The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

bi'lliT Ur THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Time reminds us that we have the Fenians acting against society with remorseless ferocity ; and on behalf • of society we have the police, perplexed as they may well be with outrages setting all calculation at defiance, but still fighting for us at all hazards with no inconsiderable suc cess. Let the reader just observe what was actually done on Friday afternoon in the very din and tumult of a shock scarcely less abrupt or astounding than an earthquake. The police are incessantly at war, with crime for their enemy, and in times of conspiracy like these the service becomes desperate. Fenianism recognises in the police force its natural foe. It was for murdering a policeman that the Fcnians were hanged at Man chester. It was in vindication of their right to murder him that processions were organised in Ireland. Duty like this in times like these demands somewhat more active sympathy from the public than it is apt to receive. Of course in all this the police are only doing what they are engaged to do, and what we expect them to do. We look for the service so confidently, and we get it so‘surely, that we take it as easily as we do any other service, and think no more of the courage and fidelity of the constable than we do of the punctuality of the postman. It does not occur to us to reflect that these policemen, who are literally expected, like a certain famous army, to "go anywhere and do anything," are comparatively few in number, hardly worked, and grudgingly paid. The man who rushed up to the lighted barrel on Friday afternoon, and who would be expected and prepared to do the same this morning, received, probably, 3s. a day. These men, who are so naturally the mark of assassins that they have at last been armed for self-preservation, earn about half the wages of a good mechanic, and their career would be a hard one were it not that their proved intelligence and courage open to them other callings of greater promise. As the representatives of the law, they fight at inevitable disad vantage in contending with crime. While their enemies, the lawbreakers, have neither scruple nor responsibility, they themselves are under the jealous scrutiny of opinion. A constable who goes a step too far, or who employs what may be considered undue violence, is called to a sharp account. We are careful, like a free people, of our per sonal liberties, and though we yield obedience to the law, we are not always patient under the exercise of authority. We exact, therefore, from the police a moderation and forbearance which it must often be difficult to maintain; and expect them to encounter the most ferocious violence with temper, leniency, and caution. The Daily News complains that the police, although warned of the Clerkenwell outrage, failed to take sufficient precautions. It seemed as if the constables really wished to give the prisoners time in order to seize them red handed. If the Fenians cared nothing for the conse quences to others, provided Burke and Casey were set free, the police authorities appear to have taken almost as little heed of what might happen to anyone else, so that Burke and Casey were held fast. The desire of getting evidence appears to have been stronger than the desire of preventing crime. The police have displayed throughout the Fenian troubles a fidelity and courage which cannot be too highly praised. But in the highest places as in the lowest these qualities have been marred by want of intelligence and promptitude. The Manchester blunder was repeated at Clerkenwell. In both places, proof has been given that with some per sons to be forewarned is not to be forearmed. The care lessness which allowed the escape of Stephens, and the rescue of Kelly and Deasey, may have given the Clerken well Fenians heart to essay the release of Burke and Casey. The ascending scale of guilt in these enterprises, from the bloodless escape of the Head Centre to the solitary Manchester murder and the wholesale massacre at Clerkenwell, is not more striking than the uniform inade quacy of the precautions of the police. Our contemporary deems this to be a sufficient answer to those who would give the Government extraordinary powers to deal with such cases. Let the ordinary powers of the law first bo used, and then it will be time to consider the demand for others. Insurgents in the field, as the Telegraph reminds us, do not kill and wound the helpless ; nor do they wantonly destroy private property. The Fenians now " make war" on us as we never make war on any foe. During the Crimean campaign we spared Odessa because it was a commercial city, full of peaceful men, though the guns of our fleet could easily have razed it to the ground. Even if a commander finds it needful to bombard a town, he gives fair notice to the enemy that non-combatants may be removed to a place of safety. But the Fenians give us no notice : they attace. those who are peaceably inclined with an animosity that English soldiers only display towards armed men, and with a treachery and a policy of no quarter that honourable soldiers never sheW even towards an enemy. It may seem superfluous to meet ruffianism with reasoning, but it is well for us to enlist against this new danger, not merely the baton, the sword, and the doom of death, but the moral indignation of our whole people, and to shew that these miscreants who prowl about our streets flinging fire into our warehouses and homes are not even entitled to the appellation of rebcls. The Star believes that, in conjunction with the labours of the detectives, the general calling out of special con stables will'have the best possible effect. It will multiply the difficulties of the public enemy; it will cast upon him everywhere the flashing menace of the eye of the law; it will provide a ready fund of force for his suppression ; it will diffuse the atmosphere of preparation and intelligent confidence, in which it is always found that conspiracy can breathe less easily. While hesitating to pronounce all danger past, and fully perceiving that, with desperadoes of the most formidable character, acting upon the stage of London for the gratification of a vast theatre of American admirers and sympathisers, we have, as a people, an unprecedented and most alarming difficulty to deal with, we have no doubt whatever that by the vigilant use of the police, backed by the abundant voluntary ser vice of the public, the Government will soon succeed in allaying all public apprehensions, and removing those painful impressions of our state which have only too promptly been created throughout these realms and over the European continent. The Standard says a word or two in defence of the. course which Dr. Kencaly took in withdrawing from the conduct of Burke's defence, after hearing of Friday's out rage. When first requested to appear on behalf of Burke and Casey he did not much like the look of their case, but, yielding to earnest solicitations, he consented to appear on their behalf. The prisoners admitted that he had done his duty well, uniting the tact of an able man with the skill of an experienced one. But, while expressly exonerating the prisoners themselves from complicity in the diabolical outrage of Friday night, he had felt it hid duty to call upon those who instructed him b satisfy him that they had been equally innocent. This they had failed to do, and therefore he must decline any longer to act at their in stance. The woman Justice is proved to have visited Casey about an hour before she was seen acting as one of the escort in charge of the truck on which the powder-barrel was con veyed to its destination, and she was taken red-handed the instant after the explosion had occurred. The question le whether a counsel is bound to give his services simply be cause his fee has been paid, and paid probably by hands which have since been engaged in the perpetration of a most cruel and cowardly outrage, by which four persons have been killed. and fifteen or twenty times as many seriously injured. There may be some journals which would have no hesitation in going even this length, or in asking what business a barrister has to make a fuss about