The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

II HEORSHAM, DORKING, AND LEATHER AD RAILW.A.Y COIIPANY. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Share holders of this Company, held at the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Station, of Ter nainus, London, on Friday, the Bth day of December, 1865, LEO SCHUSTER in the Chair, the following R esolution was moved by the Chairman, seconded by P. Northall Laurie, Esq., and carried unani mously. Resolved and ordered — That, in pursuance of the " Horsham, Dorking, and Leatberhead Railway Act, 1862," and the Acts incorporated therewith, the Company be, and is hereby, authorised to borrow on mortgage or bond any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of £40,000, for such period or periods, and at such rate or rates of interest, and generally upon such terms and conditions as the Directors may determine ; and the Directors are hereby authorised to take all necessary steps for carrying the above resolution and order into effect. GEORGE IV. BROWN, Secretary. Company's Offices, 28, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W ., Sth Ducember, 1865. ITER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. t-i 4 nor ARDITI'S CONCERTS, Every Evening. POSITI‘ ELY THE LAS V WEEK BUT ONE. Imm , nse Success of the New Grand Selection from Wagner's Rommtic Opera, "Tannhauser," with lull Or chestra and Choms. TO-NIGHT (Saturday), December 9. VOCALISTS. Laura Harris. Mdlle Samna, Mdlle. Edi, and Mdlle. Sinico ; Signor Foil and Signor Stagno. VIOLIN. 3ldlle. Emilie Arditi. Conductor, Signor ARDIII. Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. TUESDAY, GR A N A GRND 19th BAL December .r DOERA will take pi he R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Night but Four of L'Africaine. THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, F ItiCAINE. Mies Louisa Fyne, Madame Lem- Mens-Sharrington, and Mrs. A. Cool. ; Messrs. Alberto Lawrence, henry Corrl, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Fatey, C. Lyall, and Charles Adams. Mr. Alfred Mellon. C on ductor, Commence at a quarter to 8. ROY AL, DRURY-LANE._ A. anagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE •:ING thP performances will commence with Shaks ;Are' s Tragedy of K G JOHN: Messrs. ['helps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor G. Belmore, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Mrs. Modson, &c. After which, G ALWAY-GO-BRAGII ; or, Love, Fun, a nd Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, G. Harcourt ; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, Lose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansg - er, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. 3lathews, Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton. Rog. rs, Clark. Gordon, Braid, Coe, tc ; Messdames Mathews, Snow den, NUL Wright, Coleman, Lovell, &c. To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. litzwilliam. Aze Concluciing with TILE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Le.vlercg, Miss Fanny A right, Miss C. 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THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening', by W. ALEXANDER. (lice BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as non as Published. containing all the LA LEST INLEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGI4.NCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, Nevi. spaper Agent, 4, Blaektriars-road. London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." gene .1. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public .., r 4tn ir tht he supplies the LATEST EDITIoN of road, N.W: - as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead- MGR AVATEI4 AT LONDON BRIDGE. `l'H - 18 DAY.—Morning, 6h. 33m.---Afternoon, 6h. 58m. To-Molutow.-Morning, 7h. 20m.—Afternoon, 7h. 50m. wa.l, qt) r Slut L O:CD ON, SA 27 - RDA DEC. 9, It is one good feature of the present day that many influential persons lend their aid to the encouragement of athletic sports. Such must be conducive to health, and in some degree counteract the baneful effects of too close application to busi ness, which is so common nowadays. The practice ur rifle-shooting is also very coinmendable ; and there can be no reason why it should not be cul tivated in many directions through the country. . _ Last Wednesday, at the Birmingham To•'vn 11a1 ) ,, RUSSELL is characterised by the same hasty, super an interesting ceremony took place on the occaf;ion ficial, and manifestly unfair accusations which have of prizes being presented to the successf al, mem- been already brought against Governor EYRE and bers of the Birmingham Rifle Volunteers . The his associates, by speakers and writers of their most notable event of the evening was the pre- ways of thinking. Picking out a few sentences sentation to Col. M‘Mußpo of his sworls which from the despatches which state that there were injured by the fire at his residence. some time was no organization among the blacks, that ago. They have been restored at the expense of no casualty had befallen the troops, &c., the battalion, and were then offered as a grateful they add to them the most random statements, tribute of esteem and regard to the gallant Colo- which nothing in the official information warrants nel. Col. MASON, on presenting these-trophies, re- in the slightest degree. Can any one, not abso marked that many incidents of his distinguished lutely blinded by prejudice, believe that the career were connected with these 4 - words. Since Governor, and those acting with him, " have given the unfortunate event of the fire deprived Colonel unlimited permission and encouragement to soldiers M‘Mt: en° of many mementoes of his Indian life, and sailors, and Volunteers and Maroons, to seize, it is the more satisfactory to fi - ud that some and flog, and shoot, and hang at their own dis at least have been preserved. The Colonel cretion, any coloured persons who might fall into thanked the battalion for the " beautiful their hands, men, women, and children?" Yet act of friendship to an old soldier." He this statement is deliberately put forward by gen declared that he rejoiced to meet with such proofs tlemen of standing, and they do not scruple to of kindness, and his children would appreciate them. address it to a Minister of the Crown. A Such a circumstance is, indeed, creditable alike to special paragraph is devoted to the apprehension the givers and receiver, and it is interesting and im- and execution of Mr. G. W. GORDON, which they pressive that the hero of a hundred fights should consider " admits of no justification whatever." thus be reminded in the evening of his days of the The inconvenient fact of the written evidence memorable events of long past times, perhaps over- showing GORDON to have