The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-23 00:00:00

THEATRD ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.' Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. T HIS EVENING, and uutil further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce by R. Reece, Esq., en titled lIONEYDOVE'S TROUI3LES. Characters by INL'ssrs. Jos-ph Irving, C. Warner, J. Morris; dames Kate Harfleur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO FU.1.1 ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. Due notice will be given of the re-appearance of Mr. Phelps in the character of Dr. Cantwell in THE HYPOCRITE. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to com mence at sev,n o'clock. Idorniug, P :orinance every Wednesday and Satur day until T HEATitE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr. Gunton, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, Buekstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and B,b:nson. After which, A EI UTTER PERVERSION OF TIIE .ARIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathcrshy, Johnson, ,Fze.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Pi-oprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directross, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 25th aype 'ranee here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belnioro. Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin IVe)4ter; Miss Carlotta. Leclereq (her 25th appearance), Mrs. .Alfrcl Mellon, Mrs. Billin gton. Mrs. 11. Lewis, &C. Commence at 7. pOYIL PRINCESS'S THEAT RE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last Night but Two. TIIIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas. THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na C o ppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. Mssr. Domiick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For- re e ster. s 11. Mellor., R. 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A grand banquet was given last evening to her MAJESTY'S Ministers by the Bristol Conservative Association. Unfortunately the PREMIER and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER were prevented from attending, but a numerous and brilliant gathering appeared. The toast of the evening was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and Lord STANLEY responded to it in a speech distinguished by the common sense and clear-ightedness for which he is so remarkable. After returning thanks on behalf of himself and his colleagues, absent and present, for the very cordial greeting which their names had received, the noble lord proceeded to touch upon some of those points of interest and ill portance which are at present before the public As he emphatically expressed it, " A political career in this country involves grave responsibilities, fre- quent anxieties, occasional obloquy, and no incon siderable amount of labour." This is perfectly true but, as Lord t. TANLEY said, no one is forced into the public service, only it must not be considered that it has no drawbacks, and for the most part few would devote themselves to it were it not for the hope that they might render some service to England, and also merit the goodwill and gratitude of their fellow-couutrymen. Exaggera- tion is not at all in the line of the noble lord Few public speakers can claim greater immunity from the charge, and certainly there is no false colouring in the remark here met with, that her MAJESTY'S Ministers have been passing through a period of peculiar trial and difficulty. More than " ordinary responsibility has, in truth, fallen to their lot, and hence any manifestation of ap proval, on the part of their countrymen, comes with peculiar appropriatness, and is appreciated accordingly. When they undertook to bring in the measure they believed would be the most conducive to the gain and good of the public, the Ministers did not think that all would agree with them, even among those whose political tendencies were in com mon on ordinary occasions. The majority, how- ever, did, as we all know, accept the offer proposed to them." And Lord STANLEY speaks most earnestly of the manner in which their support was given. " Under these trying circumstances, the Conserva tive party stood by those whom it had chosen for its leaders with a firm, a generous, and an unwearied confidence, which I, for one, shall never forget.' This tribute is well merited, for the Conservative members of the House of Commons exhibited a patriotism deserving of all honour, and that will long remain to their credit in the annals cf Parlia ment. The entertainment of last evening was another indication of the favour with which the country in general has regarded the efforts of her MAJESTY'S Government, for the zeal they displayed in the public service, and fur what Lord STANLEY designates " the wise discretion they exercised in declining to place themselves in antagonism to the deliberately expressed wish of the nation." Of one thing we may be certain, that whether in or out of office we shall not be misled by Lord STANLEY'S speeches to mistake the position of affairs. He tells the truth however unpalatable it in taking a glance at the may be, and accordingly, situation last night, he admitted that the circum stances of the moment were not in all respects satisfactory. We have a war on our hands, if it is a little one ; we have commercial depression, dis tress severe and protracted among the working classes ; and we have discontent in Ireland. But it would have rendered all these evils much more in jurious if we had at the same time to encounter the just displeasure of a large part of the poorer popu lation for being deprived of their political rights' The noble lord admits that the change just effected is a serious one, but he does not distrust the conse quences, though no one can possibly estimate them fully just at present. We would direct particular attention to that passage in Lord STANLEY'S speech iu which he dwells upon the errors people are prone to fall into about the changes of the Reform Bill. As for the country being entirely thrown into the power of the new voters, as he justly puts it, who can say that during the last thirty years the small tradesmen and tenant-farmers who have formed the majority of the constituencies have directed in a peculiar sense the making or administraion of the laws. As to the argument that we shall become like the