anything his client's friends may do. It thinks however, that a more correct and more elevated standard of profes sional duty was indicated by Dr. Kenealy. The Herald regrets that the imperfect summary of Mr. Johnson's Message furnished by Atlantic telegraph led it to place a wrong construction on that part of the docu ment which referred to the amendment of the Allegiance Acts. It takes occasion to say a word about our tele graphic system. In spite of all its merits and all its ser vices, the electric telegraph, sometimes, has a great deal to answer for. Errors and inaccuracies apart, its very nature makes it a constant offender in the way of misre porting by suppression, for when messages cost some pounds per line, there is a natural tendency on the part of the sender to sacrifice perspicuity to brevity, and to give the gist of a long paragraph in a single sentence, without duly considering the effect of qualifying context upon a broadly stated proposition. Something like this seems to have happened when the substance of the Ame rican President's Message was sent over by the Atlantic Cable. When commenting upon the summary which first came to hand, we expressed our belief that Mr. Johnson had been somewhat misrepresented in that particular paragraph in which he touched upon naturalisation, and in which, with telegraphic curtness, he was made to say that Congress would be asked to legislate, not only for the United States, but all other nations, and to declare offhand that naturalisation, a ccor di ng to American laws, should henceforth, ipso facto, release an ex-patriot from any obligation of allegiance which he might owe to any Government under Heaven. The full text oi the Message, however, is much more guarded in its language ; belted it conta,ns very little with which it is possible to and fault. What, asks the Peg', is to bee Inc . of U.: East of Lc-.dun? 18 t! _.e co!oity of artiFacs ;1111 s‘topkFcpers which has been forri;ei there by the institution. of g rea t s hi p . building yards and factories tot! piss . into the conditi on o f a pauper dependency ? Are its inhabitants to be maintained on the borders of starvation by forced contributions of an impoverished community, supplemented by charitable aid from the rich We,t, continuously excited to com passionate suloscriptions by a struggling and over burdened clergy? These are questions that are press lug urgently for careful consideration. A settlement whose population is numbered by thousands, and whose inhabitants have been earning their living independently, and would earn it again if they could get work, cannot be left to die of want o r b e su ff ere d t o b ecome s l ow l y ext i nct by destitution consequent on enforced idleness. If the distressed thousands in part or in whole move, they must emigrate, and seek in other countries the demand and the rate of remuneration for their skill and their labour which they no longer find there. The accomplished confederation of the various States of British North America has im mensely increased in every sense the availability of th e i r xesources, THE EARTHQUAKE AT S 7. THOMAS; The following are extracts from letters viritttn on the French mail steamer Panama _ " I have to report my arrival here (St. Naiidiel French steamer Panama. Having had yellow' fever on board, I expect we shall be quarantined for five 02 - seven days. On the 18th of November, at 3.50 p.m., St. Ti‘onas was visited by a severe shock of earthquake, followed by heavy rollers from the sea, the water rising over the wharves and flooding the stores as far as the main stl met. The first shock was succeeded by smaller ones up to the 21st, the day we sailed." A letter dated St. Thomas, November 21, says : " While suffering from the effects of the hurricanevws have to report to-day a more melancholy event, expe rienced from a fearful earthquake, which commenced on the 18th about 3 p.m., and the shocks have continued ,up to the moment of our writing. The sea sank about 15 feet. and came back in an inamen3o wave about 30 to 40 fee% high. The whole population are now living on the and nearly every store is destroyed." I Another writer reports under the same date : "This town has been visited by a most fearful earth vake, which, although lasting one minute and twenty seconds, was so severe as to destroy many houses, &e. It caused the sea to recede half a mile, which returned after the shock with such force and height that it swept everything—sloops, schooners, &e., into the principal, streets." __ We have also received the following, of the same date : _ " From the afternoon of November 18 there has been a 'succession of earthquakes, the shocks estimated at be tween eighty and ninety, of which six or seven lasted for some minutes. Of the buildings, scarcely one is left that is not rendered useless and unsafe. On the 18th the sea rose like a wall, and it was feared that the island would be swept. The loss of life, as far as ascertained, does not emceed fifty ; hut the destruction to property is immense, and places the damages caused by the hurricane in insig nificance. The consulate office, store, &c., are fearfully damaged, and there has been considerable injury to the few ships in port." LAW AND POLICE. THE FORGERIES ON TIM LEEDS BANK. --It is under stood that the case of Mr. Edgelcy, who stands com mitted to take his trial for defrauding the late Leeds Bank of mere than £lOO,OOO by means of forgery and false pretences in connection with a forest company in Servia, for which it was represented a concession had been granted by the Servian Government, will be placed on the list for trial before the judges on Wednesday at the Cen tral Criminal Court. Mr. Greenland still refuses, how ever, to return to give evidence, and it is thought that an application will be made again to postpone the case. WOOLF V. MOORE.--ACTION AGAINST THE SHERIFF OF KENT.-Mr. Justice Blackburn had before him in the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Woolf v. Moore. It was an action against the Sheriff of Kent for the escape of a debtor from his custody. It seemed that the plaintiff sued an ensign named Fisher, and recovered judgment for £l3O against him. On Fisher's return from abroad the sheriff was requested to arrest him. One Scott was sent to identify him. He was found at an hotel, and arrested ; but he was allowed to go at large on payment of £5O. Plaintiff said he never gave leave for this settlement, and sued the sheriff for £BO, the difference between the amount claimed and the amount received. The defence was that Scott had settled the affair, and that the sheriff had reason for believing that. he had a right to do so. Mr. Justice Blackburn thought not. The jury, however, returned a verdict for the defendant. His lordship said it was necessary in such a case to give nominal damages at least. He therefore ordered a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff ; damages, Is. IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.— OUTLAWRY.—The Lords Justices of Chancery Appeal have had before them an important case under the laws of bankruptcy. One Stoffel, a debtor, had been outlawed, and then petitioned for an adjudication in bankruptcy. Having obtained protection, he applied for his release, but Mr. Commissioner Goulburt refused his application, on the ground that he had no locus standi, as an outlaw, in the court. He now appealed, and the Lords Justices held that he was not in custody for debt, but for contempt in avoiding the lawful custody of the Queen's courts. They had, therefore, no power to order his dis charge. ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL 1N.117111-. In the Court of Common Pleas, the case of Deacon v. Ferguson was tried. It was an action to recover damages for per sonal injury. The plaintiff was a young woman who managed the house of her brother, a tradesman. While she was crossing a street near Grosvenor-septare she was knocked down by the defendant's horse, and the wheel of his cart went over her right thigh and broke it. She was in the hospital for eighteen weeks, and her leg was perma nently shortened. The jury found for the plaintiff ; damages, £250. ACTION AGAINST THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COM PANY. —ln the Court of Exchequer a case was tried in which the late Greek Master at University College School sued the Great Northern Railway Company for damages on account of injury sustained on their line. The com pany paid £250 into court. The accident having been proved and the doctors' evidence taken on both sides as usual, the jury found a verdict for £5OO in addition to the sum paid into court. BlGAllt—The Central Criminal Court has opened its December sitting. The calendar was not so large - u3ual, but it contained several crimes of the worst character. The principal case tried was that of Edward Giles for bigamy. The parties concerned appear to have moved in respectable circles, and the proceedings were insti tuted by the father of the first wife. It was alleged in extenuation of the conduct of the prisoner that his first wife had been twice attacked by insanity, and had been for six months in Bethlehem Hospital—facts which had been concealed from him, and which led to a separation, and that the second wife was fully aware of all the cir cumstances. He was sentenced to six months' imprison ment. ATTEMPTED FRAUDS ON TITS GOVERNMENT.—The Middlesex Sessions for December has commenced with a calendar containing the names of seventy-six pri soners. John Hall, the man convicted of an attempted fraud on the Government in co-inection with the Abys sinian expedition, was brought up and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Inquiries bad been madc in the interval since his conviction, and his antecedent. 3 disclosed a considerable valiety of rascality. THE SEACOMBE MURDER.—On Saturday, at the Chester Assizes, James Markey was charged with the wilful mur der of Hugh M`Kewen, at Poulton-cum-Seacombe, on the 3rd February, 1867. 11`liewen was a marine store dealer of eccentric habits; and it was known that he was in the habit of carrying about on his person a large sum, esti mated by his friends at more than £2OO. On the morning in question he was found murdered near the Great Float, a sum of £92 being found in one of his pockets, which had probably been overlooked by the assassin. The evidence against the prisoner was, that he had been seen last in company with the deceased, that he suddenly appeared possessed of plently of money, having previously been very poor, and that shortly after the murder he went away to Ireland. The jury, after a few minutes' con sideration, returned a verdict of not guilty. THE BISHOPRIC OF NATAL —The Bishop of Cape town has given notice to the council of the Colonial Bishopric? Fund that immediately after the arrival of the next Natal mail he will bring before them the means that should be adopted for depriving Bishop Colenso of the letters patent granted to him by the Crown. It is an nounced that the clergy and laity of Natal who elected Mr. Butler have left the selection of a new bishop to the Bishops of Capetown and Grahamstown, subject to the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury. On a selection being made his Grace will at once proceed to consecration. Tim NEW BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. —lt is stated (says the Staffordshire Advertiser) that the new Bishop of Lichfield will, shortly after his enthronement, visit his former diocese in New Zealand to make certain necessary arrangements there, but that he will previously hold an ordination in this diocese. It is understood that the new bishop intends to reside in the Episcopal Palace at Lich field, the lease of which has lately fallen in ; and that the affairs of the diocese will, in his absence, be administered by one of the colonial bishops now in England. SURVIVING AN EXECUTION. —The Italian journals relate a most singular story. A soldier who had deserted and taken to brigandage was captured and condemned to death. Being brought out to the place of execution, a firing party of five performed their painful duty, and the sergeant commanding them, perceiving that the man was not quite dead, gave him point blank the coup de grace. In the belief that this was really a finishing stroke, the body was handed over to the gravedigger ; but as night was approaching the latter postponed his office until the morning, leaving above ground.what he naturally supposed to be a corpse. The unfortunate man, however, was still alive, and the cold night air, by irritating his wounds, re vived him. Painfully he dragged himself to the wall of the enclosure, against which he managed to place a ladder which happened to be there, got over, although all bleeding and with his arm broken by the bullets, and de livered himself up as prisoner to the nearest guard-house. The Ministers of War and of Justice each claim this re suscitated victim of martial law, but the belief is that he will be pardoned. His wounds arc nc4 portal, and kis arm has been reset. THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART, On Saturday afternoon the distribution of medals and prizes to the successful students of the Female School of Art took place at Burlington House, Piccadilly. Notwithstanding the wetness of the afternoon there was a good attendance of visitors, the larger portion of whom were ladies. The chair was taken by Sir Francis Grant, president of the Royal Academy ; and among the occupants of the platform were Lady Grant, Professor Donaldson, the Rev. J. Bach, and Messrs. R. Westmacott, R. A., R. Redgrave, R.A., O'Neill, R.A., Pocock, Good win, Valpy, Henderson, 11. A. Bowler, J. H. Fordham, and G. Harding. Miss Gann, the super intendent of the school, sat at the table on the right of the chairman. Professor DONALDSON read the annual statement of the committee, of which the following are the most material portions :—The committee are happy in being able to state that the school continues in all essential points to progress favourably, mainly due to the able management of Miss Gann, the superintendent, and to the unremitting attention bestowed upon the pupils in their studies by Miss Wilson and Miss Bellaneye, and by Miss Williams, the teacher of wood engraving, and all whose ser vices the committee are happy thus to acknow ledge. At the present time there are 107 students on the books, being 34 more than at the same date last year. At the close of the summer session the number was 130, and the committee have little doubt that, as the advantages offered by the school become more extensively known, a very short period will suffice to raise the number from 150 to 200 students, which it can easily accommodate. At the annual second grade examination in March, 1867, 36 students presented themselves for examination, 25 passed in one or more of the papers, and 13 prizes were taken, which will be presented by the chairman, Sir F. Grant, to the successful com petitors. At the annual national and local exami nation of the drawings at South Kensington last April, one national silver medal was awarded to Alice Elfrida Manly, and one national bronze to Margaretta Clarke. Ten local prizes No. 1, and four prizes No. 2 were awarded; and three students were awarded honourable mention. The examiners were Daniel Maclise, R.A., Professor Richard West macott, R.A., J. C. Horsley, R.A., Fred. Leighton, A.R.A., Richard Redgrave, R.A., and H. A. Bow ler. Two prizes for design offered by Miss Bell, of Alton, have been awarded, the first prize to Sarah M'Gregor, the second prize to Emily Austin. The first gold medal given by her Majesty, to be com peted for annually by the students of this school, has been awarded to Alice Elfrida Manly for three groups of flowers in tempera from nature. The adjudicators were Mr. R. Westmacott, R.A., Mr. C. W. Cope, R.A., and Miss Mutrie. The report then dwelt upon other circumstances connected with the working of the school, and concluded with a congratulatory reference to the circumstance that the gold medal of the Royal Academy and a scholar ship of £6O this year had been won by Miss Louisa Star. After the reading of the statement, the cards, prizes, and certificates were distributed to the suc 7 cessful competitors, who, upon their names being called out, advanced to the platform and received the rewards of their exertions from the hands of Sir Francis Grant. Several of the young ladies had gained more than one mark of distinction, and they were