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Francis,Wright.Maccabe, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Coleman, &c. And A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS : Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. --- - THIS EVENING, THE MARRIED RAKE. After which, in five acts, at a quarter to S, THE RIGHTFUL HEIR. To con elude with THE LYCEUM BALLET. Messrs. Bandmann, G. F. Neville, Lin Rayne, Harding, Basil Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Milly Palmer, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Man iger, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which. at 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr. Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murn.y; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Bose Leclercq. Concluding with M A STE tt JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. At 7.4.5 MOVIE CRISTO: Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Behnore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart. Ashley, Stephenson, C.J. Smith, W. IL b burns, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. 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Lessee, Mr. 11. R. Lacey—Directress, Miss A my Sedgwicir. THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, PINDEE SLNGII. Preceded by DIAMOND CUT •DIAMON D. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Les seas, Nlessrs. Shepherd and Creswick. True EVENING, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. And at 7.41, LAND RATS AND WATER RATS: Mavis. Mr. Creswiek ; Jonas. Mr. Shepherd; Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Voltaire, W. Crosby, N , at. Robson ; Miss Pauncefort. Miss Elizabeth Webster, Miss E. Lennard. With MILES'S BOY. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century, Alfred Bradbury, ➢ldlle. Montero, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, and S:amwell'a Performing Dogs. Commence at 7.30. A.IRICULTITRAL 'TALL, ISLINGTON.—FAIRY PALACE CONCERTS, Every Evening, at 8. OFIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL AL FIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-oftic• open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, Gd. Zij r jg '447 ZUlt, LONDON, 711URSDAY, NOV. 5, 1868. Again the Republicans in the United States have triumphed over the Democrats. As the Eighteenth President of the United States, General ULYSSES GRANT was elected yesterday by a sweeping majo rity. The foremost soldier of the Northern Armies, the chivalrous conqueror of the heroic LEE, has been -wisely selected by the vast majority of the people of the United States as the successor to ANDREW JOHN SON, who attained his supreme position as PRESIDENT simply by mischance, namely, by the fact of his being Vice-President at the time of ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S assassination. The Democratic candidate, Mr. SET mo uß,was selected indiscreetly as the antagonist of Gen. GRANT. But, even if the Democrats had chosen the fittest man that could well have been named in lieu of Mr. SEYMOUR, that fittest man, we may feel now reasonably assured, would never have successfully withstood the dominant popularity of America's first Generalissimo, the victor of 1865, the triumphant Commander of the Northern Forces, into the bands of whose troops General LEE delivered himself up on the 9th of April, in that last natned year (1865), at the Court House of Appomatox. As to the two great contending political parties in one or other of which most of the smaller political parties became 'absorbed during the presidential electioneering agitation of 1856, they have long since lost very much indeed of their original significance. Negro Slavery having now, thanks be to GOD, disap peared altogether from the United States as a re cognised and legalised institution—the Democrats no longer signify as they did orig'nally those advocating the views of the pro-slavery party of the Southern States—any more than the Republicans mean as they did formerly the Northera Abolitionists. So regarde I the words are as obsolete now throughout the United States as Free Traders and Protactionists are obso lete throughout the United Kingdom. But in ano ther sense they possess a far more distinctive signi ficance throughout the Unite 1 Stags of America, than is implied at this tn3ment, here in Eng:and, by the two Great contending parties of the so-called Liberals and the so-called Conservatives. Gen. GRANT, the chosen champion of the Republicans is not in any way a partizan Leader. His extraordinary reticence leaves him at the moment of his assuming the supreme position as PRESIDENT wholly and abso lutely uncommitted. His antecedents are altogether in his favour, and this almost as much with the Democrats as with the Republicans. As the greatest soldier of the North, he conducted the Federals to victory, it is true, to crushing and de cisive victory, over the Confederates. But, to the very last, he showed himself to he a noble foe in his whole conduct towards the vanquished South. And the triumphs won by him, overwhelming as they were, have left no heartburnings behind them—have left only, in his regard, the cherished remembrance that in ULYSSES GRANT, ROBERT LEE found " a foeman worthy of his steel," and one by whom LEE'S resplendent qualities as a General in the field were, to the full appreciated. Once the war was fairly over, the glory won by the opposing armies became the common property of the re-United States. And nowhere, as we conceive, is the fair, unsullied fame of STONEWALL JACKSON, for example, regarded with higher admiration than throughout those very States in the North which sent forth the most eagerly their serried hos►.s against him to cross swords with the great Confederate General's Ironsides upon many a field now of historical re nown. As the Northern States can, and do now look back with the highest admiration upon the strategical achievements of General LEE, as the Commander