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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rxie DAY.—Morning, 12h. 6m.—Afternoon, 12h. 28m, 1 0- 1 1oRRow.-Morning,, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lb. 12m, t ..:'. 4 i . ..2. , .7".. - .., A ....;,c 4, 4:'-..._, .: iiiii.'• 1 w 41.34,.. 4 „_ . , , ,...,„ ;.Prymtlif Air \%,- um, LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 1866. Finis coronat opus. The great Reform Demon stration has passed off creditably and satisfactorily, without any misadventure to mar the recollection of the occasion. I t was a genuine worki ng - man ' s assembly, and, as such, there was nothing like rioting, l aw lessness, or rudeness. Th e men obeyed the directions of their leaders, marched to the ap pointed spot, listened to the speeches and the reso lutions, and then quietly dispersed, most of them s t ar ting homewards with very little delay. They showed throughout the utmost good humour and promptitude in complying with the requisitions of the programme, and their good temper was the more remarkable and commendable, because the weather during the afternoon was anything but favourable. However, in spite o the inevitable delays in such TIIE IRE RO YAL DRURY-LANE. — Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. ryllis EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Her- Inam u Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H. Vandenhoff. To conclude with the Comedy of KATHARINE AND rETßuomo. Petruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katha rine, Miss Isabel Adams. Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucketone, 'I7IIIS liVhiNlNii, A GAME OF hPECULA.TIOII. Messes. C. Ma hews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, Clark. Braid stcl. ; Mesdames Hi.zwilliam, Laws, Wright, Sidney. loitpwed by ANTONY AND CLEOYNTRA. Mr. Chas. Mathewp, ..Ir. Corn.,ton, Mr. dogers, ill* Clark, Asc. ; Mes dames C Mathews, Hill. Wright, Colman. Sidney, .tc. TO conclude with FISH OUT OF WA.TE It. Mr. Co m p ton Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIENTRE.— S o le Lessee and Manager, Mr. C Fechter. Miss 1:1I IS EVENING, BitUTUS AND .ESA.R. Ilearade. At a Quarter before 8, the newt/ rama, In Four Acs, THE LONG- STRIKE, written by on Boucicault. The New s ce nery by Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, Widdicob, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, wbound. Stanley. Loulas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. AL,,nager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Acting West. Bo:‹-office open daily from Ten till Five. r jr lIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T HIS EVENLNG, at Senn precisely, THE BARONET ABROAD. Miss Roden. Atter which, at Eiht, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss sate' erry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Mr. Herman v ; Messrs. Billington, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, urne, and R. Romer. To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss Furto.ol o . Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer, c. J. S.mith. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Gco. Vining. 'THIS EVENING, at B,a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BARN ABY 'bit UDCrE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, s , Messrs. Watts and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augusta 'Thomson, Mrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Chas. 11.OrSMAII. and Miss Katherine Rogers; Messr s. ~ Calhaem, F Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles Ilorsnaan, E. Shepherd, 11. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton, W. R. _Robins Chapman, dm Act Ist, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re cognition ; 3d, The Riots ; 4th, Caught at Last. Entirely new 6henery by Mr. F. Voyds, and Music by Mr. Charles Dail. The Drama produced under the stage diiection of Hr. ireeeded by THE MISTRE6S OF THE MILL. Commence at Seven. nOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. , riits EVENING, FAMILY JARS. Mr. Sefton Parry; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belxnore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raym nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. N OTICE. —ln compliance with numerous suggestions THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN will be repeated during the week. THIS EVENING, the ORIGINAL Dramatic Adaptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as prolucvd by Mr. W. 11. C. Nation at the Sadler's Wells 'Theatre, June 16, 1868, entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN, with New Scenery and Striking Situations. Messrs Fer nandez, Atkins, W. 11. Stephens ; Mesdames F. Ciwynne and Nelly Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATA LAN TA, with additional Rhyme to suit the Times by W. 11. C. Nation Misses Nelly Nisbett, Polly Marshall, Louise Laidlaw, and Fanny Howard; and the celebrated Children Danseuses, Misses FANNY HIGG-S FLOICENCE and ANNIE W HIGHT, in their fascinating dance " THE POWER OF LOVE." Bog-office open daily from eleven till four. To prevent disappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. No charge t p or bills or booking. IROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and G Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DEit FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Cast for a Piece. Mes,rs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swan borough, Raynham, Johnstone, and Hughes. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. 11HE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. 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Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and " History of London," gratis and post free. APOPULAR lIISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Ca)sar to the Present Time. Part the First; front B.C. 55 to A.D. 106 G. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; Now Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London ; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4 1866 occ manner may andoccasion give a all on an affair, the long walk and the difficulty mus- e co s m s e which forw resistancea ar p d r i o n lo a ng r e e d solute tering simultaneously in the g rounds, the patience Willl and cheerfulness of the assembly never failed. The the Eck 'd that they can to those above them in putting men evidently felt that it was accepted by the down. RD mischievous a propensity as their Fenianism public generally as a working-man's demonstration, has proved to be. and as such it was looked upon with interest and respect ; they were therefore determined that it should be worthy of them, and every one accepted his share of the responsibility of preserving order with readiness and played his part with credit. The police were of very great service in assisting to manage the traffic, &c., and on one occasion were especially useful in detecting and expelling sundry pickpockets, who, after long watching, succeeded in getting into the crowd. The appearance of the men was very respectable, and included representatives of trades of all kinds, carrying flags and banners adorned with the mottoes of their unions, or some times with fragments of wit or political en thusiasm framed for the occasion. Such was the candlemakers' device, " Bright and Light," and the carpenters' motto, " Justice . to Joiners." Poetry, too, was not wanting, and the somewhat tedious interval of preliminary waiting in the Mall was enlivened by bands of singers chant ing an ode to Reform, which reached its grand climax in the last verse— " Then shout with all your might, God save Gladstone, Beales, and Bright. Wave your banners, let your ranks closer form, And let your watchword be, Old England, Liberty, Manhood Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Reform." Of the eloquence of the day there is not very much to be said ; and, indeed, as every one knows, such monster assemblies are chiefly for the purpose of demonstration, since argument and explanation cannot be heard by a hundredth part of them. We think it a pity, however, that Mr. BEALES should have dwelt so much on the Hyde park affair, more especially as all rational working men know that the park is free to any individuals, and that if any grounds are once accepted as a recog nised place of political meeting, there is an end ol all general enjoyment, of trees, and flowers. Tie N. orth German Union is now the topic that engigea general attention in Prussia, and it seems that we are shortly to hear of something definite being -done in this much-talked-of affair. A Minis terial. conference is to be held at Berlin on the 15th inst., at which the scheme of a Federal Constitution will be definitively settled in the form of a treaty. It - would certainly seem as if Prussian greed would never be satisfied, and hence we hear that, in the sitting of Monday of the Chamber of Deputies, Herr BEILKER and some other members brought in a bill, which was to the effect that the Government should submit a bill to the Chambers for the purpose of incorporating, without delay, the Duchy of Lauenberg, or else to add paragraphs to that effect to the bill for the incorporation of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. This seems a very unnecessary proposition. Certainly it is a matter of small moment whether Lauenberg is incorporated or not, but the principle is a bad one ; and it shows us, moreover, that the Prussian Government, and peo ple, too, we may add, cannot resist the temptation of taking possession of all that they can possibly grasp at by fair means or foul. Such a course is a very mischievous one to pursue, and we warn them now, as we have often done before, that no good can come of it, and more than that, that harm will eventually ensue. The Prussian Government has agreed to com municate to the Committee on the Dotation Fund the names of those for whom it is intended. This is another proof that the Ministers are not so strong or so popular as they would have had them believe a short time back ; they had to give in on more than one occasion of late, for the D eputies seem pretty well determined not to be caught again as they have so often been before. No doubt expectation is rife as to the course which will be taken when the celebrated day arrives which will witness the new Parliament of North Germany ; but we cannot see much hope of its effecting any thing very great while Count BISMARCK is allowed to take the lead of affairs. The argument which the working men of yes terday used was, however, far stronger and more convincing than Mr. BRIGHT'S oratory or Mr. BEALES' remonstrances. They proved unmis takeably that they were fit for the franchise, and that if they got it they knew how to discharge their social responsibilities. It has been said in some quarters that the demonstration fell short of the expectations because its numbers were less than was anticipated. But the object desired was fully attained. It was not intended to overawe the upper classes by mere numbers, or, if so, the roughs and idlers might have been invited to form part of the meeting. It was intended to show the strong feeling which exists on the part of the working men of the metropolis in favour of Reform, and this it fully accomplished. Men mustered from all parts—from the north of London, from the south, from the far east. There were engineers and silk weavers, there were ship wrights and shoemakers, there were bricklayers and tailors, farriers and bookbinders, watermen and organ builders. Men of such various employments and associations could only have been brought together by a strong common feeling, and when men whose intelligence, good conduct, and respect for law and order are undoubted, show such a feeling in such large numbers, it may well be asked why any Constitutional Government should refuse to grant their wishes. But to meet the wants of the men who marshalled yesterday even household suffrage would be inadequate, and man hood suffrage would not only be intolerable to the great body of this country, but has actually failed to give satisfaction in the countries that have tried it. What the working men of London and other large cities want is the lodger franchise, and this they must have if they are to be represented at all, for even ten pounds is a nominal rent in our crowded towns. It is in lodgings that the bulk of our work ing men live, and there is little chance of their doing otherwise, since rents increase with popula tion and employment. A lodger franchise, under certain couditionq, would be safe and constitutional, and any Reform Bill would be unsatisfactory with out it. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Journal des Debuts says it received a despatch last night announcing the return of M. de Bismark to Berlin. The Debats also gives news confirmatory of the general impression which I told you prevailed in Paris that the Emperor Maximilian had not left Mexico. It says—" A despatch from New York, dated Nov. 30, announces that, according to the latest information, the Emperor had not left Mexico. There is probably an error of translation in regard to the word Mexico,' which is the English word for le Mexique. Thus rectified, the accounts brought to Southampton by La Seine, which is in fact the latest that we could have received respecting Maxi milian and his Empire, and the despatch confirms that news. The same despatch contradicts the re port of the occupation of Matamoras by the troops of the United States." The Moniteur, in noticing the news brought by the Seine, says that on the Ist of November the Emperor Maximilian, whose health bad suffered from intermittent fever, had made a journey to Orizaba, where he had arrived on the 27th October. At the