on each appearance warmly applauded by their fellow-students and their friends. The warmest and most general expressions of admira tion were reserved for Miss Alice Manly, who re ceived a silver medal for three groups of flowers, painted from nature, and a gold medal, presented by the Queen, for the best drawing executed in the school during the twelvemonth ; and Miss Marga retta Clarke, who had gained a bronze medal for a sheet of botanical studies ornamentally arranged. To many of the young ladies Sir Francis said a few words of approval or encouragement as he shook them cordially by the hand. Miss Manly he espe cially complimented upon the beauty of her draw ings, which he described as works of " surpassing excellence." Having concluled the distribution, Sir F. GRANT, who was received with loud ap• plause, said—l am now permitted to address to you a few brief observations. First, I desire to express the great satisfaction that I have experienced from listening to the statement which has been read by Professor Donaldson ; and next, I am anxious to offer my congratulations to those young ladies who have been successful in obtaining prizes. I must also say a word of encouragement to those who have not gained prizes, but whose works have received a great deal of admiration ; and I particularly desire to impress upon all the students the necessity of persevering in the earnest labour which they have already displayed, and which must certainly lead to excellence hereafter. I rejoice to bear that this ad mirable institution has received substantial aid from the Queen, from the Princess of Wales, and from other members of the royal family. lam glad to have the opportunity of saying how much art has ever been indebted to the enlightened sup port it has received from her Majesty. The Queen is herself an artist of no ordinary ability, and there fore well able to appreciate talent in others, and on those occasions on which I have had the honour in my professional capacity to be admitted to her pre sence I have been highly gratified by the interest which she has graciously expressed in the progress and prosperity of the younger artists of the country who are coming into public notice. (Applause.) I learn with deep satisfaction that her Majesty has become the purchaser of one of Miss Manly's beau tiful water-colour drawings, and I cannot but feel that it must be an encom agement to all the students to know that their labours and their merits are not overlooked by their Sovereign. One day last 1 week I had the pleasure of going over the Female School of Art, accompanied by its valued and excellent superintendent, Miss Gann.—(ap plause)—and I can assure you that I was highly gratified. I found there numerous students receiv ing a sound and valuable education, and I saw many young ladies displaying great ability in draw ing from the antique, from the life, from the flat, or from model. I was especially struck with one beautiful painting in monochrome, from the antique, and upon inquiring by whom it had been executed I was delighted but infinitely surprised to find that it was the work of Miss Manly. (Applause.) It is very extraordinary to see such varied excellence in such different departments of art ; and - having already admired her remarkable drawings of flowers, I cannot but prognosticate a brilliant future from so successful a beginning. I hope she will allow me to remind her and all the other stu dents that true genius—l rejoice to think that true genius is always accompanied by modesty and industry—true genius, ever learning and ever ascending, in its own estimation never reaches the summit. (Applause.) I take the most lively inte rest in the remarkable progress which female art is making in this country. It is delightful to reflect that young ladies of good education and limited means are no longer confined to one profession, alwayslaborious and sometimes anomalous- —the pro fession of a governess. I speak with the deepest respect of that honourable and accomplished class, but at the same time we must all rejoice that the door has been thrown wide open leading to another profession in which ladies have proved themselves so eminently qualified to excel. For my own part I have always been a warm advocate of the admission of lady students to the Royal Academy, and I hope they will always enjoy th ,, same privileges as the male students. When the medals are awarded at the Royal Academy, the names of the winners are never known until the moment of distribution. Last week, when I had to present the gold medal and scholarship, I was surprised and delighted to read out the name of Miss Louisa Star. A young and graceful lady was led with trembling steps to receive the highest prize the Royal Academy can confer, amid raptur ous applause ; and, to their honour be it said, none more enthusiastic in their praise than the very stu dents whom this young lady had successfully dis tanced. (Applause.) I think this i 3 a very seri ous consideration for us men who call ourselves the lords of creation. We may well tremble in our shoes when we see this great " storm wave" of female talent and enterprise rolling rapidly for- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1867. ward and threatening to overwhelm us; but while I shall ever be the advocate of an open field, fair play, and no favour, I trust the result will be bet ter art, and a friendly, peaceable, and even affec tionate rivalry. I will now give place to others who are better able than I am to inform you as to the details of the working of this admirable institution —but before I sit down, allow me to express the hope that those ladies who have gained prizes to day will continue to reap fresh laurels, and that the younger students will never flinch from the labour which is necessary to acquire excellence. (Loud applause.) Mr. WESTMACOTT, R.A., made a few observa tions, in the course of which he dwelt with especial emphastia upon the advantages which the school de rived from the superintendence of Miss Gann, than whom it was impossible to find a more able or de voted teacher. (hear.) The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to Sir F. Grant, which was moved by Mr. REDGRAVIi, R.A., and seconded by Mr. O'NEILL, R.A. MR. OTWAY, M.P., O.N POLITICS. Last evening Mr. A. 0 tway, M.P. for Chatham, addressed his constituents in the Lecture-hall of that town, which was well filled. The chair was taken by Mr. Vincent Hills, Mayor of Rochester, who briefly introduced the hon. member. Mr. OTWAY commenced his address by denying Admiral Elliot's statement that he had neglected local interests. The hon. member quoted as the witty saying of a learned man, that all that the Re form Act contained of the Reform Bill was the word " Whereas," and said that the bill belonged to the Government and the act to the House of Commons, and that all the improvements made in the bill were due to the Liberal party. The act was by no means perfect. In the November session he had pointed out a serious blunder, corrected by the first act of the session—(laughter)--and no doubt in February , many shortcomings and defects would be made ma nifest and corrected. There must be a larger re distribution of seats, and the compound househol der, although said to be dead, was certainly not buried. (Laughter, and " Hear, hear.") The lat ter question was one of peculiar interest in the borough, and a gentleman acquainted with the local working of the Small Tenements Act, wrote him that : " The parish of Chatham contains about 1,200 houses that formerly came under the Small Tene ments Act, the landlords paying the rates. Now this burden is thrown on the tenants, the collectors have called on these people for the money, they will not pay (possibly cannot) ; appeal days have been fixed for those persons to appear before the guar dians who are too poor to pay. I have, as their clerk, attended ; hundreds upon hundreds have been down ; in fact, the crush has been so great that the assistance of the police has been called in to pre serve order. I have repeatedly called appellants' attention to the fact that by the guardians excusing them any portion of their rates they would not be on the Register of Voters at the next election. To this in every