been mainly instrumental looked and forgotten by the busy generation spring- in organising a scheme for converting Jamaica into ing up around him, but written in lasting characters another Hayti seems to have been totally over in the chronicle of Anglo-Indian renown. looked by these gentlemen, and they get over the Colonel M'Munno presented the prizes to the cruelties practised by the coloured men at Morant successful candidates. This was an appropriate Bay by asserting that the Volunteers provoked arrangement, and the gallant Colonel took care to them by firing at them when they were assembled improve the occasion by bestowing some advice "to vindicate certain of their rights," the right to upon those around him. Coming from one of his massacre and plunder being, we suppose, included. experience and proficiency this counsel must have " The whole civilised world," according to been valuable. He said to the officers " Don't get Messrs. PEASE and Co., is filled with horror and tired of your work." There was no excuse for their indignation at the " wholesale and indiscriminate getting weary, because they have not the discipline slaughter in Jamaica." We should think the in of the army to keep up, and their men came to them dignation would rather be directed against those voluntarily impressed with the necessity that exists who planned and partly executed such barbarous for their striving to defend their country. The schemes, while a little of it may assuredly be spared Colonel declared that the Volunteers wen e brave for those Englishmen who, without waiting for full men, who behaved as " gloriously" as and authentic evidence, prejudge and condemn men the regular soldiers, when in action. "A of character and known humanity for having, in a glorious captain and his glorious men were time of terrible risk, rescued a British colony from hardly cold in their graves, who died the other day becoming the scene cf wholesale anarchy and biting their last cartridges in defence of the civil bloodshed. authorities in Jamaica ;" and, continued he, " our In contrast to this comes the news from Jamaica volunteers in Canada are enrolling and preparing itself assuring us that all is tranquil and no further to meet the Fenians, ay, even America herself, if executions or trials were reported. The conflagra she should dare to attack them." The Colonel tion, which might otherwise have been the ruin of gave a very good hint to the Peace Society, by blacks as well as whites, is therefore crushed out, and stating that the Volunteer Force was a Peace we hope that the terrible experience of the past will Society itself, with this exception, that whereas the serve to inaugurate a new and more prosperous original institution had not been successful, the future for both races in the island. Volunteer Movement had been most fortunate. Referring to the work achieved by Mr. BRIGHT and his friends, the gallant Colonel declared that the Peace Congress had not produced any of the results at which they aimed. They said they could not expect to affect the course of events in the far East. "But what good have they done near home?" asked the earnest and eloquent old soldier. " Had the Peace Society prevented in one single instance any of the most outrageous robberies that was ever committed on a small state by her big brother— there never was a greater robbery than that committed by Prussia and Austria in the spoliation of Denmark." As for the prizes, the Colonel said that they showed the Volunteers that they were ap preciated by their friends and society outside. The Right Hon. C. ADDERLEY, M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to the donors of prizes. The right hon. gentleman declared that there was one danger connected with the Volunteer force, and that arose from its success, for in time they might flag. Those who address from time to time large assemblies of Volunteers do well to remind them of this fact, for it is indeed a reality and not a theory, llappily, however, for the present at any rate, we may affirm that there seems no likelihood of this misfor tune befalling the noble band who have sacrificed so much to serve their country and protect the rights of nations. Their energy has equalled their enthusiasm, and thus they have carried out their designs moi.e successfully and completely than their best friends and most sanguine supporters dared to hope at the outset. Of course, all this could not have been done without the sympathy they met with from all ranks and classes of their countrymen, but still the chief meed of praise is due to themselves. It was truly said by the great poet that— " In native swords and native ranks The only hope of freedom dwells." And the spirit that sustains such a force as our Volunteers must be innate, and can never be infused by any outward influence or ad ventitious aid. Mr. ADDERLEY very truly declared that it was right and fitting for a nation like England to partake of the interest of the people and in its pastimes; " and thus in the same way that in old times the bow, which won for Eng land the victories of Cressy and Agincourt, was the weapon of the nation, the ' rifle' should be the weapon of the nation in these days ; and not least among the great national holidays should be the assembling of Volunteers on such occasions as the present." " The storms of wintry time" have lately been particularly active, bringing even to those on shore some dangerous and even fatal consequences. Such a season is therefore especially appropriate for a meeting of the managers of that admirable Institu tion which has done so much to lessen, if it cannot altogether remove, the perils of our storm-lashed coast. There are few of the benevolent associations of the day that are better or more efficiently managed, or that can show more practical service done at the close of the year. The task undertaken by it is so momentous in its nature that when it is successfully accomplished the result is most striking. It is not the difference between sickness and possible recovery ; between destitution and temporary relief ; but it is the contrast of life with death, of a desolated home with a rejoicing family, of the mourning of the widow and orphan with the joyous welcome of the returning voyager. The result of course rests in higher hands, and no vigilance or daring can ensure life against the inevitable dangers of storm :and shipwreck, but at least so much as men can do is done, and the means adopted have, in the vast majority of instances, proved eminently suc cessful. Hundreds of lives, which, without :the existence of the Lifeboat Institution, would cer tainly have swelled the ranks of those who have gone down into the deep waters and come back no more, have been preserved, and property of immense value has been saved from destruction by the agency of