colonies, the noble lord says we are not a colony, but a country with old traditions and social habits, and " it is not likely that wealth fairly used, and culture, real as well as showy, will easily lose in England the influence which they at pre sent possess over the English people." How much truer is this definition than the notion of our " future masters" on one side and complete subversion of the existing order of things on the other. The fact is we are neither going to the bad nor yet going to have a Democra millennium. As for the education of the people, it is satisfac tory to hear, on goad authority, that the Conserva tive party are not one whit behind their political opponents in desiring it, and in the power to deal with it. Lord DERBY was the founder of the system of national education still extant in Ireland, and Sir J. PAKINGTON long ago had to do with the English part of the question. The noble lord thinks that he can discern something like business in the aspect of affairs relating to this vital question. There is a disposition manifested to take what i 3 given in a fair spirit. The secular system of 1830 is done for, and the Voluntaries are giving up their objections as to State interfer ence; so that, while difficulties still:remain, some of the most serious obstacles are vanished. The state of Ireland was alluded to at some length in this discourse, and it was truly designated THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, ISt S. as painful, dangerous, and somewhat discreditable. belief. From Ireland we learn that Mr. TRAIN Lord STANLEY spy' sls decidedly about the matter, has been released after a long investigation had and declares th at there is every disposition taken place, and he had given his assurance that. on the part of ette people of this country to do he did not mean to promote Fenianism in Ireland. all that can be done for the _lrish people. This is as well, as he had done nothing to incrimi- Meanwhile the Material condition of Ireland is nate hiursc:f in this country, and we have not bad, and the general condition of the pea- nothing to do with the inflated language that ob sautry has greatl:,7 improved during the last twenty tains favour across the Atlantic. It may be said, in years. Nothing i's wanted but " peace and secu- reviewing the affair, that there were quite sufficient rity" to permit the uncounted millions of British grounds for detaining Mr. TRAIN at first, and ample capital to pour into that country as it does into reason for setting him free at last. It is to be hoped Scotland, and to colonies that are the length and that he may profit by this inconvenient episode to breadth of the globe apart from us. The noble conduct himself with greater circumspection ; but lord very truly said that there existed a party if he seeks to make political capital out of his visit whom no concessions could satisfy. They aimed to Ireland, to better his chances for the Presidency, at the Repeal of the Union, and that could never he will only have himself to thank for any be. The Fenian movement across the Atlantic also mischief that may happen to him. Sortie occasioned great evil, but that could not last long. interesting remarks were made by Me. OAW Without jumping at conclusions and attaching too soN, M.P., on the subject of Fenianism, much importance to the details touched upon, we with which he connected the state of feeling in may fairly say that there is in the language of the Ulster. He sail that he had the satisfaction of noble lord a good indication of some measures be- declaring that the " entire country " was possessed ing introduced for Ireland that will tend to her benefit, and conduce to her improvement. " Ire land is the question of the hour," as he puts it truly, and don't let us call in quacks through impa tience and irritation at delays and dangers. Mr. G. HARDY made some interesting remarks in reply ing for the House of Commons, and spoke forcibly concerning the work that yet remained to be done. Class must not be set against class, but they must be blended together in influence if the prosperity of the country is sought to be obtained. On the whole, this banquet was a great success, and it is very satisfactory at this critical juncture to hear from those in office that there is no prevailing cause for anxiety, and that no diMeulties are before us that faith and courage cannot surmount, and that even the stormy element of Fenianism has only served to call out the English spirit of loyalty and order. No one who serves his country can hope to be always a fair-weather statesman ; it is the pilot who weathers the storm who best deserves all confi by a universal feeling of loyalty towards the Crown, and he advocated the propriety of their making these sentiments known. Let the broad, notorious fact go forth to the world that there exists in the north of Ireland a body of men powerful in num bers, influence, and character, who are determined to remain devoted subjects to the British Crown, ardent protestors agaiust any proposed separation from it. It is very satisfactory at this juncture to meet with such indications of goodwill and loyalty, and the London Irish address to the men appears to be progressing in the right direction. It is time, indeed, that some change was made, and those who believe that Fenianism in any way represents the real Irish feeling, may learn their mistake when they find the numerous signatures that have been attached to this " muster-roll of Irish loyalists." LATEST INTELL EGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) dance and support, and the harder the struggle the greater the merit of those who overcome and suc ceed in bringing us to the haven of security and ITALY. FLORENCE, Jan. 22, Evening. The Marquis Gualterio, who has been appointed Minister of the Royal Household, is expected here to-morrow to take possession of his new post. The Gazette d Italia confirms the previous intel ligence of the despatch of an Italian note to the Spanish Government relative to certain passages in the Queen's speech upon the opening of the Cortes, and states that this step has had a satisfactory re- )eace. The House of Representatives in Washington has already forgotten the lesson of the late elec tions. Its members are proceeding in as headlong and reckless a course as though the whole sym- pathics of the country were with them, as though their past career had been as recognised a success ai it has been a failure, as though they felt absolutely confident that they were in the right way to restore peace and prosperity to a troubled and embarrassed nation. The Athntic cable, bringing us Tueslay suit. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23. The steamer Minnesota, which sailed hence on Jan. 7th for New Yurk, put back to Queenstown last night, having lost her propeller. She is expected to proceed to-morrow. - _ _ evening'et news from Washington, reports that the House of Representatives had on that day passed a bill declaring that there were no valid civil governments in the South, or, GALLE, Jan. 18. The Behar, from China, arrived on the 15th inst and the Geelong from Australia to-day. as they describe it, " in the late rebellious States ;" and the bill goes on to transfer all powers of appointment and removal under the Reconstruc tion Act from President JOHNSON to General GRANT as Commander-in -Chief. This bill—one of the most extravagant of the many extravagant acts of Cougres—was passed by 125 against, 45 votes, a majority which shows pretty clearly the relative strength of parties in the Lower House. The mea sure is absurd on the face of it, seeing that by the American Constitution the PRESIDENT is the head of the army, and is consequently above GRANT himself in even a military point of view. General GRANT excused himself to his critics for accepting the vacant post of STANTON, on the plea that, according to military law, he was bound to obey the PRESIDENT'S orders; and it will be re- The Nubia leaves for Suez to-day. Outward Mail of 20-29th October.—The Avoca arrived at Melbourne on the 16th and Sydney on Dec. 18. Outward Mails of 4th December.—The Mongolia arrived at Galle on Jan. 7. MALTA, Jan. 22. The Syria left at 8 a.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the evening of the 24th inst. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 20. The Nyanza leaves at 11 a.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton on the evening of the 24th, or morning of the 25th inst. membered that during the war ABRAHAM LINCOLN was always styled the head of the Federal armies. So well is this known that the Confederate Govern ment, founded in every respect on the model of its Federal prototype, recognised JEFFERSON Davis as chief of the national forces, even above so great a General as LEE or JACKSON. The proposal, then, to supersede JOHNSON by GRANT, besides being pre posterous in itself, is directly unconstitutional. It is plainly opposed to the spirit as well as to the letter of the Constitution, which intends that the PRESIDENT of the United States, during his tenure of office, should be virtually snpreme. It bas often been said that, during his limited term, he exercises a much more extended and irrespon sible authority than any constitutional sovereign can do. The check upon this was intended, by the framers of the Constitution, to be found in the restriction on his lease of power. He is supposed to be a man in whom the majority of the people can place confidence ; and Congress also poi seses the power, lately so much abused, of overriding his veto, and passih a bill into law in opposition to him. Under another aspect this bill is equally misplaced and dangerous. It declares that there are no valid civil governments in the Southern States; or, in other words, it affirms the uncontrolled supremacy of military law. Mr. JOHNSON has already shown what the effect of an attempt to enforce such a doc trine must be upon the national exchequer. There can be no grounds for affirming that there are "no valid civil goverutnents." The declaration can only be intended as a direct insult to the PRESIDENT, and as a further step towards the confiscation of the Southern lands. The Radicals seem desirous of op pressing and irritating the whites beyond endurance. They can hardly believe that they will much longer submit to a Reconstruction policy, which virtually subordinates them to their former slaves, which deprives them of any interest in the Government, which gives them no voice in the representation, which renders their property insecure, and deprives them of all that stimulus of honourable ambition, whether political or social, which is so powerful for good iu large and mixed communities. The people have hitherto been upheld by hope, and have trusted in the good-will of the PRESIDENT towards them, but they now see his term of office fast elapsing, while all remains in a most unsatisfactory condition. President JOHNSON has as yet taken no definite action with regard to the recent acts of Congress. We can hardly suppose that he will re main inactive. He will more probably adopt some decided measures which shall change the aspect of affairs, and remove the power they have so long abused out of the hands of these dangerous and un patriotic legislators. There is not much new concerning Fenianism ; but some details have been met with about the doings of the prisoners at Glasgow, which fully confirm the suspicions previously entertained. The conduct of BARRATT was most extraordinary, and quite inconsistent with that of an honest man. He purchased a revolver pistol, after making consider able fuss about the price and sending another man to negotiate in the affair. When these men were first apprehendel it was not supposed that they were connected with the outrage at Clerken well ; 'but afterwards suspicion wa3 excite], in consequence of BARRATT being unable to account for his whereabouts in Novembee and December. The London police, upon hearing a full description of his personal appearance, soon comprehended the importance of the matter, and directed that the greatest care should be taken of the prisoner, and the event has fully justified their CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22. Russia and Poland are subjects which, when Frenchmen have nothing else to occupy them, are sure to come to the front. Nothing can persuade Parisians that Russia is not preparing to make a sudden raid on the sick man's terri tory. An anonymous writer has just published a pamphlet, entitled "La Russie, La Turquie, et l'Europe," with the evident object of nourishing the anti-Russian sentiment. He wishes the Western Powers to warn the Czar that if Russia has forgotten the last struggle we have not, and " that Russian diplomacy will be met with the same veto as before." The writer blames the Allied Powers for