The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of the past twelve months the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended X 24,746 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,744 for rewards. The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. " T HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, hr all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLO`I lIIN x, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from lOs. to .£s.*: BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. Gd. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs at.d the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un &palled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very lame assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. th© pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evenine at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Readv-made and Be spoke Tailors, Ilabitmakers,Woollendrapers , flatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shc,e Manufac turers, and General Outfitie z for all Classes. Tim following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOY. CORNER OF MINORTES AND ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. DIARY FOR 1870, Second Filitio , s. containing the following useful information:— Almanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Inf,wmation. Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of State Ready Reckoner POCKET Also A DIARY, a-ranged oix the most approved plan, and neatly printed on good writing paper, Price One Penny, or post-trea for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MTNORTES and A LD(TATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, TOTTEN TTA)T-COU T- " OAT), And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To bo obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRE';T(Rs of the East and West India Dock Company lir PERY GIVE NOTICE, That a 1 - Tait-Yearly Court or Gen ,, ral Meeting of the said Company will be held — pursuant to the directions of the ket 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 52—at the Dock House No. 8, Billit'•r-square, on FRIDAY, the I;th day of January.lq7o, at which Meeting a Dividend will be decl 'red on the Capital stock of the Company for the Half-year ending the 31st day of December. 1569. By order of the court. GEORGE COLLIN, secretary East and West India, Dock House, Billiter-square. 28th Dec., 1569. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'clock precisely. IJARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE, Established 1821. Subscribed Capital.. Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN - Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens. Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham- , 'arter, Esq J. G. Hubbard. Esq Charles Win ('urtis, Esq (1 '. b Martin J Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Deval, Esq .Te , Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esc' Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart :Tames Morris, Esq James Goodsnn. Esq Abraham J. Ict oba,rts, Esq Archibald Hamilton Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacb, Esq, ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Christmas must he renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the Bth of January. The Government Duty is totally abolished. ProsPootts ssail Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the asset n.nl liabilities in the Life Branch. free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. it GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE r t to introduce commodities valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. HARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. ()TIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOT FT PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decoy, and imparts a pleacant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red. Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames -street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. 13. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE REAS r; or, OLD MOTHER Br''''C : Misses Jessie Vokes, Victoria Vokes, Rosins, Vokes, Kate Santley, Hudspeth, and 114rriet Coveney; Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Rrittain Wright, W. F. Vokes, F. Moreland, Rowena, and narrYßoleno. 'THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. linckatone. THIS EVENING, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippenilale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, d c p. After which, THE F IIR ONE WITH THE SOLDEN : Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynne Miss Francis, 14,59 Murray. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. fl ' HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs. G. Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. At i, THE LONG STRIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, G. Bel more, Atkins, Beveridge, A. Stirling, Hiss Furtado, &C. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bet more and Mrs Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from lo till 5. No fees for booking. Pl ac es can be secured a fortnight in advance.' HOLBORN T lIEATRE.ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN Sixth Week of " Love's Sacrifice." THE THIS EVENI O NC* A , at Seven o'clock, the l aug h able Farce of 9ATEI RD- At 7.45. Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Roney, J. C[ n "--Jas, Arthu r. , Cowper, Charles foreman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, &e.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fe. wm i tt lira. C. TT orsman, To conclude with S SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AMOßY SuLtivx)i (LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. RR Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY: Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.30, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. IL.T. Byron. 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Chatterton. THig EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND TIIE BEAST Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Brittain Wright, Harry Boleno, &C.; Misses Yokes, Harriet Coveney, Bate Santley, NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. QUA. AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to it , Dri; , tinP hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GT-INELL and CO. have at leneth, with the aid of one of t'w most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect in,: this wonc .rful liquid. It is now offered to the public to a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, Including brush. Red Bnll Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE MENT. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr Buckstono, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &e. Concluding with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 8, TtiE LONG STRIKE: Messrs Benjamin Webster, G. Belmore, Atkins, Beveridge, A. Stirling, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIiZY. At 7.45, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Josephs, Mr J. Clarke, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TUTS EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborottei. MIS EVENING. at 7.f;0. AMONG TETE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THt TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THJ , CHOI'S OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regorrs-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children nnder twelve, 64 ROYAL AL lIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of HO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. •rjl . 7 3r ^t 1 0 • , R ll -P * -Y 17.1-13 *,, N--40 1 4).4" 4'3-44; lai LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1870. Ix considering. the present critical position of the Volunteer army, one premise may not unreasonably ba taken for granted : it is at least desirable that the force should continue to exist. It has lived through much ridicule and many difficulties ; and it would be deplorable indeed if it were allowed to melt away just at the time when its effi ciency, whatever may be its absolute worth, is relatively greater than at any former period. Volun teering is at least inexpensive and harmless. It furnishes innocent recreation; and though it costs Vte State a yearly tribute, it is less burdensome than many other popular amusements we could mention, for it is an unfortunate fact that the nation tuo often has to pay, and pay dearly, for the diversion of its members. The Volunteers, too, represent an amount of active patriotism which it might not be wise to discourage. It is true that the value of their services, if an occa sion presented itself, is to a great extent an open question. But it should not be forgotten that the Imo has continued to improve with very little a3sistance, and that in many essential particulars it can boar comparison with any other troops. There is no reason why proper means should not lead t) a perfectly satisfactory end. Considering that so much has 1-een done in spite of not a little official discouragement, very parsi m3nious aid, and a good deal of public incredulity, it really seems worth while to try whether better treatment might not be attended with a proportionate profit. After all, it is absurd to complain that the Volunteer army is not a faultless military organisa tion, when the aid given by the country is barely enough to support existence. The force must be worth little indeed if it is not worth as much as the nation pays for it. To diminish the amount would be equivalent to a declaration that the Volunteers were useless, and had better be forthwith disbanded. On these grounds the changes proposed by Mr. CARDWELL in the Volunteer regulations are open to exception. The complaint that they endanger the exist ence of the force does not appear exaggerated. The sub sidy at present granted is only a precarious subsistence for many corps, and yet the SECRETARY for WAR makes an offer which, though seemingly liberal, must in practice effect a decrease in the net earnings of the force. At present the subsidy scale for the infantry is 30s. a year for extra-efficients, who attain that rank by passing in drill and musketry, and 20s. a year for simple efficients, who pass in drill, but are unequal to the musketry test. The former class is roughly computed to number 100,000 men ; the latter about 40,000; and there is in addition a large body of Volunteers who pass neither test, and for whom nothing is paid. The greater sum is but just sufficient to meet the most essential yearly expenses of a Volunteer, so that those who earn only 20s. and those who earn nothing require help from other sources, which is furnished by subscriptions and by heavy payments on the part of the officers. More over, even the 30s. grant only meets, and is only designed to meet, those charges that are termed " necessary ;" but there are divers expenses which no corps has yet been able to do without, though they are not considered " necessary in War office phraseology. These, too, have to be met out of private purses. Now, Mr. CARDWELL proposes to abolish the distinction between efficients and extra efficients, and to make only one grant of 30s. to every man who passes the higher test. Upon these terms the twenty-shilling men will be come cyphers unless they pass into the upper class. It is highly desirable that they should achieve this progress ; but they have not been able hitherto, and all the evidence is against the probability of their doing so in the future. Of some 40,000 men who are earning- the 20s. grant, those who henceforth pass the higher test will get nos., and those who fail will get nothing , . It is not at all probable that the loss on the one category will be counterbalanced by the gain on the other. Lord ELcno and his brother officers urge that there is a largo class of thoroughly efficient men who cannot attend the number of drills requisite for qualification. The expenses of these are paid entirely from private sources, and their number is likely to be swelled by recruits from the one-pounders, who cannot reach the higher class. It is obvious enough that a test of efficiency must bs the condition - of any Government grant. But it is absurd to expect that every 'Volunteer will come up to they required standard, mid yet the cost of the wJ Ql =ben aciatilhad THE SUN, LONDOY, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1870 must be met. 11 the grant only covers the most in dispensable disbursements of those who earn it—and it scarcely does so much at present—the entire ex- I penses of the residuum must be drawn from the sub- scribers and the officers, whose burden is already too great. If it be made any greater, we must be pre pared to have it repudiated altogether. The distinc tion between the two classes of efficients would have been of less importance if Mr. CARD WELL had offered a little more money for the pass-men. The capitation ought to have been rather more than equal to the expenses of a single man, in order that the surplus might go towards the support of those members who earn nothing, and who inevitably form part of every Volunteer regiment. Mr. CARDWELL, in short, has driven a very hard bargain with the force, and his niggardliness is apparent in the details no less than in the lump sum of his offer. Ms wish to improve the worth of this branch of the service is laudable, and his desire that the Volunteers should co• operate more intimately with the regulars is just. It is sheer vexation, how ever, to insist that twelve files must be a quorum for company drill, when such a regulation is not needful. Its only result must be the infliction of useless attendances upon men who are anxious to earn the grant. The requirement as to volley shooting is similarly useless, though less hurtful. But these and other minor grievances are of little import compared with the financial problem, which Mr. CARDWELL'S proposition brings to a con summation. As the complaints of the insufficiency of the grant have long been loud and deep, it is diffi cult to see how a catastrophe can be avoided if this reduction, for such it really is, be carried out. The