the lifeboats and their brave crews. It is indeed scarcely to be called a charitable institution, for its existence in a country like ours is surely no work of supererogation, but rather an imperative national duty, incumbent on each one of us who shares or profits (and who does not ?) in the traffic of the seas. The Institution is especially commendable in its single-minded earnestness to get the work done, whether by its own means or by those of others; and, in accordance with this feeling, it gives' prizes and medals to persons totally unconnected with it, when they have been instrumental in saving life, or in assisting endangered vessels. The ter rible gales of last month must be fresh in every one's recollection, and it is a gratifying fact that in the month of November the lifeboats saved no less than 124 shipwrecked persons, in addition to bring ing two vessels safely into port. Altogether, the boats of the Institution have, during the last eleven months, saved 421 lives, besides bringing fourteen vessels safely into harbour. When we look at the number in the aggre gate we shall be better able to realise the extent of the public service rendered by these boats. A whole ship's company, or a regiment of soldiers, saved at once would produce a striking effect on the public mind, yet, in reality, this feat has been accomplished by the agents of the Institution in the present year. The instances cited as usual give evidence of the most daring and self-sacrificing courage on the part of the crews; and it is a very gratifying fact, and one that testifies to the substantial character of the lifeboats, that out of the 18,000 persons who have manned them during the last three years only three lives have been lost. General Sir GEORGE BOWLES, the donor of the Howth lifeboat, was so much pleased with its re cent services in saving five lives that he has gene -1 rously promised to defray the cost of another boat. His example might be very profitably followed by our wealthier classes, since the cost of maintaining the various establishments is naturally very heavy. At yesterday's meeting it was found necessary to make arrangements for payments amounting to more than £3,000. We cannot doubt that the public will continue to come readily forward on behalf of so valuable an association, and among the kindly gifts so appropriate to the coming general season, we hope that the claims of the National Lifeboat Institution will be neither overlooked nor neglected. Mr. NEWDEGATE, in seconding the motion, ob served that it would be strange if the Volunteers of Birmingham, who made arms, did not know how to use them. The hon. member remarked upon the advantages that accrued to them from hearing the speech of Col. M‘Mumpo, who was such an able and efficient guide, and so unquestionable an authority. He was a pupil of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, no narrow politician, a genuine Radical, and a genuine Englishman also, from whom he was proud, as a Tory, to borrow the spirit of nationality. Mr. NEWDEGATE also referred to Denmark, and expressed indignation on the subje3t. It was, as he said, a warning to wealthy England, and he was sorry that England did not say to France and other mar tial Powers, " You have declared what you conceive to be right, and you should join w ith us i n en f orc i ng i t. " Th e E ng li s h na ti on , observed the hon. me m ber, has a regular army of 1.10,000 men, and empire on with these it has to guard an which the sun never sets, and if they are to be at the extremities of that how will it be with those at home. The " old spirit" of England cannot be too much cherished in those days when co mmercial enterprise is apt to en t a il i n j ur i ous effects, and deaden the in dependent feelings and self-sacrificing impulses which characterised the days that are go ne b y , and in so me measure com pensated for many deficie ncies. Th e hon. member declared that lie rejoiced in every manifestatior, of the old spirit, and trusting that the children of the present generation should not have reason to lament any defalcation in their fathers, he rejoiced in ",witimising in that hall the spirit that when the Bulldog was on a reef fought her to the last, and when the hull was useless blew her up." This is a correct interpretration of the meaning of the Volunteer Movement, and describes the feeling wiaich will bestow on it a permanent and honoured existence. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOP. THE ENSUING WEEK. —Mond a y—G eograp hi ca l, a t 81 : " Ankova, Ma dagascar, and the Royal or Sacred Cities," Rev. W. Ellis ; "Boat Journey along Coast Lakes, East Madagascar," Captain Rooke. Tuesday—Syro-Egyptian, at 71 "Pil grimage of Autoninus of Placentia, A.D. 570," Rev. A. 11. Canape!. Photographic. at 8 : " Photo-Relievo Printing," Ur, Woodbury. Lngineers, at 8 : Strength of Cements " used in South Main Drainage W or k s ," M r. G rant. Eth nologioal, at 8 . Zoological, at : "Fossil Bi r d s f rom Zebbug CaTe, Malta," Mr. Parker ; New Species of Spid er Monkey in Society's Gardens , " Drs. Gray and Murie ; "Pi.esb Mr. Flower.esAlbigella'" Dr. Murie ; " Gular Pou c h o f G reat Bustard," Wednesday—Society of Arts, at 8: " London Milk," Mr. Morton. Microscopical, at 8: " C e ll_ Mounting," Mr. Smith. British Archaeological Associa tion, at 81. Thursday—Numismatic, at 7. Royal, at 81. Antiquaries, at 8.: " Anglo - Saxo n Civil and Criminal Procedure," Mr. Coote. Frida y —Philological, at 8: "Origin of Language," Mr. Wed g wood. Saturday— Horticultural, at 2: International Sh ow of Fruit.— henxurn. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. AUSTRIA. Considering the excitement which a certain sec tion of persons have got up in different parts of the country respecting the recent outbreak in Jamaica and the means adopted for suppressing it, it is cer tainly not surpr;sing that the Committee of the Peace Society should have come prominently forward. The memorial which they have preidtnted to Earl nu SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, lE€. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. The Insurrection in Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Friday. The steamer Californian, which arrived here this evening, brings news from Jamaica to Nov. 21. Some of the late Mr. Gordon's property had been seized at the suit of an English firm. The Governor had visited Admiral Hope at Port Royal. No further executions or trials were re ported. The newspapers contain no intelligence relative to the late insurrection. The Kingston Morning Journal of the 21st ult. says :—" Let the constitution be amended by all means if it is per ceived that to its unsuitableness the rebellion is in part to be attributed, but do not destroy the con stitution altogether ; do not, above all, deprive her Majesty's subjects in this island of their freedom of speech and freedom of religious worship. It is ab solutely necessary for the good of society that there should be a strong Government to deal with that large class in the country among whom the late re bellion occurred ; but the measures that are passing the Legislature seem to us to be aimed, not at the rebellion, but at the well-affected and loyal section of the community." The Jamaica Guardian gives the following as a draught of the proposed new Constitution for the island : VIENNA, DEC. 8. I "1. That there should be one Chamber. MADRID, DEC. 8 (Evening). The Espanol of to-day says :—" The present Ministry would even jeopardise the dynasty in order to remain in power." The Politica, alluding to the protests of the Spanish bishops against the recognition of Italy, states that they have rendered themselves amenable to the penal law, and that should they persist in the attitude they have taken up, the Government would ask the Cortes to suspend the constitutional guarantees protecting the bishops, and claim the right to exile those who have protested. It is asserted in political circles that the real motive for which there will be no speech from the Throne at the opening of the Cates is, that the Queen does not wish to speak of the recognition of Italy. A notification issued by the Minister of Finance states that, in consequence of the excessive number of applications received for bonds of the New Aus trian Loan, a reduction of 20 per cent. will be made in the amount of subscriptions. The Diets of Linz, Klagenfurt, and Troppau have, by a large majority, voted addresses to the Emperor, against the September Patent. " 2. That such Chamber should be composed partly of the nominees of the Crown and partly of members elected. " 3. That the elections should be made for coun ties in equal proportions. 4. That the qualification of members should be raised. " 5. That the franchise should be raised. " 6. That it should be lawful for her Majesty to appoint two commissioners from England to act in lieu of an executive committee. " 7. That no person, except one to be nominated by the Governor, should be nominated or elected who held any office of emolument payable out of the public taxes." The Guardian says that these principles were eventually submitted to a large number of members and acceded to. The Government would intro duce amendments to their Bill in order to carry out these principles. A. Bill to Regulate Places of Public Worship, abounding in pains and penalties, was before the House of Assembly of Jamaica, and was causing co - asideralsle excitement among the Dissenters. The Jamaica Guardian says : " It is anticipated that on the Bill becoming law (should it become so) the action will be unani mous throughout the island, and every Dissenting chapel on Sunday and day school will be closed in obedience to it, and the whole responsibility will be thrown on the Government, without whose sanction the measure cannot become law, while several of the most effective speakers from each denomination will be prepared to proceed to England, and de nounce the interference with religious liberty throughout the length and breadth of the land." A Bill to Provide for the Expenses of Extin guishing the Rebellion had been discussed in the House of Assembly, and agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. A very stringent Alien Bill had also occupied the House of Assembly. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of The Times:— Sir,—Pray excuse my troubling you. I wish to show you the class of people who attack Governor Eyre, and enclose you one of two anonymous letters received by me to-day, and a telegram informing me my brother ought to be hanged. I thank you sincerely and heartily for defending his character, and think you will agree with me that even if my brother were all the writers say, instead of a brave defender of the government intrusted to his care, it is mean and cowardly in his enemies to attack his sister. I attacked no one.—l remain, Sir. yours very obediently, MARY EYRE. 44, Bernard-street, Russell-square, W.C., Dec. 6. "Doe. 6. "Madam,—You have done a smart thing, no doubt, try ing to defend your bloody, murderous brother, who deserves a rope if any one ever did, and I hope he will get it. That .£5O you speak of makes his character the blacker. It is stolen goods : plunder from the poor blacks. A greater scoundrel nover walked the earth, and to help him he got the bloody Nelson and others to work and runi'd' the sailors that they might cut up the poor, because they are black and coloured. The curse of the nation and the world will ever rest upon your family for those bloody crimes. Bloody cries for vengeance upon you all." " Madam,—l have just read your silly letter, and just as sure, as your dastard of a brother murdered poor Mr. Gor don he shall swing for it at the Old Bailey." Sir Henry Storks is now on his way to England, having been summoned by telegraphic instructions which reached him at Malta on Thursday. At Malta it was sup posed that his presence is required with reference to the affairs of Greece. It is, however, supposed hero that he is likely to be sent out to Jamaica. LORD BYRON'S COUNTESS GUICCIOLL now Madame de Boissy, is said to have given M. Lamartine ac cess to her correspondence with the poet, which will be used by him in his Life of Byron, now appearing in the feuilleton of the Constitutionnel. THE BROMPTON HOSPITAL PATIENTS AT MA DEIRA.—This time last month considerable interest was elicited by the departure of 20 consumptive invalids selected to winter in the genial climate of Madeira. The news of their safe arrival in the island, and a few parti culars afforded by the letters received by this mail from Copt. Erskine (H.B.M. Consul), and from the superinten dent, will be scarcely less interesting. The steamer Maria Pia, whose second cabin was filled by the patients, sailed from London at 2 a.m. on the Bth November, arriving at Lisbon at 10 a.m. on the 13th. having had a fair wind and fine weather the whole way, though a rough sea. In cross ing the Bay of Biscay they experienced a heavy gale. To enable the invalids to recover from the effects of this, the superintendent thought it advisable to give them leave to go on shore at Lisbon for a short time, which did them a great deal of good. They left the Tagus on the 15th, at 11 a.m., and arrived at Madeira on the 17th, at 5 35 p.m. During the passage from Lisbon they had continued fine weather, and no sea. On the arrival of the steamer Captain Erskine and Dr. Brandt came on board, received the pa tients with all possible kindness, and accompanied them to the Sanatorium, where they were comfortably quartered by 6.30 p.m. The invalids were visited the same evening by the Bishop of Sierra Leone, who read a