The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-27 00:00:00

ADAPTED for PERSONS of all CLASSES, LONDON, .FRIDAY, DEC, 27, 1867. An important deputation waited upon the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, for the purpose of ascertaining the views of the,,Government as regards indemnification in the relief Df the sufferers by the recent Fenian outrage. The Rev. Mr. Ma guire, the incumbent of Clerkenwell, introduced the doputation to the right hon. gentleman, in the absence of Mr. TORRENS, M.P., and explained the reasons which induced them to come forward just now. They felt that it was on public grounds that they brought forward this application. This is true, since it is not a local cause that has occasioned so heavy a calamity to fall upon these sufferers, although, unfortunately, the evil has been localised. &s Mr. MAGUIRE said impressively, "Clerkenwell has become the vicarious sacrifice for all England ; the blow that was intended for England had fallen upon Clerkenwell, and the member of the body that received the blow was Clerkenwell, therefore he thought the maxim ought to be, that if one mem ber suffers all the members suffer with it, and hence the deputation." The committee, which was hastily formed for the purpose of affording relief to the sufferers, who were so suddenly overtaken by this heavy affliction, has done its work well and faith fully hitherto ; but there is a great deal more to do yet, as any one at all acquainted with the details of this sad affair must know, and it is quite as well that some, most likely the public, will be surprised to find that the loss is so considerable it appears that from twelve to fifteen thousand pounds will be required to cover the expenses of re-establishing things iu their former state. Two hundred houses have been affected, and these contained some GOO families. In estimating the whole loss we must consi der the dismantled houses, shattered furniture, homes in utter ruin, tools and working materials lost, forty persons in hospitals maimed and disfigured, some of them for life, and for many of whom an nuities will have to be provided. After some other speaker had addressed the Chancellor, the right hon. gentleman replied in a very proper spirit. He said that he had listened with great attention to the various observations addressed to him, and he gave it as his decided opinion that Clerkenwell had dis played a deal of public spirit in this painful business. The Government came forward to supply the most pressing necessities of the moment, "acting under the great excitement of the time, and the alarming nature of the outrage." We quite agree with the Chancellor of the Exchequer that as yet the ques tion as to the necessity for funds has never been fairly put before the country. There is, as he em phatically said, " deep sympathy in the minds and hearts of the people of this great nation," and if that sympathy be fully awakened there is never cause to lament the shortcom ings of assistance or of necessary aid. So far as the Government are concerned, it is gratifying to meet with the assurance thus conveyed that the sympathy of the Cabinet is as fresh as ever; but it is only reasonable that the Government should like to know what amount they would be likely to re quire to carry out the aim of the committee before they come forward with assistance. The advice of Mr. DISRAELI is good. He proposes that the com mittee should at once take steps to put before the public all possible information of the most detailed kind, setting forth, at the same time, the effect of the calamity on the various classes of the sufferers, and the several kinds of sufferers. In order to put the case before the country most com pletely and fairly, the right hon. gentleman sug gested, in conclusion, that they should call a public meeting in Clerkenwell. We think that the pro posals of the right hon. gentleman, are most excel lent ones, and we hope that those im mediately concerned will follow them out as far as possible, for such a course cannot fail to meet the desired end, and fulfil the requirements of the case. In reply to a question subsequently put, Mr. DISRAELI said that he did not anticipate any deficiency could exist after the appeal he recommended had been made ; but in the event of such a drawback, then it would be for the Government to address itself to the case ; but so far as matters were now it was not advisable for them to do so. On the whole, then, it must be considered that the deputation has met with a very fitting recvtion, and we earnestly hope that they will in future carry on their lasours with the same public spirit that has hitherto characterised then. It is scarcely neces sary to add the belief that the public will not fail to do their part, and that this Fenian outrage at Clerkenwell may afford another opportunity for the display of that generosity which other calami ties have so prsented, and in respect to which this country stands alone. Whenever it is found necessary on the part of the Government of this country to appeal to the loyalty and patriotism of the population generally, there is never any doubt as to the response. Per sons of every rank press forward to offer their services in the common cause, regardles; of per sonal sacrifice or annoyance. Peers an 1 men of leisure surrender their ease and luxury with the same readiness that tradesmen and mechanics com- FIFE BOAT SERVICES.--During the Storms of the present year the Sational Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,027 lives from various ship wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,444 for rewards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. First Morning Performance of the Pantomime on Saturday, Dec. 28, and every Wednesday and Satur day unt il Feb. 15. Children and schools admitted at reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre:-- Stalls, dress circle, and first circle, for Morning Per formance only.—THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), Dec. 27, and every evening until further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce, by li. Reece, Esq., en filed HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by Nlessrs. Jos...ph Irving, C. Warner, J. Morris ; Ifes lames Kate Harfleur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled 211 V FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. The gorgeously beautiful scenery by Mr. William Beverley. The characters in the opening: Miss Poole, Mesdames Edith Stuart, Kate Hartleur, E. Mel ville, Carew, Blair, Corri, Amy Herbert, Hall, and Auais Tourneur, premiere danseuse ; Mr. Joseph Irving (his first appearance this season), Messrs. Moreland, .1. B. Johnstone, Naylor, Pennington, Mitcheson ; Master Edward Lewis, Master Frederick Charles, and Master Russell, the living Miniatures; Master Percy Roselle. The Harlequinade includes the services of those popu lar pantomimists (forming a treble company), Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, and Tom Dot, clowns ; Messrs. Barnes, Morris, and Master Russel, pantaloons ; Messrs. Cormack, S. Saville, and Algar, harlequins ; Messrs. Sidney and Jelina, sprites; Mdlles. Fanny Lauri, Adele Marion, and Eugenie Valckenacre, columbines. The Juvenile Christy's Minstrels : Majilton the Gro tesque ; and the celebrated Skaters, Madame Fredreka and Mr. Elliott. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. The masks, designs, and dresses, from designs by the humorously-renowned Dyk-Wyn-Kyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The dances and action of the Ballet, and the general business of the children's scenes, arranged by Mr. John Cormack. Costumes by Mr. S. May and Mrs. Lawler. Private boxes, one, two, three, four, and five guineas ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, ss. ; first circle, 4s. ; balcony seats, 3s. ; pit 2s. ; lower gallery, Is. ; upper gallery, 6d. Box-office open from ten to five daily. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to commence at seven o'clock. T HEATRE ROYAL, lIA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Raymond, Chippendale, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, Clark, Cue, 8:e.; Mesdames Chippendale, Robertson, Dalton, Wright, Burke, &c. After which, the New BURLESQUE; Messrs, Rogers, Clark, Braid, &c.: Mesdames Burke, Da!toil, Wright, &c. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Clark, Mr Gordon, &c, Commence at Seven. TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his first appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her first appearance), Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. it OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. -LW New Management _ _ - Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; — Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan. THIS EVENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley 11. Wigan, Addison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. To conclude with PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs. R. Soutar and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore, St. Henry, and E. Farren. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles ua Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and 3lr. Vining as Badger. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester, H. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. Second appearance of Mr. J. L. TOOLE. TIIIS EVENING, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Mr. H. Irving, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Miss E. Terry. After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude wail THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr. J. L. Toole. Box-ollice open daily from Ten till Four. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Price and Widdii•ombe. Messrs After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND OR.SON; or. Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell Arthur; /Mlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupine, Green, and the circ‘a.t. Little Rowena. OSY,,III,Lee and S R A N , D mi.3. E. THIS EVENING, at 7, KIND TO A FAULT. After ve iieli will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD " _Messrs. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, Newton, &c. To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN It. 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If the Fenians have succeeded in nothing else, they have at least shown the world that the English people are not to he terrified into unreasoning panic, or incensed into injustice, but that while they are pre pared to support the civil authorities to the utmost, and to defend their homes and property against attack, they are still resolved to mete out the fall measure of justice to the suspected offenders, and to give the men under trial every facility for clear ing themselves, if possible, from the charges brought against them. The suggestion of the Home-office, with regard to the enrolment of special constables, has been responded to with surprising vigour and promptitude. In fact the public experienced a re lief in being called upon to give active expression to their feelings of indignation against the perpe trators of the dastardly outrage in Clerkenwell, and in having definite duties to perform for the protection of life and property in place of in dulging in vague apprehensions and general panic. In the metropolis alone 30,000 special constables have already been sworn in, and a vigilant force to supplement the efforts of the police wherever re quisite. It is a gratifying thing to find so many working men coming forward to enrol themselves in answer to the appeal of the Government, as if to show that the traditional love of law and order which belongs to the English working man is some thing more than a mere name ; notwithstanding the efforts which have been industriously made to re present the English workman as an oppressed and discontented misanthrope, any public occasion of this sort invariably shows him in his true light— quick to feel sympathy for the suffering, stout of heart and strong of hand to pre serve order and see justice done, and stern to resent cruelty and cowardice under whatever names they may endeavour to disguise themselves. There is a total extinction of all the mock sympathy with the " misguided patriotism," whose object is to be attained no matter at what slaughter and sacrifice of the unoffending women and children. Those who have looked on the maimed and disfigured forms of the helpless women and little ones in the hospitals will not listen with much patience hence forward to funeral orations over Fenian heroes, or appeals for mercy on behalf of Fenian convicts. Fenianism has shown itself in its true colours, and if the authorities had not forcibly arrested the elo quence of the speakers over the mock coffins and of the orators at Clerkenwell-green, they would have found it very difficult to re-adjust the mask. Every one must regret the severity of the local