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Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelce, 63. ft ' ;. - ' ; 3 .I \ 4 - ; 1 ' : :1Z , ,___. 4 14.1) e LOSDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1368. Before we are all of us plunged into that political sea of troubles a General Election, from which those stronger swimmers the successful candidates can alone hope to emerge in any conspicuous degree invigo rated, there are reasons rendering it very desir able that we should direct attention once more to one, at least, among the more remarkable of the stormier contests now in preparation. We refer to that struggle nearest at hand of all---in the very scat of the Legislature—the conflict through which dr. SMITH, as the Conservative candidate, is resolved, if he possibly can, to wrest from the Liberals the power of returning one at any rate of the representatives for the City of Westminster. And the prospect there is of his doing so is, beyond all question of it, very for midable indeed. If successful in his endeavour, very much indeed of the result will be directly traceable --who can doubt it for one instant?—to the extra ordinarily perverse, eccentric, and unjustifiable pro ceedings of that serene philosopher and model states man, Mr. JOHN STUART MILL. His malignant perse cution of ex-Governor EYRE alienated hundreds of his supporters to begin with. His inconsistency in declining to contribute sixpence towards the payment of his own electioneering expenses at the very time he went out of his way to forward (unasked) ten pounds sterling towards the payment of the elec tioneering expenses of Mr. BRADLAUGH clown at Northampton, went considerably further towards shaking the confidence still cherished in regard to his candidature by many others who gave him their vote, and contributed for him their money at the time of the last General Election. His dictatorial tone towards Mr. BOUVERIE, coupled with his preposterously exaggerated eulogiums upon Mr. CHADWICK, dis gusted a large number of others, among those hitherto numbered up as his most faithful fol lowers. The objection already referred to, how ever, as having been raised against his pecuniary contribution towards the funds collecting in favour of the working man's candidate at Northampton, was directed less against the inconsistency involved in his transmission of the ten-pound note than against the fact of Mr. BKADLAuGH being a notorious blasphemer. in regard to the circumstance of Mr. BRADLAUGII being a blasphemer, Mr. MILL has never had the decency to utter one word in the way of ex tenuating his own conduct in picking such a man as that out for his praises and his pounds sterling. Noscitur a sociis is an epigram matic phrase having a cure of truth in it. And with Mr. BRADLAUGH, Mr. MILL was the very one to put himself into direct association before the public. After the blasphemies had been pointed out he might have repudiated all knowledge of them— though even then he would have been just as cul pable in commending a man, of whom he knew so ittle, to any liberal constituency, as Mr. GLADSTONE was in evidencing such fatherly interest in a man like Mr. FINLEN, a man of the lowest and most miserable antecedents. Instead of doing alythiog like this, however, instead of deprecating any associa tion of his name directly or indirectly with the hideous impieties sat forth by Mr. BRADLAUGH, that pet candidate of his for the suffrages of the Liberal working men of Northampton, Mr. MILL never opens lips even once upon the matter, never gives the Faintest indication as to the sentiments with which he himself regards the opinions enunciated by Mr. BRAD LAUGH in the matter of religion. The Philosopher hes written a letter, however, in answer to one of his own canvassers, in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12,_1868 reference to an inquiry as to whether or not Mr. MILL himself is an Atheist. And a more astounding reply to any such inquiry we suppose never before was penned by mortat man. It is worth examining minutely. In fact, it appears to us to be a solemn duty on the part of. every elector in Westminster, to examine it minutely. Having said this, we shall give, first of all, the canvasser's inquiry —beginning " Mr. MILL, Sir," and which is thus ex pressed in two sententes "As `a volunteer can vasser and committee man (St. Anne's district) I have met several refusals to vote for you on account (as the voters say) of your being an atheist. It would give me great satisfaction, and also secure a large number of votes for the Liberal cause, if you would in some public manner contradict what I consider a slander upon your public character." Now, cour teous'y put, that involves a plain question enough, and—one might reasonably expect—would, as a matter of course, elicit a correspondingly plain an swer. Yts or No ? Atheist or No Atheist? That is all any one wants to know. And the alternative involved is-one of so mouientous a cha racter, is one of such stupendous importance, we won't say between Man and GoD, because that is for the moment beside the question, but between Man and Man, that one might ordinarily expect any one to come to the point at once—very certainly, at least, any one who was . 