The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-22 00:00:00

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WRENCH BIJOU TTIBATRE.-- 1
At mu MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Hymarket,
(Grand Entrance.)
Directeur—M. Talexy.
THIS EVENING,
LE ROMAN D'UN JEUNEIIO3IME—PAUVRE. mar-
guerite, Madame Doche.
Commence at 8.

In lieu of any of which disastrous results, have we I
not seen commerce and agriculture increasing and
improving more rapidly than even the most san-
guine advocates of the substitution of Free Trade
for Monopoly ever ventured to predict ? Remem-
bering all which, who can marvel that the President
of the Board of Trade—or let us rather call him at
once the President of the Board of Free-Trade—en-
forces that inference already insisted upon so strongly
by Mr. BRIGHT only the evening before at Wake-
field, that as in regard to the abolition of the Corn
Laws in 1846, so now in regard to the Commercial
Treaty negotiated by Mr. COBDEN in 1860 between
France and England! Mr. GIBSON observes, in
fact, point blank to his constituents at Ashton-
under-Lyne, that he had observed a sensible remark
made by Mr. BRIGHT at Wakefield—" that it was
a strange thing that 30,000,000 of people in Eng-
land and 36,000,000 of people in France, separated
only by a narrow sea, could not just as well
have as extensive a trade with each other
as with people separated by the Atlantic !" The
reasonableness of this simple reflection tends
most materially to the enhancement of the satis-
fac,'ion with which Mr. GIBSON has watched, as
Preside at of the Board of Trade, the slow but
steady, a 0 d at last the completely successful nego-
tion by (we _had almost said his colleague) Mr.
COBDEN, of th:s new treaty between France and
England. May hiis predictions, too, in regard to
of his brother Free Traders
-that treaty, like those
of Rochdale and Birm:ugham, be even partially
fulfilled—it is our earnest a-spiration.
Speaking next of the income tax, speaking of
it, remember, as a Cab met Minister, Mr. GIBSON
can find nothing better to' say about it, in reference
to its continuance, and to il'e continuance, too, at
the high rate of 10d. in the poun::,. in the very year
(1860) in which it was to "cease anALletermine," and
by the very financier who had seven ye'''
s back elabo-
rately pre-arranged that it should thlis in 1860
"cease and determine"—Mr. GIBSON as ..`t Minis-
terial colleague of Mr. GLADSTONE coulLi find
nothing better to say about this ever odious and
detestable Income-tax, than that, after all, It cloOs
not now bear a larger proportion than in past times
to the current war expenditure ! As if that one
astounding reflection were in this matter of the
Income-tax an anodyne for all the pangs in-
flicted by it! Nay, so perfectly satisfied is Mr.
GIBSON apparently that this thought can but prove
such an anodyne if only it could be sufficiently well
realised by the Income-tax-payers, that he goes on
in his speech of last evening to explain to these
extremely obtuse-minded people—that really he
finds, upon a careful examination of the subject,
that we do not pay as much of the war expendi-
ture out of the Income-tax as we used to do ! " Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S Income-tax," he says, " paid 36 per
cent. of the war expenditure," whereas now-0 !
wonderful consolation !—now, with a war expen-
diture of £30,000,000 in a year of peace !—" the
Income-tax at 10d. in the pound pays no more than
32 per cent." In other words, JOHN BULL is
solemnly assured by Mr. GIBSON in reference to
this particular torture of the Income-tax—like the
" Boot" of the Inquisition—this expanding and
contracting Boot of the Income-tax, that about a
score of years ago poor, innocent JOHN " put his
foot in" at the earnest recommendation of his Finan-
cial Physician—JOHN BULL is now gravely
assured by Mr. GIBSON that this dreadful boot of
the Income-tax don't pinch in the least, even
though at the very moment when he is so assured
it is screwed up excruciatingly to the mark of 10d.
in the £l,and when the unhappy victim is standing
under the unusual weight (upon:his mind as well as
upon his shoulders) of £30,000,000 by way of war
expenditure in a year (nominally) of European
tranquillity. Mr. GIBSON'S one only reason for
indulging in this amiable, but rather feeble conso-
lation—king the fact merely that formerly the
screw relaxed just a twist or two in the worm of
it, when JOHN was a trifle less heavily weighted in
the shape of a war expenditure ! The fact
is, in truth, becoming more and more
painfully felt and realised by the indus-
trial masses in this country, that of all the
odious taxes in this land of taxes the Income Tax
is the most intolerable and unendurable—particu-
larly when inflicted upon the country according to
the present cruel, unjust, and grinding mode of
assessment. In regard to the inequalities of which
most unequal mode of assessment Mr. GIBSON has
not one syllable to say, even in the way of an
attempt at apology or extenuation. It is a remin-
der to us of what is in truth one of the most
flagrant shortcomings of the Manchester School of
Politicians. As thick-and-thin advocates of the
obdurate continuance of the Income Tax as at pre-
sent assessed, Mr. GIBSON and his friends of the
Manchester School are laying up for themselves
securely, in the hearts of very many of their
Liberal constituents, it may be a tardy, but it will
certainly also (should this insensate course of theirs
be persisted in) an inevitable and a sweeping reta-

