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EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1867. WHEELER AND WILSON, 139, REGENT-STREET, AND 43, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, AWARDED, OVER EIGHTY-TWO COMPETITORS, THE HIGHEST PREMIUM, A GOLD MEDAL, For the Perfection of SEWING MACHINES and BUTTON-HOLE .I MACHINES, THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL FOR RE. HIS BRANCH MANUFACT LIFE BOAT SERVICES. — During the Storms of the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,027 lives from various ship wrecks and 32 v .ssels from destruction. The Institution also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,444 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be tha.nkhlly received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Last 10 nights of the Company's performing previous to the Christmas Holidays. Notwithstanding the Triumphant and Bril liant Success of the DOGE OF VENICE, it cannot be performed after Thursday, December 19, in consequence of the preparations for the GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME. To be produced on BOXING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the new Romantic Play, in 4 Acts, entitled THE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by Bayle Bernard, and Musically illustrated by Selections from the Operas of "Marino," by Donizetti, and the " Duo Fos care" and " Bravo " of Verdi and Mercadante, with New and Magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. C. Cowper, H. Sinclair, E. Phelps, Barrett, James Johnstone, C. Warner, W. M'lntyre, C. Harcourt, W. C. Temple, C. Webb, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Grattan, &c. Increased orchestra and numerous chorus. To conclude with each evening. THE LADIES' CLUB. Mes dames Beatrice Shirley, Kate Harfleur, Grattan, Hudspeth, L. Wilmot, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff ; Messrs. J. Rouse, Barratt, C. Webb, F. Moreland, Harcourt, James Johnstone, W. C. Temple. Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. - • - • Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. On Thursday, December 26, will be produced the Drury-lane GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, entitled FAW FEE FO FUM; or, Harlequin, Jack the Giant Killer. First Morning Performance on Saturday, December 28, and every Wednesday and Saturday, until February 15. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENIG, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR WOMAN NEITHER. Messrs. G. Belmore, J. Cl. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, 40th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, G. Belmore, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. Messrs. G. Belmore, Ashley, Miss E. Pitt, and Miss Harris. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVE LNG, at 7, the highly successful Drama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Henrade, C. Saunders; Messrs. Montague, Price, Widdicombe. At 8, Burnand's new Burlesque, MARY TURNER; or, The Widow; Willin and Wictorious Wirtue. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmore, Clinton, &c.; Messrs. Robins, Mon tague, Garden, Wilmot, &c. Magnificent new scenery, dresses, and appointments. DOTE.—Seats may be secured a month in advance Box-office open from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which (by particular desire), the celebrated comedy, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Terrot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Terry, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT Achille Talmo. Dufard (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. EW QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL. Mr. and MRS. ALFRED WIGAN every Evening. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. filIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. Dion Bouci cault; Messrs. Dominick Murray, E. Atkins, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, H. Mellon, Gresham; Miss Elsworthy, Miss E. Barnett, Mrs. Addie, and Mrs. Dion Boucicault. 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, and fol lowed 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 representation of ARRAH-NA-POGIJE. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Raymond, Braid, Gordon, Webster, Rogers, Chippen dale, Clark, Coe, 6:c.; Mesdames Chippendale, lone Burke, Dal ton, F. Wright, Robertson, &c. After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Rogers, &c. To conclude with THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee anti Manag,r, Mr. Fechtcr. EVEN INU, at 8, ROMEO AN JULIET. Romeo, Miss Vestvadi ; 11,reutio, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Friur Laurence, Mr Ryder; Nurse, Mrs. Marton; Juliet, Miss hilly Palmer. Preceded by, at 7, PERFEuTioN. Messrs. J. Neville, Dalton J. Francis, and Miss Maud Shelley. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. XL__ Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TRIS EVENIAU, at 7, A UTiLINO- TO A UltaE. in% Thorne and Miss A ewton. After which, a New Comedy, KIND TO A FAULT. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and Turner; Mesdames Johnstone, Gwynne, and Hughes. To conclude with Byron's WILLIAM TELL WITH A VEN GEANCE. Messi s. James and Fenton; Mesdames Holt and Weathersby. 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" The resolution for the impeachment of President JOHNSON," so runs the message, " has been defeated in the louse of Re- The voting was 57 yeas and 108 presentatives. nays." Twelve months ago it would have been difficult to convince the Radicals of the possibility of such a transformation. They had, as they imagined, a firm hold of the reins, and they did not believe that their adversaries would ever be able to hinder their headstrong and reckless progress. No doubt this conviction precipitated their downfal by the extremes to which it led them, and the tone of the report presented by the Judiciary Com mittee in favour of the impeachment shows even now little abatement of their arrogance. it was only on Saturday that we published the news brought by the Scotia from New York on the 27th ult., in which a full account of the report was given. The com mittee, it is true, were divided on the question, two of them censuring the political conduct of the PRE SIDENT, but declaring that his offences did not justify an impeachment, which the evidence would not sus tain. Two others adopted a bolder course, and, while defending the PRESIDENT, plainly de clared their conviction that the real ground of his offence wag his refusal to endorse its partisan and unconstitutional course. The majority of the committee, however, tendered an alarming cata logue of crimes and misdemeanours. The PRESI DENT, they affirm, had neglected to convene Con gress when the rebellion collapsed ; in having usurped the powers of Congress by attempting to restore the rebellious States to the Union; in having established illegalprovisional Governments through out the South; in having disparaged Congress before the people; in having corruptly inter fered with the elections, and abused the appointing, removing, and pardoning powers