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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-11

RAILTVAY TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United
Kingdom for the week ending Dec. 5 amounted, on
13,569 miles, to £750,624, and for the correspond-
ing week in 1868, on 13,414 miles, to £725,635,
showing an increase of 155 miles, and of £24,989.
The gross receipts on 14 of the principal rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted for the
week, on 9,895 miles, to £627,926, and for the cor-
responding week last year, on 9,754 miles, to
£606,539, showing an increase of 141 miles and of
£21,387. The increase on the Caledonian amounted
to £679 ; on the Great Eastern to £682 ; on the
Great Western to £2,053 ; on the. London and North
Western to £3,338 ; on the London and South
Western to £747 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire to £245 ; on the Midland to
£5,671 ; on the North British to £2,106 ; on
the North-Easternito £8,255 ; and on the Soath-
Eastern to £69—total £23,845 ; but from this
must be deducted £747, the decrease on
the Great Northern, £23 on the Great
Southern and Western, £9lO on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and £778 on the London, Brighton,
and South Coast, leaving the increase, as above,
£21,387. The receipts for the goods traffic on the
above companies' lines amounted for the week to
£402,172, and for the corresponding week last year
to £378,539, showing an increase of £23,633.
The passengers, parcels, &c., traffic on those lines
amounted to £225,754, and for the corresponding
week of 1868 to £228,000, showing a decrease of
£2,246. The receipts on the 52 other lines in the
United Kingdom amounted, on 3,674 miles, to
£122,698, and for the corresponding week last year,
on 3,660 miles, to £119,096, showing an increase
of 11 miles and of £3,602. The total receipts for
the week show a decrease of £9,632, as c,anpared
with those of the preceding week, ending the 28th
of November.

BREAKFAST.— EPPS's COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND CoNI-
FORTING.—r he very agreeable character of this prepata-
tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service
Gazelle remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps
attained by his homeopathic preparation of cocoa has
never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the
operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap-
plication of the flue properties of well selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc-
tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES EPPS and
Co.,llomcoopathic Chemists, London.
London, England, 1869-12-11

THE PERSONNEL OF THE GOVERNMENT:

The Daily IVezva calls attention to the fact that just
a year has passed since Mr. Gladstone met the
reformed Parliament with his new Administration.
During the twelve months (our contemporary states)
no member of the Government has been removed by
death, and the changes in its versomel have been
very few. Lord Advocate Moncreitt; is takhig the
office of Lord Justice Clerk, was succeeded by Mr. G.
Your 7, the S2otti6h L;elicitor-General; Mr. Layarl
has been appointA lhi:ish Minister at Madrid,
and the office of First Comruissioner`of WTorks is
now filled by Mr. Ayrton. Mr. Stansfeld replaces
the latter as Financial Secretary to the Treasury; and
Mr. W. 11. Gladstone has been appoint,:d to a junior
lordship in the same department. Twenty-nine peers
and eleven members of the House of Commons have
died within the year.
London, England, 1869-12-11

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BESLEY, Mayor.—A Common Council, holden
in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Lon-
don, on Thursday, the 9th day of December, 1869.
Resolved unanimously—
" That a dutiful and loyal address bo presented by this
Court to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, to con-
gratulate her on the safe delivery of her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, and the birth of a Princess."

Resolved unanimously—
" That compliment,: of congra'.ulation be presented by
this Court to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales on the safe delivery of her Royal High-
ness and the birth of a Princess."

WOODTIIORPE.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE,
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.

• 24th Ncvember, 1369.
The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex
change Assurance do hereby give Notice. that their Transfer
Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 14th of December next,
to TUESDAY. the 4th of January following; that the Annual
General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at
their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the
22d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon; and that a Divi-
dend will be considered of at the said Court.
ROBERT P. STRRT,E, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-11

lc HISTORICVB '' AGAIN.

