The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

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Mr. I Rouse, Mr. William Mclntyre, Mr. Jmnes Johnstone, Mr. F. hv.rle. Mr. 4 'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith Stuart Miss Fanny &ddison. and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action, entitled BEDA. THE ATILE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, EASY SHAVING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon; Mesdames Burke and F. Wright. After which, PIETRA. Messrs. Chippendale. Howe, Ken dal, Gordon, etc.; Miss Bateman. Mrs. E. Fitzwillia.m. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Kendal. Weaihershy, Clark, White, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Burke, Wright, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Lewin, &c. Commence at Seven. TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS E,VENINO, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM BE ft WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. M a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Penja.- miu Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. It. Phillips, Mr. Stuart. Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta iLeclereq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. QT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S IJ FIALL).—This Theatre will Open for the Season on WEn- NESDIY, December 23, with a powerful Company selected from the leading provincial theatres. For the first time, a domestic Drama, in three acts, entitled SAVED. By Jr. Such Granville. After which, the entirely new and. original Ninevitish Burlesque of SAII. I, ANAPALUS, with magnificent scenery, dresses, and appointments. Concluding with TETE BENGAL 'TIGER, in which Mr. T. B. Shenton will appear. Box-office open from eleven till five. ei LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.-At 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in live acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS; Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newhound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TIIIS EVENING, at 7, THE SECRET. After which rat S o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts. entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, ) U Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. E n ti re ly new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ant assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. p, , ors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. ItOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhornugh. THIS EVENING, at 7.710, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce: Mesdames Buf An and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TI. CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne. James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Huzhes. L. Maitland. &e. 'lO conclude stth A COMICAL COUNTES. ROIAL AMPHITH EA FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. - 7 20 , 0 0 peoplo isitpd this elegant Theatre last we , k. The superb hori,es. unanimously adm:tted to he matchless, awl the equestrian and gymnastic performances to be the very best ever witnessed in this rr any other country. To-nifAt and during the week Near Carn,'s magnificent stud of 50 performing horses. Ad,,lplie Carr. M, Krember. Herr Loyal, Herr Salamonsky, M. Eq-,:ess. the - King of Comiques; Miss Carrie and Captain Au , itn's li,,atning Zouave Drill; Harry Croueste ; Samwell's Performing Dogs. Open at Seven, commence at half past Seven. Morning Per form knee, WedneAday and Saturday, at Half-past. Two. Children Rader ten, half-price to morning performance only. ticENsrn VIinITAT (It7AP,TITAN I_l It. GLENIE, of the 57.0rt11.2. 14ibrr:ry . 4, Colionugld-terrace, Ilyde-paric, London, W., eustoiners, and the Licemied Vieto:i.llers in genn, lie has been appointed Agent for the abov,,-nauipd papor ?it ion to his ngeney for the Sporting Edition of "Tile SuN. can supply the aurae on Friday evening, if required, iu tow br country. . _ ;. I I,cg,s to inform the Trade that de is Agent fur th , x ,A , i , L;sT Ei)inoN of "TIIE SUN," and can supply it carlie „Lin ;my ot!ter man in London or Country tho evening of pui No connection with any other persons. Paity's,ltttirs f. ;1,-",t's and ),PC'itli's Guides. All the D a il y Papers, 111 a, t,;,..s and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent ft rtheJuiut Situo: o,• , lC..tlii.praiy. Orders by post atteujed tu. by -fo.3lnt 4j4,, LOADON, THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1868. The Earl of Mayo• We have just received information, the accuracy of which we are not at liberty to question, that the rumour of the recall of Lord Mayo is incorrect. We were not ourselves the first to give this statement currency. But before our comments upon it on Tuesday evening last were penned, we received a c•)n - firmation of that rumour from a quarter so distin guished and well known in liberal circles—a noble man of very high rank—as to render it impossible for us to doubt the truth of the particulars we announced. The Ballot Question never looked more hope fully. This last General Election has strengtheced the hands of its supporters wonderfully. There are more advocates of it returned to the new Parliament than have ever until now been brought together within the walls of the House of Commons. Converts to the Ballot have multiplied within the last few months beyond all previous experience within so brief an interval. Conservatives have come to re cognize, at last, in many instances, the expediency of a protection so simple, and yet so effectual, for the humbler class of electors against the otherwise imminent possibility of intimidation. It is an old, a trite, and an oft-repeated assertion, and yet it is one that cannot even now be too frequently reiterated, that a single valid reason has never yet been adduced against the Ballot. The absurd remark by which it is often attempted to set it aside, to the effect, namely, that it is what we are accustomed to term with our national self-sufficiency, un-English, is belied by the fact patent to us all that this so-called un- English system of the Ballot is one habitually in use in all the West-end Clubs among Eng lish gentlemen. That saisAas imputation there fore is simply preposterous. Besides which it is, by implication, an aspersion upon those natiow, our allies, upon either side of the Atlantic, by whom the Ballot is — employed habitually as an integ ral portion of the machinery of representation. Regarded upon either hand, whether as applied to an ultra Democracy, as in the United States, or as applied to an Imperial despotism as in France—it is found, as a system, to work as smoothly and as satisfactorily as any system possibly could. Within twenty-four hours, with not a dis turbance of any kind, with the precision of clockwork and with the accuracy