The Sun. — London, England, 1867-11-25 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 907 lives from various ship wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £27,453 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,364 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 185 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TRIUMPHANT AND BRILLIANT SUCCESS. The Carnival of Venice, at the conclusion of the first act, has been unanimously pronounced by the press and the public to be one of the grandest spectacular effects ever witnessed on the stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the new Romantic Play, in 4 Acts, entitled THE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by 11:13.1, , Bernard from Lord Byron's Tragedy of " Marino Faliero," with additions from the Play of " Marino," by Cashner do la. Vigne, and Masically Illustrated by Selections from the Operas of "31irino " by Donizetti, and the "Duo Foscare" and "Bra 7o "of Verdi and Mercadante, with New and Magni ficent Ccenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. The music selected end arrai;o•ed by Mr. J. 11. Tully. The dances and panto mimic action devised by Mr. J. Cormack. The costumes and masks invented by Mr. R. W. Keene. The play will be produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. U. Cowper, H. Sinclair, E. Phelps, Barrett, James John stone, C. Warner, W. Mdatyre, C. Harcourt, Webb, F. 11_n - eland, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Grattan, &c. Increased orchestra and numerous chorus. To conclude with each evening THE LADIES' CLUB. Mesdames Beatrix Shirley, Kate Harfieur, Grattan, Huds peth, L. Wilmot, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff ; Messrs. J. Rouse, j Barrett, Harcourt, Sze. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. TH.EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Mans ;ger, Mr. Buckstono. THIS EVENING, THE WINNING CARD. Mr. Compton. After which, BROTHER SAM. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton, Johnstone, etc.; Mesdames Chip pendale, Robertson, Lewin, ire. To conclude with MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Mr. Chip pendale, Mr. Howe; Mrs. Chippendale, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feohter. THIS EVENING, at Eight, ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Vestvali ; Mercutio, Mr. Walter Lacy; Friar Laurence, Mr. Ryder; Nurse, Mrs. Marston; Juliet, Miss Milly Palmier. Preceded by, 'at Seven, PERFECTION. Messrs. J. Neville, Dalton, J. Francis; and Miss Maud Shelley. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. T HIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which (by particular desire), the celebrated co medy, by Tom Taylor, Esq , called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Principal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Terrot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Teriy, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT. Achille Telma Dufard (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. iv-TEIV QUEEN'S THEATRE - ROYAL. IN MR. and AIRS. ALFRED WIGAN Every Evening. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. Dion Boucicault; Messrs. Dominick Murray, E. Atkins, G. F. Nevile, J. G. Shore, H. Mellon, Gresham ; Miss Elsworthy, Miss L. Barnett, Mrs. 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 followed by NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Messrs. C. Mathews, Nevill, Addison, Soutar, and Farrell; Madame St. Henry. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A-YEAR. Messrs. 11. Wigan, Cooper, C. Mathews, and Farrell ; Mes dames L. Moore and St. Henry. To conclude with MY WIFE'S BONNET. Messrs. R. Soutar, H. Cooper, and J. G. Taylor; Mesdames L. Moore and E. Farren. Commenco at Seven. WIIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. IL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. _ _ _ Directress, Mrs. A2lfrt;d Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR WWIAN NEITHER. Messrs. G. Bell - nom, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mrs. Alfred After which, 29th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, G. Belinore, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billingtun, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. Mr. G. 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PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, AWARDED, OVER EIGHTY-TWO dOMPETITORS, THE HIGHEST FItEMIUM, A GOLD MEDAL, For the Perfection of SEWING MACHINES and BUTTON-HOLE MACHINES, THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL FOR THIS BRANCH OF MAN UFACT URE. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, lh. 10m. Afternoon, lh. 35m. To-Monßow.-Morning, lh. 51m. Afternoon, 2h. 12m P VFW 7'411 ro 41 I.:se • 4 %4 4 4 LONDON, MONDAY, NO V. 25, 1867. Saturday morning witnessed what has been termed " the solemn tragedy" at Manchester, and the three Fenian convicts underwent the extreme penalty of the law. In some respects it must be admitted that the intelligence is received with a sensation of relief, for the state of doubt and suspense into which some persons had worked themselves concerning the matter tended to confuse and excite the public mind, and to make the whole affair more painful than it naturally was to begin with. The Home Secretary has, indeed, been placed in a most trying position, and he has acquitted himself admirably of his responsible duty. It is long since a Minister of the Crown has found himself concerned in so involved a case, and one requiring so much care and discrimination as that Mr. HARDY has just had to deal with. On the whole he must be acknowledged by all compe tent to give an opinion that he has done all that he could under the circumstances, and due credit must also be awarded to those who acted under him. The whole of the arrangements connected with the executions at Manchester were most admirably conducted, and all possibility of a serious disturbance was thereby avoided. Barricades were erected in all suitable places, and the police and military were placed at all commanding points. One great evil that ensues from the perpetual agita tion which some people persist in keeping up when any criminal is sentenced to death is that it prevents the unfortunate convict from making up his mind to the fate before him. The unhappy men who expiated their crime, so far as human laws can make them, were under the expectation that a reprieve would be afforded to them, and hence were not so fully prepared as they might have been bad no officious intermeddlers intervened. At any rate the sad business is over now, and it is to be earnestly trusted that it will not be without its due effect upon those most immediately concerned. The many futile efforts that