The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRINS, SATURDAY EVENING, DEVEMBER 29, 1866

LATEST LNTELLIGENCE.

a queition which Ws caspet answer ; all we feel sure of
is tilt he Eta man if alarming elownoe, sad that the
whole cait of his writises. is stamped with the mark of •
1 gamine eeelesiastiol origin. It is sow rather mote than
a year since this my‘terious monk's voice was first heard
in Rome. Other documents of which the Spectator gives
an account seem to lead to the conclusion that another
organisation exists in Rome which might at a given
moment be in a position to attempt a coup de India on its

GOLDCHAINS.--JOHN BROGDEN
to call the attention of the public to the VOll.ll olf3eir-
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To ,18) carat gold, weighing 2 ors, at a ae.
per ounce, Mint price .......................... 6 7 6
Total .... 2 6
Upon this system, the quAtiry, 'VALUE of
the gold are egnaly dames, and guaranteed to the well uer
John Brogiles looking for • far reinaneration on the Workman-
ship unls , which is charged according to the intricacy or s 10,1•11-
city of pattern.-51anufactory, 16, Haut etta-street, Oovent-
garden. Lo

agricultural classes at all, small occupiers Iliad not
peasant proprietors. The reason of their auffering
is conveyed in five words—high rent, sad short
leases. So far as the example of elgiuin yea,
its thriving peasant proprietors and its compara-
tively impoverished small occupiers corium the
position of those who maintain that the Irish pea-
nd
sant needs greater facilities for acquiring the la
in ownership, and ampler security by long leases
I for his improvements as a tenant. It strengthens
(PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED.) _ I the case against " present circumstances."
ALLEN'S PATENT PORTMA/NTTEAUS and 1 But we are told that the condition of sue-
RAVELLING BAGS, with square opening!
LADIES' WARDBOBE TRUNK, tits Yo BAGS, with cessiul peasant-proprietorship in a fully peopled
silver fittings,
BOXE, WRITING and DRE.sSING CASES. „„d country is that the rate of increase shall be
too otDtT'
her articles for hams ur continental travelling- Dlustrated small, and that the Irish are the most rapidly
catai.tnii poet free. I -1 • •
Also Allen's Barrack Furniture Catalogue of Portable Bed- .multiplying race in Europe. This allegation
steads. Drawers, Easy Chairs, Washhand.stands, Canteens, &c., transfers the argument from the realm of poli-
post free.
J. W. ALLEN, Manufacturer and Patentee, 37, West Strand, I tical economy to that of animal phyaiology ;
'll`l"°' w*e' Ibut perhaps it may be practicable to bring it
back to its proper domain. The accumulated
testimony of travellers and economists proves
that the habits of thrift and self-restraint
inspired by the possession of landed property-,
and the desire to keep and increase it, are the
real checks upon a rapid increase of the popu-
The
lation in a nation of peasant proprietors.
argument we are considering reverses this order
of cause and effect. Population multiplies
slowly wherever the system of peasant-proprietor-
ship prevails, because, to use the words of SIS-
MONDI, "a just family pride, common to the
" peasant and to the nobleman, makes him ab-
" stain from summoning into life children fur
" whom he cannot properly provide." The con-
ditions, on the other hruul, which favour rapid
multiplication, are either boundless resources,
as in the United States, or the recklessness of
despair such as prevailed in Ireland. These
'circumstances sufficiently account for the high rate
of increase of the Irish formerly at home, and now
abroad. When, however, there is a gleam of
hope, the dictates of prudence are heeded. The
improvement which has taken place in Ireland
during the past fifteen years proves that
causes which retard or promote the growth of
population are mainly moral. The rate of
has
in-
' crease among this rapidly multiplying people
been checked. In 1864, according to the REGIS-
TR.A.R-GENEttAI:B returns, the ratio of births in Ire-
land was 1 in 41.89 of the estimated population,
Li being about ono-third less than the birt
thhe rate of
' Great Britain in the same year. If Irish
I farmers were peasant proprietors, they would be no
exception to the rule of which Belgium, F
Den-
rance,
, Switzerland, Ger Many, Norway, and
mark are instances. As little doubt can
there be that, with the induoement of
lownership, no small proportion of the land which
is now waste would be brought under profitable
lcultivation. The Belgians have made garden-
farms out of less promising material. What the
Irish effected under the comparatively unfavourable
conditions imposed by the Waste Land Improve-
' ment Society is a proof of what might be done
with the same or ampler encouragement now. If
the unoccupied land is unavailable for culture
in "present circumstances," the motive is
strengthened for changing those circumstances.
It is clear, we hope, by this, that the Irish ques-
tion presents more elements of greater complexity
than the vindicators of existing arrangements are
disposed to allow. No advantage, or only
a dearly-bought and temporary advantage, is
gained by ignoring any part of the case.
We are far from advocating the artificial
creation of yeomen or peasant proprietors. We
object only to their artificial prohibition. The di-
vision of the land among small owners and occupiers
exclusively is not more desirable than its dis-
tribution solely into great estates and large farms.
A mixed system, whichwould embrace the greatest
possible variety of elements—peasant, and
yeoman, and 'squire, and large, and small, and inter-
mediate holdings—would probably combine the
greatest social and economical advantages ;
and
such an adjustment the free operation of natural
laws, un-hampered by legislation for political ends
—whether the maintenance of an aristocracy, as
in England, or its destruction, as in France—would
in all likelihood bring to pass.