The President's Message furnishes " Historicus"
with a text for another long and searching disquisi-
tion upon the open question between England and
America. He enters largely into facts and precedents
to prove that the Queen's Proclamation of
Neutrality was justified by the facts of the case. Of
course in a war between two established Governments
both parties are regarded as belligerents; but the
justice of recognising. a rebellious State as waging
regular war is a question which can be determined
only by precedent and by the actual circumstances of
the case. There is no doubt that every rebel is
not a belligerent. Yet, it is equally certain
that insurgents are sometimes more than
rebels. The famous revolt of the Netherlands
against Spain is one of the earliest instances of suc-
cessful insurrection attaining certain rights. But the
best example of principle and practice is to be found
in the early history of the struggle of the
United States for independence. It is well
known that in March 1776, even before the
Declaration of Independence, and while still,
even in their own way, remaining an integral
portion of the British dominion, the United Congress
of America issued letters of marque and armed
privateers against England. "From the earliest
' moment France and Spain opened their ports to the
North American colonists, and treated them as inde-
pendent people. Their private as well as public
cruisers were not only admitted into the
ports of the above-mentioned States, but the
same friendly disposition was manifested by
all the other European Powers except Portugal."
In the case of the emancipation of the South Ameri-
can colonies, the War of Greek Independence, and
the revolution in Texas, it became equally necessary
to distinguish between rebellion and civil war. The
general rule which has always been recognised—
except now by the Americans—is that a certain degree
of force and consistency a2quired by any mass of
population engaged in war entitles them to belligerent
rights. A party in a State which is strong enough
to make head against the Sovereign, and establish a
separate Government, is carrying on civil war, not
merely an insurrection. Surely the Southern States
" made head " as much as the Greek patriots or the
South Americans.
London, England, 1869-12-11

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London, England, 1869-12-11

THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED.

POCKET DIARY FOR 1870,
containing the following useful information:—

Almanack 1.., Corporation of London
Transfer Days of Public Funds I Postal Information
Weights and Measures List of Bankers
Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents
Foreign Moneys Cab Fares
Ministers of State i Ready Reckoner
London, England, 1869-12-11

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free; other days, Gd.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-

Lure. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch

Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling llospital—Guildford-street. Opou Mondays,

le till 47.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. is.
Greenwich Painted Hall— Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hall

keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squari. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sat.:rdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29,t'ioorga-street.

free, Wed uesdays and -Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily til
10 pan. ls.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens —Chelsea. I.s.
Crystal Palaw "?ark—Sydonhain. Open daily, ls.; Satnr-

;lays, 2s. Gd.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Onpn rAo
Hampton Court Gardens.—Upon free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens—llighbury. Gd. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens —Kew. Open free, dal), at or_n o'clock.
Richtno”d i'ark—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Groat Park—Windsor. Open free. Winder);
Castle may bo visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, in the Castle.

The movements for and against the Treaty of Commerce
are extending in France. The meeting of workmen which
WAS held at the Hotel du Louvre has published a long
manifesto against the Treaty, which is signed by the
merchants of thirty-four towns. The Chamber of Com-
merce at Troyes, like those of Rouen, Lille, and
others. has refused to send delegates to the
Superior Council. It demands a parlLancntary inquiry.
The Amiens Chamber of Commerce has addiz,sed the
Minister to the same effect. Trenty-,-ix deputies intend
to interpellate the Government on the necessity cf
denouncing the Treaty. The workman of Lyons are in
favour of Free Trade, and the tradesmen of Lyons have
combined with those of Beaujolois to defeat the Protec-
tionists. The Free Trade deputies have concerted to-
gether to give an impulse to the commercial measures in
the Chamber.
London, England, 1869-12-11

"THE NO.REIT DEVON SAVAGES"

Three members of a strange family in North Devon,
known by the above title, have been brought before the
Chuhnleigh magistrates. The family are a terror to the
neighbourhood, the son being a bold and determined
poacher, at present in the county gaol, and having been
convicted eight times ; the various members of the
family have been convicted for different crimes and
misdemeanours twenty-nine times. The father, Christo-
pher Cheriton, is possessed of a small freehold farm of
about forty acres, at Nymet Rowland. The house ho
has allowed to fall to ruins, and the place is a
complete wilderness. It appears that he once set his
affections upon a young woman who refused to become
his wife. He then fell into abandoned habits, and now
lives in a barbarous style. Himself, his mother, son,
and three daughters, a "lodger," named Bradford, and
several illegitimate children, herd together in one room.
Bradford is married, as he says, to one of the daughters,
and b e and his " wife " lodge at night in a hayrick. The
police went to the house to arrest Bradford and the son,
when they were assailed, being covered with mud by the
daughters, Eliza and Matilda Cheriton, who were sen-
tenced, the former to six weeks' imprisonment, and the
latter to four weeks' imprisonment. Christopher Cheriton,
the father, and Eliza his daughter, had to pay £1 and costs
for assaulting a man who assisted the police in the execu-
tion of their duty.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Down-
ing-street.