have been made to show that the death of Brett was not a murder, but partook more of the nature of a collision, and other arguments to the same effect, will be soon for gotten, and there will remain in remembrance the awful penalty paid by the three con victs who suffered on Saturday last for their grave offence against the law. We do not see how the Government could have acted otherwise than they did in coming to a deci sion on this point. Had these men been reprieved or pardoned, it would have been difficult, if not impos sible, for any future offenders on the same score to have been put to death ; and besides this, the cause of Fenianism imperatively called for a decisive check, if there was to be any chance of putting down its murderings and preserving order among the community. It is to be hoped that this solemn warning will not be throNln away, and that the mistaken and misguided men who are led away by the counsels of desperadoes and conspirators wil for the future take heed to their ways, and no compromise themselves so fatally in.the prosecution of their illegal schemes. All that leniency could do has been done by the authorities both in Ireland and in this country, and mercy had wellnigh set the decree of justice at nought, in the hope that better counsels might prevail. As this humane endeavour was not, however, suc cessful in its object, no course remained but to follow the sterner behests of the law. As respons- ible advisers to the Crown, and as the agents for upholding the law intact and inviolate for the security of the people, we do not see how the members of the Government could have acted otherwise than they did. Those who are still in clined to persist in their disapprobation of the executions of Saturday should consider to what length these conspirators have gone in the advocacy and furtherance of their extreme views, and the daring outrages to which they had resorted. Quite apart from the question of Fenianism at all, it could never have been permitted that a body of men should conspire together and form plans for the deliverance of those whom the magistrates had sentenced to a term of imprison ment, or remanded that their cases might have further investigation. How is order to be main tamed, and how are the decrees of justice to be carried out, if those who minister to them are to be the prey of lawless violence, without the prospect o: receiving that protection from the hands of the law which they have hitherto always received. Regret for the sufferings and sorrow for the losses of those who are faithful to the duties imposed on them are quite out of the question with those who take up the cause of the condemned with so much false judg- meat and mistaken zeal. We have all had enough o: their indignant protests and sentimental palliations of direct guilt, and may turn to other matters, in the full belief and confident expectation that all has. been done that the necessities of the case called for, and that therefore the public may lock forward to the speedy extinction of Fenianism, so far as it molests the peace and endangers the safety of her MAJESTY'S subjects. If such should unhappily not prove to be the case it will be necessary to take further measures, but for the present it is not at all unlikely that we have seen and heard the worst of this mischievous section, which seems to have be- come worso in its character, and more reckless in its contrivances, in proportion as more consideration was shown to it, and more mercy extended. A meeting of a very interesting nature was held on Thursday last at the London Tavern, Bishops gate, and, in the present condition of the poorer classes at the East end of London, it was one of considerable social importance. The distress and suffering, which, are always more or less chronic in those districts, have lately, owing to the long-con tinued depression of trade and unfavourable seasons, assumed formidable proportions, and the advent of winter increases their claims on the sympathy and assistance of their more fortunate neigh bours. It will be remembered that during the visitation of cholera iu 1866, from which the eastern families suffered so terribly, a wise and kindly scheme was set on foot by a lady whose name is as highly honoured in philanthropic circles as her husband's is in the financial and corn mercial;world. Mrs. GLADSTONE ascertained, when the first violence of epidemic had subsided, that many persons who had recovered from its attacks had afterwards fallen into bad health, and some times succumbed to fatal illness for want of change TIM SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1867. of air, good fc )ad, and wholesome lodging. This is no uncommon case among the struggling families of the very pc Axe, but the cholera did at least good service in call lug attention to some of their most pressing nee is. Mrs. GLADSTONE established a. Convalescen'J Home at Snaresbrook, Epping, in, order to meat such cases, and the result has been is most instances the complete recovery of ate sufferers. The Home has been in active operati on for some months, and has been reserved for m ale patients only, the Orphanage at Claptou being reserved for women and children. But so great. is the need for its assistance, and soo wide is the room for its influence, that its principal supporters held the meeting to which we have referred on Thurs day last, "for the purpose of considering the ques tion of providing additional accommodation for convalescent; from the east of London." The charity did not want for able and eloquent advo cates of its claims. Air. GLADSTONE was, of course, the principal speaker, and forcibly argued the case of the lingering convalescent. " Were they," he asked, "to say that fresh air, and the sights and scenes of the country had ceased to renovate health, were mere matters of fancy and imagination, and that they could, with a safe conscience, put them by as things not required to be supplied ? Did not the citizens of London for themselves value fresh air ?" The right hon. gentleman went on to refer to the increasing demand for suburban residences among the wealthy citizens who were in the enjoyment of full health. How much more urgently then must a change of scene be re quired by the sick man in the close, unwholesome dwellings of the poor ? In support of this argu ment he quoted a passage from the Lancet on the subject of convalescent hospitals, in which the writer declares that in many instances such a change would suffice to alter the whole course and character of a disease. " When hospital physicians," says the Lancet, " have exhausted their means of giving tone and strength, when meat and wine and quinine are scarcely seen to further the patient's progress, then there will remain the best tonic of the list, a change from brick walls and narrow streets and city air to open country and green fields. A little reflection on the unhealthy and monotonous surroundings of the sick poor, especially in the east of London, will enable the most unimaginative man to understand what a powerful instrument of health a convalescent hospital will be to them." 