(azuria'a rattaa.tms.)
ABOLITION OF TONNAGE DUES LN
FRENCH PORTS.
PARIS, Du. 29.
An imperial decree has been published based on
the law of the 19th May, 1886, abolishing
the dues in French ports on and after
the Ist January, 1867, except for vessels
of those nations which, like
the United
States, impose differential duties upon French
vessels in their own porta. The report of M. Behic,
which precedes the decree, states that the English
government have undertaken to bring forward in
the next session of parliament a bill for the aboli-
tion of local duties of a differential character.
" The English government," continues the mi-
nister, " do not contest our right to reo-establish
tonnage dues in event of the rejection f their
bill by parliament."
The Commission upon the Anglo-French Fisheries
Convention held their first sitting yesterday at the
Ministry of Marine, under the presidency of M.
ChasselouP Laubat. The French government were
represented by MM. Mauceaux, Herbet, Ozeune,
Am 4, and Champeaux ; and the English govern-
ment by the Right Hon. Stephen Cave,
Vice-President of the Board of Trade ; Mr. Goul-
bourn, Captain Hore, and Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre,

own impulse.
prospects the Saturday Review
Discussing our political p
assumes that if Mr. Disraeli 'Can produce a fair and
reasonable measure of reform tte House of Commons Mill
not inquire too curiously into his motives or consistency,
though it would be premature to form a definite judgment
of the intentions of the opposition in the absence of hlr.
Gladstone. It is reasonable to suppose that the right hon.
gentleman, before the opening of the session,will consult
with his former colleagues and with the principal members
of the liberal party. If he stands apart, it will be
assumed that he has resolved on a new political course.
Perhaps he may still contemplate fiscal and economical re.
forms, although he has lately preferred constitutional
legislation. The minister of the coming generation has
not yet revealed his future greatness. It is possible that
he may induce his contemporaries to accomplish some
object which has not yet come within the orbit of practical
politica. A new Chatham might neglect many questions
which are n,ow subjected W eager discussion, and he would
either organise an eflicient army or he would stake his
fortunes on the enterprise.
Assuming it to be a striking fact of modern history that
the protestant powers are now in the ascendant and that
protestantism falls in with the new relations that are
beginning everywhere in the civilised world to subsist
between those who isle and those who are ruled, while
catholicism is out of harmony with the general current
of modern thought, the Saturday Berl, to proceeds to con-
sider what it is that makes Protestants strong and
catholics weak. Viewed on the side of religion,
catholicism has many advantages over protestantism ; but
protestanism contains a spirit which gives all forms of it
life and strength in the contests of the
though
protestantism answers, it is nothing unless it is
alive, and it must continually change and assume
new forms or it will lose that hold The on the
individual mind which is its great strength. people
who stir things up, and not the people who are all for
peace, are the best friends of protestantism and of pro-
testant churches. Bishop Colenso and the Ritualists, for
example, are among the greatest of the recent benefactors
of the Church of England, for they have in their different
ways forced a considerable number of income-tax payers
to ask what they mean when they use familiar wordwhat s, and
to reflect what a great amount of learning and a
large range of thought men should have before they pre-
tend to give an opinion on the questions at issue. In this
way protestantistii is carried forward and kept alive, and
it is in this way that protestantism wins those triumphs
which have excited the wonder and envy of catholic
observers.
aminer comments on the danger of spiritual ter
The Ex
rorism such as Dr. Posey would substitute for the parent's
appeal to reason and natural affection. Are the results of
secret terrorism in other instances so encouraging as to
justify a general recourse to it as a means of moral educa-
tion, especially when, in addition to the nefarious prac-
tices of empirics in other departments, we have before us
the grand example of the catholic hierarchy, ostensibly
employed for so many centuries in trying to make men
virtuous, and not succeeding very well in the attempt?
The cause of failure is obvious. It is because freedom is
the only true basis of moral character, and this iuquisi-
tonal interferences and terrorism moat etfeotually destroy.
The springs of action are by such a system placed out-
side the moral subject, who thus becomes a puppet
in the hands of au ecclesiastical confederacy, sincere e
and
well-meaning, no doubt, but based upon a principl of
despotic authority that checks development. Devotioialn,
obedience, the faith of ignorance, rigidity in ceremon
obsei Vance, may be obtained in union with a truo natural
piety by such a system, but the rigorous morality of a free
conscience is hal illy to be so acquired. Soule years ago
there were two lodg:ng at Weymouth in a house where
there lodged also an influential English clergyman with
his daughters. One morning at breakfast the bacon s
missing, and on inquiry it appeared that the young la wadies,
whose appet tes had been rendered ungovernable by much
holy fasting under the direction of their papa, had eateu
it in the doorway Let Dr. l'usey take this circumstance
to heart, and whelk too rigidly enforcing the di-,cipline of
his church remember the Weymouth flitch of bacon.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29.

Ehe Court.

OSBORNE, Me.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Chi istian and Prince Leopold, awl
her Majesty drove this morning with Princess Louise.
Princess Beatrice awl Prince }Lary of l'russia walked
in the grounds this morning.
Her Majesty held .1 Council to-day at 1 o'clock, at which
were present the Duke of Buckingham, Viscount Cran-
borne, and the Right lion. Sir J. Pakington.
Sir William lioNill, Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, and Mr. Seymour l'itzget ald were introduced by the
President of the Council, and sworn in as members of her
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Conseil, and took their
seats at the board accordingly.
The Duke of Buckingham and Sir John Pakington had
audiences of the Queen.
After the Council, the Queen entered the Drawing•
room, accompanied by Princess Louise, when the Marquis
of Camden delivered up to her Majesty the insignia of
the Order of the Garter worn by his father.
The Lord Chamberlain afterwards introduced Mr.
Alderman Phillips and Mr. John Karslake, Solicitor-
General, who had the honour of knighthood conferred
upon them.

