The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-26 00:00:00

jOEIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from deciy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, - Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what ago. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr.!. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, A MODEL UNCLE. At 7.45, KING 0* SCOTS. Mr. Phelps, Mr. E. Price, Mi. H Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett, Mr. Joseph Irving*, Mr. . Rouse, Mr. William Mclntyre, Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith Stuart, Miss Fanny tliciclison, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a Grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. T HE A.TRE R YA L, II A YAIA KET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. Kendal, Compton. &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, &c. After which, LEAH. Characters by Is essrs. Howe, Rogers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckatone, White, Weaihersby. &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis, Wright, Maccabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Co:eman, &c. Concluding with A PRET I Y PIECE OF BUSINESS. Mr, Buckstone, Mr. Howe, &c. Commence at Seven. LYCEUM THE A.TRE.- E. T. Smith, Lessee.—THE RIGHTFUL HEIR—The great success of this Play, the enthusiasm with which it is re ceived, and the ovation to the distinguished author, is one of the greatest triumphs that has occurred in the dramatic world for years. The principal artistes are several times called before the audience to receive their hearty congratulations. The play will be produced EVERY EVENING, at a 4narter to 8 o'clock, until further notice. Principal characters: Mr. Bandmann, Miss Palmer, Mr. G. F. Neville, Mr. Basil Potter, and Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr, B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Ashley, Misa E. Pitt, and Miss E. Harris. At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. D 0 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which (at 8 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, J. G. Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Air. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Longmore. After which, THE FIELD Or THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, ctc. To conclude sith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Entire Change of Performance.—First appearance This Even ing of Herr OSCAR CARRE'S magnificent Stud of Fifty of the most beautiful and highly-trained Horses in the World. First appearance also of those unequalled Continental Artistes, Herr Adolph Carre, Herr Krembser, Herr Salamouska. Herr Loyal, M. Burgess, Les Freres Girarde, Madame Krembser, Mdlle, Amelia alamouska, bl dlle. Johanna Schwartz, and Madame Salamouska. In addition to the above the services of those ac complished Equestrians, Mr A. Bradbury and Madame Montero, have been retained, as well as those of Avolo (the marvel of the 19th century), the PERFORMING DOGS—the CLOWN Dos more amusing than ever—M. Napoli (the Italian Hercules), and H. Clifton (the slack-rope performer), the whole forming the greatest combination of talent ever brought together. Owing to the vast number of horses there will be contiLual changes in the pro gramme. . - Open at Seven, commence at half-pest Seven. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children under ten, half-price to morning performance only. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN Et R. 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After which, at a quarter to 8, KING 0' SCOTS: Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Addi son, . Barrett, J. Irving, H. Sinclair, E. Price, John Rouse, G Cumming, W. Kintyre, and W. C. Temple; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Fanny Addison, and Mrs. F. Matthews. Grand Ballet Divertissement. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, A. CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. Kendal, Compton, &c. After which, LEAH: Messrs. Howe, Ro gers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckstone, White, Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis,Wright, Maccabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Coleman, &c. And A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS : Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIED RAKE. After which, in ilve acts, at a quarter to 8. THE RIGHTFUL HEIR. To con led (with THE LYCEUM BALLET. Messrs. Bandmann, .F. Neville, Lin Rayne, Harding, Basil Potter, Mr. and Mrs. e Vezin, Milly Palmer, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. EVENING, a f t and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which, at 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr. Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Trissy Marston and Miss Rose Leclercq. oncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. This EVENING, at 7, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. At 7.45 MONIE CRISTO: Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, St u a r t, A s hl ey, Stephenson C.J. Smith, W. H. Itburne, R. Burner; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SvranborOttgh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SKRVICE. Messrs. Bel ford, Harcourt; Miss Longmore. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. T o conclude with MARRIAGE AT AN Y PRICE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manaszer, Mr. W. H. Liston. Tim EVENING, at 7, THE TROBADOITR : Mr. L. Brongh ad Miss Montague. And THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messnrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham, Clayton, and S. Emory; Mesdames Hodson, Montagne, and Nelly Moore. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. THIN EVENING, at 7. MISCHIEF MAKING: Messrs. Drew, Howard; Mesdames Turner and Challis. At 8, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, Cowper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parselle; Mesdames Foote, Woathersby, and Rignold. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. TIM EVENING, at 7, TO OBLIGg BENSON: Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, and H. Wigan: I'diss Lennox Grey and MiHR Furtado. Atter which. at 8, THE TICKET 07 LEAVE MAN: Messrs. H. Ne - 111 e, G. Vincent, H. Cooper, E. Atkins, IL Soutar, H.Vaughan, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, E. Farren, and Caulfield. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Mana!,;ement of Miss M. Oliver. Tms EVCNING, at 7.9, MARRIED DAUGHTERS: Messrs. Day, Russell, and Dewar; 3lesaames Thompson, Bromley. and M. Oliver. After which, THE RISE AND FALL OF ICIIARD 111. Jr. Dan ; or, A New F ront to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Nits s Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con tlu vers: ae with THE MISTRESS OF THE 3HLL. PRINCE OF WALES'S P. THEATRE. Under the Manacement of 111iss Marie Wilton. THIS EVENING, is-TCHI! Messrs. Blakeley and Montague; Wrisses Addison and A.-Wilton. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs. J. Clarke, Hare, H. J. Montazue, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and :dial C. Addison. ROYAL ALl.'llir3 Lessee, Mr. IL R. L acey — Directress, Miss A my Sedgwlck. TM►ls EVENING. at a quarter to 8, PINDEE SINGH. Preeeded by the fauce THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Tars EvaNmo, THE MODEL HUSBAND. And at 7.4 n, LAND RATS AND WATER RATS: Mavis, Mr. Ores wi •: ; Jonas, Mr. Shepherd; Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Vollaire, W. Crosby, Al at. Robson; Miss Pauncefort, Miss Elizabeth Webster, Miss E. Lennard. With BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tats EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, Alfred Bradbury, Mdlle. Montero, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, and Eamwell's Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. AGRICULTURAL HALL, Isuseacm.—FAlßY PALACE CONCERTS, Every Evening, at 8. CRRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 4 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL HAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of '6O. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex eept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. ; Children under twelve, 6d. ~~ ~ ;~ L..~~' ~ - ~~.. LOIVDON, MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1868. Nearly a hundred years ago one of the ladies of the ELLIOT family wrote of the then newly elected House of Commons—her letter is dated in the De cember of 1774—" There are forty young Etonians in the new Parliament, and about 170 new faces. 808, the waiter at WurrE's, is chosen for the same place as Mr. WEDDERB URN, upon which Lord SUFFOLK said, he made no doubt they would make a very distinguished figure, being both bred to the Bar." For this pleasant little apropos souvenir we are indebted to the recently-published "Memoir of the Right Hon. HUGH ELLIOT," by the Countess of MINTO. Reading it, while wo are almost disposed to agree with an opinion recently expressed that the family papers from which the above extract is taken are nearly as rich in anecdote and political information as HORACE WALPOLE'S, we may scarcely add with Mr. JOURDAIN, " Nous avons change,: tout cela." 808, the waiter at WHITE's redivivus, it is true, we may no more look to see among the ranks of the popular representa tives about to be returned during this immediately ensuing month of November, than we may look to see there the ghost of Mr. WEDDERBURN. Yet, after all, is not all this very much of a case in point, as to history repeating itself ? 808 was but typical (a century in advance) of that dreaded incongruity the working man's representative ? While, as to " 170 new faces," there are reasonable prospects of quite as many, if not more, being recognizable in the new Parliament. Etonians to the number of 40 may very possibly be there also, but scarcely young Eto nians. Gone for ever, indeed, are those halcyon days for youthful aspirants, just fresh from college and yearning for political distinction, when pocket boroughs gave a start in life to genius at a time of life when'genius was yet little more than a stripling. Middle age, as a rule, is looked for now as an all but essential qualification. The property qualifica tion is happily abolished; but years are the substitute. Almost it would seem—so thorough and evident has been the change thus effected among the mass of the constituencies—that the electors have a hankering by preference after the possibility of securing to themselves, one of these days, the safeguard of some thing very much like a competitive examination among candidates. Looking back, however, not across a century, but across the average lifetime of a generation, one may see just now almost at a glance that we have again in a manner run in the old rut round the ap pointed circle—revenant sur nos pas. There is the same dread among some people of the depreciation of the character of the House of Commons—almost identi cally the same dread of that depreciation—that was felt and expressed very audibly thirty-four or five years ago on the return of the newly-reformed Par - liament. That First Reformed Parliament met in 1833, on the 29th of January : the debate on the Address (pray Heaven that at least we may not be destined to undergo the repetition of that infliction !) lasting throughout nine nights, namely, from the 30th January to the 9th February. RAIKES, in his " Diary," noticed with a qual:n, as sig nicative of the character of the new House, that the " bone grubber," WILLIAM COBBETT, as he called him, was returned for Oldham, and that " the famous pugilist, and better of Newmarket," GULLY, was elected :M.P. for Pontefract. Even Sir ROBERT PEEL is reported, upon that same authority, to have remarked during the early part of the first session of the new Parliament, that he was very much struck with the appearance of the house, the tone and character of which he declared seemed quite different from any other he had ever seen ; —" there being an asperity, a rudenes4, a vulgar assumption of independence, combined with a fawning deference to the people out of doors, ex pressed by many new members, which was highly disgusting." Pozzo DI BORGO, as a mere spectator, was so disheartened by the whole look of things a year after the assembling of that same Parliament, that he went so far, in 1831, as to assert that " the British Constitution of King, Lords, and Commons, which had for ages been the admiration of the world, had been de stroyed by the stroke of a pen—and that in point of fact the only Government which remained for England was the Reformed House of Commons, or, in other words—Democracy." It is amusing to recall to mind these wonderfully saga cious comments and predictions— indulged in not by mere flaneurs, not by that absurd person Mr. RAIKES, but by a diplomatic observer as astute as Pozzi DI BORGO, and by that very one amongst our own statesmen who has been emphatically spoken of by the now Prime Minister of England, as " the greatest member of the House of Commons that ever lived." The character of the Reformed Parliament has—with a due main tenance of its dignity as the grandest deliberative assembly in the world—survived, during the entire lifetime of a generation, tke mingled dismay and derision of Sir ROBERT PEEL. The British Consti tution, again, has during that very same interval— with a prospect even now of its continuance pro bably for a little while longer* survived the solemn and portentous prediction of its im mediate downfall, in 1834, uttered by the lips of M. Pozzo DI BORGO. Nevertheless, even now—when we have certainly no apparent likelihood of finding either a clubhouse waiter as in 1774, or a prizefighter as in 1832, returned to the House of Commons by any one of our newly-reformed constituencies—there are the same almost despairing anticipations of the degenera tion or degradation of the Lower House of Parliament, now that that Lower House is based upon a broader and wider system of represen tation. The bugaboo nowadays, however, is neither 808 nor GULLY. It is, Forsooth, the working man's representative. :No wonder Haul TT, in his time, expressed that noble scorn for what he happily designated " a kind of toilette or drawing-room politics, which reduces the whole principle of civil Government to a question of personal appearance and outward accomplishments." Adding--" The paztsans of this school (and it is a pretty large one, vuesisting of all the vain, the superficial, and