An extra edition of the Dublin Gazette contains
a proclamation from the Lord-Lieutenant, placing
those portions of Londonderry not included in the pro-
clamation of May last under the Peace Preservation Act.
A telegram from Sheffield informs us of another
rattening case in the saw trade. The premises of Messrs.
Askin and Co. have been entered and wheelbands stolen
therefrom. The Chief Constable offers a reward of £lO for
information concerning the offenders.

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, at a meet-
ing held in Dublin on Thursday, expelled Mr. M. R. Dalway,
M.P. for Carrickfergus, from the society, for supporting Sir
Shaft° A lair, the Liberal candidate at the lato County
Antrim election. Mr. Johnston, M.P., opposed his ex-
pulsion.

A terrible railway accident is reported from Crad!ey,
by which three persons have been killed. As in so many of
these affairs, the cause was a collision between a passenger
and a goods train. The fast train from Birmingham to
Worcester and South \Voles ran at full speed into a goods
train on the same line.

The Duke of Argyll arrived in Glasgow on Thurs-
dzty, and immediately loft for Inverary—the illness of
the Duchess, who has been residing at the Castle since last
week, having recalled him from London. Sir James Simp-
son had been sent for; and his grace had the satisfaction on
reaching Carlisle, of learning by wire that the Duchess was
somewhat better. '
London, England, 1869-12-11

osionnilip oviortirooira
A MAGISTRATE IN DEFENCE OF

IGNORANCE.

Mr. Kynnersley, the Birmingham stipendiary magis-
trate, was one of the principal speakers at a great meet-
ing lield in Birmingham to oppose the Education League
in particular, and compulsory education as a prin-
ciple. "You will tell me," said Mr. Kynnersley, "that
ignorance is a moral evil—that it leads to vicious habits,
and vicious habits to robbery and murder, to insecurity
of life and property. But I answer that ignorance
is not necessarily an evil to any one but the person-him-
self. Ignorance is not by any means incompatible with
honesty and truthfulness and industry, the kindest nature
and the warmest affections, nor is learning incompatible
with idleness and profligacy end brutality and habitual
fraud and dishonesty. Leolc at the revelations of our
bankruptcy courts, where every one is more or less edu-
cated. Look at the men who are at every assizes and
sessions convicted of forgery and embezzlement—fraudulent
hankers, fraudulent trustees. Nineteen out of twenty of
these men had received a superior education." In another
portion of his address Mr. Kynnersley said: " I do not
deny the moral obligation on every parent to do the best
he can for the education of his child,and I have not aword
to say against any sort of pressure being put on the
drul ken, idle, profligate brute, who not only systematically
neglects all the duties of a parent to his children, but who,
by his example, does everything he can to make them
of bad as himself—pests and nuisances to the whole com-
munity, leaving them to go where they please and do what
they please, lodge where they can and live how they can,
utterly indifferent whether they work, or beg, or steal.
For the education of children of this description, however,
we want no fresh legislation. It is already provided for
by the Industrial Schools Act, of which we have already
so largely, but so ostentatiously, availed ourselves in
Birmingham.
London, England, 1869-12-11

HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL.
Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of
THE BATH ROAD.
At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S
SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C
Cowper, Charles ITorsman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur,
ae. ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt,
Mrs. C. Horsman, &e.
To conclude with STATE SECRETS.
Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks.
Acting Manager—AMOßY SULLIVAN

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.

Immense success of Mr. H J. BYRON,
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Mr Fleury
Neville, Miss Lydia Foote.

At 7.15. NOT SCCPA FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon
Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. Clarke, Parselle, .tc
Mesdames Hughes, Berend, and Stephens.
To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens.
London, England, 1869-12-11

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.

THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING:
Messrs Ashley, D. Leeson, and Aliases Maria and Nelly Harris.
At 7.45, HAMLET: Mr. Pechter; Messrs H. Marston. Stuart.
Leeson, Ashley, &c.; Mesdames C. Leclercq, Elswortilly. and
M. Bremer.
London, England, 1869-12-11

CONSERVATISM IN WAUWICKSEIRE.

Mr. Newdegate has been figuring to advantage on
his native heath. The annual show and dinner of
the Rugby and Dunchurch Conservative Association
has just taken place. Of .course the two mem-
bers for North Warwickshire wore present,
and, equally of course, Mr. Newdegate made a
speech against Free Trade. He did, indeed, indulge in
a passing shot at the Pope, and discharged an entire
broalside at the Jesuits; but the free traders occu-
pied most of his attention. Even in discussing tariffs,
howev,3r, Mr. Newdegate could not let the Scarlet
Lady repose a while. It was not Mr. Cobden,
nor Sir Robert Peel, nor any other such
insignificant person, who had repealed the
Corn Laws. O'Connell at the head of the " brass
band "—the Ultramontanes—did the mischief. So
that, after all, Rome was at the bottom of Free Trade,
as of every other evil thing. And why was this donee
To get rid of the Protestant landlords of Ireland.
Mr. Newdegate, however, rejoices that in this respect
the machinations of Rome did not prosper; the Pro-
testant landlords did not quit Ireland; but he
remembers with sorrow the
whichlflsh ChhauvrechbeAenct?maonrde
similar iniquitous measures
triumphant.
London, England, 1869-12-11

2 HEAMICAL AND MUSICAL MS3IS.

The drama of the "Streets of London" is to be
revived at the Princess's next week, with Mr. G.
Vining in his original part of Badger.
OnPaturday next Mrs. F. W. Lauder, the Aineri-
can tragedienne, will make her first appearauce at
the Lyceum as Queen Elizabeth.
The Christmas." novelty, at the Globe will be a
burlesque by Mr. Byron, eutitlel "Lord Bate-
man."

It is said that the proprietors have refused to
sanction the performance of Italian opera at Drury-
lane next season.

Mr. Roberts' benefit takes place on Monday next
at the Princess's.

(From Maaical Standard)

In consequence of tho ill.health of Liu;lff, the
conductor, the Grand Opera Concerts at Paris have
been discontinued.

Another lady violinist has appeared : Mdlle.
Charlotte Dekner, a Hungarian, has recently arrived
in Paris, where she has been cngaged by M. Pasde-
loup to play at his concerts.
Mr. Wood has engaged at Paris the new sin er,
Mdlle. Marie Roze. She will make her debut at
Drury-lane as Marguerite in " Faust" during next
April. Mdlle. Lewietski, a Russian singer, has also
been engaged.

Grisi's remains have been deposited in the family
vault at Pere-La-Chaise, Paris. The body was
enclosed in three coffins, viz., of crystal, oak, and
lead ; the outer one was enriched with costly bronze
and other ornaments, valued at 15,000 fr.
A sad event took place at the Theatre Angouleme
a short time since. Just before the performance
the stage-manager fired a pistol at an actress (a
singer), who. ied almost instantaneously. The car-
penter to the theatre received a s2cond shot in-
tended for the lady, and was killed upon the spot.
The young lady was only 27 years of age.

We hear that the Norwich Musical Festival is
to be held in future every second year, instead of
triennially, as at present.
The organ and harp now seem to afford a favour-
ite combination. They have been heard together
in Westminster Abbey (and St. Andrew's, Well-
street, if we mistake not). At a recent organ per-
formance, too, Mr. Hallett Sheppard, one of our
most talented organists, had the assistance, at an
organ recital he gave, of Herr Oberthur's perfor-
mance upon the many-stringed instrument.
London, England, 1869-12-11

