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Y- = ~ 4 INDIA OFFICE, 30th Nov„ 1866. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director- General of Stores for India will be ready on or before MONDAY, the 10th December next, to receive proposals in writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply LONG CLOTH AND CLOTH SHEETING, and that the Cjnditions of the said Contract may be had on application at the India Store Office, Cannon-row, Westminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time before Two o'clock, p.m., of the said 10th day of Decem ber, 1866, after which hour no Tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, Director General. rip HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. J - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. GRATTERTON. THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Eimund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone ; -Mrs. Her mann Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H. Vandenhoff. To conclude with His Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETBUCIIIO. Potruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katha rine, Miss Isabel Adams. Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at seven o'clock. rtkIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, .Sole Le see and Manager, Mr. Buckstene, TIIIS EVhNIN:;, A en GA.‘ll4l OF ULATION. Messrs. C. Ma hews , Chi,,pdale, Kendal P . Rogers, lark, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwi,lis.m, Laws, Wright, Sidney. Followed by ANTONY AN CLOPATRA. M. Chas. Mathews, Mr. Compton, Mr. R D ogersE, OP T Gark, &c. r ; Mes dames C Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, &c. To conclude with FISII OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. B J OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND CESAR. Ilearade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Bouctoault. The New Scenery by Mr. 1. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, IVidaicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, lsewbound. Stanley, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, And J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. IV West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. Miss THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TUTS EVENING, at 7 precisely (6th time), a New Drama, A SISTER'S PENANCE, Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes (her 6th appearance in this theatre), Miss Emily Pict; Mr. Herman Vczin this His appearance here), Messrs. Billington, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, Lburne, and It. Rom r. To conclude with HELEN or, TAKEN FROM THE GR.F.E'Ii. Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; m es si . s. Paul Bedford, It. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne's. ROY.AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. s o ;e Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVEINING, at 8, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BARNABY E, adapted . 4 'o the stage, and exp:essly for this Theatre, by Messrs. W atts Ehillits and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss AtiqUElta Thomson, Mrs. Henry A r min, Mrs. Chas. Liorsman, ihd Miss Katherine Rodgers; Meesr.. S. Calhaem, F Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles Horsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton, W. R. Robins Chapman, &c. ACt ISL, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re cogniVon ; 3d, The Riots ; 4th; Caught at Last. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, a.ld Music by Mr. Charles Hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of Air. • Prceeded by a Farce. . _ Commeneo at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE RO YAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TIDS EVENING, FAMILY JARS. Mr. Sefton Parry; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,V o llaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Itay_nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. -I- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C.Nation. NOTICE. —ln compliance wit h numerous suggestions THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN wilt be repeated during the week. THIS EVENING ('itturday). Decembea 1, and Monday, December 3, THE ORIGINAL Dramatic Adaptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as pro iuced by Mr. W. 11. C. Nation at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, 186 4 , entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN, with Ne N :cenery and Striking Situations. Messrs. Fer nandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens ; Mesdames F. Gwynne and Nelly Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATALANTA, with additional Rhyme to suit the Times by W. H. C. Nation Misses Nelly Nisbett, Folly Marshall, Louise Laidliw, and Fanny Howard and the celebrated Children Danseuses, Misses FANNY HIGGS FLORENCE and ANNIE WRIGH.I . , in their fascinating dance " THE POWER OF LOVE." Box-office open daily from eleven till four. To prevent d,sappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. No charge ior bills or booking. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. 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Part the First, from 8.0.55 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. InGLI 'WATER AT LONDON MIDGE. Oh. 23m.—Aft ertoon, Oh. 58m. rkus DAY. —Morning, 1 011._32.m.—Afternoon, 1111. 6m. ra-MORILO W.-3.larning, _ - - 1 , :1:57P t . t4 .-- 4 -I' 4 Utt LONDON, SATUIWAY, DEC. 1, 1866. The National Reform League is apparently assuming formidable dimensions, if we are to judge from the list of its principal members and branch associations throughout the country. This list, published by the Secretary, at 8, Adelphi-terrace extends to a considerable length. We have,ltrzt; the name of the President, Nix. BEALES, and - Treasurer and Chairman of Committees. Then we have the names of 87 Vice-Presidents, themetmhebieirsst of the General Council ( 59 in number), and of Delegate Members to the Council fromthesev seve ral districts of this great metr o p olis, from Bermond sey to Paddington, from Iloxton to Shoreditch, in cluding too such outlying suburbs, if suburbs they can be called, as Sydenham and Woolwich. After this comes the list of the provincial branches, passing through wellnigh all the letters of the alphabet, from Aberdeen to York, with the names of their chairman, treasurer, and secretary, and their place and time of meeting ; so that there is in existence a veritable asspciation having its ramifications throughout the country, and possessing all the