'not an Atheist. Not so' however, Mr. MILL, who is a Philosopher, and a Logician, and a Statesman. Take his reply, sentence by sentence. Here is the first sentence— " I suppose the persons who call me a n Atheist are the Same who are impudently asserting. that Mr. GLADSTONE is a Roman Catholic." But Mr. GLADSTONE has done what Mr. MILL has not done, he has repudiated the assertion—he has given it a flat contradiction. Here is Mr. MILL'S second sentence—" I should think my friends in Westmin ster must by this time be aware that Tories in Election times stick at nothing." Now, Tories in this instance, had nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. MILL'S correspondent, his own canvasser—(and surely as rational men Mr. MILL'S canvassers don't waste their time by calling on Tory voters in the hope of winning their support ?) —Mr. MILL'S own correspondent and can s asser has just informed him in the very letter the philosopher is answering, that he (the canvasser) has ract several refusals to vote for Mr. MILL, "on ac count (as the voter says) of your being an Atheist !" Otherwise—could the canvasser but authoritatively assure the voter that Mr. MILL is not an Atheist, he (the elector) would vote for him ! Clearly, there fore, not aTory! Aai, by consequence, quite as clearly also—that Mr. MILL is shamefully mis-stating the case when he calks iu that second sentence about the " Tories sticking at nothing I" Now for the third sentence, however, in this astounding communication. "An attempt was made," says Mr. MILL, "to raise the same cry against me at my first election, and the defence which I did not choose to make for mysel was made for me by several eminent dignitaries of the Church of England." What was that defence, by the way ? Let us have it. Surely it is worth publish ing over again. Was it of more value, we wonder, as affecting the root of the one question in volved in all this—was it of one atom more value than that letter the other day penned in favour of Mr. MILL by the Very Reverend the Dean of WESTMINSTER ? A most philosophic intellect, a wonderful logician, the clearest mind—and all that sort of thing. But not a syllable about any principles of religious belief whatever—which at the very same time is precisely the matter in question. However, let u s hear Mr. MILL'S foarch sentence, which runs to this effect : "At that time"—remember he is referring to the period of the last General Election —" At that time I deelln.4"—what ? He was charged then, as he himself says--exactly as he is charged now—with being an Atheist ! "I declare]," h.) says, "my de liberate determination on principle (!) not to answer any questions whatever respecting my religious creed, because I acknowledge no right in any one to ask them, and because I owe it to future candidates, and to the interest' of future constituencies, not to en courage a practice the effect of which would be that when no objection can be found to a c Indidate's cha racter or political opinions, attempts would be made to extract from himself materials for raising a re ligious prejudice against him, which is often easiest stirred up— [hear this, Pudicitia !]—against the best men" (Meaning me, Sir). " I think," says Mr. MILL now (in the November of 1868) " I think 1 shall act most rightly, and most in conformity with my principles by adhering to this declaration." The next sentence is really admirable as a put off —6 , If any one again tells you," writes Mr. MILL to his correspondent and canvasser, " that I am an Atheist, I would advise you to ask him how he knows, and in what page of my numerous writings he finds any thing to bear out the assertion ?" It is, for all the worn, like the red-faced man in the " Sketches by Biz" Mr. CHARLES DICKENS'S " Parlour Orator." " What I say is, prove it, Sir 1" Mr. MILL, as the last known specimen of the red-faced man (and it may be a question as to whether or not he has cause at the moment for blushing) is so perfectly well satisfied with his imposing poser—with his reference, that is, of so many necessarily illiterate electors to his own voluminous, and most of them profound, lucubra tions, to the end that, on reading them, he should therefrom " Prove it, sir !" that he adds, with a sort of simpering complacency, " You will find he has nothing at all to say." Adding, by way of conclusion, "If he talks about my subscription for Mr. BRAD LAUGH, he should= be asktd whether he thinks that the working men. of Northampton, who have adopted Mr. BRADLAUGH as their candidate, or the members of the Reform League who elected him one of their council, are all Atheists V. And that is all ! Mr. MILL is charged with being an Atheist, and that, Great Heaven, is his answer to the charge Why, a reply like that one can only be read with a feeling of abhorrence. The whole thing amounts simply to this—the letter is an elabo rate evasion. An ordinary man—not a wonderful man like this, not a man like Mr. MILL, a great logician, a great thinker, a great author, a great statesman, a great philosOpher, but an ordinary man, one of your average men, a man of parts, of education, of intellect, such as it is—in a word, a man like the general run of the candidates now before the country—would have regarded a charge like this as an outrage of the gros sest description, and would have answered it and repudiated it accordingly. Not so Mr. MILL, whose reply in regard to it, whose disgraceful reply in re gard to it, as we conceive, is only another and a crown ing insult to the whole body of the Electors of the City of Westminster. MR. %Tour occupied a curious position. on Tues day night. He, a member of the Peace Society, had' to address a meeting of the gun trade. If he had been called upon to address a meeting of under takers he could scarcely have been more awkwardly situated. He could not wish his audiene a busy time. Ile would- as soon think of expressing a hope that there might be a brisk demand for coffins as anticipate with satisfaction a large