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA
PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVNNING, THE NIGHT. DANCERS. Messrs
R. Ifai7.ll, IL Corti, G. Kelly, Distm, and Lyall ; Madame
Palmieri. Miss ,kibertazzi, Ml5B Lena, Miss Thirlwall, and
Atiss Huddart.
And a Ballet of on Ambuscade.
Condu'ctor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
Doors open at S',"Ten. Commence at Half-past.

tiEATRE-ROYA L, HAYMARKET.
Le4ace, Kr.J. B. Bookstone.
TTIIS EVENING the nerfor,Vances will commence with
THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
After which, THE LION SLATI7E•
/ And THE SUN AND THE WIND;I By the Leelercqc.
Commence at 7.

BOYA TA PRINCES S'S THEATRE.--.
Lessee and Manafrer, Mr. A. IFlL‘rris•
THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor' 11112:0's cele"
brated Play of RUY BL AS, by Edmund FahNner, 14:sq. t
when Mr. Pechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown,
will make„his .23d appearance on the Pnalish stage, 9:ipported
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Ray-7114)nd,
Kurland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss ose
Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Beath.
To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH.
To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS

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THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.
Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence
Rouse with
THE YOUNG WIDOW. Mr. II Neville, Mr. J. ,
Miss Hudspeth, and Miss Rose Howarded ADRIENNE ; or
Followed by the new drama, entitl
THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr.
Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. 11. Butler, Mr. Villiers,
Mr. '' Forrester, Mr. Camp
Mr. G. bell„ Mr. Clifford,
Mr. J. J Vining,
ohnstone ; Alrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste.
After which, THE PETS OF THE PARTERRE..
Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott.
The Music by Mr. 0 eorEre Loden Principal charactersby Mr
N. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan,
MISS Neville, Misslludspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss
Thompson. Turner;Miss
Douglas, -Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia
Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
S-1 Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Eng•agement r a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes
Robertson and Mr. Dion Boncicault, whoDramawill appear
every eventng in the highly successful of " The
Colleen Bawn."
THIS EVI4II•I.M, TTIE RIFLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W.
Smith, D. Fishero, C. Selby, Miss W oolg•ar, Miss Kate Kelly,
and Mrs. Billington.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D.
J. Boncicault, D.
Falconer, Stephenson. C. Smith, Romer.
Fisher, Billington,
miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Claatteriey.
To conclude with MUSIC HAIM CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,"11.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, h. ' •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY.
Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand
Spectacle of Ronny HOOD.
Last Six Nights.
This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three
Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the
Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing:the Stud of highly-
trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, Ailan-
a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit-
chard.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome
and their Troupe of unequalled performers, &c., Including
the incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest
Wonder of the age.
Doors open at half-Fast 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from ll till 4
Stare Manager—Mr. W. WERT.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

CANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.
EVERY EVENING,
A. Grand Selection from the opera of
NORMA.
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Norma „ ...... ... Miss RITSSELL.
Adalcrisa .. • •••••.• . . • . • . . Madame MARIA,
(TI er first appearance in this country.)
Ai ter which (for this week only) the ETHIOPIANS, consist-
Inc,' of Seventeen Performers of Vocal and Instrumental
Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations,
Anecdotes, Arc. Principal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe
Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox.
Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGFIMANS.