TIM philosophy ullieli assumes that whatever is
is best, is strikingly manifest in the arguments of
the apologists fur things as they are in Ireland.
When Lord DUFFERIN has proved that an exten-
sive emigration is necessary in the present circum-
stances of that country, he considers his case made
out for keeping things as they are. To suspect
that the circumstances themselves might be changed
for the better is in his eyes, appareatly, a sort of
political blasphemy, a profane questioning of first
principles, a ecepticisin as to the moral :ma material
order of the universe, like that of the Spanish
King who thought that if he had been consulted be
could have suggested improvements in the plan of
creation. His reasoning proceeds on two assump-
tivust—hat English agriculture is the perfectt
standard, the Imperial measure of a aouud
rural econzfiny ; and that the amount of
land at present under cultivation in Ireland is all
that is suitable for culture. Possessed of these
two ideas, he desires to see emigration continue
until the agricultural population is reduced to the PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
proportion per acre which exists on this side of the
Channel. Wu have already suggested that he might OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The despatches in the English journals repre
senting that the French admiral Buie met with a
profitably extend his survey to the Continent. (TIUS DAY.) " check "in Corea, which caused some anxiety
Those who give this advice are sometimes taunted _—...-- here yesterday, seem to bo completely refuted by
with ta•iahiug to establish in Ireland a system of
The Vines isof opinion that the verdict of "man' the official intelligence in the 3foaitmor, reporting
agriculture such as exists in France and Belgium.
slaughter" against the two workmen in the case of the I. the capture of Kanglioa, and the offensive opera-
"lnt, surely, there is a difference between learning
accident on the Metropolitan Railway, the men in question lions of the admiral in the Seoul river. The fear
from foreign nations and servilely imitating being employed in fixing the girders, was an inevitable of new costly and fruitless " distant expeditions"
them. In shunning ono extreme we are not one. That a work of such magnitude should be performed is now, however, so predominant in France as to
necessitated to run into another. There is a in such a manner and at such a time was inexcusably care- neutralise the pleasure with which the news of a
the between steering due south and less, and there were special points of neglect of
steering due north. To say that if we reject an incredibly reckless nature. Under the den- " victory " over no matter what foe was wont to
the English system we must adopt the French is gerous tu thod of work adopted, everything de- be received. The Acciii.. what grumbles as
' pended upon the girder not being pulled forward
folloWs
to propose what every one ou reflection must per- so far as to be overbalanced. And yet ever! prea,u• As in Mexico so our campaign in Corea begins with a
ceive to be a false dilemma. The very differences lion likely to afford this security was disregarded. There brilliant fait d'or»i Es. May the like peed not be the pre-
between France and England teach in this respect certainly never was a Case in which an accident was more .
kt the Council held by the Queen at Osborne yesterday. lode to a like harvest. We may alreaily have an inkling
one and the same lesson• They justify the infer- clearly due to culpable neglect, and the only difficulty must
!parliament was ordered to be further prorogued to Tote• of the probable sacrifices which this new war will entail
ence that neither the excessive morrellemetit of the be to restrict the culpability to the two men who must now
day, the sth of February next, then to meet for the upon us—as to the benefits the prospect is far less clear.
land among a multiplicity of small proprietors, vor take their trial for manslaughter. In other articles the •
despatch of business. Admiral Raze has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants
its accumulation in vast estates held by a few ter- T. itats treats. of the opening up of large tracts of country '
Despatches were received yesterday at the C,donial- of Corea, informing them that ho conies to " chastise '
an Australia formerly held by
ritorial magnates, is a natural consequence of econo- their government, and he offers no other explanation. We
agricultural settlers, and of the claims of the medical ofti-
a few gentle" to office from the Governor of Canada.
know, however, that the pretext for our intervention in
mic laws, since direct legislation is required to bring cent in the army and MN y, conceded by the parliamentary .--.----------e.
Corea is that we are " protecting the Christians in the
about both these results• No one desires to adopt committee who have inquired into the subject. Some ac- The British Medtir•ul <burial; states that the Flat." We might, fur that matter, find Christians to
in England the French law which compels the count is also given of the statement which the Board of
\ accouchement of the Princess of Wales may be expected protect nearer home. The Cretans whom we discounte-
equal division of landed property among all the Tiede has just issued, showing the acreage of land under
in March, and that of the Princess Christian in April Hance are Christiana. and Christian priests marsh with
children of the owner ; and just as hale, we crops or
The Dann
thirughoutointheLhoble Kingdom.tt'hnoite‘olootoatThe wills of the undermentioned persona have them against their Mahometan oppressors.
s is
s
imagine, does any one in France desire to est.•ablislt anxiety
i been recently proved :—The Rev. H. R. shepherd,
i B.D.,Mt The (f:ptiuion Nutionuicothbo,
which some Of deal arey beginning to mani-
there our system of primogeniture and entail. In the prelude to another
uccess
feat for the federal constitution of the United States, and T_riinhity Hitailledte'aiTibnridogie,pundet:l3oii3Onf.
a alu'ento: Somerset, t., disTtan. t ersxpe.alition. Mia•xyieo and Cochin China have shun-
tooth countries, however, the opponents of change endeavours to assure them that their fears aro baseless, 1M c
150 000/. ;Mr Williamg' Irowell, of Palace-gardens, Rays- dautly proved the abnegation of our soldiers, and the pre-
persist in thrusting this absurdity upon the advo- and that there is every prospect that the,
constitution will ,
I'anl Stoc. k Exchange 40,00 W. ; Mr. Robert Wilson, sent state of Europe does not permit us to scatter our
