The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-27 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND. 26TH NOVEMBER, 1868. TnE COURT OF DIRECTORS O F THE -L GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BASK OF ENGLAND Give Notico— That a GENERAL COURT will be held at THE BANK on WEDNESDAY next, the 2d December, from Eleven o clock in the Forenoon till Four in the Afternoon, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR for the remainder of the year, in the room of SHEFFIEL D NERVE, Ez. deceased. GEORGE LYADL, ESQ.. is recommended by the COURT of DIRECTORS to fill the vacancy. The result of the Election will be declared that even ing. HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. 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Router; Mrs. Allred Mellon, Miss C. Leelereq, anti Mrs. Lcizh Murray. • ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborou4h. Tins EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. fins EVENING, THE WIFE'S SEC HET. ,Sir Walter Aymott, r Creswick; Lady Evelina, Miss Patmcefort. After which, AND RATS AND WATER RATS. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham, Clayton, and S. Emery; Mesdames Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon tague, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. Tao EVENING, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, ...,ovrper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parselie; Mesdames Foote, Weathersby, Rignold . At 9.30, LUCRETIA BO I: GI A ; ese Drew, G. Honey, Se.; Mesdames Minnie Sidney, Fanny Joseph THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. •, Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H. Isis ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield . ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tins EVENING, at 7.30, ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT r OLD. To he followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF RICHARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers; Miss Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con tlude with THE uLOCKMAKER'S HAT. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, ATCHI Messrs. Blakeley and Montague; Misses Addison and A. Milton. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs. J. Clarke, Hare, H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and 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 AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, Alfred Bradbury, Mdlle. Montero, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, and E.'amwell's Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET =, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission,. ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. ti r jt 011-114 LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1868. There appears to be a tendency every now and then in the political world to regard what has oc curred curred as something altogether unprecedented. It is in this way that Mr. GLADSTONE, even, in his brief and rather subdued address to the electors of the Borough of Greenwich, refers to the spontaneous award to him of " a most honourable seat in Parlia ment" as a kindness, according to his manner of ex pressing it—" generous, unasked, and, I be lieve, [he adds] unparalleled." Now, it is not unparalleled. It has precedents both here in England and on the other side of the Channel. Amongst ourselves, it is. still remembered as an event of not so many years ago, when not, as in Mr. GLADSTONE'S instance, the Leader of the Libe- ral party, but the leader of a small though highly im portant section of that party—meaning, of course, Mr. COBDEN—was quite as spontaneously chosen by a much larger constituency than the constituency of Greenwich, and that, moreover, simultane ously with his re-election for his old constitu ency, the constituency of the borough of Stockport. Mr. COBDEN had thereupon to make his selection between the two. It was a signal and conspicuous honour, but one that he eminently well deserved; and it was akin in his instance to that other notable tri bute to his immense popularity, the holding open by the then Premier, Viscount PALMERSTON, for his (Mr. COBDEN'S) acceptance or rejection (as it happened for his rejection) of a seat in the recently construsted Cabinet at the time when Mr. COBDEN was known to be on his way back from a visit to the United States. Again, wbo is there—amongst those whose memory can -readily overleap the interval of twenty years which has elapsed since the last French Revolution, the Revolution of February—who cannot recall to mind the memorable and historical fact that the de stroyer of the Ited Flag, the author of the Histoire des Girondins, the glorious Poet, Patriot, Orator, and Statesman, ALPHONSE DE LA3IARTINE was spoutane- oudy and simultaneously elected by, and had in con sequence, thereupon, to make his selection from, half a-dozen different departments as a member of the National Assembly. The unsolicited acceptance of Mr. GLADSTONE as one of their suggested representa tives, is not, therefore, by any means an " unpar alltled" kindness on the part of the electors of Greenwich, as a free and independent constituency doing itself honour far rather than conferring honour upon Mr. GLADSTONE by return ing him unasked as its representative. Equally erroneous is the notion which seems to be generally entertained just now, that it is an event altogether without parallel or precedent, Mr. GLAD STONE'S entrance into the House of Commons at the head of a party having a clear majority of one hundred. Seven and twenty years ago Sir ROBERT PEEL, as Head of, the Opposition Party, entered the newly-elected House of Commons as Leader of a serried mass of representatives, having that same enormous preponderance over their antagonists, de , monstrable in the same way, by their having a clear majority of one hundred. With this difference, how lever, that the mass of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S followers l in the August of 1841 was far more homogeneous in its character than the variegated mass of followers which in this next December will be ranged together in the new House at the back of Mr. GLADSTONE. It is a mere hallucination