative party confessed their willingness to move in some measure 1 with the times by introducing a Reform Bill on their own account. This movement has at least 1 enabled them since then to join in the condemnation of the delays and excuses of the Liberal chiefs, ex pressed by genuine reformers, and it has so far strengthened their position by bringing them more into harmony with the public mind in this respect. We have had lately several addresses by prominent Liberals on the question of Reform, and we have now a Conservative speaker choosing the same text. Last Friday a dinner took place at Eccleshall, all political and other movements being necessarily ushered in by a feast, material as well as reasonable in this country. The dinnerwas given in connection with the movement for improving the Conservative registration in that county, and the guests consisted of the supporters of the Conservative candidates at the late election. It may, therefore, be regarded as a purely party gathering, and not one of those mixed I meetings at which speakers endeavour to meet both sides as much as possible. We are therefore glad to find Mr. ADDERLEY declaring unhesitatingly his conviction of the necesssity for a considerable exten sion of the franchise, and his desire for an indepen dent expression of the national mind on this and kindred questions. " What we have to seek for in any reform," said Mr. ADDERLEY, " or any change in the institutions of the country, should not be so much the advocacy of anyspecial views or interests, but that the nation should speak its own m ind i ndependently." This independent opinion he holds, not without reason, to be one of the chief conditions of the franchise. Intelligence and inde pendence he regards as the two principal qualifica tions for the proper exercise of political power, and we certainly ought to find few dissentients from this theory. Every man in this country, be he peer or be he labourer, says Mr. ADDERLEY, possesses some degree of political power. "But taking that par ticular portion of political power which consists in voting for members of Parliament, I am the last man to say that there are n ot many o f t h e working classes in this country eminently fitted to possess that franchise who are not at this moment in possession of it." That class, like all others, is marked by considerable distinctions ; and Mr. ADDERLEY says justly that many members of it are far above others of the same class, in regard to his two favourite qualifications of intelligence and independence. His words on this subject have weight, becaAse they are not the words of a mere political theorist, accepting the results of other men's experience or the statements of other men's views as the basis of his own opinions, but they are the expression of a lengthened personal experience and an intimate acquaintance with the class of which he speaks in all parts of the country. Mr. AD DERLEY declares that he has had much intercourse with working men on political questions connected with carrying through Parliament important mea sures in which they were interested, and the result of his experience is, that many of them are fully qualified for the intelligent and independent exer cise of the franchise. The more this view is accepted among our politicians ,the more chance we shall have of obtaining a sound and comprehensive mea sure of political reform, and the less scope will be left for those mob orators and demagogues who think the great duty of political teaching is to set class against class and encourage intolerance and discontent. Coming to the more general consideration of the question, Mr. ADDERLEY commented on the pre vailing uncertainty. The extension of the suffrage, he said, was generally spoken of as if it of itself constituted Parliamentary reform, and nothing else was needed. This is probably the case, because notwithstanding its difficulties it is in some respects the easiest branch of the subject. The re-distribu tion of seats is a somewhat invidious office, the duration of Parliaments is a topic naturally un welcome to M.Ps. of all parties, while the ballot is the most dangerous of all. The purity of election is an indispensable condition of a really reformed Parliament, but it is a characteristic of that poli tical Utopia which is seldom much dwelt upon. ' No doubt one secret reason for the dislike which exists in many quarters to the proposed extension of the franchise is the conviction that it would corre spondingly extend the expenses of an election. It is no secret that all our legislation hitherto, our Corrupt Practices Bills, with their ingenious loop holes and ready evasions, have totally failed to eliminate bribery, corruption, and intimidation from the constituents of an English House of Com mons. This matter presents some curious aspects, since it is one on whose broad features all parties are forced to agree, and Whigs, Tories, Liberals, Radicals, and Conservatives are found declaiming the same principles, expressing the same virtuous horror, advocating the same immaculate electioneering, and doing the same thing. The opportunities are so great, the temptation so irresist ible, and the agents so ready and so numerous, that it requires no small amount of resolution and moral courage to refuse to do what everybody else is doing. It is not every one who has the boldness to declare as a gentleman did some time since that the exercise of political influence over his tenants is one of a landlord's legal and natural rights, but a good many members of both Houses might easily be found who act on the same principle. Yet very few of our Reformers accept the Ballot as their watchword, and its advocacy is left chiefly to those extreme Radicals who uphold it in conjunction with manhood suffrage, with which it has no connection whatever. The general feeling of the English public is, and always has been, opposed to universal suffrage, but there is a growing conviction among intelligent and disinterested observers that we shall never get purity of election without some considerable and decided change in the manner of voting. But there will be considerable difficulty and delay in obtaining so unwelcome a reform which will no longer enable a man to practise in secret what he denounces in public, to represent in the National Assembly just those classes who have no political convictions at all, and whose votes are at the price of the highest bidder, or