of a calculating machine, the Ballot Box receives and registers the votes of the whole male adult popula tion. Universal suffrage being the law alike in France and in America, the electors, here of the Empire, there of the Republic, are enabled to pronounce, each man amongst them individually, an unbiased and dis passionate opinion in regard to the representation of those two great nationalities, whether yonder in the Congress at Washington, or yonder in the Legislative Chambers on the banks of the Seine. Intimidation is impossible. Bribery and corrup tion are out of the question. The suffrage speaks frankly and distinctly through each individual en trusted with it. Elections are rendered comparatively inexpensive. The gathering of mobs about a hust ings is swept aside among the obsolete follies of the past. Drunkenness is not psriodically encouraged by the excitement and turmoil of those contested elec tions which are, by means of the agency of the ' Ballot, decided calmly by the people themselves through the rational medium of a simple arithmeti cal calculation. What works so well among the free electors of the United States, among the ten millions possessors of the franchise in Imperial France, among the educated gentlemen of England who are the habitues of the West-end Clubs of the metropolis, may in reason be regarded as not unsuit able for the intelligent multitude of house holders now entrusted with the electoral fran chise in the United Kingdom, and the humbler classes amongst whom ought in fair play to be guarded, by some such means as those afforded by this very system of the Ballot, against the ',otherwise cruelly multiplied risks and temptations surrounding them at every turn, the temptation of bribery, and the risk of intimidation. Looking, as we cannot help 'doing now very eagerly, to the more than ever hopeful posi tion assumed by this great question of the Bal lot in the new House of Commons, we would earnestly trust that the honourable member for the city of Bristol may be induced at last, if only in consideration of his advancing age and of his failing health, to resign into younger and more energetic hands the cause so long intrusted to his own. And we would hope this all the more earnestly, because, as has long since appeared to us, the Question of the Ballot is one of such serious and of such vital importance that it ought at last in reason to be brought under the consideration of the assembled Legislature as something better than an annual practical joke, through the indulging in which the leading advocate of the Ballot has been, year after year, afforded, during one sessional sitting, an opportunity for the display of his own feeble and frivolous powers of Parliamentary face tiousness. PARLIANIENT will not meet for business until February 11. Easter is very early next year. So that the prae-Paschal session, which is usually the most important, and determines the course of the whole parliamentary year, will be unusually short. At the same time the business will be unusually heavy. The postponement of the meeting of Parliament until so late a period is an arrangement that will no doubt receive explanation. At present we can only surmise that Mr. GLADSTONE and his colleagues require time for drafting their scheme with regard to the Irish Church. Nor is this solution improbable. It must be remembered that the work of the elections left Mr. GLADSTONE little leisure for elaborating a plan during the recess. True, he has come to office a week or two earlier than he expected, but a considerable number of his colleagues are new to the duties of a responsible Minister, and with them he has to confer before he introduces a measure which they will have to support. So far only one of them—Mr. 13itionT—has given anything like a clear idea of what he would do. • Mr. GLADSTONE has been reticent with a caution quite unusual to him. Meanwhile certain newspapers are venturing to indicate what the Ministerial programme will be. The Times came out with an article, on Tuesday, intended to enlighten its readers, though scarcely calculated to effect that object. The Tele graph of the following day snubbed its contem porary for assuming to be in the confidence of the Cabinet, and declared that nobody knows any thing about the subject, except of course the " jour nal with the largest circulation in the world." Seeing that JUPITER Senior had committed the indiscretion of blabbing secrets which were really no secrets, JUPITER Junior decided to tell the truth. We imagine that both our contemporaries were equally informed— i.e., uninformed. If Mr. GLADSTONE wants nearly two months to devise his scheme, he is scarcely likely to communicate it even to able editors of leading journals. If the bill for dealing with the Irish Church is not to be ready before the second week in February, the Times and the Telegraph are not likely to be favoured with it in the second week of December. In fact, the articles themselves betray the absence of official inspiration. Can anything, for instance, be more absurd than the argu ment of the Times, that because Sir BENJAMIN GUINNESS restored St. Patrick's Cathedral, the services at that church ought to be conducted as nearly as possible as he would have approved ? How far is this principle to be carried ? If a person half restores a church, is he entitled to have half the services conducted as he would wish ? Supposing two men effect the restora tion, one of whom is High and the other Low, are the services to be partly according to one type, partly according to the other—is morning prayer to be Ritualist and evening prayer Puritan ? And if the restoration is the work of many hands, as most restorations are, how then ? What is the smallest contribution that will entitle the contributor to have a voice in the arrangement of the services ? Will a font, or a reredos, or a painted window suffice ; and if the last is enough, must it be a window of two lights, or will a lancet be enough ? The truth is, that no amount of private benefaction spent upon the material building belonging to a national Church will transfer the jurisdiction over it to the benefactor. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE has no power to arrange the services at All Saints, Margaret-street, nor Mr. HunnARD those of St. Alban's, Holborn ; nor have the heirs, adminis trators, and assigns of the late Sir B. GUINNESS ally power with regard to St. Patrick's, Dublin. JUPITER must not only have been nodding, but sound asleep, when it suggested such an absurdity. With far greater discretion, the Times declares that it is " premature " to discuss the purpose to which the surplus property of the Irish Church shall be appropriated. That is a confession of ignorance which might have been made with advantage earlier in the article. Thus much, however, is likely to be true. The private endow ments of the Church will be respected. The property that will be allowed to remain to the Church will be vested in a commission. The old machinery of Church government will be replaced by new, and to that end the clergy will be allowed a definite period—one or two years—for coming to an arrangement with the commissioners. The two great principles by which the Government will be guided are, that so far as the property of the Church is national property, it will be competent for Parlia ment to deal with it ; and that the Church will be left with ample funds for carrying on the worship and the religious education of its members. IT is to be hoped that one of the earliest measures of the new Parliament will be to abolish the Act of ANN} . .. whereby M.P.'s on taking office under the Crown are compelled to as their constituents for re-election. The Act was wise enough at the time VIE LATEST EDITIO I S of " THE SUN " to be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT 31EICOCICS, -itannia, Kensal New-town. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,P j_ giving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen stJGDi , Yla N TON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. UT 11 O'S GRAINGE R? LICENSED Vicruits.v.s' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHXRD'S.BUSN. 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Grand Ballet of Action, BEDA. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EvENING. Ea SY SH A VING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Miss Burke, &c. After which, PIETRA: Messrs. Chippen dale. Howe, Kendal, Gordon, &c.: Miss Bateman, Mrs. E. Fitz william. And RURAL FELICITY: Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Kendal,Weathersby. Clark, White, &c.: Mesdames Chippendale, Burke, Wright, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Lewin, &c. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tots EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murrby; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER, JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT. EVENING, at 7, DID Y( /IT EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO LAMB? RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 510NIE CRISTO . Messrs. Pechter. B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart. Ashley, Stephenson. C.J. Smith, W H. 4 borne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclerc% and Mrs. Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL, This Ev NMI, at 7. GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newbound. Andrews. Tindale, Hnrlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C.'Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDf ;QV HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke: Miss Bufton. THE FIELD ON` THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; N' esdames Maria Longrriore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland. Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston Tars EVENING. at 7, THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham. Clayton, and S. Emery; Mesdames Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon tague, THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. Tars EVENING, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, Cowper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parsee: Mesdames Foot e,Weathersby, Rignold. At 9.30, LUCRETIA BOHG A ; Bless Drew, G. Honey, &c.; Mesdames Minnie Sidney, Fanny Joseph ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also M. Avolo, Alfred Bradbury, ➢I. Clifton, -Captain Austin, Miss Carrie, and Samwell's Performing Dogs. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. • THIS EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER : Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c.; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. IT. Ne ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and U. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY T H EATR E. Under the Management of Miss if. Oliver. Turs EVENING. at 7."0, A LOVI \',; CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RBI: AND FALL OF [CI! A IID M.: or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Mr. Dinvers: Miss Collinen. and Miss M. Oliver. To con :Jude with THE CLOCK3LAKER'S HAT. PRINCE OF WALES'S IZOYAL THEATRE. toiler the Manftgement or Nliss Marie_Wilton' THIS LS - ENING, TAME CATS: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, WHO SPEAKS FIRST Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; M isa C. Addison. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. fins EVENING. TiIE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyott Mr. Creswick; Eveline, Miss Pauncefort After which, TIME TRIES ALL, CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8. Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL AL ETA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-balk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on. Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. " THE SUN " WILL BE PUBLISHED AS USUAL ON CHRI STMAS DAY. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1868. .th at it was passed. Its wisdom became more apparent, during the Georgian epoch, when the Sovereigns and their Ministers constantly gave away places of profit, mostly sinecures, as the rewards of votes given in Parliament. There are few, if any, sinecures now. No Sovereign, no Minister would venture to bestow them as an acknowledgment for a vote. If any check of this kind is required, re-election should be required on receiving a baronetcy. It is by converting the esquire into a baronet, " Mr." into " Sir," that the DISRAELIS recompense political services. And while the existing Act has ceased to be of any service, it is liable to cause immense inconvenience. It was, for instance, exceedingly awk ward that when the new Parliament met there was not a single principal Minister present to conduct its proceedings. It was still more inconvenient that in consequence of the provision by which no writ can be issued for a new election until the time for petition ing against the first election has expired—that is, until twenty-one days after that fixed for the delivery of the return—it was impossible for all the new writs to be moved this week, and that it therefore becomes necessary for Parliament to meet during Christmas week, when members are scattered throughout the country, in order to issue the remaining writs. The absurdity of the present practice is shewn by the fact that the electors of Greenwich have to be asked to sanction the very event for which they first elected Mr. GLADSTONE. Having with great public spirit chosen him their member, in order that if defeated in South-West Lancashire no delay might arise in his accession to the Premiership, he is now compelled to ask them if they approve of his becom ing Premier. We certainly are a slow-moving people. No wonder that Americans are astonished at our tardiness when they