portion of Scrip ture, and offered up a beautiful thanksgiving prayer for their safe arrival in Madeira. The accounts of the patients' health were favourable. Although there had been the ave rage amount of sea sickness, no spitting of blood had re sulted from it; but, on the contrary, it was considered that the voyage had done them all good, and cleared their complexions. They appeared to have been well cared for on board, and spoke of the kindness of the two stewards who attended upon them. At the close of his letter the superintendent says :—" I am given to under stand that the British inhabitants in general, of Madeira have contributed in furnishing the Sanatorium. The walls of the rooms are hung with most beautiful paintings; the furniture is first class, and nothing is wanted in that line. I consider, jointly with my fellow patients, that our Sana torium would not disgrace any merchant in London as a residence. We all feel truly grateful to Almighty God for His bountiful goodness to us ; and for placing it in the hearts of those who have contributed towards our earthly comforts." Mr. Graves was re-appointed by the Local Committee as Superintendent at the Sanatorium, jointly with the Matron, whose kindness and constant anxiety for the patients' comforts were alluded to in grateful terms. The following pleasant expression of feeling was signed by his fellow patients, and presented to the Superintendent at the end of the voyage. "We, the undersigned, desire to express our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Graves, for the kind and impartial manner in which he has discharged the responsible duty of super intendent during our voyage. We feel that he has done everything he possibly could for our comfort and enjoy s ment whilst on board, and he has drawn our hearts closer to him by his solicitous and almost parental anxiety for our welfare. •Wo therefore take this opportunity, before leaving the ship, of thus expressing to him our sincere gratitude and appreciation of his kindness." Prince Alfred ' was in the island when the mail left, and it was expected L that his royal highness Would visit the Sanatorium during his stay. MILITARY BALL AT WINDSOR.—On Wednesday evening a grand ball, under the patronage of Lieut.- Colonel the Earl of Mountcharles, Lieut.-Colonel Sawyer, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, M.P., and the officers of the Ist Life Guards, Grenadier Guards, and Gth Dragoon Guards, Lady Mary Hood, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lady Emily Seymour, Mrs. Coleman, &c., was given at the Guildhall, Windsor. The fine hall was 'crowded with a brilliant and fashionable assemblage, comprising the prin cipal residents of the district and the officers of the Windsor garrison. The stringed band of the Life Guards played during the evening. FRANCE. The Emperor received yesterday, at the Palace of Compiegne, a letter from the King of Prussia announcing the birth of the son of Prince Frederick Charles Nicholas of Prussia, and of the Princess Maria Anna, nee Princess d'Anhalt ; also, a letter addressed to the Prince Imperial by the Regents of the Republic of San Marino. The Emperor has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour on the Prince of Monaco. The fourth and last series of guests to Com piegne left Paris yesterday, those of the third series having quitted the Palace the afternoon before. Immediately after their departure the Emperor and Empress made a carriage excursion to a spinning-manufactory, near Thurotte, to inspect a newly-invented method of weaving flax. Their Majesties returned to the Palace at half-past four. The dinner that evening did not take place in the Grand Gallery, but in the small apartment called the Salle de Don Quichotte, on account of the pic tures on the walls which represent the principal episodes in the life of the hero of La Mancha. The only persons at table were those composing the ser vice of honour. The follcwing is a list of the guests :—The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Madame Drouyn de Lhuys, M. Rouher, the Mar quis de La Valette, the Duke de Persigny, the Chevalier Nigra, Count Sormani, the Duchess de Castiglione-Colonna, Baron and Baroness d'Hogh wart, the Duchess de Taicher, the Princess de Beauffremont, the Duchess d'lsly, the Duke, Duchess, and Mlle. de Bassano, M. and Mme. Vultry, General and Mine. Fleury, Count de Nieuwerkerke, Count de Flamarens, Count and Countess de La Poeze, Count and Countess La Valette, Count and Countess Le Hon, M. and Mme. de Boureuille, M. Cornudet, Generals Montaudon, Ameil, and de Courson, M. Hely d'Oissel, M. Aube pin, M. Fremy, M. Nisard, M. Octave Feuillet, M. Robert Fleury, M. Nicolet, M. de Billing, M. de Beam, M. de Courcelles, M. de Viel-Castel, Count and Countess de L'Espine, and M. and Mme. Cornu. The King and Queen of Portugal, it is thought, will arrive at Compiegne to -morrow. They are ex pected first to alight at the Tuileries, on arriving from Germany. _ BOURSE, Dec. B.—Two:o'Clock.—The Bourse opens on a more buoyant market. notwithstanding a further fall on the London market. Threes, for the Account, show an advance of sc.—at 68f. 921 c. At 65f. 35c. Italian Fives have a similar advance. Credit Mobilier Shares are quoted at 888 f. 75e., an improvement of sf. Immobiliere Shares continue in good demand at 555 f., with a gain of 3f. 750. In the Railway Department Northern Shares main tain their progressive movement, with a further rise of 5f.--at 1,135 f. The new Austrian Loan remains quoted at 346 f. 25c., with a premium of If. 25e Three o'clock.—The market has closed at the fo . lowing quotations :- 41 per Cents 97 12i Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 85 Do. end month EB 90 Eoman Ottoman Fives 43 60 Mexican Loan 49i Do. Bonds 333 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Borne Debt — Daferred ' 37 25 Credit Mobilier BB2 50 Do. end month BB5 Bank Shares 3800 Credit Fonder 1330 Italian Loan 65 05 Do. end month 65 25 Amt. - - ... 832 50 - ... 1130 - - - 840 - - - 571 25 'AYE. Cash. RAIL' Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern 518 75 Sardinian . ... Austrian ... 427 50 Lombard ... 422 50 North of Spain ... 165 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona ... Roman — ... 