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

•-- MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST EIGHT NIGH us. Mille. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), Dec. 2, Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. LAST SEVEN NIGHTS. TO-MORROW EVENING- (TUESDAY), December 3 13,311ini's Tragic Opera, NORMA. Norma by 14ldlle. Titiens ONLY MORNING PERFORMANCE. Mdlle. Titiens and 31 , 111 e. Clara Louise Kellogg. Wednesday net', Dec. 4, commencing at Ilalf-past Ono o'clock, Mozart's Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. LAST SIX NIGHTS. Wile. Titiens and 3i.111e. Clara Louise Kollop - . Thursday next, December 5, IL DON GIOVANNI. LAST FIVE NIGHTS. Titiens in " Fidelio." Saturday, December 7, Beethoven's Opera, FIDELIO. Leonora (Fidolio), by Mdlle. Titiens. Conductor —Signor Arditi. Commence at Eight o'clock. St:dig, 15s. ; Dross Circle, 10s. 6d.; Upper Circle, ss. ; Pit, 55.; Gallery, 2s. Priva"_e Boxes, One Guinea and up -wards. Box-office of the Theatre open daily. rg-itiEA.TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertou. 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 I Acts, entitled T HE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by Bayle Bernard from Lord Byrou's Tragedy of Marino Faliero," with additions from the Play of " Marino," by Casimer de la Vigne, and Musically Illustrated by Selections from the Operas of " Marino " by Donizetti, and the "Duo Foscare " and "Bravo"of Verdi and Mercadante, with New and Magni scent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. 11. Tully. The dances and panto mimic action devised by Mr. J. Cormack. The costumes and masks invented by Mr. R. W. Keene. The play will bo produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. C. Cowper, H. Sinclair, E. Phelps, Barrett, James John 'rune, C. Warner, W. M.lntyre, C. Harcourt, Webb, F. Moreland, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Grattan, &c. Increased orchestra and numerous chorus. To conclude with each evening THE LADIES' CLUB. Mesdames Beatrix Shirley, Kate Hartleur, Grattan, Huds peth, L. Wilmot, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff ; Messrs. J. Rouse, Barrett, Harcourt, &c. Doors open at half-past G, commence at 7 o'clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. T HIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which (by particular desire), the celebrated co medy, by Tom Taylor, Esq , called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Principal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Terrot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Teri y, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST ICI&HT. Achille Talma Dufard (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. NEW QUEEN'S THEATRE - RO YAL. MR. and MRS. ALFRED WDJAN Every Eveong. 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 isworthy, Miss 1.. Barnett, Mrs. Addis, and Mrs. Dion lioncicault. The wild scenery of Kerry and the Water Cave have been painted by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. The 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.— Due notice will be given of the next representa tion of ARRAH-NA-POGI THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WINNING CARD. Mr. Compton. After which, BROTHER SAM. Messrs. Sothern, I3 uc k s tone, Compton, Johnstone , &c. ; Mesdames Chip pendale, Robertson, Lewin, &c. To conclude with MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Mr. Chip pendale, Mr. Howe; p Mrs. Chipendale, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. Tins EVENING, at Eight, ROMEO AND JULIET. Borneo, Miss Vestvali ; Mercutio Mr. Walter Lac Friar Laurence Mr. Ryder ; Nurse, M ' rs. Marston; Julliet, Miss Palmer. Preceded by, at Seven, PERFECTION. Messrs. J. Neville, Dalton, J. Francis; and Miss Maud Shelley. ROYAL S FRAND THEATRE. Selo Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, NOTHING TO NURSE. Mr. Thorne; Miss Newton. After which, a Nosy Comedy, KIND TO A FAULT. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and Turner ; Mesdames John- Mono, Gwynue, and Hughes. To conclude with Byron's \VIL LIAM TELL WIT II A VENGEANCE. Messrs. James and Penton ; Mesdames Holt and Weathersby. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Messrs. C. Mathews, Nevin, Addison, Soutar, and Farrell ; Madame St. Henry. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A-YEAR. Messrs. 11. 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. TTHEATRE ROYAL ADELL'HI. Sol© Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR IVO SiAN NEITHER- Messrs. G. Behnore, Tsylor, C. IL St e phenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, 35th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, G. Belmure, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERi. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Harris, Miss Nelly Harris, .Ac. T_IOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole pro!,rietor and manager, Mr. Sefton Percy. T ais EVENING, at 7, the highly successful llama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Heurade, C. Saunders; Messrs. Montague, Price, Widdicomb. At 9, Burnand's new Burlesque, DIARY T URNEIt ; or, The \Vicious Williu and `Victorious \Virtue. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmore, Clinton, &c. • Messrs. Robins, Montague, Garde n, Wilmot, &c. Magnificent new scenery, dresses, and appointments. NOT E.—Seats may be secured a month in advance. Box-office open from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. WEST° N' S GRAND MUS IC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. CROWDED HOUSES—GREAT ATTRACTION —A FUNNY LITTLE FAMILY, THE HULINES. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON. All the Comic St AlO engaged., The MISSES M•GREGOR, Scotch Duettists. The Great LINGARD'S new Statues, King Theodore and Sir Robert Napier, at 9.30 ; TIARRY LISTON, No body's Child, at 10 o'clock; STEAD (the Cure), Miss N ELLY CORRI, Serie Comics SATE GARSTONE and NELLY MOON, the Marvellous ALMONTE DELE VANTE and DELEVANTE, Signor LERONI (from the Hippodrome, Paris), and H. Baker's superb band of 30 per fomers, Every Evening. Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d. Private Boxes, 108 6d., can be secured at the Office. Doors open at Eevon commence at half-past seven. P. 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A4IP: AUL LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1867. i'Ve 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 upo❑ 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 raid 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 in the opinion of the Ilouse 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 to some 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 conies with a very bad grace from one who was for some time a Minister of the Crown, and yet did nothing to for ward the work he is now eager to push on. The time has gone by, however, when 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 beeu 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 are 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 Lapis ; and it will be, indeed, a matter of j 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 iu 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 in 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 ch trges the Universities. and deel .res, that, is the opinion of the House, Oxford anti idge may be made more useful to the nation by the appointment of a cotrni:sion to consider the better dis tribution of their large revenues for purposes of instruction in connec!ion 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 iltrite so sweeping in his proposals, for there is a great deal in these resolutions —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 " lar which is hardly a fair way of treatin g the m. a:ter before those who may not be so familiar with - the thing as the House of Lords will be, and it in iy b e shortly stated that if the revenues are large y hey are not too large for their purpose. On the wb ole, there does not seem a very good chance for this reb eme of Earl RUSSELL'S meeting with the favour -a the House of Lords, and this is the less to be refit e t,ted, because, as we said before, there is no occasid . 1 for him to come forward upon the occasion, and be is thereby interfering with the work of the ( koN ern ment. The proper course to have pursueL -would have been to have waited, and to have se, m what they bad to propose, and if that was unsui to ble or inadequate to have suggested something bet'co: 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 ao in the House that will not encourage him to try the same game again, and it is not one that can be :;heated with much credit. 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 cf them very young, were killed in hat month, and their heads sent to King ARCIII- 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 he did not give up his barbarous customs the Europeans would take the strongest measures to compel him to do so. The Alandingo 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 protest 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. BONG. 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 bad 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 engagenient 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 not 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 i to rally boldly and resolutely round their chosen leader, and unhesitatingly sacrifice i 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 wLich, 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. Jurt 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 Mandiugo, relates a most tragic occurrence, which has resulted in the death 01 the British Consul, and the temporary capture o 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 pl tee named Tola, 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 1,000 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 the 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 to 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 nativeg, 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 I 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? There is work enough for humbler labourers to do down the Niger becore any of the usual forms of ccclesistical cere monial be adopted. The bishop must have gone with some sort of dignity and attendance, or the natives would hardly have thought it worth their vv hile 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 item the slaughter to which they IHE LON 10A, MONDAY EVELNINO, DECEAIBER 2, 1807. LITERATURE. great lady wrote the following letter to the then Pre sident of the Assembly :—" Citizen President,--I am a handsome woman of 27. lam five 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 cilibre 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. 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 overflowing 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 had 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 p'eculiarities 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, he 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 all, he is our own flesh and blood. 