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1411? E _l3 oxr S ERVI C ES. —D tiring the storms of the past twenty months the National tifeb4at Institution, by its lite boats and other means, contributed to the saving of 1,475 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £48,000 in the same period on its lifeboat ektablishments, in addition to granting £3,530 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A [VEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the 172 lifeboat Stations of the Institution. Contributions are received by the London and tocoutry bankers ; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis , Esq., the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Landon. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. 1311ATTER TON. Unequalled Combination of Attraction. THIS EVENING (Thursday), Nov. 22, at 7 o'c lock, her Majesty's servants will perform G o ethe's romantic Play, in Five Parts, FAUST, tt6apted from the Poem by Bayle B,rnard. Mephistopheles, Mr. Phelps ; Faust, Mr. Edmund Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. W. Harrison ; Ilargaret, Mrs. Hermann Vezin ; Lisa, Miss Poole;ith increased Oic chestra and n uerors .-3-:as. New and characterist in scenery Willi am Beverley. Previous to the Play the Orchestra will perform Sphor's Overture to "Faust." To-morrow (Friday), Nov. 23, Lord Lytton's Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Helen Faucit ; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Walter Montgomery. On Saturday, Nov. 24, the performances will commence with Goethe's romantic Play of FAUST (see cast above). To conclude with, each evening, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCIIIO. I'etruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katharine, Miss Isabel Adams. Notwithstanding the unparalleled success which has at tended the production of Goethe's Play of "Faust," Mr. Chatterton begs to call the attention of the public to the fact that it can only be performed for eleven nights more previous to the Christmas Holidays—viz" Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday of each week up to December 15— in consequence of the immense preparations necessary for the production of the Grand Christmas Pantomime on Boxing Night, Wednesday, Dee. 26. Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, --- THIS EVENING, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Chas. Ma hews, Howe, Kendal. Gordon, Weathersby. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws, Hull, &c. Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, lir Clark, &o. ; Mes dames C. Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, Sir. After which, OUR MARY ANNE. Mr. Rowe, Mr.Clarlr, Miss C. HILL Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lesiee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. TIIIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND CIESAR. Hearade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama. in Four Acfs, THE LONG STfinix, written by Dion Boncicanit. The New Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, H. Widclicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, 1). Evans, Anderson, eivf)ound Stanley. Lomas, Morel And, Andrews, Iteynoles, 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 THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, VICIORIN.E ; or, I'LL SLEEP ON:IT. Miss Neilson (her Sthiappearance here), and Mrs. Alfred Mellon ; Messrs. Billington, Paul Bedford, Ashley, F. Shaw, and Komar. To conclude with HELEN ; or, TAKEN FRO M THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul 13edford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw. Ashley, Eburuc. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining. TENTH APPEARANCE OF MRS. JOHN WOOD. THIS EVENING, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the po pular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq.,lt entitled BARNABY IT DC E, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. W atts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augus to Thomson, Mrs. Henry Ming, Chas. Hornman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messr4. Calhaem, F Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles Ilorsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton, W. R. Robins Cuaptilan, Sec. ACC Ist, The Mystery; 2d, The Re cognition; 3d, The Riots; 9th , Caught at Last. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Voyds, and Music by Mr. Charles hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of Mr. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. LAST TWO NIGHTS of the GOLDEN DUSTMAN, which must be withdrawn to make way for further novelties. THIS EVENING, THUdSDAY, Nov. 22, To-morrow and during the week, THE ORIGINAL Dramatic Adapta tion of Charles Dickens's latest Work, " Our Mutual Friend," as pro,iuced by Mr. W. 11. C. Nation at the Sadier's Wells Theatre, June 16, 116', entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN, with Ne .v r-cenery and Striking Situations. Mews Fer nandez, Atkins, NS . H. Stephens ; Mesdames F. Gwynne and Neliy Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATALANTA, with additional Rhyme to suit the Times by W. 11. C. Nation Misses Neliy Nisbett, roily Marshall, Louise Laidlaw, and Fanny lloward. To prevent disappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. No charge ior bills or booking. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TILLS EVENING, L LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Belmore; 3EBB C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Iffessrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden, Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddes. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 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Part the First, from B.C. 55 to A.D. 1066. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, E PENNY per Frinare Foot. C ROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, 5 63, New Earl-street, London, E.C. 134, Bread-street, 59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Uoree, Piazzas, Liverpool. The newly-formed Working Men's Conservative Association was inaugurated last Tuesday evening in St. George's Hall, Bradford. There was a nume rous assemblage, and the proceedings were carried on in a very spirited manner. Mr. W. FERRAND, the president of the association, presided at the en tertainment, and, prior to the commencement of the affair, he read some letters of apology from in fluential parties who could not be present. Among them the most important was one from Lord JOHN MANNERS, who said that he would most gladly have attended, but was prevented faom doing Su. He added that he was not surprised to find that a Conservative or constitutional feeling should exist in. Bradford, because the working men of the Riding knew that amongst those who de fended the institutions of Church and State were to be found the warmest advocates of the legitimate and claims arduousof 1 a o s u t r r u . c a l n a g g T lL h m i s t h w a a t s p r p e r e o e v d e e d d t b h y e t p h a s e a l g o "long the Ten Hours' Bill and the bleaching and dyeing Acts. The noble lord added, that he recalled with satisfaction and pleasure the part he took in that struggle in the NI ork, and by the side of many no table politicians. It is meet that these important services to the working classes should be remembered, because just now most indefatigable efforts are being made in many directions to set class against class, and to persuade th e labourers that all above thorn in the s oc i a l scale are their natural enem ma ie d s e a a n n d their direct animatedap an tagonists. i t n ag w o hi ni e s h ts. he Dtoru.cßheudn:pNEorrn the chief topics of interest connected with the work in hand. After stating ro th v e e e be c s l t er t gy o im o p f Church of England had don that, in promoting educatioent,betihr the condition of the What did he do " Where is JOHN BRIGHT now ? Wor ki n g-man, he added, about the Ten Hours Bill ?—why, everything he could do to defeat it, and to do his worst in the House of Commons against the working people; the cool audacity, the brazen effrontery of such a man only showed how much the people required to be enlightened on many points. And Mr. BRIGHT had also opposed the Education Bill in every possible way." In proposing the toast of the " Earl of Derby and the House of Lords," Mr. HARRIS very opportunely said that if they looked through the land they would not find anywhere a greater friend to the working men than the noble Premier. When there was a famine in Lancashire he was at his post every week, and he also contributed large sums for the relief of the distressed " There happened to be in the same county a gentleman, who had already been alluded to, and what did he do for them at that time ? When did they find JOHN BRIGHT doing anything for the workine. men ?" However, Mr. FERRAND, in returning thanks for the House of Commons, vindicated that assembly from some of the charges that had been brought against it, and declared, from his fifteen years' experience HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE• Tras DAY.—Merning, lh. 22m..—Afternoon, Ih. 45m. To-Moßnow.-Aloruin, 2h. 10m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. fc,„„„„, 4 -04&=, 4 4.4 or\ ) LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1866. A grand complimentary dinner was given last evening to the Hon. G. F. VERDON, Finance Minis ter of Victoria, on the eve of his departure for the colony. Mr. VERDON has visited this country on a special mission of no common interest. The colony which he represents has always taken a fore-' most part in the costly and laborious duty of self defence, and the object of Mr. VERDON'S visit proves that Victoria does not intend to relax her efforts. The Government of Victoria has asked the Home Government to grant them one of the wooden men-of-war now lying in our harbours to be used as a training-ship for the encouragement of a local navy. Also they have requested the Home authorities to contribute the necessary funds in addition to the contingent which they could themselves offer, and the necessary designs and in spection to enable the colony of Victoria to possess an armour-plated ship for the defence of her har bours and its immense commerce. The English Government, we are glad to find, has promptly granted both requests, for they were requests rea sonable in themselves and honourable in the motive which prompted them. As Sir JOHN PAKINGTON observed last night, Mr. VERDON had not come here on the part of his Government. "On the contrary, in the most honourable, straightforward, and manly spirit the Government of the colony of Victo rig had come tothe Government of England and said, if not in words, in a spirit which justified the lan guage—We have set an example to the colonies of England ; we have not been sparing of our funds ; we have not been sparing in our loyalty ; we have exerted ourselves in an independent spirit to pro vide for the defence of our colony ; we have spent large sums of money ; we have provided a volun teer force, we are now providing a naval reserve force, and we come to you, the mother country, to ask, not for anything we can do for ourselves, but for that which we cannot do." We are glad to find that the Australian colonies are beginning to form a regular naval force. They have every facility for doing so with the greatest success, and every inducement to produce such a protection for their rich and extended commerce. The spirit of the people, too, is fully in accordance with the attempt, and no doubt Australia will furnish ships and sailors to compete with those of any nation. Already the poet's prophecy is in process of fulfilment, when he anticipated that the then almost unnoticed colony would one day boast-- " Of navies, hoisting their embroidered flags, Where shipless seas now wash untrodden crags." The visit of the Victorian Finance Minister is fur ther noticeable, because it is the first time that any Colonial Government has approached the Home Government with a view to co-operation in a great national work. In this respect, as in some others, Victoria has set a worthy example to other colonies, and we are glad to find that the visit of her delegate to this country has been entirely suc cessful. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and the Eail of CARNARVON, who were both guests at the banquet, represented the Cabinet very ably; and Sir JOAN PAKINGTON, in his double capacity of Colonial Minister of the Admiralty, entered very warmly into the proceedings, and cordially expressed his hope that the great and loyal colonies of Australia might continue to grow and prosper. Mr. VERDON has filled his office of Finance Minister for three years, no inconsiderable tenure of power by a Minister in the colonies, where the changes in ad ministration are more frequent than with them selves. Sir J. PAKINGTON paid a well-deserved tribute to the great ability and high character of the gentlemen whe had visited this country as colo nial representatives. He had found them, he said, to be men well qualified to fill the highest positions in any country. This compliment will be gratify ing to the colonists, and show them that they are not underrated by the statesmen of the mother country; but, indeed, England and her colonies, like other nations, have arrived of late years at a better mutual understanding. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSOAY EV ENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1866. that there was no assembly in the world " where they would find a greater amount of honesty and patriotism." Mr. FERRAND'S speech was, of course, the speech of the evening, and he commenced by stating that seventy years ago the inhabitants of Bradford elected his grandfather to command the volunteers arrayed against foreign invasion, and that now he was chosen to preside over the deliberating and educated working men who had united together to defend the institutions of the country from " revolutionary demagogues." It is well known that Mr. FERRAND is a man of extreme opinions, but he is always an honest and straightforward politician, and he is never found to say one thing one day and another the next, like some persons who are often found most appa rently in earnest. Of course Mr. BRIGHT did not fare very well in such hands; but, allowing for some exaggeration, we may find a good deal of truth in his strictures, and at any rate no one has a right to find fault with criticism on the course of one who is so censorious himself. It is quite true what he said about Mr. BRIGHT'S desire not to let the educated working men receive the franchise in pre ference to others not so well qualified, because " his power rests entirely amongst the ignorant and dan gerous classes of the community." There is also a good deal worthy of note in what he said about the prevalence of strikes all over the kingdom. More especially, however, do we concur with Mr. FERRAND'S denunciation of the argu ments employed so constantly of the hard ships of the down-trodden millions who do not possess the franchise. Where, as he em phatically observed, is the working man so really free as in England ? " There is no privilege which working men cannot enjoy ; there is no right which any man possesses in this country which that also a working man does not possess ; there is no enforce ment for him to serve in the army and navy ; there is no office in England which is not open to him ; the House of Commons welcomes the working man within its walls, and the House of Lords is recruited from its ranks." In illustra tion of this fact, Mr. FERRAND cited some notable instances. Mr. BROTHERTON, the member for Salford, said, " I myself worked in a factory when I was a boy, and I came here to plead the factory boy's cause." Mr. JOHN, FIELDER said, " I am proud to have been a factory operative, and I know the tortures they have endured." Mr. TAS TER, the Harwich weaver-boy, drew down the hearty cheers of the House of Commons for his oratory, and Sir JOIIN ELLEY once contradicted Mr. HUNT'S declaration, that there was no instance of a working man having risen from the ranks to be a general, stating that he himself bad been a private soldier, and advanced until he became colonel of the regiment in which he had enlisted, and he was then a general in the army, and representative of the borough in which his Sovereign resided. Such instances may be rare, but their existence proves the truth that there is no restriction put upon the energies or the enterprise of the lower orders. As Mr. FERRAND said —" Tell me that the working men of England are down-trodden I I say that if the Constitution and the Government of England trod down the working men, they would soon tread them under their feet. The glory and the power of England is this, that no man is trodden down within these realms, un less he does it with his own feet." In censuring the very arbitrary course which these intimidants use, who are always magnifying the ills and forgetting the substantial benefits accruing to the working classes, the Chairman said if the work ing men should be deluded enough to resist the Government of this country, there is not a man among those who are giving bad advice that will not be found wanting. When we remember Mr. BRIGHT'S precipitate return from London on the eve of the Hyde Park affair, we may well concur in the accuracy of this prophecy. In com menting upon his career, Mr. FERRAND said that he knew him well, and while he was possessed of great eloquence a " greater political coward never entered the House of Commons ; in all his life he never heard him make a speech which inculcated peace and goodwill amongst men ; but, on the contrary, he set them against each other, and thereby encouraged bloodshed." Mr. FER RAND concluded his eloquent speech by expressing an earnest hope that the people and electors of that county would stand by Lord DERBY, and be found his right arm, and "to give him as great and triumphant a victory as they gave to the late Sir Ro BERT PEEL." The Atlantic Telegraph brings us intelligence that efforts are being made to effect a compromise be tween the PRESIDENT and the Congress. We are not told how this is to be done, what concessions are to be made by either party, or who are the par ties endeavouring to bring the reconciliation about. Probably some arrangement might be come to if the PRESIDENT and his friends would agree to accept the Constitutional Amendment in a modified form —that is to say, with the omission of its most ob noxious clauses. The South might agree to base the representation only upon actual voters, provided that immediate representation were, in that case, guaranteed to her, and the condition disqualifying any one who aided or abetted the war, as a member of Congress or as a holder of any other public office. Negro suffrage may very well be left out of consi deration, as it is at present too unpopular with the general body of the people to be heartily advocated by the Radicals themselves. If the moderate men on both sides could effect such a compromise, it would uo doubt be for the advantage of all parties, for as matters at present stand there is a prospect of a most stormy session, and men not absolutely carried away by political fana ticism would see that neither foreign nor domes tic affairs are likely to be well or wisely administered. The PRESIDENT h as an anx i ous an d res p ons ibl e posi tion.odfiser his e l t is at discretion nd arduous aoonubdse temperance hoped duties he will in th e of approaching bring language h hthate n has sometimes failed of late, but which are so very andsupportaeendence enforce ,andhonest h y is of undoubted purpose. y m t , o in p n a e e t r e i s s o tairs MR. LOWE AND THE MAYOR OF CALNE. The following appears in a co n t emporary :—" In answer to a letter of Mr. Geo. Harris, Mayor of Caine, in the Times of this day, I have to say, on Monday, the sth November 1856, a meeting of the Caine Town Council was held at which were present Messrs. C. Harris, S. Jefferys J.D. Bishop, W. M. Vizard, T. Harris, H. W a ll er, W. Webb, J. R u therford, W. Bleaden, W. V. W. Lan g l e y, J . 