The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-25 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 15.5, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 137, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGAT NJ 83, ALDGATE 8 6 , ALDGATE 87, ALDGATE 83, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET 503, NEW OXFORD-STRLET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET s, HART-STREET TOTTEN II AM- COURT -ROAD BR AN C . 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre rentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their t nlv Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatt.rton. Special Morning PerformanC'es of the Grand Pantomime on Monday, Dec. 28, and every Wednesuay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. On BOXING-NIGHT. Saturday, Dec. 26, will be performed the Farce of MY WIFE'S OUT. To v be followed by the 6-rest Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, AND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverl e y. Ch arac t ers i n th e Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 5, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, ➢lr. Bnekstone. TO-MDRROW EVENING, A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs. Buekstone, Sothern, Compton, Chippendale, &c.• ' Mesdames Ada Cavendish, Chippendale, Burke, Fitzwilliam, & e.e. After which, THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Weaihersby, Buekstone, jun., &c.; Mesdames Gwy nue , Burke, &c. Concluding with AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Messrs.F. Buekstone, /Mite, Clark, &c.; Mesdames Laws, F. Wright. dr,e. Commence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. 'WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TO-MORROW, DID YOU EVER SEND Y O UR WIFE TO OA MBER WELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. &t a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. li,. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. :',llllth, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. On BOXING NIGHT (Dec. 2 ), THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in fmr acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds awl assistants. To cow;lude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 tills. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. wo-MORROW, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. lAMessrs CI trlze. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bolan and Maitland. After which, 'THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude "nth A COMICAL COUNTESS. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.-At 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING-. At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts, entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke ,• Mesdames Henrade - , C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The superb horses, unanimously admitted to be matchless and the equestrian and gymnastic performances to be the very best ever witnessed in this or any oth er country. To -night, and during the week Oscar Carre's magnificent stud of 50 per forming horses. M. Adolphe Carre, M, Krembser. Herr Loyal, Herr Salamonsky. M. 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Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Newfound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TO-MORROW, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. 'Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Baton. THE FIELD ON' THE C i OTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; vesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, I yffla Maitland, Claire, and Hughes, To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston. TO-MORROW, at 7, THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham. Clayton, and S. Emery Mesdames Hodson, Montagne, and Welly Moore. And THE STRANGER, Stranger than Ever. Mr. L. Brough, Miss Mon t ague, THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. ..... _ _ TO-MOR ROW, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER:Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. : Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne-ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, 11. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. TO-MORROW, at 7.50, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF lICIFI ARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar Mr. Danvers: Miss Collinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con tlude with THE CLOCK MAKER'S HAT. PRINCE .OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of 31 iss Marie Wilton , : TO-MORROW, TAME CATS: Messrs. Hare. H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison. and Miss NI arie Wilton. After which, WHO SPEAKS FIRST ! Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; Miss C. Addison. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. TO-MORROW, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also M. Avolo, Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Captain Austin, Miss Carrie, and t'amwell's Performing Dogs. CEIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8, all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Boi-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regeri's•TA**', OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on M‘sndays, 6d.; Children under twelce, 6,1. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 18C8. The true Chris' mas thought, prayer, aspiration, or however it may be termed the most correctly—is the echo of the old angelic chorus, beginning with the " Gloria in excelcis DEO," and supplemented with the " et in terra pax HOMISIBUS bone voluntatis." That is the one most seasonable sentiment common at this time to all Christendom. It is meant and felt, or it ought to be, by all of us alike—by every one a us without distinction. It is referred to, here, not by any means with the smallest intention whatever of sermonizing. There is a place for everything, and the columns of a newspaper ought certainly not to be regarded as constituting the right place for religious homil es, any more than for dogmatic teaching. But at any rate it may be permitted to the journalist, without anything like indecorum to refer to those Christmas aspirations of peace and good will in so far as they may be regarded as having rela tion at this moment to the home and foreign policy of our Administration. The furtherance of peace abroad and of goodwill at home is at this season especially the aspiration, we repeat common to us all, not to this country alone but to every country throughout Christendom. And, as it now happens, in spite of all the political troubles and vexa tions, in spite of all the