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itotttrmT (Sxrssip. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Ow readers wiH understand that ice do not hold ourselves respon. tihle for our able Correspondent's opinions. THE drama of the general elections is over, and the curtain falls in the last scene of the first act on Mrs. Disraeli coroneted as Lady Beaconsfield. Mrs. Disraeli was the widow of a wealthy Welshman, very much her senior, when she married" the present Premier. Mr- Wyndham Lewis and Mr. Disraeli jointly contested and won the borough of Shrewsbury, and sat for it until the former died. To his wife's large fortune and self-sacrificing devotion Mr. Disraeli owes the opportunity 0f achieving the success to which even his ex- traordinary parliamentary talents would have been unequal With only his small private fortune. Lady Beaconsfield takes her title from a village in Buckinghamshire, near which once stood the mansion of one of England's greatest statesmen, orators, and political writers, Ed- mund Burke. From Beaconsfield he dated several of his immortal letters; but the house has long been pulled down, and the name only survives in the long, straggling village through which the Queen's Hounds often pursue a road-running deer. Hughenden Manor is the name of Mr. Disraeli's seat, purchased for him more than twenty years ago to enable him to contest that division of Bucks, with the support of the Duke of Buckingham. It was thought in the csunty that young Mr. Disraeli (he was then about forty) was very fortu- nate to have the patronage of the great duke. The duke is dead, insolvent and dishonoured. His vast territories-the accumulation of half-a-dozen fortunate marriages, and the results of a century of political patro- sage--hava been sold, and broken up into a score of be estates; and his son, a man of eminent respecta. bility and industry, sits in the Cabinet as a Secretary o State under the Premier, plain Mr. Disraeli. Sir Rainald Knightlay, a Northamptonshire baronet, of ancient family, with ten times more pride than any political peer of the present generation, in a speech to his constituents, expressed his satisfaction at a rumour that the Premier was to be shelved and silenced in the House of Peers. It is evident that this is not to be while health and power to debate and rule remain with him. When Mr. Disraeli chooses to retire into quiet life, the title of Lord Hughenden, of Hughenden Manor, will be open to him. THE newspapers this week note the death of a man whose sudden incapacity for the important office he held nearly plunged this country into a war with America. Sir John D. Harding was Advocate-General during the first part of the great American rebellion. He was a man of remarkable vigour of body and mind. His friends anticipated a brilliant career for him; but while the papers and evi- dence on the Alabama case were before him he became insane, and before advice could be obtained the pirate or privateer escaped. Sir John was suddenly lost to the world his tall form was seen, his loud, arrogant voice heard ao more in Doctors' Commons. The Govern. ment of the day was severely blamed becaase of the delays in the Advocate-General's office but the legal profession are loyal to each other, and the explanation of the extraordinary laches in the Alabama case re- mained a secret even to the day ef Sir John Harding's death. When we remember the irritation caused in America by the depredations of the Alabama, one cannot help thinking that delicacy may be carried too far. THE gossips were all:astonished by learning that the Marquis of Hastings had died with a fortune-that, however, remains to be seen when the debts are paid, and the balance ascertained. But people are still more astonished tog find that the Marquis has coupled his bequest to his young and beautiful wife with the con- dition that she forfeits the life interest under his will if sh marries again. Considering that by a runaway match she obtained no settlement, and the sort of invalid husband the Marquis made, this seems like carrying selfishness to the grave, especially as there are no children to be injured by a second marriage. The Earl of Stamford, who, with five times the fortune the Marquis of Hastings ever inherited, found very nearly the bottom of his parse in the race-course, having failed to sell the remainder of his stud because the reserved prices were too high to run, advertises all his race-horses in terms that remind one of a shopkeeper disposing of the remains of his stock in job lots. Great bargains! Such an opportunity may never occur again! THE young Dake of St. Albans, after a brief career, has retired into private life and matrimony with the beautiful and dowerless niece of an earl. The Earl of Jersey, fortanate enough to be robbed very early in his career, is nursing his estate in a sort of voluntary rustication. A young Scotch peer has been obliged to travel on the Continent before he came of age. The Duke of Newcastle, after a most disastrous year, has sold the splendid house his father-in-law, Mr. Hope, built in Down-street, Piccadilly, to the Junior Athenaeum Club. How any club can afford to pay such a rent is wonderful, most of all a club of townsmen for it is not to be supposed that country gentlemen will join a club with such a name. The part of Piccadilly facing the Green-park is, perhaps, one of the pleasantest spots .of London, but rather too much out of the way for a club. Nothing better, in my opinion, than "the sweet shady side of Pall-mall." A new and very fashionable club, the "St. James's," has taken Lord Coventry's house, so there are now three, including the one in Carnbrid ge- ha use, between Half-moon-street and Hyde-park-corner. The Arlington, the gambling club par excellence, has finally assumed the appropriate name of the "Turf." Here whist is still played for fabulous sums, and admission is a matter of the greatest difficulty for a man out of the set" and not fabulously rich. A SMALL crop of notices for private bills appears in the papers. The gentle, confiding public seem to be taking a longer time to forget their last blistering by public companies. A new line to Brighton ,-much wanted-is proposed, but where are the sub, scribers and where is the contractor ? A little line of a mile from Islington to Moorgate-street is on an entirely new plan no embankments, no arches; but the rail- road is to be carried on iron girders, supparted on iron pillars—so it will be all ready to put up before coming out of the ironfounder's yard. If this bit succeeds, the whole of London will be traversed in the same way, because, although the Underground is most convenient' it is too expensive to be repeated further. The com' pensations for property destroyed or injured are beyond calculation. Something cheaper must be found to run from the West to the East through mid-London. P. P. a
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PASSING EVENTS. -.0 MR. A. OAKLET HALL has been nominated for the mayoralty of New York by both branches of the Demo- cratic party. This is equivalent to his election. THE New York journals publish intelligence from Mexico, announcing that the Government troops under Escobedo have been routed at Tamaulipas by the insur- gent chief Vergas. THE Papal Government, after a long delay, gave orders for the execution of Monti and Toguetti, who were found guilty of taking a part in the blowing up of the Ser- ristori Barracks at Rome in the autumn of 1867, and accordingly they were both executed at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning. THE Italian Chambers met on Tuesday, but no speech from the throne was delivered. The election of a Speaker took place on Wednesday. A statement has been issued by the Finance Minister, showing that the deficit of the present year has been reduced from 217 millions to 81 millions, and that next year's deficit will be only 81 millions, of which 70 will be met by the sale of the ecclesiastical property. Up to Monday afternoon, the 23rd inst., 350 nautical miles of the French-Atlantic deep-sea cable had been completed and certified by the engineers. IN Tuesday's sitting of the Hungarian Diet the Croatian deputies appeared for the first time, and were very warmly received. THE Princess Alice of Hesse was on Wednesday safely delivered of a Prince at Darmstadt. THE coasts of Chili and Peru continue to be agitated by shocks of earthquake, which naturally give rise to fears of a repetition of the late terrible disasters. On the 16th and 17th of October the sea again rose and fell at Valparaiso as in August last. ON his arrival at Vienna from Pesth, M. de Beust made the unpleasant discovery that during his absence from home all his decorations had been stolen, and, as many of them were composed of diamonds, the loss is a very serious one. TELEGRAMS from Havana announce that the insur- gents are surrendering in large numbers. A SANGUINARY battle has taken place between Shere AU and Abdool Rahma.n, in Afghanistan, in which the I latter was totally defeated, and he has fled to Balkh. A TELEGRAM has been received in London, contra- dicting the report of M. Mazzini's death, recently circu- lated by the French papers. M. Mazzini is now con- valescent. THE Chinese Government, at the instance of the British minister, has ordered redress to be afforded to the English missionaries at Hang Chow, for the outrages recently committed on them there. A BANKING firm of Brussels has offered the munici- pality of Madrid a loan of forty millions of francs, to be employed in public works. A TELEGRAM from Naples states that the new cones of Mount Vesuvius have thrown up six million cubic metres of lava within the last few days. They are now almost extinct, the volcanic activity being confined to the principal cone. THE resignation of Garibaldi as a member at the; Italian Parliament was formally communicated to the Chamber on the 24th ult. A BULLETIN respecting the health of the Prince Royal of Belgium, states that several serious symptoms have diminished during the past week, and that the general state of health of his Royal Highness is more satisfac- tory. ANOTHER shock of earthquake was felt at Bucharest cD Friday night. It does not appear to have done any serious damage. ON Friday evening a colossal eruption commenced fr Jm the north-east corner of Etna, increasing in intensity. The weather was clear and fine. INTELLIGENCE from the feat of war in Paraguay re- ports the position of affairs as unchanged. Eight thousand Brazilians are now north of the Chaco. A DESPATCH from Port Said, dated the 28th ult., brings news that the French war schooner La Levrette passed on her way to Mayotte through the Suez Canal, in order to reach her destination by the Red Sea. THE Berlin, Post confirms the statement that the change of ministers at Bucharest was brought about by the influence of Prassia. WE learn from a Bucharest paper that on the 17th ult. Prince Charles paid a visit to Giurgevo, for th e purpose of inspecting the first war vessel of the Roumanian navy. The vessel is a corvette, built during the previous reign, but, being damaged from the first, she was repaired, and has just been launched anew. THERE have been some disturbances at San-Donnino, a suburb of Bologna. A,,dispate arose as to the applica- tion of a new tax of 16 francs on the killing of pigs. The military appeared on the scene, fired upon the crowd which had collected, killed two parsons, and ( wounded many others. A DISTURBANCE:took place in Valladolid on Sunday between two bodies of Republicans and Monarchisti holding demonstrations. The Monarchists were dis- persed, and the Republicans obtained possession of their banner. THE passenger ship Australian, from Sydney for London, was totally wrecked on the 22nd of October. 