The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-03 00:00:00

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Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c., post free. Established 1841 A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommiesion to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to It. MABBISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. QANIARITA N FREE HOSPITAL for WO MEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women 2,746 patients ware treated last month without letters of recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, ooutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square. —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom, Bonverie, and Oo.—The Committee APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days to out-patients who are treated without letters of recommendation. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary. ricHE ASSOCIATION for th e WELFARE o f 1 the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road. Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Institution affords employment in various ways to 172 blind men and women. Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind who cannot earn their own living. 500 blind men and women am applying for help, which cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON. The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses. Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the last six years. GEORGE WOOD, Secretary. KO AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women : 2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Contts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSrIY COLLEGE HOSPITAL —Accidents and Sickness. —CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv solicited to meet the annual expenses, which exceed the income by f 4,000. The committee also plead for help for the sick children, the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the charity. HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary. L"RIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMAL PREVICNITTIO and BEFORILLTOBY IN STITTITION. President—Rev. °ANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for titosu pportofthelinmite in 1888 are ear. neatly solicited, which may be sont to bankers, Messrs. Bloc gnat, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls lisq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. FORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury:-1 give and bequeath to tho Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in 1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use of the said Hospital. The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home, and a pension fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec. BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap ham-rise. Instituted in 1861. Patroness—H.RH. the Princess of WALES. This Institution providos a home for life, with good nursing and skilled medical attendance, for porecns over 20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope lessly afflicted with incurable disease. Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted Tho Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections in May and November. Forms of application may be ob tained from the Secretary. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are earnestly solicited. Bankers—Mcsers. Barclay, E3van, and Co., 54, Lombard street, E.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Sec. Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the Quires. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President —His Grace the Duke of Buccur on. K.G. This Hospital founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the p rinciple of free admission to th e s i c k p oor, without th e de ay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capabie of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and 30., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Parue, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,;Berners-street ;.and at the Hospital from 10 till 5 T" RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES .tre as fol:ows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hemp- 160, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. Stoke town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open an other house for thi s piti a bl e class. The Society. admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely eommendod itself to my mind and awoke my ll yrript:i v") may bo bad on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of shafteQl.ury. Its tankers are Messrs. Barclay and 00. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the knovolent. DANL. CODPER, S ee. t 9; * Linonn-qtrent Calestmids. lIOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham ,rise. Instituted 1861 PATRONESS. Her 'Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons. This Institution, extending its C perations to all parts of _ _ , e afflicted with incurable very c3infort and medical led, and annuities of £lO of age, nor of the pauper ?scary forms may be pro- Inations and annual sub- Lombard-street. E C.; and aring-cress, S.W. WEAVER Secrojary. 1 HE THIRD EDITION OF gg THE SUN," giving all the SPORTIG NEWS of the day, may bo seen t MA NTON'S hcuse, "The Swan and horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.O the kingdom, provides for those di.eases a home for life, with ey • ance. Patients are admitt d by election. n under 20 years )O bn. • lye rs and the necet Secretary. Doi nestly solicited. BANXER: , 111, and Co.,] " - nnwpd, Cut '?WD. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CoaNUILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. PUN Secretary. UIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms IA of the past twelve moiths the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,190 lives from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destructicn, The Institutiou also expended £24,746 in the same period an its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting L 2,741 for rewards. The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Ind country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution. 14, John-street Adelphi, London. THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, br all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and EON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19e. to .0. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to 'with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be Cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. -: - All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Guth'le 1 for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOT. CORNER OF MIN'ORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER OF HART -STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. cm.