'Well might Mr. GLADSTONE say that, after reading the above passages, that he thought that portion of the case was complete. He went on to examine the statistics of the question, and said he had been told that of the 40,000 patients who pass through the London hospitals in one year one-tenth should have access to a convalescent hospital but at present there are only 200 beds for them all So strong is the conviction of the need for such es- tablishments growing that two of our wealthy hos pitals, St. George's and St. Bartholomew's, are about to supply them for themselves ; but as Mr. GLADSTONE reminded his hearers, these will only benefit the west and north-west of London, and it was the east they were called upon to succour. Two principles are laid down as fundamental rules of the institution, which are both excellent. The first provides that it shall be altogether free, and the advantage of this will be at once perceived when it is remembered that the sufferer is able to contribute nothing to the support of his 'amily if a man, and if a woman a child has donbt- less occasioned them much expense by illness. The other rule, equally unassailable, is, that there should be no regard to religious distinctions—that members of every denomination should be received with equal readiness and equal favour. Mr. GLADSTONE, in closing his able address, answered, by anticipa tion, an objection which he thought might be raised on account of the badness of the times. The capita. of the country, he said, had undergone no diminu- tion, but the increase which the capitalists made was less this year than usual. Surely, then, they should remember that a bad year for the capitalist was a bad year for the labouring classes too, and the urgency of the duty was increased of providing for th© alleviation of their distress. Lord CRANBORNE, who followed, spoke in the same strain, and re- minded his hearers that in cases of sickness there could be no imposture, but the assistance required could never be given by the Poor Law, whose essence must always be caution and the avoidance of liberality. We hope that with such powerful ad- vocates the claims of the Convalescent Hospital to support will be readily admitted by the public. Our hospitals always meet with encouragement and approval from all classes of the community, and the benefits which Mrs. GLADSTONE'S design affords to a very wide range of sufferers have only to be more widely known to be recognised with equal sympathy. The convalescent poor man has often more to endure than the actual invalid— stricken down, incapable. He is forced to struggle against weakness, unsupported by the food and the stimulants he needs, unrefreshed by the rest he requires. With the kindly and timely aid of the Snaresbrook Home his prospects for the future will be more cheering. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at St. Cloud, at which the Emperor presided. There is no news of importance to-day, foreign or domestic, and not a word about Italy in the Moniteur. Indeed the Moniteur is crammed to day, as yesterday, with diplomatic documents which would fill volumes, an analysis of which I must reserve for another day. Its report of the proceed ings in the Chambers yesterday is so extensive as to preclude the admission of any miscellaneous matter. There was nothing of importance in the Parliamentary proceedings. The French public seem to take more interest just now iu the proceed ings of the Fenians than in their own affairs. An account of the execution of the three men at Man chester is published in the papers to-day, and is the absorbing topic of comment and attention. Several writers presage great difficulties for England conse quent upon the present phase of the Fenian demonstra tions. They do not seem to understand these men were executed for murder, and not because they were Fenians. The Lower Prussian Chamber is now occupied with the motio❑ of M. Lasker, having for object the abolition of the proceedings taken against the Deputies Twesten and Frentzei, charged with hay ing defamed the official authorities, and with the completion of a law giving a full interpretation to Article 84 of the Prussian Constitution, which would confer upon the National Chambers the privileges of inviolability enjoyed by the members of the Reichstag. It seems very doubtful whether the law will be adopted. The Saxon Chamber has terminated the general discussion upon the financial Budget of 186 S-1869. The budget of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was agreed to in all its details. Yesterday a very useful and benificent arrange ment for the benefit of the poor of Paris was com menced. An apparatus was established in various districts for cooking, the chief expense being borne by the Imperial Prince. These cooking kitchens are called furneaux economiques of the Imperial Prince. The poor can have a wholesome and copious repast for five sous, or twopence halfpenny, consisting of a plate of soup, a plate of cooked meat, plate of vegetables, rice soup, and bread, that is to say each for a sou. The bureaux of the Legislative Body have unani- mously agreed to the two requests to make interpol lations upon the subject of the late expedition to Rome, and the maintenance of the temporal power of the Pope. The request made by M. Jules Favre for permission to put questions relative to the foreign policy of the Government was agreed to by eight bureaux out of nine. The request rela tive to the application of the laws regarding in dividual liberty and the general internal policy of the Government was rejected by six bureaux against three. The English papers lately gave an account of the murder of a M. Blum in the street at San Francisco. M. Isaac Auguste Blum was a Parisian, formerly a pupil of the Polytechnic School, and a man of great scientific attainments. He wrote several works connected with algebra and mathematics. In 1848 he was an ardent and zealous Republican, and his political manifestations led him into some trouble. He founded a journal called La Science, which entailed pecuniary difficulties, and he was imprisoned at Clichy. When the creditors of M. Blum became tired of keeping him in prison he went to Russia and obtained employment as an. engineer on the railway, by which he soon retrieved his bad fortune. From there he went to California, where he obtained so much gold as to become very rich. At the time he was murdered he had 50,00 Of in gold and notes about him. The Municipal