The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-02 00:00:00

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST EIGHT NIGHTS. Mille. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. TO-NIGEIT (MONDAY), Dec. 2, Donizettra Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. LAST SEVEN NIGHTS. T 0-11ORROW EVENING (TUESDAY), December 3 Bellini'd Tragic Opera, NORMA. Norma by Mdlle. Titiene ONLY MORNING PERFORMANCE. Mdlle. Titiens and Mdlle. Clara Louise Kellogg. Wednesday next, Dec. 4, commencing at Half-past One o'clock, Moz trt's Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. LAST SIX NIGHTS. Titiens and Mille. Clara Louise Kellogg,. Thursday next, December 5, IL DON GIOVANNI. LAST FIVE NIGHTS. Titiens in " Fidelio." Saturday, Drcember 7, B,!othovon's Opera, FIDELIO. _Leonora (Fidelio), by Mdile. Titieus. Conductor —Signer Arditi. Commence at Eight o'clock. Stalls, 15s. ; Dress Circle, 10s. 6d. ; Upper Circle, ss. ; Pit, 55.; Gallery, 2s. Private Boxes, One Guinea and up wards. Box-office of the Theatre open daily. riIIiEATRE ROYAL, DRU RY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Ch%tterton. TRIUMPHANT AND BRILLIANT SUCCESS. The Carnival of Venice, at the conclusion of the first act, has been unanimously pronounced by the press and the public to be one of the grandest spectacular effects ever witnessed on the stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the new Romantic Play, in 4 Acts, entitled THE DOGE CV VENICE, adapted by Baylis Bernard from Lord B p on's Tragedy of " Marino Faliere," with additions from the :'lay of " Marino," by Casimer de la Vigne, and v Illustrated by Selections from the Operas of "Marino 2' Verdiy Donizetti, and the "Duo Foscare " and " Bravo "of and Mercadante, with New and Magni icent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. The music selected and arranged by _Kr. J. H. Tully. The dances and panto mimic action devia..d by Mr. J. Cormack. The costumes and masks invented by Mr. R. W. Keene. The play will be produced unt..r the direction of Mr. Edward a tiding. peiee;pal chara,:ters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. U. Cowper, H. Sinclair, E. .k.Thlps, Barrett, James John stone, C. Warner, W. M`lutyre.; C. Harcourt, Webb, F. M)reland, &e.; Mrs. Hermann Miss Grattan, &c. Increased orchestra and numerous chCrus. To conclude with each evening THE .LADIES' CLUB. Mesdames Beatrix Shirley, Kate Harfieur, fjrattan, Huds peth, L. Wilmot, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff ; Ilesa.s. J. Rouse, Barrett, Harcourt, &c. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which (by particular desire), the celebrated co medy, by Torn Taylor, Esq , called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Priucipal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Terrot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Terry, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. To- conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT. Achille Talma Dufard (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. ATEW QUEEN'S THEATRE - ROYAL. IA MR. and MRS. ALFRED WIUAN Every Eveuing. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. - - - THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. Dion Boucicault; Messrs. Dominick Murray, E. Atkins, G. F. Nevile, J. G. Shore, H. Mellon, Gresham ; Miss Elsworthy, Miss L. Barnett, Mrs. Addis, and Mrs. Dion Boncicault. The wild scenery of Kerry and the Water Cave have been painted by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. Thq Drama preceded by A LITTLE FLIRTATION, ♦nd followed by NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. N.B.- Duo notice will be given of the next representa tion of ARItAII-N.k-POGUE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WINNING CARD. Mr. Compton. After which, BROTHER SAM. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Johnston; &c. ; Mesdames Chip pendale, Robertson, Lewin, itc. To conclude with MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Mr. Chip pendale, Mr. Howe; Mrs. Chippendale, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Eight, ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Vestvali ; Mercutio, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Friar Laurence, Mr. Ryder; Nurse, Mrs. Marston; Juliet, Miss Hilly Palmer. Preceded by, at Seven, PERFECTION. Messrs. J. Neville, Dalton, J. Francis; and Miss Maud Shelley. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. - - - THIS EVENING, at 7, NOTHING TO NURSE. Mr. Thorne; Miss Newton. After which, a New Comedy, KIND TO A FAULT. Messrs. Parsclle, Belford, and Turner; Mesdames John stone, Gwynue, and Hughes. ----- • To conclude with Byron's WILLIAM TELL WITH A VENGEANCE. Messrs. James an d Penton ; Mesdames Holt and ‘Veathersby. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Messrs. C. Mathews, Novill, Addison, Soutar, and Farrell; Madame St. Henry. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A-YEAR. Messrs. H. Wigan, Cooper, C. Mathews, and Farrell ; Mes dames L. Moore and St. Henry. To conclude with MY WIFE'S BONNET. Messrs. R. Soutar, H. Cooper, and J. G. Taylor; Mesdames L. Moore and E. Farren. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPI-11. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR WO ',LAN NEITHER. Messrs. G. Belinore, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, 35th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, G. Belmore, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. Mr. G. Belinore, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Harris, Miss Nelly Harris, &c. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Solo proprietor and manager, Mr. Sefton Percy. THIS EVENING, at 7, the highly successful Drama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Henrade, C. Saunders; Messrs. Montague, Price, Widdicomb. At 9, Burnand's new Burlesque, MARY TURNER ; or, The \Vicious Williu and \Victorious %Virtue. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmore, Clinton, &c. • Messrs. Robins, Montague, Garden, Wilmot, &c. Magnificent new arenery, dresses, and appointments. ' NOTE.—Seats may be secured a month in advance. Box-office open from .10 till 5; and all Libraries. WESTON'SuoGLRABNODRNMUSIC HALL, Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. CROWDED HOUSES—GREAT ATTRACTION -A FUNNY LITTLE FAMILY, THE HULINES. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON. All the Comic Stars engaged. The MISSES MGREGOR, Scotch Duettists. The Great LINGARD'S new Statues, King Theodore and Sir Robert Napier, at 9.30; HARRY LISTON, No body's Child, at 10 o'clock; STEAD (tho Cure), Miss N MALY CORRI, Serio Comics KATE GARSTONE and NELLY MOON, the Marvellous ALMONTE DELE VANTE and DELEVANTE, Signor LERONI (from tho Hippodrome, Mari,), and H. Baker's superb band of 30 per formers, Every Evening. Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area, 6d. Private Boxes, lOs 6d., can be secured at the Office. Doors open at seven commence at half-past seven. P. 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He Is able to deliver copies In Town. the Suburbs. and In many parts of the country at comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 4 o'. lock. Orders by Post punctually attended to. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 20m. I Afternoon, sh. 41m. To-Ilowtow.-Morning, 6h. 3m. I Afternoon, 6b. 25m. ' • , Utt • LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1867. We cannot admire the course which Lord RUS SELL has thought proper to pursue in bringing the question of education forward in this premature fashion. It is not likely that he will gain much by his ill-judged attempt to forestall the work of the Government. If the .Speech from the Throne had contained no mention of this important subject, it would have been very well for the noble earl the leader of the Opposition to have taken the task upon himself, but as it is he loses all pos sible excuse that can be made for him. :No one expected that her MAJESTY'S Ministers would bring the question on before Christmas, but surely there will be plenty of time afterwards for its discussion ; and, besides this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer took occcasion to inform the House of Commons the first night of the Session that the paragraph in the QUEEN'S Speech was no form of words, but indicated the firm intention of the Cabinet to deal with the matter heartily. Whence came this sudden haste on the part of Lord RUSSELL then, and why is the House of Lords to be called upon to consider the question when the specified time has not elapsed which those most fit to deal with the affair have fixed upon? We see in all this the jealousy of a baffled opponent and the illustra tion of the bitter dislike which Lord RUSSELL feels towards any of those measures of Reform, Parlia mentary or otherwise, which the Conservatives have shown such spirit in bringing forward, and promise to proceed with so far, and as fast as practicable. Without any disrespect, it may be said that the Whigs or Radicals have bad every opportunity afforded to them which statesmen could demand or desire. Their ambition has found full hope, and their activity has had every chance of being manifested. Either through misbehaviour or neglect they have forfeited their privilege, and their bounden duty now is to let their rivals take their turn. They may depend upon it that they will gain nothing iu the opinion of the House and the country by rush ing forward in an indiscriminate manner, and with ill-judged zeal to do other people's work before it has been seen if the parties concerned are fit to do that work or not. In other words, Earl RUSSELL objects to the present Government inaugurating the Reform of Education, and therefore he seeks to com mit the House of Lords tosume expressions of opinion that may prejudice the task undertaken by the Government, and militate against the success of their scheme when it appears before the public and in Parliament. This is uncourteous, to say the least of it ; but it is more than this : it is unfair, and it is quite against the usual custom of Parliamentary usage, and the sudden zeal comes with a very bad grace from one who was for some time a Minister of the Crown, and yet did nothing to forward the work he is now eager to push on. The time has gone by, however, *hen the people of this country will agree to the dog-and-the-manger policy which has so long flourished under the aus pices of recent Governments. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer appropriately styled it, the " Mono poly of Liberalism" has been put an end to, and people are beginning to inquire what these men have done that no one else should presume to inter fere with them. For some years the Liberals had it all their own way, and yet what measures ema nated from their counsels for the improvement of the people or for the progress of the country ? All who ate at all versed in the politics of the past must recognise at a glace the unwilling and ungracious spirit which the leaders of the Opposition had displayed in the course of this year while Parliamentary Reform was on the tapis ; and it will be, indeed, a matter of regret if they pursue the same with respect to educa tion, for this is a subject that especially calls for careful consideration, and the exercise of a judg ment unwarped by prejudice. We trust, however, that the members of the House of Lords will not be taken in by the artful dodger who is to try his claim upon them to-night, but that they will refuse to commit themselves to anything that may here after hamper their course and fetter their pro gress. No one can question the skill of the noble earl who has drawn up these Resolutions, and they produce iu themselves ample evidence of a practised hand in their arrangement. The first Resolution contains much that is valuable in itself, and moreover refers to matters upon which little difference of opinion will exist. By this time it is the general conclusion to which we have all arrived, that the education of the working classes ought to be extended and improved, and that it is the duty of the State to guard and maintain the right which every child possesses to the blessings of education. The resolution, however, touches upon more dangerous ground, and suggests obstacles at once. It is said that Parliament and Government should aid in the education of the middle classes by providing for the better administration of charitable endowments. The third is worse still, however, and, indeed, is like the trumpet blast that urges the heedless and un certain to the contest. It eh .rges the Universities. and decl ares, that in the opinion of the House, Oxford and Cambii lge may be made more useful to the nation by the appointment of a comini:sipn to consider the better dis tribution of their large revenues for purposes of instruction in connection with the said Universities. The fourth resolution, relative to a Minister of Education, is not in itself so objectionable, but it is not likely to meet with approval in the form now presented to us. If the noble lord really wishes to succeed in his endeavours, he had better not have been quite so sweeping in his prpposals, for there is a great deal iu these rctolutions —or whatever they may be called —to offend prejudice and awaken doubt. It is a mistake besides to begin characterising