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s'tal'ls r. '3,ll3DOrted by Voluntary Contributions.
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N°. 23,554.

ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre,
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THE SUN, LONDON, M. NDA Y EVENING, D ECE MBE 9, 1867.

COUNT( MONTALEMBERTS MONKS OF
THE WEST. '

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The LONDON DINNER at 2s. 9d.; ATTENDANCE, 3d.
Solved from 4 till 8 o'clock : CD
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Petits Pates de Homard.

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or Fish, 2s. 6d.; Fish Dinner, ls. 6d.; attendance, 3d.
extra.
The Bill of Faro of the "London Dinner" is published
in THE Sus every evening.
FREDERICK SAWYER, Sole Proprietor.

This day is published,
i. • •
THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND. By the COUNT
MON TALEMB ERT. 3 vols. 8v0...£1 Ils. 6d. (Forming Vols.
111., IV., and V. of the Monks of the West.")
THE MONKS OF THE WEST, from St. Benedict to
St. Bernard. Vols. IV. and V., Authorised Translation,
10a. 6d. each. _ _ _

F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING
V . MACHINES.

The celebrated No. 2 Machine unequalled for general
work £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock
Stitch), £5 55., £6 Gs., and £B. Catalogues free.
W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapside, and Regent-
circus, Oikrd-street, London.

THE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY
MACHINE

is fitted with a new
PATENT TUCK MARKER,

which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK
while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not
to be had with any other Machine.
T" "SINGER" NEW FAMILY SE WING
MACHINES are the most complete, with all acces-
sories for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt
collars, shirts, cloaks, mantles, children's clothing, caps,
corsets, linen and silk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c.
Catalogues and Samples of Work post free.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

147, OHEAPSIDE, LONDON.

TO ADMIRERS OF LIGHT CARRIAGES.
HART,

79, NEW BOND-STREET,
has introduced one of the lightest four-wheeled Carriages
in London. The style is the T cart or Stanhope phaeton,
on an improved principle.

In the Press,
THE LIFE OF ST. COLUMBA, Apostle of Caledonia.
Reprinted from the "Monks of the `Vest."
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

TO-MORRO W.-111r BRINLEY RICHARDS'S
PIANOFORTE COMPOSITIONS will be per-
formed :by him at his Recital at the Queen's Concert
Rooms, Dec. H. • _

The peculiarity of this carriage is, it has sufficient room
for four persons, if reqaired, and is 3 cwt. less than the
usual ones ; it has no perch, and can lock round in any
narrow lane. The wheels -are hicko►y, with steel tyres,
springs only one inch wide, and has Lone's patent steel-
coated iron axles, which have received so many testimo-
nials.

S. H.' wishes to remind the public it has been ,proved
many valuante lioi SUB aro rutnc,d by being eirerinaded with
a heavy carriage. it is a well-known fact that the intro-
duction of light carriages is only now in its infancy. One
is on Viaw, and several to be seen building to order.
An inspection is solicited.

WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
are supersedin_r all others Prize medals, London,
186?, Pari4, 1867. Gold from £l5 155., silver from £6 65.-
68, Cornhili. and 230, Regent-street.

FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O
per Week.—D. 8. HEDIPHRIES has at all times a
number of Firsc-class RESID \CES to be LET. furnished
or unfurnished, or sold, more rartioularly in the neby,hbour-
hoods of Sydenham, Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, and viol-
nlty.—Partieulars may be had at the Office, Printing House-
square.

NyMphs of the Fountain. Welsh Fantasia. No. 1
4s. March of the Mon of Har-
Vivo la Heine. 48. loch, &c. 45.
Prernibre Tarantelle. ss. Ditto. No. 2—Of Noble
Warblings at Eve. Race, &c. 4s. .
The Angel's Song. 3s. The Vision. 3s.
N.B.—May be ordered of any Musicseller or Bookseller.
Each free for half price, with an extra stamp for postage.
THE ADORATION ; the HOLY MOUNT ; the
HOLY FAMILY: Sacred Melodies for Piano. By
W: H. CALCOTT. Each work may be had In three
series. Each series, solo, ss. Each series free for 31
stamps. Duets 6s. Each book free for 38 stamps.

ASUITABLE GIFT for all SEASONS will be
found in ROBERT COCKS and Co.'s TRICHORD
MODEL OBLIQUE PIANO, in walnut wood, price £5O.
It possesses a truly beautiful check action, and sonorous
tone. Drawings post free.— London :G, New
Burlington-
street.