misfortune, and the sympathies of the country have never, perhaps, been more strongly or more simul taneously aroused; but out of the evil good has been forthcoming. The common feeling of pity and in dignation has united the people and hidden all minor differences. It has exhibited to the world in a strong light convincing proof that the English are really contented with their form of Government, and re solved to maintain their social and political system in statu quo. The greatest unanimity has marked the public meetings at which the question of special constables has been considered, and some of the large London parishes have contributed 3,000 and 4,000 each. No doubt yet more would be forth coming if needed, but at present there is ample pro vision for any possible emergency. There is no probability of a grand assault or combined attack. The danger is exceptional and insidious, and it is the more necessary to keep a strict look out, because the designs of Fenianism are only too welcome to what are known as the dangerous classes. The confusion of an explosion, the panic of a fire, the darkness following the sud den extinction of g‘ts, all afford welcome oppor tunities to the burglar, the pickpocket, and the thief or garotter. Winter is of itse!f a a conve nient season for these gentry to practise their favourite pursuits, and the Fenians will never lack for hands to carry out their evil de signs. Under such circumstances a strict and vigilant guard over all large estab lishments is the best and most efficient means of preserving the public peace ; and the public, already over taxed and in great personal danger, are not numerically strong enough to fulfil the task. The force is to be increased by one thousand, but even then there would be much to be left to private enterprise and volunteer assistance, and we have no doubt that the circular which the Home-office has just sent to the provincial mayors will meet with as cordial and ready a response as the appeal which has already been made to the patriotism and public spirit of the citizens of London. BANK OF FRANCE PARIS, Dec. 26. The following is the return of the Bank of Franc• for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 2G. Dec. 19. fr. S. fr. s. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank end its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 85,599,724 34,095,644 12 Treasury account cur rent creditor Ourrent accounts, Paris 385,682,994 18 387,171,370 93 Do. branch banks 41,074,885 40,151,293 Dividends payable 617,170 75 652,070 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Suudries Total CREDITOR. Dec. 26. Doc. 19. Cash in hand and in fr. 6. fr. • Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 249,548,098 71 252,478,827 92 Do. branch banks 246,629,596 250,989,168 Advances on deposit of bullion 54,424,600 54,329,100 Do. branch banks 11,265,977 11,325,977 Do. on French Public __ Securities v ~ ----- 12,855,400 12,715,400 Do. by branch banks 7,758,800 7,655,000 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1837) 60,000,000 ;--- 60,000,000 Government Stock re- servo 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable lientes Innuobalimies (Law, June 2, 1457) 1e'2,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the ILult and landed property branches 8,27(3,265 8,280,263 Expenses of manage ment 2,465,821 87 Sundries Total 1,909,190,499 73 1,906,191,442 63 Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Franc• (Signed) ROULAND. THE ACCIDENT AT THE CABINET THEATRE.—The authorities of the Royal Free Hospital have forwarded to Dr. Lankester the particulars of tho death of Joseph Sheppard, a carriage -trimmer, of Noble-street, St. Luke's, who met his death through the injuries he received at the Cabinet Theatre, Liverpool-street, King's-cross, on Tuesday last. Notwithstanding that everything was done for him at the hospital that human skill could suggest he died between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Tho deceased, it was stated, was a sober, steady man, had been in the employ of one master for 16 years, and has left a wife and family to derlore his untimely loos. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (prcou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TIIMISDAY, Dec. 26. Very decided opinions are held here at the Army Organisation Bill, and I need not say that these opinions are diametrically opposed to Government. The Senate has examined seventy-eight petitions, covered with thousands of signatures, and which have come from the districts of the Gironde, the Cate-d'Or, the Seine, the Jura, and other districts where the inhabitants are employed more in agricultural than in manufacturing pur suits. Each of those petitions criticised the organisation scheme severely, and prayed for its rejection. The peti tioners state that the consequence of the new military law will be the probable ruin of agriculture. A feeling of uneasiness is felt with respect to the eastern frontier of France. The needle-gun of Prussia is a cause the effects of which will never be fully comprehended. Engineers have been sent to Metz to strengthen the fortifi cations of that town, and a third regiment of the line will be sent directly to add to the defensive force of the dis trict, and to assist in the works of fortification. - Rumours of the possibility, if not the probability, or war are everywhere afloat, and in this season of commer cial depression the armourer is the only busy man. A melancholy state of matters prevails in Northern Italy. The country itself is poorly armed ; but, strange to say. one special branch of industry actively carried on there at present is the manufacture of Chassepot rifles for France. The Italie states that 30,000 of these weapons have already been delivered, and that the manufacture is being carried on with the greatest activity. Three French officers have been sent to Brescia to examine and receive the arms as soon as they are delivered. One of our journals, La Libert4, announced the othe_ day that the garrison of Malta had been reinforced, and that the English fleet had assembled in the port. The latest information is that Lord Clarence Paget had re ceived orders to complete the storage of the vessels, and be ready to take to the sea at the first signal. M. de Lamartine, about whose health the most serious reports were common only the other day, is believed to be less dangerously ill than was at first stated. At the Theatre Lyriqe, the " Fair Maid of Perth " La Jolie File de Perth—a comic