The Express. — London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

r , pr..., HENRY AND Y and s "O. D. V." 1 , 1:111 BR ANDY. t fb par piton bad Mi. Der dos. , man mended by the ammliest proleados. In ame for Os coatibilla., Iselsolve of railway carriers —Holbers-b•ro, and 10, Ispiet. Eke entreosti. ADVIBTLISMENTS moat be t forwarded ri to lision, J. It lows -lHolborn, aod EMSOO , — d Teeliegonrc Tif7Lis:B=llNT Or YEN lei Mg. & Wen Sepeltur, B.rrtt, E Phelps, miutyre. yohastone. And Mammal . Madame. 1 , 41 th steam tttM Hudspeth.—Te condole wigs TUB iffraUNgle OF TOULON. Tins Emilio. TEI BROIL -fiZABTED mra-DAVID 1111.1111 CK. Meara Pother% aageri, aG ; god Ms 3olalison.-110E AND OWL Mr. 11461mtone and Mr. (WOW& —And FAMILY lAEA. Mr. Compton. PIaCICESE. Till ETiOnio, TH IC COLLEEN RAMC—Atter wldals TEE EMITS OF LONDON. Mr. sad Mrs. D. lies.loaalt, Mr. Li= Mn. Dominick Murray. 11 Neville, Sh d Addle. ore. sad Den ; Mesdames Msworthr, , gauger, ao sta.utb. • - TIM "Mum. ORANGE RLOGROME Messta isnsionsed Ew e*: Madames lineten and GwYnnn. — PARIS " W ig " M " PILEIGIL L RIesses. Theme, Janus, Rate" Fenton ; Itestlaines Bledssel. Tetuastowp, AL &c.—Arkd COAL AND COKE. BILITANWIA. Two • 'IMMO. THE YOUNG APPRENTICE. & Lase. EAkiemsolds, —Mr. I. W. Liskard ; Miss Kate Moo; Mra. J. Beiso.—A ad THE FARMER 0V INGLEWOOD Imam Mira Raysads, Leslie, Re.; Mesdames Courtenay, E4.la, de. 1105 WATTS AT LONDON SIUDGIL • TWA DAT —Moraine.. 3h. Ist......Afterpoon, St. ria. To-Notawr-Allonslag. 311 46m...--Afterneou, 4ft. fon. W tif BIRTM, and Dialll/1, WO received until Aticlock fur laiertioa same evenfax. Id. LONDON; TUESDAY, MARCH 10. .TITE TRIAL F4)11 THE CHAMPIONRHIP - 01 7 THE THAMES. ♦ " nermartnx " trial has lately occupied the Queen's Bench of a more innocent character than the CUM which usually attract crowded audiences in our tribunals. The Court was occupied by those amphibious being% who are known as waterside characters, and who, if Mr. DARWIN'S theory be correct, may possibly be the connecting link between the marine and the land fauna. They are not exactly mermen or mer-maidens ; but they may possibly be a hybrid between that race and the properly human inhabitants of this torraqueous globe.. Fur three days the Court resounded with .phrases which it would require a nautical dictionary to understand ; and the advocates were pleading in terms which must have been to them as a foreign language. Mr. Hawntrts, wit, confessed that his aquatic knowledge did rot go beyond the power of distinknishing between a water lily and a water rat, end Berjeant BALLANTINE, on whose behalf his loathed friend and antagonist kindly pleaded Manner ignorance, found themselves immersed in ." lumpy water," engaged, not for the first time perhaps in their forensic capacity. in the opera tions of " fouling," " boring," and " coaching," dis uriminating as to the definition ar.d laws of " • " right away 'cullers' race," and critical as to the Alifromonce between a zephyr and a;ersey. The trial which called for this display of nautical learning referred to a nn less important subject than the Championship of the Thames. There was more at stake, however, than this honorary distinction. Stakes of the value of 3007. were at stake. The action was brought by a Waterman named SADLER against Mr. SMITE, the editor and pro prietor of the Sports-mon, to recover from him the money which the plaintiff had placed in his hands as stakeholder, and which, as was alleged, he had -wrongfully awarded to K►LLEY, another waterman, between whom and SADLER a race had been ar ranged. SAD:.EIt contended that no race had taken place. On the other aide, it Was argued that SADLER bad refused to start, and that KELLEY having, in obedience to the award of the referee, rowed over the course, was entitled to the money. The competitor% were both men distinguished in their profession. KELLEY represents its historical greatness, and an achieved reputation. His fame extends over nearly twenty years, elating from the year 1850. SADLER, on the other hand, embodies the aspiring ambition of a younger age. His glory goes no further back than the year 18111. But, though life is short, art is long: this brief space is crowded with great deeds. From this time to the year 1867 ho I:as rowed in seven matches, and won six. Even in the seventh, in which fortune declared itself against him, Mr. Ssntsit has hypothetically crowned himself victor. Had it not been for a pain which attacked him in the middle of the race,lecherishes in the depths of his mind the confident assurance that he would have beaten the celebrated 808 Ouae,wa.x at Newcastle. The opinion of the cele bitted BUR DEVISERS upon this point did not come before the Court. From the Tyne Mr. SADLER transferred his quest of fame and profit to the Thames, and challenged its veteran cham pion KELLEY to a rowing match between Putney and Mortlake. The cheerful season of November was selected for this aquatic contest. It was Axed for the 27th of that month. How agreeable the river is in the fogs and damps of that time every one can imagine. The raoe, however, began ; but at Hammersmith •. bridge Bat LER declared that he was being " 1 bored " by KELLST. On reaching Mort • like he applied to the referee to declare a' foul. The race was decided to be no race, and was adjourned to the day following. The second contest was the subject of the action. The dispute turns on the question of starting. On this Vubject the practice in amateur contests differs from Ibitt adopted by professional