0. Brink worth, and Mr. R. Henly, jun., the then mayor, who pre sided. The question was put by the mayor, Provided Mr. Lowe be invited to attend as usual, who will attend the dinner ?' Messrs. Langley, Waller, and Bleaden were for the dinner (Mr. Jeffreys was absent at the moment), and the remainder were against the dinner if Mr. Lowe came, so that out of ten present to vote, only three were for it; and if this was not an 'overwhelming majority,' Ido not know what is. It must be observed that Mr. G. Harris, who was not then mayor, was not even pre sent at this meeting. I leave these facts to speak for themselves. As to the mayor's inviting Mr. Lowe to Caine, or his opinion of his words, I have nothing to say —I am, sir, yours, &c.,—WILLIAM WEBB, C.C.—Caine Nov. 19." EREATU3I.—In Mr. Bright's speech on Tuesday night, in last column of report, for "more Than 1,000,000 have arranged to walk," read "more than 200,000," &c. and for" Mr. Disraeli proposed to =hide 7,000 or 8,000,'' read "70,000 or 80,000." CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The papers begin to occupy themselves with spe culations in reference to the coming Legislative session, and some return to a report that there was an idea of abolishing the custom of presenting an answer to the Imperial Speech. Some are convinced that it is or was seriously in contemplation to dis continue the practice of voting an address at the commencement of the Session. lam inclined to believe that if such an idea ever existed it has been abandoned, at all events for the present. It is still doubtful whether the Session will com mence at an earlier period than usual. The Presse says that Parliament will not be called together till the beginning of January. In official quarters the statement is that nothing is yet settled. The affairs of Italy, and the Convention of the 15th of September, still occupy much of the atten tion of the Paris papers. There has been a report that M. de Nieva, the representative of Italy in Paris, had made a verbal communication to M. de Moustier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, expres sive of some desire for a modification of the treaty. This report, however, is discredited in well-informed circles. It has been officiously contradicted, and I have not seen anything about it in the Moniteur. In the meantime the Italian papers express satis faction at the mission of General Fleury to Florence, and seem to think the result of it will be satisfactory to the Pope and the Kingdom of Italy. A letter from Florence, emanating from a well known writer, states confidently that the Pope has no idea of leaving Rome. A murder attended with odious circumstances has been committed near the town of St. Pons. In the afternoon of yesterday week a man named Francois Bourdel, of 38 years, a farmer's labourer at Mon touliers, had been to the tribunal at that town, where he was the defendant in a case brought against him by his brother, Pierre Bourdel, a young man of 26. When the case was over they had a despe rate quarrel. In a state of great exasperation the elder brother went to the inn where he slept the previous evening, discharged his double barrelled gun and reloaded it with large shot and the heads of some large nails. He then left the inn with his gun, and was heard by a woman whom he met to threaten to shoot his brother. He went across the mountains leading to the village of Coudades, where his brother resided, knowing that he would go home that way. There he stood in a sequestered spot under a tree. When Pierre Bourdel made his appearance the fratricide jumped into the road, and, aiming his gun, said he would shoot him if he did not give an acknowledgment that he owed him a sum of money. On his brother's reiterated refusal Francois Bourdel fired both barrels and the charges entered his heart. The assassin took to flight, but was soon arrested by the Gen darmerie. A man was witness to the murder behind a tree, but though the circumstances thus became known no one dared to attempt to secure the mur derer until the assistance of a large armed force was obtained, as he inspired terror everywhere, being known as a desperate poacher. Unusual excitement was created at St. Pons by the murder, and a large crowd followed the assassin to prison. Among the products which will be sent to the Great Exhibition will be fat fowl and a peculiar kind of cheese from China and Japan, which the Chinese eat in great quantities. It is made by a peculiar process of an oleaginous pea. A French traveller, M. Champion, recently sent some of these peas to the Zoological Society of Acclimitation, and on being analysed they were found to contain 10 per cent. of oil. This cheese, fried in butter or lard, is said to be of a very agreeable and delicate taste. _ _ A work bas just appeared which is likely to create interest. It consists of articles and memoirs hitherto unpublished of the Abbe de Lamennais, collated and arranged by his nephew. From a hasty perusal of the contents of this work I select some circumstances which probably have not hitherto been known. The abbe was born at St. Malo in 1782, and was the son of a shipowner at that port. His mother was scrupulously careful in giving him a religious education, but his views upon religion were very peculiar. His eldest brother, however, had great influence over him, and persuaded him to cuter the Church, and he was ordained as priest in 1816. This brother, the Abbe Jean Robert de Lamennais, was Grand Vicar at St. Brien; and wrote several theological works. As to the Abbe Felicite Robert de Lamennais his works are too well known to re quire recapitulation. The abbe was a member of the Constituent Body, but he.did not shine as an orator or as a politician. He was a seven months child, born with a sickly constitution, and suffered pain more or less during all his life from an epigas- Aric disease. He was never like a child, and never played with other children. In his infancy he affected a superiority of mental power and was fond of reading in solitude. The author relates that one day while walking on the ramparts of St. Maio with his nurse he was violently excited by the aspect of the raging sea, and exclaimed that he could penetrate into infinite space and see God. He was then only eight years of age. These " Euvres Inedites de Lamennais" contain a diary which he wrote while he was in the prison of St. Pelagic, where he was confined on the 4th January, 1841. The first diary is dated the 16th of that month. In most of these entries he complains of the insalubrity and misery of his cell, where the sun did not enter. He also complains of his illness and of the cold (there was much snow at the time) and want of fresh air. He also denounces the prison dietary, which was "insufficient for what was re quired." Sometimes he speaks of want of sleep. On one occasion he got up, but was so cold that he went to bed again. He had a wish to w rite, but could not do so. He speaks of h av i ng severa l ti m e s experienced a singular sensation. He " had decided to write a small work upon religion, founded upon the principles propounded in the ' Esquisse d'une Philosophic."' The