cites of free trade in land. Whatever may be the come out strengthened front rho present conflict. The
water,of Durban,, rham, ship and insurance' broker, 21,01x1/. ; bliss forces for a remote object and a doubtful result.
vices of the rural economy prevailing in France, Daily News also describes the unfortunate events in the
fary Touchet, of The Grove, Exton, Hants, 59,0001. The Liherth follows on the name side :
h missionaries have been put to
they do not form an arpment against the slop Coresdt , wcohnecrl
eud7nn'ewiFtrheithce remark that it is inclined to 1 Mr. Thomas Charles Sorb} has been appointed We find small comfort in the Msniteur's bulletin. Facile
tion of a principle as remote from the French law
think that the Fgrench admiral will he content with the !to the surveyor-hip of police buildings in the metropolitan victories over large populations are always dangerous, for
of inheritance as from ours. " satisfaction" he ks, and leave to others more 94016. district, add of county courts• These appointments were there is reason to fear that by going on
.fighting we may
Driven from France, the champions of the toned to such enterprises the task of "opening np the I bell by the late Mr. Reeves. teach them to fight•
. . . In Mexico we began by
data 3 quo in Ireland take shelter, like some trade of the Corea." Cochin China will satisfy M. The Star is informed that actions for damages beating the blexicans, Beware, oh, let us beware of dis-
political refugees, in Belgium. We doubt Fould for some time to come• have bees instituted by Dr. Robert G. Bruce, of -ere, tent expeditioos.
whether they can reckon on a secure asylum mnient in strong terms , Jama'ca, and Mr. Alexander Phillips, of Vere, against Mr. The ironclad squadron under the command of
TheHi X,mf•!
land Sta,nhda:tincro:Hin
,bani
with
regard to 1 Eyre and General Nelson, for illegal apprehension and Admiral La d
le Noury- is expected to sail
there. So far from affording an instance ..ix
atheapro r.ognwoaf :peach
Eyre.'. The H,rofii calls cruel treatment during the Jamaica disturbances. Dr.
of the tendency of a system of peasant-proprietor- from Cherbourg, for Vera Cruz to morrow. The
him the hero of the Lambeth Baths, and says he might Bruce, a Scotch physician, upwards of seventy years of
ship to an intleinite sub -division of the soil, and admiral, who hoists his broad pennant on board
have found a field more congenial to his tastes and more age, resided nearly 100 miles from the scene of the die-
to distress consequent thereon, the example of creditable to his own judgment than "in co-operating ' turbances and from the martial law district, but was the Magenta, will have 42 transports to escort.
Belgium affords an . xperinicaturn crucis establish- 1 with the )o.nd-thirsty fanatic. who are clamouring for a' 1 Canted to MOrant Bay and fortunately escaped execution The Meinorial Dipl.iiialique affirms—from cer-
ing, so far as a single instance can do so, the oppo- brave gentleman's death." The Star, on the other hand, .by the termination of martial law. Mr. Phillips got 100. n la
fain k owled ,e—that the Empress Charlotte has re-
site doctrine. "In Belgium," VileitAll M• EMILE DE 1 ccnii,lers that the whole case has been put in an admirable lasbbe
nietwi wu ci
in
General
Nelson's
ahout trial by order of some boy-subalterns while ceived a telegram from Maximilian, dated Orizaba,
LAN' ELEYE in his "Economic Rurale de la ! way by tie hon. gent!eman. custody at Morant Bay. December 13, in which he apologises for not having
The Earl of Shaftesbury, it appears, has been
" Belgique," " a constant relation is observable li written to her by the two last mails, on the ground
THE WEEKLY PRESS. remonstrated with for asserting that what his critics con-
" between the extent of the farina and the num- of severe attacks of intermittent fever, which he
eider to be the peril of the established church is the peril
" her of the proprietors who cultivate their own 1d then *int recovered from. He promised
ha only j
The ,Cpn•hftur gives an account of two secret of the reformation, but he repeats his phrase to-day, and
" estates. Thus, in the provinces of Namur and . goveniments, one Florentine and one Mar:Mien, which are lad's that he is conscientiously convinced that " were the -
his wife a long letter which she might expect to
"of Luxemburg, three-fourths of the cultivators , believed to exist in Rome. The first committee have establishment swept sway a large proportion of her mem- receive at Miramar by Dec. ~• This news con-
" are the owners of the whole, or of the greater . iesued an address urging the people in moderate term not hers would join the church Roomoied;hmoladny would. remain .
tradicts that brought from New York by tbe City
" part of the land which they farm ; and it is in to give way to impatience, and they have endorsed another I indifferent , eddy to her of Paris, according to which Maximilian had passed
but saver bitwheir very weakn , would
" this region, moreover, that we meet with the document professoinhgetdo be btutththse italividu.al alddress of a ! dmocuttririnbeol:
to
theep through Puebla on `oc• 29, on his way back
:Srogrs' of the great enemy. Highly as
" greatest number of farms of more Olen twenty FruirottiGmuisotot
;plc:our:li a‘)so. foarcibwl'etatinr. emxpriassaloanageana°d , 11. svp iate the zeal, learning, talent, and princiile of to Mexico city. It is now quite certain that Maxi-
" hectares (nearly fifty acres), and the smallest num- memLiying milian after his original flight from Mexico city
ideas so subgtje, that it must destine the hard ' several of the nonconformist bodies, I cannot 111.1! ID their
" ber of holdim.-3 of less than one hectare (nearl
y British mind to believe it a broad sheet destined for popm organisation and action, any power of presenting a eye- never returned to it. All the latest authentic ac-
" two and a half acres), while in Flanders, where tar effect. We have here the grand utterance of one who ternatic and continuous opposition to the papal policy." counts leave him at Orizaba.
" the holdings are extremely small, four-fifths of declares himself an Italian in fibre and a man of "lt has been stated," says the Patric, " that Theresa, who after an unusually long vacation,
" the soil are cultivated by tenant farmers." The the altar by conviction, and who, inwardly per- tiers was some question of removing the Pyrotechnic lis about to reappear at the Alcazar, is advertised
