The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :--
“A strong barometrical pressure extends from
Cherbourg to Stockholm. The wind is for the most
part feeble on the western coasts of Europe ; it is
veering towards south and south-east, especially in
the British Isles. In France it is from between
north and east, and blows fre,hly from the north-
east at Antibes. On the coasts of Italy the wind
is gentle for the most part, but strong from the
east at Naples. A storm is passing over Norway,
where the barometer marks 762 mm. at Christian-
sund, and 769 at Skudesnoer. The wind is strong
in both these places."—ln Paris yesterday the
weather was dry and suitable for walking exercise.
At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked
7.0 Centigrade (44k Fahrenheit).

BOURSE, Nov. 30.—Two o'clock.—The monthly
reponse des primes (option) is taking place in a much
firmer market. Most Securities have obtained an
advance. The following are some of the rates fixed
for the reponse—French Threes at 69f. 60c., Italian
Fives 55f. 70c., Credit Mobilier 597 f. 50c., Lyons
896 f. 25e., Orleans 877 f. 50c., Austrian 4u5f.,
Lombard 397 f. 50c. Quotations are generally
higher now that this operation is completed. French
Threes gain 10c., being now worth 69f. 65c. ; Credit
Mobilier Shares 2f. 50c., at 600 f. ; Credit Foncier
5f., at 1,375 f. ; whilst Italian Fives lose 5c., at
55f. 80c. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte lf. 25c., at
882 f. 50c. Mexican Securities continue in good de-
mand, the Bonds at 150 f., with an advance of 2f.
50c., and the Old Loan at 23f. A slight advantage
is also obtained on Railway Shares.
Three o'Clock.—Lower quotations have charac-
terised the close, which has taken place as follow :
41 per Cents 97 50 Bank Shares 3620
Do. and month — Italian Loan 55 75
3 per Cents. 69 65 Do. end month 55 7U
Do. end month 69 60 Mexican Loan —
Credit Mobilier 595 Do. Bonds
Do. end month ... 593 75 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier — Home Debt

Do. end month 1372 50 I Deferred -
RALLWLYB.

• For Account.
Orleans
Northern llBl 25
Lyons and Mediterranean 896

Southern 5BO
___

Western

Eastern
Sardinian —
Austrian
Lombard 396 25
North of Spain —
StiragosE a —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman,: 65 --

ACCIDENT TO MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—We much
regret to find that the cause of the change in the Theatre
Royal performances last night from " The Gamester" to
" Louis XI." was the accident to Mrs. Kean on the previous
night. While descending the stops iu the last scene of the
" Merchant of Venice," in which she played Portia, she fell
and sprained her ancle. A messenger was at once de-
spatched by Mr. Joy for Surgeon Eawdon Macnamara.
Prompt and skilful measures were adopted by him, and
there is every reason to hope that Mrs. Kean shall be able
to re-appear early in the ensuing week. Mr. and Mrs.
Kean will commence a short engagement at the Theatre
Royal, Belfast, on Thursday, the 13th December.—Saun-
clersi's News Letter.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
WEEK.—Monday—Royal Institution, at 2, General
Monthly Meeting ; Entomological, at i ; Royal Academy,
at 8, "Anatomy," Mr. Partridge; Architects, at 8. Tues-
day—Horticultural, at 3, General Meeting and Lecture;
Engineers, at 8, " Light Railways," " Communication be-
tween Passengers and Guards on Railways," Mr. Preece.
Wednesday—Literature, at 41, Meeting of Council ; Geo-
logical, at 8, " First Cataract, Upper Egypt," Mr. Hawk-
shaw, " Echinodermata from Sinai," Dr. Duncan, "Drift
of the North of England," Mr. Curry; Society of Arts, at
8, " Trade in Foreign Cattle," Mr. Ins in. Thursday—
Linnean, at 8, " Distema Clavatum, from Sword-fish," Dr.
Cobbold, " Morphology of lialvame," Dr. Masters, " Pau-
ropus, a New Type of Centipedes," Sir J. Lubbock : Che-
mical, at 8, " Synthesis of Formic Acid," Mr. Chapman,
"Alloys of Magnesium," Mr. Parkinson ; Royal, at 8};
Antiquaries, at Bk. Friday—Philological, at 81-, "
Palaeo-
type : Representation of Sounds by Ancient Types," "The
Diphthong 07," Mr. Ellis Botanic,

Mr. Doulton, M.P., and his Political Conduct.

