The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-22 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

OSBORNE, Dec. 21.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
rode in the grounds yesterday afternoon ; and her
Majesty walked and rode this morning, attended by
the Dowager Duchess of Athole.

Prince and Princess Christian drove out yester-
day afternoon ; and Princess Louise walked in the
grounds, attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish.

Prince Leopold walked in the grounds this morn-
ing, attended by Mr. Legg ; and Prince henry of
Prussia went out also, attended by Captain von
Schroet ter.

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Colonel Stephenson, C. 8., leaves town to-day to
join tho party visiting the Earl and Countess of Leicester
during Christmas.

Major and Mrs. Elwon and family have arrived
at the South Kensington Hotel, Queen's-gate-terrace, from
Skutterskelfe, Yorkshire.

Major and Mrs. Vaughan have arrived at the
South Kensington Hotel, Queen's-gate-terrace, South
Kensington.

Monsieur de Marnyhae has left Cataldi's Hotel
for Paris.

His Royal Ilighness the Duke of Edinburgh re-
turned to Sandringham House last evening.
The Earl and Countess Cowley have arrivel in
England from Paris. They are expected to remain for six
weeks.

The Earl of Clonmell has arrived in London,
and will leave town to-morrow for Bishop's Court, county
Kildare.

Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt will leave
town to-day for Holkharn Hall, Norfolk.

We are informed that Lord Hylton is about to
marry the Dowager Lady Ilchester.

Lady Gaspard Le Marchant and the Misses Lo
Merchant have arrived at the St. James's Hotel, front
Madras.

Mr. and Lady Violet Greville-Nugent have left
town for the winter on a series of visits.

DEATH OF LORD ST. LEONARDS.

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DUBLIN, Friday Evening.
Ldrd St. Leonards died at his seat at Boylefarm
on Thursday night, after a few days' illness. He
was iu his 86th year.

Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Baron St. Leo-
nards, ex-Lord Chancellor, the son of a Westmin-
ster tradesman, was born in the year 1781, and was
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1807. A year
after donning the gown, Mr. Sugden brought himself
into notice by his treatise on " Powers," which atone°
arrested the attention of the profession, and his
since been considerably enlarged. He soon ob-
tained an immense practice at the Chancery Bar ;
and in 1822 became a King's Counsel, and a
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. While rursuing his
political career as member for Weymouth, Melcombe
Regis, and St. Mawes, Mr. Sugden took a promi-
nent part in parliamentary discussions, and was
foremost amongst those who opposed the Reform
Bill. Meanwhile, in June 1829, when the Duke of
Wellington held the reins of government, he had
been appointed Solicitor-General, besides being
created a Knight Bachelor ; and in 1835, when Sir
R. Peel formed a ministry, Sir Edward Sugden
went to Ireland as Lord Chancellor. He, of course,
resigned that judicial office on the fall of the Cabi-
ne, and in 1837 was returned to the House of Com-
mons as member for Ripon. On the formation of
the Peel Ministry, in September 1841, Sir Edward
Sugden resuned his former position as Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland, in which he continued until the
disruption of the Conservative party in 1146. Sir
Edward Sugden now disappeared for a while from
the arena of public affairs ; but in 1851, when the
Ministerial crisis had heralded the advent of the
Conservatives to power, he made his appearance at
the grand banquet at the Merchant Taylor's Hall ;
and in 1852, when the Derby Cabinet was con-
structed, its supporters announced with pride that he
accepted the post of Lord Chancellor. It was in-
deed deemed no slight advantage that a party
assuming office, with little to recommend it to public
favour but the high spirit and unrivalled eloquence of
its chief, should place upon the woolsack the most
learned and profound of living lawyers ; and having
been raised to the peerage, with the title of Baron
St. Leonard's, he applied himself to the reform of
the law, with a vigour and energy which more than
realised public expectation. The Government were
proud, as they well might be, of his achievements ;
and when Parliament was dissolved they took care
to sing his praises. On the resignation of Lord Derby
and his colleagues, the Coalition Ministry were
anxious that Lord St., Leonard's should retain the
Great Seal. He declined the responsibility under
the peculiar circumstances ; but he has since taken
an active and influential part in the business of Par-
liament, and has exerted himself with diligence to
keep up the character and efficiency of the House of
Lords as a judicial tribunal. Besides his celebrated
treatise on " Powers," Lord St. Leonard's was the
author of " The Laws of Vendors and Purchasers of
Estates," " Letters to a Young Man of Property"
a pamphlet against the registration of deeds, and
other essays on legal subjects.