present is a favourable time for the settlement of the whole question. If the Volunteers are worthless let them be disbanded ; but if they are of service to the country it is idle to deal with them in this huckster- Liz spirit. THE CROPS. The Mark Lane Express, in its review of the corn trade, says:—" Ever since the old year left us we have had a temperature sufficiently high to start vegetation, while an am ount of rain has fallen which has prevented the flooded lands from anything like an effectual recovery. Whatever hidden causes produce these fluctuations, we cannot help receiving them as unfavourable both to the crops of fruit and grain. The buds are swelling, the grass and the wheat are growing ;jut how as to the tillage for the spring corn ? Still, it is too early yet to surmise mishaps, although last year may have introduced us to a cycle of unfavourable seasons, and nothing would be more certain to clear off the present pressure of super abundant stocks. In another article the Express remarks that the returns of barley have greatly fallen off, and the farmers who like to plant a prime article will do well to put by the choicest articles they have grown, as these descrip tions threaten to be extremely scarce at seed-time, while foreign qualities are not usually resorted to, however fine. The weather has been wet, mild, and very boisterous, closing with a severe gale of wind. The year has thus opened with the first week far from cheering for the agri culturist. WORKMEN'S LNTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1870. .4 conference of delegates from the towns of Great Britain and other countries, convened by the Council of the Workmen's International Exhibition to be held in July next, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, was opened on Monday morning at the rooms of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi—Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., occupied the chair. The attendance, although not very large, included delegates from Belgium, Switzerland, Odessa, Glasgow, Belfast, Northampton, Bir mingham, Huddersfield, Perth, Blackburn, Weymouth, Maidstone, Bath, Derby, Peterborough, Cambridge, Ipswich, Sheffield ; as well as representatives from London workshops and provincial trades' societies. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, spoke of the moral and material advantages which he believed would result from holding the exhibition ; and alluded to the unsatisfactory condition of workmen, both at home and abroad. They did not, he said, seem to get a fair share of prosperity with capitalists and employers. He was by no means a communist, however, and he believed that working men had suffered from false teaching. He thought aid might be given by; the Council of the Exhibition, under certain conditions, to workmen whose labour involved great expense, and was convinced that if capital met labour in a sympathising spirit the Exhibition would exercise a good influence on the relative conditions of employers and employed.—The details of the arrangements of the forthcoming Exhibition were then considered.—Mr. Thomas Patterson, one of the honorary secretaries, in introducing the first topic, stated that foreign local committees had signified, through their am bassadors, that they would accept the decisions arrived at by the Conference. He submitted the proposed plan of the Exhibition, explaining that it was based to a consider able extent on that of the Paris Exhibition. For instance, there would be a twofold arrangement of entries and articles, so as to give facilities for comparisons. Amateur work would be shewn in a separate part of the building, and there would be a special depart- went for new inventions and improvements. It would be required that every article should bear the name of the workman who had been employed in its production, and in cases where employers provided the tools and materials, or had had a piece of work done to shew the excellence of their factory, the article should belabelled with the names of both master and men. Some discussion followed, re sulting in the adoption of the plan proposed.—The Hon. Auberon Herbert, one of the hon. secretaries, introduced the next subject on the paper—the system of prizes to be adopted, and the advisability of appointing jurors. He said the council feel disposed to leave the first matter to the decision of jurors, and it was suggested that half the number of jurors should be elected by the Council, and the rest by the local committees.—Mr. Hobbs, of Birmingham, was of opinion that if the exhibitors elected half the jurors, the appointment cf 'practical judges would be ensured.—The Mayor of Ipswich approved of this suggestion. In the course of the discussion, Mr. Etchells, of Huddersfield, who represented a large class of the woollen trade of the West Riding, said he should be satisfied with the arrangement mentioned by the Hon. A. Herbert.—Mr. Probyn (another of the honorary secretaries), was autho rised to state that the delegate from Odessa was of opinion that they should confide the nomination of jurors to the committee of the council.— The delegate from Belgium took the same view. —The Hon. A. Herbert said the honorary secretary had no objection to a resolution confining the choice of the council to one-third of the jurors, the remainder to be elected by the foreign and local committees.—After some consideration it was decided that it was undesirable to hamper the council with strict resolutions, and the matter was left to their decision with a strong recommendation in favour of workmen jurors. —Mr. Probyn opened the consideration of the third subject, which related to the opening of workshops in the Exhibition. He said the council were anxious to encourage a new mode of compe tition by establishing workshops in the Exhibition, at which workmen might follow the occupations in which they were habitually engaged. Benches and fixed stools would be provided by the Council, while the competitors would supply their own material under certain concr'ons. —Mr. Morley vacating the chair at this point ; Mr. Mun della, M.P., took his place. The discussion on workshops was continued. A very general opinion was expressed in favour of their establishment in the exhibition, practical arrangements for carrying out the scheme being referred to the council. The best means to be adopted to make the exhibition promote the interests of technical education came under consideration, and on this point ➢lr. Buckmaster observed that it was most necessary to impress upon the work men of England the fact that there was no industry in which they were engaged that did not require for its successful development a larger amount of know- ledge than they as a body at present possessed. The chairman observed that it was highly important that the exhibition should be utilised to promote technical education, and that this might be done was evident from the influence which the Paris Exhibition had exercised in the same matter.