see us still submitting to a serious inconvenience because it was decreed by a Sovereign who died more than half a century before the United States began to exist. LATEST INTELL EGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. CONsTANTINOPLE, Dec. 16 (Afternoon). The 7 urquie of to-day contains the following : " The telegram sent by Photiades Bey to the Turkish Minister at Athens announcing the rejec tion of the ultimatum by the Helleine Government arrived here on Monday last. The Turkish Minister was preparing to leave Athens. " Greek residents who shall not have left Turkish territory within 15 days will be treated as Turkish subjects. Women are exempted from conforming to this measure. "The Porte has placed several steamers at the disposal of such Greeks as might desire to leave. " Several individuals highly compromised have received orders to leave Turkey immediately. " The Greek Minister has received his passport. " The Greek ironclad frigate destined to convey the Greek Envoy hence has not yet arrived in the Bosphorus. It is said the Porte would refuse to allow her to pass the Dardanelles. " A rumour is current to the effect that the Greek blockade runner Enosis has been attacked in Greek waters by vessels of the Turkish fleet. " Three frigates and a despatch boat have been sent to reinforce the squadron under the command of Hobart Pascha." AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Aczording to Messrs. Neill Brothers report the receipts of cotton at all ports for the past four days have been 43,000 bales, against 50,000 same time last week. Exports to Great Britain, 17,000 bales, against 7,000 same time last week. Exports to France, 5,000 bales, against none last week. Exports to other foreign ports, 5,000 bales against 4,000 same time last week. Total exports for four days to all European ports 27,000 bales, against 11,000 same time last week. Middling upland lop., laid down in Liverpool per steamer. NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 15. Middling 1011, laid down in Liverpool by sail ing versa. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. IG. The rumours current relative to the imminence of a Cabinet crisis are unfounded. It is stated, on re liable authority, that the same Ministers who have been at the head of the Government since the revo lution:will present themselves before the Constituent Cortese Advices from Cadiz affirm that the normal state of affairs has b.2en restored. Those families who lit the town during the armistice have returned to their homes. Senor Possada llerrera has left for Rome. FRANCE, BOURSE, Dec. 15.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month -- 3 per Cent End of mouth 7l 10 Credit Mobilier 29 I. 25 End of month 291 25 Credit Fonder ..,1525 End of month — Bank Shares 3175 Ital'an Loan End of month — ' Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt 3O l — S. Cash RAILWA' Orleans ...... ... 916 1 Northern .............................. ... 3201± Lyons and :Mediterranean Southern..... 6284 Western Eastern • • 562i Sardinian Austrian Lombard 417-L __3 North of Spain Saragossa Roman THE VOLUN7EERs. The meeting for the presentation of the prizes won by the members of the Tower Hamlets Itifie Brigade was held last evening at the Town Hall, Shoreditch. The company was very large, and in cluded a considerable number of ladies. It had been arranged that the prizes should be distributed by Major-General the Hon. James Lindsay, but, as that gallant officer was unexpectedly prevented from attending, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson, commandant of the brigade, delivered an address, in the course of which he remarked that on occa sions like the present pleasure was most happily combined with duty. That evening, at all events, there was no drill to be gone through, nor had they the prospect of a hard day's work in the field; while they had the happiness of being surrounded by their fair friends, with o ut whose approving smiles volunteering would be very slow work indeed. Many were of opinion that volunteering was all play and no work, but he wished that such persons would join the ranks of a Volunteer corps for a year and bring their notions to the test of experi ence. If at the end of that time they still held to their original belief he would like them to take an other twelvemonth's turn at being commanding officers. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was happy to say that the brigade was in a most satis factory condition. 'This time last year they had a muster-roll of 1,073, but since then 229 recruits bad joined the brigade, and 104 members had re signed, the result being that they had at the present moment a muster-roll of 1,193. Of these 806 (or 67 per cent.) were effici2nts, leaving, he was sorry to say, 392 non-efficient mernbt'rs. It should, however, be borne in m i n d that among the latter were many of the new recruits, who could not by possibility hare yet rendered themselves efficient. The number of men who had shot through their classes was 302, and of these 8-1 had become marksmen. Mrs. Saye (sister-in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Thomson) and the two Misses Holt (daughters of Major Holt) then distributed the prizes. At the conclusion of this ceremony the room was cleared for a ball. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, December 16. Ministerial changes are more and more the subject of anticipation. The belief that the Imperial Cabinet will shortly undergo great modification has become very general. The necessity for having a united Cabinet, says the Journal de Paris, has been impressed 'upon the Emperor by the bitter experience of the evils which result from divided counsels. The portfolios of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Palle Works, and the Presi dency of the Council of State will be amongst those which will pass into different hands. A Ministerial change is inevitable. With respect to one of the offices mentioned—that of the Foreign Affairs—the Emperor may very likely be spared some embarrassment. M. de Moustier is ill, and if he does not improve I hear that he will resign. General Cialdini has arrived at Paris previously to setting out for Madrid. What is his mission at Madrid has been a favourite topic with the gossips, but the only explanation they can furnish is that he has been sent to negotiate respecting the throne of Spain. It is not improbable that some of Berryer's letters may ne published, Altogether they form an immense collec tion, many of them of the highest historic interest and value. Berryer was a master of epistolary composition. He wrote all his correspondence himself, and prided him self upon it. No one knew better than he what was the exact turn of expression required in any. even the most delicate, epistle, and no one could dash off a simple billet with such perfect grace. Berryer occupied one suite of apartments for