thee selfish) tell you plainly that they hate the smell cif the people, the touch of the people, their lauguage, -their occu pations, their manners'—as if this was, a matter of private taste and fancy; and becat lse the higher THE SUN, classes are better off than they, that alone gave them a right to treat the others as they pleased, and make them ten times more wretched than they are." Happily for the credit of the common sense of the vast ma jority of those referrei to by HAzLITT as the " higher classes," lugubrious anticipations, like those' formerly indulged in are become the inheritance only of the select few. Craig idiots, there may be, just pos sibly, such as are prepared to recognize—in the per son of a genuine working man's representative— some " poor chap in a sleeved waistcoat," like the Cheap Jack Dr. MARIGOLD. But the name of these crass idiots is happily not Legion. We are within three weeks of the elections, and by this time most electors have determined for whom they will vote. There are two classes, however, who are still undecided—the highly conscientious, and those without any conscience at all. The second are waiting for arguments in the shape of bank-notes, or places for themselves or their relations. The first are waiting to see if they can persuade a candidate to vote for or against some question to which they attach especial importance, and for the sake of which they are ready to sink all minor questions. To the second we have nothing to say. It is useless to appeal to the conscience where it is entirely absent ; and if a man is so deficient in the sense of shame as to receive money for exercising a public trust, he is not likely to be influenced by any words that we can write. We would only point out to the clergy and ministers of " all denominations " that they might perform a useful and noble function if during the next few weeks they would devote themselves to instructing electors in their duty, not by telling them how to vote on the Irish Church, but how to vote in accordance with their honest convictions. With regard to the first class we have something to remark. We contend that they have a perfect right to make any one question the condition of their political support. A good deal of cynical writing has been published, especially in the Saturday Review, about the wholesale way in which candidates swallow pledges. That, at all events, is no fault of the elec tors. If there should be in any borough where parties are evenly balanced a certain number of voters who think that the Permissive Bill is of more importance than the Irish Church, than Parliamentary Reform, or any other question, they are perfectly justified in making a vote for the Per missive Bill in Parliament on the part of the candi date the condition of their vote for the candidate at the polling-booth. If the candidate promises com pliance, believing that the bill is a bad measure, the blame rests with him. No compulsion is placed upon him. A voter has a perfect right to say " I will give my vote only to the men who will assist the measure which I think all important." It is in fact only natural that he should do so. He does no wrong in withholding his vote, for the candidate's only claim upon him for it con , sists in the willingness to promote the legislation which the voter deems requisite for the good of the country. We cannot, therefore, blame any elector who at the forthcoming election leaves the party with whom he usually associates in order to forward the measure which he deems far above party politics. But while we admit this, we would point out that an elector may commit the error of attaching exaggerated importance to pet measures. We do not say that the Permissive Bill is one of these, for its importance cannot be exaggerated. But there are others which will occur to everyone—the game laws, the opening of the British Museum on Sunday, and the like, which are of infinitesimal importance when compared with the great question now before the nation. What we would say, therefore, to politicians whom, without any offence, we would term crotchety / is—Be quite sure that your crotchet is worth the trouble you bestow upon it; be quite sure that the country will profit by the adoption of your favourite panacea more than by the policy which is now set forth by Mr. GLADSTONE on the one side, or that advocated by Mr. DISRAELI on the other. Mr. MILL'S new theory that it is a member of Parliament's daty to oh3y his political leaders with the same fidelity and promptitude with wllie'n a suldier carries out the orders of his military com mander does not 520.111 to find favour among the City of London Liberals. Mr. MILL, who is openly recognised as one of the ruling spirits of the new school of philosophic Radicals, has been a hearty and consistent supporter of the representation of minorities. It is true that in the opinion of an im portant section of his followers Mr. MILL made a blunder in not ascertaining what effect the clause would have upon the ranks of the Liberals. As there seems to be some ground for the apprehen sion that the minority clause may effect a change in the representation of the City of London, the long looked-for reform so eminently advocated by theoretical Liberals in and out of Parliament has become " a great bugbear—a miserable three cornered thimble-rig system of voting." As the best means of securing the renewed suffrages of their constituents, the four gentlemen now repre senting the City on Friday addressed a meeting of the electors at the Cannon-street Hotel, and were listened to with attention. Mr. Alderman LAW RENCE was the first to come forward on the plat form, and devoted himself principally to the ques tion of the expenditure. No doubt every tax and ratepayer would be very glad . to see the expendi ture reduced by some millions, but very few will be sanguine enough to anticipate such a result from the labours of the next sossiMl ! Where these millions are to be saved Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE does not tike the trouble to inform us. Perhaps the task would have been too arduous for him, but we are glad to find that on one important point he is prepared for energetic reform. Alderman LAWRENCE believes that it would be an act of simple justice to equalise the poor rate throughout the metropolis, and if this conviction gains ground in the City, we shall have hopes of seeing it accepted westward. Mr. CRAWFORD spent a good part of his time in defending himself from the charge of inatten tion to his Parliamentary duties. According to his own account, he has " been almost always in the House soon after four, and remained almost to the hour of rising." Even with the qualifi cation of two " almosts" this must have been pretty hard work, but Mr. CRAWFORD is quite ready, if he finds himself among the chosen four, to continue his Parliamentary labours with the view of reinstating Mr. GLADSTONE. Baron ROTHSCHILD was the next to address the meeting, which he did briefly enough, chiefly dwelling upon the question of the Irish Church, on which he contended he was especially qualified to form an- unbiassed opinion since he has personally no interest in it. GOSCIIEN having spoken at some length last week on the Minority clause turned his attention to other subjects, complaining that