wars and rumours of wars that have so long been talked of, more particularly during this last twelvemonth, there are more hope ful prospects at length of something like goodwill being engendered amongst ourselves here at home by the harmonious action of the Legislature and of the Government. While abroad, among the great na tions of Europe, there is promise coming to us even out of the very collision threatened between Greece and Turkey of a Congress being convened, from which may not unreasonably arise, not merely a com promise between the actual belligerents, but a ra tional disarmament among the nations still at peace, though regarding each other with a certain amount of jealous suspicion, and (as a natural conse quence of that mutual disarmament) a more secure and permanent pacification throughout Christendom. Those are the hopeful prospects with which Christ mas come to us in the present year of grace, 1868. At home, here, amongst ourselves, the recent collision between the two great opposing parties in the State has resulted in one of them obtaining so enormous a majority in the new House of Com mons, that the members of the late Government at once accept quite frankly the decision of the nation as announced through the General Election but just completed, and without awaiting the inevitably ad verse result of a wordy struggle afterwards within the walls of Parliament, as promptly as possible re sign the Ministerial power into the han is of the QUEEN, making way forthwith for their successors, the members of the -newly-installed Liberal Government. Parliamentary Reform having been effectually cleare out of the way by the late Government, the present Government, with every reasonable prospect before them of carrying out their object, thanks to the immense majority at their back, a majority repre senting, of course, the feelings of the great bulk of the nation, the new Ministers now propose imme diately to conciliate, for once and for all the affections of the, hitherto, for the most par t alienated population of the sister island; by sweep ing away at last the grinding burden of the alien SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1868. TH church until now imposed upon it—accomplishing this great and beneficent object first of all by attend ing to the task of its disestablishment, and after wards to that of its disendowment. Simultaneously with the preparation of this comprehensive and be nignant measure, this just and generous measure in regard to Ireland, Ministers have within their view now for the amelioration of the sor rows so fearfully rife among the lowliest classes of all throughout the United Kingdom, the design of revising as speedily as possible the -whole system of organisation in regard to the administration of poor law relief. The furtherance of national education, the mitigation and if possible the diminution of pau perism, the sweeping altogether away of the Irish Church Establishment—these are among the evi dences of " goodwill" now preparing for the people, on the part of the Legislature, and on the part of the Government. Meanwhile, in further ance abroad of the interests of Peace, we arc being gladdened at this moment in the midst of our Christmas festivities—most oppor tunely, too, in the midst of the otherwise alarming tidings of an actual collision between the armaments of Greece and Turkey—with news of the probability of a Grand Congress being holden, as we earnestly trust it may be holden, among the representatives of the great Powers of Christendom! A Congress at which not only some pacific solution may just possibly be found at last for the complicated problem familiarly known to the world at large as the Eastern Question, but from the deliberations of which Congress there may not unreasonably be looked for still further some practicable proposition for a simultaneous diminu tion of the stupendous armaments now weighing so disastrously upon the peaceful energies of the great nations of the European continent MISCELLAN EOUS NEWS. purpose, besides X 25,000 expended, in building houses. From these outlays, no doubt, re turns will come in time if that is any consolation to the present generation of share holders. During 200 days of the past year special attractions for visitors had been provided at an out lay of £30,000. This seems a heavy cost, but as these special days brought in a clear profit of £32,000, the outlay was worth risking. On 109 days without any special attractions, they made a profit of only £B,OOO. The special attractions are to be continued, and the chairman, amid much laughter, stated that they had had an offer of Wombwell's menagerie to fill up the unoccupied space occasioned by the late fire. Looking to the very large business done by the Zoological Gardens in London, Mr. Hughes seemed to think that " a wild beast show" would not be amiss at Sydenham, as certain to draw large numbers of visitors. An aquarium and a swimmin g bath were suggested to the meeting as likely to add to the attractiveness of the Palace, and in all probability the suggestion will be carried out. THE MASTER AND SERVANTS ACT AND THE FARMER S. Is a farmer a "master workman:" Is a farm labourer an artificer or labourer within the meaning, of English law ? Became, if so, the farmer is under the same Act (the Master and Servants') as the manu facturer. The point was raised in a magistrates' court near Wexford a day or two back. The com plainant, a farmer, charged a fellow farmer with employing a servant already bound to him. The man, it was stated,was undergoing punishment for breaking his contract. And it was also sought to punish the defendant for employing the man. The law provided for this in the terms " master workman " and " artificer and labourer." The defendant contended that a farmer was not a " master workman." The magistrates, however, didn't see it, and punished the farmer by inflicting a fine of £5. But here another difficulty arose: the defence pointed out that none of the justices present could adjudicate, for it was enacted that " no master in the particular trade concerning which any offence is charged to have been committed shall act as a justice therein." The justices present were farmers. However, the magistrates determined to • " take the responsibility," and allowed the conviction. now. TO 'HELP WORKING MEN TO EMPLOYMENT. A sensible - suggestion appears in the Standard in the shape of a letter, pointing out how greater facilities might be given for helping unemployed men to find work. The writer points out that in Italy and other parts they have establishments called the "Working Man's Exchange." This is a central depot, of which there is one in all large towns, where unemployed workmen assemble every