things such as we find practised in the paragraph concerning the Universities ; their revenues are styled " large," which is hardly a fair way of treating the matter before those who may not be so familiar with the thing as the House of Lords will be, and it may be shortly stated that if the revenues are large they are not too large for their purpose. On the whole, there does not seem a very good chance for this scheme of Earl RUSSELL'S meeting with the favour of the House of Lords, and this is the less to be regretted, because, as we said before, there is no occasion for him to come forward upon the occasion, and he is thereby interfering with the work of the Govern ment. The proper course to have pursued would have been to have waited, and to have seen what they bad to propose, and if that was unsuitable or inadequate to have suggested something better him self. The method he has chosen of seeking to out wit his opponents is not one to be admired, and in all probability he will meet with an answer from the House that will not encourage him to try the same game again, and it is not one that can be repeated with much credit. The news from the seat of war in South America must be received with considerable reserve. The accounts which we publish to-day from Rio de Janeiro, via Lisbon, state that a cavalry engage ment has taken place, in which the Brazilians assert that the Paraguayans lost 1,000 killed and 200 pri soners, while their own loss was only 80. It is admitted that this is a Brazilian account, a fact which, without that admission, would have been easily detected. We have previously had specimens of the veracity and moderation of Brazilian ac counts of their own prowess and success, but not unfrequently the success has presented a very questionable aspect on the receipt of more reliable and less partial news. We were told a short time since that the allies had gained an important position, and were preparing to push on their advantage with vigour. When the truth came out it appeared that on land and water the invaders were caught in a double trap ; that the much-vaunted Brazilian fleet was hemmed in between two unconquerable ports of the enemy, and that serious differences had arisen between the rival commanders. Further, it appeared that the population of the Argentine Republic was growing extremely dissatisfied with the prolongation of the war, and impatient of the burdens which it imposed upon them, and a change of Ministry in Buenos Ayres indicated a change of policy. Now the Brazilians would have us believe that a complete change has taken place, that an engagement has been fought, and that the Para guayans, who had the advantage of position, have lost twelve times as many men as themselves, be sides a long list of prisoners. The Paraguayans are remarkable nut only for their martial spirit, but fur the firmness and unity with which they have throughout maintained the war. Their indepen dence is as dear to them as it was to Chili, when a year or two since she defied the power of Spain. These gallant little Republics ou the other side of the Atlantic deserve the sympathy of Englishmen. They are backward in the race of freedom and pro gress, no doubt ; but they have fairly entered on the course, and have already achieved a good deal. Their national history is short, but it is memorable ; and both in administrative and in military and naval talent they have shown that their people are capable of great things. They possess in a high degree the faculty of self-government. In time of national danger or alarm they lay aside all minor differences to rally boldly and resolutely round their chosen leader, and unhesitatingly sacrifice their private interests to the public require ments of the State. It is this spirit which has already carried them through many perils, and which will, if they continue to maintain it, eventu ally crown them with success. They have collec tively and individually taught them a lesson which, in her present disturbed and impoverished state, she cannot afford to forget. Their next great danger comes from Brazil, their powerful and unscrupulous neighbour, who, not content with her own over grown possessions, wishes to cast her shadow . over the whole Southern Continent. What she cannot do by force of arms she will endeavour to effect by strategy, and by sowing disunion and jealousy between the several smaller States. This she has already partly done, but we hope her object will be eventually frustrated, and we shall be able to con gratulate the gallant Paraguayans on the final triumph of their cause. Just as we are all watching with keen interest for the news from Abyssinia comes startling and painful intelligence from another part of the African Continent. The news from the Niger, brought by the steamer Mandingo, relates a most tragic occurrence, which has resulted in the death of the British Consul, and the temporary capture of the Bishop of Sierra Leone. It seems that early in October Bishop CROWTHER went on a visitation up the river Niger, and arrived at a place named '.['ola, where he proposed to stay a short time. The na tives of the village, on ascertaining who he was, re solved to detain him until they obtained a ransom. The chief of the natives sent word to the British Consul] at the confluence of the Niger that the value of 1,070 slaves must be delivered to them before the bishop could be set at liberty. The Consul being absent, the Vice-Consul, Mr. FELL, and some of the European traders went down the Niger to the spot to demand the release of the captive. This the chief refused, and a squabble took place, in ;he course of which the Bishop succeeded in making his escape to the shore, and was taken on board the steamer. The rest of the party succeeded in getting down to the beach, when, unfortunately, one of the arrows which the natives were showering upon them pierced Mr. FELL t) the heart, and caused instant death. The captain of the steamer, seeing the state of affairs, came close to the shore and fired some shots among the natives, which dispersed them, and the steamer returned safely to the Niger. It is a melan choly incident, and has cost a useful life ; but, under the circumstances, we may be glad that there was no further mishap. The story is not without its moral, and it is one which deserves to be borne in mind by all whose duties or whose business bring them into contact with uncivilised nations. Zeal should be tempered with discretion, courage with prudence. What is the use of a bishop making visitations among people who have evidently got to learn not only the rudiments of Christianity, but the commonest principles of civilised intercourse? Ther.3 is work enough for humbler