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7EE NEW STREET IN TH OlT?. On Wednesday the block of houses extending along the Poultry, from the western side of the Mansion- house, including Charlotte-row, Bucklersbury, and Sise- lane, was disposed of by auction, the removal of which will leave an uninterrupted space for the construction of the important thoroughfare forming a direct route from the Mansion-house to the Houses of Parliament. This hcality abounds in interesting recollections. In Buck- hrsbury Sir Thomas More lived, and here his daughter (Margaret Roper) was born. At No. 22 in the Poultry (Dilly's the bookseller) Boswell's Life of Johnson" was first published. No. 31 was the shop of Vernon and Hood, booksellers; Hood, of this firm, was the father of the facetious Tom Hood, and here Tom Hood was bom in 1793.

A SHAKESPEARIAN RAT. Last week, as Othello was being performed at. the Theatre Royal, Greenock, a large grey-haired rat ap- peared upon the stage, having emerged from one of the side-wings, and approached the footlights. The presence of the brute proved too much for the nerves both of "Desdemona (Miss Eliza Faucit Saville) and Emilia," who uttered a faint scream. Iago," with his arms akimbo, looked upon the rat with a sardonic frown, well befitting the character, but he did not draw his sword and execute summary vengeance upon it, as "Hamlet" is supposed to do when he finds" Polonius" concealed in his mother's antechamber, .and exclaims, How now, a rat! Dead for a ducat, dead Cross- ing the stage, and being apparently dazzled with the light, the animal ran tilt against the wing, which caused it to divert from its purpose, and approach the orchestra. The presence of the manipulator on the bass fiddle, however, compelled the intruder to turn again and escape by the wing. The audience enjoyed a hearty laugh at the incident, and the play was thereafter proceeded with.

FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. The funeral of the late Marquis of Hastings took place on Saturday, at Kensal Green Cemetery, at half- past twelve o'clock. The corUge was of the most plain ani simple character, consisting merely of the hearse and four mourning coaches, and some half dozen private carriages of the friends of the deceased. In addition to the members of the family, the following noblemen and gentlemen were present: —Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Westmorland, Lord Charles Innes Ker, Admiral Yelverton, Mr. H. V. Wilkinson, Mr. John Storey, Mr. H. Padwick, Captain Barlow, and Mr. John Day

CAUTION TO MEMBERS OF FRIENDS OF LABOUR LOAN SOCIETIES. William Bennett and Jonas Hicks, trustees of the Friends of Labour Loan Society, held at the Woolpack Tavern, Bermondsey-street, appeared at the Southwark Police-court to an adjourned summons, charging them with unlawfully withholding the sum of Ell 14s. from James Walker. It appeared from the evidence of com- plainant that he had been for a long time a member of the society, and had continued to pay up all contribu- tions. Being in particular want of .£11 14s., which he had in the funds of the society, he gave notice to the secretary of the withdrawal of that sum according to the rules, and not being able to ob. tain it, he was compelled to take the present proceed- ings. Thomas Cook, who said he-had been paid secretary to the society, but was now acting voluntarily, admitted that the soeiety had that amount of money belonging to complainant; but it was lent out with other sums to the members, and as soon as the trustees could get it in he wosld be paid according to rota. On being cross- examined by Mr. Ody, he admitted that one of the de. fendants—Mr. Hicks-borrowed £12 from the funds of the society since the complainant gave notice, and that he had not yet replaced it. Mr. Burcham observed that as Hicks had X12 belonging to the society, he should order him to pay zcll 14s., and in default of sufficient distress, to be imprisoned six weeks.

SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE IN SOMERSET. /A very daring outrage was committed on Saturday night, at the residence of Mr. George Maggs, of St. George's, Euston-in-Gordano. The marauders, who were apparently some eight or ten in number, are described by Mr. Maggs as having been all masked. In order to get upon the premises, an outer door had to be passed, and this was forced open from the orchard, and the gang were approaching the house door when they were encountered by the occupier, who had left the dwelling to ascertain what was the matter. Being very courageous, he seized one of the fellows and attempted to drag him into the light, so as to see who he was. Upon this the others attacked Mr. Maggs, and some of them having got their hands inside his cravat they garotted him, and at the same time dragged him about, tearing his clothes to pieces. Upon their letting him go, the illused man was for a little time half-stupefied, but on recovering himself he ran into the house and called for his gun, upon hearing which the fellows, who probably knew that he is a very resolute man, decamped.

ROBBERY OF A WATOH BY A POLICEMAN. At the Uxbridge Sessions, a singular case was investi- gated by the magistrates. On Whit-Taesday last Nathaniel Puzen, a fireman, while waiting at the West Drayton railway station for a train fell asleep on the platform, and was awakened by a policeman named George Pigden, when he found that his silver watch had been stolen, and the chain left hanging from his waistcoat pocket. He gave notice of the robbery at the police station, and George Pigden was watched by a sergeant of the division, and on Tuesday last was observed wearing a silver watch answering to the descrip- tion of that which had been lost. A pretence was made for borrowing the watch, and upon its being examined the number and maker's name corresponded. Pigden was, therefore, charged with the robbery, and com- mitted for trial.