in-Chief of the Confederates, for long successful, but eventually conquered—so now may and will the Southern States (what though they were fated to be brought into subjection through his instrumen tality) regard, without one moment's sense of chagrin, certainly without one moment's conscious ness of anything like self-abasement, the glory and honour - won to himself, by General GRANT in his capacity as LEE'S successful antagonist. It was immediately upon the occasion of one of the last grand triumphs of the Republicans as a political body—upon the occasions, amely, of the election of theircandidate, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, on the 4th Nove mber, 1860, to the President's chair—that there followed thatsecession of eleven slaveholding States in the South, which brought about with such deadly rapidity the great Civil War which raged from 1861 to 1865 upon a scale of such colossal magnitude. As a conse quence of that very war, however, a war so far beneficent in its results that it accomplished the Abolition of Slavery throughout all those free States , of North America, there is no room now to dread any evil whatever as likely in any way to arise from this new triumph won by the Republicans over the Democrats. There is, in truth, a particular signifi cance in the fact that upon the occasion of this last contest between the Democrats and the Republicans, this contest which was brought to a conclusion only as recently as yesterday, the latter, that is the Re publicans, felt in no way constrained, as they did in 1860, to form themselvesinto "Wide-awake Clubs" for purely electioneering purposes, or, in other words, to ensure as effectually as possible the triumph of their chosen candidate. Tue result now has not belied the confident anticipations felt all along in regard to General GRANT'S candidature by the great mass of the Republicans. Newly informed as we have but just been here in England—in the twinkling of an eye through that wonderful submarine cable trailed along the bed of the Atlantic—that in one day's time the candidates have been proposed, and that Gen. GRANT has been elected President, with Mr. S. COLFAX as his Vice- President—we read certainly without surprise, but certainly with no inconsiderable amazement the com ment which is made to-day in the following words in reference to that extraordinary fact by the chief of our contemporaries :—" It is a wonderful result of science and social organisation," says the Times," that the opinions of an immense population should be taken in a single day over a territory as large as all Europe, and that in less than 24 hours after the close of the polls the issue of the contest, with the approximate number of votes given in each State, should be known in the capitals of the Old World." Our contemporary adding," Such a triumph of civili sation is more impressive than the event which is thus recorded, and it causes us to rem-mber how inde pendent of political action are the forces which most impel the human race in the path of progress." The secret of all this being—what? Why that the political miracle has been accomplished by means and through the agency of the BALLOT BOX ! It is the same in France under an Imperial Auto cracy, as yondzr in America under a Confederated Democracy. No brawling, no drunkenness, no broken heads, no brickbats, no rotten eggs, foul words, bru tality, wrangling, and all uncharitableness, but— calmly, silently, rapidly, with the utmost precision, the whole electoral body, mind, heart, head, acting like a piece of won derfully elaborated but exquisitely adjusted machinery—the Candidates are proposed and the Elections are accomplished. It is by means of the Ballot box, and by means of the Ballot box alone that " the opinions of an immense population" are thus " taken in a single day over a territory as large as all Europe." And this without any one among the candidates, whether chosen or rejected, being directly or indirectly one farthing, one cent the poorer—without any need for the public-houses being opened for the free and independent electors to liquor up at the bar ad libitum, at anybody else's expense but their own. As to the transmission of the news of the result within so brief an interval afterwards, to all the capitals of the Old World—that miracle, of course, is discernably the world's, through the Electric Telegraph. That is the triumph of Science ! But the triumph of Civilization to which our con temporary refers in the same breath, is as undeniably traceable to the benign agency of the Ballot Bo x The fact is worthy of recalling thus vividly to mind now that we are upon the eve, here in England, of our own General Election of members to the Com mons House of Parliament. A couNTßYrarelyknows its greatest man. England, we suspect, does not know the Vicar of Darlington, and yet this gentleman—his name is JOHN GARENCIERES PEARSON—ought to be known. He has just made a notable discovery; he has dis covered a race of men possessed of all the virtues and none of the vices ; a race which, if a jealous Legislature would only give it fair play, would regenerate this great empire, and banish poverty and disease and sin from between the four seas, This race is one with which we thought that we were all tolerably familiar. We ought to know it. It stands, like Wisdom, at the corners of the streets ; like Innocence, it roves the light, especially gaslight ; and (we have Mr. PEARSON'S word for it) it is the very pattern of devotion and charity, always first in church, always first in almsgiving. This race is that of the licensed victuallers. " There are," says Mr. PEARSON, " in her Majesty's dominions no better friends to order and good govern nent than the licensed victuallers of this country. " There are no persons more regular attendants at their parish church." " The first man in his pew is the village publican." " No men are more anxious for a proper restriction than the licensed victuallers th emselves." Then, too, was it