the Liberal party were heavily handicapped by the restriction. It is amusing to notice that all speakers entirely forget that the Conservatives are under the same disadvantage, and that every Conservative elector los •s a vote as well as his Liberal or Radical neighbour. To judge by their indignation ; we might suppose that while the Liberal voter has only his three votes, the Conservative elector retains the privilege of four, and certainly the same lamenta tions over the " constitutional innovation" on the " ancient traditions" of the City of London ought to be equally applicable to both parties. However, so long as the citizens are allowed the free and independent expression of their sentiments and the unbiassed choice of their own representatives, it matters very little whether each man has three votes or four, so long as all parties stand on the same ground and the influence of the City in Parliament is not diminished. LATEST INTELLMENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE lIANSE TOWNS. HAMBURG, Oct. 26, Noon. The English mail of Saturday has not arrived, and can only be expected this afternoon. A gale from the south-west prevailed yesterday and caused a high tide, and rain has now set in. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 26. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, from New York, arrived in Cowes Roads at 7.45 a.m. to-day. SPAIN. PARIS, Oct. 26. The Moniteur publishes the following news from Barcelona, bearing date the 23d inst. : The Junta, which had hitherto refused to dis solve, has despatched two of its members to Madrid to treat with the Provisional Government there upon. It may safely be predicted that an amicable settlement of the difficulty will be arrived at, which otherwise might have resulted in prolonged resist ance of the Junta. From Madrid it is stated that a Council of Mi nisters has definitively agreed upon the manifesto, which is shortly to be addressed to the people. The Novedades demands that proceedings should be taken against the Count de Cheste, the late Commander of the Royal forces in Catalonia, for having insulted the nation. The Junta of Seville, upon its dissolution, issued a manifesto to the people which concluded with the following words "Down with the dynasty and its lineage, both direct and indirect." GREENCASTLE, Oct. 26. The Allan steamship Austrian, from Quebec, on the 17th, arrived in Lough Foyle at 4.10 a.m., to day. She landed mails, 36 cabin and 72 steerage passengers, and 297 troops. OUTWARD CAPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 26. Tho Union Company's steamer Dane, with the above mails, proceeded on her voyage from here at 6.30 a.m. to-day, the weather having clearci. INDIA. BOMBAY, OCt. 22. 71b. skirtings, 5r 3a ; Si do., 6r 3a; 40's mule twist, 111—quiet. Cotton—nothing doing ; Dhol lera 235 r. Exchange on London, I.llg. 40 per Cent. Government Securities, 94} ; 50 do. do., 68i- ; 52 do. do., 114. The latest London date is 19th October. CALCUTTA, Oct.. 21. 71b. skirtings, 4r 15a ; 81 do., 6r ; 31b. Mada pollams, 2r 7a ; 40's mule twist, si—depressed. Cotton, 19} ; jute, 18} ; saltpetre, 5r 10a. Ex change on London, 1.11 11-16. Freights to Eng land, jute 50s. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows per Cent. End of month... Ital , an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 374 Mexican Loan 23 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 281 Spanish Threes 34 50 Credit Foncior —.1462 Home Debt 3O 75 Ead of month... Deferred ...... Cash • Orleans ... 897 Northern llB6 Lyons and Mediterrausan Southern.... 566 Western Eastern .. 577 Sardinian Austrian Lombard - 413 North of Spain Saragossa Roman RAILWAYS. 7HE GALE. PADSTOW, CORNWALL, Oct, 25. Lalt night (says the Rev. R Tyacke) a vessel exhibiting signals of distress was seen on the Doom Bar Sand. The Albert Edward, lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, and the rocket ap paratus, were quickly taken to the spot. A line was sent on board by means of a rocket, and with the as sistance of the lifeboat and a shore boat hawsers from the 2 capstans on shore were taken to the vessel, and although she could not be got off the sand, she was prevented from falling to leeward on it, and ulti mately drifted in on the weather side of the bank. The hawsers parted several times, but were quickly connected again with the prompt assistance of the lifeboat and shore boats. The lifeboat returned to the shore this morning. The vessel is still on the Doom B ar with her crew of thirteen men on boar d. The men can, however, steamer a t m a e k r A e 11ouff at st a of Bristol, time if need e d. Sh e i s the Augusta, n Na zaire to Liverpool, w ith a cargo of wheat and flour. This valuable li febo at was presented to the Bristol, b oun d f rom St. institution about four years since by the city of Bristol, and was named the Albert Edward, after H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Since she has been on her station she has been instrumental in rescu ing 21 persons from different shipwrecks. THE CHRISTY MINSTRELS' SONGS.—The songs of the Christy Minstrels now performing at the St. James's Hall are perhaps the most telling compositions of the day, in proof of which, no sooner does Mr. Rawlinson, the tenor of the troupe, sing a new song than in a very few days the air becomes national property, and every amateur of taste is anxious to try his skill in render ing the composition. The cause of this is entirely owing to the sweet and plaintive melody that invariably charac terises all the ballads sung by these accomplished artistes, and the easy and effective manner in which they are arranged. Amongst the latest gems of melody sang at the St. James's Hall, all of which are to be ob tained at Messrs. Hopwood and Crew's, New Bond-street, we may mention "The Harbour Bar," "Beautiful Brook let," "Sweet Hawthorn Tree," "Darling Little Coralie,' "Sailing away," "I'll Sail the Seas Over," "Lillie Moore," "Silver Moonbeams," "I'm Waiting, Fair Lady,' "I'm Thinking of Th ee ," "God Bless us Every One," "Sleep, Gentl e L a dy, Mine," "Oh give Me wing," My Bonny May Rose," "Lilly Dear," "Faries of Dreamland," "Little Flo," "I can't Forget Thee,' as the most beautiful ballads of the day. But whilst the troupe is so strong i n sen timent the comic element is equally powerful, an d th e r oars of laughter that inva riably attend Mr. M oore ' s s inging of the remarkably funny song, " Ten Little Niggers," renders it quite an attraction of itself. Messrs. Hopwood and Crew have with a view to please instrumentalist as well as vocalist, had a number of the Christy songs " transposed" by Kuhe Brinley, Richards, Hobson and other eminent composers,' and irrespective of the very beautiful manner in which they are got up, they are all of them the prettiest and 'nest:pleasant pieces that could be selected fur per formance or presentation. Lent) MAYOR'S D.Y.