Commission of Albano have pre sented an address to the Pope, protesting energeti cally against the Garibaldian invasion, and expres sive of their sentiments of love, fidelity, and venera tion towards the Holy Father. The Academy of Fine Arts have elected M. Labrouste to the place vacant in the architectural section. Up to the present time the Government has not received any official account of the adhesion of the Pope to the proposed Conferencd. It is believed that his Holiness will consent to it under certain reservations.. According to a Berlin paper, Prussia takes the same view of the Conference as England. According to the monthly statistics published by the municipality of Paris, in the month of August, there was only one completely fine day, and it rained throughout eight entire days. The number of births in that month was 4,636-2,400 boys and 2,236 girls. The number of deaths was 3,368- 1,949 males and 1,719 females. The number of births, therefore, exceeded that of the deaths by 968. The number of marriages in the mouth was 1,601. Of these persons made happy by law, 208 were not able to sign their names to the contract which consolidated their happiness. In the month of September there were only three entirely fine days, and there were 14 rainy days. In that month the number of births was 4,345 ; the deaths were 3,554. They included 48 suicides. The number of marriages was 1,365. Thirty-two of the men and 130 of the fair brides could not write their names. The march of intellect progresses but slowly in some cases. But, however, if these persons had been more enlighened perhaps they would not have decided upon marriage. The sun rose this morning with as much bril liancy as was ever seen in the height of summer. All day we have had uninterrupted sunshine and a magnificent blue sky. When the Emperor of Austria was in Paris, his Majesty was particularly struck with that portion of the Palace of the Luxembourg which faces the fountain de Medicis, recently under restoration. These -were the apartments of Marie de Medicis, where the memorable events of the Day of Dupes took place. A gentleman connected with the Palace mentioned some historical facts to the Emperor which deeply interested his Majesty. In 1630 Marie de Medicis came to reside at the Luxembourg, and Cardinal Richelieu occupied the Petit Luxem bourg at the same time. King Louis XIII. was at the Hotel d'Ancre, Rue de Tournon. The Queen wished to get rid of the Cardinal. She and her son were conversing on the subject,when Richelieu, w h o _. . . _ _ _ . was well advised of what was going on, knocked at the door. It was not opened. Richelieu went down a private staircase, and reached the cabinet of Marie de Medicis. Marie de Medicis and the King saw the Cardinal at the door. He merely said " I wanted to convince myself that you were talking about me." King Louis XIII. was seized with stupor, and the Queen addressed words of insult to the Cardinal, both in French and Italian. The King left precipitately for his hotel, and ordered his car- riage for Versailles. The Cardinal was not to be beaten. lie pretended to go to Reuil, but reached Versailles as soon as the King. The Queen Mother, believing that a separation had been effected between the King and the Minister, sent for the diploma tists of her party to the Luxembourg ; but while they were rejoicing at the Luxembourg in their triumph, a messenger came from the King that he had seen the Cardinal at Versailles, and that there was entire reconciliation between them. The cour. tiers who came to Marie de Medicis to rejoice left the apartments to grieve. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip. L ATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 24 (Evening). The Italie of to-day says :—Some foreign jour nals have pretended that the French Minister of Foreign Affairs had sent a reply couched in some what short terms to a letter sent by General Menabrea. The assertion is inexact, as no such reply exists or could exist. The letter of General Menabrea alluded to was addressed to the Chevalier de Nigra, and had no other object than to indicate the point of view taken by the Government in the Roman question. We believe that the relation of the two Govern ments, even after this letter, have taken a character which has nothing alarming for the friends of Italy. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 25. The Imperial proclamation, announced yesterday, orders a conscription of four in every 1,000 of the population, and not in every 100 as stated. QUEENSTOWN, NOT. 25. The Cunard extra steamship Tarifa, from New York, arrived here at 8.15 a.m. to-day, with 144 r assen g ers. She landed despatches and 45 pas sengers, and proceeded from Liverpool at 8.30 a.m. All well. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 23.—Since the opening of business a general recovery has occurred. The market closed as follows :-- 4i per Cent. End of month... ItaPan Loan 3 per Cent End of month GB 70 Mexican Loan ... Credit Mobilier 170 Do. Bonds End of month... 168 75 Spanish Threes — Credit Foncier ...1365 Home Debt — End of m0nth...1366 25 Deferred RAILWATS. Account Orleans Northern 11621 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ 550 Western Eastern • • ••• Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 45 5031 341 f 65 100 48' A MONSTER SALMON.—What must have been the sensations of Captain Tinkler when, on Thursday last, in a reftell of the Tweed, between Coldstream and Corn-hill, ho landed a salmon-monster weighing over 511b5.? It must have taken him some time to realise h's proud position as the capturer of the largest salmon on record over secured by rod and line; and he may have led himself up to the full realisation of his triumph by some such sliding scale of pis cine dimensions as the Highland ministerusod to familiarise his hearers with in the terrible imam of the fish that swallowed Jonah —" Was it a herrin', my brethren," qucth he, " that swallow't the prophet ? Na, my brethren, for though a man can swallow a herrin' a herrin' canna swal low a man. Was it a sealchie, my brethren ? Na, but ye're comin' nearer it. It was a whale, my brethren !" And a veritable whale was this unprecedented capture of Captain Tiuklor's in Tweed waters, measuring 41t. 3in. from the tip of the snout to the middle of the tail, and girthing over 29 Larger salmon have been captured with the net but no angler ever brought to bank such a Triton. Verily,. the captain's tackle must have been strong and his wrist §upple.