not a BUXTON (TRUMAN, ITIANBURY, BUXTON, and Co.'s Entire) which helped to abolish slavery ? Was it not a GUINNESS (G UINNESS'S Stout) which rebuilt St. Patrick's Cathedral ? Was it not a FELIX BOOTH (800 TH'S Gin) which promoted discoveries in the Arctic regions ? Why, then, attack the li .quor traffic ? What more would you have ? The ti me is coming when the Established Church will bee assailed, and then the aid of these much-malignedl mien will be needed to uphold the sacred ark to the cry of Church and Queen, and the Crown and Anchor. We confess that we find it difficult to resist Mr. PEARSON'S eloquence. When one has gone on all one's life holding a certain set of opinions about—not abstract questions, upon which there is room for difference—but visible facts, and when one finds that those opinions are shared by everybody else, it is rather astounding to be told one fine morning that we have all been mistaken, that the facts are quite the other way. Our judges have said that nine-tenths of the crime, our philanthropists have assured us that the great proportion of the poverty, our men of science have given us statistics to shew that by far the greater number of cases of insanity—owe their origin to this `• much-abused liquor traffic." Mr. PEARSON tells us that this is all nonsense. Judges, philanthropists, scientists, are all mistaken, for the publican is first in his pew in Darlington Church, and Sir FELIX BOOTH gave a portion of his enormous fortune (made out of gin) in finding out what the North Pole was like. And yet—and yet we cannot help striking in our minds a debtor and creditor account against the publican and Sir FELIX BOOTH. The publican goes to church early ; very commendable of him, no doubt ; but how many persons does he keep away from church altogether ? Sir FELIX BOOTH was inte rested in the North Pole ; but supposing that he had been interested in the London alleys where his gin was sold. Sir FOWELL BUXTON was associated with WILBERFORCE in freeing the African slaves; but how many English slaves did he bring into a far worse bondage, a bondage that bound soul as well as body, that destroyed as well as fettered ? Sir BENJA MIN GUINNESS restored a cathedral ; but how many homes did he destroy ? Where did the money come from which was spent in exploring the Arctic regions and beautifying St. Patrick's ? Out of the pocket of the bruised and battered wife, out of the pockets of the starving and wailing children, whose husband and whose father had spent it in buying Dublin stout and BOOTH'S gin. Mr. PEARSON tells us that the licensed victuallers look after their poor and build asylums for them. But what becomes of the poor whom they have pauperised their poor, inasmuch as they are responsible for the poverty ? We know well enough—we who have to pay enormous poor rates, who have to pay for the administration of justice, who have to provide asylums for the victims whose .brains have been sodden by drink. The " much-abused liquor trade" has done all this. The liquor traders, Mr. PEARSON tells us, are the first to welcome stringent legislation. That is the most satisfactory portion of his speech, for their cheerfulness will, before many years are past, be put to the test by legislation yet more stringent. LATEST INTELL RE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SWITZERLAIND• BERNE, Nov. 2. The reason why Switzerland has not yet acknow ledged the Provisional Government of Spain is attributable to the delay of the communication of the Spanish Circular Despatch of the 19th October, which was only presented to the Federal Council by the Spanish Charge d'Affaires on the 30th ult. So soon as the despatch above mentioned was com municated to the Federal Council they hastened not only to acknowledge the provisional Govern ment, but also the definitive form of government which should hereafter be adopted by the Spanish people. The reply relating thereto was thus : " The country of Switzerland, whose institutions are based upon the will of the people, acknowledges, as a matter of course, an equal right in all other nations, to form their Governments on the same footing. Spain, constituted anew, upon the basis mentioned in the Circular of the Provisional Government of the 19th ult., may rely in advance upon being recognized by Switzerland. In the meantime the Federal Council will at once enter into diplomatic relations with the Provisional Government, and this with the greater readiness since the Federal Council regards the Provisional Government as the true expression of the country--added to which the principles of religious liberty proclaimed in the despatch not only ensure to Spain the esteem of the civilized world, but also the means adopted for the completion of the revolution are proof of her great moderation and skill." OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. BOMBAY, Nov. 5. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, from Southampton, 24th October, arrived on the 3d November at eight p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. The Massilia left at noon to-day for SouthamF ton, where she may be looked for about the 14th instant. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 4.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 7O 97i Credit Mobilier 307 50 End of month 315 Credit Foncior 1485 End of month — Bank Sharos 3lOO Ital!an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 23i Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Homo Debt 32 Deferred 8. Cash Orleans Northern 3196i Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Wit Western EAILWA' .• --- _ Eastern ............ .. 578 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 42 11 .. ----- North of Spain B5 Saragossa Roman 44f EARTHQUAKES IN ENGLAND. In Zadkiel's Almanack for the present year 1868 —publithed, of course, towards the close of 1867 on the page (19) for August, under " Voice of the Stars," we read—" The singu lar event occurs on the 3d that Saturn and Jupiter are both stationary." And, imme mediately afterwards, we find added—" l his will doubtless produce earthquakes, which may be looked for in all parts ruled by Aries and Sagittarius. These are chiefly"—says Zadkiel (and observe what is the very first name on the list !)