771 E LATE MR. PEABODY.

The remains of the late Mr. George Peabody
were taken out of the temporary tomb in West-
minster Abbey at seven o'clock this morning in
the presence of Dean Stanley, Canon Nepean, Mr.
Peabody Russell, and Sir Curtis Lampson and Mr.
Chas. Reade M.P. (executors). The coffin was con-
veyed in a hearse to Waterloo Station, where it
remained until 12 o'clock. It was then conveyed
by train to Portsmouth, where it will be placed, at
3 o'clock this afternoon, on board the Monarch.
The vessel will leave Portsmouth this afternoon on
her voyage out to America, accompanied by the
American man-of-war Plymouth.
London, England, 1869-12-11

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is Pit. 151 per £1 sterlin
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 lis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly ,dearer in yaris than in
London.
London, England, 1869-12-11

LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
heard to-day the appeal of Currie and Company T.
the Bombay Native Insurance Company, from the
Court of the Recorder of Rangoon. That learned
judge dismissed with costs a claim preferred by
the appellants for 40,000 rupees due on two policies
of insurance on the cargo and disbursement
of the ship Northland. 'lhe question at issue is
whether there was a total loss of freight, or
whether the cargo might not have been forwarded.
Their lordships having deliberated for a consider-
able time, Lord Chelmsford said their lordships
would take time to consider this case. Sir R.
Palmer and Mr. Grantham appeared for the appel;:
lants, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. W.
Williams for the respondent.
Vice-Chancellor Stuart, in delivering judgment
to-day in the case of " Pulbrook v. the Universal
Banking Company," commented in strong terms on
the delays that take place in winding up companies,
which he described as " a disgrace to the court and
the country."

In the Court of Queen's Bench to-day, Sir
George Honeyman applied to have the Overend
and Gurney case taken out on Monday next,
and in the course of observations between his
lordship and the learned counsel the Lord
Chief-Justice said he was not yet sure that
the Overend-Gurney case would be tried. He
had made inquiries with a view to the arrangement
of the business of the Court, and all be could find
was that one learned counsel had been retained. If
that learned gentleman had been instructed as well
as retained, he thought he would have been in-
formed of it. It afterwards transpired that a
brief had been delivered in the case of Mr. M'Rae
Moir, one of the four learned gentlemen mentioned
to-day as Wing retained for the prosecution.

A further reduction in the number of workmen
employed in the shot and shell foundry and factory
of the Laboratory Department of the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich has been made this week by the dis-
charge of 50 more skilled workmen. These con-
tinued discharges from this branch of the depart-
ment are causing great surprise, as it is well known
that there is a very inadequate store of common
and shrapnel shells for the many hundreds of
wrought-iron and converted cast-iron G4-pounder
rifled muzzle-loading guns, and a still greater
paucity of Palliser common and shrapnel shells and
Palliser shot for the large number of 7,8, 9, 10,
and 12 inch muzzle-loading rifled guns which have
been manufactured.
London, England, 1869-12-11

LYNN ELECTION.

Mr. Young, the defeated candidate at Lynn, like
many other unsuccessful aspirants, has already dis-
covered distinct traces of a conspiracy against him.
In a speech after the declaration of the poll, he
affirmed that three or four cases of personation had
been found out, and that other resuscitations of dead
men were spoken of. Mr. Young promises to think
over the advisability of a petition. A telegram from
Lynn, dated yesterday morning, states that " there is
a strong probability of a petition against the return
of Lord Claud Hamilton."
London, England, 1869-12-11

EDUCATION DEBATES AT BIRMINGIIIIf.

At the meeting of the Birmingham Education
Union, Lord Harrowby took issue with the Educa-
tion League on the one great point of difference
between the two organisations. The Unionists
desire to retain the present denominational
system intact ; the Leaguers would supplement
the denominational schools by rate-supported esta-
blishments, without any sectarian teaching, and, if
the inhabitants desired,without any religious teaching
at all. True, the League would allow religious
ministers to have access to the children at stated
times. But this proposal the Earl of Harrowby resents,
on the ground that the new measure of education
will deal with the lowest class of the population,
and if this class be compelled to send their
children to a secular training, they are not likely to
send them to the religious instruction as well. The
Bishop of Worcester takes up similar ground. The
proposal that religious instruction might be given
out of the ordinary school hours he condemned
as teaching children that religion and morality were
of secondary importance—something to be learnt at
leisure, instead of a most essential ingredient in all
education. It would be equivalent to establishing
a divorce between religion and secular instruction.