departure of the mail it was not known how long his Majesty intended to remain in that town Thus the reports about his abdication which have agitated Paris fur some time past seem to be finally disposed of, and the news fabricators must seek for some other canard. A letter from Lisbon, dated Nov. 26, says : " There i 3 a report which everybody wishes to see realised, that his Catholic Majesty (the King of Spain) will shortly honour our capital with his pre sence. Nothing could so effectually draw closer the ties of friendship which united the two kingdoms. Two important rivers, the Tagus and the Douro, are common to both countries. The railway will connect them more intimately, and by its aid Lisbon will only be separated from Paris by a journey of 72 hours when the express trains shall be regularly organised. Altogether the affair of yesterday must be ac cepted as a success, and a success in the best sense, since it showed that the working men of London are fully capable of being "a law unto themselves," and all the unwise and ill-directed agitation we have had of late has failed to make them forget their own self-respect or lose their proverbial good temper. On learning the death of Count Sevriner, Minis ter Plenipotentiary, the Emperor instantly wrote a letter to Count Sevriner, his brother, in which he stated that the deceased had always been very devoted to him, and that his loss had caused him very profound sorrow. The Siecle, although a thorough Opposition paper, often obtains information of the views and feelings current in official quarters. To-day it has the fol lowing sentence, which is worthy of deep considera tion :—" An opinion has for some time gained credit that the results of the late Europeon conflict cannot be definitive, that France cannot accept without reserve the aggrandisement of Prussia, and that a fresh struggle, in which our country will play that principal part, is irresistible at a period more or less distant." It is satisfactory to and that the energetic efforts made by the authorities have in a great measure put a stop to the spread of Fenianism in Ireland, and w•e may, therefore, entertain the hope that no very serious outbreak will occur. At any rate a decisive part has been gained in the capture of Mr. STEI'IIEN JOSEPH MEANEY, who has made, his The Opinion Nationale has an article written in a similar spirit, but it speaks more openly of the dis appointment of France at the conduct of Prussia. The writer asserts that Prussia could not have ob tained her astonishing success had it not been for the "benevolent neutrality" of France, and con tends that if war should break out between France and Prussia, Prussia will have only herself to blame for it. appearance in public in the position of prisoner, and not, as he fondly imagined, as a leader of a popular movement. Other arrests have also been made of a less important character, and it is ex pected that many more will now take place. It has been suggested that the Lord Mayor should call together a meeting of the citizens of Dublin, in order that there may be an expression of loyalty given to show the feeling that now exists among the majority. This might, pe r h aps, b e a goo d thing to do, for it could not possibly do any h arm , and might be producti ve o f some beneficial effect. In the county of Cork, y es t erday, a meeting of the a mag i s trates took place under the•Lord-Lieute nt, for the purpose of considering th e b est means n protect the district from the Fenian as 240 gentlemen attended in the n Atos o f ni t a h n e y peace, xhieh fact speaks forcibl y mm ss o c o t o o utr a a d g o i e p s! i as to the aroused state of public feeling on the mat ter of these disturbances, threatened and other w i se. The conclusion which the deliberations came t o was, that they should memorialise the Government to increase the strength o f the military force of th e country, and to place vessels of war to guard against the probability of a Fenian d e scent on their coast, proves the necessity for immedi a te measures being adopted of a practical and decisive character ; • and it is worthy of note, in con junction with this affair, that in the north of Eng land there hav3 been symptoms of the Fenian element appearing. A body of men callin g themselves by that appellation, armed with pikes, made a disturbance near West Hartlepool, and although none of the offenders were caught the police found some of their weapons, which were of a very formidable nature. Whether these men were in reality Fenians or not it shows that one disturbance is a cause for an other ; and no doubt it is judged to be a very wise expedient to take the name of Fenians. It is time that all this should cease. Perhaps too much lenity has been shown by the authorities, and their mode ration Las not been appreciated. At any rate the renewed effort to disturb the peace of her MAJESTY'S subjects cannot be permitted, and it will be the wisest and kindest mode of action to pursue to put down the lawless work at once and speedily. We are glad to find that among the majority of Irish there is a strong feeling of disapproval manifested, and we trust that all who have MN to understand Vie danger and , A new theatre upon the point of completion at Passy, near Paris, to be called the Theatre de Ros sini, where operas and comedies are to be played, will be opened on New Year's-day. A marriage has been postponed in the commune of Maubenge, in the north of Prance, in conse quence of a very carious circumstance. The bells of the church were ringing, and the wedding party proceeded to the Mairie to fulfil the requisite for malities. When the baptismal register of the bride was presented to the proper officer, on referring to the books he found that when an infant she had been registered as a " boy." He, therefore, said that he could not give the usual cer tificate authorising the marriage, which was postponed for a fortnight, in order to make inquiries. The bride and bridegroom, very much loth, left the Make " like Niobe, all in tears," but the officer consoled them by assuring them that if he found it was " all right," and they continued in the same mind, the binding knot should then be tied, and no mistake. The Chronique des Arts states that France and the arts have experienced a considerable loss. The collection of cameos, medals, bronzes, and antique vases belonging to the Duke de Blacas, has been bought by England. While the French Administra tion were endeavouring, by means of a commission, to ascertain the value of the collection, Mr. Newton, with duly authorised powers, bought it for the British Museum for 1,200,000 f. A former Chamberlain of the Empress Josephine, M. de Lastie, died a few days ago at Parentignat (Pay do Dome), in his 99th year. The Constitutionnel considers that there is great danger for England in the manifestations of the Fenians. It says : . . " The English press at first, according