—" England, Naples, Syria, Spain, llungary, and Arabia." Further down that same page in the Almanack for 1868, published in 1867, Zadkiel goes on to say—" when the Sun forms a trine with Jupiter, shocks may be looked for. If they take place in England they will fall out chiefly in London"—(they were felt, by the way, as near to London as Blackheath and IVeybridge Common !)—and in the west and south-west parts of the country." A couple of months after date, no doubt—but, for all that, surely, rather a good hit, everything considered ! CRYSTAL PALACE.-00e Shilling Day, Wednes day, Nov. 4.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,007 ; ditto on payment, 559; total visitors, I,5(iG THE VICTORIA Cnoss.—lu the Governor's Green, at Portsmouth, yet•t..Tday morning, in the presence of nearly all the troops in the garrison, Lieutenant-General Sir George Buller, Commander-in-Chief of the South- Western District, presmted the Victoria Cross to the two men of the 33d It*gimont who were accredited as being the first in the city of Magdala. The proceedings were of a purely formal character, and did not occupy a quarter of au hour. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is ro commended by the medical profession in praforanca to French Brandy. Supplied in casks an.l CABO3 for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, W.O —[Ad- Tartiscment.] MR. SOLATER-BOOTH ON THE EXPEN- DITURE. Mr. G. Sclater-Booth, M.P., in a recent speech at Alton, advocated the strictest economy in the national expenditure. They were not, however, to forget that no inconsiderable portion of the increased expenditure which we had recently experienced is to be traced to the in creased demand upon the resources of the central Govern ment, which are to be seen everywhere around us. The old fear as to the loss of local self-government seemed of late to have greatly diminished ; or, at all events, there was no longer a fear entertained that the central Government might become so strong as to exercise any thing like a tyrannical influence over localities, and con currently with this feeling there had arisen a greater desire for governmental assistance and support in many operations which are in themselves of a local character. For instance, the education:of the people isbeing conducted at a vast expense to the imperial exchequer, and then there is an immense network of Government inspection carried on under the Poor Laws, the Factories Act, the Local Government Act, and in the mining districts—all of which are under the control of the Home Office, and require for their administration highlypaid officers. These and the like expenses were not thought necessary in former clays, and as long as they continued he did not see how we could expect a very large reduction in the total expenditure of the country from year to year. The proper requirements of the country, too, in regard to better pay, clothing, and food for our soldiers and sailors, all tended to swell the expenditure ; and although he was far from denying that there were many expenses, especially in connection with the army, that might be reduced, yet he scarcely thought that writers and speakers on this subject had at all times reflected upon the increased demands made tipon recent, as compared with former Gover nits when Criticising their expenditure. MR. R. JOHNSON ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. i'he American Ambassador, Mr. Reverdy Johnson, will not fail to acquire s 3 mpatby and regard, if they may be acquired by amicable speeches. He spoke again on Wednesday. He was the guest of the new sheriffs of London and Middlesex, at their "inauguration banquet." In responding to the toast of - his health, he said : " I have received so many civilities from the people of England since I came amongst them that my vocabulary of thanks is exhausted. I have, however, a vocabulary which can never be exhausted; it is that which teaches me to say to you and to pray to God that the peace between your country and mine may never be disturbed. What ever difficulties in the recent past have occurred, it gives me supreme pleasure to say to you, as I have said elsewhere, that they are about to be successfully removed. In part this has already been accomplished ; and by the kindness, patriotism, and love which Lord Stanley bears to his Queen and country, and by the same feeling which I hope influences me towards my Government, the rest of the dispute will, before the lapse of the present year, be also successfully adjusted. Whatever, then, may happen in the future will find us together as one people, enjoy. ing one government in point of substance—that is to say, each of us enjoying a government resting upon the principles of human freedom, without which man can not live. If you suppose, or ever have supposed, that among the reflecting men of the United States there was any unkind feeling towards your Government, however it may have been in the past, you are mistaken as to the Present. There may be in America, and there may be in England, some spirits so unruly (I am glad to think they are not in this room), which cannot realise the duty of observing the obligations of law, and waiting until the good sense of the two peoples may correct whatever errors may have crept into their several institutions. Both Governments are popular—both must respond to the popular will, and both have in the past, and are willing in the present, to respond to that will. The termination of the Presidential contest yesterday resulted, as I was sure it would, in the almost unani mous election of that man to the chief executive of the . United States to whom we were mainly indebted for the suppression of that rebellion which struck at the life of the