labourers to do down the Niger before any of the usual forms of ecclesi.stical cac mon ial be adopted. The bishop must have gone with some sort of dignity and attendance, or the natives would hardly have thought it worth their while to detain him, and to demand a heavy ransom. Who ever sets out on the attempt to Christianise the population of Ida must, it is plain, go in the sim plest manner, so that it may not be thought that his person is a greater prize than his teaching. There is much to be done, no doubt, in this locality, and we are glad to find that the European traders of the West Coast are acting with vigour and humanity, and have succeeded in rescuing several human victims from the slaughter to which they tHE Su N, LON' ON, MONDAY EVEINING... DECEMBER 2, 1867. were doomed. King ARCHIBONG, of Duke Town, Old Calabar River, is at the head of these systematic murders, and the Europeans have often succeeded in getting his victims out of his hands. In September they rescued six ; in October, as we have seen, four, though twenty-four victims, many of them very young, were killed in that month, and their heads sent to King ARCIII BONG. His MAJESTY was very indignant at the escape of the four saved, and sent a letter demand ing to have them back. The Europeans held a meeting and resolved not to give them up, and accordingly an answer was sent ARCIIIBONG, assur ing him that if ho did not give up his barbarous customs the Europeans would take the strongest measures to compel him to do so. The Mandingo gave the four persons— a man, woman, and two chil dren a safe and free passage to Fernando Po. Such bold and vigorous interferences with the savage and brutal customs which disgrace humanity deserves all praise. If the traders incurred any risk they were fully justified in doing so, and their firm and manly pretest may be the means of saving many lives. But to court danger unnecessarily, and to provoke hostilities which might be avoided, is an unwise course, and one which the representatives of English authority, be they political, ecclesiastical, or military, cannot too carefully avoid. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at St. Cloud, at which, as usual, the Emperor presided. The Empress did not attend. It is stated from Spezzia that, in execution of orders received from Forence, Garibaldi, accorn panied by a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Carabineers of the Guard, to whose care he was confided, has been sent to the Island of Caprera on board the steamer of the Imperial Marine, the Exploratore. The Conference of the four States of Southern Germany, relative to military organisation, will commence at Munich to-morrow. The Queen Dowager of Prussia has arrived at the Royal residence of Sans Souci from Saxony. The important discussions upon the interpella tions in regard to Italy have commenced in the Senate. Baron Dupin made a very long speech, in which he minutely reviewed all the incidents con nected with the Italian question. Referring to the preparations for invasion, made by Garibaldi, the Baron said that Garibaldi had 8,000 men in the valley of the Tiber, he had other forces in the vicinity of Naples, and in the latter days of October he had his advanced posts within three or four miles of Rome. All this proves that Garibaldi is a very bad soldier. Any one but he would have hastened to penetrate into Rome, for all was prepared to receive him. The barracks had been mined; other establishments had been mined. Facilities for this operation had been afforded by the catacombs and their subterranean passages. Depots of arms had been prepared in the interior of Rome. It was also proved by the yellow-book that there were 3,000 Pontifical troops, and 2,000 French troops, in all 5,000, who had to contend against 8,000 Garibaldians, and they vanquished them after an obstinate combat, which cost the Garibaldians 600 in killed, 1,200 or 1,400 wounded, and 1,600 prisoners. Baron Dupin was rather hard upon the new Italian Minister, General Menabrea, who had succeeded M. Rattazzi. Rattazzi, he said, was a sort of professor of politics, who had given, lessons to General Menabrea. M. Rat tazzi had given the idea of a Congress, and General Menabrea had adopted it, and in other respects he closely followed the lessons which M. Rattazzi had given to him. Baron Dupin, however, he believed, was desirous to conduct affairs satisfactorily. A few years ago General Menabrea brought to him (Baron Dupin) at Paris a letter from an eminent astronomer, the nephew of the iilustrione La Grange, and the General ap peared to him to be a man worthy Gf respect, per fectly well-intentioned, and well disposed to solve a problem which unfortunately, however, cannot be solved by the course he is pursuing. Cardinals Bonnechose and Donnet followed, and earnestly, mildly, and eloquently supported the rights of the Pope. It is now said that the haiku Government has not definitively given its adhesion to the Con ference. Such is the report, bat, as will be seen above, it is in contradiction to the views formed by Baron Dupin from the disclosures and documents of the yellow-book. It is also said to-day that the Pope, although not at all opposed to the idea of a Congress, has made certain conditions, upon the acceptance of which his adhesion to the Congress will depend. Avinain, the butcher, just executed for murder and mutilation, was about as great a villain as one might wish to meet with. He was condemned for one murder only, but, according to information, and from his own confession, it seems that he has carried on the trade of murder, in a very ingenious manner. His mode of carrying on business was this. He attended the markets where dealers sold hay and forage, pretending that he wanted to m ►ke purchases to feed his cattle. He enticed these men to haunts which he frequented in different solitary places, took them to dine with him at a wine shop, and plied them with wine until a late hour arrived. He then asked his customer to sleep with him. In the course of the night he murdered his guest while asleep, cut up the body, and threw portions of it into the Seine or the canal St. Danis. This was his mode of treatment in the case of the man for whose murder he was executed, and many similar cases have been brought home to him. When the President asked Avinain why he cut his victims into pieces, he replied with an air of candour and indif ference, " I am an old man (he was nearly 70), and I am not strong enough to carry a body entire, and so I was obliged to divide the load." He was a great glutton, and since his condemnation he thought of nothing but eating. Ho waited very impatiently for the hour of repast, and he was usually