demand for rifles. Nevertheless, he extricated himself from his position with his usual ingenuity. Asmming that the gun trade would continue, he told hits gun making constituents that they ought to have the orders. He condemned Government manufacturing i establishments as the centres of extravagance. They are not open to competition. No one has any personal influence in keeping down the expenses. Every one connected with them is interested in increasing the expenses. It is impossible to get money's worth out of a business where money is " no object." We know what the stock answer to this argument is, and we may as well take note of it, though Mr. BRIGHT did not. It is " the Haslar gunboats." Really this answer tells the other way. Under what circum stances were these boats built ? The country had " drifted " into war. In spite of its enormous and costly dockyards, it found itself without the very vessels which were requisite to carry on the war. They were not forthcoming ; the dockyards were overburdened with work ; the Government were compelled to adopt the then unusual course of apply ing to builders outside. They did not choose the best, because they did not know who the best were. They hurried on the completion of the order, and the gunboats proved unseaworthy. But if the country had previously been in the habit of getting its ships built by contract, it would have known where to go in the emergency. Experience would have taught it who were the ship builders that might be trusted, and who were the men who "stamped" their work. The experience was acquired at a risk that is terrible to contemplate. Most fortunately the war came to a close before the gunboats were used. But for that circumstance the country would have witnessed such a calamity as has never yet been seen. That this explanation is a fair one is preyed by the fact that since then the Government has had recourse to private yards. It knows well enough that there are men who can be trusted, and experiendb has shewn that no finer and no cheaper war-vessels can be built than those which are built on the Tyne, the Thames, and the Clyde. When we see the magnificent ships which have been turned out from these yards, and learn that we have thrown away two millions sterling in seven years because all our ironclads were not built there, it is simply ridiculous to talk about the Haslar gunboats. is well might we denounce railways because the opening of the first was marred 11 by the death of a Chancellor of the Exchequer. There are two other points in Mr BRIGHT'S address which deserve notice. He declares that the man who reproaches him for not attending committees of supply in order to check the estimates must be either a knave or a fool : a knave because he really knows, or a foolbecause he does not know,that nothing was ever gained bychallenging the estimates, andthat no estimate after it was submitted by the Govern ment was everrej ected by the House of Commons. This is quite possible, and yet a man may be neither knave nor fool for asking that the member for Birmingham should not always be absent when the public money is being voted away. Mr. BRIGHT contends that Mr. HUME, with all his energy and perseverance, failed in his object, and implies that his life was really wasted. We only wish that we had a few more such wasted lives. Mr. HUME died in 1854. The year before he died the expenditure was fifty millions sterling : it is now seventy millions. Will any one venture to declare that it would have been as high as this if he had lived till now ? The truth is, this watchful criticism of the estimates tells far more than the most eloquent denunciations of extravagance. The critic may not see at once the reward of his labours. He may divide the House a hundred times against particular estimates, and be beaten each time; but his influence will be felt in following years when the estimates are being framed. . _ The other point in Mr. BRIGHT'S speech is his reference to the part that he took in factory legis lation. He says that, if he erred, he erred in what the Conservatives would call good company—together with Lord DERBY, Lord CHELMSFORD, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, and others. We should have been better pleased if Mr. BRIGHT had honestly admitted that he was wrong, and offered as his apology the plea that "no man is wise at all hours." The true explanation of this mistake we believe to be, that all men are uncon sciously influenced by self-interest ; that Mr. BRIGHT, in common with the manufacturers generally, thought that the Ten Hours Bill would injure them, and they resisted it as strenuously as the landowners resisted Free Trade. LATEST INTELLLGE,4O (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 12. The National steamship France, from New York, arrived off this port at 10.30 a.m. to-day, with $46,000 i„ pec i e . She landed passengers and pro - ceeded for Liverpool. Messrs. Stokes, M'llatne, and Co. have received from their New York correspondent the following message : NEW YORK, NOV. 11. " Four days' receipts at all the ports, 33,000 bales ; approximate estimate for entire week, 80,000 bales. Same week in 1867 receipts were 58,000 bales. Market decidedly quieter, owing to receipts." WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12, 12.45 The Royal Mail stedmer Atrato, with the West is reported off here. India and Pacific mails, OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA, LIAN MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, from Southampton on the 31st October, arrived on the 9th inst., at six a.m., and left at one p.m. the same