= ro• Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOR 187 0, Second Edition, containing tho following useful information:— Almanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Infarmation Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Fc,reign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of State r Ready Reckoner • - Alio A DIARY, a. ranged °a the moat approved plan, and neatly printed on good writing parer, Price One Penny, or post-'rea for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINORIES and A LDGATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET, 1 LONDON, TOTTENHAM-COD T- R OAD, And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE, Established 1821. Subscribed Capital.. Two Millions. n, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN —William Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN - Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Richard M. Harvey, Esq By. Bonham , :arter, Esq J. G. Tlubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J Shaw Letevro, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, 14:sq John Martin, Esq Francis hart Dyke, Egg Rowland Mitchell, }'sq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart .11.tues Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq 4braham J. Robarts, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq' Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Ilankey. Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq, AcruißY—Sanal. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire 'Policies which expire at Christmas must be renewed At the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the Bth of January. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospeetus's and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the asset. and liabilities in the Life Branch. free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AMIA AMAT? ELLA restores the Human Hair 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 perfect in;; this wow; irful liquid. It is now offered to the public it a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 50., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. _ Red 13;111 Wharf, Angel passage, 93, Upper Thames 4trost London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, D RURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. D. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at', I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.46, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER BUN 0 T : Misßefi J eanie Vokes. Victoria Vokes, Rosins Vokee, Kate Santley. it ndspeth. and Holrriet Coveney; Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Brittain Wright, W. F. Vokes, F. Mot eland, Rowel* and Harry Boleno. pIIEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET, Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekstone. THIS it.VENING, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Followed by. at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mrßuckstone, jun.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &c. After which, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN _ACES: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Owynne, Miss ?rands, Miss Murray. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING. at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr B en j am in Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, George Belmore, Atkins, W. Bignold, Miss Furtado. &c. T - t conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson. Miss F ur tado, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. • Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secared a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. Fifth Week of " Love's Sacrifice." THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE RATH ROAD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (n five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles Bergman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur, be. ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AMoßY SULLIVAN GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY ::Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.30, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Byron. At 9.30, LORD BATEMAN: Miss Fanny Joseph- : Mesdames Hughes, Sydney, Behrend, and Williams ; Messrs Clarke and Marshall. J . ) OYAL STRAND THEATRE. .1 Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, IN(); Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL' THE " SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library 4 Connaught-terrace, Edgeware•ron,d, lelivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Copies lr. Town, the Suburbs and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by Q. 45 o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to THE LATEST EDITION o f " THE SUN" to L be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOOICS, /.tannia, lienss.l New-town. QPORTING._.IOI-IN ROBERTS supplies the k, LATESr EDI TIflN of "THp: SUN" as soon as pub- Bath-strent, City-road. i 0. 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WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W rrHE LATEST or SPECIAL EDITION of 1. "THE " every Evening, at Eight o Clock, at Mr °BEETS', " The Black Cap," High-street, Camden-town. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. TOE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- town. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehington,"Wellington-etrzet, 3 rand. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EvEwrsTG. at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Brittain Wright, Harry Boleno, cte.; Misses Vokes, Harriet Coveney, Kate Santley, /cc. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mrs EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE MENT. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, tze. ineffaceable. M. OLLIVIER two or three years ago Con ceived the idea of converting the Empire into a Consti tutional Monarchy; but M. ROIIMER out-u'anceuvred him, whilst the Republicans finally lost trust in their old leader. At the last election M. OLLIVIER was rejected by the Paris Democrats. He found a seat in another part of the country, and became the leader of the great party of the 110—the Moderate Liberals. Yet even in this position, where with patience and principle he might have com manded France, he did not abandon his old habits. His conduct during the last few months has been a discreditable exhibition of insincerity. He made advances to the EMPEROR ; then retreated again to the Moderates; and, finally, he has gone over to Imperialism. His latest acts in the Chamber have been his votes in favour of ✓some of those very official candidates whose corrupt elections he was formerly the first to condemn. Rejected by the Republicans, distrusted by the Moderates, he finds himself amongst a new party on his accession to power. Had he adhered to his principles and to his old friends —the men who will tolerate the Empire only on condition of thorough reforms, he might have been the secure Premier of France, certain of a Parlia mentary majority which the Emperor himself could not resist. As it is, his Ministry is composed of the most ordinary materials, and has no certain following. THE MAGAZINES. OVERBECK. No one who saw him could fail to be struck with his appearance. Henry Crabb Robinson, in his recently pub lished " Diary," says at the date of January 7,1830 : 'This evening at Bunsen's, I was struck by the appearance of a tall man with lank hair and sallow cheeks. I pointed him out to a German as the specimen of an English Methodist. He laughed, and exclaimed, "Why, that is the Roman Catholic convert, Overbeck—a rigid ascetic and melan choly devotee." So superficial and flippant a view was not often taken of him, even by the staunchest Protes tants. Many a book of travels records the deep impres sion made by Mil spiritualised countenance and venerable figure. Tall and thin, scarcely at all bent by age even so lately as 1365, when I ast saw him, his face, though pale and habitually serious, gave one no idea of melancholy, but rather of a calm and peaceful serenity; whilst his clear and steady eye, like a mirror,reflected the light of frequent and holy contemplation.—The Month for January, 1370. " BLACKWOOD'S " TRIBUTE TO " BUI.WER." Not one of those fairies who can make or mar a mortal's career was forgotten in sending out the invitations to Lord Lytton's christening. There was no powerful malignant hag who stayed aloof from the festival, nursing her injury, and withholding her gift, the absence of which would be as fatal to prosperity as the loss of a linchpin to the pro gress of a triumphal car ; or who, coming uninvited, neutralised the beneficence of her sister fairies with a baleful offering. All those potent and capricious sharpers of destiny whom it is so easy to estrange, so hard to pro- Vitiate, thronged to the ceremony, lavish of their smiles and prodigal of their benefits. On their protégé they showered invention and wit and wisdom, knowledge of man, knowledge of the world, and capacity for the world's affairs ; and to these was added that versatility, rare in any case—most rare in combination with solid excellences !--which has found such multitudinous issue in novels, poetry, essays, oratory, and the drama. All was completed by the bestowal of the untiring industry which keeps these powers in brilliant action, and which, (dropped commonly enough in the cradles of those to whom other favours aro denied, and often, unhappily, lending to dul ness such a tremendous power of afflicting mankind) is so seldom associated with high and various capacity. No patient conscientious founder of a name out of nothin g; has ever shewn a more constant energy, a more cheerfulDwel coming of toil, than the author who started in life already endowed with so large a share of what generally forms the allurement and reward of exertion. Throughout his career he has seemed to seek repose only in variety of labour : the recreation of the statesman has been the writing of novels; the novelist has sought relaxation in the Parliamentary arena and the Cabinet; and the odds and ends of leisure, which most busy men are content to devote to such pleasant distractions as lotos-eating, have been given to the production of essays, translations, or original dramas—his success in any one of which minor paths would have sufficed for a respectable literary repu tation.—Blackwood's Magazine. A WRECK ON' THE COAST OP CORNWALL, The Western Morning _Yews contains a description of the wreck of the brig Konisberg, near Cape Cornwall. The Konisberg, of Konisberg, Halb master, IS7 tons register, from Buenos Ayres, with a crew of eight men includingthe master, struck on the rocks at Priest Cove, to the south of Cape Cornwall, about seven o'clock on Thursday night. In the tremendous weather then prevailing, and with the Longships Lighthouse constantly buried in water and foam, it is not surprising the Konisberg failed to sight the land. Captain Hail and his men did all they could to attract attention, and at length one of the seamen, named Grese, volunteered to attempt to land. He jumped over board for that purpose, but was immediately ca:.Tied away by the sea, and drowned. Nothing daunted Thomas Horton, of Runcorn, offered to try to carry a rope ashore. The rope was attached to his body, and in the darkness of the night he sprang into the sea, not knowing where he went. Partly carried by the waves and partly swimming, he gained the rocks, and scrambled up them, the miracle being that he was not washed off again and dashed to pieces. It was net, however, until nine o'clock that any available help was at hand, when the people at work at the mines on the cliff had their attention aroused by the cries of the despairing sailors. As soon as possible lanterns were obtained, and with great difficulty the rope was fastened, end one by one the poor fellows get ashore more dead than THE WELSH EDUCATION CONFERENCE. - The Welsh Educational Conference is to be held on the 25th and 26th inst. at Aberystwith. On the first day education generally will be considered. In the morning papers will be read on " The ground on which Nonconformists can accept a general system of education ;" "The system of education that will fairly meet the wants of the principality ;" "How best may a national system of education be made to embrace the young of all classes in the community;" " May compulsory power be granted to the State, and may children be compelled, under any cir cumstances to attend denominational schools ; " "A national system of education being adopted, how best to provide adequately for the religious education of the young. ;" "How to deal with existing State-aided schools equitably to the State and to the managers of such schools ;" " The principles and objects of the Na tional Educational League explained by an executive of the League." At an evening meeting these will be (liscused freely. On the 26th, the " Univei sity College fur Wales" will be discussed, the points keing—the com pletion of the fund, the application to Government for a grant, the constitution of the proposed college, the expe diency of adopting measures for opening the college in October 1870. The secretary will make a statement on the present position of the college. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHZ. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr George Belmore, Mr Atkins, Mr Rignold Mi.s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SBA : Hr G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, 3lr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7.45, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Josephs, Mr J. Clarke, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TITS EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S SACRIFICE : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborotigh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ROYAL ALFIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. - t faf . 7 ) 1,-, ‘ ^•TX ,St LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 1870. TitE New Year sees our contemporaries greatly exercised about the leadership of the Conservative Peers. Independent, Liberal, and ecclesiastical journals alike make it the theme of discussion, prophecy, or counsel. The Daily Telegraph has guessed that the Duke of MARLBOROUGH will be the new leader ; and the John Bull has urged his claim as the chief most likely to suit both sections of the party. The Pall Mal Gazette advises Lord CAIRNS to retain the leadership for a while. The Globe alone gives a certain sound, and speaks of Lord DERBY as already virtually leader, and as in perfect accord with Mr. DISRAELI. We believe that our last-named contem porary has announced the true solution of what has been a very perplexing problem. It is necessary that the Conservative party, if it is to exist at all, must renounce the Conservatism of the past. When Mr. DISRAELI declared for 'iousehold suffrage be made the policy of mere ob itruction thenceforward impossible. Lord Salisbury and the Quarterly Review may think it better to submit to permanent exclusion from office than to abandon the old lines behind which the party used to entrench themselves. Yet the marquis himself abandoned them when he voted for the second read ing of the Irish Church Bill, and admitted that the House of Lords could not venture to set aside the decision of the Commons when it . was supported by the nation : admitted, that is, that the Upper House no longer had co-ordinate and coequal power with the Lower. Whether the Conservative leap in the dark was wise or foolish, we are not now discussing. All that we have to bear in mind is that the leap has been taken, and that there is no retracing it. Thereby an impetus was given to democracy whose force we cannot measure yet. It may prove dangerously great, and if it should, then will come the time for the Conservative party under wise leadership to do signal service to the country. We are as yet only at the beginning of a new epoch. We do not know whither it will lead us, but we can quite imagine that it may lead us farther than we wish to go. Under such cir cumstances who will be the most useful statesman ; he who denounces all change, or he who, having yielded when to do so was wise and safe, can resist when resistance is needed for the salvation of the country ? There cannot be a doubt as to the answer. At the same time we are bound to admit that Lord DERBY'S leadership will not satisfy all the Conserva tive party. Ire is too Liberal for many of them. His chief fault, in the eyes of some of them, is that he is liberal even to indifferentism with regard to religious matters. Little can be expected from him in the way of supporting religious tests. Nor is he likely to feel very strongly on the matter of education, except that ho will ear nestly desire a thorough and complete system. The question now remains to be answered, Will the Conservatives sink their differences and unite under Lord DERBY ? If they will they may yet do good service to the State. If they will not, then the State will suffer by the disorganisation of a party whose well-being is essential to the good government of the country. M. EMILE OLLIVIER has at last succeeded in forming a Ministry to rule France on the new system of parliamentary government by majo rities. The list is a little more promis ing than the one at first announced, but it is likely neither to satisfy the country, nor to command a permanent majority in the Corps Legis latif. Five of the Ministers who have lately resigned, resume their portfolios. The new officials are chosen from the Right Centre, and, if we except M. LOUVET, are not of any great mark ; the Left Centre, with all M. OLLIVIER'S old associates, has held aloof from this combination. It is to be regretted that the first Constitutional Ministry which has been formed under the Empire—the first Ministry, that is, which is to be answerable to the representa tives of the people—should not have found greater support. It would appear that now the EMPEROR has consented to give the Parliament a large, if not a predominating, influence in the control of affairs, the concession is regarded with in difference. But such is not the case. M. OLLIVIER, the French Premier, is not trusted either by the deputies or the public, and his failure to gather round him a powerful Cabinet is merely another example of the truth that clever men without politi cal principle can have no lasting influence with nation whose choice of its rulers is really free. M. OLLIVIER, like many other popular French leaders—for he was once to be classed in this cate gory, is a native of Marseilles. He began life as c member of the Paris bar, and soon got a post under the Revolutionary Government of 1848, owing to the patronage of the Socialist, LEDRU-ROLLIN. But shortly afterwards, with characteristic fickleness, he abused the politician to whom he was indebted for his first public appointment. M. OLLIVIER'S fathef was ruined and driven into exile by the coup d'etat, and thus M. OLLIVIER naturally became hostile to the Emperor NAPOLEON'S Govern ment. For seven years ho was deputy for Paris, and figured as one of the famous Cing—the five deputies who long constituted the only Opposition of the servile Legislative Body. The remembrance o: the cop d'etat did . . not., however. grove LORD NELSON AND LADY HAMILTON. We see a spare form now ; a weary, anxious look ; a small-topped head ; a mouth that shuts up tightly, and forms with itself and chin the smallest part by far of a long thin face that, to be symmetrical, should be dividtd nearly into three. This man has no right arm, and his breast is covered with gold and jewelled stars. There is no need to call out his name, and announce him as Horatio Nelson. Everyone here and elsewhere knows him; and everyone knows, also, who it is that is so closely at his side. Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton—nursemaid, artists' model, beauty, ambassador's wife—spite of the black wrong it is to many, is near him now, as he and she longed for her to be for ever, and we see the neck she hung on, and the furrowed cheek she has so often kissed. She is so lovely, it is impossible to wonder that Nelson chose her. She is—simply and irresistibly—delicious. .Her face laughs out beauty and love and joy altogether; her bright hair lies about it in soft loose waves; she has sweet child like features ; ripe lips, a thorough challenge for kissing ; clear-arched brows, long eye-lashes, and cheeks the very tint of a sun-touched peach, She is Fosee now, it is true ; that may make her look more winning. She has assumed one of those attitudes in which she exhibits herself for the entertainment of company (as some ladies sing a song, or gentlemen are prevailed upon to make a speech) ; and the Countessei Vere de Vere look coldly on her, and whisper to one another that as it was her metier to do this once, when she was the miynonne of George Romney's studio, it is no wonder she is so skilful still. But she is not hin dered by the taunt. Wisely enough, she knows there is no harm in having lent her beauty to be painted ; possibly and with what deep and poisonous remorse—she thinks that if that were the only stain upon her, she could laugh in all these aristocratic faces, loudly and triumph antly indeed! But no reflex of this casts a blemish (or a glory !) on her loveliness. She is a Bacchante ; wanton, sportive, brilliant, and caressing as a witch ; and now she is a Magdalene, and all her smiles are gone, and her melt ing eyes are raised to heaven, and her lips quiver and are parted with a prayer. She is to die some day at white cuffed Calais, neglected and wretchedly poor ; has she a thought of this, now she has poems written in her honour, and she has this grave sailor sitting at her side? She might feel the shadow overhanging her; but if she does, she braves the death for the taste of this glad mirth alit? glitter ;.and she loves her maimed and helpless sailor; and he ;loves her; and his love strengthens for her deft help ing; and—the end is what was threatened from the bezinning.—The New Monthly for January, 1370. MINING ACCIDENT IN AMERICA. A sad disaster has occurred at Stockton through the ground giving way over a disused mine. Able* of houses fell in so quickly that the inmates could not escape. Ten persons are buried in the ruins, and are certainly dead. The mine afterwards took fire, and it was thought the buried persons would be burned. The cause of the acci dent was working the colliery too near the surface under the houses, as there was oitly twenty feet enact) when they caved in. A telegram from Dundee on Thursday night stated that that evening, during a terrible gale at Montrose, at the entrance to the river Esk, a schooner, Hermes, was totally lost, all her crew, six in number, being drowned, although two lifeboats were „put and every effort was made to save them. The rocket apparatus was also used unsuccessfully. Two men, named Andres? Lynn, a hewer, and James Moody, a putter, at West Cramlington Colliery, were killed by a fall of stone on Thursday morning. The fall took place not many yards from where the forme was working, and whilst they were in the act of clearing away the fall, a second block of stone came away and crushed them to death. THE WORD it Homonx."—A correspondent of the Builder, alluding to the recent discussions on the etymo logy of the word Holborn, says that the prefix Hod really means a hole or hollow, as in the name of Holbeck and Holbrook, places where a small stream runs through a hollow. Holborn is thus mentioned in Domesday Book, the old Norman survey of England, compiled by order of William the Conqueror. It is there recofded that "the Xing n.% two cottiers at Holeburne, who pay twenty pence a year." All apprehensions of danger to the dockyard and other Government establishments at Chatham, and to a population of some 60,000 people living in the locality, from the great powder magazines at IJpnor Castle will soon be at an end. But one more cargo of powder has to be removed, then the deteriorated powder in the magazine will be taken away to be remanufactured, and the building will become harmless. It is understood that no dangerous amount of any kind of explosive substance will henceforth be kept in any magazine at Chatham. The powder taken from Upnor is conveyed to the magazines at Purfleet, but it will not remain there, but be distributed among the various powder ma gazines in different parts of the country, so that London will not be in any greater peril from the Purfleet stores of powder than it has been hitherto. Orders have been received at Woolwich for the Bth Battery Ist Brigade Royal Artillery, recently returned to head-quarters from Barbadoes, under the command of Captain C. Smart, Royal Artillery, to be broken up. When this is accomplished a de tachment of 19 non-commissioned officers and men of the battery will leave Woolwich for Sheerness to join the 7th Battery Ist Brigade Royal Artillery, under the command of Captain M. E. C. Stocker, on their arrival at that station. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.— Portrait albums, dispatch boxes, writing cases, dressing cases, dressing bags, envelope cases, blotting books, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, bookslides, work boxes, tea caddies. hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, scent hot!! a. cigar cases, card trays, pocket books, ornamental articles in china, bronze gilt, and elegantly mounted for mantel shelf, drawing and library tables ; bagatelle boards. indoor croquet and indoor games of all kinds; Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Services in every type• Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fresh Small articles careiully selected and sent post paid upon pre ! payment Catalogues free. THE ATLANTIC YACHT RACE. We congratulate readers of newspapers in this country and America on the fact that the " preliminary" correspen dence on the proposed Atlantic Yacht Race is at an end, and with a result. As will be gleaned from copies of tele grams published in another page, the race will take place on the 4th of July, from Old Kinsale Read, Ireland, to New York. The owner of the Cambria, as is manifest in his letters, was anxious to start from Cowes, but the owner of the Dauntless was obdurate, and it became evident that, if Mr. Ashbury did not concede every point, the American gentleman would again decline the contest. For our own part, as we have said on previous occasions, we do not regard such a race as a satisfactory means of testing the relative merits of English and American yachts. We would much prefer such contests as those in which we were u.imistakably beaten by the yacht America in years gone by; but, as the Americans show so determined a preference for these prolonged and uncertain courses, we are glad to see that an entire concession to every wish has been made in order that the proposition may be carried into actual effect. It is satis facto-y, however, to know that there is every prospect