Hall. Rd
Balcony, ls.

WEATHER.--Styx OFFICE, Nov. 22, 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
50—highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and during the night.
48 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.50 ; it rose from 29.45 this morning,
which4ndicates that the storm has abated.
WlND—Westerly ; light, with dull weather, and sun-
shine occasionally. The storm of ra;n and wind yesterday
was very heavy along the Channel.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tau Der.—Morning, Bh. 54m.—Afternoon, 9h. 27m
To-MORROW.-Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 31m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1860.

The Right lion. MILNER GIBSON last night had
Ms say too at Ashton-Under-Lyne. Gradually
one by one as the long recess or vacation glides on
we are obtaining a glimpse of what is thought of
things in general by the chief of our political nota-
bilities. Yesterday we had to comment upon the
remarks of the meniber for Birmingham. To-day
reference must be made to those of the member for
Ashton-under-Lyne, who, if individually less
conspicuous as a representative man than his emi-
nent associate in the advocacy of free-trade prin-
ciples, is at any rate a man of very considerable
abilities, and one to whose words attaches the
official importance appertaining to the utterances of
a Cabinet Minister of the Crown. It is especially
in his administrative capacity as President of the
Board of Trade that Mr. GIBSON last evening
addressed himself to the consideration of the actual
position of the mercantile system of this country
in his speech to his constituency at Ashton-under-
Lyne. And at the very outset of his observations it
is peculiarly remarkable and consolatory to note
how full of encouragement, in every way, are the
facts, Mr. GIBSON, as President of the Board of
Trade, has to adduce in evidence of the present
state and immediate prospects of the mercantile
system of England, whether examined in detail or
'viewed comprehensively. As a Free Trader, the
right hon. gentleman may well exult to note the
still visible and appreciable increase of our enor-
ns export trade, notwithstanding the extraor-
dinary
magnitude that trade has already attained.
Within the first nine months of this present year
of grace (1860), Mr. GIBSON reminds us that the
value of the exports of British produce has attained
within those fine months a total of £102,000,000,
the value of those e
monthsx
p
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r
t
s
having been in the cot.
responding nine
of the preceding twelve.
month (1859) four millions less,namely,L9B,ooo,ooo.
Analysing that grand aggregate of £102,000,000,
mprehensible satisfaction
Mr. GIBSON notes with co
how large a
proportion of the Whole,no
exclusivelyle s sa sum ,
in fact, than £48,000,000, is derivable
from the cotton manufacture.
He reminds the
shipping interest again that it, too, has cause for
self-gratulation in certain equally clear and com-
prehensible signs of improvement. Comparing the
nine months of 'sixty with the nine months of
'fifty-eight, there is found, for example, an increase
of no less than 7i5,522 tons in the British tonnage
cleared with cargoes, as contrasted with an increase
in the same way of 475,165 tons in the Foreign
tonnage—prcof positive that the British shipping
interest even still more than simply " holds
its own" against " all-comers" in the way
of unfettered competition. "'Where be your
gibes now"-0 you antideluvian pre-Adamite Pro-
tectionists? Iu the presence of such facts and
figures as these—" Alas, how chapfallen !" I,lThy,
according to the predictions of the old world, cham
pions of Monopoly, commerce was to collapse utterly
under the evil infiuence of unrestricted competition
—British Bottoms" were no longer to float in our
ports—shipowners and shipbuilders were to fall
under the ruining influence of the Free Trade doc-
trines as irretrievably as the Farmers themselves.

liation.