—Mr. Morley dwelt on the great value of technical education ; and Mr. Applegarth said it would be well to ask the Science and Art Department to send a staff of half a dozen efficient science teachers, under the direction of Mr. Buckmaster, to the Exhibition, where they might render great service by explaining diffi culties which presented themselves to workmen who at tended.—Mr. Paterson said the Council had been debating for some time the feasibility of enraging lecturers to expatiate on the various trades in operation at the Ex hibition. The Hon. A. Herbert stated that the council hoped to be able to open a room in connection with the exhibition, where papers could be read by working men on their occupations, and similar subjects could be dis cussed day by day.—The Chairman said it was pretty generally known that he had for years taken a deep in terest in this question. He almost set the ball rolling, and for a time he was like " a voice crying in the wilderness." He was very glad to find that the importance of the matter was being recognised. After referring to the kind of technical education given on the Continent, the hon. gentleman observed that many of the crimes laid to the account of trades unions should be attributed to our own ignorance. Our inability to compete with Lyons in the production of silk arose from our want of instruction. The council ought to enlist the Science and Art Department in their favour, and get them to send the best illustrations they could contribute of the kind of scientific education and artistic instruction which workmen should receive. If they also made similar appeals to polytechnic institutions abroad, they would give a great impetus to the progress of technical education. The subject then dropped. Mr. Probyn, in bringing before the conference the sug gestions received from local committees, said it was desired to obtain the protection of the Board cf Trade for inventions which might be sent to the Exhibition ; but although the protection sought would be simi lar to that afforded by a patent, it would only extend over a period of twelve months. The project met with general approbation, and with some formal busi ness the conference was brought to a close.—ln the even- ing a public meeting was held at Exeter Hall. A short time ago a i explosion took place at one of the Nantyglo Colleries in consequence of on accumulation of gas. Mr. Crawshay Bailey, the proprietor, has been summoned at the Tredegar Petty Sessions for having per mitted the ventilation of the shaft to be neglected. The offence was admitted. and the magistrates indicted a penalty of £2 Ns. We learn from the Wall-street Journal that 1 per cent. of the January interest on the Virginia State cou pon bonds is to be paid on January Ist, by order of Gen. Canby, and one percent. interest on the registered bonds at the same time. The revenue from tobacco and spirits taxed in Virginia has largely increased during the present year. The amount collected from tobacco in 9 months of 1868, from March 1 to November 30, was $362,694 46, while the amount collected from the same source this year reached the sum of $2,249,228 62. The total revenue from distilled spirits in that State for the fiscal year ending Juno 30,1868, under the two-dollar tax was $86,988, while the amount collected for nine months of the present year under the fifty-cent tax was $469,412. The revenue, from miscellaneous sources also shows a large increase, particularly from apple brandy, which will be fully 400 per cent, in excess of any previous year, LITERATURE. Our Ocean Highways. Edited by J. Maurice Dempsey. One vol., pp. 416. Edward Stan- ford. A wonderfully acceptable and thoroughly useful book this will be to thousands. It is a clue through and through a labyrinth that covers the whole earth. It purports to be—and is—a condensed Universal Route Book by Sea, by Land, and by Rail. It is at one and the same moment Alpha betical, Commercial, Consular, Monetary, and Parliamentary. It is Postal, Statistical, Tele graphic, and Topographical. And it is none of all this superficially. It gives the pick of the information any reasonable man could wish to have in regard to the enormous range of subjects upon which the book is to be consulted. It will enable to get from anywhere to anywhere. It will tell him the price of his journey —the time it which he will have to start—the time of his arrival at his intended destination—the beat place he can put up at—and, accordingly as the place he is going to is at home or abroad, the name of the British Consul in it, or of the member of Falba ment by whom it is represented. As a frontis c,iece, there is a capital map, with the Bri tish possessions coloured. Of course, the book is not perfect, seeing that it is the production of a fallible mortal. But it is so singularly ac curate, on the whole, that it is a very marvel to us, remembering at once the novelty of the design, and the extraordinary scope of it. Slips of the pen, errors of fact inadvertently made, omissions and miscalculations, there are, here and there, noticeable. But these admit of very ready correction in the new editions of a book that is safe to be reprinted. Take as an instance of these errors that almost correct themselves, the contradictory statements on pages 283 and 395—in the former it being announced that Munich is 220 miles west of Vienna, and in the latter it being announced that Vienna is 190 miles east of Munich ! At " Dresden," again, there is no mention whatever of china ware being among the local manufactures. An oversight as ridicu lous as would be the mention of Newcastle-upon- Tyne without any reference to the commodity of coals. Barring a very sparse sprinkling of clerical errors, such as those we have instanced, the book is throughout solidly reliable. Historical Sketches of the Reign of George 11. By Mrs. Oliphant. 2 vols. Blackwood and Sons. This is a very delightful and instructive work, as the name of the authoress may testify. Twelve memoirs of very remarkable individuals are here collected, beginning with " the Quen' Caroline, the wife of George ll.—one of the most influential and important of the Queen Consorts of England. Next comes the Minis ter, " the great Sir Robert" of those days. Then, in succession, "The Man of the World," Lord Chesterfield ; " The Woman of Fashion," Lady Mary Wortley Montague ; " The Poet," Alex ander Pope—the Poet indeed ; hut one whom Mrs. Oliphant fails altogether to appreciate—and "Tne Young Chevalier." This is the goodly list comprised in the first volume. It would appeal hardly pos sible to find another six indiriduald of the same epoch worthy to be classed in such a companion ship, but the second volume is, in the whole of itv contents, not far behind the first. It includes— " The Reformer," John Wesley ; " The Sailor," Lord Anson; "The Philosopher," George Berkeley; "The Noveliv," Samuel Richardson ; " The Sceptic," David Hume; and "The Painter," Wil liam llogarth. Mrs. Oliphant has been indeed fortunate in her selection of subjects, and the subjects have, for the most part, been fortunate in !heir biographer. Over the Alleghanies and Across the Prairies. By John Lewis Peyton. Sitnpkin, Marshall, and Co. This volume contains a narrative of personal re collections of the far West one and twenty years ago, and it is interesting as a record cf times that are no more. " The aspect of affairs which pre sented itself to my imagination," observes the wri ter contemplating his own reminiscences, " was so remarkable in itself, and is so much more remark able when compared and contrasted with the as pect of the present, that these notes now assume in my eyes a value not dreamt of at the time they were written." The importance of the work, as a picture of the far West in bygone times, is greatly enhanced by the simple truthfulness and fidelity o its descriptions of men and things. The Great Stanley. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Times, in commenting on M. 011ivier's first appear ance on the Ministerial bench, observes that he deemed it expedient to make a new declaration of strictly constitu tional principles. Sure of the confidence of the Sovereign, the Administration, he said, must solicit that of the Chamber. They will rely on the majority for support, but they will also profit by the lessons of the Opposition, and on the day in which the Opposition shall become a majority the minority will allow their adversaries to take their places. National sovereignty could not be based n fairer or more intelligible terms. But the new Ministers can hardly estimate their power until they have a Cham ber of their own. Little would the cause of constitutional freedom have gained if, by venturing on too hazardous an experiment and attempting impossibilities, the Ministers should provoke a division which would compel them to "hand over to others the burden of public business." The test of the good disposition of the Emperor, and of the real capabilities of the country for a more liberal rule, lies in a reform of the electoral law, and in its application iz a general election. It will not, of course, be easy to avoid all dangerous topics, or to adjourn all premature dis cussions. With the Emperor's cordial co-operation much will be possible, because personal rule is, as yet, only nominally abdicated, and there is hardly any limit to chick its ascendancy may not be exercised either for good .r evil. But hitherto it is only in the abstract and pro pectively that the nation has been intrusted with self government. It is only at the polls that the people can be expected to recover the use of their sovereign rights. The Ministers deserve the greatest credit for their eagerness to signalise the new era bya variety of Liberal administra tive measures. Suspicion as to their honesty and good will can enter no man's mind; nor can there be any reasonable doubt of the Emperor's readinesss to second them in their course. Still they must bear in mind that their strength must lie in the Chamber, and that it may possibly be good policy to attempt as little as possible until they can rely on the support of a truly popular Legislature. We are well aware of the obstruction every deliberative Cody instinctively throws in the way of its own dissolution; and to any sufficient scheme of reform considerable oppo sition may be confidently anticipated. Still, it is impor tant for M. 011ivier and his colleagues to see how far they can venture to go hand-in-hand with M. de Forcade's Chamber. They will scarcely stand on safe ground till they have made a direct appeal to the country, and such should be their most earnest and immediate object. If the proposals of the Birmingham Education League are adopted, says the Pall Mall Gazette, the country will be burdened, not only with the cost of supplementing existing schools, but with a large additional expenditure incurred for the purpose of superseding existing schools, and this difficulty is likely to have considerable weight with the public. Here is ample school accommodation, and no hardship to child or parent in making use of it. But because, under different circumstances, hard ships might arise, all this accommodation must count for nothing, and new schools be built for children every one of whom is already receiving a suffi cient education. Even if there are neither Dissenters, nor Roman Catholics, nor Secularists in a given parish, the School Board will still be obliged to build another school for the education of the children—all of whom belong to the Church of England—unless the managers of the existing school will consent to provide for the possible advent of Dissenting scholars. We do not say that the League is wrong in this. To make the imposition of conscience clause dependent on the presence in the district of children whose case is not met by any of the existing denominational schools would be to minister to the tyranny of school managers, by giving them a motive for coercing parents over whom they Lave influence into falsely declaring themselves of the same religion with the parson, or the squire, or the ,reat manufacturer. A very large expenditure of public money would be justified if it were indispensable to the redress of a grievance, even though the actual sufferers under it might be few. But the League will do well to uear in mind that a much smaller outlay will be plausibly objected to if the object of incurring it be simply to ensure the theoretical completeness of an undenominational scheme. The Daily News thinks Professor Huxley has rendered a service not only to the education of Englishmen, but to the good government of Ireland, in the lecture which he has lately delivered on "The Forefathers and Forerunners of the English People." Though he speaks of the English people, he is thinking equally of the Irish, whom, indeed, he does not admit to be ethnologically different. This is not the common view. Religious prejudice no longer interferes with the fair treatment of Ire land. In the lecture to which we have referred Mr. Huxley combats the fact that the Irish nation differs from the English as Celt from Saxon. Both countries are inhabited by a mixed population, and a popu lation mixed of the same ingredients, but in diverse pro portions. These proportions vary, not in the two islands only, but in the different parts of each island. We need not follow Mr. Huxley through the learned argument in which ho contends that between the Celt and the Teuten there is no recognisable difference besides that of language. It is sufficient for the political moral which he is anxious to draw that no differences exist which wero not due to physical and political causes, and which, therefore, do not admit of being removed by counter-agencies of the same order as those which have produced them. There is no order of quacks more noxious than than the political empirics who abuse an ignorance even greater than their own when they appeal to "Anglo-Saxon" pride in a fancied superiority over the " Celt," and declaim on the ineradicable aversion of the Irish to law and order. This charlatanry would receive its death-blow from Professor Huxley if, unfortunately, it were not capable of living without the brains which have been knocked out almost as comfortably as it did with them. The Standard says that the now Bishop of Exeter, what ever other qualifications he may have for his office, shews himself to be possessed of a most alarming gift of speech. He