The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-09 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of this year (1868) the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 751 lives from various:ship wrecks and 19 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £14,657 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition togranting £2,090 for re wards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 189 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by t he Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. BORROWED PLUMES. At 7.45 KING 0' SCOTS. Mr. Phelps. Mr. E. Price, Mr. H. Sinclair Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett, Mr. Joseph Irving, Mr. J Rouse, Mr. William Mclntyre, Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F. Ch%rle. Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith Stuart Miss Fanny Addison, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action, entitled BED A. -THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, EA SY SITAVIN(4-. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Oriono; Mesdames Burke and F. Wright. After which, PIETRA. essrs. Chippendale, Howe, Ken dal, Gordon, &c.; Miss Bateman. Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Kendal, Weaihersbv, Clark, White, &e.; Mesdames Chippendale, Burke, Wright, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Lewin, &e. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TUTS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE (CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At a quarter to S, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Pechter. Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G. Delmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. 11. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. CLOBE 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, Newbouncl, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke Mesdames Remade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THE ATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, ) G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Sir. F. Lloyds ant assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from I() till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. 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THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. Sole Lessee and Manaver, Mr. F. B. Chatterton THIS EVENING, at 7, BORROWED PLUMES. After which at a quarter to 8, KING 0' SCOTS: Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Addi son, Barrett, J. Irving, 11. Sinclair, E. Price, John Rouse, G Cumming, W. M'lntyre, and W. C. Temple; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Fanny Addison, and Mrs. F. Matthews. Grand Ballet of Action, BEDA. town. THEATRE-ROTA L. HAYMARKET. ----- THIS EVENING, EASY SH A VINCI. Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Miss Burke, &c. Aft er which, PIETRA: Messrs. Chippen dale. Howe, Kendal, Gordon, &c.: Miss Bateman, Mrs. E. Fitz william. And RURAL FELICITY: Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Kendal,Weathersby, Clark, White, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Burke, Wright, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Lewin, &c. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vining. TUTS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. llarcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Rolston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Pose Leclercq Goncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MONIE CRISTO . Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. Eburne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tats EVFNING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to 8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher, Nowbound, Andrews, Tindale, Huristone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. 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G. Vincent, &c.; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Cau lHel 1. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H. Ne ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, 11. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and 11. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Trus EVENING, at 7.N0, A. LOVINti CLP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by TIIE RISE AND FALL OF 'ITCHARD III.: or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, lir. Danvers: Miss CoWilson. awl Miss M. Oliver. To con tlude with TIIE CLOCK Ni AKER'S MAT. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Nliss Marie Wilton TINS EVENING, WHO SPEAKS FIRST! 3fessl;:l , lontague and R a k e ley ; 31 iss Addison. After which, SOCIETY : Messrs. J. Clarke, Here, H. J. Montague, Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss C. A.ddison. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tnis EVEN/NO, The Great Carre Troupe and Leagn cent Stud of : als) Atole, Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Captain Autitiu, Miss Carrie, and 6ainwell'is i'Qrforrning Dogs, -- ----- CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from II to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Gd.; Children under twelve, 6d. j., trigit .; s tilt -r LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1868. Mr. GLADSTONE'S Cabinet is to-day announced as completed. This afternoon, indeed, has witnessed at Windsor Castle the going out of the late Ministers and the coining in of their successors. In the dis tribution of the principal offices of State there is, however, one transposition which is noticeable— namely, the according of a seat in the Cabinet to the Postmaster-General and not a seat in the Cabinet to the Chief Commissioner of Parks and Palaces. Otherwise the Fifteen Cabinet Ministers, Late and Present, may be thus enumerated : 1. First Lord of tlia Treasury, Mr. GLADSTO:sIE rice... Mr. DISRAELI. 2. Lord High Chancellor, Lord PAGE WOOD vice... Lord CAIRNS. 3. President of the Council, Earl DE GREY vice...Duke of MARLBOROUGH. 4. Lord Privy Seal, Earl of KIMBERLEY... .vice... Earl of MALMESBURY. 5. Home Secretary, Mr. AUSTIN BRUCE....vice...Mr. GATHORNE HARDY. 6. Foreign Secretary. Earl of CLARENDON ...vice...Lord STANLEY. 7. Colonial-Secretary, Earl GRANVILLE. rice...Duke of BUCKINGHAM. 8. Secretary for War, Mr. CARDWELL vice... Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. 9. Secretary for India, Duke of ARGYLL rice... Sir S. NORTIICOTE. 10. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. LOWE ... vice...Mr. HUNT. 11. First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. CHILDEPS vice...Mr. CORRY. 12. President of the Board of Trade, Mr. BRIGHT vice...D eke of RICHMOND. 13. President of the Poor Law Board, Mr. GOSCEEN vice... Earl of DEVON. 14. Secretary for Ireland, Mr. FORTESCUE yice...Col. WILSON PATTEN. 