The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-02 00:00:00

THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, m Sporting Library. 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, Jelivers the LAT EDITION of "THE SUN" at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Jopies in Town, the Suburbs, awl in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by eine o'clock E THREE LOVELY ARABIAN HORSES, I_ "Ben Zarif," "Bassara," and "Griseldas," will perform the triple Haute Erole at the 110YAL AMDII/THEATRE AND CiaCus This Evening. 1 . 1 O'S GRAINGER? LICENSED VICTI7ALLEBS' TOBACCOMST, SHEPHERD'S-BUM. The SPORTING EDITION of " TIIE SUN " can be seen at OR UNGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight ,'clod:. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY-LANE. sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING at 7, BORROWED PLUMES . Aft er w h ic h at a quarter to 8, KING 0' SCOTS: Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Addi son, Barrett. J. Irving, 11. Sinclair, E. Price. John Rouse, U Cumming, W. M'lntyre. and W. C. Temple; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart. Fanny Addison, and 'Mrs. F. Matthews. Grand Ballet of Action, BEDA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. dd Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING. EA SY SHAVING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon; Mesdames Burke and F. Wright. After which, LEAH. Characters by v* essrs. Howe, Rogers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Bnekatone, White, Weaihersby. &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis, Wright, Macca.be, Fitzwilliam, Laws. Coleman. :Lc _end BOX AND COX. Mr. Mtek.F:tone, 3lr. Compton. Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. I.VEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon THIS EVENTNO, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA MBE R WELL. Mr. G. Behnore, Mrs. L. Murray. At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter. Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. Ci 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. CLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.-At 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner. Vernon, Fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Huriston, and J. Clarke; Mes dames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Uughgs, and Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SECRET. 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. Ilarcourt, G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds awl assistants. To conclude with M ASTER 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, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Button and Maitland. 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Buckstone, White, Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis,Wright. Maceabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Coleman, &c. And BOX AND COX. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, &e. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining'. Tiffs EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. 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 Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Goncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tms EVENTNO, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MOVIE CRISTO. Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmoro, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson. C. T. Smith, W 11. borne. It. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. This EVFNING, at 7, GOAD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon. Fisher, New hound. Andrews, Tindale, Hurlstone, and J. Clarke; - Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanhorough. Tins EvENixo, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE ROY AL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. IRIS EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Aymott, r .Creswick; Lady Evelina, Miss Pauncefort. After which, AND RATS AND WATER RATS. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. This EVENING. at 7. THF, LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham. Clayton, and S. Emery ; Ileselanir•s Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon tague, &e. THEATRE-ROA-AL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. Tins EVENING, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, Cowper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parselle: Mesdames Foote,Weathersby. Rignold. At 9.30, LUCRETIA BORGIA ; ess Drew, G. Honey, tte • ",I t-SL. 11 , - 'a l es Minnie Sidney, Fanny Joseph THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. - - TUN EvENINo. at 7, S'L %SHER CRASHER: Messrs Vaughan. G. Vincent. &e. • mils:, Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.15, TIM YftLLO\V PASSPORT : ➢Tessrs. IT, Ne ille, CT. Vincent, E. Atkins, If. Vaughan, 11. Cooper, and 11, `Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. I'n'fer the - Nranagement of :‘,tisslloliver. Tins EVENING, at 7.%0, ALL THAT LITTERS TS NOT r OLD. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OI•' NICITARD III.: or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers: Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con elude with THE cLOCKMAKER'S HAT. I'RINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, ATCHI! Messrs. Blakeley and Montague; Misses Addison and A. Wilton. After which, SOCIETY: Messrs. J. Clarke, Hare, H. J. 'Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and - White and Mi3s C. A.ddlzon. Bancroft; CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Weincadays and ;iaturdaye, at a sada all the year sound. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, December 7,8, 9, 10, and 11. FIRST and SECOND CLASS RETURN TICKETS to London, iq sued at any station on the Great Western Railway more than Viirty miles distant, on Saturday, the 9th Dec., and following days, will be available for return up to Saturday, the 12th Dec., inclusive. Paddington, Nov., 1868, J. GRIERSON, General Manager. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7. BORROWED PLUMES. At 7.45, KING 0' SCOTS. Mr. Phelps, Mr. E. Price, Mr. H. Sinclair Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett, Mr. Joseph Irving, Mr. J Rouse, Mr. William Mclntyre. Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F. Charle, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith Stuart Miss Fanny Addison, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action ; entitled BEDA. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, Alfred Bradbury, ➢idlie. Montero, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, and Samwell's Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL AL fIAMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. ft7i + 0 2 I 020 7 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 180. As in PROSPERO'S Isle, " the air is full of noises," deceptive sounds that " give delight," that is to par tizans of either side, " but hurt not"—their respec tive antagonists ! Flying rumours are about as thick as swallows upon the eve of flitting. Each rumour, moreover, in turn, sustained by reasons as plentiful as blackberries. Yet, confidently though these seemingly authentic statements are sent forth by their promulgators, they are no sooner on the wing in the clubs and in the newspapers than they are brought down, neatly potted, by the un erring aim of some authoritative counter statemeut that is, some counter-statement avowedly given upon authority. If each of these preposterous rumours in succession were keenly fol lowed up, before being thus brought down and bagged by those emissaries, or pretended emissaries, of the Government or of the Opposition, who are going about now shooting folly as it flies—the gobemouche, beyond all doubt, would be led a pretty dance indeed, over the hills and far away, after each wandering will of the wisp, having about it the semblance of reliable information. According to the first of these most positive state ments as to what is going now immediately to happen—A Vote of Want of Confidence will be moved immediately on the assembling of the House of Commons, and, Ministers being inevitably put in a minority, thereupon, Mr. GLADSTONE will come in at once before Christmas. According to the last of these announcements rather than predictions—Mr. MK:AEI,' is to antici pate any action of that kind on the part of the Op position by an instant resignation, by a resignation that is to say before the meeting of Parliament. The Daily Telegraph of this morning, flushed with the importance, as it evidently conceives, of being the medium of first giving to the world this most startling announcement, says :—" To-day, from what we hear, the public may learn that Mr. DISRAELI has placed his resignation in the hands of her MAJESTY." How ever events may prove this to be a matter of fact, the truth is simply that the rumour thus articulated was not only out and about, strong upon the wing, long before the Daily telegraph had caught sight or sound of it, but had been aimed at, if not actually brought down, by one of those myste rious denials already referred to as given, ore rotundo, upon authority. Seriously speaking, it is hardly worth while to be indulging any longer in these alternations of confident statements and equally counter-statements. It is of more interest, and far more to the purpose, to analyze the results of the General Election, as those results have now actually come to us ; and, for the denouement—to wait. Par liament will meet, now, in a very few days. To morrow week, the newly-elected members will be begun to be sworn in. The swearing in, thanks to the uLiform and abreviated oath, will be got through more rapidly than ever, —members pledging themselves to a loyal perform ance of their duty by a simple belief in a GOD (hap pily neither Mr. MILL nor his prote'g6e Mr. BRAD LAUGII will be there to go through what must have been a mere mockery on their part) and no longer on the faith of a true CHRISTIAN. Meanwhile, now that we may scan the actual results of the General Election, it is of more interest than following these flitting, flying rumours of the day, the hour, the moment, to look to what really and actually constitutes the outcome of the appeal which has beeiv just now made to the country. That may be summed up in one brief sentence as—the net gain to the Liberals of fifteen seats, old and new, a gain which is equivalent, as any one knows, to thirty votes upon a division. Such, in a very few words, is the upshot of it all. To put the fact in another way,. the Liberals have their previous majority upon a division, plus thirty votes. One of the fifteen seats thus gained to them has been gained to them in spite of a loss of one through disfranchisement. Otherwise to express it, out of the fifty-three seats which were disfranchised, twenty-six of them were lost to the Conservatives, while twenty-seven were lost to the Liberals. And yet, in spite of that, the actual gain to the Opposition, everything considered, is, as has been said, a gain of fifteen scats, old and new, or an addition of thirty votes upon a division to the majority which belonged to the Liberals in the last Parliament. The relative gain upon the new seats has been a gain of twenty seven to the Liberals as against twenty-four to the Conservatives—giving an advantage of three (upon the striking of the balance) to the Opposition. The relative gain upon the old seats, on the other hand, has been a gain of sixty-four to the Liberals as against fifty-one to the Conservatives—yielding an advantage (upon the striking of that balance) of thir teen to the Opposition. Coupling with this net gain to the Liberals, on old and new seats together, of sixteen, the fact that the Conservatives show a net gain of one in the striking of the balance between themselves and their antagonists in regard to the fifty-three seats disfranchised—we get at the net gain upon the whole to the Opposition of fifteen seats, counting as thirty votes upon a division. Quod erat demonstrandum. That, beyond anything else just now, is a matter of the very first importance. FRANCE, as we took occasion to remark yesterday, has, in M. BERRYER, lost one of the greatest orators she has ever produced, and one of the noblest characters the age has yet seen. He leaves behind a biography which of its own kind has few equals. Few of his countrymen have been of more signal service to France ; few have attained a higher posi tion of honour and fame ; and scarcely one can lay claim to such political consistency, amid such unparalleled political changes. Born at a time when the France of yore had already given place to a new and not a promising substitute, when the bad monarchy had been sup planted by a much worse anarchy, M. BERRYER'S career has been identified with the most remarkable portion of French history. Ile gained his first laurels as an advocate upon the fall of the First Empire, and he passed through all the suc cessive changes of the next forty years without losing his influence as a politician, or with outp once changing his political creed. Con sistency, in the strictest application of the term, would, in the case of most great men, be both impossible and unadvisable ; but M. BERRYER'S consistency was a political phenomenon. lle was a supporter of the I3oußpoNs, and a general upholder of constitutional freedom.; but he was the enemy of all arbitrary government, and a great admirer of those institutions which at present find their most perfect development in Eng land. This creed he preserved with the most rigid exactitude. lie pleaded against the deposition of CirARLEs X. as the legitimate heir, but he refused all offers from LOUIS PHILIPPE, and on more than one occasion declined to form part of Ministries when an official position would have fettered his free action. His steadfastness procured him the respect of all parties ; he held a perfectly unique position in France, for, with a reputation less dazzling than many Frenchmen of the century, he preserved his political influence under every form of government. Such a career gained, as