TEE BISEOP OF PETERBOROUGH. The ceremony of confirming the election of the Very Rev. W. C. Magee, Dean of Cork, to the bishopric of Peterborough took place on Saturday morning at the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. After the Litany had been read by the Rev. Marshall Hallvine, M.A., the rector, Sir Tiavers Twiss, the Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, took his seat at a table in the body of the church, the bishop elect remaining in his pew. The proctor for the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough then presented to the Vicar-General the letters patent of the Queen issued under the Great Seal, which the Vicar-General directed the principal regis- trar of the province, Mr. F. Hart Dyke, to read aloud after which the proctor for the Dean and Chapter prayed the Vicar-General to proceed according to the letters patent. The bishop elect then advanced from his pew, and took his seat at the table opposite to the Vicar-General, and some other documents having been admitted, the Vicar-General directed that all opposers should be publicly called, upon which the appointee made the usual and somewhat quaint proclamation to the effect that all persons who wished to oppose the said election should appear. Proclamation having been made, the Vicar-General signed the schedules. The bishop elect then knelt down before the Vicar-General and took the oaths, after which it was declared that the election of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough was confirmed.

DISGRACEFUL RIOT IN FINSBURY. On Monday night a meeting of the supperters of Mr. O'Malley was held at the Berners-hall, Agricultural- hall, which was attended by a very large number of the personal friends and committee-men of the Conservative candidate. These were admitted an hour previously by ticket, but on the chief door being thrown open a "rush" was made by a number of roughs, which threw the meeting into confusion. The place was quickly crowded to excess, and displays of party placards soon led to a general disturbance, and a rush was made to the platform, behind which a portion of the room had been partitioned off to serve as a retiring room. Many of those on the platform were forced down into this, but by dint of much effort the candidate and some personal friends attained it, but no single voice was able to make head against the storm of yells, shouts, and cheers that prevailed, and another rush caused the retreat of Mr. O'Malley and his friends. Many who had before this tried to get out by the side entrance found it bar- ricaded by a noisy, impassable crowd and a music-hall in which a cheapee)ncert was going on, afforded a place' of rest to the more timid. For another hour riot reigned in the large hall.; partitions were overthrown, chairs smashed, and damage done to the damask curtains at the rear of the platfom, and to the staircases, to the extent of £ 30, and not uiftil the gas was turned off, and the .police had cleared tfechall, could it be ascertained that ,very serious injuries 'bad not resulted to many. One young man, who had clambered to the top of the parti- £ iau. with atL-x) fell riilv.it, contrived to limp off.

SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 11. The Gazette of to-day publishes a decree of the Minister of Justice making extensive reductions in the scale of punishment apportioned to the various classes of crime. The manifesto of the Electoral Committee has received numerous signatures of politicians con- nected with all the three branches of the Liberals. A circular of Senor Zorilla orders the re-opening of the schools closed by certain of the Provincial Juntas and Municipalities. The Municipal elections are fixed for the 1st December. The Impartial of to-day contains a decree, dated the 9th inst., but not yet published in the Gazette, authorising the Rev. George Fitch to erect a Protestant church in Madrid. MADRID, NOV. 13. General Contreras has been appointed Director General of the cavalry. A circular has been issued by Admiral Topete, reminding the sailors of the Royal navy of the necessity that order and discipline should prevail, and expressing confidence in their patriotism. A decree of the Minister of the Colonies, just published, orders the adoption of numerous measures of importance. He decrees that steps shall be taken to facilitate the colonisation of Fernando Po, and to establish a naval station there also that grants of land shall be made in the colonies that every port in the Spanish possessions shall be declared free to the vessels of all nations, and that all anchorage duties shall be abolished for both foreign and Spanish vessels. Special regulations concerning the above decree will shortly be published. The total subscription to the loan amounts to 4,966,800 crowns. It is under- stood that the Government has contracted a loan for X4,000,000 with Messrs. Rothschild, the money to be devoted solely to the payment of the half-yearly interest on the home and foreign debt. MADRID, Nov. 14. General Prim has addressed a circular in response to a request made by nearly all the captains-general for an increase in the provincial garrisons. General Prim declines to aicede to the applications, declaring that the Government reckons upon the support of the enlightened majority of the nation, and that any augmentation would raise the army to a figure far above what the country could bear. The circular announces the concentration of a considerable body of troops in New Castille, which, thanks to the numerous railways and telegraphs, could be instantly dispatched wherever it might be necessary. The subscription to the National Lean amounts to 5,684,000 crowns. The manifesto of the joint electoral committee formed by the fusion of the three fractions of the Liberal party has been published to-day. It confirms all the Liberal measures decreed by the revolutionary Juntas, and proclaims religious freedom, consecrating and guaranteeing for all time the principles of liberty of conscience. The passage relative to the future form of Government says The monarchical form is imposed upon us by the exigencies of the revolution and the necessity of consolidating the liberties we have acquired. Monarchy by Divine right is for ever dead. Our future monarchy in deriving its origin from popular rights will be a consecration of universal suffrage. It will symbolise the national sovereignty and consolidate public liberty, the right of the people being superior to all institutions and powers. This monarchy, surrounded by Democratic institutions, cannot fail to be popular." The manifesto concludes by stating that the Liberals will respect all the laws enacted by the Constituent Cortes. MADRID, Nov. 15. A great and enthusiastic monarchical and democratic meeting, called by those who signed the manifesto of the electoral committee, was held to-day in the court- yard of the palace. Fifty thousand persons assembled. Perfect unanimity and order prevailed, though no police were present, and the demonstration is considered to have been the most imposing affair of the kind ever witnessed in Madrid. Speeches were delivered by Senores Olozaga, Armijo, Martos, and others, and all the speakers adhered, amid great enthusiasm, to the principles enunciated in the recent manifesto. Senor Martos, in the course of his speech, said that the manifesto of the electoral com- mittee was sent yesterday to the provinces by telegraph, and it was everywhere received with the greatest satis- faction. He added, that the reply made by the great industrial town of Barcelona was to subscribe 50 millions of reals-an excellent proof of the impression produced. At the conclusion of the meeting a procession walked through the principal streets, with banners inscribed with Liberal mottoes, and accompanied by bands playing the hymn to liberty. They proceeded to the palace of the President of the Provisional Government. Here Senor Olozaga again spoke, and in reply Marshal Serrano, General Prim, Admiral Topete, and the other Ministers made speeches, in which they dwelt upon the great significance of this manifestation of confidence, and upon the sup- port derived by the Provisional Government from similar demonstrations, which tended to secure the public liberties, founded henceforward on inde- structible bases, and which can never be overthrown by the monarchy which may be established. The crowd loudly cheered the members of the Ministry. A decree has been issued by Admiral Topete, authorising sailors whose time of service has expired to re-enlist for a year in the navy.