155 Substitutes for Dear Meat. TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN. Sin,—The prices which are now being charged for butchers' meat, poultry, fish, and other articles of food, have been the source of great misery to many, who at all times find it difficult to make both ends meet, but who are now driven to their wits' ends to provide for their little ones. Indignant at the butcher-monopolists we naturally look around to see whether we are not able to find a substitute for the meat on which they have put such au exor bitant price. The season of Christmas naturally reminds one of dried fruits, of which such large quantities are imported into this country. A good currant-pudding would be no una3ceptable dinner to children, and many mothers of families, whose means are limited, would find a currant-pudding make an agreeable variety in the household fare. But here comes another difficulty : currants are not cheap, and yet I have learned from various sources (some of which are official) that the import price of currants, duty paid, ranges from 2id. to 4d. per lb., whilst the retail dealer charges from sd. to 91 per lb., something like cent. per cent. How is this to be explained? Whilst butchers' meat con tinues at the present price, the vendors of articles that may be made in some degree a substitute for it, would show their wisdom by selling their com modities at a fair and reasonable price. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, CELTO-GREEK Lifeboat Services. TYRELLA, DUNDRUM BAY, Dec. 7.—We had a violent storm yesterday (reports A. 11. Montgo mery, Esq.), with the heaviest sea that has been known in the bay for a long time. During the gale a vessel was driven on shore about half a mile to the east of the lifeboat-house. The lifeboat of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution was at once got out and taken on its transporting carriage to a place on the beach abreast of the vessel, and then launched in the eye of the wind, and in the midst of a very heavy surf, through which the boat was pulled gallantly. The vessel was soon reached, and the crew of five men were brought safely on shore. She was the schooner Daniel O'Connell, bound from Liverpool to Newry with Indian corn. CAPTAIN WADDELL, OF THE SHENANDOAlL—Not withstanding numerous assertions to the contrary Captain Waddell still remains in Liverpool, and is deter mined to do so until such time as the extradition claim of the United States Government is adjusted. Ho still asserts that until he spoke the Barracouta he placed no reliance whatever upon the assertions of the captains of the differ ent American ships he captured that the rebellion had ended, and stoutly maintains that he only acted in accord ance with his commission from the late Confederate Ex ecutive. The Casual Poor. Yesterday Mr. H. B. Farnall, C. 8., the Com missioner of the Poor-law Board, officially visited the workhouse of St. Marylebone to make inquiries relative to the casual 'poor. In the newspapers of yesterday an account was published respecting the number of casuals relieved at this workhouse under the Houseless Poor Act, and it was shown that during November 4,035 were admitted into the casual wards. In reply to Mr. Farnall the Master, Mr. Douglas, stated that though this appeared an enormous number, yet in point of fact the figures did not represent 4,035 persons who had been re lieved, as some of the persons come back two or three times a week. In his opinion, the Houseless Poor Act did not increase vagrancy, that it would not, if carried out properly, by a test of work being exacted for the relief of lodging and food. Marylebone was exceptional in various ways, and was likely to have a larger number of casuals than other parishes. The workhouse stood on the high road, and tramps from the north and west were likely to be directed there as the best known place. Then the people were treated humanely, the directions of the Poor Law Board, as given by Mr. Farnall, being that if people were willing to have a bath test, anddo a measured task of work for shelter and a breakfast of dry bread and gruel, they proved their indigence ; and poor women, burdened with children, when asked why they came again to Marylebone, said it was because they had the privilege there of washing their poor rags. Amongst the classes who sought the shelter were persons who were chargeable to the parish, but who preferred wandering about seeking work to en tering the workhouse ; others, who formerly slept under arches and about the streets, and who now took advantage of the shelter afforded ; and tramps from all parts, mostly of the Dick Whittington class, who came to London to seek their fortunes. Mr. Farnall visited the casual wards, in some of which, though they were well ventilated, and had been empty for some hours, there was still the unmis takable odour of poverty—the fever-breeding smell engendered in the garments of those who lie hud dled together in out-of-the-way spots and hidden nooks. Mr. Douglas, whom Mr. Farnall pronounced to be one of the most painstaking masters in Lon don, in some conversation which ensued as to the " tearing up" question, said he thought much would be done to mitigate the evil, if not to do away with it, if workhouses had the means of fumigating the clothes of the casuals, and needles and thread were supplied to those who desired to mend their rags. Mr. Farnall was of the same opinion, and hoped that guardians would carry out the suggestion. He expressed his satisfaction with the arrangements, especially with those for exacting a labour test, which, if generally adopted, would do much to keep strong, healthy young men and women at their legitimate work, and who were to some extent en couraged in vagrancy by those Unions the guardians of which neglected to provide such test. Out of 39 Unions in London only about 18 had provided labour tests, and in those which neglected this duty the casuals took the relief and went away unchal lenged to prove their indigence. One remarkable fact was elicited during the inquiry—that though several of the large refuges of London were not opened, as in previous winters, there had not been any increase in the recipients of casual relief, as might have been expected as the winter advanced. Mr. Farnall then left the workhouse. The Conference of Irish Members. The following were the gentlemen who attended the conference of Irish members of Parliament held in Dublin on the sth and 6th inst. :—F. Greville, Longford County; George Bryan, Kilkenny County; J. Bagwell, Clonmell ; M. Corbally, Meath County ; W. Moore, Tipperary County ; E. J. Synan, Lime rick County ; R. Armstrong, Sligo Borough ; R. Devereux, Wexford Borough ; M. O'Reilly, Long ford County ; T. Kennedy, Louth County ; G. Barry, Cork County ; P. Urquhart, Westmeath County ; J. R. Dillon, Tipperary County ; J. F. Maguire, Cork City ; J. A. Blake, Waterford City ; Sir James Power, Wexford ; Sir P. O'Brien, King's County ; Sir John Gray, Kilkenny City ; The O'Donoghuc, Tralee ; 0. Stock, Carlow; J. O'Rear don, Athlone ;W. Whitworth, Drogheda. A series of 14 resolutions was adopted. The first of them ap points a committee on the land question, who are requested to undertake to frame a bill providing adequate compensation for all tenants' improve ments, and to encourage and induce the granting of leases by such means as in the