large uumber of families in Belgium, whom the goaded that the two are perfectly compatible, I school from Metz. We now learn that this intention has , for a new song to bear the title of M. Louis
official " Documents Statistic tea " of 1856 speaks to his countrymen with the eloquence of an ! been finally adopted, and that a central
.school. of the same ; Veuillot's work, in which she figures as a frightful
described as in straitenedand • impoverished -
apostle, and the peculiar accent of a mind saturated with , kind is to be established at B urges, which will coon lets
the blended intellectual fluid of a Dante and • St. Thomas ' the t military estaidishments at present in „um of 1 example. The song is called " Les Odeurs de
circumstances, are, so far as they belong to the Aquinas. But who, then, is this Friar Ginsto? That is ! formation there." I Paris ;" it is sure to draw.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
The Christmas performance of the Messi;e2t by
this society was repeated last night, when Mr. Sims Reeves
--• I reappeared for the first time in London since his long and
__=.-..............5a5ee..
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. severe illness. Fee several months past this gentleana
.___.-s-- has been prevented by oontinued indisposition from rub
Her Majesty the Queen has taken much interest filling his usual "....moot, , to the
great .
ths
in the race, and invited the owners and their friends to public, who can ill Vara an aranath regotttai
in
Osborne yesterday. I. many Yeepects, and especially as an interpreter of liandel.
It will be remembered that Mr. Reeves made a strong
effort to adhere to his engagement at the receat
tahy,daitoplitainyre.iffyP.eachurciarytvalsge tyonictokut;;hioeecicthhtiaii reeAme,aitcrometheehdiairnon.nerTiraavuetn:oo:, .
Norwich Festival ; but it was quite evident that on
of the iltte of the Isle of Wight have accepted invitations the two days when he did sing (out of the five days when
, he should have sung) he was suffering severely from am
! prostrating effects of illness-a° although, with the Temp
tOwntohnepdtinnwehromat
srethe
crbeenngenanet
saetymtohuer,GslirounceteinrasHoßteial.
dulph, K.C.8., Sir John Cowell. K.C.8., Colonel Army- late will of a true artist, he surmounted these depressing
taut, several members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, CV- influences so as to sing with but slightly diminished effect,
fain Luard, R.N., and officers of her Majesty's 'hip Hector. • the effort must have involved considerable reactioeme
The band of the Hector will play during the banquet. I, exhaustion. Kr. Reeves has therefore done wifely le
The following letter has been forwarded to Mr. J. G. maim for a few men weeks, and aaappeating, aa he did
Bennett : I last night, with recruited nervous energies and restored
" Dear Sir,-As commodore of the Southampton Anna ' occasion. His recitatives were given with that artistic
tewivith
" Southampton, Dec. ZS, 1866. \ vocal power. Never has he sung more finely than on this
phrasing which is as far beyond the reach of a cotameas
place singer as the refined reading of a gifted elocutioniatis
ReitifiginotbeClmub,tolteartifyexthtreemmvaelyintantixoinousen,teinrtaiconmentdnfoonr
the marvellous skill and courage displayed in the recent unapproachable by a gabbling schoolboy. Thus, for it
yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean. That event, as stance, the short recitative, " Thy rebuke loth broken his
you are fully aware, has excited the liveliest interest heart," depends entirely on the capacity of the singer is
in this country as well as your own ; and with a desire feel and to express the sentiment-the mere notes them.
to do honour to those who were engaged in it, and to selves, however correctly sung, convey bra little mesa*
strengthen the sentiments of mutual attachment and re- =ha imbued with the singer's Own intense the
at
spect which ought always to prevail between the kindred the feeling which the composer intended them to express.
people of Great Britain and America, I take the opportn- This recitative was delivered by Mr. Reeves with the deep.
nity of respectfully inviting yourself and the officers of est sentiment and utmost purity and refinement of style-.
the Henrietta, the Fleetwing, "a the Vesta' to with a pathos that, although istense, never descendedfrom
a public banquet at Southampton, to take place on any the dignity belonging to the situation. A finer piece at
day that you may please to name as most convenient to music " reading "we have never beard. Throughout the
yourself and the gentlemen of the American yachts. I need whle oratorio, indeed, Mr. Reeves's performance was ot
hardly inform you that every facility would be most res• an, equally high order ; his opening recitative and air,
" Comfort ye," and " Every valley," and the air, " pat
bdriilyngaffthordemeaintotoy
this
vpoessertlsouishaoyulodu itmbaey
thou didst not leave," being as admirable for elevation and
yboeurasspluear:rtebtao :
it would be a source of the highest gratification, not only ' pathos as his air, " Thoa shalt break them," was for de.
to myself and the members of the Regatta Club, but also . clamatory power and nobility of style. Only once or twice
to the citizens of Southampton at large, if an upportn- was there the smallest trace of the effects of recent inners
nity were afforded us of exchanging those internatioxia. and then so slight as to be next to imperceptible;
courtesies which tend so much to cement the good feeling while in the higher intellectual requisites of his ark
swathe friendly relationships now happily existing between Mr. Reeves appears even to have made an &armee
the two county
am, dear sir, yours very truly, beyond the high position ho has so long held
" FREDERICK PERKINS, as an oratorio singer. His reception last night was so
"Commodore Southampton Amateur Regatta Club. I warm as to prove that the public has forgotten the several
" To disappointments of the past few months ; and is too glad
James Gordon Bennett,
" The yacht Henrietta, Cowes Roads." 'to welcome back, in the plenitude of his powers, a tingle
at least in Mandela oratorios.
A writer in the Harapshire Adocrtiser of to says :-
,who cannot be replaced,
" I went to Cowes yesterday, and was invited by a The other solo singers were (as at the performance of the
friend to go with him on board the American yachts. We same oratorio last week) Madame Sherrington. Madill*
boarded the Henrietta first,were kindly receivea,sind all the Sainton Dolby, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Lewis Thomas : with
