The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-04 00:00:00

LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL-At 7, GOOD Or FOR NOTHING. At a ( - planer to 8. Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, Fisher, Newbouncl, Andrews, Tinclale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mes dames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, linghgs, and Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SECRET. After which rat 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of Lcnd Lifo hiesmrs. Vining', Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past C, commence at 7. laity from 10 till 5. Box-office open II O'S G AINGER? LICENSED V VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SIIEPIIERD'S-BUSIL The SPOIITING EDI HO V of "THE SUN " can be seen at TAR UNGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight b'ebelt. 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NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AA. GU AMARELLA. r estores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. (}OSNELL and CO. h'sve at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. ed., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. Chat t.rton. TITIS EVENINO, at 7, BORROWED PLUMES. At 7.41 KING 0* SCOTS. Mr. Phelps, Mr. E. Price, 'Arr. 11. Sinclair Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett. Mr. Joseph Irving, Mr. J Rouse, Mr. William 'Mclntyre, Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F. Chlrle, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith Stuart Miss Fanny kddison, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. . _ To conclude with . a Grand Ballet of Action. entitled BEDA, PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tnts EVENING, ATC•HI! Messrs. Blakeley flll , l ta Misses Addison and A. Kilton. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs. J. Clarke, Hare, 11. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss C. Addison. CEIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 qnd 8 all the year round. ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, A!fred Bradbury, Mdlle. Montero, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, and tiamwell's Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL AL HAMB It A PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at B. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-Fmk, OPEN daily (ex eept Sundays). Admission, ls.; ou Mendays, Gd.; Children under twelve, 6tl. 111IEATRE ROYAL, II A YDIAII,KET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, EA SY SHAVING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon; Mesdames Burke and F. Wright. After which, LEAH. Characters by v essrs. Howe, Rogers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckatone, White, Weaihersby, &c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis, Wright, Maccabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Coleman, &c To conelude with A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe &c. Commenee at Seven, lIEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TIIIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At a quarter to 8. MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson. Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OP THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames M. Long snore, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, B:c. Toconclude Nlth MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. R OYAL AINIPIIITHEAME AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The renowned Miss CARRIE and Captain CHARLES AUSTIN will appear this evening. Tremendous Enthusiasm.—The most unequivocal Success ever achieved in the annals of equestrianism. The great CARRE TROUPE every evening, introducing Herr Oscar Carre and his magnificent stud of 50 performing horses, pronounced by the first connoisseurs to be perfectly peerless. "The trick horses are magnificent animals, and every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "Such a varied ntertainment, FO replete with excitement, amusement, and evi dence of relined skill, has never before been introduced to the metropolis." Telegraph. Open at Seven, commence at half-past Seven. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. 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Shore, Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclerc(' Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROTAL, ADELPIII. MIS EVENTNCI, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM .KRW FLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MOVIE CRISTO. Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, (I. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W f, W hurne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. TAHa Ev. NINO, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to s CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner. Vernon, Fisher. New 14otnrl. Andrews, Tindale, Hui - lstone, and .1. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs.Swanborough. Tins EvF:s[NG. at 7.30. THE WIDOW lIUNT. Messrs. 'Bel ford. Clarke: Mks Burton. THE FIELD OW THE CLOTH (;01.1) : Mes,Ts. Thorne. James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria L. )re, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To T ANY PRICE conclude with MARRIAGE A ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Les Flees, Aressrs. Shepherd and Creswick. fIITS EVENING, THE WIFE'S EGRET. Sir Walter Aymott, r ereswiek; Lady Evelina, Miss Pauncefort. After which, AND RATS AND WATER RATS. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager. Mfr. W. H. Liston. TUTS F.VENING. at 7. THE LA NCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. frvitr_r, L. Br.,tigh. Stephens. Wyndham. Clayton, and S. F.ntery 11,•sdames Hodson, Montag ue , an ,l N e lly Moore And TILE STRA Nit ER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon tague, THEATRE-ROYAL. HOLBORN. - under the lianagement it Miss Fanny Josephs. Tins EN - ENING, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, nwper. Haynes. Arthur, Westland. and Parselle: Mesdames Foote. Weathershy. Rignobl. At 9.30, LUCRETIA. BO IA ; eea Drew, G. Honey, &c.; Mesdames Minnie Sidney, Fanny Joeeph THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tins EVENING, at 7 SL X S HER it CRASHER : Tossrs Atkins, Viinghan, O. Vincent. Cr .: Atis., Lonni - .x Croy and Mrs Caulfield. f tcr v. - hieh. at 7.45, TEE YELLOW PASSPORT: Messrs. IT. No iPc, 0. Vincent, E. Atkins H. Vaughan, 11. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Ca,ulfleld ROYALTY THEATRE. Ur;ler the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tuts EvENENO, at 7.30, ALL THAT t; LITTERS IS NOT I OLD. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF NI( 'HARD III.; or, A New Front to au Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Mr. D anv ers : Miss CoHinson. and Miss M. Oli ver. To con tiude with THE ULOCKMAKER'S HAT. A r , Mil,ljOg LOiVDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1868. it is not only that the outgoing Prime Minister has done the right thing in resigning immediately upon the completion of the General Elections, and as soon as possible before the meeting of the new Parliament —he has done the right thing also in, at once, un hesitatingly, advising her MAJESTY to send for Mr. GLADSTONE as his successor in the Premiership. Even the most captious of his opponents are constrained to recognise in these last acts marking the close of his tenure of office as Head of her MAJESTY'S Government, a readiness on the part of Mr. DISRAELI to accept at once frankly the decision of the country, and a determination on his own part to give fair play to the Leader of the in-coming Government. Already Mr. GLADSTONE has set his hand energetically to the work of constructing the new Cabinet-Lhis first Cabinet. Called upon now, for the first time, by his SOVEREIGN to undertake the supreme responsibi lity of forming an Administration, he is happily emancipated, in a great measure, at the very out set, from the trammels of family interest and party ties which have hitherto so seriously hampered whosoever has been required until now to build up the fabric of a Liberal Government. With a new Premier like Mr. GLADSTONE summoned to the front, it is to be hoped that we have at last got rid at ono clean sweep of all those old-world Whig Administra tors, who by weighing her down to the gunwales have heretofore nearly waterlogged the Vessel of the State. To enumerate them might seem invidious and would certainly be quite unnecessary. We all know them, those life-in-death old Dodos of Whiggerypur et simple, R hose names have until now cropped up by a sort of i fatal necessity, from whom there seemed to be no escape, whenever a Liberal Government had to be constructed, now by Lord RUSSELL, now by Lord PALIIEP,STON. Pray heaven we are at length quite rid of them—the new Premier bringing in with him, as we shall hope, new colleagues fitted by their caps city and by their antecedents to work with him as energetically as the age certainly now requires. A select few, but only, we will most earnestly trust, a very select few of the old familiar mines, of the names of those statesmen of the Liberal party who are not effete, who are not obsolete, who are not anachronisms, will, as a matter of course, and it may be added as a proceeding in itself in every way most advisable, be included in the list of our administrators under Mr. GLADSTONE'S Premiership. Statesmen there will be, however, that the country will not be disposed to laugh at when they come to be announced : as would be inevitable with those others—the old Fogies of Whigdom —who must, henceforth, be relegated to the back benches with inexorable determination. Con spicuous among the select few still to be wisely in cluded in the list as among the recognized leaden of the Liberal Party, will, for certain, we may presume, I be numbered such men as Earl GRANVILLE, as the Earl of CLARENDos, as the Duke of ARGYLL, and as Mr CARDWELL. And together with these, there arc men of mark in both Houses, but more particu- I larly in the Ilouse of Commons, from among whom Mr. GLADSTONE will have no difficulty in selecting administrators worthy by their grasp of genius of co-operating with him, and with such colleagues as those of known repute whom we have just now enumerated, in the onerous yet covetted responsibility of carrying on the work of the QUEEN'S Govern ment. Whether, among others, the two most gifted of them all can be induced to work amicably toge ther, it remains yet to be seen. The possibility of this being accomplished is still problematical and to its accomplishment Mr. GLADSTONE will assuredly, within the next few days, have to direct the whole of his powers of inducement—to the end that statesmen as antipathetical as Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. LOWE may, if possible, be brought together within the range of the same Cabinet. For Mr. LOWE, as everyone feels, there is a new administra tive department Which has yet to be called into exis tence, and for the inauguration of which, by himself, as its first administrator, he is as peculiarly well quali fied as he is recognizably well qualified to represent that new constituency of the University of London, by which he was only the other day elected, so to speak, nemine contradicente and by acclamation. For Mr. BRIGHT, on the other hand, there aro several posts of distinction that he might fairly select from, so far as his capacity for filling them is in itself concerned— if only it should prove practicable by Mr. GLAD \ STONE to include among his Ministerial colleagues his chief adviser of late years outside the Cabinet, the member for Birmingham. 7 ha t especially is problematical. That more than any ether nomination to the new Ministry that could be named, will be looked for with the greatest eagerness and curiosity by the people out of doors. Apart from Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. LowE, there are other claimants to consideration, however, whose names are upon men's lips now rep ea t e dl y as probable members of the New Cabinet—more I than by anything else we might say by a sort of popular presentiment. Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD I FORSTER is one of these, member for Bradford, aged fifty, an alpaca manufacturer, and a well-known anti-slavery advocate, wbo was first elected a member of the House of Commons only seven years ago, when he stood, and stood successfully, for his present consti tuency. Another of these possible, or, shall we say, probable, Ministers under Mr. GLADSTONE'S Pre miership is Mr. lluctit CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS, aged forty-one, at once a Cambridge man and an Australian Administrator (as, by the way, Mr. LOWE was before him), and who, in the last Liberal Admi nistration, was for a few months, between 1861 and 1865, Civil Lord of the Admiralty. To Mr. Cum- DERS, by popular rumour, is allotted the Chancellor ship of the Exchequer : to Mr. W. E. FORSTER the Secretaryship of State for the Colonies. However much ground there may be, or not, for rumours of this character, certain it is that Mr. GLADsToNE's only embarrassment will be, as the French have it, an embarrassment of riches, both as regards the number of claimants for his consideration as colleagues and of supporters in the House of Commons, whose various opinions will have to be consulted by him not less in his mode of constructing, than in the policy which have to animate, his new Administration. THE State having elected its representative body the Church is about to follow that example. Parlia ment has been constituted, and it now remains for Convocation to be so. Laymen know little of the second event, and it therefore causes small interest throughout the country, and is little commented THE SUN, LON1)1N, FRIDAY EVENiNG, DECEMBER 4, 1.68. upon in the secular press. And yet it is a matter of no small importance. If the English Church is to be saved from attack it can be so only through, timely precautions ; if the Church is to be spared a