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

THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the L.‘ ['EST N EWS and S2ORTINti L.NTELLIOKNCE, 11. W. 11NititiS, NeNspaper 414ent, 4, Blackirtars-roael, Loudon, S. 4„I.'OIITING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the Q. LA VEST EDITION of " SUN" as soya as pub islicd. —l, Bath-street, City-road, KC. APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time. Part tho First, from B.C. 55 to A.D. 1066. E. Moss and Son, corner of Minories and Aldg,ate ; New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London ; And Bradford, Yorkshire. Ciratiii and post free on application, 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 !NUMBER NIP ; or, Harlequin and the Gnome-Eing, of the Giant K•untain. Mesdames Lydia Thompson. Hudspeth, Bodenham, Seymour, Cerdonui, and IL Vandenhoff; Messrs. Tom Matthews, Barsby, Clifton, ItobinF, Seyton, and Maste: Percy Roselle; Messrs. Itoleno, Saville, Lauri. Cormack, Barnes, and Morris ; olame Boleuo and Melle. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole LeEsee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TATS EVENING, A MERE CHILD, Messr3. Howe, Gordon, White, ,te.; Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Law.,, dm After which, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Fothern, Chi •oendale, Coniiiton, Howe, Rendal, Gordon, liog•ers, Clarke,Vim;ent, ; _Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Fo'l9wed by JENNY LIND AT LAST. Miss lone Eurkc ; IV. Farrtn, tte T.) conclu , le wilt a GRAND BALLET DIVERTISSE MENT. 3.1.1 e. Commence at Seven. -.ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feebler. THIS EVENING, ROUGE ET NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel (a Gambler), mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpatrieg. Dalton. Reynolds, Lom,s, Newbounii, Andrews, Anderson, Viv,an, Bennett. and Edward Price; Miss lien rade, Mrs. Leith Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Prec,del by THE TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BARNABY RUDGE. Miss A Thom son. 3lrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Charles Horsman, and Miss Katharine Rogers ; Mesprs. S. Calhaem, F. Villiers. J. G. shore, C. Horsman, and Mr. George Honey. To conclude with the INVISIBLE PRINCE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. - Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. N 5 lgan. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. Horace IVEzan, H. Neville, G. Vincent, Addison, 1). Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Milly Palmer, Miss E. }'arren, and Mrs. Charles 31athe, s. Alter whi.:h, the successful Burlesue of FAUST AND M.A.II,GUERI IE. Mesdames E. Farren, bhcridan, and Etephens ; Mess's. G. Vincent, W. U. Eburne, D. Murray, &c. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Porsche, Belford, and G 3luri ay ; Misses zwanborough, Johnstone, au i Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque, entitled GUY FAWKES : Messrs. 1 home, Jamev, Robson, and enton ; Mesdames Swanborougt, lioynham, Johnstone, Hughes, Newton, &e. To conclude with BOOTS A r THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sef ton Parry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. llessrs. Neville,Bnlmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Sauz.ders, B. Foote, Ravin nd. THE ATTIE ROYAL ADELYHI. Sole Proprietor and Xanager, Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, Jan. 3, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pht ; Messrs. li. Vezin, Billingtou, Ashley, Eburne, Romer, and Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of T lIE MOUNTAIN D 111.1; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole (his Bth appear ance skce his provincial tour), Paul Bedford, Ashley, Romer, and U. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, Ste. riTHEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. -a- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. 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, Miss 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 liume, "flunkey Dorum," "Work, Boys, Work." Misses Caro line Parkes, Nelly Nisbett, Marshall, Gwynne, Burton, Howard, Kelsey, the favourite Children Danseuses (Misses Fanny Higgs, F. and A. Wright), Mrs. Caulfield ; Messrs. Atkins, Stevens, Arthur, and Milano will appear. The Original Little Rowena is specially engaged as Clown ; Miss Austin (from Paris), Misses Grosvenor and Situ monds, Columbines. THE BEST PANTOMIME iu LONDON at the TIiEATI.L [WY AL ASTI. EY'S.—brILCIAL DiURNING I'ERFuItMANCii on SA tUItDAY, Jan. 5, at Iwo o'e.ock. Carriages can be ordered at halt-past tour. INo eliari,e for rills or uookiug. To prevent disappointment o early. 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MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at smr,et till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when bu:;ine:>s is resumed till Eleven o'clock. All articles ate marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not apt)! owed of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London , " gratis and post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cats DAY.—Morning, Oh. 15tu.—Afternoon, Oh. 39m. ro-Monuow.-Morning, lh. lm.—Afternoon, lh. 22m. 0,.. 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 d 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 iu get ting into the City, an hour's expectation of the post, and a hindrance on the railway journey, are 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 pineh 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. ITORSMAN 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 dinner 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. IIoRsHAN said 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 mmuer possible to progress ; but with respect to the regular army it is different in some respects, Soul very good ad- THE SUN, LOSLOS, THURSDAY EVENIING-, JANUARY 3 1867 ( vice is tendered in this speech, which those in artthority might do well to ponder over, and we are certain that the results would be favourable to the general advantage of the community and the efficiency of the service. The Report recently made by the Commission on Recruiting shows the great dbfficulty that is found in the way of recruiting the 0,3 rmy. 