obedient to the dictum of an unscrupulous landlord or employer. This is the real difficulty of securing a genuine and practical reform, for of what account is it to bring in a large number of the unenfranchised classes if it is only to demoralise them by bringing them under these evil influences ? What use is it to transfer members from rural and thinly populated districts to our great unrepresented towns, if in doing so we are only changing the agency from in fluence to bribery ? Why should we shorten the life of Parliaments to repeat more frequently the dis graceful scenes which characterise every general election ? Let our Reformers ask themselves these questions and answer them if they can. All that has occurred during the recent outbreak in Jamaica, and all that we have subsequently heard of the conduct of affairs there confirms the favour able impression which many-previously entertained of the merits of Governor EYRE. He has shown that he possesses skill and promptitude, and, no doubt, when the fullest particulars have been received, those who are now doubtful as to the wisdom of his management will change their minds. The mail which has just arrived furnishes satisfactory intelli gence of the state of affairs, so far as it goes, and there appears every reason for us to congratulate ourselves upon the suppression of the rebellion. That this should have been done so speedily proves that a timely check was interposed, for at one period it was most alarming, and threatened serious conse quences to all on the island as well as heavy losses to many at home. Most of the ringleaders have been seized and hung, and it is stated that as many as 2,000 of the rebels have been either shot or hung since the troops arrived. The Houses of Legislature were opened by the Governor, who delivered an ex cellent speech on the occasion. He said that the late sad events imparted an unusual degree of interest to their proceedings just then, and that the " present was a most critical period in the history of Jamaica, and the session now being inaugurated would, in all probability, be one of the most important and momentous ever held in the colony." All who have fairly and impartially studied the details of thelate outbreak will concur in the description here given of it as a 'most " savage and cruel butchery, only to be paralleled by the atrocities of the Indian satisfaction to us at any find d y mutiny." I t i s th r a a t te nt so s m n e nh source satisfaction period in the fortunes of the l co ony the Governor should be able to accord a tribute of praise to all - the civil, military, and naval authorities. Had they not co-operated in the readiest and heartiest mann er, it would have been quite impossible for the sombre aspect of affairs to have assumed a brighter hue at such an early period of the matter. All the authorities, indeed, appeared to have vied with each other in exhibiting zeal and decision in the difficult work before them, and it is only fair that they should receive the acknowledgments which are their due. " The fidelity and loyalty of the Maroons" were made the subject of encomium by the Governor, and he truly declared that it was owing to their devotion that the rebellion was not more protracted and of greater proportions. The colony is also greatly indebted, as his Excellency observed, to those members of the Legislature who accompanied him at great inconvenience, and performed their best services in the cause of order and the maintenance of justice. Without any exaggeration it may be said that it is a great achievement to refer to now, and in after times, that in the colony of Jamaica the full tide of the rebellion was so soon stemmed. As the Governor omphatically dec't red, " within three days from the first intelligence of the rebellion reaching Kingston, it was headed, crushed, and arrangements made for scouring the entire district. So wide-spread a rebellion, so rapidly and effectually put down, is not, I believe, to be met with in his tory, and speaks volumes for the zeal, courage, and energy of those engaged in suppressing it." At the same time that he congratulated the Assembly on the success which had attended their efforts to avert any further spread of the rebellion, Governor EYRE deemed it necessary to allude to the many causes of anxiety which still remained, and stated that the entire colony was on the brink of a volcano in consequence of the deleterious effects produced by certain influ ences. Disloyalty and sedition have been propa gated far and wide through the " misapprehensions and misrepresentations of pseudo philanthropists in England and in the country." While the Gover nor wisely urges on the members of the Legislature of Jamaica to examine " boldly, deeply, and un flinchingly" into the causes which have led to the great danger which threatens them, it is well worth our while to direct our attention to the misjudged and misdirected efforts of some in England, who are doing anything but lending their aid to suppress this sad and serious outbreak. It seems almost in credible that any body of men should so confuse their notions of right and wrong as to seek to make the worse appear the better cause, and finally be come the defenders of those who have committed crimes at which humanity shudders, and which call for the unanimous condemnation of all honest and honourable men. At Manchester last Monday a meeting was held in the large room at the Town hall for the purpose of adopting a memorial to the Government to inquire into the outbreak and re pres3ion of the recent disturbance in Jamaica. A more ill-advised thing could hardly have been done at this time ; it was not likely that the Government would not use every effort to investigate into the affair, and the speeches made on the occasion were most unsuitable. Mr. POTTER, M.P., laid great stress upon the honour of England, but surely that honour is never more concerned than when outrages occur, and when peaceful citizens are cruelly tortured and murdered without any provocation. Can anything be more pre posterous than for any one to talk after this fashion. "It seemed as if Governor EYRE had lost his head and been pain-stricken in the recent dis turbances, outbreaks they could scarcely be called." It is insulting to the common sense of the com munity to use such language, when we have re ceived the fullest and most authentic accounts of the great wrongs committed in Jamaica. What