afternoon for Alexandria. _ :ORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, November 11. Mr. Disraeli's speech - continues to occupy some attention here. But the full text throws no light upon the puzzling telegraphic summary. It is impossible to divine whether Mr. Disraeli's Ministry really has made overtures to France and Prussia on the subject of disarmament ; the French journals are inclined to think it has not. The Temps says that though it is not advisable to attach too great importance to the "calculated effusions " of the principal Minister of the Queen, it may, nevertheless, be concluded that England intends to persevere in her part of pacific mediator in continental affairs. " This policy appears to be accepted by all parties on this side of the Channel, and it will doubtless be continued by Lord Stanley's successor, whoever he may be." The Baudin affair—subscription, legal consultations, and articles—Lave at least had the effect of filling the newspapers. Spain, so long the piece de resistance, is almost forgotten in this new excitement. Seven Paris journals, including allthe principal Opposition papers except the Liberta, publish the subscription lists. They have been inserted also in the columns of numerousprovincial papers, the Phan de Loire, the Suffrage Universe' of Caen, the Impartial of Nevers, besides others at Toulouse, Lyons, Rochefort, and Marseilles. Three distinguished lawyers of the Imperial Court have consulted, and have given their decision against the Government. The article under which the in dictment is framed is as follows : "Art. 2. Is punished with imprisonment from one month to two years, and with a fine of from 100 f. to 1,000 f., every person who, with the object of disturbing the public peace or of exciting hatred and contempt against the Government, practises manoeuvres or carries on communi cations (for that object) at home or abroad." The lawyers cannot conceive how to publish a subscription list for a sepulchral monument can be brought under the category of offences dealt with in this article. They main tain that honours paid to the dead have been permissible to all parties, not in proportion to the merits of the deceased,_ but in proportion to the estimation in which they are held. There have never been any limits - imposed in this respect. The word " manoeuvre "is indefinite, and might without difficulty be made to include a great deal, but it is difficult to see how this subscription comes within its scope. Besides the consideration that subscriptions for monuments have never be fore been prohibited, how can the editors of the journals who have published these lists be charged with " manoeuvres " when they have com mitted but one simple action ? The word " manoeuvre implies something complicated, secret ; but there is nothing of the kind here. The lawyers are unanimous that no offence whatever has been committed, and this conclusion is supported by a very large number of their colleagues both of the Court of Paris and of the Court of Appeal. Several representatives and two former Presidents of the Assembly are amongst the subscribers. This affair does not look promising for the Government. Neither the Temps nor the Journal de Paris have been seized, but they are now included in the indictments. M. Flavin, the proprietor of the Siecle, is so ill that his condition is despaired of. A similar report must be made of poor Count von Goltz. He has grown very much worse of late, and can scarcely swallow. The torture caused by his complaint, already excruciating, is increasing. He himself has given up all hopes of his recovery. His resignation, which has long ago been tendered, has at length been accepted and Baron Werther is spoken of as his successor. The Empress Eugenie, between whom and the Ambassador a warm friendship exists, visited him the other day. On parting she said, "Au revoir ;" to which Count von Goltz is said to have replied, " Yes, in another world." The Opposition is organising for the next general elec tion. Taking warning by their own sad experience, and by the Liberal party in England, they are endeavouring to prevent as much as possible contests between the opponents of the Government. The next general election will be a severe struggle in some departments ; the Oppo sition has gained ground, and hopes to secure several more seats in the Corps L4gislatif. At length the gentler sex Las been induced to take part in the velocipede races. Five or six strove for a prize a day or two ago. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Bea Thursday, t n. 1 F. I 0 W R. Ito Nov. 12, B. T. W. Ito F. IX A ' 12 8 a.m. — Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 30'48r. 45 41 E. 2 2 S.S.E. o.c. 3 Yarmouth 3O 41r. 45 42 E.N.E. 3 5 -N. o.c. 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnws Ardrossa•n - 1 Green castle 30'4Cr. 44 42 N.W. 1 2 S.E. b.eo Holyhead Liverpool Va.entia 144 )42 S.E. 3 6 S. rh.c o'l9 3 Cap, Clear 3 O -32r. )48i 47 S.V. 2 4 I S. c. io'26j 3 Pocl, s t. 30'39r. 47 147 S. 2 8 S.S.E. 0.c.'0'35i 3 Penzance 30'5Er. 46 41 N.N.E. 2 4 S.E. c.m! 3 Plymouth 30•42 r. 40 1 59 Z. 0 3 E.S.E. c.f. I 3 Weymouth 30'42r. 44 ;42 N.C. 2 1 1 E.N.E. c. 0.; 2 Portent() uth 30 41r. 43 i4l E.N.E. 1 2 t .N.E. m.O! 1 London , G'peGris Nez, 3113 r.,59 j 37 E.N.E. 4 5 E. r. 2 L'Orfe 3Lr. ,!43 E.N.E. 3 3 Y.N.E. N•E, • 3 . 0 • 1 Hoch efort 30'32r. 43 41 N.E. 4 4 E.N.E. 0. 1 Biarritz Corunra — Brussels — Paris Strasbourg — Toulon 29'89r. 45 43 E.N.E. 4 5 N.W. b. 5 Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30*c7r. 31 31 S. 2 2 S. 3 EXPLANA' Barometer corrected and reduced to r., rising; 1.. falling: e.. steady—indic mercury within last 14 hems. The Extreme Force with lie Direction du Weather: b.