—Since oar last the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' Committee have continued to meet and make arrangements. The procession, wh cli is to be as " smart " as possible, is to leave Guildhall about half past twelve, an I proceed, by way of King-street, Poultry, King William-street, Cannon-street, St. Pail's Church yard, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, ckc., to Westminster. The binds engaged are the Royal Artillery, Grenadier Guards, London Rifle Brigade, First City Engineers, and the drums an I fifes of the Royal London Militia. The Cadet Corps of the London Rifle Brigal, will furnish a guard of honour at the entrance to Guildhall. The com mittee's wands, which are being made by Messrs. Still well and Son, Barbican, will be of satin wood, with ele gant gilt tops. The breast ornaments will consist of a gold star, with the crest of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. —The City Press. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE,i AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and invigorating. sold by all Chemists.—[Adyt.) CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, October 20. The visit of the Princess of Prussia to Paris is generally , accepted here as a good omen. The Moniteur p u blishes a few lines beaming with sympathy and good-will towards the daughter of England, and people are, therefore, generally inclined to think that the relations between France and Prussia are improving. Meanwhile, the official journals are remarkably pacific. Lord Stanley's speech at Liverpool has caused a little excitement, but the semi-officials have all received the order to be gracious, and gracious they accordingly are. The English Foreign Minister's unqualified denunciation of excessive armee ments is quite approved of by the representatives of the Government which delights in a million soldiers. The official journals, too, are very cautious in their writing on Spanish matters, and are particularly careful to spread the impression that France will in no wise interfere in the choice of a ruler for Spain. The Emperor of Morocco finds himself in a most dis agreeable dilemma, lie has been requested by the French Government to drive back an Arab chief of the name of Sidi-el-Hamer, who is frequently troublesome on the Algerian frontier. Nothing could be more agreeable to the sovereign of Morocco than to oblige the French ; nothing more disagreeable than to offend them. His empire borders upon Algeria ; his power is not of the strongest ; and the prospect of his territory some day becoming part of the Frer eh Empire in North Africa is by no means remote. Unfortunately, his Majesty can do nothing with the Arab chief, who musters 20,000 men. The Emperor of Morocco is in no condition to meet such an adversary. Thereby, we are told, hangs a tale. Unable to suppress the chief, or capture him, or dispose of him in any way, the unhappy Emperor is charged with complicity. He has previously been threatened with an extortion in the shape of money or territory, and it is now supposed that between the Arab on one side and the French.= the other, he will again get into difficulty. The French are said to covet a small island, opposite Cape Carnero, and commanding the coast of Spain. There may be some exaggeration in this story, but there is no doubt that French aggression still goes on in Africa, quite undeterred by the terrible sufferings of the native popula• tion of Algeria. The "Secret Memoirs of Queen Isabella " have really been published for the benefit of the canaille of Madrid. The book has met with a great sale, which is not to be wondered at, for it is a disgusting collection of incidents, in many of which Queen Isabella, bad as she is, had probably no part. The letter-writing anent the revolution is something astonishing. The Spanish leaders are writing to the news papers, to secretaries of societies, private individuals-- almost everybody, in short, who will write to them. They are not likely to lack correspondents ; the encouragement they have held out is rapidly increasing the number of those who would like to settle Spanish affairs by pen and ink. Victor Hugo has now entered the lists. It is difficult to ascertain precisely whether his letter is addressed to M. Emile de Girardin or to the Republican journals of Spain; like many other of M. Hugo's productions, it suffers a little from the obscurity both of its purport and diction. Of course M. Hugo recommends a republic. Spain for years past has had only two requirements—to get rid of monarchs and monks. Without these two accompaniments anything might have been hoped for. As to another monarchy, M. Hugo simply asks what is the use of it? Spain, sub. ject to a King who himself would be subject to the great Powers, what a degradation ! All the benefits, moral and material, that could possibly fall to the human race await Spain and Europe upon the establishment of a republic. M. Emile de Girardin has finally given up his much. talked-of journey to Spain. A somewhat mysterious incident is reported from Anvers. A night or two ago all the trees which formed an avenue of that town were carried off. It has been found impossible to divine the authors of this devastation. The trees cost the town a considerable sum ; but who destroyed them, or why, or how they did it, are all mysteries. Financial affairs and trade generally are looking up a little. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extrema Sea Monday, F. 0 October 26, B. T. W. 1 F. D. W It. to 8 a.m. I I lto 2 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'72r. 42 41 W. 2 2 W.N.W. c.b. 2 Itsrmouth Cuxhaven 4kudesiloaa Ardrossan 29'6Fr. 49 46 W. 4 6 N.W. r. o'll 3 Greencastle 29'73r. 43 41 W. 2 4 W. r.e. o'o4 Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Cic ar , f9'..?Sr. 249 545 N.W. 6 3 rIV.N.IV. o'l2 4 Roches Pt. 29'97r. 16 44 W.N.W. 3 4 N.W. i0.b.'0'55 2 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29 Xr. 12 50 W. 1 1 W. o.c.•O'lli 2 Portsmouth 59 91r. !51 50 W.N.IV. 2 6 W. r.c. 0'34; 2 London , 29'B7r. '49 48 W.N.W. 3 3 f.rb'o•49' e'peGrisNex I Brest 30'175. 57 55 W.N.W. 4 8 W. r. in.! 2 3 L'Orient 3 1 .09. 57 55 IV.S.IV: 7 7 W.S.W. f.r.; 2 5 Rochefort Biarritz Coruuna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon , :3013r. 61 N.NW. 4 9 N.W. b.c. 5 Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30'875. 41 40 S. 2 1 W.S.W. b. 3 ZXJ'LANA Barometer corrected and rcduccd to 12 deg. a sea level. The letter r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with ite Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—caln; Weather : b.—blue ay ; C.—clouds. detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail I.—lightning ; hazy ; o. —overcast, dull ; r.—rains.—snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. . SEAMARKS, The conditions of barometrical pressure have recovered very rapidly from the disturbance reported on Saturday, and an increase has taken place during the last twenty-four hours on all coasts except in the extreme north, where pressure has began to decrease again. The weather seems still unsettled, as there is a difference of more than seven-tenths of an inch between readings at Nairn and Rochefort. Temperature, which rose yesterday, has again diminished generally, and is rather low on our N.E. coast. During Saturday night heavy gales were felt on all coasts—south-easterly on the E. coast, but on the coast of Ireland, where the violence was greatest, the gale wag westerly. To-day light to moderate north-westerly winds pre , " over these islands ; whilst in the W. of France the wind is strong from the westward. Heavy rain was general yesterday. The weather is now fine in the N., but cloudy in the S. and W., and appaerntly is not settled as yet. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETIL—A third Liberal candidate has appeared in the person of Mr. Littler, nephew of the late General Sig' John Littler. He is in favoar of the disestablislunent of' the Irish Church, of a good land measure for Ireland, of religious equality in the universities, of amendment of the Reform Act, of vote by ballot, and of compulsory educa tion, if necessary. MANCHESTER.—Mr. Hugh Birley, in reply to a requist tion from the Conservative party, has consented to become one of the candidates for the representation of this city, in the Conservative interest, in conjunction with Mr. Hoare. .AYLESBURY.-111r. G. Howell (L.) has issued his address to the electors of Aylesbury. He is in favour of the dis• establishment of the Irish Church, of the broadest scheme of unsectarian education, of opening the universities to all classes and creeds, of the equalisation of polr rates, of an improved tenant right bill for English farmers, and of the abolition of the game laws. DEBBY.—Mr. Charles B. King, C.E., has issued an address to the " Constitutional " electors of this borough. He is a Conservative, and would support the present Government. DORCIIESTER.--Mr. F. S. Head, eldest son of Sir Francis Head, has come forward as a Liberal candidate, in opposi tion to Colonel Napier Sturt (C.) The borough loses one seat by the Reform Act. EVESRAIL—Mr. Holcomb, one of the Liberal candi dates for this borough, has resigned, in compliance with the wish of a large body of the electors. One Liberal and one Conservative are now in the field. LEICESTER.—The two Liberal members, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Harris, seek re-election. They will both vote for the placing of Mr. Gladstone at the head of affairs. • Runirm.--The Hon. G. J. Noel and Mr. G. H. Finch, the Conservative sitting members for this county, have issued their addresses soliciting reelection. STAFFORD.—Mr. R. C. Chawner, of the Abnals, near Lichfield, has acceded to the request of the Liberals of Stafford to become a candidate for the representation of the borough, in the room of Mr. Arthur Bass, M.P. STAmroaD.--Sir J. C. D. Hay, 0-3 Conservative sitting member for this borough,arrived in the town on Thursday. It is understood that he will forthwith commence a canvass of the electors. SOUTH HANTS.—The address of Mr. Clement Milward, the second Liberal candidate, has been issued. He says : "I hold myself to be a consistent Liberal, and I would cordially support in Parliament the principles and mea• sures set forth by Mr. Gladstone and his friends." Upon the Irish Church question Mr. Milward is very decisive. Colonel Fane, the Conservative member, has retired, and the Conservatives will bring forward Lord Henry Scott and Mr. Carpentier-Garnier. SOUTH NORFOLK.—Mr. E. Howes and Mr. C. S. Read, the Conservative sitting members for Est Norfolk, have issued an address to the electors of South Norfolk, 119liciting their return to Parliament for that division. IMPORTANT TO LOCAL BOARDS HEALTH. There were proceedings before the Bucks magistrates, in special sessions, at Slough, on Saturday afternoon, of considerable importance to local boards of health. Five residents of Slough, formerly members of the Slough Local Government Board, were summoned to shew cause why warrants , should not issue to enforce pay. meat of £319 is. 7d. surcharged against them by Mr. G. Barnes, the district auditor. The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, the Home Secretary, was present, having been subpcenaed by Mr. Charsley. In the spring of 1866 the Slough Local Government Board opposed the bill of the Slough Gas Company in Parliament, and the opposition was unsuccessful, except as to one or two alte rations in the bill, which passed. In the following June five members of the board signed cheques for the payment of £319 Is. 7d., the costs of the opposition. The legality of these payments was challenged by certain of the ratepayers, and at the audit there were four grounds of objection, viz.-1. That it was au illegal expenditure by the local board of the money of the ratepayers as costs of opposing the gas company's bill ; 2. That some of the members of the local board voting the money, and voting for a resolution in favour of opposing the gas company's bill, were members of a company of a like nature (an opposition gas company that had a bill in Parliament), and were therefore disqualified from voting; 3. That in no such item of £31915. 7d. appeared in the esti mate of the rate out of which such payment was made; 4. That the resolution to oppose such bill was not made and passed in accordance with the bye-laws of the Local Board of Health. The auditor held that a local board has not any legal authority, direct or implied, to charge general district rates with the costs of opposition to a gas bill in Parliament ; and that a local board, having a six 'months' retrospective power vested in it by the Legislature to meet unexpected contin. gencies, could have no justification whatever to pay bills in June out of the proceeds of a rate made in the previous January, in the estimate for which they had not been included. The auditor accordingly disallowed the items which formed the £319 ls. 7d., and surcharged that amount upon the five members of the board who had signed the cheques. An appeal was made to the Secre tary of State and Mr. Charsley, the former clerk to the Local Government Board ; but the appeal was dismissed by Mr. Gathorne Hardy, and the surcharge was con firmed. In a subsequent application to the Home Secre tary for the remission of the surcharge, a local inquiry was held before Mr. Arnold Taylor, and upon thatgentleman's report the Home Secretary refused to remit. Counsel for the defendants raised a number of technical objections, and attempted to reopen the whole case ; but Mr. Michael contended that the duty of the magistrates was simply ministerial, on the various formalities required by the statute having been proved; and the magistrates refused to take a course which would appear in the nature of an appeal from a decision of the Home Secretary. An adjournment was then asked for. Mr. Gathorne Hardy thereupon rose and warmly protested against the wanton insult that had been offered him, wasting the time of the country also in compelling his attendance at Slough to hear an application for adjournment. He considered it one of the most wan ton insults ever offered to an officer of State. The magistrates directed the issue of a warrant to recover the money at the expiration of a month, so that the defendants might, if so advised, appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench. THE BOULTON The trial of Mr. Doulton, on a charge of fraud, began on Thursday, before the Correctional Tribunal of Brussels. At the commencement of the proceedings the President of the Court said he had received several letters from the defendant, who not only refused to attend the trial, but challenged its competency. In the first place, he maintained that the offence which was alleged to have been committed was committed in England ; and, in the:second place, that there was no offence at all. The first witness, the Burgomaster of Brussels, then stated the principal