revolution from without, it can be so only by a reformation from within. Is the Church capable of undertaking this work ? If she is there can scarcely be a doubt but that it must be effected through her representative body. As it happens, this body is not at present representative in any true sense of the word. One great section of the clergy are not propor tionately represented, another great section are not represented at all, and the laity are in the same plight. The Lower House consists, in the first place, of deans, archdeacons, and proctors, elected by the capitular bodies ; and, in the second place, of proctors elected by the parochial beneficed clergy. The unbeneficed clergy, i.e., the curates, are allowed no vote, and are wholly unrepre sented. In other words, the very class which most needs representation is entirely deprived of it. The curate is at the mercy of an arbitrary bishop, who may dismiss him without assigning any reason, and take away the daily bread from a man who by virtue of his profession is not allowed to earn it in any other way. In fact, the curate has no legal rights, and has no power of remedying personal wrongs. He is as much " outside the pale of the constitution " ecclesiastically as the man whose house was rented below £lO was " outside the pale of the constitution" civilly before the late Reform Bill. We do not say that the parochial beneficed clergy have used their power in Convocation as much for the benefit of one class as the landowners did in Parliament. Yet it is inevitable that any body of men who have engrossed an undue share of power should exercise it for their own benefit ; and if the beneficed clergy have not done this to any great extent, it must be remembered that Convocation is a body of very limited powers. More important even than the representation of the stipendiary clergy, is that of the laity. The clergy themselves admit that the Church consists of the laity as well as of themselves, and yet from the representa tive assembly of the Church the laity are banished. One result of this is, that the two sections have often been brought into collision on points where a common agreement might often have been obtained. For instance, the question of Ritual would never have attained its present dimensions if Convo cation had decided what voice the laity had, or ought to have, in making any changes in the accustomed services. As it is, hostility has often been aroused between clergyman and people, because the first has been free to make any altera tions he pleased, not only without their con sent, but in defiance of their protest. The laity, having no voice in the settlement of Church affairs, take no interest in them. They are accus tomed to consider that everything should be done for them, nothing by them, and that they have no more to do with Church work than they have with the business of the Inns of Court. While the stipendiary clergy and the laity are thus excluded from convocation, the capitular bodies are enormously over-represented. It is not enough that the cathedral chapters should be represented by the dean, two or three archdeacons, and a proctor elected by themselves, but they must interpose in the election of the proctors chosen by the parochial clergy. A cathedral dignitary is generally a paro chial clergyman as well, and in the latter capacity can vote for the proctors whom the parochial clergy choose. In some cases they even go so far as to canvass the parochial clergy on behalf of special favourites. The result is, that the elected house of Convocation does little more than represent the cathedral dignitaries. Hence it is that the capitular bodies are the most glaring instances of unreformed corporations in the kingdom. These bodies cannot possibly survive in their present condition many years longer ; the nation which has determined to make short work with the Irish Church will assuredly not permit corporations to remain in existence that fulfil scarcely one of the objects for which they were consti tuted. Yet either the cathedral magnates of England do not see the impending changes, or they care only for themselves, and, feeling that the interests of exist ing hollers will be respected, care not, though after them should come the deluge. how utterly regard less they are may be gathered from the fact, that the Exeter Chapter has lately made it a condition of surrendering their estates to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, that the incomes of the canons should be increased one third, that they should receive £l,OOO a-year instead of £750 as heretofore. This bargain was agreed to, and the Church was thus deprived of funds amounting to £1,500 a year,urgently needed in many a neglected parish, in order that six gentlemen who are almost sinecurists might have added to their handsome incomes an increase of 33 per cent. It is not at all surprising that since then their duties have been even less efficiently performed than before; that the musical services have been curtailed ; and that Exeter is now one of the worst served cathedrals in England. When we remember that these Church dignitaries who take such care of themselves at the expense of their poor brethren have almost exclusive powers in the election of Convocation, is it surprising that this assembly has become a byword for incompetency ? To redeem it from this charge let the parochial clergy protest, in the first place, against the interpo- Sition of the capitular bodies in the election of the non-capitular proctors ; let them in the next place agitate for the representation of the stipendiary clergy and of the laity, and so endeavour to make Convocation really that which at present it is only in name—the Representative Parliament of the Church of England. IT is somewhat surprising that a gathering of working men for the purpose of considering a reform of the patent laws should not have given the subject a little wider consideration. There can be little doubt that the Inventors' Institute, which has taken this important question in hand, made out a good case against the patent laws as they exist at present. At a time when the intelligence of the lower classes is becoming more and more developed, the great expense of securing a patent for an invention practically deprives many ingenious public benefactors of the reward of their labour and perseverance. The sewing machine brought nothing, it is said, to the original inventor, because he was too poor to obtain the protection of the Patent Office. The steel penwas never patented for the same reason. Of late years the number of inventions and improve ments has very largely increased, but, owing to the poverty of many of the inventors, the injustice caused by the deficiency of the present law has increased in like proportion. The arguments brought by the meeting of the Inventors' Institute in favour of a simplification of this branch of the law are conclusive so far as they go. If the protection of intellect exists it ought to exist for all, and this condition can never be fulfilled if the price paid for it is beyond