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The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-08

THE ULTIMATUM OF TURKEY.

The aspect of the Eastern question is all in favour of
the Porte for the time being. The warlike preparations
in Roumania have been suspended, at least temporarily,
and the Ministry has been changed. The intrigues of
Prince Charles and his advisers had become a scandal to
the whole of Europe. The Prussian Government,
which was supposed to foster these schemes, un-
reservedly denounced them ; this initiative was
supported by Lord Stanley and other diplomatists;
and, finally, Roumania had to yield to the pressure.
Greece is now the object of European reproof. The Greeks
have long entertained the notion of founding a Hellenic
Empire, and have unceasingly conspired against the Porte
with this object. At last the Sultan has sent his ultimatum.
As Turkey would have taken this course long ago but for
the influence of the Great Powers, the change of policy
indicated by our telegram is most important.
London, England, 1868-12-08

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Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL
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Inland Revenue, Somerset House,
London, October 29, 1868.
London, England, 1868-12-08

THAMES.

STEALING A HORSE AND CART.—Richard Storey,
a carman, was brought up on remand before Mr.
Benson, charged with being concerned with others
in stealing a horse and cart and 24 bags of cochi-
neal, value £5OO, the property of Mr. Walter
Hartley, a licensed and bonded carman, of Lower
Thames-street.

The prisoner was in the service of Mr. Hartley,
and on the 23d of last month he received 24 bags
of cochineal of two persons at their warehouses in
Spitelfields, and ho was to convey the same to
Fresh Wharf. He went out of his ordi-
nary- route to that place, and stopped at a
coffee-shop in Leman-street, Whitechapel, to
partake of tea. While he was in the coffee-
shop his horse and cart were dives away. It was
submitted by Mr. Charles Young, for the prose-
cution, that there was something more than negli-
gence in the conduct of the prisoner, and that the
robbery was committed with his connivance.
After he was informed that the horse and cart
were gone he returned to the coffee-shop and
finished his tea. The horse and cart without the
24 bags of cochineal were found in Stratford,
&sex. It was also urged against the prisoner
that he ought to have given immediate information
of the robbery at the Leman-street station, a few
yards from the coffee-shop, instead of which he
proceeded to Seething-lane station-house, in the
City.

Mr. Hartley said he had offered £25 for the re-
covery of the cochineal and the discovery of the
thieves. The prisoner ought to have driven direct
to Fresh-wharf after he received his load of
cochineal.

Mr. Gomm, for the prisoner, contended there
was not a particle of evidence to sustain a charge
of felony against the prisoner.
Mr. Benson could not say there was anything
more than neglect to be attributed to the prisoner.
He did not think any jury would convict the pri-
soner on the evidence before him. He must take
the prisoner's own recognizance to appear on a fu-
ture day.

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BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
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nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted.
The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in-
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London, England, 1868-12-08

DE.TEOI 0 03_0 IL INSTi.IIMENTP.I

Mr. Allnatt notices the general complaint that
instruments for successful astronomical observations
are too expensive for the devotees of science. The
set comprises (for general use) a barometer, thermo-
meter, hygrometer, rain-gauge, anemometer, and an
ozone cage. For these, when got up with common
care and tolerable finish, and attested, the charge is
enormous. He has in hand at the present
time a project for a combined set of all the required
instruments (except the wind and rain gauge),
mounted on a solid mahogany frame, which shall
exhibit at a glance all the existing physical elemental
conditions. The exact cost he cannot state, but it
will not be much more than the present charge of a
single barometer.