rowers. The two Ttiversities whose code forms, in its main fee- Urge, the rule of the river, following the des ilia precedent of the boat-race in Virgil, have a starter. The watermen start them ' *elves by mutual concurrence. This accord is sot, however, always readily arrived at. The professional rule is very simple. Waterman, a witness deposed, always start by trying to get the advantage over each other. This laying in wait for an advantage sometimes occasions a great deal of delay. Serjeant Bawarritat, whose ignorance of aquatics has perhaps made him a little credulous, told the court on the authority of the informant who had coached him for his forensic race, of a pertinacious competitor, who being • soddenly seized with a stomach-ache, stood for • two whole days with his back against a wall, which clagusted his opponent that he declined to run at all. It is Serjeant BALLA/Rl:Ceti opinion that this gentleman would even now be *Ending against the wall, a victim to intestinal disorder, if he bad not succeeded in wearying out his adversary or sendiiii - hi m . to sleep. This is racing made easy. Mr. 31/111/111N8 and Serjeant DALLAS - TINE would ' be equal to an aquatic contest on these *rms. Something like the tame policy appears to have actuated the veteran Maciar, who exhibited the caution of old age nir than the impetuous valour of youth. He not, according to what shams the preponder - *alba testimony, begot tc.stert. EMI= attempted ,• , ; twice to get off, the course was were a quarter less, and there delay. So testifies graduate of Exeter Oxford University made one effort did not respond t ' steamboats had was rough. Tired Su mas rowed to KBLLIY taking declined the race, reported that Sant to row over the oeived the stakes. undisputed, now on an ex parte at jury, and the charge self-condemnation, terraqueous beings in court. The . appears to have excited a good deal of feeling, and what • witness, with a peculiar sense of humour, describes as " some funny words" were used. But nautical men have always been an excitable class, Sill°s the time when the great GYAS pitched his coxswain, the swift Mc !awls, into the water for bad steering. Certain legal points relating to the duties of referees are reserved. A contest which might have inspired a Viaom, a Tikri.os the water-poet, or a Ditonv, is perverted when it comes simply an occasion for a decision of COCIEBIIIM, C. J., in the case of SADLE& OtIIPIAS Smrra. of provisions, &c., to other departments of the Government, and is a new item in the estimates. The most important items of decrease are to be found in the votes for dockyards and naval yards at home and abroad, and for new works, buildings, machinery, and repairs, the deduction in the former being 151,806/., and in the latter 74,3511. IT is freshening to see the new intellectual life which is stirring amongst our agricultural class. Chambers of Agriculture and Farmers Clubs are frequently privileged with speeches replete with common sense and valuable practical suggestions. The weak place is the poetic quotation. We know not why, but almost every British farmer who can make • speech at all, thinks it essential he should sit down with a line or two on his lips. " As tho poet says," or " In the words "of the poet," introduce the treasure. When a homely ballad or a good English song is in the case, there may be aptness as well as poetry. But when those limits are crossed, danger begins. in .the Mark Lane Express of yesterday, we find a long account of an important discussion at the Central Farmers' Club in Salisbury-square, Mr. C. S. Rasp, M.P., presiding. Mr. Ow. JACKSON read a paper, entitled " Would not the " make of English cheese be generally improved by " the introduction of cheese factories ?" a matter having a natural affinity to the great bread supply question. Dwelling on the excellent relish of a good bit of cheese, its digestibility and virtues of nutrition, he very fairly proceeded to show that cheese factories like those of America, by ex emption from menial labour, would afford the dairyman facilities for the mental, moral, and social elevation of himself and his household. "To the " prejudiced, the timid, and the unbelieving," added the lecturer, " I would adapt the words of " Cowrsa : Ye fearful souls, fresh eourage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break With bloasiogs oo your head. Even with the substitution of " fearful souls" for the " trembling saints' . of the original line, we are a little dashed by this. Taken with the subject it is certainly a surprise. We are not led to it by a natural slope, and would recommend at all events a little less abruptness to the worthy essayist. Ltienxit the heading, " The Supply of Wives," the editor of Public Opinion says a correspondent assures him " that the demand among the upper " classes for good wives is far greater than the " supply, and as there are plenty to be found " in a lower grade of life, suggests that they " might be easily educated at the expense " of their suitors." Now, as THOMAS DAY, the author of " Sandford and Merton," dis covered, the experiment of educating girl,' for wives is a very doubtful one in other ways ; but what a shocking thing it would be if a gentleman, having pledged his faith to an uncultivated young woman, and sent her to be educated, were to find out at the end of the process that she was as different from the creature he once admired, as a boiled from an unboded lobster ! Education might remove a physical defect, but he might discover, too late, that that defect was essential to his happiness ! Besides, if it be true, as Mr. Corea-ray PATKOBE enures us, that— . • Never was a mans heart caught, By grams he himself bad taught, we nay presume that graces he had paid to have taught might not attract him either. By the by, the Baronet, in the Mr. Excavated little drama of Mega Diversion, tried the precise plan in question, and it broke down. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1868. LORD DITYNIMIN AND Na. /*ILL. The Tenet thinks Lord Defferin, in his elaborate exami nation of Kr. Mill's scheme for Ireland, has broken • By on • wheel ; be has directed • bit of moonshine, and pinked • cobweb to bit, knot by knot. It is not labour lost, but the material really had not the least practical value. Mx. dill has seen • vision, and dreamt • dream. But it is necessarily in dreamland, and exempt from all the laws which control oar every-day working life. He has de scribed • new Atlantis, • Utopia, • model agricultural oommoawealth, not unpleasant or un wholesome to rest the oyes lapse for • moment or so. It is • sweet dream of parent proprietors such as they ought to be. Their landlords, with every other power at ill, have been sent below. They are assisted by angel hands, and want no human labourers. If they marry and are given in marriage, they have at loset no children to sub-divide or fight over the inheritress. Placed where they are by an infallOale areal seloatice, they are guarded from all future error. This is Ireland as it ought to be. Even if we choose to be emptied and sit down in • cold- blooded way, like Lord Defier* to And out how it will work, we may yet thank Mr. Mill for giving us that to do, and for painting • picture that may help to make us stall us satisfied with things as they are. the Reim' Pindee Train, which have been in s state of efficiency from the moment of their arrival, are now to the front without that encumbrance of Egyptian and Arab muleteers which until very re cently hampered the movements of the army. The Punjaub and North-West officers who are serving in these trains understand their inspectors and drivers, and are understood by them ; and thus it happens that, while mules of the Bombay Train are being starved by their Egyptian and Arab drivers, those of the two trains we have mentioned receive their allotted food at the proper time and without waste. The following official précis of the latest news from Magdala, and from the King's camp at Bet Hor, had been placed at the disposal of the corre spondents : Information has been received of the prisoners at Mag. dela up to January 17, and of those in the King's camp up to January 9. All the prisoners were well ♦ detachment of troops left Magdala on January 1, joined the King in his camp, and were to return to Mandela with about 400 prisoners. The imprisoned Europeans were among the number. Their leg-fetters bad been removed, and band- 1 cuffs substituted, so that they might march. It is under stood Mrs. Rosenthal would accompany them. There is nothing in the information received from which we are enabled to judge, either how far the King apprehends the present posture of affairs, or what coon he intends to follow. The King was mini every endeavour to got the road towards Magdala made working with his own hands, and making the free Euro. peens help. He had made some slight progress, and had arrived at the bottom of the valley of the Disci& river. It is calculated he would resell Magdala by the end of February with his camp ; though by abandoning the latter be could any day arrive there. The people of Dalants continue submissive to hint ; but those of Daoont had again refused to submit `hiss. His soldiers were suf fering from scarcity of proviglias and transport. It was reported in Magdala that ltealakk, the King of Shoa,had again set out for Magdala, hatter pregared to act against Theodorus than on his former visit. A detailed commu nisation from one of the eaptives, sent to friends in England, and there published, has by 600111 means reached the King's camp, and is in the hands of M. Barad. Ap prehensions are entertained that he will use it to ths in jury of the prisoners. We make a few extracts : mossmans, the amen which ars gi nn honour at the ambassadorial houses, e nd s runts who are invited to meet bin. Ti n finishes by telling us that the agues , not oedy to visit the collsetleas of art, h i; military establishments an d t h e barracks. Thy information was at all events stiperthi act nts • berneks are, in all countries, the tocerament; most care by travellers of exalted mak has the following observation : (vole= coal isms to observe the strictest ix. %loner pays a visit to the Krug, amend himself le a State carriage ; it I L gives • levee in honour of the Preset, th , ambassador takes the precaution to in en , minister', governors of towns, or gen e eel.. safe persons. If H.I.R. accepts invitations Prince-Boyel, who, as everyone ia tha n. casein' himself with political affairs. Th e sap r oierying hie prudence to the extreme, hta on: 7 's arrival in Berlin, two or three interview& wit', unmek, and the subject of conversation [Lei!. turned exclusively on the frivolities of :he As world in the Pruesian capital. All those fun imply the mast rigorous privacy, and are so dont* ih o sharenteristios of an unofficial journey, u is proved by o n fact of the Moniker, which must be an authority on points, not making any mention of Prince Napol eon ., re , seam is Berlin. It is stated in other quarters that the Prince vi',! extend his visit to Vienna, Peath, and era t ., Constantinople. but Smiwr did not move, though year (the total sum now required being ' far , upholds I. selealsl gswarameata. • a a perfectly clear, steam .