to its custom, treated the speeches of the Fenians as mere bombast and vain menace. Nov, however, they appear to be uneasy and alarmed, and express their astonishment that after the severely repressive measures with regard to the Fenians in Ireland, they should be strong enough to compel the English Government to make a display of troops and resort to measures of rigour. " We are far from sharing the confidence, bold at least, of the Fenians, or rather their chiefs, in the success of their enterprise. At the same time it is impossible not to see the proof that these Fenians do not appear to the Government 00 offensive as the London press has for a long time endeavoured to make us believe." The weather to-day has been again mild and agreeable. The official meteorological reports state that the cold has been excessive in Russia, and that a day or two ago there was abundance of snow in some parts of France. In reference to the arguments in support of the destruction of the temporal power of the Pope, the Gazette de France says :—" History will judge this culpable demonstration. It is only for us to prove the weakness of the arguments employed to justify the fall of the Holy Father, and to show that the enemies of his temporal power have not a single good reason to invoke in support of their wishes. They can only ask for the death of Catholic Rome without one word or sentence. All the justifi cations they attempt are false in logic and wound the sense of right." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Sir Bartle Frere held a Grand Durbar on the 29th of October at Poonah. It was attended by the Princes and Sirdars of the Deccan and South Mah ratta country. The next day the Sirdars presented his Excellency with a life-size portrait of himself, to be placed in the Council-hall of Poonah. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Her Majesty's ship Bernice has been destroyed by fire in the Persian Gulf. The crew were saved. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. (By Atlantic Telegraph). NEW YORK, DEC. 3. Congress was opened to-day. President Johnson, in his Message, adheres to his former policy, and urges congress to adopt it. The Treasury receipts for the year ending June $158,000,000. the Message says will R e e l x a c t e i v e d e t t h o e f e o x r p e e i g n d n t ure affairsb y a more just considera ftoiorneigfonnations rthe national have tional shown eharaeter and rights. France had intimated to the United States Government her intention to postpone the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico until the spring. The United States have remonstrated against this postpone ment,,and the President hopes that France will re consider the subject, conforming as nearly as prac ticable with existing engagements, and thus meet ing the just expectations of America. Progress in the matter ofgthe adjustment of the Alabama claims is slow, partly owing to the change of Ministry in England. The President expects, however, that the claims will now be considered in a becoming friendly spirit. The importance of an early settlement of the question cannot be exagge rated. Secretary M'Culloch, in his financial report to Congress, urges the resumption of specie payments in 1868. The Bombay Reclamation Company haveresolved to wind up voluntarily. The Government have re jected propositions for the adjustment of differences relating to the Government claims. The Inman steamship City of Baltimore arrived out yesterday, and the North German Lloyds steam ship America to-day. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Scotland, which left this port on Saturday for Liverpool, is ashore on the outer middle bar at Sandy Hook. She came into collision with and sank the ship Kate Dyer, and was put aground to prevent her from sinking. At 10 o'clock last night she was full of water, and will probably prove a total loss. The cargo may be saved in a damaged state. Sir Joseph Arnold, in an elaborate judgment, has decided in favour of Aga Khan as the head of the Kojah community. Preinchum Roychum has been permitted, on an application from his trustees to the High Court, to resume business as a merchant and broker. Business has been resumed after the Dewallee holidays, but the markets are quiet, and there is but little doing. The weather is cool, and public health satisfactory. MEXICO. PARIS, Dec. 3, Morning. (BY DIRECT OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.) BOMBAY, Nov. 20, 5.45 p.m. The latest despatches received here from Mexico are to the Ist Nov., at which date the Emperor Maximilian was at Orizaba. He had taken up his residence in that town for the benefit of his health, which had been affected by an intermittent fever. His Majesty had been at Orizaba since the 27th October, and on the departure of the mail it was not known how long he would remain there. Marshal Bazaine returned to the city of Mexico on the 10th October, after a hasty visit to the State of Puebla. On the 13th of October Gen. Clinchant, who accompanies the Marshal, was despatched in the direction of Huesteca. On arriving at Tulacingo he placed himself in communication with the Austrian Col. Polhac, commander of the district. Gen. Clinchant, having teken up a position at Veuta de Mazzanos, in order to cover Tulacingo, Lieut. Colonel Polhac marched upon Huanchinango, where the Mexican auxiliaries were eager to take reprisals for years of oppression and brigandage. The Aus tro-Mexican colunin encountered the enemy on the 15th October, completely routed them, and entered Huanchinango. After this engagement General Clinahant started for Mexico, where he arrived on the 20th October. Some engagements had taken place in Michoacan and Jalisco, in which the Im perial troops were victorious. The garrisons of Guaymas and Mazatlan, furnished by the 63d line regiment, were to leave those towns early in Novem ber. They would be conveyed by sea to San Blas, and would then join General Castagny at Guada lajara. A zai telegraphic the despatch recei v ed by Marshal Ban departure of the mail announced that, on the 21st October, General Douay, who had on left Matehuala, encountered a numerous body of the enemy's cavalry near Laja de Abajo, whom he routed and pursued until nightfall into the Sierra, where they took refuge. General Douay subse quently marched upon San Luis Potosi and Quere tars, where he had received orders to establish him self. 71b-shirtings, 7r. Cotton declining—Dhollerah, 250 r. Exchange on London, 2s. Oid. Freights to Liverpool, 17s. 6d. CALCUTTA, Nov. 19. _ Exchange on London, 2s. Old. Government Securities.—Four per Cents., 864 ; Five per Cents., 104 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 109 i. Freights to England, 375. 