indulged with double the quantity of the usual prison ration. He several times said that the only thing which annoyed him was that he had made any confession. His last words to the crowd on the scaffold were— "My friends, never confess anything." He leaves a wife and daughter to bewail his loss, if they can feel the loss of su'h a man. The culprit always slept tranquilly, even on the night when he knew he was to be executed the next morning. A frightful occurrence has created consternation in the little town of Bata, one of the ancient capitals of Provence. The wife of a farmer, named Moulin, fired a gnu at her husband while ho was asleep. She placed the mouth of the barrel on the temple, and death was almost instantaneous. Three of her children were asleep in the room at the time. This woman and her husband had priously lived very happily together, and the crime is attributed to a momentary hallucination. She .had been in bed with her husband, but got out in the middle of the night and went down to the kitchen for the gun, which she loaded herself. M. Polo, the manager of La Lune, has been con demned to pay a fine of 600 f., and to be imprisoned for a month, for having inserted political articles without permission. The Lune was a pestiferous journal, which gave weekly a caricature of some person of note, and accompanied it with a memoir tending to bring the victim into cuutemi.t and ridi cule. It was of the same disgraceful character as the Age and Paul I'ry, published in London some five-and-twenty years ago. In addition to the above punishment the Correctional Tribunal ordered the suppression of La Lone, and has thus done good service to the cause of morality and propriety. The present Minister of the Interior, M. Pinard, which department has the regulation of the press, is a man disposed to assist real freedom of discussion in every possible way, but, in accordance with the views of every true friend of liberty, he is desirous to suppress licentiousness and immorality. The greatest woman of France, Elizabeth Veronique, has just gone the way of all flesh. She was iu her 46th year, and weighed upwards of 460 English pounds. In the month of May, 1848, this great lady wrote the following letter to the then Pre sident of the Assembly :—" Citizen President,--I am a handsome woman of 27. lam fire feet eight inches high (about six feet English), and I weigh 200 kilogrammes. I request to be allowed to per sonify Liberty in the national fete which is about to take place. I believe that nobody could figure with greater advantage than myself in that solemnity." I am not aware whether the lady's request was granted. If not, perhaps it ought to have been, for an allegorical personage of such a calibre must have added weight to any ceremonial, and, tall as she was, she must have excited high interest. After a very calm, pleasant 'day yesterday, the wind came on with fearful violence at night. It has completed the work of stripping the trees of their leaves, and, indeed, branches have been torn from many of them. The weather is now stormy and wintry, but not cold for the Ist of December. LITERATURE. Guild Court. By George MacDonald, M.A. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. It is always pleasant to listen to George MacDonald. His narratives are interesting, and his style is agreeable ; but, more than that, his books are always full of thought and feeling. A poet at heart, his simplest stories are, as it were, the out pourings of his own o►erflowing sympathy, and the vehicle for the expression of his own original thoughts. In the story of " Guild Court" these two characteristics are especially discernible, while, as a study of character, it is quite remarkable in its way. As Professor Owen, pondering over dry bones, discovers the mechanism of an actual animal in what bad appeared to be an im possible monster, so George MacDonald, in his spiritual anatomy, takes special interest in laying bare the sabtlest workings of the heart, and classifies the varies 'peculiarities of different orders of intellect and intelligence. Thomas Worboise, the hero (and very reluctant is the reader to regard him as such) is singularly uninteresting. " Unstable as water," he can, necessarily, excel in nothing. " But half a villain and but half a knight," he excites in our mind no strong emotion, not even the shadow of a " sensation," unless it be one of dislike, but even that is too strong a,term to describe the in difference with which we regard him. The author is conscious of this, for, towards the close of the second volume, he observes, parenthetically, " I flatter myself that my reader is not very much interested in Thomas. I confess, however, that I am now girding up my loins with the express intention of beginning to interest him if I can ;" and, then, ho very truly adds, as a justification for such an expectation, " When a worthless fellow begins to meet with his deserts, then we begin to be aware that, after ull, he is our own flesh and bloo]. Our human heart begins to feel just the least possible yearning towards him. We hope he will be well trounced, but we become capable of hoping that it may not bo lost upon him ;" and, notwithstanding the incredulity with which at first we disclaim the possibility, the reader does become interested even in Thomas Worboise. The two characters, however, which are the particular objects of the author's attention are two children— Mattie and Poppie ; two children as unlike each other as it is possible for children to be, and each also unlike the generality of children. Mattie is clever and " old-fashioned," as the saying is, she is the motherless daughter of a bookseller, and, left much to herself with books for companions, she indulges in mystical theories and speculations. She is self-conscious and self-opinionated, argumenta tive and self-willed; in short, we should say a most disagreeable child. Bred up in London, Matti° is not only ignorant of the existence of country attractions, but even dislikes flowers as being useless and perishable. How Mattie, being sent to the sea for her health, learns by the side of the great ocean a better wisdom than can be taught by books, the knowledge of her own ignorance and insignificance is very forcibly and beautifully described. Different from Mattie, Poppie is a little neglected child of the streets—a London 'Popsy, in fact, without home or parents. The wild, furtive, untameable character of this English savage, is (alas ! that it should be so) drawn to the life. We must not dwell longer upon the characters of Guild Court, but, before taking leave of it, let us quote a passage which happily illustrates the truthful thoughts which characterise the writings