it deserved, a European fame. England, however, especially owes a tribute of respect to the DEMOSTIIENES of France, for it was by M. BERRYER that one of the most im passioned defences of British institutions ever heard across the Channel was delivered before a French tribunal. In 1858 the great Indian debate in the House of Commons had been most un favourably commented upon by some of the official journalists, who have both before and since praised English policy without measure. Our repression of the Indian mutiny had been reviled to order. Count DE MONTALEMBERT replied to the inspired papers by an article in the Correspondant, in which he brought out the bright side of constitutional liberty as established in England, and severely con demned the despotic rule of the Second Empire. For publishing this article the EMPEROR ordered him to be indicted, and he was sentenced to fine and imprisonment. In this great trial M. BERRYER was the advocate for the defence. His powerful appeal on this as on other occasions did not procure justice, but such prosecutions proved too dangerous to be fre quentlyrepeated. Nothing can bemore hazardous for a despotic Government than violent repression of free dom. Count DE MONTALEMBERT was pardoned for this offence, and a second indictment against him was never proceeded with. The last act of M. BERILYER'S life was, curiously enough, connected with a series of trials which is nothing more than a reproduction of the MONTALEMBERT prosecutions. The BAUDIN press trials, which for weeks past have been the great topic in France, have been instituted on account of the inculpated journals publishing subeription lists for the erection of a monument to an individual who was shot at a barricade during the coup d'etat. M. BERRYER'S name was found in one of these lists, accompanied by a letter, in which he strongly upheld the privileges both of subscribing andof publishingthe subscriptions. It would have been well if the EMPEROR had listened to the warning of the distinguished lawyer and politician who was his counsel when, as Prince LOUIS BONAPARTE, he was tried for his life for the Boulogne invasion of 1840. The BAITDIN affair may not result in any serious consequences, but it has already been attended with discredit to the Imperit Government. LATEST INTELL MENU. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) lIUNGARY. PESTI', Dec. 2. The Chamber of Deputies voted yesterday the bills of the G-rossvardern, Klausenburg, and Cron stadt railways, and also a bill relative to the con dition of the Union of Transylvania and Hungary. Several Roumainian members protosted against this Union. Herr Longay, the Minister of Finance, made a report on the favourable results of the Ilungarian Railway loan, and stated that the re mainder of these bonds will be realised at par by some bankers of Pesth and V ienna. The Chamber of Deputies in order to expedite the remaining labours will sit morning and evening. AMERICA. PER CITY OF LONDON. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Full returns from the late elections show General Grant's majority in Alabama to have been four thousand. The Democrats and Republicans of that State elected each three members of Congress. General Sherman, in his report on the progress of the India war, exculpates the white settlers from the blame of having been instrumental in the renewal of hostilities. The General recommends the transfer henceforth of the management of Indian affairs to the War-office, urging at the same time a rigorous prosecution of the war against the hos tile tribes, whose forcible removal to reservations distant from the settlements and lines of travel he considers an unavoidable necessity. At Boston, the IVomens'-rights Convention is in full session. The attendAnce is large. They strongly advocate the granting of female suf- frage. Advices from Cuba continue to be conflicting. Some accounts state that the reports of the insur rection are grossly exaggerated. Others allege that the Captain-General Sersundi suppresses the publication of unfavourable news. Five hundred insurgents are reported to have surrendered, and obtained a pardon from Count Balmesoda. Cesperdis is said to have assumed the leadership of the insurrectionary forces, and had put a system of conscription in practice, enrolling adult male inhabitants for the war service. From llayti it is now reported that Salnave was repulsed in his attack upon Jcrernie Town, and that the damage done by the gunboats has not been considerable. Salnave, it is said, was subsequently also repulsed at Miragoane. The troops are re ported to be disaffected, and the Cacos rebels to be gaining ground. The British frigate Niobe has g)na to Jae►nel, in order to afford protection to the property of British residents. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, It6B MB. B. HOPE ON THE EPISCOPACY. Mr. Beresford Hope has presided at a dinner of the - Iroodhurst Agricultural Association, and in proposing the oast of " The health of the Clergy," he said, usually they tad coupled with the toast the health of the Archbishop ‘f Canterbury, but, as they were aware, that distinguished Lost was now vacant. There was,.indeed, a very eminent Ashop who had been designated to that post, but legally le was only Bishop of London now. Last year, and for some rears past, it had been his pride and pleasure in proposing he health of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to point out tis intimate acquaintance with the county over which ate in life he was called to preside. Brought up as le had been, and born as he had been, at Rochester, end having spent some of his earliest years in the ieighbouring parish of Cranbrook, he maintained to the ast day of his life a peculiar interest in, and affection for, ;his portion of the country. He (the speaker) could scarcely ;ommand himself to speak of him, so much did he honour said so much did he love him. Learned he was and vise—eloquent with the eloquence of good sense, of ;oucbing simplicity and earnestness of heart—zealous he was, in every good work, and indeed it might be said that its work killed him. lie believed that he had thrown him lelf into labours, at an age of more than 70 years, which would have pressed hard upon the back of a young man, Ind that it was this which had brought him suddenly to bis end. Having lost him so lately, he would call upon 111 present to honour his memory in solemn silence. At the same time they must not only look back, but also forwarJ, '.or though legally there was now no Archbishop of Can terbury, there was a bishop whom her Majesty had desig nated for that see, and whom next year at this time they night expect to welcome in that august designa tion. He had always found him friendly, generous, and sympathetic—earnest in every good work, and more &nxious to find points of agreement than matters of difference. He said this of him because it was no secret that he (the speaker) belonged to one section of the Church of England to which Bishop -Tait was not supposed to belong, but in spite of that he had held intercourse with him since he had