Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1880, Page 10

Lu A DECEMBER 26, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES —<—$—$$ ever heard from any careful man in my life; and this is said to caricature church.which had-nursed and taken care of him from his boyhood. Has Robert Ingersoll equaled this?- 'Thereis soon to be the perihelion. of four plauets, If threeof them are in Chica go, and one in Brooklyn, the consequences tay not be as disastrous as some have pre- dicted. Which is the Jupiter of the num- The Bishop of Gibraltar hns issued a pas- torn] letter to the clergy au nity of his juris- diction, in which he asks for help to@ards the building at Rome of an edifice worthy of the Engiish Church and people, on the ground that the work is of national interest. The building outside the Vorta del Popolo, in which the services of the Church have becn held for many years, is to be torn down for the enlargement of the streeton which it stands, and unless a new church be built, the congregation will be left without a place of worship. The Bishop wishes to have atRome arepresentative church, which shall show by its architectural features, as well as by the character of its services, what is the true nat- ure of Episcopal worship when it Is dis- played in its best and brightest colors. He says, however, he would not have it erected with any idea of making converts. PERSONALS. Canon Basil Wilberforce is delivering a series of lectures against the doctrine of everlasting punishment. "The Rev. I. M. Reed, of Philadelphia, has received a call to become Associate-Rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Indianapolis. Mr. Spurgeon has resumed preaching in London, but his health is still very feeble. He is unable to stand without support. The Tserkovnaia Vatstnik says that “the most blessed and Holy Patriarch of the Holy City Jerusalem, and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond Jordan, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion,” Procopius, died Aug. 21 (Sept. 2), at the age of 77. He was a native of Mittene, He came at an early age to Jeru- salem, in and near which he spent the rest ofthis life. He was consecrated to the epis- copate as Archbishop of Gaza. In the early rt of 1673 he was chosen to succeed Cyril si in the Patriarchal See of Jerusalem. For several years he had lived a very retired life, the duiles of the patriarchate being dis- charged for the most part by Joseph, Arch- Dishop of Philadelphia. The Bishop of Long Island’s three Uni- versity sermons at Great St, Mary’s, Cam- bridge, England, have received many com- pliments from the religious and secular press for their subtle analysis and masterly treat- ment of an exceedingly complex subject. This was the first occasion when an invita- tion had been extended by either of the great English universities to_a prelate of the sister Church in the United States. Bishop Little- john preached in Lincoln. Cathedral on an- other Sunday a sermon of which the Guar- dian speaks as being “clear in thought, ure in style, refined in language. powerful hi argument, fully justifying his high repu- tation as a preacler.” In the evening he preached at the Corporation Church, and on the next day read a paper at the anniversary meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Forelgn Parts. ‘SAINTLY RECREATION. Don’t swear when you step on the icy side- walk. Think of a little prayer instead — “Now I lame me,” for instance.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. A Baltimore clergyman recently preached: on the subject, “Why was Lazarus a beg- gar?” We suppose because he didn’t adver- tise.—Burlington Hawkeye. Jack (aged 4, taking a walk): “ What be- comes of people when they die?’ Mamma: “They turn into dust, dear.” Jack: “ What alot of people there must be on this road, then.” Z A little girl had a penny given to her to put in the collection-box. in due time it came round, and, dropping in her coin, she exclaimed: “That’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel.” A woman accidentally went into church with two bonnets on,—one stuck inside the other,—and the other women in the congre- almust died of envy. They thought ft was a new kind of bonnet, and too sweet for anything. A 4year-old Irish child, saying her prayers at her mother’s knee, having Foncluded. as usual, with “God bless papa and mamma, grandpapas and grandmammas, uncles and aunts,” etc., gave a great sigh, and said: “0, mamma dear, Ido wish these people would ray for themselves, for 1am so tired pray- fg for them.” Airrepressible boy of 5 years, who was always compelled to keep very quiet on Sunday, having grown inexpressibly weary towards thé close of theSabbath day, frankly and honestly approached his excellent but over-strict father, and gravely said: ‘Pa, Jet’s have a little spiritual fun.” He wasa young reporter, and he thought he’d do asmart thing; so he stole the ser- mon of an eminent divine before church Sunday morning and carried it to the office, so they had it in type and_on the street by the time church was out. But as the report- er had stolen the sermon the divine couldn’t preach and had to use another, and of course that made the paper ridiculous, and the reporter would like to hear of a job and a cure for bruises. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. 4 EPISCOPAL. Doe, 26—First, sunday’ after Christmas; St. D : en. Dec. Si—St. Jonn the Evangelist. Bec. 28—The Innocents’ Day. Dec. 31—Fast. Jan. 1—Circumeision. CATHOLIC. Dec. 26—St. Stephen, First Martyr. Dec. 2i—St. John, Ap. and Evang. Dec. 3—Holy Innocents. Dec. 29—St, Thomas of Canterbury, B. M. Dec. 30—Of the Octave. * Dec 31—St. Sylvester, P.C. Jan. 1—Circumcision of Our Lord (Holy dav of buigation). CHURCH SERVICES. toxicat Liquor to Minors.” Baptism after the evening service. —The Rev. 0. FL. Caton will preach this morn- ing and evening In the Second Church, Oakley ayenueand Jackson strect, CONGREGATIONAL. 