• 1,002,5001) ; but all that is wanted on Yin* ... Thamag7 wes eallombed with the NEWS. ue-- ia his howl of a mile up the ri , -. • - .. ..t . " new" Iv •-. , • . . .' . ' Rewire lik . 1 ' aft ' . kb fah" I° Mak a "at in 1111199 i ,'" .er . 1 1, . • •lk er r ! of Bassos* meads * 'ler ' - AB : : . i • D e RREs Air.) FoNDEfficz. ai m : s4ivsn.rn t i n. jil l tandarcuili ta l ere was nothing im 1 I H i on Pi E testifies Mr. F • . l '' id, 4 , .gon . ..1 .* oon - . II ; and saw iliz stew College, asid . ••- t of t-• ,170 i., : oi • • ' • , ei • '• • - i °.:,• i lest may , . . 1 Parbieuenth, ' gli " 1 "" Ist, laity Boat Chit': .6' ' in -. • to, ' the fi rst- las . . ; a n tu ft . It X im 0 At) om ,. . • gr ir ... . . tiros of our oontem- lug plies of in fort to start, to which 'Santl.2 ship of : 4. ' 7 ' anior cla Minotaur • " :7 " N,, t. •' be 'el the present tory . e*, ' ir . morning, reaches to the we 'ma w din 1 ass gentleman writes from slam with a i; bat,44,attempt was made aft.: the The vote for wages to seaman marines is wkib " b. *wend azi"blb" was, . 1 nit., , The Press. ired L began out th by m b o e v i e ng ba k ck ept7i l ere th :o w lilg ter , this "3e clar ftt ge. it ing udes an ilM imilliN pw,..e. - 41 7 411111L 1E the ~•....- T- bet E.47,....g . *",:..... 11117 rgressalagna se rebig.l7l6l"tdoa their i onf Allialu.s. more than ha" ; n Pimeireenhi e n fr a d Z i o T t i ir s kA i t . tagratil t ebr t sar 7; n f t _ Biesd ui s - PriAm weeiti li V n i P°- 4 1 inactivity, without bolsi wattled, under the t date quarters were , ,arliont7Cth to his cutter to put on hiampley.r. and crews of the imperial troop-ships, and of two • this movements. a sign that SADLER of the Indian troop-ships employed on the Euro- of Ms law, se seeking peeeises, wed age ane k ee s e b e re em p loys. t ut wiewur reskam to "8 1 g :7 l"6"dmi t s sa d.s oo d faw fistal.r .s o ld A n t a l o, n p tal l" o e , clineti and th A at alibliga' they ate likely maillt- to remain crer"sill y ' Wilt lace, rowed to the referee's boat, peen side of the Isthmus of flues, theme charges, lianas refused to start, was ordered last year, being placed to another account. The discreet sod se to course, and having done so re- sum asked for in this vote provides for the main- loft their aawa tismos and for pretemaicea are sot t forgotten, bat are scares, that more ere troops ieraland supplies, which have eebeeierrin delayed aerstit is w:osesniash ike es. The referee, whose honesty is tenanoe of a force of 35,700 o ffi cers and seamen , the Colonial-Mace is endsavesring possible to 'by the deficiency of the Transport Corps. Antalo travel l er. ram ler admits that he was hasty in acting 48,100 boys, 7,700 comitguardmen, and 1,270 validate colonial governments, and that in due time their statement ; and the verdict of the °Moen, seamen, and boys employed in the Indian ressonable hopes may be peas& Meanwhile, however, bad been occupied by an advance of 1,4 " men. "'Law" his charge of the judge confirmed this troop service. The charge for victuals and clothing th•Y ala condemned to ese sow me %l a w at case Cato The transport service, upon which, more than upon Count de Bias ion,amid signs of sympathy from the shows an increase of 94,2294 ; but of this sum the greater rewards of the Colonial-aloe, their past onYthing nrlne,hhe prospected theexpeditiondspend, of aaars*, have serviced disregarded, sad a s l ight thereby mat oa their has immensely improved. The Lahore Train and ha , 11m,iona sak.. le wc4 ings in court. The matter appears : 84,977 L h. is set down as the estimated value of issues .4......... , t '' " ' .• ' • • • • • • Hoy ema THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Ix 1860 a select committee was appointed to consider the best method of providing additional space for the various collections of the British Museum, and a very bulky blue-book contains the details of the investigation. The result at which the committee arrived was that it would be ad visable to retain all the collections under one roof, l and they suggested the purchase of about five acres of land in the vicinity of the present building. Since, that time, although other proposals more or leas' feasible have been made, nothing has been done, and the evil has reached such a pitch that while we are adding daily to our treasures we are forced to stow them away in dark corners for lack of room. The wealth of the British Museum is inestimable, but it is also invisible. The proportion that we see is, in some departments at least, but trifling com pared with the amount that is hidden. Think of six hundred drawers of insects and only three visible ; . think of more than 100,000 speci mens added to Professor °west's depart ment in one year, and only 6,000 of these specimens open to inspection ; think of the horrible sheds which deform the front of the building, crowded with precious works of art ; think of the excavations now going on in different parts of the world for the purpose of disinterring treasures which will be brought up to the light, only that they may be a second time interred in the caverns and tombs of Bloomsbury-street ; think how, according to the Qgarterly Perim, the officers of the Museum are so cabined for space that they cannot have the number of assistants they require ! Remember too