--Llue sky; c.—clouds. : m.—misty, hazy :o.—ove t.—thunder. Eatu-fall, snow or Lail I Sea disturbance. F 2 deg. a sea level. The letter ate directh n of 'notion of the emors eter exposed in shade. mug last 24 hours. Z.—calm detached f.—fog ; cast. ;r.—rain:s.—snow; (melted) during last 24 hours. INDIA AND CHINA HEAVY MAILS. The Nyanza leaves at two a.m. this morning for Southampton, where she may be looked for about the 21st iostb FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 11. The Muniteur in its bulletin of this morning cri ticises favourably the speech of Mr. Disraeli at the Lord Mayor's banquet, and approves the right ho nourable gentleman's remarks in referenc3 to the relations of France and Prussia, and also the idea, of Lord Stanley undertaking to act as mediator between the two Powers. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 11.—Throe o'clock.—The market closed as follows per Cent. End of mouth_ ItsEan Loan 3 per Cent End of mouth 7l 55 Mexican Loan 23 75 Credit Mobilier 305 Do. Bonds End of month... 320 Spanish Threes Credit Ponder ...1522 Home Debt End of month... Deferred ... Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern • Western 621 Eastern • • 568/ Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3OB/ North of Spain 72 Saragossa human RAILWAYS. Ihe screw steam gunboat Pigeon receivel a number of boys from the training ship Liberty at Plymouth on Tuesday, for service on board the Gauges, 20, Commander J. E. M. Wilson, at Fal mouth. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Taeir Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -building', Strand, London, W.O--(Ad vertisement.) REMARKS. Pressure has Increased considerably, and nearly uniformly at all stations : the change is greatest in the west. Readings are very high, especially in Scotland, the maximum pressure being 30'54in. at Aberdeen, while the least, that at Rochefort, is only o'2in. less than this. Temperature has risen in the S. of England ; in Sootland it is also higher. A strong southerly wind is reported to have been felt at Roche's Point yesterday, and winds were generally south-easterly in these islands. This morning a light southerly wind is reported from the S. of Ireland, last on the Channel coast the wind continues easterly. On the N.E coast there has been muds fog. The weather is now cloudy or overcast, with fog and mist at places in the south of England and on the Scotch coasts. The report of the committee on the Austrian Army Bill is in favour of the great increase of the Austrian forces which is proposed by that measure. The committee regrets the necessity for these overgrown armaments, but at the same time it is of opinion that the necessity is real. The disturbance of the equilibrium of Europe in 1866, and the introduction of the Prussian military system in the South German States have compelled Austria likewise to strengthen her army and alter her system. The reorgani sation adopted by this bill is a combination of the French and the Prussian systems. A purely militia force, more on the principle of the citizen soldiers of Prussia than on that of the enormous standing army of France,wouldhave been pre ferred,but it was not found practicable. In face of thepolitical condition of Europe, says the report, such a change might have compromised the very existence of the empire. The war force has therefore been fixed at 800,000, to be sup ported by a second line of 200,000 highly-trained militia, besides other forces. The annual cost will be about eight millions sterling—a sum which prompts the wish that our authorities could manage to do business in this fashion. The number of men under arms in time of peace is to be 255,000. Of the 800,000 regulars, 590,000 will be at home during peace, living as citizens and following their avocations. The Government hopes, by the citizen-soldier system, to support this enormous force at even a smaller cost than was required up to 1861. The militia is to be formed of a mixture of young men and trained soldiers— an improvement, it is thought, on the Prussian and French systems. Various amendments to this measure have been notified, but it is not likely that the substantial part of it will be interfered with. A row in the Reichsrath is expected, and one clause, which provides that the measure shall be a law of the Medes and Persians for ten years, may not get through. It would appear that there can be but one result of these ever-increasing armaments. The army as a separate force will as nearly as possible vanish from Europe, and every ablebodied man will be required to take arms when needful. Like the Jews rebuilding the wall of Jeru salem, they will work with the one hand and hold their weapons iu the other. The correspondent of the Times draws attention to our position in Central Asia, immediately to the north of the Punjab. Whilst we are endeavouring to protect our possessions from Russia by securing the neutrality of Affghanistan, we are neglecting Thibet, which is not less important. An easy road runs through Cashmere to the Indian frontier. Yakoob Beg, the lord of Little Thibet, is anxious to trade with the English and make friends with them, because he is afraid of the Russians. He wants us to guarantee his territory, just as we desire to guarantee Affghanistan. The Russians have already made " advances" to him, and have put him in mortal fear by calling for a road through his domains for the purpose of trade. He is aware of the result of these diplomatic measures