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 ;famine and emigration, is no longer, as usual, the great recruiting ground for our army; and the other that the pay of the soldier seems very poxr now beside of the increase in wages which has lately taken place. To remedy these deficiencies, in some measure, Mr. IlonsmAN recommends that we should adopt measures such as " the increase of pay, the division of the service into home and foreign, 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 c3untries, 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 iu 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 illoniteur 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 ad niration and satisfaction. It is an apt, forcible, and sound illustration of the Emperor's celebrated sentiment, " The Empire is Peace." A letter from Munich states that the King of Bavaria has appointed Prince de Hoheulohe Minis ter of Foreign Affairs and of the Royal Household. 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 he 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 iu con sequence of his fortitude and heroism. After spend ing two years iu 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. Pius IX. owes his elevation to the Papal throne to his piety, his learning, and his un affected simplicity of character. The dignity of Pope is synonymous with the title of Universal Apostle. The foundation of the Papal power has its origin in an expression of 'Christ recorded by the evangelist Matthew-1c Thou art Pierre (stone), and upon 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 archaeological 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 assisted in writing " La Fille de l'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 E. 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 Las 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 corree. 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. L A TEST INTEL LIG-EWE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Great Reform Demonstration at Blae'burn. 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 of 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 variocsly 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 members 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 mesting 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." Mr. Lowe and the Working OlasseF. The following correspondence has been for warded to us for publication : " 10, Clarendon-gardens, Maida-vale, W., Jan. 1, 1867. _ _ _ " Sir,---Believing 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 irnportince 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 occasions at least the industrial popu lations have evinced an honourable eagerness to sacrifice time, means, comfort, and convenience in a cause which they were sufficiently enlightened to consider sacred and beneficial. ~ 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 ilia posing and convincing demonstrations o f self-con trol and intelligence appear to me unm i stakably actuated if by mere c a p r i ce, the your public utt erance have to point ; but I do unhesitatingly sub m it t h at under these no circumstances,hithertobeen moment has arrived when you may well undo what threatens to be a fatal work, and gra ce f u l ly retract accusations which only enemies of English freedom, English character, and English institutions could hail with pleasure or satisfaction. 4i Again apologising for th rus ti ng myself upon your notice and trespassing upon your time, " I have the honour to remain your obedient, humble servant, " Jo sEPH GUISDALLA. " The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P." " 34, Lowndes-square, Jan. 2, 1867. "Sir,—For many months the Reform League has, by resolutions, handbills, and speeches, aciused me of charging the entire working class of this country with venality, drunkenness, and other miscon duct. The passage in my speech of March 13, 1866, on which this accusation 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 constituencieA, not of the working class at large ; and, next, that 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 vengeance, of my fellow-countrymen. " With such a body and its leaders, of whom you appear to be one, I have no courtesies to inter change. When I think proper to give an opinion on the recent popular demonstrations it is not to 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 such a request. I decline to accede to it, and leave the case to the judgment of the country. I shall send this corre spondence to the newspapers. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " Joseph Guedalla, Esq." " ROBERT LowE. ADDITIONAL AlAns TO BOMBAY.—Commencing with the mails to be despatched from Loudon on the 20th January, via Southampton, and on the 2Gth 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 sent via Southampton, will continue to be despatched from Suez by the packets proceeding to Madras and Calcutta. MAILS FOR HONDURIS.—The mails for Honduras, which of late have been forwarded from England by private ship, will, for the present, be made up on the 2d and 17th of each month for transmission by regular packet to Havalinah, and thence to Honduras by a schooner which will be provided by the colonial Government, ITALY. FLORENCE, Jan. 2, Evening. General Menabrea has been appointed first Aide de-Camp to the King. llis 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 Rome 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 Cones 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 element of concord and equilibrium. The Convention of the 15th Sept, so happily executed, has 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 arc 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 Depots tend to diminish the amount of Stock on the market, and the charge for carrying over (report) is exceedingly small; there is even a deport on Threes of from 2c. to 6c. ; add to this that a rise of no less than is telegraphed on Eng lish Consols. Threes are now quoted at 69f. 70e., with an advance of 221 c. 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. 15c. 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 following quotations : Bank Shares 3565 Italian Loan — Do. end month 56 15 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred w AYtl. 4i per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 69 40 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fourier — Do. end month 1392 50 RAIL For Account. Orleans Northern 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean 9Ol 25 Southern 682 50 Western — Eastern Sardinian . B2 50 Austrian Lombard 385 North of Spain 125 S aragosE a 135 Ditto to Barcelona 53 75 Roman. THE WORKING MEN OF CHELMSFORD AND MR. BRIGIIT.