been Bishop of London, and this intercourse had inspired him with the highest personal regard and the highest respect for our future arch bishop, and he trusted they would most cordially welcome him and co-operate with him 'in everything. He would not say anything upon the' retnainder of the toast, for they were all conscious what good and true men they had in the clergy, what they had already done, and were pre pared to do. LIFEBOAT SERVICES TRAMOBE, ARMAND, Monday. Yesterday (writes Mr. Edward Jacob) the Austrian barque Mea was lost in Tramore Bay ; but all the hands, consisting of Captain D. Tomanovich and the crew of sixteen men, were saved by the Cambridge University Boat Club lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, the " Tom Egan." It was a most fearful storm, and the boat and crew behaved very well. The vessel is a total wreck. She was seen in the bay at four o'clock on the morning of. the 20th, at anchor. About seven o'clock a steamer came to her assistance, and we launched our lifeboat at 7.30, to aid the tug in saving the vessel and crew. The boat went two miles to windward through a heavy sea, but ere she reached the vessel the tug was found to have made fast to her, and was taking her out to sea. However, after we got up our boat about two hours, the vessel was again seen to enter the bay without the tug, and our crew got ready. It was now blowing a whole storm, and the vessel struck. After repeated efforts, through tremendous seas and fearful breakers, which completely hurled the lifeboat on the beach, we ultimately succeeded in getting her afloat and in rescuing the whole of the crew, consisting of sixteen. The ship was of 600 tons registered burthen, and was bound from Sulina with a cargo of Indian corn. ST. ANDREWS, Monday. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon (says Mr. A. K. Lindesay) a vessel was seen running on the banks of the Tay in a S.S.E. wind, with a heavy ground swell setting in, the weather being thick and threatening; guns were fired from the battery to warn the vessel of her danger, and she hauled her wind, but soon bore away again, evidently at a loss about her position. The lifeboat immediately went out with a pilot, and with difficulty brought the craft into the harbour about one o'clock this morning. The master was quite ignorant of the coast, and but for the life• boat the vessel and crew of four men would certainly have been lost, as the weather became very heavy as the night advanced. The vessel proved to be the ketch Canton, of Scarborough, Richard Ludder master, and Abraham Appleyard, owner, 53 tons, bound from Yarmouth to Leith, with a cargo of 520 barrels The triends of Mr. Mall at Bradford are going to give him to testimonial to console him under his defeat. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. On Tuesday the Crown Prince of Prussia re viewed the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards in Wind sor [Tome Park. Dr. Jeri mie, Dean of Lincoln, and Begins Pro fessor of Divinty in the University of Cambridge will preach the Lati❑ sermon before the New Convocation. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBlNG.—Elizabeth Creed, who gave her ad dress Great Wild-street, Drury-lane, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stabbing Martha Ben ham, a married woman, residing at No. 18, Little Windmill-street. The Dublin Express says :—" It is believed that, the office of S o li c it or -G enera l w ill b o in the event of the elevation to the Bench of the Ri g ht H on . ctlolenfAortrteoi upon rnoy-GeHneenrr:y Ormsby, Esq., Q. 0.1, A telegram from Oxford states that " all the under graduate members of Now College are ordered down, and to lose their term through some window breaking in College. The names of tho offenders are not published," lin E at a t 7 l l : e o .'s present qsays o' We have good rea e Ornment, holding officel son T t h o e bo D lio u v b by so uncertain and probably so brief a tenure, is not pro-. pared to advise her Majesty to grant permission to the Irish Convocation to meet. The Prosecutrix said—On Friday night between eight and nine I was walking along Little Comp ton-street, when the prisoner came up and struck me and knocked me down, and then made a stab at my face. I put up my hand to save my face, and the prisoner in trying to get my hand away pulled back my finger and broke it, and I received a stab in the arm. I remember very little more what occurred, as I became quiet insensible through the loss of blood, and was taken to the Charing-cross Hospital. I have since been informed that the pri soner had been about all day with a pair of scissors in her pocket to make use of on some one. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What is the cause of her stab bing you? The correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says "I am glad to say that the Queen is quite well again. A gentleman who had an interview with her Majesty on Saturday tells me that she was then looking better than she did whilst at Balmoral two months ago." A solemn ma,s for the repose of the soul of Gioa chino was sung on Tuesday at the Italian Church, Hatton garden, the music being Mozart's "Grand Requiem," with full orchestral accompaniment. There was a large atten dance. The persons implicated in the Monmouthshire riots during the election were brought before the magistrates on Tuesday, at Pontypool. There are 76 rioters in custody. The prisoners were escorted from I.lBlc by a military guard. Further disturbances are apprehended. The fatal railway accident which took place at Northenden Junction on the 24th October, will no doubt still be remembered. The inquest terminated on Monday in a verdict of manslaughter against the driver of the passenger train, a man named Sharp, whose negligence, it was alleged, had caused the accident. Prosecutor—l don't know. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did you see anything in her hands? Prosecutrix—Yea ; and to the best of my belief it was a pocket-knife, but I lost such a quantity of blood that I became insensible. I have got two cuts on my head as well. I never had any quarrel with the prisoner, and she said nothing to me before she stabbed me. Immediately she did it she ran into a public-house and escaped, but was put out, and she then knocked down a person who went after her, and got away. Julia IVoolnough said—Between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night last I was in Little Comp ton-street and saw the prisoner cross the street, unpin her shawl, and then strike the prosecutrix ; and I afterwards saw her take out a pocket-knife and make a stab at the prosecutrix's face. The prosecutrix received two stabs on the bead, two in the eye, and one on the arm, and her finger was bent back and broken, and she bled profusely. The prosecutrix afterwards walked a little way and then fell, and while I was going to get some water for her I saw the prisoner running and screamed "Murder" and " Police." The prisoner then ran into a public-house, thinking she could pass through and escape, but I told the landlord what she had done, and the landlord threw the prisoner out, and the prisoner having knocked me down managed to get away, and was not taken into custody till yes terday. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had there been any quarrel be tween the prosecutrix and the prisoner ? A return, moved for by Mr. Ayrton, was pub lished on Tuesday, from which it appears that the total amount of land held by railway companies in England at the present time is 213.2 square miles, which, in proportion to the whole area of England, is 1-3731 d. In Scotland the area occupied is 3C.5, and in Ire land 32.8, making a total of 253.6 square miles, which is in the proportion of 1-421st to the whole area of the Unittd Kingdom. It is necessary to observe, however, that in some eases returns have not been received, so that this calculation is not quite up to the mark of an accurate state ment. Echoes from the Clubs says that, "according to the programme of the Reform Club, Ministers are to bo beaten, upon whatever amendffient may be proposed to the Address, by a majority of ono hundred, or• thereabouts, on Friday night, the 18th of December, or early the following morning. On the Saturday Mr. Disraeli will wait upon her Majesty to tender his resignation and that of his colleagues, cull on Monday Mr. Gladstone will be summoned, and com manded to form an administration." It is believed that there are four aspirants for the Foreign-office—Earl Russell, Earl Granville, Lord Clarendon, and Sir Henry Bulwer. Witness---There had been a few words between them two days before, and the prisoner said that she would lay wait for the prosecutrix. Police-constable Dowd, C R-1 took the pri soner into custody, and she said she was not there at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded for the attendance of the surgeon from the hospital. THAMES.. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A SAD CASE.—Honora Maclean, a very respectable young Irishwoman, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with at tempting to drown herself in the Thames. A waterman named Kent, dwelling at No. 9, Spread eagle-street, Limehouse, saw the prisoner in the plying place called Limehouse-hole at a late hour last night. She jumped over a jetty into a boat, and after divesting herself of her bonnet and shawl, plunged into the water. She was taken out of the water immediately by Tucker, who saved her life. The prisoner, who was in much grief, said that her husband was employed in Rotherhithe, and that she came over to the Middlesex side of the river with some money of her husband's, and cash entrusted to her by another person to make some purchases, and met with a woman who in duced her to drink. She bought two joints of meat for herself, and another, and some boots and shoes for her children, and lost them all. "John Tucker, a police-constable, No. 458 K, said the prisoner was intoxicated when he took her into custody, and that he understood she had been living very comfortably with her husband, an in dustrious man, in Rotherhithe. The prisoner said her baby was very ill, that she had lost all her money, and the money of her neighbour, and all the things she had purchased. Mr. Benson—Who gave you the money ? Ihe Prisoner—My husband and a widow with two children gave me some. Mr. Benson—And you have lost it all ? The Prisoner—Sorrow 1 have, sir. Mr. Benson said this was a very sad case. Here was a woman with a family living comfortably with her husband, and she begins drinking with an idle and abandoned gossip, and becomes intoxicated. All her money and her goods were gone, and she completes her day of dissipation by making an at tempt on her life, to destroy her own soul and body. He hoped this would be a warning to her for the rest of her life. He should remand her for a week, unless some person could give bail for her. Another shipwreck, the result of the late gales, is reported. The Isaac, bound from Liverpo Ito Now York, suffered so severely in a storm, which lasted some days, that when comparative calm succeeded Ehe was found in a sink ing state. What was worse, the captain having died, the crew refused to obey the orders of the ffrst mate. The ship contained a valuable cargo, and 354 emigrants to America. Happily, however, the passengers set to work at the pumps and managed to keep the vessel afloat until they were rescued by a passing ship. Ero this, however, water and provisions had given out, and the passengers were begin uing to feel the effects of starvation. L At the luncheon which followed -the commemora tion services at St. Andrew's, Wells-street, on Monday tfternooo, the Rev. B. Webb, the vicar, said he was :et:Tolled to say that ho had lest fei:h in what was calkd the free and open church movement. The services of his :Lurch had proved so attractive that it was impossible for the churchwardens to make adequate arrangenunts fur the :ongregations. With tho assistance of the Rev. Canon gook ho had gone throughly into the matter, and ho did not End that it was the practice of the primitive Church to throw open churches indiscriminately to all comers, and in !uture the seats of St. Andrew's would be to a great extent tssigncd to the parishioners and communicants. Some ;pooches were delivered by the Bishop nominate of Bombay, Ur. A. J. Beresford Hope, M.P., the Rev. Henry White, 7haplaiu of the Sayoy, qucl other centigram The Prisoner—lt is the first time I ever became intoxicated, your honour. Mr. Benson—And I hope it will be the last. See the disgrace it has brought upon you and your husband. The prisoner, who said that her child was very delicate, was then removed in custody of the gaoler, and her baby was ordered to be restored to her. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CHARGE OF DESERTION FROM THE MlLlTlA.—Charles Campbell, a respectable-look ing young man, was brought up in custody, charged with deserting from the militia. A non-commissioned officer proved that the defendant joined the 4th Middlesex Militia two years ago. He received the usual notice to attend for training in April last, but never appeared. A letter was sent to him at the address given re quiring his attendance, and although the training practice extended to nearly a month nothing was heard of him. He was met with yesterday and given into custody for desertion. The defendant, who was a very mild-spoken, quiet man, said that he could not go to the training when he received the notice because he had inflammation of the lungs. His non-commissioned officer said that if such was the case it was his duty to have sent a certifi cate of disability to attend. The colonel always made it perfectly known to all who joined that that was requisite in case of illness. Mr. Arnold (to defendant) —Why did you not send a certificate ? Defendant—l could not, I was too ill and con fined to my bed. Mr. Arnold—Who attended you as a medical man ? Defendant— I could not afford a medical man ? Non-commissioned Officer—He told me that ho had been to Mr. Faxon, a medical man, from whom he had medicine. I have called there, and they have examined their books and can find no entry