Just Publialie,i, price is. ad., by post is. Bd., the Second Edi-
tion, with Addenda,containing additional Facts and Cases
in it ustr.tion of the nefarious proceedings of the Adver-
tising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUAA KERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from
the "Medical Circular."
London: 11. lialiere, 219, Regent-street.
The nutnerrius reviews of his st mita?: work by the Satur-
day Review, Panch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, and
otherj,)arnals, recommnding at universal perusal, are re-
printed with this eiition.

METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.
• CATTLE SHOW, AGRICULTURAL HALL,
ISLINGTON, DEC. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

King's-cross is the nearest Station. - Frequent TRAINS
between the City, Gower-street, Portland-read, Baker-
street, Paddington, Hammersmith, Shepherd's-bush, Not-
ting-hill, and Kensington. Omnibuses meet the trains at
Portland-road for Regent-circus and Oxford-street.

ETROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.
£500,000 Perpetual Debenture Stock, at Six per Cent.

HOUSES and APART MEN IVANTED, and to be LET
or SOLD, BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, dm

PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD.
D. T. HUH PH RIES has continual applications for
all descriptions ot PROPERTY which will pay good interest
for outlay. Houses out ot rap tir not objected to. T. D.
Humphries can at all times find customers for all descrip-
tions of businesses. Hotels, public hoes s, duo , sold and
transterrcd. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print-
ing House-square.

DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED,
for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHI
Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec-
tions of the Respiratory Organs.
Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the
World. In B itties only, price is. lid., 2s. 3d., and ils. each.
Established nearly half a Century.

SATISFACTORY LETTER.

5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster,
October 5, 1867.
Sin,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis,
which left at times a tickling in the Throat, with other un-
pleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM or
ANISEED; I did so, and have found very great reliet ; it is
most comforting in allaying the irritation, and giving
strength to the voice.
. _

Yon' are at liberty to make use of this as you think proper,
and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have
done. With many thanks from your obedient servant,
IIIEJEL
Dean's Verge r, Westminster Abbey.
To Mr. Powell.
Ask for POWELL'S BALSANI of ANISEED.

DR. SCOTTS .LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—pro-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
ioott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, di=iness of the eyes, &c. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild In their opera-
tion and grBtefal to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drag-
gles, in boxes, is. 10., and three times the quantity in one,
2a. Vd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilioas and Liver Pills.
The genuine are a square green pao2sge, with " William
Lambert." mirrored In the stamp.

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EXPENSE.

Du- BARRY'S delicate health-restoring
Inva-
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THE REVALENTA. ARABICA

saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores per-
fect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re-
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most disordered or enfeebled,—removing speed' y and effec-
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habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all eastrio derangements,
hsemorrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness,
biliousness, fevers, so: e throats, diphtheria. catarrhs, colds,
Influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout,
Impurities, eruptio a, hystero, neuralgia, irritability, sleep-
lessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility,
dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in preg-
nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness
of the chest, pains at the pit of the 'stomach and be-
tween the shoulders. It is tne most digestible and nourish-
ing of all foods. and suitable for invalids and infants in all
cornplsints.
IMPORTANT CAUTION,—Beware of the many unsavoury
and more than sloppy imitations to which, without autho-
rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.
IlLnceforh no one will doubt the valu Joie properties of
Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids'
and Infants' Food, since t) the thousandi of blessings it has
already received from invalids whose position had been
deemed hope ess. we may now add that of his Ho'iness the
rope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after
thirty 3 ears of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote
f-o,n the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 68,413):
"Rome, July 21st, 1816.—The health of the Holy Father is
excetlent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies,
he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta
Arabica Food. of which heconsumes a p!ateful at every meal,
It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health,
and His Holiness cann t praise this excellent food too
highly."
Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchionrais do Brehm', of seven
years' 1 ver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness,
irritability, with a nervous palpitatioe all over, bad diges-
tion constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous
agitation.
Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord
Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the Coanty of Water•
ford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent
Food.—STUART DE DECIES. Dromana, Cappoquin, County
Waterford." _ _ _

Care No. 49,83?.—0f fifty years' indescribable agony from
dyspeplia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu-
lency,
Norfolk.
spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Joly, of Lynn,

per Annum.

tiOO,NELL and CO.'S CHERRY
LP TOO (11 PASTIG is greatly superior to any toot}
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enamel from decay, and Imparts a pieast,nt fragrance V
the breath. Price !s. 6d.—lied Bull Wharf. eS, Uppe,
Thames-street. London.

THOROUGHNESS.