MOUNT VESUVIUS. NAPLES, Nov. 14. Professor Palmieri announces that a new cone on Mount Vesuvius has opened, and is in active operation, ejecting lava. The instruments are greatly agitated.

RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, NOV. 10. The Emperor has ordered the publication of an official newspaper which shall be the sole organ of the ministry. The paper is to be called the Moniteur of the Govern- ment, and will appear at the commencement of the new year. All other official and semi-official publications will cease to appear. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 13. An Imperial ordnance has been issued withdrawing from the Committee of Ministers the power of granting concessions for the construction of railways. In future, any demand for a concession will first be examined to see whether the object proposed is a fit subject for com- petition, and if this point is decided in the affirmative, the Minister of Finance will then publish an appeal for a public competition for the concession in question. The journals of this city publish telegraphic intelligence from Trebizond of yesterday's date, stating that the Christian inhabitants are leaving that city in great numbers, and settling in the Caucasus, notwithstanding the efforts of the Turkish authorities to detain them. Eleven hundred { Christians have left Trebia;ondduring the last few days.

DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY IN PALERMO. PALERMO, Nov. 9. Yesterday the police discovered a fully organised reactionary committee, and seized proclamations advo- cating Sicilian autonomy. One individual who was arrested declared that the intention of the conspirators was to have claimed the protection of the English squadron.

ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN THE PACIFIC. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. A shock of earthquake occurred last night at Victoria, Vancouver's Island. It occasioned much consternation, but little damage. At the close of October a fourth tidal wave visited the Sandwich Islands on the Island of Hawaii; it swept away a large number of dwellings. At Hilo repeated vibrations of earthquake have been felt.

INDIA. BOMBAY, Oct. 24. It is announced that Muscat has fallen without a struggle, and that Syud Selim, the Imaum, has been deposed, and succeeded by the Chief of the Waehabes. The cetton crops in Behar are reported to be most luxu- riant. Cholera has almost disappeared at Bombay. Terms of peace have been concluded with the tribes of the Hussunzyes, Ahazaies, and Chuggurzaies, and also with the Syuds of the Purraree district. The expedi- tionary force is now operating against the independent Swatees. Sickness is on the increase among the troops, owing to the recent hardships and exposure during the mountain warfare. Accounts received from Rajpoo- tana, in Central India, are still very unfavourable as regards the impending famine. CALCUTTA, Oct. 20. The meteorological department has organised the system of storm signals to be exhibited at seven pro. minent places in this city. Reports from Assam repre- sent the condition of all crops as satisfactory. SINGAPORE, Oct. 9. A public meeting has been convened at the Town-hall to protest against a breach of faith on the part of the Home Government with that colony in the matter of military contribution.

THE ELECTORAL LAW OF SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette publishes the new electoral law announced several days back :—" Every Spaniard 25 year of age has a right to vote. The only persons dis- qualified are the following :—Convicts not rehabilitated; men under criminal accusations at the moment of the elections; those deprived of their political rights;, individuals against whom a judgment has been given, declaring them incapable of managing their own affairs; bankrupts; insolvent traders or manufacturers; and individuals prosecuted to re- cover payment of their taxes. Soldiers and sailors will vote at the places in which they are garrisoned, provided that they have a two months' residence. All electors dwelling in the communes and engaged in trade are eligible to municipal functions; they may also form part of the provincial councils provided they do not occupy any office paid by the local government or the State. No government functionary is qualified in the province, district, or commune in which he holds his office. The functions of deputy are incompatible with any post requiring the holder to reside away-from Madrid, and the acceptation of the former implies the resignation of the latter. The elections for the Cortes will take plaee by provinces. Those returning from six to nine deputies will form two circumscriptions and those of ten and upwards, three. The Balearic and Canary Islands are to be the object of a division in which their particular situation will be taken into account. There is to be a deputy for every 45,000 inhabitants, and for a fraction above exceeding 22,500. The ballot will last three days, and a special decree will fix the mode of voting in the islands. The electoral lists will be made out from the 15th to the 25th November. The number of deputies is to be 350.

