The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

MR, MILL AND THE WESTMINSTER t rHE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS OF
ELECTION. I WALES.

M. Rs ciillros has an article in the Revue des Deux
Mondes on the English elections, and publishes a letter
from Mr. Mill, in which that gentleman mentions the causes
of his defeat. He ascribes that event to three circumstances:
1. The greater skill of his opponents, which was only to
be expected, since the operations of a business man in his
own interests tire likely to be better arranged than those of
a committee ors.amateurs. 2. The large amount of money
at the disposal the Conservatives, while the Liberals
were compelled. to maintain the most rigid eoDnomy.
3. The hostility 'of the vestrymen and other local nota-
bilities who were displeased by his attempt to reform the
municipal government of the metropolis. Mr. Mill adds
that he has little cause to lament his defeat, seeing the
success of the Liberal party generally. Moreover, it is
more to his taste to exercise his influence as a writer than
as a member-of Parliament.

RETIREMENT OF THE LORD CHAAOELLOR

OF IRELAND.

At the conclusion of business in the Chancery Court,
Dublin, on Thursday, the Attorney-General (the Right
Hon. J. T. Ball), who was also the senior Queen's
Counsel in court, rose and addressed his lordship
as follows :—"My lord, we are informed that it is not
your intention to sit again in court. I therefore, on
behalf of my brethren of the bar, and at their
request, take this opportunity to acknowledge the
courtesy and kindness which we have all, on every
occasion, experienced from your lordship. We desire
also to express our respect and admiration for the un-
wearied attention and great learning and capacity
that have characterised the discharge of the duties of your
high office. Your elevation to that office, after a life of pre-
eminent professional distinction, the bar saw with the
greatest gratification, and your retirement, consequent upon
the political changes that have occurred, they now follow
with the warmest wishes for your happiness and welfare."
The Lord Chancellor, who appearedmuch affected, replied :
" Gentlemen, I cannot without emotion bid yot farewell.
From the earliest—l may say from the day upon which I
was admitted a member of the bar—to the present hour,
I have received nothing but kindness from the profession.
When a junior I received encouragement and assistance
from the eminent men who then led and adorned the bar.
When I myself rose to be a leader I found from the indus-
try and reading of my younger brethren such assistance as
made my labours easy. Since I attained my present office
I have experienced the same assistance. All this kindness
I have always felt, I feel still. Gentlemen, farewell, fare-
well." The bar then all rose from their seats, and his lord-
ship retired.

A copy of the petition against Mr. Malcolm,
!or Boston, has been posted t ) his Jamaica address. Notice
A the petition has also been given to one of his relatives.

Sir William Snagg has been appointed Chief
Justice of British Guiana ; Mr. S. S. Bell, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope ; and
Mr. C. T. Smith, a puisne judge in the same court.
We understand that Lord de Tabley will under-
take the office of Controller of the Household, and that
the Earl of Carysfort, Lord Camoys, and Lord Methuen
will be Lords in Waiting ; Lord Torrington also remains
in his old position at her Majesty's Court.

The Leicester Journal of Friday states that a
petition has been presented against the return of Lord
John Manners and Mr. Clow es for North Leicestershire.
The petition makes the usual allegations. It does not
appear that it claims the seat for Mr. Frewen, but the
Leicester paper has no hesitation in crediting that gentle-
man with its authorship. Mr. Frewen petitioned un-
successfuly against Lord John Manners and Mr. Hartopp
in 1859.

THE ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE DUNFERMLINE

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POWDER MAGAZINE.—The authorities have been and still
are exerting themselves, and using all the efforts they
possibly can, to find out the miscreants who attempted to
blow up the powder magazine one night last week, but
unfortunately as yet without success. We understand
that several parties have been examined with regard to the
affair. There is a strong feeling in the town that some-
thing should be done to render the powder magazine more
secure.—Edinburgh Daily Review.

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
—A petition in favour of legislative action on this ques-
tion in England is being circulated among the members of
the Local House of Assembly here. The petition is sent
out by the secretary of an association formed in England
to assist in annulling the enactments that make it illegal
there. The petition yesterday had the signatures of fifty-
six out of the seventy members of the Legislature,
whose approval had up to that time been asked for, and
of nearly all the members of the City Council.—Toronto
Globe, Dee. 2.

