The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING To conclude w.th the Pantomime -UMBER NIP; or, Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant Mountain. Mesdames Lydia Thompson. Hudspeth, Bodenham, Seymour, Cerdonni, sad H. Vandenhoff; Messrs. Torn Matthews, Parsby, Clifton, Robins, Se) ton, and Master Percy Roselle; Messrs. Poleno, Saville, Lauri, Cormack, Barnes, and Morris ; madame Boleuo and 3lcllle. Marion. Commence at Seven. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET ; Sole Leasce and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING-, A MERE CHILD, Messrs. Howe, Gordon, 'White, ac.; Mesdamts Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Law, , , Polo ril, &C• Alter whici'. A LW.-.SON FOR LI FFI. Messrs. Fothern, Chi , pendate, P,9mpton, how,, Kt ndal, Cordell, ItoLters, Braid. Clarke, Ilment, ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, IV, 1;4 ht, SL:!. Followed by JENNY LIND AT LAST Miss lone Durke ; Mr. W. Farre.l, &c To conclude with a GI:AND BALLET DIVERTISSE MENT. Mdfle. z.;( pbia. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEKTRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. - —• 1 1 11 IS EVENING. ROUGE E r NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gaanbler), Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpai:rica. Dalton. Reynolds, Loin-, s, Newbound, Andrews, Anidersou, Vivian, Bennett. and Edward Prt.le ; Miss en rade, Mrs. Lekli Murray, Miss Grattan, and 3liss Carlotta Leclercq. Precede! by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. (leo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BARNABY RUDGE. MissA Thom son, Mrs. Henry Vining - , Mrs. Charles Horsman, and Miss Ratharine Rogers ; Messrs. S. Calhaem, F. Villiers. J. G. bhore, C. Horsman, and Mr. George Honey. To conclude with the INVISIBLE PRINCE. 17)N _ N OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, eW Management. I _ _ So 1.0 Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. W igan. itiLS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. ]Messrs. EJra:e IL Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, ,Cliar.es Mathews; Miss Milly Palmer, Miss E: and Mr. Warren, am - i Mrs. Chute. &lathe s. • • - After wht. 13, the successful Burlesq eof 14`,11:7-ST AND 1•(A1lGUEIZI:E. Mesdames E. Farren, sherideu, and Stephens ; Meas.'s. G. Vincent, W. 11. Eburne, 1). Murray, &c. Doors open x: half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TIT TS fevENING, NEWHBOURS. Messrs. Porsche, _Belford, and G Murray; Mh.ses awanburough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY PAINE:NIS : Messrs. Ihorne, James, Robson, and Fenton; Mesdames Swanborougb, .fiaynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, &c. To ponclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole froprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, Alias Lennox. After which, Boncicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. 167essrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raym nd. IIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII, 8-ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. - THIS IWENING, Jan. 3, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily ; Messrs. h. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, Eburne. Romer, Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DIRT; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole (his Bth appear ance pince his provincial tour), Paul Bedford, Ashley, R. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss I'urtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, 'tic. rp ATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. -a- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. IL C. Nation. The Great Nation-al Pantomime unanimously pronounced by the Press and Public to be a gigantic success. _ _ THIS• EVENING, and during the week, the elegant Comedy, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Fernandez and Richardson, 3,liss Louise Laidlaw. After which, the Great Nation-al Pantomime of HUSH - A-BYE, BABY, UPON THE TREE TOP. The gor geous and artistic Scenery, including the Grove of Golden Palms, Ladybird's Bower on the Emerald Stream, Frog Island, and the Kingdom of Lowther Arcadia, painted by Mr. Julian Hicks and assistants. The quaint Dance of the Toy Soldiers and the fascinating Ballet of Ladybirds arranged by Mr. Milano. All the popu lar Airs of the day, including " Champagne Charlie," " Mousetrap Man," " Costermonger Joe," " The Galloping Snob of Rotten Row," "Johnny Comes Marching Home," " Hunkey Dorum," "Work, Boys, Work." Misses Caro line Parkes, Nelly Nisbett, Marshall, Gwynne, Burton, Howard, Kelsey, the favourite Children Dansetises (Misses Fanny Higgs, F. and A. Wright), Mrs. Caulfield ; Messrs. Atkins, Stevens, Arthur, and Milano will appear. The Original Little Rowella is specially engaged as Clown ; Miss Austin (from Paris), Misses Grosvenor and Sim monds, Columbines. 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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. A POPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to tho Present Time. Part the First, from 8.C.55 to A.D. 1066. E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Aldgate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London ; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Gratis and post free on application. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ritis DAY. —Morning, Oh. 15m.—Afternoon, Oh. 39m. ro-Moußow.-Morning, lh. lm.—Afternoon, Ih. 22m. 1r e s 44 44. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1867 , 1867 has opened in a remarkable manner, and the spectacle presented by the streets of London yesterday was not a little unusual. The busy traffic was, if not suspended, at least considerably di minished, and the thousands whom, we have re cently been told, wend their way daily into the City, stayed for the most part at home. There was good reason for their doing so, since, according to the fashion of the day, most of the citizens live in the suburbs, if not actually out of town, and every mode of conveyance was more or less affected. The regular London cab—almost as regular a part of City life as the Bank itself—was transformed into a tandem, sometimes adorned with a postilion, and even this wonderful sight was of rare occurrence. Omnibuses, few and far between, crawled about the principal thoroughfares with an additional horse, but if the object to be attained was rapidity the passenger had better have trusted to his own feet. The snow baffled King Steam himself, though that monarch is accustomed to carry all before him, and short journeys on the railways occupied three or four hours. On the Great Western line, between Windsor and Slough, the