4 The Rev. Charles Hail Everest will preach Morning and evening in Plymouth Church, Michigan avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. —The Rev. F. A: Noble will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Union Park Caureh, cor- ner of Ashland avenue and West Washington street. —The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach fa the First Chureh, corner Washington and Ann 10:d0 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. z ‘—The Rev. Arthur Little will.preach in the New England Church, corner Dearborn avenue and-Park place, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. B.F. Leavitt will preach In Lincotn Park Church, corner Mohawk and Sophia street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. . —The Rev. C. A. Towle will preach in'Bethany Church, corner Paulina and West Huron streets. at 104 a.m. and 7:3) p.m. Mornmg subject: “Maokiug Room for Christ.” Christmas praise service In the evening. —The Hev.G. H. Peeke will preach in the Leavitt Street Church, corner West Adams street, at 10:00 a.m and 7:3) p.m. - —The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach in the South Church, corner Drexel boulevard and Fortieth street, at 10:30 a.m. nnd 7:30 p. m. —Prof. Wilcox will preach in the Western Avenue Mission, near Polk street, at 10:50 a. m. . Ta —The Rev. Eyarts Kent will preach at tho Clinton Street Church, corner Wilson streot, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Kev. A. Monroe will preach inthe Union Tabernacle, corner Ashland avenue and Twen~ tieth strect, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. R. A. Holland will oficiate in Trinity Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty- sixth street, 2t 10:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, corner West Washington aud Peoria streets, the Rt. Rev. W. K. McLaren, S. T. D.. Bishop. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy communion, 8 a.m. Choral morning prayer and cclebration of the holy communion, 10:00 a. m.Sunday-school and children’s service, 8 p.m. .Choral evening prayer, 7:30 p.m. —The Hev. Frederick Courtney will officiate in St. Jumes’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets, at 10:30 a.m, and 7:8) p.m. Celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a. mu. and 12m. —The Rey. W. H. Knowiton will olliciate in St. Andrew's Church, corner of West Washington und Rebey streets, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. John Hedman will officiate in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chi- cago avenue, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:3) p. m. —The Rev. Clinton Locke will officiate in Grace Church, Wabush avenue, near Sixteenth strect, at Ika. m.and 7.00 p.m. Celebration of the Holy Communion at 12 m. —The Hey. Arthur Ritchie will officiate in the Church of the Ascension, corner of North La Salle and Elm streets, at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. mn. Communion at § a.m. —The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate in St. Mark's Church, corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Celebration of the Holy Communion at 12 m. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will oificiate in Cal- vary Church, Warren avenue,.between Oakley street and Western avenue, at 10:3) a. m. und TF p.m. Celebration of the holy communion atl3m. —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, be- tween Monroe and Adams, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the holy communion at 1° m. ~The Hey. W. J. Petrie will officiate in the Church of Our Savior, corner of Liucola and Belden avenues, at 11 a. m. and 4p. m. —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will officiate in St. Thomas’ Church, Indiana avenue, near Twenty- niuth street, at lla. m. and 7:45 p.m. Celebra- tion of the Holy Communion at 12 m. —T. B. Townsend will oflictate in St. Luko's Mision, No. 967 Polk street, at 10:45 a.m. und 7:30 p. m2. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. R, H. Bosworth will preach ot the Presbyterian Church, Englewood, at 3:00 p. m. —Bishop Chency will preach morning and evening at Christ Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth streot. —The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach morning and evening at St. Mutthew’s Church, corner of North Clark and Centre streets. ‘he Hey. RK. H. Bosworth will preach this mong in St. Paul's Church, corner of West W: sh agton and Carpenter streets. Bishop Fal- will preach in the evening. 6 ‘ne Kev. J. D. Wilson will preach morning: and evening Io St. Jobn’s Church, —The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in St. Matthew's, Church, corner North Clark and Cen- tre streets, at la. m.and 7:3) p. m. Morning service: “Christmas Thoughts.” Byenlog serv- ice: ‘Thoughts for the Closing Year—Lifo's Harvest Ended.” f PRESBYTERIAN. The Rey. Henry T. Miller will preach morning and evening in the Sixth Church, corner of Vin- cennes and Oak uvenues. . —'rhe Rev. J. N. Freeman, of Lockport, N. Y.. will preach moriiig ue evening in the Second Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twen- eth street. —The Rev. H. M. Collisson will preach morning and evening in the Fullerton Avenue Church, near North Clark street. Morning subject: “A Question for the Last Sunday in the Year.” Evening subject: “* Why Does a: Loving God Denounce Curses? —W. 0. Luttimore will deliver a Gospel tem- perance lecture this evening in the Hailroad Chapel, State, near Fourteenth street. of. Franklin D. Fisk will preach in the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Tiren- ty-frst street, nt 10:3) a. m. —The kev. A. E. Kittredge will preach in the ‘Third Church, corner o' bland and Ogden ave- nues, at 10:20 2. m. and 7:3) p.m. Morus sub- ject: “A Christmas Sermon.” Evening sub- Thoughts for the Closing Year." e Rev. Herrick Jonuson wit! preach in the Fourth Church, corner Rush und Superior streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev.S.E. Wisbard will preach in the Fifth Church, corner Indiana avenue and Thir- tieth street, at 10:50 a, m. and 7:3) D. mn. —The Rev. David W. Evans, of Litchfleld, IIL, will preach in the Westminster Cnureb, corner Peoria and Jackson streets, at 10:3) a.m. and ‘7:30 p.m. —Tho Rev. J. M. Worrall wili_preach in the Eighth Church at 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p. m. —Prof. Francis L. Patton will preach in the Jefferson Park Church, corner of Thrvop and Adains streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. : INDEPENDENT. The Rev. George C. Necdham will preach morning and evening in the Chicago Avenue Church. UNITARIAN. ‘The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach morning and evening in the Church of the Measiak, cor- ner of Michigun avenue and Twenty-third street. —The Rev, E. L Galvin will preach in the ‘Third Church, corner Honoré and Lutlin streets, at 10:45 a.m. LUTHERAN. The Rev. William Ashmead Schaeffer will preach this morning in the Wicker Park Church, corner of Hoynoe avenue and Le Moyne street. —Morning services wili be held at Trinity Church, corner of Dearborn and Erie streets. METHODIST. Tho Rey. L Linebarcer will preach moi and evening in the Grant Place Church. eee BAPTIST. The Rev. William Lawrence, of the Second Church, will preach this morning in the First Church,corner of South Park avenue and Thirty- first street. In the evening the Rev. G. C. Lori- mer will deliver the sixth of ‘a series of lectures on “Isms, Uld and New.” Subject: “ Evolu- tonism, or the Human Mystery.” —The Rev. W. M. Lawrence will preach at the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Kev. Kerr