of his office ; and in having authorised the national forces to disperse assemblages of loyal citizens in Louisiana. The last item in the list of charges crosses the narrow line between the sublime and the ridiculous. When we remember the riotous character of the Louisiana " loyal citizens," the armed negroes and disorderly whites, we shall hardly be of opinion that their unceremonious dis persion demands so serious a step as the impeach ment of the highest officer in the country. The " corrupt interference" with elections, too, with which the PRESIDENT is charged, comes rather strangely from the exponents of that party whose electioneering manoeuvres hare certainly been very far from immaculate. When we come to examine the more serious charges we find them scarcely more tenable. The accusation of usurping the powers of Congress by attempting to restore the rebellious States to the Union is not a little singular. What should the PRESIDENT have done ? Should he have forgotten that the whole terrible four years war with all its attendant loss, suffering, and sacri fice was waged to preserve the Union ? The favou rite Northern theory was, that the Union had never been broken, and could not be broken ; yet the Radicals now talk about restoring the rebellious States to the Union. The first object with every honest and patriotic man, North and South, was the restoration of harmony and union. The leading Southerners themselves so soon as they found the cause of the Confederacy was indeed hopeless ad vocated submission and tranquillity, and as a surer test of their sincerity they acted up to what they advocated. General LEE himself, after openly advising his followers to accept the fortunes of war, retired into a private position, which he has since filled with honour and dignity. The Southern people exhausted by the struggle, mortified by dis appointment, with their money spent, their fighting population decimated, their leaders gone, and their plantations desolated, subsided into sul_•en patience. It needed but little forbearance and magnanimity on the part of the North to hive won them over to their old allegiance.- But the turbu lent and imperious Radicils appeared upon the scene, and set themselves industriously to wcrk to rekindle the expiring flame, and to keep open the wounds which other men were trying to bind together. They readily perceived that with the restoration of political harmony aLd social order their chances of supremacy would be very much lessened ; whereas the large bodies of eager, excitable, and ignorant negroes, who only im perfectly understood their new position, and were filled with vague dreams of grants of land, and Government assistance, offered them tempting facilities for pursuing the mischievous and invidious course they have in reality adopted. The Judiciary Committee blame the PRESIDENT for establishing illegal provisional Governments in the South, while the Radicals them selves have set at defiance every principle of con stitutional law by establishing military governors over a people in time of peace. If the case had been reversed, and Mr. JOHNSON had sanctioned martial law, had interrupted the action of the courts, had removed the civil officers and put civil military men in their place, there might indeed have been ground for serious charges against him. Had he squandered the public finances and hampered the action of the financial Minister—bad he lavished large sums in bounties to members of Congress and to soldiers in time of peace—he might have been accused of trifling with the national ex chequer. Had he sought in everything his own personal advantage and aggrandisement—had he resented every remonstrance, and broken through every restraint which law or custom, or pub lic opinion, or his constitutional oath im posed upon him, reproaches of the Legis lature might have been justly directed against him. The Committee accuse Mr. JOHNSON of having disparaged Congress before the people, but what have they to say of the language and the policy which Congress has adopted towards the head of the State ? When the whole catalogue is summed up the list of " high crimes and misdemeanours" reads rather as if it was directed against the Radicals themselves than against the PRESIDENT ! The plain speaking of the two members of the Com mittee (whose names are not given), who spoke the truth in a manner not often heard in any assembly of the kind, comes with a refreshing simplicity after the inflated denunciations of the majority. The fact is, Mr. Joinisort stood in the way of the Radicals, and hopelessly blocked their road to the appropriation and confiscation of Southern property. His firmness was not to be moved by threats or persuasions, by insinuations or entreaties. While everything seemed in their favour, when the last elections had given them a Congressional majority which made the Presidential veto an empty form, when Mr. JOHNSON'S own imprudence had alienated many neutral poli ticians, the PRESIDENT still stood undaunted. Now the scene has changed with a suddenness and a com pleteness that have surpassed many. The Radicals have lost the game. They have played their last card against the PRESIDENT, and the PRESIDET has won. The brief autumn session is over, and its results have been as satisfactory as could have been desired. The Abyssinian expedition has met with all the support that the Government could have hoped for, and notwithstanding some determined attacks made upon the promoters of it nothing damaging has been achieved. It is to the credit of both Houses of the Legislature that this should be the case, for the honour of the country is con cerned in the affair, and any check put upon it from an influential quarter would THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1867. have deteriorated from the effect in the eyes of foreign nations. There was no regular fighting between the leaders on either side, for in conse quence of the absence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, from distressing causes, Mr. GLADSTONE made no direct attacks upon the Government. In this he did himself honour, and shows his party to advantage ; but it cannot be said that the Ministers had nothing to do in the conduct of affairs through the House. There have been many side-thrusts, which are always dif ficult to parry, and many insidious comments have been made. These have, however, been all refuted one way or the other, and the fact remains that the Houses of Parliament and the general voice of the public have pronounced in favour of the Ex pedition. It must be borne in mind that some gain has followed upon this anticipatory session, and that the various bills which have been passed must save some time and trouble in the long session yet to come. Lord STANLEY made some remarks in the House of Commons on the various observa tions and questions that have been addressed, and in reply to Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH OR the proposed Conference, he said that the Government had not changed its opinion since the explanation he had tendered at the beginning of the Session. Of course the settlement of the Roman question would be, as the noble lord said, a great