15. Postmaster-General, Marq. of HARTINGTON..vice—Duke of MONTROSE. Or, rather, that last Cabinet Minister, vice Lord JOHN MANNERS, Commissioner of Parks and Palaces, who, it has already been intimated, had his seat in the Cabinet of Mr. DISRAELI, in lieu of the Duke of MONTP.OSE, as Postmaster-General. An examination of the two lists thus placed side by side indicates al most at a glance, and certainly very strikingly, the far larger and more diversified intellectual capacity of the new Premier's colleagues as compared with the colleagues of the late First Lord of the Treasury. But, then, to begin with, Mr. (DISRAELI had what has been termed his body-guard of Dukes, and those Dukes— the Duke of RICHMOND, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, and the Duke of MARLBOROUGH. The new Prime Minister, on the other hand, contents himself with a single Duke in his Cabinet, and that Duke a no less able one than the Duke of ARGYLL, distinguished at once as the philosophic author of_the Treatise on Law and as one of the most vigorous debaters among the Liberal Leaders in the House of Lords. Nevertheless, with this intellectual preponderence on the side of the new Ministry, when they are weighed in the balance against their predecessors—Mr. DISRAELI, Lord STANLEY, and Lord CAIRNS being alone noticeable in the one group of Cabinet Ministers, whereas in the other there are observeable names as distinguished as II those of Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. LOWE, Mr. CARDWELL, Lord GRANVILLE, the Duke of ARGYLL, and Lord CLARENDON—complaints are notwithstanding becoming already audible as to the disproportionate amount of the old Whig element in the formation of the new Government. Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. LOWE, and Mr. CHILDERS are really the only new men who have been enrolled ; and, in their sympathies and their natures, they are distinctly antagonistic. Mr. LOWE, besides, was already a Privy Council lor, had already been in office, though hitherto without a seat in the Cabinet. But his whole genius is antagonistic to Mr. BRIGHT. He was the ring leader of the Adullamites. His, one might say, was the fleecy hoisery of that political Skye-terrier faceti ously referred to a couple of years since by the mem ber for Birmingham, as so bewilderingly small and confused that one could never tell which was the head and which was the tail. And yet these are among the men who are to sit amicably cheek-by-jowl at the same council board. Advanced Liberal and retrograde Tory, as one might really, in many respects, term the member for the University of London ! Talk of the Happy Family ! Talk of the Bird and the Cat ! It is the Lion and the Basilisk ! Another very regrettable peculiarity at the outset in regard to the Cabinet justconstructed is thatwhereas four out of the five Secretaries of State under the last Government, were in the House of Commons, namely, the Foreign Secretary, Lord STANLEY, the Home Secretary, Mr. HARDY, the Indian Secretary, Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE, and the War Secretary, Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON—three out of the five under the new Government are in the House of Lords—namely, the Earl of CLARENDON as Foreign Secretary, the Earl GRANVILLE as Colonial Secretary, and the Duke of ARGYLL as Indian Secretary. And, in point of fact, only one of the remaining two has at this moment a seat in the House of Commons, that one isolated Secretary of State being the Secretary of State for War, Mr. CA.RDIVELL. For, the Home Secretary (of all men !) has yet to be provided for in that way—Mr. 11. A. BRUCE having been rejected in the late contest by his old contituency of Merthyr Tydvil. It is ex pected, however, that a vacant seat will be found for him on the elevation to the Bench as Lord Justice of Appeal (in place of Sir W. PAGE WooD, now promoted to the Wool sack) of Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, now M.P. for Rich mond, in Yorkshire. What the subordinate posts may be which are to be allotted to Mr. STANSFELD and Mr. W. E. FORSTER has yet to be announced, but in any case their claims for office can hardly be overlooked. Seeing that Parliament meets to-mor row, we may expect, before the close of the present week, to have seen filled in all the other offices in the Administration. BY general consent Mr. GLADSTONE'S appoint ments in the Upper house are considered to be the weakest part of his Cabinet. In the first place, there are too many of them ; in the second place, the peers selected are, with few exceptions, not up to the mark so far as debating power is concerned. The Duke of ARGYLL, Earl GRANVILLE, and the Earl of CLA - LIENDON will indeed be able to hold their own against such men as the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Earl of CARNARVON, and Lord CAIRNS. But the new Lord CHANCELLOR will be nowhere in debate, and will have to look for aid to Lord 'WESTBURY, the cashiered Chancellor of a former Administration. Lords HALIFAX, KI3IBERLEY, DE GREY and Parox, SPENSER, and other noblemen who have been named will add little strength to_ the Government so far as oratory is concerned. Even if the Marquis of lIARTINGToN : and Sir George GREY, should THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9,186 g. be raised to the Upper House, there will be little gained in respect of eloquence. Under these circumstances it is difficult to understand why Mr. GLADSTONE . should have thought it necessary to bestow so many principal posts on peers. Perhaps he is influenced by the consideration that his Irish Church measure, while passing easily enough through the Lower House, will be strenuously opposed in the Upper, and that therefore it is necessary to propi tiate as many great heads of Houses as possible, with the view of preventing the formation of a Cave of Adullam among the Peers. This considera tion has weight, for even though it be said that they must give way in the long run, no wise statesman will pit them against the Commons, nor neglect any reasonable opportunity of reconciling the two Houses, so as to prevent a colli sion. At the same time it is to be hoped that Mr. GLADSTONE will not be compelled to make any more propitiatory sacrifices to the house of Lords. Mr. DISRAELI was partial to dukes, yet even he chose the bulk of his chief ministers from the Lower House. The Home, Foreign, War, and India Secretaries and the First Lord of the Admiralty were all commoners, whereas two of these in Mr. GLADSTONE'S Adminis tration will be peers. Mr. GLADSTONE is not one of the " old Whig lot," and he must be careful lest he should lead the nation to think that he is. LORD STANLEY'S declaration at King's Lynn with regard to the Eastern Question was not exactly a prophecy. It was merely an announcement of what in the nature of things was certain and inevitable. For some time past the conspiracies against the integrity of Turkey have been so open and so unceasingly active that the date of a rupture was simply a question of the long-suffering of the PoRTE. The intrigues in Roumania in the north, and the assist ance given by the Greeks to the Cretans in the south, were on behalf of a similar, though not precisely the same object. The Roumanians hope by the dis memberment of Turkey to lay the founda tion of a great State amongst the heterogeneous tribes of the Danubian provinces—a State whichwould certainly embrace a large portion of Turkey, and which might probably include a small fraction of Austria. The Greeks dream of a Ilellenic Empire, the sway of which would