ele ments of a regularly organised movement. We are glad to find the Reformers setting about their work in a business like way, and we congratulate them on having so far achieved success. Formerly their acts have shown too much of that zeal which lacks discretion, and which, however, it may excite and gratify a body of enthusiastic supporters, fails to carry weight with the great body of the people. The prospects of the Reform League are just now favourable. They have attained a recognised posi tion, and have succeeded in attracting attention to their movements. The spectacle of Monday is looked forward to with interest, and there is a very general wish that it may go off quietly and credit ably. It depends upon themselves whether they improve the opportunity and make it an effective demonstration in favour of Parliamentary Reform, or allow it to degenerate into a riotous and disorderly assemblage, more mischievous because more numerous than the mobs of last summer. The head of the movement having decided upon holding the meeting, and having refused to avail themselves of the offer of Primrose-hill (for no very perceptible reason except that they would not take what they could get without trouble), have made every effort to avoid disturbance. They have taken the precau tion of issuing tickets at 2d. each, without wearing which no one will be allowed to join the procession, and they have divided and subdivided their unwieldy numbers, appointing a mounted superintendent in charge of each division. It will be seen from the list, which we have already published, that comprehen sive arrangements have been made to secure as far as possible an orderly and respectable procession. We think, however, that the managing committee have not fully estimated the invariable delays which retard such proceedings, or the length of time which it takes ftsr a body of men; such as they hope and expect to bring together, to move through streets and thoroughfares. A contemporary has strenu ously advised them to alter their hours to an earlier time, and this, in these short December days, would be a very prudent course to follow. The display of the numbers and respectability of the procession would be just as effective if it started on its route at half-past 10 as at half-past 12, and as it almost always happens that the assembly of a large body from several different quarters occupies much longer than the estimated time, it is only prudent to have an hour or two in hard. Sir R. MAYNE has gone over the programme with the leaders of the movement, and has made some useful sugges tions, promising to give all the assistance he could to the committee. If the arrangements are well carried out there does not seem any reason to fear the dangerous consequences which some persons anticipate from the numbers of the procession. There are, as we have said, to be numerous mounted superintendents, who will be very useful in main taining order; and if the procession goes in regular rank and file along a clearly defined route, keeping throughout to the left hand side of the road, the risk of accident and confusion will be very much mitigated. Reformers on this occasion must re member that, however anxious they may be to make laws in the future, their present and immediate duty is to obey them, and whatever they may think of particular arrangements they are bound for the day to keep strictly to the programme of their leaders. " England expects ever:, man to do his duty" was the motto of the day on a great historic occasion, and the Reformers of Monday, if engaged in a less momentous cause, should be influenced by the same sense of individual responsibility. Every man who takes part in the procession or forms a member of the assemblage should reflect that the interests of Reform and the preservation of the public order depend in a measure upon himself. The working men of the metropolis aspire to influ ence the Government of the country ; let them remember that the most conclusive argument they can use in their own favour is to show that they are able to govern themselves. In spite of the foolish and extravagant language which some igno rant or intemperate men have latterly used respect ing their own nation, the proceedings of Monday arc such as would not be possible in any other country in Europe. L e t th e wor ki ng men o f Eng land, then, s h ow th a t t h ey are wort h y o f t h e confi dence unseemrely or r d in them, and carefully avoid anything discreditable to themselves or their cause. Mr. DOULTON last night met some of his principal supporters at the norm, Kennington. After some remarks of the hon. member a resolution was unani mously carried which recorded 46 unabated confi dence in Mr. DOULTON, as one of the representatives of Lambeth," and expressed a hope that he would continue the same honest and independent course which had hitherto marked his career. In the course of his observations Mr. DOULTON said that he would have called them together earlier had he deemed it desirable to do 80, because he did not think that a meeting which took place some time ago was a fair representation of the body of the electors. After briefly alluding to the style of some of the " indignation" letters he had received, " threatening him with death i n twenty-four hours if the Bill did not pass," the hon. member declared that though some might con sider his action "impolitic," he asked to be " credited with honesty of intention ; he could say that he was not swayed by any of the attributed to him, and the vote he gave was a con scientious one." This is fair and straightforwar d at any rate ; but it is the fashion at the present day, among a certain class of politicians, not to admit that any man has a right to his own; opinion, and forthwith to commence abuse if his ways and thoughts are not similar to theirs. Mr. DOULTON said that he never regarded the quarter whence a good bill proceeded; whether the source was Liberal or Conservative he supported it." This is a very good principle to start with, and as in all irobability the hon. member will have an opportunity of putting his precepts into practice next session, we hope that his example may be fol lowed by many on the same side of the house. If they had done so in the past we should have had the question of Reform settled long ago ; if they do so in the future, the country cannot fail to profit by it. Mr. DOULTON explained that he voted with the Government in several of the divisions, and when he did not it was because he did not think that the course they proposed was an expedient one. As quotations are now the order of the day, the hon. member cited some passages to be