opera in three acts, is now being performed. The libretto is by M. de Saint-Georges, and the music by M. Georges Bizet. One is a little amused to note in the advertisements that the part of " Henry Smith" is undertaken by M. Massey. The first representation of a new opera-bouffe, by M. Offen bach, entitled, " Genevieve de Brabant," was given the other night. The " Train des Maris "is running at the Athenee. Two first representations are promised on the same evening by the Fantaises-Parisiennes—" Le Croisade de Dames," by Schubert, and the " Elixir de Cornelius," a condo opera, by Henri Meilhac and Ara ar Delavigne. Comic operas are the only kind of musical entertainments that go down at present. A new one, called " Roger Bontemps," comes cut directly at the Fantaises-Pari siennes, and also another, called " La Petite Fadette." Mdlle. Patti is singing in " Ernani" at present, and " Don Giovanni," in. which the Patti will play the chief r6le, is promised for an early day. A friend of mine was in company with the famous Emile de Girardin, editor of La 'Jibe. te, at the Bureau of Police the other day Monsieur, the chief authcrity im proved the occasion by instructing the witty editor to make no remark whatever in his journal respecting the Italian question. " Ah, agreed," said Girardin, laughing good - naturedly ; " I shall let Rome remain where it is for the present—Mexico will suffice I " As might be expected, the authorities were more enraged to think that the disastrous Mexican expedi tion, the sorest subject to a Frenchman of all subjects, was again to be exhibited before the Parisians, that they would have been, had the Italian difficulty been written about, in the very fiercest terms. LATEST INTELLEGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Dec. 2G, 11.10 p.m. The Ministerial crisis continues. It is stated that Signor Mafi has finally declined to remain in the Ministry. Signor Cordova is designated as the new Minister of Finance. The Italian Government hasreceived no confirma tion of the statement made in Paris, that the Ponti fical Government opposed the payment of th© next coupon of the Italian Rente. In any case this would not prevent the payment, as Messrs. Roths child are provided with the necessary funds. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 27. The Wiener Zeitung of to-day publishes two im perial rescripts, one addressed to Baron von Beust, the other to Count Andrassy. The Emperor, in his letter to Baron Beast, relieves him from further duties as President of the Council of Ministers for the countries represented in the Reichsrath. The Emperor adds that he completely shares the satisfaction with which Baron TOII Beust may re gard the period during which, by self-sacrificing ac tivity, he has succeeded in achieving the settlement of a task the difficulties of which the Emperor is able fully to appreciate. His Majesty, in recog nising the successful endeavourkof Baron von Beust, welcomes what has been effected with great satisfac tion and directs him to take the requisite prelimi nary steps for the establishment of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, of War, and of Finance for the whole Empire in accordance with the Constitution. At the same time the Imperial rescript appoints Baron Becke as Minister of Finance, and orders Baron von Beust and Field-Marshal Lieutenant Baron von John to continue to discharge, as Ministers for the whole Empire, the duties of those offices they have hitherto filled. The Imperial rescript to Count Andrassy ac quaints him with the above-mentioned arrangements, and declares to him that he has earned the thanks of the Emperor for his successful co-operation in bringing about the compromise between Hungary and Austria, and for the powerful support which he has contributed towards the achievement of a diffi cult and important task. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dec 26, 6 p.m. The steamer Chicago arrived hero yesterday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 134. Sterling Exchange on London, 1101. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1081. Illinois, 131. Erie, 731, Cotton, Middling Upland, 151. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26. Petroleum, standard white, 241. CROOKIIAVEN, Dec. 27 (8.15 am.) The Cunard steamship China is now passing Browhead Signal Station en route for Queenstown. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 26, Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 65 Credit Mobilier 167 50 End of month 166 25 Credit Foncier 1365 Ead of month 1362 50 RIILWA Bank Shares 3120 Ital 4 an Loan End of month 45 7i Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Throes Home Debt 3l 50 Deferred 35 Account, Orleans Northern • .. 117 1 14 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5514 Western Eastern .. s 3l} Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa, - Email CHRISTMAS LECTURES AT 771 E ROYAL LVS7 ITUTION. The usual short course of lectures at the Royal Institution, adapted to a juvenile auditory at Christmas, was commenced yesterday by Professor Tyndall, the subject this year being " On heat and cold." In the exposition of the phenomena of heat Professor Tyndall considered them as being produced entirely by the motion of particles, and that heat is by that means actually created, in opposition to the former theory that the sensation of heat is produced by the concentration of the matter of heat always existing. lie commenced by explain ing the process by which sensation is conveyed to the brain by the action of the nerves ; using as an illustration a row of solitaire balls, for the purpose of showing that an impulse given to tLe end ball is transmitted by imperceptible vibrations through the whole number, which remain unmovable, whilst motion is communicated only to the last ball of the series. The production of heat by friction was at tributed to vibratory motions among the particles of the bodies acted on ,which motions, though invisible, are supposed to be sufficiently energetic to generate heat. Several illustrations were given of the produc tion of heat by friction, commencing with the common experiment of rubbing a metal button on a piece of wood, by which means a sufficient amount of heat is generated to feel painfully hot when the but ton is applied to the face. Some ether was put into a small vertical metal cylinder, and, when turned rapidly round by a wheeling table, grasped with a piece of flannel, the ether boiled and forced out a cork inserted