be paramount over the islands of the Levant, and would extend far beyond the present boundaries of Greece on the Ottoman frontier. How far these two great schemes, which form the substance of what is known as the Eastern Question, are supported or discouraged by the greater Powers, it is impossible to learn precisely. There can be no doubt that the intrigues of the stronger Euro pean States, and especially of Russia, have brought about the hopeless embroglio which the Eastern Question now presents. But to what extent and with what object those intrigues are carried on is just the problem whose insolubility gives to the Eastern Question its character of hopeless complexity. It is "most probable that Russia aids both R►ournania and Greece with the object of fur thering Muscovite designs, and it is equally likely that this aid is acceptedby the smaller States inthe hope that they only will profit by it—that Russiawill be swindled when the time comes for dividing the spoil. But what ever may be the cause, the effect is unequivocal. The Roumanians and the Greeks are openly labouring, in a manner which has had no parallel since the partition of Poland for the dismember ment and destruction of the Ottoman Empire. The conduct of both Governments has long been - a scandal to Europe. In England there are abundant symptoms that the old enthusiasm for the mainte nance of the Ottoman power has materially cooled down ; but it is impossible to regard these deliberate violations of international law, these persistent attempts to destroy a peaceful State, without the strongest feeling of disapproval. For the last two or three years the Greek Government has been the sole support of an insurrection in one of the island provinces of Turkey. The merits of the original rising—the presumed wrongs of the Cretans and the injuries wrought by the Turks—are not the points at issue. The just complaint which the Porte brings against the Government at Athens is that Greece, a neutral State, has systematically encouraged a civil war in Turkey, and has been the mainstay of an insurrection, which otherwise would long ago have been repressed. The rising in Camila has been virtually a war between Turkey and Greece. The Government of the latter State has not only per mitted the enlistment of volunteers for Crete, but it has openly encouraged it. It has shipped off fighting-men to the islands, and it has brought back the women, children, and old men. It has tolerated, if not provided, a blockade runner, which has long set at defiance the incompetent navy of the Porte, and has furnished the Cretans with arms, ammunition, and money. There can be no doubt that the rising would have been suppressed but for Greek aid ; and thus it is clear that, whatever com plaint the Cretans may have against the Turks, the Turks are not the less in the right against the Greeks. The end has come at last, and would have come long ago but for the interference of the Powers. The Porte would have settled the question by an open fight with Greece, had not the mysterious logic of Euro pean diplomacy decreed that the fighting had better go on with Crete as the medium. The policy of the Government at Athens was clearly illegal, and if the Powers had some time ago done what they are doing now, much misery to the Cretans and much disquietude to Europe might have been spared. There can now be but one issue to the combined intervention of England, France, and Austria. If the question is settled by mediation the States which have supported the ultimatum of Turkey can be satisfied only by full concession on the part of Greeee. If the two bankrupt nations go to war, the moral support of the interfering Powers must remain on the side of Turkey. A peaceful settlement of this difficulty cannot be other than advantageous to Europe. It will for a time retard Muscovite progress southwards, and it will put an end to a policy which weekly increases the misery of the miserable States of the East. The ambition of Greece is productive of great temporary injury; whilst it is impossible to see how or when it may be expected to end in any permanent I benefit. DEATH OF THE KING OF SIAM AND SUCCESSION 70 7HE THRONE. We have received the following from an official source : His Majesty Pradat Somdet Phra Chom Klow, the late King of Siam, was attacked with fever on the 27th of August last. The medical faculty prescribed for his Majesty, and hopes were en tertained of his recovery, when hemorrhage ensued. Notwithstanding all medical treatment his Ma jesty became worse. On the Ist of October, at 9 p.m., his Majesty breathed his last, aged fully sixty-four years, having reigned seventeen years six months and a half. The officers whose duties are to attend to the Royal dead then clothed his Majesty's remains in regal robes, and de posited them in a golden urn, which was con veyed in a procession to the Grand Palace, and placed in state to the wing of the Palace called Dootcha Sit Maha Prasat, according to the custom annually adopted with regard to the remains of the former Kings of Siam. The Princes, relatives of his late Majesty, the Ministers, and the officers of Government, both high and low, then met and consulted together, and unanimously agreed to the accession of Prince Chau Fa Chula Longkorn, th 3 eldest son of his late Majesty, to the throne of the king dom of Siam ; and that of Prince George Kromatnun Bawarawichai Chan, the eldest son of his late Majesty Prabat Somdet Pra Pin Klow, the second King to the throne of the second King of Siam, as successors of the two late Kings. All the officers and people of Siam having unani mously consented to these lineal successions, there were consequently neither discussions nor disputes of any kind. Merchants and traders follow up their avocations iu peace and prosperity as here tofore. Bangkok, Oct. 8. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE .NEW GOVERSMENT. - Y ery few appointments now remain to be filled up, and those are almost all of the second rank. Another day or two will suffice to complete the settling down. The triumph of the British Constitution will then be perfect, and, as the Times says, the answer of the con stituencies to the appeal of Mr. Disraeli will be carried into the innermost recesses of the palace. By far the most important vacancy is the Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland. For this Lord Halifax is most mentioned, the Post observing that the office has certainly been offered him. The appointment would not be regarded with general satisfaction ; several journals urge objections of some weight against Lord Halifax as Viceroy, but, at the same time, an efficient and vigorous rule is anticipated from him. At present be is the candidate most spoken of. Lord Dufferin has the strong sym pathy of the Times, and Earl Spencer commands the confidence of the Advertiser. The latter says : "Earl Spencer's appointment, it is admitted on all hands, would give universal satisfaction ; but he hesitates to accept so responsible a trust as the government of Ire land, pending changes of such grave importance as the Irish policy propounded by Mr. Gladstone must involve. We believe we are correct in stating that he had an interview of some duration on