The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 1866. It is always a pity when people are discussing public questions for them to exaggerate or to un derstate things, and it is a fault which is of very frequent. occurrence at the present day. In a recent speech upon Reform Lord AMBEIILEY committed the error of going to extremes in his representation of the events of last summer, and we are not sur prised that he should have been reminded of it by some who prefer plain statements to more figurative ones. Mr. Mußc DisoN has published a correspon dence that has taken place between him and the noble lord on the subject of the latter's speech at Stroud, and he calls attention to two remarks in particular, one to the effect that the present Go vernment took office upon the ground of denying the extension of the franchise, and the other was relative to the meeting in Hyde Park," on which Lord AMBERLEY commented rather severely. He said that the meeting " was prevented by the Government, in pursuance of a policy which appeared as ungenerous as it was unwise." Allud ing to this last sentence, Mr. MURCIIISON very truly observes, that, in the absence of any explanation, the working classes might very naturally conclude that this policy so stigmatised belonged exclusively to Lord DERBY'S Government, whereas Earl ItussELL's Government had resolved to prevent the meeting which had been talked of before they resigned their places. Lord Au- BERLEY has made a very lame explanation of these statements, and more particularly of the latter remark ; for while he cannot deny that the course pursued by Mr. WALPOLE was supported by Sir G. GREY. He says that he was not considering what the late Government did or what they might have done, but what the pre sent Government actually did. Now we do not consider this at all a fair way of treating the ques tion, and such a means of gaining popularity by misrepresentation is not to be admired. In fact, it is no credit to. the Liberal party that they should be so fond of resorting to such tactics. Mr. BRIGHT has set the style, but it is not a very desir able one to follow. We agree with Mr. MURCHISON'S observations in his second letter, when he says that he cannot " help thinking that politicians of the so-called Liberal school are too apt to make use of language which tends to mis lead the people for the sake of gaining their own popularity." The fact is that the noble lord tried to damage his opponents, but we think that his at tempt failed, for he cannot substantiate the charges he preferred against them, and his own impressions and inferences should not have been put forward as facts which were well accredited. It seems that the Americans are already suffering from the unsettled condition of affairs, and the commercial ciicles have the opportunity of realising the effect of the political and social disorganisation which the Radicals seem anxious to bring about. A financial panic, traceable to no particular cause but damaging reports, has prevailed in New York, and a sudden fall of 8 per cent. in the premium on gold has startled all ranks and professions from their tranquillity. Variations in the premium from 146 to 148 had been going on for some time, but the last week in November opened at 138 and 139. After the fashion of the Americans, who never do anything by halves, one of the large operators failed for something like four million dollars, and it is said, with what truth we are uncertain, that in forty-eight hours the gold speculators and stock brokers lost $20,000,000. At any rate, it is certain that there has been a very great and damaging panic, every sort of security being affected by the fall in gold ; but happily the worst seems to be over, and New York seems to be rallying from the blow. Of course there are not wanting those who trace the whole mischief to the employment of a paper cur rency, forgetting what that paper currency has enabled the Americans to do. If the principles so rigidly upheld by our bullionists had been current in America the result of the last five years would have been very different. The rapid reduc tion of the National Debt is certainly as achieve ment not yet accomplished by European Govern ments, and it is not fair to attribute the tricks and devices of unprincipled speculators to any particular system. Notwithstanding our Bank Charter Act We are by no means insensible to such manoeuvres in this country, but excessive speculation and panics alternate pretty regu l ar l y . Th e sys t em may b e car ried to ex t remes like all other systems, and Mr. AP C ta, Locu using every effort to contract the Currency. Congress, however, on this as on most other matters, opposes We h ave not yet viewsheardthtehe of l s the o f G th o e ve o rn pe m n e i n n t g . det of Congress, but the conduct of the prevailing sec tion is not likely to be very different, commercially or politically, from what it was last year. Unfor tunately the Protectionist interest is very stroll.. in Congress, and there is already a talk of a higher tariff. The Now England dealers are lamenting the condition of their trades, and their complaints are echoed from other parts of the country. All the evils resulting from the general depression of busi ness, the reaction of the war, and the unsettled condition of the country they attribute to foreign for their cure to an i ncrease competition, and look of the duties on imports. It is a pity that America, who boasts of setting the Old World an example of progressand freedom, does not learn a little fro m much-abused England in this. A restrictive policy is foreign to her national character and policy, and altogether opposed to her interests. With the natural illimitable capacities of the country, and the energy and talent of the peo ple, surely America need not fear competition with any country in the world. The anomalies of adminis tration are, not a little singular. England, with her free trade in commerce, tries protection in finance ; America, with her free trade in money, can think of no better way of fostering her trade than by keeping out foreign competition. The panic, disastrous as it has no doubt been in some quarters, may yet be productive of much good if it brings men to consider seriously what must be the result of the present condition of affairs. how can they reasonably exper..tt trade and commerce to flourish—how can they look for that confidence and security in the money market which is indispensable to national progress, so long as it is on the cirds that the divisions between Congress and PRESIDENT, be tween Northern States and Southern