into one end of the cylinder. Some pieces of fusible metal were next put into the cylin • der, and became melted by friction in a similar way. A pair of the wooden sticks by which the Kew Zea landers obtain a light by rapid friction were also exhibited,but not successfully experimented with, as the rapidity of action required is greater than can be given by those not well practised in the art. The heat proficed by combustion was also attributed to the rapid percussion of particles ; the burning substance, according to the view of the generation of heat, attracted the oxygen of the atmosphere towards it with so much rapidity as to create the heat given out during the process. Professor Tyndall endeavoured, with much effect, to impress the nature of this action on the minds of the juvenile portion of his audience, and often called on them to bring their imaginations to conceive how the effect wrs produced ; but it may be doubted whether he succeeded in giving a clear idea of this theory of the production of beat by combustion, though he illustrated it with many well-contrived and brilliant experiments. The burning of a steel watch spring by an oxyhydrogen jet, the increased brilliancy of the action when the ignited steel was plunged into a jar of oxygen gas, and the combustion of iron filings thrown into a jet of hydrogen, were all at tributed to the percussion of the particles of oxygen drawn to the igniting body with great rapidity. The extension of bodies, especially of metals, by heat, was shown by several experiments, iu one of which a brass and steel bar, placed horizontally, were so arranged above a row of jets of flame that when expanded by heat they brought into action by contact an electrical current which ignited a jet of ga4. This effect of heat was not very clearly ex plained, according to the hypothesis of vibratory motion. Another experiment, which Professor Tyndall said was the most delicate of the kind that had ever been arranged, exhibited very distinctly, by means of the reflection of a small mirror at tached by a wire to a bar of lead, the extension of the metal when only breathed upon. This was the last experiment. In the next lecture to-morrow the measurement of the effects of heat will be the subject. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather the body of the lecture-theatre was completely filled. The Marchioness Conyngham has arrived in Chesham-place from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings at Donnington Park. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP. Mr. George Augustus Sala is about to contribute a series of chatty articles in the Sportsman newspaper. The height of the season is the time in which to view London. There are two " heights" in the year—one in late spring and early summer, the other at Christmas. The latter presents specially the characteristic features of the English character—the kindly hospitality with which a certain amount of business-like, trader promptitude of manner, seems to be inalienably allied. Resolved to be hold the " humours" of a London Christmas Eve in the inadequate sense in which there can be seen by a casual observer, I set forth on Tuesday night. As the destinie4 had decreed, I found myself piloted by a guide, philoso pher, and friend, through the mazes of Lambeth. The choicest quarter of Lambeth appears to be the Lower Marsh. Here there were indeed novel ties of all descriptions. Vegetables in every variety. confectionery, fish of every fin, pots and pans, trousers ; and other gear of an endlessly miscellaneous kind well. being bought and sold. The great street, brilliantly' lighted, was crowded with people. The Lower Ten were fully represented, and it was neither an uncommon nor unpleasing siglit to behold huge, hulking, unwieldy labourers steering through the crowd with quite a little load of toys in their hands and accompanied by troops of, jubilant children. One of the chief establishments in this district is that of Mr. Grove. What Lambeth labourer knows not his pants—what trans 7 pontine clerk is unfamiliar with his " Chesterfields ?' This enterprising gentleman was at one time the most frequently-named person in the city and neighbourhood of London. There was a time when meadow, grove, and field around London were all duly labelled, " Who is Grove ?" to which the answering wayside and the turn pike-gate replied, " The best clothier in Lower Marsh." The very stones prated of his whereabouts, and the pave ment was eloquent on the subject of underclothing. Country inns invited your inspection of coats (superfine quality) at nine shillings, and inexpressibles (really good; at the sum of one crown. As for London itself, it was familiar, perhaps sick, of Grove. Grove, like the present " Griffiths," was seen on every dead wall, in every newspaper, magazine, railway carriage, omnibus, coffee-shop, and bar. If you wished to enjoy a day's fishing, and went a little way into the country, you would find that the shallow river to whose falls melodious birds sang madrigals had been indoctri nated into the name of Grove, that the tree beneath which you reclined was ticketed " Grove," that the paper that enwrapped your flies or your tobacco hinted at cheap clothing, and that the Tyne and Wear babbled of the Lower Marsh. There must be something fine in the Grove nature, however. No sooner had he amassed the princely fortune which was the natural result of sufficiently extensive advertising, than his tastes began to develope, and he sheaved what stuff he was made of. The dilettante elegance of taste, the poetic sym pathy without which life would have no " trimmings" either for man or tailor, began to shew itself, and a few years of good trade saw Mr. Grove what he is at present --the proud proprietor of Pope's Villa at Twickenham. Shade of Belinda, rest ! One of the most valuable properties in London is likely to become the subject of a lawsuit. St. Katherine's Docks are claimed by an officer in the Indian army, the son of a former Governor of the West Coast of Africa. This officer and a brother were, if the claimant's statement is to be believed, entitled to the fee-simple of the land on which these docks now stand. The brother died during the Indian mutiny, and the survivor now contends that this enormously valuable estate, bringing in £90,000 a year, is his. I do not pretend to know what foundation there is for this claim ; hut I am certain that it will be resisted to the uttermost. The outer circle of the metropolitan railways is making great