Tuesday with the Premier Elect, and many deeply interested in the welfare of the sister country are still hopeful that an Althorp may be induced to preside at the Irish Court." The Star speaks of Mr. Forster as the future Minister of Education and a Privy Councillor, though he will not be in the Cabinet. The Daily News and the Telegraph, which both complain of the preponderance of the Whig element in the new Ministry, think he ought to have a place in the chief council of the nation. The Post says Mr. Hugessen will probably return to the Treasury, and it is certain that Mr. Monsell, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Baxter, and other prominent members of the Liberal party will be invited to take office. Mr. Otway will become Vice-President of the Board of Trade; and, as the Under-Secretaryship for War will be held by a peer, Captain Vivian, will become a Lord of the Treasury. The same paper adds : " Amongst those who have declined office are Earl Russell, Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. W. Cowper, in each case with every assurance of earnest support. It is hoped that some important position may yet be found for Mr. Charles Villiers. There is much regret also expressed that it has not been possible to offer to Mr. Stansfeld and Mr. Forster seats in the Cabinet, but as Vice-President of the Council and Secretary of the Treasury they will have important work before them, and will add powerfully to the strength of the debating power of the Government." The Star says the most likely appointment to the Lord Justiceship of Appeal is that of Vice-Chancellor Giffard. For the Duchy of Lancaster—which, it was thought, Sir George Grey would have—Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. Monsell are each mentioned. It is stated that Mr. Cadogan, M.P. for Cricklade, is likely to vacate his seat in order to make way for Mr. Bruce. The following is a list of the appointments already made : THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury ... Mr. GLADSTONE. Chancellor of the Exchequer... Mr. LOWE. Secretary for Foreign Affairs... Earl of CLARENDON. Secretary for the C010nie5...... Earl GRANVILLE. Secretary for War Secretary for India The Duke of ARGYLL. Secretary for the Home De- } Mr. BRUCE. partment t Mr. CHICHESTER FOR- Secretary for Ireland First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. CHILDERS. Lord Chancellor Lord President of the Council Lord DEGnEvandThrox. Lord Privy Seal President of the Board of i fir. } BRIGHT. } TON The Marquis of HART- Postmaster-General Poor-law Board Commissioner of Works and Buildings Joint Secretaries of the Trea- I Mr. GEORGE GLYN. sury 1 Mr. STANSFELD. .bord Chancellor of Ireland The Attorney-General Solicitor-General Mr. COLERIDGE. Lord-Advocate for Scotland Mr. MONCREIFF. Lord Steward ROUGH. Lord Chamberlain The Advertiser thinks that a difficulty is likely to arise on the meeting of Parliament. The Queen's preliminary Speech will be delivered by Royal Commission on Monday or Tuesday next, after the large majority of the members of the new Parliament have taken the oaths and their seats; and that ceremony over, Mr. Glyn, in the absence from the House of Commons of the new Ministers who have vacated their seats by the acceptance of office, will move the immediate issue of new writs. In all probability this question may lead to considerable discussion and nice interpretation of a recent statute on the subject, as a high legal authority—one who will have to take part in the trial of English election petitions—has, we understand, given it as his opinion that no new writs can be issued until after the expiration of twenty-one days from the time when the returns of the representatives about to seek re-election have been lodged, not, as has been generally supposed, with the Clerk of the Crown, but with the Clerk of Parliament, or, in other words, on the opening day of the session. If this interpretation of the Act prove correct, and is not in some way or other remedied by a vote of the House, none of the elections can take place before the first week in the new year; and the anomaly will exist of her Majesty's Ministers holding councils for nearly a month without any member of the Cabinet standing identified in a representative capacity with the popular branch of the Leeislature. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL CHAPEL, VINDSOR CASTLE. On Monaay ner Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses the Crown Princess of Prussia and Princess Louise, visited the Albert Memorial Chapel, adjoining St. George's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, for the purpose of inspecting the grand marble tableaux executed by Baron Triquete, and contributed by Princesses Victoria, Alice, and Alex andra. Her Majesty walked from the private portion of the palace down the hill to the deanery, where the Queen was received by the Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley, dean of Windsor, and then proceeded to the chapel. The Crown Princess of Prussia and Princess Louise arrived at the same time. Baron Triquete was in attendance, and had the honour of exhibiting the beauti ful works of art which now adorn the walls of the chapel and the pictures contributed by the other princesses and princes. These have already been described. That given by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has only just reached the Castle. Its subject is "Education." The text is : " And lie sent Levites and priests, and they taught in Judah throughout all the cities" (11. Chron. xvii). The King of Judah, with crown and sceptre and regal robes, is shewn looking on while two priests are teaching a number of children from the scrolls, on which are inscribed Hebrew characters. This tableau is about lift. 4in., by Oft. Gin., including the border, and, in addition to the white marble bas-relief portrait of the Princess of Wales, it has around it a number of white marble medallions, the subjects of which all have reference to the idea embodied in the tableau itself. The texts upon these gems of the sculptor's art—' They had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them," " Thou shalt read that law," " And taught the people," " Write thou these words "—will slim to what they refer. Next the offering of the Princess Alexandra is a beautiful bas-relief, in white marble, of Jephthah's daughter. The touching history of the virgin daughter of the Gileadite is told in the single figure of this fine piece of sculp ture. The drooping posture of the damsel, bowed in submission to the fate assigned her by her father's vow, as she removes the chaplet of flowers from her head, well expresses " resignation," which, indeed, is the motto attached to the sculpture, while the text upon the altar beside the figure—" My father, do to me according to that which bath proceeded out of thy mouth " (Judges xi., 36)—is most appropriate. The illustrious party having well examined the tableaux on the walls, Baron Triquete bad the honour of exhibiting to her Majesty and the princesses the design for the memorial tomb which is to be erected in the chapel to perpetuate the memory of the Prince Consort. The baron's design consists of an oblong tomb, surrounded