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Mn.
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Nngsco-E-43;n,serzn'eaisa
Historic
the Constitutional Bearings of the rEicleicntilvll4sl;ll`rianntj9-
chise will form a handy text-book for the leaders of
the Reform movement. A great authority re-
marked in reference to the "inquiry"—the pamphlet
would be of great value if people would read it.
What people read is well kncwn to librarians. The
mass seek amusement, not instruction, and the fact
that a book is instructive is in itself sufficient to
enlist a very general prejudice against it. But though
the-mass will not read this Historic Inquiry, the
leaders of the Reform movement should make them-
selves well acquainted with its facts. If Mr.
ANSTEY'S facts are untrue and law bad, this would
soon be shown. If not, the facts he has brought out
and it is more particularly the business of the Re-
form League to take care that the knowledge should
be spread. In every country whose Government is
based on a constitution there is a perpetual struggle
for power. This may be true in a measure of countries
diustterithraibeealsre
Tfis d
ned teoobpl
under absolute rulers, but the struggle is more con-
p
Ptialerliaymicetnimtst:
rights. It matters not whether the contest be on
the part of a King to make himself absolute, or a
Wars of the Roses ended in the exhaustion of Eng-
land and the absolute rule of the Tudors. Th.e
people recovered their liberties only after another
frightful contest. No sooner did the Commons
attain to the chief power in the realm, after the
Revolution in 1688, than their career became
marked by a series of usurpations, till they at last
succeeded in absorbing to themselves the rights and
privileges of the mass of the nation. While con-
tending for the liberties of the.people the Commons
were the champions of freedom. When that con-
est e nded in their own triumph, they became the
opponents of freedom and the champions of their
own privileges. From the date of their advent to
supreme. The
thatsylyi gthgheueguard
principles.
u 111 be
power the struggle has been between them and the
e
f
people. The idea that Parliament could act ' individuals,daemyluyaarkkie elenyiallotis'
nnetdil amongtne
hysouet the British people,
ille-
gally is not generally entertained in England.
They are supposed to be the representatives of the
people, and what they resolve is presumed to be
law. Yet it was by a series of most illegal resolu-
tions that they succeeded in centreing in themselves
and the classes they represented the chief power of
this realm. It is a singular fact that we owe to the
unlawful ambition of Parliament the loss of the
American colonies. By the Constitution it is clear
that taxes cannot legally be levied by the Commons
on any portion of the empire unrepresented in that
body. Yet in spite of the law the Commons in-
sisted on taxing that part of the empire now known
as the United States. It is an error to suppose that
the KING was mainly in fault. The KING had
legally the power of submitting by a Royal Message
a scheme to the Colonial Legislatures for raising
supplies for his service—a right recognised by the
colonies, who were willing thus to make liberal pro-
vision for his MAJESTY. But the Commons refused
to be so restricted, and persisted in levying taxes
through votes of their own house. Unfortunately
for himself, GEORGE 111. abetted them in this illegal
proceeding. The result is instructive. The Com-
mons began by setting aside the law of this realm
in asserting privileges which did not belong to them.
The illegal act raised an armed opposition. When
fairly committed to the war, the colonies, from
merely resisting an act of tyranny, increased their
demands till they severed the empire, after a
frightful expenditure of blood and treasure.
During the rise of the Commons to the su-
preme power in this kingdom many assertions of
privilege have been made by that House which have
been resisted by the Supreme Courts of Law. More
than once this usurping body have been rebuked by
the highest of our Judges for acts in direct opposi-
tion to the spirit of the Constitution, and fatal to the
liberty of the subject. It is well for this country
that in periods when Englishmen regard with apathy
gross violations of their rights that these rights
should have found champions in such high places,

inlpsalA at
R. GREAT WINDIIILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
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sailor's instinct and the luck of the weather than the effect
of the qualities of the yachts themselves. As to the first
two problems, to wit, the qualities of the yachts and the
probabilities of the tournament, wo do not think it advis-
able to speak at this period. The public are already
pretty well acquainted wiah their respective merits
through their frequent races, and it is by all means better
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wager,
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teaarrn;oidonf-ino the
then
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hhtweehyineci ques-
tion tion whether their owners will sail with them will not be
settled till the vessels start : but we regard this as a matter
of indifference, it being purely a question of convenience
for the gentlemen concerned, and not entering at all into
the merits of the problem under judgment. We can in-
form our readers, however, that the race will be sailed un-
der Club rules, and that its conditions require that a cer-
tain longitude or meridian shall be followed, so as to keep
the competitors, if not within sight of one another, at least
as nearly within the same wind And water as possible, in
order that the result may be, as little as possible, deter-
mined by mere accident. It is thought by many, that even
with these regulations and precautions, such are the capri-
ces of the sea that there will be a week or 10 days' distance
of time between the first and last of the competitors at
Cowes, a calculation, however, in which we are hardly in-
clined to agree, particularly with the example before us of
the late great clipper-ship race from India to Liverpool, in
which the voyages of the two flyers terminated within
three hours of each other.