therefore to suppose that we are living in such wholly exceptional times, or that 1 the political events that are occurring around us are l in any way unprecedented, or, as M r . GLAD STONE has :called one of them by a still s t ronger I phrase—as he believes—unparalleled. History , repeats itself. It is repeating itself just now not only in the events of the day, but even in the flying rumours of the hour ! According to one of which latter, Mr. GLADSTONE iS said to meditate -1 in the double contingency, first, of his assuming office as Prime Minister, secondly, of his finding it other wise impracticable to force his projected disestablish ing and disendowing measure in regard to the Irish Church through the House of Lords—the swamping of the House of Lords by the creation of a large batch of some forty or fifty new Peers, selected, of course, from among Liberal Politicians ! Precisely as Lord GREY threatened to do when leader of that same party, when six and thirty years ago be found the same obstacle confronting the First Reform Bill on its going up to the Lords in Parliament assembled! History is repeating itself in rumours affect ing, even at this juncture, the views and intentions of the reigning Sovereign. Rather than become a patty to the passing of an Act for the Emancipation of the Catholics, King GEORGE 111. declared that he would withdraw to Hanover. Rather than become a party to the disestlblishine and disendowing of the Irish Church, and thereby, ac cording to her .TAAJESTY'S belief, as it is under stood violating her Coronation Oath, Queen VIC TORIA is said to meditate, at this moment, a proceeding quite as extraordinary, namely, her abdication in favour of the heir apparent, under his then title of either ALBERT EDWARD 1., or King EDWARD VII. Extravagant as these rumours are, the very fact of them being bruited about just now,,here amongst ourselves, and abroad on the European Con tinent, affords only a new illustration of those histori cal repetitions already spoken of as proverbial. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEIVIBER 27, 1868. True, that the present juncture, or crisis, if yo please to call it so, is one remarkable, and even momentous in its character, but it is not (as we have shown) without precedent—it is not (as Mr. GLAD STONE erroneously calls one of its minor incidents) unparalleled. AN important decision has just been given on a long-disputed application of the law. Legal provision for the observance of Sunday is a matter of considerable difficulty ; it is right that the law should step in to prevent profanity on the day of rest, but it is not easy to determine how far such interference should extend, or what cases may come under its operation. Legislation to prevent the abuse of Sunday is specially liable to be con verted into a weapon by bigotry and intole rance. A remarkable instance of this came up in the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday. About two years ago a series of religious recreation meetings, under the title of " Sunday Evenings for the People," was held in London. Lectures were de livered, chiefly on social subjects, and sacred music was performed by professional artistes. Admission to a portion of the room was free, but for certain seats a scale of charges was in force. These meetings were orderly, and were certainly free from profanity. There was no debate, no discussion ; and the addresses, which were often religious, were never irreligious. But, of course, this species of religious recreation met with strong opposition in many quarters. In particular, a Mr. BAXTER, who apparently has the observance of Sunday under his especial care, sought for means to bring these meetings within - the reach of the law. An Act passed in the reign of GEORGE 111. was expressly directed against the opening of certain rooms for religious debates. It therefore laid clown that any place used for such a purpose should be deemed a disorderly house, and the person keeping or opening it should be fined. Mr. BAXTER discovered in this Act an amount of encouragement which most people would have held very doubtful. He attempted to exact a penalty of £BOO, under this Act of GEORGE 111., for the hold ing of these religious recreation meetings. The court, however, has decided that recreative religion, whatever objections may be brought against it from a moral point of view, is not a contravention of the law, and hasgiven judgment againstMr.BAXTEß. It is difficult to discover on what grounds, except those of prejudice and intolerance, this gentleman rested his case. The Act provides for the punishment of those who on Sundays open places for amusement or for debate, and who receive money for admission. Decidedly the meetings complained of fulfilled one condition of infringement, for a price of admission was demanded ; but no debates were permitted, and the judge very justly held that "religious recreation" was,legally speaking, neither entertainment nor amuse ment. To have brought such meetings within the scope of the Act would have been to administer that excess of justice which is really no justice at all. There may be doubt as to whether such observance of Sunday is the best that could be chosen ; but there can be no doubt that it is law ful. A contrary decision would have been dangerous in more ways than one. It would have violated that just principle of the moral law which,the very preva lent BAXTER doctrine notwithstanding, permits every individual his free choice in matters of religion, and it would have been no gain to social order. Without discouraging profanity, it would have encouraged intolerance. If the meetings had been prohibited only because money was received at the doors, how would a collection at an ordinary place of worship be dealt with ? On this single point there can really be no substantial distinction between these prices for admission and any contributions for the support of a place of worship to its minister. If, then, taking money could not render these meetings illegal—and it could be decided otherwise only by an unworthy quibble—it is impos sible that this " recreative religion" could be con strued as an amusement. It is quite possible that a large proportion of those who attended them went chiefly