NEWSPAPERS IN MADRID. Such a press as we have here in Madrid, says a letter from that city, would baffle the conception of news- paper readers and writers in any other country. There cannot be less than two scores of daily papers, and he who has seen one has seen them all. The broader sheets, the Epoca, Politica, Diario, Esjpanol, and ever so many others, are only to be had by subscription. They are never soiled by the dirty fingers of the itinerant newsvendor. The Imparcial, the widely-spread Corre- spondencia, together with the Cascabel, the Gil Bias and other specimens of Spanish humour, are to be bought for infinitesimally small coppers at all the street corners. The Iberia, which calls itself "the forlorn hope of all Liberalism," issues a large edition for the gods and a small one for mere mortals. It is astonishing to see how little sense or information the most industrious man can manage to squeeze from the whole lot of Spanish papers, large and small. Madrid papers in a general way dis- pense with leading articles and correspondence alto- gether they jumble together hundreds of sueltos or paragraphs, odds and ends of petty gossip or arrant fiction, which they steal from each other, sometimes giving them as quotations from a colega or another periodico, but more usually without reference or acknowledgment of any description. Marvellous reading it is that the Spanish public are supplied with yet, strange to say, the demand for such stuff as the papers afford exceeds all belief. Of the Corres- pondencia alone 50,000 copies are daily sold in Madrid. That paper is not written, but merely printed, and it is so infamously printed that one-half at least of the im- pression is absolutely unreadable yet people take it up, straining their eyes to catch a suelto here and there, which may be considered sensational, and which immediately becomes the theme of animated com- ment. Some of the larger papers, such as the Epoca, are, no doubt, more carefully edited. The strongest advocacy of principles—agreeably to their own views- is to be found in the clerical papers. The priests, it Must be said in justice to them, know what they want, and they know how to write. The Pensamiento Espario$ is the organ that exhibits the greatest verve and energy- It fills the same place in Madrid as the Univers in Paris, and, formerly, the Armonia in Turin, and now the Unita Catollica, at Florence. The power of lying these reverend writers possess exceeds anything of the kind their lay brethren may have any claims to.

FEMALE EMIGRATION TO CANADA. The Toronto Globe, referring to various Unfavourable statements made in the Canadian papers respecting th& girls taken out to Canada by Miss Rye, declares that the great majority have turned out remarkably well. "If we are to believe some people," it adds, "the introductien of these girls has been an injury to the country, a repetition of which is to be prevented if possible. Nothing could be more unfair, nothing wider of the fact. We shall welcome Miss Rye's arrival in the country with her 100 girls as a pleasing and gratifying fact." The Toronto Globe adds, however, that it would not answer the purpose of the colony to pay their passage money, because the same amount could be better employed in promoting immigration in, other ways."

To country stationers and fancy dealers. Hopkins and Co- Houndsditch, London, supply all descriptions of paper and' fancy stationery at lowest priees; samples, am., on applica- tion. See advertisement in Lloud's. DUNN and Co.'s INDELIBLE PENCIL for MARIIKG LINEN, &c., patented March 23, 1868, will last out six bottles oil marking ink, and is as easy to write with as the ordinarj lead pencil. Sold by stationers and chemists, or sent fre« by post on receipt of 13 stamps, by DuNN and Co., WhoI.. sale Stationers, 20, Derereux-court, Strand, W.C. THE Court Circular of Saturday, October 24th, says a -An important discovery has just been made, and the experience of all consumers proves at horses, cows, of pigs, which partake of the "A1 Nutritious Cocoa Extract' are in a much healthier condition, yield more produce" and are less liable to disease. Another great advant* asre is, that by its use a. considerable saving is effected. We recommend our readers to give the new <jopdiment a fair trial, as we are anrp, white they benefit pecuniarily, their animals will physically impress. The proprietors are the North British Cattle Food CJA,, of 173, Bisbopsgate-street Without, E.G., wiho will be glad to forward a t-=rle of 250 feeds -on secelpt,of 10s.

