The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-14 00:00:00

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Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulil After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs,'ll. Nville, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, 11. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and E s Wi e gan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by TIIE RISE AND FALL OP ILICIIARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Mr. Danvers; Miss CoHinson, and Miss ➢i. Oliver. To con tlude with THE CLOCK3IAKER'S lIAT. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton? THIS EVENING, TAME CATS: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Mario Wilton. After which, WHO SPEAKS FIRST ! Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; Miss C. Addison. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET:z, Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at S. ls. Box-offies open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regeriis-pruth, OPEN daily (ox cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. y 5j:T4 04 ,- 44 . / I Id i f* SIM; ;:sSa LOA'DOIV, MaNDAY, DEC. 14, 1868. If only Ministers are entering office with a predeter mination to concede to one another wherever conces- sion may be possible without an abandonment of principle, the future of the Administration is hope ful in proportion to the majority already assured to Mr. GLADSTONE upon the Irish Church Questi3n. If, on the contrary, the leading members of the Cabinet, such men, for example, as Mr. LOWE and Mr. BRIGHT, are simply prepared to coalesce upon that one Question of thelrish Church with the utmost cordiality, but upon all other matters to go in resolutely with a view to urge upon their colleagues the adoption of their own respective notions, whims, hobbies, crotches, crazes as Mr. COBDEN would have called them, as to what should be the national policy—the future is hopeful, not for the Government, but, for the Opposition. Particularly with a consummate tactician like Mr. DIsRAELI confronting that many sided array of politicians of various schools or colours — Whig, Adullamite, Peelite, Liberal, Radical— seated opposite to him on the front Treasury Bench Mutual concession among the Cabinet Ministers, is essential as a preliminary for the smooth and proper working of the new Administra tion. Without mutual concession among the Cabinet Ministers, away to the winds will go the fortunes of the GLADSTONE Government so soon as the Irish Church Question shall have been cleared out of the way. Their absolute agreement with one another upon that one question is at present their one sole bond of union. It is the one sole bond of union, for that matter, for keeping together in a harmonious mass the otherwise heterogeneous crowd of Liberals returned to Parliament as Mr. GLADSTONE'S sup porters. Supposing that question to have been suffi ' ciently cleared out the way, to admit of other matters of vital importance to the body politic, coming to the fore—unless the concessions we are here insisting upon as so absolutely essential for ensuring the keeping together of the GLADSTONE Cabinet, and the keeping together for that matter of the Liberal Party generally unless, we say, con cessions of this kind were made generously, frankly, and self-denyingly, by such men of mark in that Cabinet as Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. LOWE, the whole structure of the Government must at, once and quite inevitably, fall to pieces. There ought to be no, blinking of this as a fact in every way undeniable. Forewarned, forearmed. As a fact, it ought to be recognised betimes, and acted upon by predetermina tion. To give an instance—lf the right hon. gentle man the President of the Board of Trade were bent inexorably upon forcing on his colleagues' acceptance his programme for Ireland in regard to the Land Question !Or another—lf that other right hon. gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were bent no lcss inexorably upon thrusting on the acceptance of his colleagues generally, his fantastic ideas, many of them, in the matter of National Educa tion ! Then, again, there was that last banner of Mr. BRIGHT'S unfurling before he assumed the responsibilities of a Privy Councillor and the re sponsibilities also of a Minister of the Crown having a seat within the Cabinet—the banner inscribed with the cabalistic legend of the " Cheap Breakfast Table." Are Ministersgenerally to have that particular banner nailed to the mast of the State Vessel, or is Mr. BRIGHT—the very one who dubbed certain Liberal recalcitrants of two years' since a cave —himself to cave in, in another sense? In the contingency, again of war becoming unavoidable in any portion of the vast dominions of the Crown—and such a contingency as that is always, alas! within the limits of possibility— how would it then be with Mr. BRIGHT in his incongruous characters as a Loyal Servant of the Crown and the Conscientious Champion of Peace at any Price? Is conc2ssiun there possible ? That is of course a matter for Mr. BRIGHT 'S own conscience. And it is a problem, moreover, which will only require to be solved by him in the event of just such a con tingency as that arising. Again, in the way of eco nomies, how will it stand with the same right hon. gentleman in the matter of those ten or twelve millions annually which he declared but a very few weeks ago upon the public platform, mild be so rea ' dily docked off our naval and military expenditure ? Is Mr. BRIGHT prepared to thrust that upon the ac ceptance of his Royal Highness the Commander-in- Chief, upon the acceptance of Mr. CHILDERS, the new First Lord of the Admiralty, upon the accept* mice of Mr. CARDWELL, the newly installed Sec retary of State for War? Hardly that, we may presume—for Mr. BRIGHT himself as a Cabinet Minister will now at length be constrained for the first time in his life to have due regard to the efficiency of the public service. No, the fact, we take it, is undeniable—that Ministers, but especially Mini sters of the greatest weight, and intellectually Minis ters of the greatest originality, will have, frankly and unhesitatingly, to make up their minds at once, not merely to the absolute necessity of making con cessions, but of making large concessions to one another. That is, if the immense Liberal majority now returned to Parliament (to the end, first of all, of abolishing the Irish Church as a State