for amusement ; but this is a legal ques tion. The addresses were not followed by debate, and clearly lectures on religious and scientific sub jects are not primarily amusing. There remains but the music. If this be held to convert an otherwise grave programme into an entertainment, where shall the line be drawn ? If the performance of the " Stabat Mater " is an illegal Sunday amusement, will any ordinary High Church service—not to speak of llaydock or Brighton—be deemed beyond the reach of the law ? The lectures were professedly not hostile to religion, and therefore the musical ele ment alone could be brought into question. To have decided that this rendered the meeting illegal would have been nothing less than a misfortune. The protection of Sunday from profanity or abuse may be an important legislative duty. But to make religion and the law the instruments of individual creeds, is not to aid Sunday observance, but to sub vert it. LATEST INTELL MENU.. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. CROOKIIAVEN, Nov. 27, 6.20 p.m. The Cunard steamer Java, from New York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station en route for Queenstown. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Nov. 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, from Southampton, on the 14th instant, arrived on the 231 at 6 a.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. The Tanjore left at 11 p.m. yesterday for Southampton with the India, China, and Aus tralian heavy mails, where she may be looked for about the sth proximo. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. COLOGNE, Nov. 27, 6.15 a.m. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their children, arrived here early this morning, and are staying at the Hotel Disch. . FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 26.—Three o'clock.—The markct closed as follows : 4i per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 75 Credit Mobilier End of month 3Ol. 25 Credit Foncier l5lO End of month — Bank Sharps 3215 Ital'an Loan — End of month — ' Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — RAILWA' Cash_ Orleans Northern ... J2OS ' Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... ..620 Western .. _.... Eastern .. 57 0. Sardinian Austrian 630 Lombard 4OO North of Spain 77i Saragossa Roman 47 MP.. GLADSTONE ON THE MAYNOOTH GRANT AND REGIUM DoNum.—The Rev. W. Jubb, independent minister of Oldbury, near Birmingham, wrote a letter to Mr. Gladstone, in which he said :—" Thera aro yams in this town who are under the impression that you do not, intend to take away the Maynooth Grant and the Regium Donum at the same time that you disestablish the Irish Church. This has led them to support the Tory candidate, though they are Liberal in principle on.other subjects." Mr. Glaistona's reply was as follows :—" Not only my own declarations upon every occasian, but the resolution unanimously passed by the House of Commons, binds mo in honour, as I am bound in purpose and con viction, to propose that the Regium Donum and May nooth Grant should ba wound up, and should cuts.) with the Church Establishment. Can words go further ? With best compliments, yours, W. E. GLADSTONE.—LiverpooI, Nov. 17." It is in contemplation, to commemorate the Con servative victories in Lancashire; to hold a grand banquet at one of the leading towns in the county, to which Lord Derby, Mr. Disraeli, and the chief members of the Con servative party will be invited. A CORONER'S CEIV;SV.REd A strange case has been revealed at an inquest held by the Liverpool coroner, upon the body of a woman 33 years of age. She was the wife of a book-keeper, and had been separated from her husband. She had since been guilty of improper intercourse with another book-keeper, an old man of 62. The other night they slept together at a Liverpool hotel, representing themselves as husband and wife. They had nothing to eat, but took a considerable stock of raw spirits upstairs with them. At midnight the old man awoke, and to his horror found the woman dead and cold. Strange to relate he remained after this in bed with the corpse for half an hour. For the rest of the night he sat up. At ten o'clock in the morning, he called for " breakfast for one," saying nothing about the death. They refused to give him his breakfast in the bedroom. When he came down stairs he said his wife was unwell, and at last the girl went up and learned the truth. The medical testimony went to show that the woman had had a fit of epilepsy. The jury found a verdict of "Death from natural causes," and both coroner and jury censured the man. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMISSION. It is stated by the " Central Press" that such claims of British shipowners upon the United States Government for damages sustained during the American civil war at have already been decided upon in the American courts, will not be re-opened before the Anglo-American Commis. sion of four appointed to adjudicate the claims arising out of the American war. THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Minwrial 241onzatique states that Mr. Glad. stone has offered the post of Foreign Secretary (in the event of a change of Ministry) to the Earl of Kimberley, and that his lordship has accepted the offer. We have authority for stating that our contemporary has been correctly informed. Lord Kimberley, as Lord Wode• house, has had great experience of foreign affairs. He was ;Under-Secretary of State for that department during Lord ,Aberdeen's and Lord Palmerston's first Administrations. In 1856 he was sent as Ambassador to St. Petersburg. He returned from Russia in 1858 to his former post, but resigned it in 1861. In 1863 he was sent on a special mission to the North of Europe, with the view of fettling the complication whieb had arisen out of the Danish Duchies. In 1864 he succeeded the late Earl of Carlisle as Viceroy of Ireland, and held that post until the resignation of the Russell- Gladstone Administration, in June 1866. It will be seen that his lordship held no post at the Foreign Office during the American war. He will therefore, being un fettered by former negotiations, come to his important duties free to deal with the delicate questions between the