States, between white man and I negro, between Democrat and Radical, may any day produce riot, rebellion, or civil war? The R • adicals, intoxicated by their suc cess, are busy maturing plans which shall make the PRESIDENT little more than a political nonentity, and which will be simply intolerable to the Southern States. If it were possible that they should be en forced the result would be that industry and enter prise would be virtually craled in the wide and fertile States of the ex-Confed‘racy. The , value and importance of the Southern plantations is 'THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, D:CEMBER il, 1860. LIFEBOAT S ERVI CE S. —1) urin g the storms of- the.. past twenty months the National Web4at institution, its life boats and other means, contributed to the saving ci 1,475 persons from different wrecks on our coaste. Tne Institution also expended 148,000 In the same peri.4 on its lifeboat eitablishmeuts, in addition to granting £3,530 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSTS LANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the 172 lifeboat Stations of the Institution. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ItOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF • ENGLAND. The GENERAL MEETING of Members will be held at the Society's House, 12, H a nover-square, TO - M ORROW, WEDNESDAY, December 12th, at Twelve o'clock. By order of the CounALLDcil, 11. H ARE, Secretary. Londdn, December Ist, 1866. • -------- INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. IsmA OFFICE, S.W., 10th December, 1866. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an Examination of Candidates for 25 appointments as Assistant -Surgeons in Her Majesty's Indian Medical Ser vice will be held at Chelsea Hospital cn the 11th February, 1867, at 10 a.m. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and re ti r ing allowances of India Medical Officers, may be ob tained on application at the Military Department India Office, Weetminster, S.W. T. T. PEARS, Major-General, Military Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. — Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. OHATTERTON. PHIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone ; Mrs. Her mann Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H. Vandenhoff. To conclude with the Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. T. Swinbomme ; Katha rine, Miss Isabel Adams. Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at sitven o'clock. HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstene, THIS EVENING, A ti.l 1!; OF trECULATION. Meerrs. C. Ma hews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid Ace. ; Mesdames Fitzwitliam, Laws, Wright, Sidney. F o llowed by ANTONY RAND CLEOPARA. Mr. Chas. M a thewv, Mr. Compton, es, Sir T Clark, &e. ; Mes dames C. Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, &e. To conclude with SHOCK'S:I EVENTS. Mr. Comlton. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T LEIS EVENING, at Seven precisely, THE BARONET ABROAD. 3liss Roden. Alter which, at Eight, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Rate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Mr. llerman 17(zin ; Messrs. Billing - ton, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, hburne, a•id R. Homer. To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer, C. J. Smith. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING. BRUTUS ANO CiESAR. 11 enrade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, licomb, 1 itzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, Isewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West: Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. Miss "ROYAL STRA ND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborougb. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and G. Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which. will be produced the Grand Burlesque of KENILWORTH: Messrs. Thorne, James, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborough. Johnstone, and Raynham. To vonclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. . Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. - THIS EVENING, ate, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BAItNABY U LIGE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. Watts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John' Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Chas. nominal], and Miss Katherine Rodgers ; Messr,. S. Calhsem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles liorspian, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton, W. R. Robins Chapman, &c. Act Ist, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re cognition; 3d, The Rioti ; 4th, Caught at Last. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, and Music by Mr. Charles hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction 01 Mr. Vining. Preceded by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Commence at Seven. nOgoLießrrOopßrieNtor and T E Manager, Mr . ,etton it r Oj y. A L. 'l'll .5 EVENING, FAMILY JARS. Mr. tetton Parry; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. 'Messrs. Nevale, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollairo; Mesdames 1 0 . Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Haym nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of bin W. IL C. Nation. • LAST SIX NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LAST FOUR NIGHTS of THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN and ATAL ANTA. OTICE.—Mr. W. IL C. NATION respectfully announces that this Theatre must be Closed after the 17th inst. till Boxing - Night. Dec. VI, in consequence of the extensive pre parations necessary for the production of one of the brand Carstmas Pantomimes for which tuis Theatre has such an enviable reputation. TII IS EVENING, the ORIGINAL Dramatic Adaptation cf Charles Dickens's latest Wolk, "Our Mutual Friend," as pro.:uc , d by Mr. W. IL C. .Nation at the Sather's Wells Theatre, June 16, 1866, entitled THE GOLDEN IJUST3IAN, with Ne .v Scenery and Striking Situations. 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Gratis and post free on application. HIGH WATER AT . LONDON BRIDGE. DAY.—Morning, 4h. 22m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m. Co-Komlow.