A meeting of Mr. F. Doulton, M.P., and some of
his principal supporters took place last evening at
the Horns, Kennington. The gathering was con-
vened by private circular, and about 100 persons
accepted the invitation.
Among those present were Messrs. Alderson, J.
D. Doulton,Triphook, Morgan, Coils, E. Rathbone,
P. Chester, Watts, Higgs, Penbey, Morris, Jeffree,
Baker, Paddon, Brickbat, Anderson, Stiff, Miller,
Snell, Caßingham, and Funnel

Mr. Do ULTON said he trusted none of those pre-
sent would consider him wanting in respect for their
past kindness in not having previously called them
together. If he had thought it desirable they should
meet, or that he should have called the usual public
meeting earlier than customary, he would have done
so. But no intimation having been given him that
the course he took with regard to the reform ques-
tion was impolitic, it therefcre did not appear to
him to be necessary. He did not disguise the fact
that he could not henceforth look on some of his
supporters whom, prior to last session, he could num-
ber in that category, and if asked why he did not
comply with a request passed at a meeting held at
the Horns some time back, he would state that he
did not believe that meeting was a fair representa-
tion of the body of the electors, and if he had com-
plied with its request he would then have acted most
ungenerously to those who had supported him. He
was grossly insulted at that meeting. He would be
wanting in self respect to take nof ice of it. It had
there been said that he did not answer letters ; but
he had answered all except five or six, and when
he had his public meeting be would read those
letters. They were curiosities. Some threatened
him with death in 24 hours if the bill did not pass,
and others were most insulting. He appealed from
that meeting to the electoral body at large, and was
quite prepared to leave the little dispute to be settled
by that body. Some of those present might consider
his action impolitic ; but he asked to be credited
with honesty of intention ; he could conscientiously
say he was not swayed by any of the motives at-
tributed to him, and the vote he gave was a con-
scientious vote. What possible motive could
he have had in voting against what he believed to be
right ? It might possibly have been his political in-
terest to vote with it. He would ask them to look
at the provisions of the bill, and the vote he gave in
reference to it. Some believed that he had always
voted in opposition to it, and that he had sold him-
self, body and soul, to the other party. From the
first moment the bill was discussed every Liberal
was expected to swallow the bill, the whole bill, and
nothing but the bill. He never regarded the quarter
whence a good bill proceeded. Whether the source
was Liberal or Conservative, he supported it. The
first vote was on Lord Grosvenor's motion as to the
redistribution of political power. When he saw the
bill proposed without any provisions of that nature,
he felt it was not a bill that could be supported for
any considerable time, as indeed nearly every other
Liberal member did. Mr. Bright had impressed on
his followers, " Repudiate every bill, whatever its
provisions may be, unless it contains not only an
extension of franchise, but also a redistribution of
political power." This Reform Bill did not touch
that at all, and after that vote Government adopted
that principle. The next amendment was that of
Sirß.Knightley on the Bribery Clause. He felt the
necessity of this, and he had always placed on his
addresses to his constituents the absolute necessity
that existed for some such provision. He certainly
did not vote against reform because he objected to
it, but because he objected to the Bill which pro-
posed to accomplish that object. The next vote
was on a motion by Lord Stanley. It was an ob-
structive motion, and therefore he voted with the
Government. The next was one moved by Mr.
Walpole, who proposed that the county franchise
should be increased to £2O. He again voted
with the Government, because he believed £l4
was better. The next vote was on rating as against
rental. He voted in favour of Lord Dunkelliu's
clause that it should be a rating instead of rental.
Very great difference of opinion prevailed among
Reformers on this question. The bill at that mo-
ment appeared a most mischievous bill. They had
then the Redistribution Bill. A precious bill that
was. He could talk to them an hour of the absurd
things that bill would have led to. They proposed
to group constituencies. In many cases there were
three boroughs which return five members to the
House. The bill proposed to group them together.
He did not object to that, but the absurdities of the
bill. Government evidently were not prepared to
produce a Redistribution Bill, and the whole thing
was immature and hastily drawn up. No two mem-
bers of the house, unless they belonged to the Go-
vernment, agreed on the statistics. Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Bright notably contradicted one another.
Mr. Gladstone said the franchise would place the
working class in the majority of the constituency.
He ventured to think that was not desirable. Mr.
Stuart Mill, now so greatly lauded, said, " no lover
of improvement could desire that the predominat-
ing power should be turned over to persons in the
mental condition of the working classes." The ob-
ject of the bill was to admit the really intelligent of
the working classes. It did not do it. It would have
enfranchised hundreds and thousands in various
parts of the country who were unfitted to occupy
the position, while it excluded many of the intelli-
gent citizens of Lambeth. He was prepared to
oppose any bill which extended the franchise indis-
criminately. The rule which applied to one borough
did not apply to another. Household suffrage for
Lambeth would do nothing. Taking Preston, with
15,050 house's, the electors were 2,562. If every
householder had a vote, 12,000 voters would be
added, all occupying houses of less than £lO value.
Here in Lambeth household suffrage would not
touch the inhabitants. The Adullauntes were not
the only Liberal members who opposed the Reform
Bill. The majority of the Liberal members rejoiced
at its rejection as much as the Conservatives.
He did not anticipate that state of things which
had arisen since, the abuse to which he had been
subject, or the misrepresentation of his motives, but
if he had he would have done the same. (Cheers.)
He did not suppose his future path would be an easy
one, but he was prepared for opponents. If he had
voted in favour of the bill there would have been
opposition. He did not wish to place himself in
opposition, but so long as he had the support of his
friends he would most certainly endeavour to retain
his position. Ho would meet his constituents in a
week or two. It was the fashion to decry those who
had not supported the bill and its every provision
as violent enemies to the working classes. He had
been curious to see how this would apply to the
apostles of the Liberal cause. The men most lauded
now were Mr. J. S. Mill, Mr. J. Bright, and Mr.
Gladstone, while the two papers most praised were
the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Star. Mr.
Mill once spoke of the working man —" The only
objection to which any great importance will be
found to be attached under the present condition is
the unprepared state of mankind in general, the
working classes in particular, their extreme unfit-
ness—(imagine Mr. Lowe saying that, or himself)
—their extreme unfitness at present for any order
of things which would make any considerable de-
mand on either their knowledge or virtue." (Laugh-
ter.) Recently he had said he considered that every
person claiming the suffrage should be able to read,
write, and cipher. For his (Mr. Doulton's) part, he
considered universal teaching must precede univer-
sal enfratichiument. The Meriting ,star, he believed,
uttered some sentiment like this :—" That the
working classes (were more susceptible and more
likely to be bribed than the upper classes." Mr.
Lowe said nothing more• (Hear, hear.) The Tele-
graph spoke of working men as a body that fuddled
their brains with drink, and prevented themselves
from exercising the franchise ; yet those men who
voted against the Bill, and were charged with
speaking uncharitable things against the working
classes, uttered sentences with nothing like such
sweeping effect. Mr. Gladstone enunciated very
much the same sentiment as Mr. Lowe, only he
clothed it in neater language, when he said that in
" descending from £l4 to £lO we were getting a
class of voters less independent than those above
them. The lower we went the more likely were we
to get among those influenced by bribery." He had
to thank them personally for their attendance that