facts of the case. He said that the municipal authorities of Brussels had long seen the neces sity for the unification of the Seine, and had advertised for tenders from those who were disposed to undertake that vast work. The house of Langrand- Dumonceau first applied, and their offer had been under consideration, and the bargain well-nigh concluded, when Messrs. Doulton and Swann applied for the contract, pro- posing to undertake the works for £240,000 less than the firm which had first made an offer. Not knowing Messrs. Doulton and Swami the witness bade them reflect before formally making such a proposal. After much hesitation the contract was, however, concluded. The concession subsequently included Mr. Albert Grant. Much evidence of a strange character was then given, one witness alleging that Mr. Albert Grant had changed his name, after having become bankrupt once or twice in Germany. At the conclusion of the case the decision was veservecl. It should be added that the exact charge against Mr. Doulton is "of employing fraudulent manwuvres and persuading to the existence of false enterprises, to cause to be delivered to him, through the Belgian Public Works Company, of which he is director, sums of money amounting to 148,975 f. 37c.," the amount named representing between £6,000 and £7,000 English. Mr. Doulton, M.P., writes to the papers, giving an ex planation of the proceedings now being taken against him at Brussels. He says :--" About three years since I became one of the concessionaires for important works in Brussels, having for their object the sanitary improvement of that city, and in the obtaining of which concession I necessarily incurred very many heavy pecuniary liabilities. As concessionaire, I, in the first instance, sought for competent contractors in England to execute the works at the estimated amount ; fail ing in this, I entered into provisional arrangements with Belgian contractors, who undertook the execution of the contract for 2598,000, being considerably less than any tender I had been able to obtain from an English con tractor; they agreeing also to contribute such a sum as would enable me to discharge the beforenamed liabilities. Subsequently to this an English company was formed to purchase the concession and contract ; and I was requested to occupy an official position in connection therewith. This I accepted ; and at the same time, and before the assignment of the contract to the company, informed the board of directors (they having had a claim made upon them for a large amount by one of the parties to whom I considered myself liable) that nay arrangements with the contractors would enable me to meet all claims in :ton nection with the obtaining the concession, whereupon the following resolution was passed :—' Resolved, that upon Mr. Doulton giving the company a complete indemnity against all claims whatever, excepting as set forth in the articles of association, that he be at liberty to make any arrangement with the contractors which he may think fit, provided that the terms of the contract above referred to he in no way affected thereby.' This indemnity was given, and the contract sealed with the contractors. No sooner, however, had the works commenced with vigour, and the exceptional value of the concession become appa rent, than attempts were made to injure the company, with the evident objectof getting the concession rescinded, by circulating charges against myself and the more pro minent members of the city authorities, with whom it was alleged I had a corrupt agreement. This attempt, how ever, collapsed, by the prosecution of the journal which originated the report, the editor of which was mulcted in heavy damages. The attempt to injure the company then took the form of the present proceedings against myself, on the ground that the arrangement made with the con tractors for payment of the liabilities before alluded to was contrary to Belgian law. Directly this question arose, I, although assured that m y position could be neither legally nor morally assailed, but with a view of removing all proceedings that might in any way injure our enterprise, made an offer to the board of directors to refer everything in connection with or relating to the formation of the company and the contract to arbitration, the arbitrator to be appointed by themselves; and to this the board assented, appointing as arbitrator the eminent barrister, John Horatio Lloyd, Esq. I further offered to deposit, pending his decision, the whole amount I had received, to ge th er w ith an accoun t o f m y disburse ments. Accordingly, I did deposit this sum with the com pany, to await his reward. Beyond this simple statement of facts I do not desire at the present time to occupy your space, especially as, although the inquiry is closed in Brussels, no decision has yet been arrived at. When that is given I may, if necessary, ask your indulgence to lay before the public evidence which will reveal as gross a case of persecution as few have had to encounter, but which, as the largest shareholder, I am glad to say, has not had the effect contemplated, viz., to damage one of the most valuable concessions ever obtained by English enterprise." Viscount Bury not long since was instrumental in saving the life of one of the crew of a small boat which had swamped at Mudford, near Christchurch. On Wednesday Lord Bury received the following letter from the Queen, dated Balmoral, Oct. 16, 1868 : —"Dear Lord Bury,—The Queen desires mo to express to you the great pleasure which it has given her Majesty to become acquainted with the details of your most gallant action, and her Majesty congratulates you on the successful performance of a deed which you will remember with just pride as long as yet live. Your companion in the enterprise also deserves the Queen's warmest commendations, and her Majesty dosirei me to inquire what can bo done for him. Perhaps you wa let inn know whether it would be desirable to have his name brought forward as you suggested in your letter...-. Ulm me, truly yours, T. I. • /Irani HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, OCT. 24 , The Queen, attended by Lady Bidduiph, drove out yestn-day morning. In the afternoon h-er Majesty went out, aco ln ' panied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice• The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturclai• Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales attend e d Di v i ne serv i ce at t h e ChaPe Royal, St. James's, yesterday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-- Thii Day. THAMES. AN ABOMINABLE NUISANCE.