has delivered himself already of some dozen sot orations in various parts of his diocese. At public dinners, at schools of science, at working men's institutes, he is most indefatigable, and, if a bishop could be justified by talking alone, there can be no doubt that Dr. Temple has established already a good claim to epis copacy. There is not much in these speeches beyond the staple of the common Radical platitudes of the day; nor is there much novelty in this combination of broad politics with dull Evangelicism. If it is the Bishop of Exeter's object to make us forget the passage in his literary career for which he is indebted for all his celeb rity, and probably for his appointment, we admit that there is a certain cleverness in his present policy. It is difficult for people to believe that this profuse and emotional orator, who is so fluent upon the commonplaces of Christianity, and so full of " goody " counsel to working men and to im perfect humrnity at large, can be the heresiarch that his enemies have painted. One thing we have to say, however, of Dr. Temple, and it is this. Up to the present time, although he has made a great many appear-• ances in public, and delivered numerous speeches, he has not yet uttered one word by way of disclaimer of his past doctrines and former associates. He has spoken on every subject but this. He has not even fulfilled the kind of pledge which he made to some of his corres pondents, that after his elevation to the bishopric he would offer some explanation as to the religious opinions which he advocated in " Essays and Reviews." He has been assiduous in cultivating the working men, and in making himself generally popular in his diocese, but he has carefully avoided all utterance upon the one point in which the Church has a right to be curious. Therefore, all all that has been said against his appointment still holds good, nor has the Bishop of Exeter yet justified either himself or his creators. The Telegraph declares that in these days the celebra tions of mechanics' institutes, and the prize distributions of science and art schools, have become events of the most commonplace kind; but every now and then we have a bright example, to teach us e converse how such occasions of popular pleasure and enlightment are too often thrown away. On Saturday evening Dr. Temple handed the prizes of the season to the Ply mouth School of Science and Art, and he im proved the opportunity by preaching one of those lay sermons which emphatically and efficiently proclaim " the religion of common life." Catching the humour of his audience by some pleasant if familiar jocularities on the fondness of Englishmen for grumbling at themselves, their customs and institutions, the Bishop of Exeter pro ceeded to affirm that English grumbling was invariably the prelude to action and reform; and he applied the conclusiOn to shew the groundless character of the recent fear, that Belgian and French products would, in certain branches of industry, drive us out of the world's markets. Dr. Temple's assurance is, that, having had our grumble out, we have ever applied ourselves with all our might to make good the defects for which we censured ourselves ; so that, in the end, we havo recovered any lee-way that might be lost by an accidental laggardn ess i n th e march o f i mprovemen t. Never theless, there is ample room for the Bishop's consequent warning, to guard against the causes of our transient defeat by so perfecting the education of our artisans that they shall be not merely mechanical and restricted parts in a huge labour-machine, but each a self-acting and self-adjusting power, with an independent and yet a collective action, in which economy of force shall be the first principle. Dr. Temple admirably expresses the industrial need of the day in the terse Saxon formula, that a man " should thoroughly master principles; that, when he is at work, he should know not only what to do, but why is done." Yet, practical and worldly as the advice may seem, it is also in the highest sense religious ; for does it not simply apply to the time the old and high in junction," Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might?;' The new Bishop excellently began his work as "overseer "—Episcopus—by his strong, clear pounsels to the workpooplo of Plymouth on the daily business of their lives; for least of all men is he blind to the fact that the action of influences between religious belief and daily bliaineaa to not all from above) dowa waNts. RITUALISM IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT, In the Court of Arches on Monday Sir R. J. Phillimore heard the suit "of Bishop Sumner (late Bishop of Win chester) v. The Rev. R. H. E. Wix, the incumbent of St. Michael and All Angels, Swanmore, Isle of Wight. The complaint against Mr. Wix was that he had since the judgment of the Judicial Committee in the case of "Martin v. Mackonochie " used lights and incense, which use was illegal. There was another charge in the articles, which was new in this case—namely, the use of " Gospel lights" while the Gospel was being read during the Holy Communion. The defendant had been admonished by his Ordinary, and had discontinued their use Still the matter came before the Court. Dr. Deane said it was not denied that there were lighted candles during the communion service, but they were said to be on a "shelf " above the table." Then as to the incense it would seem that the defendant alleged that it was not used unlawfully. Although the defendant had abstained from the " Gospel lights " whilst the Gospel was being read it was important that a judgment on such an innovation should be given as a warning to other clergy. men against such a practice. Witnesses were called ill support of the charges. G. F. TRAIN IN A NEW CHARACTER. The day after Christmas Day Mr. G. F. Train appeared at Tammany Hall,New York, as a preacher. The fact had been advertised in the following manner :—" TO-night the Rev. George Francis Train preaches on Old Fogies of the Bible compared to the beautiful character of the Saviour.'The same discourse suppressed last Sunday evening by the bigoted Puritanical Cooper Institute Trustees. One man against 30,000 preachers." At the appointed hour Mr. Train, "resplendent in brass buttons and white kid gloves," pre sented himself before a crowded audience and delivered a discourse thus described by the Nero York Times:— "He opened the vials of his wrath upon the American people, and conveyed to them the agreeable information that they were a set of toadies, flunkeys, and cowards.' Several institutions of modern society which have at least the respectability of age and good standing in the community were soundly abused, among them the Church, the medical faculty, and the press. He also took upon himself to set history right in several important particulars, and informed his audience that a certain cargo of choice teas was dumped into Boston Harbour some years ago by the Fenians. He detailed the experiences of particularly extensive travels over all the continents of the earth, and inter, larded his discourse withnumerous snatches of " epigram," composed on the top of the Rocky Mountains, and in various other out-of-the-way places. The result of all his various observations appeared to be that all the world was sunk in degradation and ignorance, and only one man can save it, and he was George Francis Train,' the only man in the country who is not owned.' The subject on which he was specially announced to speak, The Old Fogies of the Bible,' was the only topic not touched upon. He pro mises to favour the country with successive repetitons of ,his moral and entertaining exhibition until he is pre vented by the arduous duties of President of the United States, which he expects a grateful people to thrust upon him in 1872, if not sooner. Grant is to be impeached for his particular benefit." DISASTERS IN THE GALE. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. Yesterday morning the Norwegian ship Melbery and Engstian, from Aquilas to London, was run down when about three miles south-west of Dover. In less than a quarter of an hour the vessel foundered. The crew of fourteen and the pilot were saved in their own boat. The vessel by which they were struck is unknown and, notwith standing the loud entreaties of the captain and crew to save them, refused to render any assistance. The pilot and the crew are safely housed in the National Sailors' Home at Dover, where they arrived at four o'clock yesterday morning, wet and miserable. The vessel that Tim down the Norwegian, the crew suppose, must be much injured. Two tugs have been sent to look after her. Five of the crew of the brig Henry and Harriet, of Shields, were landed yesterday at Great Yarmouth. The master and one man were drowned, the vessel having founds , The passengers and crew of the screw steamer Gambia, which foundered on Friday morning, have arrived at Aberdeen from Newcastle. The Gambia was not in col lision with any vessel, the accident having been caused by the sudden bunting of a leak. The majority of the passengers on board Nitre sailors, and as they readily seconded the efforts of the crew, Captain Turriff was able to keep his ship afloat till every one was placed safely in the boats. The boats were about six hours at sea when picked up by the Russian vessel that took passengers and crew into Hartle pool. A collision occurred off Flamborcugh Head between two vessels in the height of the storm, and one of the ships— the St. Bede, of Newcastle—went down, and the entire crew on board, save one man, perished. The crew from the barque Duke, 387 tons, wrecked in the Atlantic, have been landed at Plymouth. On Decem ber 20th, 300 miles off Cape Finisterre, the barque was struck by a heavy sea, thrown on - her beam ends, and foundered. The crew, twelve in number, had barely time to escape in their boat with only the clothes they were wearing, and after an exposure of fifty-one hours, were Kicked up by an Oldenburg schooner. They were forwarded to their homes by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The Meteorological report of Sunday said that the wind had gradually veered and moderated since Saturday, and light north to north-west breezes were general in the British islands, and strong south-west winds in the Bay of Biscay. It blew hard from the northward in the Irish Sea. Rain had fallen everywhere ; hail at Penzance. ' Thun.ler is reported from Biarritz. The sky has since cleared very mush on our coasts, but is overcast with rain 'in France. The sea is high in the Bay of Bticay. The objection to the surplice in the pulp - 557 - 1 the part of the parishioners of St. George's, Wolverhampton, is very marked indeed. The Rev. A. S. Prior, who has recently been brought before the Bishop charged with wearing it, kept it on on Sunday morning last. He bad received a letter from the Bishop especially authorising him to wear it "at all times" in his public ministrations in the church. When on Sunday his surplice appeared in the pulpit about one-half, and that half, acording to the Birmingham Gazette, comprising the principal pow holders, left the church, but so quietly as not to call for interference on the pact of a policeman w ho Lad been stationed at the door. There was no interruption of the service. The ser mon was very short, did not in the slightest degree refer to the divisous in the parish ; but its delivery was naturally affected by the very palpable and plain protest against the preacher by his congregation. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE ez Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. TUESDAY.... 37 min past 3 56 min past 3 WEDNESDAY, 12 min past 4 35 min past 4 TILVIISDAX• 60 00000 52 min past 4 12 min past 5 ZRIDAY,. ~.•Il 11.10.4te5,.30 min past 5 50 min past 5 By the Rev. J. G. Cumming William Macintosh. This little story about James the seventh Earl of Derby and his Countess Charlotte de la Tre mouiile, in their Lordship of Man, is a narrative of the seventh century, interspersed with notices of Manx manners, customs, laws, legends, and fairy tales," compionsly illustrated from Manx scenery and antiquities, is as attractive in its execution as it is original in its design. It was dedicated to Ed ward, the 14th Earl of Derby, but the ink of the dedi cation was hardly dry ere another Stanley, and not the least of them, was gathered to those that had gone before. From Liverpool to St. Louis. By the ROT. Newman Hall. George Routledge. This is a very interesting book of travels, full of anecdotes of men and descriptions of scenery in Ame rica. In one chapter we read melancholy reminis cences of home, in another we are inclined to smile over the vagaries of African extravagance. The secret of the negro's love of finery was confided to the author—there are so few ways for the negro to become distinguished, but " they can dress, and they do dress, as their only way of being distin guished :JUDGES' CHAMBERS.-(TIIIS DAI) IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY OF MARSEILLES. Four motionb were set down for hearing before Vice-Chancellor Malins to-day, in respect to claims made by the company against Mr. Grant indi vidually and against him and Mr. Heritage jointly, and Messrs. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Hen shaw, as well as a motion for the removal of the liquidators of the company. The first motion was against Mr. Grant and Mr. Heti tage, and stood over from before the Christmas vacation. Air, Glass, Q.C., was proceeding with the case on behalf of Messrs. grant and Heritage, when an application was made by counsel on the other side that the motion should stand over until an offer of compromise made by Mr. Grant and another director to return £65 1 000, in considera tion of a claim of about £170,000 made against them by the company, should be decided upon by the Court. The Vice-Chancellor said he very much objected to these Postponements, and suggested that counsel should come to some arrangement which would pre vent further delay. Sir Roundel' Palmer, for the liquidators, said it would be unfair to bring on any of these motions pending the compromise. Mr. Glasse said that Mr. Grant had made what he considered a very fair and honest offer. After some further discussion between counsel, it was arranged that the matter of the compromise should come before his Honour on Friday next in Chambers, and that all the motions in the case of the company should stand over until the first seal after next term. DEATH OF Mr. Yen ro.