last entry is "Saturday, Jan. 16. A year of prison. This is a partial sentence of death, for it is a great cut off from life." The Abbe Lamennais bad just finished a translation of Dante, when he was attacked with pleurisy, which made rapid progress, and he died after 43 days of intense suffering. He was buried on the 29th of February, 1854, and his remains were accompanied to the grave by a large concourse of persons. Among them was Beranger, bent with age. At his own request his funeral was that of the poor. When the earth was thrown over his coffin, the digger asked if he should put a cross over his grave. " No," was the reply. His last wish was, " Let nothing be put over my tomb," and his executors carried out his desire to the letter. Monseigneur Pavy, second Bishop of Algiers, recently deceased, was born at Roanne in 1808. He was Professor of Theology at Lyons when he was appointed, in 1846, Bishop of Algiers. He was the author of several esteemed theological works. The cold continues. There was ice in the gutters in the streets this morning. The day, however, has been bright and sunshiny. Accounts from the pro vinces speak of ice and snow. The railway administration have extensive powers of punishing infractions of their regulations. They now impose a fine of from 16f. to 3,000 f., and the amount of the fine may be doubled at each. repetition of an offence. A tradesman of Paris has been fined 200 fr. for persisting in smoking. He was coming in a third-class carriage to Paris, and a young lady politely requested him not to smoke, saying that smoking made her very ill. The de fendant told her that if she disliked smoking she should not travel third-class. She replied that she could not afford to travel in a first-class carriage. As the defendant persisted in smoking she gently took his pipe from his mouth and broke it. Upon this he struck her rather a violent blow in the face. She did not press the case of assault, but the charge preferred was merely for smoking. The defendant said that everybody smoked in a third-class carriage. This is the fact. It is not an uncommon thing to see a third of the passengers smoking either pipes or cigars. The President said it was contrary to law to smoke in a railway carriage, and whatever were the number of persons who smoked they were all liable to punishment. He then inflicted a fine of Mr. upon the defeuLut. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MEXICO. PARIS, Nov. 22. Official advices received here from Mexico state that the Belgian Legion has failed in its attempt to retake Ixmiquilpan. The French department near Mazatlan had re pulsed an attack made by Corona. A Mexican outpost, instead of supporting the French, had gone over to Corona. General Castclnau arrived at Vera Cruz on the 12th October. Ile was received by M. Parron, Chief of the Military Cabinet of the Emperor Maximilian, and left on the 13th for the city of Mexico. HUNGARY. PESTII, Nov. 20. Herr von Majlath arrived here yesterday and held a conference with the leaders of tho Deak party. The Extreme Left desires a fusion with the Deak party against the Government. TIIE WEST INDIES. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22. The steamer West Indian has arrived here. Her dates are Colon, Oct. 27, and Jamaica, Nov. 1. A projected meeting for the purpose of asking the Queen to remove the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Bowerbank, from the Kingston bench, had been prohibited. The bill to . increase the duty On rum had passed the Legislative Council. Cholera had broken out at St. Andrew. A fire at Colon had destroyed $70,000 worth of property. The city.was in a deplorable state. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 21.—Two o'clock.—The market is fluctuating ; some Securities are firm at an advance, whilst others show weakness with lower quotations. There is onlp a moderate business doing. French Threes are at 69f. 50c., with an advance of 7fc. Italian Fives have been more vacillating ; after first going up to 56f., with an advance of 15c., they have now retrograded to 55f. 70c., with a decline of 15c. Credit Mobilier Shares lose 2f. 50c., at 607 f. 50c, ; Spanish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 322 f. 50c. ; whereas Credit Foncier gain 2f. 50c., at 1,387 f. 50c, ; and Comptoir d'Escompte remain stationary at 890 f. No change in the Railway Market, which is dull. kThree o'Clock.—More buoyancy was displayed at the last moment, and Italian have again advanced above 56f. The last quotations are as follows : 41 per Cents 9B 50 Bank Shares 3610 Do. end month — Italian Loan 56 10 3 per Cents. 69 50 Do end month 56 121 Do. end month 69 521 Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier ... 606 25 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 607 50 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder — Home Debt — Do. end month 1385 Deferred 'AUL For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 913 75 Southern 585 Western — Eastern Sardinian 'io Austrian Lombard 412 50 North of Spain 143 75 Saragosra Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — DIOCESAN VISITATIONS. - - - Yesterday the following final arrangements were made for the Bishop of London's forthcoming quad rennial visitation, in which, it is greatly to be re gretted his lordship will not, on account of his con tinued ill health, be able to take any personal part. The visitation will commence on Tuesday next, the 27th inst., when the churchwardens of the rural deaneries of Fulham, Kensington, Barnes, and Hammersmith, Bloomsbury, Chelsea, Ealing, and Enfield will appear at 9.30 a.m. before Dr. Twiss, the vicar-general, in the Consistory Court, to make their presentments. At 11.45 there will be morning service with litany in the choir, followed by the holy communion, after which the clergy will exhibit their papers. They will be received, at the special request of the bishop, by the Yen. J. Sinclair, M.A., Arch deacon of Middlesex. On the second day (Nov. 28) the churchwardens and clergy of the rural deaneries of Greenwich, Woolwich, St. George's, Hanover square, Hampton, Harrow, St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, St. Marylebone, and Paddington will attend, and similar forms will be gone through. On thethird day (Thursday, Nov. 29), the churchwardens and clergy of the rural deaneries of St. Pancras, Staines, Uxbridge, St. James's, St. John's, and St. Mar garet's, Westminster, Barking, Hackney, and Isling ton, will attend. There will be the usual forms, and after morning service a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Paddington. On the fourth day (Monday, Dec. 3), the churchwardens and clergy of the East and West City, St. Sepulchre's, Spitalfields, and Stepney will attend, and will be received by the Yen. W. hale, ALA., archdeacon of London. On the fifth day (Tuesday, Dec. 