'I The crew and passenger, as well as 3,112 ounces of gold, were saved. THE Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Copen- hagen on Sunday morning. The King was at the railway station to welcome their Royal Highnesses, who proceeded to the castle of Fredensborg. ON Saturday two more bodies were recovered from the Arley Mine, Hindley Green, near Wigan, and on the same day two of the workmen who had been recovered alive died of their injuries, and so raised the number of dead to sixty-two. A DREADFUL colliery accident took place about half- past eight on Thursday morning, at Hindley-green, near Wigan. About 220 men were in the workings, when an explosion, from a cause as yet unexplained, resulted in the loss of 57 lives, and in serious injuries to ten of the survivors. The colliery is the property of Messrs. Scowcroft and Co. (Limited). THEIR Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were present on Tuesday evening at the Bouffes Parisiens to witness the Chanson de Fortunio and the lie de Tulipatan. In the course of the day the Princess visited several shops and made purchases. Her Royal Highness also had her photograph taken. HER Majesty was to have left Windsor Castle for London on Friday morning, but was prevented frsm doing so by a severe cold. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia left the Castle for Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with their family, have arrived at Cologne. THE appointment of the Bishop of London to the archbishopric of Canterbury is officially announced in Friday night's Gazette. At the same time the public are informed of the creation of four new baronets-viz., Mr. F. A. Knox-Gore, lieutenant of the county of Sligo; Mr. Smith Child, one of the newly elected Conservative members for West Staffordshire; Mr. R. J.-Harvey, late a Conservative M.P. for the disfranchised borough of Thetford; and Mr. James Walker, of Sand HuttoIl1 in the North Riding of Yorkshire. THE clergy of the archdeaconry of Middlesex will assemble on Thursday, the 5th of December, to elect proctors to represent them in the new Convocation. THE American seaman, James Anderson, convicted last session of manslaughter, but whose senteace was deferred, in order that a point of law raised in his favour might be argued, has been sentenced to four months' hard labour, in addition to the two months' imprison. ment he has already suffered. ZEBARSKI, the Russian spy convicted last sessions of wilful perjury in the evidence by which he tried to con- ueafc an innocent man, named Oscar R3wman, with the forgery of some Russian rouble notes, has been sentenced to penal servitude for five years. THe Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs copies of a Pontifical edict of the 29th November, containing a reduced tariff of Customs' duties in favour of all nations from that date. THE first petition under the new Act for the Pre- vention and Punishment of Bribery has been deposited by Mr. J. H. Tillett, who complains of the return of Sir Henry Stracey, the Conservative member for Norwich. THE number of stray dogs in the streets of the me- tropolis having been greatly reduced, Sir Richard Mayne's edict directing the seizure of unmuzzled dogs at large in the London thoroughfares is withdrawn. HER Majesty has been graciously pleased to raise Mrs. Disraeli to the peerage by the title of Viscountess of Beaconsfield. The Premier remains for the present simply Mr." Disraeli. VISCOUNT Gormanston has been raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom by the title of Baron Gormans town, of Whitewood, in the county of Meath. Her Majesty has also signified her intention of conferring the honour of knighthood upon Lieat.-Colonel Firth, of Heckmondwike, and Mr. Louis Mallet, C.B., Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade. HER MAJESTY and Royal Family, attended by the suite, will, it is understood, leave Windsor Castle for Osborne about the 15th December. It is probable that their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia will accompany Her Majesty to Osborne, the Queen intending to spend Christmas in the Isle of Wight, and to reside there till about the middle of February of next year.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Continuation of the list of the Members returned to serve in the next Parliament, distinguished as Liberals and Conservatives, giving the days on which they were" elected :— L. C- TUESDAY. ENGLAND. Cambridgeshire Lord George Manners J Viscount Royston 1 Right Hon. H. Brand 1 Carmarthenshire. Mr. Sartoris 1 Mr. John Jones 1 Carnarvonshire Captain Parry 1 Cheshire (Mid.) Hon. Wilbraham Egerton 1 Mr. G. C. Legh 1 Durham (North). Mr. Elliott 1 Sir Hedworth Williamson 1 Hants (South) Right Hon. W. F. Cowper 1 Lord Henry Scott 1 Lancashire (South ) Mr. C. Turner 1 West) ) Mr. Assheton Crops. 