of George MacDonald. The words are put into the mouth of Mr. Fuller, a clergyman, who is evi dently himself the exponent of the thoughts and feelings of the author. THE CALLING OF THE CLERGYMAN. "What is the priest ?" he asked, going on with the same catechism. "Just a man to be among men what the Sunday is among the work drys of the week—a man to remind you that there is a life within this life, or beyond and about it, if you like that mode better—for extremes meet in the truest figures—that care is not of (God, that faith and confidence are truer, simpler, more of common sense than balances at bankers or preference shares. He is a protest against the money-heaping tendencies of men, against the desire of rank or estimation or any kind of social distinction. With him all men are equal, as in the Church all have equal rights, and rank ceases on the threshold of the same, overpowered by the presence of the Son of Mary, who was married to a carpenter—over powered by the presence of the God of the whole earth, who wrote the music for 'the great organ of the spheres, after ho had created them to play the same." In pursuing this train of thought, Mr. Fuller goes on to question " Why the churches are closed on week day; to the exclusion of the passers-by, and open on the Sunday to the weariness of those who enter. Might there not," he asks, "be too much of a good thing on the Sunday and too little of it on a week day ?" From such inquiries it will be seen that the author of " Guild Court" is not only a deep thinker, but is quite outspoken in the utterance of his opinions. The Lord of All. A Novel. Two Vols. Chapman and Hall. The title of this novel has an appearance of irreverence, which the author is far from in tending. The motto on the title-page ex plains the title, "For love shall still be lord of all." The locality of the story is Rome, and the chief actors are the English visitors in the Holy City. The writer is evidently familiar with the scenes which ho describes. The background of the picture is filled up with Italian t guru, some vivid and natural. The English visitors are the principal objects of our interest, and, it is hardly necessary to say that although "living at Rome," they are far from " doing as Rome does." Three heroes and three heroines play their part to illustrate the truthfulness of the motto on the title-page, and their various fortunes and misfor tunes are set before us in a very lively and animated manner. The author of this novel would, we should say, be likely to make a good dramatist. The various incidents of the story are full of scenic effect, although in one or t wo instances, such as the mock carrying off of Miss Hanley and Geraldine's concealment in the studio, they are extravagant and improbable in the ex treme. The character of Guy Beresford is very well drawn, and so is that of Olinto Andreini, the Italian teacher, eager to gain money from politicians of both parties, and afraid to speak out even before his own children. If he is intended to be a type of the liberal Italian, he does not reflect much credit upon his cause. Mrs. Linde and her elder daughters, the mother and sisters of Geral dine, are selfish and spiteful enough to rival the mother and sisters of Cinderella. In order to de prive them of the satisfaction of being connected with the Peerage, the author, by a very unfair stretch of poetical justice, visits poor Leicester Hol►ndale with a very unnecessary calamity. However, we must not spoil the story by revealing all its mysteries. It cannot fail to interest and amuse many readers. CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKS. Golden Thoughts from Golden Fountains. Illus trated. Warne & Co. Very gorgeous in appearance is this beautiful book, exquisitely bound in crimson and gold, and adorned with innumerable illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Poetry and prose are judiciously intermingled. Old friends, such as Mrs. llemans' " Better Land," James Mont gomery's " What is Prayer ?" Oliver Gold smith's" Village Pastor," St. Bernard's 4 6 Ilyran to the Holy Name," and many others alter nate with contributions from modern writers. Golden thoughts from Jeremy Taylor and others, poets in prose, have been very appropriately intro duced. The whole is arranged in fifty-two divi sions, intended to furnish reading for the various Sundays of the year. Not only once a week, how ever, but every day in the year, these golden thoughts, collected in this golden casket, to adorn the table of drawing-room or boudoir, will arrest the attention and charm the imagination of all who may chance to cast a glance upon them. "A thing of beauty is ajoy forever ;" and this goodly volume, so beautiful within and without, with its charming pictures and its precious thoughts, is not only a most appropriate Christmas gift, but a treasury of perrenial attraction. Aunt Luuisa's Keepsake. "With coloured Illustra, tions. Warne & Co. Aunt Louisa is, indeed, a precious friend to the Little Ones. A fairy godmother, as bountiful as the benefactress of Cinderella ; a brilliant variety of picture-books, bearing her name, have already endeared her to many a play-room and nursery, and her latest but assuredly not her least gift, is this very seasonable keepsake—a large handsome volume bound in crimson and gold, and adorned with twenty-four brightly-coloured pictures, printed in oil colours. The contents are singularly various. " Sing a Song of Sixpence," with the blackbird pie of famous memory, and the avaricious king and the epicurean queen severally occupied with " money" and " bread and honey" is followed by (to us at least) an original history of" the Robin's Christmas Eve," in. which a half-frozen robin redbreast finds shelter among the holly boughs which decorate the interior of the church at Christmas time, and when the school children assemble to sing the Christmas hymn, the voice of the little robin joyously swells the chorus. The illustrations to this little narrative are singularly attractive. Next in the series we have the adven tures of " Robin Hood and his Merry Men," amid the verdure of the greenwood, as a contrast to which a glimpse of the various pleasures of the " Sea-side"—boating, donkey-rides, &c., fill up the remaining pages of this very delightful keepsake. The " Robin's Christmas Eve" is also issued in a separate form. Punian ; or, Thoughts Wise and Other-wise. By the Hon. Hugh Rowley. With Designs from his Pencil. Hotten. Thoughts Wise and Other-wise, the majority being decidedly otherwise 1 On the cover of this book, the various letters which compose its name, appear running pell-mell in most admired con fusion, and the inside is, to say the most of it, al most