good things they brought from America were put out for the addition of Mr. Carter, for the tenor part i
as n the tiro
densely
us. She is a fine and well-built vowel, and looks more like short quartets in the last part. The w
io craft than either of the others. Her accomino- crowded, not a seat, apparently, being unoccupied,
a sea-go g
dation is much the same as the old America-only one good On January 18 /srad in Egypt. is to be given.
sleeping berth and one large saloon, with three sofas on
either side, which are used as beds. On one of them the i
sailinganiater, a fine young man about 33 years old, was !
lying ill, I suppose worn out with continual watching. Her
crew consists of thirty-two in all-sixteen A.B.'s, four 1 (From Le Fond.)
quartermaster', three mates, one boAtswain, two cooks, 1 The weather having at last become more sewn-
two 'stewards, one sailing-master, one captain, one sail- able, the winter materials decided upon and exhibited foe
maker, and one carpenter. We afterwards boarded the the last two months are now brought into requisition.
}lettering, and were very kindly received. I cannot de- We are very glad to welcome the return of brocaded sillu;
scribe the depression on board owing to the loss of her six there is hardly any dress more suitable for an elderly
men. Her captain is a fine, noble-looking man, about 35 lady. Young ones have not yet adopted it, excepting fog
years old, with jet black whiskers and moustache ; tunics, or portions of a dress.
while giving a description of the affair, I saw the Satin is also very much in
favour for almost all purposes
tears rise in his eyes. Thu Fleetwing is the finest -ball or visiting dresses, mantles, and bonnets. There is
looking yacht of the lot ; she is rely much like the old scarcely any fabric so elegant or essentially "grinds
America. She is exceedingly clean and orderly, dame."
both on deck and below, and ii she had not shipped that I Velvet, that used to be reserved for toilettes of eery
unlucky sea it would have been a close race between her molly, is now making its appearance fur all kinds of wan
and the Henrietta. If I were to have my choice of vessels sions , and the velveteen, so fashionable this autumn, is
to sail round the Western Isles (Azores) I should take the rapidly giving way to plush and poplin. The plush dresses
Henrietta in winter and the Fleetwing in summer. The and mantles en suite look very elegant aud seasonable, sad
Vesfa was lying far off ;we did not board her, the weather require little or no trimming. The terry velvet dresses
being too rough. The Fleetwing was running dead before mire, in our opinion, more elegant, and decidedly mole
the wind when the sea broke on board. She had slightly dressy.
broached too. The sea came over in midships, and when 1 The silk or woollen reps are much in use for morning
her stern sunk in the hollow of the sea the water rushed dresses, moires, rays, poult-de.soie antiques, still keeping
aft and washed the men out of the cockpit, except the much in favour.
mate of the watch and one of the men at the wheel. The ; Stripes are still in the ascendancy, but are no longer
two men on the look-out forward were also saved. The pl as formerly ;they are formed oameaaillona or small
same sea washed the jib-boom away." II patterns.
Black is most fashionably worn, but grey and violet
Preparations are being made in Liverpool for ' seem the favourite coloui s. several beautiful shades et.
giving a hearty welcome to Captain Samuels, the cont.
blue have appeared. Very little green is seen, excepting
'minder of the Henrietta, the winner of the great Atlantic
yacht race. Captain Samuels hasty ded between the Old for indoor wear.
and the New Woilds for
very nearl3o years. I Fur is very much wont as trimming, the species pre-
."-----_-- ferred being astrakan, sable, chinchilla, martin, naniver,
.1 squirrel • the two hitter being preferred tin,
n young
The following particulars of the sudden death of
"ladies and cl'alaren. Grebe is also in great favour, as ate
Count de IA Ferrounay, at Froluidorf, have reached Paris,
most kinds of feather trimming. Lace is, of cause, kept
Oa the 21st, Count de Chambord went out in his carriage,
for indoor and evening wear. Grelot and chworkeaenille fringe
accompanied by the deceased. After the exchange of also much used as ornaments. Velvets with
some conversation the prince perceived that his observe- beads or embroidered in floss silk likewise make a most
time remained unanswered, and upon looking at his coo- .
elegant addition to a toilette.
pinion he noticed he was pale and motionless. Every at- .
For evening wear, satins and silks are much worn; but
tention was at once paid him, but without effect ; a vein
for young ladies who dance, lighter materials are cca..
had burst at the heart, and death was instantaneous. .
',sacred preferable-such as gauze, nets, tarlatanes, ot
Count de Chambord himself announced the sad event to
tulles, worn over silk or satin under-skirts. The usual
the Countess do la Ferrounay, who had only lately arrived
trimmings for these dresses are niches, beads, and
at the chateau. flowers. Many young girls wear foulard tunics
Harrovians will be interested to learn that vale- and corselets over muslin bodies and rts.
ski 711 is
able prizes of 30/. a year for the encouragement of the
forams a very pretty, young, and by no means
a
study of Modem History and English Literature have
recently been founded by John Edward Bourchier, who expensive dress. With two or three muslin dresses
was head of the school in line'-3, and who died at Bourne- nice appearance through the winter evenings, cither for
' with low and high bodies, a young lady can make a very
mouth on the T3rd inst., aged 22 years.
Baron Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, at demi-toilettes or small dances, w the a Idition of *
Vienna, with his three sons and one dam,liter, has signified plete, and can be constantly diversified.
silk or foulard corselet and plastron the toilette is cone
his renunciation of the rights of a Frankfurt citizen and Hardly any alteration worth mentinning has takenplaos
Prussian subject. in the form and trimmings of the mantles worn this
The first instalment of 2,000,000 fr., paid by the month.ira They are
handsomeillornamented all bands of
deswarthrback of the
Italian government on account of the one year's interest neck. The leong banging lee fuels' :a., likely to come into
on its proportion of the Pontifical debt, which it is to dis. great favour for cloaks, especially if made of velvet
.are