1 Leicestershire (S.) Viscount Curzon 1 Mr. Albert Peli 1 Middlesex Viscount Enfield 11 Lord G. F. Hamilton 1 Monmouthshire Mr. C. O. S. Morgan 1 Colonel Somerset .I Norfolk (South) Mr. C. S. Read 1 Mr. E. Howes 1 Surrey (Mid) Hon. W. BrodTick 1 Mr. W. Peck 1 Sussex (East) Mr. J. G. Dodson 1 Mr. Gregory 1 Staffordshire(West) Mr. Smith-Child 1 Mr Meynell Ingram 1 Warwisk (South) Mr. H. C. Wise .I Mr. John Hardy 1 West Riding (S.Div.) Viscount Milton 1 Mr. H. F. Beaumont 1 Wilts (North) Lord E. Bruce 1 Sir G. Jenkinson 1 SCOTLAND. Argyleshire Marquis of Lorne. 1 Ayrshire (South). Sir D. Wedderburn 1 Bateshire. Mr. Dalrymple .I Peebles and Selkirk Sir Graham Montgomery. 1 IRELAND. Donegal (County) Marquis of Hamilton 1 Mr. Thomas Conolly 1 Down (County) Lord A. E. Hill Trevor 1 Col. W. B. Forde. Longford (County) Col. Greville-Nugent 1 Mr. W. H. O'Reilly 1 Louth (County) Right Hen. G. S. Fortescue 1 Mr. Dease. 1 Tyrone (County). Rt. Hon. H. T. I. Corry 1 Lard Olaud Hamilton 1 Wicklow (County) Mr. Fitzwilliam Dick 1 Hon. H. Fitzwilliam 1 Wexford (County) Sir James Power 1 Mr. D'Arcy 1 WEDNESDAY. SCOTLAND. Haddingtonshire. Elcho 1 Caithness-shire Traill 1 Roxburghshire Scott 1 Lanarkshire (S.). Hamilton 1 THURSDAY. ENGLAND AND WALES. Berkshire Colonel Loyd Lindsay 1 Mr. R. Benyon. 1 Mr. John Walter 1 Cardiganshire Mr. E. M. Richards 1 Cumberland, East Mr. W. N. Hodgson 1 Hon. C. W. Howard 1 Essex, East Mr. James Round 1 Colonel Ruggles-Brise 1 Gloucester, West. Coloael Kingscote. '1 Mr. S. Marling 1 Lancashire, S.-East Hon. Algernon Egerton 1 Mr. Snowden-Henry 1 Norfolk (North). Sir Edmund Lacon- 1 Hon. F. Walpole 1 Yorkshire,N. Riding Hon. Octavius Duncombe 1 Mr. F. A. Milbank 1 IRELAND. Galway County Mr. W. H. Gregory 1 Viscount Canning Burke 1 FRIDAY. ENGLAND AND WALES. Denbighshire Sir Watkin W. Wynn 1 Mr. Osborne Morgan 1 Derbyshire, North Lord George Cavendish 1 Mr. H. R. Arkwright 1 Devon, South Sir Massey Lopes 1 Mr. S. T. Kekewich 1 Suffolk, East Hon. J. Henniker-Major. 1 Mr. F. S. Corrance 1 Yorkshire, E. ) Mr. Christopher Sykes 1 Riding ) Mr. W. H. Broadley 1 SCOTLAND. Wick Burghs Mr. George Loch 1 IRELAND. Cork, County Mr. M'Carthy Downing 1 Mr. Smith Barry 1 SATURDAY. ENGLAND AND WALES. Berkshire Benyon 1 Lindsay 1 Walter 1 Cumberland, East Hodgson 1 Howajd Devonshire (S.) Sir M. Lopes i Mr. Kekewich 1 East Suffolk Henniker-Major 1 Corrance 1 Essex, East Round 1 Brice. 1 Norfolk, North Hon F. Walpole 1 Sir E. H. R. Lacon 1 Lancashire (S.E.) Hon. Algernon Egerton 1 Mr. J. Snowden Henry 1 Surrey, West Cubitt 1 Briscoe 1 Cardiganshire Mr. Richards 1 West Riding (E.D.) Denison 1 Fielden 1 SCOTL ND. Wick District Lock 1 Liberals returned 385 Conservatives returned 282
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO TWO CHILDREN. A shocking accident lately occurred at the Park Farm, near Guisboro', occupied by Mr. Robert Webster, one of his children being killed and another very seriously in- jured. Mr. Webster bad been engaged in thrashing with one of the old-fashioned machines usually fixed under a shed at farm-houses, two of his children, aged five and three respectively, being fastened by a string to the upright timbers running from the revolving beam in the centre of the shed, in order to keep them out of the way of the horses' feet. About 11 o'clock Mr. Webster was alarmed by hearing screams proceeding from the shed, and on his running there found his youngest child completely crushed to death between the revolving beam and the socket in which it works, the elder child was also fearfully crushed, but not dead. It is supposed the youngest child had fallen over the boarding which is put round the beam, and that his brother, whilst en. deavouring to help him, had also been dragged in.
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SILK ROBBERY. A remarkably daring robbery was effected on Friday at the warehouse of Messrs. Tavernier and Co., Gresham- street, wholesale silkmercers. A gentlemanly-dressed foreigner, with a lady attired in moire antique, having a dashing appearance, went to the warehouse at a quarter to nine, and said they came to purchase silks. The warehouseman said the manager would be there in about half an hour, upon which the man entered into conversation with him. The movements of the lady were deemed Suspicious by the warehouseman, and upon his going to her she suddenly left the shop. He was prevented from following by the "gentleman," who after a struggle was given into custody. The lady escaped, and a piece of silk worth X14 went with her. The prisoner was taken before Alderman Besley at Guildhall and remanded.
THE LAST OF OLD NEWGATE MARKET.
THE LAST OF OLD NEWGATE MARKET. The customary sales of meat, &c., took place on Monday morning at Newgate Market for the last time. The supply was rather brisk, and the attendance about the average. In the midst of the business there were indications all around of a speedy removal from the old quarters, such as taking down fixtures, &c. Some salesmen were engaged in burning old memoranda and papers. Bills an- nouncing removal were freely displayed, and one firm, in parliamentary phraseology, promised to meet their constituents" at the new market. it may be interesting to note that the market was ori- ginally held in Newgate-street for the sale of meal; and in the Grey Friars' Chronicle we find it thus mentioned: -11 1548.-This yere before Allallowtyd was sett up the howse for the markyt folke in Newgate Market for to waye melle in." Its subsequent growth is well known, and to what purpose the site of the old market may be applied remains yet in doubt. The new market in Smith- field was publicly opened at four o'clock on Tuesday morning.