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 be 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, Mattis 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 Topsy, 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 askod, going on with the same catechism. "Just a man to be among men what the Sunday is among the work &Lys 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 agairst 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, fks 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 eartb, 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 days, 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 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 he describes. The background of the picture is filled up with Italian figures, 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 two 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 132resford 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, be 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 Hohndale 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. trated. Warne & Co. lllus Very gorgeous in appearance is this beautiful book, exquisitely bound in crimson and gold, and adorned with innumerable illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Daiziel. Poetry and prose are judiciously intermingled. Old friends, such as Mrs. Hemans' " Better Land," James Mont gomery's " What is Prayer ?" Oliver Gold smith's cc Village Pastor," St. Bernard's "hymn 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. Ihe Empress did not attend. It is stated from Spezzia that, in execution of orders received from Forence, Ga ribald i, accompanied by a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Carabineers of the Guard, to whose care be 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 bad 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 bad 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 iu 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 bad 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 illustrious La Grange, and the General ap peared to him to be a man worthy of 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, wildly, and eloquently supported the rights of the Pope. It is now said that the Italian 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 Dupia 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 make 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. Denis. 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. He 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 its 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 such 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 Baux, one of the ancient capitals of Provence. The wife of a farmer, named Moulin, fired a gun at her husband while he 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 -get 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 contempt and ridi cule. It was of the same disgraceful character as the Age and Paul Pry, published in London some five-and-twenty years ago. In addition to the above punishment the Correctional Tribunal ordered the suppression of La Lune, 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 lic3itiousness and immorality. The greatest woman of France, Elizabeth Veronique, has just gone the way of all flush. She was in her 46th year, and weighed ulwards of 460 English pound. In the month of May, 1818, this 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 a joy 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 Louisa'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 " Rolfm hood and his Merry Men," amid the verdure c 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 ! 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 befel 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, 18G8. The collected numbers of the " Boys 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 Davenaut ; " Stories of the British N avy," how to make an electric telegraph, puzzle~, pyrotechn y, gymnastic exercises, and a very ormium gafherum, more or less, of amusing papers are to be found iu " 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— " Belovad 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 Slut's 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 tributor 3, 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," Warne's Christmas Annual, is edited by the able care of Mrs. Valentine, Miiizted by a number of well chosen con- ,ributors. Some of the contents are 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 by heroes of nine different nationalities—English , French, Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Welsh, German, Yankee, and Turk. The idea is a happy one. Each of these Christmas Books contains an elegant little almanac for the ensuing year, each differing in de sign, but all of them being very attractive. The Christmas number of London Society contains, in addition to a variety of tale, au extra number of pictorial illustrations. The Christmas number of Once a Week, " The Guest Meal," h appropriately adorned with a symbolic knife and fork and s poon. Among the dishes served up some are very aP" petisiOg. Illuminated Texts. Among the Christmas gifts we may very appro.- priately class some veryex quisitely illuminated texts and illustrations. Conspicuous among those are Fuller's Imperial Chromo Illustrations, from original copyright designs, published at the roya l Albert Press. A very large card, most gorgeously illuminate.' with brilliant colours, on a gold ground, illustrates the psalm, " The Lord is my Shepherd." On the upper half of the card are two verses side by side, the one speaking of the " green pastures " through which we are guided by the Paternal Hand is surrounded by a suitable border of blooming flowers. On the opposite side is the passage—" Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear 1 1 ° evil," the surrounding darkness being illumined by golden stars, and through the briars and thorns gleam the supporting Staff leaning upon the Cross• Another smaller card very beautifully illustrate s those exquisite lines of Longfellow on the death of little children, " The Iteaper 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 of Man is Come," and others. Among the illuminate d texts are some very beautiful ones, " The Lord 1 , my Shepherd," "He Shall Enter into Peace, "Show me Thy Ways, 0 Lord." " The Heavens Declare the Glory of God," and others beautifully designed and very gorgeously illuminated. -*)!