rails were so loaded with snow that the trains had great diffi culty in getting along, the wheels of the car riages speedily becoming clogged. The down goods train, leaving Nine Elms at five a.m., did not reach Windsor till 10 o'clock, and the 8 o'clock passenger train from Waterloo did not reach Windsor till nearly half-past ten. It is not sur prising to learn that the engine -drivers and guards of the various trains suffered greatly from cold and exposure, and we should imagine_ that the position of the passengers was not very enviable. Windsor appears to have had more than its share of the benefits of the storm, for an easterly wind so drove the falling snow into ridges that in some of the thoroughfares it was from 18 inches to two feet deep. The traffic in the streets was naturally almost suspended, and in the neighbouring county of Bucks the snow was also very heavy. In Salisbury it was in some places several feet deep, and in parts of that county and in other shires the country roads were absolutely impassable. Not the least inconvenient feature of the trans formation has been the inevitable delay of the mails. Letters that should have come to hand at midday did not arrive till a couple of hours later—a fact which our forefathers would certainly not have noticed, but which, in the London of the present day, may produce some very considerable conse quences. The South-Eastern down trains were all three or four hours behind time, but for tunately, as yet, we hear of no accident, although on some of the lines the trains were actually blocked up for a time by the barrier of snow. In Norfolk the sportsmen have reason to lament, for the frost is more severe than it has been since 1860 ; but, in fact, all over the coun try, the same story is told, and the snow and frost appear to have been as general as severe. The great inconvenience everywhere experienced by the delay of traffic, transit, and mails, gives us some idea of the high-pressure state at which we are accustomed to live. A half-hour's delay in get ting into the City, an hour's expectation of the post, and a hindrance on the railway journey, arc sufficient to throw out of gear the whole of the complex ma chinery of our work-a-day world. And all this com motion and disturbance has been wrought as by the wave of an enchanter's wand. Tuesday was cer tainly cold enough to prepare us for anything, but our Christmas had been almost as suitable for strawberries as snap-dragon. Tuesday night, bitter and piercing though it was, left London wearing its usual sombre garb, but a few hours transformed it into a fairy world, glittering with crystals and car peted with purest white. In some respects, too, it resembled a besieged city in which the necessaries of life are hard to get. Water especially has gone up to a premium, and looking on the snow above, below, and around him, the perplexed householder may well exclaim with the poet, "Water, water everywhere, And not a drop to drink." There is one aspect of this sudden frost and snow storm which can hardly fail to have presented itself to most minds during the last day or two. If in closely curtained rooms, with blazing yule logs and sea-coal, we find it difficult to keep ourselves above freezing point, what must the poor suffer ? It is very well to talk about the force of habit, but no custom can secure man, woman, or child from being susceptible of so great and sudden a change. The Icelander or Greenlander may enjoy his winter, but the Icelander and Greenlander dress in furs and skins and eat blubber. How would they fare if thinly clad and poorly fed ? There are, un fortunately, some thousands already out of employ ment from causes altogether independent of the frost, which will undoubtedly greatly swell the num ber. If it should last, as it may probably do for at least a few days, it will pinch many a poor family pretty sharply. There is no need for indiscriminate almsgiving, nor is there much fear of not reaching the right objects. There are now so many well-established channels for pri- vate benevolence that those who are unable to seek out deserving cases themselves may be pretty sure of having their gifts well applied. If each would do a little, if every one who enjoys a comfortable shelter, a good meal, and warm clothing himself, would give enough to shelter and support one shivering frame through a day's frost, there would be less severe suffering. Even cast-off clothes in such weather as this would be valuable gifts to "the naked limbs that freeze with the winter's cold." There is much done already, but more must be done before we can face our invading enemy with a quiet conscience. Mr. lIORSMAN has been discoursing upon public affairs, as it is the fashion just now for so many to do, the occasion on which he spoke being the annual dinter of the Strand Rifle .Corps. The right hon. gentlemen was very well received, and in a speech of some length he took a glance at the political situation of the thy. He truly said that more im portant changes had been crowded into the last twelve months than had taken place since the first NAPOLEON closed his campaign. We did not fore see that "old empires would have crumbled, and young nations started into fresh life ; that Prussia, hitherto ranked as a second - rate power, would in a fortnight have shattered the most exten sive empire of _the Continent, and placed itself at the head of Europe as a military power, and as a counterpoise to the military power of France." Further, in pursuing this theme, Mr. HORSMAN said I that the unsettled condition of affairs just now made it necessary for us to take heed to our ways and look to our defences. The Volunteer force has continued in the most satisfactory manner possible to progress ; but with respect to the regular army it is different in some respects. Some very good ad- Niel 3 is tendered in this speech, which those in autnority might do well to ponder over, and we a.re certain that the results would be favourable to the general advantage of the community and the efuldency of the service. The Report recently made by the commission on Recruiting shows the great dith culty that is found in the way of recruiting the army. Two new difficulties have been added of late to the impediments already in the way of this work- —one was the fact that Ireland, by reason of famin e and emigration, is no longer, as usual, the grea.t recruiting ground for our army; and the other is, th at the pay of the soldier seems very pox. now "beside of the increase in wages which has lately takes place. To remedy these deficiencies, in roi n e measure, Mr. HoßsstAx recommends that we should adopt measures such as " the increase of pay, the division of the service into home and foreig.i, shorter service, and the abolition of the lash." When