the existence of the, present state of affairs. They separated in the Crimea, at the moment when victory was theirs, without exacting enduring guarantees for the future. He goes on to argue that the peace and liberty of the world depend on the union of France and England. " France and England," he adds, " should never forget that the dream of the Russiani is at the same time to settle accounts with the English in Calcutta, and to march by way of Con stantinople on Paris." With the mention of Russia we cannot forget Poland, and if we could, the Committee of Polish Emigrants in Paris will not allow it. They have just issued a notification, which I see in the Siecle, reminding the public of a few facts. The Russian Government, in its relentless persecution of the Polish nation, issued a decree some time ago confiscating the land of all the native landowners of Volhynia, the Ukraine, and Lithuania. These landowners were allowed to the 10th of December last to sell their property, and this not having been effected, the Government has now ordered it to be sold by auction. They have invited foreign capitalists to make purchases. Natives of Poland are forbidden to buy it, "no one being permitted "—I quote the committee's words—" to own a scrap of Polish soil except a Russian or a foreigner." The object of this edict is to extirpate the Poles from their own land. The committee remind those who may deem this a favourable opportunity for buying land, of a decree of the Polish National . Government, which in 1863 anticipated measures like this by declaring that all purchases so effected would be regaxded" as null and void. The protest may be ineffective, but it is not inopportune. According to the " Correspondence from the North East," just published, the Poles are fleeing into Gallicia to escape . the impeading Russian conscription. Under pretext of preventing this exodus the Russian troops are massed on the frontier. The considerable improvement which has taken place in . . the Paris Bourse is due to the rumour that M. Magne's lom of 400 million francs will not see the light. Mean while his statement is anxiously expected. Among the countless rumours kept afloat about Italian affairs, the latest is that negotiations have been reopened betweeu Paris and Florence on the subject of the recal (repatriement) of the expeditionary corps remaining on the Pontifical territory. The foundation of the rumour pro. bably is that the Italian Cabinet is making every effort to assure the Emperor that henceforth the Papal territory will be in no danger of invasion. The Etendard repeats the fact which I stated a few days ago, of the circulation of an address to the ex king Francis IL In the Unita Cattolica the address is given at length. The report that M. de Sartiges has quitted Rome foe Naples to report on the state of South Italy creates anxiety. We wait till it is•confirmed. The death is announced, at Cannes, of the Due des Cars, a former peer of France, and one of the foremost lenders of the Legitimist party. He commanded a division at the taking of Algiers in 1830, but, after the events of July of the same year, he attended the exiled Charles X. to England. The Avenir National relieves the dull season by a goon joke. A pupil of one of the lycees was twenty minutes late on Sunday evening. When reproved, he produced on the spot a certificate of the station-master that the train was so much en retard. " Oh, well," replied the tutor, " when a train is late you must take the one before.* MR. .E 0 VATIOA, On Wednesday evening Mr. Lowe was present at the annual dinner of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Mr. P. H. Rathbone in the chair. In response to the toast al his health, Mr. Lowe dealt at some length with the qaestion, how the middle class, which would not think of sending its chikiren to primary schools assisted by the State, and yet was not in a position to send its sons to the universities or the great public schools, was to be educated. The middle olass, which until last year was the depository of political power in this country. had never done anything for itself in education. It had allowed the endowments designed for its own education to be filched from it by a class for which they were not intended. How waz this ? How was it that they had, without a remonstrance and a struggle, allowed political Pressing as poverty is in many parts of France, it is still more so across the Rhine. The distress in the South-west of Germany appears to be „as lamentable as that in th, North-east of Prussia. The Mercury, of Suabia, reports tha famine has attained an unparalleled intensity in that pro vince. Whole families are found dead in the open air, ,1 starvation. The poor peasants have had to sell their farm ing implements for bread. It is added that unless succouj is at hand soon it will be too late. power to pass out of their hand ? He believed the reason was the want of a common culture ; the want of something which would have raised men's minds above the business of ever'-day life, made them take a more elevated view of their own position. What was Wanted in the education of the middle class was not only something .-ould be merely useful to them in the business of their life, but sound and good mental discipline—an education which should teach caution, observation, and the faculty of weigh ing probabilities, and deciding soundly, judiciously, an d pru• dently. He denied that the education received by the upper classes either satisfied those classes themselves, or could be copied With any advantage by the middle class; it was a simple accident of the times that made the Latin and Greek classics the leading educational features of collegiate edu , cation, but Latin. and Greek were mere mechanical exer cises of the faculty of memory. It was just as much a mis take to dose a boy with the " Eton Grammar " before he knew five words of the language, as it was to lee- tune a child on the vertebra and the anatomy of the limbs when it was learning to walk. Of what use' also as a mental discipline was moral phi losophy, when the conclusions of the science were perfectly evident before the student began ? Having cri• ticised alto the merits of logic and history, remarking with regard to the latter that no teacher couldimpart history to a boy better than he could learn it himself by reading. U. Lowe came to the subjects which he would recom m4id for the education of the