B. Tupper will preach at the Michigan AvenueChurch at lla.m. Noeven- ing service. —The Rev. Joseph Rowley will preach in the North Star Church, corner Division and Sedg- wick strects, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev, &. B. Hulbert will preach iu the Fourth Church, corner West Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:3) p.m. —The Kev. C. Perrin will preach in the West- ern Avenue Church, corner Warren avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 8, mh. —The Kev. J. T. Burhoe will preach in the University Place Courch, corner Hthodes avenue snd Douglas piace, at 19:5) a. m. and 7:3) p. m. —The Key. W. H. Parker will preach in the Coventry Street Church. corner Bloomingdaie rae eee is a and TA p. on —The Rev. uptiste will preach in the Ohvet Church, Fourtn avenue, nour Taylor street, at 1] a. m. and 7:45 p. m: —The Kev. A. K. Parker will preach in the Centennial Chureh, corner Linevin and West Jackson streets, at 10:3) a. m. und 7:30 p.m. —The Hev. E. G. Taylor will preach in the Central Church, No, 2) Orchard street, at 10:45 A. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. W. A. Broadnurst will preach In the Dearborn Street Church, corner Tbirty-sixth and Dearborn streets, at 10:0 a. m. pos aap DR —The Rev. Mr. Seyer will preach in the First German Church, corner Bieckerdike and Huron streets, at 10:30 8. m. and 7: p.m. —The Rev. J. W. Conely will preach in Evan- 1 Church, Rock Island shops, Dearborn, near rorty-Beventh street, at 10:49 a. m., and the Rev. H. C. Leland will preach at 7:30 p. m. Rey, J. B. Sunth will presch in the First Norwegian Church, corner Noble and West Ohio #, m, and 7:3) p. First Swedish’ Chureh. wick, at 10:30a. tm. and 7:30 p.m. —Services will be beld in the Halsted Street Church, between Forty-tirst and Forty-second streets. at 11 a.m. and 7:2 p,m. ~The Kev. N. F. Raviin will preach In the Baptist Mission, No. 431 Ozden avenue, morning and cveniing. —The Rev. D. B. Gunn will preach inthe South Church, Lock street, at It a. wi. and 7:30 p.m. CHIISTIAN. ‘The Rev. John Shackelford. visiting in Chi- cago. will preach ut the South Side Church, comer of Prairie auenue and Thirtieth streets, mori and evening. aot, =Prof. Armstrom, of Indiana, will preach at tho Christian Church. Westera svenua, between Yau Buren and Harrison streets, in the moru- the Re H. Wright iu the evening. The Moral Bight, Legulity | Necessity of Suppreasing the Sale of In- ry & —The Kev. Dr. Williamson will preach morning and evening in the First Chureh, corner Wash- ington and Clark streets. In the morning there will be special Caoristmas music by the choir and Asermon by the pastor, and in the evening Special Christmas music and a sermon on * The Wage let, R. B. Pope will —The Rev. . Pope reach in Church, Indiana avenue, ‘ner Pweuty-fourta strect, at 1] a. m. and 7:30 p. m, —The Her. G. ft, Vanhorne will preach In the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street, at 10:30 a.m. Subject: “The Man Who Came to Us;" a Christmas sermon. Preaching 30 p. 1a. by Mrs. Jennic Fowler Willing. aC pec ame will preach in Centen- ls junroe street AUIUEW 8. 1a. and THA) p.m. piBeee Beam —The vastor of the Fulton Street Church, ner of Artesian avenue, will preach mornia and evening. Morning subject; ‘The Song of the Angcis.” Praise sert at 7:30 p. in. wate oe Feat eistol will preach in the sh Avenue Chureh, co: Beg aelt coin ang cuenes of Fourteenth —The Rev. J. W. Phelps gvill acl Paul's Church, Maxwell sirebt, near ‘Nowbosty ‘avenue, morning and evening. sane Revs, Air. Watsou pill preach in the rch. near a at Ete 4 m. oa 7:0 p. m. peal uae ~The Itev. A.A. Gurney wilt preach i Ada, Suet Chureb, corner Fulton at 10:30 8. = 7:5) p. m. —The Hey. Robert D. Sheppard will Grace Courch, eorner of ‘Nort ‘Ea. Salis and ‘White streets, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. warneteY. J. sence will preach fn the Avenue Church, cor moray and rene a ‘ner Monroe street, et R. St. iatfeld will Langley Avenue Church morning eet evens: is ance pd % Ferris will preach in the . corner Ma’ treet 30:00 a. ma, and TD pew one Fulton streota, at =a NEW JERUSALEM, ie Rev. L. P. Merce: Ballet cit es r will preach in Hershey —The Rev. W. F. Pendleton will - colu Park Chapel, opposit Lincoln’ ar ae He m., aad at Union’ Purk ‘Temple, corner of West Washington street and Oxden avenue, at 4p. m. UNIVERSALIST. The Hey. Sumner Eliis will preach Churen of the Redeemer, coruer of West Wace. ington and Sungumon strects, ut 10:45 a. m, o_itev, W. H. Ryder will preach in St. Paul's Church, Michizau avenue, near of Eight- : eenth street, morning and evening. | % MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The Chi Progressive Lyceum will mect at. Castie Hall, No. 619 West Luke street, at 12:3) Me ze —The First Society of Spiritualists will meet in Fairbunk Hall, Central Music-Ha!l Building, corner of State and Banduiph streets, at 7:30 p.m. y —The Rev. L. Pb. Mercer will preach at the Washingtonian Home até p. m. —A Gospel meeting will be held in the Call- Board room. Board of Trade alley, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p. m. —A Li 1 reunion will be held at No. 213 ‘West Madison street at 2:5) p. m. —A Spiritualistic and mediums’ mecting will | be held at No, 508 West Madison strect at 8 p. m. —The Kev. Dr. Matthewson will preach in the Advent Christian Church, No. 01 South Groen street, morning and evening. ‘—Joseph Smith, President of the Reorganized Latter-Day Saints’ Uhureh, Is expected to preach morning and evening at Castlo Hall, No. 610 West Lake street. —Nonald Ross will conduct the Bible class at Union Park Hall at2p.m. Lecturo on “Gene; sis"'at 3p.m.,and on “Eternal Punishment at 7:45 p.m. —The Belectics will meet at No. 213 West Mad- ison street at 7:00 this evening. Dr. Lewis will lecture on “Life; 1ts Value and Alms.” —The Women's Christinn Temperance Unton will hold a Gospel temperance-mecting at 4 o’clock this afternoon at No. 108) West Lake street. % —The Disc!ples of Christ will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon at No. 229 West Randolph street. —The Rov. A. Youkor will preach in the West Side Tabernacle, corver Morgan and Indiana streets, morning and cvening. —Chaplain MeCabo will preach in the Halsted Streot Methodist Episcopal Church, No. 734South Halstea street, at 10:30 x. m. and 7:00 p. m. —The Womun’s Christian Temperance Union holddaily Gospel temperance meetings in Lower Farwell Hail at3 p.m. Leaders for this week are: Monday, the Rev. F. A. Noble; Tuesday, Mrs, Mglcom McDonald; Weduesday, Mrs. R. A. Decker: ‘Thursday, Mrs. W. G. Powers; Friday, Mrs. J. E. Zimmerinan. —The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Twenty-second strect will hold a meeting at 4p. m. in the Twenty-second Street Red-Ribbon Ciub