The rumour which kept us, and perhaps our
evening contemporaries on the qui vive yesterday
till the very moment of going to press, turns out,
as we fully expected it would, a hoax—we
wonder whether another rumour, generated from
a source which has often proved true, will also
prove a hoax. A very short time sufficed to prove
that we were not to be honoured by a visit from an
incognito Emperor following his fair Empress, and
bringing most pacific prospects, and a sudden rise in
the funds, with him. It will take much longer to
assure us of the reasons for which a French jour-
nalist is permitted to send forth from the well-
known press of DENTU a pamphlet to prove that
Louis NAPOLEON ought to be Pope as well as
Emperor of the French. Were a parallel brochure
to appear in England it would hardly attract notice
enough to sell an edition; but, of course, they do
things differently in France; and in a country
where the purse and liberty of every writer,
printer, and publisher are at the mercy of
M. BILLAULT, everything that issues from the
press will be thought to have its significance. It
is " inspired," or " suggested," or " permitted"—
and then come the inquiries into the reasons for
the various degrees of Imperial inspiration ; all of
which suppositions and ratiocinations, ridiculous
as they would be on such occasions here, are really
perfectly rational respecting what is published on
the other side of the water.

Possibly Louis NAPOLEON knew nothing what-
ever about the pamphlet referred to, till it was
emerging into light. But, quite as possibly, he knew
all about it; we confess we think it most likely
that he did. Our readers may like to see the style
of the French pamphleteer's argument before we
add a few more remarks on it. Here are his con-
clusions, which, it will not be denied, are lucid
enough :

" Victoria of England is Queen and Pope (Reine e,
(pesse).
" The King of Prussia is King and Pope.

g The Protestant Sovereigns of the Germanic Confedera-
tion exercise at the same time political and religious power.
tt In Sweden, Denmark, and Norway the Kings are

Popes.
" Alexander IL, Emperor of Russia, is Czar and Pontiff.
" Otho of Bavaria is King and Pope at Athens.
" The Sultan of the Turks is Emperor and Pope.
" And we must add that in nearly all these States, espe-

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER p 22, 1860.

daily in Ene.and and Prussia, the union of the two powers
has proinctrad the development of the national instincts and

MADAME CLARA NOVELLO'S FARE-

of liberty.
" Does not England enjoy constitutional immunities?
" Is not Prussia at the head of German Liberalism ?
" What is useful for others will be good and useful for
our dear France, a land so fertile in all grand and gene-
rous ideas. In the name, then, of the country and of the
national will; in the name of religion, endangered by am-
bitions which have no longer any reason for their existence ;
in the name of human progress inaugurated in 1789—in
the name of tolerance and free will—the two great laws of
modern times, in the name of the security of all, and of
peace—let the head of the State at last unite in one and the
same grasp the political power, and the administration of
public worship. Let the political government in future
have no longer two distinctive centres—Paris and Rome—
that is to say two centres of civilisation and of obscurantism.
Let the French clergy, as the only body combining the
science and the morality necessary to direct public worship,
no longer receive its inspirations from abroad, but from its
conscience and its patriotism. The priest should be above
all, a citizen, and serve the State which pays him Rome
is a factitious country; the moment is come to declare for
France."

WELL CONCERT.

Madame Clara Novello has taken her farewell—
her last farewell—of the public. Her career—the
most brilliant that any English vocal performer
has had during the present century—is ended,
and she retires into private life, carrying with her
the regret and good wishes of every one who has
derived from her performances the highest and
most refined pleasures which the art of music can
bestow, and of every one who has had the means
of knowing, from personal acquaintance, her many
virtues and amiable qualities.
The announcement of her farewell concert
created much excitement in our musical circles,
and drew, last evening, the greatest audience we
have ever seen in St. James's Hall. Long
before the doors opened, the lines of carriages
in Regent-street extended as far as the Polytechnic
Institution; there were numbers of them approach-
ing by all the neighbouring streets; and in a short
time every part of the building was densely
crowded.