4) those clergy only will be expected to attend who shall have been pre vented appearing on the first day of their citation. No charge will be delivered, but a copy of it will be sent to every clergyman cited. The Bishop of Durham purposes holding his next ordination on Sunday, the 17th of March, 1867. His lordship requires from all candidates for holy orders sufficient previous notice of their intention to offer themselves for ordination. Can didates from the University of Cambridge must produce a certificate of having passed the volun tary theological examination ; those from Oxford, the certificate of having attended the divinity lec tures ; those from Dublin, the divinity testimo nium ; and those from Durham, not being gra duates, the license in theology. All the necessary papers must be sent, six weeks before the day of ordination, to the bishop's secretary, Mr. John B. Lee, 2, Broad Sanctuary, "Westminster, S.W. The Bishop of Llandaff intends to hold his next general ordination in the cathedral church of Llan daff on Sunday, the 17th of March next. Candi dates are required to send their papers, one month before the day of ordination, to his lord ship's secretaries, Messrs. Burder and Dunning, 27, Parliament-street, Westminster, S.W., and to give personal notice to the bishop of their title, place of education, age, and usual residence. Graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge will for ward respectively the usual certificates of having attended the divinity lectures, or the certificate of having passed the voluntary theological examination ; those of Trinity College, Dublin, the divinity testi monium ; students of St. David's College, Lampoter, the certificates of the Board of University Exami ners; and those from Durham University, the license in theology. The Bishop of Ripon intends to hold an ordination on Sunday, March 17 next. His lordship requires from all candidates for deacons' orders three mouths' notice of their intention to offer themselves for ordination, and also a personal interview. Candi dates from the University of Oxford must produce a certificate of having attended the divinity lectures. Candidates from the University of Cambridge must have passed the voluntary theological examination; those from Dublin University must have the divi nity testimonial - 1i ; and those from Durham, not being graduates, the license in theology. Candi dates for priests' orders are expected to give at least two months' notice of their intention to the bishop ; and the necessary papers from all the candidates must be forwarded to the bishop's secretary in Lon don, Mr. John B. Lee, 2, Broad Sanctuary, West minster, S.W., at least one month before the day of ordination. w NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. In accordance with an order received at Chatham the iron armour-plated ship Northumberland, 26, 6,624 tons, 1,350 nominal horse power, is to be re ' moved from the Thames 'lto Devonport, where she is to be completed in her equipments and brought forward for service. The order also directs the new system for mounting and dismounting heavy guns on board ship, the invention of Mr. D. Grant, connected with the e llaster Shipwrights' Department at Chatham Dockyard, to be tested on board the Northumberland, and a report of the trials made to the Admiralty. The Admiralty are desirous of hav ing the Northumberland completed by an early date, in order that she may be despatched on an experi mental trial cruise to test her sailing and steaming capabilities, prior to her classification, and at the same time to compare the results with those ob tained from the other ships composing the Channel squadron. The nature of the armament the North umberland will mount has not been definitely de cided upon. It is understood to be the wish of the Admiralty that she should be armed with a certain number of the Armstrong GOO-pounder guns for her broadside ports. The screw sloop Reindeer, 7, 953 tons, 200 no minal horse power, Commander E. Nares, fitting for sea in Chatham harbour, is complete in her equipment and stores, and, in accordance with a telegraph received at the dockyard, will leav to morrow for the Pacific, on a four years' cruise. On reaching the Nore she will be detained for a few days to make her official trial of speed at deep draught, and to be swung for the adjustment of her compasses, and will be finally inspected by the Vice-Admiral Commanding-in-Chief. The Rein deer will call in at Portsmouth for her final orders from the Admiralty. The screw corvette Chameleon, 17, 952 tons, 200 horse power, attached to the 3d Division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, is undergoing some extensive repairs and alterations in dock, at an esti mated outlay of £12,000, in order to bring her for ward for the first-class Steam Reserve, in antici pation of her being commissioned. The screw gunversel Myrmidon, 4, 695 tone, 200 horse power, lying on the stocks at Chatham dock yard, partially completed, has been surveyed by the officials connected with the Master Shipwright's staff, and an estimate made of the probable expense of completing her. The estimate arrived at by the officials is that her completion will involve an ex penditure of about £25,000, to which must be added the cost of her engines and machinery. The Charybdis, 17, screw corvette, 1,506 tons 400 horse power,which has been undergoing several important alterations and additions inS heerness dock yard, was on Tuesday so far advanced towards com pletion as to be taken for a preliminary run towards the Mouse Light. The trial was satisfactory. After the run she returned to Sheerness harbour, where she will as quickly as possible be made ready for sea. Her Majesty's 4 gun screw steam sloop Nymphe, 1,081 tons burden, and 300 horse power, built at Deptford, will be launched from the public shed, Woolwich, on Saturday next. The first portion of her keel was laid down by Mr. Ladd, the present master shipwright at Woolwich yard, on April 19, 1865, and her construction on the advanced system of Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor to the Royal Navy, has been pushed farward with the ut most despatch. Her principal dimensions are as fol lows :—Length between perpendiculars, 187 ft. ; length of the keel for tonnage, 158 ft. 3iin.; breadth extreme, 36ft. ; ditto for tonnage, 35ft. 10in. ; ditto moulded, 35ft. 2in. ; and depth in hold, 191 t. 4in. The ceremony of christening the Nymphe will be performed by Miss E. Wilmott, niece of the Capt.