PAROCHIAL DARDARIS't.

The chronicle of workhouse horrors, after a short
but gratifying interval of silence, now demands
resumption. The performances at St. Pancras again
merit public attention. Dr. Lankester has. held six
more inquests, at which various facts of interest came
out. One inquiry related to the death of a
child six months old, in the St. Pancras work-
house. Evidence was given to prove that the
foetid air of the nursery had been, and still is,
fatal to the health of infant inmates. The resident
medical officer of the infirmary workhouse said that
the nursery smelt very bad, and that the unpleasant
odours arose from the inefficient drainage, and not
from the defective nursing. It is further pleasant to
learn that rats abound in the neighbouring ward, and
that ten were killed last week. But most shameful
of all was the testimony respecting the dismissal of
nurses by the guardians on account of giving evidence
at these inquests. Emma Howe, late superinten-
dent of the nursery, has been dismissed. She
was not allowed to make any defence. The
guardians alleged "general inefficiency;" but it was
shewn that the nurse had been employed for fifteen
months, and had never been complained of. She
herself says that last July her salary was raised, and
additional duties given her on account of her efficiency.
Dr. Hill, the medical officer, testified that Emma
Howe was a very efficient nurse. The jury found
that the death of the child under inquiry had been
accelerated by the impure air of the nursery, and
added that they were disgusted with the iniquitouS
conduct of the guardians in dismissing witnesses who
appeared before the coroner's court.
London, England, 1869-12-11

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ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C.

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delivers the LATE EDITION of "TITE SIT " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
Copies in Town, the Snburbk, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour tb.,, same evening, say 40 miles ty
45 o'clock
Orders by post punctually attended to
London, England, 1869-12-11

FIXITY AND SECURITY.

Lord Portarlington seems somewhat in doubt. He
is strongly in favour of tenant-right, but is anxious
not to perpetrate " landlord wrong." When
first he announced himself as an advocate of
security of tenure he was much abused by the Con-
servative press ; but since ho has drawn a distinction
between security and fixity, he has been received
back with only a covert sneer or two into the bosoms
of the orthodox. His lordship writes to the Free-
man's Journal
.giving the conclusion to which he has
come. He believes in "fixity," if the expression
means—as some interpret it—" that the tenant shall
not be removed without paying him the full value of
his property in that holding, and compensating him
for the loss of such removal." A question arises,
however, as to what the tenant's property is. His own
buildings upon a farm, and his unoxhausted initilervb-
ments therein, Lord Portarlington would allow for ;
but he protests that the farm itself belongs to the
owner of the property—not to the occupying tenant :
To my mind (the noble writer says) fixity of
tenure, as described in all the speeches at the late
tenant-right meetings, is simply, when striped of
the fine words under which its real meaning is
cloaked, an invitation to the honest, industrious
tenant farmers of Ireland to join together in a
gigantic act of `felony' on their landlords, by seizing
on their lands, subject to a quit rent to the present
owner. And as to the words fair rents, it is, in other
words, a demand for fresh valuation of the rental by
the State, which, though in many cases it would
increase the landlords' income by one-third, would
prove a source of much annoyance and wrong to the
tenantry at large."
London, England, 1869-12-11

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAT.

Tnts EvRNINO. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F I.:Y. At
NOT SUCH A FOOL AS TIE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And
'I lIE GOOSE WITIt TtiE GOLDEN EGt.,S: 31r J. Clarke and
Mrs Stephens.

PRINCESS'S TII EATRE.

THIS EVENING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A (`TOED THING: Mr.
Ashley and the Yisses "Tanis With HAMLET: Mr Fechter.
Mr Marston, Miss C. Leclercq, M,ss Elsworthy, &c.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.

Tuts EVE,ING. at T' FE B TH ROAD At 7.-15. LOVE'S
SACRIFICA: Mr. Berry Sullivan, Mrs. Derraann Vezin, clte.
And STATE SECRETS.

noTAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanherongh.
mains EVENINa. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
C'arke. With THE TOODT,F.S. And ISO. Concluding with
'IIW CHOPS F THE CHANNEL.

(In lITSTY MINSTRELS. SL Joules's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round.