6d. (PRIVATE TELEGRAM.) The Mexican General Oronos, military com mandant of Oajaca, had met with a repulse in en deavouring to drive the enemy from before that place. The Austrian Major Krickl was despatched with 580 Austrian infantry, 194 hussars, and two pieces of artillery towards Oajaca, being joined in the way by Captain Poirel, with 65 Chasseurs, and 100 Mexican infantry and 200 cavalry from Tru jeque—about 1,200 men in all. On the 18th Oct. an Imperial column encountered Perfirio Diaz with 5,000 men, near Essa. After an unequal contest of one hour and a-half Major Krickl was compelled to retreat upon Huajuapane with serious loss. Cap tain Poirel was killed, and the Austrian cavalry suffered heavy loss. The district of Vera Cruz was tranquil. ITALY. ROME, Dec. 3 (Evening). The Osservatore Romano contradicts the assertion that the Pope had taken the initiative in fresh negotiations with the Italian Government upon re ligious affairs, and adds : " The Pope will never refuse to listen to any pro positions favourable to religion, but after what has taken place in Italy with reference to the affairs of the Church His Holiness cannot be first to re-open negotiations." BOMBAY (via PERSIAN GULF), Nov. 21. TIIE HUNGARIAN DIET. PESTI', Dec. 4. In yesterday's sitting of tho Lower House of the Diet, Herr Podmaniczky declared that the Haps burg dynasty stands or falls with Hungary. Herr Ghyczy said that Europe would not tolerate the conquest of the Danubian Principalities by Russia. The quotations are :—Broach, 255 r. per candy, or 8.742 d. per lb. with freight ; Dhollerah, 255 r. per candy, or 8.742 d. per lb. with freight. Freights, 20s. per ton. Exchange, 2s. Old. per rupee. Shirt ings.-50-39in., 61b., sr. 14a., net 9s, 11d. ; 54-39 in., 71b., 6r. 12a., net 11s. sd. ; 64-39 in., 81b. 40z., Br. net 132. 6d..; 54-45 in., 81b., Br. 2a., net 132. Bd. 30's mule-yarn, 13-fa. per lb., net 16kd. Market quiet. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram:— " MARSEILLES, Dec. 4. " The Yera arrived at 4.40 a.m. to-day. " The mails leave for London at 11.30 a m." INDIA. B (MAY (v ia TRIESTE), Nov. 13. Peace has been concluded between Russia and Bokhar:A, The Russians are retiring from Tasch kend. onel Phare (?) has Disorder and anarchy still prevail at Cabul. th ol e King of Birmah. g one on a special mission to The famine in the Orissa district continues with but little abatement. The crops in Central India are reported to be Pr94iiaing. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 3.—Two o'clock.—To-day the settlement is being proceeded with in French and Foreign Railway and Miscellaneous Shares. The report is not high, and on several securities there is a deport, which on Credit Mobilier Shares has varied from if. to 50c. Three o'Clock.—The market has closed as follows : 4i t per Cents 9B Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 85 Do. end month 69 72i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foucier — Do. end month 1376 25 BAIL' Bank Shares 3620 Italian Loan 56 40 Do. end month 56 25 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AYB. For Account. Orleans Northern ' 1187 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO -- Southern 583 75 Western — Eastern 533 75 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 303 75 North of Spain — SaragosE a Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — Mr. Moncreiff on Reform. EDINBURGH, Monday Evening. Mr. MONCREIFF addressed a crowded meeting of the electors this evening on the question of Reform. He said he did not regret Lord Russell's resigna tion if for no other reason than because it would restore confidence in public men. A settlement of the Reform question, to which everything else must be postponed, was now inevitable. He regarded representation as the right of the coramunity, not of the individual, and, like Mr. Fox, he thought the best principle of representation was that which should bring into activity the greatest number of independent voters. He commended the advanced Liberals for their support to the late bill, and said Mr. Bright's speeches in the house, whatever they might be elsewhere, were calm and moderate. Ile thought the advanced Liberals were unjustly sus pected as having had too great a hand in preparing the late bills, which, in fact, came far short of their own views. He advised the working classes to give up the cry for manhood suffrage, and take up, that of the old Reformers,—" the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." He would not give the present Government a factious opposition, but hoped the Liberals would return to Parliament with more united ranks. The speech was received with great cheering, and followed by a vote of confidence. Dwellings for the Labouring Classes. A meeting of the department of Economy and Trade of the National Association for the Promo tion of Social Science was held at the rooms in the Adelphi last evening —Mr. William Hawes in the chair—at which was read, by Mr. Horace Davey, a paper "On the Legislative Measures necessary for the Improvement of the Dwellings of the Labouring Classes." The paper urged the provisions of a bill drawn by him last session, at the request of a special committee of the department, but which was not, owing to technical difficulties, introduced into the house. The bill incorporated certain provisions of the Lauds Clauses Consolida tion Acts of 1845 and 1860, and empowered muni cipal associations or public companies to apply by memorial to the Secretary of State for a certificate for the compulsory purchase of premises. The Se cretary of State may direct inquiries and grant the certificate if he is satisfied of the following matters : —l. That the premises described in the memorial are unfit for human habitation or pestilential, and a nuisance to the neighbourhood. 2. That dwell ings proper and suitable for artisans and labourers are needed in that locality. 3. That the applicants are in a position and have the means to execute the works referred to, with such additions or alterations or modifications as the Secretary of State shall direct. 4. That it is fit and proper that the appli cants should have powers for the compulsory pur chase of the premises. The Secretary of State may direct alterations in the plans, and direct other per soils to execute the works at the expense of the ap plicants if not commenced within three months after obtaining possession ; and municipal corporations are empowered to raise money by a charge upon the general district rate. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Beggs, Mr. Dresser Rogers, Mr. Hast ings, Mr. Henry Robinson, Mr. W..H. Smith, Dr. Pankhurst, Rev. Brooke Lambert, Rev. W. L. Clay, Dr. Liddle, Mr. Rendle, Hon. Arthur Kin naird, M.P., and the chairman took part, after which it was resolved that the paper be printed and circulated. The meeting then separated. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens very firm. Sales probably 10,000 bales. PROFESSOR BLACKIE'S CHALLENGE TO DISCUSS DEMOCRACY.