met with iu Mr. STL'AIIT MILL'S writings and speeches, H e gave it as his opinion that " no lover of improvement could desire that the preponderating power should .be turned over to persons in the mental condition of the lower classes ;" and again, in; discussing the working man, he said that " the only objection to which any great importance will be found to be attached under the present con dition is the unrepresented state of mankind in g eneral, and the working classes in particular, their extreme unfitness for any order of things which would make any considerable demand on either their knowledge or virtue." Mr. DOULTON said that he intended to have a meeting shortly to explain his views, and he expected many would come who would not be convinced nor even inclined to hear. This, however, will not be acting fairly, because every one has a right to his own opinions, and should be permitted an opportunity of expressing them; and those who differ from Mr. DOULTON, or any other member of Parliament, can always give utterance to their disapproval in a legitimate manner, without resorting to violent extremes, and displaying that intolerant spirit which does dis honour to themselves, and damages any cause, no matter how good it may be, nor how desirable its ultimate success. A Reform meeting took place at Stroud last Wednesday - , which was organised by the Reform Association of the town, and presided over by Lord AMBERLEY, M.P. The noble lord commenced by stating that six months ago they had a Liberal Government in power and a Liberal Reform Bill before the House of Commons. In proceeding to take a summary of past events, however, Lord Am- BERLEY did not put the case very fairly before his hearers. He said that " the ground upon which the present Government came into office is that of discouraging any extension of the franchise ; that may not have been the technical reason upon which the late Government was defeated, but that is, in fact, the express ground upon which the present Government stands—it is that of denying any Reform and any change in our representative sys tem." Now this is entirely an erroneous statement from beginning to end. It was not upon the ques tion of the franchise in the abstract that the Bill was defeated, but upon the manner in which it was introduced, and the other part of the Reform }yes tion left alone. Nothing is gained by putting things in a wrong light, and if the tactics of the Liberal party aim at misrepresenta tion and rendering their opponents odious to the public before the time for action comes they will not be any more creditable or patriotic than they were in 1859 and prior to that period. Lord AMBERLEY thinks that it is now necessary to " speak, agitate, and meet" until such Reform is carried as may be necessary, and hence the reason for that and similar meetings to take place. This may be true in part, but we cannot help remarking that it is a curious thing that no necessity ever arises for such agitation when the Liberals are in power, nor does those in high places deem it advisable to do much, for many years the leaders of the Liberal party and their followers have gone on waiting for each other to act much after the fashion of Sir RICHARD STRAHAN and Lord CHATHAM, of former memory. The only thing that wakes them up, and enables the disaffected section of the party to meet in unity is when any one else tries to do their work. The noble lord was at great pains to uphold Mr. BEALES, and the course he pursued last year, forgetting, when he denounced the course which the present Government took in the Ifyde-park movement "as ungenerous and unwise," that Lord RUSSELL himself spoke strongly against the affair, and that the members of the late Government iu the house declared that they would not have permitted the meeting to take place in the Park. The opinions of the noble lord's friends do not at all coincide with those enter tained by Mr. BEALES and his followers; but this is only another instance of uncongenial minds taking counsel together against one common foe ; and they had better take care that they do not in this case do as they have done before—shipwreck the whole undertaking by their anxiety to be the chief actors in the work themselves. TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEINING, DECEMBER 1, 1866. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur says that a project of law has been submitted to the Saxon Chambers respecting the nomination of the Parliament of the Northern States. According to this project, the election will be direct and not by three steps, according to the present Prussian electoral system. Every Saxon citizen of twenty-five years will be eligible as elector. One deputy will be elected by 100,0)0 souls ; and should there be an excess of 50,000 another deputy may be elected. Saxony may rest on upon 24 members in the Parliament, and the Northern States, exclusive of Prussia, en masse, upon 75 votes. The Chamber of Deputies of Dresden has agreed unanimously to the treaty of peace between Saxony and Prussia. It appears from the German papers that the Prussian Administration in Hanover is giving fresh impetus to the advance of public works. It is de cided that there shall be granted to the Company of the Railway from Cologne to Minden the con cession of the direct line from Paris to Hamburg, which is to be constructed between Osnabruck and llarbourg. A gigantic bridge over the Elbe wily connect that town with the great Hanseatic city. The Prussian Minister of Commerce has an nounced to the Chamber of Deputies that the con struction of the canal between the North Sea and the Baltic will be commenced as soon as a capital of 30 millions of dollars shall be realised. The State will perhaps take upon its account a few mil lions of dollars and a certain number of shares, but it will not guarantee the whole amount. It appears (says the Siecle) that Prussia has thought better of the matter, and does not wish to defer indefinitely the organisation of the Confede ration of the North, as was reported. The Cabinet of Berlin has just addressed to the States of which it is composed a Circular requesting them to ap point delegates to the Conference which will be opened at Berlin on the 15th of December, with the .object of settling the constitution of Parlia ment. By the same Circular the Cabinet of Berlin informs the States of the North that the elections will terminate on the .Ist of February, 1867, and that the meeting of the Parliament is fixed for the 15th of that month. Some of the papers have raised a difficulty in re gard to the exact day on which the delay of two years allowed for the evacuation of Rome