middle classes. First hr would recommend a thorough study of the English lan guage —the langlia:ge of Bacon and Shakespeare, Pitt, Chat ham, and Fox—the language of Byron and Scott. When he was at school he was an idle boy ; after he had got up enough Greek and Latin, he spent his time in reading the works of the noble writers of the 16th and 17th centuries. and almost felt while doing so that he playing truant. But all the success of his life he owed to the know. ?edge of the English language which he acquired in thos steam hours. English composition, too, was another neces• sity of middle-class education. French, written and spoken. was a most desirable accomplishment, and if the boy had taste for languages, let him learn German, in which th. finest and closest translations of t.ie ancient classics were to be found. To discipline the mind he recommended, not' analytical mathematics beginning with algebra, bi.f. synthetical mathematics argued out by diagrams, which afforded-as good instances of abstract reasoning as could be obtained. In his opinion nothing was so requisite i: , middle-class education as a study of the phenomena ci physical science. Physical science could not be learnt by rote. Its study was bracing to the mind, it taught us to observe closely, to compare, to think, to distrust our crude and first generalisations. It did not so much teach us science as it produced a scientific habit of mind tt. correct by careful observation, such as produced the.) habit of mind which, carried into business, keeps us from bankruptcy. The study of nature preceded the study of books, which were not created. In a brilliant peroration Mr. Lowe p jilted out that science was as yet nearly in its infancy, and that discoveries as yet unknown to this generation would be facts to the generation we have now to educate. As to the practical question, he suggested that while statesmen tried to recover for the middle classes their birthrights—endowed schools and the universities — they should combine and build schools for themselves, which they could easily do, as Mr. Woodward had proved. The right hon. gentleman, who spoke for upwards of hour, was often most enthusiastically applauded. " C. B. 8.," an apparently well-informed correspondent oi the Times, states that till 1869 Russian armaments nee give no alarm. The Government of St. Petersburg has made a number of contracts for the supply of breechloadet; in several countries of Europe and America, but the con. tractors are not required to deliver up the arms till the spring of 1869. It will be some time after that before the Russian hordes are prepared to use them. Within the past few days several M.P.'s, mindful of tn( fact that the session is rapidly approaching, have hastened to address their constituents. Mr. Corrance, one of the members for East Suffolk, M the course of a lecture at Ipswich, dealt fully with the relations between capital ani labour, and advocated a full, fair, and calm treatment of that difficult question. One thing he feared, and that was that trades unions promised more than they could possibl3 perform. They assured the working man that they could secure him constant level work at a constant level price ; but did they succeed in doing this? The hon. gentleman doubted whether strikes achieved the good which they were intended to effect, and whether long ones did not really lessen the competition for labour by clearing out of the labour market small capitalists, and so increasing the monopoly of the few. lie did not think the trade out rages of which they had heard so much ought to be regarded as part of the question ; they were evidences of weakness and of crime, but they had nothing to do with the intrinsic merits of the case on either side. A meeting of the Cambridge Conservative Club was enlivened by the presence of three members of Parliament —Mr. F. S. Powell, Mr. Gorst, and Lord Royston. The speeches of Messrs. Powell and Gorst, the representatives of Cambridge borough, were almost identical in tone. The conduct of the Government in dealing with the subject of Reform was defended. The education question was next dealt with. Both gentlemen "hoped to see wise changes made in connection with our ancient universities and in the management of our grammar schools." The time, however, had not come for compulsory education. Lord Royston is the eldest son of the Earl of Hardwicke, awl the Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. His lordship handled rather severely the recent' speech of Professor Fawcett on free trade in land. He knew something about political economy, but he never supposed that any professor of such a science could have propagated the scandalous opinions to which Professor Fawcett had given publicity. His lordship only wished he had the power and knowledge to deal with the sacrilegious tenets that the learned Professor had poured into the heads of his audience. Professor Fawcett said the great object to be sought now was to procure free trade in land. What the Professor had said on that question was not true, and he either spoke falsely, or he was igno rant of his subject. The Professor had said the yeomen of England were swept away. That was a most untruth ful assertion. The Professor had also said that the getting rid of primogeniture and the ,law; of entail would be the one saving measure for the country. This shewed the whole principle of Radicalism was to overturn the agri cultural power of this country. The Conservatives, on the contrary, wished to pres ;rye it. 1 kt Portsmouth Mr. Stone and Mr. Serjeant 0 asetee, the borough representatives, met with rather a warm 1 than -1. friendly reception. - Mr. Stone's address consisted of a review of the political history. of the country during the last two - sessions -of Parliament; With respect to the Conservative Reform measure of 1867, he strongly objected to the abolition of the compound house holder—an expression of opinion which gave much dissatisfaction to the Conservative element in the assembly. Serjeant Gaselee was received with cheers, laughter, and hisses. He justified the course which he had taken in going into the Tea-room last session, and main. tained that his votes had materially contributed to the success of the Reform Bill. He was listened to with great impatience, and on a resolution of confidence in the mem bers having been moved, a bold Conservative proposed, as an amendment, that the meeting disapproved of Mr. Stone's factious conduct in opposing the Conservative Reform Bill, and of Mr. Serjeant Gaselee's repeated exhi bitions, which made Portsmouth the laughing-stock of the whole country. The resolution was, however, carried by •large majority. At Manchester, Mr. Graham, M.P. for Glasgow, in addressing a gathering of the Sunday School Union, spoke of the educational system as carried out in Scotland as a model which might well be followed id this country. 