advantage if it could be attained ; but, as he added, there is little gain to be derived from a Con ference in which it is well known that the separate parties entertain such totally opposite views. At the same time Lord STANLEY declared, on the part of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment, that he would be very glad to hear of a satis factory scheme for meeting the difficulty alluded to. With respect to the Abyssinian despatches, the noble lord assured Mr. SCHREIBER that he would during the recess look over the earlier part of the correspondence, and if any papers were found which could throw more light on the question, he would produce them. Lord MAYO referred to illegal processions in con sequence of a question addressed to him on the subject. He very properly reminded the House that it was the duty of the Executive Government to administer laws and not to make them. They must be guided by circumstances, and if it appears that the meetings are likely to lead to dis turbances they will be dealt with accordingly. This is all that can be expected, and we really do not see bow more can be expected from the autho ritia in this awkward matter. A SECOND time has Her Majesty's Theatre been destroyed by fire. The home of the Italian opera for half a century was reduced to ruins in less than two hours, and involved in hopeless destruction in less than ten minutes. Happily the calamity was unattended by loss of life. TITIENS, KELLOG and SANTLEY on the evening before repeated their triumphs in " Giovanni" before large and al miring audiences, but on Friday night the opera house was empty. Had it been full the fire might have been detected in time, or wholly prevented. Among other possibilities, however, we must reckon that of a frightful sacri, fice of life and a re-enactment of the shocking tragedy of Santiago. Instead of counting possi bilities it is more important to fix the attention on the suddenness with which the fire obtained com plete mastery over the building. In a few minutes after the alarm was given the flames were illuminating one-half of the metropolis. There is no difficulty in supposing an equally rapid conflagration in a crowded house. Add to that supposition the inevitable terror and panic, the delirious fear never wanting on such occasions, which leads even strong and brave men to trample on women and children to secure their own safety, and we have the other half of the catastrophe which Providence has in this instance spared us. Practically this is a fresh call to consider whether theatres and all public buildings cannot be better protected from fire. Something has been done to secure more efficient means of egress. But that is not enough. Before half the audience in a crowded home, on such an occasion as we have supposed, could force their way out, the flames would be upon them. Can nothing be done to render the buildings themselves fire proof ? The danger arises from the extreme inflammability of the materials—a variety of textile fabrics in the first instance, and, next, the wood of the building. With regard tcc the first, it is well known that they are capable of :being treated with several chemical preparations which practically render them proof against flame. The phosphate and sulphate of ammonia, chloride of ammonium, and borax all answer the purpose sufficiently well without injury to the fabrics themselves. The same may be said of wood. We cannot render it wholly incombustible, but when treated with borax, or, still better, with silicate of soda, it will cease to burn, and smoulders but slowly. The mere brushing a plank of moderate thickness three or four times over with a strong solution of the silicate of soda will render it practically incombus tible. This simple process applied to our theatres would obviate the greatest danger to which they are exposed, and often prevent calamities frightful to contemplate. When science has furnished a remedy so simple for a peril so great, no argument should be necessary to secure its adoption. The worst part of a disturbance like that which recently occurred in Italy is that long after all apparent excitement is over there remains an angry feeling that it seems almost impossible to allay. The tone of the debates in the French and Italian Chambers speak sufficiently strong as to the nature of the mutual views entertained. It cannot be said that the French have displayed their ac customed courtesy, for the speeches of M. MOUSTIER and M. ROUHER have given great offence in Italy, and both in the Cham ber of Deputies and in the Senate the Government have been questioned as to the mean ing of the matter. If words ever mean anything, there can be no doubt as to the intentions of - the French Government respecting the state of things in Italy. M. ROUHER eagerly demanded " Is this clear," after declaring that Italy should not seize upon Rome, for " France will exact from Italy a rigorous and energetic execution of the Convention of September 15th, otherwise she will provide for it herself. In order to do away with some of the awkwardness of this declaration, he added that they wished also to respect and strengthen Italian unity. " We do not wish that the work accomplished by our victories should be destroyed by the second part of our r,ign. The Freud' people do not desire either the overthrow of the POPE or the destruction of Italian unity." Considering his very difficult to k, it must be confessed that General MENABREA ac quitted himself very successfully. He adopted a a moderate tone in explaining the policy of his Go vernment. And his prudence will be commended by all who can appreciate the situation in which he finds himself. He observed very opportunely that our rashness must be avoided if it was desired that they should obtain a settlement of the Roman question. The order of the day declared that the Senate put full confidence in the Go vernment, and believed that it would "man fully maintain the rights of the nation," and we believe that the trust thus reposed will not be thrown away. In the Chamber of Deputies the General assured them that he had sent to Paris to receive further intelligence from their representative in that capital, and until the answer came he must postpone his explanations. As to the foreign policy of the Government, on the whole, then, we believe that the affairs of Italy are being administered as well as possible in this crisis, and if the Houses of the Representatives only have patience the diffi culty may be got over without any further recourse to extremities. The situation is a curious one, but with perseverance in a policy of moderation much may be done that the impatient and reckless can hardly dream of, and that is saying a good deal under the circumstances of the case. LATEST INT= IGEIi CE. (P.EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. PARIS, Dec. 9. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol lowing as the expressions used by General Men abrea in his reply to Signor Sorrearsa in the Italian Senate on Saturday :--. " 1 consider it absolutely necessary to display as much reserve as moderation in seeking a solution of the Roman question, the difficulties of which the Government, whose intentions and line of conduct have been repeatedly clearly expressed, has asked the Chamber of Deputies not to complicate by in opportune discussions. FLORENCE, Dec. 9. The green-book will be distributed to-day. It contains 27 documents relating to the Antibes Legion and 66 on the Roman question. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The finding and sentence of the general court martial which assembled at Chatham on Monday and Tuesday last, under the presidency of Col. C. Louis, for the trial of Capt. Chas. Loftus Totten ham Usher, of the Chatham division of Royal Ma rines, were promulgated to the officers at the head quarters of the division on Saturday. The prisoner was tried for being drunk at the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, on the afternoon of the 20th ult., he being at the time in uniform. The Court found the prisoner Guilty, but in consideration of his lengthened service, and also the high character given him by the numerous officers called for the defence, including several members of the Court on the occasion of his trial, he was only sentenced to be placed at the bottom of the list of captains of the Itoyal Marines Light Infantry. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a class has been formed at the Royal Engineer establish ment, Chatham, for the instruction of the non commissioned officers in architecture and architec tural drawing to qualify them for filling the ap pointments of foremen of works at the various Government offices. Capt. Wakefield, 83d Regiment, has proceeded to Landguard Fort, Harwich, to take the command of the troops stationed at Harwich and Landguard from Brevet-Major Edmonstoune, who returns to Colchester. The Rev. Mr. Duthrie is to be chap lain at Colchester, in succession to the Rev. Mr. Wylde, transferred to Shoeburyness. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, Capt. Alger non F. N. Dc Horsey, recently returned from the North American station, has been placed alongside the jetty in the Devonport dockyard for the pur pose of being dismantled. Her crew will be paid off shortly. The iron armour plated screw steamship Agin court, 26, having undergone sundry minor altera tions, was removed on Friday from Keyliam yard to the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze, where she will remain until opportunity offers for reducing her masts from five to three. The iron armour plated screw s' eatuship Black Prince, 41, was placed on Saturday in Keyham steam yard. The machinery of the iron screw steam troopship Himalaya, 2, Capt. S.:Piers, having been repaired, was tested at Key ham on Saturday preparatory to her being tried at the measured mile outside Ply mouth breakwater during the present week. Intelligence has been received at the Admiralty of the arrival of her Majesty's ship Perseus at Hong kong on the 15th ult. OXFORD UNIVERSITY TRIAL EIGHT OAR RACES. OXFORD, Saturday Evening. The annual eight-oar trial race which usually precedes the selection of a crew to represent Oxford against the sister University took place this afternoon from Abingdon Lasher to near the cottages at Nuneham. For along time past Mr. Willan, the president of the Oxford University Boat Club, and his brother officers had been engaged in the formation of two crews worthy of the University, and capable of affording aquatic men at Oxford an interesting race—a result wo must compliment them on attaining. The day was:bitterly cold, a strong north-west wind prevailing, but an unusual number of University men and townsmen availed themselves of the Great Western Railway to Abing don Junction, while the aquatic clubs of London and Cam bridge were numerously represented. It will be remembered that on Thursday the trial eight encountered a picked Uni versity crew in two distinct races, from which it was thought Mr. Darbishire's boat was much the best, but, to counter balance the apparent advantage, Mr. Hall's crew were given the Berkshire side, which on a calm day is reckoned to be equal to two boat lengths, but which on the present occasion was more valuable than ever, owing to the protection the bank afforded the inside station from the broadside of wind that swept across the river. Speculation on the issue was exceedingly dull, odds of 6 to 4 on Mr. Darbishire's boat not being responded to, but 2 to 1 was rather freely sought for. The knowledge, however, of the advantages of sides prevented Mr. Darbishire's friends from responding. The following are the names and weights, dm., of the competitors:— Mat. HALL'S CREW. St. lb. 1. E. C. Baker, Brasenose College (bow) 11 0 2. IL Corser, Brasenose College 10 12 3. E. Cunningham, Corpus Christi College 11 12 4. Hanbury, Corpus Christi College 13 2 5. T. Derrington, Christ Church ~„ 13 10 6. G. Swinny, Exeter... ••• 12 4 7. A. G. Lewis, University ... 11 7 A. H. Hall, University (stroke) 10 2 W. B. Lipscomb°, University (coxswain) 8 10 118. DARBISHIRE'S CREW. 1. D. Benson, Balliol(bow) 11 1 11 10 12 9 2. F. Pownall, Exeter... 3. J. Cohen, Worcester 4. T. Olaughton, Trinity ... 11 12 5. T. Batson, Lincoln ... 13 2 6. A. Yarborough, Lincoln 12 0 7. R. Ross of Bladensburg, Eieter ... 11 12 S. Darbishire, Balliol (stroke) ... 11 9 H. D. Thomas, Wadham (coxswain) ... 8 0 The boats were started by the president on excellent terms, but Hall, putting on a quicker stroke than his op ponent, had a slight lead immediately after starting, which he had increased to three-quarters of a length at the rail way bridge. On going through the arches Hall had ob tained a little more advantage, but Darbishire's crew stuck to them manfully, and a fine finish ensued in favour of Hall, whom the judge (Mr. M. P. Bowman, University) declared the winner by two-thirds of a length. 71IAMES ROWING CLUB STEEPLE- CHASE. A novelty in the form of a handicap steeplechase took place on Saturday last for some valuable prizes presented by the members of the above named club, who, it is well known, are indefatigable in the propagation of athletics .mud such like healthful sports. For some time past steeple chasing has been regularly carried on in the public , whoo s, but we b.di 've this to be th first attempt at Ilan eic:ipping the competitors, and judging from the good " form" shown on Saturday we have no doubt but that this will be the precursor of many more situil tr races. Übe course, which was from Beverley-bridge to Wimble don Mill, is about two miles and a half in extent, and after she first hundred yards is for nearly the whole of the re maining part of the distance up hill, with numerous water jumps, furzes, &c. A dozen competitors started, and the race was ultimately won by W. C. Cress (Thames Rowing Club), 20 seconds start, by 15 seconds. 0. E. Rainsford (Middlesex A. C.), 36, being second; J. G. Webster (Twickenham R. C.), 3C, third ; and F. Woods (Chelsea), 90, fourth, the time from starting being 20 min. 14} sec- A. King, Esq. (T.R.C.), was the handicapper, T. F. Curtis, Esq. (T.R.C.), starter and judge, and E. C. Rye, Esq. (L.R.C.), signalman. MORE MARKETS FOR LONDON. —The Food Com mittee of the Society of Arts have this subject under their consideration. At their meeting on Saturday last it was determined to collect information on this head, with a view to promote the establishment of additional facilities for the supply of food to the metropolis. 