The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. T lIIS EVENING and until further notice, will be per formed a new and original Farce, by R. Reece, Esq., en titled HON EYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by M-ssrs. Joseph Irving, C. Warner, J. Motris ; Mes dames Kato Harfleur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lano annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to com mence at seven o'clock. Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. rester . H Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For rester. H. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elswortlay, E. Barnett, .Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addie. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. qUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE AND PETRUCIIIO. Mr. H. Irving, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Miss E. Terry After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr. J. L. Thole. On Wednesday, Jan. Bth, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton. After which will be produced (First Time in London) Mr. H. J. Byron's New and Original Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner. Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with the BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. On Saturday, Jan. 11th, DEARER THAN LIFE. After which (First Time) a New and Original Operatic Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE; or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting Manager, M. W. H. Liston. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, FAMILY JARS. To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &c., and Robinson. After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Weathersby, Johnson, &e.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIJI. JL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his 11th appearance , here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 11th appearance), Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs.R. Soutar and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore, St. Henry, and E. Farren. To be followed by FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley, H. Wigan, siddison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. To conclude with IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO BOLTS. Messrs Price and Widdicombe. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell, Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupin°, Green, and the Great Little Rowella. Ito YAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, KIND TO A FAULT. After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD " Messrs. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, Newton, &c. To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE. 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Tito SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN" can ho seen at AINGEIV3 Establ!shment, as above, every evening. by Eight TLATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JIL JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, B trawl. LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 18 68. The examination of the Fenians now cnga ges a great deal of attention, and although the firs t ex citement is over, the attention of the public is naturally directed towards the details thus furniobed of their machinations and plots. Nothing has As yet transpired which tends to throw any doubt upon the guilt of the parties engaged in the affair at Clerkenwell. The chief feature in the examina tion at Bow-street yesterday seemed to be proving the identity of TIMOTHY DESMOND. One witness declared that he hadseen this prisoner assisting in the act, and he thinks that WILLIAM DESMOND was the man who actually fired the barrel. A boy of thir teen also speaks positively as to WILLIAM DESMOND being the man who fired the barrel. Perhaps addi tional evidence may yet be forthcoming, not that the present information seems deficient in many points. The prisoners were again remanded, and no doubt upon the next examination further details of interest and importance will be given. It always takes a considerable time to fathom an affair of this kind, and the greatest deliberation is especially demanded in matters where excitement or anxiety may influence those who were present iu such awful scenes. The fourteen Fenians were brought up at Merthyr Tydvil yesterday, and the evidence taken showed them to be members of the Fenian Brotherhood. It is so far conclusive that a check has been put upon their proceedings in this place, for it appears that the conspiracy has gained ground among the Irish labourers and furnace-men who are employed at the iron-works and mines. Great excitement will be felt to-day in consequence of the supposed arrest of DEASEY on board a ship in the Thames ; the prisoner, whoever he may be, will be brought up for examination to day, and witnesses from Manchester have been tele graphed for. The conduct of this man on board the Oriana was very suspicious ; and, at any rate, if he is not DEASEY, it is most likely that he was connected with the fatal affray at Manchester. Why he should have been imprudent enough to come back to England seems almost unaccountable, but the fatal hardihood or resoluteness of such characters is proverbial, and he may have been excited by the fresh efforts just made by the Fenians, and desired to share their spoils. Some anxiety has been occasioned by the notion that a design was in view to attack the Preston Gas Works and House of Correction. Four suspi cious-looking Irishmen were seen to be examining the works, and consequently men were set to watch, and at one o'clock an Irishman was caught on the wall by a police constable. The wall over which he was getting is close to the principal gaso meter, and he could have had acccess to it very readily had he not been interfered with. On Sunday evening four Irishmen were seen near the House of Correction going on in a very suspicious manner, and a woman passing near heard some remarks of a like nature. The greatest vigilance was displayed by the authorities, and no doubt in consequence nothing of a serious character took place. It is evident, however, that mischief is brooding in the neighbourhood, and it will be well to act with great circumspection for some time to come, in order that those crafty men may not outwit the authorities by their intemperate acts and reckless dealings. The post-offices seem to be the special mark of Fenian vengeance, and an attempt has been made upon that at Middlesborough, which was charac terised by all the cunning and cruelty observable in their other deeds of violence. Had a man not come up to post a letter at the moment, the rockets he discovered on the ground would have been pitched into the box, and the clerks "perhaps killed by the explosion. It seems that the police have got information which will in all probability enable them to discover some of the perpetrators of the outrage. It is, indeed, the cruelty of these conspirators which strikes us as much as anything in dwelling upon these details of their doings. They seem to care nothing whom they injure and how many they kill BO long as they do put their designs into execution. It