- Superintendent, A. P. E. Wilmott, C. B. She will be released and is expected to glide down the slip at 3 o'clock p.m., at the high tide. Arrangements have been made to supply the Nymphe with all the mo dern improvements recently sanctioned by the Board of Admiralty. The binnacle lamp, the in vention of Mr. Brown, an officer of the Civil Ser vice in Deptford Dockyard, yesterday underwent an official examination and test by the officials of the yard, preparatory to its being fitted on board. The lamp has superseded all others formerly in use, and is ordered to be adopted in future in all ships of her Majesty's service. A patent for securing the supply has been taken out by Messrs. Nunn and Brown, who have commenced supplying the Megaira, the Niobe, the Industry, and the whole of the ships at Woolwich, as well as the Black Prince, the Prince Consort, the Edgar, the various coastguard cutters, the Great Eastern, &c. One of the lamps is now under construction, by order of the Board of Admi ralty at Chatham, for despatch to the International Exhibition at Paris. The screw steamship Bristol, 31, Capt. L. E. IL Somerset, commissioned in Oct., 1865, for service on the West Coast of Africa, is now undergoing temporary repairs in Keyham steamyard, her offi cers and crew being absent on leave. The ventilators are to be enlarged, and other improvements made prior to her return to the coast. The screw steam sloop Daphne, 4, recently launched at Pembroke, arrived at Plymouth on Monday in charge of Staff Commander Spain, and in tow of the paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator. The Daphne was next day placed in the basin of Keyham steamyard, where her sails were unbent. She bur dens 1,081 tons, and will be supplied with engines of 300 horse power. The screw steam surveying vessel Sylvia, 5, from Sheerness, which arrived on Monday at Plymouth, was completed with fuel on Tuesday, preparatory to her departure for China. The three ships belonging to the Channel Squadron which arrived last week from Portland in Plymouth Sound, have proceeded into Hamoaze to complete repairs. The armour-plated screw steamship Caledonia, 30, Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, flag of Admiral Yelverton, and the Achilles, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, went up on Monday. The Lord Clyde, 24, Captain Roderick Dew, C. 8., flag of Admiral Warden, followed on Tuesday morning. The Caledonia is placed at moorings off Devonport Dockyard. The Achilles will go into No. 3 dock at Keyham steamyard, occupied by the Lord Warden, which will vacate ; and the Lord Clyde will occupy N 0.3 dock, in succession to the frigate Zealous,which will be removed. A court-martial assembled on Tuesday morning on board the flagship Royal Adelaide, in Hamoaze, for the purpose of trying Mr. C. Jackman, assist.- engineer of the first-class on board the paddlewheel steamshsop Buzzard, 6, for breaking his leave. The Court was presided over by Capt. Pree.dy ; Mr. W. Eastlake, judge-advocate. The prisoner having pleaded guilty, was adjudged to forfeit all his seniority as a first-class engineer, to be mulcted of five days' pay, and to be severely reprimanded. Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. F. Ilastings, C. 8., is appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific sta tion, vice Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Denman, pro moted to Vice-Admiral. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. Curme to the Fisgard, for service in the Euphrates, has been cancelled, and Capt. M. Dunn, of the Megxra, has been appointed in his place; Capt. J. Simpson to the I.llegmra, vice Dunn ; Lieut. A. Clarkson to the St. George ; Lieut. F. Thompson to the St. Vincent ; J. Blake, assist.-surg., additional, to the Formidable ; A. Mul lin, assist.-surg., to the St. George ; C. Wilicocks, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the Ocean ; E. Lean, assist.-paymaster, to the Indus ; J. Watson, (b) and I. Fielden, engineers, to the Sylvia. THE REFORM I-ImADAY.—The London composi tors decline to join in tho trades' demonstration next month in favour of Reform. They say that their society was established for trade purposes only, and they object to its machinery being employed for political objects. HUNTING HOUNDS.—The number of staghounds used for hunting purposes has considerably decreased the last few years, and there are now but four hunting packs, which comprise her Majesty's, Baron Rothschild's, and two others. For-hunting has greatly increased, and this sea son there are 94 packs of dogs entered for hunting, which consist of 24 private packs belonging to the Duke of Beau folt, the Luke of Grafton, Lords Portsmouth, Poltimore, Yarborough, Middleton, Galway, Leaconfield, and Fitz hardinge, and Mr. Garth's, &c., and 70 subscription packs. There are 23 packs of harriers now running. The Marquis of Hastings has disposed of his pack of harriers, and will hunt a vac 91 foxhounds thin wintnr. jaf , a% Court - urrtular HER MAJESTY, &c• WINEssoR CASTLE, Wednesday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess of Wales, walked and drove yesterday; and her Majesty drove out with her royal highness this afternoon. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise walked in the grounds to-day, and Prince Leopold went out also. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by M a jor- General F. Seymour and the lion. Mortimer Sack ville West, went out shooting. Lord Crofton had the honour of accompanying his royal highness. Lord Alfred Paget returned to the Castle yes terday. Tc-day is the birthday of her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal). His Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian Ambassador, left town on Tuesday for Paris, on his waY to Hungary, and will be absent about two months. In the interim, Count lialnoky, who is expected to arrive from Vienna to-day, will act as Charg6 d'Affaires in the ab sence of the Ambassador. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond g o to Goodwood, Sussex, where the coming of the age of their oldest son, the Earl of March, is to be celebrated with the customary rejoicings next week. The Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mall Stanhope have left town to visit the Countess Cowper at Wrest Park, h e Countess Cowper is entertaining a large party at Wrest Park, Beds. Viscountess Newry and the Hon. Miss Needham have arrived at Farranee's Hotel from Brighton. The Countess of Albemarle and the Bishop of Sodor and Man are staying at Bournemouth, in Hants. Mr Sims Reeves has kindly promised to sing in that town the beginning of next year on behalf of the National Sault" torium there. LORD LYTTON IN FR,ANCE.—A letter dated Nov. 21 says .