The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

IFEBOIT SERVICES. —During the Storms -1 1, -A of this year (1868) the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 754 lives from various ship wrecks and 19 vessels from destruction. Tke Institution also expended £14,657 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,090 for re w. The Committee of t he institution earnestly appeal to th© public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heitvy demands on their 189 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country b an kers, and by the S ecre tary, Richard Lewis, DA., at the Institution, 14, John-stro3t, Adelphi, London. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth pol - der ' • g i ve s the teeth a p earl whiteness, protects the enamell from decay, and imparts a pleasant fravrance to th breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, 'Upper names-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AMA.RELLA. restores the Human Hair to i L a pristine hue, no matter at what age. .;No. CIOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of -me of ti:P3 tryst eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect this won.derf:d liquid. It is now offered to the public more concentrated form, and at a lower price. sold in bottle .7, 3s. each ; also 5e., 78.61, and 15s. each. -ludin,:r brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street Loneon. ALICE.—LEA and PERTUNS.—SAUCE. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Its use improves appetite and digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, To avoid which, see the names. LEA and PERRI.NS. on all bottles and labels. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. 41.gents—Cresse and Blackwell, ondon, and sold by all D e alers in Sauces throughout the World. THEATRE RO YAL , 1) RURY - LAN E. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.B. Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on Monday, Dec.2B. and every Wednesuay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. On BOXING-NlGUT.Saturday, Dec. 26, will be performed the Farce of MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; on, Hint.EqulN Puss IN BOOTS, AND THE MILLERS SONS, with new and magn ificent Scenery by Mr. 'Wm. Beverley. Characters in t h e O p enin g by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimi,ts; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced a office theatre. Doors open at balf-past 6, commence at 7. Box- open from 10 till daily. THEATRE ROYAL, II A YAIARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Messrs. F. Buckstone, Nhite, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Laws, F. WrigKen ht. &c. After which, PIETRA. es srs. Chippendale. Howe, dal, Gordon, &c.; Miss - Bateman. Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Kendal, IdVealhersby, Clark, White, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Burke, Wright, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Lewin, &c. Commence at Seven. TITEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE SO CA MBE It WELL. Mr. G. aelmore, Mrs. L. Murray. M a quarter to S, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja run Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Frnith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Ehurne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta ILeclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. QT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S HALa—This Theatre will Open for the Season on Wet, listuY, December 23, with a powerful Company selected from the leading provincial theatres. For the first time, a domestic Drama, in three acts, entitled SAVED. By H. Such Granville. After which, the entirely new I.nd original Ninevitish Burlesque of SAR I , ANAPALUS. with inagnifleent scenery, dresses, and appointments. Concluding rith THE BENGAL TIGER, in which Mr. T. B. Shenton will ppeoz, Box-office open from eleven till five. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. -At 7, GOOD FOIL NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlaton, and J. Clarke: Aresdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, 7, and TO-MORROW (Tuesday), for the Benefit of Mr, ROBERTS, Dion Boucicault's new drama, in cur acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy. Dominick Murray, C. llarcourt, J.G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclereq. Followed by a CONCERT. Aud concluding with SAVED BY A SONG. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Bog-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Cltrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bolan and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OP VIZ CLOTH OF GOLD. Nessrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long- more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &e. To conclude pith A COMICAL COUNTESS. R OIAL AIIPIIITHEArR,E AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The superb horses, unanimously admitted to he matchless and the equestrian and gymnastic performances to he the very hest over witnessed in this or any other country. To-nitkt, and (❑ring the week Oscar Carre's magnificent stud of 50 per ',lining horses. M. Adolphe Caere, M, Krembser, Herr Loyal, rerr Salamonsky, M. Burgess. the King of Comiques; Avolo, the Marvel of the Age; Alfred Bradbury, dc. Open at Seven, commence at half past Seven. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at half-past Two. Children u ider ten, half-price to morning performance only. 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Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vining. AFTER DARK, a. Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore. Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Pose Leelercq, CO.NCERT. Concluding with SAVED BY A SONG-. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPITI. Trim EVENTS°, at 7. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBr.RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.46 MOVIE CRISTO . Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Beimore, A. Stirli IT, It. Phillips, Stuart. Ashley, Stephenson, C.J. Smith, W IT. le.hurne, It. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leelereq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tilts EvFN7xa, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longtnore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS_ QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE• 3lanager, Mr. 1 , 1 7. H. Liston. TIIIS F,VENING, at 7, TIIE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, -Wyndham. Clayton, and S. Einem': Mesdames Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon tague, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, ,owper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parselle; Mesdames Foot e,Weathersby, on ßignold. At 9.30, LUCRETIA BORGIA ; IMess Drew, G. Hey, &e.; Mesdames Minnie Sidney, Fanny Joseph ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also M. Avolo, Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Captain Austin, Miss Carrie, and Samwell's Performing Dogs. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. TUTS EVENING, at 7, SL SHER, & CRASHER : Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c.; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT Messrs. IT. Ne ill°, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, an dH. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. --- - Under the Management of Miss M.Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF NICHA RD III.; or. A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Mr. Danvers: Miss Collinson. and Miss M. Oliver. To con• :11Ple with THE cLOCK MAKER'S RAT. • PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Ender the Management of Miss Marie Wilton; Tnis EVENING, TAME CATS: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montague, Blakelcy, Montgomery, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison. and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, WHO SPEAKS FIRST! Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; Miss C. Addison. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. fins EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Creswick: Ophelia, Miss G. Pauneefort After which, THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Henry Marston. ROYAL AL HAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4 , ht, at 8 CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Nigl Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, ad.; Children under twelve, ad. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. THE SUN " WILL BE PUBLISHED AS USUAL ON CHRISTMAS DAY. , •;F::, A d + 7l 491,47 ' 1121 , 6 ' • 1, 1 4; ' 71 4 1 SUM very seriously inter opted, and was only read through to the end, as one, may say, under protest. Under protest so outspoken that one of the more energetic Republicans in the Senate, Mr. WiLsoN, of Masia chusetts, hesitated not to pronounce the Message "disrespectful and untruthful, and the acrid outpour. ing of A DISAPPOINTED BAD MAN." The Message speaks for itself. And to it we would urgently com mend the attention of our readers. It will be seen from that, how far the above scornful estimate of the nature of the Message, as well as of the character of the PRESIDENT, was justified on the part of the United States' Legislature. In any case, it can not but be allowed that this incident of the reception of the Message not unfitly rouncli the circle of ANDREW JOIENSON'S Presidency. TILE Social Science Association has brought before the notice of Government an important item of the formidable arrears of legislative work that await the Householders' Parliament. The deputation which a few days back waited upon the HomE SECRETARY touching the repression of crime, opened a parliamentary campaign that can have but one issue. Crime and the criminal classes of the British population are alike on the increase. Pauperism, the rapid growth of which greatly out runs the increase in the population of the United Kingdom, furnishes an unfailing supply of vice, which the great efforts of late years have failed to keep down. All that is expressed in the phrase the " spread of civilisation " has not availed to prevent the natural result of the rapid multiplication of the unemployed and the destitute. The instruction of the working classes, the special training of homeless and uncared-for children, the industrial education of the convict youth of both sexes, and the employment of the destitute, are all noble undertakings which have brought about much good ; but it would be idle to ignore the fact that want on the side of vice has more than counterbalanced every agency on behalf of virtue. The influences which counteract crime, though of incalculable value, are less potent than the means which produce it. Though prevention is better than cure, there can be no doubt that cure is the second best thing ; but in this respect also much remains to be done. We have in great measure failed to satisfactorily dispose of our con victed criminals ; the law is at fault both as to the term and the mode of punishment and the restrictions on notorious offenders when set free. This result is to be attributed largely to the circumstance that legislation on this subject has been little more than a series of experiments, without much ex perience to guard against error. The difficulty, as a whole, is new. But a very few years ago the law did nothing in the way of prevention, and repre sented but one idea on the subject of cure. The principle that dead men tell no tales was extended to the formula that dead criminals can . no longer be troublesome, and on this hypothesis the law had but one remedy, the gallows. The murderer, the forger, the highwayman, the housebreaker, and the shoplifter all went the same way. When this Draconian code was repealed we had to discover the right mode of action ; the loss of our sheet-anchor, the cross-beam and uprights, has embarked us in a sea of social perplexity. Of the numerous experiments that have been tried, none has satisfied the most urgent necessities of the case ; neither transportation nor the present system of penal servitude, not to speak of many lesser changes, has answered all reasonable expectations. A problem which never can be solved satisfactorily remains as yet without any solution at all. The time has come when this unavoidable period of groping in the dark should come to an end. Tentative legislation has in great measure done its work : it has shewn how far the great burden of national crime can be lightened, and what are the best means of accomplishing this object. It has become evident that legislative efforts must be directed chiefly to the prevention of the systematic or professional exercise of crime. The criminals who make dishonesty a trade are by far the most numerous and most dangerous enemies of society, and they are, besides, the only class with which restrictive law - can deal. First, offences always form a very small item in the calendar. There must be a yearly recruiting of the ranks of the dishonest in order to keep the force ; but this annual contingent the law cannot reach except by the indirect means of education and the encouragement of philanthropy. To reduce to a minimum the injury wrought by systematic evildoers who are cast loose on society after punishment, is and always has been the great difficulty. Transportation is no more to be thought of. It is difficult to find eligible lands which may serve as areas into which we may shoot our social rubbish, and there are besides other overwhelming objections against the system. The only hope of furthering the repression of crime lies in improving the present penal system. It is not difficult to perceive where that system is at fault. In the first place, the license or ticket-of-leave principle is fundamentally good, but the great laxity attendant upon its applica tion has been very baneful. It was first designed to save expense to the State, and at the same time increase the chance of reforming the convict by per mitting him to spend part of his term of sentence out of prison, under surveillance. The amount of remis sion varies according to the good conduct of the criminal while in prison. An incentive to reformation was thus afforded at the outset. It was not unreasonably deemed probable that the malefactor would be more likely to fall into ways of honesty if the first years of his