burse in cash, arrived at Rome a few days ago, and the satin. If the mantle is of velvet or satin, trimmed et*
unaccustomed jingle as it was poured into coffers too often fur or feathers, the snuff is invariably made to correpond.
empty must have been sweet music to the ears of the We do not sec many shawls, but those a never w
..
triangularly as they used to be, but always._lded strsign
Vatican treasurer. ' like a scarf. We do not consiaer this at alga ea elegant
he
THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY AND THE FACTORY fashion ; but as the mode, it is our duty to chroicle it.
Act's.- The followina letter, dated July 5, latin, is ex. A few attempts have twee made to introduce some very
erected from a " History of Factory Leger, just ugly forms for bonnets, but those at present in ear-.
published by Mr. Philip Grant,of Manchester, to whom the " Catalaue " and the " laintballe are so very becoming
letter is addressed. It discloses the fact, not generally and elegant, that we sincerely "-theyr will not be ra
known, of a scat having been offered to Lord placed.
Shaftesbury in the present cabinet :--" Dear Grant,- Crinoline, in spite of all the abuse and prognaticatienS
I Imve declined office with a seat in the cabinet, as au' it. is still worn, and likely to be so. The forint!
I wish to be unfettered, and give the residue of my very much altered, but the skirt, la it fa, of what meat?!
life (having given already some 33 years) to the it may, invariebly has a few steels, but only round ;Es
social welfare of the working classes. Lord bottom.
Derby government is very friendly to your catae ; you For out-of-door wear, with tote short dresses. a Iswa
may publish it everywhere, on my authority, but I round crinoline is worn (no lady ever attempts to spree
desired leisure for the work, and freedom, which I could in a short dress without one). With an inaloor or ever
not enjoy when bound to a cabinet. I want very much to ing dress the crinoline is long behind and made with a
I
see the operatives, or write to them, on the Factory Acts ; train.
it may, perhaps, be my last effort, what think you' The Linen collars and cuffs, with medallions of lace, wt. _
paper you sent me touches on points alach I have always much worn; very fine tatting is also much in favour fa
avoided, a
im which I shall ever avoid. But ' accidents this purpose.
sod violations of the law are within my jurisdiction.'- The hats worn are exactly the same as those iutrodutea
• Yours truly, Bestarx.stseay."
'MEETING OF MAGISTRATES IN TYRONE.-The uuderials baing
following letterlast month, and are ornamented in the same Dwner, rte
generally velvet, felt, or beaver. .
iv:dtoinackrentodwyltoedstlemetrehesolreui There is an endless v..,.:eatiyiloonf, Ifcelaricendaim,uas:in::
lett
dons adopted at the meeting of the county of Tyrone ma- both high and low, intended tones e worn with cone_
hasLbeLienercrAnan' o than mow
gi.tnatea :-.-" Dublin Castle, Dec. an, len& Sir,-I aml
Some are exceedingly elegant ; ne more s
ceipt of your communication and lam to state that his embroidery. • sna lips
excellency was much gratifial by reading the resolution We have seen several very elegant muslin w
_,.
• passed at the important meeting of the magistrates of the
of slums ; also some of black tatured net, with lattice- ort
county of Tyrone, and begs to thank them for their ex. of coloured velvet, or black velvet spotted with coloul
pression of approval, and their confidence in the measures beads. One peplum basque shown to us was formee
ea to fool
which his excellency has felt it his duty to take with a black velvet, about four inches wide, plaited so . -
view of ensuring thronghont the country the preservation five Points. that in the middle of the hack being sunanwr,
_,
of the public peace. I am further to state that his ex. deePest. These points were auneunded on both sato Int
cellency has great satisfaction in feeling that the event. white lace, and ornamented with small medallion:. .
~._...
of the last few weeks have been the means of eliciting Gloves for evening wear are invariably long. ianjl:o;
from men of all religious and Political opinions in this has been some slight idea of introducing long hire. '..s,
country expressions of loyalty to the throne, and at
mittens for young ladies' demiaoilette wear. N , 7,::
meta to the institutions of the country, which will have this fashion suctess, but do not think it will t.".e,!';',,
in his opinion, the effect of showing how hopeless and In: stand until the spring, for which seamen it is deeme.7
sane are the designs of those whose object is to promote more suitable. The parures of thavera, brooch; back-Tr
treason and disaffection in Ireland.-I am, sir, your °be. and ear-rings, worn to conespond with the . bar
area
divot servant, NAAS. The Clerk of the Peace, county ceedingly p.etty when worn by young ladies, but areteef".
of Tyrone
INNS Erenilio Mail. unsuitable after a certain age.
TkiE DINNER To R. YOUNG, Esq., 111.P,-The i -----__ -----
1 arrangements for this complimentary dinner are going on „, 1
• - The Rev. Pr
very satisfactorily, and there can be no doubt but what tHE NEW DEAN OF NORWRII,
_, :. to
1 the meeting will be a great success, so many of Mr. Goulburn, the new Dean of Norwich, will Pm"' .L. a
Youngs friends, of all shades of politica, having secured cathedral at the morning eerrice to-morrow. The.°""-oeindi
tickets. We bear, on unquestionable authority, that the not expected, however, to come into residence at a
following gentlemen have expressed their intention of being before February or March. 1; bon hag
present. viz. :-Nir. G. Onslow. M.P., Mr. G. H. Whalley, TILE LATE GEORGE W. GORDON.-Arpas .w _
of
M.P., Mr. C. S. Read. 31.1`.. Mr. J. Fades, O. been made to the Governor of Jamaica by the relit' "
Stock...P., Mr. J. Wyld, 'M.P., Colonel Onslo'w, ac.- the late Mr. . Gordon to have t e e 0
h boa f the httter as
Crtm,cridge Independent Press. to Ili° °l's
humid for the purpose of being trensferred . tem
THE MANSION-HOUSE COLLIERY EXPLOSICII family burial-ground. No authority has asp
icoe.`
noon
at total amount received up to yesterday after. received,but it is presumed that the governor can ; ,n:ei
noon at the Mansion-house was over 12,0001. The sums a request of such a nature. Sonic, very eatiaLe7f ila
received during the day consisted principally of small rumours are afloat in Kingston as to the muti1ati..,...,01
amounts and slime collected at different churches and body after death, which the exhumation will no um"'
chap.'s throughout the country. at rest.-Star.