nation, and the men of America would have been ungrate ful if they had failed to place, him in the Presidential chair, the duties of which he would be sure so to administer as to subserve the public interests, and to bind up the wounds of a wounded country. In that war, as you know, there was a terrible loss of life ; one million men of the North and of the South now lie under the sod. The men of the South, as I have ever said in the Senate of the United States, sincerely thought they were serving their country in the struggle, and attempting and engaging in an effort to maintain the true principles of political liberty. The men of the North, on the other hand, were satisfied that without the continuance of the Union liberty and peace in the United States were not to be accomplished. Of that number I was one. A Southerner by birth, a Southerner by education, a Southerner by residence, I felt that it was due to the interests of all the people of the United States that the Union should be preserved at almost any cost. And it has been preserved, thank God ; and you may thank God too, gentlemen. The people cf England have cause to rejoice that the struggle resulted as it did, because, as we prosper—and prosper we should not if our Union had been dissolved—so also will you prosper. Every State which has been added to that galaxy of States which in 1776 formed and were represented by the stars of the American standard, tends to your benefit as well as our own. What would California have been if she had not fallen under our rule or under yours ? For a century her wealth was undeveloped, but the moment free institutions " landed " within her limits then it was discovered that that undeveloped wealth, counting by millions and hundreds of millions, keine' its way abroad ; and in the presence of the Governor of the Bank of England I may say, not a little went into the coffers of the bank with which he is connected, for the benefit of the commercial world. -America has contracted an enormous debt in money, but that is nothing in comparison to the blood which has literally mired every battle-field of our country. But although we have contracted this enormous debt in money, whatever rumours you may have heard, whatever doubts may have been expressed, I tell ycu, in all the sincerity with which man can speak, that every dollar of that debt will be paid in that which the world recognises asmoney. Dishonoured (and I know my country never would be knowingly; would America be if she failed to meet her engagements, and if she did not pay in money. In concluding, Mr. Johnson commented on the position of the Queen. He declared that his country did not undervalue the power of the army and navy. On the Abyssinian expedition, too, he complimented this country, and on the celebrated name, Napier of Magdala. We had not added to the list of our naval heroes, because we had not had the opportunity. America, too, had produced Sheridan, Hancock, Sherman, and Grant, and in the navy Porter and Farragut. Referring to the reunion in America, Mr. Johnson said : " But we are not altogether, in one sense, united, though we are legally united. Not an arm is now raised) or is wished to be raised, against the authority of my Government, and under the President for the remainder of his term, and the one who is to follow on the 4th of March, and also under the direction of the Congress which will meet in December, I tell you that you may rest assured that in a short time all our sufferings will almost be forgotten, and America will be, what she was in the past, of value to the people of England, and she will hail you one and all as friends. It was predicted by George 111. and the men who were around him, that the independence of the States would be a fatal blow to England—the star of her empire, it was said, would fall, and the downfall of her honour was near at hand. What has followed? Why, the result has been to increase the prosperity and power of England, and when England's downfall happens you may expect the sun to fall. Every accruing year, whether of war or peace, adds to our mutual wealth and enhances our mutual power, and so may it be to the end. As England is powerful, and permit me to say so long as she remains at peace with the United States, nothing in the tide of time will befall her of which she need be afraid." A colliery at Elephant-lane, near St. Helen's, was discovered to bo on fire oa Sunc'ay. On the follow ing day, an exploring p.o ty. headed by Mr. Na: ler, the underlooker, and Mr. John Campbell, son of the cashier, went down to the pit for the purpose of ascert•un ing the seat and extent of tho conflagration, and taking steps to restrict its ravages. As the party did not return in a reasonable time, a second body of explorers descended the pit, when it was found that Ur. Naylor, Mr. Campbell, and a collier named Williatn Foster had perished, whilst their companions were in a very exhausted state. The latter were carried to the sur face ; the bodies of the men who had perished could not be recovered. Mit. WALTER ON EDITCATION.--In a speech recently delivered at Windsor to the electors of Berks, Mr. Walter dealt with the subject of education, observing that much might be done by developing further the existing system, for he believed that a good school under that system was probably as good as any school which could be found in any civilised country. It seemed to be imagined that nothing effectual could be done in the way of education without compulsion. He, however, was not of that opinion, and he had seen with some sur prise that Lord Salisbury, in the remarkable speech which he had made a few days ago at Manchester, had spoken of compulsion as being resorted to in America. lie could, however, from his own knowledge, state that compulsion was not the rule in America, and he was informed by a gtntleman in Philadelphia, fully conversant with the subject, that compulsion was not found to be generally necessary. ONE MODE OF OPPOSITION. Tamworth