Establishment) is to be held together—if the present Cabinet so strong in intellect and in administrative capacity, is to take in hand, resolutely and with any reasonable hope of success fully dealing with them, those large measures of comprehensive legislation and of administrative im provement for the carrying out of which the great mass of the Liberal electors of the United Kingdom are now looking eagerly and confidingly to the heads of the new Ad►ninistration. LAST year's herring fishery was particularly pro ductive. This year's has not only fallen short of 1807 by about one-third, but is also one of the lowest for many years past. The consequence is great distress among those interested in the fishery —the fishermen and their families, the herrin , - curers,the coopers and the tradespeople of the fishin , ports. The general wealth of the country has also suf fered a considerable diminution, and an important article of food-supply has been curtailed. This industry has much increased in importance of late years. Fifty years ago it yielded but a seventh of its present produce so far as the salted fish are con cerned, while, owing to the adaptation of steam to locomotion, the consumption of the fresh herring must have increased in much greater proportion. but this fishery is avery fluctuating industry. Perhaps there is no Crop of all the " harvest of the sea " which is more so. A succession of gales during the months of July and August will, of course, greatly diminish the pro ductiveness of that year. But even the most favour- able weather brings disappointment to the fisherman who returns to the harbour with a nearly " clean " boat when he looked for a very heavy take. Parti- cular parts of the coast are far more productive in one year than in another, and sometimes the herrings will suddenly desert the locality in which they have for many years been most abundant. This change cannot be accounted for by the cry of excessive fishing ; for the alteration is generally not gradual, but sudden. It is absurd to imagine that the herrings are frightened away by the boats and the nets which are employed for their capture ; as well might it be supposed that they take alarm at the flocks of sea-birds which gather to prey on them, and which indicate their presence to the fishermen. The cause of the fluctuations is at present beyond the reach of reasonable conjecture, and must so remain till the natural history of the herring becomes far better known. The fact, however, is of great importance, and the consideration of it ought to guard us against drawing general conclu sions from the state of the fishery in any particular year or locality. The general result of the fishery along the whole coast of Britain and Ireland is much more nearly the same in one year and another , than on any limited part of the coast. It would therefore be of great advantage to our fishermen if they and their boats could be more rapidly transported from one place to another—that, instead of waiting for the herrings where they have not appeared, they might fish for them where they are abundant. Nor does it seem unlikely that steam may soon be brought to their aid for this purpose. They might probably derive assistance from it in other ways. The sugges tion has often been made that steamtugs should be employed in taking the fishing-boats to their fishing ground in the evening, and back to the harbour in the morning, so that much time might be saved when time is most precious, and opportunity might also be obtained of selecting the fishing-ground from a wider range. Steamers might probably be of service, likewise, in making observations by which the fishermen might be guided in their choice of a fishing-ground. Steamers and telescopes might be supposed to give the fishermen of the pre sent day some advantage over their forefathers in observing the indications by which the presence of a shoal of herring is known. None of these appli cations of steam has, however, yet been attempted. Modern science has done nothing for the herring fishery. It is prosecuted exactly as it was hundreds of years ago ; and if we capture more herrings than our forefathers did, it is merely by the employment of a greater number of boats, nets, and men. This surely cannot continue always to be the case, and if we should never be able to pursue the herring in the ocean depths, where it ordinarily resides, we may expect at least to devise means of accomplishing our object more effec tually, and with greater certainty of success, when it approaches the shore. _ _ The only recent change in the mode of prosecuting the herring fisherrhas been the partial adoption on the Scottish coasts of the method of fishing which is designated " trawling for herring," but which is more correctly described as " circle-net fishing." It is essentially the same mode of fishing which has been practised from time immemorial by the pilchard fishers of the south-west of England. Its introduc tion on the coasts of Scotland was fiercely opposed by parties interested in the ordinary or " drift-net " mode of fishing, which is that still generally prevalent, and they were successful in per suading the Legislature to prohibit it, on account of injury alleged to be done by it to the fishery. The prohibition has recently been removed, a Royal Commission appointed to investigate the subject, having reported in favour of the trawlers ; and, in fact, recent legislation on the subject of our sea fisheries has consisted mainly in the repeal of restric tive acts, so that, except as to the size of the meshes of nets, the fisherman is left free to choose his own way in almost everything, and to take the herring as best he can. Those who tell us that we are exhaust ing the riches of the sea—a theme on which some writers insist with great pertinacity and incessant iteration—tell us also of the necessity of restrictive legislation. They do not say what ought to be done. Until they bring proof that herring are becoming less abundant on our coasts, and this in consequence of excessive fishing or of some error as to the time or mode adopted, it is hardly to be expected that they should find favour with the public in their advocacy of restrictive legisla tion. It is the interest of the community that as many herrings as possible should be captured and brought to market, as it is the interest of the fishermen to be allowed to do this in the way by which they can do it most easily and most effectually. The Commissioners to whose