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We are in the habit of talking much about days
of persecution, and admiring the sturdy and stub-
born hardihood with which our ancestors faced the
rack, the thumbscrew, and the gibbet, when there
was a question of playing false to the old religion
in which they were brought up.. In those days
there was no
_opportunity, nor was there any de-
sire, of paring down dogma, varnishing truth,
gilding unsavoury principles, or sweetening with
the leaven of this world the bitterness of the reli-
gion of the Crucified. it was a'case of etut aut,
either one thing or the other then—either Protes-
tant and Elizabethan, or Papist and Bloody Queen
Mary. Light and darkliess are not more distinct
than was the heroic little band of persecuted Ca-
tholics, and the intolerant and savage bigotry
which would convert them with redhot irons.

Still there was something in common between
the persecutors and the persecuted ; something
which, independent it would appear of creed, spe-
cially seems to belong to the English race—a
thoroughness and an energy of purpose which,
more by strong nerve and animal force of character
than by rules of logic, carries its own to the ex-
tremest bounds of practical conclusions. There
are no people like the English for drawing
startling inferences in the region of action out of
the logic of facts. In place of long and elaborate
results elicited from certain data, by the laborious
pressure of mental activity, we have the results•
worked out almost simultaneously, in theory and
in practice, as the flash of the musket is instan-
taneous with the departure of the projectile.
Whilst the German lives in a land of metaphysical
clouds and cobwebs, the Englishman is digging
or planting, or fighting, or engrossed in specula-
tions, not theoretical, but eminently practical; and
only considers he has done a day's work if he has
achieved some results more tangible than the idle
musings of a mere philosopher. So far is this the
character of the race that the very science of
philbsophy-is= dragged-down to the dirt by-its most
eminent writers: Whht.-ii 'More significant than
the worksof Mill, and Mansel, and HaMilton, and
the, rest of-the thinkers on speculative points ? The
very -Subjed most -pregnant with consequences,
and from which the. whole body of philosophy
hangs, is either repudiated or meagrely handled, or
missed altogether by these men. What treatises
on metaphysics proper can be pointed out written
by an Englishman ? Where can be found a skeleton
notion, or a ghost of a sketch of ontology, in its
proper acceptation ? No ; our philosophers are
mere farmers. They can grub in the earth, and
dissect the carcass of tangible reality; but they
are like men looking :up to heaven with nothing
before their eyes when they are called upon to
enter into the world of real entia, and abandon
this mechanical, tangible, and gross earth under
their feet. But, at all events, they have more
time to keep their energies for psychological and
experimental study, and doubtless they have at-
tained much eminence in what the Germans, with
greater aptness than courtesy, designate as " dirt
philosophy."

The Metropolitan District Railway Company invite
Tenders for £300,000 Dobenture Stock, to carry interest
in perpetuity at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable
half-yearly.
Th Deben ture_atoclEll,bt secni*jan,,,st
Which will Comprise abaqseven mileS. of Railway, tra-
Vrsing• the richest districts . of.' the metro Polis, in imme-
diate. connection with the Metropolitan Line ; the works
are ,so-,,far4dvanced-tha,t five of Ahe seven miles are to be
opened by MidSumnier 1808:
The Metropolitan District Railwayis to be ;Worked
under agreed arrangements by the Metropolitan Railway
Company, and upon :the 'same system. which has enabled
that Company to pay 7 per cent. dividend's on its ordinary
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the Catholic Church. The various parties Of the
Anglican communion, without danger of mistake,
understand his position, and can read his mind ;
with him there is no blowing hot and blowing
cold, no shuffling and packing, no double
entendres—what he says can be interpreted, but
interpreted only one way. This is the kind of
character English men can understand and ad-
mire. They say "He does not think as we ; but
he is honest and thorough, and we can understand
him." The same can be said of the other expo-
nents of Catholic thought who have held up the
torch of truth to an unthankful generation. Dr.
Ward, boldly indeed, and with unswerving
courage, has drawn out his enemies from their
hiding-places, and though he has been unable to
get hold of more than one of their names, has
visited them with so dire a castigation as will last
them for a considerable time. The learned Dr.
Gillow has spoken out with a clear, shrill, and tell-
ing voice ; while the President of Old Hall has
been up in arms, and has given the cause of right
the benefit of his learning and experience. There
is something so genuine, so thorough, so English
in these men's religion, that Protestants of
the thorough school at once acknowledge them for
opponents. The historic Dublin Review has a
Catholic halo around it, and speaks the Catholic
opinion with that nerve and entirety that it is
looked upon as a powerful and real adversary,
while those learned and accomplished writers who
form the "Academia" have done great service to
genuine honesty by proclaiming the fundamental
principles of truth and justice and religion in a
manner which cannot be mistaken. As long as
Catholics thus pull together, and with genuine,
honest, and English courage, proclaim without
gloss or wavering, the very truth, their religion
will be respected, their character will be held in
reverence, and the ring of the true metal will
easily be detected and acknowledged by all. These
men and their principles may be ridiculed—they
may become the objects of satire, and they and
their cause may be misrepresented—but let them
persevere, let them be thorough, let them be prac-
tical, and in process of time their voices will begin
to tell. We do not say this as an empty boast, or
as a flourish of rhetorical unreality. If truth is to
prevail, it will do so by being spoken out boldly.
Before a man can convince others, let bim show
that he is convinced himself.

