The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-22 00:00:00

WORK. Palnicrstork lwer. ko this bio' ) author of worthily, bu t *usted to hire. Sir Henri ;, his original Palmerston , and William Eninousap :t his literary at intention , ciliate, home' mination the ace entrusted ording to the Dtters were At ides, an auto' Palmerston' varied. The t possible ad• spite of all its dimen .ble volumed carry down le completion rotary. The to let Lord , Cambridge , ,'l3, '2O, '2 6 )0 cy only upon firmed Par lia' indicative of ling of the i one of the life of Lord and 53, and method then borough seats aral in itself , . 0 d ingemous. ads at a low appointment' Is sold out at 3ed them 014' fed on their manner wo ° to be incoa: m afterwara" lot one guinea )ns.' It may ,wo thousand Ind sold &gai il mall numbe r lerable fun d g through it' sold them to teral well clir Igo of uncoil' eance Thooe 'rom our own. the mannel! fferent. It 0 a these con• Pahnerstoul i around him king of the r, he says, for Ton it," that ,e two, quit e went Garden Ifers to a AP• actable yowl, Portsmouth. Jord Palmer N of the de" anhagen. ,xpresses it, ,t manner 1)9 not then tole" stances was g' n, then bu t %, achieved ti m several or [eery Boho t nerston as 16 videnced the ated his title accomplishe d breer he de 3—that, hogs " the one in • as Foreigo )use for hour ° one man, 10- " We ar e mai of WO a rule, hog' his delivery dressing the rd him ri6e mediocrity as they we!: ack, now tms• ;iculation the s v ? c:s is b u ul: s t f o l iisciohe alludee " that hesitation and superabundance of gesture with the , ila nds, which were perceptible to the last when Lord •ralraeraton spoke unprepared and was seeking for words, for," adds Si r Henry, in terms of graceful extenuation; though he always used the right word, it often caused Pains to find it." It is curious, by the way, to bear, in re membrance . the fact that when in the October of 1809 Fie Chancellorship of the Exchequer was first offered to 41 / 1 1 , he had only once, namely, upon the delivery of his maiden speech in the previous session, opened his lips within the walls of Parliament. The complexion of the times, then and now, certainly presents a striking contrast "sa contrast so striking as to betray clearly a distinction 'bath a difference. Could anything, for example, in the . rs r emotest degree resembling the incident recounted by Lord r aloaerston in one of his letters, dated February 27, 1810, occur in the same arena (i.e., in the House of Commons) no wa d ays n ," We had last night," he wrote to the Hon Frances envie, " a most extraordinary display of foil-, coarse and vulgarity from Fuller, who, because Sir John f tl uitruther, the Chairman of the Committee, would not t ake noti ce of him when he several times attempted to I i ttorder to put some very gross and very absurd questions Lord Chatham, flew out into such a passion, and i nv?re, and abused the Chairman and the House to such uegree that it became at last necessary to commit him t O custody. As he went out he shook his fist at the 'Peake r , and said he was a d-d insignificant little Puppy, and, snapping his fingers at him, said he did not [ire that for him or the House eitr. He i s now amsing "Iruself with the Sergeant-at-Arm he s, and, I think, u was very lucky in not being sent to Newgate or the Tower." More like a squabble among rowdies on the floor of 'cugree,e, all that, than a scene in the British House of Commons. Throughout, these volumes have about them the re freshing charm of speaking the truth right out in regard 1 •° everyone, however exalted in position. Sometimes, it I▪ s true, the plain speaking of Lord Palmerston in his con fidential correspondence is carried almost to the extreme, of indecorum. Of his colleague and political chief, Lord L iverpool, he says at one part (i. 167), "Liverpool has ac ted as' he always does to a friend in personal questions shabbily, timidly, and ill !" Another while (i. 178) he numbers among his Ministerial entourage "old women w• t the Chancellor (i.e., Eldon), spoonies like Liverpool, I gnoramusses like Westmoreland, and old stumped-up T p ° ries like Bathurst !" Later on (p. 2 02 ), speaking of the great Austrian Prime Minister, he ex c,lahns that " Metternich must be an idiot if he does not see that Russia is the windward quarter of the ' l eavens." Of the French Minister (and Marshal) 4e bastian he speaks scornfully (i. 322) as " a self-sufficient co nsequential coxcomb." As for the Sing (George IV.) 1 7 . 40 " hated" Lord Palmerston, the latter always refers to his Most Gracious Majesty with an unmistakeable blend 4of dislike and contempt. Of the heir presumptive ;), the Throne, afterwards William IV., then Duke of 'tarence, Lord Palmerston does not hesitate to aver Suite fr an kly (i. 295) that, "in fact, he was half mad." 14111 speaking, seemingly, was then the rule, even to rudeness, openly, by • word of mouth, and not e lniply i n private journals and confidential cor respondence. Instance this (1. 212) Lord Anglesey's address to the Ministers of State seated together in a C abinet, when he brought back to them the Duke of n.-• e -u•Ligton's acceptation of the post of Commander.in- Chief_ do,` ha Well, entlemen, I have done what you sent me to I ve g brought you the Duke of Wellington's accep "on of the Commander-in-Chief; and by God, mark my as sure as you are alive he will trip up all your gels before six months are over your heads." 'lore than simply a brutal threat ; a bold and most el / 4 4cioue prediction. Sometimes in this discursive work We light upon an old friend, if not with a new face, with ce etainly a new expression ; as in the instance of Jekyll's -.l7 niliar epigram, the exact reading of which is thus sc ven (I, 117) : _ _ "Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, eager to get at 'em, b Stood waiting—but, for what !—Lord Chatham ! " 1.. .0ut few s t r iki ng incidents have to be recounted in this 4 2graphy : one there is, for example, at pp. 144 and ▪ 4 , in the first volume, where Lord Palmerston very nar rs3wl3, escapes assassination on the Bth of April, 1818, -- ert shot at by a madman, one Lieutenant Davies, who „ li gghtly woun d e d hi m i n th e hip as he was going up the L ita4 rs at the War Office. But the vivacity of the hero of e memoir, as sketched by the animated pen, now of raself, now of his admirably, well chosen biographer ``'ir Remy Bulwer being the very man for that office), carries the reader on from the first page to the last 44 alone pleasantly, but delightfully. " I have dwelt, I rQliess, with detail and pleasure on this early epoch of ~t(1 Palmerston's life," says Sir Henry at one part L v., 123), "because, to t h ose w h o on l y saw or k new hi m L u .ilis old age, there 'is something that freshens and "Lightens his memory on turning to his youth, when we Le Min stepping on to the platform of life with the same "3• ' and somewhat jaunty step, and yet with the same ▪ ells and business-like intent that carried him on cheer- ZS' and steadily