1 Roman Catholic children went to Protestant schools there without being interfered with in religious matters, and if the same system were adopted here with regard to the children of all creeds, there would be no de mand for secular education. If, however, people would have secular schools, by all means let them -have them. Major My7es O'Reilly, M.P. for Longford, is publishing a series of letters in the Freeman's Journal on that fruitful theme of discussion, the Irish question. Mr. O'Reilly objects to the proposed distribution of the Irish Church property. " Those who think with me," he observes, " are of opinion that we had better seek to have it applied to secular purposes of national utility, entirely disendowing the Anglican Establishment in Ireland, and thereby de stroying its ascendancy, and leaving the Catholic Chu l in Ireland in its present position as regards revenues, de pendent for its support on the free offerings of Catholics • and such property as it has acquired and is yearly ac quiring by such free offerings." ".- r-re 4 ant ttrattr: HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 22. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Duchess of Roxburghe and the Hon. Mary Lascelles, Colonel Ponsonby being in attend ance upon horseback ; and her Majesty drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold also went out. LITERATURE. NEW N OVELS. Jeanic,'s Quiet Life. By the Author of " St. ()lave's." 3 Vols. Hurst awl Blackett. Avoi4.ling the stormy regions dear to the sonata ionalist, the author of " St. Ol we's" pursues " the Loiseless tenour of her way" along the quiet bye- We cannot but think, however, that in athB. laudable endeavour to avoid all un natural excitement th 3 recor ler of " Jeanie's Quiet Life" has fallen into the opposite extreme. In a former work by the same hand, published some two or three seasons back, " Janita's Cross," the happy medium was very successfully at tained. The simple history of Janita's sorrows and struggles was full of interest, while it preserved throughout the quiet manner and natural style in which the author of " St. Olave's" especially ex cels. Her later works, however, are deterio rating from simplicity into monotony. In avoiding over-excitement the authoress runs the risk of ceasing to arouse the interest of her reader. "Alec's Bride" had a certain resemblance to the fa-, mous story or no-story of Canning's Knife Grinder. "Jeanie's Quiet Life," the new work now before us, is somewhat more eventful than " Bride," but is far inferior in interest to "Janita's Cross." We are more anxious to notice these deficiencies in the matter, because in the manner of her stories this writer is worthy of all commendation. The style is simple and graceful, and many beautiful thoughts are scattered over tier pages. Let us take one at hazard as an anti lota to our doubtful commendation of " Jeanie's Quiet Life :" " No past need be counted altogether unhappy which has turned dreaming into doing thought into action—into every life work which trod had given there may be brought an earnest purpose, and a noble consecration which shall make tt great ; that for those who love it worthily, even disappointment may be a rich inheritance—a pre cious gift, though one which asks no thanks." Per vaded by such sentiments, " Jeanie's Quiet Life" cannot fail with all its shortcomings to gratify many readers. Time Will Tell. A Story of Society. By. S. W. Fullom. 3 vols. Richard Bentley. Very different from the quiet life above referred to is the rattling, dashing, adventurous existence which Mr. Fallom exhibits to us as a picture of society. The Great Highway, according to his ideas, appears to be indeed the scene of perpetual .notion. We have hardly time to take breath after escaping from one misadventure, when lo and be aold we are in the midst of a new bewilderment from which, with a wonderful good fortune, we Again escape, to be again overwhelmed with fresh misadventures. While condemning the utter ex ,ravagance of these events, the reader is perforce Amused by contemplating them for the moment. Such a record holds a place among novels somewhat akin to that of the laughable after-piece at the :heatre. We should be inclined to think that the author of this book would be likely to excel in dramatic pieces of that description. There is so much vivacity in his style, and so much audacity (there is no better word for it) in the combina tion of surprising events, in which the various personages of the story appear to be enacting a perpetual .game of " catch as catch, can," to the bewilderment of all beholders. The character of sir. Mullet, among others, is capitally described• Phis unhappy gentleman is the victim of a con tinual succession of mistakes, such as voting fur the Pory candidate when he should vote for the Whig, going by one train when he is due in an opposite lirection. These mistakes, by his own showing, being always the result of some good-natured friend's mismanagement, and never by any chance of ho own Mynchin. A Novel. 