Ionium dusstg. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Our readers will understand that ice do not hold ourselves respon. sible for our able Correspondent's opinions. THE Elections, which will be more than half over before this gossip comes to hand, although unusually dull, have afforded a few cases of personal quarrels amongst the Upper Ten Thousand that are always so interesting to the gossiping public. With the impar- tiality due from me, I will give one from each side of the two great parties. In North Leicestershire there is to be a triangular duel between three Conservatives— Lord John Manners, the poet and Young Englander of the days when we were young and wore white waistcoats—now confined to waiters—and read" Can- ingsby" with delight; Mr. Gloves, who was formerly Master of the Quorn Hounds and Mr. Frewen, whose politics are of the oldest Orange Protestant type, a member ef that charmingly situated club in Whitehall- gardens, where beds as well as board are to be had, but where no one is admitted until he be a staunch Protestant Conservative. Mr. Frewen once before fought an election battle in Leicestershire, and was beaten by the Rutland interest. He was some years ago as hard-riding a fox-hunting squire as ever I saw in the field. He has estates in Sassex as well as Leicestershire. The ether day he wrote a curiously offensive letter to the Duke of Rutland, the owner and master ofthe Balvoir hounils, remonstrating against his sup- port of Mr. Clowes, who owned no land in the county," and "only represented the fox-hunting interest." He concluded by threatening, if Mr. Clolves were returned, to assist in measures for destroying all the foxes in Leicestershire. If he did, I presume he would retire to the pheasant-shooting copses and stiff clays of Sussex, for his life would scarcely be safe in Leicestershire. The Duke of Rutland gave a very dignified answer. As his grace and Lord John are personally very popular, it would seem that Mr. Frewen has prepared a very unpleasant quarter of an hour for himself when he appears on the hustings. In the county of Middlesex the Liberal party have had their little squabble between Mr. Labouchere and the representative of "blue blood," Lord Enfield, the son of Lord Strafford, and the nephew of Mr. Byng, who represented Middlesex for half a century, the friend of Charles James Fox, one of the last parliamen- ary representatives of blue and buff and leather breeches with top boots. Mr. Byng was a descendant of the minister the Earl of Strafford beheaded in the time of Charles I. The Byngs are old Whigs and great aristocrats. Mr. Labouchere, who is fighting Middlesex on the same side, is the nephew of the Mr. Labouchere who was a member of several Whig ministries, and a partnerin the house of B aring until he was created Lord Taunton. He is the grandson of Peter Csesar Labouchere, a handsome French Datehman who came over to England on financial business before the French Revolution of 1798, andmade his fortune by marrying a daughter of the house of Baring. The noble Byng looks down on French- Dutch Englishman Labouchere with his fortune made in a counting-house, so after some gro wling they met to quarrel. My lord told the commoner he did not believe him, and the commoner told the lord that he was a cl sneak." Ia the good old times these gentlemen would have fought or held their tongues, as the only witnesses were Lord private solicitors; but, to the infinite discredit of both, first Mr. Labouchere and then Lord Eafield, told the story to their con- stituents at publie meetings. IN these days, when weddings amongst the Upper Ten Thousand are the subject of such elaborate reports in the journals devoted to fashion, when not only the names and the dresses of the bridesmaids and visitors are re- corded in detail, but the presents, and the names of the donors, it is rather odd to find the marriage of Lord March, the eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, noticed in a paragraph of four lines. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Percy Ricardo, a highly respectable member o the Stock Exchange, a cousin of the late John Lewis Ricardo, who represented the Potteries in Parliament, and a grandson of David Ricardo, the celebrated political economist, of an Italian Hebrew family. Of course the family do not. like the Stock Exchange connection; but it was a love match, and the blool of these noble houses will often bear crossing with advantage. An aunt of Lord March married the Prince of Saxe-Weimar, a cousin of the Queen. Thus, Mr. Percy Ricardo can now call his Queen his ceusin. We often hear relation- ship with the great and wealthy claimed on less distinct grounds. THE death of the Marquis of Hastings was the subject of two re mirk able articles in two leading daily papers-an honour not paid (if it was an honour) to much more distinguished personages. The marquis, after a long minority, came into a rent-roll of about seventy thousand pounds a year. The second year he was on the turf he won about twenty thousand. Thenceforward he lived at the rate of at least tifty thousanl a year or more, besides the cost of loans from money-lenders. He lost ninety-three thousand in the Hermit's Derby, and the year of Lady Elizabeth's failure finished him. He was not buried in the vault with his grandfather the statesman, and his father the hunting sports- man, but in Kensal green, where the Duke of Sussex and Soyer the cook are laid. The funeral procession was as plain as it could be—the •«mly time economy has been seen in anything connected with the last Marquis of Hastings since he came of age. Mr. Padwick, the self-elected commissioner for the insolvent estates of racing gentlemen, and John Day, the famous trainer of Lady Elizabeth and The Ear], were amongst the mourners ODDS are being laid, at the sporting clubs, that two dukes and a commoner will find the turf too hard for their running before Christmas, 1869. ALTHOUGH all the electoral divisions of the metropolis were contested, the absence of bands, ribbons, and hired carriages have made it the dullest in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Amongst the earliest at the polling booths on Tuesday were gentlemen carefully great-coated, who first voted aid then drove off to catch the train for the Queen's hotiti* pink coats being lawful, although pink ribbons were not. P. P.