progress. The line between Paddington and Vic toria stations will not be opened this Christmas, as was hoped, but I believe not many months will elapse before passengers will be able to pass from the Great 'Western to the London, Chatham, and Dover line, without the neces. sity of threading the narrow defile of Park-lane. Two large stations are being built, one just opposite the Grosvenor Hotel, the other fronting the Great Western Hotel. Praed-street, in which the latter build ing is situated, has to a great extent been pulled down, and is now in course of re-erection. The railway over Mont Cenis has been a practical failure thus far, and the Italians are inclined to snake merry at Mr. Fell's ex pense. But an Englishman never knows when he is beaten, and Mr. Fell has not yet abandoned his attempt, but is at the present time zonstructing covered ways to keep off the snow in the most exposed places. ITe may succeed, but inasmuch as the money invested will have to be earned back in four years, the pecuniary success of this project is at least doubtful. There is in one of the streets near Covent-garden a shop for the sale of artistic furniture. The manufacturers retain the services of several gentlemen well known in the art world, and these furnish designs in chairs, tables, carpets, bookcases, &c. Among the designers are Mr. Godwin, editor of the Builder, and Mr. Charles East lake, a nephew of the late Sir Charles Eastlake, presi dent of the Royal Academy, and known to the readers of London Society under the nom de plume of " Jack Easel." When the Anglo-French commercial treaty comes to be revised two years hence, it is to be hoped that the tw o Governments may agree upon reducing the import duty laid upon marble conveyed into France. At present this duty is enormously heavy, and the fact that in spite of it a large quantity of English marble finds its way to Paris chews how good a trade might be done if the terms were ram equitable. --- THE POPE'S ALLOCUTION. -.___~. The Giornale di Roma publishes the Latin text of the Allocution which the Pope addressed to the Secret Consistory held on the 20th inst. The fol lowing is a translation of the document : __ Venerable Brethren,— Rica in mercy, God, who consoles us in all our tribulations, in order that, hoping always in Him, and not being intimidated by obstacles, we may walk with a step which is always firmer in the way of righteousness, and that, supporting without fear the cause of His Holy Church, we may devote all our strength to the com plete discharge of our apostolic ministry. Every one sees most clearly how many testimonies of His divine goodness the most merciful Lord deigns to lavish upon us in the midst of the most serious calamities with which the church in these times of great iniquity is afflicted, and in the midst of the grave perils with which this apostolic see is tried and surrounded in all directions. While Satan, his satellites, and his children, do not cease to let loose their fury in the most horrible manner against our Divine religion, against us, and against the chair of St. Peter, oppressing and tormenting the popula tions of most unhappy Italy, so long devoted to us, the God of mercy and goodness unveils himself in an open and wonderful way to His Church ; He hastens to its aid, and grants to it the support of His all-powerful might. And hence it is, venerable brethren, that all the prelates of the catholic world, closely united to us by the bonds of faith and of charity, unanimous in supporting the Holy See, and moved by one sole thought, one common sentiment, constantly defend, some by the living voice, others by the pen, the cause of catholicity, ourselves, and the Holy See. Even the laity in the great public assemblies of Europe raise their voice for the protection of the Catholic Church and of this Holy See, on behalf of our temporal power and of the sovereignty of that see. Above all, the cause of our temporal power has, iu the Senate of Paris and in the Corps Legis latif, just been splendidly and magnificently de fended, almost with unanimous votes and with the applause and to the joy of all good men. The Catholic populations, deeply execrating the abominable perfidy of our enemies, hare hastened and rejoiced to testify their filial affection for us by public and brilliant demonstrations, to proclaim their piety and their veneration for the Holy See, and to assuage its sorrows by frequent contribu tions ; and the faithful of both sexes, even the poor, have brought us the aid of their money. And one can point, among ecclesiastics as among laymen, to the most illustrious writers who in their works, and the most eloquent orators who iu their speeches in the midst of great political assemblies, glory in de fending and supporting the venerable and indisput able principles of righteousness, of truth, and of the Holy See ; and they have defended them with ar dour and talent, victoriously re f u ti ng a ll the false hoods of the adversaries. And how many men of the noblest birth, in al most all countries, full of fervour for the cause of religion, leaving their relations, their wives, and their children, have hastened to the defence of our city, and, disregarding all fatigues and all perils, have not hesitated to enrol themselves in our army and to expose their lives for the Church, for our selves, and for the sovereignty of our Hely See. Catholic parents themselves, inflamed with the spirit of their religion, have sent their sons, even an only one, for the defence of the Holy See ; and, imitating the illustrious example of the mother of the Maccabees, they have gloried and rejoiced at seeing them shed their blood for such a cause. Moreover, the people subject to our civil authority, although exposed to the most criminal snares from the most perverse men, to menaces and evils of every kind, have nevertheless remained firm and stable in their duty towards us and the Holy See. Among them the people of Rome, who are especially dear to us and merit all our praise, have greatly distin guished themselves ; for nearly all the citizens of every order, of every grade, and of every condition in our holy city, have vied in proving to us their affection and their submission towards us, and their obedience to the civil authority of ourselves and our Holy See, and have burnt with a desire to assist us. You know also, venerable brethren, how our sol diers, worthy beyond contradiction of all praise, have distinguished themselves by their fidelity ; with what admirable bravery they have fought