morning, and to which em ployers of labour generally resort when in need of assistance, skilled or unskilled. In London this Arran ge ment is partly acted upon as in the cases of " houses of call " and similar contrivances ; but it is carried out in a very desultory manner, and nothing has yet been done to meet general requirements. In so large a place as the metropolis more than one depot of the kind just spoken of would be required, and a complete system of registration of workmen and their wants would save time to both employers and those seeking employment, while it might do away with much wearisome waiting on the part of workmen and labourers who may be expected to support the " Exchanges." A previous corre spondent had suggested the establishment of a National Labour Depot, but the difficulty in the way of entertaining this idea is, that workmen them selves have very often no means of paying for their transport from one town to another, and few employers of labour, it is feared, would be ready to listen to the proposition that they should advance funds for that purpose. DR. STALLARD ON PAUPERISM. This gentleman has written a letter to the Times referring to his recent paper on pauper ism. Much may be done, he thinks, by the institution of a full inquiry into the subject by a loyal Commission. Ile cites among the reasons which have reduced the number of paupers in workhouses, the lessening of the accommodation on account of the Poor-law Board insisting on more cubic space being given, and the change in the class of persons now ad mitted. At present nearly all the . persons found in the workhouses are aged and infirm. The term " relief in aid of wages". may be applied to the small sums given, by means of which thousands exist at the East-end of London on a very reduced amount of wages. This difficulty, however, is too extensive to be met by the workhouse test. Dr. Stallard would refer the subject of charity to the commission on pauperism and poor laws. There has been an increase of 52 per cent. in the number of patients attended at twenty-two public hospitals in London during the last four years, and the number has also been augmented in dispensaries and workhouses. As for the question of providing work, Dr. Stallard thinks it so compre hensive that he cannot expect to do more than make suggestions on the matter. He advocates the imme diate discontinuance of such occupations as grinding cranks and wheeling gravel, and believes that a great success would be gained if the commission effected nothing more than the discovery of a method whereby we might deal with the able bodied poor. CHRISTMAS. " What's Tile use of Christmas ? " some of our cynical contemporaries are asking. " Why can't we be let alone, to go on our way quietly without being bothered so about ' this happy season of the year P' We will pay our bill all right ; then let quarter day go past, and let us return to our work when it is over, without so much noise." So moralise two of our contemporaries,and the things which mostly raise their wrath are the Christmas numbers and Christmas tales. These produce nothing but dyspepsia; the stories are old and badly told, the comment is sentimental rubbish, and the readers bear with this " because it is Christmas." But our friends the cynics, tear away the mask from what looks like pleasure. What does the Christmas dinner mean but indigestion ? What does Christmas jollity mean but heavy bills ? and the Pantomime and such like but an empty purse with which to pay such bills. And as to the holidays, they are given to nothing but " revel and ungodly glee." Our contemporaries are exceedingly angry with somebody who proposed four days' general holiday. They are doubtless determined that the current of their lives shall not be turned aside for a season. We are not so sure, though, judging from the depressed spirit that seems to pervade their writing, but that a good day's hearty enjoyment would be about the best thing they could have. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. Members who spend Christmas "in town" will be called upon by Mr. Glyn to "make a house" on the 29th of December, so that certain writs may be moved for which could not, on account of some Par liamentary formalities, be obtained when the House adjourned. The Times states that after these have been obtained the House will be adjourned till the 16th of February. The Lords, too, are to have a longer holiday than they originally marked out for themselves. Instead of proceeding to business on the ninth of February, they will adjourn to meet again on the same day as the Commons. THE LAW APPOINTMENTS. It is now definitely announced that Sir George M. Giffard has been promoted from the office of Vice- Chancellor to that of Lord Justice, in succession to Sir William Page Wood, now Lord Hatherley; and that Mr. W. M. James, Q.C., has been appointed to succeed Lord Justice Giffard as Vice-Chancellor. Mr. James has for some years been Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an office which becomes vacant." WE now know as much of the policy of the new Cabinet as we are likely to know this side of February 16. Perhaps we do not know as much as we should have known if events had occurred in the anticipated way, if the late Ministry had met the new Parliament, framed a Queen's Speech, and allowed themselves to be beaten after a regular debate. Yet we know enough to forecast the coming session. The measure upon which the late elections turned, and which will occupy the greater part of the session, has been little referred to by the new Ministers in their re-election speeches. The reason is obvious. Every one takes for granted that the Irish Church will be dealt with ; everyone knows the principles which will govern the procedure ; but the mode involves the most careful study of details, such as there has scarcely been time for yet, and such as no Minister would venture to enter into upon the hustings. It is otherwise with the other great question which Mr. GLADSTONE and his colleagues have taken in hand. The reduction of the expenditure can be effected only by economising in the dif ferent public departments. The first step towards effecting this change consisted in the reorganisation of those departments. This has already been in part accomplished. The Board of Admiralty has been reconstituted, and the head of it will now no longer be only _rims inter pares, the holder of a divided authority and a divided responsibility, but he will be the Minister responsible to the Crown and to Parlia ment for all that is done by the Board. The army has been brought under greater control by the appointment of Captain VIVIAN as a Lord of the Treasury, with special supervision over the expendi