rooms. —Mrs. S. M.L Henry will address the Gospel temperance meeting in Farwell Hall this even- ing at 8o'clock. The meeting is to be held_un- oer, the auspices of the W.C.T. U. and and Y. M. . A. ‘The Rev. Herrick Johnson, of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will deliver a Bible lect- ure in Farwell Hall at 3:30 p.m. Subject: “Is Christianity a Failure?” Seats free. << THE ADVANTAGES OF IGNORANCE. Something That Will Please Grant White. By Prof. F. W. Clarke. The ocorsional blissfulness of ignorance has long been the subject of one of our most popu- Jar proverbs. Coupled with a positive statement as tothe folloy of wisdom, it passes from mouth do mouth with the authority of an oracle. But tho support given to the dogma is usually of a passive kind. The docirine is stated, but not de- fended; while, on the other hand, our journals teem with arguments in favor of education, upon the importance of schools, and about the best methods of electing school-trustees. The fact that the latter represent in thoir own persons the advantages of ignorance,—that educated men can rarely attain to such superior positions,—is never urged with anything like proper vigor. Education in one’s self imbues one with prejudies concerning the education of others; and such prejudices, with their attendant partialitics, ought to be rigidly excluded from the management of public institutions. Ac- cordingly, in actual practice, uneducated men are placed a8 supervisors above thousands of cultivated teachers; and thus, In spite of the schools, the superiority of ignorance is clourly demonstrated, 2 In every walk of life, in all professions, 2 sim- ilar superiority is daity manifest. At the poils, the trained and intelligent statesman is de- feated by the loud-mouthed stump-speaker, who knows nothing ot jurisprudence, leas of po- litical economy, and only enough of tlounce to be able to draw and spend his salary with com- mendable regularity. ‘The broadly-educated, highly-cultivated theoloxian is surpassed in popuinr esteem by the swaggering revivalist, who tears up human feelings by the root, as a child puis up sprouting beans for growing the wrong way. In medicine, the quack has five times the patronage of the well-mformed phy- sician, and makes a fat living where the latter would only starve. Sick people ara fond df lib- eral treatinent, and like to be thought worse off than they reully are. You have a slight cold, and a ood doctor charges $5 for curing you. But the brill fant empiric calls it congestion of the lungs, diphtheria, or pueumonia, visits you twice us often, and charges three times as much. and Sou feel that you have Kot a great deal more for your money. Your own ignorance chimes in with his,ana both are better satisticd. Your stomachache is magnified into gastric fever: your boil becomes an incipient cancer: a slight chill indicates approaching typhoid. The quuck Hatters your -self-love, exalts your own impor- tance in exaggerating that of your disense, com- forts you with a good, sympathotic scare, and depletes your veing and your pockets with ad- mirable equanimity. ‘The old saying that ‘fools rush in where an- 1s fear to tread” affords anothor argument in ebalf of the fools. ‘To be sure, the natural history of the angel species bas been but imper- teetly studied; ag here aeuin our ty igno- rane belps us. Theoretically, we shonid all like to be angels: but, practically, we prefer to stay where we fre. Besides, familiarity with angels might be exceedingly uncomfortable,—espocially if they should take it into the hosts of their Inte heads to visit us in spook-fushion, with the ac- companiments of blue-fire und winding-sbects. But to the point again. Education mukes men cautious and calculating; cnreful of precedents; afraidof mistakes. Many a time the brilliant audacity of a daring ignoramus has achieved successes which would bave been unattainable + to orderly ekill and tratuing. Lord Timothy Dexter, that most inspired of — idiots, sent & cargo of warming-pans to the ‘West Indies. Tho natives took the bottoms tor sugar-scoops and the perforated lids for strain- ers, and Dexter gained a fortune out of his ri- diculous venture. Zachary Taylor, whipped by a Mexican army, was too bad a soldier to be conscio13 of his defeat, and kept on fighting. His adversaries, astonished at his perseverance, thought be must have hidden reserves, and tn- continently ran away, Thus Taylor won the battle, as contemporaries say, “by sheer pluck and awkwardness.” “Aguinst stupidity the gods thomselves fight powerless.” Stupidity, therefore, by all the rules of logic, must be su- perior to sense, and truly deserves, over all com- ‘petitors. the crown of laurel. ‘The advantuges of ignorance may be furthor illustrated by a reference to the disadvantares of omniscience. Suppose one of us could know everything, past, present, and future,—how un- comfortable he would be! Looking backward into remote antiquity. be would behold bis an- cestral ape enguged in tho undignitied perform- ance of catching fleas. Turning with disgust from the past, he would tind in the present many things as humiliating. Misunderstand- ings, bickerings, batreds, and slanders, unknown to ordinary men, would stand revealed before him. And from the coming time he would an- ticipate trouble and misfortune; be would see approaching evils faroff in the dim distance; and not even the knowledye of attendant plees- ures could quite unsadden bim. ‘Lo know everything would be to learn notbing,—to have no hopes and no desires, since doth would become equally futile. Aftor the first excite- ment, one would barden into a mere nutomaton, —an ‘omniscient machine,—with consciousness worthless, and volition u farce. Had Shak- speare been rhle to foresee his commentators, bis greatest works would never have been writ- en. ‘There are two sides to every question. Like the yod Janus, all things are doubdle- faced. Knowledge is not unalloyed good; neither is ignoranco unadulterated evil. If ignorance were abolished, bow muny teacners would starve for want of occupation! Were ull fools to be- enmne sensible, whut would the kuaves do for a living? The ignoramus, go tong as he is {gnorant of biSisnorance, is comforutble and self-satis- fied. ‘The educated man sees how stender his ut- tainments really are, and discontentedly atrives for deeper knowledge. Let us be impartial, whether fn praise, biame, or satire, Blessed be stupidity, for it shall not be conscious of its own deficiencies. THE LOVE OF THE PAST. As sailors watch from their prison For the Jong. gray line of the coasta, {look to the Past renrisen, ‘And joys come over in hosts, Like the white sca-birds from thelr roosts. love not th’ indelicate Present, "Che Future's pnknown to our quest; To-duy is the life of the peasant, —~ But the Pust is a