tinited Sates and Great Britain which still need adjust if►ent. We have reason to believe that this appointment ill give much satisfaction at Washington. map NEW ZEALAND WAR. Some important particulars have come to hand by this mail of the war in New Zealand. The whole of the friendly natives at Talporoahenni, with very few exceptions, have joined the natives, and the defeat of the colonial troops on the 7th of September seems to have bad an influence detrimental to our rule. A correspondent of the Southern Cross, writing from Whan ganui, on the 29th , September, says :—" Intelligence reached town late last night that the enemy has crossed the Patea River in force yesterday. The news was brought to town by a stampede of frightened friendlies from the Waitotara district, whose lives, they had considered, were no longer safe from the Hauhaus. The greatest excite ment prevails, not only among the European popula tion, but also among the Whanganui natives, among whom the impression (and it is not without signifi cance) prevails that the safety of the district is imperilled. They are clamouring for arms, every man of them—even those who before, from apathy or contempt of danger, hung back from volunteering to the front. Titokowoaru, it is reported, had with him 600 warriors; this, however, I am inclined to think, is an exaggeration, for although in the best informed circles it is believed there are fully this number in rebellion at this moment, yet it is not likely that the whole force would throw them helves into a single and hazardous movement, leaving a large force of Europeans in their rear and flank. The Government has received information that Te Koti, the fanatic chief of the Chatham Hauhaus, now entrenched at Puketapu, Poverty Bay, has admitted to some neighbouring tribes having suffered a loss of five killed and eighteen wounded in the encounter with Colonel Whitmore, where Captain Carr and Mr. D. Canning were killed. Te Koti himself was wounded in_. the fight." THE FEMALE MAN. At the Cork nomination, the other day, a Mrs. Scannell presented herself, bedizened with green ribbons, and took part in the following scene : Mrs. Scannell : No cheers ; all for the Faynian pri soners. They are confined in prison. Three cheers for the Faynian prisoners. (Cheers.) Mr. M'Carthy O'Leary, Coomlegane, came forward to propose Mr. Boyle. Mrs. Scannell : No Saxon need apply. A Voice (a supporter of Mr. Boyle's) : For justice's sake let us be heard. (Hisses.) Mr. Powell : Mr. O'Leary ought to be heard, at any rate. Mrs. Scannell : He is no O'Leary ; he is a Saxon, bad luck to him ! (And she stood up in an awful fit of rage attempting to get closer to Mr. O'Leary. As she could not do this she gratified h erself by applying her thumb gracefully to the tip of her nose, and outstretching her fingers in the form of a fan, making very expressive gestures all the time. This little amusement was accompanied by a couple of "balls" as loud as her lungs would allow, and which she accom plished with the greatest ease. The spectacle was enlivened by loud cries to Mr. Boyle to withdraw, and cheers for Mr. M`Carthy Downing.) Mr. O'Leary was going on to say that the Church in Ireland could never have been called a national one, when he was again interrupted. Mrs. Scannell : It's fifteen hundred years too late. •10 hell with the Saxons. The shouting and yelling still continued, and after Mr. O'Leary had made several attempts to address the electors, he retired amidst the most awful uproar. Mr. Nicholas Dunscombc, Kingwilliamstown, came for. ward to secondthe nomination of Mr. Boyle. Mrs. Scannell, be very anxious for another shuffle of the cards, in order who might be called indeed the heroine of the day, here that they may have the opportunity of getting where jumped from the recumbent position she occupied on the true genius will be properly appreciated. You hear of table to her feet, and in a peremptory tone told Mr. Duns- the great and united Liberal party. It is a great one, but combe to shut up. From the continued uproar he ad- it is not united. There are two distinct sections—the dressed himself exclusively to the reporters, who had to e moderate or aristocratic portion, and those who are very get up close to him to hear his voice, and Mrs. Scannell, advanced and democratic. Merely take, for instance, seeing the unconcerned manner in which he heard her two names with which you in this town are well order to hold his tongue, went round the table, grasping acquainted. Mr. Bradlaugh and the Duke of Grafton hats indiscriminately to convert into missiles to hurl at both call themselves Liberals, and yet I should think Mr. Dunscombe. there are no two men who are further opposed to each Mrs. Scannell then made an onslaught on the reporters, other. But it may be said they are not in the House of who were taking Mr. Dunscombe's speech, and attempted Commons, and are not likely to come in contact. Take an to drag them away from the bench. instance from the House of Commons itself. Take Lor4 Grosvenor on the one side and Mr. Bright on the other; - and you will find that those two men agree scarcely on one point. And if, as I hear is to be the case, Mr. Glad: stone intends to form his Government from the extreme, section of the advanced Liberals, he will disgust the men of the more moderate portion ; and if he also proceeds to carry out the revolutionary programme which 'Mr. Bright has enunciated, he will frighten them out of their wits. Then I think it may be possible thit the moderate men of both parties may unite together. There are rumours that Mr. Disraeli is about to retire to the purer and more elevated atmosphere of the House of Lords. I hope it is true, for he has always been an impediment and a stumbling-block to the union of the moderate men of the two parties. lam not speaking wildly or loosely as of a thing I know nothing about. Two-and-a-half years ago there was very nearly being the combination of parties to which I refer. lam speaking of the time when Earl Russell retired. I know what was going on then, and I am very well acquainted with the negotiations that then took place, and I have no hesitation in saying that if Mr. Disraeli had been in the House of Lords, or if he had been in heaven or anywhere else than where he was, that coalition would have taken place, and a strong and a firm Government would have been formed. That chance was lost, but some other time we may be more fortunate. My only hope is that some coalition of that sort should take place, as with so small a minority the having a Conservative Government again is almost hopeless." The reported death of Mr. Charles Moore, one of the newly-elected members for Tipperary, is con tradicted. Mr. Disraeli has consented to lay the foundation.; stone of the new church of St. Luke, Kentish-town, which will be forthwith commenced. A clergyman, after marrying a couple, made a "Forgive them, Lord; tphreayyekrnoowvernotthwemha, tcothnecyluddoin2l, A STATESMAN UNDECORATED.