The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-14 00:00:00

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MOSES and agly,'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at .sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi es is resumed ilritil Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and. ATAIGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF ILUtT-STRENIT. CORNER of TOTTENHAX-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY MANOR, RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ►lf HEITRE ROYAL DILL :Y-LAN 7 F.;.—s o i e -a- Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CEIATTaRTON.—This Theatre having been recorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Dec. 14. Doors open atlhalf-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at halt-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from.. Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. AMY ROBSART.---Miss VICTORIA VOLES. In consequence of this lady's great success in the above character on the occasion of Wednesday evening, Nov. Dth, and on Wednesday morning, Nov. 23rd, Mr. Chatterton begs to announce that Miss Yokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDIy, Dec. 14, on the occasion of the BENEFIT FOR THE SUFFEItERS OF H.M.S. " THE APTAIN." • Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THDIEVENING, Dec. 14.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-Lk KE. 14R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of Al VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitle 4 AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Dec. 14.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURV-LANE. PHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 14.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic 'Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and ?haracteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight clock TIIIS EVENING, Dec. 14—TIIEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, Kemp, T, Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'cloCk THIS EVENING, Dec. 14.—THEATRE ROYAL DR UItY VANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Vokes, THIS EVEN ING, Dec. 14.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A MY ROBSART; New Drama. The Overture and PIL Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chores. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds luTanged by Mr. John Cor flack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Airling at a Quarter to Eight VHS EVENING. Dec. 14. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC - HERCULES, New Farce, by, Martin Becher, atiEleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 14. —THEATRE ROYAL DR UR If-LANE. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER : Managers, Mr. B. &EnsTEB. and Mr. F. B. CIIATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE 'GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billinzton, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Bennet, &c. To con c l u d e w ith THE MILLINER'S HOLLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma Barnett. T. JAMES'S THEATHE.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK OF FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farrell, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Erough • Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie eirough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Joh n W oo d . —D oors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Torn Taylor, Esq. Messrs.; Harry Cox, Grainger, 'Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, •At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE, by C. S. Cheltnman, Esc;.. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, and Lione/Brough.—Box-office 11 to 6. : No fees. IOYAL STAAND THEAT RE; Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGIL• This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, 'E. Mutton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque, "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, ' l'aulton, Fenton, •nd Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, Sic. VATIDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees— Messrs. IL J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; after which TWO ROSES (166th night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. IL J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorne, ; Mesdames Nelly Power, A. Newton, and Any Fawsitt, LOBE THEATRE NEWCASTLE -STREET, ‘7l ST RA NI). Alaiiageress, Miss ALLEYNE. •LAST FOUR. NIGHTS. Itt) AND 11,F3IDENCE at •7. Grand Ballet, THE . TRILEP. ROSES/ or the CHOSEN . - ONE, as danced by Madame • Colonna and Troupe for 250 consecutive Nights. • Tii TAMING' OF - THE SHREW. •Tii Conclude With -MARCO SPADA, in which nadami; Colonna l'relipe will appear in their favourite characteristiC i DA . Nc E. A New and Original Burlesque, by I+. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled THE WHUE CAT, in active preparation for Christmas. (SPEC f A L NOT [CE.--In consequence of the serious indisposition 'of Miss •Alleyne;• the New Comedy of I TARI'E will be with drawn until further notice. 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Messrs. • Chippendale, Rowe, W. Gordon, Madame E. Pitzwilifaus •, after which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a HaW Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TILE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by 311.. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Ilill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which UNCLE'S WILL— Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with BLUE DEVILS. Box office open daily from 10 till 5. DA ME TUS S AU D'S EXHIBITION, 1L i BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; . King William of Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admisbion, ls.; Children under 10 years of age, Gd. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. B AZAAR IN AID OF THE REFUGEES BENEVOLENT FUND. PATRONWES the Princess of Wales: ILRIL the Princess Christian, Comtesse cle Paris,' 11.R.H. Duchesse do Chartres. HAUL Printesse Marguerite D'Oricans. 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Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the London and Country bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, ..kdelphi, London. midable competitors, but lie distanced them all as a romancist. He did so by his literary fecundity, by the seemingly inexhaustible fertility and pro ductiveness of his imagination. During his - time as an author, he is asserted to have written upwards of one thousand two hun dred volumes. Ile is said to have called into exist ence eighty dramas and forty romances. Several of his dramas have been trilogies of fifteen acts, after the manner of the three parts of "Henry VI." of SIIAKSPERE. Several of his romances have been as voluminous as the stories of S s swim Bromism sox. Yet, as we have said, in spite of the portentous length and elab /ration of th:se, there have crone from the brain of Du - stAs as many as eighty dramatih eflUsions, as many as testy romantic narratives. As Charlatan as the man was in a very great measure throughout the whole of his eccentric career, as a man of letters there has hardly been ono of his books that has not been in some respects above the dead level of mediocrity. Several of them have been superb in their radiant imaginativeness. One of them is simply peerless as the romance of romances. " Monte Christ() " is the Eclipse of all imaginative literature. It has never been equalled, and will never be • surpassed. "Les Trois Mousquetaires" was one of the most extraordinary of all his prose fictions. "Le Tour de Neale" was one of the most. thrillingly en thralling of all his dramatic compositions. But to this day his romance of the " Count de Monte Christo" remains among all his prose fictions simply unapproached and unapproachable. While his weird and haunting melodrama of " The Corsican Brothers" has never yet met with, and is not likely to meet with in the future, another capable of dragging it down ' from its position of pre-eminence. For all which, DUMAS is at the best recognisable only as a magai. : ficent charlatan. A charlatan, certainly, from first to last, but almost always, as a rule, a charlatan who was magnificent. In order to understand the daring absurdities into which he, nevertheless, occasionally blundered, it is only necessary to turn to one of his dramas—a most preposterous play, entitled " Kean," the hero of it being EDMUND KEAN, the great tragedian. There, in that most ludicrous piece of extravagance, " the force of folly could no further go "—it is, one might almost declare, the very subli mation of nonsense ! Yet, utterly contemptible pro ductions like this play of " Kean " were put forth as gravely and as sincerely lay their author as' the very finest of his masterpieces. Personally also his life was flawed with simply bewildering escapades —as when he associated himself in an almost mountebank capa city with the entourage of the Nizzard Free Lance, GARIBALDI—as when his reputation, such as it was, was trailed in the gutter in the train of " the MEN-, Kul," as thoughbe had been dragged at the tail of MA ZEPpA'S charger through the sawdust of an amphithe atre. ALExANDUE DUMAS father, who was one of the second-rate notabilities of the French Revolution, is reported to have been the illegitimate son, by a negress of a 'wealthy planter of St. Domingo, by name, the Marquise DE LA PAILLETERIE. It was imme diately on his father's death that ALEXANDRE LE GRAND repaired for the first time to Paris, there to seek, what he soon found, his fortunes. SliaKs- PERE's "Hamlet," wonderful to relate, struck the key note of the genius of the young adventurer. `Witnessing a representation of the master drama of the master dramatist, DUMAS declared to himself, " And I too will be an author ! " Hence his eighty plays, his forty fictions, his 1,2 00 volumes. Born in the June of 1803, he has now died in the December of 1870, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, at the very moment when all the glories of his country seem to be rolled in the dust at the feet of the German invaders. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE DEFENCE OF PARIS, It is said that when Count Moltke sent the • news .of the recapture of Orleans into . Paris a council of Ministers was immediately held. M. Ernest Picard was disposed to• discuss an honourable peace, but General Trochu, in an impassioned speech, urged the continuance of the war. He said these overtures proved that Prussia was conscious her_position might ~be painfully compromised in the enemy's country during the winter. The continuance of the war was unanimously resolved upDn. This is not the first time that General Trochu is supposed tc have prevailed over his wavering colleagues in favour of further resistance. Considering that he is the least demo cratic member of the. whole Government, scarcely a Republican at all in fact, it is hardly fair to say; as some English journalists do, that the Republicans alone desire war y whilst the moderate men of all grades wish for peace. THE GERMAN EMPIRE, The treaties incorporating the:Southern States in the reconstructed German Empire were passed by an overwhelming majority. Even against the Bavarian convention, which was most stoutly opposed, only thirty nays were recorded out of 225 votes. But a good many members absented themselves rather than vote for a treaty which they thought granted one state indulgence at the expense of the rest. However, the over-mastering desire • of unity over came all lesser scruples. It is believed likewise that the special privileges of Bavaria will melt away in time, and that they are merely harmless concessions to her pride. Lastly, Count Bismarck threatened to resign if the treaties were not adopted, and this menace proved quite sufficient, as it has often done before. upon the subject, has written a letter de scribing the working of the system under which unattached or non-collegiate students are now ad mitted to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Mr. Roundell considers that if the lads of the nor thern counties were more acquainted with the facilities open for their instruction at the chief colleges they would avail themselves of them to a great extent, and therefore .he addresses -, his letter to the Lancashire and Yorkshire iietrs paper's. Tile distinctive feature of the .“ un-; attache 1" scheme is the ability of the student to be in lodgings of his own choosing, at the university, and thus avoid the expense, of college life: The opening of the universities to poor young theft is, to quote Mr. RoUndell, " the crowning of the educational edifice of which the primary school and the grammar school are the main supports. The work of the Legislature will be completed if in the coming session the privileges,' honours, and emoluthents of . the universities rind their colleges are in their fulness thrown open to merit, without regard to member ship of a particular Church." Though the system of allowing unattached scholars to pass examinations at Oxford hasbeen ;noperationonly two years, there are ninety-Six students of this class there at the present . time, and the number is steadily increasing. EGYPTIAN NALL. Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the War, 3a., 25., is. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair La_ to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, ,succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated forth, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also Ls., 7s. and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Rod Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon lon, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE --A Domestic Hercules. Phobus's Fix. Amy Robsart. HAYMAItKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. 'Prentice. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement. OPERA COMM --La Joie Fait Peur. Letorieres, Living at Ease. Tho Idle Le Vicomte ST. JAMES'S —To Oblige Benson. mas Eve. Fernands. Christ- OLYmNo--Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Juior and his Sensation Cat. GAIETY Happy Village, Fra Diavolo. Trombai calzar. QuEEN's—Day after the Wedding. Midsummer Night's Dream. STANDARD —.The Wife's Tragedy. Wakefield. Ballet. Vicar o HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jeza,be. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locke, In. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HAI,L— Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (ifolborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S,HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PALMS ItovAL--Profe3sor Faber's Talking Machine. The Wizard of the East. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUIJ'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. TILE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGJT r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. emw% egg .-•-tvivF LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1870 IT seems appropriate' that the most magnificent charlatan in Renoir literature should breathe his last in the midst of this appalling war, wherein so many gorgeous reputations have collapsed. Ae a romancist of the most imaginative audacity, ALExANDRE Dumas, Pere, has perhaps never been Surpassed. There was daring of the wildest kind in one at least among his COntemperarks, meaning . EUGENF: SUE ap the W:travagant Phantasy of the "Juit Errant" for exnmple, and the almost- criminal bol :ness of the "Mystere,f; do Paris attest, ail too plainly. There . was recognisable at a glance the true fire of , genius iu the "Ch' Mars" of ALFRED DI: VIUNY. There was illustrated in a marvellous • manner in the "Notre Dame de Paris" of Vicroß HUGO how a true poet can At will create a soul under the dry bones of arOiveolof,ry. ANDRE DUMAS hail around him throughout his career a throng of for , THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. It is believed that the contest for the chairman ship, the only salaried office, in connection with