judgment of the com mittee may be thought desirable and practicable. The bill when approved of to be introduced into Parliament, and the support of it by Government claimed as essential to their acquiring the confidence of the Irish people. The following are the gentlemen appointed :—Mr. Maguire, Mr. Corbally, The O'Donoghue, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Synan, Mr. Dillon. The second resolution urges the import ance of combination and concentration to obtain the settlement of the question. The third denounces the appropriation of the ecclesiastical revenues to the church of a minority as au intolerable grievance. The fourth pledges the members to take the opinion of Par liament on the church question on an early day dur ing the ensuing session. The fifth demands that the Catholic University should be put on a footing of equality with all other colleges. The conference, however, acknowledges the willingness of the Go vernment to meet the just claims of the Catholics in the matter. The sixth pledges the conference to advocate the extension of the denominational sys tem of education to Ireland. The seventh, that pending the legislative settlement of the question, the system should be applied to model training schools. The eighth is a declaration in favour of an uniform oath for members of the Legislature and office holders. The ninth is, "That it is the duty of the Government to consider the peculir circum stances of this country, which does not, like Eng land and Scotland, possess the advantages of a powerful middle-class and fully-developed manufac turing and commercial resources, and which, more over, is exhausted by an enormous annual drain in the shape of absentee rents, and the expenditure of a large portion of our public revenue in England, and to assist by wise and fostering legislation in developing the wealth of the country and the in dustry and enterprise of its people ; and that with this view the development of the fisheries, the im provement of the harbours of the country, the ex tension of arterial drainage, and the promotion of other productive improvements, require the atten tion of the Government and the assistance of Par liament." The tenth appoints Mr. Bagwell, Mr. Maguire, and Mr. Blake, to prepare a bill to change the grand jury laws of Ireland. The eleventh ap proves the prompt action of the Executive in regard to tho cattle plague. The twelfth pledges the con ference to support adequate measures to reform the Irish system of railways, brought in on the respon sibility of Government. The thirteenth pledges them to co-operate with the advanced section of the English Liberal party. The fourteenth is in favour of extending the franchise ; but any mea sure applied to Ireland should be accompanied with the safeguards necessary for the security of the voter. The name of Mr. Jonathan Pim was added to the committee charged with the prepara tion of a bill on the land question, but as Mr. , Pim did not take part in the conference, and the secretaries have not as yet had an opportunity of seeing him, his name has not been included in the above list. AN IMPERIAL COMPLIMENT.—M. de Massa has received from the Emperor a copy of the " Vie de Cesar," with the following autograph inscription :—" L'auteur de la Vie de Cesar' h l'auteur des 'Commentaires de Cesar.'" DR. NEWMAN'S CELEBRATED " TRACT No. 90." —Messrs. Parker are about to reprint, in one volume, " Tract No. 90," with Dr. Pusey's historical preface to it, and Mr. Keble's letter upon subscription in refei once to it. THEATRE ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—The close of Miss Bateman's three weeks' engagement in this city hav ing approached, she took her benefit on Thursday night There was a very large house. She chose on this occasion the part of Bianca in Doan Milman's tragedy of " Fazio," and she could not have made a more exacting selection. It is most difficult to set down in measured terms the tumultuous feelings excited by Miss Bateman's performance. Most of her acting last night was watched with almost breathless attention ; but at the end she was most heartily applauded. Miss Bateman will play for the last time in Manchester as Bianca., 6°1114 4A7 rA"V' I rill Tar 0 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Christian, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, and again this morning, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, and attended by the Hou. Mary Lascelles. Prince ChTistian of Schleswig-Holstein visited the Infantry Barracks. Countess Gleichen and Major-General and Lady Emily Seymour had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. The Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Lord Suffield. GUNTON, Friday. The ball in honour of the royal visit was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Earl of Leicester and Lady Gertrude Coke, the Earl of Dunmore, the Earl and Countess Spencer, Lard and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lady Sophia Macnamara, Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Viscount Hamilton, Lord Berkeley Paget, Colonel Hon. E. Coke, Hon. Ralph and Mrs. Har bord, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Randell Burroughes, Hon. H. and Mrs. Harbord, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Stonor, Mrs. Henry Baring, Lieut.-Col. Keppel, and the Marchioness of Carmarthen (in attendance on the Prince and Princess of Wales), Admiral Hon. and Mrs. and Misses Woodhouse, Hon. and Rev. John and Mrs. Harbord, Sir Jacob, Lady, and Miss Preston, Colonel F., Mrs., and the Misses Astley, and Colonel and Mrs. Fitzroy. The " meet" with Lord Hastings's hounds yester day was a great disappointment to every person, as the rain fell incessantly all day. The fixture was at Gunton, and early in the day the Prince of Wales on his beautiful favourite chestnut hunter, accompanied by the princess on her valuable hunter, said to have cost 600 guineas, and accom panied by the Earl of Leicester, the Earl of Dun more, Lord Rendlesham, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Hamilton, Lord Royston, Lord Berkeley Paget, Colonel Coke, and the rest of the noblemen and gentlemen, joined the field. His royal highness shook hands and chatted with Lord Hastings, the popular young nobleman who hunts the East Nor folk country, and who had sent forward a splendid horse for his royal highness to ride, without know ing that the prince had brought his own hunter with him. Lady Suffield and the other ladies also joined the hunt, but in carriages ; with the excep tion of Lady Macnamara, whosefinished and daring riding is the astonishment of the East Norfolk yeomen.. There were not fewer than 500 horsemen present in pink, green, and black, and the carriage company was very numerous. The park was not drawn, as that was being reserved