—London iScotenan. LITERATURE. " CAVENDISH" ON WHIST. THE BELGRAVIA ANNUAL. By M. E. Braddon. Ward, Lock, and Tyler. Miss Braddon's Christmas Supplementary Double Number of her popular magazine —an extraordinary number, but just now published under the above mentioned title as the Belgravia Annual—is cer tainly a very marvel and paragon among all such seasonable instalments of light literature. Half a dozen years ago the Annual now purchaseable for one shilling would have readily secured for itself an honourable circulation at half-a-crown. Five and -twenty years ago it would as certainly have won its way at a price something more nearly approaching to half-a-guinea. It is, in truth, a marvel of cheapness, of beautiful typography, of graceful alid imaginative illustration, of animated and entertaining narrative—never dull, full of vivacity, often laughter-moving, here and there mastering the reader's interest by a very glamour of fascination. Although issued at no more than a shilling, the letterpress numbers upwards of 128 pages of original matter, penned by hands as skilled among our feuilletonists or magazine contributors as Miss Braddou herself, Walter Thornbury, George Augustus Sala, William Sawyer, Ashley Sterry, Hume Butler, and Alfred Crowquill. Although issued —we cannot help repeating it—at no more than one shilling. it contains within it, besides a variety of whimsical wood-cuts interspersed among the body of the letter-press, eight full-page em bellishments, most of them charmingly engraved from peneillings by Thomas Beech, F. W. Lawson, llablot Knight Browne, Alfred Thompson, Louis Huard, J. C. Staniland, Thomas Gray, and (again) Alfred Thompson. There is—just to begin with—a tale entitled " Found in the Muniment Room," by the author of " Lady Aud ley's Secret." There is a tale of Baby lon called " King Esar's Slave," by (sounding rather incongruously one must admit) the author of " Kiddle-a-wink." There is a story of a Knocker, by J. R. Ware, in relation to a place known as " Abbey House." Thera is T. IL S. Escott's story of " A Madman." There is an Acting Charade with four funny little illustrations, to say nothing of illustrative music as well. There is a :Last Relique of Father Prout, yclepped " Saint Patrick and the Serpent," with a comical cut by Phiz. There is Charles Chel tn a m's Legend of Hunaudaye, with four iabolically grotesque limnings, by W. Brun- There is Ada Buisson's " Story Told n a Church"—and W. Sawyer's " Legend of Verity's Court"—and Babington White's "Doro thy's Rival" and C. H. Ross's " Elopement in High Life"—told by no less than thirty of his absurdly odd illustrations. Besides which there are other ton. contributions not yet particularised—namely, " Christmas Eve," " Kismet," " A Life Watch," "The Water Spirit," " On Some Christmas Bells," "The Death's Head Club," "The Children's Crusade" (being a Ballad of the Thir teenth Century), " Cora, a Psychological Mys tery," " The Serious Ball," " Nicodemus," and " Unconsolable"—various, no doubt, in merit, but none of them below the level of the majority of " Christmas Numbers"--a melange of prose and verse by authors and artists of more or less known ability, such as will gladden many a hearth and en liven manya firelit hour during the more social even ings at home of the now fast approaching month of December. In her new Annual for the Yuletide of 1867-1868 the glow of the indoor fire light and the sheen of the out-door snow has for once transformed into scarlet and white the delicate green cover of the now popular Belgravia. Gunn's ALMANACK (for 1868) —again appear betimes. Published by W. Stevens, of 421,s Strand—it is now in the twenty-seventh year of its publication. And, as an omniunz gatherum of use ful facts and information, it is certainly as full as an egg is of meat, according to the old adage. A mass of statistics, such as this, could alone be the result of many years of carefully revised' compila tion. CASSELL'S POPULAR EDUCATOR—Part I. and Number I. (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin)—begins, now, week by week, and month by month, a re issue—in the form of a beautiful New Edition, revised up to the present date, and embellished with . . a portrait of the Earl of Derby, K.G., the work in this new form having been dedicated by special permission to the Prime Minister of England. 'The republication of " Cassell's Popular Educator" thus revised, and in a serial shape so wonderfully cheap as to place it within reach of every thrifty artizan in the:land, is of itself an immense oppor tunity for the intelligent labouring population throughout the United Kingdom. Of this oppor tunity, the wiser among them should at once avail themselves. For, of the work, as a whole, we might say as the graceful epigramatist said of the pretty woman—to know her, to see her (here, we would say, merely, to read it, to know it) is of itself a liberal education. THE NAVAL MEDICAL SEE VICE.—We are pleased to find that the naval medical service is again becoming popular among the students at the principal schools. as twelve candidates lately went up for examination at Somerset House, and it is satisfactory to know that the whole body passed with a considerable degree of éclat. —Army and Navy Gazette. HARE SHOOTING IN PERTHSHIRE.—Ths principal sport at present is hare shooting, and there have been numerous hunts of late. The hares are very numerous, and the sport has been good. A largo quantity of game has been killed of late on the preserves of Drummond Castle, tenanted last year by Mr. Cunliffo Brooks, and the year previous by Lord Ravensworth. The shooting in 1866 was very superior, which, with the loss through the disease, has thinned the preserves considerably. They are, however, generally among the best stocked in the shire. This year there was no tenant. —The Sporting Gazette. An exquisite New Edition—the Eighth—of this master-authority upon the King of Games has just now been issued, with an anticipative eye to 18G8, by the Messrs. Thomas De la Rue and Company. It is the very model for a pocket imprint of just such a peerless handbook as this one by Cavendish. Solidly, yet elegantly bound—easily opened by means of its tenacious yet flexible back—printed with the clearest type and the blackest ink on the glossiest ivory paper--daintily embellished (in red and black on the title page, in gilt and blind tooling on the outer cover) with quadruple symbols of the suits variegating the familiar pack—pleasantly suggestive of those silent, wax-lit hours, when— " Clubs, diamonds, hearts in wild disorder seen, - With throngs promiscuous, strew the level green," as Pope sings (is it not in the " Rape of the Lock ?")