the London Board, will really lie between Lord Law rence and Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens, M.P. Lord Lawrence's strong evangelical proclivities, which in India rendered him an ardent advocate of Christian education at the expense of the State, have gained for his lordship the sympathy of the Low Church party, and great stress is also laid on - the fact that he is a peer and an ex-Governor-General. On the other hand it is thought that if Mr. Torrens were elected the Board would be represented in the House . of Commons, and a gentleman would be tecurel for the general superintendence who was well acquainted with the educational requirements of the metropolis. " THE AUTHORITIES " AND THE FACTORY ACTS: For some time the Inspector s of Factories have been politely refused admission to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, where many women and clildren are employed. It is satisfactory to find that this ban has at length been removed. • The. official visits of the inspectors are to be renewed. Who is responsible for the original refusal has not, apparently, been stated, but whoever he was he de serves credit for p , ...rpeirating one of • the most abliurd acts ever dope even' by authori ties. To declare that a Government establish intuit is exempt from the law which applibs to the rest of the country- is simply laughable. llow could respect for the Factory Nets he enforend else whore; whP n it was known that "official" w4;lnon. and chil.l.ron were cm ploy . 'ed reyothl the legal hours? It Wilß Ilrg*Cd Niat the " neceslities of t JlO public - s,tr v i ee ” d e _ mantled extra work. Private manufacturers say j ust the saine of the necessities of their service. TO violate the Factory Act in a Government m anu f ae . tory of cartridges is as inexcusable in principle as to forge or rob there. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Air. Charles S. - Roundel), whose labours in the cause of University Refortu quality him to speak TEE EDUCATION OF WOSIEN. The intellectual and moral equality between the sexes was a subject once again dis Cusse- at a London parochial meeting on Monday. Lord Lyttleton, who was the principal speaker, said he believed that the recent election of ladies to school boards, proved that a better appreciation of women's worth as helpers in the social system was dawning upon the public mind. He could not agree that American experi ence had proved the mental capacity of women and men to be the same. .Neiertheless he could not but think that there were public duties for which ladies were peculiarly fitted, and holding this opinion, he did not see how it was possible to resist the, arguMent that a fair and full experiment ought to .be wade to admit girls and women to branches of industry in this country which had hitherto been monopolised en tirely by men. . . QIVIL. SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. Mr. Edwin Chadwick has lately read a paper at the Social Science Institution on the Civil Service Examinations. He declared that the opponents of the principle had found out their mistake in the ex perience that had been made of the Indian Civil Service and the scientific corps of the army. The service had been improved, and a more hardworking set of ()Meets introduced into it. • Among the defects of the present system was that it induced students, o rush fbr the first place, instead of en suring a steady and solid progress from day to day, similar to that which was attained at the Polytechnic Schocl where a daily register was kept. Regarding the subjects of the examinations, Mr. Chadwick would exclude English literature and history, on the ground that they &lorded too much room for cram, • and also the Greek and Latin classics, as being of no use, and undesirable objects of study. Ho highly disapproved of the manner in which Lord Macaulay, had fixed the curriculum of the Indian C vii Service. He admired him as a great writer, but as Secretary of War he carried out none of the reforms which were so greatly needed. In examinations a preference should be ' given to the vernacular, and the living languages should be preferred to the dead, ' while practical science should have precedence over'past or present literature. Boys should leave the genealogy of the Plantaganets to inform themselves of those things which were important to the public welfare. AN AINIERICAN ESTIMATE OF THE PREMIER. It is the peiuliar misfcrtuno of England, the New York Herald tells us, that she has a man at her head who has such an exclusive genius for financial and domestic reforms that he poSitively abhors. the international side of politics altogether. Mr. Glad stone, our contemporary asserts, is the shortsighted upholder of the Utopian theory that ,where :. there; are no foreign politics there will be no armies,: no fighting, no wasteful expenditure of guns and gun powder. The Premier's mind is positively blind and . deaf and dumb to foreign trouble. He simply will not' look at it. He is worse . than Mrs. Partington, who, when invaded by the Atlantic Ocean, at least seized the mop and did her utmost to keep the waves from drowning her. Just at the present crisis it is not difficult to see through the object of these charges against the Premier. Were we to believe in American threatenings, and class them as so many . minor earth .quakes preliminary to the brilliant ficalo, and were we to