is an outbreak if the confusion that occurred in Jamaica was not fit to be designated by that term ? Why were the lives of the blacks who committed murder more sacred than those of the white people who were massacred. When people shut their eyes to everything but just what concerns their own view of the question they are not very likely to do justice to their subject, or to represent things and persons in a correct form. When Mr. PorrErt speaks of the " ignorance and bigotry of the upper classes" of this country, he had better look at home and weigh well his own words and insinuations. Mr. JACOB BRIGHT followed in the wake of the first speaker, and worked himself up to a pitch of great excitement when he pourtrayed the wrongs of GORDON and his accomplices, and concluded by declaring that if it were proved that a British Go vernor had committed the great injustice of giving up a man to the " malignant hatrel of his enemies the public would never be satisfied until he were put upon his trial, and received the due reward of his great crime." In the first place, who were the ene mies of GonnoN ? And next, was not " malignant hatred" shown to a greater extent by the blacks than the whites ? It is per fectly unreasonable for a man to use such words at a public meeting, and it is disgraceful to that meeting to find that his remarks agreed with theirs. Such conduct is unworthy of an assemblage of Englishmen, and the citizens of Manchester are very much mistaken if they think they can influence the Go vernment and impress the country by upholding such sentiments. Dr. WATTS seconded the resolu tion, and sounded the praises of GORDON in a re markable manner. He said that not "an atom of evidence" had come to hand concerning a rebellion being planned. Such language from an isolated individual would be best left alone, and treated with the contempt that it deserves ; but under the circumstances of the case it is expedient to de nounce it, and to demand if the inflated speakers consider that all the news from Jamaica is a tissue of falsehaods from beginning to end. If so, how is it that they put such implicit faith in all that is related of the cruelties practised on the rioters? Dr. WELLS paid a poor compliment to Manchester when he said that GORDON was a man who had learnt his Radicalism in their own city. Far dis tant be the day when the political tenets of any English city upholds rioting and rebellion, and sanctions murder in revenge for any wrongs, real or imaginary, as the case may be. We are coolly in formed that Mr. GORDON appears to have been a very temperate man. If the recent course of events in Jamaica be characterised by temperance, what would intemperance be, in the name of wonder ? Prejudice and infatuation could hardly go further than they do in this passage : " Mr. GORDON had endeavoured to do the best possible for the people, to whom he was connected by blood and whom he saw oppressed, and he had become a martyr for their benefit." Really it is time for a change to come over the spirit of the dream of some of our politicians when would-be murderers are exalted into martyrs, and those who put down their deeds of violence are threatened and'reviled. LORD STANLEY.—The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, in a letter published in that paper yesterday, says :—" Several days ago Lord Stanley received from the Premier an invitation couched in terms sufficiently flattering to join the Government as Secretary of State, or, if he preferred it, First Lord of the Admiralty, and it is understood that the proposal was not finally de clined until after his lordship had paid a visit to town and had had the opportunity of personal communication with Lord Russell. These things, for obvious reasons, are not usually trumpeted immediately on their occurrence. Each party to the negotiation has, or thinks he has, an interest in keeping it dark while pending. But by degrees the fact leaks out, and the public, who are in reality most concerned of all, have clearly the best right to know all about it. I believe the reasons assigned by Lord Stanley for refusing to join the Administration were entirely personal, and not political, and that they had reference in part to his disin clination to place himself in a position of necessary anta gonism to hi s f a th er , an d i n p ar t to an opinion that a pub lic man wh o h as h a d th e confidence of one party cannot, with safety to hi s own repu t a ti on , acce pt s i ng ly th e offici a l opponents." Mr. Adams, sculptor, had the honour to submit his bust of the late Premier for her Majesty's inspection. The Queen was much pleased with the work, and thought it an excellent likeness. It really is, perhaps, as good a resemblance, in inanimate clay, of the lamented statesman as could be pro duced. It may be remembered that Mr. Adams was suc cessful in his posthumous bust of the late Duke of Wel lington. Ile is now engaged upon the colossal statue of the late Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, which is to be erected at Plymouth. THE FENIAN TRIALS do not progress very rapidly. Yesterday morning a long time was occupied in getting a jury sworn. Then Mr. Butt sought in vain to have the trials postponed. At half-past 12 the Attorney-General began to open the case for the Crown, and occupied the rest of the clay. As yet nothing has been heard of Stephens. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 29. The official programme of the Emperor's journey to Pesth has been issued to-day. His Majesty will be in Pesth from the 12th to the 19th December, and will open the Hungarian Diet on the 14th December. The Diet of Croatia has rejected the proposition to send an address of thanks to the Emperor for the September patent. The proposal of Count Auersperg, declaring the September patent to be in contradistinction to the Constitution, was agreed to. The Diet of Istria has voted an address of thanks to the Emperor for the September patent. The subscriptions in Vienna to the New Austrian Loan amount to 9,000,000 florins. ROME. CAPTURE OF BRIGAND CHIEFS. ROME, Nov. 28. The Pontifical gendarmes have captured several brigand chiefs. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28. The Neva is free of ice as far as Croustadt. PARIS, Nov. 29. The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed by M. Boniface, its Secretary, denies on authority that it is incorrect that the Spanish Ambassador had stated confidentially that the Spanish Govern ment would, without doubt disavow Admiral Parej a, who had gone too far. The Ambassador could neither believe nor say that the Government would disavow the conduct of Admiral Pareja, who had conformed to his instruc tions in exacting moderate satisfaction. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, Nov. 29. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Rhone has arrived here from Brazil, and will leave for Southampton at 7 a.m. to-morrow (Thursday) with passengers, 489 rolls of tobacco, 1,107 bales of cotton, 112 packages of sundries, and specie £6,156. (By telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 9. Exchange on London, 26 26f ; Paris, 360. Coffee good ; first, 6,900 to 7,000 rcis. Stock, 120,000 bags. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 28. The Achilles has returned to this port. She went to sea to intercept one of the Inman steamers outward bound, which did not call here. The Liverpool is still outside the harbour. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29. The Union Company's screw steamer Natal, which sailed hence on the 23d inst. for the Cape of Good Hope, has put back to Portland through stress of weather. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 28.—Two o'Clock.—The complete success of the new Austrian Loan has had no effect on the market, and little or no business is doing. A similar heaviness also pervades the London mar ket, Consols being telegraphed with a fall of 4 per cent. The prices charged for carrying over Stock and Shares are much the same as yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are quoted without varia tion at 68f. 55c. Credit Mobilier Shares also remain stationary. Italian Fives are sought after at an ad vance of 15c.—viz., 64f. 97ic. Lombard and Austrian Shares unvaried. The obligations of the new Austrian Loan are dealt in at a premium of 50c. Three o'clock. The market left off as follows: 44 per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Do. end month 6B 521 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1330 Italian Loan — Do. end month 64 95 RAILNI Roman Ottoman Fives 44 15 Mexican Loan 49 75 Do. Bonds 331 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. Cash. Amt. Orleans Northern — ... 1098 Lyons and Mediterranean ... 826 Southern — ... 567 Western ... 537 Eastern - Sardinian Austrian Lombard ... 400 North of Spain ... 161 Saragossa — 196 Ditto to Barcelona ,,, Roman - NG, NOVEMBER 29, 1865. LITERATURE. New Arabian Stories. Mehemet, the Kurd, and Other Tales., from Eastern Sources. By Charles Wells. One Vol., pp. 184. Bell and Daldy. Eureka !—it is found (that desired of kings) a new sensation ! A collection of perfectly fresh and original tales—fresh and original, that is, so far as English readers are concerned—one, at least, among which tales, the first and longest story of them all, is worthy of taking its place and of holding its own among the thousand and one tales of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments ! Mehemet, the Kurd, is the name of this exquisite Arabian Romance, hitherto wholly unknown in the English language. How it has so happened that never until now has it been translated from the Arabic into our own tongue simply passes our comprehension. At any rate it is translated at last—thanks to a learned and gifted Member of the Asiatic Society, the au thor of this charming volume in fact, Mr. Charles Wells, already honourably known among English cultivators of oriental literature as Turkish Prize man of King's College. Having, for our own part, read "Mehemet, the Kurd," from beginning to end —and whosoever, following our example, shall begin with the beginning, we promise here, will infallibly, like ourselves, end only with the end !—we are Mr. Charles Wells' most obedient ! As surely as ever the Wedding Guest was the Ancient Mariner's most obedient in the weird and wondrous ballad of Coleridge ! For, reading this story of Mehemet the Kurd we aro fairly wafted away into the regions of Fairyland, or, at least, into the realms peopled with such marvellous creatures as the Genii, the Gnome, the Cyclops, the Troll, the Wizard, and the Mannikin. We seem to breath a very atmospheie of black magic and diablerie. Our feet are virtually shod, like Jack's, with the shoes of swiftness. Clanking at our side, ready to hand in its scabbard, hangs Jack's sword of sharpness. On our head is the cap, in our pocket is the purse of Fortunatus. Encircling our finger glitters the ring, held in our grasp shines the lamp of Aladdin. We sail through the air cross-legged, either between the outstretched wings of a roc or upon a square yard of the immemorial wishing carpet. All this—while we are reading the marvellous history of Mehemet, the Kurd, as it is here related to us in an evidently most faithful translation by Mr. Wells, an oriental scholar, so ripe and truthful in his scholarship that he adheres faithfully throughout to the very manner of the original. Besides the story of Mehemet, the Kurd, there are eight other (most of them very brief) oriental narratives, such as " The Tale of a Skull," " The Wife with Two Hus bands," " The Princess and the Cobbler," and so forth, together with eleven very curious specimens of Oriental Poetry, such as "The Butter fly and the Candle," or such again as " The Rose and the Nightingale." But—ingenious and some times really beautiful though these new exemplars of the imaginativeness of the oriental race undoubtedly are—the pride of the book, the glory and wonder of it, to our thinking, is the first story of all, the story about Mehemet. The fascina tion of this particular story, as a narrative, begins -with the decline of the fortunes of the young Kurd, when, after squandering his wealth of all kinds, whether in horses, camels, cattle, tents, or raiment, he finds his friends dropping away from him one by one—leaving him at last in the desert with no shelter to his head, in the shape of an inch of tent canvass, with scarcely a rag to cover his nakedness, and he himself half dead from drought and starvation. The darkest hour before the dawn, says the proverb—and so it proves, in truth, to be with regard to Mehemet. Presented with five sheep by an old man who had known his father and who pities the son's misfortunes in the light of that remembrance—Mehemet is driving his five sheep wearily through the desert in search of better