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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton t IVG,FAUsT. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps, W. Harrisou, : lad Johne.c ; Mrs. Hormann Veztn, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H Tandenhoir. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromlo by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucks one, THIS EVENING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Sisters Healy. After which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrg. Chas. Ma hews, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Weathersby &c. ; Mes dames C. Mathews, Moore, Chi;:pendale, Laws, llill, &c. To be followed by GRI3ISHAW, BAGSHAW, and B!{ ADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with SIM: ICI EVENTS. Mr. Comkton, Mr. Ghippencale ; Mrs. E. i; zwilliam, Commence at So/en. B pYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feebler. THIS EVENING, BRUrus AND C.ESAR. Ilenrade. At a Quarter before 8. the new Drama, in Four Ac's, TIIE LONG, STRIKE', written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. Greivc and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, H. Wid licorrib, Fitzpatrick, Dalon. D. Evans, Anderson, Is,ewbound. Stanley, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Toby Tweedleton, Mr. 11. Widdicomb; and Miss (iratton. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. Miss THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM THE\ T '4E.— Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci cault. At 7 o'ctock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Six Nights of the present Performances. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John Oxenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Mrs. Buckingham White. Atter which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; fdr.Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet of Bollemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager Mr. B. Webster. T TITS EVENING, at 7 precisely (18i h time), ETHEL ; or, ONLY A LIFE. Miss Ka'e Terry, Mr 3. Alired Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billington, Stephen son, Ashley, Romor, C. J. Smith, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or. TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs,A.Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt; 3Tessrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phiilii,s, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL, Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TINS EVENING, LARKINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Balmore; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucieault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddcs. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. wanborough. 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The site is in a very populous district, where the want of such an establishment was greatly felt for some time. More than six hundred can be accommodated according to the present arrange ment, which, it is needless to say, will be a very great advantage. It is satisfactory to find that the large sum required for the erection of these build ings has been collected, with the exception of £BOO, which, we doubt not, will goon be forth coming. The ceremony of laying the founda tion-stone was performed by Sir R. PALMER, who then addressed the assembly. His remarks were interesting and instructive, and he seemed fully impressed with theimportance of the woik be fore them, them, in which he appropriately observed that w t a s a privilege to take part. His observations the great benefits and blessings of knowledge and instruction are well worthy of note to all classes. The higher one should consider theimmense respon sibilities which devolve upon them in the way of encouraging and assisting the efforts now being male in all di rection , to diffuse learning and good teaching amon g the middle and lower classes. These, in their turn, may well be interested to dwell upon the advantages set before them and their children under the new o rder of things. As Sir R. PALISEII truly said, c , education is the way to all those things which make me n good and enable them to rise in the world. In this country th ere is no station under the Throne which is not p er _ fectly open to, and attainable by, any one_ any virtuous and industrious man, to whom GOD has given good ability, and who has received a sound eduCation. The children to be educated at these schools have before them the means of attaining these advantagas if nature has fitted them for it, and if they have the zeal and perseverance requisite for the purpose. Notable examples are not wanting of those who have achieved considerable success from very humble beginnings; and such may serve to incite those who have any ambition, to The close of the Lord Mayor's year of office happily finds him in recovered health and able to take leave of the members of the Common Council in person. A special meeting was yesterday con• versed at Guildhall, which was largely attended, roan the belief that his lordship would on that oc- casion preside for the last time. After transacting some routine business, the Lord Mayor in a brief address thanked the Court for the kindness and en- couragement which he had always received from its members in the fulfilment of his onerous duties. The manner in which he has discharged those duties has called forth general approbation. In connec tion with the charitable institutions of the City the Lord Mayor has stood prominently forward, and the distress occasioned by the visitation of cholera proved him to be a sincere and painstaking friend ;o the industrial classes. In his presidency of the relief committee he displayed good sense and discre- ion, as well as benevolent zeal for the amelioration of the distress, and was mainly instrumental in lay- mg down those broad and enlightened principles of action which contributed so powerfully to the suc- cess of their efforts. In all matters relating to edu- cation too the Lord Mayor has been actively en gaged, and the recent movement on behalf of middle-classs chools has given him an opportunity of favouring the establishment of those very useful institutions. It will be remembered that in an ad dress delivered by the Lord Mayor in connection with one of these middle-class schools he referred to his own humble origin, and held out the proud position which he then occupied as an incentive and an encouragement to the boys around him. The old legend of DICK WIIITTINGTON is happily no fable in these days, for it is possible by talent, perseverance, and steadiness of character to rise from the lowest to the highest rank in any trade or profession. Not a few of our eminent' men can point with justifiable pride to the contrast between the position from which they started in life and that which by their own exertions they now occupy. If more of our youths and lads would enter on their careers with the determination to succeed, we should have a still longer list of names which are the proudest boast of a country and the best guarantee of her future, because they show what is the national vigour and character of her people, who do not require adventitious aids to help them upward and onward. The Lord Mayor, in addressing the Common Council, took the opportunity of paying a tribute to the public services rendered by the Corporation of the City of London. "We represent here an old and valued