haven of rest—, The joy of the Past is the best. The rose of tho Past is better Than the rose we ravish To-day; "Tis holier, purer, and fitter ‘fo pluce on the shrine where we pray— For the secret thoughts we obey. , There, are no deceptions nor changes— “There, all is placid and still; io grief, nor fate that estranges, Nor hope that no life ean fulali— But ethereal shelter from fll. The coarser delights of the hour Tempt, and debauch, and deprave; And we joy in a poisonous flower, Kuouwing that nothing can save Our flesh from the fate of the grave. But surely we leave them, returnmg In grief to the well-loved nest, Filled with an iutinit yearning, Knowing the Past to be rest— Thut the things of the Past are the best, —George Moore ‘Fhe Hamors of a Prince. A curious story is told about the origin of the passuge Radziwill in Paris. Itwas apened under the Regency. Prince Radziwill came from Po- lund to Paris. Be traveled with bis own horses, and, inorder to sleep always under bis own roof, he ordered bis steward to buy as many houses as the journey bad stages. At Paris the Prince became u strong friend of the Regent. Every day he was received at the Paluis Royal, and waen he did nut come the Regent sent mes- sage after messuge. Onc day, having to reply tothe Regent, Prince Radziwill sent,a Cossack to carry the letter. The Cossack could not tind the Palais Royal. After soverai vain attempts he returned, und the Prince, being in good humor, ordered his steward to buen the hou3es be- tween his house and the Palais Koyul, aud to cuta pusgage through. Wheu the pussage was open he sent the Cossack with the reply. It fs well to guard against the rigors of winter by procuring a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. OUR SOCIETY. Numerous Weddings Furnish Ministers with Employ- ment. - With a Prospect of Continued Labor in the Future. Minor Social Events Which En- livened the Past Week. Announoements of Parties, Receptions, Eto, —Poersonal Notes. NEW-YEAR'S CALLS. Tre Trieuxe will publish a list of the ladies who sre to receive New-Year’s calls ou Friday morning, Dec. 31. In sending in names the following form should be ob- served: Michigan avenue. No, 1112—Mrs. Smith and tlie Misses Smith. THE HONEYMOON BEGINS. Miss Ada McClellan was united in marriage Friday evening to Mr. Frank A. Moore at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McClellan, No. 314 West Washington street. The Rev. E. P. Goodwin performed the ceremony. The wedding was an exceed- ingly pleasant and quict affair. A quiet but very enjoyable wedding took place Wednesday noon at the residence of Mr. James M. Ball, No, 183 Park avenue. The contracting parties were Miss Edna Ball, sister of Mr. Ball, and Mr. James De Bevais, of the Rock Island Railroad Compa- ny, anephew of Mr. E. St. John, General Pas- senger and Ticket Agent of the road. The ceremony was performed by the father of the groom, assisted by the Rev, Bishop Fal- lows, After a supper and reception the hap- py pair departed to take possession of their pleasant home at Englewood. which had been prepared for them by loving relatives. Miss Mabel Hall, of Rockford, IIl., and Mr. Walter S. Wingate, of Oak Park, were married tin the Egyptian parlor, Palmer House, Thursday evening, by the Rev. E. D, Eaton. They will reside in Oak Park. The wedding of Miss Dora Philps, of Evanston, and Mr. Henry Peabody was celebrated Thursday afternoon at the resi- dence of the bride’s father, Jolin B. Philps, Esq., in Evanston. Miss Sallie Goodrich, daughter of Mr. James C. Guodrich, was married Thursday evening to Mr. Grainger Farwell, son of Judge Farwell, at the residence of her father, No, 1809 Michigan avenue, The Rev. E. P. Goodwin ollic ‘The marriage of Miss Alice Hilton, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hilton, and Mr. Edward T. Sumwalt was celebrated at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Chureh of the Messiah, the Kev. Brooke Hurford of- fclating Miss Margaret Emma Booth, daughter of A. Booth, Esy., and Mr. Charles Sheppard Norris were married ‘Tuesday evening at the residence of the biide’s parents, No. . 1633 Mienigan avenue, by the Rev, R.A. Holland, of Trinity Episcopal Church, ‘The marriage of Miss Cassie Schimmel and Mr. George ‘I. Coxhead was celebrated ‘Thursday evening at 5 o'clock at the resi- dence of the bride's parerits, No. 273 Warren avenue. The Rey. A. E. Kittredge officiated. The young couple left immediately after the seremony for thelr new home in Topeka, ‘AS. Miss Fannie H. McIntosh and Mr. Walter G. Wallace were united in marriage yester- day afternoon at the residence of the bride’s mother, No. 113 Warren avenue, by the Rev. Bishop Fallows. Mrs. Ida Eberhardt and Mr. Charles J. Burroughs were married Thursday morning at the residence of 4. Hayes, Esq., on Huo. bard street. ‘They will spend their honey. moon in the East. ‘The marriage of Miss Ida Rollins, an ac- complished Des Moines belle, to Mr. Fred. A. Field, of this city, was celebrated last Thurs- day week at ‘the residence of the bride’s ‘mother. The wedding was quite a brilliant event, and was witnessed by the leading so- ciety people of Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Field are at the Grand Pacific Hotel. At the residence of J. S. Ford, Esq., Wau- kegan, at noon, Wednesday, Miss Minnie Ford and Mr, Frank Haskin, of Evanston, were united in marrlaze by the Rev. I. ‘T. Buch, assisted by R. K. Wharton, The party were conveyed in carriages. to the station, where the newly wedded, accompanied by guests from abroad, took seats in a palace- car for Chicago, Their future home will be in Wa Keeney, Kas, PROSPECTIVE BLISS. The marriage of Miss Emma Preston and Mr. Charles L. Woodard will be solemnized Monday evening at 11 Sheldon street. The marriage of Miss Etiza Soulard Cor- with, daughter of Henry Corwith, Esq., and- Mr. Ernest Uamill, will take place Thurs- dayevening, Dec. 29, at 6 o’elock, at the First Presbyterian Church, fullowed by a recep- tion at the residence of the bride’s parents, 1702 Michigan avenue. SOCIAL AND CLUB NOTES. The scholars of the Burr School gave the operetta of “Red Riding-hood’s-Reseue” in the Coventry Street Baptist Church Inst Sat- urday evening to an overtlowing house. The performance was given for the purpose of aising funds to purchase a piano for the chool, The children had been drilled for the occasion by Miss Louise R. Oakman, who is deserving of the highest praise for the success which attended the entertainment. The chorus numbered nearly 100, and sang very finely, and the leading parts were well filled. It is probable that the play will be repeated. The cast was as follows: Ited Riding-hood, Miss Edith Freeman; Mamuna, Miss Lizzie Jones; Grandma, Miss May Bratt; Woodman, Master F. B. Price; Wolf, Master Daniel Finnucan; Buttercup, Miss