CONSPIRACY BY BOYS TO DESTROY…
CONSPIRACY BY BOYS TO DESTROY AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. On Saturday, at York, three boys from 14 to 16 years of age, named William Burnside, Edward Morley, and Charles Simpson, were charged with conspiring with others, to set fire to and destroy the Industrial School at York, of which they were inmates. It appears that during the temporary absence of Mr. West, the superin- tendent of the establishment (in which are confined about 75 boys and half that number of girls), some of the older boys succeeded in holding communication with some of the girls, and between them it was agreed that, at a fixed time, they should set fire to the two parts of the building. Opportunity was to be taken for accom- plishing this on the previous Saturday, and during the whole of that day several of the male ringleaders exhibited considerable insubordination but, fortunately, before night, one of the girls disclosed the plot to Mrs. West, who at once communicated with the governors of the school. The prisoners, as the ringleaders, were at once taken into custody, and they had since been confined in prison, which had brought them to a state of contrition for their act, and in the hope that their punishment might prevent any further plotting, the magistrate discharged them with a caution.
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN TOUR.
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN TOUR. A little before midnight, on Friday evening, the officers in charge of the Central Police-station, Sunder- land, had an application for lodgings of a somewhat un- usual character. A tidy, clean, and venerable-looking little woman, who stated that she was in her 90th year, applied far leave to remain in the police-station all night, as she wished to travel on to shields in the morning. Her respectable and aged appearance, and the apparent truth- fullness which pervaded all her explanations, procured for her the shelter she sought, and after warming herself by the charge-room fire, a bed was provided in one of the cells. Be- fore retiring to rest she stated that she had travelled on foot all the way from South Wales, and was on a journey to some friends at North Sunderland. She had been nearly a month on her pedestrian expedition, but was perfectly able to perform the rest of her journey, though so advanced in life. Further explanations elicited that she was the widow of a man named Hudson, formerly a soldier in the 42nd Highlanders. A good deal of her life had been spent in Wales, but she had a wish to visit her friends in North Sunderland, from which place she will probably travel to Greenock, where she has a sister living. Her dress was of a poor character, but was scrupulously clean and neat; she wore a portion of a shawl purchased 40 years ago by her husband, and the well-worn remains of which she preserved for his sake. Her bonnet she scru- pulously preserved in a handkerchief during the night, and perfect methodical habits and care characterised all her actions. Her lively, chatty, and agreeable manner secured the good offices of the police, and, when she left the station next morning to resume her journey north- wards, she was provided with a good breakfast, previous to which she put in order the bed on which she had slept.
DEATH OF lJI. BERRYER.
DEATH OF lJI. BERRYER. A telegram through the Reuter Agency announces that M. Berryer died at Angerville on the morning of the 29th November. The deceased was the son of a distinguished advocate of the Paris bar, and was born in Paris in January, 1790. Influenced by his education at the establishment of Oratorians of J uilly, he would have wished to enter the priesthood, but in obedience to the wishes of his father he consented to go to the bar. Having married at the early age of 21, his ambition to conquer a brilliant position was stimulated, and in that object he soon succeeded by his natural eloquence, which in a very short time attracted attention. Following the example of his father, he attached himself to the cause of the fallen Bourbons, and having at the close of the empire anticipated events by a few days in displaying the white cockade and proclaiming the downfall of Napoleon I., in presence of the professors and pupils of the school of Lun at Rennes, his arrest was ordered, and he was forced to take refuge at Nantes. He, however, subse- quently protested in his pleading against the severities of the Ultra-Royalists, and was one of the defenders of Ney and Cambronne. He was returned to the Chamber of Deputies for the Haute-Loire early in 1830, and was shortly afterwards offered a post of under-secretary. This, however, he declined, saying that it was Too much or too little." After the Revolution of July he remained in France defending the former dynasty and opposing all the measures that tended to con- solidate the new monarchy; but on the other hand, he employed all his efforts to prevent the rising in La Ven- due attempted by the Duchess de Berry; he was never- theless implicated, and being arrested was tried before the Court of Assizes of Blois, but acquitted. He was one of the members who incurred the eensure of the Chamber by visiting Charles X., in Belgrave-square. In 1848 he was elected in the Bouches-du-Rhone, and formed part of the electoral committee of the Rue de Poitier; he also took an active part in the meeting of the 10th arrondissement, which on the occasion of the coup d'etat proclaimed the fall of the Presi- dent Prince Louis NapoleClJ From that time down to 1863, when he re-entered the Legis- lative Body, the only part he had taken in public affairs was his participation in the attempts to bring about a fusion between the two branches of the Bourbons. In the midst of all the political agita- tions of his epoch he still found time to be the first ad- vocate of the Paris bar, and many of his pleadings on both civil and criminal affairs are in all collections. His disinterestedness in his profession is well known, and at one moment he was compelled by pecuniary embarrass- ments to dispose of his estate of Angerville-la-Riviere, but it was restored to him by a spontaneous subscription among his friends and admirers. He was elected a member of the French Academy in 1854, and on that occasion abstained from making the customary visit to the Chief of the State. The eloquence of M. Berryer was marked by elevation of ideas, nobility of language, and impetuosity of movement, all of which qualitiei; a were aided by e most harmonious voieso •?<
,SPAIN.
SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 27. It is semi-officially declared that the statements in foreign newspapers of the probability of a republic being proclaimed in Spain are unfounded, and that, on the contrary, a vast majority of the people wishes for a thoroughly liberal constitutional monarchy, which it is believed the Cortes will not fail to proclaim. The Impartial publishes, under the heading, The Honour of Spain," an article in which it energetically censures Spanish capitalists for not subscribing more readily to the loan. The Minister of Finance is said, however, to be fully confident that the loan will be taken up by the Spanish people and for this reason he has not opened subscription lists in any foreign country. Perfect order prevails throughout the provinces. MADRID, Nov. 28. I A circular, bearing the signature of Senor Olozaga, has been issued by an association called the Committee of Conciliation, inviting the Liberal electors to support the monarchical programme, the only safeguard against the hypocritical intrigues of the Reactionary party, who, it says, are turning to account the idea of a Republic in order to destroy the fruits of the Revolution. The Voz Siglo ipublishes an article entitled Fear of Disturb- ances," in which it makes an appeal for conciliation. The Gazette of to-day publishes a decree of Senor Sagosta authorising the municipalities to dispose of certain of their property, and to employ a portion of the proceeds towards the execution of works of public utility, and a portion for the support of the poor of the labouring classes. The amount of subscriptions to the New Loan had reached by midnight yesterday 319 millions of reals. MADRID, Nov. 29. The Official Gazette of to-day contains a decree of the Provisional Government appointing Senor Olozaga to the post of ambassador at the French court, and Senor Rances Viilaneva Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Vienna, Munich, and Stuttgart. The subscription to the national loan reaches now the sum of 32,678,800 crowns ( £ 3,404,416). The manifestation organised by the Republican party passed off very quietly. There were about 50,000 lookers-on present, but only 12,000 persons actually took part in the demonstration. The Provisional Government, cer- tain that public order would not be disturbed during the meeting, did not take any measures of precaution. PARIS, Nov. 29. Senor Olozaga has arrived in Paris MADRID, Nov. 29. The Republicans who took part in the demonstration assembled in the square of the Second of May, and pro- ceeded thence to Armerica-square. On arriving in front of the Royal Palace, Senor Castelar said, Let us swear that no King shall ever again enter this palace The procession subsequently returned to the square from whence it started, and Senores Orense, Castelar, and two ethers addressed the crowd, amid shouts of Long live the Republic The assemblage then dispersed. It is announced that another Republican demonstration will be held on the 13th proximo, in which deputations from the provinces will take part. B
ITALY.
ITALY. FLORENCE, NOV. 28. Subscription lists have been opened throughout Italy for the relief of the families of Monti and Tognetti. CATANIA, Nov. 28. This evening a colossal eruption commenced from the north-east cone of Etna, increasing in intensity. The weather was clear and fine. ROME, Nov. 27. The new Austrian Ambassador, Baron Trantmanns- dorff, has arrived here. The Papal Zouaves have opened a subscription for the relief of the family Monti. One thousand eight hundred francs have already been col- lected. A commission has been appointed to compose a funeral mass in the honour of Rossini, to fee executed with great pomp in Lent.
THE EXECUTION OF MONTI AND…
THE EXECUTION OF MONTI AND TOGNETTI. NAPLES, Nov. 24. A telegram received here from the Pontifical frontier, and dated 23rd inst., asserts that the execution of Monti and Tognetti, sentenced to death for complicity in blowing up the Serristori Barracks, at Rome, in the autumn of 1867, is fixed for this day, the 24th. ROME, Nov. 23. The execution of Monti and Tognetti to-morrow morning appears to have been finally decided upon. This evening the patrols in Rome have been strengthened and reinforcements of troops have arrived from the provinces. ROME, Nov. 24. Monti and Tognetti were executed this morning at seven o'clock.
BELGIUM.
BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 24. Mr. Lumley was received here yesterday by the King in private audience, when he delivered his credentials. Afterwards Mr. Lumley had an audience of the Queen, to whom he presented an autograph letter of Queen Victoria.
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CHINA. SHANGHAI, Oct. 14. A lighthouse is being erected on the Gubleaf Island (at the mouth of the river Yang-tse-Kiang), and will be completed in May next. Attempted outrages on foreigners are again reported from Formosa. The anti- missionary mania is spreading as far as Shanghai. It is proposed to establish cotton-spinning machinery at the latter place. Great excitement prevails in conse- quence, and petitions for the prevention of the under- taking are being presented to the authorities. HONG-KONG, Oct. 20. The Union Dock Company is progressing favourably. It is reported the Council of Hong-Kong will appropriate a sum for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh. The Legislative Council has met twice, and passed the esti- mates for 1868 and 1869, amounting to 8,000,000 dols. The building ordinance has bf* referred to a com- mittee.