-11orning, 4h. 56m. _Afternoon, sh. 14m. • cs-4 tijg, 1110 ve — r y great, in fact it was one of :the great objects that animated the North in ,the prosecution of the war, to secure the profits resulting from the export of Southern material. Why these, having gained their object, should the merchants, manufacturers, as traders of the North follow this suicidal policy ? By damaging the Southern trade and in due try they injure themselves. The interests of North and South, so long as they are ncxminally united, must be identical, and in the preFent condition of affairs Southward, it needs the influx of northern capital and energy to resuscitate the business of the country. With the blacks disaffected and unwilling to labour, with their capital exhausted by the war, their credit ruined, the interference of the North with their loan, and their spirits depressed by the political condition of their country, what chance have the Southern planters of regaining prospe rity and confidence ? There is more at stake than the mere question of political supremacy. The state of feeling which the Radicals are keeping up throughout the country is most inimical to all its best interests ; and while the war has long been over, and the open disaffection of the Confederation has been suppressed with wonderful rapidity,. they are perpetuating the heartburnings, the depression, the want of public confidence, and the divisions in the nation which men would have deplored as inevitable misfortunes if the war had been protracted till the present time. The Minister of War has hard work before him just now, and seems puzzled how to act so as -to maintain his position, and yet not give too much offence to the Opposition. He yesterday brought in the Military Budget, and made a speech, in the course of which he said that the resolutions of the. Liberal party contained much that was unimportant, but at the same time they touched upon matters that were of consequence, because they might " sow the seeds of future conflicts between the Government and the Chamber." In consequence the Government would not allow itself to be prejudicially influenced by the adoption of the " Resolations." The Minister of War also opposed the other motions, which were to the effect that the budget should only be provisionally sanctioned by the Chamber. All these objections seem to be very invalid when we come to consider them. What but the persistent refusal of the Government to listen to the suggestions of the Deputies has been the cause of all the misunderstandings that have arisen for years past. As for talking of sowing the seeds of dissension now, surely that was done long ago with no niggard hand, in no sparing mea sure. Much any Prussian Minister has cared for the pleasure and profit of the Deputies, or the Chamber, and much heed have they paid to their behests or the desires of those they represent. At any rate, the indignant eloquence of the Minister of War was of no avail, for the Resolutions were passed by a majority of fourteen. This was a decided rebuff to the Government, not that we ex pect any good to come of it eventually, because they will always find some pretext or other for shirking their duties and ignoring the Resolutions of the Chambers. The proposal of llerr WEIcHEN HEIM, that the Chamber should agree to the perma nent expenditure being fixed at less in future years, was likewise adopted. What - with one thing and another the Government has got on very badly with the Chambers of late, and the prestige with which they appeared before them at the commence ment of the session soon vanished like thin air. It remains to be seen how they will fare with the Ger- - man - Parliament when it shall assemble. Of one thing we may rest assured that if the Berlin autho rities follow their old plan there, they will give rise to great discontent, if not to decided manifestations of disapproval. The various representatives are not likely to be influenced by their wishes to an in ordinate extent, and they will soon see through the flimsy pretext of unity and such like absurdities. It is now said that King GEORGE has resolved to release the officers of the Hanoverian army from their oath of allegiance, on condition that the Prus sian Government should continue them their pay. We do not place implicit reliance upon this asser tion, but if it be correct things will not have mended much, because we know that nothing will induce the Government of King WILLIAM to act with liberality; and hence things will be in as unsatisfactory a condition as before. A better understanding seems now to prevail between Prussia and Denmark, and the KING has lately con ferred the order of the Black Eagle upon the KING and Crown Prince of Denmark. What this change may portend it is difficult to divine, but we hope that at any rate the inhabitants of North Schleswig may profit by it, and the wily Count BISMARCK may be compAled to keep faith with them, and allow them their choice of rulers. If so, it will be something satisfactory to set off against so much that has been of an untoward character. The difficulty of obtaining a sufficient number of recruits for our army and navy has, during the disturbed aspect of Continental affairs, been very of ten brought under discussion. Meanwhile thought ful and benevolent men have been struck with the inconsistency of the State looking-in vain for men and lads to serve her, while thousands of boys are left year by year to grow up into idlers, ruffians, or thieves, for absolute want of training. There is no one to take the trouble to give them a start in life--no one to stretch out a helping hand to lift them from the depths of degradation and wretched ness into which all their early associations drag them. Thanks to the earnest endeavours of a few practical philanthropists, with the Earl of SHAFTES BURY, as usual, at their head, a very sensible plan has been recently set on foot, which, on the one hand, will offer the Homeless Boys of London the means of obtaining food, shelter, clothing, and the l iv i w n e g ll ; • tar:idn,edonantihiewoitlhlienr: ira a lt r y l of th MA the Chichester, has obtained a5O-gun aP fm servants. w r ri o olls pBe t p h tp e ol yf A T i d ah h E Admiralty Stateh ne witht fri gate, as a training ship, and the cere mony o f inaugu rating it will take place on Tuesday, the 18th, at 2 p.m. Lord SIIAFTESBURY, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and other gentlemen interested in the cause, are expected to be present ; and we hope the occasion will prove the commence ment of a new and happier era for thesepoor little City Arabs. Fifty boys are to be placed on the ship on the 18th, and as funds are contributed the number will be increased to 200. The expense of completing the vessel and fitting it up is estimated at about £3,000, towards which the committee h we received nearly £2,000. We cannot believe that the re mainder