fifty-three years, and without a lease ! Some of the papers relate a most amusing story, the scene of which is laid in one of the communes near Amsterdam. Jerome S— was the sole clerk and factotum of M. Ambroise, one of the functionaries of the commune. M. Ambroise, though some sixty years of age, was not insensible to the tender passion, and for a month had laid siege to the heart of Alphonsine, a seamstress, the wife of Jerome, the clerk. The bouquets and sonnets arrived in such profusion that they at length attracted the notice of Jerome, who jealously inquired of his wife resp ecting them. She confessed that M. Ambroise had for some time past annoyed her by his numerous presents, but urged that she was unwilling to speak about the matter, lest Jerome should lose his situation. Jerome, acknowledging the just tice of this plea, decided to repay his patron for his atten tions to his wife. The next day the worthy Falstaff presented himself at the residence of his clerk, bouquet and sonnet in hand. He was just endeavouring to compensate for his lack of beauty by the vigour of his eloquence when a step was heard on the staircase. "Itis my husband," cried Alphonsine. The worthy functionary was inclined to dis pute this, as he had just sent Jerome on a nine-miles errand ; but Alphonsine knew full well that it was her husband, and so Falstaff was quickly bundled into a large box that lay in the chamber. Jerome entered with two peasants, who took up the box and laboriously carried it out of the door. Alphonsine made a preconcerted show of questioning Jerome on this proceeding, but he answered that he had determined to sell the box, which was an en cumbrance, or if he could not find a customer, to throw it into the river. The box was brought into the little market-place, and Jerome, mounted on the lid, commenced a sort of auction. Some of the crowd that gathered wished to see the interior, but Jerome assured them that it was empty, and that they might have everything they could find in the inside. Thirty sous was the first bid, and little by little the price of the chest crept up, until it reached six francs. " What ! only six francs for a chest like this !" cried Jerome, in true auctioneer style, " I will throw it into the river first." At length the total reached seven francs, and then Jerome, thinking the play had gone far enough, " knocked down " the article. The box was opened by the buyer—and there was the unfortunate Falstaff in an insensible condition. The alternative of disgrace or immersion in the river had been too much for him. Jerome has lost his place, but M. Ambro!se has deemed it advisable to seek fresh woods and pastures new. He Las quitted the commune. THE RUMOUR OF LORD MAYO'S RECALL; (From the Correspondent of a Contemporary.) _ -.0.. ---- During the last few days the statement has been widely circulated, both in London and the provinces, that the Government had determined to recall Lord Mayo, whose place would be filled by Sir John Lawrence for another year, at the end of which time the Marquis of Salisbury would go out to India as Viceroy. This change was rumoured last week ; it was something more than a rumour on Tuesday. It was on that day communi cated to a London journalist of old standing, emanating, in point of fact, from a very distinguished member of the Liberal party, a nobleman of all but the highest rank, who has filled more than one very important office under the Crown. This nobleman added that the step had been decided upon at the Cabinet Council on Monday, and that the, letter of recall had actually been written. In fact, his statement was so positive and so precise in its details tl at it was impossible to suppose there could have be,n any inaccuracy in his innmation. This morning, however, I am assured, on the authority of a Cabinet 111 . n . ster, that the measure referred to will not be taken—that Lord Mayo will not be recalled. The matter has indeed been under the consideration of the Cabinet, but after deliberation it has been decided not to make a change, which would have been only a little less painful to the authors than to the subject of it. TILE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea • Thursday, F. 0 Dec. 17, B. T. W. Ito F. .1). W It. to 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 2910 r. 44 42 W. 3 7 W.S.W. cr.b 008 3 Yarmouth 29'75r. 43 41 W.S.W. 3 5 S.S.W, c.m 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesntes Ardrossan 2918 r. 48 46 W.S.W. 2 4 S.S.W. c. 0'29 1 Green castle 44 44 W.S.W. 1 3 S.S.W. c.ro o'l4 Holyhead - Liverpool Valentia .... 29'48f. 49 48 S. 8 10 W. c.r. 017 8 Cape Clear.. 29'54f. 49 48 S.S.W. 7 8 N.W. c.r. o'll 5 Roches Pt. 2959 r. 49 49 S. 7 7 W.S.W. c.o. 020 4 Penzance .. 29'79r. 52 52 S. 5 6 S.W. c.m o'so 4 Plymouth . 29 86r. 51 50 S.S.W. 5 7 W.S.W. c.m o'll 4 Weymouth . 29 89r. 51 49 S.W. 1 5 S.W. c. 014 2 Portsmouth 291 Cr. 48 46 W.S.W. 4 7 W. c. O'Ol 3 Lon don , 29'86r. 44 43 W.S.W. 3 6 S.W. or.b o'o7 UpeGrisNez 29•7 Cr. 50 46 W. 7 8 W. 0.c.10'01 4 Brest • ... 29195. 50 50 S. 7 7 W.N.W. o.m o'o4 4 L'Orieut .... 29'98r. 50 50 S.S E. 4 6 W. c.r. o'o4 4 Rochefort .. 3013 r. 50 50 W. 8 8 W. r. o'o6 5 Biarritz •• 3015 f. 52 50 W .N.W. 5 5 W.N.W. r. o'o4 Corunna.... Brussels,... Paris ...... Strasbourg.. Lyons .. _ .Toulon 3015 r. 46 N.W. 8 7 mtb 6 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) REMARKS. Since yesterday morning there has been a general increase of baro metrical pressure, amounting to more than half an inch on the E. coast of England. In Scotland the change during the night has been rapid ; in the S.W of Ireland, however, a fall in pressure is again re• ported since midnight. The least readings now lie to the north ; the difference between Nairn and Rochefort is OT6in. Temperature has slightly risen in the S. and W. On the S. coast of Ireland and in the metrical pressure, amounting to more coast of England. In Scotland the cha] rapid in the S.W of Ireland, however ported since midnight. The least read: difference between Nairn and Rochefoi slightly risen in the S. and W. On tin Irish •ea the gale from the S.W. blev wind has backed to S , and is now blow the Channel the wind is fresh from the the wind continues strong, but has general, and in Scotland heavy. Mist and E. coasts, whilst the sky is cloudy at Valencia is very high. Warnings coasts. S. coast of Ireland and in the yesterday ; at Valencia the ing hard. At the entrance of same quarter. At Rochefort 'eered to W. Rain has been is reported at places on our S. with ) ain in Ireland. The sea were issued yesterday to all SIX MEN DROWNED. A correspondent in Douglas, Isle of Man, writes : " There is at present in course of construction in our bay a low-water landing pier, running parallel with the present red pier. When there is a heavy sea, accompanied by an in-shore wind, the water rushes with extreme violence into the space enclosed between the two piers, and the result is