of matchez of a more decisive and reliable character taking place on the other side of the Atlantic between the Cara brie, and American yachts, under such conditions as will leave no doubt as to the respective merits of the yachts of each nation. We do not await the result with any degree of anxiety, and would give preference to no English yacht before the Cambria to make such an essay as she is about to undertake. We will spare our readers any remarks upon the wear - i. 7 corres ponds_ N c and .ar contemporari ha. ished relatin . : I, Lie " challenges," and upon the probable chances and results of the contests. The whole sub ject has been before .us perpetually fur more than twelve months, and a complete rest of six months is absolutely necessary to give to it zest and freshness. We can only . say, without fear of any charge of undue r artiali'y, that, so far as we can judge, Mr. Ashbury has behaved in a straightforward manner throughout this almost interminable correspon dence, and exhibited a steady desire to have other and more satisfactory contests with Transatlantic yachts than a single race across the ccean to New York.—The The Mt:ffield Independent states that the Govern ment Education Bill is "understood" to be in a forward state of preparation, and it will be introduced early in the session. The measure, our contemporary hints, is a mode rate one. NAMES IN INDIA.—The Athenaum calls attention to forthcoming alteration of the names of India. A uniform spelling, proposed by Mr. W. Hunter, has been accepted by the heads of departments, and nearly all the local governments. The postal guide is to be revised, the representatives have adopted the new plan, and the official maps are to be altered. Loss OF A COASTGUARD CRUISER. The Admiralty have received information of the loss of one of her Majesty's coastguard cruisers, with all hands, early on Friday morning, during a hurricane from the south ward and westward, about thirteen miles east of Cape Clear. The vessel is supposed to be either the Fanny or Victoria. A box of books, marked "H.M.S. Valiant," has been washed ashore. This package formed a part of the vessel's cargo. At the West Riding Court at Keighley the Rev. Patrick Kiernan, Catholic priest of Keighley, was sum moned for assaulting an insurance agent in the neighbour hood. He dragged him out of the church because he had not paid the price he attached to his benches. The com plainant had paid twopence, the ordinary charge, but the defendant declared that he had a right to fix the price, and was justified in turning out those who did not com ply with the rules. The magistrates thought Mr. Kiernan was guilty of an assault by ejecting the complainant in the way he had done. To mark their sense of the offence, they would inflict a small penalty of five shillings and expenses. Mr. Kiernan intimated his intention to appeal. GARIDALDL—According to letters recently re ceived, it appears that General Garibaldi has been lately suffering from an attack of rheumatic fever, which con fined him to his bed. The last accounts were more favour able, and not the slightest danger was apprehended. He has been subject to violent attacks of rheumatic fever ever since he was in South America. The first attack was caused by his remaining in the water several hours in the fruitless endeavour to save the life of a sailor, who, singular, to say, was named Maurice Garibaldi, although he was no relative whatever to the General. The worst attack he ever had was at Nice in 1848, when he was confined to his bed for many weeks. In 1849, during the siege of Rome, he suf fered constantly, more or less ; it was then in his legs: and he was seldom able to draw his boots on. In 1861, the General had two yery dangerous attacks of rheumatic lever--one in Turin and the other at Caprera ; and each year since ho has had, sometimes two, sometimes three or four attacks of chronic rheumatism. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. — The earliest case of supposed spontaneous combustion of the human body which has a semblance of authority to sustain it is said to have happened in 1725, and from that time down to the year 1847, when the last alleged case occurred, some fifty instances are recorded. Liebig made an analysis of all these cases in 1851 and found that they nearly all agree in the following points :-1. They took place in winter. 2. The victims wore hard drinkers, and were drunk at the time. 3. They happened where the rooms were heated with fires in open fire-places or pans of glowing charcoal. Cases where rooms are heated by means of closed stoves are exceedingly rare. 4. It is ad mitted that no one has ever been present during the com bustion. 5. No one of the physicians who collected the cases, or attempted to explain them, has ever observed the process, or ascertained what preceded the combus tion. 6. No one has known how much time had elapsed from the beginning of the combustion to the mo ment when the consumed body was found. Out of forty five cases collected by Frank, of Berlin, in 1843, there are only three in which iteis assumed that the com bustion occurred when there was no fire in the neighbour hood ; and Liebig clearly shews that .these three cases are totally unworthy of belief. The conclusion to which ho comes is that " spontaneous combustion in a living body is absolutely impossible." Flesh which has been saturated with alcohol for a great length of time, as anatomical preparations, is not combustible; if ignited, the alcohol burns off, scarcely scar ring the flesh. The corpses of drunkards have never been found to be combustible. M. Duvergie has opposed Liebig's views, and has expressed the opinion that molecular changes may take place in the living body by which it becomes more combustible from the absorption of alcohol, or from its conversion into more inflammable compounds ; but he admits that the combustion is pro bably never spontaneous. Dr. Marc has suggested that inflammable gases, and possibly even phosphoretted hydrogen, which, under certain circumstances, in2ames on contact with the air, may be generated in the living body, and may thus give rise to its spontaneous combustion; but this is merely a theory to account for such cases of combustion, if they have occurred. The Liverpool Courier claims to have "good authority" for stating that the Irish Land Bill has been, or is being prepared, by Mr. Campbell, a get tleman formerly (ng4;ed in settling the Talook dar and ryot dispute in Ondh, and having large experience of such controversies in other parts of India. The most remarkable feature in the draft, bill is the estal Fshment of a board of land commiss:oners ;vith full powers to arrange, without appeal, all disputes between landlord and tenant. As a long ime must k lapse before such a commission shall hay completed its labours, in