If there is anything un-English in this world it
is the measured, artful, and shuffling method
whereby a man who belongs to the minority, and
to an unpopular creed, aims at dovetailing truth
and error, and amalgamating the poison of popu-
larity with the healthy but detested truths of
sound philosophy. Blowing hot and blowing cold,
smiling and smirking at the enemy, and, like Mr.
Walpole, weeping sympathetic tears at the origi-
nators of one's misfortunes, is not the way to gain
the respect of enemies or the good will of friends.
Men may write bilious attacks on Catholic pre-
lates in Protestant papers, cry down the high
courage of outspoken truth as extravagance, pare
*down the doctrines of the Church to fit Protes-
tant pigeon-holes, but the only achievement they
will accomplish will be to render themselves sus-
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every right-hearted and honourable man. Let
such men with their names written out in full,
and with -logic and reason, and not merely with
a slippery melody of words, state their cause, hold
by it like men, declare their position, and peal off
the chameleon colours which render them an
enigma to all thoughtful men, and then there
may be some chance of knowing in reality' what
and who they are. If they be Catholics, or if
they be Protestants, let them at least act as Eng-
lishmen, and then' there will be no doubt as to
their principles and doctrine. Westminster Gazette.

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CHARLES DICKENS'S WELCOME IN
AMERICA.