the reach of the multitude. That the poorer class of inventors suffer from the want of cheap protection is beyond ques tion. But the subject, which has frequently been brought up in the House of Commons, is of much wider application. The price to be paid for protec tion is merely one part of the difficulty. The great question whether the patent laws are in any respect, as they now stand, a substantial benefit has yet to be disposed of. It is, in fact, very doubtful whether the statute-book affords any efficient protection, even to those who can afford to pay for it. It is a notorious truth, indeed—it is the rule rather than the exception, that the greatest inventors never reap the fruits of their skill. A great discovery is immediately " improved upon," and the originator of the primary idea is often robbed by trifling modi fications of his patent. For instance, the first inventor of the sewing machine got nothing, but the numberless varieties of the discovery have brought large sums to the patentees. The patent system is in great measure a vehicle for injury as well as protection. Many truly great inventors have lost their all through the endless lawsuits in which plagiarism has involved them. If the cost of patenting is to be diminished, it must become a serious question whether the entire law will not require revision, We must, if possible, prevent swindling by means of the statutes, as well as swindling in spite of them . The patent laws are a difficult branch of legislation, which requires speedy attention. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) lIIJNGARY. PESTII, Dec. 3. The Marine Budget has been passed through both delegations. The closing of their session is expected to take place on Saturday. The Lower House of the Hungarian Diet has agreed to the postal and commercial treaty re cently concluded with Switzerland. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Dec. 4. At the reception of the foreign consuls by M. Ghirka, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, his Ex cellency reassured them as to the present position of affairs. lie also stated that Prince Charles had, by his personal in 4 .ervention, eradicated the bad impression which had been produced in Constanti nople by tha letter of the former Minister for Fo reign affairs, M. Goleco f which had been written by him to Ali Pacha by order of M. Braliauo. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Dec. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, from Southampton 21st Nov. arrived on the Ist inst. at 7 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alex andria. The Syria, from Alexandria, arrived to-day at 7 p.m., and leaves at 2 a.m. to-morrow for South ampton, where oho may be looked for on the 21st. inst. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSELLES, Dec. 4. The Messageries Imperialea' steamer Peluse, with the above mails, arrived here at midnight. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 4. The 3/oniteur of this morning publishes the fol- lowing : " Celt tin rumours which for some time past had been current gave support to the belief that a repetition of the recent gatherings in the cemetery of Mountmarire were planned for to-day. The authorities have therefore considered it their duty to take the necessary measures to maintain tran quillity and to prevent any hindrance of the public traffic in the neighbourhood of the cemetery. A rather large crowd appeared on the Boulevard Clichy, and traffic was momentarily interrupted, but rapidly restored. It was necessary to make several arrests. Public order has been, however, invariably maintained. The Greck Government has acceded to the Monetary Convention of 1865, which is to come into force on the Ist of January next. BOURSE, Dec. I3.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4; per Cont. End of month_ 3 per Cent End of mouth 7l 75 Credit Mobilier ,UO2 50 End of month 3OO Credit Foncier 1542 Eud of month — Bank Shares 3185 Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 34 50 Home Debt — Deferred — •s. Cash 915 , ... l2lO RAILWAY Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ 640 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa, Rowan 572/ 4282- 71 85} 47j- 11. INK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Doe. 3. 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. Dec 3. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at Night 33,259,070 67. 33,511,039 01 Treasury account cur rent creditor ......... 18 1,994,613 83 174,277,179 Current accounts, Paris 280,706,238 38 280,108,329 86 Do. branch banks...... 49,598,635 43,708,159 Dividends payable 786,031 867,215 Discounts and sundry interests: ............. 7,046,034 39 6,367,224 29 Rediscounted the last __ _ Nov. 2G. 182,500,000 - six months ............ Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 703,152 42 703,152 42 - - ]3,036,681 03 9,795,397 21 Total ............... 2,075,087,082 98 2,013,853,062 92 CREDITOR. Dec. 3. Nov. 26. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over- 345,126 12 `.757,161 25 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 214,148,623 83 237,270,366 05 Do. branch banks 218,843,091 231,067,708 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 8,072,200 Do. on French Public Securities 12,123,700 Do. by branch banks 7,626,000 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 88,519,600 - 8,191,000 - 12,304,800 - 7,757,800 - 36,463,800 - 2025;900 - 912,900 - 913,300 - 912,300 - 917,900 - Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 2,655,066 58 2,475,517 50 Sundries 60,000,000 - 100,000,000 -• 9,0G6,3 98 9,101,947 -- Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. DESTRUCTION OF FOXES.--The present Lord Ventry has brought two gamekeepers from Scotland to Dingle ; and owing to the number of foxes they have already killed with traps, they Zthe gamekeepers) have deservedly won for themselves the grateful thanks of all the farmers in this part of the country—as West Kerry and the entire barony had been infested with those de structive animals. Within the last fortnight a huge fox was caught in one of their traps, but ho was so strong as to pull the stake o u t o f th e ground and the trap, with all the gear attached, through begs and marshes for a long distance until ho was at last killod by dogs.—Cork Ex aminer. EUROPEAN Troops IN INDIA.—The report of the Sanitary Commissioner for 1866-67 shows that the death rate for the European army was 30.95 per 1,000 mon. This was more than half as high again as iv the previous year, much higher than any year since 1861, when it was 45.93 per 1,000. The rate of 1861 was the highest on record, and 1866 the lowest. 1,071 deaths from all causes occurred, and of these 471 arose from cholera. The percentage of deaths from cholera per 1,000 was 13.84. Next to cholera the largest number of deaths was due to fever. THE CLYDE PORTS.—The amount of customs revenue collected at Greenock inNovember was £115,983, as compared with £157,132 in November, 1867, and £129,241 in November, 1866. At Glasgow the customs revenue for November was £111,766, as compared with £115,414 in November, 1867, and £102,411 in November, 1866. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, December 3. The opening of the Corps I.6gislatif is finally fixed, I am informed, for the 4th of January. The Government would have preferred a later date, but it was absolutely necessary to begin early, in order to make up arrears 01 The demonstration of to-day has been meagre, and hail been confined entirely to the cemetery of Montmartre. Several hundred people went to the scene of the expected agitation, but the crowd which assembled was doubtless actuated chiefly by a feeling of curiosity. Tho cemetery 7/.4s closed in the morning, none but a few workmen being admitted. A force of cavalry and infantry had been assembled in the old debtors' prison, and strong bodies of aergents de vale were stationed in the immediate neigh tourhood. But nothing worth recording has hitherto transpired. The crowd was peaceful, orderly, and small. Yesterday a number of pe vie went to deposit wreaths on the tomb of the newly-immortalised Baudil. but the demonstration on the anniversary was even less than that of to-day. The Avenir of Auch appeared with a mourning border on the anniversary of the coup &acct. It has been seized both at the post office and at the place of publication. The Queen of Spain is still excluded from the Imperial Court. It is not known how long her residence here is to be prolonged, but Paris must soon become monotonous with the diminished glories of a Court the occupations of which are limited to theatre-going and mass-hearing. The Memorial Diplomatique says that political reasons alone prevent the visit of the Queen to Compigne. "It is easy to understand that a feeling of delicacy prevents the Emperor and Empress of the French from inviting Queen Isabella, as well as hinders her Catholic Majesty from accepting such an invitation at the moment when the Peninsula is hastening towards a terrible crisis of which no one can foresee the issue. The enemies of the Queen would not fail to attribute to her as a crime any indulgence in amusement, and to accuse her of remaining insensible to the disaster of her country." The ordinary mind will experience considerable difficulty in compre- hending the logic of this last sentence. Fier Majesty indulges now in all the amusement she can find. The funeral of M. Berryer will take place on Monday. The body has been embalmed, and now lies exposed in a state bed. The deceased orator expended £4OO a year for the relief of the poor in his neighbourhood—a large sum for a man who, like most politicians, had barely enough to make ends meet. The last ceremony will be one of great simplicity. The Newgate calendar of to-day is heavy. The pro. prietor of the People of Marseilles has been find £4O, with three months' imprisonment and loss of civil rights. The Progress Liberal of Toulouse has been acquitted, but the Emancipation, of the same city, has been condemned in a small fine. Both committed the same offence, were tried at the same time, and by the same judges. Perhaps the text of the judgment may clear up this affair, which is inexplicable at this distance. The acquittal of the Indi. pendant du Centre has been reversed upon appeal, and a slight fine inflicted. A strange instance of official arrogance is adduced by the Sentinelle Toulonnaiee. M. Dupre, a trader of Paris, recently left Toulon for Cochin China. When off Messina he demanded permission of the officer on duty to have a certain trunk given to him, in order that he might get a change of linen. Having kept his hat on whilst speaking to this functionary, he received from him a tap on the side of the head, which knocked off that article of dress. M. Dupre responded by a slap in the face. For this he was put in a boat and taken on shore, and the vessel sailed without him. He was sent to Marseilles, and then to Toulon. At last be was released by the intervention of a distinguished Paris lawyer. The Administration of Marine has in a measure confessed the error of its official by giving directions for the restoration of the passage money ; but M. Dupr6 is not satisfied with this. He has commenced an action for damages. An exceedingly neat robbery has been effected in the Rue de la Pais. Two men stopped before the window of a jeweller's shop, and having ascertained that the assistant was alone, one of them entered and asked to be shown an article that was exposed for sale. The shopman opened the glass-case to reach the object pointed to by the confederate remaining outside, and the pretended customer then, adroitly passing his hand behind the salesman's back, abstracted, unperceived, a diamond necklace placed just inside the window. The thieves got clear off, and the loss was not discovered until late in the evening. Both necklace and its abstractors are wanting. On the Boulevard do Sebastopol a sewing machine worked by electricity may be seen. This ingenious con trivance does away with the labour of working the pedal with the foot. 'no Seamstress has now only to direct the needle. The printers' strike has terminated. The last of the forty-five empl9yers has announced that he consents to the increased rate of wages. The only consequence of this little affair was the appearance of the Avcnir .National with half the usual dimensions. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP'S LAST CITARGE - - - Mr. henry Longley publishes the following note, which preceded his father's charge :—" The following charge was originally intended for oral delivery by its author. But as it progressed under his hands his medical attendant ordered him to abstain from study, and go abroad ; he was therefore compelled to forego much labour that he would otherwise have bestowed upon it. Soon after his return from the Tyrol, in the middle of last September, the archbishop determined to publish instead of delivering the charge, though at that time he intended to finish its com position. But as he grew more feeble he purposed to put it forth in an unfinished state, expressing his design in the following memorandum, written a few days before his death :--` To be considered rather as a draft of a charge ; but I felt very anxious to let my opinions be on record at this critical period.' There is no doubt that he intended to express his views on the Eucharist at greater length, and to treat in detail several topics of diocesan interest. The best thanks of those who have published this charge are due and are here tendered to the Rev. William Benham, vicar of Addington, as well for the assistance rendered to its author in its compilation, and in verifying references, as for its services in carrying these sheets through the press—a task which the incom plete state of the manuscript rendered one of much diffi culty and responsibility." THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL ErronTS. Extreme Sea Friday. f .0 4 F. Dec. 4. B. T D. Ito F. W. W R. to 8 a.m. 12 -- Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'411. 49 48 S.S.W. 3 5 S. r.o. 012 3 Yarmouth 29•65r. 49 48 S.W. 5 5 S.E. o. 