by emblematic figures of Faith, Hope, Charity, &c. Upon the slab at the top of the tomb lies the recumbent figure of Prince Albert. It is clothed in a magnificent suit of mediaeval armour, richly chased. This, again, is half covered by a mautle. Two cherubs hold a cushion, upon which reposes the prince's head, while a greyhound lies at his mailed feet. The tomb is to be of white marble, and will stand upon a marble floor after the present paving of common stone has been re moved. Originally the side windows of this chapel (once known as the " Wolsey Chapel") were filled with ordinary glass ; now they have been made the medium for illcs trating the history of the prince's family, from a very early period, upon stained glass. The series terminates with por trait figures of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Duchess of Kent. The windows at the east end are filled with scriptural subjects, while Dr. Salviati has covered the west interior wall with the portraits of the kings and queens of England, and the other eminent per sons who have from time to time been connected with the history of Windsor Castle, executed in Venetian glass mosaic work. The ceiling of the Albert Memorial Chapel is perhaps the richest in the world, and is a mass of mag nificent mosaics, alp by Dr. Salviati. It is probable that at some future time her Majesty will allow (under restric tions and when completed) this beautiful building to be Rheum to the public. HUNGARY. PESTIL Dec. 9. In yesterday's sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet, Herr von Gorove, the Minister of Commerce, declared that the ensign to be borne on the new common flag of the empire would shortly be communicated to the foreign Powers. In the evening, in consequence of the opposition to the second clause of the bill regulating the powers of court-martial, that clause was withdrawn by the Government, The bill introduced by some member of the Left on electoral disqualification was rejected by 209 against 113 votes. An imperial decree has been published ordering that the law relative to . the constitution of the Hon ved army shall at once come into operation. The appointment of the Archduke Joseph to the command of the Honved was met with universal approval. General Klapka Perezel and Velter have been re instated in their military ranks as generals in the Hungarian army. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 9. The Moniteur of this morning, in its bulletin, confirms the news that the Ministers of France, England, and Russia at Athens have taken prompt steps to direct the attention of the Greek Minis ter for Foreign Affairs to the serious consequences which might ensue from a policy of aggression. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. B.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month —• 3 per Cont End of month 7l 20 Credit Mobilier End of month 292 50 Credit Foncier 1512 50 End of month — Bank Shares 3195 Ital 4 an Loan End of month — ' Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt 3O Deferred _ g. Cash Orleans , ... 9171 Northorn ... J 2121 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 633i Western Eastern • • 570 Sardinian Austrian 650 Lombard 415 North of Spain 684 Saragossa Roman • RAILWA' POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER.—Mrs. Mayhew, a respectable-looking woman, residing in Gresse-street, Rathbone-place, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for a protection order. The applicant stated that she was married 19 years ago, and her husband, Edwin Mayhew, left her about three years and a half ago, and had never contributed anything towards the support of her self and children since. When she last heard of him be was cohabiting with another woman. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the applicant whether her husband said anything about going away ? The applicant said he often threatened to do so, and that he had treated her very badly before going away, illusing her and neglecting his children, and she was now anxious to have her little property she gained by her bard work protected. Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the order. THAMES. DRUNK OR MAD.—Nark Madden, aged 23 years, a stevedore, of Harding-street, Shadwell, was charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assault ing Henry Dermas, a merchant, dwelling at 6, Cottage-court, Hayfield-place, Stepney. The complainant said he was passing over Arbour-square, Stepney, near the police-station, with his wife, when the prisoner, who was drunk, came behind him, put his arm round his neck, and deliberately threw him on his back. He struggled with the prisoner, who tore his coat, flannel shirt, and linen shirt. At last he got the prisoner down, and kept him on the ground until a policeman came. . _ The prisoner, a rough-looking fellow, said he was drunk last night. Mr. Benson —Or mad. Drunkenness is no ex cuse. You are fined 2s. 6d., besides ss. for the damage you have done to that man's clothes, or to be imprisoned seven days. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF PAUPER CHILDREN. —A n Irishwoman, named Bridget Edes, who car ried a sickly baby in her arms, came before Mr. Benson and complained of the treatment pursued towards her two young children in a school at Phashet,to the parish of St. St. She ing fell into distress, and h belonging sent o et. her G twoGeorge-in-the-East. children in i_lidn Essex, r_etn he;a ng children. They pined away and came home very ill, and appeared to have been starved. She wished to lodge asomplaint to the Board of Guardians, but was prevented doing so by Mr. Rolston, a relieving officer. Mr. Key, a surgeon, was of opinion that the children bad been starved, and Mr. Hickman, altrustee, said the case ought to be investigated. Mr. Benson said that unless Mr. Key wrote a letter expressing an opinion that the children had been starved or neglected he should not issue a summons, and that he really did not believe one word the woman said about her children being starved. It was impossible such a thing could happen in a school under the control of a Metro politan Board of Guardians. The applicant said that her children came home with their eyes affected. Mr. Benson—That don't show there was auy neglect on the part of the Guardians. We very rarely have any complaints against the Guardians of St. George-in-the-East. The woman said she wanted to see the board. Mr. Benson thought it was only reasonable the applicant should make her complaint to the Guar dians in the board-room. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said that Mr. Rolston was a very kind and humane man, and that he would allow the woman to have an interview with the board if he was written to on the subject. The applicant was then furnished with a note to Mr. Rolston and departed. 