in Bokhara, and has refused th( road. We may just as well look after these native princes as leave it to Russia to do it. Moreover, there is a fine opening for commerce withYs.loo Deg and his jeopardised district. LITERATURE. Brothers- in-Law. Tyree Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Of late years it has become the fashion with novelists to depart somewhat from the beaten track confining their sketches to the rucerds of fashion able life, and, accordingly, we oaten meet with phases of existence which show the retired mer chant figuring in splendour, or the eager man of business plodding on his way, hoping to amass a colossal fortune, and to connect himself with those whose lineage is their claim to the world's regard. This novel before us partakes of that class, and a variety of character is sketched during its eventful narrative. One thing is noticeable, which is, that the author comes straight to the point, and little or no time is taken up in the discovery that the proposi tion of Mr. Curtis to take a second partner finds no favour in the sight of Walter Harewood, the hero of the tale. This scheming individual, whose grasp ing and selfish nature is gradually unfolded to the reader, has many advantages on his side to play out his desperate game and gain his crocked purposes. He is the son - -in-law as well as the partner of Air. Curtis, a well-meaning m in, of little grasp of mind or energy of character. Had circum stances not thrown Horace Vane in the way, the end would have come sooner, lilt the introduction of that clear-sighted and independent young man complicates matters very much. Once admitted behind the scenes, the new partner finds the accounts to be in a very uusatis'actory state, and with the zeal of new comers he sets to work to un ravel the mystery. Unfortunately for all con nected in the affair, his z'!al surpasses his judg ment, and he allows himself to give a promise which nothing justifies him in consenting to. In the first horror which an upright minds feels at the defalcation of another and especially at the dis grace of one connected by the ties of family rela tionship, his judgment becomes perverted. Ho race Vane no sooner discovers that the delin quent he has so long sought for is Walter Harewood than he makes a promise to the offender not to reveal his guilt. The confusion which ensues may be imagined, and certainly to all intents and purposes the discovery had better not have been made at this time, for the result of liorace's quitting the business is to throw the game still more completely into the hands of the con summate villain. As an illustration of what errors Quixotic virtue may occasion and mistaken self sacrifice entail, this episode of Horace Vane's con duct may be regarded as a success. The conse quences are so serious and so ruinous that no un wise man could be made to See the error of his ways more completely than does this most infatuated youth. Besides these outlines of the tale there are many passages which form the filling up, and are full of pleasing incident or powerful delineation. Walter Harewood has married the eldest daughter of -Mr. Curtis, and Horace Vane the youngest. The contrast between the characters of these sisters is not more striking than is the difference of their lives. It is a tribute to rectitude of purpose, though the course pursued is a mistaken one, that Horace Vane's wife iu the humble lodgings to which she is driven is far happier than are Walter Hare wood and his unfortunate wife in their mag nificent mansion. Mildred has to bear hard ships for which her gentle nature is unfitted, and to face the thousand ills to which po verty is heir, but she is ashamed of nothing, while Katherine has to endure anguish which can hardly be surpassed in her distrust of her husban l's conduct, and her fear of the consequences to all. it seems almost too good to be true when, at last, she persuades him to confess his crimes in writing, although even then it is doubtful if he would have forwarded the document to its destination had not an awful warning come upon him. His unfortunate wife passes away, during the night that follows upon his confession, from the world where her lot has been so hard, to that better state where the mourner shall be comforted, an the weary find eternal rest. In this world, however, sin and s )r -ro- most abound, and the errors of the past w►ll always leave their traces upon the future, no matter how hardly we strive to counteract them. Ho race Vane has sufficient mementoes of his folly before him. His father-in-law, whose interests he has sacrifice] in screening the offen ler, fails in business, and is m.tteriafly injure 1 in health by the shocks he receives, while the awkward feeling that has sprung up between the families in consequence of Horace's withdrawal from the busi ness without giving any explanation, can never be got over. To shelter himself Walter llarewood has brought charges against llorace, and has counter feited his handwriting, and the injurious reports af fecting his character spread far and wide, until they reach his mother. Mrs. Vane is not of a trustful na- ture, and the probabilities beingsostrong against her son, she gives too ready credence to the tale. The communications that pass between them are of a ckaracter not lieely to be speedily forgotten or for given, and the vexation and disappointment alto gether affect her health, and hurry on a prema ture old age. The lesson to be learned is plain, and cannot be put aside. Justice must be done to all alike, and if the guilty be screened at the expense of the innocent we are neither