lownward reaction al
for cash and 270.

Pluotc,

at Thies wss s the Bourse. \
B.enta fell 2I0c• for account,
closing at --- Mobilier fell
16fr Mc. ; Cr 4
edit Yoneast, gr. 50c. ; Comptoir
d'EsCompte, 15fr. ; and Italian, 25c.

BONI
caisoits 01 TIMOD AG
TX
Mr. Boleti caw Baca
Insilsers,Wasbxociht
of the F division to who
thArrieligeool47.llloll
nen
A few ahri go the r
maioot snd. faked to
being mencueed to t
some to give myself
soney
.by false preteno
you 14 find that I an
of the 18th
what was Deoemt
olfel himC
yrasoner answered, "
'ben I bad net sun,
that them sn
father has offered tl
they have refused
from publicity." L.Tp
111131 custody, aza
tor the alts nos
ht of ,
County Oonstabuy
*rim. That otlioer
VOW
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FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.

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Soho, w"
charism Icll.2ur said
eight syllea hear-li,
Yor
habil' Grei "pit
%coleus ltd en _
et the betauders
the puhlte house,
j3lwiw nebhinws,,takenh°,tatt°.bibdv'erotatotc:swtusahlinheerwlt:
ital that moruin,
sulloon refuse 4
the rnslistr"e'
* leg was bran;
In answer to i
The constable mad

arjnke .
Thprisoner said
bon town, who
ad black eye at
slowing a female w:
th
tations. After
id
iprisoner) then to
spin he would en]
matn,• and then be
lroolens, and in do
pOt 511110 that he I
purely an accident.
cried to get rid of tl
sad no one regrettl
Amelia Clement
widenoe, and "at'
charge against the
Mr. Knox said t
discharge the
pne
address he c°`'"
proper.

ASSAULT AND A
HenrY DelM•
Ms charged bettor
ander an attempt
Mr. Francis Sti
ton, stated last e
through the Hi
sod 7 o'clock.
soddenly this pm
me and asked,
my home ;" the
throat and beam
low and then to
out and scream
owing whom the
Mr. Ellison—,
Prosecutor— c.
formation, and 1,
Mr. Ellison—
Prosecutor-1'
Mr. raison—
Prosecutor-1
Mr. Ellison—
is the man
Prosecutor—I
Blackwell, 17
clothes, and re
prosecutor him
me a clear acco
prisoner, who'
in search of an,
Mr. Ellison—
prosecutor's aci
Constable-1
some is Connc
Mr. Ellison-
Have you (to 1
Prisoner (co
Mr. Ellison
This wan in
The prison'

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John Era o 4
a hay dealer,
with stealing
of corn, the 1
0077 l dealer, c
James Wei
tor, said he
in the High
The cart con
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louse, and I,
while he wei
He was in tla
the horse an
loos to the I
cart. On ti
lag the lion,
put himself
prisoner to
look, and u

whip. He
Re was mom
from the ea
posited the
you will le:
refused to
custody.
Thomas
Old Ford,
full speed
'iceman ca

The prim
Mr. Par
and cart in
vehicles in
tee in clot
He corn
Philip
magic rat'
Bible, to t
taken iota
peen.
Mr. Pa
planner.
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minutes,
On Thur
named I
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sad mor
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terday.
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