report we have already referred oil the operation of the Acts relating to trawling for herring on the coasts of Scotland, express their opinion very confidently that " the herring fishery should not be trammelled with repressive Acts, calculated only to protect class interests, and to disturb in an unknown and possibly injurious manner, the balance existing between the conservative and destructive agencies at work upon the herring." They further say, " If legis lation could regulate the appetites of cod, conger, and porpoise, it might be useful to pass laws regarding them, but to prevent fishermen from catching their poor 1 or 2 per cent. of herring in any way tlwy please, when the other 98 per cent., subject to destructive agencies, are poached in all sorts of unrecognised piscine methods, seems a wasteful employment of the force of law." All this commends itself to common sense, and it is to be hoped that ere we see any new attempts at restrictive legislation, we shall have facts placed before us which make its necessity evident. In the mode in which the herring fishery is at present carried on there are, however, great evils which probably no legislation can remedy. The fishers are hired by the curers to fish for them, and are paid in advance—paid for next year's fishing at the end of the present year—about twenty pounds per boat. The fisherman, therefore, does not come into the market to offer his take to the best bidder ; it is already the property of the curer to whom he is bound. When the fishery is unsuccessful, as in the present year, he remains under a load of debt ; and besides the present hardship which he suffers, the harvest of next year is forestalled. It is much to be desired that that this system should be relinquished, that the fisher should become more independent of the curer, and be able to deal with him on equal terms. Perhaps the hardships of the present year may lead to some change of this part of the prevalent system, and change can hardly be for the worse. WRECK ON THE NORFOLK COAST. lIASBOROUGH, Dec. 10 While the wind was blowing a fresh gale from S.S.F. this morning, with a cross heavy sea (says the Rev. J. Slater), a vessel came ashore on Has borough Outer Bank. The lifeboat Huddersfield of the National Lifeboat Institution was quickly launched and rescued the master Sad crew of three men, who were safely brought on shore. The vessel proved to be the schooner Atlanta, of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands, and was bound from London to Hull with a cargo of chalk ; she had struck on the Barber Sands, near Caister, and was run ashore for safety on account of the pump becoming chocked. She is likely to become a total wreck. This valuable lifeboat was presented to the lifeboat society by the inhabitants of the town of Hudders field through the benevolent exertions of Thomas Cresswell, Esq. It is a somewhat singular circum stance that Capt. Carbet, the master of the Atlanta has three sisters living in Huddersfield. INCREASE OF PAUPEIZISM.—Mr. F. Purdy's return, just issued, shows that the number of paupers (except lunatic paupers in asylums and vagrants) in receipt of relief in England and Wales, on the last day of the fourth week of September last, was (so far as returned) 927,239, or 54,60 more than at the corresponding period 91 the preyious year. THE SUN, LONDO v, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1868. LATEST INTELL MENGE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 13th. General Caballero de Roda at the head of the army of Andalusia entered Cadiz yesterday at two o'clock. The people were giving up their arms. The Correspondencia explains the step token by the Duke of Montpensier by stating that the Duke believed the insurrection at Cadiz to be fomented by the reactionists. Listening to his own promptings of sympathy for the cause of the revolution he be- lieved the latter to be in peril, and offered his ser vices accordingly. if the true character of the rising had been known to Lim he would not have come forward, being averse to meddling with the private disagreements of the great Liberal party. The Correspondencia adds that the sentence of exile pronounced upon the Duke by the Provisional Government could only be temporary. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Dec. 10. The draft of the address of the Senate, in reply to the speech from the Throne, expresses the thanks of the House for the preservation of peace and order, for the energy shown in furthering the construction of railways, for the con tinuance of good relations with foreign Powers. The attention bestowed upon the task of strength ening the credit of the country is cheerfully ac knowledged, as also the general improvement of the finances. • M. Varnas is appointed diplomatic agent at Paris, provisionally to replace Emanuel Cretzulesco. BUCHAREST, Dec. 11. M. Golesco has returned from Constantinople, and has taken office as Minister of Finance. A fearful hurricane caused great destruction of property at Fokschan yesterday. Fifty houses are in ruins. M. Cogalntscheano gave an explanation of the future policy of the Government in a long speech addressed to the Chamber, which was enthusiasti cally received. The Government has a safe ma- iority in the House. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, AI. Braliano declared that the transport of Prussian arms to the Roumanian Principalities had been effected with the previous knowledge of the Em peror Napoleon. Referring to the Austrian Red Book, and the statements of Count Beust and Count Andrassy, who accused Roumania of arming at the annexation of Transylvania, he replied that Rou mania could not be indifferent to the sight of the oppression of the Roumanian inhabitants of Tran sylvania, and that if the Hungarian army was to be materially increased the Roumanians were jus tified in adopting a similar measure. BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRA, Dec. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta left at 9 a.m., and the Poonah at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the night of the 18th inst., and the latter at South ampton about the 26th inst. p FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 14. The Moniteur of to-day publishes in its bulletin a telegram from San Sebastian stating that the energetic proclamation issued by Senor Cabellero de Roda had inuced the insurgents at Cadiz yester day morning to surrender at discretion. BOURSE, Dec./12.