Z')OLOGICAL C kRDENS, Reganfp-patk. OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Adwirsion, Is.; on Mendays, 6d. Children
under twelve, 641

ROYAL ALITAMBRA. PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office
open from II to 4.

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London, England, 1869-12-11

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. L. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN.
At 3, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama. by Dion Potudeault:
litlessirq. Barrett. Ff. frvinf.t. Fisher, Brittain Wright.
Joht, Douse ; Ilr= Billington; Misses M. Brennan. Macdonald,
and Katharine ItOti gen%
To conclude with the farce of TIOREOWFD PLUMES

THEATRE ROYA L, II A YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mrßriekstnne.
THIS EVENING. at Seven, FAMILY JARS : Mr
Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliain.
At a Quarter to Eight, tho New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, 1113 ; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilj liam, Miss
C. Hill, &c.
Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr
Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr
Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor,
W. Ilignold, Miss Furtado. &c.
To conclude with LOST AT SEA : Mr G. Belmore, Mr A .
Stirlinz, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. N. Stephenson, Miss
Rose Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and
Miss Lennox Grey.
Box-office open daily, from 10 tin 5. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1869-12-11

MI?. DISRAELI PORTRAYED

Mr. Newdegate, M.P., at the Rugby agricultural dinner,
on Thursday night, said he was not satisfied with the way
in which the Opposition was led. M. Disraeli seemed to
think it enough to move amendments.withott discussing
the main principles of the Measure to which his friends
were opposed. He took amendment after amendmem,
without troubling by argument to enforce them on the
House. He sat there after he left office, the image of
re iignation seated on a milestone. During the last session
the task which would have been undertaken by the
Radicals of ell fell into the hands of the representative
for North Warwickshire. He (Mr. Newdogate) had to
defend the right of freedom of assembly and- freedom of
speech in the House of Commons.

CLERICAL CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS.

The Derbyshire Advertiser contains a correspondence
oetween the editor and proprietor of the paper, Mr.
Hobson, and the clergyman of the parish in which
that gentleman resides, the Rev. E. H. Abney.
An article on the Twelve Days' Mission ap-
peared in the Advertiser, charging' the pro-
moters of that movement with being actuated by
a desire to extend the principles of Ritualism. Moreover,
their practices were spoken of as "mummery and religious
masquerading." Mr. Abney, upon reading this article,
thought it his duty to write to the editor a letter of
rebuke, in which ho says :—" I cannot consistently with
my sense of duty towards you—as a parishioner, an
office-bearer in my church, and a guide of public thought
-forbear admonishing you (no priestcraft thereby
affected) that the tone and spirit of the article referred to,
are scarcely in accordance with the prayer to which you
so constantly give expression, that you may be • delivered
from envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness.'" The
rev. gentleman asked Mr. Hobson to publish his letter,
which he has done, accompanied, of course, by a protest
against clerical dictation as to how he shall conduct his
newspaper.
London, England, 1869-12-11

LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 1859.