" 'LT 17 In 'a a

TAE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The Washington correspondent of the New York Tima
says that neither the Government nor Mr. Reverdy
Johnson has assumed any different attitude on the
Alabama question. The demands of America remain the
same as those made under Mr. Adams. "No basis of
settlement has been, or will be agreed to, which does not
involve the concession by England that her recognition
of the belligerency of the Southern Confederacy was an
unlawful act, and that she is pecuniarily responsible as a
consequence." How is it, then, that the New York Times
and the other American papers published, and apparently
accepted, the proposition to refer the primary question to
the King of Prussia? And how can there be any arbitra.
Lion when one party is expected to concede all that the
other demands? There is, however, much reason to
believe that the American Government. will not adopt the
extraordinary policy, sketched out by this writer. His
letter appears iu the New York Times of the 19th ult. On

the 25th the same journal reports that the Government is
satisfied with Mr. Johnson's official conduct with regard
to the settlement of the Alabama claims, and is gratified at
Lord Stanley's concession respecting the place at which
the commission shall sit.

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Carlotta Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1868-12-08

THE ICONOCLAST.

That estimable man Mr. Bradlaugh, whose in-
luck cost the women of England so many tears, has
not been satisfied with this tribute, but actually
laid claim to the support of a clergyman of the
Church of England. The Conservative agent
writes to deny this. Tie knew each individual of
the clerical body attached to the Church service in
the town, and could from such general knowledge
and partial acquaintanceship have at once denied
the accuracy of Mr. Bradlaugh's statement, but
for better assurance he referred to the register,
and can therefore state authoritatively that
there is no record of a vote of that kind.
We daresay Mr. Bradlaugh thinl:s a clerical vote
would give a little wholesome leaven to his character
as a blasphemer; but though the clergy have done
some extraordinary things, it was hardly likely that
one should be found with sufficient temerity for
this.
London, England, 1868-12-08

WINDSOR TYRANNY.

Colonel Richardson Gardner's agent writes to the
Telegraph to deny the alleged cases of tyranny in
connection with the recent election. It will be
remembered that several tenants, all of them
Liberals, signed a complaint, which was published
in that paper. The agent states that there have
only been five notices served to quit. The reasons
were : " Two for abusive language, two for non-
payment of rent considerably in arrear, and one
because the house was the one best suited for a work-
ing man's institute, which Colonel Gardner is about
to establish. Neither Isaac Talbot nor William Eden
have paid one shilling rent to Colonel Gardner since
he purchased the houses they live in ; the former
owing a quarter due last Michaelmas, and Eden six-
teen weeks. The request to pay up arrears was a
general one, and not confined to those who voted for
Mr. Eykyn—a step (which all agents will con-
firm) occasionally requisite in large collections
of the kind." The agent adds, in a P.S.,
that Colonel Gardner has never permitted him to
distrain. We must offer our sympathy with the
Colonel upon the unfortunate coincidences in the
case. lie takes harsh measures for the first time
precisely at the period of the election ; all the
tenants thus treated are Liberals, and he turns out
two for what he calls abusive language, but which
was probably only the usual excited election talk.
Could anything be more unfortunate for the reputa-
tion of the Colonel as an impartial landlord ?
London, England, 1868-12-08