The reception of Charles Dickens at Boston
marks two traits of American character—a generous
forgiveness and a sentimental folly. As a nation,
Americans are quick to take offence, and when
younger, weaker, and more sensible of defects, they
were not inaptly described in the words Dickens
puts in the mouth of one of his characters, " We
aire a nation that must be cracked up." But those
days are gone by. There is no more straining to
appear great; no more of the frog puffing itself out
to rival the ox. America has taken a place recog-
nised by all. A Yankee can now hear with a calm
disdain his country abused. He knows that envy
and fear lie at the root of the prejudice. He is
aware that his people are the champions of prin-
ciples which are revolutionising the world, to the
dismay and confusion of European theories of go-
vernment. He can allow for the natural dislike
created in classes against whose long recognised
position his principles strike, and being aware that
he has nothing to fear from the closest scrutiny and
the fullest debate, either as to the greatness of his
own country or the truth of the doctrines he up-
holds, he rather rejoices, whatever the tone
may be of the criticism, to see the interest he
excites. Thus a great change has come
over the present generation, and there is no longer.
that sensitiveness to detraction and hostile remarks
that formerly so peculiarly characterized the people.
America now fears no English writer, however
powerful, however satirical. Truth in the end is
sure to win, and however beautifully a man may ex-
press his thoughts, if they be false, they can impose
on few, and have very little influence. The enthu-
siastic welcome given to Mr. Dickens arose from no
desire in the Bostonians favourably to impress the
great English novelist. No other people more
keenly enjoy " a sensation," and they never lose a
chance of gratifying this desire. A feeling seems
simultaneously in their highly electric atmosphere
to be diffused among the masses, and they act toge-
ther under the strong impulse. This is pretty sure
to lead them into an extravagance at which they
themselves are the first to sneer. They enjoy the
" sensation," and laugh at the display. But the
moving causes of the welcome to Mr. Dickens are
not without their merits. America accords to lite-
rary reputation the highest place. Dickens is re-
cognised as one of the greatest writers, and as such
he would be sure of an ovation in the States. But
another motive actuated the Bostonians. Dickens
had once before met with a hospitality which
ran into extravagance, and he had replied to
this in a spirit of such biting sarcasm as to offond
the generation then existing. The annoyance was
probably aggravated by the undeniable truth of
much he wrote. But a great change has occurred
since then. The glaring contradiction of a republic
founded on the principle that all men are born equal,
according to one race au almost unrestrained free-
dom, and to another a hopele3s bondage, has ceased
to exist. With it has gone the sharp point which
enabled Dickens to penetrate so easily to the quick of
American sensitiveness. Those who aspire to the
highest position are keenly alive to any weakness
glaringly apparent. The beauty seeking to hide a
deformity she knows in her inmost heart cannot be
disguised, resents the stare at the defect. What a
comfort to her when the knife of a skilful surgeon
has eradicated the disease and removed every trace.
Then, indeed, in all the power of her beauty she can
come forth and challenge scrutiny ; then the stare
becomes one of envy, and the keen look one of ad-
miration. It is thus that the United' States is now
enabled to receive visitors; especially those who
formerly merely alluded to her beauties while
dwelling strongly on her great blemish, desiring
to hear what they will say, now that the blemish
is gdne. ' The people are glad of the opportunity
of showing that they bear no malice. Dickens
himielf half feared to make the experiment, but in
this-it is 'clear that lie only half understood the
Americans. If they run into a little extravagance
it is because they like a sensation, because they ad-
mire the great author, and because it is a national
characteristic to give rather a frantic expression to
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We imagined, at one time, that this thorough-
ness and practical bent was so essential to the
national character, that an Englishman could not
be found without it. We imagined that it gave
nerve, and vigour, and "colour to each member of
the race, in various proportions, still sufficiently
marked to be perfectly intelligible. And we still
are of opinion that very few Englishmen, if any,
are born without it, and that it requires an in-
fluence very strong indeed, and singularly poison-
ous, to enervate and soften the hard, whey fibre
of the national character into the poor, flabby, and
sickly attempt at vigorous life, such as is from
time to time to be found flickering amongst us.
There is no doubt that the real, genuine Pro-
testant Church .of England, which has a horror
of the supernatural, and shrinks from the priest-
hood, and holds the Bible in one hand and re-
spectable self-indulgence in the other, in its own
way is practical and thorough. So on the- other
hand is the Catholic Church, as it stands in this
country, thorough in its belief and practical in
its application. Indeed, from the very circum-
stances of the case, there is a greater display of
thoroughness amongst English Catholics than there
is to be found amongst Protestants. We are in
the minority, our creed is looked upon with
hatred and as an old-world dream, our priests are
dreaded and loathed, and we still have to undergo
that species of intellectual or moral persecution
which is more galling than physical violence, and
more difficult in the long run to:bear. Take, for
instance, the attitude of Cardinal Wiseman, when
the Papal Aggression mania was at its height.
He showed the genuine English courage ; he was
bold and thorough, and outspoken and manly ;
and though the country was too blind with passion
at the time to acknowledge it, it made ample
amends at the Cardinal's death. Take, also, his
successor. The same firmness, clearness and calm-
ness, the true English courage in asserting un-
palatable truth, is to be found. We know no Eng-
lishman more English than the Archbishop of West-
minster. He loves his country with a deep and
genuine devotion, reverences her for her past, and
eagerly anticipatesler future. He does not divide
and accommodate, and compromise. He loves the
whole truth in all the breadth and fulness of its
outline, and would extend her borders and spread
her tents with a quiet and calm determination,
which speaks both of a conviction and of a
courage which his greatest opponents must ad-
mire. He has spoken, and spoken . boldly, on all
those questions which are vital to religion, and
unpopular in the world—on the temporal power,
on the relation of politics and religion, on the
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CdAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.

(F•om the haring Times.)
IVhen A dmiral Rous gave his decision respecting
" The Soiled Dove Case " this journal persistently
advocated the just claims of the unfortunate backers
of that mare, and insisted on a reversal of his judg-
ment, which pressed so unfairly on them, months
before any other of the Sporting Press had a word
to say on their behalf. Welhave no hesitation now
in stating that the referee's award in the late match
for the Championship of the Thames ought to be
contested on several grounds, the principal of which
are the incompetency of the official in question, and.
that he clearly usurped an authority which previous
to a start being effected, or proper attempts on his
part to obtain one, he was not entitled to do.
In either a common-sense or legal point of view
Mr. Biffen's judgment was wrong, and although he
drew [erroneous?] inferences and acted according to
"the dictates of my conscience," which, for the sake
of argument, we will grant he did, it is very much to
be questioned if that will be any satisfaction to:the
backers of Sadler. A referee should take nothing
for granted, and there are other dictates besides
those of a man's Conscience which are equally im-
portant, and would have served Mr. Biffen in
better stead on the occasion in question. Let us
suppose for a moment the case was that of the great
match some sixteen years ago b etween the Flying
Dutchman and Voltigeur, when half the world felt
an interest in it. Would it have been the duty or
within the province of the referee or judge to receive
the complaint of one of the riders, and on an ex parte
statement, out of' sight and hearing of the other
party, to give him authority if his opponent refused
to start, to go over the course, and then award
him the stakes, especially if it could be proved the
latter half of his instructions only was carried
into effect. Such an unfortunate occurrence,
it is true, could not have occurred therein,
because a person was appointed to fulfil the
duty of starter ; but if an omission of the
same nature had occurred, is it likely that the late
Earl of Eglinton or Lord Zotland would have
allowed such a decision to pass unquestioned ? In
thisinstance—although when the articles were signed
Sadler's representative proposed that they should
start from two boats, as is usual in University
matches, and also that the course should be buoyed
for the first mile and a half, to prrevent. fouling,
Kelley objected, or clauses to that effect would have
been inserted —it was left to mutual:agreement.
A court of justice will only t►ke facts into con-
sideration, and unless Mr. Biffen can prove that
Sadler refused to start, which he denies, or at any
rate give satisfactory proof that he did not intend
to do so, it will, we'think, be equally palpable to
both judge and jury, as it is to ourselves, that he
had no power to adjudicate on the matter, and
exceeded the duties which attach to a referee under
such circumstances. At the same time no reason-
able person would have blamed him had he gone to
the starting post, from which he was always three
hundred yards distant (according to Bell's Life
sometimes half a mile), and used his influence with
both men to start in a 'satisfactory manner ; but
in case of his failing in the attempt we should very
much doubt whether he then had the authority to
decide the match in Kelley's favour. In future, at
least, we may hope a clause relative to starting in
aquatic matches will always be inserted.