ture of the War Oflice. The work of economy is still further promoted by the appointment of Mr. STANSFELD as Third Lord of the Treasury. Hitherto the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has been an over-worked man. He has had so much to do that he could do nothing thoroughly. By giving FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE REFORM LEAGUE. him assistance it will be possible to watch every At the last meeting of the Reform League Mr. Edmond Beales presided, and read the report of the department of the public service, so that if any of Finance Committee. It included a period of seven them were found constantly coming to the National months, from May to December in the present year. Treasury for increased expenditure, the whole A large sum was spent during the elections for the expenditure would be reviewed. Everyone knows purpose of aiding the working men's candidates in their canvass. The chairman made an emphatic how hopeless it is to deal with individual allusion to some reports which had been circulated items; how endless is the work, how ineffectual it is about the special fund for the election purposes. A to keep down extravagance. What the nation wants letter was read from Mr. Morley, the treasurer is a person at the Treasury able and willing t o take of * this fund, and in this it was stated that the management had been most perfectly a comprehensive view of the policy and fin ance of carried out. Particulars of the expenses were administration and of economy in the State. not furnished, but mention was made in general This person Mr. GLADSTONE believes he has found terms of some of the chief causes of outlay. With in Mr. STANSFELD, whose celebrated motion some respect to the political attitude of the League during the late elections, it was observed that the associa six or seven years ago was the first step towards that tion had secured a hold upon the constituencies economy which Mr. GLADSTONE afterwards so such as the democratic party could not pre successfully accomplished, and which Mr. DISRAELI viously boast of, although its members had not achieved any success within their own ranks. Seeing for a time undid. that the accusation of mismanagement has been These are the two leading questions which the new made against the League, it is to be regretted that Ministers will bring before the new Parliament. the charge has not been met with something more But there are others that may possibly take prece- than a general denial, which, howe ver em phatic, can never be satisfactory. It is_ one of the articles of the deuce of these in point of time. In the first place, Leaguers' creed that diplomacy ought not to be Mr. GLADSTONE has promised to remove the only secret. It is a pity that this article was not remem safeguard which Mr. DISRAELI succeeded in bered when they decided that the items of their preserving for his Reform Bill. Of ten points PROPOSED R EDUCTION IN THE A R MY u p o n which Mr. GLADSTONE insisted, he carried accounts should be kept secret. letter to the Times on the subject of the Royal nine, and was beaten on the tenth. He will lose no Marines contains interest for those who study mili time in reversing that defeat by abolishing the per- tary matters. The writer trusts that the pruning= sonal payment of rates. We shall then have house- knife will not be applied to certain corps, among which he ranks the Royal . Marines. In connection hold suffrage pure and simple. It may be asked how with this subject of reducing the army, he takes for will Mr. LowE be able to accept this ? The granted that a number of regiments must be with answer is not difficult. Mr. LOWE opposed any alte- drawn from India and the colonies. He puts forth ration of the franchise, but as the nation has decided a programme calculated to suit the requirements of the case, and advises the withdrawal of thirteen otherwise he will not feel bound to maintain a provision regiments from India,to reduce our forces in Canada which inflicts the maximum of inconvenience without by two regiments, to withdraw the regiments now any counterbalancing adv an t a ge. There are other at Bermuda, the troops at the Cape of Good Hope matters connected with the franchise which will cer- to be limited to one regiment at Cape Town, and other arrangements of a similar character in other places. tainly be brought up in a few weeks. One of the S ome b a tt a lions, he considers, may be disbanded ; most influential of the new members, Sir HENRY among them the third battalion of Grenadier Guards. BULWER, has given notice of a motion in favour of It is suggested that the War Office should consider the Ballot. Mr. BRIGHT told his constituents on the propriety of breaking up the depot battalions. The abolition of purchase is mentioned as among the Monday that there was scarcely a member of the subjects that Parliament will look to with the view Liberal party who was not in favour of that of improvement, and the return of Sir J. Lawrence measure ; and Mr. GLADSTONE'S speech at Green- will be of essential service in assisting the reorgani wich can scarcely be misinterpreted if we say cation of a native army . in India and the enlistment of Europeans for special service in the East. The that he too is prepared to accept it. Even the Con- letter concludes with the suggestion that it should be servative organs are treating the matter as one made conditional with officers retiring to the half which they are ready to consider. The recent elec- pay list that they should give their services to the tions have shewn the absolute necessity for other militia ' alterations in the means of conducting these contests. Mr. BRIGHT has pronounced himself favourable to the abolition of public nomination, to the closing of public-houses, and to the diminution of the costs imposed upon the candidates. There can be no doubt that all these details of a most important question will be brought forward, and that at least one of them—the discomfiture of the publicans—will be adopted. There is another class of subjects demanding atten tion, but which will probably have to wait, though it must be confessed that they are in everything except political exigency more urgent than the disestablish- . ment of the Irish Church. There is Pauperism—the bankruptcy of the million, as Mr. GOSCHEN calls it— with its increase of 20 per cent. in the pauperism of London during the last two years. There is Education, concerning which Mr. FORSTER tells us only that he will not recommend compulsion unless the nation is ready for it, and that we must not be impatient if the matter is not legislated upon at once. There is Law Reform, especially the reform of the Bankruptcy Law. These are all first-class questions, more