will be long wanting. The scheme re quires to be fairly set on foot to obtain wide and great support. Men of all creeds, and parties of all ranks and professions, must recognise the duty of rescuing these homeless boys, if possible, from a life of vice and crime; and the simple fact of teach ing them an honest living goes, of itself, a long way towards their reclamation. It must bo remembered, too, that the boys themselves are heartily anxious for a seafaring life, which, as every person knows, possesses especial fascinations at their age. Either soldiering or sailoriug would offer especial advan tages to boys accustomed to no restraint, as these professions, however strict their discipline, are less tedious than sedentary occupations to the City Arab, who is used to spinning head over heels in the roadway and other amusements. We have every hope for the success of the undertaking, and meanwhile all who are inclined to forward it with their sympathy or assistance can satisfy themselves as to its prospects by attending the ceremony of inaugurating the first, but not, we trust, the last training ship in the Thames. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. __-.+- _ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Mouday Evening. There is no news or announcement of importance in the illoniteur to-day. It has, however, transpired that the treaty between France and Italy for the arrangement of the Papal debt has been signed be tween the respective parties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The journal La France, which affects to have peculiar and exclusive information relative to the Emperor Maximilian, says that he has returned from Orizaba to Mexico. The date of the despatch in which this news is conveyed is later than that which I noticed giving the information that the . Emperor Maximilian had made up his mind to come and see the Empress at Miramar, at the request of her medi cal attendant. The Journal des Debats, in discussing the 21Iande nzent of the Archbishop - of Paris, says :—" It con trasts favourably with the episcopal prose published of late. There are no apostolical tirades or insults against the Italians, but the Roman question is dis cussed calmly, seriously, and in good taste. In advising moderation, M. Darboy preaches from his own example, and' we hope that the advice of the prelate, which is not addressed merely to the faith ful to the diocese of Paris, will not be confined to them, but .will find an echo elsewhere. The infer ence to be drawn froin this document appears to be that in spite of the efforts of the violent party, whose influence is felt too much at Rome, all hope of a compromise is not abandoned." I may as well notice that the Archbishop states that the amount received on behalf of the Pope when the Lent Man dement was published was 1,791,062 f. 50c. The subscriptions since amount to 157,406 f. 80c. Total, 1,948,469 f. 30c. Rossini has met with an accident, which, how ever, it is hoped will not be attended with serious consequences. He had returned to his bed-room, according to his usual custom, after dinner. As he remained, however, longer than usual, Madame Rossini went to his room, and found him senseless on an arm-chair. It appears that he had fallen against the bed and had received a serious blow on the forehead and nose. The fall produced vomiting. His medical attendant, Dr. Vio Bonato, came with out delay, and from his care the patient passed a favourable night. The account given to-day is that Rossini is much better. An account has been received in Paris, but with out any details, of the murder of the curate of Chateuneuf-sur-Loire with a hatchet while he was celebrating mass last Friday morning at the hospital of that town. The assassin is a shoemaker, who was formerly employed at the church. _ _ Among the recent deaths is that of the Baroness d'llaussez, wife of Baron d'Haussez, who was Minister of Charles the Tenth, and who, if I recol lect rightly, was one of the statesmen who signed the celebrated ordinances against the press, which led to the expulsion of that monarch from the throne. The Countess Anna Appor.yi, mother of the Counts Charles and George Apponyi, the well. known diplomatist, has just died at Presbourg, aged 87. The important point as to the right to publish a guide to the Great Exhibition is still in suspense. M. Dentu, who has purchased Me right to publish the Official Guide, and who commenced proceedings against Messrs. Lebign6 and Duquesne, editors, who announced the publication of an International Guide, stated• by counsel to the Correctional Tri bunal that he desisted from the action. M. Durier, the counsel, said his clients would not accept the withdrawal of the proceedings. They wished the Court to give a decision upon the important lite rary question whether the publication as a Guide to the Exhibition is to be a monopoly, or whether any man who chooses to publish such a Guidells to be at liberty to do so. In consequence of the ill ness of the counsel for the plaintiff, the further proceedings were postponed for a week. The question, although a .very simple one, touches in the highest degree upon the cause of literature. It is whether the purchase of the right to, publish an Official Guide gives the pur chaser the right to suppress the publication of any other Guide whatever. The Constitutionnel states that the Military Com mission has finished its labours, but there will be another sitting before the proposals shall be em bodied in a project of law, and sent to the Council of State. The Emperor has approved of the prin cipal bases of the reorganisation of our military forces. They are to augment the resources of the national defence by economising our financial re sources, and not to destroy a system which has been a source of glory for France, at the same time not to be in a position below the exigencies created by the increase of European armies, to respect the great principle of equality without interfering with the intellectual impetus of the country." The Italie states that the bishops who had left their sees have all returne," to their dioceses. The Italian Government has acted strictly in accordance with the conciliatory views propounded in the Cir cular of M. Ricasoli. lie had called upon the bishops to return, and had neglected nothing to destroy the barriers opposed to such a course. This result (adds the Italic) proves how the Italian Go vernment persecutes the Church, as some journals have asserted. The Italie, in reference to the mission of M. Tonello, says that it has no reference to political matters. The object of