equally incoherent, possessing at the same time a certain amount of method in its madness. In his apologetic introduction, the compiler depre cates our criticism by assuming that his work is only intended to amuse a leisure moment and pro voke a laugh, even at its own expense. As such, at this season, it may take its place among the guests of the Christmas fireside. My New Year's Gift to my Son. By Pamphilius. New edition. Virtue, Brothers. A new edition of the "Head and Heart Legacy," presented by Pamphilius as a new year's gift to his son, is very appropriately brought out as a gift book for the young. It possesses the great merit of having truth as its foundation, and con tains the practical results of a father's experience set forth in the most interesting manner for the benefit of the youthful generation. Heroes of Discovery. By Samuel Mossman. Edmonston and Douglas. We place this very valuable biographical history of such men as Magellan, and Cook, and Park, and Franklin, and Livingstone with Christmas gift books, because to many a youthful reader it will prove far more attractive than a romance. The histories recorded in this volume are chapters of that " truth " which is stranger than fiction. The various perils and adventures which hefel the daring explorers are detailed in a most interesting manner. The history of Dr. Livingstone con cludes with the record of his supposed death. Beeton's Boy's Annual, 1868. The collected numbers of the "R)ys own Maga zine," handsomely bound and illustrated, form a goodly annual, rich with pleasant miscellanies of fact and fiction, verse and prose. Portraits of the various writers who have contributed to the perio dical increase the value of its contents. " A story of the Days of Agincourt," by Francis Davenant ; " Stories of the British Navy," how to make an electric telegraph, puzzles, pyrotechny, gymnastic exercises, and a very ounium galherum, more or less, of amusing papers are to be found in " The Boy's Annual for 1868." Nursery Tales. A new version. By Mrs. Valen tine. With original illustrations. Warne and Co. The charming picture of Dobson's—who does not know it?—" Fairy Tales," ought to have been the frontispiece to this delightful little book ! Such a volume as this, with stories of " Puss in Boots," and " Blue Beard," and "Red Riding Hood," and " Jack the Giant-Killer," and the rest— those dear old tales familiar to us all-- "Beloved as fable, and believed as truth." Such a volume as this is the treasure clasped in the hands of the lovely little fairy girl of the picture, and such a volume as this, thanks to Mrs. Valen tine, is the very gift-book for the dear little Home fairies, " The Good People—" wee " People of the Nursery." Sea Fights, from Slugs to Navarino. By Mrs. R. Valentine. This little book, which is likely to become the "boy's own book" in every play-room where it appears, acquires a particular interest, from the fact that the authoress (to whom, as she tells us in her preface, it has been a labour of love), is the descendant of five generations of seamen, and that part of her childhood was passed on board of Nelson's Victory. The stories of the various sea fights are narrated in the most interesting manner and interspersed with many appropriate poetical quotations. " Old Merry's Annual" contains an amusing collection of tales and sketches calculated to render' the readers merry as well as wise. And Old Merry's Christmas Party, in a smaller form, contains various articles of a similarly amusing character. CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. A new form of Christmas book is now becoming general. Christmas magazine numbers and Christ mas stories in form resembling magazines. After the great success of the " Christmas Carol" a swarm of bright, little volumettes (somewhat dissimilarin their contents, be it observed !) made their appearance for several succeeding years at Christmas time, and now we have, at the suggestion of good Mrs. Lirriper or Dr. Marigold, no doubt, Christmas books of a different form, but each, for the most part, con taining a series of tales by different individuals. We have already noticed Miss Braddon's " Bel gravia Annual" ; and we have now to mention some half a dozen others. Routledge's "On the Cards," contains some stories of more than average excellence, accompanied by a charming little illus trated almanack of the year, and on the cover is a clever design of an omnibus, with the various con tributon, familiar friends most of them, and pas sengers. _ _ "Snow" (Ward, Lock, and Tyler), by Lyulph, author of the "Reply of the Girl at the Railway Junction," which appeared last year. The opening chapter is very clever, and full of interest. Sentiments of true benevolence are veiled in a sarcastic guise, and the crime of the little wretch who is to go to prison because he will not go home (having no home), and the "duty"-full behaviour of the policemen, and the innocent amaze ment of the benevolent traveller are capitally de scribed. Some of the stories introduced in the course of the tale are sensational to a degree, not to say extravagant. " Gold, Silver, and Lead," NVarne's Christmas Annual, is edited by the able care of Mrs. Valentine, assisted by a number of well chosen con tributors. Some of the contents arc very interesting! and some—such as the record of " The Broken' hearted Club," are very amusing. Beeton's Christ mas Annual, " Nine of Us," contains stories)/ heroes of nine different rationalities—Engli sh ! French, Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Welsh, German! Yankee, and Turk. The idea is a happy one. Ea ch of these Christmas Books contains an elegant littl e almanac for the ensuing year, each differing in do' sign, but all of them being very attractive. 111 . 13 Christmas number of London Society contains, la, addition to a vari e ty of tale, an extra number 01, pictorial illustrations. Th e Ch r i stmas n umber 01 Once a W ee k, ,‘ The Guest Meal," is appropriate l y adorned with a symbolic knife and fork and spoon' Among the dishes served up some are very sr. petising. Illuminated Texts. Among the Christmas gifts we may very aPPte priately class some veryex quisitelyilluminated texts and illustrations. Conspicuous among these are Fuller's Imperial Chromo Illustrations, from original copyright d es i gns , p u bli s h e d a t the EDP' Albert Press. A very large card, most go rgeously illuminated with brilliant colours, on a go ld ground, illustrates the psalm, " The Lord is 111 Shepherd." Oa the upper half of the card are two verses side by side, the one speaking of the " green pastures " through which we aro guided by the Paternal Hand is surrounded by a suitable border of blooming flowers. On the opposit e side is the passage--" Though I walk through t he valley of the shadow of death I shall fear 1 1 ° evil," the surrounding darkness being illumined bl golden stars, and through the briars and thorns gleam the supporting Staff leaning upon the Cross. Another stn iller card very beautifully illustrates those exquisite lines of Longfellow on the death 0 , 1 , little children, " The Reaper and the Flowers.