for the following day for shooting ; but the Antingham, Thorpe, Suffield, and Hanworth woods were drawn blank, and the rain falling almost in torrents, about half past three it was found necessary to give up for that day without having so much as seen a fox. Thus terminated with great disappointment the first blank day of the East Norfolk and the Prince of Wales for this season. It was the theme of conversation in every quarter how boldly the Princess of Wales retained her seat, and clung to the last to the hope of obtaining a run. The failure was a sort of evident mortifica tion to Lord Suffield, as well as to Lord Hastings, the more particularly that one or two dog foxes were seen on the previous day. Lord and Lady Suffield gave another dance on Thursday evening to about 60 of the aristocracy of the neighbourhood. Mr. Walter Howlett's band was in attendance. The Prince of Wales led off the first quadrille, and Lord Suffield with the Princess of Wales. Godfrey's " Hilda" Waltz was requested several times over. To-morrow the prince and princess will post to Lord Sondes's residence at Elmham, where their royal highnesses will take their luncheon, and pro ceed thence to Sandringham by special train. THE COURT AT WINDSOR.—Her Majesty and the royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, are expected to leave Windsor Castle for Osborne some time between the 15th and 20th inst. It is not anti cipated that her Majesty will remain longer than a fevr weeks in the Isle of Wight, when the Court will again re turn to Windsor. THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS HELENA.—The preparations for the bridal trousseau of her Royal Highness Princess Helena have been commenced, and several of the Court tradespeople have received instructions to prepare the numerous articles which will be required. Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the intended husband of the Princess Helena, has, since his arrival at Windsor Castle, occasionally accompanied the Queen and princesses on their excursions round the Castle. His Serene High ness is residing in a splendid suite of apartments within King Edward Ill.'s Tower. No date has yet been an nounced for the marriage of the Prince and Princess. Frog more Lodge has been pointed to as not unlikely to become the home of their Royal Highnesses, especially as a num ber of improvements have been recently carried out at that very pleasant royal retreat. _ _ _ His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador re turned to Chandos House, Cavendish-square, yesterday, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. _ _ His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and the Countess Therese Bernstorff arrived at the Prussian Embassy on Carlton-house-terrace yesterday, from Hatfield House, Herts, where they have been among the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. _ _ _ The Earl of Shrewsbury and the Ladies Talbot will leave Hatfield House, Herts, on Monday for Wim pole Hall, to visit the Earl and Countess Hardwick°. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have returned to Frognal, in Kent, from visiting the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbroke, Huntingdonshire. _ _ Lord Brougham has been staying at his residence in Grafton-street, since Taesday last, when he came to town from Brougham Hall. The noble and learned lord is expected to leave London in the course of the ensuing week for Cannes, to pass the winter. The friends of his lordship will be pleased to hear that he is in remarkably good health. FORTHCOMING NEW NOVELS !—The new serial tale in the January number of Macmillan's Magazine will be "Old Sir Douglas," by the Hon. Mrs. Norton; that in the Cornhill Magazine is to be from the pen of Mr. Anthony Trollope ; in London Society Mr. Mark Lemon will accom pany his readers " Up and Down the London Streets ;" and Mrs. Oliphant commences, in Good Words, next month, "Madonna Mary, a Story of English Life." LAMENTABLE DAMAGE TO THE WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.—One of the most natural and yet remarkable accidents arising from the late gales is hitherto unreported. We say natural, because of the exposed posi tion of the Wolf Rock—remarkable because the casualty shows the wondrous strength of the sea, and of the masonry on which it made a successful onslaught. The Wolf Rock lighthouse is built up as far as four courses of granite blocks will raise it ; but these four only just elevate the structure below the natural hollow, somewhat enlarged by blasting and quarrying, in the rock itself. Of the fifth course 32 stones were laid, every stone joggled and dovetailed to its neighbours, laterally and vei tically, secured in its place by cement as hard as iron, and bolted to the course below by powerful metal bars. This fifth course was a little ledge, which offered some opposition to the sea, in addition to the rock itself, on which the surges have beatin many a hoarse, wolfish strain, for ages. The sea, moved to fury by the recent gales, has swept away every stone of the fifth course, and in a day the summer's work of 60 men is undone. The metal bars still stand up from the fourth course—some very much bent, others nearly upright; showing the violent watery upheaval which rent three-ton stones from their bed. Whether the sheer, terrible force of the unaided sea did this ; whether some of tbo stones, quarried from the adamantine Wolf Rock and thrown into, compa ratively, shallow water, were raised from -the vasty deep and hurled against the finely worked and compact granite rampart ; whether one more hapless vessel was dashed on the place which, years hence, would, with its welcome light, have warned her from her peril, and, a single block first going, the others followed, will be matter of conjecture. The public, more especially its seafaring members, will learn with regret that the labour of one favourable season, valued at £1,500, is swept into 40 or 45 fathoms of water, and that the work of humanity is delayed Not delayed, however, should fine weather permit, a minute longer than can possibly be helped. The Trinity work men heard of the loss with as much sorrow as if it had been their own ; they feel proud of, as well as interested in, their work; and every exertion is already, and will be made to repair the damage with the least delay.—Cortu . s 4 Te/e9rap4, ai1a...... zit( In the rather m firmness, which th About Bank of drawn fc continen The N made an Newcast next. A pros the old-e and Co., entitled Proposed e lsewhere operatior affairs. of the 3 ,000,0 amount : has beer already c Them Pas t wee regards t £162,41( tances to to the ex Accorc French 1 Unitec Erie 57. All tl; depresses day, and official lip 8 7i foi Several New Thi In the tittle an. 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