the meantime Ulster tenant-right will be legalised wherever it prevails, and clauses enforcing compensation to tenants for permanent and admitted ha prey petits will he ipcorpoWeel in the measure. ATTACK ON A MAN BY A LEOPARD. Ono of the leopards in Whittington's menagerie, which recently has been making a tour in the Black Country, and is at present in Birmingham, made a ferocious attack on a man named Joseph Green, who is employed by ➢lr. Whittington to assist in feeding the animals. Green had been engaged in preparing the food for the beasts,and had cut a large piece of beef, which he was carrying from one end of the menagerie to the other. On passing the cage in which the leopards were confined, Green was struck almost powerless, by observing one of the animals spring forward. In an instant afterwards the leopard, in one of its most savage moments, seized Green with one of its powerful claws, lacerating his arm severely. The injury and pain at the moment were little compared with the fright the poor man sustained; but there is no doubt the leopard was tempted to the attack by the beef which he saw in Green's hand, for, after the one stroke, as if to reach the meat, the leopard retired. Green having recovered from the fright, promptly sought the aid of a surgeon residing at Dudley; but the lacerated limb growing gradually worse, he went to Birmingham on-Wed nesday, and was admitted to the General Hospital. Since then he has been carefully attended to, and on Friday night he was so well that all immediate danger was consi dered at an end. A FATHER ROBBED OF £5OO BY HIS DAUGHTEIes SIVEE7'HEAR7'. At the Sheffield Town Hall on Friday a young man named Edward Stansfield, carrying on business as a fish monger in Sheffield, was charged with having received, well knowing them to have been stolen, certain sums of money belonging to Mr. W. Shaper, tobac ccnist and eating-house keeper. The facts of the case were of a very extraordinary nature. In 1865 the daughter of Mr. Shaper became acquainted with the prisoner, and in a short time they became engaged. The father of the young lady was very much opposed to the match, and, in order that he might remove his daughter out of her lover's way, he sent her to school iu Germany. There she remained for two years, photographs being exchanged and a correspondence being kept up between her and Stansfield. On her return in 1867 she at once renewed her acquaintance with the prisoner. The father, however, maintained his oppo sition, and the courtship had to be carried on clandestinely. The prisoner, on the pretence that ho was anxious to be settled in business and to be married, prevailed on the young lady to rob her father's till. This system of robbery continued for six months, the prisoner being supplied every week with sums ranging front £6 to £lO. Even these large sums, however, were not sufficient to supply his wants, and he induced Miss Shaper to obtain for him the key of her father's cashbox, that he might obtain a duplicate of it. The false key he supplied her with enabled her to obtain free access to the cashbox whenever she pleaed. Mr. Shaper missed money from time to time from his cashbox, but was unable to detect the thief, until his daughter, in a fit of jealousy, disclosed the system of robbery which had been going on for so many months. Mr. Shaper, on examining his books, found that the deficit was fully £5OO. The prisoner was at once arrested, and the above facts having been sworn to by MIA. Shaper, the bench refused to allow bail. REMEDIES FOR COBRA BITE. has long been known that the cobra snake is one of the most venomous of the reptile tribe, and its bite has been proportionately dreaded by the traveller. The terror with which it is regarded seems to be by no means exagge rated if we judge from recent experiments in India, con ducted under careful auspices. The Poonah Observer, in referring to these experiments, says they have demonstrated that none of the new remedies for cobra poison are of the slightest avail, when that poison has been injected into the system under favourable conditions. Cases have been known in which persons bitten by a cobra have recovered, but when a nu! bite, bringing the poison out of the upper hollow fangs, has been inflicted, every remedy fails. The construction of the cobra's teeth is peculiar. Those which communi cate with the poison fangs, which are seated in the roof of the mouth, are retractile, and can be pushed back flat upon the roof of the mouth, if need be, the hollow points thus being turned in an opposite direction from that taken by the jaws in inflicting a bite. If, therefore, it should happen that, in a _!izing its victim, the cobra should do so at a moment when these two fangs were retracted, the only wound creatsd woull be by the fangs of the lower jaw, which are perfectly harmless. Our Indian contemporary is of opinion that the "well attested cases of recovery from the bite of a full sized cobra have their origin in this distinction. When the upper hollow fangs have penetrated the flesh and the poison glands exude their deadly contents into the wound, no known human agency can ward off fatal results. The cobra is, fortunately, a timid creature, and, as a rule, will not strike the passer-by unless attacked. He is also incapabie of striking as he moves, so that a yard's space puts the traveller out of danger. It is ruggested that the Indian Government should put a special reward on the destruction of this serpent, which would be a wise expenditure of public money, since, in spite of • all our improvements, the cobra retains a supre macy over modern science which is at once startling and humiliating." THE LANGHAH HOTEL.—DUring the past year something like £70,000 in hard cash has been received at this London hotel, and in the height of the season over 550 persons slept within it, and even now at the slackest period of the year there aro over 160 visitors. On New Year's-eve, the servants to the number of 175 were entertained at a grand ball and supper. Everything was well done. One part of the entertainment deserves mention. Just as the chimes had finished pro claiming the end of the year the ballroom was suddenly darkened, and at one end there appeared a large trans parency, beautifully illuminated from behind with the magnesium light, on which was inscribed "A Happy N ew Year." A GOOD STORY OF A PRILOSOPRER,—A little story of Sir David Brewster is worth mentioning. Ott the evening of Mr. John Stuart Mill's election for West minster, the philosopher and his friend Professor Bain, of Aberdeen, were walking along Pall mall. They were met by Sir David Brewster. The great savant and the philosophical member wero not known to each other ; they were, therefore, introduced by their common friend, Professor Bain, "So you are Mr. Mill ?" was Sir David's