institution—an institution to be dearlyprized, not because it is the parent of municipalities, but be cause it stands aloof from all political parties, and in every act and deed proclaims the maintenance of the liberty and independence of the people. In this aspect the Corporation of the City possesses most important characteristics, since it exercises a sensible influence on the politics of the day, and constitutes one of those independent bodies which form so useful a check on the centralising tendency of all governments. The City Corporation has come in for a good deal of criticism, censure, and ridicule of late years, but iis members need not complain. Such scrutiny is very beneficial occasionally, and we cannot always trust our friends to spy out our weak places, so that our enemies or depreciators do us good service when they make the discovery for us, even though they may not proclaim it in the most welcome manner. The Co r p oration of the City is strong enough to bear a good deal cf abuse, and it is respected and cherished by Eng'i s h men gene _ 1 rally as a representative and bulwark of th ose prin. atouse to do their utmost to rise to the height that is their due." Sir R. PALMER did well and wisely in urging upon the children who would be instructed in these schools to make the best use they could of their advantage, and to profit by these precious oppor tunities, " which, if let slip in early youth, would never come again ; which, if neglected now, they would learn by bitter experience afterwards what they had lost, and what, if rightly used, there was nothing in the world that was not open before them." No better advice can be given to the young than thus to urge upon them the importance of im proving themselves, and the very fact of their being under restraint tends to bring them up as rational members of society, and wiser and happier in them selves, from knowing how to control their own pas sions and curb their own desires. Of course all have not the same power of advancing themselves, 1 and some cannot possibly attain to any exalted de gree of excellence, but much may be gained by most mediocre, and, as is truly said in this discourse, they would become " good and happy citizens, happy men and women, and fitted to enter here after into the more perfect state of a blessed immor tality." Subsequently Sir R. PALMER made another speech in proposing " Success to the Cause of Education, and Prosperity to St. Thomas's Schools." He touched upon the theme in an earnest and eloquent manner, and many will agree with him in his opinion, that of the many ways we have of doing good in our day and generation, the one most effectual in its great, unquestionable, and lasting" character, is promoting education. He was against separating religious and secular education, " as if one kind of useful knowledge was of the earth, earthy, another kind was of heaven, heavenly." This is true in a great measure, because if religion is left out of a child's :caching hours the great chance is that he is never nstructed at all, or at best very superficially, in ,hose things which are paramount in importance and As was correctly said, all good instruc tion must be based upon those "principles" for the caching of which religion had been established by GOD among men. Religion cannot be set apart in the teaching of the young, but should imbue all things ; and an apt illustration is thus given, " Their religious duty was to do their common work in their daily vocation, whatever it interest. might be, as well as they could ; religion embraced every part of life, and those things which men called secular were as necessary for the due discharge of their religious duties as those which were called essentially religious." Education that includes re ligion is, indeed, the best safeguard that the friends of the young can bestow upon them, and though we can never hope to see evil eradicated from among men, it will train them, so far as human means can, to be i❑ the world, and yet not of it. Sir R. PALMER dwelt upon the fact that those who had to conduct Reformatories spoke confidently of the success which in a great measure had attended their efforts in putting aside the in- fluence of " moral evil, and by encouraging healthy habits of energy." On the whole we may consider that these remarks of Sir R. PALMER are well calculated to serve the cause he has so much at heart, and to incline all who can aid in the good work of instruction to do their utmost, while they encourage the others to rise above the sphere in which they were born ; and, at any rate, if they remain in it all their lives, to be elevated in their class, and worthy citizens in the sight of GOD and man. THE SUN, LONI ON, F_RIOA EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1866. ficulty will be a hopeless one. Mr. STANHOPE, one of the county members, in referring to the possibi lities of 1867, said that three courses were open to the statesmen of the day. They might endeavour, with the assent of moderate men of both parties, to introduce a mode rate Reform Bill ; they might leave the ques tion untouched for the time, and devote themselves to the remedy of the great evils which existed in other departments ; or they might appoint a com mission to inquire into the whole working of the re presentative system, many important points of which were almost unknown. Mr. STANHOPE would not commit himself to decide upon the relative merits of those three methods, and indeed all the speakers were very careful not to pledge themselves as to particulars. He said, however, with truth that all things should be borne in mind —" First, that no Reform Bill could be passed tha ought to place one party above the other, or unless the feelings of both parties were consulted ; and secondly, that if a Reform Bill could not be carried they would have a session entirely thrown away." The wiser and more prudent course for the Govern ment to adopt would be to devote the working months of the Session to the consideration of those pressing evils which have been postponed, year after year, and before Parliament is prorogued to lay before the House and the country their scheme of Representative Reform. By this means they would avoid the charge of bringing forward a hasty and partial measure ; they would be more likely to deal fairly with the subject, and would have a much better chance of understanding the public feeling on the matter. It should be the aim of all men who have really the good of the country at heart to remove this question as far as possible beyond the narrow bounds of party warfare ; to discuss it on the broadest grounds, and to consider it as far as possible without prejudice and without passion. It has been made too long the battle-ground of contending politicians, the war-cry of rival fac tions ; and although professional agitators may be reluctant to abandon a topic which has supplied them with texts for numberless harangues, all honest and earnest Reformers will rejoice to see it settled in a comprehensive and truly national spirit, leaving the Legislature free to redress those other pressing evils which have been suffered of late years to accumulate so terribly. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at St. Cloud, at which the Emperor presided. TheMoniteur says it has received a telegram from Constantinople, dated October 30, announcing news from Crete of the most satisfactory character. The Ottoman troops had occupied Apokrona, one of the strongest positions of the insurgents, after a combat which terminated by the complete route of the rebels. Mustapha Pacha was marching upon Sphasia, the last refuge of the insurgents. A boat was expected at Constantinople with the details of the victory of Apokrona. The official Gazette of Italy publishes the fol lowing statement of the situation of the Treasury on the 30th of Sept. last. Receipts, 5,645,481,523 85 ; expenses, 5,459,319,142 30. Cash and baink notes in the Treasury on the 30th of September, 186,102,381 55. I mentioned to you that, happily, the health of the Emperor was re-established. Some of the papers, nevertheless, persist in publishing unpleasant and' false rumours upon the subject ; but they cannot do so with impunity. La Prance (Jentrale, a jour nal of Blois, has just received a second warning for " having published false news, this publication being made with the bad and manifest intention of spread- ing, contrary to the truth, alarms respecting the health of the Emperor." This warning will be use- ful in two ways. It will discourage the news fabri cators, and it will confirm the favourable account I was able to give of the health of his Majesty. On Tuesday evening a new drama, in five acts, "Un Fils," by M. Auguste Vacquerie, was pro duced at the Theatre Francais. The plot is com posed of a variety of incidents arising out of a false position. A rich young man is upon the point of marrying one whom he loves with great sincerity and devotion, when he suddenly learns that he is an illegitimate child. Sensitive in regard to honour, he immediately resolves not to keep property to which he considers he has no legal claim. The interest of the piece arises out of the variousdevices to which he resorts to break off the marriage with out a disclosure of his mother's dishonour. These materials, somewhat of an ungrateful character, are worked out somewhat gloomily, and the combat be tween love and honour did not present sufficient ex citement to sustain the sympathy of the audience for the length of time it lasted. The acting, however, was so excellent as to make up for the insufficiency of touching situations and sparkling dialogue. Bressant was admirable as the hero of the piece, and got more of his part than he ever did with Maitre Guerin. The guilty mother was well represented by Madame Guyon. The other parts were played by Delauney, Lerorix, Mdlle. Favast, and Mdlle. Jouassain. Upon the whole this drama is a somewhat dreary, improbable romance. It was listened to rather with attention than with satisfac tion or pleasure. The tribunal to whom the difficulty between Al. Sardou and M. Harmant, the director of the Vau deville, was referred, condemned M. Sardon to pay 500 f. a day for every day on which they could not play the piece, "La liaison Neuve." DI. Sardou, with rather bad grace, has since superintended the rehearsals. The Committee of Authors have induced M. Sar dou to restore his piece to the director of the Vau deville, and it will be represented in the course of a fortnight. The Maharajah of Lahore has been for a short time in Paris, but he intends to return to Singapore in a few days. The Central Swedish Committee for the Great Exhibition have ordered the construction of the model of a Swedish house. It will be of the shape, height, and proportions of the house which Gusta vus inhabited at Onus, in Daleearlia. This ciples of self-government and civil independence to which the cause of order, liberty, and progress owes much.'l Thetionservatives of Lincolnshire have been hold ing :a festival at the Boston Corn Exchange. The immediate occasion was a complimentary dinner to Mr. MALCOLM, the Conservative member for the bore .ugh, and the speeches were most of them of a poliatical character. Mr. MALCOLM was naturally the princial speaker, and both he and Mr. STANHOPE and Sir J. TEOLLOPE, the county members, entered at some length into the vexed question of Parlia mentary Reform. They all admitted that there wv.s a necessity for some inprovement in our elec toral system, so that the Conservatives as a bed) , have made some progress, although they naturally tempered that admission with several cautions and conditions. At any rate it is something gained that three or four Conservative members should be brought to acknowledge the necessity of admitting a fair proportion of working men to the franchise, and although none of these gentlemen are members of the Government their testimony is perhaps not the less important for that fact. It would be diffi cult enough, no doubt, for a Conservative Minis try to carry a Reform Bill through the House of Commons, since their opponents are not very likely to receive anything they propose with favour, but unless they are supported by a fair proportion of their own followers the dif- The railway from Rochefort to Seintes and Cog nac will be opened for traffic in a few days. The Epoque contradicts the report that M. do Sartiges, the represesentative of France at Rome, was about to retire from that position. From the statements of some of the others papers there seems to be some doubt upon the subject. A telegram has been received in Paris announcing the result of the trial of Risk Allah at Brussels. The jury, after two hours' deliberation, gave a verdict of negative upon the whole of the sixty questions sub mitted to them. The prisoner was therefore set at liberty. He heard the decision with perfect calm ness, and was warmly congratulated. A letter from Vienna states that M. Beust and M. Belcredi are arranging the details of the policy which the new Austrian Cabinet is about to adopt. The strike of the miners at Denain is completely terminated. The majority of the men have resumed their work, and the troops sent to the spot have re turned to garrison. Another actress has very nearly fallen a victim to the flames. The night before last, when Mdlle. Lamy entered her box at the opera the gas set fire to her light dress. She opened the window to call for assistance, but the current of air augmented the flames. She, however, contrived to open the door of the box, and fell insensible into the arms of the persons who rushed to her assistance. It was time. The fireman extinguished the flames, and Mdlle. Lamy escaped with a little fright and some trifling burns. To-day, the Ist of November, All Saints' Day is kept perhaps with greater solemnity than any other day in the year. But little business is done on this day. The churches were crowded at a very early hour. Paris was comparatively deserted afterwards, for all the world goes to the cemeteries to pay re spect to dead relatives and friends. November com menced in form and manner befitting its ancient reputation, with one exception, it was not cold. But at the hour when the sun should have performed his promise of rising, gloom and fog prevailed, and the aspect of affairs was anything but bright. The weather improved, however, as the day advanced, and quick-sighted observers might have seen the sun for an instant. ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON EDUCATION.