matters nothing at all if the sufferers or the victims be in any way mixed up with them as long as they stick to their purpose ; they follow their aim, and that is enough. The public have already recognised the fact and signified their contempt and abhorrence for all persons in any way concerned in the atrocious conspiracy ; but abundant proofs are not wanting to show us more and more with yet clearer distinctness and yet greater force how despicable a thing is this Fenian ism, and how much it behoves us all with might and main to do our utmost to trample it down with out loss of time. The House of Representatives has determined to begin its winter session vigorously, or rather, per haps we should say, the Radicals are determined to make the most of their last opportunity. The re cent elections leave them little hope that they will be able much longer to retain their predominance in the national Legislature, and therefore they are pursuing their old course during the short time that remains to them with redoubled energy. It will be remembered that Mr. JOHNSON, a short time since, sent a message to the Senate commenting on the forbearance and magnanimity shown by Gene ral HANcocK in his dealings with the Southern States, and suggesting a public recognition of his services. This suggestion must have been made, one would think, in a kind of bravado, since the PRESIDENT could hardly have expected such a proceeding on the part of Congress. So far from adopting his suggestion the House of Representa tives, we learn by the cable, has just passed reso lutions thanking General SHERIDAN for his services, a commander of a very different calibre from General HANcocx, and censuring the PRESIDENT for removing him from his command. The removal of SHERIDAN was a bold but necessary act on the part of JOHNSON, and it followed naturally enough on the suspension of STANTON. It was only won derful that the PRESIDENT had so long endured his insubordination and insolence. The resolution passed by the House of Representatives, thanks a man whom the PRESIDENT had found it necessary to remove from his command. Another achieve ment of the House of Representatives has been to pass a resolution, ordering the Committee on Foreign Affairs to take immediate action on the maltreatment of American citizens by the British authorities in Ireland. The majority of respectable Americans will not thank the House for identifying them with the assassins and incendiaries of Ireland. What " immediate action" the Committee on Foreign Affairs can reasonably take in the matter it might puzee the House of Representatives to particularise. The only view iu which Fenianism assumes a serious aspect is when it threatens to embroil us with tho United States, but we may hove THE SUN, LONDuN, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 7, 1868 MOSES and SON (the Originators of the jl_l4 • Ready Made Clothing System) beg to remind the public that in every department of their business a large and varied STOCK is constantly maintained, and excellence and cheapness are combined in a degree hitherto unequalled. The articles com prising their stock are too multifarious to be enumerated in an advertisement, but a list of distinct departments is subjoined:-- READY MADE CLOTHING FOR ADULTS. READY MADE CLOTHING FOR JUVENILES. READY MADE CLOTHING for SAILORS and MECHANICS. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. HOSIERY AND DRAPERY. MANTL ;ot, II lIA.WLS, 8c LADIES' TJNDERCLOTIIING HATS AND CAPS. BOOTS AND STIOES. OUTFITS for SEA or SHORE. List of prices, with rules for self4neasurement and patterns, forwarded gratis and post free. Preparations on an unusually large scale have been made fos the Winter Season. E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SA I'll It DAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made, Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. The following arc the London addresses of E. MOSES and soN:- 151, MINORIES. 155, 3llNuttlE. 7, . 156, ULN0R16,74. 1.57, 83, AL GGATIC. 84, ALEX/ TE. 85, A LDGAT I'. 86, A LDGATE. 87, AL VG ATE, 88, AL DG AT E. 83, AL DGA I' P'. 508, NEW i , XFORD STREET. 507, NEW OXFORD-S ritEli 508, • ENV OX FORD-ST ItICET. 1, II xltT-S HET. 2, HA RT-S I It E ET. 3, HA RT-S 1' RE E 137, TOTTENHAM-C,MRT-ROAD. 138, TOT TE NI LI A U-COURT-ROA D. 283, EIT ttOA D. Also, 13, BRI1)GE-S TREE BRADFORD, YORKS. BitIOGL-,TRE.,T, BRADFORD, YOI;KS. SPECIAL NOTICE. In eoieequenco of frequent misrepregentations, E. MOSES and SON foil it neecssary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-mentioned, ---------- Mall WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY. —Morning, 11b. 33m. I Afternoon, Oh. 0 in . To-Mounow.-Iforning, Oh. 2m. I Afternoon, Oh. 32 • * 01 , 0-11 . , \l lll U.; 43 :r.44,60 " Nit dr ‘4') 1 lit , .c.t.r, that the good sense of the body of the people will prevent them from really throwing themselves into the breach in so absurd and insignificant a cause. No one knows better than the Americans themselves what Fenianism really is. They have had ample opportunity for detecting the mischievous imposture, and have not spared their satire on its Head Centres, living in luxury on the contributions of maid-ser vants and labourers, their rivalries, their jealousies, their dissensions, their high-flown precepts without practice. The keen- witted Yankees would require, if they really espoused the cause of the Irish Republic, to see a little more unity and cohesion among those who are to establish it. Fenianism, as it is, serves very well for a pretext for oratorical display, and a convenient vehicle for fulminations against England whenever it suits the interest of any political party to eitch the popular ear. The Americans love ex citement of any kind, and the Fenians are too ready to attribute the notoriety which they have attained to real sympathy with them, and belief in their cause. Again, the Irish vote has not been without its influence, and the best of American candidates are too much accustomed to weigh such considerations in the balance against higher and more important interests. Reconstruction has met with a new and serious difficulty. The members of the Reconstruction Conventions have suddenly discovered that the Southern Treasuries are empty. The Georgia Con vention sent an agent on the 21st of December to the State capital to draw $40,000 for salaries, but he returned with the ominous intelligence that the treasurer would give no money. The Convention then tried to obtain a loan to pay their expenses, but in vain. In Louisiana the members of the Convention have been offering their warrants for pay at a discount, but they can get no purchasers at any price. This is a serious obstacle in the way of gentlemen who are not altogether disinte rested in their public services. Nevertheless, the Reconstruction of the South is still an important object with the Radicals. They desire, if possible, so to manage the Reconstruction and the registra tion that they shall secure in the Southern States a majority of negro and Radical voters. The Presi dential contest is every day drawing nearer, and the Radicals have learned something by the recent State elections. They are quite aware that, without the addition of a large number of new voters of their own side, the election of General GRANT to the Presidency is a matter of certainty. This would be the best thing for all parties, beat for the North and South alike. General GRANT is firm, though moderate, in his views, and would bring to the office a degree of weight and popularity which successful candidates rarely possess. But the extreme Radicals, with rea son, fear his entry at the White House, and although they cannot openly repudiate so distin guished a member of their party, they would, many of them, be secretly glad if they could put forward another candidate with any chance of success. It is with this . view that the registration of the Southern voters has been so manifestly partial and exclusive. The Republicans have really no great affection for the negro, as they are very ready to show when independent of him ; but they are fully aware of the numerical strength of the blacks in the Southern States, and if by their aid they can obtain Radical members for the now excluded States their position in Congress will once more enable them to regulate the policy of the country. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, Jan. 6. The Siecle, making the remark that Governments always have the disadvantage of injudicious friends, replies to the article of the Constitutionnel, which complained of the tendency of same journals to dis tort and misrepresent the Emperor Napoleon's lan guage. The answer runs thus :—" Iu this great movement of the European press, which cannot be stopped by the numerous hindrances ap plied to the manifestations of ideas, unfounded rumours, and incorrect news, inevitably escape the vigilance of the journalists, whose mission it is to reject them. These rumours and reports the Constitutionnel describes as ma uceuvres. Certain people,' says that journal take a delight in disquieting the country by all sorts of mannauvres.' And the article is written by the chief editor, M. Paulin Limayrac. We have quoted the commencement, and the rest is in the same tone ; the commentaries on the words pro nounced on the reception of Count de Goltz are there qualified as subtle analyses and insidious paraphrases.' The journalists alluded to do not even stop, according to M. Limayrac, at what passes in France; 'sensational speeches, carefully prepared,' are brought from abroad. Our contemporary then denies two pieces of news : the first, that the Em peror, on receiving the Legislative Body on New- Year's Day, dwelt in an especial manner on the ur gency of the bill respecting the organisation of the army, and on the necessity for guaranteeing the security of the country ; the second, that King Vic tor Emmanuel had made some 'strange observa tions.' " The Siecle then quotes the short remarks of the King (which we have already given), and goes on to say—" What are those strange observations? Against what windmills is the Constitutionnel tilt ing with its ' insidious rumours, false news, and culpable proceedings ?' Does it not see that it goes directly against its own aim ; that it generates a belief in a species of permanent conspiracy, and exaggerates immeasurably the petty details, lost in the midst of the immense circulation of ideas and the incessant production of new facts? The Con stitutionnel flatters itself that it is reassuring public opinion, whilst in reality it is only an alarmist." On the question for which so many of the Paris journals are now under menace of prosecution the Presse makes the following remarks :—" Several journals quote a long extract from the Moniteur, which analyses the speech de livered by the Marquis de Moustier on the Roman question, and accompanies that summary with re flections suitable for au official journal towards a Minister. Our contemporaries conclude from that fact that we were authorised by such an example to persevere in the course which we had been following for the last four years. The proof is an excellent one, but the article of the Moniteur is not the only evidence against that perversion of common sense which forbids a free press ani a free tribune to live side by side, and which renders impossible, even for an official journal, the praise of a speech without a certain analysis. We believe that during the last two years no important Ministerial speech has been made without being touched on by the Moniteur. And what surprises us most is not that the infrac tion should have taken place, but that it should have occurred without the Goveriment perceiving it." The Provincial Correspondence of Berlin pub lishes the subjoined reflections on the occasion of the opening of the New Year :—" The year 1867 has realised beyond all expectation, and especially for North Germany, union and national strength. But much more important objects have been at tained in that memorable year. The barrier which, at the close of 1866, appeared to exist be tween North and South Germany is already cast down, both in fact and in the minds of the German people. Who does not remember the bitter complaints that were made respecting the hue of the Maine which seemed necessarily to separate the North from the South ? Who at that period would have dared to hope that in the following year we should be re joicing in the full and entire certainty of being firmly united to South Germany with respect to na tional defence and economic development ; that we should Lind ourselves in an association with her which einbra.les the highest interests of the common coun try and those that most directly promote the public prosperity ? As early as the spring of 1867 the publication of the offensive and defensive treaties, concluded with the States of Southern Germany, imparted to our patriots the:confidence that, for the defence of the national territory and the independ ence of the country, entire Germany was united under the direction of Prussia by a stronger and more efficacious bond than she had ever known under the former Confederation. The entire German po pulation feel and know now that they are a united and powerful people, and such as they had not been previously ; and in this conviction it is that they will enthusiastically labour to complete their internal union and their national greatness. As 1367 has brought to maturity the fruits of those seeds sown in blood in 1866, so, with the aid of Divine Providence, the year we now enter upon will be one of safety, the year of the regeneration of the prosperity of the nations, and of general and peaceful progress." _ _ The Augsburg Gazette has the following .