express fears and she* bewilderment when ever General Butler speaks of annexation , we might probably be . said to ha ve a steersman at the helm of the State suitable to the Yankee idea of progress and civilization. . , HOSPITAL ACCOmmODATION IN BIParINGiiAm. The resources of the General Hospital in Birming hani have been severely taxed by the . extraordinary rapidity and fatality with' which the - re Cent acci dents have followed one another. Seventy patients from the last four explosions, those four having occurred within the space of a few weeks—may well suflico to disorganis.3 any establish ment. Every attention is, however, being paid to the unfortunate sufferers from the Wittoncalamity, and doctors, nurses, dresses, and every other branch of the institution, labour unremittingly on their behalf. So great is the crowd of friends and rela- tons pressing to bee the victims that all other visitors are forbidden for the present. The necessitir'fOr in creased accommodation for persons 'suffering fron burns has long been felt in the hospital, and this catastrophe has made it more strongly felt than eve: k has; therefore, been resolved to . , erect 'a' brie] building in the grounds at the back the hospital to receive thirty persons. • of The necessary funds will be raised by subscription; and the amount will no doubt be readily forthcoming since the imperative need for such a resource has been so painfully demonstrated. The work of con struction will be begun at once. It is, however, a ghastly notion to increase hospital accommodation on the ground that more - explosions will inevitably be forthcoming. • A CURIOUS CASE. The Court of Queen's Bench has been occupied during the whole of its sitting by the trial of the case of Catch v. Shaen, which presents many curious features. The action is brought by the late master • of Lambeth Workhouse against a solicitor residing in• the parish for the publication of pamphlets •chaPging him with ill using the'paupers. Mr. Catch had been originally in the police force, and later on was porter in a workhouse. He subsequently obtained the post of master at the Strand workhouse, where he did not agree with the medical officer. He was then appointed master at Newington, where a complaint was ,made that he locked a refractory pauper up • all night in a book closet. He was called upon to resign, but was afterwards appointed master of Lam beth Workhouse, the situation which ho held When Mr. Simon made the charges against him. The plaintiff's friends admitted t►rut be had introduced a chance of stem, as a more ~ evere disciphrie wits ne , .iled of the turbulence of the inmates. [is opp•e. , -iiis ui tintai,,ed that, the turbuleiwe com plained (:t was partly caused by his own lnirshneo. One particular charge against him was "of locking up • a girl who 'escaped from tlib refractory ward," as it was called, in one of the"cells all night. Another ground of compllint was that the friends of dying paupers were not allowed to be sent Ibr during the. night, or to stay with them if there. A great deal of evidence 87L has been heard on both sides, and the Lord Chief Justice .finds it advisable to defer his summing up. MR. MACGIIEGOII, IEN EGYPT. Mr. Macgregor, of Rob Roy Celetritp has been enlightening the citizens of Birmingham respecting his recent adventures in Egypt. The Suez Canal he found to be drying up somewhat, in consequence of the French being unable to carry out the system!, of dredging. In pursuing his journey' up the Nilo the traveller found it advisable to suit his clothing to the character of the tribes he passed through. Among unfriendly people he dressed in gray, beet in friendly districts he assumed gayer and, more attractive clothing. He invented a bed fin! himself, to serve in the daytime as a protection from the heat of the sun, which was very intense in his. canoe. At the close of his lecture, be gave the audiende a practical illustration of "going to bed in his canoe, to their great amusement. Ile gave an, animated account of his eXpthidned of the papyrus . • country, where 'he was imprisoned for a time, and of his following the course of ,the . Jordan, tracing; the current, and endeavouring to improve the geography of Palestine. Some of the tribes Were. very unfriendly, and amused themselves by throwing things at him "in clouds." When the Arabs got their guns out to fire at him, they were fortunately alwaj's very deliberate about it, as an Arab is never in a hurry to fire off gun, thinking it an ex pensive luxury which should be made the most of. " When he darted about his canoe the Arabs darted about with their guns, when he was quiet the Arabs settled down leisurely to take aim, when he moved the Arabs again rose and followed, still aiming." Under these circumstances it is not' surprising that the popular lecturer escaped the threatened danger, andsurvived to entertain Birming ham. A LONG MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Our English Ministerial crises are thought to be something extraordinary when they extend over a week,.but in Holland they are rejoicing in a political dileMma of the kind which has lasted since the 22nd of October, and gives no sign of approaching its end. The reason is said to be that no Government can possibly be formed outside the Liberal party, and that party is divided. The doctrinaire element has long ruled with the support of the more advanced section, which