fortune, when he encounters a knave of a courier or letter - carrier (as he turns out to be afterwards), to whom Mehemet, in his sim plicity, sells his five sheep—for what ? For a dream ! " Yesterday," quoth the man, in answer to Mehemet's inquiries as to whither he was going, —" Yesterday, know that I had a dream, and now I am going to catch it before any one can take it before me." So said Mehemet to the man, " Will you not sell me your dream ?" " Yes, with great pleasure," answered the man; and—as Mehemet wished to get rid of the sheep (being weary of them), and as the man (in his cunning) wished to get possession of them—they, that is Mehemet and the man, are not long in coming to an agree ment. The man—laughing in his sleeve or under the shadow of his burnous rather—marches off with the five sheep triumphantly. Mehemet, hastening on in the direction pointed out to him, goes eagerly in quest of the dream he is bent upon catching ! The marvel of the whole sequel of the story being this, that in point of fact a dream, such as Kurd had never dreamt before, is actually caught by Mehemet, and realized by him magni ficently From the City of the Four Towers he bears off thebeautiful Princess Durat-el-Muluk, carrying her far away from the dominions of King Hassan (her father) to those of King Gulnar ! How, having changed his rags for princely robes, and taken to wife the lovely young Princess Durat-el-Muluk, Mehe met obtains, with his first wife's consent, a second wife, in the still lovelier form of the Prin cess Bahr-el-Maha, and afterwards, with the con sent of both first and second wife, of yet a third, the loveliest of all three, in the person of the Prin cess Nuzat-ez-Zeman How he first engratiates himself with King Gulnar, by presenting him a golden dish filled with precious stones, representing himself to be the son of King Fidous, a far -away monarch of formidable power ! How he builds up a noble city in place of a ruined village and, in the midst of it, raises the walls of a sumptuous palace, in which he lives in great splendour, peace, and popularity with his three wives, the Princesses Durat-el-Muluk, Bahr-el-Maha, and Nuzhat-ez- Zeman How he wins the one of them by a mid night flight on horseback—the second by ravishing the sword made of seven metals from among the Treasures of the Wise—and the third, by plucking ten apples in the Garden of the Philosophers ! How one and another in this story sail about in mid-air in a golden balloon ! How we make the acquaintance of the Magician Zirajjan, of King Hassan, and even tually of King Fidous, and how all ends happily' for—no longer Mehemet, the Kurd, but—Mehemet, the King ! Let the translator of this gorgeous romance from the far east relate himself in his own truthful and eloquent translation of the tale as it is told in the Arabic original ! For, mar the effect of it we will not by any cold-blooded and deliberate epitome of the chain of incidents. Altogether it is an exquisite and fascinating tale, according to our appreciation of it—a tale so truly Oriental in its character, and so magnificent in its imaginings, that we unhesitatingly place it upon the same shelf with the Zadig of Voltaire, and the Vathek of Beckford, and best of all, beyond all, that world's wilderness of nzirages of the imagina tion, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments them selves ! EARL RUSSELL AND THE BRADFORD REFORM MEETING.—The deputation from the Bradford Re form meeting, consisting of the following gentlemen-- Messrs. H. W. Wickham, M.P., W. E. Forster, M.P., Alderman Brown, Robert Kell, and W. 11. Arnold—waited upon Earl Russell in Downing-street yesterday afternoon. His lordship expressed generally his concurrence with most of the views of the memorialists as to the admission of the working classes to such a share in the representation as their intelligence and interests require, and stated that he was himself of opinion that the time had come for a further admission of the working classes to a share in the repre sentation, but that, considering the great opposition any bill might meet with, the Government would not think it wise to bring forward a bill unless it was fully matured and grounded upon well-ascertained facts. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT CAMBERWELL.--AR inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Carter on the body of Walter Isaac Acklin, the man who was found dead with his head fixed between the palings of a piece of waste ground in Brunswick-square, Camberwell, under the circumstances reported on Monday. It seemed per fectly clear from the evidence that no foul play had been practised towards the deceased, who probably was sud denly taken ill and fell while leaning towards the palings, and his hands being in his pockets was unable to extri cate himself. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidehtal death." THE MEDITERRANEAN. -' "--0--- The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, Captain J. R. Kellock, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, in charge of Mr. Douglas, of the General Post-office. She brought 41 passengers (among whom were Surgeon-Major Seaman, from Bombay, and General Castilla, from Gibraltar), and on freight £4,788 in specie, 3 bales of silk, 11 cases of raw silk, 67 cases of shawls, 148 packages of elephants' tusks, 279 boxes of lemons, 27 boxes of oranges, 4 casks of wine, and 104 pack ages of general merchandise. The Delta left Alexandria on the 14th instant, Malta the 18th, and Gibraltar the 23d, and was in quarantine both at Malta and Gibraltar. Between Alexandria and Malta she experienced fresh, variable winds ; thence to Gibraltar, moderate head winds and fine weather ; off the coast of Portugal she en countered a hard gale on the 24th inst. from S.W., with high following sea ; across the Bay of Biscay moderate fresh breezes with heavy confused swell, and in the Channel a fresh gale from S.E., with high sea. On the 25th, off the mouth of the river Tagus, the Delta passed her Majesty's ship Magicienne, on her way home from the Mediterranean station to be paid off, with invalids on board, and on the 26th, in the Bay of Biscay, she saw the screw steamship Rhone, steering south-west. The Sardinian corvette Etna, two Austrian men of-war, and the usual Egyptian fleet, were at Alex andria. Her Majesty's ships Victoria, Orlando, Terrible, Royal Oak, Firefly, and Cossack were in harbour when the