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudosmes Ardrossan 20'11f. 53 52 S.S.W. 7 7 S.S.W. r.o. o'4l 6 Green castle 29'00f. 53 52 S.W. 2 4 S.W. c.r00•19, Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear 29111. 53 '5l S.W. 5 5 S.W. 10. 11'14 6 Roc h e's Pt. 29'15f. 52 52 S.W. 8 8 S.W. o. m 0 . 30 5 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29'641. 54 52 S.S.W. c. 0.1 2 Portsmouth 29'66f. 55 50 S.W. 6 6 S.W.. r.o. o'l4 London C'peGrisNez 29'75r. 48 146 B.W. 7 7 S.S.W. r.o. 'o'o3' 4 Brest L'Orient 29'74f.154 52 B.S.W. 5 4 W. c.o. 3 Roch e fort 29'925. 5 S. 2 2 Biarritz Corunna — Bru ols Paris Strasbourg — Toulon II eart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time.) deg. a sea level. The letter are direction of 'moth rof t e 3morreter carosed In shade. tn,g hut 24 hours. Z.—calm detached f.—fog ; h.—hai least. ; r.— rains.—snow [melted) during last 24 hours EXPLAIZA' Barometer correetcl and rtilueed to rising; f., falling F.. E tea mercury within last ]4 Limo. The: Extreme Tor ee w 1111 its Direction dm Weather: b.—nue c.— &nes. I.—lightnirg :ro,—misty, hazy :o.—orc: t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (I Sea disturbance. EEMAEKB. Pressure in the N. and W. continues very low, and there has been some oscillations, especially in the S.W., where the increase noticed yesterday evening has been succeeded by a fresh decrease. In Scot land the fall has been considerabie, while in the extreme S. there hat been a rise ; accordingly the gradient from Rochefort to Craencastle has increased considerably, the total difference being nearly an inch. Temperature is everywhere higher. The southerly breeze of yesterday afternoon increased to a gale during the night on the Irish coast, and at Penzance and Holyhead, whore it commenced at ten o'clock This morning the S.W. gale still prevails nearly in the same dis trietz. and has extended to the Frith of Forth. The wind is strong from the S.W. in the English Channel. The weather is overcast and unsettled, with rain. The sea is high at Valencia and Penzanco. Warnings re:Atated to S. and W. coasts. THE GENERAL ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLLS. EDINBURGH AND ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITIES. CLOSE OF FOURTH DAY'S POLL. Playfair (L) ... ••• Swinton (0) ••• ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. GROSS roLL as far as known. Dundas (L) ... Riddle (0) ... 2104 .. 2000 THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. THE NEW MINISTRY. That Mr. Gladstone has been " sent for," that he has had an interview with the Queen, and that he is now endeavourilg to form a new Ministry, is all that can really be anint-linced as fact concerning the progress of political affairs. Everything else is mere probability. Who will be left in the cold to grumble, and, maybe, to become " independent," who will be taken into the Cabinet, who obtain the most important posts— the coveted prizes —are matters upon which there can be no certainty. We may safely assume that Mr. Gladstone will be First Lord of the Treasury. All beyond is among those things that may or may not be. Nevertheless, all the London morning papers enter into speculations as to the new Ministry. The list from whielt Mr. Gladstone will have to "pick his men "is calculated to cause some embarrassment. The Daily News, on what authority we know not, sends Lord Russell, Lord Halifax, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Duke of Somerset into a " well-earned retirement." Then there will remain as material from which to form the Cabinet, Lord Granville, Lord Clarendon, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Kimberley, Lord Elmfferin, and Lord De Grey in the Upper House ; of Mr. Bright, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Childers, Mr. Stansfeld, the Marquis of Hartington (whose absence from Parlia ment is not likely to be of long duration), Mr. W. E. Forster, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Ayrton'in the Lower. To this list, given by the Daily News, may be added the names put forward by the Telegraph, of Mr. Bruce (who is by the bye out of Parlia ment), and Mr. Brand—the "minority" member for Cam. bridgeshire. To begin with the Foreign Office—all our contemporaries agree in putting a peer in that post. Three are mentioned. There is, first, Lord Kimberley, whose training in the Foreign Office and well-known energy make him, to use a sporting phrase, a " great favourite." But what about Lord Clarendon? He, the devoted fol lower of Lord Palmerston's policy, is chosen by the Whigs. The Times, however, has quite an original guess, and suggests Lord Granville. By others Lord Granville is put in his old place cf President of the Council, with the leadership of the Upper House. The Duke of Argyll, too, is not thought likely to take other than the place of Lord Privy Seal. For the post of Chancellor of the Ex zhequer there are several competitors. The Daily News thus discusses their claims :—" Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Childers are statesmen any one of whom might fittingly hold the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Card well's services will, however, probably be required in another important department. Mr. Goschen understands both the theory of trade and its prac tice ; he is a City man who has the confidence of the City ; but his parliamentary reputation is not up to the level of so high an office of State as the Exchequer. He has scarcely sustained the weight of his sudden pro motion to the Cabinet ; and he has not yet had the oppor tunity of showing administrative capacity. The appoint. ment would be too much like an experiment to be ventured. The eminent capacity displayed by Mr. Childers as Secretary of the Treasury, and the close con tact in which that office brought him with Mr. Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer, marks him out as the natural Finance Minister in Mr. Gladstone's Government." Ur. Cardwell and Mr. Lowe are mentioned for the Admi ralty. Mr. Lowe's supposed want of what is called official temper " makes him give way to Mr. Cardwell, the hardest of whose work for a few months will be to set the department straight with as little confusion and noise as possible. For the Home Office the Daily News mentions Lord Kimberley, with Mr. Ayrton as Under Secretary. The same paper thus sums up the probabilities as to several appointments :—" Mr. Lowe or the Duke of Argyll would have an office suited to and taxing their great abilities in the India Department. The Marquis of Harting ton, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, or Mr. Villiers in the Colonial Department ; Lord Hartington or Mr. For tescue in the Irish Office ; Mr. Villiers, Mr. Forster, tr Mr. Goschen at the Board of Trade or the Poor-law Department; Lord Dufferin or Lord De Grey as Lord-Lieutenant for Ireland, Lord Privy Seal, or Post master-General, would all be good appointments. Lord Granville will probably resume his old place as Lord President, with the Ministerial leadership