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Italian Loan 3 per Cent End of month._ 71 30 Mexican Loan 24 Credit Mobilier End of month... 292 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1522 50 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred ...... Cash Orleans ... 916; Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6331 Western Eastern .......... Sardinian Austrian 645 Lombard 4lBl North of Spain Saragossa Roman 9/0 6O RAILNVA' SIAIE OF IZADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 11.—The steadier tone of the Liverpool cotton-market since Tuesday has led to some improvement here so far as shipping yarns are concerned. On Wednesday and Thursday ex porters purchased more freely than of late, at prices which could not have been obtained on Tuesday. To-day there has also been some business done at full prices, but there is not so good a market as during the past two days. Cotton is so dear, how ever, and out of proportion to the rates obtainable for yarns, that spinners are indisposed to press sales where they can only be made by making a conces sion. The market for home-trade yarns is stea dier than on Tuesday, and the prices of most counts are better sustained, but the businesss transacted has hardly reached an average. There was more disposition to operate yesterday, but as it was not market day few manufacturers were in town, and it did not result in operations of much extent. For cloth the acceptance in one or two cases of reduced prices has led to some business during the last few days in shirtings and staple goods, which had begun in some instances to accu mulate in stock, but these operations were confined to some few special lots. The offers at low prices continue, and to-day but little business has been done in staple articles, and the only branch in which we hear of any improvement is in some classes of home trade goods, and in some of the , finer sorts of jaconets, for which there has been more inquiry. The advises from foreign markets continue unfavourable, and as the business in the cotton markets keeps the raw material dear, manufacturers to-day are unable to meet the demand at such low offers as are generally made, and we close with but a moderate business doing. LEICESTER, 11th.—There is a fair business doing, but the mild season operates very much against the sale of heavy goods, and manufacturers are preparing for stock-taking. A fair quantity of wool is still selling, and prices remain very firm. As the dealers cannot make a profit on the wool that is being bought from the growers at the present time, some are holding their stocks. The business done in worsted yarns has been very small ; manufac turers are curtailing their orders to the smallest compass, in preparation for the Christmas stock taking. Prices are unaltered. Lambs'- wool goods show no alteration from last week, nor is it expected that much more business will be done this year. Manufacturers are preparing for spring trade. In fancy striped goods there is scarcely anything doing, but in the cotton manufacturing district of Hinckley great activity prevails, manufacturers being well engaged with orders on hand, while large quantities of goods are being sent out. In the elastic web trade there are but few orders to hand for whatever description of webs ; manufacturers are, however, better employed than is usual at this period of the year. The boot and shoe branch is quiet, and s expected to remain so until the turn of the year. Leather is unaltered in price, and the demand limited. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—(To the Editor of The Sun). —Sir, - In several morning and evening papers we find a report in the Rolls Count, "Re the Mutual Life Insurance Company." Would you be so obliging as to say that our society has not tho most remote connection with that company.—l am, &c., CHAS. INGALL, Actuary to thy Mutual Lilo itourorto 59Cioty. COBBES, PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, December 13. The rumours of Ministerial changes which I have before mentioned gain strength aad consistency. There is really considerable evidence in favour of the supposition that M. Pinard will be offered up as a sacrifice, in order to persuade the public that he, and he only, is answerable for the fiasco of the 3rd December. The sacrifice will not be very useful in this respect. Amongst speculations as to his successor, that which points to M. de Forcade la Roquette, the Minister of Public Works, has the balance of evidence in its favour. The Government is about to establish four permanent camps for military instruction. French justice is becoming more and more inexplicable. The Assize Court of the Pas de Calais has just condemned to death a young man, of the age of 22, who has been con victed of causing no less than fourteen incendiary fires, the total damage amounting to some £4,000. The crimes were committed between the 18th of June and the Bth of September of the present year. The jury would have nothing to do with the plea of extenuating circumstances invoked on behalf of the accused by the defence. After a verdict like this we can conlude only that the administration of the law in France is becoming a mere matter of chance, a sort of groping after justice which would be effected quite as well by a cast of the die. It is obvious enough that the 'author of fourteen incendiary fires deserves a severe punishment, and as the French Code assigns death to that eft nce the sentence is not in itself outr:geous. But when a wretch like Joye, the Marseilles herbalist, the murderer probably of more than fourteen persons, is sentenced only to perpetual imprison ment, it is impossible to account for the result of the trial in the Pas de Calais. Either imprisonment for life must be deemed a greater punishment than death, or burning fourteen houses and stack' is a worse offence than taking fourteen, or an unknown number of lives. But whilst the punishment of death is awarded with this inconsistency in France, the case is very different in Algeria. The repugnance of the French to executions seems to vanish when they h .ve natives to deal with. The sentences of death in Algeria are extremely numer u'. Twelve Arabs have received the capital sentence all at once. The offences of murder and cannibalism combined, of ordinary murder, and of highway robbery, are treated in precisely the same manner. 