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
PURNESS and KNEE'S List on applintion.
Panic oars for insertion received until the 27th of the
Month Rt their
Auc nos AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES.
5, Agar-street, Srand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.-A COM-
PETITIVE EXAMINATION of CANDIDATES will
De held by the Civil Service Commissionws on April 9, 1867,
and to:lowing, days. The competition will be open to all
natural-born eubjects of her NI ajeety, who (on the Ist of
March next) shall be over 17 and under 21 years of age, and
ad good heilth and character.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.-EXAMINA-
_ TION of &PHIL, 1887.—Copies of the Regulations
may be had unon application to the Secretary, Civil Service
'orhnilssion, London, S. IV.

SALE OF PROVISIONS, &c., at GOSPORT.
Admiralty, Somerset House, Nov. 27, MI6.
The COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE
of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United Kingdom of
G re at Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
that on TUESDAY, the 4th December next, at 12 o'clock at
I:loon the Captain-Superintendent will put up to SALE in
Aer Majesty's Victualling Yard at Gosport several Lots of

PROVISIONS, (to.,
t:nsisting of Cook's Fat, Suet, Beef, Pork, Biscuit, Biscuit
ust, and other Victualling Stores, Staves and Headings, all
IYlng in the said Yard
arsons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Super-
intendent for note • of admission for that purpose.
CatAlufmes and Conditions of Sale may b! had here and at
the Yard.

The question of most interest, however, which now pre-
vails in connection with this yacht-race has recently
been raised by the application of the owner of L'lliron-
delle, to be admitted into the contest by putting up an
equal stake with the three already in. The only objection
to -the application ix that the-latter yacht is larger than
the others by some 40 or 50 tons, a difference which is
usually thought to give her considerable advantage in or-
dinary coast and harbour sailing, but which we think
would not prevail much, if any, in her favour in the big
offing of the turbulent Atlantic. We should like, there-
fore, to see the lists thrown open, any yacht being ad-
mitted that is willing to put up its stake. The larger the
fleet that thus gallantly vindicates American pluck by
facing the rage of winter on the troubled deep, the more
will it be to the credit of the country, and the more likely
will it be that the yacht squadrons of the other side
I will furnish competitors to accept the friendly wager
of one hundred thousand dollars, which will bo pro-
posed, to try conclusions with us, and make a match
covering the voyage back. We hope, therefore, to hear
that the lists have been thrown open, and that the beauti-
ful L'Hirondelle is entered with the rest.

INDIA OFFICE, 30th Nov' , 1866.
BY ORDER of the-SECRETARY of STATE
for INDIA in COUNCIL.
,NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Director-
General of Stores for India will be ready on or before
~. TIONDAY, the 10th December next, to receive proposals
11:1 writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be -willing
`° supply
LONG CLOTH AND CLOTH SHEETING,
and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had
°,, application at the India Store Office, Cannon-row,
estminster, where the Proposals are to be left any time
before Two o'clock, p.m., of the said 10th day of Decem-
ber, 1866, after which hour no Tender will be received.
GERALD C. TALBOT, Director General.

GUNMAKERS and Others.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from (unmakes and Others for
BREECH-LOADING RIFL'IS, either repeating or not
!ePeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufacture.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

CAISTER, NEAR GREAT YARMOUTH.

The following are the conditions considered essential in
Military non-repeatinL .3.ifLs :
A. WIGT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.

A vessel was observed to strike on the Caister
Shoal, or Inner Barber Sands, yesterday evening
(reports the Rev. G. W. Steward) during a fresh
breeze from S.E. by E. The beachmen went off in
their yawl on the vessel showing large signal lights,
but found they could not reach her with the yawl,
and they therefore returned for the Birmingham
No. 2 lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution,
which was then launched. The vessel, which was
the schooner Coronation, of London, bound to the
north in ballast, was found to be lying fast on the
sand in the midst of the breakers, and from her
position the lifeboat was unable to get nearer than
within 60 or 70 yards, the water being very shallow
on the lee side of the vessel. After great difficulty
the lifeboat effected a communication with the
schooner. Having secured a warp from the vessel
the lifeboatmen directed the crew to get into their
small boat, which was then hauled alongside the
lifeboat, and three men taken out of her into the
latter. These men stated that the master was left
on the vessel, which he refused to leave. The life-
boatmen, however, nobly refused to leave the
schooner without him, and after waiting for up-
wards of two hours the tide flowed, and they were
enabled to get close to the wreck. They then, after
much difficulty, persuaded the master to fasten a
rope round his body, and then throw himself into
the sea on the lee side. He was rescued from his
perilous position, and the lifeboat returned to shore
alto. arltvin« men,. apant nne
o'clock this morning. The schooner has since be-
come a total wreck.