and the Pontifical territory by the French troops will ex pire. Article 2of the Convention of the 15th of September, 1861, says that the evacuation is to be effected within the delay of two years, and by the terms of an additional Protocol the Convention should receive its executive power from the day when the King of Italy shall have decreed the re moval of the capital of the kingdom to another city. According to a future arrangement signed by M. Dronyn de Lhuys on the part of France, and by M. Nigra on the part of Italy, an additional delay was allowed for the removal of the capital. The Journal des DebaLs, after explaining this and other points, says :—" Thus on the 13th of December next there ought not to be a single French soldier at Rome. That is the day on which the temporal government of the Pope will commence a period of greater trial than any to which it has yet been sub ected." The despatches received by telegraph from New York, of the 2th of Number, have made " con- fusion more confounded" in regard to the reported flight and abdication of the Emperor Maximilian. One account says that he left Vera Cruz on the Ist, but to return to Mexico. Another despatch asserts that he had embarked for Havannah. These and other contradictory statements prove that I was well informed when I told you that the French Go vernment had not received any official intimation or report to warrant the assertion that the Emperor Maximilian had abandoned his position. It seems that there is no truth whatever in the report that Marshal Bazaine had assumed the direction of affairs in Mexico. This report was founded upon the idea that the Emperor had left. M. Loysel, formerly chief of the Military Cabinet of Maximilian, has arrived in Paris. A number of students have followed to the grave with great respect the remains of an old lady, who was well known for her eccentric habits, in the quarter of the Schools. There is a little romance about her history. She was very tall and thin, almost like a skeleton, but is said to have been very handsome in her youth. The students gave her the name of La Mere Bapteine. Both in summer and winter she carried in one hand au old worn out muff, and in the other an umbrella of the Mrs. Gamp school, with this difference, that she always had it open, whatever was the weather. A pail was always suspended to one arm. This appliance fur water obtained for her the name of La Mere Baptenze, as she was always ready to assist at a baptismal ceremony. Previous to 1848 she was a governess. A rich young man fell in love with her and married her, but be lost his fortune at the Revolution. He lost his senses and disappeared. In the pail which she used to carry about she found a letter couched in these terms :—" My dear Friend,—l am about to take a journey to the moon. 1 cannot fix the period of my return. I embrace you.—Thy husband, J. de S." Madame de S. instituted in quiries as to the whereabouts of her husband, but without success. One morning, by a strange fatality, while passing by the Ile St. Louis, the idea came into her head that she would go into the Morgue. The first corpse she looked at was that of her hus. band. From that moment her reason was gone. She ran out, and, placing her back against a wall, she burst into delirious paroxysms of laughter, and then went home by turns dancing and running. Since then she has paraded about the Quartier Latin with head erect and slow and steady pace, curtsey ing whenever she saw a passer-by, whose counte nance pleased her, and offering out her hand for a sou. If it were refused the poor old lady would use some brief but eloquent words of appeal, but gene rally the sou was cheerfully given. The exterior of the Exhibition Palace may now be considered as terminated. All that now remains to be done is the ornamental work and the comple tion of the internal arrangements. Belgium, being dissatisfied with the amount of the space allotted to her, has been allowed to construct a small private palace, in which will be exhibited the products of Belgium for which room may not be found in the Palace itself. A treaty has been signed between the French and Prussian Governments, the object of which is to suppress the charge of sf. made for passports upon travellers between the two countries. There has been another odd vagary of the tele graph people. The Paris papers astonished their readers with some news, beaded " Health of the celebrated Ungnade." Everybody was asking " Who is Ungnade ?" The mystery is unravelled. Some days ago the report was current in Paris as well as in London of the serious illness and disgrace of Ungnade. A telegram from Berlin gave an offi cial contradiction to the report. The intention was to deny that Bismark was either in disgrace or seriously ill. Ungnade is the German word for disgrace, and the facetious translator of the de spatches in Paris mistook the word for the name of a man. Hence arose the consternation about the great unknown, described to the Parisians as Ungnade. Early this morning the hills and fields around Paris presented a beautiful spectacle. The fields were covered with white frost, and when the sun rose the frost with which the trees were shrouded glittered like diamonds. The eky all day has been what is called an Italian sky, blue and splendid as iu summer. The sun was not obscured for a mo ment. The weather was very cold. Yet it was " frosty but kindly," as Shakspere has defined it. Recent Wills and Bequests. (From the Illustrated Lond on N ews.) Probate of the will of the Most Noble George Charles Pratt, Marquis of Camden, K.G., late of Grosvenor-square ; Bayham Abbey, Sussex ; Wil derness Park, Kent ; and Brecknock Priory, Wales, was proved in her Majesty's Court on Nov. 16, under £200,000 personalty--the executors appointed being his son, the Most Noble John Charles Pratt, Mar quis of Camden ; Herbert Hurley Murray, Esq., of the Treasury ; and his lordship's brother-in-law, the Rev. Jermyn Pratt, M.A., Rector of Campsey Ashe, Suffolk ; and they are also, in conjunction with Mrs. Pratt, the wife of the last-named execu tor, appointed guardians of the persons and fortunes of his lordship's children during their respective minorities. The will is of considerable length, and bears date Aug. 28, 1856, with three codicils, dated respectively 1856, 1861, and 1865. His lordship died Aug. 6, at his seat, Bayham Abbey, at the age of 67. His lordship, besides empowering his trustees to raise the sum of £55,000 for younger children,bequeaths to Charles, each a of his daughters a Is sous, L legacy of £7,000,0rd Georgeand and to n each Lor d sum equal to £5,000, and P ) -- 0 0 a-year whilst un married. He