case their reply was, We can't pay, we do not care about our vote ;' and not in half-a dozen cases that have come before us have the guardians thought it right to wake an order on these people." This was a most unsatisfactory state of things ; an enfranchisement of the people was con ceded with such conditions as made it unacceptable to them. Mr. Gladstone was throughout right in the view he took of the matter. (Cheers.) The personal payment of rates, as a principle of the Act, was doomed to disappear. The statement that the Conservatives were Liberals at heart, and from 1859 had made up their minds to household suffrage, was refuted by the fact that Lord Derby, when called to power, asked the co-operation in office of Mr. Lowe, who was opposed to any reduction of the suffrage. If Lord Derby had been in favour of household suf frage he should have applied to Mr. Bright. (Cheers.) Lord Derby in his time had made one or two un fortunate party statements. In 1852, when the question of Protection was alive, he said he was looking to the time when he conldsay to his followers, "Up Guards and at them." Before 1859 he said it was his mission to stem the tide of Democracy. Neither statement could be compared with that made with reckless firmness in 1866 that his determination was to convert a minority into a majority rather than to maintain any principles. These had been sacri ficed to maintain place—(hear)—he would not say power. The conduct of the Conservative party last Session had struck a fatal blow at the confidence people had for some time reposed in public men. The question arose what was to be the limit of the policy Lord Derby had adopted in order to carry the Reform Act. Was it to be adopted in the settlement of all the great questions now at issue ? Were church-rates to be opposed to the last and the Church then thrown over? The question might appear unimportant at Chatham, which had no church-rate for many years ; but the people of Chatham had some feeling for their fellow country men. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question, said that a man imprisoned for nonpay ment of church-rates had been ill-advised by his lawyer ; but the House of Lords was more " ill advised" when it threw out the bill for the abolition of church-rates. (Cheers.) Was the Government's majority principle to be applied to the questions of the Irish Church and the government of Ireland ? The population of Chatham would abhor and stigmatise as cruel, barbarous, and horrible the diabolical outrage perpetrated by Fenian conspira tors in London—(hear, hear)—and would detest and execrate Feniauism, as a it had showed itself, as an insane and wicked conspiracy ; but who could conscientiously say that we had not committed wrong towards Ireland ? On this question was the Liberal party to be opposed to the last, and then more than it had advocated conceded by the Go vernment in order to convert a minority into a majority ? In such a policy there was no states manship, which determined what was right and just, and yielded to reasoning and not to agitation and violence. Such a motive animated the Liberal party, of whose cause he did not despair, for its mind was made up on the questions of the day, and it wanted to deal with them in a large sense. On the questions of church rates, the Irish Church, Irish tenant right, and education —(cheers)—the Liberal party had a programme distinct from that of the Conservative party, so that there must be antagonism between them. It was said that the passing of the Reform Act would make the country Conservative ; but three out of four late elections—those for Leicestershire, Coventry, and Manchester—had resulted in Liberal victories and the displacement of Conservatives. (Cheers.) In one respect the Liberal party con trasted unfavourably with the Conservative party, and that was in acting as a clique and not acknow ledging great services—but this fault he hoped would be corrected in future. Referring to the increase of the income tax, he said commerce was not flourishing and the trade of the town was de pressed, so that it was an unfortunate time to aug• ment the tax. With regard to the Abyssinian difficulty, he admitted that the present Govern ment ',inherited it, and that we were bound to demand the release of Mr. Rassatn—first by ne gotiation, and that, failing, by force ; but he thought it would have been strange if King Theodore, with whom he had entered into rela tions, had not been offended at the non-receipt of answers to two letters which be had addressed to the Queen. One of these bad been mislaid, the King had not been answered, and we were at war. It was the old story—some one had blundered, and the English people had to pay. It was hard upon them that they should be plunged into a war in which they had no interest because slights had been put upon a King like Theodore through the negli gence of the Foreign-office. It would have been better if Government had revealed its intentions to Parliament before the close of last session ; but Lord Stanley's explanation had gone far to excul pate the Government in this respect. On the autho rity of Sir Samuel Baker and of the Belgian diplo matist who had resided in Abyssinia two years, and whose despatch to the Government was given in the Blue-book, he held that our greatest danger was in a large expedition. It was said the King had not the means of putting 1,000 men in line at any time, and that there was no possibility of opposing the march of 500 English soldiers through the country. Sir Samuel Baker recommended an expedition of 500 men, and the Belgian Minister one of 1,000 ; and he, there fore, wanted to know why we had sent 12,000 men, or, with camp followers, 50,000. This was hard on the British taxpayer, and still more on the British soldier, because of the difficulties of transport and of maintenance. That dey's news was that water was scarce, and that the troops were being moved forward, and that animals were dying for want of nourishment. If, as he believed, a small expedition would have insured success, a large one would frust rate it with proportionate responsibility on the Go vernment. It was most extraordinary that the gene ral in command and his large staff—a large staff re quired a large army— (laughter)—as will as a large army a large staff —had not left Bombay yet. If a man like Outram had gone into Abyssinia as Outram did into Affghanistan, we might by a sharp adven ture have rescued I he captives from Alagdala, where they were entirely cut off from the King. Theodore he believed to be a different man from what he had been represented to be by the Foreign-office. We had not heard him yet. He was an acute, shrewd man, who knew something of our habits and laws ; and it might be that he would give up the English captives and retain the Germans and Hessians. We must then retire with our large force and leave them in captivity, or rescue them at the cost of the British taxpayer. We had blundered from the beginning, and the only thing we could be certain about was the valour of our troops. (Cheers.) The conduct of the War Department did not inspire confidence. The sending a regiment on board a transport past Plymouth to Portsmouth, and back to Plymouth by train, the keeping of a regiment on board a transport three days between Plymouth and Alder shott because tides were missed, and Sunday " didn't count"—(laughter) —the payment of £B,OOO to the inventor of a destructive roc ket, and the non-supply of such rockets to the Abyssinian expedition, and an interminable correspondence about the repair of a pump showed that there was a want of system which would shame the organisation of a ragged school, that we frittered away the energies of public servants upon trifles, and that we wasted thousands of pounds by mistakes while we haggled with a gas company and deprived the soldier of light. Satisfied from such things as these that there was something wrong, he intended to move for a committee to inquire into the organisation of the War Department and its re lations with the other departments of the Govern ment. He hoped that the non-purchase system would soon be that of the whole British army, and that in the meantime, the scheme of promotion in non,rurchase corps, devised