than sufficient to occupy a session in which there was no Reform Bill to be reformed, no Irish Church to be disestablished. If we get through half of this work, we shall be happy beyond all expectations. And, alas ! the sky is by no means clear. There is a cloud in the horizon, somewhat bigger than a man's hand already, and only too likely to blaze forth with the lightning of war. Sixteen years ago we were engaged in constituting a new Ministry, the Ministry of All the Talents. It gave us a splendid programme, and the nation rejoiced in the prospect of a strong Governinent at last. But almost before a single measure was passed, theEastem question arose, and the programme had to be torn up, and the Ministry was defeated by perhaps the largest majority ever known. Once more we have a Ministry of nearly All the Talents ; once more we have a splendid programme ; and once more the Eastern question threatens to deluge Europe in blood. Lord STANLEY foresaw this disaster six weeks ago ' • Mr. LA.Y.kItD declares that Lord STA-I=Y provoked it. However that may be, Abeit omen, THE ADMIRALTY ESTESIATES ADRIFT. Government secrets sometimes leak out in a very unexpected manner, though a street cab is hardly the vehicle for conveying them to the public. It appears, however, from a case which came lately before the Lambeth police magistratethat the world had a chance of getting some insight into the Naval Est i mates for the coming year, through the 'very simple circum stance that some official of the Government just gone out, or of the one that has newly come in, was care less enough to leave a cabful of papers at the door of the South London Music Hall. The cab was engaged by n apntlemnn of i ne nendent mAna who leaving the hail, and who was prooabiy the =me diate successor f the previous imprudent occupant, and this gentleman found the docume nts j ust referred to in a bag, or lying about. The police, having got scent of the value of the papers, were in such haste to secure them that they apprehended the holder of them without the formality of applying for a war rant—rather a bold course of proceeding, surely, I t considering that the gentleman could so easily have been compelled to give up the papers on a proper order being made. Whether the Circumlocution Office will take any notice of -this astounding example of " how not to do " business properly, the world will probably never learn, though the Admiralty is likely enough to inquire into it. PROSPECTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. If only the shareholders of the Sydenham Palace Company were consulted as to its financial prospects, they would probably declare these were anything but bright, for the melancholy reason that this year no dividends are to be paid. It is true there is the sum of £lO,OOO clear profit after paying ordinary expenses ; but experience must have taught even the most sanguine of share holders by this time, that ordinary expenses ara but a part only of the needful outlay on most under takings. Mr. Hughes, who acted as chairman of the meeting of proprietors on Wednesday, told them how happy he should have been to divide the sum above stated, but that having to meet the claims of the Dulwich Wood estate, the neat little amount must go, and they would have to go without—an announcement which elicited considerable signs of dissatisfaction. During the past year the com pany has earned the gross sum of £137,000. Their expenses have, however, been heavy—(they always are in companies.) For taxes alone they had to pay the enormous amount of £6,087. The Dulwich estate, upon which it was estimated they would require to lay out £40,000 in improv'ements, had Altl4llY-K-ValiCansLun..theJ2llll-gt...icaiKalsr _that EXTRAVAGANCE IN THE THEATRE. At the opening of the new Gaiety Theatre in the Strand, the ladies in the boxes were supplied gratuitously with scented fans, inscribed with the programme of the evening's entertainment. This is curiously like to, though at the same time amusingly different from, an arrangement which has long pre vailed at a theatre in the plebeian district of lloxton. There, each of the audience is regaled with a good hunch of bread and cheese. The competition among theatre lessees is evidently becoming very keen. Before long they will be offering to pay their visitors' cab fares, just as parliamentary candidates pay electors' rairway fares. TWO SOCIAL EVILS. •- - The Daily .7cors calls attention to two social evils which are every day becoming more flagrant. The first is the multiplication of " lords " and " honour ables " in the Ban l .-:ruptcy Court. The bankrupt's liabilities are ten, twenty, sixty thousand pounds ; his assets nil. He never had any money, and he never expects to have any. Had a house at Brighton at £370 per annum. Had five servants. Had a horse or two. Attributes his difficulties to " in sufficiency of income." It never seems to occur either to the bankrupt or to the Commissioners in Bank ruptcy that where the income is inadequate to the wants, it is the second which must be reduced to the proportions of the first. How is Lord Fitzfool and the Hon. Tom Noddy to understand this when he finds \Vest -end tradesmen, who know well his impecuniosity, giving him unlimited credit because of the handle to his name ? After all, he is not so great a fool as they. The other evil is more serious, because it affects a larger class, and is more difficult of remedy. It is the growing audacity of the licentious. Year by year they have been becoming more bold. First they published photographs of ballet girls. Then " Anonyma " became the heroine of the shopwin dows ; then we introduced female acrobats in men's attire, or in no attire at all. Then we imported trench dances into our music-halls, dances which even the un-Puritanical Parisians banished from their cafes chantants. At this moment a courtesan is all the rage, and her portrait is seen by the side of Bishops and Cabinet Ministers, and is bought while theirs remain unsold. The proprietor of a Casino has hired this woman at so much a night, and finds himself, well paid by the number of fast men who come to pay court to this frail woman. The latest develop ment of this downward progress is the publication of this woman's portrait and career in a journal of large circulation among servants, and the issue of two almanacks illustrated with pictures of female harlequins and acrobats more or less in primceval costume, without any of the primceval innocence. Apathy, ratner tnan disturbance, has been the prevail. ing feature of the municipal elections in Spain. The right of voting was open to the lowest and most illiterate classes, but these were the most backward in exercising it. In Madrid the most crowded