must be a nice town to canvass, at least Sir H. L. Bulwer's committee find it so. While a party were out canvassing on Tuesday the Conservative men objected. Of this objection the canvassers took no heed. But the men persisted in their opposition, and by and by came to violence. A general fight took place, which lasted a considerable time. "After great exertions on the part of the police," as one account says, the disturbance was quelled, but not before several had received very serious injuries, amongst whom was a gentleman belonging to Sir H. L. Bulwer's committee, named Groom. So bad have things got that Sir Henry has written to the mayor of the town, complaining and asking for protection. "I am sure," he says, " under such unforeseen circumstances the authorities will see that preparations are made in order to prevent future disturbance, if required —so that we should neither be obliged to forego our right to visit electors, nor be called upon to resist force by force, which is most undesirable. This behaviour is the more unfair since Mr. John Peel's canvass was never interfered with ; and I address myself to you as the guardian of the tranquillity of the town and the rights of its inhabitants to protect peaceable men, who will to-morrow recommence the task they abandoned to-day from lawless outrage.* THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN OAT THE IRISH CHURCH. The L:b rals of Dublin had a large demonstration on Monday. Sir Dominic Corrigan, the Liberal candidate for the city, Sir John Gray, M.P., the Right Hon. W. Cogan, M.P., Mr. Pim, M.P., and others addressed the kneeting. A letter was read from Dr. Cullen, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, in which he says : " The people of England is now anxious to re dress our grievances, and to inaugurate the reign of justice, by putting the Irish Catholics on a footing of per fect equality with all the other citizens of the empire. In such circumstances, is it not the duty of all the constituencies of Ireland, and especially of the electors of Dublin, whose example must have great influence in every part of the country, to return representatives to Parliament prepared to assist our Liberal friends in England in bringing to a favourable issue the great question of the disendowment and disestablishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland --a question intimately connected with the peace and happiness and the most vital interests of this country. Other matters of great importance must also soon occupy the attention of the House of Commons, and it is most desi rable that men should be sent to Parliament determined to discuss them and to legislate on them in a way con formable to the wishes of the great mass of the electors of Ireland. Public instruction, for example, is in an unsatisfactory state, and parents are oftentimes prevented from educating their children according to their ownwishes and in conformity with the teaching of the religion which they profess. The relations also between landlord and tenant are far from being what the country has a right to require that they should be. However, these and other matters, though of the greatest moment to the welfare of the country, cannot be settled all at once. They must give precedence to the all-absorbing question of the Protestant Establishment. As soon as that shall have been finally settled, and the principal cause of dissension removed, we may expect the land and education questions will be discussed with a proper regard to the material and religious interests of the country, and that measures will be adopted with reference to them calculated to merit the al p:'cbation of all classes. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND ST. ANDREWS ITNIVERSITY.—Dr. Prosser James, rather than divide the Liberal party, has retired in favour of Professor Playfair. KIDDERMINSTER.—Mr. Lea and Mr. Bristowe having submitted their respective claims to Mr. Glyn, the Liberal 1 " whip," that gentleman recommended Mr. Bristowe to retire. He at once withdrew from his candidature, thereby leaving a united Liberal party to do battle with the Con servative candidate. NOTTINGHAM.—The great aggregate Liberal meeting was held on Tuesday night in the Exhibition building. Eight thousand electors were present. The numbers were so evenly balanced that the chairman twice appealed to the meeting, and declared Messrs. Clayden and Seely to have the majority. Upon the decision of the chairman being heard, there were loud cries of " Osborne !" BocHDALE.—Mr. Schofield, the Conservative candidate, has come forward on the basis of a requisition signed by about one-third of the electors. Mr. T. B. Potter, the sitting member, addressed the electors on Monday night, and was enthusiastically received. STORE-ON-TRENT.—SIX thousand working men assemmea at the Longton covere 1 marliet on Tuesday night. Colonel Roden replied to the allegations of Mr. Hartwell, and a resolution was carried that Colonel Roden's answer was satisfactory, and that he should have the support of the Liberal party. The greatest enthusiasm exists in favour • , f Mr. Melly and Colonel Roden. SALISBURY.—Mr. M. H. Marsh, one of the Liberal members for this city, has retired, leaving the field to Mr. Hamilton and Dr. Lush. Mr. Chapman, Conserva tive, to whom a requisition has been presented, signed by nearly one-third of the electors, has declined to stand, on 'account of his age. SOUTT-1 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—Sir Rainald Knightley (C.) and Lord Frederick Fitzroy (L.) are not to be per ' witted to walk over the course in South Northampton ! shire. Major Fairfax William Cartwright, a relative of Colonel Cartwright, and a Conservative, has issued an address. WORCESTER.