by the committee on which he sat, would be adopted. He also hoped that the recommenda: tion of another committee on which he sat would be adopted, and that election committees would be superseded by judicial tribunals. Atten- tion must be directed to the administration of the revenues of India, which amounted to £150,000,000, and were at the disposal of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Pensions of from £BO to £2OO a year had been paid to officers dismissed for drunkenness, peculation, and insubordination ; £l,BOO compensation had been offered to an officer who had been ill-used ; and the revenues of India had paid for the ball to the Sultan, who did not dance, and was hated by Hindoos. No man had a higher character than Sir Stafford Northcote ; but it was a question whether one man should have the control of such revenues. Having expressed his confidence in Lord Stanley and his foreign policy, and his approbation of the course taken by Lord Stanley on the Luxemburg question and the Ala bama claims, the honourable member concluded by saying that when they next met many would have entered into possession of those political rights from which they had hitherto been excluded. We, be said, are about to part with power, and to confide to your keeping the destinies of a nation which has achieved great things. There are men— native and foreign—who say that our country has reached the apogee of her glory and power, that henceforth we must look for her decline. Ido not share this opinion, but I feel that on you and all those about to be enfranchised depends greatly the future of England. Make it your task to preserve her mighty empire, to cherish her freedom, to pro mote by all means in your power the happiness of her loyal and industrious people." (Loud cheers.) A resolution, expressing high appreciation of Mr. otway's Parliamentary services, entire satisfaction with the principles enunciated in his address, and undiminished confidence in him as a representative, was agreed to. FRANCE AND THE POPE. There is no keener observer of public opinion than the Emperor Napoleon. He watches every movement of the political barometer, and shapes his course accordingly. During the eventful period in which he has ruled over France with absolute sway, he has shown no indications of high political principles, of great statesmanlike ideas, or of a con sistent policy. We know that more than once he has given the impulse to the Revolution, and more than once put it down by the sword. He saved France from anarchy and socialism, and he gave up Italy to the Revolution. He has been on the side of the Papacy and against it. He has endea voured to harmonize the most conflicting interests, and to reconcile the most antagonistic principles, but he has gained no man's confidence. Yet, for a long time, his policy of playing fast and loose, of taking the stronger and deserting the weaker side, or when the opposing forces were pretty evenly balanced, of steering a middle course, now favouring the one, and now the other, gave him the power which he coveted of being _the master of the situation. Such tactics are not power, but slavery. Napoleon does not mould events, but follows them, does not create public opinion, but listens to it. Had France been anti Christian and anti-Papal, Napoleon, out of jealousy, might have broken up Italy, but he never would have sated Rome for the sake of the Papacy. But France has pronounced itself distinctly and unmistakably on the side of the Pope. Napoleon has no room for doubt, no choice, he has broken with Italy and the Revolution, and at the bidding of Catholic France he has become, whether he like it or not, the soldier of the Pope. In spite of the profound religious indifferentism which characterizes so many of the educated classes, and of the immorality of the working men of the cities ; in spite of the active and rabid infi delity of a large portion of the press and of the literature of France, the power of Catholicism, re ligious, political, and social, is fast gaining the upper hand in the country of Voltaire. Before long, the anti-Christian Revolution in Europe will have to reckon with France as with its deadliest enemy. As an indication of the growth of this Catholic power, the debates in the French Chamber on the Papal question are deserving of the closest atten tion. It will not have escaped attention that in the Senate where the influence of the Government issupreme, the Foreign Minister, M. de Moustier, contented him self with a repetition of the ambi guous phrases which Napoleon has invariably made use of to cloak his policy in the Roman question. M. de Mousticr, as the mouth-piece of the Em peror, declared that the Government aimed, as it ever had done, at the reconciliation of the Pope and the Italian Government ; that it would provide effectually for the Pope's safety, but that the per manent occupation of the Papal States by France was impossible. After the recent .conduct of the Italian Government and its proved complicity with the invasion of the Papal States, such a declara tion of policy on the part of the French Govern ment was simply an encouragement of the Italian Revolution. As such, fortunately for France, it was regarded in the Lower Chamber. Interpella tions were raised to call the Government to ac count. The Catholic Opposition made itself sensibly felt ; and although, perhaps, Government might reckon on a majority, had it persevered in the policy traced out in the Senate, yet the minority would have been formidable, both from its number and. from its influential character, and still from the sympathy and support it would have met with, under its reverse, in every parish of every province in France. . _ ihiers, in a speech which created a great sensation, attacked the Cabinet of the Tuileries for its ambiguous policy, and showed, from the course the Government had hitherto pursued, that Italy might fairly question the sincerity of France's de sire to protect the Pope from spoliation. Ile de clared that the Government was bound on re ligious, national, and political grounds to protect the Pope, and never to allow Italy to take pos session of Rome. M. Thiers ended by demanding from the Government a clear and categorical state ment of its policy ; he called upon it never to allow the Pope to be deprived of his present terri tories. The " Never ! never ! never !" of M. Thiers was caught up as a watchword ; and the attitude of the Chambers, and the determination of the Catholic leaders, were not lost upon the Government. After due consultation with the Emperor, M. Rouher pronounced the memorable words that " never shall Italy take possession of Rome." The "Never ! never ! never !" of M. Thiers, re-echoed by the vast majority of the Chamber, was accepted by the Go vernment. Never shall Italy take possession of Rome, is the solemn word of France, pledged to the Catholic world. At a word from M. Berryer, Napoleon's Minister reascended the tribune, and declared " that when he said never shall Italy take possession of Rome, he meant to speak of the pre sent Papal territory in all its integrity." France has fairly supported her title as eldest daughter of the Church ; her Catholic character is made manifest once more to Italy and the Re volution. What France means is now clear beyond question—whatever becomes of united Italy Rome shall never be its capital. As to the " co-existence" of revolutionary Italy and the Temporal Sove reignty of the Papacy we do not believe in it. We agree with the Union that M. Thiers has rightly defined the dilemma : it lies between the main tenance of the Pope and the fall of Italian unity. There is no medium. And what is Italian unity, that an honest man and a Christian should not re joice over its fall? It is founded on the violation of justice, of national law, and of the sacred rights of religion. Italian unity is a monstrous fiction. The kingdom as it now exists began in robbery, and is ending in bankruptcy. During its brief existence it has presented the melancholy spectacle of an impious minority delivering over a nation to political immorality and to public hostility to the Church of the people. If revolutionary Italy commit suicide, as M. Thiers' suggests, on the sword of France, or if Napoleon, who made it, unmake it again, Europe will be delivered from an evil, and the children of the Revolution in every nation will have learnt a lesson which they will not lightly forget. In following the will of Catholic France Napoleon has done well and wisely ; in guarantee ing the actual territory now in possession of the Pope he has mortally offended the European Re volution. Let him break with that lawless and impious association, and undo the .evil which he has done. Let him crown his work by restoring to the Papal Sovereignty all that has been taken from it by the Revolution ; and then history will record of Napoleon 111. that at the end of his reign he had the grace and courage to undo the evil of its commencement.