there respecting him. Defendant—When I went into Mr. Faxon's shop I told him what was the matter with me, and he gave me some medicine, for which I paid him. He told me to go home immediately and remain there. I became very bad for weeks, and my wife and sister-in-law went and fetched it, and paid for it as I had it. The wife's sister and the landlord proved that he had long been ill. The former proved that she had got medicine as prescribed, but could not give the exact dates. Mr. Arnold said he should like to hear what course the commanling officer of the corps would suggest in such a else, as, although defendant had not complied with the regulations, it was hardly a case for punishment. Defendant was set at large upon his own recog nisances to appear again. DuNvlm.r: and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to Freuch Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for horns use or exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings, Strand, London W. 9 --[Ad T4rtifiCl3lollt.] THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Dee. 2. The Royal mail steamer La Plata, with the above mail, passed Hurst Castle at 11 a.rn. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. I.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7l 50 Mexican Loan ... 24 25 Credit Mobilier 297 50 Do. Bonds End of month... 295 Spanish Threes Credit Foncior ...1518 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — Cash Orleans ... 913 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 640 Western Eastern • • 570 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4171 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4B RAIL WA' EXETER HALL—To-night the "Dead March" will be played at the commencement of the opening con cert of the ninth season of the National Choral Society, as a tribute to the memory of Rossini. Dr. B3nnett's new cantata, "The Woman of Samaria," will b 3 performed for the first time in Exeter Hall, to be followed by " Walpur gis Night," and a selection from " Acis and Galatea." The principal soloists aro Miss Anna Jewell, Miss Arabella Smyth, Miss Lucy FraulElein, Mr. G. Porren, end Mr. L. Thomas. Band and chorus. 700. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. KATHLEEN. By the Author of " Raymond's Heroine." 3 vols.—" The author of Raymond's Heroine' is entitled to our thanks on two grounds. Besides the gratitude which critics feel to the writer who gives them a work that deserves a second perusal, we aro obliged to her for the excellencies of a book which more than justifies the high opinion which we expressed of her capabilities when passing judgment on her previous story. Lightly and closely written, and remarkable for the ingenuity of a very unusual plot, Kathleen' is the strongest and most exciting narrative that we have read for many a day. All lovers of a good novel will find diversion in the pages of Kathleen.' "—Athenaeum. The Niger, 13, screw, unarmoured wooden sloop, Captain James W. Bruce, which arrived at Spithead on Friday from a term of service on the North Ame rican and West India station, sailed the same even ing for the Thames, to be dismantled and paid out of COMinimion. REMARKABLE SUICIDE. The Kentish Gazette gives the particulars of an inquest held before Mr. Carttar, at Erith, on the body of Aubrey Chas. Smith, aged eighteen, the only son of the Rev. Archdeacon Smith, the respected vicar of Erith. It appeared that deceased was rather an excitable young man, and that on the day of the Wrest Kent election ho took particular interest in the contest, and frequently called at the fly station during the morning to inquire how it proceeded. Soon afterwards he returned home and was asked by his mother a few questions respecting a meerschaum cigar holder which he exhibited, and which he said had been given him as a present by his aunt. This statement app3ars to have been doubted, as that lady had visited the house just before and admired it during his absence. Deceased became excited and offered to fetch a letter from his bedroom to prove his assertion. Soon after be left the report of a pistol was hoard, and on being searched for be was found lying on his bed weltering in his blood which oozed from a fearful wound in his head. A pistol was found lying by his side. Dr. Chutton, of Pier road, Erith, was imnie- diately called in and pronounced the wound fatal. The deceased died about an hour afterwards. A written paper was found on his person expressing a hop 3 that he would be forgiven. It appears that ho was much given to smoking, and his father had often asked him to give up the habit. No particular motive could bo asaizned for the suicide, and tho jury returned a verdict that deceased com mitted suicide while in a tit of temporary insanity. A BUSHRANGER STORY. The following account of a rubbery of a mail coach running between Gympie and Maryborough is furnished by the passengers :—" The coach for Maryborough left Gympie at about half-past six o'clock in the morning, and when about 300 yards beyond the wooden culvert, about three-and-a-half miles from Nashville, three men suddenly appeared from behind some trees, and ordered Harry, the driver, to ' bail up.' Two of the men had double-barrelled guns, and the other an old single-barrel in a dilapidated condition. The men had handkerchiefs on their faces, with holes cut in them. On the coach stopping the driver was ordered, under the usual bloodthirsty penalties, to drive the coach into the hush, which he did for about 150 yards. The mail bags were then dragged out, and the three bush rangers applied themselves diligently to the occupation of tearing open the letters and abstracting the bank-notes, which they stuffed in their pockets, cheques and drafts being tossed aside as useless. The bushrangers politely informed the two lady passengers—Mrs. Thatcher and Mrs. Farley—not to be alarmed, as they would not be hurt, and they did not rob ladies. Strange to say, the ladies were never even asked for their money. Mr. Power, the other passenger, handed out a note and some silver, declaring that he had no more ; but, not being satisfied with this assurance, they took the precaution to feel in his great-coat pocket, and, altogether, they took £25 from him. The examination of the letters occupied nearly three-quarters of an hour. As the three bush rangers were close to the passengers, they were seen to take out quantities of notes from the letters. After examining the contents of the mail bags, they felt under the back-seat cushion, but forebore touching the seat where the ladies sat, beneath which Mrs. Farley had hastily thrust about £l5. They then ordered the coachman and Mr. Power to gather up the fragments of their literary meal, and warned Harry not to stir from there for half an hour, and then he was to drive in the direction of Mary borough, and not Nashville. They informed him they would be on the watch to see he did so. Shortly after Harry drove on at full speed to the Stockholm Hotel, which is nine miles from Nashville, and, procuring a couple of saddle horses, he and Mr. Power drove to Nashville and gave information to the police. Before leaving, the bushrangers presented Mr. Power with 9s. Mrs. Thatcher had in her possession diamonds worth upwards of £lOO. Messrs. Thatcher and Farley, in company with the inspector of police, Detective Hitches, and a black tracker, visited the scene of the outrage. The black, with unerring sagacity, tracked the wheels of the coach to where it stopped, also discovering a powder-flask nearly full, some hobble-chains, and a new felt wide-awade. He also pointed out where the men had camped, and the trees to which their horses were tied. Mr. Thatcher, on looking over the d6bris of the mail bags, discovered a registered letter addressed to `Mr. Edwards, Gladstone,' containing £ll in notes, which the robbers had overlooked. On questioning a little girl and a boy, who lived adjacent to the spot, they said they had seen five men at about six that morning alongside the bushrangers' camp fire." LAW AND POLICE. THE ELECTION RlOTS.