it is to come to an under standing between the Italian Government and the Pope with respect to the suppression of a certain number of bishoprics and in regard to the nomina tion of bishops whose appointments should receive the previous approbation of the King. This is the extent of the points to which the mission will be confined. They are no doubt delicate questions, but the arrangements made with other powers would prove, if necessary, that it is not impossible to come to an understanding with the Court of Rome upon such matters without it being necessary for Italy to abandon any of her just rights. It is officially stated that the negotiations be tween France and Austria for treaties upon fivo rather important questions proceed satisfactorily, and that there is no doubt of a speedy and definitive arrangement. The subjects involved are these : A commercial treaty extending the principles of free trade ; a treaty of navigation a consular con vention ; a convention to protect literary rights ; lastly, a convention relative to the right of suc cession. The Prefect of the Seine gives the following official account of the result of the late census of the population :—City of Paris, 1,825,274 inhabi tants ; arrondissement of St. Denis, 178,359 arrondissement of Sceaux, 147,283. Total, 2,150,916. That is to say, an increase in five years of 197,256 inhabitants. The census of 1851 gave the following results : City of Paris, 1,696,141 inhabitants; arrondisse ment of St. Denis, 135,434 ; arrondis3ement of Sceaux, 147,283. Total, 1,953,660. A lady named Dimond, residing in her own house in the fashi ona bl e part of Southampton, h as g i ven th e h ouse and it 3 fur n it ure to the comm i ttee o f th e Roy a l South Hants Infirmary for the benefit of that institution, and has gone to reside in lodging... The furniture ha 3 been sold by auction and fetched £5OO, and the house has been let for nearly £lOO a year. A new list of subscriptions, up to Saturday last, to the Eyre Defence Fund includes the names of the Duke of Portland (X 1.00), the Marquis of Lothian, the Earl of Glasgow, the Earl Selkirk, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westmeath, Lord Claude Hamilton, the Dean of Armagh, together with a host of the officers of the army and navy, and about 15 or 16 clergymen ; also Mr. Benjamin Web ster, of the Adelphi Theatre; Mr. G. A. Sala, Mr. Shirley Brooks, Mr. H. Baring, M.P., Mr. J. Lowther, M.P., Col. BrownlOw Knox, M.P., and Mr. T. Hewitt Key, M.A. LATEST INTELLIGENUE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) EVACUATION OF THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO. ROME, Dec. 11. At 8 o'clock this morning the French flag upon the Castle of St. Angelo was hauled down, and the Pontifical flag hoisted in its stead. The French troops evacuated the Castle. CIVITA VECCHIA, Dec. 10. The 29th Regiment of the French troops has embarked on board the Intrepide for France. Another frigate is expected to. morrow. CUBA. The Moniteur clu Soir of last night states that the Queen of Spain has just granted by decree definitive permission to attach to a point on the island of Cuba the end of a submarine cable, which is to connect it with the coast of Florida. CHINA AND JAPAN. HONG KONG (via TRIESTE), Nov. 1. The French Admiral has sailed to the Corea, but has decided to defer active operations until the winter is over. The American schooner General Sherman has been seized by pirates in the river Teading to the capital. They set fire to the vessel, after tying to the masts the crew and two English passengers, who all perished. Large bodies of Nienfei have made their appear ance on the borders of Shantung and Honan. An interview has taken place between Admiral King and the Taotai at Shanghai, with reference to the suppression of piracy. Her Majesty's cutter Osprey, which had been missing, has returned ; all well on board. A disastrous fire occurred at Hong Kong on the night of the 30th of October, by which 200 native houses were destroyed. Intelligence received here from Japan states that the death of the Tycoon has been officially an nounced by proclamation. Stotesbashi, the Prime Minister of the Shogoon, is vigoropsly prosecuting the war, and Chosin has twice been defeated. A Japanese Embassy will proceed to Russia by the next mail to settle the Saghalien difficulty, and to arrange the boUndaries question. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, OCt. 27. Great floods, with heavy rains, have prevailed at Melbourne during the month. Intelligence received here from New Zealand an nounces that the natives of Hawke's Bay are likely to prove troublesome. It is reported that the Waikotes intend to attack Napier on the departure of the military. ADELAIDE, OCt. 24. The Assembly has rejected the bill for the amend ment of the Constitution. The wool-clip is satis factory. SPEECH. OF THE POPE. " FLORENCE, Dec. 10. The Nazione of to-day publishes the following speech addressed by the Pope to the officers of the 85th Regiment of French troops at Rome : " Before your departure I wish to bid you fare well. Your flag left France to restore the Holy See. On its departure it was accompanied by the unani mous good wishes of the nation. Th 3 flag returns now to France, but I believe that many consciences will not be satisfied. I wish it to be received in the same manner as when it left France, but I doubt whether this will be, the case. There must be no illusions—the revolution will come to the gates of Rome. It has been said that Italy is complete ; no, she is not complete, and if she exists as she is, it is because there remains this scrap of territory where lam still at the present time. When this no longer remains, the flag of the revolution will float over the Italian capitol. To re-assure me attempts are made to persuade me that Rome, by the nature of its po sition, cannot be the capital of Italy. I am tranquil because I have confidence in the Divine protection. Go to France with my benediction. Let those who are able to approach the Emperor tell him. that I pray for him and his and for his tranquillity. But be also must do something. France is the eldest daughter of the Church, but it does not suffice to wear the title•—the right to wear it must be proved by deeds." FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 10.