leaves the furniture, wines, household effects, horses, carriages, live and dead farming stock, to his eldest son absolutely ; the jewels, pic tures, books, and plate to be enjoyed by the person in possession of the family estates. His Lordship devises the Bayham estate and all other his estates in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Berks, Middlesex, or elsewhere, to his eldest on and his issue ; the name of Pratt always to be used, and to quarter his arms with their own. His Lordship also leaves to his eldest son the residue of his personal estate, for his own personal use ; and bequeaths legacies to each of his executors, as follows :—To Mr. H. H. Murray, £5OO, and to the Rev. Jermyn Pratt, £l,OOO, free of duty. The will of Sir George Edward Pocock, Bart., late of the Priory, Christchurch, Hants, was proved in the London Court by his relict, Augusta Ellinor, Lady Pollock, the sole executrix. The personalty was sworn under £5,000. Her ladyship was the granddaughter of George William, sixth Earl of Coventry. Sir George was the eldest son of the first baronet, and died Sept. 3, 1866, at the age of seventy-four, leaving two sons and a daughter. Sir George executed his will in 1863, and has be queathed to his wife, Lady Pocock, all moneys at his bankers and all property he may be entitled to in reversion or expectancy, to be held for life, and to be disposed of by her ladyship at her decease as she may deem right, desiring, however, that a por tion may be given to her son, Alfred Drake Pocock ; and he also leaves his plate and the residue of his personal estate to her ladyship for her life, and at her decease to become the property of his eldest son, Colonel Sir George Francis Coventry Pocock, Bart. The will of William Curling, Esq., of Denmark hill, Surrey, was proved, in London, under £120,000 personalty, by his son-in-law, William Hunter and Herbert Dalton, Esqs., and CharleS Hilman, Esq., of Herne-bill, the surviving executors and trustees. The testator died Sept. 20, 1866, at the rge of eighty-five, having executed his will Aug. 5, 1865. He leaves to each of his executors a legacy of £lOO, and liberal legacies to his servants. To his daughters, Mary and Martha, he leaves equally between them the furniture, plate, &c. ; and there are legacies to his nephews and nieces. To the widow of his late son James he leaves £5OO, and the sum of £22,500 is to be equally divided amongst her children by his late son on their attaining twenty-one, duty-free. To his four daughters and their families he leaves the sum of £40,000, in equal proportions, and also divides amongst them the residue of his estates, both real and personal. The screw steam gunboat Sepoy (tender to the Dauntless), from H u ll , arr i ve d at Plymouth yester day and proceeded at once into Ilauloaze. to have defects made good. LATEST INTELLIGEI4OI. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCE OF WALES. BERLIN, Dec. 1. The Prince of Wales arrived here this morning, and proceeded to the Palace of the Crown Prince. His Royal highness is in the enjoyment of per fect health. RUMOURED ABDICATION OF TIIE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 1. Advices received by the Seine announce that a rumour was current at '"era Cruz that the Emperor Maximilian had abdicated. He was at Orizaba, and intended leaving Mexico in an Austrian frigate about the 15th Nov. THE SPANISH PASSIVE DEBT. MADRID, Dec. 1. The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund of the Passive Debt took place yesterday. The prices fixed by the Government were—for the first interior, 27 ; second interior, 15 ; and for the second exterior, 20.10. Private tenders were made at 25.70 to 27.10 for the first interior, and at 12.45 to 16 for the second interior, No offers were made for the second exterior. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 1. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine has arrived in the river, and has hoisted the yellow flag. There have been nine cases of yellow fever on board the Seine, and two deaths. A few convalescent cases remain under treatment. The ship is placed in quarantine ; the mails are being fumigated, and will be landed soon. There is a great improvement on board the Seine as regards yellow fever, when compared with the last mail steamer Atrato. From the 7th to the 13th ult., while lying in St. Thomas Harbour, 10 cases occurred, none of which up to the 14th, the day of sailing, had proved fatal. During the passage home nine cases occurred, the last attack being on the 17th. Only two of the nineteen cases termin ated fatally —one on the 15th and the other on the 18th, both persons belonging to the crew. The whole number or cases occurred amongst the crew, all the passengers escaped. The mails are landed, but the ship will await the decision of the Lords of the Privy Council. There are a few cases still under treatment, but the patients are fast approaching convalesence. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 1. A commercial panic prevailed at Sydney. Many failures had occurred, and others were expected. The Colonial 'Treasurer's financial report of the public revenue was satisfactory. There will be a surplus in the present year of £70,000, and for next year a quarter of a million sterling. It was expected the Governor would establish a National Bank. Mr. Mainlay's exploratory tour to the north of Australia was a failure owing to the heavy floods. It was thought that a new colony will be formed at Port Anson. The Tasmanian Government offer 6 per cent. per annum to any company that will lay a telegraph cable between Victoria and Tasmania. The Legislative Assembly had rejected the bill for reducing the future Governors' salary. The Hokitiki murderers have been sentenced to death. The Queensland Government bad imposed addi tional Customs' duties besides the ad valorem duty of 71 per cent. The wheat crops promised to be abundant. FRANCE. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :-- “A strong barometrical pressure extends from Cherbourg to Stockholm. The wind is for the most part feeble on the western coasts of Europe ; it is veering towards south and south-east, especially in the British Isles. In France it is from between north and east, and blows fre,hly from the north east at Antibes. On the coasts of Italy the wind is gentle for the most part, but strong from the east at Naples. A storm is passing over Norway, where the barometer marks 762 mm. at Christian sund, and 769 at Skudesnoer. The wind is strong in both these places."—ln Paris yesterday the weather was dry and suitable for walking exercise. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 7.0 Centigrade (44k Fahrenheit). BOURSE, Nov. 30.—Two o'clock.—The monthly reponse des primes (option) is taking place in a much firmer market. Most Securities have obtained an advance. The following are some of the rates fixed for the reponse—French Threes at 69f. 60c., Italian Fives 55f. 70c., Credit Mobilier 597 f. 50c., Lyons 896 f. 25e., Orleans 877 f. 50c., Austrian 4u5f., Lombard 397 f. 50c. Quotations are generally higher now that this operation is completed. French Threes gain 10c., being now worth 69f. 65c. ; Credit Mobilier Shares 2f. 50c., at 600 f. ; Credit Foncier 5f., at 1,375 f. ; whilst Italian Fives lose 5c., at 55f. 80c. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte lf. 25c., at 882 f. 50c. Mexican Securities continue in good de mand, the Bonds at 150 f., with an advance of 2f. 50c., and the Old Loan at 23f. A slight advantage is also obtained on Railway Shares. Three o'Clock.—Lower quotations have charac terised the close, which has taken place as follow : 41 per Cents 97 50 Bank Shares 3620 Do. and month — Italian Loan 55 75 3 per Cents. 69 65 Do. end month 55 7U Do. end month 69 60 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier 595 Do. Bonds Do. end month ... 593 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier — Home Debt Do. end month 1372 50 I Deferred - RALLWLYB. • For Account. Orleans Northern llBl 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 896 Southern 5BO ___ Western Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 396 25 North of Spain — StiragosE a — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman, : 65 -- ACCIDENT TO MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—We much regret to find that the cause of the change in the Theatre Royal performances last night from " The Gamester" to " Louis XI." was the accident to Mrs. Kean on the previous night. While descending the stops iu the last scene of the " Merchant of Venice," in which she played Portia, she fell and sprained her ancle. A messenger was at once de spatched by Mr. Joy for Surgeon Eawdon Macnamara. Prompt and skilful measures were adopted by him, and there is every reason to hope that Mrs. Kean shall be able to re-appear early in the ensuing week. Mr. and Mrs. Kean will commence a short engagement at the Theatre Royal, Belfast, on Thursday, the 13th December.—Saun clersi's News Letter. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.—Monday—Royal Institution, at 2, General Monthly Meeting ; Entomological, at i ; Royal Academy, at 8, "Anatomy," Mr. Partridge; Architects, at 8. Tues day—Horticultural, at 3, General Meeting and Lecture; Engineers, at 8, " Light Railways," " Communication be tween Passengers and Guards on Railways," Mr. Preece. Wednesday—Literature, at 41, Meeting of Council ; Geo logical, at 8, " First Cataract, Upper Egypt," Mr. Hawk shaw, " Echinodermata from Sinai," Dr. Duncan, "Drift of the North of England," Mr. Curry; Society of Arts, at 8, " Trade in Foreign Cattle," Mr. Ins in. Thursday— Linnean, at 8, " Distema Clavatum, from Sword-fish," Dr. Cobbold, " Morphology of lialvame," Dr. Masters, " Pau ropus, a New Type of Centipedes," Sir J. Lubbock : Che mical, at 8, " Synthesis of Formic Acid," Mr. Chapman, "Alloys of Magnesium," Mr. Parkinson ; Royal, at 8}; Antiquaries, at Bk. Friday—Philological, at 81-, " Palaeo type : Representation of Sounds by Ancient Types," "The Diphthong 07," Mr. Ellis Botanic, Mr. Doulton, M.P., and his Political Conduct. A meeting of Mr. F. Doulton, M.P., and some of his principal supporters took place last evening at the Horns, Kennington. The gathering was con vened by private circular, and about 100 persons accepted the invitation. Among those present were Messrs. Alderson, J. D. Doulton,Triphook, Morgan, Coils, E. Rathbone, P. Chester, Watts, Higgs, Penbey, Morris, Jeffree, Baker, Paddon, Brickbat, Anderson, Stiff, Miller, Snell, Caßingham, and Funnel Mr. Do ULTON said he trusted none of those pre sent would consider him wanting in respect for their past kindness in not having previously called them together. If he had thought it desirable they should meet, or that he should have called the usual public meeting earlier than customary, he would have done so. But no intimation having been given him that the course he took with regard to the reform ques tion was impolitic, it therefcre did not appear to him to be necessary. He did not disguise the fact that he could not henceforth look on some of his supporters whom, prior to last session, he could num ber in that category, and if asked why he did not comply with a request passed at a meeting held at the Horns some time back, he would state that he did not believe that meeting was a fair representa tion of the body of the electors, and if he had com plied with its request he would then have acted most ungenerously to those who had supported him. He was grossly insulted at that meeting. He would be wanting in self respect to take nof ice of it. It had there been said that he did not answer letters ; but he had answered all except five or six, and when he had his public meeting be would read those letters. They were curiosities. Some threatened him with death in 24 hours if the bill did not pass, and others were most insulting. He appealed from that meeting to the electoral body at large, and was quite prepared to leave the little dispute to be settled by that body. Some of those present might consider his action impolitic ; but he asked to be credited with honesty of intention ; he could conscientiously say he was not swayed by any of the motives at tributed to him, and the vote he gave was a con scientious vote. What possible motive could he have had in voting against what he believed to be right ? It might possibly have been his political in terest to vote with it. He would ask them to look at the provisions of the bill, and the vote he gave in reference to it. Some believed that he had always voted in opposition to it, and that he had sold him self, body and soul, to the other party. From the first moment the bill was discussed every Liberal was expected to swallow the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill. He never regarded the quarter whence a good bill proceeded. Whether the source was Liberal or Conservative, he supported it. The first vote was on Lord Grosvenor's motion as to the redistribution of political power. When he saw the bill proposed without any provisions of that nature, he felt it was not a bill that could be supported for any considerable time, as indeed nearly every other Liberal member did. Mr. Bright had impressed on his followers, " Repudiate every bill, whatever