We have great pleasure in quoting the following
communication, which appeared in the Illustrated
Sporting News of Saturday :
Sir,—Your well-known impartiality has induced me to
communicate with you, so that this —a most important
questiou—should be if possible fairly analysed. You, sir
have up to the present given no opinion, pro or con, as to
the referee's conduct; and as the other portions of the
sporting press seem to differ in opinion, the somewhat con-
siderable experience T have had as to the duties of a referee
may, if appearing in your columns, tend to give the matter
a clearer aspect. To all your readers who are conversant
with boatracing and the champion course it will be at
once patent that, in crossing from the Point to the Soap-
works, if the man with the Middlesex station bore the man
on the Surrey side so far that the latter inusteither go out of
his course or foul, in the event of such foul taking place
the Middlesex-side man is the guilty party, and according
to all decisions made up till last Wednesday, has been de-
cided against, whenever such foul has occurred. In the
race on Wednesday last, it is admitted by all that Sadler
had no alternative but to go ashore at the Seapworks or
to foul Kelley ; and of course he preferred the latter. The
backers of Sadler imagined that he had won, rule and
precedent being so much in their favour, especially when
they called to mind the fact that for less than half as glar-
ing an error Sadler was disqualified in his race with
Chambers.

The intelligence of the referee's decision as to the foul
was, however, received in the most quiet and orderly
manner, those who had backed Sadler being rather dis-
appointed, but making no noisy demonstration—the pros-
pect of a splendid race on the morrow perhaps softening
their sorrow. As everybody knows, they were doomed to
a most grievous disappointment. Now, sir, comes the
most remarkable part of the question. Two men make a
match, and agree to start by "mutual consent," therefore it
is a notorious fact that the referee has no power until the
men have actually started. The law relating to "mutual
consent" is the same in the aquatic as in the pedestrian
world, and many races in the North, on which thousands
of pounds depend, are settled in this manner, the referee
having no power, unless a certain time (mentioned in the
articles) has elapsed. if no time is mentioned, then the
men must remain at the post until they do start, or mu-
tually agree otherwise. 1 speak advisedly when I say that
this is the opinion not only of myself, but of some of the
most distinguished of our athletes both professional and
amateur. Even admitting, for the sake of argument, the
referee's power to start the men ; who, viewing the mat-
ter impartially, would believe in the justice of that func-
tionary calling a man to the side of the official boat, and
telling him to be the judge of his opponent's willingness
to row, and to act accordingly, by rowing over if he
thought proper ?
Nobody can blame Kelley for availing himself of this
" tip," and when he started, I, as an eye-witness, can aver
that neither Sadler nor any one else but the chosen few
who surrounded the referee was aware of the order. The
infallibility of the referee was decided some four years ago
in a court of law in London, when an obviously unjust do
cision was set aside ; and I feel bound to assert that
although on that occasion the_ official's behaviour was de-
cidedly indecent, it had much more ground of feasibility
than that of Mr. Biffen. That gentleman has prejudiced
his hitherto good name to a great extent ; the prevalent
opinion in the neighbourhood of Putney being that collu-
sion must have taken place ; and however much the friends
of Mr. Biffen and the backers of Kelley may feel disposed
to believe in the fairness of the decision, that portion of
the public which has no partisan or monetary bias cannot
fail to sympathise with those gentlemen who have evinced
their determination to take the matter out of the jurisdic-
tion of either stakeholder or referee. Apologising for my
intrusion on your space, I enclose my name, and am, yours.
Ex PEDES.
Dec. 4, 1867.