--Scarcely anything whatever doing, and all quotations are to a fraction near the same as on Saturday, the only exception being the General Ottoman Debt, which is again in request at 33f. 50c., with a rise of 4 per cent. French Threes are quoted at 69f. 57ic , or 2ic. above last close, and Italian Fives at 56f. 10c., or sc. below last close. Credit Mobilier and Credit Foncier shoW no variation. Comptoir d'Escompte are 2f. 50c. higher, at 880 f., owing to the vote at the late meeting consenting to the doubling of the shares. Railways are likewise unvaried at merely nominal quotations. The market closed without any change. The last quotations are as follows : I} per Cents 93 Bank Shares 3625 Do. end month — Italian Loan 55 90 3 per Cents. 69 55 Do. end month 56 121 Do. end month 69 571 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier 578 7a Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 578 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier — Home Debt Do. end month — Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans BBO Northern ll9O Lyons and Mediterranean........., 9OO Southern 583 75 Western — -- Eastern — Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard 395 North of Spain ll5 SaragosFa 137 50 Ditto to Barcelona — Boman. : 72 50 Further Arrests in Ireland. DUBLIN, Monday Evening. There is great excitement in Dublin this evening in consequence of the arrest of a man named Smyth. In searching his house the police discovered a great quantity of Greek or liquid fire, and the appliances for manufacturing it. Smyth declared the day was coming when the skin would be taken off the police. Ile was extremely violent. A cart was required to remove the materials. The other arrests included two pike-makers, said to be Centres, and three persons with whom guns, bullet-moulds, and powder were found. A case of guns has been seized at Mallow. The police, it is stated, have numerous warrants to execute, having obtained important documentary evidence bearing on a late arrest. Eleven men were taken up this evening in Port land-place. They were believed to be in council when atrested. THE IRON CROWN OF LOMBARDY.—The iron crown, handed over by Austria to Victor Emmanuel, was solemnly replaced on the Gth inst. in the Cathedral of Monza. The diadem of the ancient Lombard kings, brought from Florence to the Palace of Monza, was carried to the entrance of the sacred edifice in a gala carril.ge, escorted by a guard of honour, and followed by a second containing the Grand Master of the Ceremonies and Gen. Solaroli, de legated by King Victor Emmanuel to represent him at the ceremony. On the open space iil front of the church was erected a richly decorated stand for the civil and military authorities. There, after a proces-verbal recording the res titution had been drawn up in form, Gen. Solaroli handed over the precious object to the arch-priest, and it is hence forth to be designated as the Crown of Italy. LITERATURE. The Adventures of Philip on his Journey through the TVorld. By W. M. Thackeray. Smith, Elder, and Co. Although Philip was not actually the very last of the serial stories penned by Mr. Thackeray, it was to our thinking the last of any importance, the last that was really worthy of him, of his many rare and exquisite powers as a humorist, as a genial and (let us a thousand and a thousand times pro test it) not a cynical humorist. Vanity Fair first and foremost ; then The Newcomes ; then Esmond ; then Philip ; then—after " Philip "—Pendennis; and after " Pendennis" The Virginians. Afterwards —sed Longo intervallo—such wholly. inadequate evi dences of the genius of the great Satirist-Humorist as The Iloggarty Diamond [though in that, by the way, there is one of the most exquisite of all his many true touches of nature—where the young mother confuses her own age with that of her lost baby l] or again —about the last of worth among them all—such another historiette as that about Barry Lyndon. It is not simply the character of Philip himself, the great, rough, tender-hearted, tawny-bearded, outspoken, manly Philip, with' all his faults and all his excellencies, with all his blun dorings and all his gentleness toward those who are friends to him, it is not simply, we say, the charac ter of Philip that wins upon our love, and charms us into interest iu the fortunes of the principal per sonages of the story more directly revolving around him as the hero of it. Far beyond anything connected more directly with the chief sub ject of the narrative, in fact, is the charm attach ing the reader's regard and admiration through out to the actual narrator—Arthur Pendennis. Pendennis, as the historian of Philip—Pendennis wins upon us far more than he does in his own history, that is, in " Pendennis." Here in " Philip " the charm of the character of Arthur Pendennis comes out fully upon our recognition. To our fancy—as an examplar of the lettered gentleman of the middle of the nineteonth century, here in England, here in London, Pendennis, as he now reveals himself to us—his inner nature, his lik ings and dislikings, his whims and oddities, his de licate sense of humour —Pendennis himself as a creation, to our thinking, is perfect. He is as perfect a creation of the novelist's art in his way as —in his way—was his uncle himself, the incompa rable Major Pendennis of the clubs. As perfect, as true to nature and to reality, as Colonel New come, in his way again—or as F. B. in hi s — or as J. J. in his —or, again, (among Thackeray's female characters), let us say; as either Becky Sharp or Ethel Newcoine. But—reverting to Philip, what a delightful diversity of character one notes therein grouped around Philip himself and his friend and historian Pendennis —Mrs. General Baines, the old harridan—the poor illiterate Little Sister—the ras cally, swindling Doctor Firmin, father—. that horrible roue, blasé, hectoring, brutal peer of the realm, who. plays now and then so conspicuous a part in the story—honest, vulgar, good-natured Mr. Mugford of the Pall Mall Gazette—no longer a merely fictitious contem porary, by the way, but a sort of posthumous ema • nation of the creative genius of the author *of Philip, our dead and gone, but not forgotten —on the contrary, our more than ever fully appreciated and admired Novelist, Humourist, and Satirist, our thoroughly Genial, Social Philosopher, William Makepeaco Thackeray. Emblems Divine and Moral. By Francis Quarles. William Tegg. As beautiful an edition, we suppose, as ever yet has appeared of " Quarles' Emblems," together with the same charmingly quaint old Poet's School of the Heart and Hieroglyphics of the Life of illan has just now been issued from the press by Mr. Tegg in the form of a luxuriantly illustrated volume—internally as full of exquisite conceits as a poppy-head is of seeds, and externally as resplendent in appearance as the poppy's scarlet blossom. It is a book equally fitted for the library shelf and the drawing-room table for the amateur's pocket or the traveller's valise. Bright Thoughts for Little Ones. Illustrated by John Proctor. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin. A most delectable book of pictures, tales, and verses—drawn, told, and warbled for the dear little ones clustered about her footstool by the delight fullest old grandmatna ! It will be welcomed in many a nursery and pored over in the glow of the winter firelight upon many a home heat th-rug. The Writer's Enchiridion ; or the Orthographer's Friend. Messrs. Lockwood, and Co. The second edition, this is, of a very useful little pocket volume, explanatory of the more frequently encountered puzzles of orthography. Exuberant Growth of Tonsils as a Fertile Source Of Delicate Health and Arrest of Development in Young Persons. By James Yearsley, M.D. A treatise this is that will come home to many an anxious mother—treating, as it does, of a disease that affects, with so many, health, hearing, and happiness. _Tti3lly's Pas t- Office Directory for 1867. - One of the great facts that bring vividly to mind the rapid approach of the new year 1867 is the pub lication of the annualedition, by the Messrs. Kelly, of the "Post-offieeDirectory"—a work that has now become a positive necessity to all persons engaged in the trade and commerce of the metropolis. Year by yaar various improvements have been introduced, until at last the work is as near perfection as human ingenuity can make it. As the goodly volume lies before us, with its cheerful cherry-coloured binding, what an extraordinary catalogue it presents of the busy thousands engaged in trade, and what a record of the multitudinous " callings," the following of which by some one or other leads to imperishable fame or gigantic for tune. It would be a great curiosity in its . way if it were possible to collect together the various matters during the year on which the "Post-office Directory" is consulted. What tales of happiness and woe, what hopes and fears, and what success and disaster often occur through the want of a lost address ; but with " Kelly's Directory" at hand the chances are a million to one but that you find the required information. That the Directory is cor rected down to the latest possible moment, the following alterations, consequent upon the recent legal changes, will at once show. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, appears in the Law Directory, in the list of Privy Councillors, and Official Index. The name is taken out of the Parliamentary and list of Queen's Counsel, and cor rected in the Court Directory; Sir Daniel Gooch, the newly-created baronet, gazetted Nov. 13, appears as such in the Parliamentary Directory and Court Di rectory ; Mr. Yardley, late magistrate at Maryle bone police court, who died Nov. 18, is taken out of the Police Courts, the List of Barristers, Official Index, and Court Directory; Mr. Vesey-Fitzgerald, the new Governor of Bombay, gazetted on the 20th of November, is inserted in the Official Directory; Mr. Kavanagh, the new member for Wexford, elected Nov. 27, is inserted in Parliamentary and Court Directory ; Mr. Chas. Lanyon, M.P., for Belfast, elected Nov. 27, is in Parliamentary and Court Directory ; Sir Hugh Cairns, Lord Justice of Appeal, is inserted in the Law Directory, List of Privy Councillors, Official Index, and taken out of Parliamentary Directory as M.P. for Belfast, and list of Queen's CounSel ; Sir John Rolt, Attorney-General, appears as such in the Law Directory, in the Chief Officers of State, the Official Index, Parliamentary and Court Directory; Mr. William Miller, the late Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, whose death was announced November the 30th, is taken out of the Bank of England and Official Index ; Mr. Lenon Conyngbam, late Chief Clerk of the Foreign-office, whose death was announced Nov. 28th, is taken out of Official Directory; Sir William Bovill, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, gazetted Nov. 30, appears in Law Directory, Official index, is taken out of the Parliamentary Directory as M.P. for Guildford, List of Q.C.'s, and corrected in court by striking out M.P. ; Mr. Karslake, the new Soli- citor-General is in the Law Directory, Cv le Officers of State, and Official Index ; and Mr. Malins, the new Vice-Chancellor, gazetted Dec. 4, is inserted in Law Directory, Official Index, and taken out of List of Queen's Counsel. We can only again repeat that which we have had the pleasure of doing so frequently before, viz., our congratulations to Messrs. Kelly upon the successful completion of the " Post-office Directory for 1867"—a book of reference without an equal in the world. Institution of Painters in Water ColourF. The winter exhibition of sketches and studies by the members and associates is now open, and offers as usual many attractions to the visitor. There is variety enough in subject and in style to suit all tastes, though the tour of the rooms may be veri . quickly made if we look merely to their size. There are landscapes, figures, pieces, sea-pieces, fl o wers, and fruit, in short, every descriptio n o f • " Sketches and studies," some evidently inte n ded as the designs for larger and more ambitious w or k s ; others con taining promise and pe r form a nc e a ll i n o ne. There is every variety of treatment, too, f rom the careful finished picture to the mere outli n e ; ev ery degree , also, of taste and talent. -Some ri_tures, imperfect in themselves, give pro m i se o f hi g h er e xcellence, others leave little to be desi re d, w hil e , naturally enough, there are others which afford neither pr e ' sent pleasure nor future anticipations. The Presi dent is liberal in his contributions—taking his sub' jects, as usual, from the far East, to whose gorgeous scenes and figures he owes so many of his earlier inspirations. Two of Mr. Warren's pictures , especially, are in his best style. "The Prayer of the Fedgr " (No. 462)' shows us a desert scene by night, with the camel standing in the foreground, and the Fedgr bending at his prayer, while the eastern moon is rising in all its radiancy in the distance, contrasting the brilliancy of the back ground with the shadowy group that stand in front of the picture. Such scenes realise the poetic aspec t of Oriental life, " when the caravan halts in its long course over vast deserts, and the turbaned travel ler bending in the sandpnys his homage to the sacred stone and the sacred city." " Shade" (No. 3 )1 which hangs on the opposite side of the doorway from No. 462, is another beautiful