THE ARTISANS' DWE, LLTLVGS ACT. The Poplar District i of Works have taken action under Mr. Torrens' Asui Two houses in Barr's- alley, Robin Hood-lane, wera reported by the medical officer as being unfit for human occupation. They were visited by the surveyor, who describes them as having two rooms each; they are approached by a covered passage twenty feet in length and two feet nine inches in width the ground floor of both is below the surface of the ground; the ceilings are abrat 6 ft. high the bricks and plastering are decayed from damp, and the smell ia offensive. The privy is in bad order, and the drainage defective. Houses and privy are devoid ef water. There were a man, his wife, and four children in each house. The landlord thought the houses good enough for the occupants. The board passed a resolution ordering the landlord to demolish the houses within a period of three mouths.-The Lance4

PASSING EVENTS. THE Official Gazette of Florence publishes a decree, convoking the Italian Parliament for the 24th of November. Tsig death of the Begum of Bhopal is announced by a telegram from India. IT is announced that the United States Government intends to send another expedition to the North Pole. THE new electoral law for Spain has been published. It provides that every citizen who is 25 years of age shall be entitled to vote for the election of town coun- cillors and deputies to the Constituent Cortes. The provinces are to be divided into electoral districts of 45,000 inhabitants. The voting will last three days, and the electoral lists will be made out between the 15th and 25th inst. The Cortes will consist of 350 deputies. AFTER the commencement of the New Year all the present official and semi-official newspapers in Russia are to be suppressed, and the Government will speak through only one official organ, which is to be called the Moniteur of the Government. THE Russian Government, with the view of completing the strength of the army and navy, has ordered a levy of four persons in every thousand inhabitants through- out the country. The iron-clad frigates recently launched—Admiral Lazarew, Admiral Spiridow, Admi- ral Tchichakow, Admiral Greig—and the two double- turret monitors-Tcharodieika and Rasalka—are being armed. LOTS of Bokharian cotton have been sold at Moscow at 12 roubles per pound. THE Peruvian Government has declared that Peruvian consuls in foreign countries have no right to charge fees for legalising guano charters, and has ordered two consuls to refund the money so received. A COLLISION has occurred on the Western Railway, in Bohemia, at the Horrovitz station, between a passenger and goods train. Twenty-nine persons have been killed and sixty-one seriously injured. The majority of the travellers were soldiers on leave. THE fight between O'Baldwin and Wormald for the championship of the world has taken place at Wechawl- sen, United States; the former was the victor in one round, in which Wormald had his jaw broken. THE complication arising out of the attempt of the French Government to prevent the subscription to the Baudin monument grows graver every moment. M. Berryer has forwarded a contribution to the Electeur, with a very remarkable letter, in which he shows the legality of the cause in which Baudin died. According to the Gaulois, the Government professes to see in the "pretext of a subscription the proofs of an actual plot) whose leaders are very well known. The Etendard declares that all the Ministers are united in their opinion of the advisability of prosecuting the editors. THE Liberal party in Spain is said to be now more united than at any former time in its conviction of the necessity and practicability of a constitutional monarchy. The manifesto drawn up at the house of Olozaga declares that the Democratic party have relinquished all idea of a republic. Admiral Topete has issued a circular to the sailors to remind them of the necessity for discipline, and to state his confidence in their patriotism. A de- cree of the Minister of the Colonies at Madrid deelares every port of the Spanish colonies free to the vessels of all nations. A SEVERE shock ef earthquake has been felt in Japan. THE prospects of the harvest in Australia are very promising. The yield of gold is increasing. THERE has been such a heavy fall of snow upon the Alp. that ifor [two days the traffic upon the Fell Railway over Mont Cenis, both for goods and pas- sengers, has been suspended. The Italic says that many of the travellers proceeding to France were compelled to return to Genoa, and embark there for Marseilles. THE Emperor of Austria has ordered that henceforth his title in treaties with foreign powers shall be "Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apos- tolic King of Hungary." In the body of treaties this title will be abbreviated by the omission of all reference ,o Bohemia, and he will be spoken of as "His Majesty he Emperor and King," or "His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty." The empire is in future to be called "The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy," or "The Austro-Hnngarian State." THE Tribunal of the Correctional Police of the Seine has given its judgment in the case of the journalists prosecuted for publishing a list of subscriptions to erect a monument to Baudin, and of the persons who took part in the Montmartre manifestation. M. Gaillard, sen., and M. Quentin, one of the editors of the Reveil, were sentenced to a fine of 500f. M. Gaillard, jun., and M. Peyronton, to a fine of 15 Of. each and a month's imprisonment; M. Delescluzo, editor of the Reveil, to a fine of 2,00Qf. and six months' imprisonment; and M. Peyrat, editor of the Avenir National, M. Challemel- Laccur, editor of the Revue Politique, and M. Daret, to a fine of 2,000f. each. A GRET meeting was held in Madrid on Sunday, at which the principles recently set forth in the programme of the committee of the three sections of the Liberal party were advocated by Olozaga and other speakers. Complete religious freedom, and the adoption of the monarchical system, based not upon Divine right but upon universal suffrage, are the most prominent points of the programme. At the conclusion of the meeting, at which perfect order prevailed, a deputation waited upon the Provisional Government, and reported what had been done. General Prim has refused to increase the provincial garrisons. THE telegraph brings us news of yet another earth- quake—this time in the east of Europe, at Bucharest. The shock, which is described as violent, was felt at nine o'clock on Friday morning. FROM Brazil we learn that the allies had made two recor.naissances.of the position held by Lopez, and con- sidered it almost unassailable, the natural defences having been much strengthened. THE expedition under Brigadier Wilde, into the Hussunzye country has been attended with complete success. Up to the 9th October the British loss only amounted to five men killed and 30 wounded. BARON James de Rothschild, whose malady, it was thought, had taken a favourable turn, died on Sunday morning. He was the head of the Paris house of Rothschild, and had been settled in France ever since 1812. He was born at Frankfort in 1792, and was thus 76 years of age at the time of his death. Baron James de Rothschild was the last surviving son of Mayer Anselmo Rothschild, the founder of the family. ROSSINI, whose death had been hourly expected during the past week, died on Saturday, in Paris, at the age of 76. He was born at Pessaro in 1792, where his parents were members of a strolling operatic company. He wrote his first opera at the age of 17. Two ferry boats came into collision on Saturday in New York Harbour, whereby two persons were killed and about fifteen others wounded. THE death of the King of Siam is announced by tele. graph from Galle. He was seized with fever shortly after taking part in the scientific observations of the eclipse of the sun on the 18th Augusta and the disease soon assumed a character which forbade all hope of re- covery. His literary and scientific attainments gave him a high place among eastern monarchs. ON Saturday afternoon an eruption took place from the newly-opened cone of Mount Vesuvius, and copious streams oflava were ejected. Professor Palmieri con- sider-s that this indicates the termination of the long series of central eruptions from the mountain. THE Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on Friday con. ferred the, honour of knighthood at the Vicerega Lodge on Mr. John Barrington, formerly Conservative Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Mr. Reid, mayor of iderry. THE Bishop of London has accepted the Arch- bishopric, of Canterbury, vacant by the f Most Rev. I.Charles Tks?mas LongleyJ D.D. IT is announced that the cabinet of St. James's has given entire satisfaction to the Portuguese Government by disavowing the conduct of the English at Sierra Leone. FRIDAY night's Gazette contains an announcement that; Sir John Young, the new Governor of New South Wales, has been appointed an extra member of the Knights Grand Cross of the Bath. The Gazette also I officially announces the appointment of Canon Champ- I neys to the deanery of Lichfield, and of Dr. F. K. Leigh- toh -co a canonry in Westminster. A REPORT having got into circulation that the Hon. Colin Lindsay, late president of the English Church Union, had joined the Roman Catholic communion, that gentleman has telegraphed to a friend that "the report s false." IT is announced that Dr. Jackson, Bishop of Lincoln, will succeed Dr. Tait as Bishop of London, and that Archdeacsn Wordsworth will be the new Bishop of Lincoln. THE voting by "nations" for the Rectorship of Glasgow University showed equal numbers for Mr. Lowe and Lord Stanley. The casting vote lies with the Duke of Montrose, Postmaster. General in the present government. IT is proposed by the Home Secretary to transfer the supervision of dangerous structures in London from the police to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The board are willing to undertake the duty.