JAPAN.
JAPAN. YOKOHAMA, Oct. 8. The native government has notified that merchant vessels accepting charters for the port of Nugan do so on their own risk. No particular damage was done, nor were any lives lost, through the recent earthquakes at Hiogo. The bpiler of the steamer Hermanns exploded. Six men, comprising the whole of the engineering staff, were killed.
INDIA.
INDIA. BOMBAY, Nov. 7. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald reached this presidency before the cold season set in. No better accounts have been received from the famine districts, where also great scarcity of water prevails. The district of Kamianvar (Kattyawar ?) is suffering from the same cause, and no less than 60,000 persons are said to have arrived at Guzerat from the famine-stricken district of Ma*_iva!j' Her Highness Secundia, the Begum of Bhopal, is dead. She was a stanch ally of the British during tha bepoy mutiny. The oampaign against the Huzara rebels has now been formally proclaimed at an end. CALCUTTA, NOV. 6. It is believed that the Ameer of Afghanistan i3 unable to leave Cabool for Peshawur* Lawrence is expected to start for England on the 20th instant. The crop returns in Lewer Bengal have become more favourable. The Thibetans are stated to have renewed their claims for tribute from the Bhootan Government. BOMBAY, Nov. 20. The Bank of Bombay has raised the rate of discount one per cent.
THE BOMBAY MAILS.
THE BOMBAY MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 22. The Austrian squadron, under the command of Admiral Baron Petz, left on the 21st for Tangier to investigate certain outstanding grievances done to Austrian subjects in Morocco. The Chronicle says This business accomplished, the naval expedition will then proceed to Eastern Asia on a special politico-com- mercial mission of considerable importance. The object held in view by the Austrian Government is to in- quire into the best means of extending the commerce of Austria, and of establishing diplomatic and com- mercial relations with the several states which the, squadron will visit. In order to carry out the views of the Austrian Government, (the mission is divided into three distinct sections, the diplomatic, the scientific and commercial, and a third specially devoted to the work of drawing up treaties and the establishment of the various consulates which may be determined upon. The diplomatic section is under Baron Herbert, the scientific and commercial under a Dr. Scherzer, of the Department of Commerce at Vienna, a savant of great reputation. Representatives of the agricultural and in- dustrial interests in Austria and Hungary also accom- pany the expedition in the capacity of special agents and reporters. The whole expedition is under the control of the Admiral Baron Petz, who has been appointed for the time being Minister Envoy Extra- ordinary from the Court of Vienna. It is anticipated the expedition will be absent about two years, and the route which the squadron wil'l take after leaving Tangier will be the Cape of Good Hope, Singapore, Bangok, Hong-Kong, and Shanghai. After leaving China the admiral will proceed to Japan, and thence turn homewards by San Francisco, Central America,. and the whole South American coast. The sanitary direction of the port of Malaga has resolved upon dis- missing to a lazaret of observation for performance of three days' quarantine all arrivals from the United Kingdom, Malta, and Gibraltar. All the telegraph wires in the neighbourhood have been universally injured during the recent bad weather, and no messages can be sent from San Roque.
A MENAGERIE ON FIRE.
A MENAGERIE ON FIRE. An American contemporary gives the particulars of a fire which occurred at Philadelphia in a saw and planing- mill almost contiguous to a building in which were lions, tigers, monkeys, and other animals confined in cages or boxes constructed for temporary use. When the fire was discovered Mr. Forepaugh, the proprietor, com- menced tumbling the cages or boxes from the building ,into the street, while these outside removed them from the vicinity of the fire. While thus engaged, a Bengal and Brazilian tiger made their escape the former made his way to Mr. Bryan's stables, in the vicinity, the crowd in the street giving way with great promptness, where he was secured the Brazilian tiger ran along Jefferson- street until he reached the house of Dr. Gebler, near Twenty-second-street. Here several ladies were standing at the door, but the tiger passed by them and through the hall into the kitchen, where he re- mained until recaptured by one of Mr. Fore- paugh's men. The box containing the lion was so much damaged that it was with great difficulty that the- animal could be kept till another box was obtained and the lion secured. A large white Florida wolf got out of the box and made his way through the crowd without attracting much attention, and about nine o'clock in the evening he was met by a gentleman at Nineteenth and Callow Hill streets. The gentleman took the wolf for a dog, and the wolf no doubt took the gentleman for one of those connected with the menagerie, for, as the gen- tleman opened his front door, the wolf entered the house but as soon as he came under the gaslight in the hall his character and standing in the animal creation was known. The gentleman not feeling disposed to use force to remove the intruder, opened the parlour-door and the wolf passed in the door was closed, and the animal was allowed to pass the night upon the soft Brussels, being afterwards delivered ever to his owner.
A REQUEST TO BE SENT TO PRISON..