—" The reiterated representations of Austria, France, and England, but, above all, the impression produced by the journey of General Ignatieff to St. Petersburg, appeared to have exercised a certain influence on the decisions of the Porte. Let us add, besides, that the most recent reports sent from Canea by the Grand Vizier are not more reassuring than the preceding ones. Possibly, therefore, in presence of these circumstances, the Turkish Government will revise its intention of leaving the Declaration of the four Powers unanswered. Already Fuad Pacha has announced to the Ambassadors of Austria, France, and England that a communication has been ad dressed to the friendly Courts.' A statement is even made that the Porte has resolved upon granting to the island of Candia more ex tensive concessions than have been introduced by Aali Pacha ; the question would seem to be chiefly the nomination of a lieutenant of the Sultan, but who should profess the Christian religion, and be invested with extraordinary powers concerning the internal administration of the island." ADDRESS 01 , - THE SPANISH CORTES. MADRID, Jan. 2. The Chamber of Deputies has unanimously passed the draft of the address in reply to the speech from the Throne laid before it by the committee. The most notable passage is the following, in which the Chamber refers to the position of Spain with regard to the Roman question : " The deputies may be permitted to express their satisfaction at the flattering and pacific state of our relations with friendly Powers, and to render themselves the interpreters of the extreme joy that has been produced in all truly Spanish, and consequently Catholic, hearts by your Ma jesty's magnificent words relative to the Pontifical Power, and favourable to the independence and stability of the legitimate power and the incontest able rights of the Holy See. " While making use of the initiative and taking up the attitude suitable to an eminently Catholic nation, and while offering to the Emperor of the French—a friend and ally of Spain—the support of our moral co-operation, and even of our forces, in case it should be thought necessary to employ them in the defence of the legitimate rights of the Holy See, the Government has deserved well of the nation, has shown itself worthy of the Queen who happily occupies the throne of Isabella 1., and worthy also of the nation which has combated for the integrity of its faith during seven centuries. In the horrible struggle of the revolution against legitimacy, of force against right, the Holy See symbolises the cause of right and of legitimacy. By her filial love towards the Holy Father, by the moral influence of her opinion, by her language and her vote, if the European Conference came to be realised, Spain must assume the post of honour and of justice at the right of the Sovereign Pontiff, who is the most august, calmest, and the most venerable figure of contemporary history." NOBLE DEEDS IN SAYING LIFE. CAISTER, NORFOLK, Jan- 4.—The Rev. G. W. Steward gives the following particulars relative to the launch of the " Birmingham No. 2" lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, yesterday, on service. He states that it was very squally at the time, with snowstorms, the wind blowing from E. to E.N.N. After the lifeboat was launched she pro ceeded down the Wold, when aforeign brig was ob served on thesouthern part oftheHasborough S an d s , with her masts and sails standing. The sea was break ing heavily, and the masts soon fell. The Scratby life boat was ahead of the Caister boat, and a Revenue cutter and another cutter boat were also in the vicinity of the wreck. By the time the Caister lifeboat arrived there the brig was nothing but a mass of floating wreck, and after cruising about for upwards a signal from o ne o f th e of two hours the two lifeboats were returning home owtahredrs boats,, but ander recalledbe returned to the wreck. y Two men were then discerned, and ultimately gal lantly rescued, by the Scratby lifeboat, which was again the first to reach the spot. At the first attempt the boat drove right on the wreck, but failed to reach the men, who were crouch• ing down on a piece of it on the sands. H a ili ng the Caister boat, and bidding her lay to and be ready to anchor and veer down if they failed next time, the Scratby men again gallantly bore down through the heavy sea incessantly breaking on the sands, and with much difficulty succeeded in rescuing strong m the poore w low their limbs being swollen with wet and cold. The remainder of the feerle helpless,swho although young crew, eight in number, had unfortunately perished as they were on the mainmast when it fell over board. The two rescued men were most kindly and hospitably treated by the Scratby beachmen when they reached the shore, and have since gone to London all right. HOWTH, near Dublin, Jan. 4. Signals of distress were observed early yesterday morning from a vessel on shore on the Baldoyle Sand (states Staff Commander Burney, R.N., the officer of Coastguard.) It was blowing a fresh gale from the S.E. at the time. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was very quickly manned and launched, proceeded to the sands, and found the schooner, Seven Brothers, Wicklow, stranded there. After some difficulty and danger, on account of heavy surf and broken water, the boat got alongside, rescued the master and crew of two men and brought them safely ashore. The Bradford lifeboat at Ramsgate, the Sabrina at Kingsdown, the Royal Thames Yacht Club lifeboats at Walmer, and the Herbert Ingram boat at Skegness, which are in connexion with the National Lifeboat Institution, .also put off during the recent severe weather, but fortunately their ser vices were not ultimately needed. ADRIFT IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—On Thurs day a boatman named Reed, who had been picked up in the Bristol Channel in a boat, was put ashore at Bristol by the French sloop Edna.. Reed and a man named Duns combs were sent on the 26th u lt. from the Holms, an island in the Bristol Channel now being fortified by the Govern ment, to Weston-super-Mare with a letter. A fog came on and they completely lost their course, drifting about the Channel terrified and benumbed with cold. Duns combs, in endeavouring to recover au oar which had fallen overboard, fell into the sea and was soon lost in the darkness, his comrade being unable to reach him. Reed remained in the boat drifting helplessly about until mid day on Sunday, when the Edna picked him up almost dead from cold and hunger. INCREASE OF THE POLICE.—The decision of the Home Secretary, Mr. G. Hardy, to increase the metropolitan police by an addition of 1,000 men, has been already carried out to a great extent. This addition will only bring the police force of the metropolis up to the proportion which it bore to the area and population of London when it was established in 1829. Since then the decrease in the relative strength of the police has necessitated the lengthening of their beats and generally the increase of their duties to an inconvenient extent.— Observer. THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF EUROPE.