this matter comes before Parliament, as it shortly must, we hope to see some, if not all, of these Suggestions treated in a fitting manner, for they cannot but conduce to the true interests of the service, and make it more popular, as it ought to be, among us. Respecting Ireland, the right hon. gentleman said that a great part of the existing discon tent arose from the circumstance that a large population was dependent for sub sistence chiefly upon agriculture, and no per manent employment was found in the absence of manufactures. No doubt there is a great deal of truth in this assertion, and it is well known that there is no more prolific source of misery and dis affection than the scarcity of employment. As for Fenianism, there may be some truth in the passage here met with respecting it. " Although the American Government had acted loyally in respect of Canada, yet there was no doubt they had vir tually encouraged it, in consequence of a feeling of soreness arising out of the Alabama claims." Looking at the futUre, Mr. HORSMAN declared that the year just now commencing contained much that was hopeful and promising. One point he specially referred to, which some eager poli ticians are too apt to forget, and that is the freedom which we all enjoy under British institu tions. We have a right of meeting, personal free dom, the liberty of the Press ; and, in contrast to this in other countries, we see how in America newspapers are suppressed, and in France restric tions are put on liberty. The fact is, " that," as Mr. HORSMAN said, " in England the long enjoy ment of liberty has made us safe;" and this assur ance is indeed a cheering one to all who rightly appreciate the advantages that accrue from freedom, tempered with the wise restrictions that public opinion will always maintain and uphold. The Emperor of AUSTRIA still finds the Hun garian difficulty as one very difficult to surmount, and, accordingly, we see that an Imperial Patent has been issued which announces that the Govern ment has opened negotiations with the representa tives of those countries belonging to the Hungarian Crown. A speedy settlement of the matter in doubt as to the constitutional question is earnestly desired, and hence the EMPEROR exhorts those im mediately concerned not to lose' time, for the neces sities of the time and the state of the Empire demand the exercise of speed. Representatives of the non-Hungarian Crown lands are con voked to an Extraordinary Reichsrath Assembly and the Upper House is also called together. This Extraordinary Reichsrath is to be called together for the 25th of February, and no other business will engage its attention than the important one of de liberating upon the question of a Constitution All things taken together we think that the Impe rial Government has done wisely and well in thus taking this unusual step, and we hope that the advice tendered by the EMPEROR will be attended to, and that no time will be lost in making the necessary arrangements that the exigencies of the case may demand; for much time has already been wasted in idle schemes and valueless suggestions. Let them, then, take a wiser course, and celebrate the New Year by a new mode of procedure. It will be bet ter for the Hungarians to make some sacrifices and secure the main chance, rather than by stopping at trifles and making mountains of molehills to em barrass the Government at Vienna, and imperil their own success and prosperity, as they assuredly will by delays and altercations. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. Yesterday, according to annual custom, the Em peror received at the Tuileries the Foreign Ambas sadors, Ministers, clergy, and State functionaries to present addresses to his Majesty of homage and con gratulation upon the occasion of New Year's Day. His Majesty received the diplomatists in the Salle du Trone, with the usual ceremonies and, in answer to their address, spoke as follows : " The renewal of the year gives me the oppor tunity of expressing my wishes for the stability of thrones and the prosperity of the peoples. I hope that we shall enter upon a new era of peace and con ciliation, and that the Universal Exhibition will contribute to calm passions and draw interests more closely together. I thank the diplomatic body for their congratulations, and I beg them to interpret to the Governments which they represent my senti ments of friendship." The Emperor addressed M. Darboy, the Arch bishop of Paris, in these terms :—" When Isee at the head of the clergy of Paris a prelate so deeply devoted to the interests of religion as well as those of the State, when I see him support everywhere by his words and his acts the great principles of faith, charity, and conciliation, I say to myself that his prayers must be granted by Heaven. They are for France a benefit, and for me a new source of consolation and hope." Many of the papers were not published to-day, yesterday being such a general holiday, but the magnificent words of the Emperor having obtained publicity through the Moniteur they have been eagerly read and re-read by the public. Scarcely if ever did a royal speech, brief though it be, diffuse more general admiration and satisfaction. It is au apt, forcible, and sound illustration of the Emperor's celebrated sentiment, " The Empire is Peace." A letter from Munich states that the King o: Bavaria has appointed Prince de Hohenlohe Minis. ter of Foreign Affairs and of the Royal Household. 1 As the result of the negotiations between Pope Pius the Ninth and the Italian Government is natu rally anxiously expected, your readers will take an interest in a brief account of his Holiness. As the head of the Catholic Church his title is Pius the Ninth, but his family name is Count Jean Marie de Mastai Ferretti. He was born at Sinigaglia on the 13th of May, 1792, and he is consequently 74 years of age. It is related that at first he had a desire to join the army, but as a priest ho had an opportu nity of evincing his courage, for during the time when he was a missionary in Chili in 1823 the Catholic priests there were threatened with assassination ; and their lives were saved in con sequence of his fortitude and heroism. After spend ing two years in useful and perilous travel, he was appointed by Leo XII. as director of the Apostolical Hospital of St. Michael. The same Pontiff, in 1827, promoted him to be Archbishop of Spoleto. Pope Gregory XVI., his predecessor, in 1832, gave him the Bishopric of Imola, and made him a Car dinal in 1840. Fins IX. owes his elevation to the Papal throne to his piety, his learning, and his un affected simplicity of character. Ihe dignity of Pope is synonymous with the title of Universal THE SUM LOiNLOS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3 