„ " Venetian Miniature Outlines for Illuminating , designed by Laurence de Lara, contain coloured pictures, with borders designed in outline for ill° . minating. Among these are " The Christian Martyr," " Moses in the Bulrushes," " The Son e , Man is Come," and others. Am ong th e illuminate a texts are some very beautiful ones, , t Th e L o rd my Shepherd," "He Shall Enter into Peac e ' "Show me Thy Ways, 0 Lord." " The Heaven s Declare the Glory of God," and others beautifulll designed and very gorgeously illuminated. tart etrinbt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ace°l3l - by Princess Beatrice. To-day is the birthday of the Princess of Wal6l' ATLANTIC. TELEGRAPH COMPANY• MEETING THIS DAY. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders I.ll f this company was held to-day for the purpose appointing a committee to advise with the direr tors, and also for the purpose of conside r ; ing the propriety of raising new capita to pay off the claim of the Anglo-Ameri e3 - 11 Company, which amounted to £125,000 per awn or to effect the same by amalgamation with the seed company or otherwise. The Hon. S. Wortley pre sided. The CHAIRMAN said they were met that del under more prosperous circumstances than it h ad usually been their fate to meet in that room. (Hear, hear.) Their object to-day .. to ask for the appointment of a committee fro' . amongst themselves to consult and assist the diree; tors in a very critical period. It was, however , 11° a period of difficulty owing to moletary pressu re ' e on the contrary, their present position was of prosperity, but the aid of the committee was required to enable the directors to consider 6 matter of much delicacy, and the directors though t it would be a great support to have the advantage of the advice of some from amongst th eir own shareholders, whom, it was well know n ' were capable of giving the best adv ice ; owing to their extensive knowledge both of American commerce and their own undertaking' (llear.) Their position was not one of either die" trust or peril that made them seek that OP; port. Since the accomplishment of their gro f design facts had proved the correctness ° e their theory viz., that submerged cables w e !, much safer at a depth of three miles than those al' o along the land. (Hear, hear.) They had now t vr ts sound cables across the Atlantic, and their reeeiP a were most satisfactory ; indeed they far excee ds those they had formed under the most sanguine sir cumstances. Their receipts amounted now to 513°- 11 £l,OOO per day, and that prosperity had not bee t attained by sudden or unexpected business, 1 1 their progress had been regular and gradual to sl ic e a degree that they might consider that ine °l:e f to be permanent. (Ilear, hear.) At some their former meetings it had been said the "rd permanent rate of transmission might be fire vi o per minute, but it was now actually 15 w ° rd° per minute—(hear, hear)—and under favour able 20. circumstances they had reached as many as ent Their cables were in perfect order, and at Pr es , t o their daily gross earnings were no less than S l ', per day more than they were at that time last l to and at the end of July last their daily ree l % amounted to over £9OO. They were, therefore, a prosperous position, and wanted no assistance 1 . 0 from the shareholders ; but the diree t° or thought it would be much more satisfa et° re ', for them to come closer to the great body of e bti t o holders. The great object of the directors we t ec , come to a proper understanding with the d lr e a tors of the Anglo - American Companti to devise some arrangement that might be n ° cially advantageous to both. The dir ectp io therefore, asked for the committee to 66.Saoy them in improving the position of the eolllPeri 1 either by an amalgamation with the Anglo-1014e can or by the raising additional capital to Wio, them to pay off the liability of £125,0 00 per .:at num, which they were now bound to pay to b lp company. The taking of that amount n° e from their earnings had, up to the pre i so e n. r t prevented the original £l,OOO sharehod s the receiving anything. His own opinion was that; a best thing to do was to raise the new Capi ta 'pi fne ° proceeding now he felt there would be no di I )°iljt‘ in doing. He concluded by moving the a P meat of the committee asked for. yich Capt. HAMILTON seconded the proposition, W was adopted b the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the colowil'itrtecie consist of Mr. Cunliffe Pickersoill, Mr. I ' aii Harris, of Bradford, Mr. John George M3c'e and Mr. W. H. Stephenson. t ° f Sir C. LAMPSON seconded the appointr ae° of those gentlemen, and said they were all Ittileti°ro sound judgment. The Atlantic Telegra2ll,—,,lo pany were anxious to amalgamate with the AP. z' ou3 American, but that company did not s eem des% of to'meet them in the save spirit. The redu eticl ja— their tariff, he thought, would greatly tend o f creased income, although he felt it h is duty t° th e they were making that reduction in opposition t° the opinion of one of the very best directors be Le Breton), who felt that reduction might ``ell be left alone fur some months. Ho (Sir C. fAu PP t i o a thought that for two or three months the red de lac e of their tariff to .£5 for the twenty words in l a , re , of £lO would in the end produce a large a° se re munerative income. Some of his colleagues ogle, of opinion that if the money due to. the American Company was paid off compeoa as arise, but of that he had not t he slightest feco'uld sonic years must elapse before s uch an evellit_,,idea occur. At all events, if it w as a nra , to raise new capital, he though t it would be ACL's'eir, anY plished now without difficulty; but, undiler ity cumstances, nothing would b done filla royal. was submitted to the sharehold eers f or their arl3 The resolution was carried. • et d A vote of thanks to the chairman ten-ulna proceedings. LA The Bittini The Bono] Th e lielv e l thi s n , seeded of Stai A c 1( Norm of St. the 21) OCCUrr, In t to be ulateri detnan Cent The has br4 The S Lirh on 6,460 In tl %lilted ingly i forei gn lower. The Posed Cent. ] The ar altoget £10 93 Which at an d ° lle at This i, • • r ecline( from _ . Th e G e l d b tel egra dat ed te raber ton, 1.,4..