its provisions may be, unless it contains not only an extension of franchise, but also a redistribution of political power." This Reform Bill did not touch that at all, and after that vote Government adopted that principle. The next amendment was that of Sirß.Knightley on the Bribery Clause. He felt the necessity of this, and he had always placed on his addresses to his constituents the absolute necessity that existed for some such provision. He certainly did not vote against reform because he objected to it, but because he objected to the Bill which pro posed to accomplish that object. The next vote was on a motion by Lord Stanley. It was an ob structive motion, and therefore he voted with the Government. The next was one moved by Mr. Walpole, who proposed that the county franchise should be increased to £2O. He again voted with the Government, because he believed £l4 was better. The next vote was on rating as against rental. He voted in favour of Lord Dunkelliu's clause that it should be a rating instead of rental. Very great difference of opinion prevailed among Reformers on this question. The bill at that mo ment appeared a most mischievous bill. They had then the Redistribution Bill. A precious bill that was. He could talk to them an hour of the absurd things that bill would have led to. They proposed to group constituencies. In many cases there were three boroughs which return five members to the House. The bill proposed to group them together. He did not object to that, but the absurdities of the bill. Government evidently were not prepared to produce a Redistribution Bill, and the whole thing was immature and hastily drawn up. No two mem bers of the house, unless they belonged to the Go vernment, agreed on the statistics. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright notably contradicted one another. Mr. Gladstone said the franchise would place the working class in the majority of the constituency. He ventured to think that was not desirable. Mr. Stuart Mill, now so greatly lauded, said, " no lover of improvement could desire that the predominat ing power should be turned over to persons in the mental condition of the working classes." The ob ject of the bill was to admit the really intelligent of the working classes. It did not do it. It would have enfranchised hundreds and thousands in various parts of the country who were unfitted to occupy the position, while it excluded many of the intelli gent citizens of Lambeth. He was prepared to oppose any bill which extended the franchise indis criminately. The rule which applied to one borough did not apply to another. Household suffrage for Lambeth would do nothing. Taking Preston, with 15,050 house's, the electors were 2,562. If every householder had a vote, 12,000 voters would be added, all occupying houses of less than £lO value. Here in Lambeth household suffrage would not touch the inhabitants. The Adullauntes were not the only Liberal members who opposed the Reform Bill. The majority of the Liberal members rejoiced at its rejection as much as the Conservatives. He did not anticipate that state of things which had arisen since, the abuse to which he had been subject, or the misrepresentation of his motives, but if he had he would have done the same. (Cheers.) He did not suppose his future path would be an easy one, but he was prepared for opponents. If he had voted in favour of the bill there would have been opposition. He did not wish to place himself in opposition, but so long as he had the support of his friends he would most certainly endeavour to retain his position. Ho would meet his constituents in a week or two. It was the fashion to decry those who had not supported the bill and its every provision as violent enemies to the working classes. He had been curious to see how this would apply to the apostles of the Liberal cause. The men most lauded now were Mr. J. S. Mill, Mr. J. Bright, and Mr. Gladstone, while the two papers most praised were the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Star. Mr. Mill once spoke of the working man —" The only objection to which any great importance will be found to be attached under the present condition is the unprepared state of mankind in general, the working classes in particular, their extreme unfit ness—(imagine Mr. Lowe saying that, or himself) —their extreme unfitness at present for any order of things which would make any considerable de mand on either their knowledge or virtue." (Laugh ter.) Recently he had said he considered that every person claiming the suffrage should be able to read, write, and cipher. For his (Mr. Doulton's) part, he considered universal teaching must precede univer sal enfratichiument. The Meriting ,star, he believed, uttered some sentiment like this :—" That the working classes (were more susceptible and more likely to be bribed than the upper classes." Mr. Lowe said nothing more• (Hear, hear.) The Tele graph spoke of working men as a body that fuddled their brains with drink, and prevented themselves from exercising the franchise ; yet those men who voted against the Bill, and were charged with speaking uncharitable things against the working classes, uttered sentences with nothing like such sweeping effect. Mr. Gladstone enunciated very much the same sentiment as Mr. Lowe, only he clothed it in neater language, when he said that in " descending from £l4 to £lO we were getting a class of voters less independent than those above them. The lower we went the more likely were we to get among those influenced by bribery." He had to thank them personally for their attendance that night, and hoped to see them present at the meet ing. No doubt large numbers of his constituents would come, and great efforts be made to get a preponderance of those who would not bo con vinced, and not even inclined to hear. (Cheers.) Mr. COLLS (builder, of Camberwell) stated that personally he felt the bill should have been accepted to prevent a worse one. He was in favour of a large extension of the franchise, but the disposi tion of the working classes to tyranise over their fellows had caused him to greatly modify his opi nion. If the bill was one with any very large ex tension of the franchise, the whole power would be transferred into the hands of working men, and the country be neither better, wiser, nor more prosperous. Mr. W. 11. MILLER then moved the following " That this meeting desires to record its unabated confidence in Mr. Moulton as one of the represen tatives of the borough of Lambeth, and to express its hope that he will, undeterred by the abuse and misrepresentations of a small portion of the press, continue the same honest and independent course which has hitherto marked his political career." Mr. NORRIS seconded the motion, which was sup ported by Mr. Snell, Mr. Colls, and other gentle men, and unanimously adopted. Mr. DOULTON having briefly acknowledged the expression of confidence in him, the proceedings were brought to a close. ell '• 2 c 4: --' , " 7„,, \-- Int , ...