—Baron de Beust experienced a disagreeable surprise on returning to his house at Vienna from Pesth. lie found that during his absence some thief had stolEn all his decorations. Lord Stanley had a conference with the members of the diplomatic mission from Zanzibar at the Langham hotel on Wednesday. It lasted two hours, and is said to have given consilerable satisfaction to the members of theas previously stated in these eolummnisss,ioisihTheir object to obtain remission of the annual payment now made by Zanzibar to Muscat. At the Liverpool Police-court on Wednesday Ed. Osbaldistone was committed for trial at the assizes on the charge of having, on the previous day, personated a voter, named Dinsmore. The vote was given for Gladstone and Grenfell, but one of the Censervative agents, to whom Dinsmore promised his vote, discovered the fraud, and gave the prisoner in charge. The prisoner said he was induced by a man who said he " would make it all right," to person ate Dinsmore. Here is a puzzling advertisement which appeared in the Morning Pcet :—" Wanted, situations as Butler and Cook, or Cook and Housekeeper, in a Gentleman's Family, by a Man and his Wife, with good personal characters. Left last employer on his own account because Mr. Secretary Walpole, P.C., interfered, after eight years' private service, with advertiser's instructions to Her Majesty's Commissioners on the 27th of July, 1866, &c. He acted under the instructions of Sir Richard Mayne. Town or country.—Address," &c. The Queen has, on the recommendation of the Premier, granted a pension of £lOO per annum to the well known authoress, Mrs. S. C. Hall, in consideration of her long and useful services. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND THEIR APPROACHES.—Large numbers of men have been engaged during the last few clays in making ready the Houses of A statement has appeared in various forms in seve ral of the English and Indian papers to the effect that it has been arranged that Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, Q.C., is to suc ceed Mr. Maine, the present legal member of the Indian Council. A contemporary is authorized to contradict this statement. A moment's consideration would show that it cannot be correct. The time of Mr. Maine's return to England is unfixed, and whenever he retires his office Will be filled up by the Secretary of State for India for the time being, and no one can tell at present who this may be. and decorated, and some arrangements have been made in the lobbies which will conduce much to the con. venience of the members, especially in their consulta• tions with constituents and others during the sitting of the House. CHARGE OP MANSLAUGHTER.—Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, has held an inquiry, at Bethnal-green, respecting the death of Mrs. Hannah Clifford, aged 33 years, who expired from the effects of frightful injuries inflicted upon her during her accouchement. The deceased In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, the action of "Beresford and wife, v. the London and North Western Railway Company," was tried. On the Bth Nov. last Lady Beresford left London by the mail train for Edin burgh. On arriving at Carlisle the following morning the guard informed her ladyship that the train would stop for nine minutes. Lady Beresford was about to alight with the assi,tance of the guard, when the traia sud denly 'roved on, and her ladysh'p was thrown down upon the platform, the -guard falling upon her. Tier ladyship's spine was injured, and since the accident she had not the proper use of one of her limb 3 she bad also suffered from cramp, and her eyesight was injured. Before the con clusion of the p7aintiff's case, the learned counsel agreed to terms, and a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for £1,250. was the wife of an eating-house keeper, carrying on business in Bethnal-green-road. The person whose con duct is impugned is Mr. Thomas William Popplewell, who describes himself as a member of the "loyal College of Surgeons, residing at 53, St. Peter's-road. The medical evidence laid before the jury was that of Mr. Cr. B. Phillips, of Spital-square, divisional surgeon of police, The apprehensions entertained an to the health of the Emreror Napoleon seem to be well found«l. "Not only," says a correspondent, "did he not mount on horse. back and follow the hounds at the grand hunt II o other day at Compiegne, but, contraryto his usual practice, he accepted assistance while getting into and alighting from his car riage. At the shooting party one could see that he walked with groat difficulty and seeming lameness. On the evening of the curer a chair wr.s placed for him on the balcony of the chateau, ( n which ho continued seated until the conclusion of the affair, although the Emrress and Princess of Wales were both standing. At the per formance at the theatre too, a night or two afterwards, he oat with his bead bent forward on his chest the whole time, seemingly perfectly inattentive to everything that was going on." • Parliament and theh- approaches for the reception of the Intelligence of the death of Colonel G. Kennedy, newly-elected members, who will assemble on the 10th R.A : , Colonel on the Staff, commanding the Royal proximo. The House of Commons has been thoroughly • Artillery head-quarters, Montreal, Canada, has cleansed, but no material alterations in the arrange.' been received at Woolwich. The deceased expired ments have been made, and, notwithstanding rumours t after a few hours' illness, and, had he lived, would the contrary, the seats remain just as they were, an Ministers and Opposition will face each other as before, a have received promotion to the rank of Major the Speaker's table. All the approaches have been cleaned General in the course of two or three days. SHIPPING 1N Th;LLIVENCE. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, N.W.; Arrived, Nov. 2G.—Sydney Hall, steamer, from Lisbon; Bianca, from Calcutta; Magnet, from Mogadore; Industry, from Calmar; Kate, from St. Michael's; Rosalie, from Alirans; Rhola, from Bru , sels ; Agnes, from Bremen; Elaine, steamer, from St. Michael's; Janette, from St. Petersburg. Arrived, Nov. 27. Frederick Bazell, from Algoa Bay ; Florence, steamer, and Emma, both from Rotterdam ; Berlin, steamer, and New Era, both from Hamburg ; Carl XV., from Gottenburg ; Cl loe, steamer, and Vigilant, steamer, both from Calais ; Ashford, steamer, from Cron stadt ; Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Spitfire, from Bre mershaveu ; Eliza and Jane, from Ystadt ; Swift, from Antwerp. • • - - DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind, N.N.E., moderate. Passed, Nov. 26—Mediva, from London, for West Coast of Africa. ; Ignis Fataus, from Loudon, for Bathurst; Maria, from Loudon, for Cardiff; City ol Norwich, screw strainer, from Loudon, for Coruuna. Sailed (iu tow) —Cross Fell, for London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.—All our Facul ties.—Ahnost all disorders of the human body are dis tinctly to be tract.d to impure blood. The purification of that fluid is the first step towards health. Holloway's pills recommend themselves to the attention of all suf ferers; no injurious consequences can result from their use, no mistake can be made in their administration. In indigestion, confirmed dyspepsia, and chronic c ustipa tion, the most beneficial effects have been, and always must be, obtained from the wholesome power exerted by these purifying pills over the digestion. Persons whose lives wore a confirmed series of sufferings have been re stored to ease, strength, and perfect health by Holloway's pills, after the fruitless trial of the whole pharinacopccia of physic. who described the serious nature of the injuries inflicte( The jury return, d verdict, of manslaughter against Mr. Popplewell, and the coroner inade out a warrant for his committal to the Central Criminal Court for trial. THE FRENCH COTTON Tram.—The imports of raw cotton into France in the first eight months of this year amounted to 83,462 tons, as compared with 74,196 tons in the corresponding period of 1867, and 96,236 tons in the corresponding period of 1866. American cotton was imported into France in the first eight months of this year to the extent of 38,708 tons, as compared with 33,968 tons in the corresponding period of 1867, and 39,767 tons in the corresponding period of 1866. The imports from the United Kingdom were 17,827 tons in the first eight months of this year as compared with 17,297 tons in the corre sponding period of 1867, and 30,767 tons in the corre sponding period of 1866. The value of the whole of the raw cotton imported into France to the 31st of August this year was £8,372,357, as compared with £,7,436,318 in the corresponding eight months of 1867, AO £13,40,253 in the corresponding eight months of 1836, BANK OF FRANCE. lmas, Nov. 26. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Nov. 2(. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,268,607,100 1,279,270,350 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 170,097,423 96 174,277,179 Current accounts, Paris 284,503,492 33 280,1(18,329 86 Do. branch banks 47,601,522 43,703,159 Dividends payable 828,900 8(;7,215 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Nov. 19 fr. c. 182,500,000 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 33,391,G70 71 33,511,039 01 6,6-14,670 20 6,307,22-1 20 703,152 42 703,152 42 9,100,500 17 9,795,397 21 Total CREDITOR. Nov. 26. Nov. 19., Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- 757,162 25 177,525 22 counted, not yet due 237,270,336 05 236,72 , 3,702 69 Do. branch banks 231,067,708 228,957,845 Advances on deposit of bullion 38,519,600 Do. branch banks 8 ,19 1 ,000 Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60, 000,000 G overnment Stock re serve Do. disposable Routes Immobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bbnk and landed property branches 9,101,947 9,072,499 Expenses of manage ment 2,475,517 50 2,201,286 23 Sundries 38,295,700 - 8,820,900 - 12,304,800 - 12,891,200 - 7,757,800 - 7,767,700 - 36,463,800 -- 36,665,300 28,325,900 - 28,599,100 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,980,750 14 80,636,137 21 100,000,000 - Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bauk of France. (Signed) ROULAND. MILI7 ARY AND N• 1 VAL INTELLIGENCE. Princess Louise and the Prince and Princess of Teck lunched with Prince Arthur on Wednesday at the Ranger's-house at Greenwich, and after wards, attended by their suite—Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel the Hon. A. Ilardinge drove to Woolwich, and honoured by their pre sence one of the concerts at the Royal Artillery Barracks, which are given during the winter season by the Royal Artillery band, and under their talented leader, Mr. Smyth. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards went to look at the stained windows, &c., in the Garfison Church, and subse quently the paintings in the Royal Artillery mess room, and then departed for London. On Wednesday the 25th (King's Own Borderers), who recently arrived at &ldershott from Glasgow, under the command of Colonel H. T. Walker, formed up on their re B imental parade ground shortly before 10 o'clock, in complete marching order, and thence proceeded to the General Parade, South Camp, where they formed line. At half-past 10 o'clock Major-General Carey, C. 8., attended by his Staff, arrived on the ground, and was received with the general salute. lle then made a most minute inspection of the ranks, after which the regiment broke into open column right in front, and marched past ;in slow and in quick time and at the double, with arms at the trail. The regiment formed on the private parade iu fatigue dress, in