LIFE AND DEATH IN BETENAL GREEN. A man dies of starvation in Bethnal-green, and an inquest is held on his body. His wife gives the particulars of his mode of life. Her husband, herself, and three children earned among them 5s. a week. They lived in a room for which they paid 2s.; they had the rest of the money for clothing and food. The man tried hard to get additional work and could not, but one day he managed, after some hours' toil in an open yard, to earn 6d., which he threw on the table, at the same time saying a few words which some persons who are not remotely concerned in the case will never forget Have pity on me; I am dying through weakness. What I have suffered this day no one knows." He did die very shortly after. His wife had made several applications to the gentleman" at the workhouse, and had been told with fine irony to go and work, to send her husband, and, finally, had been shown the door. The man had been treated in much the same way the winter before, and he was from the first quite hopeless of the success of his wife's appeal for relief. His dying speech was somewhat in this wise "I have had no food day or night during these three days, except half a halfpenny loaf and a little cold water." The doctor certified that the cause of death was starvation; the relieving officer owned that relief had been refused, and that the office was closed no inconsiderable part of the day. The first verdict which the foreman de- livered had a tag to the effect that the family ought te have gone to the workhouse sooner The brutal foolishness of this was too much for one of the jury, and he insisted on its omission, though he does not appear to have had the courage to put another in its place and the result of the inquiry into this case by twelve of the intelligent fellow-countrymen of the dead man is, that that dead man died from effusion of serum on the brain caused by want and privation." -Star.

FIGHT WITH AN ALLIGATOR. A correspondent the Clarlcville{Texas) Standard gives an account of a hard fight between a man named Hitt and a seven-foot alligator. Hitt was at werk in a tan- yard. He went to work in the morning as usual; but during the night an alligator had taken possession, and waa in the vat where Hitt left off work the evening be. fore. On arriving at the yard the next morning, Hitt entered the vat without discovering the intruder, took hold of a hide of leather, and pulled and tugged and .9 could not raise the hide, and called his son to come and assist him in raising it. He had not yet discovered the monster lying on the hide, nearly covered with tan oose. He heard a splash behind him, and thought it was his son jumping in. Not so, however; the alligator had made a lunge at him, but only caught the seat of his breeches. Thinking his son had missed his grab, he bawled out to him, What the devil are you pulling at me for why don't you take hold of the hide ?" His son answered, Pap, I aint there." He screwed himself round— minus the seat of his breeches-to see the monster in battle array, face to face, confined within the limits of the tan vat. Hitt struck with his fists, but finding the coat of mail of his adversary too much for such assaults, leaped upon his back and played Kentuck with his thumbs, bringing something more than the fabled tears from the eyes of the croco- dile. In the meantime the boy had run to the house after Mr. G. and his gun. In the great hurry and ex- citement, Mr. G. presented his gun, cocked at some huge mass. Hitt, as it turned out, was on the top, his body and head elevated about twelve degrees. Mr. G. was standing nearly over them in a shooting position. Hitt saw the danger, but, too much exhausted to speak, dis- engaged his hands and elevated them, when Mr. G. fired, killing the alligator. Hitt recovered a little from his ex- haustion, and sang out, What did you shoot for ? I had him whipped, all to putting the strings oa."