LJ•, TES'

Now, we can easily imagine more than one reason
why such outspoken sentiments should be published,
in a form, certainly, very telling with Frenchmen,
and altogether in accordance with the traditional in-
dependence of the Gallican Church. The French are
not, like the Irish, a people naturally half disposed
to worship the POPE. At one time they may be
said to have had a Pope of their own ; and their
prelates, in past times, have contended as earnestly
against popes for church franchises, as ever mo-
narchs have done for' their civil independence.
Latterly there has been a prelatical, and perhaps, in
some measure, a clerical tendency to ultramon-
tanism, but it may be questioned whether even the
ignorant but excitable French peasantry are not
quite ready to respond to the cry for Gallic Church
Independence. If then it be feasible to discuss such
a subject, whyis it discussed ? For one thing, it looks
quite as liberal as despotic to propose that the Re-
presentative of all Frenchmen should be their head
in all causes, " ecclesiastical as well as civil," as we
phrase it here. If it glorifies an Emperor, it also
glorifies France in his person ; it makes her inde-
pendent, self-contained, self-competent, ecclesias-
tically as well as civilly. Then there may also be
other reasons at home and abroad. It may serve as
a hint to Bishops who abuse their relation to Rome
as. an instrument for vexing the Government, that
the Government has an ecclesiastical coup d'etat on
the which would enable the EMPEROR to
speaka t.:
s Bishops in the style adopted by our
ca' 1:L
" glorious Queen BESS" to the Bishop of ELY.
The Bishops know also full well that they have a
cunning and a resolute man to deal with, and may
think it wiser to become suddenly very loyal than
to wake up some fine morning—perhaps December
2d, 1860—and find themselves some in prison, some
crossing the frontiers, and all the remainder meekly
giving their allegiance to the side on which—
" their bread was buttered." Such things as this
last we in England saw enough of when we ac-
cepted our great Royal PoPE.
We do not know whether it has ever occurred to
our readers, that M. GAYLA'S argument from facts
is substantially correct. The Sovereigns of whom
he speaks are substantially the Popes of their re-
spective countries—and our gracious QUEEN the
Papesse of our own. The CZAR more openly in-
sists on his supremacy over the Russian Greek
Church, and the SULTAN is supreme in Islam
through veneration for the hereditary representa-
tive of the prophet ; and the other Monarchs
have by law or custom more or less power in their
respective countries. But, here, our QUEEN'S
supremacy is no figment. At least it is no more
of one, than her supremacy in civil matters. In
both she necessarily acts through her servants, and
through her courts of law. All the rulers of the
Church here are nominated by her, and a large
proportion of the livings themselves are at her
disposal. But not only that. The decision of the
doctrine of the Church rests with her. We have
seen, in our time, one of the most mysterious
of transcendental doctrines—the nature, namely, of
baptismal regeneration, settled by the QUEEN
through her Judicial Committee of Privy Council.
The nature of the divine presence in the Eucharist
seems also likely, sooner or later, to be submitted
to ',the same tribunals. We know not that the
doctrine of the infallibility of the POPE extends
much beyond this. He, we believe, before decree-
ing anything to be the doctrine of the Catholic
Church, hears all that can be said on both sides of
the question. He decides, in fact, after a full can-
vassing of the subject by counsel on both sides—
and certainly, in principle, this is what Queen Vic-
TORIA did in the celebrated GORHAM case. She
settled the doctrine for her Church ; in the main
by much the same method as the POPE settled the
doctrine of the Immaculate Conception for his.
If the French pamphleteer, and his possible
prompter, want a case to gild their own, they cer-
tainly cannot do better than refer to England. It
will look like following the freeest institutions in
Europe, while it will be, in truth, selecting their
monarchical portions, and adding them to the
monarchical part of the present French system.
As to the bearing of such a change on the prospects
of liberty in France, it is by no means clear that it
must be favourable. The clergy would, of course,
be more dependent than they now are on the Go-
vernment, but whether the Court of Rome, or the
Court of Paris, be most inimical to liberty, it is
hard to say. Rome has never espoused the
cause of peoples against Sovereigns but
for some selfish purpose. Her natural
and general instinct has been, to aid rulers in putting
their feet on the necks of their people. For this
she has always taken care to have her price,
especially in making concordats. We, naturally
like to see other countries freed from all inter-
meddling on the part of that foreign Prince,
potentate, or bishop, for whom Englishmen have
such a strong hereditary aversion ; but it is by
no means quite certain that, just now, French
Catholics might not find that they had exchanged
King LOG for King STORK. Perhaps it may be
said that they have both Kings now. True ; and the
inertia of the one may afford as little shelter
occasionally against the other. But the chief
benefit of the change, which Englishmen can but
think of with pleasure, would probably be future.
France would doubtless develope herself more
naturally, and probably better, were she not ex-
posed tl foreign influence. Who can tell what
Ireland might have been by this time had her
creed united her with the intelligence and indus-
try of England and Scotland, and not with the
retrogressive States under Papal influence. For,
account for it how we will, the States of Europe
rank, in respect of civilised energy, very much in
propution to their independence of the See of
Rome.