TEE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

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Mr. H. A. Bruce has been made Home Secretary, and
Nlr. Coleridge has become Solicitor-General. The former
if these appointments was generally anticipated.. Of the
:atter the Telegraph remarks that the prevalent impres-
sion is erroneous. Mr. Coleridge did not decline the office
Lt first because he was unwilling to be sub to Sir Robert
"It was no disinclination to appear in a
secondary position that rendered Mr. Coleridge unwilling
o become Solicitor-General. He was deterred by purely
?ersonal reasons, which do him no dishonour ; it is out of
regard to the claims of his party that hehas now consented
o fulfil a duty for which he is specially qualified." These
MO appointments were all that could be effected on
Monday. Several more places remain to be filled up.
Df these the Presidency of the Poor-law Board is
issignecl to Mr. Goschen by the Times, Standard,
Telegraph, and Post. The first - named paper
ixpects to see Earl de Grey President of the
:Jouncil, and so does the Post. Lord Hartington
s variously spoken of. The Times believes that
se will find a seat, and will be the first member
if the House of Commors to hold the office of Post-
master-General. The Standard, however, concludes
n favour of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland
that great stumblingblock to Ministers being
riven to the son of the Duke of Devonshire. The Post
;fives Lord Kimberley the Duchy of Lancaster, whilst the
Times assigns him the Privy Seal. Of the appointment of
Mr. Forster as Vice-President of the Council, and of Mr.
stansfeld as Secretary of the Treasury, there seems to be
so doubt. The Post gives the Privy Seal to the Duke of
-Somerset, and the Times speaks of Lord Halifax as likely
:o be Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Post and the
Telegraph agree that Mr. Layard will take the Board of
Works. Sir George Grey has declined office. The Home
secretaryship was offered to him.
Of the lesser places, there is much talk of Captain Vivian
Becoming Under• Secretary for War, and of Mr. W. 11.
Saadstone taking the junior Ministerial post at the Board
if Trade. Mr. Otwa.y and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessenwill find
?laces. For the First Naval Lordship Lord Clarence
Paget's name has come into sudden competition with that
if Sir Sidney Daere's. Mr. Ayrton may have the Under-
-secretaryship for India
London, England, 1868-12-08

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London, England, 1868-12-08

AMERICA.

The Americans have of late been requesting the world,
and especially England, to rejoice with them on account
of their Chinese Treaty, the object of which is confessedly
to monopolise the entire trade of the Celestial Empire.
The Muscovites, at least, do not see it. The Czar means
to prevent this monopoly, and is projecting the stupendous
work of a railway from China, through central Asia, to
the capital of Russia. He has sent two civil engineers to
the United States for the purpose of examining the opera•
tions of the Pacific and other great railroads in America.
We are not informed when the advisers of the Czar expect
to finish this undertaking. The distance from Pekin to
St. Petersburg is one-fourth the circumference of the
globe.

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Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt,
G. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq.
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AN ORANGE PLOT.

The Rev, Philip Haim, whose name the election or
1868 has made somewhat celebrated, has been
accusing the Wigan police of belonging to the Orange
Society. The magistrates examined the police upon
the matter. The chief constable, and twenty-five
members of the force included in the accusation,
were brought before the magistrates. Mr. Haim
refused to give the quarter from whence he obtained
his information, and the police were ques-
tioned. The result was that one of them was found
to be an Orangeman now, and another had
been twenty-five years ago. All the rest denied any
connection with the society. Mr. Rains was not
satisfied, as the constables were not on oath. This
was rather a high-handed tone on Mr. llains's part,
He came forward as the vehicle of an anonymous
slander, and required a denial on oath. The chief
constable offered to accede to this, but the general
feeling was against the reverend gentleman, and he
withdrew his request.
London, England, 1868-12-08

A POWERFUL ELEAMNT.

A contemporary states that although the general
election has excluded several railway directors from
the House of Commons, the losses are nearly balanced
by the election of other members more or less con-
nected with the railway interest. The total number
of directors in the new house is 116. This is
enormous, and anyone who has studied the element
of parliamentary power and tactics will well
understand that any measure attacking the
railway interest as opposed to the interest
of the community at large will have but a small
chance. It would seem as if the fearful loss of human
life and gross mismanagement of shareholders' in-
terests had been forgotten; for, while candidates
have passed through examinations so severe that they
would frighten a candidate for the Civil Service, as
far as we can gather from election reports, these
directors have slipped into the Paradise of the House
of Commons, with their sins entirely forgiven, and
without any promise of repentance.
London, England, 1868-12-08

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1868.