m
.i. HE LIVERPOOL SHIPBUILDERS AND THEIR MEN*
—During the last few days the riveters at several of
the Liverpool shipbuilding yards have been on strike,
owing to a dispute on the question of wages between the
masters and mon. The strike also extends to Messrs.
Jack and Co.'s foundry, and some other similar establish-
ments connected with the manufacture of marine boilers
and engines. It appears that the employers wish to redues
the wages of the men from 30s. to 28s. per week, on the
ground that they aro now paying a much higher rate of
wages than is given at other shipbuilding ports, which ea"
poses them to an unfair competition. This proposed redue"
tion the men are resisting, and hence the present strike,
by which about 1,500 men are thrown out of employment'
It is thought that the men have taken an unwise step,
under the circumstances of the depression which at pre-
sent exists in the shipbuilding trade of the port. it i°
said that an effort is about to be made on behalf of the
masters to assimilate the wages of the men engaged in
shipbuilding at Liverpool to those of other ports. TileY,,
complain that whilst at Liverpool they have the best
facilities for carrying on their business, as far as material
is concerned, they are paying a much higher rate of wages
than the builders on the Clyde or any other port in tl-1°
country, with the exception of London, where shipbuild-
ing has been so much affected by the very high rate 01
wages.

EFFECTS OF THE FORBES MACKENZIE ACT.
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Forbes Mackenzie managed to shut up public-houses on
Sunday, but he could not change the appetite hieb
prompted people to frequent them, and, the demand for
liquorremaining, certain enterprising individuals forthwith
availed themselves of that tacit permission to keep open
shop at forbidden times which attaches to the trade of
druggist to supply the public craving. As long as till
confined themselves to selling whisky scented with
camphor and tinted with burnt sugar little harm 105
done ; but lately— as may have been observed from th°,
police reports—a liquid known as " finish," a compound
of mythelated spirits and French polish extensivell
used by furniture polishers, has, from its superior
cheapness and strength, come into vogue, and its effects
upon its victims aro so dangerously maddening that tho
police have taken the matter in hand with the vie" f
suppressing the traffic. Lately these low "druggists" hal°,
in addition to their usual surreptitious Sunday dram trade,:
been doing an enormous business in " cholera mixtures,
the panacea being of course the whisky. The police anth°:
rities, determined to make a beginning on one of the most
notorious of these druggist-shebeeners, and in order to Pro-
cure evidence against him, sent a detective in plain clothes,
to his shop on Sunday, with directions to ask for a dose °L
cholera-mixture. The druggist was no fool, however ; ondi
previous to handing his treacherous customer the usual
dose, he quietly dropped into his glass a few drops °f
,
croton oil. The detective tossed it off and very soon folio'
to his cost that it was a cholera mixture with a vengoneed.
The story was not long in spreading through the force, all
we are assured that it is not easy now to find men readY to
venture on liquor-drinking in plain clothes in sbebeens
a means of obtaining evidence. Before the adventure
of
our friend with the cholera mixture, evidence derived frog'
taste was in high favour in the force, possibly because de
gustibus non est disputanclum.—North British Daily
DEATH OF THE JUDGE OF THE DERBYSIIIIIS
COUNTY COURTS.—The death is announced of Mr. WI;
Elmsley, Judge of the County Courts of Derbyshire, which
took place on Thursday evening. The deceased was seized
with paralysis on Wednesday week, but from the first it
was found to be a hopeless case, and he died as abovo,
stated. Ho was sixty-eight years of age. The appolnt
moat is in the handy of tho Lord Chancellor. Mr. iluisiat
barrister, Midland circuit, is acting as judge prolto.