—The Hon. E. C. Leigh, the arbitrator who was selected to decide between the claims of the rival Liberal candidates, attended at the Guildhall, Wor cester, on Tuesday, and decided in favour of Mr. Sherriff nd Mr. Hill. BRIGHTON. — Two resident Conservative candidates have issued their addresses to the electors—namely, Mr. James Ashbury and Mr. W. C. L. Bashford. Both protest strongly against the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and profess to be supporters generally of the present Government. WARWICK.—Mr. W. R. Cremer, of London, the working man's candidate, has published an address to the electors, asking them to support him against the Tory candidate. Mr. It. Crawford, who a few days ago also issued an address to the electors, has returned to Warwick with the 'ntention of contesting one of the seats. BARNSTAPLE. — The differences existing between toe Liberal party here have ;been referred to arbitration— certain gentlemen having been selected to represent Mr. Evans, and others Mr. Thomas. Mr. Beales has been nominated the chairman. The electors are to be invited to make their choice of the two candidates by voting for ,e object of their choice. Claret of the celebrated vintage of 1811 was sold last week at Chateau Lafitte at the enormous price of £5 a bottle. Mr. Machonochie, in a letter to the Church Reciew, says it is a mockery to say to any saint " Ora pro nobis." If the "Hail, Mary," in its ancient English form implied the same idea as " Ora pro nobip," he should forbid its use. THE BLACKBURN RIOTS.—DEATH OF ONE OF THE RIOTERS.—One of the men engaged in the rioting at the Blackburn municipal elections is dead, and the death of another is hourly expected. The name of the deceased is Patrick Gallagher, a bricklayer's labourer, living in Mau dsley-street, Audley. He was engaged on Monday after noon amongst the rioters in the locality of the Darwen street polling-booths. After the military had left this part of the town to quell a disturbance in another portion of it, stone-throwing was resorted to, and a general riot ensued. The deceased was seen to throw a stone, which struck Police-constable Critchley on the head, and felled him to the ground. Police-constable Ramsbottom, seeing this, jumped over the barriers of the polling-booth, and struck the deceased a blow on the head with a trun cheon, and felled him to the ground. Ramsbottom was himself then knocked down, and was taken to the police station in a weak condition. What became of Gallagher is not known, but at eight o'clock on Tuesday night he was so ill that a surgeon was sent for, and at one o'clock he died of the injuries sustained on Monday. An inquest on the body will be held. The name of the other man who is dangerously injured is Patrick Lavelle, and he lies at the infirmary in a critical condition. TIIE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS AT TORQUAY. —Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands continues her residence at Nuellen's Royal Hotel, and has at different times expressed her greatest satisfaction with the beauty of Torquay, and the quietness, comfort, and excellence of the hotel honoured by the sojourn of royalty. On Friday evening Prince Napoleon and suite arrived from London on a visit to the Queen, and also took up his residence at the Royal Hotel, where his apartments had been retained. His Imperial Highness and suite left on Wednesday for London. During his stay the Prince and his suite dined twice with her Majesty and hersuite. The dinners, served in the fine great saloon of the hotel, were everything that good taste and a first-rate cuisine could procure. On Wednesday her Majesty drove to Berry Head, returning to her hotel for dinner at half-past five o'clock. The Queen will visit the Earl of Devon, at Powderham Castle, and in the course of this week her Majesty intends to honour Lord Churston with a visit. Her Majesty, with several members of her suite, visited Exeter on Thursday afternoon last, first visiting on their way Sir Lawrence Palk, at Ilaidon, where the party partook of luncheon. Six L. Palk accompanied the di, , tinguishcAl party to Exeer, and acted as c:ccrone. li . ~,,, + .'* ry-'2 l VI 1 111-1 a 4 ' (01 1 n ~-S'" a :--rJ2-'-7:l'. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Nov. 3. • The Queen, •accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince and Princess Christian, and Prince Leopold, drove to the Shiel of the Glassalt yesterday, at tended by the Marchioness of Ely. Sir Stafford Northcote and the Rev. M. Taylor left the Castle. TILE PRUSSIAN DIET. BERLIN, Nov. 4 . The Prussian Diet was opened to-day by t ha King in person, who delivered the following speec h from the throne : " Illustrious, Noble, and Honourable Gentlemen of both Houses of the Diet,---The session 0. 01 begins to-day opens for you a new field of inifin r : taut legislative l a b our . I t rust t h at the same spiry of ready co-ope ra ti on w i t h my G overnmen t, to which the favour a bl e resu lt s o f t h e l ast ses sion . were due, will rule ov er y our d e lib erat i ons on this occas;on. The budget for the next year will be laid befor e you without delay. In consequence of the concur rence of several unfavourable circumstances, it 1 05 been necessary to draw upon the extraordinary re' venue in order to completely cover the expenditur e, although the latter has been curtailed as much a e possible. The continued badness of trade, and th e consequences of the unfavo ura bl e h arv est 01 the previous year, have prevented th e otherwise naturally increasing revenue front keeping peace with the unavoidable increase of the requirements of the State. The reductions of th e Customs duties and other sources of revenue whic h were resolved upon in the general politico-econo" tnical interest of the couu:ry, have occasioned 3 falling off of the receipts to a considerable extent' In the expectAtion of this, bills were at the be' ginning of the year brought before the Custom s Parliament, which did not, however, give thew its approval. " I confidently hope that the necessity of an ad dition to the special revenue of the Confederati on will be acknowledged, and that this addition Will ll° longer be refused. Inasmuch as, according to the present state of thi ngs , a rev i va l o f tra de and its favourable influence in increasing the State revenue may be expected, we may deduce there from the hope that means will shortly be availab le for restoring the equilibrium between the ordinary revenue and ordinary expenditure, and that We shall be able to provide more liberally for the ef penses of the State than is at present possible. 