n. LENGTH.
t To b inches, with sort stock, measured from the
(I°Hcw ce T. '5l
the butt-IAL to h
rifazzle.
C. WEIGHT OF r.,IMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service,

D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own •-
bmition.
E SIGHTS.
The foresight must 3 such as to admit of 7a bayonet
fixed according to the prober,_ system.
r. STOCK.
.„Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
'"°"iv a sling to be used.
G. RECOIL.
, Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.
H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
Must be as Hale liable to injuryby long-continued firing,
13°11gla usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
jeeoh-loaders od the Snider system. To be as capable,
`,.,80, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
Fen, and oi being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
°l'M quality._

I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
...Must be ns little liable to injury -)3, rough usage, damp,
exppsure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
conve:ted Enfield rifle aloe as little liable to acci-
dental explosion as the same cartridge, and P... capable of
'manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional.

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;114fra wonla Lava _lad tham_ta infringements of
the liberty of the subject which would have ended
disastrously for themselves. The Reform Act of
1832, in rectifying the gross abuses of the electoral
system, was itself an infringement of the Constitu-
tion. The Constitution recognises no property qua-
lifications, yet that bill established such a qualifica-
tion, and was thus a violation of the rights of the
mass of Englishmen. Even at the time that bill
was passed some of the constituencies elected repre-
sentatives by votes identical with manhood suffrage.
The inequalities removed by that bill had grown
into gross abuses. At. that time the spirit of
the people was thoroughly aroused, and Earl Res-
SELL'S reasons, although not in harmony with the
Constitution, were an absolute necessity. After the
lapse of a third of a century the people are again
roused to action on this subject, and the bill intro-
duced by Mr. GLADSTONE was a further step towards
framingthe electoral system in conformity with the
Constitution of the land. The people would have
accepted that bill as a progressive measure in the
right direction ; but it was unwisely rejected by the
Commons. Its rejection has roused the spirit of the
country, and necessitated the passing of a stilllarger
measure of Reform. Mr. BRIGHT warned the House
of what the result would be. They rejected the
warning, and would now be but too glad if they
could satisfy the people with a measure embodying
no greater concession. It is the tendency of such
agitations to grow in their demands, as if nourished
by the strength of an opposition, and repulse only
embitters the struggle. A working man very justly
pointed out the samples of mismanagement fur-
nished by such concerns as the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, as examples how the persons
who legislate for the nation manage their own
affairs. He maintained that if the test of fitness
were applied that such exposures condemned
our present • legislators. It is very well to
take it for granted that our representatives
would deteriorate if the franchise were con-
siderably extended, but proof is wanting that
such would be the effect. Indeed, known facts
tend to establish the reverse, for the shameful mis-
management of our railways and other joint-stock
undertakings is strong proof of the incompetency
of the class who assume to be alone qualified
to rule this empire. For a long period the Com-
mons succeeded in their illegal infringement of the
Constitution. For some time opinion has turned
against them, and the people are wresting back
their rights. We feel sure the first use they will
make of their power will be to spread education
among the masses, so as to qualify all for the high
privilege of electing their rulers. In the face of an
educated people such usurpations as were effected
in the last century could not again be attempted,
and when Englishmen attain to the full measure of
their rights they may fairly be expected to keep
them intact.

DUNDEE, Nov. 30.

During a strong gale from the S.S.E. (reports
James Hunter, jun., Esq., of the Trinity House)
intelligence reached Broughty Ferry that a vessel
was ashore on the Gaa Sands at the mouth of the
Tay. The lifeboat Mary Hartley, of the National
Lifeboat Institution, was thereupon immediately
launched, manned, and taken in tow by the steamer
Auld Reekie, one of the railway passenger boats
between Broughty Ferry and Tayport, which took
her to the edge. of the bank. After great difficulty,
there being a considerable sea on the Sands, the
lifeboat succeeded in rescuing the crew, numbering
five men, of the stranded vessel, which proved to be
the schooner Tay, of Dundee, bound here from
Blyth, with a cargo of coals. It appeared that the
hazy weather deceived the captain as to his position,
and in attempting to change his course the vessel
missed stays, and went ashore. She is likely to
become a total wreck.
Thecommittee of the Sandringham Estate Cottage
Horticultural Society, of which the Prince and
Princess of Wales are the patrons, have, through
the Rev. Willoughby W. Dickinson, forwarded to
the National Lifeboat Institution £5, being part of
the proceeds of their last show, in aid of the eleven
lifeboat stations of the institution on the Norfolk
coast.