fulfilling Divine be hests nor following the laws of hum to wisdom. Had Horace immeliately informed his faller in-law, the head partner, of tin Lets he had discovered, he might have left it to him to de cide what course to pursue, but he sttrte I on a venture as unwise as it was unprofitable. While the plot of the story is open to criticism on the score of improbability, many passages are powerful and effective. The thorny road of poverty is well described, and whether we look at Horace battling through the world in the dreary struggle for life, or turn to Mildred in her vain attempts to reconcile the supply with the demand, we may recognise a true picture of the hardships and suf ferings of the shabby genteel, which often form the worst :part of the trials of those badly provided with this world's goods. The two other daughters of Mr. Curtis, Janet and Lucy, are well described ; the one attempts too much, and the other too little, but the over-s-nsitiveness of there flective Janet is finally toned down, while Lucy developes into a most undesirable character, and her marriage for money leaves her °pent° tempt ition and a prey to discontent. " Brothers in Law" puts before us many varied scenes and distinctive characters, and the reader cannot • have cause to complain of monotony. It is truly said in the concluding passage that " death is a light evil when compared to some other afflictions ;" and so the chief actor in this tale finds it. Better the quiet grave of the elder sister than the flaunting career of the mistaken Lucy, whose whole life is vanity and vexation of spirit. Walter llarewood'a false ambition disappoints his hopes and blights • his prospects. Other instances are not wanting to show the failure of those schemes which rest on shallow foundations. Of the style of the work it may be said that it is most. successful where it is most natural, and where the writer is more carried away by the importance of the subject, or wrapt in its interest, than seeking for effect. On the whole, the chief merit consists in the delineation of character, and that of Walter hardwood is mere natural than that of iloraceVane, although, admitting the circumstances, he latter is well drawn. These volumes may be taken up to pass an idle hour profitably, for they lo not fall short of the reTairements of mo lent fiction, inasmuch as they have a meaning, and show that 'eeneath the surface of the gravest sorrows, and the records of the brightest joys, there is an un lercu:Tait flowing which will teed to good Cr evil. Chose who would truly depict life must not be un nindful of this, for no action is so surill that it int.) , tot hive gnat results, and whether the sit be hi l len with skill, or merely glossed over, the conse iuenees will be visible in the years to come if not in the present hour. It is the representation of this :act that imparts the chief character to the work eefore us, for the guilty conscience of Harewood i an accuser that will not be gainsaid, but for ever ises up in judgment against him. If the present as a first work, as from its freshness we are led to surmise, it gives good augury indeed of its author's future success as a Novelist. cf joila t i t ....tc, C ... 7 ' 1 77 1Q!, /pillar : -4„,...„L HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 11. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. ller Majesty and Princess Louise went out this morning. Her Royal Ilighneis the Princess of Wales drove out. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. MARLB ORO UGH-S TREET. WHOLESALE AND SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY.—Jame 3 011iver, of 11, Beauchamp-street, Holborn, cabinet maker, and Win. Wallace, of 1, bercrombie court, Hatton-garden, were charged bcfore Mr. D'Eyncourt, with stealing six bags of cloth cuttings of the value of £l6, the property of Mrs. Marian Kitchen, general dealer, of No. 3, Cross-street, St. James's.. • Mr. Sayer, from the officta of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution. Mrs. Kitchen said that in consequence of having on several occasions when the prisoners called at her shop to purchase mixed rags missed large quan tities of cloth cuttings, which were locked in a place away from the mixed rags, and knowing the pri soners were going to call yesterday, she got the services of an officer to watch them, and after they had taken six bags of what was supposed to be mixed rags and placed them in the cart the officer stepped forward and examined the bags, which the prisoners had brought with them, and found that they had secreted in them a large quantity of cloth cuttings of the value of £l6. In answer to Mr. D'Eyncourt, the prosecutri% said that every time the prisoners called on her she had missed property, the last time six weeks ago► and to the total amount of about £2OO. Police-constable Bocifax, 190 C, said that after seeing the prisoners load their cart yesterday even ing he went down into the kitchen, which he bad previously seen locked, and found that 6 bags of cloth-cuttings out of 14 bags had been taken awl . , and he afterwards found the bags placed in the bags the prisoners brought with them, and sur rounded with mixed rags, and he found that the way the prisoners had got into the kitchen was by removing the staiile of the lock. He then, with the assistance of Grenham, 132 C, took the prisoners into custody and to the station. Sergeant Fox, C Division, applied for a retnandf Mr. D'Eyucourt grantA. THAMES. ILLICIT DISTILLATION. George Williams, a man about 40 years of age, who was formerly a coal' mercial traveller, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with