=---- ‘„...„ i i l ort ' ,z, Cingat II ER MAJESTY. ^ WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1 . The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accolll - by Princess Beatrice. To-day is the birthday of the Princess of Wfleo' ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY• MEETING THIS DAY. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders this company was held to-day for the purpos e el appointing a committee to advise with the dire' tors, and also for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of raising new capi tal to pay off the claim of the Anglo-Amer l e s3 . Company, which amounted to £125,000 per annum' or to effect the same by amalgamation with the sal' company or otherwise. The Hon. S. Wortley Pr e. sided. The CHAIRMAN said they were met that del under more prosperous circumstances than it he 't d usually been their fate to meet in tea room. (Hear, hear.) Their object to-day to ask for the appointment of a committee from amongst themselves to consult and assist the diree; tors in a very critical period. It was, however, not a period of difficulty owing to monetary pressure on the contrary, their present position was ° ll6 of prosperity, but. the aid of the committee was required to enable the directors to consider matter of much delicacy, and the directors 0100 it would be a great support to have the a dvantag e of the advice of some from amongst tbe ' r own shareholders, whom, it was well know n ' were capable of giving the best adv iee i owing to their extensive knowledge both of American commerce and their own un dertaking' (Hear.) Their position was not one of either clie trust or peril that made them seek that seri port. Since the accomplishment of their gr eil f design facts had proved the correctness e 0 their theory viz., that submerged cables A id much safer at a depth of three miles than those - 3 along the land. (Hear, hear.) They had now tW ts sound cables across the Atlantic, and their receiP were most satisfactory ; indeed they far ex ceeed those they had formed under the most sanguine Or; cumstances. Their receipts amounted now to DO% £l,OOO per day, and that prosperity had no t bee t o attained by sudden or unexpected business, 114 their progress had been regular and gradual to au a degree that they might consider that ise el :i to be permanent. (Hear, hear.) At some it their former meetings it had been said t . e s permanent rate of transmission might be five w°' ds per minute, but it was now actually 15 if er ble per minute—(hear, hear)—and under favouo2o, circumstances they had reached as many resent Their cables were in perfect order, and at Pre:l4o their daily gross earnings were no less t han per day more than they were at that time last Y . ' 0 and at the end of July last their dai l y re 'F4 amounted to over £9OO. They were, thereforefoce a prosperous position, and wanted no assist 3 , o o from the shareholders ; but the direel'ori thought it would be much more satisfset re, for them to come closer to the great body of e h to holders. The great object of the directors vi e . re c come to a proper understanding with the d l ito l tors of the Anglo - American Compaei7 4 s e , to devise some arrangement that might be 11000, cially advautigeous to both. The diree' s o therefore, asked for the committee to %„), them in improving the position of the colleri, either by an amalgamation with the Anglo-A Able can or by the raising additional capit al to eO. them to pay off the liability of £125,00 0 Pe r tin t num, which tliey were now bound to pay company. The taking of that amount 903 603 e, from their earnings bad, up to the present co ol prevented the original £l,OOO shareholders ; d i e receiving anything. His own opinion was tb . e ta i, best thing to do was to raise the new ovi. „Ity proceeding now he felt there would b e no digicoiot• in doing. He concluded by moving the sPr meat of the committee asked for. Capt. HAMILTON seconded thepropositioet was adopted by the meeting. Al{ red The CHAIRMAN then moved that the COrec/ consist of Mr. Cunliffe Pickersgill, gr. Ae so Harris, of Bradford, Mr. John George Ofw of and Mr. W. 11. Stephenson. es" f Sir C. LAMPSON seconded the appoinate3ooo; t hose gentlemen, and said they were co sound judgment. The Atlantic TelegrSrmel pany were anxious to amalgamate with tbecioirotot Nmerican, but that company did not seem tio 6 o o , to meet them in the same spirit. The rea a to il l y their tariff, he thought, would greatly " I ' to B '' creased income, although he felt it his diVotoNttl',.6, they were making that reduction in oppes rs opinion of one of the very bes t direct°l4ll Le Breton), who felt that reduction 'nigh t ...,pse v ; left alone for some mouths. Ile (Sir C. 1301:actiie; thought that for two or three mou ths the in of their tariff to £ 5 for the tw ent y werao aod,elo of £lO would in the end produc e a larg t o o w , munerative income. Some of his colleag A ka bt of opiniori that if the money due to t . l ; rl American Company was paid off 'comPett oar, 13 arise, but of that he had not the sligb te v s e t o t ce o tl e ec l some years must elapse before s uch an , ace 3' ld 5 e V occur. At all events, if it was - u l t ialatell o co e to raise new capital, he thoug ht it Ivou ~e r j ilt plisbed now without difficulty ; but, u toy tillt irP cumstances, nothing would be done app r° was submitted to the shareholders for t hen tl' . The resolution was curried. iniu s" A vote of thanks to the chairman ter proceedings. ~ ____ Lg~ Th e ~ sitting c Th e e 13orrom( [e llo vetio this nioi ce e d ed f M. ° f State A d es] I\i'o r „ jab of St. th e 20th °ccurr e d Mt in thE to beat material dem and , cent.. The 1 has brow The sh z Lisb on, X 6,460. ,In the Limit e d ; fngly in foreig n lower. 1341 4 44(11