—this new edition of " The Laws and Prin ples of Whist," once seen, becomes a necessity—. nota luxury, but a positive necessity—to every whist player. Every one who knows the book (and what whist-player knows it not ?) knows perfectly well already that the laws and principles of whist, as they are therein set forth, are stated and explained on an entirely original system--the practice of the game being illustrated by means of hands played completely through. Since the previous, that is to say the seventh, edition of Cavendish was issued from the press, it is especially worthy of note that the Laws of Whist have been revised by the Arling ton and Portland Clubs—those revised laws having been very generally adopted. Empowered to print the Club Code verbatim, the author has here, in his own handbook (thereby in a manner perfecting it), availed himself of that permission. All the " General Principles"—readers of the book will understand at once what is thereby meant—have been, in this new edition of the work, very carefully revised. Several new cases and decisions have been either supplemented or interpolated. The hands, again, have been recast, and in lieu of the symbols formerly used, sets of charming little diagram cards have been substituted, to the great adornment of the book, and to the very great simplification of the explanations. Altogether the volumette, as it now appears, could not well have been brought out more temptingly. It has been produced in a manner worthy of a book which is a very bijou among handbooks—Cavendish being as indisputably the Authority among Whist-players, as Bradshal,ve i s among railway-travellers, or as Murray is among Coutinental-tourists. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN IE4 TER COLOURS. WINTER EXHIBITION OF SKETCHES. At this gloomy season of the year the winter exhibitions of the several societies afford a pleasant diversion from the prevailing dulness. The annual exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours is always one of the most attractive, and this year it offers no exception to the rule. There are the old names and the old subjects, though of course with new faces. We have Mr. Brittan Willis's inimitable cattle, Mr. Nash's carefully de signed interiors, Mr. Jack Sou's exquisite landscapes, Mr. Goodall's picturesque Pyrenean maidens, and many another familiar friend. John Gilbert has but two studies, but these show that he has not been idle. No. 26, "The Battle of the Standard," is a vigorous painting, with all his characteristic firmness and boldness of design. Horse and man are trodden down in the struggle, but peril to life or limb is little heeded in the excitement of the contest. No. 193, " Cardinal Wolsey," shows the haughty priest. meditating on the king's choice of a wife. The gloom on his brow illustrates Norfolk's eager comment— " Observe, observe, he's moody ;" and the imperious impatience of his air reflects the arrogance of his decision— "No, I'll no Bullens for him." The figure pieces are lets numerous than the landscapes or architectural sketches, but what there are are mostly of a high order. Mr. Walter Goodall's " Study iu Pyrenees," No. 19, shows a girl seated thoughtfully by her spinning wheel. There is no story to the name, but the melancholy attitude, and the idle wheel might fitly serve to illustrate Mrs. Browning's pathetic ballad, whose refrain is— " And now my spinning is all done." Another similar subject by the same hand "Player in Pyrenees" is well and carefully painted, and at once attracts the eye. Very graphically and very naturally told is " The Sexton's Story," No. 152, by T. R. Lamont, who has several other sketches, all full of promise. Carl Haag in his " Halt at the Pyramids" gives us the indications of what we may expect from the finished picture. Mr. Haag has drawn most of his inspiration this year from Egyp tian ground, " Cairo" and " The Sphinx," being among his most prominent studies. "The Akropolis at Athens," although perhaps losing some of its classic association on his canvas, stands out vividly and forcibly in contrast to softer and more smil ing scenes. Some of John and William Callow's landscapes are very beautiful. Four small pictures in two frames, Nos. 190 and 191, will well repay close examination. Mr. Jackson's views show us real land and water, whether on "the Lock at Twilight," No. 298 ; "At Wargrave," No. 268; in " Sunshine after Rain," No. 106 ; or under an " Autumn Sunset," No. 319. Birket Foster has only two small groups on the screens, Nos. 356 and 373, but these are eminently charac teristic. Some of Mr. Collingwood's sketches show very varied powers. There could scarcely be a stronger contrast than between a tapestried cham ber of the middle ages and the wild scenery of Snow don and Penmaluaur, but they are each very faithfully rendered. Mr. Burgess's " Tomb of the Cardinal d'Amboise in Rouen Cathedral," No. 144, is one of his happiest efforts ; and Mr. Topham's " Spanish Letter-writer," intended fora larger pic- ,ure, is nicely painted and well grouped. Of course, we could not have an exhibition without seeing Naples and Venice on several parts of its walls, but Mr. C. Goodall's " On the Lagoons" is a much hap pier effort than the same artist's more ambitious "Venice from the Giardini Publici." " Summer Afternoon at Rotterdam," No. 145, by Mr. G. H. Andrews, is good, and his "Illustrations of British Fisheries," No. 171, is one of the notabilities of the Exhibition. We have the fisherman's life under all its varieties of aspect, from shrimps to cod, from eels to whiting, and Old Billingsgate forms the ap propriate centre-piece. Mr. Nash seems to have taken a particular fancy for medixval drawing - rooms, though he has a few less formal. sub jects. Mr. Brittan Willis's cattle, sheep, and horses are all excellent. Ilis " Highland Oxen's Head," No. 266 ; his " Sketch of Farm Houses," 237 ; " Sheep's Head," 205 ; and Sketches of Cattle," 188, are all admirable. Another artist, who bids fair to attain celebrity in the same line, is Basil Bradley, whose " Accepted Challenge," 244, would alone preserve his reputa tion ; but another equally successful is a horse's head, No. 208. Mr. B. Jones has several daring and original but scarcely satisfactory sketches. No. 358, "A Study" (certainly not a brown but a blue one !), gives no unfair specimens of his vigor ous but wayward hand. Very beautiful are some of Mr. Valentine Bartholomew's sketches of " Flowers from Nature," rivalled by Mr. George Rosenberg's prints. The ladies are not without their laurels, and in this particular department of flower painting Miss Marion Harrison is a formid able competitor to the most skilful. Her " Rhodo dendrons," No. 82, and " Spring Flowers," No. 155, make us forget that November fogs are in the ascendant and frost and snow close at hand. Mrs. Criddle is a more ambitious but less pleasing artist, while Miss Gillies is a painstaking and industrious exhibitor. There are many other sketches of great merit scattered throughout the Exhibition, more especially some of the Highland and mountain land scapes; and at least we may congratulate ourselves that so far as the Water Colour Society is concerned our artists are losing nothing in imagination or in execution. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 24. This morning, about one o'clock, as Inspector Burke and a constable were standing at the door of the police-station in Sackville-lane, in this city, a man, who had a companion, deliberately fired at them from the corner of the laneway that opens into Earl-street. The policemen immediately pur sued the assassins, but they mingled with the per sons passing down an adjoining street, and were lost. Search was made for the bullet, but only some half-burnt wadding could be found. Dublin is un usually quiet. Yesterday evening mobs attacked several bakers' shops in Belfast, and the police had to charge the mobs and drive them away by force. On Friday night, when returning from the fair of Ballymahon, county Langford, a respectable farmer, named Waters, was barbarously murdered by being stabbed in the chest. He was found dead on the public road next morning near his own house. No motive is known for the deed, nor is there any clue to the assassin. The deceased was a Protes tant, and by some his murder is attributed to Fenianism, as ho had been heard speaking strongly about the Manchester convicts that evening. The news of the execution of the Fenian mur derers in Manchester has not elicited any demon stration of sympathy or indignation Here. While every person of humane and generous feeling must deplore the necessity of vindicating the law by so terrible an example, yet a deep impression prevails that no other course was left open to the authorities after the attempts at intimidation which were made by the friends of the prisoners. There is reason to expect that it will have a salutary effect upon the disaffected classes. They have been taught by a certain class of journals to believe that under no circumstances would the British Government ven ture to enforce the extreme penalty even for the highest crime known to the law where it can be constructed as a political offence. They are now un deceived and, it is to be hoped, will profit by the lesson. The "national" press is, of course, highly incensed at the failure of their efforts to frighten the Government, and speak in no measured terms of the conduct of the jury, the Judges, and the Crown. The Nation, which is the most able and respectable of the popular organs, has an article on what it calls " the tragedy at Manchester," and another article, headed " Hypocrisy unmasked," and written in the same spirit, discusses at length the evidence given at the trial, and asserts that upon such grounds the Crown might doom three-fourths of the population of Ireland to the fate of the con victs. The Irishman is published in mourning sheets. There is DO expression of repentance for the lang guage which it used—indiscreet, to say the least-- while the fate of its friends was trembling in the balance. final 4 "'" II ER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess W I " trice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service in the private chapel. The Rev. Charles Vaughan, D.D., Chaplain in Ordi ll3 l to the Queen, preached the sermon. REI? OLIJESTI'S BUCKIIOUNDS. The Royal pack met on Friday last at Buck-bridge, ne' r Binfield. A young untried deer was uncarted at West ley bridge, in that neighbourhood, and went away to Jellot'b" hill, Binfield, and on towards Billingbear, and near to the Warren House turned back to Biufield, the bottom of Cab" bage-hill, close by Hawthorne-hill, in Mr. Blane's Park' Winkfiold, where it was taken after ono of the best and fastest runs of the season, occupying ono hour and thirty minutes, over a good country, with plenty of stiff fences , which caused spills and loose horses to be unusually num , '" rous. We are sorry to state that this young and promising . deer had an effusion of blood on the chest, causing it to be killed. Lord Colvillo was present, and rode well up to the hounds, and escaped all casualties. Thera was a very larg ° attendance. On Monday the meet was at Hillingdon village,. whero, there was also a l argo fi e ld , an d the deer, " The Doc tor,' sas turned out a t M r . B ra b ury ' s farm, Long-lane, and he went away p o i n ti ng f or I c k en h am village, but being headed by a keeper, he turned short to the left into Swakeloy's ,Park, where ho again got headed, and turned short back across Mr. Mills's Park, on by Hillingdon" common, Hayes, Orawfoa, and Harlington, an d ran veil fast down by H a tt on an d B e df ont to the South-Weste rn Railway, which h o crosse d near the Reformatory, an d o n into Feltham village, where ho was taken in the wheel" wright's shop, after a run of one hour and a half. Thera woro a great m an y f a ll s, an d at ono fence a " dou bl e . There were several horses down at ono time. Covent Garden Theatre. Performed for the first time in England, at the aboVe 'ar-famed establishment on Monday last, where it is con ;limed nightly to crowded audiences, Offenbach's cele brated operatic extravaganza, " The Grand Duchess o f Gerolstein," has already achieved is great hold on publ i c favour, which will doubtless be considerably increase d when the work becomes more generally known an d appreciated. At the outset, however, we must be Per mitted to express the general opinion which provallg amongst those who have had opportunities of witnessing the performance at Paris, where Mademoiselle Schneider in the part of the Grand Duchess has obtained for herself so great a reputation, that there appears a general tame ness, a want of vivacity in the different parts which, at any rate on the stage, is one of the most successful charac teristics of Continental nations, and, in this particular in" stance, unquestionably most important qualification for the success of the author's production. In the English;ver sion, which has been translated by Charles Lamb Kennel , it is reduced to three acts, and several modifications and improvements have been made since tho opening night. The plot is by no means an intricate one, and it intended as a skit upon one of the German Principalitie s in the early part of last century. The Grand Duchess (Miss Julia Matthews), like most young ladies of a similar age (twenty), does not seem to know exactly what is the matter with her, and shows an inclination to bestow her affections in the most unsuitable direction. Moreover, 5 century and a half ago ladies of her exalted rank had op" portunities of indulging in two passions —love and war , her taste for which aro the leading features throughou the piece. Private Fritz (Mr. W. Harrison) is the unfor tunate victim selectedlor the "ups and downs" of fortune, and in the first act rapidly advances, through the favour of the Grand Duchess, who singles him out at a review °f her troops, from the rank of a private to that of Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, &c., until it culminates in his aP" pointment as Commander-in-Chief, Baron Vermuth, Von Boch-Bier, and Count Thschalkscoren Vergi ss-3fein - Nicht. In the meantime, General Boom (Mr. Aynslel Cook) suffers from the inevitable consequence s of the favouritism displayed towards Fritz, an d is removed from his command, whilst Baron Puc k (Mr. Frank Matthews), who has been preceptor to his so- • vereign, to relieve symptoms of uneasiness and pre-occupa tion which have become apparent in the Grand Duchess, has declared war, is unable to stem the tide of affairs, and although Prince Paul (Mr. Stoyle), who is engaged to be e r Royal Highness, patheti ca lly pl ea d s hi s su i t, ho i s pu t oft uutil another day, notwithstanding his fascinating aPPear ance in the gorgeous costume of a bridegroom. Wand(' (Miss Augusta Thomson), whose part is an important one, and played to p , rfection, has caused the Grand Duchess several disagreeable sensations from her attachment to the favourite Fritz. The most striking melodies in the first act are— "Oh ! I doat on the Military," and "Lo, here the sabre of my Sire !" which were rendered by Miss Julia Matthews in charming style, and met with an enthu siastic reception. This young lady is remarkably self possessed, dresses in excellent taste, and her attitudes on the stage aro entirely in keeping with the character she sustains ; but there were one or two occasions when, Ive thought, a little more dash and spirit would have made her acting more perfect. Tho second act represents a scene in an apartment of the Palace wherein Baron Grog (Mr. Odell) is introduced as an envoy extraordinary of the Elector of Steis-Steis" Steis Langerhosen Shortsenburg, Prince Paul's father, and is led to suppose he is to have an audience with her Royal Highness; but, as it turns out, General Fritz is re turning to court the same day crowned with victory, the audience is deferred to a future period. A grand Court is held in honour of General Fritz, who, at the request of the Grand Duchess, describes in a rondo the laughable denouement of his success. Her Highness then dismisses the Court, in consequence of certain weighty interests of State requiring a private interview with General Fritz, when decidedly the most amusing interlude of the whole affair is enacted, and poor Fritz is sorely tempted in his faith to Wanda on behalf of a lady of the Court, in whose interest the Grand Duchess entreats him in the most im passioned and fascinating manner. This may be the more readily appreciated, if it is understood that the love -making was on hor own bchalf. Ho resists these overtures and a" tains the permission of her Highness to marry Wanda. Meanwhile a conspiracy to destroy him is:being carried on byWrince Paul, Gen. Boom, and Baron Puck, in which the Grand Duchess joins, naturally disgusted with her favo- rite's ingratitude-I'Th° curtain falls on a grand tableau in which Fritz and Wanda (in bridal apparel) pay their respects to the Grand Duchess, attended by a retinue of the ladies and nobles of the court. In the Third Act the Grand Duchess has an interview with the conspirators , amongst whom Baron Grog, whom she sees for the first time, takes her fancy, and obtains the audience which had so long been denied him, whilst the others are despatched to make the final arrangements for the assassination of General Fitz. On their return the Grand Duchess has changed her mind, and refuses to have the favorite killed, but does not object to their playing him a trick to gratify their revenge, and at the same time consents to a betrotha l . _ with Prince Paul. In furtherance of this school e the unfor- tunate Fritz, who has been incessantly disturbei during the wedding night by having too many well-wishers, i 0 suddenly called upon to meet the enemy, who are reported to have crossed the frontier ; but General Boom at once despatches him to a spot where, instead of finding some Of ' • ' his troops, ho meets with an indignant husband, Who OP' posing him to be General Boom, and a surreptitious visitor to his wife, soundly thrashes him with a walking' stick. On limping back to the camp he describes his suffer ings to the Grand Duchess, who is more exasperated by by the appearance of " the sabre of my Sire," which is S O battered that it presents a tolerable resemblance to a cork" screw or second-rate toasting fork. Her Highness takes advantage of the opportunity aad strips him of all 1 previously acquired honours, but as he wants to learn to, read and write, ho is made village schoolmast er in accordance with his suggestion. Prince Paul is made happy at last, but not until Baron Grog, who evidently looked like stepping into Fritz's shoes, was discovered to possess a wife and three small children. We had almost forgotten to allude to Nepomuc (Mr. Fred. Payne) wh° s° pantomimic action as an aide-de-camp was exceedingly droll, and afforded intense amusement to the audience. The music, which is of the most pleasing nature, 161 admirably performed under the superintendence of 311.' Betjemann. A meeting has been held to-day to :receive the report of the Oriental Gas Company, which stated , that in submitting to the shareholders a, stateme nt ~f accounts for the twelve months ending 30th June last, the directors had the pleasure to state that the progress of the Company bad been such as to satisfy their fullest expectatio ns. It was announced in the last report that about 200 street lamps of the existing contract remained to 11 put up, but this number was subsequently increased to 265, to which must be added 33 public lamps erected on the Maidau by order of the authorities, making a total increase of 298 public lights during the year. Since June last an order has been re; ceived from the autho'rities for the erection of 3 0 x additional public lamps. The general revolt° account shows a balance available for dividend--; after adding £l,OOO to the reserve fund ---01 £12,192 ss. 10d., from which the directors reeeni; mend a distribution of 6 per cent., free of /n om , tax, payable on the 3rd day of December n ext, making, with the interim payment of 3 per cent. (i: sth June last, a total dividend of 9 per cent. for tl;i year. . -_ 31' In the change t rate jug, are niain In. the quiet, ai grow n a Barley, while floc the lic Associ.ti ac cept th Yearly Them: of £599 debt of F The A pro spectu of Li eac smelting Juan, a tun es an any cash el Pended 11 P by "ar e; no Cent. shal Other p a id are i n a % or6e niSati lar ge seal( no w yield Etri cted at t hey are t he arran i be convey transfer Ap u u..2 A s'rlea ti 1 V .11° at ic tid al ; c tt„ 4 ret „,, •er j th e 1" , and eh ing 13°litilt4 Br quc -, 3 1 e al 2 43BAat t o ; : 35, 1 vr azad, t 1/ °).) lit utit 4 -2 ltri co 4449 rby e3 s