liberty were spent under • State tutorship than if he were at once discharged to return to his old habits without restraint or inducement to do better. The enlightened spirit of modern legislation, mercifully averse to the waste of human life, has laid down the maxim that imprisonment should be reduced to the narrowest limits consistent with public safety. Still the license system has been productive of much evil to the com munity. The most indispensable condition of its employment, the exercise of a complete surveillance over the convict whilst his term of license endures, has not been complied with. Where the ticket-of-leave men have been well watched—and some counties and boroughs have been exemplary in this respect—the system has worked well and has been clearly produc tive of good ; but where the surveillance is less perfect the convict often manages to escape observa tion and returns to his old haunts and associates. To improve the supervision of the license-holder must be the great aim of any alteration . of the law in this respect. ofa The central authority l existing means of control a need addition directing n record ing the movements of convicts on license. At present the various bodies of police have the care of these evil-doers on probation, in addition to their many other duties ; and though with proper assistance the work might be adequately done, at present the sur veillance frequently ceases when the convicts choose to move from one place to another. There is no special communication between the different police centres. With the aid of a central authority every action on the part of a license-holder, and especially his deputure from any place, would be registered, and the information thus gained could be sent to the police authorities who might require it. The super vision, which is . now a work of chance, would become a matter of certainty. It would be much more difficult for the ticket-of-leave man to embark on the career of crime which is at present the frequent result of his liberty. The great object to be aimed at is to bring the career of every criminal, from the time that he first enters upon crime, within the jurisdiction of a State depart ment. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 21, 1868. Andrew JOHNSON'S career as President of the United States promises to be so far of a piece that its close in one sense is very much like its commencement. That commencement, who can have forgotten ? This close, who is likely very soon to forget ? By having been elected Vice-President, he became President very soon afterwards by misadventure. So that in point of fact his presidency in a manner dates from the hour of his vice-presidential inaug- And the latter, as all accounts unanimously record it to have been, was re garded by those who witnessed it as little less than a national disgrace and calamity. The Times' Corres pondent, fresh from beholding that extraordinary ex hibition, wrote of it as of the inauguration of a Rowdy. Explanations came afterwards from the friends of Mr. JOHNSON to the effect that he was out of health at the time, and that, being na turally and habitually a very abstemious man, he had, under medical advice, swallowed a nip of raw brandy or of some other stimulant just to steady his nerves before appearing for the first time in his official capacity before the great Democratic Legislature at Washington! And that, hence and hence only, came the unseemly excitement and incoherence with which he addressed the assembled representa tives of the United States upon the occasion of his auguration thus, or installation as Vice-President. Since then, the incident has been overlooked and almost forgotten. Steadied first of all by dismay, no doubt, on his own part, on awakening to the fact of his having so flagrantly, and manifestly so unwittingly committed himself—but steadied far more probably by the astounding casualty which swept the late President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,out of his path, and thereby caused the supreme authority to devolve upon himself, accord ing to the wise provision of the great Republican Constitution for the rest of the prescribed interval of uration. four years which had still to elapse should have run Out—ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President no longer, but President thenceforth of the United States, redeemed the reputation for statesmanship and for personal dignity which, for one disastrous moment, he seemed to some to have altogether for- 'cit ed. His responsibilities, always heavy from ,he outset, encreasing enormously upon him as time ran on, Mr. JOILNSON eventually secured to himself the earnest sympathy of millions who were attentively observing his career from their stand point on this side of the Atlantic, when it was ob served by the latter that he as PRESIDENT was, with the utmost malignity on the part of his enemies, being formally threatened with a solemn Impeach- ment. The spectacle of one man calmly and un- dauntedly withstanding the attacks of a multi . .udo of assailants, won for him the earnest sympathy of many who were not by any means originally in any way prejudiced in his favour. The Impeachment as a political move fell through. Mr. JOHNSON'S authority as President remained in every essential particular undiminished. Animosity was for a while silenced. Time ran on ; and, at last in due course, the period arrived when the electors of the United States had to choose from among the candidates for that high office, who should be the new President. GEORGE WASHINGTON, the founder of the great Re public, was twice President. THOMAS JEFFERSON, in like manner, was re-elected to that post of honour and authority on the expiry of the first four years of his Presidency. So also was it with JAMES MADISON, with JAMES MONROE, with ANDREW JACKSON, and last of all with ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the last-men- tioned, as it happened, being: re-electe-1 to be as sassinated almost immediately afterwards. There were, thus, half-a-dozen precedents for re-election. Bat uo one for a moment thought of acting upon those precedents in the instance of a man who was only there, to begin with, in that highest post of all, purely and solely through misadventure. The choice as to his successor lay simply, as was seen at once, between SEYMOUR and GRANT. By an over whelming majority, ULYSSES GRANT was elected to the Presidency. The days of ANDREW JOHN SON were then, in the naturally course of things, clearly numbered. He had escaped Impeachment. He bad tided on somehow in spite of the most viru lent opposition. Isolated, single-handed, almost alone, he was there simply to fulfil the allotted period of his tenure of office, and then to pass out of public view, and to give place to his soldier successor. Before that period could arrive, however, there was one other great Presidential act that ANDREW JOHNSON was called upon to perform. lle bad to produce and to transmit to the proper authorities another—•his final—Message. This document be composed, this document he transmitted to its destinations—to the assembled Congress—simultaneously to the Senate and to the house of Representatives of the United States. Upon the very day of his doing