1867. Mr. Lowe and the Working Classes. The following correspondence has been forwarded to us for publication : , t 10, Clarendon -gardens, Maida-vale, W.,\ Jan. 1, 1867. Sir,—lielieving you will kindly pardon the liberty I take in thus addressing you, I venture to do so, not with the presumptuous object of question ing the views you have seen fit to take on a subject of profound importance to the present interests and future welfare of this country, but with the more simple one of asking, in all earnestness and anxiety, if the great meetings, unprecedented in numbers, order, and enthusiasm, held during the recess, have not induced you to modify your harsh, unjust, and unfortunate opinions about the working classes ex pressed during the last session of Parliament— opinions which have tended more than aught else to rouse a spirit of stern, inflexible resolve, and which, if allowed to foster among the masses a sense of wrong and insult, may lead to consequences which few expect and none desire. But surely you will be ready to confess that the recent gatherings have been characterised by uniform decorum and good con duct, by an entire absence of drunkenness, violence, turbulence, and the other vices enumerated by you ; that on those o ccas i ons at least the industrial pool_ lations have ev i nce d an honourable eagerness to sacrifice time, means, comfort, and convenience in a cause which they were sufficiently enlightened to consider sacred and beneficial. t , As a member of the Reform. League Executive, I should certainly deem it neither wise nor neces sary here to indicate the moral to which such im posing and convincing demonstrations of self-con trol and intelligence appear to me unmistakably to point; but I do unhesitatingly submit that under these circumstances, if your public utterance have not hitherto been actuated by mere caprice, the enemies of English freedom, moment has arrived when you may well undo what threatens to be a fatal work, and gracefully retract Eacuegulsiashtiocnhsarwahciteehr,oannlyd English instit utions could hail with pl easure or satisfaction. " Again apologising for thrusting myself upon your notice and trespassing upon your time, " I have the honour to remai n , humble serv an t, " your obedient JOSEPH GUEDALLA. "The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P." 4 , 34, Lowndes-square, Jan. 2, 1867. "Sir,—For many months the Reform L eague has, by resoluti ons , handbills, and s p eec hes, accused me of charging th e ent i re working class of thi s country duct. Th e passage in m with venality, drunkenness, and o th er miscon of Ma rc h 13 , y seec 1866, on w hi c h this accusation h professes to be grounded, only states that such things do unhappily exist in the constituencies, and that where they do exist they are to be found among the poorer rather than the richer voters. A. comparison of these two statements will show—first, that I was speaking of the constituencies, not of the working c l ass at large ; and, next, th a t I only pointed out where such vena lity and other misconduct as does exist is most likely to be found. " The Reform League, having thus fastened upon me assertions which I have not made, has loaded me with the most virulent abuse, and has striven to make me an object of the hatred, perhaps a mark for the vengea nce, of my fellow-eountrymen. " With such a b ody and its leaders, of whom you appear to be one, I have no courtesies to inter change. When I think proper to give an o pi n i on on the recent popular demonstrations it is n o t t o the Reform League that I shall offer it. " You call on me to retract not what I have said, but your misrepresentation of what I have said. You can hardly be serious in making I decline to accede to it, and leave the case to the judgment of th e country. I shall send this corre spondence to th e newspapers. such a request. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " Joseph Guedalla, Esq." " ROBERT LowE. ADDITIONAL MAILS TO BOMBAY.—Commencing with the mails to be despatched from London on the 20th January, via Southampton, and on the 26th January, via Marseilles, all the correspondence addressed to India (with the exception of newspapers, book packets, and patterns of merchandise addressed to the Presidency of Madras or to Lower Bengal) will, until further notice, be sent to Bom bay, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation com pany having, as an experiment, appointed additional steam vessels to sail from Suez to Bombay, simultaneously with the packets which leave Suez about the sth and 20th of each month for Madras and Calcutta. Newspapers, book packets, and packets of patterns addressed to any place in the Presidency of Madras or in Lower Bengal, and in tended to be se n t v i a Southampton, will continuo to be despatched from Su ez b y the packets and Calcutta. proceeding to Madras MAILS FOR HON]) UR AS.—The mails for Honduras, which of late have been forwarded from England by private ship, will, for tho present, be made up on the 2d and 17th of each month for transmission by regular packet to llavannah, and thence to Honduras by a schooner which will be provided by the colonial Government. Apostle. The foundation of the Papal power has its origin in an expression of Christ recorded by the evangelist Matthew--" Thou art Pierre (stone), and upo❑ this stone I will build my Church." The word Pope (says a French writer) is derived from the Greek, and signifies father and ancestor. In former times the title was given to all Catholic bishops. It is only since the time of Gregory VII. that it has been given to the Sovereign Pontiff. In previous times the title of Lord Pope was given to Catholic bishops, but at a Council held at Rome in 1073 a prohibition was issued against the assumption of the title. The Pope is styled the Very holy Father, and when addressed, either verbally or in writing, he is called Your Holiness. Since the time of Gregory the Great the Popes have styled themselves the Servant of the Servants of God. By theological authority the title given to the Pope is Vicar of Jesus Christ and the Successor of St. Peter. • A very interesting archm3logical discovery has been made in the town of Luzarches, Seine-et-Oise, at a locality which in the time of the Romans was covered with villas and country houses. While some workmen were ploughing they broke a vessel which contained 350 vessels in bronze of very ancient date. Among them are coins of Antoniuus, Marcus Aurelia, Lucius-Verus, Vespasian, Alex ander Severus, and Domitian, from which it is sup posed that they were buried at the period of the first invasion of the people of the North into Gaul. M. Paul Duport, a dramatic author of note, has just died in his 68th year. He assi s t e d i n writing "La Fille del'Avare," a