—_Mary Ann I .Nlicar; thy was brought before M r . P aget c h arg ed wit h being drunk, disorderly, and using obscene larr guage. The complainant was Mr. Abraham Woolfef 3 clerk in the London Dock, and dwelling in Lit tle Alie-street, who proved the case. Inspector Holloway, of the II division, said th e prisoner belonged to a gang of disorderly prostici" tutes of the lowest class, who assembled in all ,. about Little A.lie-street, Whiteehapel, opposite the German Church, and committed the greatest el" cesses. One of them, named Margaret Divine, vO committed for trial on S a t ur d ay f or stea li ng a wat li from a young man. The prisoner was a convicted thief, and had been in custody many times. The prisoner began to whimper about her dren, and said she would behave better in future and return to Ireland. Mr. Paget said that a more abominable nuisanc e did not exist th an th e meet i ngs of d i rt y and drunken prostitutes opposite the houses of decent people making a disturbance and using language. In this case a young man sat down 114 his parlour to read a book, and hearing a disturb: ante and profane oaths in the footpath he went out, and was assailed w ith a b use an d o b scene l an guag e from which he could not escape. Nothing 131c48 vile and filthy could be conceived. He gave 11° a tice that he would p un i s h a ll cases o f this kin with severity. He hoped the police would keep sharp look out after these troublesome and obseen women. He fined th e pr i soner 40 5., an d i n default of payment one month's imprisonment. MARLBOROUGH STREET. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN IN TROUBLE.- ward Hannen, a bootcloser, Wg,3 charged before bi r. Tyrwhitt, as follows :-- Mr. George Williams, son of Mr. G. T.L\l4. Williams, portmanteau-maker, of No. 41, Bond-street, said—On Saturday afternoon, "'villa sitting at a d es k i n my f ather ' s shop I beilrbo a noise, and o n t urn i ng roun d , I saw t prisoner backing against a wall so that should not see him. When the prisoner saw t hat t I noticed him h e ca ll e d ou t, , 6 Do you 013 0 a porter? I did not answer him, but got betwe e him and the door, and then saw that there was 14 , 0 umbrella in a re cess w hi c h b a d b een i n a stand little distance off befor e th e p r i soner came into tho a shop. The priso ner sa id th a t h e h a d no t renal or the umbrella, but m ere ly ki c k e d aga i ns t it. A,llO some time past several p ersons h a d come into " shop under similar excuses. The Prisoner--llid you see me take the ur y brella ? The Prosecutor—No, I did not. at The Prisoner—You see, y our wors hip, it amounts to this : I went into the shop merely to t if a porter was wanted, an d h av i ng ki c k e d again an umbrella, the prosecutor concluded I wanted steal it. Police-constable Weeks, 50 C, said—l was eo le to take the prisoner into c us t o dy. The priso e ' e denied attempting to steal the umbrella. Ile g 3v an address which was not a correct one. Barns, the gaol er —Th e pr i soner was h ere a 5- hO t t time ago for a similar offence. Shrives, 82 0, sail the prisoner was a ticke" f ' leave man. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. ROBBERY AT BURLINGTON HOUSE.—Win. ftlarirt a discharged labourer from Burlington House, committed for seven days, with hard labour, for ° tea ing some lead from Bu r li ng t on H ouse , the prop erty of her Majesty's Commissioners of Works. WESTMINSTER. THE LIBERTY OF TIIE SUBJECT.—A very resP ec , able looking aged wo man , w h o h as su dd en ly f 3 _, i , from competency to di s t ress b y oppress i ve proce . . o ' . ings to which she has been subjeCt, applied to Selfe under the following circumstances : to r She said that on Saturday night, at a little al twelve o'clock, she was proceeding through Eh uri ty street, Pimlico, with a basket upon her arm c° taining a coat, which had been given to her by gentleman named France, in Lower Belgrave-P ls t e b and a piece of calico, which a lady named SOY to t in Whiteheads-grave, Chelsea, had given he r o , make up, when she was stopped by a polic os o who inquired what she had got there. She i t% him, and also where she had got the things. said that she had b e tt er go t o th e s t a ti on with hi :a and give an account to the inspector on duty, 3 t c e , she went to the police station, where she wa'g to tamed for above an hour. The policeman 144:).- t a not permit her to go back, when he stopped her, where she got the things. After some further evidence, the magi ßtr granted her a sovereign from the poors' box. DEATH OF THE QUEEN'S SURGEON AT WINDS OW. ; We regret to have to record the death of Dr. 14° ' ° i.. Brown, late surgeon to her Majesty the Queen at W riu ti sor Castle, which occurred at his residence, Sheet-Stivn6r, Windsor, at an early hour on Saturday morning- " 1 ", Brown, in his official capacity, had attended her Maj e° „ .l ; the Prince Consort, and the Royal children for 01 ' 1 . - 0 years. Owing to failing health he was compelled to rea r, his office a year or two back, and was succeeded by P ,„ O Fairbank. He, however, from time to time attended '7O Queen and Royal family. Dr. Brown was about 66 l ei' of age at the time of his decease, which was m ore 1° 0 1 ; mediately brought about by d ro p s y an d a M aas o heart. Dr. Brown loaves a widow and two childr en lament his loss. CONSERVATIVE CLUB-HOUSE, ST. JA,AD'' This magnificent and costly building has recently gone entire renovation and partial redecoration. Th s cious halls (upper and lower), vestibule, and g r- n e c) s t ceilings, originally designed by Mr. Sangs in tho elaborate' style of the Arabesque,are now worthy of The contractor, Mr. Sapwoll, of May-fair, and the 81. tt i a Mr. R. Yarrow, of Herbert-street, }Raton, have a%1 11 , - -„,:l th em selves most admirably, an d d eserve — as i n deed ' f have received—the well-merited thank s o f the Wh°l° of the [club members. What can b e d one w ith fadelTho; rather perished decorations Mr. Yarrow has show n 4 , 0 the groined ceilings an d th e wa ll s l oo k , even to i t/ LID of interior decoration, en ti re l y renewe d , presen ting I" - ,, ( 1 freshness of colouri ng an d neatness o f man i pu l a tion, ( ` - to , showing a thoroughly trained eye for harmonious cold 0 ing. The work w as comp l ete d i n 36 d ays, an d ref iete credit on those e ngage d , espec i a ll y M r. Y arrow , vi be , l3 h o is remembered th a t thi s i s t h e secon d renovat ion a - building since its foundation in 1845. the FAUPERISM. —The monthly return issued - n alo Poor Law Board s h ows th a t a t th e en d o f J u ly the us ia her of persons i n rece i p t o f re li e f f rom th e poor rat England and W a l es was 913 , 084 , b e i ng 36 , 064, or 44 t 14 cant., more than a t th e corres p on di ng d a t e i n 1867 131 ,00 both cases about 4 p er cen t. s h ou ld b e added for I ' l- 0 4 not included in these monthly accounts. The incroas°, 0 general throughout the country. In the metroP°ll the coached 7.7 per cent. ; in Yorkshire 6.9 per cent.; i ° north-western division, 5.6 per cent.; in the northerit'oli 'Palos cont. In alos and the eastern counties it vl as i ° pot 2.3 per cont. ; in the south-western division only 2 '` per cont., and in the south-eastern only 1.7 per cent. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Saturday night betWoity eight and nine o'clock, four largo stacks of hay, c°l3b,lea ing about 80 loads each, were discovered to 11 03 of fired on the Manor Farm, Highgate, in the occuP it " ° , o t, Mr. B. Johnson. The Metropolitan Fire Brigad o till number of engines and men to the place, and worß e . late yesterday morning. Two-thirds of the hay sy°i ' t o tll O stroyed, and it was entirely owing to the firemen the pre damage was not considerably greater, and that o th°f . s fa' porty surrounding was not injure I. Mr. Johns° ° .: o lo sured in the Norwich Union Fire Office. It is ne t '- whether the incendiary has been apprehended. air a `vit aria viz. re ce ri A Iton A Sii vi ti le Wal] o°° o,