'i his severity produces no good effect, crime in AlLeri). becomes more and more common, and there is every re sin for believing that a re laxation of the stringent criminal tole of the colony would not be injurious to public order and security. At leas: if improvement off the face of the earth is still a sound principle of French jurisprudence, the poisoner Joye ought not to have escaped. Italy is, after all, to be the final resting-place for tne remains of her great musician. The body of Rossini is to be transferred to the land of his birth. His widow has given a promise to that effect to M. Nigra and to the Italian deputation which came to Paris for the funeral, on condition that after her death her mortal remains shall be placed near those of her husband. The Gaulois relates a story which seems to me to have been imported from English nurseries. The mistress of a Sunday school asked a little pupil " What the Israelites did after they came out of the Red Sea." "They dried themselves, Madame," was the reply. Victor Hugo is about to establish a journal in Belgium. It is to be called the Journal des Exiles, and is to number MM. Rogeard and Rochefort and the sons of Victor Hugo amongst its contributors. The great writer himself will be the guiding spirit of this new periodical. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Mon day, F F. I)ec. 14, B. T. " W. 1 'to F. P. WR, to 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn 29 CBf. 46 44 S.S.W. 4 1 B. o.c. 2 Aberdeen 29'241. 481 47 S.S.E. 5 8 S.S.E. r.o. 0'92 7 Leith Shields Scarborough 29'472. 49 43 S. 4 5 S.S.E. 0. o'o2 4 Yarmouth 29'66f. 48 47 S. 3 6 E. 0 .e. 4 Helder Cuxhaven —'— Skudesnms Ardrossan 29142. 47 45 5,11 r. 8 o.r. o'l7 7 Green castle 2892 f. 50 49 S. 4 5 S.E. r.o. o'os Holyhead - Liver pool Valentia .... 20 84f. 50 49 S.W. 6 7 S.E. TO. 0'43 5 Cape Clear.. Roch esPt 29 03f. n5l S. 9 9 S r.m 065 6 Penzance . .. 29'26f. 52 52 S. 8 9 S . m.r o'ls 6 Plymouth . 29 41f. 52 51 S.S.W. 10 7 S.S.E. o.r. o'ol 8 Weymouth . 29'51f. 52 50 S.F. 6 7 S.E. 0. o'o3 4 Portsmo nth 29'60f, 51 49 S.S.W. 6 6 S.E. 0. o'o2 5 London , 29'62f. 50 49 S.S.W. 6 6 S.S.W. r.bc UpeGrisZlez 29'75f. 50 48 S.W. 7 5 S.W. C. 4 Brest ...... 29'452. 52 50 S. 9 9 S. r. 006 6 L'Orient.... 29'638. 52 50 S.S.W. 8 7 S. 0. 4 Roch e fort Biarritz .... 29'87r. 54 52 E.S.E. 4 m. o'o4 2 Corunna.... Brussels.... P ar i s Strasbourg — Lyons Toulon 2 3o'o6r. TO - 7 7 E.S.E. Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local tirnel EXPLANATION Barometer corrected sod reduced to :2 deg. a rea level. The letter r., rising; f., ; e.. steady—indicate direction of motionof t e mercury within last 14 Inure. Theme totter exrored in shade Extreme Force with Its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: sly; e.—clouds, detccl , ed f.—fog ;h. ha I.—lightning hazy : o.—oTo cart. dull ; r.—rain ;I.—snow t.—thunder. Itain•fall, snow or hall (melted) during last 24 hours Sea disturbanoe, ItEMAEKS. The slight depression noticed on Saturday afternoon in the W. in creased yesterday, and extended to all stations : since last evening, however, a very rapid fall has set in, especially in Scotland, and read- Inge are very low this morning in the N. and W. The difference in reading's between Cape Griz Nez and Valencia, exceeds nine-tenths of an inch. Temperature, which had begun to rise yesterday, has in creased everywhere : even more than 15 deg. on the N.E. coast. Winds yesterday were generally south-westerly, and were fresh in the Channel, but during last night a strong southerly gale arose in the S. and W. It blew strongly from the S.E. at Aberdeen. This morning the gale is blowing hard in the Irish- Channel, and continues in the S.W. The weather is unsetVed. The sky is generally overcast. Rain has been general, and heavy at several stations. The sea is high at the entrance of the Channel. Warnings to all coasts. A new magazine is announced, to be conducted by the Tomahawk staff, and to be entitled the Britannia. The statement is emphatically contradicted that Mr. Cadogan has given up his scat at Crieklade. Father Ignatius will not preach at St. Philips, ClerkonweP, during Advent, as was announced. It is understood that the appeal against the deci sion of Vice-Chancellor Giffard in the memorable spiritual ism case of Lyon V. Home has boon abandoned. A petition was lodged on Friday in th,?, Dublin courts against tit) return of Major Gavin and Mr. Russell for the borough of Limerick. Archdeacon Denison has drawn up a scbeme for the collection of church rates, which has been accepted at a meeting of Archdeacons. The Liberals of Nottingham have determined upon presenting a testimonial to the Rev. P. W. Clayden, ono of the candidates at the late election. Sir William Carroll, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who was knighted after the visit of the Prince of Pal .s to Ireland, has been re-elected as Mayor for the year 18G9. The Liverpool Mercury is determined that Mr. Gladstone's features, as well as his opinions shall be known to its readers. On the 2d of January they intend bestowing on each subscriber a portrait of the Right Hon. Premier. The people of Ripon are taking measures to place a memorial of the late Archbishop of Canterbury in Ripon Cathedral, Dr. Longloy having been Bishop of Ripon, which ho left for Durham, going thence via York to Canterbury. Nottingham has again been flooded, the result of the recent rains, -which have caused the waters of the Trent to rise. The fields on both sides of the river are already under water. The Solicitor's Journal is glad to be able to state, upon authority, that Mr. Justice Mellor's Lealth is much improved, and that ha is earect.d to resum3 his tea•, in the Queen's Bench within a month from the present time. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and the Duchess of Abercorn are giving a series of farewell dinner parties and evening entertainments at the Viceregal Lodge, to which numbers of the Irish gentry aro receiving invitations. The London correspondent of a Sheffield paper mentions, as a curious incident, that the first President of tho Board of Trado was Richard Cromwell, the last is Mr. Bright. Sir Wm. Molcsworth used to say that Mr. Bright was the Cromwell of the 19th century. The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hatherkry) has mado the following appointments : —Principal Secretary, Gordon Whitbread, Esq. ; Secretary of Presentations, Hon. E. P. Thesiger ; Secretary of Commissions, Hon. 11. G. Campbell ; Gentleman of Chamber, Samuel Smith, Fs 1. ; Purse-bearer, William Goo lbey, Esq. ; Train-bearer, Mr. Elsoy. The Senate of Glasgow University, at their meet • ing on Thursday, conferred tlo c 1( gree of LL.D. on his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Eight Hon. John Inglis, Lord Justice-General and Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, and John Campbell Shairp, 8.A., Principal of the United Coll , ge of St. Salvator and St. Leonard; St. Andrews, all distinguished alumni of the University of Glasgow. It is said that Mr. Edgar Bowring, one of the members for Exoter, will bo unablo to take his s: at in the House of Commons, on the ground that ho is disqualified by his being the recipient of a pension from the Crown. Tho point is ono of considerable interest, and has occasioned some controversy. That it has been raised, however, in the way it las, has naturally created sorat@nprohensiop, among sir. Bowring's friend& THE NEW LORD OHANORLLOR, The curiosity to see Lord Hatherley take his seat in Lincoln's Inn as Lord High Chancellor of England was so great that at ten o'clock on Saturday morning the court in which his lordship sits was filled to overflowing. There was a very strong bar present, and "amongst the spectators were several members of the families of Lord Hatherley and Lord Justice Selwyn, who sat to hear an appeal with the Chancellor. The ceremony of administer ing the ordinary oath did not occupy more than three or four minutes, when the court proceeded with the hear ing of the cause-list for the day. DR. TAIT ON THE IRISH CHURCH. An address has been presented to the Archbishop desig nate of Canterbury by the clergy of the diocese of London against the disendowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church. The Archbishop designate, in his reply, said, with regard to Mr. Gladstone's measures, " till we know distinctly and in detail what these measures are, it would obviously be wrong for those who are privileged to have a seat in the Legislature to pledge themselves as to the particular course which they may ultimately deem it their duty to take, as most consistent with the inte rests of religion and the welfare of the Church and nation, in dealing with any bill or bills which may be brought into Parliament touching this important matter. For myself, I cannot but hope that amidst the conflict of political parties, some wise and temperate and constitutional reform may be devised, which shall satisfy all just demands, and yet avert the danger of revolutionary change, which you so justly look upon with alarm. But of this you may rest assured, that whatever part I may be called upon to take in the difficulties which seem to be before us, the principles which I deliberately enunciated last session in my place in Par tiament, and at the well-known meeting at St. James's Hall, will be my guide in dealing with these momentous questions." ST. MARY-LE-STRAND. On Sunday the church of St. Mary in the Strand was opened after being closed for several months. The cause of this church being shut was a dispute between the rector and the churchwardens about some proposed alterations. On Sunday evening Dr. Evans, the rector, preached the sermon, which was one of the most extraordinary ever delivered from the pulpit. The reverend gentleman devoted the sermon entirely to the subject of the dispute with his churchwardens, giving for his text the words " We are fools for Christ's sake." He gave a history of the dis pute, and read over the list of the objections to the proposed alterations. The reverend gentleman, by his tone, attitude, and manner, endeavoured to throw all possible ridicule on these objections, and the satire was masterly in its way. He spoke very severely of one objection which had for its ground the comfort of the parishioners, who, by the removal of the old pews, would be exposed to draughts. He pointed to the font, which was placed just at the west entrance, and he asked what consideiation was shewn for the health of the priest. He denounced in withering terms the locks and bolts on the pews, the absurd height of the pulpit ; and his allusion to the parochial architect who fastened the pulpit to the wall with irons was irresistible. Dr. Evans acknow ledged that he was in the position of a fool, but that it was for Christ's sake. He declared that if the law mis carried in the matter, he would again close the church, and that no power on earth should make him open it. His manner at this part of the sermon was quite threatening. One of the pleas of the churchwardens was that the church was sufficient for the accommodation of the parishioners. Dr. Evans admitted as much, but pointed out with some force that most of the parishioners were absentees on a Sunday. The sermon was inimitable ; the poor churchwardens were covered with ridicule, and the congregation with difficulty suppressed the rising laughter. In short, one thought oneself in the Old Bailey, and imagined the rev. doctor was amusing a jury. He remarked that more fuss was made about the removal of a pew than if he had been guilty of heresy or adultery. Of course the churchwardens had no right of reply, and must have felt very much in the humour of the Lord Chancellor who, when a bishop asked him to go and hear him preach, remarked, " No, damn you. I have enough of you in the House of Lords, where I can answer you." The service was " High," but there was nothing of extreme ritualism in it. The rev. doctor crossed himself during the invocation of the Trinity which preceded the sermon. One or two people left the church during the sermon, from what motive we are unable to say. TUE TNSURRECTION IN CUBA -~--- An evening contemporary has received the follow ing, dated November 17th, from its Cuban corre spondent :—" The insurrection here is making progress. By last accounts, received this morning, the rebels had taken possession of Las Euramadas and St. Luis, small towns on the line of railway between St. Jago and the interior. At the last-named station the whole of the garrison was seized by the insurgents, and the troops of which it was composed stripped of their military uniforms and of their arms. Four days ago an amnesty was published here and in Manzanillo, allowing the insurgents eight clays to present themselves and arms. Up to the present date not one has responded satisfactorily to the kind invitation ; on the contrary, the chiefs of the rebel party have given the governor four days to surrender the town. Six hun dred of the rebels, armed with American revolver rifles, pistols, and machettes, are