along a sunshiny path through his long Therein lay the personal charm of the man, the rtra▪ et of his long-sustained and perennial popularity. llge is it, nevertheless, to find it recorded of such a as this, a man of such frank and genial temperament, t it throughoht the whole of his life he had but two in sates, his brother-in-law, Mr. Sullivan, and his school -4311°W. Sir George Shee. Not that he was isolated from er stenal friendships like Mr. Pitt or the late Sir Robert :el) but that those two, Shee and Sullivan, were alone 4 ., e ng all his friends distinguishable as his intimates. His "gtvalrou s character and generous sentiments as a 13° tical leader rendered his name an object of pridei among the great masses of his fellow -1• !trYmen. He was the representative Englishman bs.. - "kla time among f ore i gn nations. His policy as a diplo o' tic chief e na bl e d him more reasonably than any men t b o b ie generation to apply the boast—not ostentatiously, t truthfully and naturally— Civis .Romanus sum—to the hag subject of the Crown of England in either hernia his hatred of oppression prompted him to inter v,"36 energetically in 1828 in behalf of the Greek men and A; r eell and children carried off into captivity from the ,2tea by the forces of Ibrahim. His political sagacity Zt Prescience enabled him, in 1829, to foretell at Paris, r _v-P r lths beforehand, the downfall of Charles X., and the of Louis Philippe as his successor—" the result would t r a ebably b e [i n such and such a :contingency]," he wrote his brother (p. 350) on the 4 th December, 1829 :—" a - 17 • 4 °,., Re of name in the inhabitant of the Tuileries, and the t h "" of Orleans might be invited to step over the way '`eta the Pal a i s R o y a l." His patriotic devotion to his e°h:l4„ try led him to regard with mingled scorn and indig othe ignoble policy of those who in a craven spirit o poee to us the voluntary disintegration of the w eh Empire —men whose hearts are not stirred bela them, as was his, as is that of his congenial G ataPher, by the magnificent hyperbole by which Daniel W ebste r d ec l are d th a t ever y d a y, ho u r by hour, the roll rethe British drum encircles the two hemispheres ! It is 11 ,,,,,taarkable, nevertheless, to observe that Sir Henry _'wer can say most accurately, when speaking of Lord o7 l eraton's foreign policy, that though he was generally 7ells to keep England on the side of Liberal h ,7 "lo lls—he had not any system of policy in "gam • to • foreign states his notion being i~1 )1 Y that ever y question should be treated on ' S W I I merits . • Having as yet merely, we presume, one to ut the w or k i n w hi c h Si r Henry 13ulwer has undertaken re count the life of Lord Palmerston, we can already, without hesitation, congratulate the former upon the skill Which he has carried out his own intentions in re d,t° one who was during so many years his personal ;tut and hi s p o litical leader. He has performed the e.lltcate and responsible task undertaken by him ". simplicity and impartiality, "feeling cer t44'), as he tells his reader upon the very tw e auhold th a t "the more simply and impartially" he ta :" (1 Make known the character of Lord Palmerston, the ti:telikelY he was " to secure to his memory the admira -44:1 a nd esteem of his countrymen." That admiration eo . esteem, which Lord Palmerston won so largely and vo rYed so long, his biographer through these luminous kul les is doi ng his very best to perpetuate. tip ITEItPRISE IN IRELAND.—The Dublin papers hePefully of a revival of enterprise in Ireland, eol 11 g as proof of this the reappearance in their n s of long parliamentary notices—a goodly number lo w — ileating a purpose to carry out several valuable the tu aProvements. A bill is to be promoted to purify draTi River Liffey and perfect a system of main Ra a i na g f _e for Dublin that will be a model for the li a ,""rY, boards of other towns to adopt. . Mr. e sf 7Tette will be the director of this large a rrPrise. B ut b es i des it, Dublin is to be furnished with b t : of tram ways, which will do a great deal to facilitate of t Ter, and enable the increasing suburban population easg Lrisb metropolis to reach their warehouses more lulch: • The city is very scattered, and the want of Pia a schem e has been much felt. There are rival de 1 . 18 , however, for this purpose, between which a l‘l e ttil will have to be arrived at. The people of a 12:, also are active about the establishment of market an d a bbattoir, and if their design 1, 1 : 8 not A ;. 4'3 miscarry other towns will join in the movement. further, a Belfast Drainage and Improvement Way;* r lu. various plans for short extensions of Irish or ea — ea — '`t• Party in Dublin contend strongly that a board bubplmittee to investigate these projects should sit in teaseun not London to prevent the inconvenience and of of bringing Witnesses to England. Thus much xv6°.rne government a large number of Irishmen support tile are bY no means in favour of anything like repeal of 'FHB SUN, LONDON, TUESPAI, NOVEMBER 22, 1870. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. VERSAILLES, November 21 (2.45 p.m.) All is still quiet before Paris. Mr. Odo Russell dined with the Crown Prince yesterday. The King was present. The King gives a dinner to-night to celebrate the birthday of the Princess Royal of Prussia. Wurtemburg signed on Saturday the same agree ment as to the Confederation as Baden and Hesse. ROYAL HEADQUARTERS, VERSAILLES, November 22. We have no news to-day of any further fight ing beyond Dreux since the affair near Chit teauneuf. BERLIN, November 21, (2.30 p.m.) There is no truth in the report that the terms of a pacific settlement between France and Germany had been agreed upon. All the heavy guns now before Paris have been provided with five hundred rounds of ammunition, and the bombardment can begin at a moment's notice. The city has been, since the 16th instant, completely enclosed on the south side: An opinion prevails at the head-quarters at Ver sailles that, despite the completed preparations, the city will not be bombarded. .The Provisional" Government is understood to be about to quit Tours for a point further south. The French troops who were attacked by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg at Dreux formed part of the Army of the North. The Army of the Loire will be surrounded by five Germ tn Army Corps, numbering 150,000 or 160,000 men. As yet the difficulty about Bavaria's entrance into the new German Confederation has not been over come. Herr Dalwigk, the Prime Minister of Hesse- Darmstadt, has returned from Versailles. The contents of the Lyons Museum have been removed. PUBLIC FEELING IN PARIS. Towns, November 21. The balloon Uhrich has just arrived from Paris. She brings intelligence of the state of feeling there, which is in flat contradiction with that put forth by M. Edmond About. The victozy at Coulmiors has given fresh courage to the inhabitants. Every one is determined to prolong the war a outrance, and not the slightest apprehension