that we are not only obliged to take lodgings for the bookbinders, and other work men, but also to rent apartments in Westminster for the extensive collections bequeathed by Mr. CHRISTIE—and then say whether we can afford to delay any longer the needed reform? MR. DISRAELI has, we believe, promised to bring forward a measure during the present year which may relieve the plethora under which the museum is labouring, and it is generally supposed and feared that the Government will suggest removing the natural history collections to the waste and unexplored regions of Kensington. Meanwhile Mr. C. TENNANT, of Russell-square, in a letter to a contemporary has suggested a plan which is likely b startle numerous officials. It is, to say the least, • bold proposition, and yet reasonable enough to be worthy of discussion. Why, he asks, should we not remove our natural history departments to Somerset House—a noble building in a central position, and at the disposal of Parliament ? And he proposes to form a magnificent street from Bloomsbury-street to the Strand, so as to create a link between the two buildings. Moreover, Mr. Tesxasv would cover the vast central court of Somerset House with a lofty canopy of glass, and place beneath it the architectural remains and speci men of colossal sculpture which now occupy so much space in the Museum. Of course, the bril liancy of the suggestion will be of little avail, unless it can be proved that it is a judicious and an ee montical suggestion also. One thing is evi dent, that whether this original scheme be possible or not, there must be nu further delay in the settle ment of the matter. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. Tan prediction that the estimates of naval ex penditure for the financial year, beginning in April next, would show a considerable decrease on the actual expenditure of the year that is about to close, seems to have been only an illusion. The expectation has been ruthlessly dispelled this morning by the publication of the official document bearing the signatures of Mr. CORRY and Mr. Dr CANE. The Commissioners of the Admiralty have, indeed, in the most practical way, taken care not to expose themselves to the charge of having exercised a cheese-paring economy in the framing of these estimates, for, so far from there being any decrease, there is an actual increase of 201,0371., the total sum re quired to be voted for the service of the coming year being no less than 11,177,2901. The ten dency has, indeed, been upwards for the last three years—the estimates of last year, which are now exceeded, showing an increase of more than half a million over the sum asked for the service of the year 1866-67. It is to be observed, moreover, that in the present accounts no provision is , made for giving the expected increase of pay to retired officers, and this charge will, therefore, probably form an item in the supplementary estimates. For a full explanation of the necessities which have caused this increase we must of course wait until Mr. COREY makes his • official statement. Following the example of his predecessors he will, no doubt, set before the House of Commons an imposing array of reasons for the increase, and be able to give the gratifying assurance that certain of the votes asked for are of a purely exceptional character, and may not be expected to swell up the aggregate chwrges of another year. It was rumoured some time ago that while the estimates would show a large pecuniary re- Auction, provision would still be made' for an ad ' dition to our ironclad naval squadrons ; bat the latter prediction is as far from being verified as the former. It is true that the vote asked for in the department of the Controller of the Navy shows an incouse of 231,9411. on the vote of the pruidu THIL GOVZINIONT POLICY ON MILANO LED SCOTLAND. The Prime Minister's arrangement of the buai nese of the House of Commons and last night's proceediuP gives some countenance, the Daily News thinks, to the suspicion that lir. Disraeli's policy is one of delay, sad to postpone the mend election until the year 1870. Although Hr. Gladden* untied him there would be no long debate an the Sesta Reform Bill last evening, Mr. Disraeli was determined that the Irish bill should not mime on, but that at !seat • week should be lost. Lest session and this session he has exhibited an unvarying desire to shelve the subject of Irish representation. Above all things he seems to desire time, and to leave the subject for the session of 1869, so that the existing ministry might have another year's reprieve. If to-night's debate can be ad journed until next week be will be admirably suited. It was the predominant feeling last night, sane the Timm, that the question of Ireland overshadowed every thing elms, end Sir James Fergusson's explanations that the government hill for Scotland may be altered in say degree the bonne pleases, promisee • quiet hoar for the bill. If Hr. Laing's see- Misr are adopted--that the redistribution sebeese be amended and faggot vows prevented, the namenre may ripen almost noiselessly to an set. As regards the amber of the house, • line cruet be drawn somewhere, and if a still further increase of the number of Scotch members be contemplated, the neeseeity of providing for them by the of the smaller linglish boroughs may prcne irrodatiblis. The Herold attempts to defend ministers spina the eharp of being "exceedingly squeezable." This is tie Tepees* it rye, which responsibility most be content imbue at the heeds of ignorance or malice. Espalier* les long ago shown that no ministry clan faros *rough the house a refixes bill cut and dried in Deeminveiresi ; and savaredly, if ootooloions aro to be made to the comsat judgment of the house, the question whether AL or that eanstanseep is to receive a member involves no *while of tight or policy by whisk a gorernmed is bound to Mood or toll. The Mar Asia that the gore neat proposition with reprd to Wald onto be summoned to.algbt at en early period of the &balms oar ILsgaire's moldca. Lord Kaye winprastisally rely eat far delay—nothing mom ; that le to say, be will talk of sassmtress mare or less &data sa regards their yak*, bat only talk of them, while his bamediate Madams will he to plead fora poet paimeas of everything that Is redly important and emsalial. 