—During his visit to Newcastle, Archbishop Manning deli vend au address on the subject of education. He spoke at length on reformatories, industrial schools, and kindred educational influences, in their relation to Roman Catholic children, and in their bearing on the statistics of crime— founding his observations on the sentence of a report by a committee of Newcastle and Gateshead gentlemen, to the effect that " a child, even if he be a criminal, so long as he is a child, ought to be treated as a child, and sent to a re formatory school, and not to a prison." He then went on to say, "I deny that the time has come when education should be detached from all dogmas and catechisms. The Church of England is also against the separation of secu lar and religious education. And I bear the same testi mony to the Dissenters of England. lam not ashamed of being a Dissenter, especially as the Archbishop of Canter bury has boon called a Dissenter in Scotland. Dissenters attach great importance to the education of children in their religious creeds. At all events, Catholics desire their children to be educated in the views of their church. if any Roman Catholics wish to act otherwise it is the duty of their pastors to stand between the children and the negligence of their fathers and mothers. I think the time has come for greater action in this matter." Dr. Manning then went on to read and comment upon a letter which had been placed in his hands, touching upon the state of edu cation in Prussia :—" I believe that the English people are jealous of the State interfering with the management of their own homes. The power has not been given to the State to interfere between a Christian parent and his child. It cannot even do so if it should try. The State may in struct, but it cannot educate. Without the Spirit of God there is no education. I therefore deny altogether the power of the State to educate, and I am glad to find that the Government in Prussia does not interfere with parents so long as they send their children to some school. I had intended to give you more statistics, but the effect of them is that children are often driven into crime by the drunkenness, the vies, and the ill-usage of their parents. The State should not interfere with religious training, and as long as I live I shall defend such principles, and I feel every Catholic in England will do the same. The feeling in England is against a con,Ful sory education of this kind." The archbishop proceeded to allude to the advantages of education, to the necessity of greater exertions being wade in the matter, urging on the Catholics of Newcastle to aseertatn the number of un educated children in the town, and to adopt measures for providing education for them :—" Let us remember that in a city which is often held up to be badly governed such a state of the education of children as exists in Liverpool is not there found. lam ready to affirm that the schools in Rome are sufficient for the children of Rome, and those about the person of the Holy Father take a great interest in education. By collecting statistics in Newcastle you will find that 25 per cent. of the population should be re ceiving education." He concluded a long address by point ing out what they might have been but for education and the grace of God, by making a fervent appeal to all to assist the cause of education, and by stating that it was not the will of their Heavenly Father that one of those little ones should perish. PROFESSOR OWEN ON BRlBERY. — Professor Owen, who is a native of Lancaster, a few days since at tended a luncheon given on the occasion of the launch of an iron ship from the Lune Shipbuilding Company's yard in that town. In the course of an address which he delivered the professor took occasion to refer to the subject of bri- bery. What duty to our common country, he asked, can be more grave and of deeper responsibility than that of selecting the best and wisest for Parliament ? It is not a property, but a trust. What privilege higher, more noble, than that on the right and honest exercise of which depends the kingdom's well-being, well-doing, and its exemplary influence on surrounding nations ? There is not a man with a vote but has his share in the power of bettering the whole world. It is a priceless privilege•; it ought to be so. And lo ! we find in these days of free enlightenment— with men charged, and at liberty everywhere to preach the Gospel, and with all its plainest precepts, to show to man his responsibilities for the blessings, privileges and powers he enjoys, that so high a privilege has come to have its price, and can be bought—that Englishmen, free born —born free not by any virtue of their own, but through the blood and toil of nobler and better men— are held to be matters of merchandise. Bribery, as it is among the basest, so seems it to have been among the rarer of crimes in past history. No other in,tance in Scrip- ture, at least, comes now-into my memory save that of Judas Iscariot. The rich men, rulers of Jerusalem, tempted the man there, as some rich men and would-be rulers have tempted here—and as Judas then took the bribe, so have the like of him taken it now. But here ends the parallel. Our venal voters have not even the grace of Judas. He knew his sin, and, knowing it, was filled with all he could feel —remorse. They neither know their sin, nor feel their shame ; else would they bring their " thirty pieces of sil ver," or whatever they valued their souls at, cast it in the market-place, and go about and hang themselves. This is their duty, according to the Scriptural example ; unless they should have so much grace accorded them as to listen to those who might convert remorse into repentance. So much of that which burnt within me as I came, for the first time with feelings of shame, to this my native town— held up as it has been to the scorn of the world—it would have been matter of reproach to me to have stifled and withheld; above all, on such an occasion as this, when I have been privileged to address—it may be for the last time— the better sort, by and through whom the remedy may bo hoped to come, and the disgrace wiped out. For, look you! when a pestilence arrives that kills the body, the physicians of that lower part of our nature bestir themselves ; and meetings are organised in which the cha racter of the plague is set forth, its causes and fomenters denounced, and the most reasonable means adopted or en forced to prevent its spread and eradicate it. Prayers are ordained by authority, and churches supplicate to stay the plague. And lo ! a worse plague is among us ; wide-spread, deep-rooted, killing the soul. It has broken out violently, or has forced itself into notoriety—in the south, in the east, and here in the north-west. Surely it is a condition of a kingdom that calls for prayer, and fasting, and humi liation more loudly than cholera or cattle plague. It will be met, let us hope, by association of the truest and best men of every constituency, pledging themselves to purity of election, banded to oppose and discountenance the briber ; teaching, shaming, and if it be possible, reclaim ing the venal ones that would betray the trust and privi- lege gained for them by the wisdom, courage, devotion, or blood of our best and greatest in bsitory. curious work, the object of which is to give an ac curate idea of ancient Swedish architecture, will be executed under the direction of Captain Nerman. The Charivari gives a specimen of a shoeblack's wit. A poor ragged fellow, with his toes protruding from one of his boots, put up his leg on the box of a shoeblack near the Bourse to have the boot polished. The shoeblack rubbed up as fine a polish as if his customer had been a lord, but when he had finished the shining of the boot he looked up at his face with a melancholy air, and said " Shall 1 shine your toe-nails as well ?" May I add as an appropriate pendant to this anecdote a conundrum once pub lished in London ? Why is a beggar with his toes out of his shoes like the Emperor of Russia ?