—Professor Blackie, at the recent soiree of the Working Men's Club at Edinburgh, under took to give a lecture against democracy if any worthy opponent—" Bright, or Beales, or Jones, or M`Laren, or the Lord Advocate"-:-were brought forward on the other side. Mr. Ernest Jones, of Manchester, has, through the Scottish National Reform League, accepted the challenge. THE DISTRESS AT GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD. —So many calls are made upon her Majesty's pri vate purse that she is unable to contribute to the fund now being raised to afford relief to the unemployed mechanics of Greenwich, Deptford, &c.—so wrote Col. Biddulph in answer to an application for a subscription from the Queen for that purpose. The Duke of Cambridge, we may state, heads the subscription list with £lO, followed by the Lord Chancellor for a like amount. The distress is very great, and funds are urgently needed. —South London Press. TUN MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.— The Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata, Captain J. A. Jellicoe, sailed hence to-day with the West India, Pacific, Mexican, Australian, and New Zealand mails ; English jewellery, value £3,132 ; French jewellery, value £6,883, and a very full cargo of general merchandise. She takes out 146 passengers, among whom are Ensigns Becidam and (AQUA. LITERATURE. Christie's Faith. By the author of " High Church," " Mattie : a Stray," &c. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Very heartily may we congratulate the author of "Hattie" and " Owen" upon the production of this new work, which does equal honour to the skill and ability of the novel-writer, and to the earnest feel ing of the philanthropist. The interest of the story is so enthralling throughout that it holds the reader enchained during its perusal, and the purpose of the story is so admirable that the wisest and the best amongst us may justly consider the time well bestowed that is occupied by its perusal. Let not the genuine novel-reader, who hates " a moral story," be dismayed at what we have said. This is no moral tale with an "object," full of homilies and exhortations. Nothing of the kind. The lessons which it teaches are like the lessons of life scattered around us, only suggested by observation and en forced by example. At the opening of the tale we find a dying woman and a hungry boy—two worn out wayfarers—turned from the door of the work house with the official announcement " no room." With the utmost difficulty the feeble woman, wearied by a twenty miles' walk, drags herself to Hen wood's Wharf, in Upper Ground-street, where, alone in all London, she thinks she may find a friend. The following extract will give some idea of the " situation" of the plot. The old watchman on duty for the night answers the unusual summons at the gate. Swinging his huge lantern in one hand, and plodding on with his stick in another, Mr. Wynn went beneath the archway to the gates again. Reaching tho gates, he sent his stick against them, and asked the nature of the busi ness of the applicant without. This time a woman's voice responded to his summons, and the rattle that he had half drawn from ono capacious pocket, was dropped to its depths in his amazement. " I am a woman you know in old days, lir. Wynn, over sixteen years ago, when you were a gardener down, in Warwickshire. Will you let mo in, and—give me food." The old man gasped for breath beneath the gateway. A trap fell back in tho gate, and reminded those without of the workhouse they had recently quitted—a voice called through— " Not she who ran away with Fernwell long ago?—don't say it's Miss Ellen, please !" " Yes, it is 1 and my boy." The gate was wrenched open, and a shaking hand held forth a lantern close to tho woman's face, that did not flinch from the test, but looked hard beyond into tho shadows where Charles Wynn stood. " You are alone ?—he's not with you ?" " No." " Oh! dear— come in. Down, speck —come in, I say !" Mother and son passed through the door made in the great gates of Ilenwood's Wharf, and stood with the watchman in the dark entry—stood for awhile, until the tired woman sought the support of the wall, and then slid slowly downwards in a crouching position against it. "You are ill, Miss Ellen—Mrs. Fernwell, I should say." " I am very ill, Mr. Wynn—very poor—or I should not have come hero to ask for shelter till daylight. Only till then, and I shall be gone, sir." "There's very little shelter in this place," said the old man. " The warehouses are locked, and the foreman keeps the key of them. I mind the yard all night—when it rains hard, I stop under here." _ _ " They should have—treated you better—an old sar vant," murmured the woman. "You're very kind to bay so," replied the watchman. "I don't complain—l have been paid fair wages for fair work. Bute--oh ! dear !—how is this ?" And held out his lantern at arm's length, and looked into her face again. _ _ "It was to be expected—everybody expected—it but me." " Ah! you—poor woman !" " Has the guv'uor anything to eat 2" asked the boy, sotto voce. The watchman produces his own untasted supper, which the boy devours ravenously : "I wouldn't be in such a hurry," said the watchman to the boy, "in case your mother should come round a bit." "Go on, Zach," said the woman. "It wasn't for myself I asked for food just now, Mr. Wynn, but for him who turns against me almost when I have nothing to give him. Oh, you don't know how hard I have tried to make this boy more honest than his brother—to keep him as much as I could from his father." " Two children, then ?" ~ Two." " Aud Ferawell ?" "lie is tramping towards London now— I am to meet him in Whitechapel on Boxing-night, at a haunt well known to both of us. lle wants this boy, because he's very sharp—and quick to learn." " To learn what's bad, you mean ?" " God help him! —Yes." "It's a hard story," said the watchman ; "and to think that you, a lady born, should drop to this." " I don't say it's hard," said the woman ; " I chose my lot in life at seventeen years of age, and left them all be cause they would have stopped my marriage. They told rue that they'd cast me off, if I took up with that man— you remember the day—and I said let thorn.' I said that I would not ever stoop to ask a favour of them, whatever happened to me. And then one day I ran away from home." " Ah !" sighed the old man in assent, "you did." " I say now that they weren't kind to me, that they drove me to it, not knowing my right nature—that they were hard, and cold, and unforgiving—weren't they ?" she AskoJ, eagerly ; '• weren't they, Wynn ?" " They didn't understand you," said the old man, speak ing with a reserve. "Where is she ?" " Abroad—always abroad." " You have not seen her since—when ?" "I have not seen her for twelve years." " Tell her some day that I came to see you —that I, turned away from the workhouse, stole in here. She will be glad to say, "1 warned her of it years ago—it's all come true, just as I rrophesied.' She was always a vain woman ! " She is your sister," remarked the old man ; " I'd try and think a little more of that, just now." "I will not," asserted the woman ; "I never called her sister—she was the daughter of a strange mother, and no sister to me—nothing liko OM—never was one—never, by Heaven !