remark. "Well, sir, I knew your father, and have heard him preach when he was a minister of Abroath, and an uncommonly poor preacher he was !" A CIGAR-MAKING MA CHINF,—An American com pany has been formed for the introduction of a new machine for making cigars. Tho invention includes seven patents, and the cigars, of which several millions have already been made, are in no way inferior to the ordinary article, while the cost of manufacture is reduced from 70 to SO per cent. An exhibition of the machines has been lately made at New York, in which the process was shewn. Thirty young women were soon working as many machines all set in motion by an engine of one horse power. Portions of the odoriferous leaf were rolled by the attendants into the rough similitude of a cigar and placed in the machine, which compressed them and whirled them into shape. Then one end of the wrapper, already pasted, was presented to the revolving mass, and in less than a minute the cigar was turned out complete. A separate machine turn; out the wrappers at the rate of 100,000 a clay, and another machine cuts off the broad end of the cigar. A cigx: maker, receiving tobacco in good working order, will on an average, from 175 to 225 cigars per day. The the required to learn to make them by hand is from two :. three years, while it is asserted that a girl of moderate intelligence can, after a few weeks' practice on the machine Dub from 400 to 600 per gay. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to No called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. SATURDAY 12 min past 1 40 min past 1 SUNDAY 5 min past 2 28 miu past 2 M ONDAY 50 min past 2 15 min past 3 TUESDAY... 37 tuft, past 3 56 miu past 3 WEDNESDAY 12 min past 4 35 min past 4 1 HURSDAY 52 miu past 4 12 min past . 5 FRIDAY .30 miu past 5......50 min past 5 ,_...nowc OF ' - ' IL . 1 , HER MAJESTY. OSBOP.NE, Dec. 31. Her Majesty, accompanied by Ler Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL MEN CB (REUTER'S TELEGRASIS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Jan. 1. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1201; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1201; the lowest, 1191. Sterling Exchange on London lO B l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3/. 44 " 1885 ll3. 44 4 4 1867 ll5l. 10-40 44 Illinois l3lg. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2510. Petroleum—Standard White 3oic. Flour, extra state, $5.30c. to $5.90c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loc. QUEENBTOWN, Jan. 3. he Cunard Royal Mail steamer Palmyra, from New York, arrived here at 3.40 this morning with 69 passengers, 15 of whom she landed, and de spatches, and proceeded to Liverpool. All well. CROOKHAVEN, Jan. 3. 10.15 a.m. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 25th ult., is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en route for Queenstown. CHINA. HONGKONG, Dee. 13. Sir Rutherford Alcock has been very insolently received by the Governor of Nankin. An apology was demanded and tardily made. CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALLE D Dec. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Avoca, from Australia, arrived yesterday, and the Travancore from China to-day. The Simla leaves for Suez to-morrow. The Avoca brought £280,000 in Australian gold. The Malta reached Melbourne on the 25th and Sydney on the 28th November. INDIA AND CHINA MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 2. The Bangalore left at 11 a.m., and the Massilia at noon to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the night of the 7th, and the latter at Southampton about the 15th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 3. The official journal of this morning publishes the names of the new Ministry as follows : M. 011ivier Count Daru Foreign Affairs. M. Chevandier de Valdrane Interior. M. Buffet Finance. General Lebocuf War. Admiral Rigault de Genuilly Marine. M. Segris M. Talhouet Public Works. M. Louvet Marshal Vaillant lmperl. household. M. Richard A subjoined Imperial decree orders the separa. tion of the hitherto combined Ministry of the Imperial Household and of Fine Arts. M. Parien has been appointed Minister of the Council of State. M.M. de Saint Paul and Duvergier hare been nominated Members of the Senate. BOURSE, Dec. 'M.—Three, o'clock—The marks t closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month... Italian rive., 56 60 3 per Cent - End of month 72 45 Ottoman Loan ... 333 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 220 Spanish Threes ... 261 Credit Foneier 1722 50 Home Debt...... Paris Gas 1640 Deferred — RAILWA' __.... Cash. Orleans ... 557 Western Northern ... 1125 Strabburg .. 590 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5921 Sardinian Austrian B2O Lombard 525 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 44 Under instructions from the Inspector-General of Recruiting, Lieut.-Colonel Stewart, Bth Depot Battalion, has been authorised to finally approve recruits enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Col chester during the absenco on leave of Lieut.-Col. Moubray, R.A. Lieut. Littledale, 29th Regiment, is to embark to join the service companies by the 17th inst. The dockyard at Deptford has recently been in spected by Dr. Bridges, on behalf the Poor La" Board, with a view of utilizing some of the build ings as a temporary fever hospital, and an Admi ralty order has since been received directing that the house formerly occupied by the Master Attendant, with two other houses facing the river, should be handed over for the use of the Poor Law Board, for the purpose referred to. The crew of the screw steamship Royal George, 72, Capt. Robert Jenkins, C.B. (late Coastguard 'ship at Kingstown), were paid off in the basin at the Devonport dockyard on Friday, and her officers and crew were turned over on Saturday to the armour-plated screw steam corvette Pallas, 6, to take the duty in the Kingstown division hitherto done by the Royal George. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Ralph L. Turton, to the Wivern, commissioned ; Navigating Lieut. E. B. Darcey, to the Euphrates ; Thomas A. Pickthorne, staff surg., addi t i ona l , t o t h e Fi sgar d, for serv i ce as visiting burg., under the Contagious Diseases Act, at Plymouth, D ar t mo uth, Devonport, I vy b r id ge , and Plympton ; Robert R. Hopkins, Arthu r Hod con, and Walter B. Spence, assist.-pay master , t o the Hector ; and Thos. Clayton, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Euphrates. The Royal paddle - yacht Victoria an d Alb er t, e n a id s p s t i, . o then v l o r f n ercia L , in gen, was paid out o f com mission, the 31st of D ecem b er , 1869, a again with th e same comple recommissioned.'ioc rnen t of officers and seamen by Prince Leiningen on N e w Year's-day. F