s , , there came flashing to us the announcement, through the Atlantic Cable, that the Senate had re fused to listen to the reading of the PLESI DENT'S Message. The text of that Message has now come to hand via Southampton, through the steamer Deutschland. And, reading it, the extraordi nary decision of the American Legislature, bewilder ing when first announced, can now be readily enough comprehended. The reading of the Message, it turns out, was not absolutely refused, as first stated by the Atlantic Telegraph, but, having been threatened with a refusalof its reading being continued, it was This principle may be carried out still farther. Not only must the criminals who are still under the sentence of the law be strictly guarded, but they must not be lost sight of even when their full term of punishment has ex pired. The great evil of professional crime can never be dealt with successfully until it is laid down that a confirmed evil-doer is at all times answerable to the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1868 authorities. Public opinion, which has been much directed to this subject of late, has erred rather in the direction of asking too much ; but there can be no doubt that some reform is possible. Between the non-intervention of the law as it stands and the extreme rigour which has been called for lately, there is a just mean which the Social Science Association has discovered. Though it is hardly possible to entrust the police with the power of apprehending at will those whom they suspect of meditating an offence, yet it is quite within the province of the law that a notoriously bad character should be accountable for his manner of life until he reforms. To carry out this principle, a confirmed criminal has been defined as one who has suffered two convic tions. Such an offender, the association suggests, should no longer be a free agent. So long as he lives in honesty he shall be left in peace; but if his doings are at all suspicious he is to be liable to apprehension. Any criminal who has suffered two convictions and is known to associate with thieves, or is unable to shew that, he is earning an honest living, may be required to give bail for his continued good behaviour, or, in default, be sent to prison. The law must not wait until an act of mischief be accomplished; the intention ought also to be taken note of. Of course some organisation will be required in order to exercise this supervision over bad characters; but the same central authority as that recommended for the license-holders might also be employed to watch those who have not actually incurred penalty. Thus we should have a complete register and surveillance over the whole of the professional criminal class. Should such an organisation be brought about — and there is no doubt it can be— gar experiments will not have been in vain. LATEST INTELL WINCE. NEWSP. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) IBUTION. The Daily News, in an interesting and somewhat lengthy article, describes how the London papers are circulated in the country—how they are sent away, in fact. The house described is doubtless that of Mr. W. H. Smith, who defeated Mr. Mill at Westminster. "It is Saturday morning, a little after four o'clock, and we are at one of the headquarters of newspaper distribution. One hundred and fifty thousand morning journals are sent out from here every day, and the processes of folding, sorting, and addressing are in full progress now. A large building, like a gigantic bank, long counters and tables intersecting it, and galleries running round it to its roof ; strong men and active youths all busy, some with the papers at the folding tables, others with brown paper parcels like bales of calico, and others again rushing out laden to the red carts in waiting ; monotonous cries of the various journals' titles, and ever and anon a stimulating or encouraging word from an active little man who acts as general—such was the scene. The great thing,' we are assured, is 'to get the work done in time.' From five to six is our greatest rush, and it's only by watching and care that we don't miss one or other of the earl• trains. These are nearly all about six a.m. There's one of the London and Chatham's goes at 5.50 — that's the earliest of all ; but the great bulk of the news papers even by that line leave by a train at 6.15 ; and be tween 6, which is the time of the London and Brighton, to 6.30 the South Eastern's, and 6.35 Waterloo, the train:, of all the great London lines go out. We've got a new plan now at the Great Western. They've given us a room on. the platform, and we've eighteen men there who do all the folding, addressing, and checking you see going on for the other lines here now—close to the train. The papers are taken down direct from the various offices just as they leave the press, and don't come near this central depart ment. Then, tbe . North Western Company accommodates us in another way. On their line we have a special double carriage fitted up as a newspaper room, and in this four of our men go down by the early train and fold, and dis tribute papers all over the North-Western Railwa y y district. Their journey ends at Stafford, and they come back again every day by the two o'clock train. Our system is a very simple one. These large sheets of stout brown paper have printed labels, you'll observe, pasted on each side. Ona of these is the agent's or customer's address ; the other is a list of the different newspapers we send out, with blanks for the number to be supplied. These are filled in the day before by clerks, who copy the particulars from the order-book, so that, as you see, when morning comes, and the brown covers are sorted into districts in this room, the packers have but to call out so many of the Times, or Daily News, and so many of the other journals in rotation, according to the list before them. The parcel is not tied up until its contents are counted by another man, so that there may be no nistake." SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 21. The Correspondencia of to-day publishes a letter from Florence announcing that Prince Carignan is about to spend some time in Madrid, and that suitable apartments have already been re tained for him. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Manches ter, from Liverpool, arrived here at 7.30 p.m. yes terday. She embarked mails and passengers, and proceeded immediately for Halifax. All well. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 20 (Evening.) The Porte has approved the action taken by Hobart Pasha before Syra, in the matter of the Enosis. The Ambassadors of England, France, and Austria have refused the request of the Greek Minister, M. Delyannis, to take the interests of the Greeks expellei from Turkish territory under their protection. ROUMANLA.. BUCHAREST, Dec. 20. The Romanul of to-day asserts that the policy adopted by the Turkish Government in the Greek question is due to the counsels of Count Beust. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 21. The Emperor received M. Rizos Rangabe, the newly appointed Greek Minister, yesterday, who presented his credentials. An Imperial decree, dated the 19th inst., con vokes the General Councils on the 11th of January next. BOURSE, Dec. 19.