piece which was once very popular. The lucky persons who happened to be passing along the Rue Coquilliere the night before last had an opportunity of seeing a curious shower —a heavy shower of gold pieces of 20 francs. Some of them fell upon the outside passengers of the omnibus which goes from the Batignolles to the Bastille. These useful coins were thrown from a window of the Hotel de la Marine, which is at the corner of the Rue Coquilliere. During this strange shower of Napoleons, to the amount of more than 600 f. were picked up. The motives of the persons who thus circulated the coins are not known. Some say the intention was to make a really useful present at this joyous season ; others, supposed to be in the secret, assert that it was the result of a conjugal quarrel, and that the lady and gentleman threw the money about to spite each other. Be this as it may, this shower of gold pieces can be characterised [as an agreeable episode of the rain of Napoleon. Early this morning the snow began to fall with great violence, and it snowed uninterruptedly for eight hours. In the country around Paris the snow is at least a foot in depth. About mid-day the sun broke forth, and the sky was as clear as in summer. At the window at which I was writing this after noon the sight was curious. The ground in the shade was covered with snow, but the sun shone so brightly upon the panes of the window, and it was so hot, that I was obliged to change my posi tion. There was a misprint in the account of the snow in Savoy, which it may be well to correct. The snow was two metres in depth some instances —not two inches, as stated. It was more intensely cold at midnight last night than it has been this winter. LATEST INTEL LIGF,No.E. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Jan. 2, Evening. General Menabrea has been appointed first Aide de-Camp to the King. His Majesty has decorated Generals Cialdini and Rossi, and Senator Paleocipa, with the order of the Annunciada. The Gazzetta d'ltalia states that the Minister of War has withdrawn his resignation. The same journal announces that the negotiations with Rowe are proceeding favourably. The cholera quarantines having been abolished in Sicily the line of railway between Messina and Catania will be opened to-day. OPENING OF THE PORTUGUESE CORTES THE KING'S SPEECH. LISBON, Jan. 2. The Cortes were opened to-day by the King in person. In the speech from the Throne, which was of unusual length, his Majesty said that the visit of the Queen of Spain bore evidence to the good understanding between the Courts, and the friendly relations existing between two kindred nations. The King announced the conclusion of a treaty of commerce and a consular convention with France, and of a literary and artistic copyright treaty with' Belgium. Relative to internal affairs his Majesty said the principal matters requiring attention were the organisation of the army, the state of the national finances, and the question of slavery in the Portuguese colonies. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 2 (Evening). The Moniteur du Soir contains the following : " The year which has just closed has been marked by grsat events, and the influence of French policy, although calm and pacific, has been none the less active and efficacious. By the sole force of moral ascendancy the Emperor has powerfully contributed to restore peace to Europe ; and the nations who have chosen him as mediator have been happy to recognise the beneficent and disinterested character of his intervention. The war which, but (for his Majesty's great wisdom might have become general, has made way for an era of pacification. New ideas have replaced in Germany the errors of 1815. All the Germanic nations now com prehend the advantage of friendly relations with France. Distrust is dissipated, and the pre judices of another age disappear before a sound application of common interests. Austria and Italy, so long and so profoundly divided, are defi nitively reconciled. The programme inaugurated by the victories of Magenta and Solferino is now realised, free from the Alps to the Adriatic. The Peninsula, after having been for ages a subject of discord and rivalry between the Powers, is hence forth an olement of concord and equilibrium. The Convention of the 15th Sept, so happily executed, bas already produced the salutary effects which were to be expected from it. It is no illusion to hope, in a near future perhaps, for a reconcilia tion between the Court of Rome and the Florence Cabinet. The evacuation of Mexico is being carried out under favourable conditions, and the United States appear equally desirous with France to strengthen the bonds of traditional friendship between the two nations. "The relations of the Emperor's Government with all the Powers could not be more satisfactory nor more friendly. The year 1867 opens therefore under favourable auspices, and the nations who will meet at the Universal Exhibition are pre paring for this great pacific contest in one common thought of progress and solidarity." BOURSE, Jan. 2, Two o'clock. —The settlement on French Stock is proceeding favourably, the con stant daily purchases made by the Caisse des Con signations et des Dep o t s tend to diminish the amount small ; there is even a ) is hreeesxcoefedfrinogmly2c. to 6c. ; a dd to this of Stock on th e mar k et, and the charge for carryin g deportover (re o i n )or T t that a rise of no less than is telegraphed on Eng lish Consols. Threes are now quoted at 69f. 70c., with an advance of 22ic. A similar advantage is not obtained by other securities, which nevertheless are mostly firmly held without any noticeable varia tion, except as regards Italian Fives, which have de clined 30c., to 56f. 15e. Railway shares are firm ; Orleans are in good demand. The cours de com pensation has just been fixed as follows :—Threes, 69f. 70c. ; 4f, 98f. 25c. ; and Treasury Bonds, 473 f. 75. Three o'clock.—The close has taken place at the ollowing quotations : 4} per Cents — Do. end month — Bank Shares 3565 Italian Loan,,,, Do. end month 56 15 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'AY& 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 69 40 for ... Do. end month ... 498 75 'onciel Do. end month 1392 50 For Account. Orleans Northern 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean 9Ol 25 Southern 582 50 Western — _ Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 385 North of Spain 125 SaragosE a Ditto to Barcelona 53 75 Roman. B5 THE WORKING MEN OF CHELMSFORD AND MR. BRIGHT.