It was the cynical remark of one of the shrewdest
of the world's social philosophers that until a man's
death one should refrain from attempting to estimate
at its just value either his career or his character !
That the critic should remain dumb until the play
was played out and the curtain had descended! The
remark is equally judicious when applied to the career
or character of a First Minister of the Crown with re-
ference to the actual close of his Government. An 3
seeing that Mr. DISRAELI'S tenure of office may be
even now regarded at this present writing as
virtually, or it might rather lie said absolutely
brought already to its conclusion, we may be per-
mitted at length to weigh quite dispassionately in
the balance of our judgment, his career as the head
of an Administration, and his character as First
Lord of the Treasury. Whatever may be thought
of him by his own party, but more especially with
reference to his latest and crowning act as
Leader of the Government, meaning, of course, his
precipitate, unprecedented, and almost, one might
say unconstitutional resignation before the meeting
of the Parliament he himself had summoned into
existence—whatever may be thought of him or of that
last act of his in his capacity as Prime Minister by
the members of his own party, the fact, we
take it, must still remain undeniable even by them
that to him they owe the possession of office (by them
as a party) for nearly three years, and of all that
is iivolved or implied by the duration so long of a
Conservative, or Tory, or Constitutional Govern-
ment. That fact, at any rate, is patent to the ap-
prehension of us all. Viewed from whatever side
it may be, from the side of the Liberals or from the
side of the Conservatives, there it still remains—that
to Mr. DISRAELI indivividuaily the latter owe, that is
the Conservatives, or Tories, or Constitutionalists, or
however else you may call them, ewe the now historical
circumstance, that forso long, for a period of from two
to three years, they have continued in existence as a
Government. During the third and last Premiership
of Lord DERBY, Mr. DISRAELI, as Leader of the House
of Commons, bore the heat and burlen of the fight
quite as much as he has done more recently, and, in
an official sense only, more conspicuously during the
lifetime of h7s own Cabinet. He has done more for
his own party, however, than simply secure to them
the possession of office for three years. He has
afforded them during that interval a very
signal and, as it has happened, a perfectly suffi-
cient oiporttmity for demonstrating their ca-
pacity as able and patriotic administrators.
Besides this be has secured to them as a party the
prestige, he has secured to himself personally the dis-
tinction—and it is a distinction that can never be
London, England, 1868-12-08

A STRANGE RUMOUR.

The Advertiser gives currency to an extraordinary
report. Our contemporary states that it comes
from a 'source which is rarely at fault in its infor-
mation. We cannot believe it, for all that. It is
that Mr. Gladstone is coming to a compromise on the
Irish Church question, and that he had his several
interviews at the end of last week with Sir
Roundell Palmer relative to the latter's
acceptance of the Lord Chancellorship. It is further
affirmed that in virtue of the understanding come to
between Mr. Gladstone and Sir Roundell Palmer,
the possession of the Great Seal by Sir William
Page Wood will be only provisional, and that before
long Sir Roundell will be the occupant of the woolsack.
It would be a strange course for Mr. Gladstone: with
an enormous majority at his back, to compromise his
policy to secure the assistance of one man, however
eminent. But even if he had thought it worth his
while, and had really done so, what difficulty could
there be in Sir Roundell taking the woolsack at
once ?
London, England, 1868-12-08

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CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Dec. 5, 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WED-
NESDAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they
will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be
willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such
quantities of
STEARINE CANDLES FOR SIGNAL AND
FIGHTING LANTERNS,
And of 24 to the lb,

as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract
for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until
the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
Samples (not less than 61bs. of each) must be produced
by the parties tendering, and none to be tendered the ma-
terial of which is of a solidifying point below 128 degrees
Fahrenheit for Candles for Signal Lanterns, 125 degrees
for Candles for FigEtilig Eauteiris, or 120 degrees for
Candles of 24 to the lb.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited
power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tende? will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the
party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend
at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the
offer received from each person will bo communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
"Tender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering in
the sum of £1,500 for the due performance of the Con-
tract. _ _

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.
London, England, 1868-12-08

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A POLITICAL MOVEMENT.