0000staL arrogating's. 'ha Daily him luso the "overman with departim is sbeir maisaisd oppolatmatts, from the rale whisk has Eht daunt. WINDSOR CABTLZ, ?Leann 9. The Queen walked in the grounds. this morning, accompanied by th•Prineme Christian. Princess Lodes also went oat walking, attended by the Hon. Horatia StopforiL Prinoe Arthur has left the Castle for Greenwich-park, attended by Major Elphinstooe. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Dem of Windsor, and the Rev. T. J. Mansell, had the honour of dining with the Qum& and the Royal Family yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville left the Castle this morning. The Prins of Wake, attended by Captain Fails, hunted with her Mapiety's stag hounds yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Coas t's of Morton. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial °Rios from the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches were tent to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Sr. Helena, Sierra Leos*, Lego., Malta, and to the of Canada. A deputation from the guardians of the North Bierley Union, headed by fir. J. Banks (chairman), had an inter view with the Berl of Devon, at the °Bios of the Boor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY NIGHT. The visit of the Prince of Wales to Dublin hits been definitely settled. Preparations for his reception are in progress. Her Majesty the Queen has sent her usual an nual contribution of M. to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Queen has been pleased to present, through Sir William Jennies., to fit Thomas's Hospital for the use of the patients a copy of " Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands." The presentation of the volume is recorded therein by her Majesty's royal sign manual. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the officers of the lst Life Guards with hie presence at dinner last evening at Knightsbridge Barracks. The PrinceseChrietian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, paid a private vidt to the Hospital for Women, Soho-square, on the 3rd inst., to see one of her royal high neis's servants, who is an inmate of the hospital. Hsr royal highness visited several of the wards, and expressed her interest in the welfare of the patients and her satis faction at the general arrangements of the hospital. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lord Frederick Paulet and Lady Geraldine Somerset, intends to leave town on the 24th inst. for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland during the Crorton Pa: k race ?nesting. In all probability the Duke of Cambridge will also be among the guests of the Duke of Rutland. The Duchess of Cambridge honoured Lady Egerton of T►tten with her promos last evening at an amateur operatic entertainment at the family resi dence in St. Jamee's-equare. Miss Gabriel presided at the piano. Her royal highness left shortly after 12 o'clock. Lady Egerton will receive Monday afternoon parties on the 16th, 7.trd, sad 30th tart. The Earl of Stafford, who caught cold shortly titer the meth% of parliament, and who has been eon. tined to hie home at Wrotbam, near Barnet, Is now much better. Lid week the earl waa able to take carriage drives, from which he hoe vastly hesitated. Earl Russell will on Monday next call atten tion to the commission on the neutrality laws, and ask bow soon the reply of the ecennlesion will be laid Wise parliament. On Friday next the Duke et Argyll will ask the government whether their attention has been called to the ineeavisiestees arising oos of the ratepaying awes of the Reform Act of 1867, wad whether any measure is OM tonplation for the removal of their The army estimates will be moved by Sir John PaHngton in 00111latill• ot supply on Thursday week. Mr. &later-Booth, on Friday, will move the revenue departmenti and Postedlice packet se vice esti mates (exceesail, in °amities of supply. Oolonel Stuart Knox intends on Thursday to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland " wbdker the arrow meat, hawing vindicated the law by obtaining the mania ties and punishment of Mr. Johnston, olßallyidlbeg, sod I other Orangemen, for offences &visit the Preesasione Act (which haslet proved itself impartial in its working), will, to defenses to the feelings and wishes of the loyal iahabi• tints of the north et Ireland, recommend the ebeassey of the awn sad the remiselts of the remainder of their .WMI of imprisonment." On Thaiaday Mr. Candlish will ask the First Commissioner d Waits if Owe will be say objection e• the part et the government to Awe • dates of Oliver Oremwell is WeModaeter Ha, between the statues of Chseles the Pine sad Charlie the %sand. In the Chmvh-rate