—An address to Mr. Bright, M.P. was forwarded to that gentleman a few days ago from the working men of Chelmsford, having been signed by nearly two hundred and fifty of their number. Having reviewed his past great services to the nation, the address went on to express the confidence of those who had signed it in Mr. Bright's leadership in the agitation for political Reform. Mr. Bright, in acknowledging the receipt of the address, says :—" I have received the address, and I write to express my thanks to the working men who have signed it. I value their good opinion very highly, and were it not that they are so far off, and that I have so much to occupy me here, I should be glad to have an opportunity of meeting them to discuss the question of Reform with them. The question of a wide extension of the suffrage is making way. The address says that ' Nearly 100 millions in the United States and in Germany are in possession of the franchise,' and they argue from that the cause cannot be withstood here. I believe they are right in this, and that we shall come up with the nations most advanced in the theory and practice of representative government. The working men through out the United Kingdom are becoming interested in this great question, and their organisation is becoming more complete. Their power, added to the power of the Liberal middle-class, will be too great for those who now mono polise the influence of Government, and a great change cannot be far off. In every town and village the question of working_class emancipation should be discussed. Societies should be formed, information should be spread, and thus opinion will be created and combined so as to bear down all opposition. Do not imagine because you cannot bring together a vast multitude as has been done in Birmingham, in Manchester, in Leeds, and in Glasgow, that you have no part in the great work. Every town and village may do its part, and the efforts of all will be needed. But the cause is great and good, and the result is certain. Thanking you and your friends for both letter and kind address,-1 arn,;vory truly yours, JOHN BRIGHT." THE MAJORITY OF THE EARL OF MARCH.—The special festivities at Goodwood to celebrate the joyous event have been postponed until the anniversary of the birthday of his grace, on the 27th of February. The only event by which the day was marked at Goodwood, the Duke's . seat in Sussex, was a ball for the members of the household and their friends. The rooms were tastefully and appropriately decorated with holly, ivy, and other evergreens. Soon after the closing in of the evening the company began to assemble in the rooms sot apart for their use. An excellent band from Brighton had been engaged, and (lancing soon commenced. The Duke and Duchess led off with Mr. Gibbs, the house steward, and Mrs. Saunders, the housekeeper. Lord Algernon, Lord Francis, Lady Caroline, and other members of the family, joined in the dance. The Egyptian Room was set apart for dancing, while refreshments were provided in the Long Hall. The Duke and others danced for about two hours, and after they left the room a most sumptuous anpper was provided for those who were their guests that evening. Altogether they must have numbered about 130. Dancing was kept up with spirit until nearly sunrise, and all present enjoyed themselyes to the utmost. Great Reform Demonstration at Blael3burn. Tuesday was the occasion of the Reformers of Blackburn and its surrounding villages, hamlets, and towns, consecrating the chief part of a cold, wintry day, the first of the year 1867, to agitation for a large extension of political reform, especially as it applies to the franchise protected by the ballot. The demand for household suffrage has been pretty general, though some of the Reform associations have all along gone in for manhood suffrage and the ballot, hence the resolutions that were submitted to the people at the four district platforms were so ex pressed as to meet the approval of all real and sin cere Reformers and friends or the people. The local Reformers have been very united, and assiduous in their exertions to make the demonstration a com plete success. Large and enthusiastic meetings have been held in the town and districts approving the demonstration, and expressing adhesion in the present; agitation and to the leading Liberal states men. Up to a late hour on Sunday night the weather continued very open and unseasonable, and at that time a heavy fall of snow commenced and continued up'to noon on Monday. A slight frost then set in, leaving the snow seven or eight inches deep in the streets, and it continued throughout the night, leaving the streets and thoroughfares very slippery. The roads from the surrounding towns, &c., were, therefore, anything but favourable to bring together so large a multitude of people from the populous districts as had been anticipated ; still considering the difficulty of locomotion and the absence of cheap trains, it may be presumed that none but men determined to be enfranchised or to extend it to others were present, and the demonstra tion was worthy of the occasion, the attendance at it being variously estimated to consist of at least 15,000 persons. The processions from the neighbouring towns and villages began to arrive in the streets ad jacent to the Market-square, on which the demon stration was held, about ten o'clock, and continued to take up their positions until nearly half-past eleven, when, all having come to hand, the proces sion was duly formed, and moved off in the follow ing order from the Reform Club :—The nrnnly3rs of the club ; carriages containing the chief speakers ; the members of the Audley and Quick-place, Black burn, Reform Clubs ; stonemasons, operative power-loom weavers and spinners, and other trades ; the Preston, Accrington, Durwen, Great Harwood, Padiham, Colne, Haslingden, and other district Reform associations. The procession which, occu - pied the space of half-au-hour in passing any given point, then passed along many of the principal streets, accompanied by bands and bearing a large number of banners, mottoes, &c., having reference to the opponents of Reform and the Adullamites. On their return to the market ground, which had been cleared of the snow, the integral portions of the procession formed at the platforms allotted to them, and amid the cheers of the vast populace the proceedings of the meeting were commenced. The following resolutions were carried with applause at all the platforms :—" That this meeting protests against, and enters its denial of, the charges of drunkenness, ignorance, venality, and indifference to Reform, made against the working classes during the last session of Parliament ; and this meeting de clares that no Reform Bill can be accepted which does not provide for the full, fair, and free represen tation of the people, nor can any representation be free which does not include the Ballot." "That this meeting awards its thanks to Earl