encamped within two miles of our town. There they await the movements of the Government,forces, and in the meantime occupy them solves in digging trenches and erecting strong barricades with stones and heavy trees. It is not at all certain whether the Government troops will make another expe dition into the interior. The last proved an utter failure. After a campaign of little more than three weeks, the whole of the Spanish army was forced to retreat to St. Jago, leav ing the enemy perfect masters of all the chief strongholds of the country in this oriental department of the island. The troops entered our town in a truly pitiable condition. Many of them were sick or half starved, and all were con siderably the worse for the expedition. It is impossible for European soldiers to fight these robust and hardy mountaineers on their own intricate land. The fact had been proved only very recently in the late war at Santo Domingo, in which the greatest enemies the Spaniards had to fight against were the bad ground and intricate paths and oppressive climate." A retired agriculturist near Midhurst has set up on his own land an obelisk of sandstone as a memorial of 11ir. Cobden. We understand that Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief Commissioner of Police, is about to have the dignity of baronet conferred upon him for his long public services. THE ROEBUCK TESTIMONIAL FUND.—The list of subscriptions to this fund, as published by the Sheffield Telegraph, already amounts to upwards of £2,500. As Dr. Savage, of Armagh, was returning to that town by train from Newry a night or two ago, a gun heavily loaded with grape shots or slugs was fired at the first-class carriage in which he sat, breaking the thick glass. Dr. Savage was the only passenger in the carriage, and, as ho was leaning down at the time ho escaped with slight cuts about the face and hands. A reward has been offered for the discovery of the person who fired the shot. A MIDLAND BATTUE. —The Apethorpe preserves were shot through a day or two ago by the Earl of West moreland, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Carysfort, Lord A. Lennox, the Hon. Captain Curzon, Colonel W. Craven, Captain Johnson, Captain J. Little, and the Rev. E. Du Prd. The quantity of game bagged was 2,330 head ; of these, 1,030 were pheasants, and 800 hares.— Times. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A YONDER MAGAZINE.— . strange story comes to us from Dunfermline. There is near to that place a powder magazine, where the stock of those who sell powder in the burgh is deposited. It was discovered on Thursday afternoon that this place had been broken open, and an attempt made to blow it up. Gun powder had been scattered on the floor, and a sort of slow match laid and fired. Fortunately the fire had not reached the 'powder. Inquiries are being made into the affair. — Scotsman. THE MERTHYR ELECTION AND MR. BRUCE.—A superb photograph, taken by Mr. Crawshay, of the Eight Hon. H. A. Bruce, is being presented by the great iron masters to all who plumped for the right hon. gentleman at the last election. A grand county dinner to Mr. Bruce is in preparation, and, in addition, a subscription, either `or the purpose of placing a superb bust in a public insti tution at Mountain Ash, or for defraying the electioneer ing expenses of Mr. Bruce, or both, is at once to be started. To PRESERVE MILK.—A. M. Kirclioffer, of Paris, has discovered a method of preserving milk. He takes pure milk, pours it into a bottle which he closes hermetically, and then treats the exterior of the bottle by an operation which is secret. It is said that the milk thus dealt with keeps like liqueur ; cold, heat, or movement exercise no influence upon it, and when drank it has the same taste as if it were quite fresh. If this be correct, the process is really valu able. Sailors and travellers may thus have the luxury of milk at sea without the horrid nuisance and stench of miserable cows upon the deck ; and, as a Parisian wrote the other day, " connoisseurs may indulge the fancy of drinking milk wkiell ha§lLiade the voyag . 2 . ;ll/r9AI the O aw. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 13. The Queen. the Crown Prince and Princess of Prusssia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. CLAIMS OF WOMEN. A very interesting lecture was delivered by Miss Emily Faithful at the Hanover-square Rooms, a few evenings ago, which attracted a very large audience. Miss Faithful has long endeavoured to enforce the claims of women, and through her exer tionsnumhersof females have obtained employment in occupations front which they have hitherto been excluded. The lecture was well delivered, and re peatedly called for tit the loudest applause from the audience. Miss FArrirm, began by observing that if the real claims of women—stated without exaggeratio n or rilicule—were most accurately understood, there could be little difference of opinion respecting them. When so large a proportion of the sex ie compelled to work for a living, it ought to be with a reasonable chance of success ; an d when the hardest and heaviest handiwork i g demanded from women, they should, in fair ness, be trained to undertake similar del art" raents of headwork also. Without any for mal division of topics, the discourse resolved itself into a consideration of the question in its practical, social, political, and moral aspect. Aft er urging the importance of women of all grades being taught a business or pursuit of some kind, by whic h they might render themselves independent, the lecturer contributed a frequent objection by deny' ing that their general employment would have the effect of discouraging marriage, or of interfering in any manner with their arrival at that state. O n the contrary, Miss Faithfull thought that thei r settlement in life would be expedited thereby ; an d in support of this view, she cited the case of the poor, who all work, and mostly marry early ; an d . she added, that a woman who is able to supP or ' herself has the advantage of being able to Wa it until she finds the right object upon which to be, stow herself, instead of being reduced to the de' gradation of marrying for hunger. As to the Wi ne duties having a prior claim, it was usually forgotten by persons who urged this plea that a large p ro , portion of women have no home duties to 1 38 ... AP form,, and these at least should b e excePt7 from the objection. As for the publicity involve d ' which is another cource of cavil, women