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i- per Cent. End of month... Italsan Loan 3 per Cent End of month 69 90 Mexican Loan ... 24 25 Credit Mobilier 286 23 Do. Bonds End of month... 288 75 Spanish Threes 33 Credit Foneier ...1500 Home Debt End of month... Deferred Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 625 Western Eastern .............. s6ti Sardinian Austrian Lombard ..... : North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman RAILWAYS. GREENWICH ELECTION. The Premier was re-elected to-day in the most demonstrative manner. Mr. GLADSTONE came forward to return thanks, and this was the signal for renewed manifestation of welcome and approval. The right hon. gentle man heartily thanked the electors for their kind ness in electing him under peculiar—he might almost say unexampled —circumstances. He said the coun try had been appealed to upon one of the clearest issues ever submitted to a people ; and the late Ministers of the Crown comprehended the nature of the answer. (Laughter.) The late Ministry had melted away before the Parliament they had called into existence, without looking that Parliament in the face—(laughier)—or asking for its judgment. The consequence was that he had been called upon to undertake a task to which be felt himself unequal. Still be felt himself sustained by the conviction that ho bad a good and just cause, which had for its ob ject the strengthening of the institutions of the country, and the establishing unity, harmony, and concord among all classes of the commu nity and in all portions of the empire. (Great cheers.) With regard to the practical questions he would simply refer to them. The triumph of the party would be worth nothing, only that it was the road to the triumph of the principles of the party. In regard to Parliamentary Reform, two subjects especially would have to be dealt with, the security of perfect freedom in giving the vote, which was not only not a favour, but was imposed as a duty. He did not say how this was to be done ; but whether the voting was open or secret, perfect security should be afforded. The next thing that should be dealt with was the question of compounding. Having referred to the expenditure and promised that the estimates in February would be reduced, the right honourable gentleman went on to speak about the Irish Church. It had been said that the Roman Catholics would try to get Roman Catholic ascendancy—but it was reli gious ascendancy they were trying to destroy, and if the Roman Catholics demanded that which in conjunction with the Liberal party they were now making war on, they would not only be insignificant, but c on temptible. In conclusion, Mr. Gladstone in a %burst of fervid eloquence thanked them for the honour they had done him, and assured them that he valued it because of the opportunity it would afford him of carrying out the great principles which they bad all at heart. (Loud and continued cheering.) MISSING SIIIP.--BRIDGEWATER, Dee. 17.—1 t is feared that the Dorset, trading between this port awl South Wales, has foundered. She left Port Talbot on Sunday last for Highbridge, in this port, and has not since been heard of. THE FIRE AT CALLAO.—The American papers in giving an account of the fire at Callao, stated that all the cafes of English manufacture failed to save their contents from destruction, Milner amongst the rest. Tho statement was copied into the London papers, and thus has led to inquiry being made on the subject. Unimpeachable evi dence has been obtained from Callao, through the instru mentality of Mr. John Matheson, of Lima, that M. Perez Arrieta, ono of the sufferers, was the only merchant who Pos sessed a safe by "Milner," and he alone saved his valu able documents. Ile writes to Messrs. Milner to that effect, and further stating that all those who lost their papers regret their safes were not manufactured by Messrs. THE ELECTION PETITIONS IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Mr. Justice Willes, one of the election petition judges, attended at Chambers, Rolls-gardens, Chancery-lane, on Saturday, for the purpose of hearing arguments of counsel why a number of election petitions " should not forthwith be removed from the records of the court, and not further proceeded with, on the grounds that the bond purporting to be a recognisance, filed in the matter of each petition, was not a recognisance within the provisions of the Par liamentary Election Act, 1868, that it was wholly null and void, and that no recognisance had been given within the meaning of the said Act." The little room in which his lordship sat was densely crowded by counsel and election agents, and the greatest interest prevailed. The first petition brought under the notice of the judge was that of the city of Hereford, in which the return of Messrs. Clive and Wylie is impugned, a petition having been presented against both on the same ground, with the addition in the case of the latter gentleman that he was a member of the Indian Civil Service. A recognisance, has been entered into pursuant to the 6th' section of the Act, in the sum of £l,OOO only in the form prescribed by the rules made by the judges. The objection taken to this was that it was insufficient, because the 22nd section provided that "two or more candidates may be made respondents to the same petition; and their case, for the sake of convenience, be tried at the same time, but for all the purposes of the Act such petition shall be deemed to be a separate petition against each respondent." Mr. H. James, for one of the sitting members, argued that all proceedings upon the petition ought to be stayed, on the ground that the provision of the 6th section, was not complete, by reason of a recognisance only in £l,OOO, instead of £2,000, having been entered into. The cases of the two candidates, he said, might be materially different, and under these circumstances the security might be whol,ly insufficient, especially as that in some cases the petitioners who would be primarily liable for the costa might be insolvent. Mr. Dowdeswell, Q.C., appeared in support of the pe tion, and contended that only one recognisance was provided for by the Gth section, and that was to be a security to the amount of £1,000; that noprovision was made for any further security whatever ; that the petitioners would be primarily liable for the whole of the costs, and that this was merely by way of guarantee. Mr. Dowdeswell also argued that although the 22nd section provid, d that for all the pur poses of the Act such petition should be deemed to be a separate petition against each member, it did not mean there should be two petitions, and that £l,OOO upon the joint petition was sufficient ; and further, that any objec- tion made to the security given did not apply simply to recognisances, and therefore it was competent fur the judges to direct the objection to be removed in manner prescribed by the Otis section of the Act. Mr. Finlay, on behalf of Mr. Clive, submitted that no recognisance had been given within the terms of the act. After a lengthy argument, his lordship deferred judg ment. The summonses in the Penryn and Falmouth petitions were next taken. Mr. Serjeant Sleigh and Mr. Straight