--11( e regret to an nounce the sudden death of Mr. Potto, the treasurer of the Royal Italian Opera. The event took place at the residence of he deceased gentleman yesterday morning. The half yearly meeting of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company is convened for the 2d Felirtiary. BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a geueral favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re marks:—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutritio.,, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has prov,ded our bre akfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which inly save us many heavy d oe tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "AIMS EVE'S and Co., Tionue rathic Chetaibts, Loriclori! *WC-, COD Crain TIER MAJE.s.7'I OSBORNE, Jan. 10. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. LAT.EST INTELL LGEN OE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 123 ; the highest quotation dur. ing the day was 123; the lowest, 1211. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3l. II " 1885 ll3. " 1867 ll5l. 1091. 10-40 Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2slc. Petroleum—Standard White 3olc. Flour, extra state, $5.30c. to $5.90c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loe. According to Messrs. Moffat, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton at all ports during the last week have been 101,000 bales. Shipments to England, 29,000 bales ; to France, 8,000 bales ; and to the Continent, 14,000 bales. Middling, 11 5-16, cost and freight per steamer. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 11. The North German Lloyd steamer Rhein, from New York on the Ist instant, arrived here this morning. She brings 83 passengers, $50,074 in specie for England, and $29,925 for Paris. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11, 12.30 p.m. The Royal Mail Steampacket Company's steamer TaSmanian, with the above mails, has arrived off here. WRECK OF A SHIP. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11. The ship King Lear, of London, from Cardiff, with coals for Hong Kong, foundered at 10 a.m. on Friday, 30 miles W.N.W. of the Smalls. Thirty-five persons on board went down with her. The mate and three seame❑ were rescued at 7 p.m yesterday, 14 miles S.W. of Lundy, by the screw steamer Penteny, and brought into Plymouth this morning. They had been 81 hours floating on a piece of saloon deck. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 11. The O f ficial Journal of this morning publishes a decree convoking the Chamber of Investigation of the High Court of Justice to undertake the judicial inquiry into the act of homicide imputed to Prince Pierre Bonaparte. A report is also published signed by M. 011ivier, Minister of Justice, proposing to grant permission to M. Ledru Rollin to enter France ; this report is approved by the Emperor. The Official Journal confirms the report that M. 011ivier had ordered the arrest of Prince Pierre Bonaparte, but the Prince had previously given himself up to the Commissionary of Police at Auteuil. His Highness was immediately taken to the Conciergerie. M. Sencier has been appointed Prefect of the Department of the Rhone. The Constitutionnel Of this morning confirms the report that Prince Pierre Bonaparte has shot M. Victor Noir, and publishes the following par- ticulars : " Prince Pierre Bonaparte reproached M. Roche fort by letter for having insulted him personally in an article written by one of his journalists. M. Victor Noir and M. Ulric Fonvielle went to the Prince, at the instance of Pascal Grousset, wh o had signed the article referred to, which was published in the illarseillaise. When they were ushered into the drawing-room the Prince aked them whether they were the journalists sent by M. Rochefort? At this moment M. Victor Noir struck the Prince violently in the face, and M. Fouvielle, doubtlessly expecting a blow, drew a revolver from his paletot. On seeing so violent an assault the Prince snatched a pistol from a paaophy de corating the saloon and fired at M. Noir, whom he wounded. M. Noir after reaching the bottom of the stairs dropped down dead." The Minister of Justice ordered the immediate arrest of Prince Pierre Bonaparte, and the Emperor has approved of this step. The judicial investiga tion has already commenced. BOURSE, Jan. 10.—Three o'clock—The Ina t closed as follows per Cent. End of month — Bank Shares 2840 Ital'an Fives 56 60 Austrian Fives -- Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 35 Spanish Threes Home Debt.. Deferred Ys. 3 per Cent End of month 74 75 Credit Mohilier 207 50 Transatlantic 220 Indic Fonder 1722 50 Paris Gas 1640 RAILWA Cash Orleans Western Northern .... 1125 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.-- 5921 Sardinian Austrian B2O Lombard 525 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 44 WRECK ON THE CORNISH COAST. PADSTOW, Jan. 8. Last night and to-day there has been a violent westerly gale, and in consequence the Austrian barque Suez broke from her moorings and drifted to the bar, where she struck (says the Rev. Richard Tyacke). About half-past 10 o'clock this morning the City of Bristol lifeboat, Albert Edward, which belongs to the Lifeboat Society, took off the crew of nine men from the ♦easel, which still remains on the bar, and which, it is feared, may ultimately be come much injured. Yeam failed in haavnin,gthheisAntonmeirnicaatinorti‘tioinoniseteorf Mr. George H. g eships confir me d , t h ough we learn that a th t e C n o e p w en c h i a r g cu en it , he is a sound lawyer; Mr. Withers of Michi gan was substi tuted. The nomination failed on account of his speeches d - livered 1862-3 against the exer c i se o f the war power ; Ciuci m a i b e i ng foremost in opposition. During the session sit hundred nominations, including naval and military ap pointments were sent to the Senate. Of these four hundred and fifty were confirmed; balance generally remaining for c onsideration. The most important posts not yet reached are General Sickles as Minister to Madrid, and J. Russell Jones as Minister to Belgium. A strong effort is being made against General Sickles, and some of the papers seem never to tire in abuse which borders on virulence. We may here add that others have got hold of some private affair of the Hon. John Jay, Minister to Austria, a dis agreement, we believe,about the disposal of his wife's father's property, which is nobody's business except those direcly concerned. There is too much espiowtge into the affairs of the leading families, especially of 14,w York. The residence of the American Minister to St. James's, 17, Arlington-street, London, was entered by burglars on Wednesday, and jewellery to the value of £l,OOO was carried off ditti duo Ex-.; - 1 -; 41 ditt Cer 4p quc Lot 49i Ch Aul fall to : 191 Fal ma 12 set wil Ex fro Au exi 18( the 18, ha da Li ha of te; re cIE P(