-13e cause the Emperor of Russia issues manifestoes, and a poor beggar has manifest toes to his shoes. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2. The Ministers, Count Belcredi, Baron von Beust, and Count Majlath, agree on all points as to the home and foreign policy to be adopted. The entry of Baron Beust into the Cabinet has strengthened the Austrian of conciliation towards Hungary. PESTII, NOV. 2 The Hungarian Diet has been convoked for the 19th inst. The nomination of a special Hungarian Ministry has been declared by the Government to be dependent upon a modification of the programme on the affairs common to Austria and Hungary, laid down by the committee of 15 members elected by the Diet. The cholera has nearly ceased in Pesth. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress came to Paris from St. Cloud the day before yesterday. After alight ing for a few minutes at the Tuileries, their Majes ties proceeded in an open carriage with outriders, accompanied with their suite, to the Avenue Dau mesnil to visit the new cite-ouvribv, or working man's improved lodging-house. Their Majesties were received by the architect and builder, and re mained nearly an hour in visiting the establish ment. On leaving they were greeted with loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatice !" by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, all belong ing to the working classes, and who had sponta neously assembled in front of the building. Mgr. Isoard, Auditor of the Roman Rota, has been received at a private audience by the Emperor and Empress at St. Cloud. A Russo-Prussian Alliance. The Paris Presse of yesterday's date has an article, signed by M. Cucheval-Clarigny, commenc ing with the statement that— " The alliance between Russia and Prussia is now an accomplished fact. It is not now a question of the continual interchange of good offices which was revealed to indignant Europe in 1863 by the Extra dition Convention of Posen, of that permanent com plicity which led the Nord to speak of Prussia as the ' traditional ally' of Russia ; it is a question of binding engagements entered into with reference to a special object, and in anticipation of events already determined upon." After noticing the manner in which this alleged alliance has been effected, the article goes on to ex plain its object : " If Russia, in the execution of her plans in the East, should meet with any other obstacle than the Turks, Prussia will range herself on her side. If any foreign intervention should thwart the work of assimilation which Prussia is accomplishing in Northern Germany, or the already prepared absorp tion of the minor States south of the Main, Prussia can rely upon the armed co-operation of Russia." M. Cucheval-Clarigny points out the community of interests between Prussia and Russia in the work of denationalising Poland : " The two countries have a common task to ac complish—the destruction of the Polish nationality. It was Prussia which conceived the idea of the dis memberment of Poland, which prepared its execu tion, which precipitated its accomplishment, and which has assuredly had a lion's share of the spoils. United by their complicity in this crime Prussia and Russia are now labouring with a common zeal to efface the last traoes of the Polish name. While the Cabinet of St. Petersburg omits nothing in order to Russianise one portion of the Polish provinces, the Cabinet of Berlin is engaged in Germanizing others; it has compelled them, despite all previous engage ments, to enter into the North German Confedera- tion in order to destroy the last vestiges of their national existence. The sole obstacle to the entire accomplishment of the design is the strip of Poland which has preserved its language, its religion, and its custom under the rule of Austria. . . . It is not only in the accomplishment of their common object that Prussia and Russia find Austria in their path, but also in the pursuit of their ambitious de signs. Who could defend against Russia tha valley and the mouths of the Danube ? Who could afford the most speedy and effectual aid to the Sultan if not Austria? Who could by its counsels, by its influence, by its support preserve the States of South Germany from absorption? Who is the necessary ally of Saxony Who retains possession of Bohemia so ardently coveted if not Austria ? Let Austria disappear or be abused, and Prussia and Russia will have removed the chief obstacle to the accomplishment of their designs. \\Till these designs ever conflict with each other? What interest has Prussia in the Black Sea or at Constantinople Has Russia any greater interest in opposing ob stacles to the designs of Prussia in Germany ? She sought by matrimonial alliances and by the hidden working of indefatigable diplomacy to create for herself an influence over the petty courts of Ger many. What advantage has she ever gained by it ? Did that influence, backed by all the efforts of Prussia, succeed in inducing Germany to take part with the Czar in the Crimean war ? Would it not suit her better that all Germany should be in the grasp of Prussia, as then to avail herself of its power she would only have to arrange with the Cabinet of Berlin ? Thus, then, nothing exists to divide Russia and Prussia ; everything tends to unite them. Backing each other,' writes a Russian statesman lately, Russia and Prussia may defy the rest of Europe.' We believe that Russia and Prussia are nowibacking each other. . . Russia is making preparations at Nikolaief which are not very consistent with the spirit or the letter of the Treaty of Paris. Her journals are daily demanding the restitution of the lost bank of the Danube. Her official agents stand aloof at Bucharest, and protest by their abstention against the concessions of the Porte. Finally, Russia is accumulating very consi derable forces upon the Austrian frontiers. Austria discovers every instant in Bohemia, in Moravia, in Silesia the hand of Prussian agents. The Prussian functionaries in their relations with the Austrian authorities display systematic arrogance and hauteur. Finally, the personage to whom Prussia has con- fided the principal authority in Saxony during the occupation has told the Saxons as a farewell that before five months have elapsed he will be nominated at Dresden, not again tobe withdrawn from it. It has appeared to us to be profitable to point out these facts. Before seeking to obtain the fruits which their union promises to them, they are now endea vouring to complete their alliance. They wished to ascertain whether the alliance between Prussia and Italy could hot endure after the war had ter minated. They do not despair that the prospect of a protectorate over Egypt may render England in different to the fate of Constantinople. The Times, in one of those articles, the unexpected appearance of which always marks an evolution in the Govern ment policy, or a change in the views of the direct ing classes, has made light of the fate of Constanti nople and of the Ottoman Empire altogether; while, on the contrary, attaching to the destinies of Egypt an importance sufficiently great to warrant the sac rifice of the last shilling and of the last soldier of England. How far will this new programme obtain the assent of public opinion in England? What .chance has it of being accepted and approved by the Cabinet of London ? We do not pretend to know. We do know that Europe is passing through a crisis, and that the peace of Nicolsburg was only the ter mination of its first period."j THE BETIIELL