is felt as to the supply of food. People are making merry here at the dimensions which the King of Prussia has given to the slight engagement at Dreux in the telegrams which are published in the English journals, especially in those which describe it as a defeat of the Army of the Loire. Touts, November 21 (1.5 p.m.). Much misapprehension appears to prevail iu the English press with regard to the campaign of General Aurelles de Paladine. No opportunity has yet been lost by the Army of the Loire, but the important combinations in which, within the past few days, it has taken a leading part, necessarily involve time. We are on the eve of great events which will take Europe by surprise. The army is now in muoh better order, and possesses much greater confidence, than ever before the war began. Great and proper secrecy, however, is exercised with respect to ite future movements, . in virtue of the recent order of M. Gambetta—who is now universally regarded as the right man in the right place. THE REORGANISATION OF GEBMA.N Y. BERLIN, November 21. It is stated here that the results of the negotia tions at Versailles are as follows :—Baden and Hesse will enter the North German Confederation unconditionally ; Wurtemburg will enter subject to reservations which are of merely secondary im portance respecting taxation, the postal and tele graph services, &c.; Bavaria retains her military sovereignty and an independent military organisa tion. The neoes sary Conventions will be laid before the North German Parliament for ratification during the approaching session. Advices from the headquarters of Prince Frederick Charles state that the French Government will have to remove ere long from Tours, if it wishes to avoid capture. know of the strength of the French corps which had re-occupied Dreux, it was only a detachment from the army of Brittany." The Lille journal considers the onward movement of the armylof the Duke of Mecklenburg, not as an isolated fact, but as the sign of a general movement, concerted with Prince Frederick Charles, intended to encircle the Army of the Loire by means of a junction of the two generals on the southern bank of that river. The execution of such a plan, it declares, must be prevented at any price.• A telegram from Berlin notices the work assigned to the Prince's army and that of General Man teuffol respectively. The two are repre sented as forming, the one on the north and the other on the south, a second girdle of investment round the capital. The Duke of Mecklenburg is to push on to the south-west, north of the Loire, we pre sume, and the 9th Army Corps is to reoccupy Orleans. It is added that the successes near Dreux and on the line to Clartres have placed the whole country up to the Loire in the hands of the Ger mans. The King of Bavaria has made all preparations for a speedy visit to Versailles. Wurtomberg Ministers have arrived hero to settle the arrangements for union. The Prussians have captured another balloon from Paris, between Dreux and Chartres. The aeronauts were made prisoners, and their papers seized. This is the fourth balloon captured since the Weginning of November. THE EASTERN QUESTION. BERLIN, November 21 (10.2 p.m.) Russia is endeavouring to prove to the great Powers that there is no foundation for the rumour that she has bought or intends to buy American men-of-war for a Black Sea squadron. Her language is very pacific. Prussia, in reply to the inquiries of Mr. Odo Russell, is expectedvto advocate an amicable arrange ment of the Black Sea question. - The British and Russian Ministers here are of opinion that the danger of a rupture between Great Britain and Russia on account of the attitude of the latter Power with regard to the treaty of 1856, is already abating. BERLIN, Sunday, 1.40. p.m, Mr. Odo Russell has received the assurance from Count Bismarck that there is no private understand ing between Prussia and Russia on the question of the Black Sea. It is asserted that Russia has declared her willing ness to grant very extensive military furloughs to allay the uneasiness of the people. VIENNA, November 21. No fears are entertained here that the Eastern difficulty will involve Europe in any fatal complica tion. All the incidents of the affair as yet are inter preted as pointing to a peaceful solution. It is believed that the St. Petersburg Cabinet has forwarded a conciliatory answer to Lord Granville's reply to Prince Gortschakofrs circular. It is not the case that Austria has proposed a Con ference on the subject, nor is it true that Italy has refused to act in concert with the Austrian and English Governments. General Ignatieff ;net Halim Pacha in Constanti nople to day. The answer of the Porte to the Russian note is to be sent at once. The Russian answer to the Vienna note will be sent on the 23rd. The Austrian journals are more peaceful in tone ,o-day. EXTENSIVE WARLIKE PREPARATIONS OF RUSSIA. The St. retersburgh correspondent of the In dependance Beige says: The new armament of the Russian army is entirely completed ; that the con tingent amounts to more than one million well drilled soldiers ; and that as regards morale the army is far superior to that possessed by Russia during the Crimean war. ST. PETERSBURG, November 20. According to the Borsenzcitung of to-day the annulment of some of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris has taken place with the assent of Turkey. Addresses have been presented to the Emperor expressing the most enthusiastic readiness to undergo every sacrifice in 'support of the inten tions of the Government. According to the Levant Herald of the 19th, orders have been given to call out the Turkish Reserves. [CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] WORK AND WAGES IN STAFFORDSHIRE. At a meeting of ironworkers iheld at Wednesbury yes terday, representatives presented themselves from about thirty ironworks in South Staffordshire. The following resolution was passed :—" That this meeting select a district committee to be composed of men belonging to the works represented, who shall hold meetings throughout the whole district for the purpose of organising the men and endeavouring to establish a branch of the National Association, and also to induce the employers to form a Board of Arbitrators for the district with the intention of avoiding future strikes and lock-outs." liamentary purposes. He urged that attention should be paid by the Legislature to the subjectof the inequality of local taxation, and while he could not admit that prohibitory measures worked successfully as regarded intoxicating drinks, he would give the inhabitants of ,a district con trol over the granting of new licences, and was in favour of public houses being closed earlier than at present, especially on Sundays. COMING OF AGE OF THE MARQUIS OF ELY. It is stated that great rejoicings will take place to-day at Leneghan Castle, Hume, Ely Lodge, and at Gar rison, to celebrate the coming of . age of the Marquis of Ely. similar rejoicings are expected on his lordship's estates