The Rev. John James, D.P., canon of Peter-
borough, died on the 15th instant in the 86th year of his
ago. He studied at St. John's College, Oxford, was ordained
deacon in 1806, and priest in the year following. He be-
came canon of Peterborough Cathedral in 1829, and rector
of Peakirk with ;Glinton in 1850. He was formerly vicar
of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough. His works were—
" James on the Collects," "Christian Watchfulness," "Com-
mentary on Sunday Lessons," "Practical Commentary on
the Ordination Services," and " The Christian Disciple.'
The canonry is worth £5OO with residence, and the rectory
£635 and house.

THE VACANT LORD JUSTICE SHIP. —We understand
that Lord Hatherley, on behalf of the new Government,
has addressed a letter to Lord Cairns, pressing him strongly
to accept the vacant Lord Justiceship of Appeal in
Chancery, and representing that such an arrangement need
not in the slightest degree interfere with Lord Cairns's
presumable hostility, in the House of Lords, to the policy
of the Government. We are, of course, unable to offer
the slightest conjecture as to the event. It would, of
course, be very desirable to have Lord Cairns again upon
the bench in the equity courts. In the event of his declin-
ing to return to the Lord Justices' court, the vacant seat
would probably be filled by Vice-Chancellor Giffard.—
Solicitor's Journal.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of Lady Dar-
ling, relict of General Sir Ralph Darling, G.C.H., has
just been proved in the London Court ; also that of Mr.
Richard Sommers Gard, formerly M.P. for Exeter,
deputy-lieutenant for Devon, and high sheriff in 1852,

which was sworn under £90,000 ; and that of Mr. William
Gerald Walmesley, under £70,000. The will of the Rev.
Sir Nicholas Chinnery, M.A., was proved in Ireland,
under £120,000 personalty. Sir Nicholas had bequeathed
the whole of his property to his daughter and only child,
who perished with him in the dreadful railway accident at
Abergele, and stipulated that should her children not live
to attain vested interests in the property, the same should
be divided among certain religious societies.—lllustrated
London .Yews.

A case of great moment to hotel keepers was
heard in the Liverpool police court on Thursday. The
landlady of the Royal Hotel, Moorfields, had sub-lct
the tap-room, and by locking a door disestab-
lished open communication between the two de-
partments of the building. The occupier of the tap
meanwhile carried on business under cover of the
license granted to the hotel. The excise authorities con-
sidered this an infringement of the law, as the tap
business had been completely separated from that of
the hotel and required a separate license. They there-
fore summoned the occupier of the tap for selling without
a license ; and as it was shown that the defendant acted in
all respects as an ordinary publican, even ordering spirits
in his own name and on his own Recount, the magistrates
(who gave the case very close attention) imposed the miti-
gated penalty of £l2 108.
THE SPIRIT TRADE. -The value of spirits im-
ported into the United Kingdom last year was £2,259,081.
-viz., brandy, £1,376,360 ; Geneva, £27,387 ; rum,
£692,366 ; spirits not sweetened, unenumerated, £94,830 ;
sweetened and perfumed of all kinds, £68,138. In 1863 the
total quantity imported amounted in value to £1,828,826,
shewing an increase in the five years of £430,255. Of the ,
value of rum imported last year, £334,535 was received from
the British West India Islands ; £255,072 from British
Guiana ; £63,470 from Cuba, and £20,659 from the
Mauritius. Of the value of brandy imported, £1,365,612
was received from France. Of the value of Geneva,
£26,102 was received from Holland. Of the value of spirits
not sweetened and unenumerated, £76,438 was received
from Hamburg. Of the value of £27,898 received for per-
fumed spirits, including Cologne water, £14,365 was im-
ported from Holland and £8,967 from France. Of the value
of £40,240 received for spirits unenumerated, including
shrub, £16,021 was imported from Hamburg, £7,406 from
Holland, and 26,726 from France. The gross amount of
duty received last year on the total imports of spirits was
£4,297,352- viz., on rum, £2,192,620 ; brandy, £1,659,694;
Geneva, £66,895 ; perfumed spirits, £12,231 ; and on spirits
unenumerated, £365,912. The value of spirits imported
in each.of the years 1863 and 1867 respectively was-
from France, £1,095,885 and £1,365,612 ; Holland,
£18,216 and £26,102 ; British West India Islands, £251,999
and £334,535 ; British Guiana, £257,507 and £255,072 ;
Mauritius, £21,004 and £20,659 ; Cuba and Porto Rico,
£28,198 and £65,846 ; unsweetened spirits, Hanse Towns,
£27,074 and £76,818 ; sweetened spirits, £15,951 and
£16,349. The exports of British spirits from the United
Kingdom last year amounted in value to £162,452, against
£454,328 in 1863. The exports of spirits of foreign and
colonial produce in 1863 and 1867 respectively amounted
1t9.074.0.15.1414 A 491,10.