against the bands of those criminal men, and with what glory they have fallen on the field of battle in the cause of the Church. Moreover, you are not ignorant, venerable breth ren, how great has been the fidelity of our soldiers, how worthy of all praise and with what admirable valour they have fought against a band of most wicked men, and with what glory they have died in combating for the church. And you well know that the most serene and most powerful Emperor of the French nation, considering our most serious perils, sent his valiant troops, who, with their most excel lent leaders, were glad to aid, with all joy and zeal, our army, especially in the combat of Mentana and Monte Rotondo, to fight bravely by their side and to face death to the glory of their high fame. Nor are you ignorant that, especially in the field of sacred missions, tho Divine light of the gospel, every day more splendid, receives, with the help of God and our most holy religion, greater increase every day, and that those who stand in the darkness and in the shadow of death take refuge in the bosom of holy Mother Church, when the darkness of their minds is dispersed ; and that everywhere various pious institutions, most useful to all classes and for the needs of Christian and civil society, are every day on the increase. All these things, briefly re ferred to by us, together with the manifold snares of wicked men, discovered and defeated in a won derful manner, evidently show now the omnipotent and merciful Lord, in whose hands are the hearts of men, most mi racu l ous l y d e f en d s an d protects His Church, confirms most clearly the promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her, and that He is with us for ever until the consummation of all time. Wherefore, venerable brethren, let us always give our deepest and never-ending thanks to the most clement Father of mercies for so many favours received ; and, placing in Him alone all our hope and confidence, let us not cease to beseech Him with most fervent prayers that, through the merits of His only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ, He may continue to save His Church from all calamities, and free us from His and our Enemies, and to confound and make vain their impious counsels and desires. And let us be seech Him likewise that he may deign to bring back to a saving penitence, and to a true sense of justice, those enemies, and likewise those who, fighting against us, were made our prisoners, and who, treated most charitably by us, persist in their ob stinacy. And in order that God may the more readily hear our prayers, let us make use of, first of all, the intercession of the immaculate Virgin Mary, who is our most loving mother and the most power ful help of Christians, who obtains what she seeks, and cannot be frustrated ; next of the most holy St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and of the co-Apostle Paul, and all the saints who reign with Christ in Heaven. Before concluding, however, we cannot refrain from rendering deserved and most ample praise and t o ex p ress th e mos t gra t e f u l sentiments of our mind to all and each of those who by voice or writing, or by aid in any respect, have endea voured even to the peril of their lives to defend, to the great glory of their names, our cause, the cause of the Holy Sce, and of the Church. And let us not fail in all our prayers and orisons to humbly and fervently beseech God, from whom proceeds every good and perfect gift, that He may deign to heap upon those sons of the Church, who are most dear to us, and its most valorous defenders the richest gifts of the Divine grace and all Heavenly blessings. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S. —Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000; despatch boxes, writing cases, dressing cases, travelling bags, envelope cases, blotting books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, acc.; eigar eases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser vices, in every type. Parkins and (lotto, 25, Oxford street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly mit and fresh, consequaut upon A rAPid Pale.— fdDVT.) . anti .'*44l, Ch r ,t, . lIER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 26. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the equerry in waiting upon horseback ; and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur rode, and Prince Leopold walked out. Tho Prince of Leiningen left Osborne to-clay. F. Eloin had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family yesterday, and left this morning. LITERATURE. A Hero's Work. By Mrs. Duffus Hardy, author of " A Casual Acquaintance." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Since the publication of her former work, "A Casual Acquaintance," Mrs. Duffus Hardy has made great progress in the art of story-telling. " A Hero's Work" is pleasantly written, and the story is for the most part full of interest. We can not say that we admire the introduction of such unnatural characters as Madame Fontaine and her daughters. Madame Fon taine is singularly repulsive. The main inci dent of the story also, the unheroic " work" of the " hero," is not . an agreeable episode. The moral lesson might have been enforced with equal effect without the introduction of an incident so re volting in its details as the story of the unfor tunate Adrienne. The sole object of this event as it is described is of course to ' reveal the utter selfishness of the " hero," as ho has not even the excuse of passion to account for his treacherous conduct. The heroes of the Crimea have no cause to be complimented by the com panionship of Captain Archibald Dundas ! Not withstanding these grave errors which mar the excellence of the work, there are agreeable cha racters and pleasantly-written chapters in Mrs. Duffus Hardy's new work. Stung to the Quick; a North Country Story. BY Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. 