in Wexford. His lordship is unavoidably detained with his mother, the Mar chioness of Ely, and will not be i resent ; but it is ex pected he will go to Fermanagh, on December 6th, to receive the nobility and gentry of the county. ENGAGEMENT NEAR NUITS. Intelligence comes from Tours of an engagement on the 20th inst. which lasted five hours, between three hundred Franc-Fireurs and 1,200 Prussians, near Nuits, without decisive result The Germans are strongly fortifying Montbdliard. Five thousand or six thousand Prussian troops are reported near Charleville and Mezieres. The siege of Montmedy is being vigorously pushed forward. THE ENGAGEDIENT AT LA. FERE. A report has been received at the Royal Head quarters at Versailles, stating that on the 20th six companies of French infantry and four cannons attempted to relieve La Fere, bat were driven back with considerable loss to the right bank of the Oise by a battalion of the 6th Regiment. A sortie from the fortress made immediately afterwards wai also repulsed. THE FRENCH FLEET. Twenty French men-of-war were, seen last Friday between Texel and Bourkum. RISE IN THE BELGIAN FUNDS. BRUSSELS, November 21. The funds have risen here to-day, in consequence of the rumours of an armistice which were in air culation. REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATION AT TOURS. Turns, Saturday Evening. There has been a great Republican demonstration here. 500 National Guards and an immense crowd took part in it. A flag was displayed topped by the Phrygian cap. The crowd paraded the streets and proceeded to the Hotel de Ville, where several speeches were delivered. All the speakers swore to die for the Republic. M. Gambetta addressed the crowd. He said they had done well ; but they should do more than " manifest," and should abstain from bombast and shouting. MOVEMENTS OF BELGIAN TROOPS. BRUSSELS, November 21. The movements, which are taking place amongst the troops, is to bring back the regiments to the places which they formerly garrisoned. The fron tiers will, however, not be denuded of troops.. A. Lemberg despatch of the 20th says that one Division of Infantry of the 20th Cossack Regiment has arrived ; in Kiew two Divisions of Infantry ; and in Luck one division. Krupp cannons are expected in Cronstadt. A private dispatch, dated the 20th, from Constan tinople, in the Vienna Wanderer, states that nego tiations between the Russian Ambassador and the Porte are being zealously pushed forward, but that an understanding seems impossible. The Echo du Nord states that it was the army of Brittany—that of ConLt de K6ratry, not that of General d'Aurelle—which sustained a check at Dreux. "So far as we can judge from what we VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. Considerable exertions are being made in the borough of Chatham to obviate the necessity for the establish ment of School Boards there. A large meeting was held last night :in one of the parishes comprising a portion of the town occupied. chiefly by dockyardmen, at which it was resolved to adopt a voluntary assessment for the pur pose of raising the funds necessary for the increase of voluntary school accommodation. FOUR-OARED ROWING MATCH. Last night, at Southampton, the stakes were deposited and the articles signed for a four•oared galley rowing match for £2OO betvieen a Th%mes crew and a Southamp ton crew. The contest will take place over a straight course in Southampton Water on Monday next. THE LEICESTER EDUCATION BOARD AND WORKING MEN. At a conference of delegates representing over a dozen branches of the trades of Leicester, held in that town last night, it was resolved that it was desirable that there should bd a fair proportion of working men placed upon the education board about to be established in the borough, who should be recouped for their loss of time in attending to their duties by a subscription to be raised among the various branches of trade. A committee was formed to carry out the matter. FATHER AND SON. Dr. William Symonds Rootes, one of the leading phy sicians of Ross, was found dead yesterday afternoon near the grave of his son, in Hope Mawsell Churchyard, near the town. A BOY STABBED BY ANOTHER. At the Ledgely Police-court yesterday, a boy, about 11 years of age, named Joshua Turner, living at Gornal Wood, was chArged with cutting and wounding Joseph Brooks, aged 14 years, on the 7th instant. The lads were playing together, when a quarrel arose between them, s.nd after exchanging blows and kicks for spine time, Turner drew a shap knife and thrust it into the thigh of Brooks, causing a wound an inch and a half in length, and half an inch deep. The lad was so ill as to be con fined to the house for a week. Turner was committed to the Staffordshire Sessions for trial. MR. RATHBONE, M.P., AND HIS CON STITUENTS. Mr. Rathbone, the Liberal member for Liverpool, ad dressed his constituents last night. He congratulated them upon the passage into law of the Irish Land Bill and the Education Bill. He regarded the Solicitors' Remuneration Bill as a proper step towards introducing free trade in law, expressed the hope that the Ballot Bill would be introduced next session, and that a single regis tration court would be established for municipal and Par- TOTAL LOSS OF A SCREW STEAMER. On Friday evening, about six o'clock, the screw steamer M. E. Clarke, Captain Lewis, of and for London, from Shields, got upon the Hasborough Sand during hazy weather, and has become a total wreck. The crew, 16 in number, having secured part of their clothing, left the vessel in their own boat, and managel to reach the North Hasborough lightship. They were subsequently taken on board a fishing lugger, and landed at Cromer. The vessel belonged to Messrs. Clarke and Co., of London. Lord Chrichton, M.P., is at preseut the guest of Lord Enniskillen, at Florence Court. His marriage with Lady Florence Cole, second daughter of Lord Ennis killen, will shortly take place. The Admiralty yesterday desired the Liverpool, one of the vessels forming the Flying Squadron, which last week was ordered a to be retained in commission, to be paid off with the other ships. The Cadmus, a steam corvette, is ordered to be commissioned. THE IRISH CAUSE CELEBRE. Mr. Butt's speech on Thursday, in opening the case for the respondent in the Taylor divorce suit, prepared the public for revelations of a highly sensational kind, but expectation has been surpassed by the evidence produced in Dublin on Friday and Saturday, which may rival anything in the records of the English Divorce Court. The witnesses examined were persons who had an opportunity of observing Mrs. Taylor's conduct during unguarded moments—domestic servants, waiters, &c.