—" On Monday night Lord Lytton, his brother Sir Henry Bulwer, Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., M. Drouy 11 de Lhuys, and M. Prevost-Paradol were at Mrs. Bigelow reception. The new peer was almost mobbed by Americ 3ll , ladies anxious to be introduced to the author of " Pelham Lord and Lady Rokeby arrived in Paris a daY or two ago on their way to winter in the south of France- Lord and Lady Abinger have arrived in Pari s, and intend to go south to pass the winter. Lady Willoughby do Broke has left the Alex andra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner. Lady Clifford and Miss Clifford have left Brown's Hotel. Sir Thomas Dancer and the Misses Dancer have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M•r'' is not among the members of the late Administration mho are recreating in Italy. The Italian papers have made very free with the right hon. gentleman's name, but WO are assured that, since his yachting excursion at the end of the Parliamentary session, Mr. Gibson has sought the quietude of Theberton House, Suffolk. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE• DEATH OF PROFESSOR SHIRLEY. OXFORD, Nov. 2 1 . We regret to announce the death of the Rev. pr . Shirley, Canon of Christ Church and Regius Pro fessor of Ecclesiastical History, which took place last night at a few minutes after 10. Dr. Shirl e y had been seriously unwell during the latter pa rt ° the long vacation and the earlier portion of the pre sent Term ; but, appearing to be better, he ven tured on Saturday, the 20th of October, to leave n l 7 house and record his vote on occasion of the contest for a seat in the Hebdomadal Council between gr• Wayte, of Trinity, and Mi. Liddon of Christ Churc li. This exertion was followed almost immediately by relapse, which forced him to take to his bed, and from which he never rallied. An abscess forme the liver, producing nausea, and rendering the tall of nourishment exceedingly difficult. The o'o strength was thus greatly reduced, and, when ?, abscess finally burst, was insufficient to carry' tPS patient through the crisis. Dr. Shirley was educa ted at Wadham College, where he was the first Scholar and then Fellow and Tutor. He took the degr e . ° of B.A. in 1851, having obtained a First Class 01 , Mathematics at the Michaelmas Examination of that year. In 1856 he was appointed a Master of the Schools, and in 1857 a Mathematical Moderator. In 1862 he was nominated to the office of SO° Preacher. In 1864, on the promotion of Dr. Stall to the Deanery of Westminster, he was apPeli lte by Lord Palmerston to the Regius Professorsh i p of Ecclesiastical History; au office which he has thus held a little more than two years. Dr. Shirley 1 ' the son of the Right Reverend W. A. Shirley, P .l) ,'' Bishop of Sodor and Man, who died in 184 7 s h ert 'a after his consecration. He was a good preacher 311 , lecturer, and his loss will be severely felt berg University. In politics he was a moderate Li b _ He took a great interest in all University question.xst and was a frequent speaker in Congregation. 1315 large circle of friends and acquaintances mourn untimely end. He was, we believe, in his 38th yea r MR. MILNER GIBSON AND TIIE REFORM 1 3 -A, 4 ' QuET.—The following letter was received froud'ra. Milner Gibson, explaining his absence from the Be ff,„-- meeting at Manchester:—" Theberton, near Sasrauoul;l:, Nov. 17, 1866. Sir,—l regret to say that I shall be i i ' d to to be present at the reform banquet which is appointe the take place in the Free-trade Hall, at Manchester, 00 ,„ 3 20th. I have been suffering from an attack of bronell""it which confined me to my room for 10 days ; and ho a l© I am now very much better, it is necessary for nie very careful, and I am advised that it would not be P a , dent for me at this time to undertake the journey to 3 ` 15 chester, and to attend the banquet. I need scarcely efr, that my opinions in favour of Parliamentary Refer" ; 1 1 unchanged. Lot us hope that the House of Conaraeos 0 , 1 0 , feel called on at an early day to consider favours bil a to honest amendment of our representative system, suit ° cc o the circumstances of the present day, and which elibr3tri an extension of the franchise and a more equitable d's,ats, bution of political power than that wh i c h n ow Please make known to the executive committee the son of my inability to attend the banquet, and , wi511101) it all success, believe mo your faithful servant, (Sigo- THOS. MILNER. GIBSON." for MR. CRAUFURD, M.P.—Mr. Craufurd, P ' e t , the Ayr district of burghs, addressed a large 111 ',, 11 0 ing of his constituents at Ayr on Tuesday nigh rota hon. gentleman glanced retrospectively at the c u i ti ' d a d" and influence of the late Lord Palmerston and his 1 1 , 8- 00.-• ministration, aud, after adverting to the labours of " . : s t ha mont during the last session, proceeded to disc°'6o - of reform, maintaining that the House t t he mous as at present constituted did not fairly rePr eseii t hose interests of labour, whilst it excessively represented id ro of capital. He doubted whether a Tory Cabinet w° cou ld troduce such a measure of reform as real reformers tog accept, and he anticipated the result of their attet°Proico such an uncongenial task would be his reallie 0 a thS to before his constituents within the next six raltberot solicit their suffrages in support of a new en d t Government. A vote of thanks for past consistello trust vice and of confidence in his future fulfilm ent of th craw reposed in him was unanimously passed to Idr. turd. tsu - A STRANGE STORY.—About seven o'cloco s t he day night a policeman saw a crowd of peoP le , l ot lng Edgware-road, in the midst of whom was a beautifuloldreo lady, who was apparently in a state of stupor. W r b tiotts of she had on was of an expensive character , but P°l. her it had been torn away—for instance, on lifting %arils mantle, the whole of her person from her waist .11TicateLl was entirely naked, and her dress undoubtedly- wee that the clothes had been torn away, and that she ° ,_ the subjected to much ill treatment. She was taken w_, ill re firmary of the Marylebono workhouse, where she ou b' pu t to mains. She does not sneak or answer any ques ti t t wo . her, consequently her name and address are uuliz ro it sioo o f is about 23 years of age, fresh colour, has a k g ill' auburn hair in ringlets, wears a light silk dres, mantle, a fashionable bonnet trimmed with , na uve la sir iu' a portion of her linen is marked /d. E. 3.-rs • 6 __ er matron of the workhouse, w ill be happy to au ,Y quiries. 0 1 ' 1 ' EETEII - HARMONIC SOCIETY, - 23 ,00 5 ' Beethoven'sr.l2 ho3st h sea s , commencesnmas Mass in c a o n n d sang" being the works selected. Mr. Siinsito 7 . sidii_et6 y . Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Julia Eltoinuo.:3ll Smith, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. Tho:na.3, I ,r i lat e co.sta couducting as usual. denaYdenlLOtiliont_'lls: `l°,3.l)Sie Mi. • a the • 1111fl e v r. `val or flood from n d‘ A t a h tN e P ir -r u e Ps s t u o : 111 1 bees, in a garden adjoining South for snv er3l T h ook had been no " conflict" in the hive, and . by 1 about id l i N u g. 2 p A i O a S e rats,'res°Rt Trnue refuge o t vi iaa l ni : `Theoff:l t o li c e cu p"happyanto. f a mily" principle had boon OW ~``r