THE Protestant demonstration just held at Belfast
is another striking proof that the party which pro-
fesses to represent the educated classes of the com-
munity does not always do honour to its pretensions. '
It was not the mark of an enlightened assembly to
hiss and groan when the health of the Lonn-LIEu-
TENANT was proposed. It is customary, no doubt,
for popular meetings to rage furiously when the
name of an obnoxious politician is mentioned.
But the precedent of Hyde Park meetings and
fixity-of-tenure demonstrations ought scarcely to be
followed by the "educated party" on hearing the
name of the nobleman who represents the QUEEN in
Ireland. The representatives of British wealth and
intelligence ought to set, not follow, an example in
courtesy and moderation. Still more strange must be
esteemed the Duke of ABERCORN'S comparison
between the state of Ireland now and its con-
dition under his beneficent sway. That par-
ties should claim superiority for their own
style of government is an ordinary and reasonable
means of carrying on political warfare ; but
statesmen out of office might advantageously leave
the condemnation of their individual successors to
other partisans, who have not held the same post.
The Duke of ABERCORN'S comparison between him-
self and Earl SPENCER was in bad taste, and it was
inaccurate. His Grace affirmed that the effects of
the "message of peace " were agrarian murder's,
insecurity of property, and an increase of aggressive
bigotry. No doubt all these evils prevail, especially
aggressive bigotry, which is particularly rampant
at Protestant demonstrations; but each and all
existed to an equal extent during the reign of the
Conservative Ministry. There is much disturbance
in Ireland during Mr. GLADSTONE'S Government ;
there was more disturbance under the late Earl
DERBY'S Government. The disaffection has risen to
its highest point a year after the former took office ;
the Fenian outbreak of 1867 was at its worst twelve
months after the accession of the Conservative
Ministry. We are now in the midst of alarms. Agra-
rian outrages have been numerous; seditious preaching
is common; the whole nation has been insulted by the
return of a convict as a member of Parliament. But
in the latter half of 1867 occurred the Manchester
murders, the tragedy at Clerkenwell, numerous raids
in different parts of Ireland, and
immense funeral pro-
cessions in honour of the "martyrs " at Dublin, Limerick,
and Cork. The Duke of ABERCORN, though his
term of office was marked by no very striking
achievement, was a fairly good ruler ; but he could
not prevent the Fenian insurrection. It is just as
unfair to attribute the present disaffection to Mr.
GLADSTONE'S attempt at conciliation, as to attribute
the late rebellion to the lack of peace-making
measures under the Tory Government. The
latter, at all events, only followed the example
of their predecessors. The evils in Ireland
are the result, not of the doings of any single
Ministry, but of chronic grievances which have
neither arisen no can be dispelled in a brief space.
London, England, 1869-12-11

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRANIg.

It seems to be positively settled that the Govern-
ment will take over the telegraph system on the 31st
of January. It is stated, on what seems to be very
fair authority, that the payment of the .125,715,018
compensation money to the companies will be made
some time between the 28th of January and the sth
of February.
London, England, 1869-12-11

14 OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
AA, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Cla.rke.
Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke.
After which, INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner
Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c.
To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL'
London, England, 1869-12-11

Li, 11.

"Tiro small-ann comi,unics of the Excellent, under
Commander Maxwell's orders, will parade abreast of the
south side of the steam basin at a quarter-past two pre-
cisely, Commander Maxwell reporting himself to Captain
Hancock.

"The marines of the squadron, except those of the

Donegal, will parade abreast of the long dock leading into
the steam basin at the same hour, when the officers in com-
mend of the several detachments will place themselves
under the orders of Major Hunt, of her Mejebty's ship
Duke of Wellington.
London, England, 1869-12-11

LONGFORD.

Mr. Greville-Nugent, son of the member who -lies
been created a peer, is making a promising canvass in
Longford, and the hopes of his success aro strong.
The only question is as to whether Mr. John Martin,
of Kilbroney, the candidate in the Fenian interest,
will really go to the poll. Some persons think that
the opposition is not serious, but it is a fact that a
portion of the press is very active in his favour. The
donation of the patriotic Marchioness, too, looks like
business.
London, England, 1869-12-11

BIBLES FOR SPAIN.

So soon as liberty of worship was proclaimed in Spain,
the Bible Society (says the Pall Mall Gazette) sent out
four magnificently bound Bibles, in English, to Prim,
Topete, Serrano, and Zorilla. It was quite immaterial to
the society that, being Roman Catholics, these gentlemen
could not use the Protestant version any more thi4n
our Queen or princes would use the Douai ver-
sion, if sent to them by Antonelli or the
Pope himself ; still more immaterial that, being
Spaniards, they probably could not understand a
word of the English text. The use of the gift count, d
for nothing; " bearing testimony," at the cost, say, of £5 a
Bible, was all they cared for. We are sorry, says the Pall
Nall Gazette, to grieve these zealous proselytisers by in-
forming them that not ono of their Bibles
reached its ultimate destination—the private house
of the Minister. They were taken to the respective
offices over which these gentlemen pre3ided, and left
there as a monument of English sagacity. Prim
gave his to an English lady, who has it now in Lon-
don—a gorgeous affair, all crimson and gold, which had
lain at the Spanish War office as an occasion for the
ridicule of the employes, till an orderly cantered with
it through the streets of Madrid, and so caused it to be
returned to the place and the people whence it had come.
London, England, 1869-12-11

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be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the SUCCO6S of
N orton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-12-11

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