Delta left. The Italian screw frigate Regina, Capt. Armajon, flag of Rear-Admiral Ricordi, and screw gunboat Arditi, Commander J. de Racchiu, nine days from Naples, and five from Cagliari, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th inst. The Spanish paddlewheel corvette Isabel la Cato lica, which had left some days previously for the Havannah, returned to Cadiz on the 13th inst. The Isabel encountered in full force the late stormy weather in the Atlantic, and was obliged to put back with loss of rudder, paddle boxes, and bulwarks, be sides suffering other damage. This vessel will have to undergo thorough repair preparatory to proceed ing on her voyage. The Turkish screw corvettes Ismir and Brousse, of 17 guns each, which left Gibraltar on the night of the 11th, put into Cadiz on the following day. Both corvettes are bound for the Turkish ports on the Red Sea. The Cadiz Palnza reports the stranding, a league to the west of Conil, at 7 a.m. on the 7th inst., of the British bark Souvenir, with coal, from Sunder land for Alexandria. The master and ten of the crew reached the shore in safety. One man missing is supposed to have been drowned. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, about to em bark at Trieste on board her Majesty's ship Racoon, was expected shortly to visit Gibraltar. The follow ing general order, respecting his Royal Highness's reception, had been issued to the garrison : "Notification having been received from the Secretary of State that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred will shortly embark at Trieste, on board H.M.S. Racoon and will probably visit this for tress, his Royal Highness, having attained his majo rity, will be received as a member of the royal family, unless he notifies his intention of dispensing with the usual forms of reception. All communications will be sent to Lieutenant Haig, Royal Engineers, Equerry, who will submit them to Prince Alfred, and through him his Royal Highness's pleasure will be notified." It is reported from Tangier that the Sultan is about to establish a Custom-house on the Moorish frontier opposite to the Spanish fortress of Melilla. Melilla has been made a free port, and the Sultan's Customs' revenue suffers in consequence by the ex tensive smuggling across the Spanish line into the mountains of Riff. As the only means of preventing the evasion of import duties in this quarter the Sul tan has determined to erect a Custom-house, in which the same duties will be recovered on goods from Melilla as on those introduced into his domi nions by other ports. The following British merchant steamers had ar rived out at Gibraltar :—November 15, the Isis, Capt. G. Creig, six days from Liverpool, for Malta, &c. ; 17th, the Osiris, Capt. M. Conolly, eight days from Liverpool, for Malta and Alexandria ; 18th, the Ripon, Capt. J. M. Rogers, five days 19 hours from Southampton, with mails, &c., for Malta and Alexandria ; 19th, the Britannia, Capt. J. Mullett, seven and a half days from London, with Govern ment stores ; 21st, the Mercury, Capt. J. Jacques, eight days from Cardiff, with coals. Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 49f ; Paris, ditto, sf. 23c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 23c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, 2to 2+ dia. ; Seville, ditto, par ; Malaga, ditto, par to + pm. ; Barcelona, 1 to 1+ pm. ; premium on five-franc pieces, i to 4 per cent. The Spanish Consul at Gibraltar, in reply to a communication he had addressed to the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, reporting the satisfac tory state of the health in Gibraltar, on the 20th received a communication from the Minister in forming' him that in consequence of such favourable report instructions had that day (16th) been given to the Civil Governor of Cadiz for the removal of the cordon. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale at Mark-lane to day was very moderate, and the condition of the bulk of the samples was poor. Good and fine dry samples changed hands at full prices, but damp produce was very dull at about Monday's currency. A fair supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. The demand for most descriptions ruled quiet, nevertheless Monday's quotations were fully supported. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late . _ prices. The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. Fine malting parcels changed hands at full prices, but secondary and inferior qualities were very dull. Grinding and distilling barley moved off slowly, at late rates. Malt was in slow request, at late prices. Oats were in but moderate supply, and the trade ruled firm, with an upward tendency in the quotations. Beans and peas were very firm, at fully late rates. There was a fair demand for flour, at full currencies. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 330 390 220 250 340 Irish — Foreign lB7O 1950 4,510 710 sks. brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. :For the week ending Nov. For the corresponding week • 25, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 70,904-46s 10d Wheat 78,113-38s 9d Barley 76,782-34 s Odd Barley 79,205-29 s 9d Oats The " Field" Boiler. Mr. Edward Field, the civil engineer, has lately perfected, we understand, a simple boiler, which, having been in ex tensive use in factories and fire engines, is now being intro duced into steam ships. The water is made to pass, simply by its own circulation, in regular and steady currents along tubes contained in the hottest part of the fire, absorbing and carrying off its heat in the form of steam with amazing rapidity. As evidence of its safety, it is only necessary to state that in case of shortness of water there is no fear of explosion, and no part of the boiler can be injured except the tubes, which would give way and simply extinguish the fire, and these tubes can readily be renewed at small cost. By the rapidity of the circulation the boiler possesses self-cleansing properties, while the simplicity of its con struction renders any examination and repair easy of ac complishment. Entire freedom from leakage and unequal expansion is also worthy of notice. The saving in fuel has been calculated at 20 per cent., while the small space oc cupied, owing to the efficiency of the heating surface, is a matter of great consideration. By calculation in 25 years the population of the United States will be GO millions—the most formidable nation in the world.