keeping a private still in an unentered place. Yesterday afternoon two officers of Inland he' venue, named Pargiter and adieu, proceeled to the house, No. 1, Merchant-street, Bow-roadf Bromley, and upon the former knocking at the front door he was answered by the prisoner, who en sooner looked at Mr. Pargiter than he retreated to the back of his house, where he was caught by Mr. Ballen, who had anticipated a retreat iu that direction. The prisoner said, " offer no resistance." " You had better not," replied the officers, for we have plenty of help. You hav ° a still here. The prisoner said " Yes, I have," an d conducted the officers to a back room, where theY saw a large copper still set in brickwork in full ope ration, charged with molasses, wash, and a fire under it. There were 80 gallons of molasses and W Oll in the tubs, and all the utensils and materials for carrying on the distillation of spiri's. Some veil strong " jig stuff," unrectified spirits, was found 00 the premises. The worm end of the still was woil>" ing off spirits. In a room upstairs the officers found another still of the same dimeus - on; as the other, but not at work, nor was it set up for action. The prisoner said li s was guilty, and that he worked a private sjil for another man who was the proprietor of the eon" cern. lie worked it to get a bit of bread for h►s wife and family. Mr. Pargiter—He will not divulge the name O a address of his employer. We watt the propriet or of the stills. Mr. Paget said the case did not admit of 3 douUt, fine' the prisoner £3O, and i n defaul t of payment three mouths' imprisonment and Kar a labour. The stills, molaslies, wash, and all tli ° utensils and materials would be forfeited for O a use of the Crown. MADAME TUSSAUVS.—Not the least attractive portrait models, taken from life, to the numerous visitoll at Madame Tus:Aud's wonderful exhibition, in Baker' street, is that of the c e l e b ra t e d M a d ame R ac h e l, a nd ' le presume that most of our f a i r rea d ers aro anx i ous to ob' tain a glance of one so noted for her numerous costnet i l as to make even those of a c e rt a i n age t o l oo k " b ea utif°' for ever." THE PLANTING OF YEW TREES in churchyar d !, and elsewhere was encour ag ed by th e E ng li s h kings f°- the supply of the peculiar weapon of the English yeolSel; In the same way, by a law of one of the early SO ° , kings, we are intorined, that every man who built - 4 cottage was bound to plant a cart aiu number of ash t ree- for shafting spears, the weapon with which the Sco t° , ll o withstood the heavy armed English knights, before Wl' ° ' o impetus the stoutest swordsmen would have gone & vi a like grass before the mower. In many parts of Scotia clumps of ash are found with no cottage netr, but til t :/ 4 almost always indicate the site of a homestead. Probs t:l ',, in both countries the customs continued after the necosS it ' for them had happily ceased.—The Rock. The London, screw steamship, Capt. Hall, b e : longing to Messrs. Hall and Son, of London, ar rived at Spithead on Monday, about 2 p.m. fr °l/ ! Gibraltar, with troops and Government stores fr el ' that garrison, comprising Capt. Stehelen, 83d 1 . 1 1 fautry, in command of th e t ro op s on bo ar d ; As 6ls : Surgeon Power, 74th Infantry, i n me di ca l charg e ' with GO time-expired and 19 in va lid e d so ldiers fr ° ,;: 2 various corps, accompanied by 15 women and children. ijer Government stores consist mainly or cases, &c , of gunpowder returned as obsolete ei tb in quality or form. Tire London brings DONS of het Majesty's screw (armoured, wooden) corvette V 3lO at having caught fire at her anchorage in Gibraltbe Bay at the moment of the London leaving a Mule on her voyage to England. It is believe s the fire was suppressed before any very ae ll° ,o damage had been done ; b u t the only fa- 0 known on board the London are tha t le the time she was bein g h au l e d off from the I ' lo t o on the afternoon of the 31st ult. under stea° l . oo start on her voy age h omewar d, th e em barke t/ o , of the troops and stores having just been l Majesty's screw gunvessel plated, Lieute nan t-C omman d er C o lli ns , °f „g• gunvessel Skylark, ceme side the London and requested that she 'nig° 13 6 be coed to the Pallas to render what assistance je could, the latter having caught fire sornewb er ,i e , the vicinity o f th e b rea d- room . With so 13rb erf quantity of gunpowder on board it was, bo re j o g impossible to lay the London alongside a b tlru i ge. vessel, and the London was started on her va1 .33 0 As she left th e Mole, w h a t a pp ear ed to be s oul' was rising in light columns above the Pallm' a wor i warks, and her fire engin e s were evidently 0 for upon the fire. As the London crossed the the Straits appearances oa board the Pallas tejer. to the inference that the fire was entirely go t tin n ed r A private letter, written-hurriedly at Gibr m ention s euti al at o taone ! rite received at Portsmouth yesterday, occurrence of the fire on board the Pallas, states that water to the depth of eight fe et mitted into the vess-el's hold, when the fird was Too pressed wituout injury to any one on board', ag of London sailed from Gibraltar on the even 3 1 \ fie the 31st ult., and called in at Lisbon and th e on her way home for cargo, &c. crest stroa Bay of Biscay she had to contend. with vcs a Y v, se a. north and north-east winds and a I) , c _ ii ' d ' ou a° ['he troops will disembark from the Spithead this morning, and the ship the wards resume her voyage to London to deliver cargo. 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