3 vols. C. W. Wood. Another sensational story We were beginning to congratulate ourselves upon a little respite, but again we find ourselves transported from the terra firma of every-day life to that imaginary and impossible region familiar to the writers and abo (alas !) to the readers of sensational litera ture. In no region but that do we hear of babies picked up in the snow like Rhoda Wearbank, to devote their lives to the injury of their benefactors. No where else do we read of a young wife locked up in a secret chamber in her own house by a favourite friend, while her hus band is persuaded that she has eloped in the dis guise of a sailor boy with a treacherous boa cap tain ! Those who delight iu such marvels will find a rich treat in the record of Eva's imprisonment in a padded room, which permits no outcry to escape, with a trap-door stealthily lifted up in the night for the kind " friend" to introduce food, which food has to be surreptitiously purloined at the expense of the character of dog and cat. Nor is the escape of Eva less amazing than the record of her imprisonment. Even more astounding is Rhoda's revenge upon Lucy Askew, who deserts her home and risks her reputation by elopeiug with a foreign music -master, who proves to be no other than Rhoda in disguise An agreeable recollection of Mrs. Banks's former work, " God's Providence House," makes us regret to find her pen depicting a Rhoda Wearbank. A very Simple Story; Being a Chronicle of tho Thoughts and Feelings of a Child. By Florence Montgomery. Illustrated by the Marchioness of Queensberry and M. R. Richard Bentley. This is, indeed, a very simple, but exquisitely pathetic little story, most tenderly told. The illus trations are singularly graceful, and two of these, which contain all the pathos of the tale, will appeal to the heart of every beholder. In one we see a picture of little Maye, the tiny heroine of the story, a darling little child of five years old, standing barefoot in her little night dress, knocking at the closed door of her mother's chamber. " Mother !" wails the little voice, " mother ! it is Maye, only Maye, oh, dear Mother ! let me in !" But no sound comes from the room, no voice replies ; all is silence and darkness. The door is locked, but the anxious little supplicant will not be denied, and creeps round by the open dressing-room, and in the next picture we see the little loving child on the bed with clinging arms clasped round the dead mother's neck. These two pictures, as we have said, tell the whole story—a very touching little tale it is, and one which will bring tears to the eyes and tender feelings to the heart of many a reader. The manner in which the little history has been narrated by Florence Mont gomery is just as it should be. It is written with the utmost simplicity, which imparts to it an inex pressible charm, and is suffused throughout with an ineffable tenderness. The Story of Papa's Wise Dogs. Told and MO" trated by Himself. Routledge and Sons. Papa and his wise dogs will be welcome at many a Christmas fireside. The anecdotes recorded are founded on fact, and Papa relates them in the most natural and delightful manner. The " two dear little girls" to whom the book is dedicated will find many companions in their " appreciation and 100 of dog-nature," as exemplified in the histories of Jock and Fan, and Bar and Mr. Nio. Peter Parley's Annual. Darton and Co. " Peter Parley's Annual for 1868" is of more than ordinary excellence. Many of the pictures are oloured, and some are very spirited, as for example the group of shipwrecked boys waving a signal of distress. Lady Herbert of Lea, since her return from the West Indies, has been staying with her family at Wilton House, near Salisbury. SMALL BIRDS IN WINTER.—We see the footprints of the little robin in the snow, and where it lies deep the long-eared hare betrays her hiding plac, by the deep ih dentments she makes in:the feathery flakes. The half starved fieldfares huddle together in the naked hedges for warmth ; while the owl, rolling himself up like a ball in his feathers, creeps as far as he can into the old hollow tree to get out of the cold. That lively little fellow the water-wagtail—the smallest of our birds that walk-4 314 Y now be seen pecking about the spots of ground that AO unfrozen in moist places, though what he finds to ho d upon there, unless it be loosened bits of grit and gri t " vel, it is difficult to ascertain. Many a shy bird, but seldom seen at any other season, now draws nea r to our habitations in search of food ; and sometimes: when entering an outhouse, we are startled by the ru sh of wings, as the pretty intruder escapes by the WO doorway we are entering. We often wonder how, during a long and severe frost, the birds contrive to live. Th at many perish through cold and want of food is well knows through the number that are picked up dead a nd frozen, though a great number are eaten by the animal s that prey upon everything they can find. Many pick up insects in a dormant state from out the stems of de cayed trees, old walls, and the thatched roofs of co t " taxes and outhouses, and they also forage among furze' bushes, the underneath portions of which, being dead, form a warm shelter for such insects as the gnats, which may 1)(i seen out in every gleam of sunshine. Wood pigeons (36 t the eyeshoots out of the tops of turnips and devour t ile ' tenderest portion of winter greens. Larks and otbear birds find a living in the autumn-sown corn-fields, en make sad havoc among the seed. Other birds tear the thatch off corn-stacks, and eat until they aro hardly 81 ' 10 to fly. One thing we must consider, birds require les s , food during their short dark days than they dote any other season of the year, as they are asleep than double the time they pass in slumber in surva eri nor when awake do they exert themselves so ranch.° the wing as during the long days. It is an interestiu fact, as showing the care of the great Creator for 11.1 creatures, that the berries of the mistletoe only riP)ll 0 spring, when hips and haws and the berries of holly au ivy have disappeared. Thus in a prolonged winter rus v ; birds are kept from starving by means of the mistleteroo_ which they do not feed on till about the end of Februsla or early in March. The Engliehwornan's ponies i Magazine. Th correE atano incr . ; Icorti marks 4uppir eadil 'ast, t 0 76,, Ac( th e F; 1114 "SUN" NEWSPAPER,- IL GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road, delivers the LATE EDITION of the "THE SUN" ►t the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is iblo to deliver Copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts )f the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, 4ay 40 miles by nine o'clock. Orders by Post punctually attenaeta - 4 con bee not an( tak an( tiev Oth, No t 4 beir bull ing the Rail to cl 15th tion cern to rz 3s. i Leed of Paid 3s.t COllll At tureli date( Tt bee n (Liu] in g , the 0 deela -,k 4str In at , 4 4 8 ; at 72 11 1 b eett . Dri ce Polit a 4 ekli t C a i ed Drove 134 41) Otit m l I st at 51, l ave and Rage