districts produced the fewest esters ; of a population of 500,000, not above 20,000 polled. In Spain, as everywhere else, interest in politics is a public feeling of very slow growth. There is no necessity that the Spanish voter should write or dictate the name of the candidate for whom be votes. In very many cases at these municipal elections he simply took a ticket from the representative of one of the parties, who were of course on the look-out, and cast it into the urn, often without knowing the names inscribed. The parliamentary elections may cause more excitement. The Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige denies that Prince Carignano is about to visit Madrid. The assertion of the Liberte that he was the candidate whom the Provisional Government would propose to the Cortes is incorrect. The Madrid correspondent of the same journal is much disposed to fear that the new year will see the end of the peaceful phase of the Revolution. It is not denied that the Carlists are making great preparations and are gaining partisans in Navarre, Arragon, and Catalonia ; whilst, on the other hand, the impatient Republicans will not wait for the decision of the Cortes. The clergy have entered into the campaign most vigo rously. Political preaching is the regular practice. One Par:.ll priest terminated his sermon with the evangelical assurance that the best tribute which his auditors could offer as reparation for their sins was a dagger red'Avith the blood of the Liberals. Everything betokens a speedy scramble of parties. BELGIUM. Munich. Baron Dujardin, the Belgian Ambassador at London, has been allowed to retire on a pension. It is expected that he will be succeeded by Baron de Beaulieu, who 'SOARS cpl_llll.A.M_LlagticAll 10.9. AB9. _The oust of Ambassador to Rolland Will be conferred upon Count Van der Straten, who is now the Belgian Minister at ELECTION PETITIONS. It seems probable that some of the newly-elected M.P.'s will perform no other duty of their office than taking the oath and paying their election bills. Par liament meets on February 14, and of the eleven trials of petitions already fixed, all take place before that clay. The royal borough leads off on January 12, and there Colonel Gardner (C;) petitions against Mr. Rykin (L.) Norwich follows two days later, and there Mr. Tillett (L.) is the petitioner against Sir Henry Stracey (O.) In cases where both sides petition, as at Bradford, where Mr. Forster and Mr. Ripley have to undergo the ordeal, the counter petitions are tried at the same time, or at all events on the same day ; we suppose on the same principle that cross summonses for assault arising out of a quarrel are treated together. The three Irish judges appointed to try petitions are Mr. Justice Keogh, Mr. Justice O'Brien, and Baron Fitzgerald, and they have met to complete their arrangements. In Scotland there are only, we believe, three petitions, those against Mr. Loch for Wick, Mr. Grieve for Greenock, and the Lord- Advocate. These will scarcely be beyond the capa city of Lord Jerviswoode. A FAILEWELI Whatever may be thought of the Irish policy of the late Ministry, there can be no doubt that they were exceedingly fortunate in their Lord-Lieutenant. The Duke of Abercorn has been most popular ; and Earl Spencer will find the always-difficult task of presiding at the Viceregal Court rendered the more arduous by the fact that he succeeds so favourite a Viceroy. The last of the Abercorn family took their departure from Dublin amid a concourse of cheering spectators, who waved their farewells to the music of " Auld Lang Syne." ANOTHER BARONET. This Government,like the last, seems to be anxious to " make a few' Sirs.' " It is stated that a baronetcy has been offered to Mr. Brady, in recognition of his long services as Irish Chancellor in several Liberal Administrations. RUSSIA. Russia, which contends with England for the honour of being the most drunken nation in Europe, has discovered that a great and exceptional evil is to be dealt with only by exceptional measures. The Muscovite Government has determined to tolerate an unrestricted liquor traffic no longer. The Russians wittily designate their public houses "National Banks," on account of their inex haustible power of absorbing the savings of those who frequent them. A new bank charter has been prepared for the benefit of these institutions. Henceforth, the price of corn-brandy is to be increased threefold : no tavern will be allowed in any main thoroughfare of St. Petersburg ; every tavern shall be regarded as an inn, and pay the yearly duty of £7O ; and no drinking-house shall be allowed within eighty yards of a Government office—the last a very stringent proviso in a capital where the public offices are as numerous as the taverns themselves. The effect of these regulations, in the capital at least, will be the almost entire annihilation of the publican. MEXICO. In a letter to the Times "11. J. F." expresses his belief that the young Republic of Mexico has sown its wild oats, and is in a fair way of retrieving itself. The country is still much infested by robbers, who sometimes commit revolt ing excesses, but, on the other hand, the insurrectionshave all been put down, and public tranquillity has not been dis turbed of late. The Ministry is popular with the great majority of the people, and it is impossible that the work of government could be carried on more economically. The Minister of Finance has lately declared that the State is able not only to provide for the estimates of '67 to '6B without exacting special contributions, but to pay to the English Railway Company the annual subven tion of £126,000. If this is the case, the British bond holders need be under no fear of their claims remaining unsatisfied. The Government is fully impressed with the necessity of public improvements, especially railways. The Libert4 does not confirm this cheering account. Its advices report that matters in the Republic advance from bad to worse. The Vera Cruz Railway is stopped, and the insurrection, so far from being at an end, is rampant all over the country. PARAGUAY. The Decid6e, French war ship, has returned to Buenos Ayres, after a voyage up the La Plata to Asuncion. The commander of this vessel had an interview with the French consul at Asuncion, and was informed that none of the French subjects inhabiting Paraguayan territory had been moles' ed in any way whatever by Lopez. This is, in part at least, a direct contradiction to Mr. Washburne's story of outrages committed by the Dictator upon the English, French, and American subjects. The case of the American representative does not improve. THE CONDEMNED MEN IN TA U. 2170117 GAOL. To those who are anxious to know about such things as