—and the stories they tell are of painful interest. Her counsel have reserved the right to go into a rebutting case • and, for the credit of Irish female virtue, it is generally hoped that they will exercise it, and succeed in disproving the statements of persons belonging to a class very susceptible of undue influence. Edward Mooney, examined by Mr. Walker, deposed that five years ago he was in Mr. Taylor's employment as coachman. One evening he saw a Mr. M`Carthy sitting in an arm chair and Mrs. Taylor in another, and she had her arm lying across his shoulder. He heard Mrs. Taylor say, " I am dear." ..Bridget Johnson deposed that she was in the employ ment of Mr. Taylor, at Whitehall, Finglas, in 1868. On one occasion she saw Mrs. Taylor sitting in the summer house with a young man. It was not her husband. Did you blushi—l did. _ _ _ The examination ofawoman named Jane Doherty, who has been in the service of Mr. and • Mrs. Taylor for nine years, was as follows : I recollect a gentleman named Watkins. In October, 1863, be came to Kircubbin, and stopped there for some time. I observed that on the day he came to Kircubbin young Mr. Taylor was turned into ridicule by. Mr. Wat kins and his wife. One morning while I was there I went into the drawing-room after breakfast. Mr. Watkins and Mrs. Taylor were in each other's arms. On several occasions I saw Mrs. Taylor winking and laughing at Mr. Watkins, and putting out her tongue at her husband. One morning, by Mr. Taylor's directions, I went to call him, as Mr. M`Carthy had to go to the train early. I called Mr. Taylor twice, and he jumped up on his elbow and said " Where is the mistress?" I then walked out of the room, and on the back stairs I saw Mrs. Deane Taylor walking out of Mr. M`Carthy's room. Had you any opportunities of watching Mrs. Taylor's habits as to sobriety ?—Yes. Give us your description of her conduct in that respect. —lf I were giving her a character I would say that she was fond of drink. _ _ Mary Bates, a cook in the service of the parties, was next examined, and deposed that Mrs. Taylor was violent. She saw her kick Mr. Taylor on the shins. She heard her, on one occasion, threaten to scald him with boiling jam. Mrs. Catherine Taylor, the mother of the respondent, examined by Mr. Walker : I first observed differences between my son and his wife in 1865. They were then living at Myrtle-hill. Before marriage, and up to that period, my son was strictly sober. After his marriage he was not the same affectionate person that he had hitherto been. Was witness of a quarrel between my son and his wife, in 1867, at Myrtle-hill, in their bedroom. I heard a great brawl, and lgot up and went out to the lobby, and saw my son walking up and down the lobby, shouting, "Am 1 a dishonoured man ? Tell me, Julia l" I asked him, "What does all this mean?" and she came and caught him by the collar of his dressing-gown, and pulled him into the room, and I heard no more then. 'That was in January, 1867. In March, 8867, he wont out on a Monday to dine with Mr. Humphrey Bourne, and before he went out he asked his wife to have his shot bag looked for, as he had a promise of a day's shooting with Mr. Stannus. When he returned he asked her had she done what he told her about the shot bag. She gave him some very ungracious answer when they fought and wraneled. The next morning I got up and got his shot bag for him, and he asked his wife for a little breakfast, and she advised him to take some whisky and eggs, as that was the most sustaining thing. One word brought on another until they were in a violent passion. She seized the riding-whip that was on the chimney-piece, and lashed him on the bare legs. (Laughter.) He seized a towel rail and put it between them for his defence, and he threw a tumbler of water over her. He went away without any breakfast, and did not return to dinner until six o'clock. The quarrel continued the next :day, and her violence became very great. There was a -Mr. Bell there at luncheon, and Mrs. Taylor wanted to get on the car with Mr. Bell when he was leaving for Belfast. The next day peace was apparently restored, and they were talking about going on a visit to Port rush with Mrs. Clarence Smythe. The quarrel was resumed after dinner, and he said he would send her to her father. FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN INDIA. A terrible railway accident is reported from Madras. At a distance of some 130 miles from that city, the north west branch of the Madras Railway crosses the Cheyair by an iron-girder bridge, of thirty spans of sixty feet each. The girders rest on piers of solid masonry. Heavy rains had swollen the Cheyair, and such was the force of the torrent that several of these piers were completely washed away, the girders disappearing in the river beneath. The night train left Madras at 7 p.m., knowing nothing of what had befallen the bridge, and pur sued its way towards Cuddapah and Gooty. Arriving at the broken bridge it plunged headlong into the torrent. It is not yet known how many passengers were drowned ; but among them were the Rev. Mr. Seymour, Mrs. Seymour and child, who were en route for Secunderabad. There were also drowned a native barrister of the Madras High Court, the engine driver, three firemen, and an under guard. When the train left the terminus the first and second class carriages were nearly full of passengers. The Cheyair Bridge is situated between the Rajampett and Nundaloor Stations (130th to 137th mile) on the North-West line. Happily the train was crossing slowly, else none had escaped, for the depth was great, and the gap one of 150 yards. THE EXPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM.—TWO Of the sufferers by the explosion at the ammunition works of Messrs.: Kynochs and Co., Birmingham, have died in the hospital. They are James Whiting, 13 and Eliza Hale, 13. The others are progressing favourably.. A lad injured in a previous explosion at the same factory is in a hopeless condition. Mdlle. Christine Nilsson receives £20,000 from the speculator by whom she is now engaged in America. It may not generally be known that she is affianced to M. Rousseau, a French gentleman of moderate fortune. After her marriage, which will not take place just at present, she intends to give up the stage as a profession. John Bull. . . There has been another dock labourers' strike at Limerick. They have now refused to work in consequence of the Harbour CommisOoners having employed a per manent staff of labourers at the new Graving Dock at a fixed weekly wages of 15s. each. The presence of a large force of police, specially drafted into the city from the outlying stations, prevented any disturbance. On Satur day the men were walking about the streets iu groups, and refused to commence work. _ _ (Afresh AAAAAA but slight depression has appeared in the neighbourhood of the North Channel, but a re covery has already commenced at Valentia. Temperature has varied considerably and been very irregular. It has now become more uniform generally and higher than of late. Aurora was seen in the north and west on Satur day night, and lightning at Ardrossan. The weather is damp and unsettled, and the .sky cloudy generally. The sea is rough in the south-east and south, moderate else where. LAYING OF THE TELEGRAPH CABLE BETWEEN BATAVIA AND SlNGAPORE.