711 E MEETING OF SCOTTISH LIBERALS A 7 GLASGOTV. An invitation having been presented to Karl Blind to be present at the great Glasgow meeting held in celebration of the recant political victories, he sent the following letter in reply : "Dear Sir,-1 feel it to be a signal honour to have been invited to the great meeting of Scottish Liberals, and only regret I cannot express by per sonal attendance how much I sympathise with you from the depths of my heart. " Scotland has truly proved the bulwark of pro gress in Britain. Through town and country you example p c l a e rr o ie f d w t h h a e t b p a e n o n p e l r e of freedom, achieve in the face of freedom, giving a noble great difficulties when resolutely bent upon deliver ance. It is from the education diffused through the masses of your country that you gather such strength for the good cause. May that serve as a teaching wherever it is needed ; for there is no •righteous government except that which produces the happiness of the greatest number possible '— and true happiness cannot exist where ignorance lingers with all its attendant miseries. " All through Germany your victories have given rise to the liveliest admiration. Every Ger man who values free popular government must at this moment be doubly proud of the kinsman that connects his own nation with that of the Scots. I pray you to convey to the meeting my cordial greetings and my good wishc,s, and to believe, &c., " KARL BLIND. " To the Secretary of the Liberal Demonstration Committee at Glasgow. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The rumour that Lord Halifax was to go to Dublin could not have arisen without some foundation, since no one, independently of inspiration, would have dreamt of Lord Halifax as Lord-Lieutenant ; but the Times deduces From the fact that the office is still open that Lord Halifax has rightly deprecated his own promotion to the post. " Mr. Disraeli, in one of those turns of language which are remembered, declared that the Lord-Lieutenant ought to be a person of " ability and splendour," and the Duke of Abercorn was, to confess the truth, a per fect realisation of this idea. Lord Halifax's "ability " is beyond doubt, and, in fact, he is too able ever to have cared about " splendour," and probably thinks, with Sir George Lewis, that life would be very tolerable but for such pleasures. It is certain that Lord Halifax would never have been satisfied with the functions of a viceregal court, and it would now be impossible for him to affect an interest in them. It is his misfortune also to have been Chancellor of the Exchequer in the worst lays of Irish distress, and to have been compelled by the duties of his office to appear before Irishmen as a check on the impulse of English benevolence—an offence which is, we fear, not forgotten in Ireland. It is not necessary, perhaps, to suggest any one for the post, but it is a mere matter of patriotism and justice to men tion the name of Lord Dufferin, who, while a pattern Irishman in his sympathies and temperament, has shewn himself also a pattern landlord, both in his treatment of his tenants and in the candour with which he has discussed the questions of land tenure in Ireland. The Post remarks that it is impossible to foresee with any approximation to certainty how the political issues which are arising will be determined. The question of the Irish Church Establishment stands in the front rank of a crowd of scarcely less embarrassing questions relating to education, to the tenure of land and the limitation of settlements and entails, and to the cost and efficiency of the army and the navy—an entirely new class of questions, which are all, as it were, set down for discussion ; and, what may be the cause of greater perplexity, a question of foreign policy, with which Lord Clarendon is familiar, and in respect to which Mr. Bright's convictions are, it may be assumed, unchanged, will probably have to be considered in one of the first of Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet Councils. In short, at present speculation on the future of the new Ministry must be simply conjectural ; but in all events it may be affirmed that the failure of a Ministry so constituted and so sup ported—justly proud of its administrative ability, and flushed with an electoral victory—would mean a great deal more than the defeat of a party. The more the Standard considers the composition of the new Ministry the more it is convinced that it is but a re-shuffling of the old Whig cards, and not in any modern sense a "Liberal" Cabinet. The Reform Act is nowhere reflected in this Cabinet. With the single exception of Mr. Bright, who has been put in the place where he can be least active, the householder Parliament, from which we had been taught to expect so many rare and strange things, has produced a Ministry exactly of the old Whig pattern—dominated by the same old Whig principles — kept together by the• same aristocratic Whig influences. There is actually less of the pure Radical element in the present Cabinet, if we take the list of names as it now stands, than there was in the Ministry of Lord Russell. The Ministry of Mr. Gladstone is nothing, in fact, but the Ministry of Lord Russell revived ; the Ministry which was scared at the prospect of household suffrage ; which believed that it was necessary for the national safety to take two steps instead of one to the £lO franchise; which was violently incensed and alarmed because the Conservative Government took the leap boldly, over which they had been hesitating all their life. It is once more as it has been several times before. The Radicals have won the victory ; the Whigs have taken the spoils. The Radicals have had all the work ; the Whigs have all the enjoyment. Among the foremost of the men who ride in the triumphal procession are seen the faces of those who not only took no part in the fighting, but who studiously kept aloof from the battle, and some who actually aided the enemy. While poor Odger lies out in the cold—while Bradlaugh has the "key of the street " while Beales is an outcast, and Mill is left to console him self with his philosophy, it is the Whig lords who ride in triumph and who share the plunder. The Cabinet is but a Whig eabinet of the old pattern. Nothing is changed save that they have captured Mr. Bright and clapt him where he can be no longer mischievous. If the Cabinet is completed in the fifteen members who have now been named, the Daffy News thinks its compo sition as a whole cannot be pronounced satisfactory. The advanced or popular section cf the Liberal party is most insufficiently represented, as compared with the aristocratic and purely administrative, or, as we may call it, bureau cratic element. Places ;in the Government will be found, it is rumoured, for Mr. W. E. Forster and Mr. Stansfeld, but it is hard to say what places worthy of their acceptance are left. One or other of these gentlemen ought to be in the Cabinet, and we trust that the office of Vice-President of the Council, which is the Ministry of Education in germ, will be assigned to Mr. Forster with this condition. If the composition of the Cabinet is not altogether sat's factory as regards the balance of opinion within it, still in administrative and debating ability it will bear favourable contrast with any which has held power in England since the Coalition Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Lowe form a triumvirate against which no rival strength can make head. The great ques tions which divided these three eminent men have either, thanks to Mr. Disraeli, been settled in the most