has many able men, but the former party now refuses to act with the latter, and prefers to see a reactionary Cabinet 'in power. The old Ministers still retain office, and conduct public business in the best way they can, but the situation of affairs is extremely embarrassing. One member of the Cabinet, M. Roest van Limburg,, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has, apparently, found it intolerable, for he has re newed his resignation and has finally quitted office, leaving his place to be filled ad interim by one of his colleagues. General Van Mulken has assumed the office temporarily, but he is a septuagenarian, and loudly dery aids leave to retire from public life. In the presont disturbed condition of Europe it is by no means satisfactory to have any kingdom without a competent and duly authorised Minister in the Foreign Office. THE MANNING OF NAVIES. England is not the only nation which experiences a difficulty just at present in finding men for the vessels of her fleet. The AmeriCan Secretary of the Navy in his present report to Congress declares that the impossibility of obtaining an efficient and respect able naval force in America arises from the small amount of pay offered to sailors and marines. He states that there are in this mouth of December at least twelve ships fitting out in the naval yards of the States which must lie idly at their wharves in come:pence of the want of sailors to man them. The strength of a country is often judged of alone by the number of pennants and the weight of battery it can maintain at . sea. GENERAL BUTLER AND THE RENIANS. The Fenians in the United States appear to have been well satisfied with General Butler's harangue, more especially with the ingenious compliments the ex-hero contrived to pay to Ireland and her people. A meeting of Irish patriots was convened in New York by order of Mr. MacFarlane, who is styled " The Veteran of the Mexican War," with the object of passing a vote of thanks to the orator. A Mr. Merrigan presided, and delivered ,a preliminary address, in which the virtues and merits of Irishmen, the crimes of England, and the excellence of General Butler's speech, were duly mingled. Irishmen, he said, wanted no better leader than General Butler to consummate England's destruCtion. He was followed by Mr. Woods, late of the Dublin Nation, who was proud to see such a man as General Butler placing the Irish race in a position deserving of their military prowess, and he should be supported by every lover of the dear old land in America. He hoped that he would forward the movement until England was humbled and freedom's flag waved triumphantly over the Emerald Isle. After a little more flowery language of this kind, the meeting prcceeded to business and passed resolutions declaring that whereas General But:er had avowed himself aliend of America and an enemy of England, and had signalized the Irish as the men to fight England and humble her, the meeting, as those who loved Ireland and wished her liberation, pleiged themselves that the moment he said "rally" they would be with him. Also they re turned him their sincere. thanks for his good opinion of them. 3.4 0' 44 ' • pity . I it IR HER .MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 13. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the. Countess of Gainsborough. •Her Majesty's dinner party in the evening ineluded her Royal Highness the Princtss Louise, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, and the Marquis of Lorne. Princess Louise drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Beatrice also went out. The Prince of Leiningen visited the Queen to-day, and remained to luncheon. The Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Roxburghe have left the Castle. DEATH OF LORD lIOTHA,M. The death of Lord Hotham is announced from York. The Cathedral bell has been tolled during the day (yesterday), when his lordship's decease became known. His lordship,who was the third Baron Hotham, was born• August 9, 1794, he was educated at Westmister. He entered the Coldstream Guards in 1810, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. His lordship received the war medal and four clasps. He became a General in the army (unattached) in 1865. Lord Hotham has represented Leominster and the East Riding of York shire in Parliament. The new Baron will be a nephew of the deceased, a son of Rear-Admiral Hotham, and himself an officer who has seen distinguished service in the army. W HIGHING SUGAR IN WRAPPERS. —yesterday at Wednesbury Mr. Spooner, the South Stafforshire Stipendiary, condemned the general custom of including wrappers in the weighing of sugar. A grocer with an extensive business, was fined Gs. for'doing so. BRISTOL AND TUE EDUCATION special meeting of the Bristol Town Council yesterday, it was unanimously resolved to apply for the formation of School 'Board for that borough. The returns. which were prepared by :the Town Clerk, shelved that school accom modatien for only two or three thousand children was requirsl. CAN I APFoRD IT?