—lntelligerice was received in Liverpool on Friday of the commencement of laying the telegraph cable between Batavia and Singapore, which we understand, is the commencement of an entire telegraphic communication between this country, China, Australia, and the principal islands in the North Pacific Ocean, including the Philippine. Of course, when the entire line will be completed it is impossiole to calculate, but even the cable between the two points above named, Batavia and Singapore, will be of the greatest interest and importance to the commerce of Liverpool and the country generally. Captain Halpin, who com manded the Great Eastern during her recent cable laying in the Indian and Red Seas, telegraphed to Liverpool, from on board the steamer Hibernian., on Friday, to the effect that he had commenced laying the cable which was to connect Batavia with Siuga,pore on the 7th inst., and that he expected to have completed the operation on Friday. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from St. Petersburg on November 16:thus describes the state of public feeling iu Russia :—lt would be difficult to imagine a greater contrast than that between the conduct of the Russian Government towards New Germany and the attitude assumed by the press of this country, and supported by public opinion ; for whilst the Emperor showers down orders and honorary titles the German leaders of the war, the . news- papers that represent the intelligent and respectable classes of society can scakely find expressions strong enough to condemn the conqueror of Sedan. Herr Cap pelmans,the editor of the Journal de St. Petersbourg, lately undertook to defend Marshal Bazaine against the foul attacks made on him by the press, who stated openly that the capitulation of Metz was an act of treachery in which Prussia was an accomplice. This courageous conduct brought a nest of hornets about his ears, for the Moscow Casette, the Golos, the Borsen Zeitung, and others whose tendency is to diminish as much as possible iu the eyes of the world the great successes of the Germans, which they cannot pre tend to ignore or deny, publicly denounced him as a dis honour to the Russian press, and summoned him to quit the country. This was, of course, declined by Herr Cap pelma.nns, who, however, .offered to submit his conduct to the decision of any impartial arbitrators; but this the journalists indignantly refused. stating they could. never make peace with a partisan of Prussia. In the face of the impending complications that are now begin ning to obscure the political horizon it will be of import mice to understand the public) feeling of this country with regard to Germany, as it will explain much that would otherwise remain dark. It shews plainly that the Cabi net policy, which was supposed to have given place long ago to the dictates of public opinion, is still flourishing in full force. Russia's demand for a revision of the Paris Treaty of 1856 is, no doubt, made with the knowledge and consent of Prussia, and shew that the "benevolent neutrality" observed by this country was not so much dictated by a Platonic sym pathy for the wrongs put upon Germany by au unjust war waged against her, as from a carefully-considered plan for the greater consolidation and support of their mutual interests. The relations between Government policy and public opinion are just the same in Russia as in Germany. The educated classes and more intelligent of the Russians have all along openly expressed their sympathy with France, whilst Prince Gortschakoff decided in favour of morally supporting the cause of Ger many, where the people would much rather have preferred an alliance with Austria to supporting the Oriental policy of Russia, as hitherto foreshadowed. That in both cases the decision has been made in opposition to the instincts of the people is not to be ascribed so much to the inseparability of the interests of Russia and Prussia as to the clumsy and incapable manner in which the leader of affairs at Vienna drove Russia and Prussia into each other's arms, and de prived Austria of the natural support she would have found in Germany. Ever since the commencement of the war England's policy of non-intervention and Aus tria's equivocal conduct have tended to change the position of Germany's centre of gravity, the effects of which it is at present impossible to foretell, but which may be of paramount importance in the history of the world. The decision lies in the hands of Count Bismarck, and is probably finished by this time ; but, if not, it could scarcely alter the position of Russia. As long as the moral and physical power of Austria is wielded by the weak and vaciPating policy of Count Beust, he will never be able in the hour of danger to clear away the difficulties and prejudices that separate Berlin from Vienna, and bring about a durable and honourable alliance between Germany and Austria. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The sessions commenced yesterday before the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, and other officials. The calendar contains the names of GO prisoners, a comparatively small number. Of these 49 are males, and 11 females. There is one charge of murder, two of manslaughter, one of attempted murder, five of forgery, one of bigamy, besides numerous other offences, including the case of Creasy Whellams, who is charged with obtaining money by false pretences, by means of subscription boxes for the sick and wounded, and Joseph Patrick McDonnell, who is alleged to have induced persons to leave Eng land for military service in France. In charging the grand jury, the learned Recorder congratulated them upon the fact that the calendar of the present session was a very light one. There was only one charge of murder, and it would seem the prisoner and the deceased had a quarrel, and there was some fighting between them. The deceased was, however, taken away, and put to bed. The prisoner, who slept in the same room, afterwards went upstairs, and the quarrel was resumed. Suddenly the deceased cried out that he was stabbed, and it was afterwards discovered that he had re ceived no less than seven wounds. If this was shewn to the jury they would probably return a true bill, and allow the case to undergo a fuller investigation, so that it might be seen if there were any circumstances in it which would reduce the offence to that of man slaughter. There was one case of manslaughter of a peculiar character. The prisoner was charged with killing a woman by reckless driving. It was the duty of persons who drove through the streets to exercise ordinary care, especially in turning corners ; and the question here was whether, in driving round the corner where the deceased was knocked down, that care had been exercised. THE DERRY CELEBRATIONS. The Apprentice. Boys of Derry have issued a ponderous manifesto in reply to that of the Defence Association. They stigmatise with the strongest epithets the conduct of that body in organizing violent opposition, justify the con tinuance of the celebrations on the gronds that they are perfectly legal, that they are not of a part l y or offensive character, but commemorative of great historic events reflecting honour upon the city, and that no offence was taken at them until the Defence Association brought strangers in and stirred up the mob outside to put down the commemoration by brute force. They refer to the evidence given before the Commissioners who held an inquiry into the riots to shew that it was brought under the knowledge of the Government that arms and ammunition had been provided to carry out the illegal object of the association ; they cast upon the Government the responsibility of main tainining the peace, and declare their determination to hold the celebrations as they have heretofore done. Mr. Alfred Horatio Potter (Ransford and Potter, Finsbury Circus) has been appointed official liquidator of the North Middlesex Water Works Company, Limited. CRYSTAL PALACR.