which order they were inspected in column. As each company was inspected it was marche I to quarters and dismissed. The General next inspected the huts, canteen, library, married people's quarters, &c., and expressed his approbation of the condition of the regiment in every respect. Yesterday the 2d Infantry Brigade at Aldershot, consisting of the 2d Battalion 21 (Queen's) Royal Regiment, under the command of Colonel IV ergo ; the 2d battalion sth Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 under the command of Colonel A. V. Kirkland ; and the Ist Battalion 30th (East Devonshire) Regiment, under the command of Col. A. H. Cobbe, was actively exercised in field movements by Major- Gen. Carey, C.B. The brigade assembled on the brigade parade ground, West Block, in complete marching order, shortly before ten o'clock, and thence marched to Eelmoor-hill, where the 2d Regi ment was thrown out in skirmishing order, and the other two battalions formed line. The skir mishers advanced steadily until they arrived at a supposed bridge, where they halted, and the sup ports charged and cheered over it, and drove the enemy to the opposite side. The skirmishers con tinued to advance for a considerable distance to wards the Long Valley proper, and then charged front to right or north, the main body adapting it eelf to the same change of direction. The whole ad vanced a short distance, when the skirmishers were recalled, and the sth and 20th Regiments commenced independent firing from the right of companies, after which Colonel Kirkland assumed command, and put the brigades through a series of very into resting field evolutions, at the close of which the brigade formed up and marched past in grand divi sions in quick time on Eelmoor-hill. A supposed enemy wasnowobserved approaching in strong force, and the sth and 20th Regiments, quickly form ing line, retired towards their quarters, covered by the 2d Regiment in skirmishing order. The enemy closed upon the brigade near All Saints' Church. Gen. Carey then ordered a halt, recalled skirmishers, and directed the sth and 20th Regiments to face about and open file firing. The order was promptly obeyed, and the advance of the enemy arrested. The brigade then marched to quarters without fur ther molestation. THE SPEAKER'S EXPLANATION. --e--- The Right Hon. J. L. Donison writes to the High Sheriff ti Nottingham to explain his reasons for omitting the usual vote of thanks. He says :—" It has been the policy of Parliament for some years past to shorten the length of notices for election purposes. Acts have been passed to require the Speaker to shorten the period formerly allowed between the - takes in the Gazette, and the issuing of the writs, during the recess. At the end of last session, the time be tween the proclamation of the writ, and the nomination was altered from six days to four. This has been done with the distinct object of expediting elections and contracting the period of excitement and disturbance. Ac cordingly 1 observe that the High Sheriffs all over Eng- Land have acted in the spirit of these enactments. Rut -hat is the course that you pursued ? You fixed the domination for the South Division at Newark on the 16th, the earliest day possible, though the nomination for the borough was to be held on the same mornin Yon fixed the nomination for the North Division o ) the 231 d, the latest day but one possible by law." H makes several objections to the arrangentents, and complaini of party manoeuvres, concluding his letter thus:-. " If you are pleased to give me an assurance that th• days fixed for the nominations were fixed on publle grounds, without concert on the part of the Deputr. Sheriff with others, and without the design of favour- Lag any party objrci - , though I should still think lot the reasons given above that you had been very ill advised, and had exercised a faulty discretion, no ground for any imputation on your motives would remain. In such case 1 should at once be prepared to express my regret at not having extended to you the courtesy usually exteudod 'tio those holding your high office." A CONSERVATIVE ON THE SITUATION. Sir Rainald Knightley, Bart., M.P. for South North- amptonshire, made a noteworthy speech at a banquet at Northampton a day or two back. He first referred to the Reform Bill, saying that the lowering of the franchise had been on the whole a Conservative measure. Next, speak• ing of the Irish Church, he was afraid that the English Church would be the next to go. " But when the Irish Church question is settled, then Mr. Gladstone's diffi culties will commence. It may sound like a paradox, but it is perfectly true that his strength is his weakness. Let me explain it. You are acquainted with the old saying of having more pigs than teats.' At the present moment, I believe, in the Liberal party there are thirty five gentlemen who imagine themselves fully corn- petent to hold Cabinet appointments, and as there are only twelve Cabinet appointments to be disposed of, it is cleat that for every gentleman who holds office there will be two disappointed, and they will I Cc Dirt rfaibt ; , rf $4- HER 111AJES7'Y. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 26. ller Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, and visited the Count and Countess of Paris. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked in the grounds this morning. Mrs, Disraeli a Peeress. Our contemporary the Morning Post is the medium, to-day, of giving to the world the follow ing announcement : Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a peerage on Mrs. Disraeli under the title of Viscountess Beaconsfield, of Beaconsfield, in the county of Bucks. There is not a generous-hearted man throughout the empire, we believe, who will do otherwise than receive that announcement with a sense of profound gratification, or who will fail to sym pathise to the full with the graceful terms in which our contemporary therefore comments upon Mr. Disraeli's non-acceptance of a peerage for himself, the Prime Minister preferring graciously to transfer the Coronet, won by his genius, to the wife he has so often delighted to honour, and whom the world will know henceforth under her new title as the Viscountess Beaconsfield. The