SCANDAL. —Some curious particu lars have transpired respecting Mr. Welch, the Leeds Bankruptcy Registrar, whose name, it will be remembered, occurred freely in connection with the Bethell scandal. The Yorkshire Post says, it seems that during the last six weeks, or thereabouts, Mr. Welch has been absent from his court, and has been a prisoner in York Castle for debt, and that on Monday last he was actually adjudicated a bankrupt in his ()NI n court upon his own petition ; and yet this gentleman yesterday again sat as Registrar of the court in which he is a bankrupt, and made one or more adjudi cations of bankruptcy againet other persons, Indus+rial Partnership of Clothiers. dends fluctuated f rom 8 t o 6 an d even d own to 4 percent., and the works could not be carried on without the presence of the police. In the first year after this colliery had been turn©d into an industrial partnership, and 90 of the colliers admitted as shareholders, the dividend rose to 10 per cent., a further amount of 2 per cent. was applied in accordance with the rules, and a balance of £l,BOO was divided among the men, according to the proportions of the work which they had done. Three earlier attempts in which he had taken part to establish tailors' associations in London failed owing to various causes ; but even if this endeavour also should prove unsuccessful, it would not shake his faith in the principle on which it was started. The principle of jus tice must be introduced into the trade of England, or she would lose her pre-eminence among commercial nations. The existing trade system was simply that of over-reach- ing everybody with whom business was transacted. Indus- trial partnerships, on the contrary, admitted all parties to a bargain—the capitalist, the workman, and the customer— to share in whatever profits resulted from the transaction. Mr. Edmond Beales, who was announced as a shareholder in the enterprise, said ho regarded it as a method of carry ing out the great co-operative principle, which was calcu lated to effect most beneficial changes in the state of society through its tendency to reconcile the interests of capital and labour. The Rev. Dr. Burns, a director, gave detailed information as to the mode of allotting shares, the probable amount of calls payable, the economic working of the sys tem, &c. He also regarded the co-operative principle as an important agent for improving the condition of the mass of the people; speaking of whom, by an easy transition, he was led into a dissertation first upon the enfranchisement of the masses, then on the probable future of the Reform ques tion, and finally upon Mr. Bright's recent visit to Dublin. "Ireland was dark enough ; they wanted a Bright man there," &c. Capt. Grosvenor, M.P., said no one would venture to deny that the relations between labour and capital were often of an unsatisfactory character, and spoke with feeling and earnestness of his desire to do everything that might tend to bring about a healthier and better state of things. was curious that the chairman should have mentioned "iron railings" in connexion with industrial partnerships, remembering what prominence a kindred topic had recently acquired. He hoped that when the principle that evening advocated was carried out to its legitimate results, they would always hear of iron railings manufactured and none pulled down. Tho Rev. Mr. Dixey proposed a resolution commendatory of the principle of industrial partnerships, which was seconded by Mr. Laurence, president of the London Tailors' Trade Society. Mr. Laurence explained and defended the leading idea of trades' unions, which was, he said, to obtain for working men a share of the profits gained by their masters. If that share could be obtained through the instrumentality of associations like the pre sent, it would be for the interest of the men themselves to give up their trades' unions, which entailed upon them heavy annual sacrifices, but which, as matters stood, were a necesiity to them. Last year by an expenditure of £2,000 the tailors of Loudon became sharers in profits to the ex- tent of £50,000 or £70,000, from which they would other wise have been excluded. After some further observations by gentlemen upon the platform, the resolution passed unanimously, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Terrific Steamboiler Explosion at Bristol. SEVEN MEN KILLED AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. Yesterday one of the most terrific boiler explosions that has been known at the above city occurred in the liver Avon, near Rownham, Bristol Ilotwells. A powerful steam-tug, called the Black Eagle, and belonging to the port of Cardiff, was engaged to tow a barque down the river from the Cumberland Basin, and thence across the channel to the Bute Docks, Cardiff. The vessel . had passed the Rownham Ferry, and had almost passed the commanding row of houses known as St. Vincent's-parade, when the boiler of the tug suddenly exploded, with an amount of violence which not only shattered the vessel to pieces and consigned every soul to an instantaneous death, but which shook the block of residences already named to the foun dations, and shattered the majority of them in an extraor dinary manner. One large fragment of the boiler, after passing over the quay wall without touching it, deposited itself upon a gravel-walk beneath an avenue of trees which there skirts the river. Others, however, and these, too, of far greater proportions in weight, were hurled to distances which almost appear incredible, ono fragment, which was estimated to weigh a ton,,alighting on the residence of Mr. Wilkinson, managing engineer of the Port and Pier Rail way Company, a five-storey house, located at a distance of at least 100 ft. from the spat where the explosion took place. It carried in the roof, and occasioned much damage to other parts of the premises. At the residence of Mr. Bru- ton, secretary of the South Wales Union Railway Com pany, a portion of the funnel and numerous fragments of the beams and ribs carried awaypart of the coping injured, the roof, and drove in the roof of a back kitchen. At the house of a gentleman named Powell, next door but one to this, the most marvellous part of the damage was commit ted. An enormous mass of iron, measuring over 15ft. in length and estimated to weigh 3 tons, was hurled high into the air, and after carrying away a large portion of the roof and sweeping off in its course a portion of the chim ney-stack, was precipitated into the garden, at a distance of at least 140 ft. in a direct line from the part of the river where the catastrophe occurred. Another weighty piece of iron was projected to a still greater distance, and pieces of plank and timber and fragments of iron work and cordage were thrown about in all directions, and scarcely a house on the Parade escaped without windows broken, tiles displaced, and other matters of injury. There were many narrow escapes of personal damage and death. A large coaling shovel came whirling against ono of the windows of 311.. Bruton's drawing-room, and after sheltering the framework and glass to pieces, and breaking a Venetian blind almost literally to atoms, it bounded into the apartment. The extent to which the houses were shaken may be gathered from the facts that the masonry of a raised terrace in front was to a large extent displaced, whilst the inhabitants state that their residences shook as if from the convulsions caused by au earthquake. The extent to which life has been sacri ficed cannot at the time we write be positively ascertained. It is believed that the crew of the tug-boat consisted of a captain, five men, and a boy. Only one body, believed to be that of the captain, had been recovered, and that had been conveyed to the " General Draper" Inn to await an inquiry by the coroner. The occurrence has occasioned the greatest possible sensation, and the spot is being visited by thousands. EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.