—The entire mercantile navy of Europe, according to the latest statistical returns, consists of 100,000 vessels, representing a total tonnage of 12 millions, and employing 600,000 men. This amount of shipping is thus distributed Bremen, 294 vessels ; Hamburg, 539 ; Lubeck, 43 ; Han over, 906 ; Mecklenburg Schwerin, 421 ; Oldenburg, 610 ; Prussia, 1,443 ; Austria, 9,491 ; Belgium, 107 ; Spain, 4,359 ; Franco, 15,259 ; Greece, 4,452 ; Holland, 2,227 ; Italy, 13,223; Purtugal, 591; Groat Britain, 27,868; Russia, 1,416; Denmark, 2,740; the Elbe Duchies, 2,552; Norway, 5,878; Sweden, 2,236; Turkey, 2,300. - THE BRITISH WORKMEN AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. soiree was held yesterday evening at the Cavendish Rooms, Mortimer-street, under the presidency of Mr. Cole, of the South Kensington Museum. The object was the presentation of an address to Mr. H. Pratt, the vice president of the Paris Excursion Committee, from the tvorkmen and others who had availed themselves of the arrangements of the committee for the purpose of a visit to . the Paris Exhibition. Besides the chairman, there were' present - Mr. H. Pratt, Messrs. H. and C. Hoare, Patteson, Oliver, Howell, Haselden, &c. The address bore 1,000 signatures, of which 103 were from the factory of Messrs. Broadwood, and 120 signatures from Yorkshire also testified approbation of the address, which was pre sented in a handsome album. The address recounted the difficulties which the committee had had to encounter, all of which were surmounted mainly through the exertions of Mr. Pratt. It concluded with a warm expression of thanks to that gentleman The address, having detailed the history of the Paris Excursion Committee and the labours of MI Pratt, proceeded to state that the committee had caused the erection of a series of wooden houses close to the Exhi >ition, for accommodation in which, together with the fare from London and' back, 30s. was charged to the workmen, 10s. more to be paid for a second week. Under the aus pices of the committee the artisans visited several French factories, in all of which they were treated with the utmost courtesy and hospitality. The total number of factories visited was 550, and of the British artisans visiting, 700. The total number of British workmen who visited Paris was 3,200. A guarantee fund had been esta blished for the purposes of the committee, and it would be necessary to call on the guarantors for a small quota towards the expenses,' The address concluded with an expression of thanks to Mr. Henry Hoare for having ad vanced £4OO for the purposes of the committee. The CHAIRMAN made a few observations on the advan tages which this country had derived from the visit of the British workmen to Paris. He had been taunted, he said, for having put the country to an expense of £lOO,OOO for the Paris Exhibition, but he contended that if that money had had no other return but this visit of the workmen to Paris the money would have been exceedingly well spent. That visit had opened their eyes to the immense advance which was being made by continental workmen in all the useful arts. In conclusion, he called upon the meeting to endorse the committee's address to Mr. Pratt. Mr. HOWARD seconded the address, and bore warm tes timony to the advantages which he amongst other English working men had derived from, the labours of the Excur sion Committee. He should preserve as long as he lived pleasant recollections of his visit to Paris. He had learnt there that they had much to learn from the French work men. The Frenchman went all for beauty, the English. man for solidity, and each had therefore something to learn from the other. He believed that the Peace Society could not have desired any better precaution against war than the visit of the British workmen to Paris. (Cheers.) Mr. HERBERT supported the address, which was pre sented to Mr. Pratt. That gentleman returned thanks, and expressed his acknowledgments to Mr. Henry Hoare and his friends for the guarantee fund, without which the objects of the committee could never have Osen carriai out. SAVAGE ATTACK ON A MAGISTRATE. —A corre spondent of Saunders's News Letter has brought to light a murderous attack made on Colonel Forbes, a magistrate of the county of Galway, at his residence, Rusheen Carna, by a man with his face blackened and otherwise disguised. Colonel Forbes lies in a precarious state. His residence is about fifty miles from the town of Galway, in a very lonely part of the country. Colonel Forbes's housekeeper was thrown downstairs by the perpetrator of the outrage, and considerably hurt. DEATH ON THE SCOTCH HILL& —James Cheyne, an old man belonging to Sandness, lost his life on the hills between Walls and Sandness a few days ago. It seems he had left home to meet a son whom he was expecting to return from Lunnasting with same sheep, and after pro ceeding seven or eight miles without meeting him he turned back, and was last seen at Broadster, on the east side of Walls. Two days were spent in searching for the body of the old man, as it was feared that he must have perished owing to the severity of the weather, and on Monday the body was found in a burn which he had been unable to cross. His son returned only a short time after the body of his father had been carried in. There are about six or seven miles of mossy hills between Walls and Sandness, and not a single house in sight all the way; there is no road, and several utrsons have lost their lives in the trackless waste. SUSPECTED MURDER OF .iN ENGINE DRIVER AT l'ENsuEn.—Four pitmen have been apprehended at Pen sher, in Durham, charged with being concerned in the death of Thomas Walker, an engine-driver on the Lamb ton coal line. It appears that Walker on New Year's night was at a supper held in the Ship Inn. The four pri soners were all in the house, and in the course of the night a quarrel arose between them and another man. Walker went into the room and sat down on the end of the table in the centre, when Kirtley felled him with his fist to the floor. The prisoners suddenly disappeared, and on Friday morning, while Mr. Thomas Humphrey, the parish con stable was crossing a field, he heard what he thought to be the groans of a man, and on looking down a quarry saw the body of a man lying at the bottom. He descended, and found Walker lying in a state of insensibility. He lingered on and died about ten o'clock on Friday night. It is not exactly known how the deceased has met his death. By some it is thought that he has met with foul play ; and by others that be has fallen iz the civarry in the dark.— Northern Daily Express. VIOLENT DEATHS OF PrO AMERICAN REPRE SENTATIVES.—Two of the members of the House of Repre sentatives of the Fortieth Congress have come to a violent end. Hon. Elijah Hise, of Kentucky, shot out his brains because, as he declared in a note found on his body, he could not bear to look upon the destruction of the Ame rican Republic. On Sunday the Hon. C. T. Hamilton, representing the Eighth District of Ohio, was killed by a son said to he insane. Mr. Hamilton was engaged in feeding his cattle when his son approached from behind and struck' him a violent blow with a piece of planking. The blow took effect upon the head, and the victim fell dead to the ground. The maniao seized an axe and ran towards his mother to kill her, but she escaped ; he then attacked his younger brother, wounding him severely. After killing his father the young man covered up the body with cornstalks. A significant commentary is this, made by the telegraph : " Mr. Hamilton was elected in October, 1860. Aspirants are already named as eager for the suc cession." Mr. Hamilton had intended to take his son to an asylum for lunatics. Ho was a member of the Repub lican party. PROPOSED ANTI-FENIAN DEMONSTRATION.—A crowded meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Working Men's Conservative Association has been held for the purpose of making arrangements for the proposed anti-Fenian demonstration. Mr. Jones presided. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Kimber, Mr. C. J. Murray, Mr. Townshend Mayor, Mr. Nasmyth, and others were present. The chairman said it had been considered by some people that the proposed meeting should not have been convened by a political association, but, as no one felt inclined to take the initiative, the association thought it their duty to take the first step, and they were most anxious that parties of all shades of political opinion should co-operate with them. Mr. Jarvis (the secretary) read a letter from the Duke of Northumberland, stating that he should have very great pleasuro in presiding and taking part in the proposed meeting on Thursdaypext. A. discussion ensued as to the time and place of the proposed demonstration, and it was suggested that the meeting should be held in Exeter Hall within a week or a fortnight. Mr. Digby Seymour moved, " That the proposed anti-Fenian demonstration be deferred until after the meeting of loyal Irishmen." The motion was carried, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting was adjourned. ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN GREAT BRITAIN. —The Catholic Directory for 1868, just issued permissu superiorum, gives some details in reference to the present position of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain. There ap pears to be a considerable increase in the Catholic clergy, churches, chapels, convents, and monasteries since last year. The total number of Catholic bishops 13 the same— namely, ono archbishop and 12 bishops (besides three re tired bishops) in England, and four bishops in Scotland. The number of priests in Great Britain amounts to 1,639, against 1,608 last year ; the number of churches and chapels is 1,283, against 1,207 when the last Directory was published. The convents of women are now 227 in number, whereas last year they were 220, and the monas teries number 67, against 63 last year. Total increase, 31 priests, 7G churches and chapels, 7 convents of women, and 4 monasteries of men. Of the 76 churches and chapels, which are more this year than last, about a dozen are private chapels of convents and of various individuals. Of the four increase in the number of monasteries, three are merely houses in which two or three of the regular clergy dwell together for missionary work ; the fourth is the new Dominican Priory at Haverstock-hill. In the convents, or religious houses of women, the increase has been very great during the last few years, but it has been altogether, or with very few exceptions, among the non cloistered or active orders, such as Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy,, and the like. The cloistered or contem plative orders hardly seem to increase at all, or very slightly, in this country. The number of colleges and large preparatory schools is 21. Of the 227 convents up wards of 200 are for the education of girls, either rich, poor, .or middle claw. SINGULAR CASE OF SUSPECTED FENTANISM. At the Nottingham Borough Police-court, on Monday morning, a decently dressed man, named Peter Ward. roper, who said he was a ship-carpenter, coming from Newcastle, was charged with loitering about for some supposed unlawful purpose. It appeared that Police constables Piave' and Luscombe were on special duty at the gasworks in Island-street, early on Sunday morning. About two o'clock some one knocked at the door, and on the watchman opening it, he found the prisoner, who asked him some questions. Flavel then went to the door, and prisoner wanted to know something of the 2.30 train that went to Sheffield. He stood looking at the front gates of the works for some time, and he then walked towards the Great Northern Station. The officers fol lowed him, and on seeing them he returned. He again inquired about the train, and Flavel told him that was sot the station for Sheffield. The man informed him that he was staying with his aunt in Greyfriars-gate. With that he went down Station-street, and the con stables again followed prisoner, who on reaching the station door " took to his heels." They then lost sight of him, and did net see him again until about four o'clock, when they were near the railway bridge, and Flavel asked him what he was doing. He made no answer, and the officer told him he should charge him with being there for an unlawful purpose. The man appeared to be sober. Mr. Clayton (deputy clerk) asked if he was searched.--Flavel: Yes.—Mr. Clayton : Was any railway ticket found upon him ? No. —Mr. Cranch (who was for the defence) : What did you End upon him ?—Witness : £lB 3s. 6d., a knife, &c.—Mr, Cranch Well,what is the unlawful purpose? Witness : Being out at an untimely hour. I knew he was not a Nottingham man.—Mr. Cranch : I suppose you meant he was going to blow up the gas works? Witness :I do not know anything about that. —Mr. Cranch : I suppose there was no one to rob ? Witness : I could not tell whether there would be anybody pass ornot.—Mr. Cranch remarked that the prisoner was on a visit to an aunt in the town, as he told the policeman. He then called Mrs. Mary Ann Reed, who keeps a grocer's shop in Greyfriars-gate. She said that Wardroper was her nephew. She could account for the money he had, by the fact that some property was left amongst three of the family, and that was part of the division.—Mr. Ball asked her if she had seen him before the pclice brought him to her house. —Witness : No. He came in by the half-past one mail train, and being a stranger, he could not find his way.—Mr. Freeman (the chief constable) said that they did not wish to make any further complaint against the prisoner, but it was neces sary to watch strange persons walking about in the night.—Mr. Ball, in discharging the man, observed that the constables had done their duty. in locking him up. There was now a satisfactory account given, and he would be liberated. The Paris correspondent of the Times agrees with the Constitutionnel in doubting whether the disquiet of the public will be dissipated by the article, evidently inspired by some official personage, which that journal published repudiating the interpretation given in various quarters to the words uttered by the Emperor at the receptions of the new year. The Government tells the people that they have nothing to fear, and that the best terms exist between France and all foreign Powers, and yet it is thought neces sary to furnish an army consisting of 1,300,000 to 1,400,000 soldiers. The greater the certainty of peace the larger the armaments, and it is exactly as the assurances of the former are vehement that the latter are increased. To relieve the distress of the starving inhabitants of Eastern Prussia, a committee for the collection of volun tary contributions has been formed through the efforts of the Crown Prince and Princess. The famine, which is very severe, is the result of three bad harvests superadded to the systematically impoverished condition produced by the forty years' closing of the Russian frontier. A correspondent of the Morning Herald draws a very gloomy picture of the condition of Bavaria. Whereas formerly there was no State in the whole German Con federation which was so happy and contented, now a general and deep feeling of despondency prevails. One reason is that her absorption by Prussia is admitted to be only a matter of time ; another, that there exists nothing like confidence in the King. It is an item of common belief that with matters affecting his country and his subjects his