13 considering these circumstances, you will not hesi tate to give your sanction to the proposals of Government for meeting the required expenclita° for next year. "The improvement of our administrative insti tutions has been the subject of searching examina tion. It cannot b e i n t en d e d t o s h a k e or abolis h those hitherto existing institutions to which Prussia owes her prosperity, b e f ore o th er i ns titution s which promise to endure and be fruitful of r e ; sults shall have been c rea t e d. B u t, looking at the increased extent of the monarchy, and ba y ; ing regard to a d es i re w hi c h h as i n man y sysY been manifested, my G overnmen t recognises a s its duty gradually to hand over to the resPee tive provincial and communal corporatio ust for independent consideration, those brauoh e3 of public business which do not on ac count of any direct interest of the State, neces3ari l l require to be retained under the direction and cars of the State authorities. So soon as those corper 3- tions are provided with proper administrative orga nisations, legislation will be directed towards e' tending their field of operation i n th e separate branches of public affairs, according as the exPe r ci i : ments made shall show suc h ex t ens i on t o be 3 visable. In several of the new provinces the w s l is already paved for establishing these administra tive organisations. To prepare the ground iu the old provinces the com pl et i on o f t h e system o f Ai viding the country into districts is above all recl. ll ' - site. My Govern men t w ill l ay before you a bill aiming at that object. " It is intended to effect a number of other 5.31 ' portant amendments to the laws through your ico operation. The regulations resp ec ti ng the aecill i % tion or loss of the chara c t er o f P russ i an subjec v require modification as a ff ec t e d b y th e establish ment of the North Germa n C on f e d era ti on . IV oi reference to the settle m e n t o f th e commu nal rela tions in the province o f Schleswig-Holstein, bills will come before you treating of the constitut i° and administration of the towns and district CO llla munes. • - .6 My Government devotes •unceasing care to th e development of the popular schools, and eeog dently expects your approval of the bills which r e . ; late to the position of those scho o l s and it tel teachers. " Your attention will be cl a i me d i n a spe cial f degree to the imp rovemen t o f th e a d m i n i s t r ation v justice, and t o a pro j ec t f or a comp l ete identie ia code for the whole monarchy. " Bills will also be presented to you relative to superior law appointments and law examination°, relative to expropriation, and also a bill for intro' during modifications urgently desired by the COr mercial world in the bankruptcy laws. for " Moreover, proposals will come before you 0 reforming the mortage laws, and a general go o law to obtain throughout the whole monarchy been drawn up. "By the conclusion of a revised Rhine Naviga tion Act, a new internati ona l agreemen t has bee n obtained for the traffic upon one of the most iroPp t " taut of rivers. My Government will lay this el; vention before you for approval, in accordance W the Constitution. " It affords me satisfaction that a return of the distress which afflicted a portion of the proviil o L e of Prussia last year need no t be apprehended to winter—a result d ue t o th e measures w hich vr e ly , taken with your a pp rova l, t o th e d evo t e d netiv i of the authorities an d corpora ti ons , an d to t,bbie year's favourable harvest i n every prov i nc e of monarchy. o "The relations of my Gover nmen t w ith for e ' ;n i d Powers in every direction are satisfactory an of friendly. The events in the Western Peninsula Europe can give rise to no other feeling Witbin t than the wish and confidence that the Spanisii,°s, 0 t tion will succeed in finding in the indepeo u 'd formation of her national position a guarantee her future prosperity and power. fl d 44 A proof of united progress in civilisation LI al humanity has been afforded by the internati°,o congress which has just accomplished at Ge l3 ,, e • e g the task of compl e ti ng an d ex t en di ng t o the 03 ' - t , the principles already settled previously for tre 3 3s , ing and caring for the wounded in war. } Y e hope that the moment is far distant I "i es , will call for th e app li cat i on o f t h ose prifl eiP o pe The sentiments of th e S overe i gns of and the nations' desire for peace give g r° i ti o r for trusting that the advancing d eve n fier merit of the g enera l we lf are w ill no t 0011 6 , - 1 . 0 0 no material di s t ur b ance , but will also be free d ' b o those obstr uc ti ng an d para l ys i ng e ff ec t s whiell"rof only too o ft en b een crea t e d b y gro undless lea taken advantage of by the enemies of Poe) public order. pea r Let the Diet proceed to its work of pea"' tratQd with this confidence. 0 ACCIDENT TO AN ACTRZSS.—An accid ent serious character occurred at the Exeter Theatre o n ° g turday night. Whilst the pieco of "Stolen" 1 1-35 )2 :05 played Miss Rcigeolds, in walking across a bridge, precipitated to the ground in consequence of th')lo,s having broken. One of her ribs was broken , and siLe much briljsed. THE SOUTHPORT EMBEZZLEMENTS._yester,I3Y'of the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 0 0 gr 3, T i , j ler l4 found a true bill against Hodgkinson, the late ch w ' to the corporation of Southport, on six cou nts of the cir dictinent for embezzlement. The total amount of tli ° falcations is £lO,OOO. m 0 le Lc fo pr da WE 12 10