—*ever !" " I wouldn't go on like that, Mrs. Ferntvoll." " I never forgave her —I never shall," she said ; " in all my mis-spent, awful, self-destroying life, I kept my pride; and I let her last words stand between her and me, as they will even to the Judgment. She can't say that I ever asked her for a penny ; that my husband and I, or my children—beggars and tramps, the whole of us—disgraced her with our importunity." The unhappy woman dies, and the old watchman gets a place on the wharf as errand-boy for Zach, and Polly Wynn, the watchman's daughter, who had known Zach's mother when they were girls in Warwickshire, tries, but almost in vain, to reform and instruct the unpro mising lad. Zach, after a while, yields a little, not to the teaching, but to the humanising influ ence of unwearying kindness. Zach is a hard boy, by no means attractive, like too many of his ne glected class. Just as he is beginning to improve somewhat he is startled by a visit from Teddy, his older brother, the reckless, reprobate Teddy, to whom he looks up with admiration. He is about to leave his new home in company with Teddy, when Pplly arrives and stops his progress. Zach shrank back a step behind his brother—that brother who had always taken his part, and stood his friend before he was fool enough to go away from him ! Why, Teddy had fought his father once to save him from blows—he should never forgot that night!—and he would never desert Teddy again, if he would always take his part and stick up for him. Teddy would stick up for him now—for ho could not face that little woman who had been kind to him, and whose pitying interest it had been so hard to boar! " What do you want hero ?" asked Miss Wynn almost peremptorily. "I've been sent to fetch my brother home. Ile's wanted," was the dogged answer. "I can't part with him." Teddy implied, by an expressive gesture, that it was ab solutely necessary to take him away. ",And I shan't part with him. That's more !" Tho little woman set her back against the door, and looked defiance to the death. Right and wrong--good and evil—stood face to face there, and paused. A FAIR FIGHT. Teddy Penwell, as defender of his faith—his own dark faith in the power to do wrong—stood his ground well, though he did not admire the round little grey eyes that were filed unflinchinglyupon him. lle could look people in the face for a longer time,thau most of his family, for he possessed a fair amount of nerves, and a fairer amount of impudence, but ho rather objected to a steady conflict of eyes for all that. He looked away at last—a trifle away— at a knot in the panel over Polly Wynn's head. Polly saw her advantage, and began at once: "You've no right to come into my house," she said. " I'm going out of it—we're both going." " It's an honest house." "Nell, you needn't bo so proud of it—l s'pose there's another somewhere about," was the defiant answer. "It's a house that hits sheltered your poor brother, and done him good, oven in the little while ho's been here. And now yon come to do all the harm you can by tempting him away. Oh! bow I wish Martin was back!" " Zach's my brother. Zach's tired of this place." ci Oh! don't say ZaclA !" cried Polly Wya33, setting her basket in an adjoining chair, in order to wring her hands together, "don't turn away from us—you, so young, so likely to do better away from all of them. Boy, you ought to be ashamed of yourself," sbea added, turning in dignantly on Toddy, who went back a step or two at her vehemence, "to try and rob him of the only chance that he will have." "It's waste of time, mum," said Toddy ; " it's born in us to be bad—we're the baddest family that overiwas knocked together. Zach won't do you no credit—it isn't as if he was a soft boy —or as if ho wanted to stop werrY much, and throw the lot of us overboard. If he wanted to do that why, then, I shouldn't ride rusty; but knowing his belik ings, and being, as it was, his nat'ral purtector, why I take his part—just as I usod to when father whopped him for making faces at him." "He always took your part Zach„" said Polly, appealing to her protegee at this. "tillers," said Zach, in somewhat of an ashamed tone -- "1 don't know how I should have get on if he hadn't. I've told you, mum, what a chap he was to get me out of scrapes." "You love your brother?" asked Polly, veering rapidly to Teddy, seeing her advantage in tho argument, an d seizing it with all a woman's shrewdness. "Eh?" said Teddy. • Polly repeated her question, and Teddy laughed irons' cally. Lov© was a funny word—he did not know if he had ever heard the word before; it jarred and jangled un pleasantly , and yet made him laugh. He had been a strong robust, iron kind of boy, and Zach in earlier days had been a weak fledgling. Mr. Fernwell had been ready Wit h his fists, his elbows, and his feet, and had been partial in early da s ys to " dropping on " P° °r Zach ; and Teddy, without much thought of his motives, had been in the habit of diverting atten tion from Zach, and coming in for his sire's super fluous energy. Teddy did not like to see Zach knocked about unmercifully, although Zach had been a trifiii4 aggravating, and knocks did not hurt him—the mediator• So he ran in and took his share, and gave interest for the same as he grew bigger, stronger, and more hard. This he called taking Zach's part—not loving Zach. What did he know of love, or what it meant ?—he did not believe that he loved anybody, and as for anybody loving hin t, why, ho had never expected such a thing. Therefore he laughed ironically, and replied ironically also. "Oh ! I just do love Zach, and he loves me, and_wo both love the guv'nor uncommon. You should see us of a Sun day in our shay cart, all with roses in our button-holes , father driving, and Zach and I on his knees, with our arms round his neck. Such a pictor, mum!" " You're fond of pictures, then ?" said little Polly. She was put out by Teddy's irony, but she had a battle to fight, and her heart was in her work, for she was 0 11 earnest and good woman. " Yes," said Teddy, dubiously. " I'll show you two in him," pointing to Zach, Ivb° winced at her outstretched finger, and shut his eyes away from it ; "if he goes with you, look at him—going ihw 3 Y to his old life, to the life that yours has been, growing worse and worse with every year, from prison to prison , earning a worse name in each—coming to the gallows, p'r'aps, just as his mother feared, and prayed against, and all your fault—all your doing, Teddy Fernwell !" Teddy's largo eyes were distended at the speaker's warmth ; he had not met a woman like this before ; be did not know what to make of her, or