that a kind of maelstrom is created, exceedingly dangerous to any small craft. On Saturday night the schooner Three Janes, Jackson master, of and from Preston to this port, with a cargo of coals, came round Douglas Head, and anchored off the red pier. The wind was S.S.E. at the time, and there was a heavy sea in the bay, and the schooner commenced almost immediately to drag her anchor. Unfortunately, at this moment the wheel chain snapped, and all control over the vessel was lost, and after some little time she drifted into the space between the two piers. In the meantime the members of the Douglas rocket brigade assembled on the old pier, and a crew of one of the harbour boats also went out to her assistance. The rocket brigade fired two rockets, and thus conveyed two lines to the im- perilled vessel, but the harbour boat having also reached her, the captain and crew came ashore therein. The captain at once proceeded to the office of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, and applied for the services of a steamer for the purpose of towing the schooner into the harbour. This request, however, was refused, as it was deemed that the steamer might suffer injury by going out. The master thereupon engaged a crew of harbour boatmen. A four-oared boat, containing himself and five of the harbour boatmen, put off from the red pier. When it was about 100 feet from the schooner a huge wave struck the boat with so much violence that the oars were carried cut of the bands of the men on the lee side. The men on the other side soon after wards lost their oars also. The boat was then entirely at the mercy of the waves, and before any means for their rescue could be adopted the whole of the poor men perished. Their names were Alfred Jackson, of Preston, the master of the schooner ; Hillan, James Lace, Robert Caren, James Lynchey, and George Dagleish, of Douglas. On Sunday the body of Lace was washed ashore, and since then the bodies of Jackson, Hillan, and Dagleiah have been recovered ; but up to the Dracut the other two are missing." AN INDEPENDENT ELECTOR HOAXED, s§.. good story, and one which has the advantage of being true, is told in Shrewsbury at the expense of a free and independent elector of this irreproachable borough. The elector in question exercised the privilege of the franchise for the first time during the recent election, and having been induced to give one of his votes to Mr. Figgins, the Conservative candidate, he appears to have lived in the daily expectation of having conveyed to him, from some unknown and mysterious source, a substantial acknowledgment of his support. He did not make any secret of his expectation, but frequently opened his heart upon the subject to some of his fellow-workmen, and after indulging in wild hopes of receiving £lO from " The Man in the Moon," he gra dually came down to £2, a sum which happened to be urgently needed in his domestic economy, and the lack of which he daily lamented. One morning his waning hopes were suddenly revived by the receipt of a letter, couched in guarded terms, but from which he clearly gathered that the expected guerdon was at length forthcoming, and was to be obtained from a stranger who might be met that night at eight o'clock on St. Chad's-terrace, and who was to be recognised and approached by a stated code of signals. The night proved wet and stormy, but the free and independent elector was faithful to the appointment ; and, after waiting twenty minutes, and getting wet through, he beheld the man whom be was to meet—a man with a care fully muffled-up face, a man who whistled to the free and independent elector, and who, when the free and independent doffed his hat, beckoned him to approach by three distinct motions of the extended forefinger of the left hand. The colloquy between the briber and the bribed was brief. Mildly reproaching the elector for " splitting his vote with Clement," instead of plumping for Pigging, the man with the muffled-up face dropped into his hand two bright coins, which the agitated elector, hurriedly glancing at in the lamp-light, recognised as the two sovereigns for which he had so long looked in vain. With a hasty promise that he was "right for next time," he followed the advice of his interlocutor, and made the best of his way home, where upon furtively taking out the price of his vote he found that the coins, though new and bright, and bearing the impress of the Mint, were not sovereigns but—farthings. HOW MR. BRIGHT BECAME A MINISTER. The public have been informed by Mr. Bright himself that it was with reluctance he accepted office, and that at last he consented only in consequence of the great pressure brought to bear upon him. A few particulars concerning the character of this " pressure " and the mode of its application have come to our knowledge, which the public will be interested to learn. When Mr. Glad stone received her Majesty's commands to form a Ministry conveyed, we may say, in the most gracious terms and in the most cordial manner—one of those with whom the right honourable gentleman first communicated was Mr• Bright, requesting that he would take office in the new Government. Mr. Bright, who was not in London at the time, returned an answer in which he acknowledged the compliment paid him by Mr. Gladstone, but positively declined to become a member of the new MiWstry. It was subsequently arranged that a personal conference should take place, and Mr. Bright proceeded to London for that purpose. At the interview the tender of office was again made and again declined. Mr. Bright does not belong' to the class of men who, like coy maidens, refuse consent in order' that they may be pressed to yield. He had evidently made up his mind not to act in an official capacity, and was not to be moved from his purpose by any ordinary pressure. A discussion commenced—Mr. Bright stating his reasons for not accept ing office, and Mr. Gladstone combating these objections, and advancing arguments in support of the view that it was the duty of the member for Birmingham to take an active part in the government of the country. As the discussion proceeded, it gradually lost its conversational tone, and assumed the character of a formal debate, in which the wo greatest orators of the day were the friendly dispu tants. Warming with the subject, each strove to give force to his views by bringing into play all those charms of diction, of elocution, and of gesture with which both are abundantly gifted ; and we can readily believe the statement of the few who were privileged to witness this remarkable intellectual encounter that it surpassed even the finest oratorical display recently witnessed in the , Houses of Parliament. Mr. Bright urged, among other things, we understand, that he had an objection to the receipt of public money ; that he had served the country hitherto without reward, and would prefer to continue to do so ; that the acceptance of office