"An Elector of Lancashire" evidently thought
that the next best thing to ejecting Mr. W. E.
Gladstone from his native county was to upset his
brother Robertson out of his waggonette. He rushed
from a Tory stronghold in the shape of a public-
house, and, fortified by the Tory courage of an over-
dose of liquor, he made this gallant charge on behalf
of the Irish Church. Mr. Gladstone and his friend
got out of the carriage and held it on the other side.
The aggressor took to his heels, with Mr. Gladstone
after him, but the latter gentleman was not equal to
the pace, and the enemy took shelter in another
hostelry. Mr. Gladstone summoned him, but as
Smith sober apologised for Smith drunk, Mr. Glad-
stone forgave the defendant himself and induced the
magistrate also to do so. Thus ended one of the last
of a series of gallant but probably ineffectual actions
in defence of the Irish Establishment.
London, England, 1868-12-08

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THE SELECT rnEAcnEns AT OXFOHD,
The Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford (Dr'N
Payne Smith) has addressed a letter to Dr. Rollestoz
in which he denies as utterly untrue a statement to
ect that in choosing the select preachers for the
University the Divinity professors were actuated by
theological bias in not voting for the Arch-
bishop-designate of Canterbury. The Margaret
Profesior joins with Dr. Smith in repu-
diating the charge. The latter says : " Could
we have supposed that his grace would have accepted
the nomination, we should most cordially have sup-
ported it. In my opinion, it was scarcely even
respectful to nominate him without having pre-
viously obtained his permission." The choice this
year was made difficult by the proctors having
drawn up in concert a list of five persons. Dr.
Smith further states : " those proposed by
these members of the board were the Bishop of Chester
the Professor of Divinity in the University of
Durham, and the Regius Professor of Modern
History in Oxford. But besides dignitaries and men
of established eminence, it has been usual to appoint
one or more of the resident tutors and younger mem-
bers of Convocation. No such name wes on the
proctors' list, and upon this principle, and not upon
:my supposed theological biss, our votes ultimately
turned. I may add, that though we cordially approve
of and contributed our votes to the formation of the
present list, rs also dlcl the proctors to the appoint-
ment of the Bishop of Chester, yet it contains
only one person originally suggested by the Professors
of Divinity."

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London, England, 1868-12-08

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Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq
Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
London, England, 1868-12-08

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
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61. REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
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Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
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London, England, 1868-12-08

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

Mr. H. A. Bruce has been made Home Secretary, and
Jr.N Coleridge has become Solicitor-General. The former
)f these appointments was generally anticipated. Of the
atter the Telegraph remarks that the prevalent impres-
sion is erroneous. Mr. Coleridge did not decline the office
it first because he was unwilling to be sub to Sir Robert
"It was no disinclination to appear in a
secondary position that rendered Mr. Coleridge unwilling
to become Solicitor-General. He was deterred by purely
personal reasons, which do him no dishonour ; it is out of
regard to the claims of his party that hehas now consented
;o fulfil a duty for which he is specially qualified." These
two appointments were all that could be effected on
Nlonday. Several more places remain to be filled up.
Df these the Presidency of the Poor-law Board is
issigned to Mr. Goschen by the Time 3, Standard,
Telegraph, and Post. The first - named paper
expects to see Earl de Grey President of the
Council, and so does the Post. Lord Hartington
.s variously spoken of. The Times believes that
ie will find a seat, and will be the first member
)f the House of Commons to hold the office of Post-
master-General. The Standard, however, concludes
n favour of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland
that great stumblingblock to Ministers being
riven to the son of the Duke of Devonshire. The Post
rives Lord Kimberley the Duchy of Lancaster, whilst the
Times assigns him the Privy Seal. Of the appointment of
Nis. Forster as Vico-President of the Council, and of Mr.
3tansfeld as Secretary of the Treasury, there seems to be
so doubt. The Post gives the Privy Seal to the Duke of
Somerset, and the Times speaks of Lord Halifax as likely
to be Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Post and the
Telegraph agree that Mr. Layard will take the Board of
Works. Sir George Grey has declined office. The Home
Secretaryship was offered to him.
Of thelesser places, there is much talk of Captain Vivian
Becoming Under-Secretary for War, and of Mr. W. 11.
Gladstone taking the junior Ministerial post at the Board
)f Trade. Mr. otw ay a,n d Mr. K natchbull-Hug essen will find
daces. For the First Naval Lordship Lord Clarence
Paget's name has come into sudden competition with that
)f Sir Sidney Dacre's. Mr. Ayrton may have the Under-
secretaryship for India,
London, England, 1868-12-08

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London, England, 1868-12-08

THE ULTIMATUM OF TURKEY.