— Westminster Gazette. MR. BRAND, M.P., 01V_PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The Right Hon. H. Brand and Lord Pelham, the members for the borough of Lewes, gave their annual address to their constituents in the lecture hall of that town on Friday evening last. In the course of his speech, Mr. BRAND remarked that some of those who were present might have felt suprised that a Con servative Government should have brought forward a Reform Bill. For his part he had never felt that sentiment of surprise. He had had some experience of the Conservative party. They possessed a qua lity of passive resistance to good measures which was most remarkable, but they also possessed an other quality still more remarkable—namely, that of discerning very accurately when they could no longer hope to offer further resistance to the pas sage of such measures, and then, like sensible men, they resisted no longer. (Laughter.) But that was not all. Seeing that resistance was hopeless, they actually adopted the measures which they had before opposed. (Cheers.) In support of this the right lion. gentleman referred to the conduct of the Conservative party in regard to Catholic Emanci pation and Free Trade. He proceeded to say that if there were one measure more than another which the Conservative party, time out of mind, had opposed with a tenacity worthy of a better cause, it was the reduction of the borough franchise. But, seeing that it was no longer possible to resist such a measure, they themselves last session proposed household suffrage. He was, however, far from saying that it was not open for the Conservative party to deal with Re form. On the contrary, he was rather disposed to invite the Conservatives to adopt Liberal measures. There was a wide field open to the Conservatives if they desired to be held in esteem as men of progress. For instance, they might settle the question of Church rates, notwithstanding the fact that they had rallied to the cry of " No surrender" in regard to Church-rates for many years. So also they might open the doors of the Universities, acting upon the principle that the Universities were made for the people and not the people for the Universi ties. (Hear, hear.) They might also take up our present system of national education, and frame it on a more comprehensive basis. Then they might deal with the grievances of Ireland. They had, in deed, a wide field before them. Now, although, as he just now remarked, he was not surprised that the Conservative party had dealt with Reform, he was bound to say that since the Reform Bill was passed certain revelations had been made with regard to the Conservative party which had filled him with much surprise. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated that the leading members of the Conservative party had, ever since the year 1859, been in favour of household suffrage, and speaking more recently in Edinburgh he went on to say that during the same period—that is, since 1859—he had been edu cating the Conservative party on the question of Reform. Well, he (Mr. Brand) did not under stand, if that were so, how the leading Conserva tives could reconcile their conduct with the speeches they had been making ever since 1859. He wished to call attention to an election address written by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1865, a fow days after the House of Commons had thrown out Mr. Baines's moderate proposition for reduction of the borough franchise. It was to this effect :—" A few nights ago the House of Commons, impatient of protracted legislation, reflected. the candour of the community, and declared by a vast majority that the franchise in boroughs should not be lowered, and that the principle (lateral) on which Lord Derby wished to extend it was the just one. The efforts of the Opposition during the last six years, therefore, have not been insignificant or useless." And yet the Chancellor of the Exchequer now asserted that ever since 1859 the leading members of the Conservative party had been in favour of household suffrage. (Cheers and laughter.) It was quite a new feature in Parliamentary Government that the leading members of a great party should behind the stage hold one set of opinions, and then, stepping on to the public stage, profess another. If things were to be called by their right names, if a spade were to be called a spade, he should call that political double-dealing. his own impression was that the Conservatives were reformers under pres sure, that they would very soon collapse, and that they would be found out. (Cheers.) Still, he sup posed that Englishmen who love fair play would give them a chance. But he would remind those voters who were going to exercise the privilege for the first time a great political cry of which was much in vogue many years ago—" Measures, not men." Now, as far as it went, it was not a bad cry, but there was another cry very much better, and that was—" Measures and men." (Cheers.)- He knew, speaking now as an elector, whom he served and re spected—viz., the man who to maintain his prin ciples had sacrificed power and place, and be should be very much surprised if the electors of England at large did not recognise that fact in 1869. (Cheers.) LEEDS CHRISTMAS SHOW. The annual fat cattle, sheep, and pig show opened in Leeds on Saturday, in the Smithfield Market. It was more remarkable for quality than for numbers, though there were 70 entries of stock. Some of the prize animals from Birmingham and York were there, and in one or two instances they wer e excelled. The Mayor's cup and £2O for the best animal was won by Mr. W. M'Combie, of Aber deen, with the brother to the famous Black Prince, which is loin, less in girth than his relative, who has been so conspicuous in London, but the dead mean weight of which will be from 16 to 17 cwt. The Innkeepers' Plate and £lO for the best animal of the opposite sex fell to Sir Walter C. 'Trevelyan for a heifer which was first in her class at York, and will, when slaughtered, yield about 108 stone of beef. In the opinion of some private judges this heifer ought to have beaten everything else, CO perfect was she in form, compact about the loins, and fine to a nicety in quality, compared to any of the oxen. The judges had evidently held substance and quantity in higher esteem than beauty and re finement. The Tradesmen's Plate and £lO for the best Irish cross-bred was carried off by Mr. Richard 11. Harris, of Forres, N.B. The Rev. T. Stan'', forth, of Storrs, Wi n d ermere , o bt a i ne d th e fi r st and second prizes in the class of any aged oxen. They had been unsurpassed at York for symmetry, and were of the best style of the fashionable shorthorn. Tke finest ox not exceeding three years old be longed to Mr. Pease, M.P., and lowered the colours of Mr. G. Taylor, Bridlington Quay, who- won th e President's cup at York. Mr. Pease's ox was per fect in form, and though a year younger than gr• M'Combie's was size enough without being at all coarse. The best cow was Mr. Waintnan of Harrogate, the Duke of Devonshire being second; Mr. Granby, of Aberdeen, took the Royal Aga:* cultural Society's cup with a beast in the same cuss as Mr. M'Combie's. Sir W. Trevelyan showed 3 true model of a Highland ox ; and of the tenan t farmers, Mr. Wiley, Brandsby, was one of the most honoured on account of an ox which had distin guished itself at York. There were more Scotch specimens than any other in the exhibition, which showed good frames and nice quality without being patchy or obese in humps, and without regularity The most remarkable specimens of sheep were those of Captain Gunter, Wetherby. They stood veil high from the ground, and would weigh from 401 b. to 501 b. a quarter. They showed to what excel lence rough mountain-bred sheep can be brough t by good keep and careful tending. The larges t pigs in the show w ei g h e d res p ec ti ve ly 101 and 1 4 u stone. The lighter beast won th e fi rs t p r ize, bu t both belonged to Mr. Lakeland, of Retford. MERCANTILE SHIP NEWS. Gravesend, Dec. 7.