00ERZISPONDENOE PROM PARIS: (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SIJNDAL l ithe weather in Paris has been unusually cold for the last few days, and ice covers the ornamental waters of the pub lic parks. The recent gale has left traces of disaster behind it. The conservatory has suffered damage which is estimated at 100,000 f. ; and the palm-trees and exotic plants by which the general appearance of Paris is distinguished and beautified, have been almost all destroyed. But if the weather is chilly the debates are warm, and the gale that roared over the city the other day did not surpass the storm of Fgument, vituperation, and fervid congratulation which is at present raging here. .k.mperor hunted in a part of the forest of St. Germain, in company with General Fleury, Mar shal M`Malion, General Bourbaki, and Doctor Neaton, The bag was, of course, tremendous—the amount of butchery accomplished was vast. I cannot conceive the interest that is taken in hunting here. The amusement, however, may serve to change the current of one's ideas ; and in banging away four times a minute at birds which have been beaten up from the country all round, and got together within such a small area that as they rise they darken the air around the sportsman, may be an employment beneficial for excited nerves and overwrought brain. When the father of Charlotte Brontd fell into certain humours, he found relief from his melancholy in firing off pistols in the back-yard of his house. At a conference held a few days ago at Vincennes, M. Decroix, a delegate from the committee de la viande du cheval, clearly demonstrated that the flesh of the horse is more healthy, more nourishing, and more easily digested than beef. The Emperor of Austria has made a present to the city of Paris of a vase of Bohemian glass mounted upon a pedestal of solid gold, ornamented with precious stones and with carving, as a testimony of the welcome he received when staying here at the Hotel de Ville. The lid of the vase is also ornamented with carving and with gems equally rich and delicate, and it is surrounded by a statuette of the Archangel Michael vanquishing Satan. Hee Majesty the Empress having expressed a desire that this splendid object of art should be placed in one of the reception rooms of the Hotel de Ville, the request was complied with. . !"^ . , The last number of the Revue Contemporaine contains an article upon the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a namo which the Parisian reviewer spells "Percy Byssee Shelly." In noticing the article, the literary contributor to the Liberte says of Shelley that he was " one of the most in dependent, daring, vagabond spirits of Parnassus ! Mise ries, deceptions, persecutions, Percy Shelley supported them all—not, one should say, with the resignation of a sage, but as a being sojourning in this planet, but whose country was not of this world." I give you the bald, literal translation, that you may know the more exactly what the man really does say. a _ A young lady who luxuriates i n the name of ydlle. Scriwaneck has e.433„lsacjicoti an engagement at the Theatre of Saint Germain. She opened with the " Gamin de Paris," a poor play. The good humour, however, and the genuine power of the actress carried the piece through, and won for herself a success which was quite unqualified and perfectly deserved. The popular concerts, under the direction of M. Pasdeloup, have commenced, bals de l' opera are about to be inaugurated, invitations for the great balls are now in circulation, and the winter season in Paris has corn , menced.' FOREIGN NOTES• The well-informed Boston correspondent of the Daily News discusses at some length the great financial and poli tical questions which are at present agitating America. As we are informed by telegram, the debt of the United States on the Ist December amounted to 2,639,000,000 dols., while the cash in the Treasury amounted to only 138,000,000 dols. ; so that the necessity of having the financial relations of the country so arranged as to guarantee a safe and speedy extrication from present financial difficulties seems to be both clear and urgent. As one means of effecting this object, it has been resolved to pay a number of Government bonds, both principal and interest, in gold, a step which will tend to re establish credit and silence agitation on the sub ject. But finance is not understood in America by the people, and the American financier has, in carrying his theories into practice, to contend with the general igno rance on all subjects connected with currency, taxation, and revenue, " an ignorance partly due to want of reflec tion, and partly to a want of experience ; secondly, to the habit, only too widespread, of accepting great and obvious views of things, and not pushing into the heart of them ; thirdly, to the absence of the habit, so common in Euro pean countries, so rare in colonial ones, of accepting instruction from individuals ; and, fourthly, to the pecu liar condition of the country—its prosperity, and the large predominance through the greater part of it of production over consumption." The party in America who take perhaps the most part in all discussions on financial questions are what are termed the " Western inflationists" the producers of the Western States, who, aware that the issue of a fresh batch of greenbacks is invariably followed by a rise in the price of agricultural produce, are intensely interested in and desirous for an expansion of the paper currency of the country. Mr. M'Culloch, the American Minister of Finance, nas been for some time back applying himself vigorously to the contraction of the currency, and up to the assembly of Congress this session he was acting under a law which directed him to withdraw paper from circulation at the rate of 4,000,000 dollars a month. But the " Western inflationists " immediately after the meet ing of Congress introduced a bill repealing this law, and we learn by telegram of 7th December that the HoUie of Representatives has passed a bill suspending Mr. M`Culloch's authority to contract the currency. President Johnson is not to be impeached— the " yeas " for his im peachment being 57, the " nays " 108. But it certainly was not the address of the President, with its sneer at the blundering of " Congressional legislation," that diverted that current of feeling in favour of impeachment which was so general among the Republicans. The change of policy on this question among the Republicans was due to tie fat that had they occupied the time of Congress with long impeachment debates at this season, when questions of currency and taxation imperatively demand immediate attention, the country would undoubtedly mark its disgust by a decided reaction that would in all probability throw the power of the Government during the next Presidential term into the hands of the Democrats. The newspapers have correspondents on all sides finding mull with our Consuls and the Foreign Office for " blun dering into a war with Abyssinia." A contemporary has 'observed that "men and societies should be made to feel directly the consequences of a folly." " A Poor Parson" thereupon asks why he, whose every shilling is forestalled before it is earned, should be made to feel the con sequences of the follies of those who have drifted us into this needless war. Why should our Christian charities be stinted because somebody blundered and somebody else made the blundering worse ? The purchase of the Island of St. Thomas by the UniteQ States will probably have some influence on the sugar 'markets. Like other European States having sugar. groWing colonies, Denmark encouraged the sugar-growed in her possessions by a considerable bounty. Raw sugaz imported into Denmark from her colonies paid about half the duty imposed on other sugars. It is not likely that the Muted States will continue this system. We are happy to be able to announce the safe arrival at Hong Kong of her Majesty's ship Perseus, for the safety of which there was some degree of anxiety, by letters which we bad received by a former mail from China.