Bessie Lester; Rose, Miss Lizzie Dreiske; Robin, Master George Stannard; Fairy, Miss Nelly Fitzpatrick. The “ Pony; Song” was charmingly rendered by Master Tommy Caspars. ‘A musical and literary entertainment was tendered Miss Imogene Ford Tuesday even- ing at the Western Avenue Methodist Epis- copal Chureh by a number of her friends. It was a success in every respect. ‘The seeond party of the Imperial Club oc- curred Thursday night at the Matteson Ilouse, and was a decided success, svcially and numerically, Dancing commenced short- ly before 9 o’clock in the main dining-room, and continued without any interruption until half-past 12. ‘This is the third season of this ular and suceessful organization, and the indications are that the present series of par- ties will be fully equal if not superior to those of the previous sersons. | of ‘The second meeting of the Friday Night Club was held Thursday evening at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. G, H. Vrooman, No. 97 Loomis street. ‘The farce “Turn Him Out”? was presented, a number of vocal and instrumental selections were performed, and danetoy wound up the evening’s entertain- myn! ‘Mr. and Mrs. William Chisholm, of this eity, were tendered 2 delightful recepnion Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cnisholm, No. 403 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O. Mr. William Chis- holm, the former Vice-President of the Union Rolling-Mill, has left ‘Chicago to take the same pusition in the Cleveland Rolling-Alill Company, aud the reception was given for the purposeof introducing him and his fam- ily into Cleveland suciety. About 600 guests were present, and a supper, music, ete., were features of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Will- iam Chisholhn will reside at No. 495 Euclid avenue. 3 ‘A pleasant surprise party was given Satur- day evening last to Mir. and Mrs. P. W. Will- ard at their residence, No. 35 Hastingsstreet, in honor of the twentieth anniversary of their wedding. ‘Mrs, A. Sage McCall received a hearty re- ception at Fairbank Hall last Saturday even- ing on the occasion of a tegthmonial benefit tendered her by her many friends. Le read- ings and recitations were well received, and she was assisted by local musical and dra- matic talent. k, ‘The Zion Literary Society gave a pleasant social last evening at Martine’s West Side hall. ‘Tuesday evening the Hon. J. F. Keeney, of Wa Keeney, Kas., entertained a number of friends at the Palmer House, the occasion being aGo’clock dinner served in Parlor 0, which was most beautifully decorated for the occasion. After the appetizing menu had been thgroughly discussed, 2 dance was enjoyed in the small clubroom, Freiberg furnished the music. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Allerton, the Misses Haskell, Jansen, Bertha Smith, Gertrude Deroy, Gente Hoyne, Hannah, o! Traverse City, Mich.; Lillie Palmer, and Annie Gross, and Messrs. Marshall, Marsh, F. G. Hoyne, Hitcheock, 1. G. Gaylord, L. X,, dlodges, Charles Kelley, and Herbert iison. The midyear exercises of the Lake View High School occurred Thursday evening. ‘The program was of a literary and musical character, and was rendered in a very credit- able manner. The Polaris Pleasure Club held its third party Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Mamie Jussen, No. 423 Centre street. ———— PERSONAL. Mr. Bert Smith and sister, Miss Georgia Smith, and Mr. Charles Bower, of Clinton, Ja.,are spending the holidays with Miss Georgia Milnor, of No. 46 May street. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Manny, of Rockford, IIL, are spending the holidays with Mr. C. W. Farrington, of No. 3807 Vincennes avenue. Miss Rachael Austrian, of St. Paul, Minn., is stopping with Mrs. L. F. Leopold, of No. 38 Sixteenth street. Miss Hattie Fitch has returned to her home, No, 3159 Indiana avenue, after having visited several of the different European ‘countries during this year. Miss Boninger, of Baltimore, who has been stopping during the winter with Mrs. F. R. Hilger, returned home last Wednesday, ac- companied by Mrs. Hilger, who will remain in Baltimore and Washingtén until after the Presidential inauguration. Mr, Stone, son of Mrs. H. 0. Stone, amem- ber of the Sophomore class at Yale College, arrived home yesterday to remain until after New-Year’s, Miss Lottie Dennis, Newark, N. J., is the guest of Mrs, William Cochrane, of 641 West Adams street, and will remain through the holidays. Mrs, James McKindley, No. 258 Michigan fon Thursday even- avenue, will give @ recepti ing from 4 to 9 o'clock. Mfr. and Mrs. W. F. White, of the Clifton House, returned last Monday after an ab- sence of several weeks in New York. Mrs. Ziegler, of Iowa, who_has many friends in this city, sailed for Europe last Saturday ,and will spend the winter in Paris, ‘Mrs. Robert B, Marten, née Babcock, left Inst week for Kalamazoo to spend the holi- days with her parenty, Lieut. F. D. Meachem lert last week for New Orleans, Vietor D, Gowan returned home last week from New York, ‘The Rey. Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Thomas will give a reception Tuesday evening in theSher- man Hogse parlors, : Mr, and Mrs. George D. Myers, of Jackson- ville, are visiting friends in this city. Mrs. George Lailin will give a reception Tuesday from 4 to 9 o'clock. . Mr. and Mrs. 3. M. Millard, of Higbland Park, will celebrate the tenth anniversary of their wedding on to-morrow evening at their residence, ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Preston were to have given a reception Thursday evening at their residence, No. 1,636 Michigan avenue, but owing to the sudden death of Mr. Preston’s nephew the invitations were recalled dnd the reception indefinitly postponed. ' ‘Mr. and Mrs. George T. Potter will cele- the fiftteth anniversary of their wed- on ‘Thursday eyening at half-past 7 kK at their residence, No. 98 Drexel boulevard, Miss Marion L. Faxon has returned home from,a two months’ visit in Quincy and Bos- ton. alase She is at home at 290}y Indiana street ‘The Misses Kittie and Minnie Grieves, of Prairie avenue, started last week for Phila- deiphia, where they will spend the holidays with their sister, Mrs. A. H. Melivain. f Miss Jessie D. Medberg, of Milwaukee, is spending the holidays with her friend, Miss Sarah Dackhum, of No. 865 West Adams stree! ‘Mrs. G. M. Vanzwoll is spending the loll- days at Wilmington, Ut, Miss Allie Fassett, of Aberdeen street, is visiting relatives in St. Joe, Mich. ‘Mrs. George E. Downe, of St. Caroline’s court is Spending the holidays with friends in the East « Miss Carrie Irvin, of Sycamore, Ill, will spend the holidays with her friend Miss Ella wards, of No. $28 Burling street. ‘The Misses Ida and Florence Hawley, of Pekin, Lu., formerly of this city, are visiting relatives on Indiana avenue. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Miller are located at the Grand Pacific Hotel for the winter. ‘The Misses Kittie ond Minnie Grimes left this city Dee. 14 for Philadelphia, where they will spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mellrain. ‘Miss Lulu Troost will spend her holiday Freation with her parents at the Gardner Ouse, ‘Miss Belle Shaw, who has been visiting for the past year in New Mexico, has returned to her home, No. 59 Twenty-second street. Mrs, H. ©. Maynard, the Indy who sus- tained injuries in thé Genova Lake railroad accident, has recovered, and she left Friday morning for Racine, where she will spend a short season. F = Dr. E. G. Simms lett Friday where he will spend the holidays with his parents and friends. 4 Gen. and Afrs. Martin Beem will spend the holiday week with friends in Neenah, Wis. Wednesday evening Mrs. George Seaverns will entertain a company of young people. Miss Nellie Jay, of 2510 Indiana avenue, will give a party Thursday evening, Jan, 6. Miss Forsythe, of Groveland Park, will en- tertaina company of young people Thurs- day evening. Burs. W. £: Gray, 2010 Prairie avenue, will brate di does not stare back how is she to know whether the man has stopped staring or not? Put your homes in order for New-Year’s day by purchasing furniture from the’ fine stock of Wirts & Scholle, 223 Wabash avenue. One of the discoveries made by the latest Arctic explorers is that the length of the polar night is 142 days. ‘“ What a glorious place that would be,” said Brown, “in which to tell a man with a Dill to call around the day after to-morrow and get his money.” Henriot & Co.’s Rheims Dry Sillery Cham- pagne is acceptable to all tastes and popular everywhere. Pardee, 54 and 58 Madisun street, is sole agent for it. Aclub of London bachelors has been es- tablished at Albert terrace, -Knightsbridge, which can invite women to dinner, but any meinber who succumbs to the attractions and marries must pay a fine of $125. The ever-popular furniture establishment of J. A. Colby & Co., 317 and 219 State street, report enormous hoilday sales. A close student of human nature says that “when yousee a young man and woman walking down the street leaning against each other like a pair of badly-matched oxen, it is a pretty good sign that they are bent on con- solidation.” For toilets for New-Year’s Day the Bern- hardt wave is astylish requisite, Found only at Burnham’s Music-Hall Hair Store. A cartoon in Le Charivart represents the Sultan sitting on the Dulcigno shore fishing and saying. with reference to the fleet of the combined Powers: ‘It ought to go away; it scares the fish.” A good time to enter the H. B. Bryant Chi- cago Business College is Jan. 3, the com- mencement of their winter season. The papers noiice the birth of a daughter of aJapanese merchant in New York. Can any one fell usthe color of the baby—if it foilows that of its parents? Yes; it is a Httle yeller. Henriot &Co.’s RheimsSouverain extra dry, champagne is the latest sensation among the club men of America. Pardee, 54 and 56 Madison street, is sole agent for it. “The Darling” (patented), the prettiest child’s cap in the city. Mrs. Hodge, 151 22d-st. Sapphire and diamond engagement rings are as fashionable as those set with a single diamond, _Fetherly’s complexion powder in white, inted, and brunette shades is sold by all leading druggists, and at 189 Wabash av. for the East, |- give a young people’s party Thursday even- ing. ‘Miss Corwith, of 1261 Michigan avenue, will give a party Friday evening, Dec, 31, Mrs. George H. Rozet, 340 North La Salio street, will give a young people’s party Tues- day evening. y ‘Mrs. Dr. Isham, of Dearborn avenue, will give a young folks’ masquerade party Thurs- day evening. ‘Mrs. E, W. Blatchford, 375 North La Salle street, will give her annual young people’s party Tuesday evening. The second annual “calico party ” for the beneht of the Foundlings’ Home will be given at the residence of Mrs. ‘Cheodore F. Swan, 63 Centre avenue, Friday evening, Jan. 7, 1881, iss Cora Abbott, of No. 5 Harvard street, just returned from an extended visit to Springfield, IN. a ‘Mrs. Isaac S. Dement, who has been visit- ing her mother and relatives in Chicago, re- turned to her home in Grand Rapids Thurs- day. ‘h pleasant party was given Tuesday even- ing by the Fairview Social Club. Cadet Harry Macdonald is athome from West Poiut on a holiday visit. SOCIETY HOLIDAY TOPICS. A foppish nobleman, who saw Descartes enjoying himself at the table, having ex- pressed his astonishment that a philosopher should exhibit such fondness for good cheer, got this ‘answer for his pains: ** And pray, iny lord, did you think that good things were only made for fools ?”” Ladies are beginning to adopt more gen- erally the common custom in Paris, to have the reception rooin, on a mofe than ordinari- ly interested occasion, ornamented by the florist with palms and ferns, or plants. Ladies who have been too busy to order reception boots for New-Year’s Day are as- sured that there is still time, as Keller has facilities for making at very short notice. Monroe street, Palmer House: A fossil bivalve, which is compared to a gi- gantic oyster eight inches wide and ten inches long, has been discovered in Sicily. * The familiar name of John Wright is a synonym for all that is delicious in the cuterer’s art. He has unsurpassed facilities for supplying oysters, creams, French fruits, etc., for the New-Yeur’s table. “Ts that the way God makes men?” asked asmall boy, looking at a skeleton, yesterday. “Tt is the way he made ine,” said Sara Bern- hardt, indignantly, and the small boy at once became a citizen of Onio. Henriot &Co.’s Rheinis Dry Sille: Souverain Extra Dry champagnes yd leading wines at Newport, Saratoga, and all the fasnionable resorts East. Pardee, 54 und 56 jatedlison street is the sole agent for it. don does not possess all oe a ies.” - The other evening ar ont restaurant a young Indy said: “ With the beetsteae snd online please bring me some of those fried potatoes as bro’ it failing autumn-leaves.” wa andierisp as French opera and dress bonnets sold cost Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdar. Palmer House, Room 400. Mme. Heppard. ain English girl writes that‘no man will stare lonz ata woman who does not stare back. ‘Tuat sounds very well, but if she “Tow do I look, Doctor?” asked a painted young lady of the family physician. “I cun’t tell, madam, till you uncover your face,” was the cutting reply. _ Remember” distant friends with Love- joy’s beautiful Chicago views, 83 State st. . A philosopher seeing a milkman salting‘his cows, concluded that the object was to make them drink more water. China for New Year’s at half price, closing out. Gay, 23 Washington street. Landlords of summer resorts