3 vols. Saunders, Utley! and Co. The opening chapter of this story will favourably impress the reader. There is a freshness and ori ginality both in the description and the charactero . the author has been unfortunate in the selection of his hero. Gascon Knollys is a character rarely, if ever, met with in actual life. Very fortunately say we, after perusing the record of his strange !Ilk tory. "He possessed," we are told, " a strong , irresponsible will, an impulsively selfish nature, and immense moral audacity—a combination of qualities which is fortunately extremely rare; but whether met with in social or political life will always be disturbing force." Gascon Knollys recognised no authority but his own will, and exercised in hill own behalf " a kind of special pleading which led , him far away from the common track of morality .' At the very commencement of the tale we find gr. Knollys returning from abroad to his country seat, and on his arrival a monumental tablet 1 5 erected in the family pew, recording the death Of Margaret Knollys, the Squire's wife, aG Rome, a year previously. We learn soon after' wards that Gascon Knollys had indeed lef t his wife at Rome, but not in her grave. Having, 55 he deemed, discovered cause for putting her away' he had provided for her in a convent, and given ol that she was dead. This, of course, in the case ° such an irresponsible being does not prevent yip' Knollys from contracting a second marriage. T be popular agitation which preceded the passing of the Reform Bill occupies a prominent place in this staff and the effects of the excitement on some characte r : and temperaments are powerfully described. Jo % flomfrey, the father of the heroine, is a type ef i.o thorough political enthusiast, of one " w u e .over not wisely, but too well." Grace, t b _ i 'ieroine, is a very charming creation ; and J am' Barry, the practical and prudent man of busin g out withal tender-hearted and devoted as 814 , might of chivalry, is very admirably portrayed , 3 . 1 0 :ontrasts happily with the peculiar and repl llsll character of Gascon Knollys. Piebald. A Novel. By R. F. Boyle. Two Ir°ls. Chapman and Hall. We cannot say we admire the title of this rorann e° .; out the story itself is singularly interesting, and a narrated in a very attractive manner. The 0 0 13 refers to the colour of a hor 3 e, and 54 old legend, in which a ghostly horsen3'3 mounted upon a steed of that colour aPP 33 : 130 as a forerunner of disaster. The incidents of 'a, tale are written in a very lively and pleasa nt 015 i, nor, and we are hardly prepared for the melanehll•lo catastrophe at the clos3, in which Mince P ie t t o Piebald steed of the dashing and a dventa ci o t l(ttiae, has " her last fall over timber." We i nnst. ..e,veal the terrible result. A story with a sad en ias always a peculiar attraction, from " The 13 ', 0 n the Wood" to " The Bride of Lammeral°° We shall look with interest to the next work fr ° :he author of " Piebald." A ANTI-FENIAN PRECAUTIONS IN LONDON. --"L" c o l .ensible precaution is just being taken in the coat r° , l3° tlt i 0 .4ainst any demonstrative action on the part ' re 'enians. Wherever colonies of Irish exist—and ther°:4l ,any such in London—the police are at present etTOO. n making inquiries as to the amount of a ccoulo ° ' 1)11 0 . vhich licensed victuallers can give to the wilitaril rie ether they are at this moment giving war nin g to I,4ll7,l°!liiet eat very probably it may be found necessary t° oldiers upon them. It need scarcely be added th°:iwe. 0 ° i timation on the part of the authorities has oatl se "to l ' t itle agitation. amongst the fraternity o f li c ensed "'lle at :3rs, and no slight curiosity on the part of the Pub large. ERAN CE. BOURSE, JAN. 22.—Transactions very moderate, yet prices well supported, and the main feature is a alight increase of confidence. Three o'clock..-,-The market closed as follows : ---- - --- - 4i- per Cent. Bud of month... _— Italian Loan 3 per Cent End of mouth 6B 60 Mexican Loan ... 17 50 ' Credit Mobilier End of mouth— 170 Spanish Threes 3725 Credit Fourier ...1378 75 Home Debt End of m0nth...1372 50 Deferred — RAILWAYS. Account Orleans ................................. .... 878 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... Western Eastern ............ .. 535 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain 6U Saragossa Roman NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE. ANNUAL MEETING. On Tuesday last the annual general meeting of the proprietors of this important institution was held at the chief office, in Surrey-street. Upwards of sixty proprietors were present, being a far larger number than had ever before been brought together on a similar occasion. The President (Mr. Chan ceilor Evans) took the chair, and The SECRETARY (Sir Samuel Bignold) opened the proceedings, first remarking that he had been the artificer of this great and prosperous undertaking, and during the 46 yearly meetings that had been held, it had fallen to his lot to unfold the events of the preceding year and their results, as he should do with such pride and gratification this clay ' • the divi dend determined up on b y the Board of Directors amounting to 50 per cent. on the capital paid up in the year 1821. Sir Samuel expressed his belief that this was without example in the annuls of any insurance office in the kingdom. The accounts were :- Ist. The cash account for the year ending 29th September last. . 2d. The proprietors' fund account, showing its grand total, of which there existed as a reset ye fund, wholly accumulated from past savings, £110,905 Bs. 11d., which was available for the pro tection of the insuring public. 31. life insurance—a trade fund account in which there was an item of £46,768—n0w available for returns to the insurers on their policies taken out in the last four years. The reading of these accounts elicited the warmest plaudits of the meeting. The PRESIDENT rose and congratulated his fellow proprietors on the most successful year which had ever occurred in this, or, he believed, ally other office, the fruits of which they would realise by a dividend of £l5 per share, causing a distribution of £33,000 amongst the 259 shareholders of whom the company was composed. The PRESIDENT invited criticism on the accounts, and generally on the conduct of the great business of this society, and several inquiries were made, which were most satisfactorily answered by the chairman and secretary, and eliciting from various members expressions of satisfaction at the past, and entire confidence in the future management of this splendid institution. The PRESIDENT concluded this part of the busi ness of the day by announcing that the dividend for the past year would be payable on and after Thursday, the 16th inst., at the bank of Gurneys and Co., in this city. The meeting then resolved itse lf s p eciall y t o t ak e into consideration, and, if approved, to adopt two resolutions agreed to at an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors. These were :- Ist. To establish a reserved fund for the special object of protection against casualties in the foreign business, such fund not to exceed £15,000. 