—Army and Navy Gazette. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The number of new members returned to the House of Commons since the dis solution of July, 1865, has now been increased to 60. The names of the new members are as follows : Lord J. Hay, Mr. J.Candlish, Mr. R. Arkwright, the Hon. G. Denman Mr. M. Wyvill, Mr. H. A. Herbert, Mr. 11. Whitmore (who' obtained his seat on petition), Sir E. Lechmere, Mr. N Eckersley, Mr. J. Goldsmid, Mr. J. Gorst, Mr. C. Capper. Sir J. Hay, the Hon. E. W. Lascelles, Mr. R. Eykyn, Mr. C. Edwards, Mr. B. Osborne, Lord Amberley, Mr. D. For dyce, Lord Eliot, Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. T. B. T. Hiid yard, Sir. R.IT Brett (who obtained his sent on petition), Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. R. Nicholson, the Hon. J. Henniker- Major, Mr. P. S. Corrance, Mr. P. Vanderbyl, Viscount Barrit.gton, Captain D. Pennant, Mr. Rowel Gwyn, Capt. White, Mr. Jervois Smith, Mr. Garth, Mr. J. Bowen, Mr Lanyon, Mr. De la Poet., Mr. Kavanagh, Mr. Vanes, Sir J. B. Karslake, Mr. E. K. Karslake, Mr. S. G. Stopford, Mr. Smith Barr;-, the Hon. 0. Duncombe, Mr. G. Morris, Mr. Labouchere, Lord Ronald Leveson-Gowor, Mr. H. Edwards, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Dixon, Colonel Somerset, Mr. Keown Mr. Winterbotham, L o rd H u b er t C ann i ng Burke, ' Mr. R. Warren, Mr. G. 11. Finch, jun., th e L or d .Advoc,te, Mr. M. W. Thompson, Mr. T. I'. Paget, and Mr. Jacob Bright. The effect of these 60 changes has been to add five or six votes to the Liberal party. Vacancies exist at present at Lancaster, Reigate, 'fettles, and in Westmoreland. WILD FOWL.—On Tuesday last numerous large flights of wild fowl made their appearance on the Surrey side of the Thames, and at Kew and Kingston a large flock of wild ducks and teal located on the river, and afforded good sport for the "knights of the trigger." In the river Wandle several species of wild fowl were shot, and on the large waters at Claremont both flights of wild geese and ducks have alighted in largo numbers. During the day many droves of wild fowl passed over as if on transit to the south coast. The large influx of these feathered visitors in this part of the country is an unmistakable sign of approaching hard weather in the north.—Sporting Gazette. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS. A Catholic magistrate, in a letter to the Times, says :—" Four years ago an act was passed called the ' Prison Ministers Act,' having for its object, as its title expresses, the amendment of the law relating to the religious instruction of prisoners in county and borough prisons.' It had become well known that, however perfect the management of our prisons might be in temporal matters, they were, especially as regarded the means of reforming Roman Catholic prisoners, very deficient. They were, in fact, debarred from those religious influ ences which were carefully and liberally accorded to Protestant prisoners. "This Act prescribed (1) that where the number of prisoners not of the Established Church confined in any prison was so great as, in the opinou of the justices, to require a minister of their own persua sion the justices might appoint a minister to attend them, and might, if they thought fit, pay him. The Act also prescribed (2) that, if no appointment should be made, the visiting justices of any prison, might, if they thought fit, permit such minister to visit any prisoner of his own persuasion, without his special request, who did not object to it. " Both sections, it will be seen, were optional with the justices, but many thought at the time that this was a mistake, and that it wou ld h ave b een more prudent if the Act had been compulsory upon the Justices ; some, indeed, ventured to prognosticate that leaving it to the discretion of the Justices would cause religious differences among the magis tracy, where, as yet, there was no occasion for them; but there was, on the other hand, an indisposition to interfere with existing authority. " Unhappily there are many Roman Catholic prisoners iu many prisons in England, and among others especially in those of the metropolis, and there are, and have been for same time past, as appears by Parliamentary returns, as large an annual average as 2,000 Roman Catholic prisoners in the Coldbath-fields Prison, the male prison of the county, and a similar average in the Westminster House of Correction, the female prison. The actual numbers in the former prison at one time are gene rally upwards of 300, and in the latter prison 200. " Attempts were made after the passing of the Prison Ministers Act to induce the justices in Quarter Sessions at Clerken well to make appoint tnents to the above prisons of a minister to attend to the Roman Catholic prisoners, but the proposal was negatived by a large majority. "Applications were then made to the visiting justices of all the Middlesex prisons to permit the unpaid visits of a minister to the Roman Catholic prisoners generally, but these applications were only partially granted. " Shortly after this the Prisons Act, 1865, was passed, and it was made compulsory upon the visiting justices to permit a minister (unpaid) to attend prisoners not of the Established Church, whether they had requested to see a minister or not, unless they objected. But under this Act and the Prison Ministers Act before-mentioned, Roman Catholic prisoners are still left without the advan- tages intended for them by the Legislature, as although many of the Protestant magistrates have shown themselves most ready to carry out the acts, the majority, withheld, as I am willing to believe, by conscientious scruples, say they cannot be parties to the teaching of a religion they do not approve, and so, after scenes of unseemly theological discus sion, nothing effectual has been done. "Now, sir, what we ask is that Roman Catholic prisoners shall not be placed at a disadvantage by following the dictates of their conscience—that that although deprived of their actual liberty, they may yet retain their religious liberty. " Observe the difference (1 speak of Middlesex). The Protestant minister has divine