The concert was in three parts, and in each part
Madame Novell() was heard. In the first she sang
one piece, but it was one which has always been
one of her grandest efforts—the magnificent scene,
" Ocean, thou mighty monster," from Weber's
" Oberon." The beautiful song, " Mark the waves
that rippling play," sung by Undine with a chorus
of female voices, produced an immense sensation.
The applause from every part of the hall was so
loud and prolonged that the fair prima donna
could not but interpret it as an encore, and, though
she had retired from the orchestra, she returned,
and the piece was repeated with undiminished

effect. The concert concluded with " God save the
Queen," Madame Novello singing the solos. She
mode her parting obeisance, and retired from the
orchestra amid acclamations and waving of hats
and handkerchiefs from all parts of the hall,

PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE COLDBATIf
FIELDS ROUSE OF CORRECTION BY BY FIRE.

Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning the greatest excite-
ment was occasioned by the bi eaking out of a fire in the
House of Correction, Coldbath-fields.
The fire was discovered by one of the warders, who in-
stantly gave notice to the officers of the prison, and in a
few minutes active steps were taken to confine,
if not extinguish, the conflagration in the apart-
ment in the east wing, in which it originated.
Expresses were instantly sent off to the different
stations of the London Fire Brigade, and in a very short
time a number of engines arrived and set to work instantly,
but with apparently little effect, as the flames appeared to
be rapidly spreading. A mounted messenger was despatched
to Engineer:Gerard for the attendance of the newly-in-
vented land steam engine, which quickly arrived, and com-
menced operations in admirable style; but notwithstand-
ing the immense jets of water that were discharged from
the hose of the different engines, the fire got hold of the
store room of the prison, and burned with great fury.
The brigade men continued their exertions, and after
some considerable time the conflagration was so far extin-
guished as to prevent all apprehensions of danger for the
western portion of the building.
Up to three o'clock the engines were still playing upon
the building, which, of course, has suffered very con •
siderable injury.

The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton,
Bart., M.P., is at Corfu, engaged in literary pursuits. The
right hon. baronet, who, we are glad to learn, is in im-
proved health, is not expected to return home until the
spring.

A HERO REWARDED.—Ensign Chaplin, who
so greatly distinguished himself before the Taku Forts, has
been promoted to a lieutenancy, without purchase, in the
14)0th Foot.

WALDROOK WARD.—The nomination of candi-
dates for the vacant aldermanic gown of Walbrook Ward,
took place this afternoon, at the School-rooms, Oxford-
court, Cannon-street. The gentlemen seeking the honour
are Mr. John Linklater and Mr. James Clark Lawrence.
The polling will take place to-morrow from 10 to 4.