-Arrived, the Germania. from 1 13111 . i burg. Liverpool, Dec. 7.-Arrived, the Scotia, Royal Ma l l steamer, front New York. Sailed, the Africa, Royal T Eat steamer, for Boston; the Punjaub, for New Orleans. he Thornton. front New York to this port, aground ono be bar, is reported to have seven feet of water in her 1 1 The men who went on board yesterday were taken off W" great difficulty last night by the lifeboat. Wind north' and strong. Plymouth, Dec. 6.-Arrived, the Annie B. Young, fr o , lll New York. Bristol, Dec. 6.-Arrived, the Sarah Hobe r4 from New York. Bristol Channel, Doc. 6.-Arrived, th e Mary Dundas, from N.-York. Penmon (near Beauniaris) Dec. 6.-The T. J. Southard (of Richmond), from N evi York to Liverpool, got on the rocks this morning close t, the Menai Lighthouse, and is to become a t ot wreck ; crew saved. Broomielaw, Dec. 6 S "led th e 6 Caledonia, screw steamer, for New York. Clyde, Dec* -Sailed, the Ada Gray, for New York. Queenstec iii Dec. 6.-Arrived, the Jam es M a i r , f rom N e w V r 7 . Milford, Dec. 6.-Arrived, the Montego, from California for Liverpool. Blackwall, Dec. 9.-The York Town, of and for Se ll :, York, was run into off Brunswick pier by the Lion, ee r ?„s steamer, of Hull, which struck her abaft the mizen cb al ig on the starboard side, cutting her down within three plan s of the water's edge. She has had to bring up at the litl ° y. off here. Liverpool, Dec. 8.-Arrived, the Oneida, steamer, W el : Pernambuco ; the Gladiator, steamer, from New 00 03°5 4 and the Scotia and the Denmark, ' steamers, from , he York. Sailed, tke Punfain, for New Orleans ; and, t i n Africa, steamer, for Boston. The T. J. Southard, Ir ° ; . ; New York to this port, which went ashore near the ge P TA Lighthouse on Dec. 6, held together last night, but c ol '' r 11 nut be boarded owing to the heavy sea. The ' 3 f o r (Chisholm) has arrived here to make arrano - ° emeut s _ saving cargo. Dec. 9.-Arrived, the Siberia, steamer, and the Nebraska, screw steamer, from N e d York. The Thornton, from New York, which grout."rt on the bar, Dec. 6, is reported sinking iu the sand; 1 1 '. of cargo landed. Deal, Dec. 8.- Arrived, the RePu i l l i the Everhart], and the Romulus, front New York. lic i ,', " Dec. 8.- Arrived, the Fanny Clay and th e D u mas, 10-- 1 New York. New York, Nov. 20. - The British Queen, Falinolltith for this pelt, before reported abandoned had her e ll '', taken oil on the 19th November, in lat. 3i N. and i t . 69 W., then being in a sinking state, and having 1 . 1 . 3 ', r : foot of water in her hold, by the M elrose. arrived her Nov. 28.-The Montpelier, St. John, N.B. .to Liverpo!ti which put into Portland, U.S , leaky on tho 23d inst. ,l "' 15 feet water in her hold, and will have to discharge. London Custom House, Dec. 9. Vessel Entered - 1 - t , wards.-The Bellona, front Now York. Entered Ou wards.-The Bellona, for New York. -vorr• Dover, Dec. 9.-Arrived, the Atrato, from Now .0, Milford, Dec. 9: -The Eureka, American brigan ti ber Baltimore to Liverpool, was spoken on the 15th Noveil l „;, in lat. 44 N, long. 55 W, disinasted, by the Blair AtPli, arrived here, which supplied her with a fore the Liverpool, Dec. 9.-Sailed, tho Themis, for Boston ; th e Gravesend, Dec. 10.-Arrived, the City of Montreali Republic, and the Everhard, from New York. 010' Off Plymouth, Dec. 8.-Arrived, the Priscilla fro m terdam, for Mobile. „ de Aiew York, Nov. 25.-The Salve, from St. Jeg - 31; Cutia, for Falmouth, was wrecked near Havannah, Oct. 30 bales cargo saved. London Custom House, Dec.lo. —Vessel entered inW 94° the Everhard, from New York. Vessels Spoken With.—The Gaspe°, American 61.11 i!, Cardiff, to Shanghai, Oct. 10, long. 27 W the Vi c° `v est auza, New lurk to Liverpool, Dec. 7, ' 2,10 miles of fastnet. fri9/33 Deal, Doc. 11.—Arrived, the Thomas Dunham , New York. fro ° Liverpool, Dec. 9.—Arri ve d, th e C u ban, steamer' Mobile ; the Kathleen, from Baltimore. scre sq s Portsmouth, Dec. 10.—Arrived, the Thames, of steamer, from New York, and left for London, s u° orof coals. She reports having passed a large vessel . e to, Dec. 8, about 45 miles south-west of the Lizard ; ho but could not see any boats. Baltimore, Nov. 20.—The Sydenham, from Car po aground on Seven-foot Knoll, a few miles below th is o ' fog will probably float next tido. There has been a d eu in the river bay for the last three days. Lis ret i Vessels Spoken W ith.—The Cathedrae, Mobile to _OO pool, Nov. 16, lat. 24 N, long. 82 W • the Germani a, west, Nov. 16, lat. 44 N, long. 54 W. elf/ the Gravesend, Dec. 12.—Arrived, the Wm. Taps g a ile'n, Thames, steamer, and the Aurora, from New York' the Southampton, for New York. Deal, Dec. A ' 1 1 • the E. W. Stetson, from New York. Liverpool, m io ito —Arrived, the Victoria, the Nyanza, and the P re p/ Thompson, from New York. The Thornton, frora,gedt York, which grounded on the bar Dec. 6, is much I° '" and is breaking amidships ' • eargo washing out. Sei Bristol, Dec. 11.—Arrived, the Ellen Dyer, from York. Loudon Custom-house, Dec. 12.—Vessel en ter . e tet wards, the William Tapscott, from New York. Di l i, for outwards, the Granen, the Liugi, and the Kong Cf oc lo Philadelphia ; and the William Tapscott, for Nov d of QUARANTINE NOTlCE.—Lisbon, Dee. 3.—The VI; cl A cr Health has issued the following orders :—Of No v 'c e " daring the ports of Louisiana and New Orleans sos ,; of yellow fever from Nov. 3. Dso h NOTICE TO MARINERS, WEST INDIES.—Light o,looo' lenfels Battery, St. Thomas's Island.—The Leosl u t boo se lie 0 6 moat at fit. homers has givAn notior , 02.1, the b y l i d on Mohlenfels Battery having been damaged ,i 0 05,',; hurricane on the 29th of October, the light Pre notice oxhibited therefrom cannot be shown, and that dfloorfeli will be given of its re-establishment. Also, that 4,00 the time the usual light is extinguished one from ° boa ° will be hoisted. By command of their lordshigS 2 OfOc e t. g Henry Richards, Hydrographer.—Hydrogralb, Je , offe t Admiralty, Lonon, Nov. 22, the Admiralty chart— St. Thomas's Harbour, No. , 00 ; 1867. This N0t1e 2, 183. 4 Chancellor, for Mobile; the Baltimore, for B:s,' o/l ell i e . Ida, for Buenos Ayres ; the Felix, for Hayti ; yor' tador, for Havanuah ; the Homborgsund, for N er g, Arrived, the Siberia, screw steamer, from Now th e Y Egosrelo t o f Guy's HOSPITAL.—Mr. J, Gurne banker of Lombard-street, has been elected pre .4d ir 1) 1 % Guy's Hospital, in the room of the Right 11011. rence Peel, who has resigned the office. Births. - 0 rh W s a , STIFF On the 10th inst., at 135, Kenningt on-Pi' th oons e wife of the Win lsth i . Stiff , nst., q.at , of Gillib r and 13-°ll, a son. cbor c l ; f' Lancashire, the wife of Henry Woods, Esq. , daughtet. Marriages. 1 0 c ;Ti rog ° ~ HoGARTH--HowELL— On the 11th inst , at oax- t. d i , -lt Church, Edward, youngest son of Georg°. llogarciatig/it" of 10, Gloucester-crescent, to Matilda, youvgarviat. I of James Howell, Esq., of 15, Moruington-ces`' -001eiof SYKES—WALTON- On the 12th ins( 7 a t Ilorbur)fieid, n' Nutting-hill, David Parry Sykes: of IluddeeSrsoiltc Alice, youngest daughter of the late Cliarl of Tulse-hill, Surrey. if Deaths. ac orb .thyLEs— On the 1211 lust , at Stoke Newingtov, 11 0 ' Hayles,Somers'et House. f r qe o PROVAN—On the 11th inst., at Macclesfield, Josi.b.,clee- Esq., for upwards of 30 years editor of the " 3- ' s `" 0 1 1 Courier," aged 67. , t Wero WETHERALL— On the 11th inst , at Governal-e f GO l3- F.M. College, Sandhurst, Frances Diana, wi lt) ° IJ9 k, A Sir George Wetherall, G.C.B. a tier., to.y, SALISBURY—On the 14th inst ,at 0 filey-Plae'' - $01 .151) Salisbury, widow of the late. Sir Thomas .P. 13Art. 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