The aspect of the Eastern question is all in favour of
the Porte for the time being. The warlike preparations
in Roumania have been suspended, at least temporarily,
and the Ministry has been changed. The intrigues of
Prince Charles and his advisers had become a scandal to
the whole of Europe. The Prussian Government,
which was supposed to foster these schemes, un-
reservedly denounced them ; this initiative was
supported by Lord Stanley and other diplomatists;
and, finally, Roumania bad to yield to the pressure.
Greece is now the object of European reproof. The Greeks
have long entertained the notion of founding a Hellenic
Empire, and have unceasingly conspired against the Porte
with this object. At last the Sultan has sent his ultimatum.
As Turkey would have taken this course long ago but for
the influence of the Great Powers, the change of policy
indicated by our telegram is most important.

INDIA.

The interview between Sir John Lawrence and Shere
Ali has not taken place. The Affghan ruler found it
impossible to leave his territory with safety.
The continued want of rain deepens the gloom of the
reports from the Punjlb and the North-western and
Central Provinces. The prospects of the crops become
more and more unfavourable. From the districts actually
assailed by famine there is nothing but the same cheerless
story of drought, starvation, and death. The crops in
Doug Prolific -

lIE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE,
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MADAME RACHEL.

If the trial and conviction of Madame Rachel has
proved an edifying morsel for the lovers of
gossip and scandal, the beautifyer of antique
charms will be served up again for the
benefit of the lawyers. The Attorney-General has
granted his fiat for a writ of error, and the jurisdic-
tion of Commissioner Kerr is questioned. As the
Sheriff's Court has ceased to exist, there was at the
time of the trial no " judge of the Sheriff's Court of
the City of London." It is true that according
to one theory of the question the judges sitting in
the separate courts of the Old Bailey are understood
legally to be sitting together, and, if so, Madame
Rachel will be held to have been tried by the
Recorder as well as the commissioner. This point
has, however, to be argued, and will be sufficiently
interesting, especially as the result will affect numbers
of other cases. A verdict in favour of Madame
Rachel would be attended with the most awkward
results, but " Ruat ocelum, fiat justitia " is the motto
of English law.

The Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford (Dr.
Payne Smith) has addressed a letter to Dr. Ilolleston,
in which he denies as utterly untrue a statement to
the effect that in choosing the select preachers for the
University the Divinity professors were actuated by
theological bias in not voting for the Arch-
bishop-designate of Canterbury. The Margaret
Professor joins with Dr. Smith in repu-
diating the charge. The latter says : " Could
we have supposed that his grace would have accepted
the nomination, we should most cordially have sup-
ported it. In my opinion, it was scarcely even
respectful to nominate him without having pre-
viously obtained his permission." The choice this
year was made difficult by the proctors having
drawn up in concert a list of five persons. Dr.
Smith further states : "Among those Proposed by
these members of the board werethe Bishop of Chester
the Professor of Divinity in the University of
Durhamt and the Regius Professor of Modern
History in Oxford. But besides dignitaries and men
of established eminence, it has been usual to appoint
one or more of the resident tutors and younger mem-
bers of Convocation. No such name was on the
proctors' list, and upon this principle, and not upon
any supposed theological bias, our votes ultimately
turned. I may add, that though we cordially approve
of and contributed our votes to the formation of,the
present list, as also did the proctors to the appoint-
ment of the Bishop of Chester, yet it contains
only one person originally suggested by the Professors
of Divinity."
London, England, 1868-12-08

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