THE POPE ON EUROPEAN POLITICS. "There is so much talk here," says the Roman correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, in a letter of the 3rd, about the speeches addressed by the Pope to the English and Danish consuls on the occasion of his visit to Civita Vecchia, that I have been at pains to ascertain the exact words. The Holy Father first spoke to the consul of Denmark, saying, 'You represent, monsieur, a Power, the geographical extent of which is very limited, but which has astonished the whole world by the noble courage with which it defended its rights against those Powers which abused their strength to destroy them.' Then, turning to the English consul, his Holiness r-emarked, England, monsieur, did wrong, very wrong, to abandon Denmark, which it was both her duty and her interest to sustain. It was a proceeding which can- not be condemned too strongly, for it was fatal both to Denmark and Poland. If she continues in such a course, England will too late find that she is degraded.' The assembly thronged so close to hear these speeches that the pressure shook the platform of the throne, giving the Pope a violent shock. By an adroit movement he prevented himself from being thrown down, and cried out to his alarmed suite, "Fear nothing; the Pope's throne may fall, but the Pope himself will never fall.'

A VESSEL WRECKED BY AN ICEBERG. By the arrival at Liverpool of the Inman Company's royal mail steamer City of Boston we learn of the abandonment of the ship Wabeno inmicl Atlantic. The Wabeno was bound from North America to Liverpool, with a cargo of deals; and previous to the 5th instant was struck by an enormous iceberg, which completely disabled the vessel and rendered her unmanageable. On the btn. the City of Boston hove in sight, and seeing signals of distress flying from the Wabeno at onee bore down and rescued the captain, crew, and passengers. The Wabeno was in such a crippled state that she could not long keep afloat. -»

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WIFE ASSAULT. A hawker named Morris was charged at the Worship- street Police-court, with throwing his wife out of a second floor window, by which she was so seriously injured that her life is in jeopardy. The deposition of the wife, however, which was taken at the hospital, was to the effect t'hat they had been out drinking to- gether, and on their return home had a quarrel, in which the prisoner struck her several times. She could not escape by the door, which was locked, and so got out of the window, and after sitting for a moment on the sill threw herself down. The unfortunate woman's daughter, however, states that she was pushed out. Prisoner was remanded.

FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 14. An Imperial decree has been issued to-day, fixing the duties upon candied sugars imported into France from England and Belgium at 52f. 25c., which includes the usual additional payment of decimes. The Etendard of this evening, contradicting the assertions made by the Gaulois last night respecting the pretext" of the sub- scription to the Baudin monument, says, "The Go- vernment has discovered no plot. The conjectares of the Gaulois, relative to the law of general safety, are likewise incorrect. The discretionary measures which had their origin in the Orsini attempt have been irre- vocably suppressed." The Government contemplates no reactionary or violent measures, the existing law, firmly applied, being sufficient. The Tribunal of the Correctional Police of the Seine has given its judgment to-day in the case of the journalists prosecuted for publishing a list of subscriptions to erect a monument to Baudin, and of the persons who took part in the Montmartre manifestation. M. Gaillard, sen., and M. Quentin, one of the editors of the Reveil, were sentenced to a fine of 500f. M. Gaillard, jun., and Mr. Peyronton to a fine of 150f. each and a month's imprisonment M. Delescluze, editor of the Reveil, to a fine of 2,000 £ and six months' imprison- ment; and M. Peyrat, editor of the Avenir National, M. Challemel-Lacour, editor of the Revue Politique, and M. Duret, to a fine of 2,000f. each. °* M. Rossini is announced. —————'

ROME. ROME, NOV. 11. The Pope has placed the services of his physician a the disposal of Fuad Pasha, whose state of health has become worse. An ordinance of Cardinal Antonelli announces that his Holiness has ordered a modification of the export duty upon 200 articles of manufacture, in order to encourage the development of trade. The Pope has also instructed the Papal ChargS d'Affaires at Lucerne to afford all possible succour to the sufferers from the recent inundations.

JAPAN. Advices from Yokohama to the 20th September state that the jaolitical aspect d ,affairs has undergone no change, >

UNITED STATES' EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE. GOTHA, Nov. 10. Dr. Petermann has received official information from the Geographical Society of New York that the United States intend to send another exploring expedition to the North Pole, and that a meeting to discuss the subiect will take place on the 12th inst.

CHINA. M, SHANGHAE, Sept. 26. The survey of the Yellow River in China, undertaken under the auspices of the Asiatic Society, had cam- menced. Mr. Cooper had reached as far as Bathange, when the Chinese authorities refused to allow him to cross over into Thibet. He has fallen back upon the Bhamo route in the direction of Calcutta. At Hong- Kong the fees for gambling licences have increased from 156,000 dols. to 208,000 dols. per annum.