—One Shilling Day, Monday, November 21st, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets 1,025 ; ditto on payment, 448 ; total visitors, 1,473. A. stained-glass window will be placed in the new church at Highclerc, in memory of Mr. Herbert, who was murdered by brigands in Greece. The nave of Chester Cathedral, which has been restored by Mr. Gilbert Scott, will be opened for Divine service next Sunday. The Dundee Advertiser, in a review of the past seal and whale fishing season, says it has been remarkably successful. All the Russian papers, a correspondent states, are advocating obligatory military services for everybody, and appeal to the military to renounce the privilege of exemption. 1)r. Burns, the Baptist minister who took the miracle-worker, Dr. Newton, under his wing, has com menced business on his own account. He is giving seances, and numbers of people pay two shillings apiece for the privilege of admission.—South Durham Chronicle. The brig Elizabeth, of North Shields, went ashore on Whitburne Steele Rocks, Sunderland, on Friday night. Her crew of eight were saved by the lifeboat of the National Institution, and a steam tug afterwards brought the vessel in safety to port. The Morning Advertiser announces the death of Mr. John Boyd, the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, which took place on Saturday night. The deceased only succeeded to that office in April last. The decease of one so highly esteemed is deeply lamented by all in any way connected with the society, and has caused a melancholy feeling in both of its esta blishmentsP The Irish limes is enabled to state that a new measure for Ireland is now being prepared by the Govern ment, and will be introduced early in the coming session : —The main provision of the measure will be the assimi lation of the system in Ireland to that recently established in England. The prominent changes to be effected by the new law will be the abolition of imprisonment for debt, the bringing . of non-traders as well as traders within the provisions of bankruptcy, and the con sequent extinction 'of insolvency. One judge instead of two will perforni the higher judicial duties, assisted by metropolitan and district registrars, with considerable magisterial powers. The Committee of Alanagement of the Cambiidge Lectures for Women have announced that an Exhibition of £4O per annum, tenable for two years, will be given to one of the senior candidates (girls) in the Cambridge Local Examinations, December, 1870, according to the report of the examiners. The exhibition will be awarded in February, 1871. Attendance at two courses of lectures in every term will be required as a condition of receiv ing the exhibition in each year. The exhibition is given by Mr. J. S. Mill and Miss Taylor. Candidates must notify their readiness to accept this exhibition to the local secretary for the centre at which they are examined before the end of the examination. Further particulars may be obtained from the Rev. G. F. Browne, St. Catha rine's College, Cambridge. The committee also gives twn exhibitions of .220 and £lO to successful candidates in the women's examination in July. OUR COTEMPORARIES .This norninz THE EASTERN QUESTION. We, the Times says, have a ~ growing hope that the Russian Government will recognise the false step they have taken, and will not compel the action that would be the inevitable result of any attempt to act upon the pretensions of Prince Gortscha koff's note ; but, whatever be the issue of this doubt, it cannot be wise in us to help to make others our enemies simply because their temper is not friendly. There is au immense interval be ,ween cool ness, or even resentment, and hostilities The people of the 'United States might, perhaps, not be displeased to see us fighting with difficulties, audit is an old remark that the misfortunes of our best friends give us some comfort, but they will most assuredly not be arrayed against us, and they will even take care, for the sake of their own grievance, to prevent the repetition of the feats from which they them selves suffered. Germany is engrossed with a task that was not becoming easier when Prince Gortschakoff's note appeared, and is made more difficult now that it has been published. If Russia forces on a war, she will, to all appear ances, stand alone. It is country the vital parts of which are almost beyond the reach of an enemy. Blest as it is in this circumstance, and happy also, as it would seem, in the fact that her power for attack becomes feeble when attempted to be extended beyond her western borders, she . ought to be a land of perpetual peace. We hope her peace will not be broken. that the Czar and his counsellors, enlightened by the judgment of Europe on the , circular of his Chancellor, will see that wisdom and morality require that the claim of Russia to violate Treaties whenever it suits her should be quietly abandoned, if it be not actually retracted. What with honest and dispassionate speculators "for the fall," Tory sympathisers with swollen armaments and wasteful expeditions, generous sympathisers with French misfortunes, Polish believers in the resuscitation of Poland, and English believers in the resuscitation of the Second Empire, the Daily News thinks we are in danger as a nation of losing our heads, our senses, and even our national character for phlegmatic calmness and courage. Some writers and some speakers are challenging Russia with all the chivalrous heroism of M. Paul de Cassagnac and M. Edmond About, when those ardent patriots invited the German legion to come on. The fanfaronade which we were wont to ascribe to the Gaul is becoming acclimatised and natu ralised as a British accomplishment. We ought, accord ing to these fiery spirits, to be very much obliged to Prince Gortschakoff for enabling us to cast off in a spasm of indignant public and patriotic virtue this slough of prosperity and peace which for fourteen years has paralysed this degenerate country. For what is the policy which some of our enthusiastic public instruc tors are prescribing to the -Government ? Nothing more or less than