service for the prisoners twice every Sunday ; he has daily prayers in the chapel; he spends six hours every day in visiting them individually, and he has the power of assembling them from time to time for simultaneous imitruction ; mioreover, he is exclusively eng iged in his work, and is properly salaried. " The Roman Catholic minister, with an exception I will presently mention, is not allowed to have Divine service; there are no daily prayers fur those under his care, ho has no power of effectually as sembling them for instruction, and all his services are gratuitous. In the Coldbath-fields Prison Divine service has been lately permitted by leave of the visiting justices, but the arrangements are not such, as yet, as allow of all the Roman Catholic prisoners attending, while, at the other prisons, as I have said, it is not allowed at all ; and in one of them, the Westminster Prison, an application on the part of the minister to be at liberty to have Divine ser vice, or to assemble the prisoners for instruction, has been lately deliberately refused, the visiting justices giving for answer that they see no reason why.' " The result of the existing legislation is, I be- lieve, as follows : —ln some few prisons, seven or eight perhaps, among which are Manchester, Wake field, Winchester, Kirkdale (Lancashire), Liver pool borough, Stafford, and Knutsford, a Roman Catholic minister has been appointed and salaried by the justices. In others, as at Wandsworth (Sur rey), the Roman Catholic minister is salaried, but he is not allowed to have Divine service or to as semble the prisoners. In others no facilities at all are afforded, while in Middlesex there is no rule ; in one prison Divine service is allowed, in the others not; in Coldbath-fields the minister is allowed to assemble 20 at a time for instruction, while at West minster, with its 200 Roman Catholic prisoners, the minister is precluded from giving instruction to more than one at a time. " Now, the real object of all of us is--must be— the reformation of our prisoners. The period of imprisonment, rightly used, may be made of essen tial service to them if they are allowed to have those influences brought to bear upon them which alone are likely to touch them—and these are Divine ser vice, religious exercises, and opportunities for resus citating forgotten feelings and sympathies. " That there is some defect in the reformatory process in our prisons is plain from the last returns made by the visiting justices of the two great Mid dlesex prisons. By them it appears that out of 8,821 prisoners, Protestants and Catholics, who entered the Coldbath-fields Prison last year, 3,668 had been there before, and of that number 147 had been there more than ten times ; it also appears that out of 4,845 prisoners who entered the West minster Prison last year, 2,743 had been there be fore, of whom 645 had been there more than ten times. " What we ask for on behalf of our poor Roman Catholic brethren in prison is, I say again, religious liberty—that is, full equal advantages for reforma tion with those possessed by the Protestant pri soners ; that is to say, where the numbers are such as to require it, an appointed minister, Divine ser vice, daily prayer, as ready access for him to the prisoners under his care individually as is possessed by the Protestant minister to those under his ; and I am sure that the result will not be slow to ex hibit itself, not only in the reclamation of criminals, but iu the diminution of rates. "Again, how can it be justified that there should be one rule for condemned prisoners in the Govern ment prisons and another for those under the con trol of magistrates? Everything we ask for has been already accorded in all the prisons under Go vernment contrcl, whether military or convict pri sons, awl it is acknowedged that the results are satisfactory. Colonel Henderson, in Lis P,2port on Convict Prisons for 1864, speaks in strong terms of the benefits which have arisen from the appoint ment by the Secretary of State of visiting Roman Catholic priests to the prisons at Millbank, Park hurst, Portsmouth, Dartmoor, and Fulham. He says :—" The effect on the convicts had been marked, and the recognition by the State of their claim to the ministration of clergymen of their own persuasion has been the source of a great improve ment in their outward conduct.' Again We believe this measure has been one at tended with unmixed good results.' Lastly, we only claim for Roman Catholic prisoners what is accorded without question to Protestant prisoners in Ireland, where the numbers of the latter are quite insignificant ; for instance, it ap pears by the Return of Irish Prisons, printed by order of the House of Commons in 1853, that in Carlow Prison there were 89 Catholic and four Protestant prisoners ; in Clare, 179 Catholics and two Protestants ; in Galway, 148 Catholics and two Protestants ; in Tipperary, 344 Catholics and one Protestant ; and that, in all these places, then) were regularly appointed Protestant chaplains as well as Catholic, with the same amount of salary. " I perceive that this subject has been mentioned i❑ the House of Commons within these few days, and not unfavourably received, and this it is which induces me to ask whether it is not time to have done with these irregularities, and to bring all the prisons in the kingdom under the successful regulations of the Government ; and if, from any conscientiou s reasons, Protestant magistrates cannot bring thew' selves to act voluntarily in the appointment of ministers of a different faith from their own, whether a remedy may not be found either in making these appointments compulsory on the Ps" tices (i❑ which case they would be merely acting ministerially), or in placing the whole management of the religious instruction of prisoners in other hands. . , m , • TIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by th e Hon. Flora Macdonald, and honoured by major- General Hon. A. N. and Lady Mary 1100 d with a visit at Cumberland-lodge. The Equerry in Wait ing was also in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended 11 Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday'. VISIT OF TILE QUEEN TO OSBORNE. —Her Majesty , with the junior members of the royal family, attended bi the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, will, it is understoodt leave Windsor Castle about the 20th or 21st instant for Osborne, where the Queen will spend Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury hav e returned to town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, at Frognal Lodge, Foot's Cray. DEATH OF COLONEL LOWTHER, M.P.