„,E xvirm _ _Jar HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess Christian and Prin cess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. In the pleasant spectacle of a house crowded every night, so densely that at the rising of the curtain there is not a vacant seat in any part of the build ing, Mr. Chatterton may find a proof, at once the most gratifying and the most conclusive, of the favour with which the public regard his mode Of managing Drury-lane Theatre. Last evening 44 The Hunchback," the best of Mr. Sheridan Knowles's dramas, attracted an immense audience, who enjoyed the play exceedingly, and were especially gratified by Miss Helen Faucit's expressive acting in the character of Julia. Mrs. Hermann Vezin played Helen with great spirit ; Mr. Walter Montgomery was very effective as Sir Thomas Clifford ; and Mr. Swinbourne gave a satisfactory impersonation of Master Walter. The remarkable beauty and costli ness of the dresses gives an attractive air of bril liancy and elegance to the whole representation. LATEST LEGAL NEWS. (From the Law Times of to-day.) THE NEW LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OP THE C0M3101,1 PLEAS. Sir William Bovill dined at the hall of the Middle Temple on Monday, for the last time as a bencher, and on entering and departing was received with a volley of cheers from the assembled members of the Inn, which he will quit for Sergeants' Inn. But doubtless he will often honour the old hall with his presence on grand days. The Middle Temple maY well be proud of its children. It counts among its members Lord Westbury, the present Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the last and pre sent Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the late Chief Baron, several of the puisne Judges, and the new Solicitor-General. THE NEW JUDGES. It is understood that the three new judges are not to be partisan appointments ; that is to say, the existing Government is not to use the patronage to be given to them for the promotion of its own par tisans. This is the not unreasonable condition by which the acquiescence of the Opposition is to be secured. In accordance with this understanding, the three fortunate men on whom the newly created honour is to alight will be Sir R. P. Collier, ➢I.P., the late Solicitor-General, Mr. Grove, Q.C•, and Mr. Cleasby, Q.C. ; the two former being Liberals and the latter a Conservative. The Op position obtains the lion's share, but then Lord Derby has enjoyed such a harvest of legal patronage in the regular way that he can well afford to be generous. This will clear the path for Mr. Cole ridge to the Attorney-Generalship when the De mocratic party comes into power. THE NEW POLICE MAGISTRATE. It appears that we were premature iu announcing that Mr. Cooper had been appointed one of the police magistrates of the district of Marylebone. The gentleman upon whom the appointment has been conferred is Mr. Robert M. Newton. He was called to the bar by Lincoln's-inn, May 6, 1847 ; goes the Norfolk Circuit, and attends the Aylesbury and Bury Sessions. He is Recorder of Cambridge. The appointment has somewhat surprised the pro fession, the promotion of Mr. Cooper to the position having been regarded as a foregone conclusion. Mr. Newton is sixteen years Mr. Cooper's junior, and he has enjoyed, we believe, but a limited prac tice. Nevertheless, he may make a very good police magistrate. We understand that the applications to Mr. Walpole were very numerous. THE NEW LAW COURTS. Many of our readers have doubtless wondered for what purpose that wooden structure, so like a pro" jetted equestrian show at a country fair, is rising 10 the centre of New-square, Lincoln's-inn. It is de signed for the exhibition of the competition plan s and models of the new Palace of Justice, which are to be submitted shortly to public criticism. Naval and Military Intelligence. _ ~.. At an early hour yesterday morning the Wa r , Department transport Marlborough and Bomarsun a hauled off from the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, an d dropped down to Upnor Castle, where they corn" menced the shipment of supplies of powder, shot , and shell for the paddlewheel steamer Virago, 6, 1,059 tons, 220-horse power, Mr. H. D. Walker , master, in charge, which, in accordance with a tele gram received from the Admiralty on Thursday night, is to be immediately got ready to proceed t° Ireland. The Virago has recently undergone a very extensive repair, and has been supplied with an jut" proved description of engines, and, having proved herself one of the best of her class of side-whe el steamers, she is well adapted for cruising service' As she is not commissioned, she will be manned bY the officers and men attached to the steam reserv e in the Medway. Her Majesty's screw troopship Orontes, Capta in W. H. Hire, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with the 52d Regiment on board for Queenstown, Ireland. The Rinaldo, 7, screw sloop, Commander Bust', made an official trial of her speech yesterday °v et the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmout h, preparatory to sailing on foreign service. The ship drew 15ft. 9in. of water aft, and 14ft. lin. forwara. Her propeller was a two-bladed " Griffith,' 1 1011 , 4 diam::tcr of 121 t. and a pitch of 14ft. With fa"' boiler power six runs were taken over the mile, V' ing in knots 10.526, 9.207, 10.843, 8.470, 10 . 9 09 ' and 8.591, or a mean speed to the ship of 9 ' 791 knots. With two-thirds of the boiler power four runs were taken over the mile, giving in knots 8.955, 8.053, 8.651, and 7 . 920, or a mean speed of 8.373 knots. The Rinaldo awaits further orders a 9 Spithead. She has a slight defect in her condenser, but not of such a nature as to necessarily delay lie' departure for her station—China and Japan. Colonel G. Lambrick, Aide-de-Camp to the Quee n : who has been appointed commandant of the Cha t i ham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, 0 n the promotion of Major-General J. O. Travers/ C. 8., has been granted one month's leave of absenc e, during which the command of the division devolves on Colonel W. S. Aslett, second commandant. The War Department screw steamer Lord l„a niure left Plymouth on Wednesday. mod firm Ban] dra m Egy inv e Pan 3 1-11 tr Poin by I Hai Afat ..-.-~'"