—Yesterday the emigration officials at Liverpool completed their usual return of the exodus from Liverpool, and, although the fact is not stated in the statistics, we understand that a large number, about 6,300, of 1 he emigrants have gone to Texas direct. During the month ending October there sailed to the United States 24 ships under the Act, with 7,091 steerage passengers, of whom 606 were cabin and 6,485 steerage; of this number 2,612 were English, 208 Scotch, 2,451 Iri.h, and 1,211 were foreigners. To Canada there were four ships, with 1,061 passengers, of which 163 were cabin and 898 steerage; of this number 380 were English, 52 Scotch, 181 Irish, and 278 foreigners. To Victoria there were two ships, with 701 passengers, of whom 94 were cabin and 607 steerage ; of this number 252 wore English, 23 Scotch, 304 Irish, and 28 foreigners. In " short" ships there sailed—to the United States 1,021 passengers, to South America 73, to Victoria 54, to Africa 40, and to the West Indies 35. From a rough calculation it appears that during the past month upwards of 3,600 Irish emigrants have left Liverpool for America. STREET MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—At the Liver pool Coroner's Court yesterday an inquest was held on the body of Alexander Montgomery, a coloured seaman. From the evidence it appeared that on Tuesday evening he had a quarrel with another seaman, named Morgan, in Oldhall-street. They had a scuffle, and directly after wards it was seen that Montgomery had received a stab in the abdomen. Ho was taken to the Northern Hospital, and died in a few minutes. It was shown in evidence that the parties Lad met and quarrelled a short time before, and that in the interval Morgan was heard to threaten that he would kill the deceased before he went to bed. A verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Morgan was returned, Lnd he was committed for trial under the coroner's warrant. Last evenings meeting, numerously attended by members of the clothing trade, working men, and others, was held at the Cambridge hall, Newman-street, for the purpose of explaining the principles of industrial partnerships, with especial reference to an organisation recently founded in the metropolis. Ihe association, calling itself " The In dustrial Partnership of Clothiers (Limited)," with a nominal capital of £25,000, in shares of £1 each, aims at the forma tion of an establishment in a central position, for the manu facture and sale of articles of clothing, conducting its busi ness according to a system hitherto unknown among shop keepers in London—that of dividing the profits to arise from its operations in stated proportions between the capi talist, the workman, and the customer. Mr. Hughes, M.P., presided, and in the course of his introductory statement referred to the change made in the law of partnership 18 months ago, when, for the first time, employers of labour were enabled to admit those under thorn to participate in the profits of a business, without risk of their becoming partners, entitled as such to a voice in the management. By that wise kw, of only five clauses, industrial partner ships had been rendered possible. Though London consi dered itself always in the van of civilisation, the North had taken the lead in this matter. In ono district what was called " a little concern" up there, but which, nevertheless, employed some 80 or 90 men, was already in full work, manufacturing iron rails and wires ; in this partnership the shares were of such small amount that every work man who chose to do so could become a proprietor ; moreover, to those who were unable to pay for shares themselves, shares were allotted in proportion to the amount of work they had done for the concern. At the end of the first half-year's operations, this little company divided no less than 10 per cent. on the capital embarked, besides a further payment of 7i per cent. on the amount of wages earned during the working period. There was another case, that of a colliery in Yorkshire belonging to a Mr. Briggs and his family, which for many years had been a central point in all the troubles arising out of strikes in that district. The divi- Mr" „ drollat HER MAJESTY. Her Majesty the Queen and Royal party lef t Balmoral Castle shortly after 1. o'clock yesterclaY afternoon. Aberdeen was reached at 3.30. After a stay o f a few minutes the royal train started southwards, and arrived at Wind sor thi s morn i ng a t 9 o'clock. BALMORAL, OCt. 31. The Queen, accomp an i e d b y P r i ncess L o uise, an d attended by the lio n . E m il y C a th car t , w ent in th e morning to the boy s ' p ar i s h sc h oo l , an d a fterward s at the manse to i nqu i re a f ter th e Rev. Anderson, who is confi n ed t o th e ho use by serious illness. The Queen drove out i n th e a ft ernoo n, aceov panied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Prince Leopold drove to Ballater. The Duke of Buckingham had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. Mr. Hill, of Edinburgh, had the honour of exhi biting to her Majesty Mr. Noel Paton's picture , "Mors Janua A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Ear' of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmeshn i i; the Right Hon. Spen cer W a l po l e, L or d S tan l ey , the Ears of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborno, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S ' Northcote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. H. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. ERRATUDI.—In our brief notice the other day 0f a Pamphlet on " The Law Relating to Ritualism in the United Church of England and Ireland," the author's no ne ' incorrectly given as Harnall, should have been printed correctly thus, as—F. H. Hamel, Esq., Barrister-at - la w his publisher being, not Bothswcrth, but Butter worths, the eminent law publisher. PRESENTATION TO MR. AND MRS. JACKSON."' The kindness shown by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jack son, of Whyte Cliff Lodge, Purley, to the sufferers by the fatal accident at Caterh am J unc ti on, h av i ng „ c ited feelings of the warmest admiration in the minds of all who were present on th e occasion, it was determi ne ' that some permanent record of the event should b e presented Ito that lady and gentleman, and this has now been carried into effect by the presentation of a very handsome silver salver, bearing the following inscription :—" This salver was presented to Mr. and NW' Robert Jackson, of Whyte Cliff Lodge, Purley, as a token of 'the gratitude and admiration of those who personally benefited by, or who witnessed, their kindly and Christian efforts, and those of their family, among the persons who were injured or affrighted in the railway accident, wh ic ll occurred near Caterham Jun c ti on , on th e n i g ht of •APII 30th, 1866." Th e arrangemen t s i n connexion with tae presentation were undertaken, on behalf of the subscribers' by Mr. D. Glasgow, Mr. H. Lee, and Mr. W. H. Cel lingridge. SHOCKING MURDER. —Yesterday, about 1 o'clock, a shocking murder was committed in Wollatow street, Nottingham, by an imbecile, named Joseph FroSt• It appears that Frost had been for some time an inmate of the imbecile ward of the Nottingham Union. Ho had re cently left the union, however, and had resided with his mother. Yesterday ho was engaged in getting a load of coke in for a neighbour, named Akroyd. Some children were about, and one of them, a girl aged 14, named An n Learey, threw a piece of coke at him. Frost immediately raised his shovel, and rushing at the little girl in a furious manner, struck her several times on the neck, breaking some of the arteries, and killing her shortly after. Sever s ' persons were in the street at the time, but the deed WaS done so quickly that it was found impossible to prevent the infuriated young man from striking the girl. When tak en into custody Frost said if he had had a knife he have cut the child's thr oa t. would THE BISHOP OF ANTIGUA ON THE JAMAICA IN SURRECTION.