—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 opportimity 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 fat 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 am,;very 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 dancing 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 iu the Long Hall. The Duke and others danced for about two hours, and after they left the room a most sumptuous snpper 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 themselves to the utmost, The Clerkenwell Casual Wards. - Yesterday Mr. Corbett, one of the Poor Law Commissioners for the metropolitan district, held an inquiry at the Clerkenwell Workhouse, respecting the alleged refusal of the officials to admit persons to the wards certified under the Houseless Poor Act. 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, b ecause 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 convinced from all he saw that the gentleman was perfectly sober. He thought, however, that the men had 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 List-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 not 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, toldther bringingguardiatis they ou g ht t o b e o b l i ged to Mr. 'While for I t v h a eza g a f e o r r otuhte, Poor r h e L r a e w c B in o n a i r e d n , d s e r d ep t o h .r e t m , p faosryistuteymeabtyl,ewlsiiithem, without shoulbe checked. o d d he refusals to as i l , m he it applicants ruai.dian; t p .h a e ss p e r d o a ce v e it in e g o s f , terminated. A t \ i ' l h a i n ch ks b t a o d tedonfollirinsisait'onnyerCouarnsd, 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. , 111111iRT ' tritlrt , TIER 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 walked in the grounds. Prince Leopold walked out this morning, attendel by Mr. Leg. Yesterday being New Year's-day a Christmas tree was prepared, by her Majesty's command, for the upper servants of the establishment au Osborne, and another for those attending the servants' hail. The upper servants assembled at six o'clock, a nd shortly afterwards the Queen and the royal family entered the room, when her Majesty handed a pre sent to each. Her 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 iu 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 Mit did not in the least prevent the streets from assaming 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 truth, do not seem to require any great pressing. The Bou!eVards 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 emblazournents of all nations, the waist encircled with numerous oritlanimes, falling to the feet, inscribed with the emblems of art and rnanuftures, and with gold and silver medals pro fusely scattered over it. In other .;hops 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 remains 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 do 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-ducsss, the endless train, necklaces and jewelled bracelets, and silks and velvets overcharged with golden flowers. had Dupin aide 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 in the Boulevards des Capucines a newly opened bazaar round which groups assemble during the few hours of daylight we still enjoy, and again when the lamps are lighted. There are stoves of joeets 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 nason, 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 with 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 Varieles —frock, ribands, hat, eye-glass, and with the air which distinguishes the ladies of the demi-monde. There are, however, dolls for every taste—one is 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, however, 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 du Capucines. The greater part are said to come from Saxony and Nuremberg. There are fabricated the little printing-presses with all their appliances, magic lanterns, m agnet i c playthings, such as ducks and fishes, m ov i ng m i ce, and numberless other marvels of the same kind. The articles made of 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 is tin or lead ; lotoes, dominoes, humming-tops, wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes, are the produce ofv the French departments. To Paris as well as to England and Germany the rising generation are indebted for figures in pasteboard or lambskin stuffed out with sawdust, dancing puppets, in pasteboard or wood ; theatres, swords, muskets, 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 in dustry the Germans have the advantage of producing much cheaper 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 employ not less than 2,000 workmen ; and that in the course of the year they produce articles of the aggregate value of 10 million of francs. Under these circum stances, it is hardly necessary to say that certain branches of the Paris trade are flourishing at this moment. ~BRIGHTON RACES, 1867.—A meeting of the Brighton Race Committee was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday, upon which occasion the principal silversmiths in London and Brighton submitted by desire numerous designs for the silver cup, value £4OO, to be run for at the above races this yeah The successful competitors were Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., Bruton-street, Bond-street. LETTER FROM LORD BROUGHAM TO M. BERRYER. —Lord Brougham has addressed the following letter (in French) to M. Berryer :—" Cannes, Dec. 28.—My dear and illustrious confrere,—l send you the report of the discourse which I delivered at the Manchester Congress ; and, as - it was in my 89th year, it is almost certain that I shall not deliver another. On taking leave of the public I thought it incumbent on me to express my sentiments against wars and against those great murderers, of whom the Emperor Napoleon I. was the most guilty. But I have added that his nephew, Napoleon 111., Las great merit for his decla rations against war. My indignati3n against .those mur derers was accompanied by my scorn for the folly of those Who encouraged them by their applause.—Aceept the as surance of my iiincoro friondship.—H. Bitooomix,"