c ourt publicity on all sides. They are everywhere proull; neat in public places. They even do amateur O r in the way of trade by keeping stalls at fancy fa irs ; The objection to publicity, said Miss Faithful, seem to apply to cases in which it can be made reav l ; useful. And while touching upon the poin t re instances the case of the Queen, who performs Inn " public duties than any woman in the country, e l/ a A , in her domestic life is a pattern to her sex. l lu d t ing to the squeamishness of persons who talk abY tir woman not going out of " her sphere," Miss Fel o n full told a capital story of an old lady who , u p le hearing of the heroic woman who, when he r band died, took his place and steered the ship r° ll oo Cape Horn in safety, exclaimed, " And more sba l i e to her"—the obvious inference being tba t " sphere" of the sex should have been a dhered and the ship and crew allowed to go to the botto e w , In the course of a wide range of argument the i tbce turer touched upon the delicate subject of ith franchise, and it need scarcely be said went ber Mr. Mill. And among other supporters of , views she instanced a great statesman of the e a who had said that in a country which is goverll_ll by a Queen, where there are peeresses in their 0 ; r, right, and where women hold property, an d el , o il cise many functions of importance, it is out 0 ' el , reason to deny them the right of voting. The O ita tion of property, however, was one upon whie b v lady had a great deal to say, and she drew a died by picture of the power exercised in this respee b husbands over their wives. Emigration, as a D i % of equalising the sexes, received her strong s :, 1 ; port, and she bestowed great praise upon M iss for her exertions in the cause. Miss Nightinge in Miss Parkes, and other devoted l a bourers jo , the cause of their sex were also eulogised, bilt.ost dividual efforts would not redress their uni the position unless by the aid of Parliament and o e means of making their claims heard there. te° lecturer strongly deprecated the present sY- of of educating women, and urged the neces 3 il ca t training schools, which would render women - s llp and self-supporting, for they were both phYs i 5 as and mentally capable of supporting theinsel le oe well as men if opportunities were given theta. 5 0 concluding part of the lecture was occupied 1/1 o p t eloquent appeal for the better education of icn 0 in order that they might take an independent P o sef lion, and not only raise the character of the ° ll , t he but of the other. The vanity and frivolity (31 " he r "girl-of-the-period"-ism generally received strong condemnation. I A large number of eminent persons i n terest eci ajo i : the movement Miss Faithful has at heart, i ncl , 6 , v Lady Franklin, Capt. B. Payne, and s eeral V.' were present at the lecture. Y l THE BIRKENtLEAD LIBERALS AND Ckrreli OSBORN, R.N.—We understand that the Liberal 1 331. ter Birkenhead are contemplating the advisability of eta taining Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., their candtcle tha t the recent election, at a public banquet. It is fel , t t o the gallant captain fully merits some such cornPlf°l;l4' consideration of the pluck and talent he displaye d 411 f OP ) ing the Liberal battle. In order to be prepare d f°r log emergencies the Birkenhead Liberals are als°lt to active steps for the formation of a thoroughly e ffleev‘ gistration association. tlOb POACHING AFFRAYS.—On Thursday tWo °or° men, the sons of a market gardener in Susse lr la charged before the magistrates of East Sussex, s it . F ;il°` Cuckfield, with night poaching on the lands of th e : 1; 04 1 Sheffield. The prisoners and another man, w h° 100 - were detected by the keepers, and a hand-to-h 9 ' 3 : off ensued. The poachers escaped, but the prisone r b identified, and with the aid of the police w ere ° O llll . , after taken into custody. They were committed f°" per , A similar affray took place at Hayward's-heath' 411 Brighton, on Saturday night last, but the poach°, fired on the keepers, fortunately without taking I ffe ' their escape. CORNISHMINING.—A large and influential c° 4 13 0 ' meeting was held at Redruth on Thursday, Mr. 51 ' " el ee ie litho in the chair, to consider the importance of s c° o - f Ya t sure being promptly adopted for obtaining an 11-et h i f liament to amend the existing stannary l aw s, the e" - b e it rer jects being to enable shareholders to sell forfeited: ieVr, to provide pursers of mines with a simpler and process for the enforcing of calls, and to give the ~,"° f ,a ~- miner priority over other creditors on th e AS7 t mine. Resolutions were carried to the effect t'e law required amendment ; that a cominitte: formed for the purpose of ascertaining the e , tails which required amendment, to report t° g ft er , ral meeting as early as possible, with ibasiolli to introduce a bill to Parliament in the ensuing f e g — f 3 4). and that the vice -warden, registrar, and othe r i° the stannaries of Devon and Cornwall be reci ue co-operate with the committee in the object l ° P' 6' letter was road from the vice-warden, Mr. SEntfrtgi:ea mising to promote the object of the c,orninitte o f i , Lei bring the subject before the Lord Warden and the Council. y"Of fri DISCOVERY OF STONE IMPLEMENTS NE°.,4 to i 13,18 —Recently, in removing a sand bank contigtl°l`;'oo"; Ouse, a few miles north of York, a deposit of e'-10fl flint axes, knives, flakes, &c., was found at abont 1,1.000 deep in undisturbed sand, and beneath several to il, layers of loamy clay. The Rev. J. L. Rowe, of p‘l well-known Yorkshire geologist, has exatniaoa t t e lj g and pronounces the sandbed to be one 013 r ") l f`r, ho 1. 44 I° shoe of the pre-historic Ouse, and analogous tef gravels which have yielded human-made iliP°D.-00'°01-of other parts of the country. Th 9 inipleinents, p 0 00 e aro olished, and are in ll resects with II t 1)1 / 1 / the surface soil, and g as e such a differp en tirely fre erA hitherto found in gravel beds. On Thurscl,l,oooleo3 of archaeologists, among whom were Canon `-; ^ to e, ' b p of Durham, the Rev. J. Robertson of .APP% L e ti ci '1)0 Mr. George Slater, of Mallon, visited the Pl 3ce ;fro o a thorough examination. From that survey' 313'noleftfiel evidence collected the implements seem to 115siee;cl beneath several feet of apparently undistn" the 0 . 4 0 sand, but were generally thought not to he ° I. , 2 14 1 age as the sandbeds. The thing is a pu zzle for 5" and archaeologists both.