might possibly place him in an un comfortable and restrained position ; and that he believed he could render more efficient aid to Mr. Gladstone's Government as an independent supporter than as a mem ber of the Cabinet. To these objections Mr. Gladstone replied by a masterly review of Mr. Bright's career, pointing out that many of the principles which he had espoused had come to be recognised as the true and legiti mate policy of government. The opportunity, Mr. Gladstone further contended, was now afforded Mr. Bright to give effect to his views as a member of the Government, and with all the force of his eloquence the Premier urged that it was the duty of Mr. Bright not to shrink from a responsibility which the acceptance of office would cast upon him. The discus sion lasted from eight o'clock in the evening until two o'clock in the morning, and at last Mr. Bright yielded —chiefly influenced, no doubt, by the strength of the arguments advanced by Mr. Gladstone, but also swayed, it may be imagined, by that powerful personal charm which the new Premier exercises over all with whom he is brought in contact. Such is the story of the mode in which Mr. Bright became a Minister, and it is probably without parallel in the history of forming Cabinets.—Liverrool Mercury. We understand that the Earl of Devon, the late President of the Poor-law Board, before quitting office, appointed Mr. Henry Longley, barrister-at-law, to be a Poor-law inspector, in the room of Mr. Edward Gulson, who had held the office since 1834, and who resigned in consequence of failing health. The Shrewsbury magistrates have recently directed their energies to the putting down of bad language in the streets. During last week a large number of convictions have been made, and fines and cos's of £1 17s. 6d. inflicted, with the alternative of a fornight's imprisonment. A remarkable piece of evidence was given touching one of the defendants —a Mrs. Sarah Speake. It was stated that she had con tinued to curse and swear without cessation from half-past eleven at night till two in the morning ! The Rotherham police have apprehended a clerk employed in the Rotherham Post-office, on a charge of com mitting extensive and systematic robberies of the valuable contents of letters entrusted to the post. A miscellaneous collection of articles worth £9O have been found in his pos session, or in the possession of friends to whom he has been somewhat lavish in presents. The frequent complaints of missing valuables transmitted through the Rotherham Post office led to au investigation, and this apprehension is the Referring to an absurd canard that Mr. Roebuck intended to oppose Mr. Bright's re-election for Birmingham, the 'Sheffield Telegraph, the organ of Mr. Roebuck, which first gave publicity to the rumour, says that it is satisfied that Mr. Bright's position in Birmingham is impregnable, and that Mr. Roebuck will not deem it either graceful or politic to oppose Mr. Bright's re-election. "From all t hat we hear of Mr. Roebuck," continues our contemporary, " he accepts his defeat at Sheffield with admirable equanimity and is employing his leisure in literary pursuits." A numerously-attended tea meeting was held in Bristol on Tuesday to celebrate the triumphant return of Messrs. Berkeley and Morley. After tea speeches were made on the progress of Liberalism in the old city. The Rev. Dr. Qotch told an anecdote of a man—a "religious" man— who was canvassed, and who said, "I love the Lord Jesus Christ with all my heart, and I em ready at this moment to lay down my life for his sake, but 1 expect £5 for my vote." Another speaker, Mr. Handel Cossham, stated that he was told in Yorkshire the other day that Mr. Disraeli was so crooked that if he swallowed a tenpenny nail it would come out a corkscrew. (He (Mr. Disraeli) had not got to the Lords yet, but he had sent his wife there to keep his seat warm for him till he got there. END OF A VENDETTA.—The Gazette de Cagliari gives a curious account of the extinction of a feud in the island of Sardinia, the details of which strongly resemble those of the reconciliation of the two Corsican families described in Alexandre Dumas's romance of " Les Freres Curses." In the present instance the fête took place in the village of Aging, where two hostile bodies, who for more than two years had been persecuting and murdering each other, had agreed to forget their animosities and join hands in friendship. The two hostile families entered the church simultaneously amidst the ringing of bells and the acclamations of the people, and ranged themselves on opposite sides, namely, the Chilgoni, the Vasa, the Maltz, the Malej a, and the Luzzu, more than sixty in number, along one wall of the building ; and the Muzzedu and the Cossu, fifty-four in number, on the other. The cure, M. Sechi, then pronounced a discourse on mutual forgiveness, which produced a deep sensation, and the hostile parties, moved even to tears, threw themselves into each other's arms, promising a permanent reconciliation. After leaving the church the two families separated to take a frugal repast, and then met again at the house of the curs, who received them in presence of the authorities, and con firmed the friendly compact with a suitable exhorta tion, - „7.7.1-4 r"„*„ 4 Otti, „ -, ' l '-* effrri eirm34'6l: lIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 16. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Duchesg of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty walked arid drove in the grounds this morning. Her Majesty has visited Princess Christian dail! at Frogmore. His Royal Highness the Prince Royal of Prussia visited yesterday the Winter Exhibition of Sketches an d Studies by the members of the Water Colour Society, g 4 their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East. 111 R. BRIGHT A? COURT. (From the Newcastle Chronicle.) In certain circles in London conversation for th e last few days has been all about Mr. Bright's ar pearance at Court, which was attended by loc i " dents of a very interesting character. Some yea's ago Lord Derby volunteered a remark, considered at the time highly gratuitous and offensive, to . the effect that Mr. Bright c ou ld no t b e 4. sent for by the Queen, as he would be a distasteful perso n at Court. A year o r - two afterwards Mr. Brig ht resented this in his own effective way, in a s peech he made at Birmingham,. in which he reminde d , Lord Derby that the r e were p ersons w h o stood upon the steps of the Throne without being able to add anythin g t o th e sec urity °`, it by increasing the affection of the Peq l° for it, and whose presence so near to it was not 5 national advantage. We understand on Mr. Glad stone mentioning to her Majesty that he intended' with her permission, to offer a seat in the Cabine t to the hon. member for Birmingham, the Queen was pleased to say it would afford her the greatest satisfaction if Mr. Bright should consent to serv ° the Crown—that she had read his speeches wit h great pleasure, and that she was under the grcateat obligation to him for the many kind words he h al spoken of her, especially for a speech he made ahci ut two years - ago in a great meeting in St. James' s " hall. When Mr. Bright went to Windsor to take the oaths of office her Majesty showed her delicate consideration for the great commoner in a very marked way. She sent Mr. Helps, the clerk to th e Privy Council, to assure Mr. Bright, if it was 131°r ; agreeable to his feelings to om it th e ceremony of kneeling or kissing hands he was quite at liberty to do so. Mr. Bright availed himself of this co n ' siderate permission, and was very kindly and c i)f t ; dially received by her Majesty, w h o t oo k occasi on in the most marked manner to express her gratifieeci don at meeting him. It was afterwards intimat e to Mr. Bright th a t h er R oya l Hi g h ness t h e P r inte r i , Royal of Prussia had ex p resse d a d es i re that I ".'