THE ROAD MURDER.—It was fully expected
this morning that an application would be made in the
Court of Queen's Bench for a re-opening of coroner's in-
quisition on the body of John Saville Kent, but in conse-
quence of their lordships being occupied with the hearing
of the arguments in a very long and intricate case relating
to some building transactions, the motion for a writ ad
inquirendum, was postponed. It is very probable it
will be made to-morrow morning.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.--Last night
a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Southwark
was held at St. George's Tavern, Lambeth-road, to take
into consideration the best means to be adopted to secure
the return of a representative in the room of the late Sir
Charles Napier; Mr. Evan B. Jones, of the Southwark-
bridge-road, was called to the chair. Mr. Day moved
a resolution to the effect " That in the opinion of
this meeting, from the expression of liberal opinions Mr.
Scovell has given, he was well qualified to represent the
borough in Parliament." The resolution having been
seconded, some discussion took place, which resulted in an
amendment being moved by Mr. Dredge in favour of Mr.
Fawcett,which was declared to be carried by a large majority.
Mr. Llewellyn then moved the following amendment:—
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, Mr. Layard is a fit
and proper person to represent the borough in the Commons'
House of Parliament, and that a deputation be appointed
to present this resolution to him, with a request that he
would allow himself to be put in nomination for the repre -
sentation of the borough." Mr. White seconded the amend-
ment, which was carried unanimously.
THE FATAL FIRE AT POPLAR.—The fire, which
we noticed on Tuesday last, in which a poor girl 13 years
of age was burnt to death, and Mr. Donovan, who occupied
the upper part of the house, was, together with one of his
daughters, terribly burnt in endeavouring to escape from
the burning building, has proved of a more disastrous cha-
racter than was at first expected. Yesterday morning it
was announced that the unfortunate girl, who was removed
to the London Hospital, had expired in that institution
from the effects of the burns reeeived, and that no hopes
could be entertained of the recovery of her unfortunate
father. It is therefore expected that Mr. Humphreys, the
coroner, will not go fully into the inquiry until the state of
Mr. Donovan is officially ascertained.
GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—MANCHESTER,
Wednesday Evening.—A fire, which threatens to be one
of the most extensive that has occurred for many years
past in this city,was discovered about half-past four o'clock
this afternoon in an old manufactory belonging to Messrs.
Birley, near Oxford-street. Six fire-engines had been de-
spatched up to five o'clock, but it appears that the flames
are rather making progress than likely to be subdued.
Many of the workpeople are still inside the mill, some of
them screaming for help. Efforts have been made with
fire-escapes to rescue them. Great fear is felt for the
safety of extensive gasworks almost adjoining, as well as
for a neighbouring sugar refinery and much of the adjoin-
ing mill property.
Loss of SEVEN LIVES.—A sad catastrophe oc-
curred last Wednesday night. A sloop called the Charlotte
was on her way from Leeds to Lincoln with a cargo of rape
cake, and while taking the turning from the river Ouse into
the river Trent she came in violent collision with a sand-
bank and capsized. The tide was running at the rate of
eight knots an hour at the time, and the unfortunate vessel
turned completely over, bottom upwards. There were coven
persons on board at the time, the whole of whom were
drowned. They consisted of the commander of the sloop,
Capt. Taylor, his wife, and two children ; the mate, named
William Hopkinson ; and a young woman and a boy, who
were going to Lincoln. Another vessel was near at hand
when the Charlotte capsized, but no assistance could be
rendered to any of the. persons on board the unfortunate
sloop.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—A young male example
of a very scarce and little• known animal of the swine family
—the babirussa—has just been received by the Zoolegical
Society, and is now placed in their gardens in the Regent's-
park. The adult babirussa is remarkable for the extraor-