Russell, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, John Bright, M.P., John Stuart Mill, M.P., Professor Fawcett, M.P., E. Baines, M.P., W. E. Forster, M.P., and all true friends of Reform, for their patriotism in de fence of the rights of the people in the last session of Parliament." "That the best thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given to the chair man for his. able presidency." The Olerkenwell Casual Wards. Yesterday Mr. Corbett, one of the Poor Law Commissioners for the metropolitan district, held au inquiry at the Clerkenwell Workhouse, respecting the alleged refusal of the officials to admit persons to the wards certified under the Houseless Poor A et. The complaints appeared in the newspapers of the 24th and 31st ult., and the first had been commu nicated to the Poor Law Board. This was that two wayfarers, under circumstances of great hardship, had been refused admission to the wards, and the second was that an applicant had been expelled with violence from the place when asking for admission. Mr. Boulton represented the guardians, of whom many were present, and Mr. Inspector Potter, of the G division, represented the Police Commissioners. William Taylor, the porter to the casual ward, was called to speak to the first case. He said, in the course of a very long examination, that a little be fore one o'clock he refused admission to two casuals, who had the appearance of being excavators or labourers, because they were intoxicated. He had only refused them a few minutes and got into the house when he heard a very loud knocking. He re turned to the door and saw a third person there, who demanded the reason why the men were refused admission, and he told this third person that he was drunk, ordered him to get out of the forecourt, and threatened to give him into custody for knock ing at the door. The third person subsequently took the casuals away. In cross-examination by the gentleman, whose name was Mr. While, the wit ness said he was a policeman before he became porter here. He was tried and convicted for an assault, and was discharged from the force, in which he had been for eleven years without any other complaint having been made against him. Police -constable 158 G deposed to having his atten tion attracted to the wards by hearing a very loud knocking at the doors, and he then saw down in the forecourt a gentleman and two casuals. The gentle man was somewhat excited at having been told that he was drunk by the porter at the wards; but wit ness, who turned his light full on the person, was I convinced from all he saw that the gentleman was perfectly sober. He thought, however, that the men bad had some drink. He thought so from their ge neral appearance ; but he did not see much of them. He heard the porter refuse to admit the men, and without assigning any reason, and he saw him ad vance upon the gentleman and order him to leave the forecourt, and the gentleman did so, saying that he was not going to give the porter an excuse for committing a breach of the peace. Mr. While, the gentleman who had made complaint to the Poor Law Board, then detailed the circumstances witnessed by him. He saw the two men, who seemed thoroughly tired out, and, to his mind, perfectly sober, crouch ing in the shelter of the casual wards door. He waited for a time to see if any one came, and the men, in answer to his question, telling him that the porter had refused them admission, he knocked at the door. No answer came, and he knocked again louder, and no one coming, he knocked still more loud. The porter then came, told him he was drunk, refused to give any reason for not admitting the men, threateningly ordered him out of the forecourt, and then threatened to give him into custody for knocking at the door. Witness called the attention of the constable and Mr. Northfield, a neighbour, to the affair. The last-named gentleman also deposed that Mr. While and the two casuals were perfectly sober. Inspector Potter, in answer to Mr. Corbett, said that there were repeated complaints at the dis trict police stations with respect to the manner in which these wards were managed, and he handed in a statement of some of the complaints, which were neiti made public. Mr. Corbett stated that the evi dence would be reported to the Poor Law Board, who would give their decision in the case. A conver sation arose between the guardians, and it transpired that orders had been given that no one was to be admitted to the wards unless introduced by a guar dian. Mr. Corbett, in conclusion, told the guardians they ought to be obliged to Mr. While for bringing the matter out, and he recommended them, without waiting for the Poor Law Board's report, to adopt a system by w hi c h th e r efusals to admit applicants for any cause s h ou ld b e c h ec k e d. Th e guardians passed a vote of thanks to the Commissioner, and the proceedings, which had lasted for many hours, terminated. A Prussian national school is to be built in the park of the Exhibition. It will in all respects be an exact copy of an ordinary school in a Prussian Village. re /*I t HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Jan. 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon, and the other members of the royal family wolked in the grounds. Prince Leopold walked out this morning, attended by Mr. Legg. Yesterday being New Year's-day a Christmas tree was prepared, by her Majesty's cAumand, for the upper servants of the establishment at Osborne, and another for those attending the servants' hall. The upper servants assembled at six o'clock, and shortly afterwards the Queen and the royal family entered the room, when her Majesty handed. a pre sent to each. Tier Majesty and the royal family then proceeded to the servants' hall, where her Majesty distributed gifts in like manner to those present, numbering about 130, and in the evening they were entertained with a supper. Her Majesty was attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS. According to the graphic description of the Paris correspondent of the Times, the weather on the Jour de /'...1n did not in the least prevent the streets from assuming the animated appearance they usually present as the approach of New Year's Day. They are encumbered with vehicles and foot passengers, and the leading thoroughfares are at certain hours so thronged that it is with difficulty one can make his way through them. The shops, particularly those for toys, articles de Paris, and confectionery, display all their magnificence to at tract purchasers, who, to say the truLli, do nut seem to require any great pressing. The Boulevards are, as usual at this season, covered with booths, in which the dealers in less costly curiosities are accustomed to establish themselves. At the well known confectioners of the Rue