—Under this quaint title Me ssrs Lott], Son and Co. publish a system of everyday bbok. keeping so simple and yet so • complete as to be of use even to very partially educated persons ; a system, too, which, if generally adopted, lyould keep many a struggling householder from running into debt and danger. The books to be used are three, which we would recommend MesSrs. Letts to bind into one volume, staining the edges in different colours, and then, indeed, each head of a family without trouble could answer the pertinent query, " Can I afford it?" THE. TERRIBLE RAILWAY COLLISION AT BARNSLEY. \Ye were enabled to eke a brief report of the railway accident on Monday night, near Barnsley. In the Leg Mercury we find some additional particulars of the dis aster. The collision occurred at the Stnirfoot Station, and on the rails of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln , shire CoMpansr. The Mercury says :—Shortly after sis o'clock in the afternoon, a number of goods trucks, whi ch were being di - hilted at a siding in Barnsley, got loos e r and ran clown the inelin€ to Stairfoot—two miles lis ; tant—and dashed i n t o a pmsenger train from Barns l u eJ to Sheffield, whi c h b a d j us t d rawn u p to ti platform. The results of the collision were 111 ° 5 d frightful. T wo o f th e passenger carr i age s a ll the brake-van were smashed to pieces, and the li ne was torn up for a considerable distance. Some O ne elapsed before the passengers could be rescued, and wh ell this was done, it was f oun d th a t severa l h a d b ee n kale ! on the spot, and that twenty were seriously injured. Ther e ; being no telegraphic communication between Stairfoot toru . Barnsley ; n good deal of time was lost in obtaining proper assistance. As soon as the news spread, special trains were sent•to convey the injured t o Ba rn sl e y. Superintenden t Sykes and a staff of police-cc mstables belonging to the Barn' ley division also rendered assistance at the scene of the aecr' dent. The dead and dying were conveyed to the Crag Keys and Keel Inn, close by the station. Any list of names is at present very imperfect, but the following are ascertained to be amongst the dead : John Stoppart h ' Hemingfield ; William Allerton, sexton, Darfield; Richmond, mechanic, Chapeltown. The bodies of eight men and three females have not Yet been identified. Most of th e d ea d b e l ong t n . th e neigir bourhood. Amongst those seriously injured are Albert Lomas, Tingle-bridge; John Beaumont, sP t merchant, Wombwell ; William Whitle, Market Wig ton ; Sarah Davis, Wombwell ; Robert Greany, Werra' well ; Richard Parks, Derbyshire ; Mary Elizabeth Birkinshaw, Barnsley ; Priscilla Wordsworth, Mor totuley ; Richard Winslow, West Melton ; Joseph Moorshead, Hemingfield ; Ralph Winslow, East Melton ; William Stanford, East Melton ; and Joseph Sutcliffe, Manchester. T.Tp to ten o'clock the line had not been cleared. It is feared that the des4 will be somewhat increased. As speedily as possible a number of medical men were on the spot. Tile work performed by these gentlemen and their assistants was of an exceedingly painful nature. In four or five cases amputation of fractured and mutilated limbs were made up to midnight. The majority of those now dead were removed from the wreck alive, huge bonfires being lighted to assist the explorers in recovering the bodies and passengers. One young woman, at present unknown, had both feet cut off, whilst very many were seriously injured about the head. By a melancholy coincidence the accident happened in the immediate neighbourhood of the Oaks Colliery, where four years ago, on this thirteenth of December there occurred the disastrous explosion of gas which led to the loss of between three and four hundred of the men employed in the colliery. LATER NEWS. Mr. John Beaumont, spirit merchant, of Wath, ancr Mr. John Flint, of Mortemley, who were injured in the' railway collision near Barnsley, died yesterday, after en during great suffering. The list of fatalities up to last evening includes 14 victims. Two of the passengers lie in Barnsley Infirmary in a most precarious condition. One of them, named OWinstanley, has had his right lc,' and the fore finger of his left hand amputated. The coroner's inquest was opened yesterday afternoon, and PS many as possible of the bodies having been identified was adjourned till Thursday. Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Underdown, the general manager, and Messrs. Bradley and Sacre, the engineers of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, were present. The young woman 'Walton, who is amongst the dead, was on the eve of being married. A large number of persons have to-daY visited the scene of the collision. ANOTHER RAILWAY COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND LINE. At about six o'clock yesterday morning a Welling borough goods train came into serious collision with x goods train from Nottingham, near to the Kegwordt station upon the Midland Railway. Both engine' were much damaged, and several trucks war° thrown off the line. The line itself was much torn uPr and blocked both ways. The 2.40 mail train from Leeds, which should have left Trero at 5.46, did not leave until 7.30. and, owing to the block, was not able to get beyond liegworth until 9.15, reaching Leicester at 10. 