dinary development of his tusks, which turn upwards and
backwards, and form a semicircle nearly meeting the jaws
again. The whole contour of the animal is also very dif-
ferent from that of the true pig. The babirussa is a native
of the island of Celebes, in the Indian Archipelago, and
obtained its name from the extraordinary idea of the Malays
that it originates in a cross between a pig (baba) and a deer
(russo). The present is believed to be the second individual
that has been brought to Europe alive, a previous example,
obtained by Sir Edward Belcher during one of his explor-
ing voyages, having lived for a few weeks in the society's
gardens in 1841.
SINGULAR LONGEVITY OF THE BRITISH PEERAGE.
—lt is not a little remarkable that the members of the
Peerage who have died since the year commenced, 24 in
number, have exactly completed, on the average, the full
measure of the allotted span of human life, the " three-
score years and ten." They are as follows :—Viscount Ar-
buthnott, 82 ; Lord Londeshorough, 51 ; Viscount South-
well, 83; Viscount Gormanston, 84; Lord Oranmore, 72;
Bishop of Rochester, 81 ; Earl of Longford, 42 ; Baroness
Stratheden. 63 ; Lord Fitzgerald, 60 ; Viscount Guillamore,
27 ; Baroness Wentworth, 67 ; Earl of Strafford, 82; Lord
lieytesburv, 80 ; Archbishop of York, 71; Lord Sandys,
68 ; Lord Elphinstone, 53 ; Bishop of 'Worcester, 77 ; Earl
of Lauderdale, 76; Earl of Cawdor, 70 ; Lord Ffrench, 74 ;
Earl of Leven and Melville, 75; Duke of Richmond, 69;
Earl Manvers, 82 ; Earl of Dundonald, 85. Total of united
ages, 1,680 years, which, heft., divided by 21, gives exactly
70 years to each. This result, it is to be believed, could not
he shown among any other class of men in any rank of
life.
SMOKING ON THE RAILWAY.—The directors of
the London and South-Western Railway, through their
Secretary, Mr. L. Crombie, have made an appeal to the
common-sense of the smoking public. They have deter-
mined to stop the practice of smoking in carriages, in con-
sequence of the annoyance inflicted by those who disregard
the rules on the great majority of travellers, not only while
smoking but also from the offensive state of the carriages
to those who enter them afterwards. The directors have
invited the co-operation of the passengers in discountenan-
cing the practice of smoking on the railway, and they trust
that those who, without due consideration for the conve-
nience of others, have violated the published regulations,
will in future abstain from a habit which so much inter-
, feres with the general comfort.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
(Friday) at Windsor Castle.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived at Gloucester House, yesterday, from visiting her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The Countess of Caledon has arrived at Carlton-
house• terrace from Ireland.
Vicount Palmerston gave a dinner last evening
to the Cabinet Ministers, at his residence in Piccadilly.
Lord and Lady De Tabby have been entertaining
a succession of visitors during the past week at their seat
in Cheshire.

A marriage is arranged to take place between the
Lady Victoria Howard, eldest daughter of the Duke and
Duchess of Norfolk, and Mr. J. R. Hope-Scott, Q.C., of
Abbotsford, whose first wife, it will be remembered, was
granddaughter of Sir Walter Scott.

N E AV

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
TURIN, Nov. 22.

General Goyon is said to have declared that
he would not deliver the materiel belonging to
the Bourbon troops who had taken refuge in the
Roman States either to Francis 11. or to King
Victor Emmanuel.

Negotiations are however being continued on
,his subject.

TURIN, Nov. 21.

It is asserted that the rumours respecting a
loan to be shortly negotiated by the Sardinian
Government are completely false.
The clergy in the Neapolitan provinces have
paid homage to King Victor Emmanuel.

ROME, Nov. 21.

The Dowager Queen of Naples has arrived here
with the princess and the young children. They
have taken up their residence in the Quirinal.
The young Queen remains at Gaeta with the
princes.

The French are about to occupy Terracina.

PARIS, Nov. 21.

The Paris papers assert that the necessary
measures have been resolved upon by the direc-
tors of the Turkish Bank for buying up the
kaimes at Constantinople, and withdrawing them
from circulation.