A REQUEST TO BE SENT TO PRISON.. Samuel Fleming, an elderly man, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Marlborough street Police-court, with begging in Regent-street. The case having been proved by Police-constable Hayes, 75 C, Mr; D'Eyncourt asked the prisoner what he had to say ? The prisoner said he did not deny begging, but he had no option. He went to the police-station, and asked for an order for the workhouse, but could not get one. Mr. D'Eyn- court asked whether he meant to say that he was refused an order ? The prisoner said he did not mean to say that. The orders were given away in turn, and before it came to his turn they were exhausted. Ser- geant Fox, C division, explained to the magistrate that a certain number of orders for the workhouse were sup- plied to the station, and when they were exhausted the ap- plicants were sent to the workhouse, a-nd they were some- times admitted without orders. Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the prisoner whether he applied afterwards at the workhouse:for admission ? The prisoner said he did not, as he thought it was of 80 use. Mr. D'Eyncourt asked him where he came from ? The prisoner said about eight miles from Armagh. He had been for a number of years in the 60th Rifles, and discharged with two years' pension. Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the prisoner why he did not go back to his own country ? The prisoner said he eould not get there. Mr. D'Eyncourt was about to discharge the prisoner, but he said he would rather go to prison than be in the condition he was. He did not like wandering about the streets, and he could not beg until he had drink, and then he went about in a maundering state. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he thought the prisoner had better go back to his own country. The prisoner said that the last time he went there he was nearly killed by the Fenians. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he would commit the prisoner for ten days, and the prisoner seemed quite contented with the decision.
EMERITI.
EMERITI. Very few of the veterans who sat in the House of Commons through the thirty-six years of the first re- formed Parliament will be found in their old places on the 10th of December. They are Mr. Briscee, Lord Ernest Bruce, Mr. Corry, Mr. Denison, General Forester, Colonel French, Mr. Gladstone, Sir G. Grey, Sir J. ir Hanmer, Sir: W. Hutt, Sir J. Johnstone, Mr, Lefroy, Colonel Wilson PatteD, Mr. C. R. Talbot, Mr. Traill, and Sir Harry Verney. Those who have retired from parliamentary life or been defeated in the elections are Mr. H. B. Baring, Sir H. Barron, Colonel Biddulph, Mr. Brocklehurst, Major Gumming Bruce, Sir R. Bulkelye, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. Gaskell, Lord Hotham, Mr. Ingham, General Peel, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. J. Abel Smith, Sir W. Verner, and Colonel Peers Williams.
HONOUR. TO THE BRAVE.
HONOUR. TO THE BRAVE. The silver medallion of the Royal Humane Society has been awarded to Captain Archibald Brown, of the smack Liverock Scott, for a very heroic act. In July last the schooner Maria and Fanny struck on a reef of sunken rocks near the island of Tyree, Argyleshire, and surging off the top of the reef, lay with part of her top- mast above water, to which the only three survivors of her crew clung with great difficulty. They could be seen from the shore, but for a long time no assistance could be rendered them until Captain Brown, who had heard of their peril, succeeded in getting six fishermen to enter a boat with him, and attempt their rescue. The boat was for a very long time unable to approach the wreck owing to the violence of the breakers; a communication was, however, at length effected through the presence of mind and ingenuity of the captain, and the men were saved. The fishermen who were with Captain Brown received each a bronze medaL
ACCIDENT TO THE METROPOLITAN…
ACCIDENT TO THE METROPOLITAN BAILWAY. As the 6.20 train from Brompton was leaving the Farringdon-rpad station the other evening an accident occurred which happily was not attended with very serious consequences. A vast mass of persons, chiefly working men, had congregated on the platform, and as train after train came up they struggled with great violence to get into the third-class carriages. When d it k*"1 arr*ve(* there was a desperate rush, and the guard was attempting to prevent more persons from getting into the carriages, when a ladylike woman, dressed in black, rushed towards him, apparently to speak to him, but mining her footing, slipped, and in a moment after- wards was under the train. Several gentlemen exerted themselves very praiseworthily to rescue br, and at length succeeded in getting her out, and plab.,og her on a seat on the platform. It was then seen that she was tipsy; indeed, she was so helplessly drunk, that it was marvellous how she could have passed the ticket examiner at the wicket. When seen on the platform previous to the accident, a person having the appearance of a gentle- man was with her, but after the accident he mysteriously disappeared. By direction of the station master the woman was taken away, and put oit into the street, to be dealt with by the polic"
AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Oct. 13. The Victoria Parliament has been prorogued, and it is expected to reassemble in January next. The appro- priations were voted, including the arrears due to the former governor, Sir Charles Darling, amounting to nearly £ 5,000. The government intends raising the loan of two millions for railway purposes in London, and a further sum of half a million for waterworks in Mel- bourne. The effects of the late legislative deadlock are disappearing, and confidence is re-established. The Meat Preserving Company is in full operation. The following gold ships have sailed for England:—The Benvenue, 23,625 oza. the Yorkshire, 24,125 ozs the steamer Great Britain, 62,125 ozs.; and the George Thompson, with 30,500 ozs. STDNEY, Oct. 10. On the assembling of the Sydney Parliament, Mr. Parkes, the Colonial Secretary, resigned, and Mr. Docker was appointed his successor. Mr. Tighe has succeeded Mr. Docker as Postmaster-General. ,A_T)TCI/AID3S? Oct, 13, The Ministry has been defeated. Mr. Hart formed a new Administration, which also suffered defeat on the land policy. Mr. Hay attempted the formation of a new Cabinet, but has been unsuccessful.