that we should insist on giving and taking an insult. And lest the Emperor Alexander, not mindful of the tragic fate of his father, and really solicitous as he was supposed to be of preserv ing the advantages of peace to his people, should turn away just wrath by a mild answer, Lord Granville is required to fix a quarrel upon Couat Bismarck by charging the Cabinet of Berlin with complicity in Rus sian designs. Now, to people who ha ie not yet parted with their sober senses it seems probable that Count Bismarck will be satisfied to bring one great war to an end before he deliberately rushes into another. There is no reason to believe that King William or the North German Chancellor was either cognisant of or ap proves the course taken by Prince Gortschakoff. The knowledge that the action of the Russian Government is censured by all the Powers who were parties to the Treaty of 1856, and the conviction that those Powers are ready to reconsider what is objectionable in the terms of that Treaty, afford a ground of hcpe that the peace of Europe will not lie broken. The Telegraph says the circumstances of Russia are not such as to encourage her to immediate hostile action. Rather, looking to the vast social revolution now in pro cess of accomplishment, to her embarrassed finances, to the incompleteness of her military and naval armaments, and to the natural distrust which the conspicuous bad faith she has now displayed must excite in those who might otherwise court her alliance, we should be disposed to say that the Emperor Alexander is at pre sent heavily under bond to keep the peace of Europe. We might, indeed, strengthen our argument by shadowing forth other contingencies which, however remote, are by no means improbable in their bearing upon the foreign policy of the Empire. Of such a character are the rooted disaffection of Poland—a dangerous influence, were Austria and Hungary inimical—the still unsettled state of Russia's relations with her Caucasian provinces, and the chronic hostility of the nomad populations to the east of the Caspian and Aral Seas. It is quite clear that, while we have taken firm ground, we are not called upon, for the pre sent, to do more than hold that ground with unshaken resolution. We are under no pressure to take any precipitate step ; we must leave to the Power which provoked the question the whole responsibility of any such initiative. Russia has already placed herself in the wrong by her first move ; do not Let us give so wily a disputant the chance of putting us at a similar disadvan tage. Taking our stand firmly, we may listen with all the better temper and all the greater calmness to any repre sentations that Russia may offer of a kind to attenuate the force of her first brusque and imperious mandate, and to leave, her full use of that loophole for retreat which Prince Glortschakoff has so distinctly reserved. In the interval between this strangely timed warning and the season for real and effective action, we have full time to resurvey the whole position, to take counsel with other Governments, and to adopt that course which will be most certain to vindicate the honour of the nation and prothote the interests of civilised order in Europe. Discussing the Paris Treaty of 1856, the Standard says : The neutralisation of the Black Sea was a distinct benefit to Russia herself. It saved her from the necessity of maintaining large armaments in this direction ; and it virtually secured the whole of her southern frontier. By limiting the sphere of war in Europe it was so far a direct contribution to the cause of peace and of humanity. And are we to be called upon now, under threat, to undo this one sole useful and beneficial result of the Crimean war ? Are we to be told that it is a mere ques tion of form whether we permit Russia to break the treaty? It is extraordinary that thost who argue. as if the Russian cause were identical with that of peace and of civilisation in the East should fail to see, in the very substance of the de mand itself, as well as in the mode of enforcing it, the strongest possible reason for doubting the intentions of Russia. What can be the motive of Russia for requiring the de-neutralisation of the Black Sea? Why does she desire to rebuild her arsenals (if she has not done so already) in that sea, and to cover it with her iron-clads ? Who is Russia's enemy in this quarter, and from whom does she anticipate danger ? Whom does she fear, and against whom does she arm ? It is prepos terous to suppose that it is dread of Turkey which inspires an alarm so great that it can only be appeased by the sudden violation of the treaty. The ferocious dispositiOns of the lamb ha‘;ci in all ages served to excuse the appetite of the wolf, but is it a little too much to expect Europe to believe that it is indispensable for the safety of Russia that the northern shores of the Black Sea should bristle with forts and irondads. There is but one imaginable motive in a Russian armament in the Black Sea. It must mean an aggression on Turkey, or it means nothing. It would be even more respectable in a great Power like Russia were she to openly avow her true purpose, and declare candidly that Clauses 11, 14, and 16 of the Convention are intolorable, because they do not Buffet her to maintain that influence over the Christian population of the Sultan which is necessary to the future extension of the Muscovite empire. The Ilanch,ester Courier says : —Whatever may be thought of the withdrawal of Italy at the present moment, there can be no doubt of her right to take that course ; none the less, however, must it be regarded as a fresh sign of the extent of Count Bismarck's intrigue, and of the evident determination which exists of throwin g upon England alone the responsibility of maintaining the integrity of the treaties. Reasons assigned may be very different, but Whig, Tory, and Radical are agreed with hardly an exception as to the necessity for activity and boldness. • Mr. Froude may ask whether a change of front is not possible to England ; Mr. John. Stuart Mill may be 'wise after fact, and may assure us that everything we. have done in connection with the present . war has been • blundered, as he Would probably have said had the policy which he now recommends been tried, and tried unsuccessfully. Apart from these two gentlemen, and from the immediate circle of their admirers, there is but one feeling in the country, that the unholy alliance between Germany and Russia must be opposed by all possible means, and that the gross and profligate attempts at dictation by the new-found friend must be suppressed at any hazard. LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.—A large and influential meeting of ratepayers was held last night at the Grafton Hall, Tottenham-court-road, to hear an address from Mr. Hepworth Dixon. Colonel Lothian Dickson, occu pied the chair. After a very eloquent speech from Mr. Dixon. the usual motion was proposed by Mr. Cliurch warden Reed, seconded by Mr. Morgan, and carried unanimously.