—Delencla est Carthago. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--The society will meet on Tuesday, December 5, at eight o'clock precisely, when the following papers will be read :—" On Permanence of the Anthropoligical Type in the West of England." By John Beddoe, Esq., M.D., F.A.S.L. "On Cannibalism in Europe." By Dr. R. S. Charnock, F.S.A., Treasurer, A.S.L. THE LORD MAYOR'S LUNCH.--We wait a little time, when suddenly there enters the well-known gentleman in the fur cap, who carries the sword ; also, the other equally well known gentleman, who carries the mace. Behind them follows agentleman usher with a white wand, who announces the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, who appears for the first time in the state robes of his office. If you ask me how he looked, I answer that he looked jolly. There was a hearty shaking of hands all round, many bluff congratulations were interchanged,some jokes were passed, and then without ceremony ororder of our going, we trooped out into another apartment to lunch. It was a plain substantial feast of roast beef and boiled potatoes. I did not think I wanted any lunch, but I was told by an experienced person that the procession was a trying ordeal, and that I had bettor "lay in a good solid foundation." So I accepted the seat that was kindly offered to mo by the Lord Mayor, .and fell to. I should have thought that his lordship would have been too Tench occupied thinking about all ho had to go through, not to mention the speeches he had to make, to take any notice of me, or anybody else. But no, his dignity and his duties sat lightly upon him ; and I say again, he was jolly. He asked me to take wine, he asked me to join him in a loving and warming cup of hot older wine, to keep out the cold—for "I should find it very 'chilly in the carriage." He was collected enough and thoughtful enough to remember that the cavalry officers had ridden all the way from Hounslow that morning, to command his body-guard, and sent out for them to share in the feast The young swell in the red coat, who sat next to me, said he never was so thankful for a slice of beef in his life. "And was'nt the Lord Mayor a brick for thinking of them ?" If we could only have stopped round this lunch table, I am sure we should have spent a very pleasant afternoon. A little longer, and we should have got pok ing each other in the ribs, telling each other our family affairs, and inviting each other to dinner at our respective family mansions. But the sword of the Damocles in the fur cap was imminent over us, and when the sword pointed the way we had to follow.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is tolerably large, and the trade rules quiet, but good and fine samples are firm in price. WHIT ECIIAPEL : Fair supplies of meat are on sale, and the demand rules steady : - - Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs. by he carcase. THE RECENT DOUBLE MURDER AT EDINBURGH. —On Monday John Hunter was placed at the bar of the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, charged with the murder, on the sth of October last, at the Grange, Edinburgh, of his mother and sister, by striking them on the head with an iron rod or other instrument. A plea of insanity was given in in bar of trial. Dr. James Simson, surgeon of the prison of Edinburgh, and Dr. Littlejohn, surgeon of Edinburgh police, gave evidence to the effect that the prisoner was quite unfit to instruct counsel for his defence. Some of the delusions under which he was labouring were that he was one of the mighty men of the Old Testament, that his strength was enormous; and that he was under the influence of the Holy Spirt, and, being so, was entitled to punish wrongdoers without being amenable to law. Both of the medical men were of opinion that the mental disease under which the prisoner was labouring would result in idiotcy. The Lord Advocate stated that he thought the counsel for the prisoner had made out his plea ; and the usual sentence in such cases was pronounced by the Court—that the prisoner be con fined during her Majesty's pleasure. - rt AkWc* Criathiv HER MAJESTY. --,1.._- WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday. The Queen of the Sandwich Islands and suite iu attendance arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. Queen Emma left the Castle this morning for London. Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High nesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Princesses Helena and Louise, went to London this morning, and honoured Mr. Theed and Mr. Thornycroft with visits at their studios. The suite in attendance consisted of Lady Water park, Countess `Hohenthal, Count Eulenburg, Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey, and the Equerries in Waiting. Afterwards her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, returned to Windsor Castle, attended by Lady Waterpark and Lord Charles Fitzroy. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess and Princess Helena drove to Bucking ham Palace. Royal Visit to Marhani. MARHAM, Tuesday. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, left Sandringham Hall, to pay a visit to Mr. H. 'Ville bois, at Marham House. Marham, otherwise Cherry Marham—so called from a large marsh or mere near to it, which was formerly frequently inundated, and from the fact that at one time the place was noted for the great number of cherry and walnut trees which were cut down during the French war and sold to the gun makers for large sums—is a long, ancient village, which, whilst it can boast some interesting archwo logical ruins, has always been remarkable for its abundance of game. Marham was, during the mastership of the West Norfolk by Mr. Villebois (who is rightly considered the father of fox-hunting in the district), the head-quaters of the popular hunt. Mr. H. Villebois is the beau ideal of a fine old English spoitsman ; and, whilst he is a lover of hunting and coursing, he is also greatly attached to shooting, and the preserves of the Marham estate are always well stocked with game. The Prince of Wales, with Mr. H. Villebois, the Marquis of Bowmont, General Hood, Major Tees dale, and Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., went out yesterday and shot the Narborough Contract Plantation. The weather was beautifully fine, and the sport excellent. Last evening a select party dined with his royal highness. The Prince will drive back to Sandringham to morrow afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales will visit the Earl and Countess of Leicester at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, early in January. A similar visit was paid by the prince and princess last year. On Monday their royal highnesses leave Sandringham for Gunton Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Suffield. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary are expected to arrive at Cam bridge Cottage, Kew, the week after next. Their ro yal highnesses are still staying with the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernsterff left the Prussian Embassy yester day, on a visit to the Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., at Dudbrook, Essex. The Earl of Zetland is expected to arrive at his residence in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, to-day, from Asko Hall, Yorkshire. Earl Beauchamp has purchased 13, Belgrave square, from Mr. Stewart of Ards, county Donegal. Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale arrived in town on Saturday, and were to leave yesterday for Linton House, near Maidstone, where they will shortly receive a succession of visitors. Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea left town yes terday on a visit to Sir Edward and Lady Caroline lierri son, at Brome Hall, Norfolk. Lord and Lady Londesborough have left town to join the party visiting the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Bretby Park, Derbyshire. Lord Llanover has arrived in town from Llanover, South Wales. Lady Acton has arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner, from Claremont. The Hon. William S. Jerningham has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Crossy Hall, Norwich. The Hon. Mr. and Miss Butler have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Colton House, Warwickshire. Sir Edmund and Hon." Lady Fihner have left Farrance's Hotel for Sandringham Hall, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. THE EXPLOITS OF A "LORD PROVOST'S " Yesterday a young man, named Wm. M'Dermott, was charged at the Preston Police-court, with swindling one of the principal hotel keepers in the town, and also a pawnbroker's assistant. It appears that M'Dermott was originally a drummer in the 2d battalion of the Ist Royals After a time he was sent out of the service on the ground of being physically unfit. Some time after he was dis charged from the army he made his way northwards, 0 as far as Edinburgh, imposed upon several persons there, and then returned south again, passing off amongst all with whom he met as the Lord Provost's son. This, coupled with a facile address, gained him admittance in many towns into very respectable society. On arriving at Preston h° duped several of the officers at the barracks, and ulti mately got into the society of Captain Rennie, of the 90th. He intimated that he was the Lord Provost's son (the _flight Hon. H. P. C. Lawson), that he had got short of cash on his road home, and he would be much obliged by the temporary loan of a few pounds. Captain Rennie "thought" he knew the young man, and lent him some money. Afterwards he called upon a pawnbroker et Preston, said he was the nephew of Colonel H ar dy, of Fulwood Barracks, that he had been on the spree and lost a watch, and must have another lent, so as to avoid the anger of his uncle and look respectable at church on the following Sunday. The pawnbroker lent him a £lO watch and guard, and away went the swindler to the Red Lion Hotel, Preston, where he ordered a good dinner for the evening, and said that in the meantime he was go ing 0 Salford. Whilst waiting for a cab, he asked for some cigars. He got about 4s. worth, which he did not pay and then rode off to the station. The landlord accompa nied him, was very solicitous as to his welfare at the sta tion, lent him a sovereign, and then left him determine d to make a capital dinner when he returned. But the art" ful dodger never did return, and eventually he made his way into Essex, where he played his old game. A t length he found his way to Colchester camp, where , after swindling several persons, he was apprehende d / tried, and sent to prison for five months. On Saar" day he was discharged from prison, immediately afterwards apprehended, and conveyed to Preston. Duril 4 the journey he tolcL romancing tales to several of the pas - and actually induced one of them at Warrington to get out of the train and purchase ls. worth of brandy and some cakes. He was remanded till Thursday. FARM SERVANTS AND THE MILK OF DISEASED COWS.—At Forfar, on Thursday, Sheriff Robertson gave judgment in a case of great interest both to farme rs and farm servants. The action arose out of a refusal el ; the part of the men engaged on a farm in the neighbourbo otl of Brechin to take their usual supply of milk after il l° , disease had appeared among the stock, on the ground t he' ' milk from diseased cows might be unwholesome. The se l ; wants wished compensation, but to this the farmer we' ll ' . not agree, and refused to give them work unless they to 01;: the milk offered to them. One of the men thereupon bro u g l ; t l an action for his half-year's wages, and the value of his me and milk from the date of the appearance of the pl a g ue among his master's cows, and Sheriff Robertson gave deco/ , with expenses, for the full amount craved by the pursue t The sheriff in his note says " This case will not be withea a useful bearing if it tends to impress on both masters e. servants at the present term of Martinmas the great l . ; portance of a clear and distinct understanding about quality and quantity of milk to be supplied in future. rile Letham hiring market on Thursday the suggestion of to sheriff was acted on in anticipation, farmers agreei l3 g ta . give an equivalent in money should their co ws tad°. nately fall victims to the plague. e cia d • THE REFRESHMENT HOUSES ACT.—At a meeting of the licensing magistrates for the 51,11 division, held yesterday at the St. Martin's Vest*/ roa 01 d, the landlord of the Red Lion public-house, in ' St a fter applied for a renewal of the license to open hi s bouswica two in the morning, which had been gran ted in comPl: eta, with a petition signed by printers and other persona j yas played in the vicinity at nightwork. 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