appeared for the ,wo members, Messrs. Fowler and Eastwick, and Mr. Will ror the petitioners. The question raised in this case was that the £.1,000 deposited was not a sufficient security, as required by the Act 31st and 32nd Viet., c. 125. sec. 6, which provided that at the time of the presentation of the petition, or within three days afterwards, security for the payment of all costs, charges, and the expenses that might become payable by the petitioner (to the member whose election or return is complained of) shall be given on behalf of the petitioner, either by the deposit as security of £l,OOO in money, or by recognisances by any number of sureties not exceeding four. Mr. Serj eant Sleigh contended, further, that inasmuch :.s only £l,OOO had been deposited in this case, and that there were two members petitioned against, the proceed ings ought to be void ; that within the letter and spirit of the Act of Parliament there ought to be security given in respect of £l,OOO for each member petitioned against to abide costs which might be awarded to each one separately. It was obviously the intention of the Legislature that provisias should be made for the protection and reimbursement of each member separately ; whilst the 22nd section enacted that although two or more candidates might be made respondents to the same petition, and their case, for the sake of convenience, be tried at the same time, yet, for all the purposes of the Act, such petition should be deemed to be a separate petition against each respondent, and that there should be a security of at least £l,OOO to cover the costs of each one petitioned against. After hearing Mr. Will, judgment in this case also was deferred. In the case of the Hull petition a question was raised as to whether the petitioners could be sureties, and the learned judge expressed his opinion that they could not, but intimated his intention of considering as to whether or not the Act gave him power to amend, so that there might be time to lodge their recognisances. It is reported that Mr. Shaw Lefevre has a scheme , ta preparaticn for settling the Irish Church question, which he hopes to bo able to submit to the house. There is a prospect of another Anglo-American yacht race, to be contested in England. It will be remembered that the New York Yacht Club won the great international match in 1851, with the America, and the forthcoming contest, if it can be definitely arranged, will be looked forward to with great interest. The general elections in France cast their shadows before. The Opposition is founding papers right and left; and in many places, notably at Valence, Dijon, and Angou leme, the Liberal spirit is such that the old Prefectural organs will scarcely, with all the aid of official advertise ments and subventions, find means to retain even their pre sent mediocre staffs. THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN, BISHOP ELECT OF LoNDo.v.—The rumours about the Bishop of Lincoln's refusal of the see of London have already been very em phatically contradicted, but they have made their way notwithstanding. The Times is now enabled to state on authority that there is no truth whatever in the rumours which have been reported in various newspapers as to the unsatisfactory state of the Bishop of Lincoln's health. At the Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery for the West Riding, another serious case of incendiarism was tried. John Farles, a labourer, aged 44, was charged with having set fire to a large number of stacks belonging to his former employer, Mr. Lee, at Thorne, causing damage to the amount of £1,300. The prisoner was discharged from Lee's service, and it appears that ho committed this crime from motives of revenge. He was found guilty, and received the heavy sentence of 15 years' penal eerviNdo. .Tuci other cases tried we Q.O 41.17 ALARMINI ACCIDENT. On Saturday night an accident or a most alarming character took place on the Midland Railway near Notting ham, and it is estithata that upwards of forty persons have been more or less injured, although at present there are no deaths. It appears that the Mansfield market train left Nottingham at half-past eight o'clock, filled with passengers, and at a crossing near the latter town it, came into collision with a train of empties returning from Ches terfield, Piebridge, and other places. A fearful disaster was the consequence. Both engines -were thrown off the line, with a large number of carriages, many of which were completely smashed. The drivers and firemen, named respectively Bradford, Dafton, Gilbert, and Adams, re ceived frightful injuries, and it is perfectly miraculous how they escaped with their lives. Many of the passengers were also dreadfully bruised and shaken, and several have sustained broken arms and legs. Great consternation prevailed at the time, and it was with great difficulty that the passengers were removed from the damaged carriages. some of the injured persons were conveyed to the Nottingham General Hospital, and others to their homes where many of them now lie in great suffering, (Cm Ormbt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 19. Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday after noon. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked in the grounds this morning. Dcc. 20. The Queen. the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold, i-)rincess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service at Whippinghana Church this morn n g. DARING ROBBERY ON A RAILWAY. A robbery, such as we have not often to report, has taken place. The following are the facts: — On Friday night, a little before twelve o'clock, it was stated to the station master at the New-street station, Birmingham, that the guard's van had been entered at Edgbaston, the guard assaulted, and a box con taining money stolen therefrom. On further inquiry it was ascertained that directly after the train had left Edgbaston station for Birmingham, where the tickets of the passengers are collected, a man jumped into the van and threw a quantity of creosote or naphtha into the eyes of the guard, who was engaged in making an entry in his book. When the poor fellow had somewhat recovered from the shock the train was entering the New-street station, and he then discovered that a box containing money, and on which he had placed his lamp, was missing. Having reported these facts to the station. master, the poor fellow, who could scarcely see, was sent to Mr. Oliver Pemberton, surgeon, and an engine despatched down the line with the hope of discovering the desperado. Information was also given to the Birming nam police. It so happened that upon the guard's van' there was found the lid of a tin case, having upon it the initials "T. B." The station-master at Birmingham inquired in the neighbourhood of the Edgbaston station if there was anybody thereabouts whose name answered to the initials ; a man named Thomas Baggaley, a breaks man of ballast-trains in the company's service, was im mediately mentioned. A detective and one or two others went to his house close by ; seeing a light they entered, and some circumstances exciting suspicion, a search was made, and a sum of twenty-seven sovereigns found upstairs. Baggaley was taken into