The correspondent of the Post, writing from Copen-
hagen on Dec. 13, says : " Since I last wrote the Royal
Family have been twice in this city, their time otherwise
having been chiefly passed at Fredensborg and in sporting
excursions in that neighbourhood. In this country fox-
hunting is unknown, and when an Englishman is told that
a fox has been shot, it is observed that he always
receives the information with a peculiar smile, though
when they are in this country most Englishmen in this
respect do as the Danes do. The last shooting excur-
sion
made by the royal party was to a beautiful place
called Hornsbeck Hegn, near the Sound, with the Swedish
coast in the background. The distance is about ten miles
from Fredensborg, and the royal sportsmen, as usual, went
thither in cars belonging to the farmers, in each of which
two occupied the seats. They arrived at the spot selected
for the sport about nine o'clock in the morning, and
the King and the Prince of Wales, who both ap-
peared greatly to enjoy themselves, respectively
killed six and seven head of game, each having
bagged a brace of foxes. After this experience
of Danish sport, all returned to Fredensborg,
where there was a grand dinner at six o'clock, at which
about sixty were assembled, and the Danes were quite
delighted when the Prince of Wales proposed the health
of his brother sportsmen in the Danish language, which
his Royal Highness speaks with fluency and perfec-
tion. The Princess, who wore a most becoming
dress of pink silk, covered with lace, and with a head-
dress of diamonds, looked beautiful. Her Royal High-
ness joined gracefully in the dance in the evening.
The two eldest children appeared in the dining-
' room at the dessert, and they looked very interesting as
they ran about the room in their red velvet jackets.
Four young ladies, formerly friends and companions of
the Princess, have been invited to Fredensborg to spend
a few days with her Royal Highness, and this proof of
kindness is highly and justly appreciated here. Some
days ago the royal family arrived in this city, when
Count Frijs-Frijsemborg, the Prime Minister, gave a
grand dinner to the Prince of Wales and other distinguish d
guests. There were no ladies present, the invitations
having been confined to gentlemen. The King, Queen,
and the Princess of Wales spent the day with the Queen
Dowager, but the Crown Prince accompanied the Prince
of Wales to the Premier's banquet. At seven o'clock the
King, Queen, and Princess of \Vales made their appear.
ance at the Theatre Royal, where a splendid Danish
mythological ballet, composed by our celebrated August
Bournouville, was performed. As soon as the Princess was
recognised in the royal box her Royal Highness was greeted
with the most enthusiastic cheers, it being the first time dur-
ing the present visit that she had appeared in public. The
Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince joined the royal
party about eight o'clock, and at the close of the per-
formance a gentleman in the pit called for a cheer for the
Royal Family and for the Prince and Princess of
Wales, when the overflowing house shook with the uni-
versal response. The cheering was taken up by the
multitude in the square outside, and the royal car-
riages drove off amidst the most thundering huzzahs,
The Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince intend
to leave in a couple of days for Sweden, on a visit to the
King, and they have also been invited to a bear-hunt at
the estate of Mr. Oscar Dickson, a rich merchant in
Gothenburg, who was with the Prince of Wales at Aber-
geldie in August last, and who has also been one of the
guests at Fredensborg during the royal visit. It is feared,
however, that the weather is not favourable for the
intended sport, as, if there is not soon a fall of snow, of
which there is at present no appearance, it will be impos-
sible to track the bears, and in that case the hunting of
them may be attended with danger. It is expected that
the Court will shortly remove from Fredensborg to
Copenhagen, to which the people look forward with
p'easure, as they will then have more frequent opportu-
nities of seeing her who is still designated by all here as
their beloved Princess Alexandra.'"