radical and even democratic sense, or belong to a future which men whom only a year or two will make sexagenarians may perhaps be excused from contemplating. The diverging paths have united, and though they may once more part, the point of separation is scarcely visible in the horizon. The Herald asks to be allowed to express some satisfac tion at the way in which the offices in the Cabinet have been filled up. It represents, we are told, all the talent of the Liberal party. This is a poorish compliment to the 350 intelligent gentlemen who are left out of it, but we are very willing to accept a statement which enables us to see our way so much more clearly, and to recognise, at a glance, the antagonists with whom we have to deal in this, the greatest constitutional struggle of the century. We rejoice, further, in the fact that, with the excep tion of the First Lord of the Treasury, the members of this Administration of " all the talents " have been so adroitly disposed as to be scarcely capable of doing any harm in the employments allotted to them. If Mr. Bright, for example, had been anything else than what he is—as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Secretary of the Colonies, Secretary for India, or Viceroy of Ireland—what infinite mischief, what ruin, what undermining of the foundations of the empire might he not effect in a month. As President of the Board of Trade, a post generally reserved by Liberal Prime Ministers for the Radical chieftains whom they are fain to admit to their councils, a post offered to Mr. Cobden, and occupied by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright will be harmless. He will have the pleasure of sitting at the same table with a statesman whose opinions are more absolutely at variance with his own than are those of any member of the so-called " Tory party." Mr. Bright and Mr. Lowe are scarcely agreed upon anything, and it is probably hoped that they will neutralise each other. The author of the "Revised Code" would have created a turmoil if he had been appointed Minister of Education. As Chancellor of the Exchequer be will pro bably take his cue from Mr. Gladstone. As for the other appointments, however eminent the statesmen who are to fill them, they are absolutely colourless and without significance, because not one of these statesmen repre sents a principle—that is, in the department over which he is called to preside. Mr. Gladstone alone represents a principle, one to which he has taken late in life, one which we well understand, and with which we are prepared to do battle. The Telegraph is not satisfied with the exclusive Whig character of the Cabinet. Of Mr. Bright's claims it is l i needless to speak; and there can be no doubt that his presence is significant. We know that his acceptance of the Board of Trade, rather than a Secretaryship of State, is his own choice ; yet many persons will believe that the post allotted to him is hardly worthy of his reputation or just influence, and hardly commensu rate with his past services and unabated political power. Still, he is a Cabinet Minister, and the advanced Liberalism of the time will be ably repre sented by him in the councils of our rulers. But. when we name Mr. Bright, we name the only man in the new Cabinet who represents the Radical school. Mr. Cardwell originally belonged to the Conser vative side, being distinguished among the immediate fol lowers of Peel ; Mr. Childers, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Bruce are most intelligent Liberals, but are not known as belonging to the " advanced" school. Mr. Fortescue has thoroughly statesmanlike views, and is personally popular in England as well as in Ireland. Mr. Lowe is an Adul lamite ; and the rest are Whigs. We have heard that on Monday evening Brooks's was in a ferment : it was said that, for the first time since the Deluge, there was to be a new Liberal Cabinet without the due admixture of Whigs; but Brooks's must now be mere than satisfied. The Whig element so largely dilutes the Cabinet that it is difficult te detect the Radical flavour. Mr. Bright, of course, is there, but one Radical among so many is not much. Can so little leaven leaven the whole lump ? Speaking of the Lord-Lieutenancy the Star remarks vnat to be ruled by Lord II alifax might by a merry people be accounted a new grievance ; but as the Irish are con tiguous to a "melancholy nc an" they may find sympa thetic qualities in tie official gloom of a Ilalifax regime. One thing is certain, that such an appointment would secure, if not tie gaiety Dublin loves, the efficiency Ireland needs. The government of Ireland is a strangely anomalous institution. The Cabinet Minister responsible for it will live in London the best part of the year. Instructions are constantly applied for, orders have con stantly to be given, without a possibility of adequate reference to London ; and so far has this gone that the permanent under-secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant has frequently been called, more in earnest than in jest, "the Government." The rul e o f L or d H a lif ax would be govern ment of a very distinct and positive kind, and in harmony with the spirit of the Irish Office and Downing-street. Lord Halifax would bring all his sagacity and experience to bear in doing all for Ireland that hard-headed fidelity tc), a.SQti a P9l_4:y c4;41 do for it. (finalCM UI II Cintilat HER, MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Gains borough, drove out this morning. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princesa of Prussia, Princess Louise, and the Duke of Cam bridge went out walling. S 7 A7E OF MADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 8. —The dullness which pre vailed in this market at the latter end of last week has continued to-day, and prices, although scarcely tested, are again weaker. The market is dull in all departments, with next to no business doing. Some offers have been laid before pro ducers, but at prices lower than they are yet pre pared to accept, and rather than go on taking fresh orders at prices which have a large loss both spinners and manufacturers prefer to stop their machinery. The tone of this market is perhaps not worse than it was on Friday, when it was depressed by the announcement and rumours of failures, but the tendency is still to lower prices, and in order to do business producers have been compelled to make further concessions on all the lower and medium counts of yarns and cloths made from them. At the present time several circumstances combine to depress this market. Liverpool is influenced by increased receipts of cotton at the American ports, and by the arrival of imports into the Mersey. This reacts on this market, and a want of confidence produces a certain amount of stringency in money matters among bankers, commission agents, and cotton brokers, all of whom are disposed to act cautiously. According to present appearances the prospects for the future are not bright ; consequently those who require accommodation find difficulty in obtaining it. Lower prices will, no doubt, bring about a revival of business and a more healthy state of affairs, but the down ward process is attended with trying circumstances . For export yarns the demand has been very lan' guid, and prices have scarcely been testel. Le/ numbers are decidedly weaker than they were on Friday, and both 20's and 30's water twist, an d also mule yarns, could be bought at a decided de' cline, at least id. per lb. below the prices of this day week. Spinners, however, are pretty stiff la their demands, and have declined some busines ° at only about id. per lb. below what in some cases they were prepared to accept. All yarn s ' both single and twofold, have declined in value up to about 90's. In the finer numbers above 100 S and 120's more firmness prevails, but in the lowe r numbers up to 60's, both single and doubled, t% decline of id. per lb. has occurred since last wee k ' The German buyers make very few offers, their se counts from the continent giving them no encour agement to enter into new engagements. The demand for yarns for home consumption b as been decidedly weak, and it has only been possiblea to sell by giving way about id per lb. in price, aa, even then only for insignificant quantities. In thol retail way a few transactions have occurred in 3 2 s ' 40's, and 50's twist, but in 60's almost nothing b been done. Weft yarns are also weaker, and the same is the case with warps, which are not salea ble by id. per lb. within the price of this day w eek. The cloth market is dull and depressed in all els : partments, but the transactions have been so fe', that no reliable quotations can be given. 39in. 11/1 : 36in. shirtings and madapollams are lid. per PIO lower than they were on Friday, and printing clo could be bought at a reduction of 3d. per pie Coarse cloths have also declined in proportion , b e " these concessions have failed to bring out all business of consequence, and the market closes (=lull the excessively wet dark weather having added t; the generally gloomy tone which prevailed. HUDDERSFIELD, Tuesday.—There has been se e ' . siderable attendance of buyers representing import• ant London and Glasgow houses in our market t° day, and decidedly more business has been de ll ; Black doeskins at all prices sold more freely, a selections have been made from stocks of W e ' goods ou hand. Job lots in the various departme, have also been much inquired for, as is usual at.ti,, season. There is still but a very quiet businea doing by local houses engaged in the country WI: The shipping demand for goods of all kinds e° , 53 tinues to be very limited. The local wool tracle.". been moving steadily through the week, with P rweo very firm for anything good and clean. LEEDS, Tuesday. —There was very little busl e l 4 done in the cloth halls to-day, and this quieta eB : er , likely to last until the Christmas holidays ar e re In the coloured hall tweeds in the new stylesrilleed taken up eagerly, but principally in the s ha p e sample parcels ; this class of goods is likely t o co mand a favourable degree of attention fora °craa.. er son or two to come. Heavy goods of the bear and witney class went incidentally into Con sum e tion. tion. In the White Cloth Hall there Was 3 i t inquiries for hairlists of a moderate quality, It .rbery beyond this very little business was done.ll are only a few buyers in the town, and they o f g operate by way of meeting immediate reclaim,- riog The clothiers are busy preparing for the sP .o. inquiry, and the mills are generally ful l y ployed. l A A O il NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday.—The unfavoure of the market which was noted last Friday fi . more apparent to-day. There was a moderettleci quiry for yarns, but in most instances buyers a'' o a for concessions which spinners would not ace°rcl, the amount of business was consequently limiten• oder best yarns suitable for this market being fair l y u j e g, contract spinners are not anxious to ma kes e re and prices are steady. Inferior qualities Br o offered cheaper, and at irregular prices. oat nets remain unaltered. There is scarcely o ° o 0 doing in the lace warehouses. The home for quiet, except in special articles. A few orc ler ; t he Spain are in course of execution. Som e ° continental houses complain of dulness. THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN AND THE CoNviu rari FENIANS.—The amnesty committee and 11013-n,O of secretaries connected with the movement for the 01; the political prisoners waited on Sir W. Carroll, on day, requesting his support. The deputation st iae ' r ial t ° they had come to the conclusion to forward a Wet fipti her Majesty asking for the release of the politiv'' tea soners. His lordship promised all his support, an the that he would be most happy to bring the petitioe foot of the throne himself. ti° FOUR ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—Yestercl3.7 /iosts+ City Coroner, Mr. Hsrford, held the following ii3ci i d -- 0 0 A in each of which the jury returned a verdict of a ce- f e ar death:—On the body of a man unknown, ' who wanes!° t°l d Kn ea o d N ' ;s b l y ey t - h s e tre s e id t, e y of est a erd b a ri y ek m k o i r i n n i , no in a croft ° John Hutchin, a joiner, 37 years of age, an tbO brße°l R homeob Robson-street, d n u s t u r k e t, walkedH u l me. up the e Saturdaystairstairs, and nightwas s dac es r s d e ; 45 , 1 1 ) 5 1 , 4, 111 wife to fall down. She went to him, and f °°ll ,; 1 10 i a l m y n i ad n r lying ye a a Lr t set. Lewis, sH b , bottom t f t dc o i m ee dd o ai f rn- t s h ta e rbe stairs,about aa hold t(°101 72 years of age. On Sunday morning her 5° 11 ; 1 , 11 ; went home from chapel, and found her at the b et. na.t bleedingllr Waterloo-road , - re On f d ra : Ecit t 1 3 e's'd;or; of a rib the cellar steps, bleeding from a wound ill the - temple. A surgeon was sent for, but lie said $s of dead immediately he saw her.—On the body cf,ter Ellen Abrahams, two years of ago, the daug'tfoet, Lewis Abrahams, of Mushroom-court, Mushroo,3l-80 Ancoats. The mother of the necea sed said that ° ft tb° turday morning she went out for a minute and 0 4 child by itself. During that time she h ad fallen into allt'of cold water, and though witnes s took her tort f t . oli° pensary, where every means were tr ied to recove 10 died.—Alanchester Guardian. ( - )C 0/ THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND A most interesting and instructive l ittle work, descibitig te ' ll t 3 o '; but with great clearness, the rise and progress of ::„ co , clock making, has just been published by Mr J. W $ t 25, Old Bond-street, 9 9 , Westbour ne- g rove, and the Ci t yorause Factory, 55 and 60, Ludgate - hill. T he book, which Itiotcliee i° illustrated, gives a full description o f the various dud' °°lol and clocks, with their prices, and no one should Mebis 00 toi'a without visiting the above establish men ts or coon-1614r, o f f valuable work. By its aid persons residing anYP,sselectl.,°‘ United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enable(' " " Te lt o' themselves the watch best adapted for their use, aw l 11 ,,: a ppo til . t ; to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who hold s t ' ~d(10 ; ., ment to the Prince of Wales, sends Land to au. l ,,,optP r on receipt of two postage stamps, we cannot too sit recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser a 1