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to which, without authority Baron Liebig's name is most auda-
ciously attached
In tins at Is. 10.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d ; 5 lbs., 11s.;
12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 40s.—BARRY Du Biutar and Co., No. 77,
Aegent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 182, Piccadilly ;
and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 14, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and 269,
Oxford-street 330 S rand; and all grocers .and chemists

TREATRE,

rA.LSAq,SO-1

Mr. Edward Owen Greening writes ats follows to 016
Daily New :—" As the public is discussing the possibility
of saving for consumers something.of what is lost in the
shape of retailers' profits, I venture to send you a report
of what has been done by our co-operative agricultural
association. This society was commenced a little while
ago by a few gentlemen, with a view of stopping adul-
teration in seeds, manures, and feeding stuffs, and of
enabling farmers and landowners to supply themselves
with the best machinery at wholesale prices. At the
outset we were met by an organised opposition of the
trade, which culminated in an almost general refusal to
supply us with goods. We have, therefore, not only had
to make our purchases through wholesale factors, losing
in that way something of what an ordinary dealer
gains, but we hayo lost besides much valuable
custom, from the petty annoyances arising from this
illiberal opposition. The result may be summed up as
follows :—We commenced our enterprise with ten members
and £257 subscribed capital. In three months we have
grown to number forty-four members, subscribing £4OB
capital, and we have on our books over one hundred ens-,
tomers. Taking the average capital at £327, we have
turned it over no less than four times, transictirtg £1,874
16s. sd. of business, and realising gross profits equal t 0,.,
the amount of capital with which we commenced—a re.,
markable proof of the advantages which can be easily ob.,
tained by a few cash buyers associating themselves together
under co-operative arrangements. The working expenses.
have inevitably been large, but the arrangements now,
organised will suffice for a very much more extensive busit'
ness. In consequence of so large a number of our friends,
being reluctant at first to join the association, but willing
to assist by purchasing through our agency ; we have
cleared our working expenses without touching the profits
of our members, and we are thus in a position to returns
now to the latter the maximum dividend of 7. per cent.
per annum on their capital, and three-fourths of the trade
discounts realised on their purchases, to non-members
three-eighths of theirs, and to reserve a small surplus as
the nucleus of a reserve fund. The return to our mem,
bers under this arrangement will be equal to a discount of
11 per cent on their purchases, besides fair interest on
their investments. Wo aro now gaining strength
and have a confident assurance of ultimate tangos.
"Manchester, Dec. 4."

THE BURNING OR HER M4JZSZT'IS

The 4ollowing account of. thiscataqtropheou it comes
from Mr. Hargrave Jennings, the secretary to Her
Majesty's Theatre, and the auditor of the accounts of
the managerac-nt, bo defended on as strictly
correct :