`; Bright should be p resen t e d t o h er. Thi s wa s don °t and the Prince s s h e a r tily assure d M r. B r ight til 3 t she greatly d e si re d t o be acluainted with hitn—tbit she herself and all the mem b ers o f th e ro yal faul ly i were greatly indebted t o hi m f or th e wa y in wilich be he bad spoken of their mother. She herself, s ea said, had read all his speeches, and she was Pl eas fa i to see him. Mr. Bright rep:ied in very gra ce , terms, and said if her ro y a l hi g h ness w ould I )er , mit him he would tell her that the late N il , Buchanan, the Americ an Mi n i s t er , w hen last London, said of he r t o hi m h er , bet " that whereve r royal highness went sh e s h e d sunshine over all the path." Mr. Bright was very muc h struc k with tile graceful, animated man ners an d gen i a l g reeting had the honour to receive from her royal big"! tl ' s and the young ladies of th e cour t t e ll w ith cur interest of the meeting between his royal high 13 , a0 and the great Quaker co ur ti er . M r . Bright DLio already become as famous in royal circles as great predecessor, n illiam Penn. As a great o has been said and written about the Queen's Pe r sonal feelings, and as some of Mr. Gladstone's ° o 0 intimate supporters ha ve b e li eve d till lately t' Mr. Disraeli had a n un d ua i n fl uence over her, it io most satisfactory to hear, as the have on the T er ' best authority, that her Majesty's private reeeptil of her newPrirae Minister was so gracious, so ki° even so " affectionate" was the wocd used, as t , t 0 overwhelm him with feelings of the warmest gr a tude. Nothing could have more lightened ble r e i cent toils, or cheered him more thoroughly in w, happily few difficulties he has to contend with. 1 THE MUSICAL MONTHLIES. HANOVER SQUARE.—Thb present n umber i two very well written pieces for the pianoforte , hi " f Charles Wehle and Edwin Lott. The first is 13i g o effective, and in the second Mr. Lott has Sh ? The how well he can compose a Spanish serenade. ' O , songs this month are by Macfarren and Mr. o ' o Allen, the first-named gentleman choosing sc ;s c , words by Sir Walter Scott for his setting. vo o Allen has taken his words from Tom Hood. v O , ballads are very pretty, and the four pieces bined make up a very excellent number. , in tos C BOND STREET.—This very lively and r f - • t he publication still maintains its reputation. 3-° ,, 00 . number before us there is a very exhilirating drille, entitled " Christmas Eve," by C. C° ° , te n t• graceful ballad, by J. R. Thomas, " Fairy •r," - b i steps ;" a dashing mazurka, " Blooming geY',„ e r H. Round ; and a capital comic song, by that ' l b° haustible and clever composer H. Clifton, vii tll .'s attractive title, " Wait for the Turn of 60 ,,,110 t he The quality of the whole of the compositions i ° 00 (1 December number is unexceptionally goo d ' u ly speaks well for the spirit and energy of the r lishers of " Bond-street." EXETER HALL.—The pieces and songs con' a to 430 in the December number are very apprePrt f , o o the season. The first song, 4g A Cbm . , o oo Thought," is by Mr. Hatton ; the pianoforte Pol is by A. Corelli, and the new " Christmas °y t oil by Mr. G. B. Allen. Gounod contributes a t bst " Christmas Comes," and Mr. F. Henry 0 10. Christmas Hymn, " Our Saviour's Birth." • baults piece for the harmonium is full of tha t lody. The December number is about the bes t t has yet been published. b lishe i Messrs. Hopwood and Crew have just p ll-- their first contribution of dance music for tbe l i e g, proaching festive season. It consists of qua d . . 1 6.0 11 waltzes, and galops, all brimming over with 'T o ad and liveliness. Amongst the quadrilles we , 11 - 01 " The Rage of London," " After Dark," " if°- $ O 4 Dodd," all done in Mr. C. Coote's best etY le ' ohs each containing some of the popular melodies ° tte ,'' day. In the waltzes will be found the " Ae l tbils " Christy's Jewel," and "Prosepine," each of 1111 . 0 ' - t ife can recommend; and as for the galops " Se° - beta and "After Dark," sitting still whilst they 3 ,,, re t bo s° performed will be a perfect impossibility. . I° A wishing to possess the newest, prettiest, 813- Go ad' dance music we recommend a visit to New street, where they will ba sure to find all t hey quire. she ets Messrs. Metzler, of G rea t M ar lborough 4v er olf have published the fir s t num b er o f a new I !, le°, called the " Musical Bij ou, " containing with than twelve cc lv :a eo o f nip th aim the best stChristy m elodies , N C which is sixpence. O n e song containedint t h o beeetll3 1351 11 " Beautiful Isle of the Sea"—is worth re °l ! r s th e the price of th e pu bli cat i on. Tru l y, these `'" days of cheapness. 6r ° ' "The Rattler" galop, published by the sa ille , i tio et is a very d as hi ng compos i t i on, b y ch. - Val e ; til e and one that will find many admirers du ritl° Christmas holidays. A book of poems by R. Montgomery r -L t 3; the Middle Temple, has been published by 3 . ll. •. — it °,,tt° . I : f Piccadilly, which gives evid e nc e o f much 0 ; 111 'firo t c i little volume contains about twenty poem', the f e l ot which, "Fair Rosamond," deserves the prido given to it; the poem is di v id e d i nto three P art ' s ,',ll e. bi ll' t, which is full of the m os t grace f u l wr iting. r - 1 -' 4° , t holo of St. Christopher " is mar k e d by originality 0 ' ; do it e d and " Beauty and Gai n " i s equa ll y good, thoug h °: different style. There a re a number of very Prl 4 arer e nets, for which the a u th or d eserves a high ecsigisicce;i and to those fond of poetry the book will be hrb ti `vi i 9 table whilst sitting before the cozy parlour fire 03 evening, or as an entertaining companion during $ journey. Ti T, be di , ha Ja dri dr; do land of t Z\-Or 1 a Per N I N' w er kis., Do .'llll Do I/0 Each D o 4.4„,k Lo, atm later.. Ar , A o . '414 13 ' . it o . U o. L o. b o 4 li no o `stlbe,