discussion Mr. Candlish will more the following elanee :—" Medallion of Chamb erlin, The expreeeks ' church-rate' is this act shall extend to and include every rate or part at • rale levied in say parish, under any local set or otherwise, for say pompons to which church-rates may now Isplly be IIPPB•L" Captain Mackinnon intends, on the navy esti mates, to draw the attention of the hewn to metals deliimion rid to exist in the ins-clad Beet. The whole of the debate on the Alabama claims, which appeared la the Mines of dater& p, was tehupsphid to New York by the Attie cable. The Ismadden of the report onsupled to bons. The antietactory assessietesnield bits 18 110 mode that ma arrangement has bon +fats* sakeehitch be tween the Meade Tao* '.ll 41St MOW Aasssissa Ocespeap, ea the lost I* • Herd' of the baba essigaili ~,= ' I ;' ' ; ABT.4IIIIIA3f WINERY. The scenery for moat part of the way is stupendously grand ; the immense range of distance which the eye com• sands, and the colossal proportions of every feature in the various views which so suddenly open before one, reader description an almost hopeless teak. Wonderful must have been the convulsions of nature which produced this appa rently interminable series of lofty MIL and unfathomable _ ravines. A pen is impotent, • Weak may give some notion of such ex soak Martin's great picture of "The Lest Jedgittant," for la• stance, contains some conception of the Abyssinian rooks and chasms. At one point of our journey we turned a corner on the side of • bill and beheld • panorama as sadden, as unexpected, and as astounding as the bar-famed view of Mont Blanc and the Alps from the Jura Par above Geneva. Sheer down at one's feet was • perpen dicular precipice nearly 2,000 feet in depth; the plain beyond, as white as sand and sterility could make it, stretched for miles and miles, and glistened in i the dazzling sun till one's eyes ached again ; be yond, and around, and in the Intermediate space, towered the huge masses of diaraptured rock, now jagged and abrupt, now smooth and round. The background was filled in by a chain of mountains surpassing in magnitude, extent, and fantastic outline the most farfamed views of the Borneo* Alpe ; and what an atmosphere for • view No fog, no mist, no haze, a brilliant son, • cloudless sky, and every inch of nature's canna visible to the naked eye. I can imagine few scenes more impressive or more calcu lated to shadow forth the " Infinite " to mortal minds. • PEINMS IN ♦ TOWEL The palace at Attegrath, no longer inhabited, oontaine one spacious and well-proportioned apartment, which still retains gigue of haring once been roughly droorated, and there I. no doubt that at one time this was the raidenoe of some Tigre' prince. Tradition says that two royal brothers quarrelled, and the younger seceded to a sort of lions Saar on which be built the stone edifice above men. tioned, &radio which he successfully resisted the attacks of his outwitted and enraged relative. However that may be, it is now occupied by a native lady, whoa husband is held in dasabee vile by Kist Theodor*. She is surrounded by female attendants only, and lives a life of strict seclusion, refusing to motive any visitors on any pretext. Several men I know have made endeavours to penetrate only into the sacred precincts of the court-yard, but have invariably been rebuffed, and the female Cabal are without exception impervious to bribery. This unfortunate "grant widow" mistimed a madly dull life. Ido not know what the domestic occupations of the Sheba fair sex are likely to be, but her tie recreation, so far a I sea judge, waists in sitting cep in one of the dovecotes and taking a bird's-eye view of oar camp sad the surrounding country. Who knows what botereee fOrtoatet may be in dare for General Napier if he seams this way, bringing task her injured sprees rr limed ? The lady is not handsome, esetaisly not fair, knd what is vulgarly termed on the shady side of 40 ; but possibly bar virtues may excel ha charms. A feW JAM elephants have been shot, and one officer in the Aaloostmes, Lieutenant Edwards, had, not keg ago, marvellously narrow escape with his life from an ele pbaat near the &aro* Pass. The brute actually got hold of him, aad was only prevented from trampling or goring him to death by the steepuese of the ground. A shot from Major Seville turned it just In time to save the life of Lieutenant Edwards, but he is said to have been so seri ously injured as to haw to give up all thoughts of remain. lag with the expedition, and return bane. The Auer thinks it unlikely that the army will leave Antalo till towards the end of March, and will take at least a month in passing through the 200 miles of mountainous region which lies between Antola and Magda's. Supposing the main body of the expedition arrives at Magdala about the Ist May, the Tiesu gives a week for the capture of the city and the release of the prinonors and seven weeks for thereto.= journey of 4001aBeeno Swat But it might be that the Pass would be Slopped by the heavy rains, and in that case it would bessoessary to wait on the high land till they were mar. If so, the first re-embarkation would hardly be Wooled before September. The Ceeneeader isrebief meanwhile is strenuously efthenendeg to liimacumber the force as much as poeible. All followers not strictly necessary, and all Ingo" that can be done without, have )- lid. PRINCE NAPOLEON'S 12100CINITO. The Journal du Dibats has the following raseitlee on the visit of the Imperial "Count de Ideerkit" to Bealin : Tie Berlin people mesa to forget sere sad van lir issegailo d Priem Napalm& The Sergi Orem QOM keep tie thoreestdr aesolliedi kilt '16841:M the " Oast de Needeo," erllt lr *ldle • a the repel tanniß rowilik . - Li.