night, and hoped to see them present at the meet-
ing. No doubt large numbers of his constituents
would come, and great efforts be made to get a
preponderance of those who would not bo con-
vinced, and not even inclined to hear. (Cheers.)
Mr. COLLS (builder, of Camberwell) stated that
personally he felt the bill should have been accepted
to prevent a worse one. He was in favour of a
large extension of the franchise, but the disposi-
tion of the working classes to tyranise over their
fellows had caused him to greatly modify his opi-
nion. If the bill was one with any very large ex-
tension of the franchise, the whole power would
be transferred into the hands of working men, and
the country be neither better, wiser, nor more
prosperous.

Mr. W. 11. MILLER then moved the following

" That this meeting desires to record its unabated
confidence in Mr. Moulton as one of the represen-
tatives of the borough of Lambeth, and to express
its hope that he will, undeterred by the abuse and
misrepresentations of a small portion of the press,
continue the same honest and independent course
which has hitherto marked his political career."
Mr. NORRIS seconded the motion, which was sup-
ported by Mr. Snell, Mr. Colls, and other gentle-
men, and unanimously adopted.
Mr. DOULTON having briefly acknowledged the
expression of confidence in him, the proceedings
were brought to a close.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess Christian and Prin-
cess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

In the pleasant spectacle of a house crowded every
night, so densely that at the rising of the curtain
there is not a vacant seat in any part of the build-
ing, Mr. Chatterton may find a proof, at once the
most gratifying and the most conclusive, of the
favour with which the public regard his mode Of
managing Drury-lane Theatre. Last evening 44 The
Hunchback," the best of Mr. Sheridan Knowles's
dramas, attracted an immense audience, who enjoyed
the play exceedingly, and were especially gratified
by Miss Helen Faucit's expressive acting in the
character of Julia. Mrs. Hermann Vezin played
Helen with great spirit ; Mr. Walter Montgomery
was very effective as Sir Thomas Clifford ; and Mr.
Swinbourne gave a satisfactory impersonation of
Master Walter. The remarkable beauty and costli-
ness of the dresses gives an attractive air of bril-
liancy and elegance to the whole representation.

LATEST LEGAL NEWS.

(From the Law Times of to-day.)

THE NEW LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OP THE C0M3101,1

PLEAS.

Sir William Bovill dined at the hall of the Middle
Temple on Monday, for the last time as a bencher,
and on entering and departing was received with a
volley of cheers from the assembled members of the
Inn, which he will quit for Sergeants' Inn. But
doubtless he will often honour the old hall with his
presence on grand days. The Middle Temple maY
well be proud of its children. It counts among its
members Lord Westbury, the present Chancellor,
the Lord Chief Justice of England, the last and pre-
sent Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the late
Chief Baron, several of the puisne Judges, and the
new Solicitor-General.