20. The drivers and stokers of both engines escorte d unhurt. The London passengers were despatched by a special train an hour after. time. The collision was occa sioned by,the fog. THE RAIL WAY ACCIDENT NEAR HARROW. The inqviest on the bodies of the seven persons who met their deaths in the recent accident on the London and North-Western line was resumed yesterday, at tile Railway Inn, near Harrow. The first witness called was William Rutter, stoker to the second engine of the express, who gave evidence as to the state of the signals at Wembly and Harrow. He deposed to seeing the hand-light at Wembly, but not the light on the posts. He was on the left hand side of the 'engine, behind his mate, but could not see what was doing on the other engine, in consequence of the steam and the fog. He saw the Sudbury liehts which were white. He could see them mid not the Vembly lights, because the fog was thicker in the former place. After the collision he assisted a man and a woman from the tender, on to which they had been thrown by the force of the collision. Mr. Cawkwell, manager of the North-Western Line, gave evidence as to the rules of the Company and the general efficiency of the block system. He said he had been in the service of the company for twelve yeare,.and the block system was in operation before he came. The Coroner read an order issued by Mr. Cawkwell, ott the 4th November, 1870, calling attention to the careless and improper way in which the coupling system was carried out, and requiring in future that if any of the chains or coupling hooks should be too long to admit of the waggons being closely united, a special report must be made by the brakesman upon his way bill giving the number of the waggons that the notice of the waggon examiners might be called to the subject. That circular had not been generally put in force, but the company were considering the necessity of so doing. •By the Foreman : The character of the coupling rested with the builder. There was no certain mode of testing those couplings. A Juryman : Who was liable for the appointment of Charles Robinson as stationmaster ? Mr. Cawkwell : The traffic superintendent. By Mr. Webster (representative of the friends of Mr. Jeffrays, one of the killed) : There was no special rule to compel a signalman to use fog signals when the line was blocked. By the Foreman : It was impossible for the signalman at Wembley to tell the man at Harrow that the express had passed him if the signal wire was cut. By Ivor. Webster : It undoubtedly the duty of the men by Rule 38, immediately the goods train broke loose at .Harrow to have gone back and put down fog signals. . The white light in the box described by a pre vious witness would have been no sipal to a driver. The signalman should have been outside and waving his light. By Mr. Blenkinsopp (solicitor to the Company): The rule is that no signalman should be on duty more than twelve hours, but it appears that the men had made some arrangement that some of them should go home to enable them to go to market, and that made the night man's hours longer. An order was made by the directors to give effect to this desire. The absolute block system had been partly laid down on the North-Western line, and would shortly be completed. Colonel Hutchinson (Inspector of the Board of Trade) was the next witness sworn. The Coroner said the jury were in hopes that Colonel Hutchinson would give some scientific evidence as to what he had observed with regard to the working of the block system. Colonel. Hutchinson said I am afraid I must go to the causes of the accident, and that would imply neglect. Mr. Blenkinsopp suggested that the Colonel should give his evidence without the condemnation of any person. Colonel Hutchinson suggested that the Coroner should ask any questions he thought fit, which was agreed to. Colonel Hutchinson then said : The object of the block system was to observe a distance between trains following each other, that distance varying with the nature of the traffic and the 'nature of the line—averaging about three miles. The block system was not considered complete without distance signals, in addition to the block station signals, so th a t th e trains might be able to pull up at the stations in case of foggy weather or obstructed view. The permisSive block system threw the responsibility almost entirely on the drivers, whereas in the absolute block system there must be a mistake made both by the driver and signalman. The present accident might have occurred under this system if there was a dieregard of `the signals on both sides. He thought th e absolute block system made •drivers more obedient to signals than that which allowed them to pass them when the light AVIIS at caution. Colonel Hutchinson then read the evidence of Claridge, who was stoker on the express with Shelve3r, the deceased driver, and which tended to exonerate the, deceased from blame. The Colonel added that the break power ou the express was small, there being only two vans to nineteen vehicles. With regard to couplings, he thought the com panies should consider the expediency of introducing the double system. The inquiry wit s adjourned. . CRYSTAL PALACE. One Shilling Day, Tues day, December 13th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets 1,908 ; ditto on payment, 694 ; total visitors, 2,602. CAN AFFORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer (id. for a reply. Map of the World gratis in all Letts's ()thee Diaries. Letts's 6d. and Is. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible Ink for Postal Cards, 6d, per bottle. LAT] REPO It is co been retal convoys o prisoners, of troops An offs Ternment engageme the army till 5 30 r recapturii confirm 1 Severe on fallen as the losses In the' be develo river. 'I 33onrges. 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