••I: t.)r ' 1,14 Qr.': mail wgrart, asy at Waybill/lon, from lialif!a F•b• indeed after land* ... Qum"Owlir hire st 2.80 Lig/iitm. to bids% miii : si . tair lis."l"" Vit ina ot abo7 Waihin shi betti gloil ""did isierec. briass ice l2, ll 44o l"Pwl dels. in All #K ielrelL ' -'l _, : lett tithriert at* -16-mft moue waves in conatqueg . ' . 1 , ~,, - ~ „,.... ' 4 ' ,•, ' ' I ' * v' i 4 r• , , t ..4,4--!, ' ' ''' d "' -4 • " 111 '" 1 . 084,4" .. 4 .: fd ' ,Ail 4 ;11 ii. ..a ' .... a ~. •- ~ FOOD RIOTS IN PRUSSIA, It appears that the distress in RastPra sia b y at length broken out in violence. Disturbances ,,: • serious kind have taken place at Rabin. Seval! companies have been sent from the garr iso n of Koenigsberg to the disturbed district. The De asks whether it would not be better to send sox, food to the starving people. (amnia% rnLailltAlle.) PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. BERLIN, lLutot 9, EvENTN:. The customs and commercial treaty s ith Amt.--1 was signed to-day at 4 o'clock at the office of Chancery of the North German Confederation. HUNGARY. PISTR, Mtn: , 1. The Hungarian Diet was opened to-day with t.: usual ceremonies. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Mtecv t. - - The following further appointments have been made :—Vahid Mollah, as Minister of lieligiors Donations ; Djevdet Pacha, as President the High Court of Justice ; Edhem RieSs, Soubhl Bey, Fetid Effendi, and s.d•ib Mollah, to be members of the Council of Strt•• Sabri Pacha to be Governor of the ViLiTe: of the Danube, and Rassim Pacha to be govertor of Epirus. AMERICA. (ST ATLANTIC TTLBGRAPH, THROU“II MEL. BUT LII'M 11;.N , T NEW YORK, Ham, The Canard steamer Aleppo arrived out at 2 a.iso, and the North Germania Lloyd steamer Weser .1. 8 p.m., on Sunday. Closing Prices. —Gold. 1401. Sterling exchin.; , on London, 109 i. 5-20 United States Bondi, 1882, 1101 ; ditto, 1885, 10811 ; 10-40 Bonds, 1011. Illinois, 1381 ; Erie, 771. Cotton : Middlir 4 Upland, 251. Petroleum, standard white, Flour, extra State, 10 dole. 60c. ; corn, old mines 1 dol. 31c. OUR PARIS LETTER. (rum OCR OWN counspoirovrr.) PARIS, lionur EvaNn:a. The Salle dee Pas Perdua, in the Corpm Le.th latif, which was wont to present such an animated aspect during the sitting of the chamber, al.; 3 desert to-day. Baron David's order that the public should no longer be admitted then to confer with deputies has been Strictly carried out. Journalists and others provided with tickets for the galleries, instead of passa; ! through this hall, now reach their places by a I separate entrance made on purpose for Blew. have heard " strangers" who frequent the de bates say the new arrangement is more con. venient for them than the old one, but the deputies who find their importance diminished by the want of opportunity to wife patronising bows and shakes of the hand:to their friends, and to be by them pointed out (dirifop , . Mereuntium) to bystanders are not pleased with it, and hope that when M. Schneider returns to his post the new order will be rescinded. There was again to-day a good deal of talk in the lobbies of ministerial changes. The rumour we+ that M. Pinard would be made Vice-President ~i the Council of • State in place of M. de Pencil. she would supersede M. Baroche as Minister oi Lice and Public Worship. M. Duruy, it was said, would be turned out by the influence of the catholic coterie at the Tuileries. The Presie says it is rumoured that M. de Bis marck's plan was to overwhelm Prince Napoleon with politeness but turn a deaf ear to alt his pr? poaals, and decline to take any engagement what ever as to the future conduct of Prussia, in cake of a diplomatic or other kind of Conflict, and that this reserved attitude of the court of Berlin gives complete satisfaction at St. Petersburg. The doctrine that private life should be wailed in (La vieprisee doit etre =uric) of which the legis lature has just made such an extraordinary appal tion, is illustrated by a caricature in the elwrirar;. Two rag gatherers with hods on their backs are conversing ; one says, " It seems that our puha• meat men are determined that private life AA , be strictly walled in." " That is a great mistake." replies the other ; " we know that along the walla there is always more filth and rubbish than and where else." An application is to be made to the Curia Lege' latif for leave to prosecute Viscount de Kerveguen , for calumny supported by forged papers. He and his eolleague Grassier de Cassegnac are luny guar telling about the responsibility for the libels Off have conspired to issue together. The Pays dm evening says complacently it will be very hapP t° aid the prosecution by bringing forward all the papers in its possession signed Kirrreguali• Most violent lingtage continues to be exchar d between the - Pays mei the journals it has {Masud, and erePrecahlerse .14 the Press are fil led /1. d details of _the dirty badness. I hardly thank , however, foreign readers can pre to be aa'" of the matter until it enters on a new phase. At the Bourse Rant* closed rather heavily' with a fall of 10c: foi'caah faatl.aa for account, at Or 40a,'•114119fr. Italianft:4l26c. ; Credit F . t'n . tier, I2fr . 50c. ; and Mohi li er; 6fr. 25c. °Pant ° were divided as to whether the loan would le brought out this month or next. .;