de la Paix there are some precious novelties which keep groups of people stationed the whole day long before the windows, and attest the inventive faculties of the Parisian artists. These are two dolls, one representing the city of Paris in festive costume, the other the Universal Exhibition. The latter wears as a head dress the tower of Babel, with a robe of white satin of immense amplitude, orna mented with the emblazonments of all nations, the waist encircled with numerous oriflammes, falling to the feet, inscribed with the emblems of art and manufactures, and with gold and silver medals pro fusely scattered over it. In other shops the dolls represent certain famous historical personages, chiefly, if not all, of the female sex, such as Isabella de Bavaria, the wife of the unfortunate Charles VI., and the paramour, if history does not belie her, of the Duke of Orleans, who was assas sinated by his rival the Duke of Burgundy, the widow of the buffoon Scarron, better known as Madame de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV.; Diana de Poitiers, mistress of the Duke of Orleans, son of Francis 1., and afterwards Duchess of Valentinois ; Henriette of France, daughter of Henri IV., wife of Charles I. of England, and over whose re/pains Bossuet preached one of his great funeral orations ; Madlle. de la Valliere, who from being the daughter of the Maitre d'Hotel of the Duke of Orleans, be came the mistress of Louis XIV., and Duchess de la Valliere. Madame de Sevigne, whose charming letters have become classical, also figures among them, and all —queens, princesses, beauties, favou rites, dressed in the fashion of the time—the tower ing head-dresses, the endless train, necklaces and jewelled bracelets, and silks and velvets overcharged with golden flowers. Had Dupin able been spared he would probably have completed his denunciation against the extravagance of women's dress with a no less bitter satire on that of dolls. There is iu the Boulevards des Capucines a newly opened bazaar round which groups assemble during the few hours of daylight we still enjoy, and a gain when the lamps are lighted. There are stores of joucts for children of all ages ; but of the wealth of curiosities exposed in its windows the greatest at traction of all is the needle-gun. The inventor of this plaything will have cleared a handsome profit at the end of the season, for the miniature—though it is hardly a miniature—is in great request. A whole landwehr of young gentlemen from six to ten years old have already supplied themselves w ith this plaything complete in all its parts. They form the fourth Ban already armed ; and the Military Commission who are engaged in the reorganisation of the army must be struck with the fact that they may reinforce the army without any additional charge on the War Estimates. What seems to be the favourite New Year's play thing for little girls is the poupee Benoiton, dressed exactly as those two young ladies of the Varie'tes —frock, ribands, hat, eye-glass, and with the air which distinguishes the ladies of the demi-7/10)1de- There are, however, dolls for every taste—one i 5 walking with a poodle on her arm, or under her arm ; and another is on her knees before a Pre-Dieu, holding a richly-bound prayer-book in one band, or a gold embroidered velvet bag to receive the offerings of the charitable. These, howaver, are not the only attractions of the season. In the long line of booths from the Madelaine to the Bastille there is a multitude of ob. jects wonderfully varied, and, it must be said, won' derfully cheap, for the children of those who must not think of looking at the gorgeous articles in the shops in the Rue de la Paix, or the Boulevard da Capucines. The greater part are said to come fro' Saxony and Nuremberg. There are fabricated the little printing-presses with all their appliances, magic lanterns, magnetic playthings, such as ducks and fishes, in iving mice, and numberless °ther marvels of the same kind. The articles made o f glass come from Bohemia ; and from the Black Forest the tiny furniture in white or painted wood, grocery shops, tobacco shops, kitchens in which nothing is wanting. The household utensils in pottery and porcelain ; dolls' heads of porcelain, bed steads, toilet tables, jugs and basins, Zouaves and Imperial Guard in tin or lead ; lotoes, dominoes, humming-tops, wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes , are the produce of the French departments. '-r ° Paris as well as to England and Germany the rising generation are indebted for figures in pasteboard of lambskin stuffed out with sawdust, dancing pUpPet sl in pasteboard or wood ; theatres, swords, mu,ketst pistols, drums, trumpets, horns, bows and arrows , carriages and vehicles of all sorts, in tin or sheet' iron ; horses, riding-whips, &c. In this sort of ill' dustry the Germans have the advantage of producing much chthper than the French, though in dressing and arrangement they are inferior. It is said that in Paris alone there are over 400 persons whose trade is in these cheap toys for children ; that they empld, not less than 2,000 workmen ; and that in the course of the year they produce articles of the aggregat e value of 10 million of francs. Under these eircul°' stances, it is hardly necessary to say that certai° branches of the Paris trade are flourishing a t till ° moment. ' BRIGHTON RACES, 1867.—A meeting of th e Brighton Rae e Committee was held at the Town-hall 0 . 13 Tuesday, upon which occasion the princip a l s il Versm iths° London and Brighton submitted by desire numerous deslS ° for the silver cup, value £4OO, to be run for at the ILO ° races this yeah The successful competitors were MOO' C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., Bruton-street, Bond-stre et ' LETTER FROM LORD BROUGHAM TO M. BERRYO . —Lord Brougham has addressed the following l e tter (1 French) to M. Berryer :—" Cannes, Dec. 28.—My dear L ' l % illustrious confrere,—l send you the report of the discour s ,i which I delivered a t th e M anc h ester Congress ; and, 0 i t was in my 89th year, it is almost certain that I shall a deliver another. O n t a ki ng l eave o f t h e pu b l i c I thotifilt it lie 111 t ull lOU to express my sentiments against O r r and against those great murderers, of whom the EroP e h r° 3 Napoleon I. w as th e mos t gu ilt y. B u t I h ave a dd e d t u i. ", his nephew, Napoleon 111., has great merit for his de e t rations against war. My indignation against those intifo (Toren was accompanied by my scorn for the folly of th ° :, who encouraged them by th e ir appl a us e .—A cce pt the c ' 81111441G0 of soy oiocoro frioadphip.—U. 131tovoLum." elin( The 891 Cen. men ; S 1, to while f, to at i Ar 5-20 82 I. 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