—The death is announced of the Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P. for West moreland, who, having occupied a seat in Parliament for 50 years, has been styled " the father of the house." Th e hon• gentleman was brother of the present Earl of Lonsdale an d was heir-apparent to the title, a position which is n civr occupied by his son, the Hon. Captain Lowther, M.P. f°r , West Cumberland. The late C o lon e l Lowther was colo nel of the West Cumberland Militia, was formerly a major in the 7th Hussars, and a lieutenant-colonel in the armY• c served in Spain under Sir John Moore and in the Pa il ''' . sular War. In 1812 Colonel Lowther was elected M.P. f° r the county of Westmoreland, and has continued to fill ths t office ever since. Ho was a Conservative of the 00 school. THE STATE CHURCH IN JAMAICA: It is part of the missi iof Governor Grant to 111 4 11 ,' - into the influence of the Church of Englr:nd. As a Chur ° ': man, we contemplate with sorrow and shame the re sul which such an inquiry, if faithfully and judicially con' ducted, would shew ; but we have every hope that the end will be to place the Church, which we Ow n !! like to see exist and flourish in our midst, in its rig ht position, so that it might become a fit i ns t r umentalitY ll ' working out that regeneration which the new Governal elit is to accomplish. The letter of the Rev. Henry vet to the Bishop of Kingston, which we laid before on,' readers a short time ago, sp e aks in eloquent a n , u truthful terms of the diminution of the Church ° influence. The Church Missionary Society, which commenced its operations here in 1826, to prepare the country for the great boon of emancipation, gav e 1113 , 1 the work in 1840, leaving the Jamaica Church a fair a t promising field. Under the successive episcopacies a t"'" Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Bishop of Kingston the best opportunities have been afforded, not the least of h r ch has been an annual grant from the public treasury to iraPr °l ! upon the work so admirably begun by the Church Missionary Society. To what little account these opportunities hay° been turned is patent to every one. The Church has CO sullied annually for many years between £30,0 00 ° ' ll 40,000 of the public money, whilst its stewardship h°s proved most unsatisfactory to the country an d tC) those pious men abroad who are moved by an ax lllo-- a solicitude for the educational and spiritual we lf3r of the ne gr o which the Chural. 1 .-A . 7 wk"'" "' °1 ) 1 duty it was to see to the attainment of those ends, NO do well to emulate. It has had a wide scope an d la fair field—what has it done? The sum of its labour° is soon told. It sought to become a part of the States for which there is no authority and no foundation ill Jamaica, whilst the "well-cultivated plot in the foundation sionary field, thickly set with fair and fruitful trees ° righteousness," which the society left it, has grown 1/9 with rank and bitter weeds. Morant Bay, Fort t f: nio, and Mooretown—names which cannot now be uleja"; tioned without blushes and sighs were among t abandoned stations of the society, At the en d yit twenty-five years, it is the opinion of many coniPeteL judges, that the social and religious condition of the n e ,,...v t population, numbering more than 400,000, is below Iv; it was at the time of emancipation.—Kingston Di g Journal gIGHWaY ROBBERY. —A daring highway rob bell was committed a few n i g hts ago in the parish °f A S :, Keverne, Cornwall. A Mr. Bouldon, provision de 0 was returning home from Redruth market, when his 11° „t was suddenly stopped, and he was pulled backward °."-t of his light cart on to the road. He was told to be ° ile a and he would not be injured. Three men then robbe him of his watch and £lO, and were soon lost to vi eli d : the night being very dark. Mr. Bouldon was left ex.ll oB , t o e o The robbery was committed only a short distance 'lr- his house. ,p r 1 DOUBLE TIDES IN THE THAMES.—It is gel's -- f e . believed that, although we may have had shifting of ternatural tides, as recorded in " Maitland's Ifis t° "' t be London," we have never experienced anything li ke „ot phenomena which have taken place during the P re month. On Sunday, December 2, the tide flove'A— ; Hammersmith in the first place until five o'clock a— then ebbed until half-past four p.m., and then b e ": ve r f flood again until half-past 7 p.m. This was, 1 1° . ',.: A . of greatly exceeded in its remarkable ch a racter by th e "`":0 Saturday, the 7th inst., when t wo flows and one "re occurred between midnight an d e l even o ' c lock in the f° noon. the THE ALTON MURDER. —The execution wretched criminal, F re d er i c k B a k er , f o r the atroctgs murder of Fanny Ad a m s , a t Alt on , on the 24th of AilgTor last, has been fixed by the high sheriff of the count Tuesday, the 24th instant, at eight o'clock in t he 131 .,h0• ing. It is satisfact o ry to state, on unquestionable a"-cie rity, that the conduct of the unhappy man has lay, c "' gone a total change since his condemnation on lr';011 Apparently he now begins to realise the awful con d in which he is placed, and his callous demeanour is changed into one of deep dejection. On Saturday na orning de r , high sheriff, accompanied by his chaplain and the tiAllticed sheriff, and also the chaplain of the prison, was hiti.°7„een' by the governor to the prisoner, and the date of hie e-030 tion was announced to him by the high sherif f ;,,,oer culprit was then addressed in the most solemn and `,7013, sive manner by the sheriff's chaplain (the Rev. C. ' 1 ;1 3 0 rector of St. Thomas Church, Winchester), durihg', 4 - 0 0 1 he shewed considerable emotion. A strong heP e ., - A th e entertained that the unhappy man will n ot le 3 '" world without making a full confession of his 8 1 . 113. WELL-EDUCATED RUFFIANS. ---At the I V' a ir-- Assizes, two men, named Allerton and Baton! ac o, Hunter, alias Winter, were charged with s t e aling P a t te and assaulting the police. The police had erre: theY men for stealing the bacon from a public-house, 10'etr,a oe offered the most desperate resistance. Rafton drego officer with him into a canal, and while there bit biels the head with life-preserver, a and attempted to Water, 01,1 A second constable, however, jumped into the staffwA te 0 persuaded the ruffian to submit by applying his ,IWhat his head. They were both found guilty. 113ft°- ,10 5. had been three times prcviously convicted, began - 9, Or extraordinary harangue. He said, " I did not tle e to ria, preserver, and I knew I was innocent. I did retai l- 0 0 0 some effect, as he says. I was insensible ; `va s XOO ° with blood. I could not stand it ;no man enw. der aDl e here entered into a long statement, s h o wing ceue'citietlit skill and the most intense excitement. Ir e fre- c ent exclaimed with great warmth that he was inh e c i b at having stolen the bacon. He admitte d that he b 3 a, ho t guilty of the crimes for which he had before suffehfare ; he cried, " I was guilty, but I suffered mY Plulie,ote ba a man should ; but during my i n carceration I ren doj o o°,; good and honest, and to serve my God, and wedf°, ever' But now how can aman live? I am ruined — r il a he at l i. e fd His voice was raised to the highest pitch, 313 . 0 001'7 4 began to pretend to be crying. He frequentlY seatexPl„ the learned judge, and it was some time beforeeo ir e t h e could be pronounced. He was sentenced to fifte en penal servitude—a doom which he receivec:, _"" ery al if v; deliberate remark to his lordship, 4 , y o u are ' to old man, you are." Allerton was sentenced ...;goneP Both 131-- months' imprisonment, with hard labour. were classed as " well educated." 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