are already preparing for next season. One is having uiltan old-fashioned set of furniture that Washington once used, another is blasting out a cave that will be occupied by a hermit as soon as warm weather comes, and a third is having a medicinal well dug. Summer re- sorts are to be both romantic ana healthy next year. Little Jimmy is laid up with the measles, and suffers a great deal, but, when he was asked how he liked the measles, he bright- ened up and exclaimed: ‘*The doctor says I can’t go to school for a week. That’s howl like it,” . a * The Elite Reversed Directory, the address- es of 7,000 families; a large amount of valu- able information. Atbeok stores and news depots. H. A. Pierce & Co., Publishers, 116 Dearborn street. “Bridget, this dust upon the furniture is intolerable. What shall I do?” “Do as I do, marm,—pay no attention to it.”” A Merry Christmas it was at the Gardner House. Mr. Crawford, with his usual good taste, served a very excellent dinner. The uests and many of their friends partook of @ delicious viands in an appreciative man- ner. The menu was a work of art in itself. Young clergyman at a clerical meeting: oer mergly throw out the idea.” Old min- ister: “Well, I think that is the best thing you can do with it.’” ‘The Roller Skating Rink, corner Michigan and Congress, is visited day and evening by many of the lite of the city. THE BRITISH QUEEN. What Powers She Possesses. Harper's Magazine. ‘The Queen alone can create a Peer, Bar- onet, or Knight, and confer privileges upon private persons, She alone can erect cor- porations and raise and regulate fleets and armies, though under such restrictions re lating to the appropriation end expenditure of money as make it impossible for her to exercise her power to the detriment of En- glish liberty. She is the head of the Church; she convenes and dissolves all ecclestastical synods and convocations, and nominates to vacant Bishoprics and ,other Church oftices. She sends Ambassudors to toreign States, re- -eeives Ambassadors at home, makes treaties and alliances, and declares war and peace, though her power in these respects also is in a large degree limited by the power in Par- liainent to enact or reject.such laws as may be necessary to make it effective. Previous to the revolution of 1688 the Gov- ernment of England was mainly carried on by virtue of what was called the Royal pre- rogative,—that 13, by the King in person, with theadviee of Ministers appointed by himself, who were only responsible to their sovereign for their management of prblic affairs. One of the results, however, of that revolution was the transfer of the power of the State from the Crown to the Hotse of Commons. Instead of a Government by pre- rogative there was then established a Gov- ernment by Parliament. from whom all laws must emanate, requir! only the approval of the Crown asa condition of their enact- ment. As is well known, the Queen appoints her own advisers, irrespective of the wishes or approval of Parliament, and though popu- larly the Ministry is supposed to possess the whole executive power, no Important meas- ure is presented by them to the considera- tion of Parliament without her sanction and approval. It is not, however, essential that all ucts and measures should be presented to Parliament through the channel of the Min- istry, and Parliament may originate and pass | acts at its pleasure, subject to the constitu- tional right of the Queen to nullify thein by her veto. ‘The Queen can convene Parlinment and terninate its sessions at will, ‘There have been but two instances in which the Lords and Commons have met by their own author- ity—namely: Previously to the restoration of Charles IL, and at the revolution in 166s, There is,one contingency, however, upon which, under authority of law, Parlisment may meet without summons, It was provid- ed in the reign of Anne that in case there should be no Parliament in being at the tine of the demise of the Crown, then “the last preceding Parliament shallimmediately eon- veneand sit at Westminster, as if the said Parllament had never been dissolved.” Such a Parliament, however, by a statute in the reign of George IIL, can only continue in existence for six months, if not sooner dis- solved. This, then, is the power of the Queen. She nay, with the advice of her Ministers alone, assemble, prorogue, and dis- solve Parliatient, declare war, confirm o> disallow the acts of Coloniat Legislatures, give elfect tu treaties, extend the terin of patents, grant charters of Incorporation to companies or municipal bodies, create eccle- siastical districts, regulate the Board of Ad- miralty, and make appointmenis to office in the various departments of State, create new oflices, and define the qualifications uf per- sons to fill the same, and declare the periods at which certain acts of Parliament, the op- eration of which has been left to the Queen and Council, shall be enforced. With regard to the expenditure of money, it isexpressly provided in the act of settic- ment, to which reference has been made, that money levied for the use of the Crown without grant of Parliament is illegal. Thus the Crown is entirely dependent upon Partia- ment for its revenues, but, though depend- ent, if has direct control over ail supplies when raised. The Crown, acting with the advice of its responsible Ministers, is charged with management of all the revenues of the country, and with all paymenis for the public service. It makes known to the Huuse of Commons by its annual budget its neces- situs, and the House grants such acts or sup- plies as these necessities may royuire. ‘the Crown demands money, the Commons zraut, and the Lords assent, and no money can be voted by Parliament for ay purpose whnt- ever except at the demand of the Crown. No petition even fur any sum of money re lat to the public service can be received by Parllament unless recommended by the own. On the other hand, no person can lend money t6 the Crown, or to any de- artment of State, without the sanction of ‘atiiumen’. and all money transactious be- tween the Ijank of England and the ‘Treasury are expressly forbidden. The Commons, of course, have the power of withholding sup- lies, but only once (in 1734) sinee the revo- lution of 1083 has this puwer been exercised. * Oo . @ East Sixtoenth-st, NEW YORK, Begs to inform the Ladi Chicago, that she eal open in the Parlors of the Grand Pacific Hotel on Tues. day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 28, 29, 4p, and 31, an Elegant Stock of : IMPORTED Ball, Evening, Reception, Dinner, Carriage, and Walking DRESSES Wraps, ete, (From Worth, Rodrigues, and other well-known Paris houses,) imported especially for this Opening. Ladies will please present their own cards at the door, ST. 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