—Seventy-seven persons, charged with being concerned in the Blaenaevon, Pontypool, and Abersychan riots, have been brought before the magis trates of the district. Fifty of them were charged with rioting at Blaenaevon, and ten with larceny. With the exception of four, all these prisoners are committed for trial.— Several men have been convicted and fined at the .Newbury Police-court for rioting during the election.— At Bradford a man has been remanded on a charge of committing a murderous assault.—At Durham a number of rioters have been bound over in sums of £2O, with two sureties of £lO, to keep the peace for six months. A pitman was also brought up upon a charge of wilful murder. THE BEwICKE CASE.—The irrepressible Mr. Bewicke has made another appearance in the Divorce Court, this time to inform the Judge Ordinary that he had com menced an action in the Queen's Bench against his lord ship for malversation of justice, and to ask that the pro ceedings consequent upon the late decree of the court for a judicial separation between himself and his wife might be estopped pending the result of this action. In other words, Mr. Bewicke wishes to escape the payment of alimony to his wife, who has, after an infinity of trouble, got rid of, to say the least of it, a troublesome husband, until he has exhausted every legal quibble in order altogether to evade the consequences of the judgment pronounced by the Judge Ordinary, and confirmed, on appeal, by the full court. CONVICTION FOR DAMAGING TELEGRAPH WIRES. —At Brentford, two boys have been charged with wilfully damaging an insulator belonging to the Electric and International Telegraph Company on the railway near Twickenham. They had been seen throwing stones at the wires, and the company had suffered great inconvenience through the damage so inflicted by boys. The defendants said they did not throw the stones with a view to damage the wires, but at a bird on them. They were fined 10s. and costs. ArcraDEß.—At the Warwick Assizes, William Kemp, a brickmaker, who murdered his son in a fit of mental depression, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity. Rossmi.—li seems, after all, that Rossini, in the concluding part of his life, was not as idle as he wished to make it appear, but that although he had given up writing for the theatre he continued to work nevertheless. He has composed, it is said, several important works, which will prove that his genius has suffered no decay, and which will shortly be given to the world. The death was announced on Tuesday of Mr. Samuel Lucas, a gentleman whose name is well known in connection with periodical literature. Ho was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, whore he took his B.A. degree in 1840. In 1841 he gained the "Nowdegate" for an English Essay, "The Sandwich Islands," and in 1845 the Chancel lor's prize for an Essay, "The Causes and Consequences of Nati nal Revolutions among tho Ancients and Moderns compared." ROYAL VISIT TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.— On Tuesday afternoon her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of England) honoured the Hospital for Sick Children, in Great Ormond-street, with a visit. Her Royal Highness, who was attended by Lady C. Barrington, was received by Sir William Jenner, Bart., M.D., the hospital officials being in attendance: Her Royal Highness passed through the wards open to visitors ; the other wards, not public, are for infectious cases (without which no hospital for children would be complete), and are most effectually cut off and isolated from the main building. Her Royal Highness made many inquiries concerning the arrangements for sick chil dren, and those recovering from sickness, and remained a considerable time in the hospital. Hospitals for children are not unknown in Prussia; indeed, at Berlin a children's department was founded some years before the hospital in Great Ormond-street, which was opened in 1852. RESIDENCE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. —A meeting was recently hell in the city of Canterbury to induce the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to provide a residence there for the archbishop, and then to persuade his Grace to come and live in it for a large portion of the year. It must not be forgotten, however, that a considerable amount of the Archbishop of Canterbury's business in judicial, parliamentary , and colonial, and not merely diocesan. He is also one of the chief officers of State, so that it is important the country seat of the Primate should be near the metropolis. Few places could be more convenient than Addington Park, within three miles of Croydon, whence railways branch into all parts of Kent. The important town of Croydon and surrounding parishes are in the diocese of Canterbury. From the Reformation until 1800 the archiepiscopal country seat was in Croy don itself, when, after an extensive fire, Addington Park was purchased. The parish church of Addington contains the remains, we believe, of Archbishops Manners Sutton, Rowley, Sumner, and Longley. The Primates imme diately preceding had been interred in Croydon,-Times, ~~ eranP " o rm i rr . AY• HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Lcopol drove in the grounds this morning. JOINT-STOCK DISCOUNT CO. (LIMITED) v. CAPPER ESCOJIBE AND LA Irsos. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Mr. Lawson seems to be under an impres sion that in the letters 1 addressed to you on the Gth and 9th of July last I insinuated that he had committed perjury in the evidence he gave on the prosecution of Mr. James Freeling Wilkinson. I do not think my letters. can fairly bear such a con struction. In order, however, that no doubt may remain on the subject, I disclaim any such intention, as well as express my regret I have written or published anything calculated to wound Mr. Lawson's feel ings, and in the same spirit I withdraw everything which can be considered au imputation upon his bona fides. I may add that I am satisfied, after investigation, that Mr. Lawson in consenting to the arrangement never intended in any way to admit that the evi dence he had previously given respecting the alleged interview of the 16th August, 1865, was in any respect incorrect. You will much oblige by giving the same publicity to this note as to my former letters. I am, Sir, yours, &c., HENRY F. lIOLT. 