Majesty Louis 11. has little or no sympathy. At the very moment when one of his Ministers arrived at Berg with the intelligence that the Bavarians had been engaged in a desperate fight with the Prussian battalions, the King was engaged with his adjutant rehearsing in costume the parts of two heroes of an old German poem, and for a long time refused to see him. Facts such as this the Bavarians are unable to forget, and they now blurt out their opinions of the King's heartlessness and neglect of duty with startling distinctness. The desire that he should abdicate is not attempted to be concealed, and is supplemented by the significant expression " If he does not go we shall find a means of setting him aside." A ukase has been published by the Warsaw Official Dziennik, in which the " kingdom of Poland " is desig nated the " Vistula Province." It is stated that the gold mines of Nova Scotia are among the most productive in the world. This year it is anticipated that they will yield thirty thousand ounces. The earnings of individual miners average as much as £3OO per annum. From January 1 to December 11 last year 235,411 emi grants reached New York, being 10,000 more than during the same period of the previous year. The colonists at the Cape of Good Hope have petitioned the Government not to withdraw the troops. The memo rial they have presented states that the expenditure neces sitated by the maintenance of English troops in the colony is justified by expediency, and that the wars which have arisen with the Kaffirs from time to time have not been clue to any greed for the acquisition of territory occupied by the aborigines, but to the constant aggressions made by the border tribes. At present the colonists enjoy peace, brit it is feared that the withdrawal of British troops would be the signal for a new outbreak, with which the inhabitants, unassisted by the "Tome Government, would be unable to cope. - - - -•- - - The serious illness of Lord Justice Sir John Rolt is a matter of very general regret. His unassuming manner, his aptitude for business, his courtesy towards the mem bers of the bar, and his unquestionably able intellect, combined to render him an excellent colleague of Lord Cairns and a worthy successor of so profound a lawyer and so eminent a judge as the late Lord Justice Turner. Day after day, for weeks suc ceeding his appointment, his court was crowded by those who admired the energy and the perseverance which hack enabled the errand-boy in a lawyer's office to work his way to one of the most splendid positions on the English bench. The nature of his lordship's illness is a paralytic seizure, which affects his left side, but not his mind or memory. There is, therefore, some reason to hope that he may be restored to health, although he will be compelled to abstain from duty for some time to come. Hilary Term opens on Saturday, and according to the terms of an Act passed last session, Lord Cairns can sit alone and proceed to business as though both Lords Jus tices Wre present. In noticing the report of the Caledonian Railway Cam. mittee, the Edinburgh Courant states that the number of Scotch railway bills before Parliament in the coming session will be seven only. In 1866 there were fifty. The Mark Lane Express looks hopefully at the prospects of our growing crop of wheat, although it is, of course, too soon to attempt any prognostications as to its ultimate result. There never was a finer time for getting it into the ground and for its subsequent vegetation. If by any chance the wheats show any symptom of disease it may probably arise from the attacks of one of the insect tribes, of which there are so many capable of destroying the plant. The growth of the wheat should be narrowly watched, and the stem and root of that which appears to be diseased, examined. Some prophets of evil have lately been predicting an insect-eaten harvest for 1868, but, as the Mark Lane rightly says, in the present condition of the country it is very desirable no unnecessary alarm should be raised at a time when, in fact, it is impossible for the most competent judges to predicate with any dezree of certainty of the ultimate result. THE FORCE OF A _RAILWAY COLLISION. —The direct force of impact of such an engine as the Stephen. son's express shown at Paris travelling respectively at the rates of 7a, 15, 30, and GO miles an hour (88 feet a second) would be the proportions of 3,630, 14,520, 58,080, and 232,320 foot toms, less a definite allowance in each case for gravitation, or, as it would become in this case, friction, according to the actual weight of the travelling engine. In railway accidents wo never see these terrific forces exerted ; steam is shut off, and suction in the cylinders induced, and brakes are put on; or the blow is indirect ; or the buffer-springs yield ; or in some way or other the snomoutwu is seriously diminished before actual collision kea COLLISION AT SEA.—On Friday the Dutch brig Machtilda and Simmonette, Remners master, from the South-West Coast of Africa for Rotterdam, with palm oil, palm nuts, and ivory, arrived at Penzance much damaged, having been:in collision off Mount's Bay with a schooner, name unknown. Tho wind was blowing a strong gale at the time. The Dutch brig had not been lohg out of dock at Queenstown, where damages done to her in a collision were repaired at a cost of £1,700. SAVINGS BANKS FUNDS.—The accounts of the National Debt Commissioners to the close of the year 1867 show that on the 28th of December the funds in their hands belonging to the (trustee) savings banks of the United King dom amounted to £36,221,554, and the funds belonging to the post-office savings banks amounted to £10,021,772. The total, therefore, has now grown to the large amount of £16,246,326. _ . • Tl . l , /1 HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 6. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yes terday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise ; and her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, walked out this morning. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, arrived at Marlborough House yesterday from Sand ringham. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—His Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, honoured the performance at this theatre with his presence last evening. Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Honrietto of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Mr. G. D. Englehoart ; and Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left Frogmore yesterday to visit Lord and Lady Derby at Knowsley Park. The Marquis Conyngham arrived on Saturday last at Bifrons, his seat near Canterbury, from town. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are ex pected to pass through town early in the week, from Brocklosby, on their way to visit Sir Edward and the Hon. Lady Filmer at their seat in Kent. Viscountess Holmesdale has issued invitations for a ball at Linton on Thursday next, to which a host of the neighbouring nobility and gentry are invited. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton are staying with the Earl and Countess of Wilton and a select party at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. Lord and Lady Rokeby do not return to town from Italy till after Easter. Lord Charles Ker is recovering from his severe accident. During the last week his lordship has been pro gressing favourably, and it is hoped has sustained but trifling permanent injury, The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., arrived at Ilawarden Castle on Saturday from town, where he will remain with Mrs. Gladstone and family till the resumption of business in Parliament. Mrs. Staveley has returned to the Oatlands Park Hotel, Walton-on-Thames. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RE-ASSEMBLING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, Jan. 7. The Prussian Chambers re-assembled at 11.30 this morning. THE GREAT FIRE AT HONG KONG. (By Malta and Alexandria Telegraph.) • ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 6. The China mail brings details of the great fire at Hong Kong. It occurred principally among the Chinese hongs. Several godouns were burnt. The total loss is estimated at $BOO,OOO Trade at Hong Kong was very dull. LIVERPOOL, Jan 7. The steamer Chrysolite has arrived here. She left Pernambuco on the 12th Dec., and St. Vincent on the 23d. The Royal Mail steamer Seine was not at St. Vincent when the Chrysolite left. She experienced dreadful weather. BOURSE, JAN. 6, Three o'clock.—The mark e t closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... Italian Loan 44 45 3 per Cent End of month 6B 77 Mexican Loan 17 Credit Mobilier 162 50 Do. B on d s .... 138 75 End of month 162 50 Spanish Threes ... 37 Credit Foucier 1350 !loins Uebt B4 50 End of m0nth...1356 25 Deferred RAILWAYS. Orleans ..... Account .... 866} Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 554 Western Eastern ,. 535 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 346* North of Spain 6O Saragossa Roman 47 DEATH OF SIR HENRY DES VCEUX, BART. It is with much regret that we announce the demise, on Saturday afternoon last, at hie seat, Drakelow Hall, near Burton-on-Trent, of Sir Henry William Des Voeux, of Indiaville, Queen's County, a true lover of sport, and ono of the most staunch supporters of the Turf in its integrity. Straightforward in all his transactions, and running his horses at all times entirely apart from monetary considerations, the success of his stable was always hailed with enthusiasm. Sir Henry was born Dec. 16, 1806, and married July 16, 1839, Lady Sophia, youngest daughter of the seventh Earl of Co ventry, and widow of Sir Roger Greeley, Bart. The deceased baronet is succeeded by his half-brother, Mr Frederick Asshe, son of Sir Charles Des Voeux, second baronet, by Lady Cecilia Paulet, daughter of the late Marquis of Winchester. Sir Charles DOS VO3IIX, the first baronet (created in 1787), was a distinguished servant of the East Indian Company, and Governor of Slasulipetam. The following memoir, pub lished in Baily's ilagazine but three short months since, was embellished with a striking likeness of the deceased baronet. We little thought, when scanning the familiar features, that we had looked upon them in the flesh for the last time : " Sir Henry Des Vceux, of Indiaville, in the Queen's County of Ireland, is descended troin an ancient French family, at the head of which was President de Bacque fort, President of the Parliament of Rouen. This gen tleman had two sons, the second of whom assumed the surname of Des Vceux, and took up his abode in Ireland, having incurred the displeasure of his family by aban doning their religious faith, namely, that of the Church of Rome. He was a great scholar, and much distinguished for his polemical writings, for which the Univer sity of Dublin conferred on him the honorary de gree of Master of Arts. Sir Henry Des Vceux, of whom we are now treating, is the son of Sir Charles Des \Tunis, the second baronet, a distinguished military offi cer, and who, when serving with the Duke of York dur ing the campaign in Holland, was so severely wounded at the battle of Alckmaer by a cannon shot that his right leg had to be immediately amputated. Adopting his father's profession, Sir Henry entered the army, and remained in it until he attained the rank of lieut.- colonel, when he retired upon half-pay. His connection with the turf was brought about in a great measure by his being an intimate friend and neighbour of the late Lord Chesterfield, who made him a present of Dilbar in 1845, and from her he bred Drakelow, Diligence,' and Heartbreaker, besides others of less note. He also joined Torn Taylor's stable, which was at that time, although small, perhaps the most aristocratic and best conducted in England, and had as much success as could be antici pated from its strength. In 185.1, when General Anson wont to India, Sir Henry purchased Muffatee, from whom he bred the appropriately-named Comforter, a horse which, it will be recollected, was a frequent winner On Tom Taylor giving up training, Sir Henry Dos Vceux ceased to keep horses, and entirely devoted him self to breeding, in which he may be said to have been tolerably fortunate, for from his brood mares have sprung , among others, Crown Prince, Lady Sophie, and Knight of the Garter. Iu reviewing the career of Sir Henry Des Vceux on the turf, we venture to state that no owner of horses over ran more straight or more honour ably ; that market considerations never influenced him, nor were his horses ever withdrawn from any contest because the public had anticipated him. In short, ho raced as became an English baronet, a.ud hence the popularity of his colours and his stable, for ho regarded the turf as it should be considered, viz., as a sport, and not as a means of eking out au income ; and, if he had had more imitators, racing would not have been assailed with the tierce diatribes which are now poured forth against it, and to refute which the best energies of advocates and sup porters have to be called into action." DEATH OF LORD BRIDPORT.—The Right Hon Samuel Hood, second Viscount Bridport, expired at his seat at Cricket St. Thomas, Chard, Somerset, yes terday morning, in his 80th year. His lordship was born on the 7th of December, 1788, succeeded to the title upon the decease of his third uncle uu the 3d May, 1814. He married ou the 3d of July, 1840, Charlotte Mary, only surviving daughter and heir of the Right Hoe. and Rev William, first Earl Nelson, by whom he had several chil dren. The deceased nobleman principally lived during the last few years of his life at his seat at Cricket St. Thomas. He is succeeded in the title by Major-Gcueral the Hon. A. N. Hood. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Monday, Jan. 6.—Adlnissiou3 on payment, 1,761 ; ditto by tieasou tickets, I,ol7—total visiters, 2,778, II Accor day, the The I yesterda continuf confiner ante by a portie in Gove partieul, and Cal rninituul tin ue sti The ing dow is li to the deco settleme Cons( 9 2i to 9 per. Cen India F Bills, 22 Foreil fluenced Confine] to 13 ; Threes, Bonds a good, b] to 15}; Stock, 3 and Vicl Atlan have de( Ilertgal Engli a rule tb the love rose Western Eastern are —La land, 10 don an( Norther: Great 1 Caledon Sheffield Great to 107} Grand Canada Loud( London uainster, Lond4 2 2 dis., The c There England The 1 .£204001 Teutonic QI Psr t D o . I ,tper +l ( o w 3 Nero 2 Do. A Do. D o ( xcho T , •••auk l I Do. ladia L D o , D o , D o , D o D o: D o , Do,