" Mr. Jennings was, as usual, all day in the theatre,
and was the only person in the house with the three
firemen, Brown, Easton, and Maynard, and the hall-keeper
and general custodian of the building, Mr. Sprules, and
his wife, when the fire broke out. Mr. Jennings was
forced from the theatre by the building being filled with
smoke and the roof flaming with fire at exactly a quar-
ter-past eleven, as he had an instant before made
reference to his watch. Noticing the intensely red
illumination of his room, which unnatural and fearful
lid:; totally overcame the white brightness of two gas
globes and the fire which was burning, in the grate, Mr.
Jennings looked out into the Haymarket, and saw the
façade of buildings, and, at the end of Suffolk-place, all
the large windows of the Union Club, blazing with strong,
flickering light, exactly like the effect of a splendid
golden sunset, deepening into red, on a clear summer,
evening. A passage of some length, opening at right
angles to another long passage, which is the usual tho-
roughfare between the hall and the staircase leading up
to the stage, was, when he opened his door and entered
the passage, full of smoke. From the absence of the
usual gas-burners, which for the sake of economy on a
lay of non-performance, as Friday was, were not lit—Mr.
Jennings had difficulty in making his way through this
long, dark passage instinctively, from his intimate know-
ledge of the ramifications of the theatre, by feeling his
way along the wall, until discovering the hall, to the right,
and the egress into the Opera Colonnade. The ball he
could with difficulty see across, from its being filled with
clack, rolling smoke, which was at that moment poring
before the force of the raging flames at the north-western
end western sides of the theatre, which were confined, with-
out windows, by brick walls and buildings. At this time the
hall was vacant. Not a soul was to be seen or heard, and
on forcing the street door back, and emerging into the
street, Mr. Jennings encountered the first policeman, who
with extraordinary effectiveness and promptitude, was
giving the alarm right and left, and forcibly opposed Mr.
Jennings's desire and intention to return into the theatre,'
and rescue his books and papers and property. At this
time scattered policemen and a miscellaneous group of
people were running towards the building, and the audience
then quitting the Haymarket Theatre were congregating
in the vacant roadway in front of the burning buildings,:.
where the cloud of smoke was rolling. At this time not
an engine was to be seen, and only policemen and scat-
tered vehicles, and the usual crowd which occupies
the Haymarket ; even fewer persons were about than
usually seen. But it is to be considered that the hour
was late. There cannot be a doubt that the fire, which
must have been smouldering for hour; hours before, might
have been detected, since the smell of smoke, and espe-
cially that with a tinge of fire in it, is a great betrayer.
In this view there is no doubt that if any one had been in
this, the most remote and least frequented part of the
building at eight, or even seven o'clock, the threaten 7
ing enemy might have been noticed, At this time
there was really no extraordinary alarm in the street ;
but the work of the fire was perfectly bewildering
and contradictory in its speed and modes of operai
Lion. We are quite sure tnat we are quite correct in
stating that twenty minutes did this destroying work
over the bulk of the theatre. The whole of London was
illuminated for miles, and the various church steeples
shewed, spiring up, like fiery obelisks, or torches, or as
fingerposts to point out space to the hurrying thousands
who were surging in one wild alarm of horses, men,
equipages, police, and firemen. The roof of the theatre
fell in masses, as it seemed, deep down into the gigantic
mouth of the vast area or pit, now filled and alive with
fire, and scattering off, like rockets, its vaulting clouds of
sparks, similarly to monster flights of fireflies, laterally
and to skyward. The four hollow walls of the late,
splendid edifice were now as the curve of a prodigious,
black cup, in which anoble sacrifice of art has been made.,
Such was the grand end to this theatre.
" To Mr. Mapleson this proves a most serious check it-ha
difficulty. We are given to understand that the savings
of his entire operatic career, to the amount of £12,000,
are wholly gone. Furniture, fittings, the new magnificent
organ, four hundred new stalls of the most complete mann',
facture, music library, irreparable in its loss, hundreds of
costumes of all the operas, both for male and female ar-
tistes, the gigantic central chandelier and the new gas
lustres round the tiers, musical instruments, draperies,'
pianofortes—in fact, all his apparatus and fittings neces-
sary for furnishing out confessedly the most beautiful and
perfect opera-house in the world—all have gone."
The damage done by the fire is now precisely known,
but it is difficult to estimate it in figures—some statements
going as high as £250,000. It has been stated that Mr.
Santley's property has escaped—a circumstance that will
be very gratifying to the admirers of the great English
baritone. Almost all the members of the orchestra have
lost their instruments, amongst which were some old and
valuable violins, and about 300 persons have been suddenly
thrown out of employment. The destruction of the MS.
scores of old operas will be greatly lamented, but has not
been so large as at first supposed, owing to the fact that a
number of the manuscripts were kept in a Reliance fire:,
proof safe, which withstood the fire. The amount of
insurances effected on the theatre and the surrounding
premises cannot be yet exactly ascertained, but it is
roughly estimated at about £200,000. It is said that
several of the London managers of theatres have promised
the use of their establishments for benefits in aid of the
persons who have been thrown out of employment.
In reference to the theatre, the Morning Herald re:
marks :—" What a caeticious train has passed across that
stage now crumbled to ashes ! Caffarelli, who could sing
well at 65, who amassed in London enough money to buy
him a dukedom at home, and who told a prince of his
day that he had in him the voice of any two of the then
living artists ; Gabrielli, who would not sing to the
Empress of Russia, after her London triumphs, for less
than 5,000 ducats, who was told by the Czarina, that not
one of her generals received so much, who replied, ' You
had bettor ask your generals to sing for you,' and who thus,
ty being indomitably impudent, obtained the sum she had
asked ; Mara, who came here with a reputation gained by
her having refused to sing for Frederick the Great, and
who, after the burning down of the King's Theetre, was
prima donna at the Pantheon ; Banti, who bequeathed
her larynx to the municipality of Bologna, in which city it
is devoutly cherished in a glass case ; Billington, " the
Wonder ;" Braham,who came in with the century and sur-
prised a generation unaccustome d to English voices; and then
Catalani, who for a while suppressed all rivalry, queened
it in the domain of songstresses, delighted all hearers, in-'
sisted upon half the gross receipts of the Opera House,
and netted £20,000 in six months. With even that ex-
orbitant burden upon it, the Opera House flourished for
the season. In other countries, he it remembered, it is
Almost universally subsidised ; with us it is among the
most riAEY of PriTate enterprises," A