of the Lords. Of Mr. Bright's disposition with respect to office no one but himself is authorised to speak. As to the Lord Chancellorship, for which Sir Roundell Palmer is dis qualified by honourable scruples, the choice probably lies between Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Lord Justice Wood. Sir Alexander Cockburn would be a powerful accession to the debating strength of the Government in the Lords ; Sir William Page Wood's character a-s an equity judge, and his sound and earnest churchmanship, would make him a valuable accession to the Ministry" The legal appointments are very uncertain. Those who thought Sir Roundell might, notwithstanding his views on disen dowment, occupy the woolsack, now hold their peace. The more general opinion seems to be that the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn will take that office, and thus make room I for Sir Robert Collier on the bench. Thus, M e s srs . Cole ridge and Harcourt may tal:e the Attorney and Solicitor- Generalships. Tlie Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland is assigned to Lord De Grey and Ripon. Of Mr. Blight there are many rumours, but the general opinion is that he will not take office, though the ground for that opinion is by no means " safe." It is stated that Mr. Bright has been "summoned to town " by Mr. Gladstone. It will, however, be hard work to please all parties. The Post speaks yet of the want of organisation in the Liberal party ; should any party think itself slighted it may rebel. The Liberal party, says the Post, "is at present rather a horde than a host ; its views and temper are utterly unknown to its leaders, and its members, quite unaccustomed to and ignorant of each other, will be as in capable of forming line as the rawest army of recruits that ever was raised. The spirit and determination, no doubt, are in them, and it wanted but one thing to make it available and manageable in the hands of a chief. That one thing was a battle and a victory, or even a battle without a victory, rather than none at all. The struggle would have brought the men together and placed them under control." Mr. Disraeli, by resignation, has deprived " the party," therefore, of what it wanted. But the Post does not think it should be a difficult task for Mr. Gladstone to form an Administration. The Ven. Archdeacon Emery has been appointed to a minor canonry in Ely Cathedral. Au address to the Right Hon. W. E. Glad6tone, M.P., is in course of signature by the women of Lancashire. The death is announced this morning of Lady Bradford, the widow of the late General Sir Thomas Brad ford, G.C.B. Her Majesty bas been graciously pleased to confer the honour of a baronetcy upon Mr. Thomas Edward Moss, of Raby Honse, Lancashire. Mr. Charles Fremantle, private secretary of the Prime Minister, has been appointed to the office of Doputy Master and Controller of the Mint. The title to be conferred on the new peer, Colonel M'Clintock, is Lord Rathdonnell, of Rathdonnell, in the county of Tyrone, ono of the earliest possessions of 0.0 family of the 31‘Clintocks. Mr. Henry Haggard, insurance broker, was yesterday committed for trial by the Lord Mayor on a charge of obtaining money on the security of a diamond bracelet, falsely represented to belong to his wife. The following gentlemen were called to the Inner Bar yesterday by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland:—G. O'Malley, Charles Leech, C. H. Woodroffe, Henry Fitzgib bon, Robert Carson, William Forbes Johnson, Francis Meade, the Hon. David Plunket, Harstongo Robinson, Jas. H. Monalan, and Richard W. Gamble. THE HON. CHARLES LANGDALE.—The death i 3 announced of a representative man of the religious body to which he belonged, the Hon. Charles Langdale. He had been regarded as the Nestor of the old English Roman Catholics, and for more than half a century was the patron and warm supporter of nearly all their charitable associa tions. He had attained his 81st year. As a young man he had appeared on the platform at the meetings held by the Roman Catholics at the Freemasons' Tavern and at the Crown and Anchor, and had stood side by side with the Howards, the Talbots, the Arundells, the Petres, and the Cliffords of the last generation, to claim on behalf of his religion the right of political emancipation. After the con cession of emancipation, he was one of the first English Roman Catholics to enter Parliament, and he took his seat as member for Beverley at the opening of what used to be called the " first Reform Parliament" of 1833-4. He was not returned to the next Parliament ; but from 1837 to 1841 he held one of the seats for Knaresbro', not far from which the property of his family was situ ated. As a young man he was intimate with Mrs. Fitz herhert, whom lie frequently visited at her house on the Old Steyne, at Brighton, and whose " Memoirs " he gave to the world some six or seven years ago, in the hopes of vindicating her name before the world as a lawful wife and an honest English matron. Mr. Langdale was the third son of Charles Philip, sixteenth Lord Stourton, by a daughter of Marmacluke, Lord Langdale, a title which became extinct late in the last or early in the present century, and early in life he assumed his mother's maiden name instead of Stourton, by royal license. He was twice married, first to a sister of the late Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, and secondly to a sister of Lord Herries. He is succeeded in his Yorkshire property by his son by his second wife, who is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P., and granddaughter of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan. Mr. Langdale himself was a magistrate and deputy-lieute44ut for the East Riding of Yorkshire. lIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 3. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four. ROYAL .NA7IONAL LIFEBOAT .INS7ITU- I'ION. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas. Baring, Esq . ., M.P., in the chair. There were also present 'Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Vice President, Cap tain Richards, R.N., F.R.S., Hydrographer of the Admiralty, W. IL Harton, Esq., Captain Da St. Croix, Richard Lewis, Esq., and Captain Ward, R.N. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £l6 17s. was voted to pay the expenses of the Pelican lifeboat of the institution, stationed at Withernsea, in going off on the 21st ult., during hazy weather, and saving the crew of five men of the smack Mary, of Hull, which bad stranded about a mile and a quarter south of Withern sea. The crew of the distressed vessel were very anxious for the aid of the lifeboat, as they felt they were in imminent danger, for in attempting to launch their own boat, with a boy and their clothes on board, it was immediately swamped; the boy, however, was fortunately saved. A sum of £l 4 was likewise granted to pay the expenses of the Palmerston lifeboat of the society, at Cullercoats, in putting off, in a strong wind and heavy sea, and rescuing the crew of eight men of the brig Robert and Sarah, of Blyth, which had struck on the rocks at Cullercoats on the 21st ult. A reward of £l3 12s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat Grocer, stationed at Muu desley, in going off, during squally weather, and rescuing the crew of seven men from the boat of the brig Rochdale, of London, which bad sunk off Hasborough on the 10th ultimo. A re' ward of 12s. 9s. 6d. was likewise granted to paY the expenses of the " William Becket, of Leeds, lifeboat of the institution, stationed at Youghal , Ireland, in going off, in a heavy sea, and bringing ashore the crew of three men of the schooner Dlary Jane, of Padstow, which had stranded near ciaY Castle on the 22d ult. The vessel had only started from oughal that morning, but in consequence of stress of weather she had to be anchored. The an chors, however, dragged, and the schooner wen t aground. £6 13s. was also voted to p a y the el' penses of the Helen Lees lifeboat of the society, st a.. tioned at Kirkcudbright, in going off on Monday last during a gale of wind and sav i ng th e crew ° five men of the schooner Wiliam Henry, of Belfas t ' which became a total wreck on St. Mary's Is le ' near Kirkcudbright. It was reported that th e Wexford large lifeboat of the institution, the S t ' Patrick, had gone off on the 25th ult. during a g 513 of wind, and, with the assistance of a steam tug' had brought the capsized barque Mania, 0i Liverpool, into the South Bay, off Wexford. The vessel stranded on the Long Bank, and the ere had abandoned her before the arrival of the lif e ' boat. The Willie and Arthur, tubular lifeboat of the institution, stationed at New Brighton, had °: the 2d tilt also launched i n r eply t o di s t ance -sigee l ' and at the request of the master remained for sn el hours alongside the ship Grand Bonny, at Liv er ; pool, which had gone ashore abreast of Waterl ° of coast-guard station, but whi c h, on th e risingwo the tide, floated off the sands in safety. Tom Egan, Cambridge University Boat Club 1 0 : , boat of the institution, stationed at T ra more, T ru land, had also gone off on the 29th u lt., and of 11 great difficulty succeeded in saving the crew o r men of the Austrian barque Mea, which, du ll r ' e a fearful storm, became a total wrec k in Tran i°r C ' Bay. The Annie lifeboat of the society, a t S a Andrew's, N. 8., likewise went off twice on the sa llj day, and succeeded in bringing the smack Canto; of Scarborou g h, an d h er crew o f f our men safe .„ ' into harbour. The Caister lifeboat of the inSti ttl i tion saved on Monday last the crew of nine men () ,i the barque Anne Scott, of A r b r o a th. Th e men taken to their small boat after their vessel had Or sized, and were in very great danger, when t l e ' el t were happily rescued. The lifeboat afterwards we to the aid of another barque stranded on the cr oo Sands, and succeeded in taking that vessel a' Th e her crew to a safe anchorage off Winterton. lifeboats of the institution at Donna Nook, under, cawl, Kirkcudbright, Great Yarmouth, S at s land, Hayle, North Deal, Sutton, and Tynci ll° oo t had also rendered various services d ur ing the r el d, stormy weather. The silver medal of the instite 0 o f was voted to John Trasny, in acknowledgrneet' i 0 e o f his gallant and persevering service in saving °li do s, the crew of the schooner Blue Vein, of Porttn a „„ ; 13 0 / which during a strong gale stranded opposite brack railway station on the 25th Septembe r ' titir legacy of £lOO had been received by the h i ' or, tion from the executors of the late David Sic e l Esq., who had acted as honor ar y s ecretary e l Thurso branch for many years ; also £2OO l e g s f e , from the late Wm. Dangar, Esa., of Bishol39g3o of street; £lOO from the late R. S. Fydell, ~io f Morcop Hall, and £5O from the late Mrs. Es se f ' t hs Humshaugh, Northumberland. The thanks ° . 3o3 is institution were ordered to be given to 8 3e3 ia Heape, Esq., of Northwood, Manchcste r ' ia d acknowlegment of his gift of the lifeboat : 0 0 Heape, about to be sent to Kimmeridge, fro gs coast of Dorset. A communication was rea d a' the Count Edmund Batthyany, stating his , 1 4 tiou to present a lifeboat to the institu tiv ea l memory of his late daughter, who was h is o o r e' child. A contribution of £270 had be e d of ceived from the Manchester branch in 51 h had the support of the twelve lifeboats the bran at different periods presented to the f al self the last having been sent recently to a lso Isle of Man. The Leicester branch hv c an' forwarded the institution an addition al of its tribution of £5O in aid of the maintenanc e D ye lifeboat at Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth:, " boats had been sent during the past month Tar osh ford, Farserburgh, and Ramsey. The the Government had ordered four lifeboats, on rg• plan of the institution, to be built by the d fro Forrest, of Limehouse. Reports were r ead the inspector and assistant-inspector of Co o to the institution on their recent visit to the to er e • Payments amounting to £1,606 were Ord ropes be paid on various lifeboat establishments , t will: a total of upwards of £lB,OOO expended by the 1 1 stitution on its 189 lifeboat stations during da r iot 4 al s° of the present year. It had ao ° o f 6 the same period contributed to the resell Ole; lives from various wrecks. Altogether t he oish e ic 3 boat Society had contributed, from its s t ment, to the saving of 17,684 lives from shi f io de It is hoped th a t th e B r iti s h public will CO II t ti lt strengthen the hands of the committee ad c ll/ '' stormy period, when its lifeboats are cub' and night in saving life from wrecks. D .--- - THE ANG LO--R EL G IA N PRIZE F il " , —; 9 ,t t' h e prizes offered by the committee of this filo% piir inauguration in Brussels, and for which n early 2 ',„ til e w fish inner volunteers competed, will be distributed ' I ; , ol on Monday, the 14th instant, at four Pr'o'ier'4 21, Albert-gate, Hyde Park (Mr. Charles Atettlitteo stud' when a special meetinc , of the general 0: 0 DO' esi ent, the Prince of Wales, we P resum° ' / jj'i p w r ill i d ol be held. In the absence from England ef the l it/ that t , acting president, Field Marshal Sir John 1311.1:p:00i will preside. A report of the proceedings of t"'" tli° mittee since its formation will be prevented trove 0 i! leixkeeclyutitvheatbtyhethme meeting may Colonel Thorusoe. iti ci inspecting the committee's engrhaavvinsgainrOra°l39t°bratil;i:rilic': painted by Mr. Charles Mercier of the lVog, ~ to; Belgians. In addition to the Anrrlo-Bolgian p r ' ° : to of wards which the king subscribed the munific°ut -11 0 1 / 1 4 £l5O, the Tir National p izes of silver plata, N.v,,,,°,011°' our English volunteers, and which have bee n fal will /141 to the committee through the Belgian gin i,tor, f a vo rf presented, so that the proceedings promise to 1) 0 ° Al° ' interesting nature. a The new edition of the 4 . City Dial 1131 0"' i v f i cota l°‘° neck for 1869" has just boon issued. To the ness offices of the corporation an d the city it i A guide. y.~.. (Mt ' 7l; toti ," efrialbt