the "demeanour" of condemned prisoners, &c., it may be interesting to know, with regard to the wretched men who lie under sentence of death, that Bisgrove con- tinues to sleep well, and to eat heartily, especially at dinner time. He prays aloud night and morning, avowing himself " a poor, simple murderer." He has not been visited by any of his friends. He repeats his published account of the murder with little variation, except that he says he believes Sweet was sitting on the style of the Camp field, at or close about the time of the murder, but does not think he knew anything about what he (Bisgrove) was doing. In the event of the extreme penalty being enforced, Calcraft will be engaged to carry it into execution, although the governor has been beset with applications from others, some offering to come at a reduction of the usual fee. For instance, a man in London writes : " Understanding that there is a prisoner under sentence of death in this gaol, I have made application for some time past to different county gaols for the office of hangman, and have had promises of some governors in my behalf. Should circumstances occur, I would undertake the engagement at less expense to the county than Calcraft, and fulfil the duty equally as satisfactory. In strength and stature I am equal, if not superior, to Calcraft, and being his junior by some number of years." In past times Mr. Oakley has actually had application from members of the surgical profession. No communication respecting either Sweet or Bisgrove has been received from the Home Office, and this would seem to favour the idea entertained by some that the sentence of death may be commuted into penal servitude for life. Lord 'latherley has presented the living of Mor ton, near Oswestry, to the Rev. 31r. Hook, a son of the Dean of Chichester. The appointment is worth nearly .£7OO a year, and there is a good house. _ _ _ Lord Mayo will not probably land at Calcutta till the 12th of January, the day when Sir John Lawrence's term of office expires, for etiglette demands that the first act of the Viceroy elect shall be the swearing-in, after which his predecessor spends a few days with the new governor general to give the benefit of his experience. Mr. Disraeli, just before guitar g office, ordered a donation from " her Majesty's Royal Bounty" to be granted to Miss Barbara Wallace Fyfe, of Nottingham, in conside ration of the distinguished merits and numerous and valuable contributions to literature, general science, and scientific agriculture of her late father, Mr. Wm. Wallace Fyfe. Information received at the Ministry of Marine announces that the port of Koenigsberg, in the Baltic, is closed to navigation by ice in the estuary between that town and l'illan. By some unaccountable circumstance the success of the Conservative candidate at Wareham at the election on Monday hus not been "honoured" by even a declaration of the fact in the Times. The cold at St. Petersburg is extreme, the thermo meter marking 2 1-5 deg. below zero (Fab.). The public drives and principal streets are crowded with sledges. There have been a few intermittent showers of rain, but the frost immediately returned, the ttmperature remaining about the same. A charge of murder, arising out of the late Black burn election, was tried at the Liverpool assizes on Wed nesday. A man named Thomas Whitaker, a supporter of the Conservative candidates, while uttering party cries in a district inhabited by adherents of the Liberals, was knocked down and killed, and two men were yesterday charged with his murder. The jury, however, acquitted the prisoners. It is a curious fact, says a New York paper, as appears from the report of the Secretary of the Interior, that while there is but one Revolutionary soldier now living (he lives in this State) and drawing a pension, there are at the present time on the rolls the names of 888 widows, of Revolutionary soldiers. The mothers of the Revolu tion were evidently younger than the fathers, or else they live longer. The new line from Brompton to Westminster Bridge, in connection with the Metropolitan Railway, was opened for traffic early this morning. The stations are large and well built, and present a great improvement over the small and ill-ventilated stations on the Metropolitan Railway proper. The frequent trains have been well filled, and the new branch is likely to cause a large influx of traffic on the old line. At Bolton an interesting question has been raised with regard to the liability of " the hundred" to provide compensation for damage done during a riot. At the re cent election there was a considerable amount of window breaking by tho mob, and the sufferers seek to saddle the hundred of Salford with the cost of repairing the damage done. It is, however con tended that, unless it can be proved the rioters intended wholly to demolish the buildings which they attacked—a very difficult matter - the claims cannot be sustained. The decision of the magistrates was adverse to the claimants, and the question is to be raised before the Court of Queen's Bench. Lord Stanley is expected to visit Manchester soon. Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., LL.D., has been ap pointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. It is estimated that the lus3 by the storm to the harbour at Wick will amount to from £20,000 to £30,000. The electoral college of Ozieri (Sardinia) has re turned Garibaldi. Sir Ilerbert B. Edwardes, K.C.8., died yesterday morning at Holles-street, Cavendish. square. Up to Monday 673 miles of the French Atlantic cable had been manufactured and certified by the engineers. Mr. Dickens has accepted the invitation given him to attend a complimentary banquet in Liverpool. It will probably take place on Saturday, the 10th of April. A subscription is being raised in Germany to erect a monument to Gluck, in his native town of Wcidenwann, in Bohemia. Colonel Wilmot is named by the local journals as the most suitable and likely candidate of the Constitutional party for the seat that became vacant by the death of Sir T. Gresley, for South Derbyshire. The death is announced of Mr. William Carleton, the well-known author of "'Traits end Stories of the Irish Peasantry." Mr. Carleton's genius was uncultured and highly original. He was intimately acquainted with the Irish character, and has reproduced its light, its pathetic, or its sombre colouring with much vividness and appreciation of the subtleties of the Irish nature. 0111 t HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 24. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice walked and drove in the grounds yesterday after- noon. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High. ness, went out this morning. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTEn's TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY AND GREECE. PARIS, Dec. 24 (Evening.) The Paine of this evening publishes advices from Athens of the 22d inst., stating that a petition has been presented to the Chamber of Deputies by, the Committee of Action, urging upon the Greek Government to rely for support upon the feelings of the country, and declare war against Turkey. VJINNA, Dec. 24. It is stated on good authority that the negotia tions between the Great Powers relative to a Con ference on the subject of the dispute between Turkey and Greece are being strenuously continued. It 13 also asserted that the views of Austria on the eventual bases of the Conference are entirely in accordance with those of the Western Powers. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 24. Senor Figueroli has issued a decree for making useful alterations in the law relating to buyers and sellers, and abolishing the fees hitherto paid to the State employes. Another decree is promulgated modifying and reducing the Poll tax. HUNGARY. PESTH, Dec. 24. To-day the Minister of the Interior issued an order to the Municipalities of the kingdom to make the customary preliminary arrangements for the elections to the Reichsrath within 20 days. The Empress left here yesterd ty. . FRANCE. ST. NAZAIRE, Dec. 24. The Transatlantic Company's steamer Nouveau arrived here to-day with 48 passengers. He r dates are—Colon, Dec. Ist ; St. Martha, 3d; an d Martinique, 9th. BOURSE, Dec. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 87i Credit Mobilier End of month 287 50 Credit Foncier 1542 50S End of month — RAILWAYI Orleans , N orthern Bank Shares 3167 Ital'an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 241 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 33 Home Debt ___ -- Deferred ' s. Cash. ... 915 7202 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern-- 63lk Western Eastern .. • 55/ Sardinian Austrian 647 Lombard 416 North of Spain 65 Saragossa Roman so± At a meeting of the United Railway Compani es Committee, on Thursday last, the following rose' lution was voted in acknowledgment of the ser' vices of Mr. George Leeman during the last session of Parliament. lie was then member for York , from the representation of which city he has jus t retired, with the intention, however, it is u nder' stood, of resuming Parliamentary life at an aril opportunity : " That the hearty thanks of this cora' 'Mace be and hereby are given to Mr. Leeman O f the valuable services he rendered to the com mittee and to the railway interest generally during the last session of Parliament, and the committee further desire to express and to record their acknos l i ; ledgments of his unwearied attention, and their log, appreciation of the able manner in which he rept; sented the interests of railway companies ill t , ll O many important matters under consideration in past session." Mr. Gladstone has appointed Mr. Algernon Wei° to be one of his private secretaries. GREAT FLOODS.—Yesterday the whole of the North Riding rivers were in a state of high flood , and the low lands along their course were converted into gre at lag Along the Rye some of the villages have had the water the Louses, and at Newsham-bridge the roads en ea t s side were impassable. The marshes from Ayt oa Yedingham-bridge, and thence downwards, are a 0E411; ficent sheet of water. Of course, all herbage is d estroY.e At Malton some of the mills and other works a djoini ng ; the river were stopped by flood. At three p.m. the vigtf was three inches lower. THE LIBERAL MEMBERS FOR THE B O ROU.— LEEDS.-The Liberal party in the borough of Leeds "'of entered into a voluntary subscription to pay the w b°, the expenses connected with the late election of gr', re Baines and Mr. R. M. Carter for that borough. The e"1„4 expenses did not amount to more than between VOO £BOO, and the subscriptions exceed that sum. At a sl i A e° °r , ing of the leaders of the party, held on Wednesday, ,4.1"0 man Tatham in the chair, it was unanimously resolved, "0 the motion of Alderman Luccock, seconded by Mr. Jg ni ii e • Kitson, jun., that the election bill should be paid in suc'se manner as to exonerate the two members from any @lei whatever. A t CORNISH TICKETING.—TRURO, Dec. 2 4 ' - '1 Redruth this day 1,703 tons of copper ore rearzed Oro 19s. Gd.—an average of £5 2s. per ton; fine copper'ltcp, tons 7 cwt.; produce, 8; standard, £9B 16s.—bei n g an . . . _ vance on last week's sale of 30s. 1 1th DEATH OF SIR HERBERT EDWA.RDES.—It ;d A-1141 no. sincere regret that we learn the death of Major-O ° : I Sir Herbert Edwardes, K.C.8., and Knight Cororan i° , - ; the Star of India, at the early age of 49. This event curred in London on the Morning of December 23. g CONGRESS.—The rolls of the House at the c 0 session will bear the names of 223 Representatives, i0:010 ing the delegations from Georgia and Alabama. -r sr o• members of the present House have died, namely , g e4 4 - 0, Finney and Stevens of Pennsylvania, Mann of L oai no i and Hinds of Arkansas. The death of neither of,theseool been announced officially in the House, and one a tho, th e features of the coming session will be the passag° customary resolutions and the delivery of the tieti a ' .1, t. dresses by the colleagues of the deceased members' 00 Finney was able to occupy his seat only about a vree lc " at ie is succeeded by. S. Newton Pettis. Mr. Stevens is ;oil ceeded by C. J. Dickey, and either Jones or Mallar d T Ua suc ceed Mr. Mann, the election being c ontesteu• oi ja latter is a coloured man. The Senate rolls will c° 13 0 3 the names of 66 members, including Messrs. gill 6; of Miller of Georgia, and Messrs. Spencer and WL" .11 10' Al a bama, being an increase of 13 s i nce the vote o n 5.3 peachment. Of this number the terms of oftle°,: f orP will expire on the 4th of March next, namely--2AL„e ( 11 0( Bayard of Delaware, Buckalew of Pennsylvania, 04'-ectitt Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, of Michigan, Conness of California, Dixon of Conl iec ; i t Doolittle of Wisconsin, Edmunds of Vermont (re-e le- nt itil, Hendricks of Indiana, Morgan of New York, g ar : P s Maine, ; Patterson of Tennessee, Ramsey of lkii °l3 :o l° ' Henderson of gis s j ii Sprague of Rhode Island (re-elected), Steward of P e 110 1 1 Sumner of Massachusetts, Tipton of Nebras ks ' v to Winkle of West Virginia, Welch of Florida, W iji j. Maryland, Wade of Ohio, Messrs. J. Hale SyPti er ' frr t Newsharn. and M. Vida, members of Congress pr" Louisiana, arrived at Washington, Dec. 2.--ele .461 Tribune. DUNVILLE and C0.,1 Belfast, ;are the holders of Whisky in the world. 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