painting by th e same gifted pencil. Louis Haghe contributes bu t two pictures (Nos. 83 and 100), both bearing th e same suggestive title, Interior of an Artist S Studio." They are in Mr: Haghe's characteris tic style, and even without his name could not fail to arrest the gazer's attention. Edmund Warren, who inherits his father's talent, has a P ic : ture which cannot certainly be overlooked, if only for the gleaming holly berries th at surround it, reminding us so pleasantly tha t ChriStmas is at hand. " Bringing Home the yule Log," No. 48, is a snow scene in the woods, no veil easy subject, but delicately and effectively treated' Of landscapes in all styles there is indeed no lack , and they have as a whole the advantage over th e figure pieces, an incident not uncommon at the Water Colours. No one, however, can pass un noticed Mr. Augustus Bouvier's charming bea ns ' which smile upon him from all parts of the root`' This young and gifted artist, who has already oh; tamed a promising reputation, has eight pictures , °f which "La Bella Procitanon," No. 309, "G re y Eyes," No. 195, in the inner room, and " La Ser e ' lina," No. 386, are perhaps the best. " The fus e of Comedy," 498, and " Thoughtful," 502, are &se excellent. "Is He Coming?" 299, by W. Lucas' is admirably painted. " The Reverie," No. 437, ,„ John Absolon, is a somewhat similar subject -4 girl standing in a country scene thinking of her ab sent lover, though the one is passively musing, t he other anxiously expecting. The difference between the two does not end here, for in Mr. Absolon s " Reverie" the corn might as well be meant for wood. It is only fair to add, however, that this s a " study," not a finished picture. Of sea pi eces and coast scenes we have several good specimens' No. 434 is a set of clever sea sketches by Ed wie t Hayes, and the same artist's " Blowing Fresh," 31 ' ; is very spirited. Mr. Skinner Prout's •' Coast St. David," No. 78, is good, and Mr. Campion ' : " Scarborough Castle—Mist Clearing," 77, wh ich hangs next it, is effective, but must not be looked 3t too closely to catch its effect. No. 97, " Heavy Ground Sea on the Manacle Rocks," by Ja nes Philp, is another good sea picture, but Mr. Mng.„ - ford's, 409, " Flowing Tide and Stiff Breeze," intended to commemorate a very extraordinary stal, of things, if we are to judge by the desperate g reen ~: of the sea. Mr. Hine has several good subj ects ; mostly drawn from the sea coast. .« At E a stbourn e ", No. 37, is perhaps his best, though the still be aus © of . the scene does not at first remind us of th" stormy coast close, by. It is a beautiful lsn ci t : scape, and fully confirms the claims of B as to bourne to an inland beauty exceptional watering places on the coast. No. " Twilight, Littlehampton," is another admirable, though unpretending, study. It shows one a s unset scene with a ship in the foreground. Several,' 01 r , Mr. Hine's fishermen are ve r y spirited. " F is ' e man Mending Nets" (124), and " St u dy of an , e Brighton Fisherman" (362), are b o th capital, I Li e. latter especially is evidently drawn from ' " Lugger on the Beach, Hastings," is a 5-kete ,e, cleverly and effectively done. " Coasts near L itt ' 311. ' hamptou" (No. 225) is among the best 0f .04 1 - 1 Hine's contributions this year. " A "s t V er Fisherman" (638), by E. H. Welwert, is a unt good piece of sea-life, and "An Angler" (51--v0) ' b e G. Kilburne, is well done. Charles Vacher has s°, o d admirable pieces, " Santa Croce in Jerusalenillio the Walls of Aurelian, Rome " (425), is one °f fu ss y, most ambitious and also most successful effe o a " Old Palace, Linlithgow" (227), is another g c et painting by the same artist. 247, in the ~ room, represents a scene from the Lake of e ° ,315 , and is another of Mr. Vacher's best. It wants t he tance to be seen to:advantage ; the blue hills il l he backund are rendered with all the effect of the back softening. ( lOu atmosphere. A Scotch landscape dgate by Mr. Pidgeon, is good, as is also " Bra dg Park," by J. W. Whymper. " The Vale of 1,1 John gollen," by T. Boys, cannot certainly be ra, 01 ,0 among the best landscapes, nor can Mr. dole Chase's very stiff and unattractive " Amalfi." i l e• same artist has, however, some much better P 0 Sel 3 tures, his " Hadleigh Castle" (144), and eg • of his architectural paintings being really nd cellent. No. 254, " Study in Rich tn ai g, Park," is very nicely done, and " an the Shimna,Tullymore Park, Ireland," L'J se t; 11. M'Kewan, is a very effective landscape. 511 .„ e itll and moon - light are two favourite effects painters, and we have two very agreeable ill ov er tions of them in Mr. Maplestone's " Sunse t Chas e 'o the ruins of Melrose Abbey," and Mr. Wrei " Terrace at Haddon, Moonlight." Harrison- o o" , represents the animal kingdom with all h is a , tomed skill and vigour. His' Pigeons," " r-rb lic and' Rabbits," are all capital. The ladies are est represented, choosing their subjects for the part part from the gay and graceful studies mos t i o g genial to their tastes. Mrs. Duffield has lost 0 , 0 : rie g of her skill as a floral artist, as her 23(i, Flowers," 515, and her" Study of roses , T he and " Sketch of Roses," 439, amply prov e ' me re colours in the latter group might have been '-eule i judiciously varied. Miss Fanny Harrsl,l,asiasse of ‘ excellent fruit, and Mrs. Harrison has a u d giss roses" very prettily done. Miss Murray an , ‘ i Corban have some nice paintings, the latter.: very Busy," 198, a mischief-working grey kitten , I , f lis p h for •' - . 0 cleverly done. We cannot say so mu,. dogg i 1 Sarah Setchel's " Little Boy," a rough , dog a who looks nearly as like a boy as tu res 4 omitted to mention among Mr. Chases's IZ ig dale; very beautiful representation of " The he r th Altoget Tower, Oxford—Evening," 469. d offers of exhibition is quite up to the average, an la ce this unattractive season a most agreeable place this .00 has J THE FEN %. N RAID.—A memorial window • of been placed in the Convocation-hall of the I:Tniversitier Toronto bearing the namesof three young men —fir' burn, Mr. M'Kenzie, and Mr. Tempest—metubers of Janat)-1' versity College, who fell at Lirneridge on the 2(1 of o r fighting for their country. The window was unvoileadio four of their fellow-students, who were wounded 0 : if same occasion. The President, Dr. stated o'o, these three young men had been spared they would VD° bably all have obtained the highest honours Wbicli college had to beetow. quiet, and tl th e et filll n and f, t o tbl tt r ark 34, hff a i r A c , (l a3r t Th West 4 48 t , A I\Tor altb ar e kiv,