Systematic Embezzlement at the Haymarke
Theatre.

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Thomas Chetwynd, money-taker at the Theatre Royal,.
Haymarket, and James Swift, check-taker, were charged
before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough police court, on Satur-
day last, with embezzling money belonging to their em-
ployer, Mr. Buckstone, the lessee. Chetwynd was further
charged with stealing five copper checks.
Mr. Edward Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Boyle for the prisoners.
Mr. E. Lewis said Mr. Buckstone charged the prisoners
with embezzling the respective sums of 30s. and 255. by a
system of fraud through which there was every reason to
believe that Mr. Buckstone for some time past had been a
serious sufferer. _ _

Mr. Charles Wright, the treasurer of the Haymarket, said
the prisoners had both been employed at the theatre for
some years. It was witness's duty to issue checks to the
money-takers. About 161 checks were daily issued to
Chetwynd, the money-taker at the dress circle. Every ap-
plicant for a seat on payment of the money received one of
the metal checks such as those now produced. From some-
thing which transpired my suspicions were raised, and I
marked the metal tickets and gave them to the prisoner
Chetwynd. In the regular course of business the checks
given by Chetwynd would be handed to Swift, who would
place them in the check-box, and the box would be given
up to me the same evening. When the box was brought
to me by Swift I discovered six checks in the box without
marks. On Saturday, November 29, WeblN 112 C, marked
more checks, and I gave them to Chetwynd. On examin-
ing the box the same evening-, when brought to me by
Swift, I found five checks without any mark on them. I
then gave the prisoners into custody.
Police-constable Webb, 112 C, said on Friday evening
ho was sent for to search ehetwye (witness)
nd,aridh
haefd markedoundfive
checks in his possession, which he
the previous afternoon, and three half-price checks wrapped
in an envelope. Ile also found three full-priced checks
having the mark placed on them the previous Saturday;
three half-price checks, two paper passes, bearing the word
"box" on them; two receipts of the Union Bank of on
do
for £2O and £l3O ; an I 0 U for £lOO, and .£9 15s in
money. Chetwynd, when told the charge, said he did not
steal the checks; they were given to him.
£3
and
id
Police-sergeant Burne, SC, said he took Swiftn aintitnog ctuhse-
a
tody in the green-room at the theatre.ever On
wasstin
such
charge he said, "I am very sorry. linlogdogldinwgs, n
asfound
position position before." When searched,
on him. Ile went with Webb to Swifts
a drawer found five crosses similar to those used in trans-
ferring persons from one part of tho theatre to another, and
seven valuable opera-glasses, which Swift stated had been
left behind in the theatre.
Mr. E. Lewis said on this evidence ho should ask to
have the prisoners fully committed, but brought up again
with the view of bringing forward other charges.
Mr. Knox agreed to remand the prisoners.

We announced about a fortnight ago that a yacht
race
New York to Cowes for the prize of
$
proposed for the 11th December. Mr.
I\lao
,the well-known pilot, whose servicesol t tons,
been9t, tOl
Ifero from
sra ws
secured
to take charge of Fleetwing, 2
from Sandy Hook to Cowes, has received a telegram
,‘ not to come." The Irish pilot, Mr. J. G. Bennett,
residing at Queenstown, engaged
203 tons, has received a simiiarn forle the Henrietta,
ssage.Noex_,
ex-
planations accompany
these
orders,
yachting
had
with
dis-
appointment prevails a
anticipated the racen
which
will
hive great interest. The next
mail, ve the reasons for the change in
arrangements, is anxiously looked for. The Vesta,
201 tons, Mr. Lorillard, was the third vessel entered
for the match, and was to have had an American
pilot.
[ADvEßTlsEmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and pills.—
Fear Not.—Though surrounded by circumstances disad-
vantageous to health, these remedies, if properly applied,
will cut short fevers, influenza, inflammation, diphtheria,
and a host of other complaints always lurking about to
seize on the weak, forlorn, and unwary. The superiority
of Holloway's medicines over others for subduing disease
has been so fully and widely proved that it is only neces-
sary to ask the afflicted to give them a trial, and if the in-
structions folded round them be followed no disa
In
ppoint-
ments will ensue or dangerous consequences result.
hoarseness and ulcerated sore throat the ointment should
frequently be rubbed on the neck and top of the chest—it
will arrest the increasing inflammation, allay disquietude,
and gradually cure.

Stepney Garrett, an enterprising freedman, of
Cherokee county, Alabama, has this year made two
bales of cotton, one of whirili, weighing 589 pounds,
he took to Rome, and sold at 31 cents per pound.