5, Pancras-lane, Bucklersbury, E.C., Nov. 30, 1868. MR. BOUCICAUL7'S FAREWELL. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault made their last appearance before the Irish public, at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, on Saturday evening, in " Arrah na-Pogue," before an overflowing and enthusiastic audience. At the termination of the play Mr. and and Mrs. Boucicault came before the curtain, in compliance with a vociferous demand from all parts of the house, and received an ovation which lasted several minutes. On their retirement a second call was made for a speech from Mr. Boucicault, when he came forward, and labouring under great emo tion, said : ,t Ladies and Gentlemen,—l would very much rather you had not called upon me to say farewell ; but you have done so in such a spirit, and in such a way, that I must come to bid you good-bh though totally unprepared to make any observe' tions. (Loud cheers.) I have not so announced it, but this is our last appearance on any stage, and there are peculiar reasons why I should come to play in this drama and bid you farewell. (Loud cheers.) This is my native city. (' We are proud of you,' and applause.) My earliest association; are all connected with this place—(' more power , and loud cheers)—and perhaps a greater reason don't know whether it be really so—l like to think that you have received me more warmly than any others. (Tumultuous cheering, and a ell of ' You are not appreciated anywhere else.') MI better self—(' Bring her out')—has been in the public service ever since she was a child—(cheers) twenty years—(applause)—sixteen of which sh e has passed by my side—(' Let her stand beside you now,' and great cheers)—and I think, now that she has helped me to gain an honourable indepeo denze it is time she should—(loud applause, during which the rest of the sentence was lost)—and when she retires from public life the stage will no longer have any charms for me. (' You must come back, and cheers.) I intend to devote myself entirely to literary pursuits, and I shall endeavour to send you from time to time, pictures of Irish life and Irish character better even than those of the Colleen Bawn' and Arrah-na-Pogue ;' and, there' fore, in the words of O'Grady, though I shall not be here iu person, I shall be with you in spirit any way.' Ido not know what literary value may be attached to these words, but they contain the true Irish heart, and every line is instinct with true Irish spirit. (Tremendous cheering.) I come, therefore, to bid you farewell—(no, no)—and, hoping you may retain some pleasant memories of us, I ca n assure you that we shall never forget your un bounded kindness." (Roars of applause, during which Mr. Boucicault retired.) CHURCH ABOARD SHIP. There was that assisting at the Church Sall e : on board another steamship, one Sunday, in a stiff breeze. Perhaps on the passage out. No matter. Pleasant to hear the ship's bells go, as like church' bells as they Could ; pleasant to see the wat ch off duty mustered, and come in ; best W E I best Guernseys,:washed hands and faces smoothed heads. But then arose a set of circumstances 0° rampantly comical, that no check which the graves t intentions could put upon them would hold then' in hand. Thus the scene. Some seventy Pss - assembled at the saloon tables. Prayer" books on tables. Ship rolling heavily. Pause No minister. Rumour has related that a mod es young clergyman on board has responded to t . l3° captain's request that he will officiate. Pause age ° and very heavy rolling. Closed doubled dooro suddenly burst open, and two strong stewar cil skate in, supporting minister between them. Gre ne i ral appearance as of somebody picked up, dr 3° and incapable, and under conveyance to station* house. Stoppage, pause, and particularly heal rolling. Stewards watch their opportunity, 3° balance themselves, but cannot balance minist er ' who, struggling with a drooping head and a W I " - ward tendency, seemed determined to return b elo rr; while they are as determined that he shall be got t the reading-desk in mid-saloon. Desk portable; sliding away down a bog table and aiming itself $ the breasts of various members of the congregation' Here the double doors, which have been e 3 , rr fully closed by other stewards, fly open ag ar ' and worldly passenger tumbles in, seeming ' 0 with Pale Ale designs; who, seeking friend, e $ Y l " Joe !" Perceiving incongruity, says " 111111 ; Beg yer pardon !" and tumbles out All this time the congregation have been br e 0 , ing up into sects—as the manner of . 3° 04 gregations often is—each sect sliding away by its roo and all pounding the weakest sect which slid fi . t , into the corner. Utmost point of dissent woo ', O tamed in every corner, and violent rolling. Steivar,°,4 at length make a dash ; conduct minister to mast in the centre of the saloon, which he embr s l3o i with both arms ; skate out, and leave him ill t condition to arrange affairs with flock.—Did" efi "All the Year Round." THE AB C DISPATCH Box.—A new and 15e t ir : receptacle for papers, letters, and memoranda has Jus t patented by Messrs. Jenner and KnewA ra ub of St. Jav oi cl street, under the title of the "A B U Dispatch DA " , * i well t deserves the title. The interior arraugein e° yie perfect marvel, both as r ega rds utility, rea diness °"' - 01 cess, and methodical exactness, because it is actua ll y impossibility to produce a confusion of papers witho ut t he liberate intention, and against that all the patents f u world be useless. The box is fitted with a kind of P ° ol folio fitted with limp leather divisions, each s °l 3a° ,iod lettered from A to Z, and so admirably is, th e idea cu i r " tto t out C that a greater number of papers of any particular tip is provided for without disturbing any o no °I rli IO Ve others. The blotting pad and paper is to stowed away ; envelopes, pen, lights, &C. are readY.llo hand on the instant, and after use the box is cl osod moment without the possibility of the inner WI l ' e u e , inadvertently left on the table, a circumstan ce of u ° ~,r • frequent occurrence. The box itself can b e used s-gal variety of purposes, because the interior fittings u re lf eS movable, and, so beautifully finished, that o f them not r°' they become ornaments for the library table when ii-nt it quired in the writing-case. To members of Peril:on:oot, would prove of immense service. As a specimen Of l o de manship the box is deserving of the highest c° manship tion ; as an article of general utility it is beyon d P v , r of and that it may become the companion o f every le rdia order and tidiness the price of it has been fi xed ace to the value of the materials required in its rnaeldt t ' e u thus those to be had for half a guinea possess ° d : . the aclyantagos of those costing ten or trferAY 13°411 au lig a 1 A., 0, Ic4' Et bo th, W 1 Pa * B u 1 1i 141