announcement in another column, says the Morning Post, cannot fail to be welcomed with the sincerest satisfaction. It is the pleasure of the Queen to confer upon a man of genius, who has undoubtedly rendered service to his country, and has, by his great capacity, won for himself the highest position iu the conduct of public affairs, a signal mark of her favour and appreciation. It is no secret that in the bestowal of such re wards the receiver is previously consulted, and we may therefore presume, without infringing the limits of conventional propriety, that Mr. Dis raeli has declined a Peerage, preferring to battle for fame and power in that great arena of the Commons where his past triumphs have been achieved, and where future victories may yet loot before his vision. But, while choosing to remain a Commoner, be accepts the proffered coronet to place it on the brow of a wife to whose qualities he has borne public testimony, and to whose affectionate aid be has acknowledged himself indebted for much of his success in life. Oa Mrs. Disraeli, then, the Queen confers a peerage, under the title of countess Beaconsfield ; and none who have hearts to sympathise with ,the pride a woman can knoW in her husband's greatness but must feel their pulse beat quicker as they think of the pleasure with which the wife must accept what her hero has so bravely won. In the political conflict blows are freely ex changed, and for good reasons. This is not the moment to recall attacks which we thought, and still think, right and justified. But it is an oces" sioa to do honour to a party champion. The party may have been wrong—the champion we may have helped to defeat. He is, indeed, about to pass before Caviar nzoritorus. But the multitude will reserve from the bitter end a combatant wh ° has shown so mnch science and pluck, and wil l acclaim the bestowal of honour the more that it falls, not on him who has came I it, but upon the lady whom he has chosen to wear the wreath of past and victorious combat. Mr. Disraeli, whose career has often been marked by tact, never did anything more graceful and syn' pathetic than this surrender of honour to a woman by a man who has indeed borne the burden of the day. On the occasion of the banquet in Edinburgh, in October, 1867, Mr. Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, in returning thanks for the toast of Mrs. Disraeli's health, said—" I do owe to that lady all I think I have ever accomplished, because she has supported ins by her counsel, and consoled me by the sweetness of her mind and disposition. You cannot please me more than by paying this compliment to my wife." It is therefore peculiarly appropriate that froth the Fountain of Honour—which itself has deeP l i, known and appreciated the value of wedde d affection—there should derive dignities and deco' rations for the Lady whom her Knight chooses t° exalt. MR. GLADSTONE AiVD THE ELECTORS OF GREENWICH. Mr, Gladstone has issued the following addres i/ to his new constituents : " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF GREENWrIC°. " Gentlemen,—lt has up to this day been la duty to withhold any expression of my gratitude fo r your generous, unasked, and I believe unparalleled kindness, which at this important juncture 10 given me a most honourable seat in Parliamen t ,' Yesterday about one o'clock I became aware th at should probably be able to accept the trust Y °° have tendered to me ; and I now lose no 01 in accepting it with my cordial and respe ctful thanks. It was not, gentleman, any mere pro' fessions of promises of mine which won fro you this signal favour ; and it is not by profe s , sions or promises, but by my conduct in P ar t lianient, that I humbly hope to show it has 0° been unworthily bestowed.—l have the honour t° remain, gentlemen, your most obliged and fait h ' ful servant, " W. E. GLADSTONE." Liverpool, Nov. 25, 1868. Mr. Gladstone yesterday issued the follovii°s address to the electors of South-West Lancashir e ' " Gentleman—l return my most cordial tha7 to the 7,415 eloctors who supported me at the P ° and to the numerous and zealous friends who 1 111/ fo ably acted on my behalf. It is to me a n 3lltter of lively satisfaction, which I can never lose, tha t i . received a large majority of votes within the ' 11.4 trict of Liverpool.—l have the honour to be, Sr°•:, " W. E. GLaDsToNS. TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NS WIGAN. LOSS OF FIFTY-SEVEN LIVES, WIGAN, Thursday Nigh t : oo , At half-past eight this morning an exp l°° o f took place in the Arley Mine, at the colliery a , John Scowcroft and Company (Limited), 1 ,0 0 ley-green, near Wigan. Fifty-seven lives 'i s if been lost, and ten other persons have been ser i° burned. At six o'clock the firemen made 013 t he spection, and reported that all was safe. 134 , 1 4 ,40 firemen have been killed. The workings exten d " 1 0 and west ; on the east sid e 150 men worked , sl e d; on the west 60 or 70. All on the east side ese 3 P t be nearly all on the west side were killed. 11° , V ,,, e r explosion was caused is not known. Sever'l l i r t he sons escaped with burns.' A few penetrateofico choke damp, and one was restored by ar tl 10$ respiration, but 56 were suffocated, and 01 ° Or ly from his burns. The extremity of t he sv a ,,,io' ings was not reached till six hours after the Vag sion. Fifty-four of the bodies lie in the svo r t near the pit. Mr. lligson, the Gavernuaell spector, has been down the pit since noon. 20 03 Lieut.-Col. Cobbe, from the 2d Battalion ga t . Regiment, has assumed command of the 1 4 talon at Aldershott, with the late Col. Cculioef Barrack-Clerk Capt. J. Smith, from the War -19 con' having joined the camp for employm ent ja e ll nection with the new control system, is °c the strength of the division. eaG DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, arc the 15 % t a holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish WilisiVoooll commended bythe medical profession in prgfereaee t ° . oo rtg' Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use o r e O': tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, vertiseinent.] fin; get Mo 34 ; 18i to to 10C Do . to Eri 964 384 384 It rial Joi 07i ni ot ~bo' and 'ver Aro, Of t at i d last a x i . Pe