2d. To sanction opening agencies at the city of Havannah ; also at Rio Janeiro. Resolutions carrying out these proposals were moved by DONALD DALRY3IPLE, Esq. (who called attention to lithographed .plans which were on the Board table of these seats of business), and seconded by B. J. HARVEY HARVEY, Esq., M.P., who warmly advocated the prosecution of foreign insurance, but was decidedly in favour of creating the proposed reserved fund, which he believed would have a ten dency to equalise future dividends. Both proposals were affirmed by large majorities, and the meeting broke up, after a two hours' sit ting, with expressions of high satisfaction at the probabl,l future of this great and vastly-spreading institution. It was elicited in the course of the morning that the total business on subsisting policies at the 29th September, 1867, amounted to 83 millions. MR. TRAIN IN PRISON. The Dublin correspondent of the Times writes :—" The release of Mr. G. F. Train is almost a greater surprise than his arrest. He was discharged from custody yester day on an order from the Lord-Lieutenant, communicated by Mr. Hamilton, R.M., who attended at the county gac' for the purpose of communicating the intention of tht Government. It is stated that, as a condition precedent tc his liberation, he gave an assurance that he had no inteu. tion of promoting Fenianism in this country. His object in returning to British soil is, it seems, less ambitious and possibly more practical than it has been thought—th€ furtherance, in fact, of his one dominant idea—tramways. During his confinement he conducted himself witL exemplary obedience to the rules of the gaol. He was a model prisoner, whose example might be follower : with advantage by others. He manifested in hi. adherence to discipline a stern, self-denying virtue, ever refusing - to accept any other than the ordinary dietary of the prison. It was not because he resigned himself to grief and would not be comforted— he is one o( the last who would be likely to do so—but, if rumour be correct, he adopted this course with the intention o , demanding full reparation from the Government for an insult and injury which with this object in view it was not for his interest to have mitigated. The police on arresting Mr. Train took possession of some newspapers which were found in his carpet-bag. Among them was the Fenian Volunteer, which contained an article extolling him for hif advocacy of the Irish race. There were numerous pam phlets, including his address to 500 Fenian C entres, before 6,000 Fenians, at the g reat Fenian Congress in Philo delphia, in 1865. On being asked for his autograph in the police-station, he wrote, in the presence of the police : " ' Whether on the gallows high Or in the battle's van, The fittest-place for man to die Is when he dies for man.' Another applicant was favoured with the following : Tay the Alabama claims, or fight. Release Americar citizens in English gaols, or war is certain. It is stated however, that he was never a member of the Fenian con federacy." The Cork correspondent of the Daily News says :-- Immediately after his release, Mr. Train drove to the Imperial Hotel, sent for the American consul, Mr. East man, and, before ordering breakfast, prepared and for warded to Downing-street a claim for £lOO,OOO compensa -0011 for the outrage he had suffered. The specific grounds for this claim are that Mr. Train has been damaged in his ge neral commercial reputation, and especially in his capacity as chairman of the Credit Foncier of America-- a company of which he states he is the creator ane guiding mind. Mr. Train has also addressed the American Minister, Mr. Adams, whom he expect, to endorse and insist upon his demand. He says that he will make the British Government pay and apologise also for the insult offered through him to American citizenship. At a litter hour in the day Mr. Train gave interviews to the, reporters of the leadin g local journals, to whom he was most communicative. furnishing them with full details of his speculations and political prospects in the United States, his business ii , Europe, and his intentions as regards his futurfb proceed ings. Mr. Train denies—and is in this borne out by other testimony—that any papers of a compromising character were- found in his possession on his arrest. He hac nothing about him to excite suspicion but a bundle of American papers—the Boston Pilot, New York Freeman': Journat the 'World, and other journals, containing re ports of hisspeeches on various topics. In some of these speeches England is soundly rated, and Fenianism lauded to the skies, but he asserts that, as an Ame rican citizen, he had a perfect right, in America, to express his opinions of England in whatever language ho chose. In his interview with the reporters he complained of his arrest as a most ungenerous as well as unconstitutional act upon the part of the British Government. ' I have abuse(' England, and the moment I put my foot on British terri tory the Government arrests me. Is this generous ?" One of the documents amongst Mr. Train's papers was a printed slip, headed ' The Revolution: clear the way ; the Train is coming,' a title which probably aroused the sus picions of the detectives. It is, however, a very harmless matter, merely containing select extracts from his letters and speeches, and a few of his epigrams. Mr. Train's arrest has made him a sort of popular hero here, and with true Yankee 'cuteness he intends to turn his popu larity to account, and to make money by it. He pro poses to stump ' the country—that is, to give a Berk , of lectures in various places, beginning with Cork. Th, discipline of the gaol excited the strongest feelings of dis gust in the mind of the captive. He was greatly astonished to find himself deprived of books and papers forbidden to send out letters without the permission of the governor ; deprived of light after a certain hour ; corn pelled to live on gaol diet, and, in short, to conform to th rigid and irksome rules to which political. re:s mere ar subjected. His leisure was occupied chiefly in writing series of protests against his detention, and letters to friend of his—Mr. George Bemis, of New York—com plaiting of the hardships which he was made to endure In one of these he waxes pathetic : `Make no effort fo my release,' he says : `let me die here. What matter: one life?" rch Mr. Alfred Tennyson regrets that it is no longer possible for him to answer the innumerable letters, or 4 acknowledge the MS. verses, which he is in the habit o: receiving from strangers. 81, ‘v ret