custody, and brought up before the magistrates at Birmingham on Saturday morning. He was remanded until Thursday next. The prisoner has been fourteen years in the company's service, and of course was well aware of the exact spot where this box, containing the receipts of the day from some small stations, was deposited. • Some forty pounds are still miss ing, and it is expected that Baggaley has an accomplice. The spectacles which the guard wore in some measure saves his eyes from the consequences of this dastardly outrage. It may be added that various discoveries were made in the course of Saturday, all of them tending to increase the suspicion attaching to the prisoner. A portion of a bag which contained the money in the box was picked up on the way from the train to Baggaley's house ; and it s said that the " lid" left on Cie guard's van fits a can round on the prisoner's premises. MR. DOULTON IN A FOREIGN COURT. At the time of the Doulton trial, it was stated that the Procureur• General had no intention of dropping action in the case, notwithstanding his defeat, as it were, on the very threshold—the power of the court to try the matter. He has appealed. The appeal was heard on Friday, at the Court of Appeal, Brussels. It maintained that the offence came within the provisions of the Belgian penal code. The president of the ccurt was M. Scaufflaire ; and his assessors were four counsel—M. Grenier, M. Mockel, M. de Hennin, and M. Holvoet. M. Mention, the contractor, was recalled and re-exa mined. He stated that it was a fact that he offered to do the work for twelve and a half millions of francs, and that he made it fifteen millions with the company at Doulton's desire, Doulton saying that he had to provide for paying something to Mr. Clench with the £lOO,OOO, and if the witness made this double contract he (Doulton) would afterwards reimburse the witness the amount of an error he had made in his calculations. The witness said several of the late directors of the Belgian Public Works Company knew of the existence of the double con. tract. And witness said he could name Albert Grant and Heritage among others who knew of the contract. John Smith, the engineer, whose name was so often Drought into question at the trial, was now called. In answer to questions, he said lie had been interrogated by the Jute d'lnstruction, as it was believed he was incul pated with the defendant Doulton in criminal actions. In respect to the history of the contract, he said that several contractors had "put in" to tender besides Mention. Mention, the witness said, offered to do the work at 12,500,000 f., and at the demand of Doulton made the tender 15,000,000 f., Doulton wanting the extra 2,500,000 f. to pay for the costs of obtaining the concession. One of the other contractors who tendered was, witness said, Brassey, the London contractor, and the terms .of his tender amounted to £625,000. Doulton offered £615,000, and this was accepted on behalf of Brassey by Mr. Brassey's representative, under the reserve that the con tract should be approved by the principal, who, however, would not accept the contract. The contract was then made with Mention for £600,000 (15,000,000 f.), thus pro viding for the pot-de-vin to Doulton of £lOO,OOO (2,500,0001.) The contract was made with Mention on the base of £600,000 ; but this was 16i per cent. better than the first contract, and the difference was to be remitted through my hands to Doulton. It did so pass through my hands to Doulton. Being questioned as to the reason of the difference in price offered for the works by Brassey as 'against Mention, the witness said the Belgian contractors could afford to do the work for less, as they would not be exposed to the cost and trouble arising from carrying on works abroad ; and besides, they had a reputation to make, while the Englishman had achieved that. The witness said he wrote the 21 million pot-de-vin contract in Doulton's office at Doulton's request, and the contract made by Mention with the company was also written at Doulton's place in Brussels. The Procureur-General then addressed the court on the evidence given that day and at the trial. In proceeding to give a history of the case, be dwelt upon the facts which had been proved as to the manner in which Doulton had all through avoided coming face to face with justice. In May last, when called upon to appear, a state ment was made on Doulton's behalf that he was at the point of death ; yet a few days after that date he was in his seat in Parliament. At the date of the court re assembling, the 9th of July, the report of a physician was given in, stating that Doulton had a grave liver complaint ; but he had been seen by witnesses 'who knew him well to be in good health, walk ing about the streets of London, and it seemed as if the physician had been shewn some sick Englishman who was not Doulton. Then it was requested that the case should be adjourned still longer, as its hearing might prejudice Doulton's position as a member of Parliament, and it was adjourned on condition that he appeared on the 22nd of October. The condition was made, and still Doulton did not come ;and he did not even present him self to this court when he had the greatest interest in defending himself. The Procureur-General concluded by declaring that the charge of swindling had been made out against Doulton, who had offended against both the old and new penal codes of the kingdom, and called for the punishment of the offender. The presiding judge said the court would take time to deliberate. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AN ENGINE DRIVER AND STOKER.-A telegram from Holyhead says that whilst Saturday's Irish mail, which leaves London at 7.15 am., was passing near Mostyn, in North Wales, at 9.30 a.m. from Holyhead at full-speed, Elias Williams, the up-train driver, noticed a hand with a pistol stretching from the Irish mail towards the up-train. Immediately after passing, the driver and stoker heard a pistol shot, and witnessed smoke. It is supposed that the shot was aimed at the up-train driver and stoker, as several empty trucks followed the engine. 'lie engine -driver reported the ease at Chester. The carriage coupler reports hearing a passenger defending Fenianism before the train started. THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND THE LAWYERS.— It will be seen, says the Doily Noes, commenting upon the elections, that both the law officers of the Crown in th e present Government represent Devonshire con stituencies. The preference of West of England electors for members of the bar has been marked from the time when Falmouth returned the late Lord Cranworth, and Exeter sent to Parliament Sir William Follett. The present Master of the Rolls sat for Devonport, Air. Justice Montague Smith for Truro, and Mr. Justice Brett for Helston. For several years Sir Roundell Palmer represented Plymouth, Chief Justice Cockburn sat for Southampton, and Sir John Rolt for the western division of Gloucester. Devonport now returns Mr. Montague Chambers. and Tiverton the Hen. C+, Denman. LITERATURE. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S WEEKLY SERIAL STOET-- - He Knew lie was Right," now publishing by the Alessrs. Virtue and Co., still continues to exercise its fascination over the multitude of readers who, ire now wondering what will come of it all ! Whether Trevelyan or his wife is more in the wrong ! Whether that horrid mischief -making self-sufficient old roué the colonel will come to grief eventually by getting kicked or being horsewhipped ! Either of which he most cer tainly richly deserves, if only by reason of his egre giousvanity, and of his heartless selfishness in the in dulgence of that same vanity. Priscilla, to our mind, is the best character in the whole story and, next to her, Aunt Stanbury of the Close in Exeter. As to Hugh and Norah they neither of them seem as yet to know their own mind, and, what is more, they don't deserve to. The mysterious confusion hinted at in the vignette on the cover, still remains uneX- plained, though we may conjecture the significance of it, and fancy we can clearly enough recognise -- among the leading persons in the group—lie and She, that is of course Trevelyan and his wife, the baby whimpering on the ground, Hugh expostulat ing, Aunt Stanbury grimly watchful in one part of the background . , and that horrid Colonel compla cently observant of it all in another. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S MAGAZINE—" St. Poo (also published by Messrs. Virtue and Co.)—st ill duds its principal attraction in the editor's Own serial story of " Phineas Finn." It is more than usually interesting in the recently pub lished number for December. It relates b° r " Phineas bears up under, the misery of having been just thrown over by Violet Effiingham. Is it that this Irish Apollo is fated to have a perpetuals li p 'twixt the cup and the lip, whenever he is in love, as he is, off and on, we don't know with how mall' lir. Kennedy bears away with him Lady La ura just as Phineas proposes to the latter on the breezi d hill top. Lord Chiltern is accepted at last, a° not reluctantly either, by Violet, when Pbio e3s is all but certain of Violet's love for him. The Duke of Omnium, again, we can almost fa°l stepping in as the winner of Madame Max Goesler s plump little hand, at the moment when Phineas may have resolved to ask that hand for himself by Wa y of consolation for the loss of Lady Laura and ° Violet Effingham. The young Irish Under-Seers. tary of State will have nothing else for it but W fall back upon his gentle first-love nearer home, unless some prompter wooer than himself aut ic , l ; pates him therein—which is hardly, however, to • anticipated. Extracts from the " Tablet." PIES IX.'S POPULARITY AMONG THE R0.30- 145 * --. The Pope's annual visit to the Church of the Twelve Apostles on the vigil of the Immaculate Conception is always the signal for a loyal demon' stration in favour of the Temporal Power. Th e present occasion was no exception to those of th e past. At half-past three the Pope arrived, and A : he descended from his carriage at the door 0 ' the sacristy an enthusiastic burst of cheering broke from the crowd, which, although niol boring a considerable proportion of foreign Catholics, was mainly composed of Rem° . Nothing could be more national than th e cries that saluted our cars. " Viva l 'Angelo le Vaticano," " Viva it nostro Vecchio," were far °- teller audible than " Five le Pape," or " - rive Pi e IX." A good Anglican clergyman who stood n°a: me in the crowd was fairly carried away by t h , popular feeling, and waved his hat and shont7 with a " muscular Christianity" which have rejoiced the heart of Mr. Kingsley. " bhp' they told me these demonstrations were. gils'e up by the French abbes and Zouaves , ' , said, " and here are the Romans themselves O re ; li most in showing their loyalty to the Pope." ati the good Anglican been a little more a ccustoin v ; to the popular dialects, he would also ha ll o distinguished what struck me at once, viz., tha t t Romagnoli and Merchezziani, many of whom their to Rome as workmen, were most clamorous in t h . e s t 11 loyalty. Nowhere, perhaps, is the mild an d 3 %, rule of the Pope better appreciated than in the 4 happy provinces groaning under Piedmohte'o usurpation, and where the massacres of San are matter of recent history. The Holy F t " a b s having rested in the sacristy, entered the chi the preceded by the Sacred College, and surroun den ; his household ; and the prayers which closed 'ice Novena having been recited, a clear, full, ric h T° o we all knew entoned the first words of the Deum. Ot il THE POPE FIFTY YEARS A PRIEST.---Th e anniversary of the ordination of the Sover e* ;ii Pontiff as Priest, will occur on the 10th of 114 o f next. Pius IX. received minor orders the stij er , January, 1817, the subdeaconate 20th of Deceu",h—of 1818, the order of Deacon 6th March, 181 1 ap Priest, 10th April, 1819, which was Holy Satu He was ordained Priest by Mgr. Caprara, wards Cardinal. CATHOLIC POPULKTION IN EUROPE AND AS E —The New York Times calculates that the Pr n r aie . tion of Catholics to Protestants is greater in A 5,, rica than in Europe. In Europe, with a P °P ir e tion of about 287,000,000, 23 per cent' Protestants, and 50 per cent. Catholics; in Ainer'sre with a population of 73,000,000, 38 per cent . Protestants, and 59 per cent. Catholics. a THE MOUNT OF OLIVES has been purchas' tow the Princess of La Tour-d'Auvergne, whose i ° tion was to reside there in a house whi c , ll ,ol brought from Paris for the purpose. The rt° 3 ; io to however, died before her plan could be carr ie ' a ea execution, and the Mount of Olives, by a f tv o signed in due form, becomes the property ° Crown of France. THE CATHOLIC EPISCOPATE.—In connection 1 the approaching Council, it is interesting t° that the number of prelates composing th e , tb archy, according to the A nnuario Pond/lei° O' OE O , year, is 982. There are actual vacan cies in W get3 o; Belonging to the Orient a l Rit e th er e are 76 ; 1 0 and of sees in partibus infidelium there are 22 ' 1 ;00 all there are in the C a th o li c Ch urc h 12 patriar c Oa - 177 archbishoprics, 905 bishoprics ; but ti f .(3 o v vacant one patria rc h a t e , n i ne arc hbishoPr' a ' OF, 102 bishoprics. Th e num b er o f sees and 1 i e- 0 1, in the British dominions is 110. Great IBrit4it s ot ° will represent above one-tenth of the prelt, will have a right to sit and judge in the to cal Council. The pension of £lOO a year on the egildr,r, granted by the Queen on the recommendation 01 el 3)1 raeli to Mr. J. F. Neilson, in consideration a fence and distinguished services as a parlio.cool39; porter," was declined; and the proprietors Of till:0:e have awarded to Mr. Neilson, in addition to his s %/1 0 annuity equal in amount to the proposed pensi° P ' 4 ward for his long services ou their staff. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIIL-- I ‘` ll c# il ,l ALLEN'S WORLD'S Hint RESTORER OR DussslNG 0 0°- io or quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful O s o ci to pi beauty, and with the first application a beautifu l g l° d s lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the of° 0 0 falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes lusur i t o °,- of e4 / 01 0 . 0 it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In l '' rga o7 l°,' Price Six Shillings. 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