--The Bishop of Antigua addressed a public meeting in Guildford on Tuesday afternoon, call ed for the promotion of the objects of the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Mr. G. Cubitt, M.P. for West Surrey, presided, and there was a large at tendance of the clergy and gentry of the district. Th e right rev. prelate discussed at some length several of the questions affecting the colonial Church, either doctrinally or as an ictegral part of the Established Church of Englan d ' Respecting the late insurrection in Jamaica, Mr. Eyre's conduct therein, and the spiritual condition of the negro race; his lordship thus delivered himself :—" The events o f the last few months have been such certainly as to humiliate those who have been labouring long among the negro race; but still I must most respectfully but firmly protest again st the conclusions which have been drawn, unfavourab le to the whole race, on account of what has happened in one district of Jamaica, and I think it is necessary to enter this protest on an occasion like this, because of the acts of the excellent Mr. Eyre, and the defence of him, which has be come necessary from the virulence and unfairness with which he has been attacked. (Applause.) Many of his advocates have been hurried into expressions respecting the negro race and descriptions of their state which wi ll not bear the light of truth. I am persuaded that there hav e been expressions used concerning them from which n o one would more recoil than the .honoured ex-governor him self. I know no man—for I have the honour of some personal acquaintance with Mr. Eyre—l know no one more distinguished for his gentleness and humanity ; and I know no man who has throughout his life been more regarded as the friend and protector of the abori gines and native races, wherever he has gone. ("- plause.) And you may be sure that whatever measures he adopted were adopted at the instance of imminent necessity. If he has erred—and I am not his advocate if he has erred in any one point, it has been from acting from conscientious motives." His lordship then went en t° show that in many respects the negro character was n ot so bad as had been represented, and concluded as follows " Let not therefore the African race bo looked upon as outcasts, because they have been disgraced by the horrid outrages which have been enacted in a corner of Jamaica' but let us rather feel that these circumstances give the n ' new claims upon us. If yo u t urn y our b ac k on th e Wes" , Indian Church—if our Government, from what has been said (his lordship was understood to refer to the Privy Council's judgment in Bishop Colenso's case) should be il l ' duced to withdraw the support which ho has given—if 00r societies are inclined to turn their backs on those folds, the chief part of which have been gathered from the African race, then I say that t o a ll th ose w h o are engage d in that „ work will be dealt a heavy blow and great discouragemen t ' The bishop resumed his seat amid hearty applause. WRECK OF THE SHIP FAIRLIGHT, AND LOSS OF 185 LIVES.—The Board of Trade have received from his Excellency Sir Richard Graves Macdonald, C.Th, Go vernor and Commander-in-Chief at Hong Kong, ae accoun t of the proceedings at a marine court of inquiry into the circumstances connected with the total loss of the British ship Fairlight, Captain Bush, comman der, owned by Messrs. Red grave , Alexander, and Co., of inchester-place, Lond on , w hi c h t oo k p l ace on th° , night of the 12th Juno l as t on a ree f to the eas tward of the island of Formos a , w h en 184 Chi nese em i gran ts were drowned. Tho Fairli g ht was l a d en w i t h o il , op i u m, and other merchandise of H ong K ong, w hi c h port s h e left on the 29th of May for C a lif orn i a , carry i ng a b ou t 360 Chines° emigrants. The capt a in was on d oc k a t th e time sh° struck ; he had gone below t o d ross a woun d i n his leg , leaving his second mate on d ec k i n c h arge, an d had not been below ten minutes w h en h o h ear d th e look-out man call out, "Breakers ah ea d," an d a l mos t i mme diatel9 the ship ran upon a reef i n w h a t i s t erme d th e M e i ac o Sinn' Group, to the eastward of the Island of Formosa. Th e decision the court of inquiry came to was as follows "Ist. That the Fairlight was lost on the night of the 12th of June last, on a reef between Rough Island and Broughton'! Bay, in the Meiaco Sims. Group, and that 184 Chinese an d one European passengers were drowned. 2d. That, seeing the state of the weather, and the well-known dangerous nature of the group, the master acted with great imPru dence when, on sighting the Island Kie-Kienson at 5 and subsequently other islands on the bow, in not altering his course, so as to ensure the ship passing well to the south; ward of them. 3d. That aft er th e s hi p was on th e reef the master used every exertion to save the lives of those °II board, and that the loss of life amongst the Chinese was in a great measure the result of their own folly in endeavour ing to save their personal property. We therefore adjudg e that the certificate o f competency of 'William Bush be sus pended for six months. The Court cannot refrain frow expressing great ad m i ra ti on o f the kindness to th e crew and passengers saved from the Fairlight shown by the in habitants of the Meiaco Sima, Islands. As soon as the l i d became aware of th e wrec k t h ey lent what a i d the y COO towards saving life, and had they not been prevented the dangerous state of the weather they would probnb,_'' have succeeded in rescu i ng every b o d y. Wh en those who were saved reached the shore the islanders evinced the greatest hospitality towards both Europeans and Chine la giving them th e b es t f oo d an d accommodat i on they c but afford, and not only refused any direct remuneration, gave up a la rge quan tit y o f op i um an d o i l was h e d (shor e from the wreck without showing the least desire to aPP r f s priate any portion to th emse l ves . S uc h di s i n terestedn e s s and humanity are unfort una t e ly t oo rare i n thi s part o f theiers world for conduct such as that of the Meiaco Sizna islan u l a to pass without special a pp ro b a ti on, an d thi s Court liT t u suggest that the matter be b r o ug ht t o th e k no wledge 01 b e 0 . chief naval officer of the st a ti on , i n th e h ope that he th e see fit to direct some expres s i on o f th an k s t o be made ° islanders by any of h er M a j es t y ' s nava l o ffi cer s who Ina visit the scene of the wreck of the Fairlight," r 1......