what to say. his doing," she told him, just as if he had not done chief enough for himself ! Polly then draws a picture of what Zach may be' come if left to better influences, and the impres sionable Teddy recognises the truth of it, and leaves Zach to " his chance." Zach and Toddy, we may observe, are the heroes of the tale, and very ad mirably and with wonderful fidelity to truth are the various' influences of natural tempera ment, and good and evil association and educa tion exemplified in their characters and careers• We hardly know whether to admire most, th e skill which has so ably developed the lessen' or the courage which selected such unpr°' raising materials. Two other very imper' taut and very original characters take a con spicuous part in the drama. Mrs. Henwood, the wealthy proprietress of Henwood's Wharf and all the business thereunto appertaining, the high and haughty sister of the proud and unhaPPY . Ellen Fernwell, divides our interest wit h Martin Wynn, the brother of Polly, and the sou of the old watchman. Mrs. Henwood, wi th governess, page, and lady's maids, is returning front Paris, with her little daughter Lettice, when o n , board the Boulogne boat she encounters Martin Wynn, who with his daughter Christie is also re turning from Paris, where he has been engage d as a marqueterie worker. Great is the horror of the exclusive Mrs. Henwood when she beholds her Lettice in conversation with the plebeian Chris" tie. Governess and maids are all below. The lady is so encumbered by her travelling wraps that she cannot rise to the rescue. The lady turned to the man at last, sitting with his nubbly hands upon his knees, watching the two children intently. "Sir—you, sir !" she cried, "take your child awns, you please, from mine." " Has yours got anything catching, then ?".cried th e man addressed, springing to his feet with alacrity. "Wha t —what's the matter with her ?" " I do not allow my daughter to converse with straw' gers," said the lady hurriedly, and even warmly. "Y °ll will oblige me by—" " Oh, let them talk, madam," said the father, taking b ig seat by the lady's side to her further ennsternation ; it will do them both good. 1 always like to see child r e °ll friendly towards each other. It will be time enough I°, ceremony when they've long skirts, and are better UP 111 the '.proprieties.' If you hammer into your girl's hee d heap of stuck-up nonsense at her age she'll be a nuisance' even to you, when she grows older. You'll ()sous° n' ° speaking frankly. I have a bad habit of speaking out, my friends say. I tell them it's the best habit that I've g °l ', " „ The lady would have withdraw n h erse lf f rom this rti ,- being without a word, had the power been in her hil ds; she was shocked at his impertinence in addressing h e , r , He should have known bett er; h o s h ou ld h ave b e en O w to see with a glance their immense difference in posi ti° , '3 ' and to have been awed by it, as the wo r ld i n general ' o4 ` - f awed, or where would have been the satisfaction of be ; high estate ? But ho spoke as to an equal, and if intentionally rude, still there was no more excuse f () ; his abstruseness than for his intrusion. If those wrote lle a had not fastened her down so tightly ! What ever they done to the wrappers and shawls, she wondered ! " There are times for speaking out, and times whe n it .0 common courtesy to be silent," replied the lady after " second ineffectual effort to free herself from her trapPing S. She could not escape from the man—she would, there; fore, wither him up with her disdain. She looked hill' 1 the face whilst she addressed him, but he did not fiitit It was a fine manly face, lit up with two large brown ° Y e" and set off by a large bushy pair of brown whiske l t somewhat of a large face, with a smile that seemed nature to it, and might have won upon softer hearts than th lady's, and yet a smile that did not detract from an inten t ' ness or an earnestness of expression, natural to it s ls° o Evidently the face of a good-tempered man, but non° less objectionable to her. Of the two, she preferred 55 sour face ; it was more classical and looked at life le frivolously. As for this face, she would have liked to stris it with her parasol, for its obtrusiveness—its want of r e ' r°- rence for her. so 1,." I wouldn't lose my temper, madam, or feel hurt bet a- 1 my girl and yours have exchanged a few .words," be 631 ,f more gravely ; " mine may do yours a wonderful des' -11 good, for she's the best girl in the world, I think. 1-JP° my honour I don't believe there's such another." This strangely-matched pair meet again sooner th3t3 they expect. On her arrival in London Mrs. g ell i ; wood is highly indignant that a Fernwell shou'Ll' have a place even as errand-boy on her wharf , 311 , condescends to visit the watchman's family an d e ft c i postulate. Martin Wynn happens to be there, 313 is at once urged forward as spokesman. sta' "I'm afraid that it's no use my speaking," ho sai d, 3 vancing, drawing a chair with him, and dropping int°,lllo by the visitor's side. Good evening, Mrs. Henwood' sea voyage has not done you any harm, I see." Mrs. Henwood leaped in her chair, dropped her grate in her lap, picked it up and began sniffing it 1a redoubled energy. Atla What, you again !—why, how came you here who aro you ?" lc o "My name is Martin Wynn, this lady's brother. "' upon a time your playfellow down in Warwickshire. " " Playfellow !-- how dare you say such a thing !" , i , e rs " Until wo were taught bettor manners by your fatlig who vary naturally; saw the impropriety, It `vas the fault in the first place, for building our cottage too nea r house—and yours in the second. " Mine !" „a " Why, yes. You were as old as myself/ " ought to have known better. We were both thirteen yea of age—and you and Miss Ellen used to moot roily au t me in the meadows because it was very dull in the area house. Don't you remember ?" " I cannot be expected to remember all the foolish of my childhood," was the dignified response. gg " Ah ! but you must remember," said Martin doclili YOU are not likely to forget the slap across the shouldo T that you got one afternoon from your father, any than I; the chase he made after me with a horsewhin how I doubled and hid under the haystack. Lot no 6- -how many years is that ago ?" "It is not worth while dwelling upon the subject," ts3° Mrs. llenwood hastily. "It is painful to me, and 5,. have not shown any great degree of courte s y in alludiDa, to it. You are a very discourteous man." And Mrs' 11 ' 50 t wood, not showing any degree of courtesy herself,l.o4, down her vinaigrette, and replaced it by a double (I' o4 through which she took stock of her interlocutor. 1 1 10 Martin bore the §crutiny a cl , h a d iy „, no ci, to i taski Self- ] sions went, • ,‘ ,5, said Ala Chril toget Versa " the at hiE Wliic. u 2 Mart follie inclit it s . " I boat. Sal Li. tot th, th, ... k ail