The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-13 00:00:00

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EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 o'clock. EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 87, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET I, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. r" SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre sentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their lily Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chs.ttPrton. THIS EVENING will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime; entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, CND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery cy Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists ; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, IT A YMARKET Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekstone. _ _ THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny - Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. iMesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven, HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. P.WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore. Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs.'Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, 6:c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last Night. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in flur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life, Messrs. Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. D. Leeson, C. Harcourt, J. G Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by !dr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with M ASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. i pr On Monday, Feb. 15. a new Drama, entitled MARIE AN TOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. R 0 YA L STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. 1- THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Clrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TILE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude :vith HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA TRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Another change of Programme.—First appearance of DON JIJAN BARTO, a Mexican Grotesque, and the most astounding Prestidigitateur ever witnessed. Without the aid of apparatus, or con , ederaPy of any kind whatever, he will perform, in the centre of the A rena, feats of magic more wonde rful than can possibly be imagined. The Press in every city in America in which he has exhibited unanimously proclaim him without an equal. Hundreds of criticisms might be quoted in praise of . his exceeding cleverness, but one selected from a leading American paper will probably be deemed sufficient: "We have seen dur ing the past week," says the joarnal in question, "the perform ances of Don Juan Barto, the extraordinary grotesque, and are compelled to acknowledge that his tricks of Prestidigitation are truly wonderful. We have seen Hermann, Heller, Anderson, and numerous other professors of the magic art, but we have never witnessed any so dexterous, so complete in their perform ances, nor so truly beyond comprehension, as this celebrated magician. We accord him the praise of being the best performer that we have ever seen upon any stage.; In addition, Her Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the un paralleled Scenes in the Ar3na, including A. Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Cane, Mdlles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelotti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day "Ma iy persons form their estimate of a circus from some of thus: exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per flrmances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David Asher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. SGEORGE'S HALL, Regent - st reet. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals. of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSON and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear, by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS nt ffIREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur day night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit choirs Royal Library, at tbe musicsellers, and at the ball. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMAIO. LTCF.NSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. G R. 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Notice is hereby given, that the next ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Com pany will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Hutt and Browne. No. 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster. on SATURDAY, the Twenty-seventh day of FEBRUARY, 1869, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon pre cisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the Company. Notice is also given, that the Transfer Books of the Com pany will be closed from the 22d day of February instant until after the said meeting - . S. D. WILLIAMS, Jun., Chairman. JAMES Hurr, Secretary. No. 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, Feb. 12, 1869. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY- L A NE. stole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tats EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE S OUT. Followed by the Grand Fantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY3fARKET. - - Tins EVENING, BLUE DEVIL -. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jun., Misq F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &c , Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Twis EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss H ose Leclercq Cnncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPH I. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBF.RW ILL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. GLOBE THEATRE- ROYAT,. • TritS EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Clarke; Mesdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar sold, and Stephens ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Trim Ev.Emso. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messw. Bel ford, Clarke: Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CT OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; v esdames Maria Longinore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conolude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brouot , H. Irving. S. Finery. Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which. TUILICO THE TERRIBLE : Messrs F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathem•by, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tuts EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs A tkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &e.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Nesille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames: Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY TII EATII.V.- Under the Managerrient of billgs 'A. Oliver. THIS EVENTNG, at 7.R0, ALO VI CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL% Mr. Dewar, &c. To cotclude with EVERY;ODTS HUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. under the Management of Niiss Marie - Witti'n THIS /SEXING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare. .11. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Puckingbana White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss M arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, IM. Clifton, Hon Juan Barto, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tnrs ETENING. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entert ainmen t' and the Burle s q ue Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 andB all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Ree'ent's-pailr, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; ' on Mendays, Ed.; Children under twelve, Ad. 4 .7 (T r j, • LONDON, SA7 URDAY, FEB. 13, 18G9. Amid the compliaations of the Eastern Question people have been very apt to forg2t the affairs of Spain, and yet they are worthy of all attention. So much depends upon the turn that events may take during the nex t f ew mouths t h a t an experienced observer must naturally feel anxious to peruse all the details and speculate upon all the announcements that are made concerning that country. The opening of the Constitutional Corks was an event of great importance, and it is satisfactory to know that all went off well during the ceremony. The members of the Provisional Government were loudly cheered on their arrival, and Marshal SERRANO'S speech was a successful one. It was throughout a statesmanlike utterance, and eminently suited to the occasion, which called it forth. It vindicated the course which bad been taken by the Spanish patriots, and declared the prevailing purpose of their minds. The nations of Europe, he said, on attaining a higher degree of civilization, had thrown off the traditional bonds which fettered the public mind. Spain , 4 delayed for a long time following their example ;" but the ‘4 day had now come," observed he emphatically, and in these few words are comprised the sum and substance of the stupendous undertaking in which all have been engaged. The Provisional Go vernment had faithfully fulfilled its promise, and discharged its functions, and at the supreme moment of opening the Cortes the President was enabled to say that it had prepared the foundations and sketched the outline of the new edifice. The glory of this victory has been that it has been achieved without bloodshed, and this is, in truth, the distinguishing feature of the Spanish Revolution which will sig nalise it on the page of history, and send it down through the ages as a landmark of the progress of this generation, and a testimony to the might of public opinion, and the all prevailing influence of truth. Difficulties present themselves, notwithstanding, and the Marshal was, perforce, compelled to allude to them in his explicit and comprehensive statement. The disturbances which bad taken place, and the ex travagances of former Administrations had placed the " finances . ' in an embarrassed condition. The Government in this emergency naturally relied on the Corks to remedy this state of things by economical reforms, and a thorough change in the Administra tion and legislation relative to , the interest on the Public Debt, and the expenditure for the Army and Navy. Very wise advice was that given by the Mar shal when he enjoined on the assembly the propriety of town, THE SUN, LONDON,- SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1c69. being united, and only this feeling of concord can I cable them to accou plish the task before them, and to fulfil the ardent aspirations of the nation in this new and untried course. The arrangements which have been made are as yet most crude and incomplete, but the shadowy outlines have been sketched with a master-hand, and reveal a sense and spirit in the composition that are reassuring :and convincing proofs of the ability ' and goodwill of the designers. The task which lies before the deputies is then to fill in the picture, and to consolidate the reforms that stand out in gigantic likeness before them. Liberty is the idol of the hour, and on all sides offerings are laid on her shrines, and devotees throng her altars. The pro gramme which the regenerators of Spain have drawn out for the people is a promising one, and seems well calculated to do away with all abuses of the most extravagant form. Of course matters cannot work well at once, and while in some re spects the new regime may not go quite so far as some desire, and in others may excel the wishes of the mode rate, it is, on the whole, all things taken into account, to be admired and appreciated. Some clouds had ob scured the prospect which at first had been so bril liant, but the Government acted with energy and patriotism, and all the "partial disturbances" have been repressed. This inaugural address of the Pre sident of the Provisional Government is one well cal culated to inspire confidence in the future well-being of Spain. More inflated language might have impressed more fully and favourably at first, but the wise and prudent know that the eventual consequences are to be looked to, that a task of overwhelming difficulty such as the regeneration of a kingdom, cannot be ac complished without a mighty effort, and the lovers of justice and freedom throughout the world will hail the signs of progress so unmistakeably held out by the Spanish leaders. We may say that we have witnessed a revolution of revolutions, for the whole has been effected as a scene on the stage or a page of a‘fiction, and, while some have wondered and others doubted, the change has been effected and the transformation rendered complete. In a concluding sentence the Marshal said that slavery would be abolished, but without compromising the prosperity of the Antilles. Hitherto the Spanish nation has not been distin guished for prudence, and the grand and heroic qua lities sometimes displayed have failed to do much ser - vice in the land on account of the marring effects of prejudice. But now it would seem as if a great and invigorating influence bad prevailed, and while old things passed away and a new era commence], that the people had begun to learn the lesson which would not let them fail, and to recognise the all-important fact that zeal without discretion could not succeed, andthat nations, like individuals, must not neglect the opportunities aff.)rded them, for talents will rust for want of employment, and the noblest gifts of Pnovi- DENCE may be abused until they become a blight to the possessor. THE Fishmongers' Company is the most Liberal of all the London guilds, and it has therefore justly claimed the privilege of being the first to entertain the new Liberal Ministry. That Ministry, whatever else may be said of it, is most richly endowed with the gift of eloquence. It is rarely that four such speakers as Mr. GLADSTONE, Lord GRANVILLE, Mr. LOWE, and Mr. BILIGHT have to speak in behalf of the same Government. They are orators of long standing reputation ; they have before now been antagonists in debate ; they are now colleagues, and the Fishmongers had such a feast of reason and flow of soul at their Lenten banquet as does not often enliven City dinners. It is perhaps scarcely fair to analyse post-prandial eloquence. It should be light, airy, witty ; to foam or vuo.itLpc.Blac *xi the examination of a subject it to criticism is .),,bihming the lIEnAPATu or a TAT Lon. - N - Vhat, for instance, could be more sparkling and evanescent than the eloquence of the Bishops whom the Fishmongers entertained on Shrove Tuesday. They were thoroughly jovial : every idea was brilliant, every sentence was a joke. What we may call the impu dence of humour was never carried to a sublimer height than when Archbishop THOMSON claimed for the prelates that they, being life-peers, are the true Liberal element in the House of Lords. Bishop MAGEE, having been translated from Cork to Peter borough, was, naturally enough, in good spirits, and the comic aspect in which the Irish Church presents itself to him is only the natural result of his removal from an Irish deanery to an English bishopric. We do not care to criticise the remarks of either prelate. They were meant simply as after dinner speeches, purposely, perhaps, made jocose, in order that the public might see that the speakers are not at all cast down. But it is otherwise with the four Cabinet Ministers who spoke on Thursday. It is the penalty of their position that their words should be weighed, tested, analysed, and subjected to the most powerful microscopical inspection. I What, rs then , t h i h n e g n „ is to noticethe r is esilt of that tf r. th G e L se AD s s p T e o ec N hes ? Th E as Premier has learnt to repress the copia fandi which used to distinguish him. Ilis speech was, for him, short. It contained, moreover, very little positive information. It shewed that the speaker was fully alive to the difficulties of the task which he under took eleven months ago, and it promised that there should be no looking back on the part of those who had put their hand to the plough. All this was general, it may be said ; but there was nothing else. Even the announcement that the diffusion of the sense of brotherhood throughout the United Kingdom cannot be accomplished by one measure conveys no new information, although one of our contemporaries calls it " a most significant announcement." Mr. GLADSTONE did not, in saying this, refer to the " three resolutions" about the Irish Church, as the Telegraph supposes, but to the pacification of Ireland generally. This, we all know, can be achieved only by a variety of reforms ; by a reform of the land tenure, for instance, as well as by a reform of the Church. It is quite possible, as the Telegraph infers, that " a deeper study of the (Church) question has shewn that the task bristles with difficulties which must be conquered one by one, and which it may take more than even a single session to overcome;" but Mr. GLADSTONE said nothing of this. More within the limits of logical deduction is the inference of the Times, that as Mr. GLADSTONE pro mised that the necessary measures of the future should be matured as quickly as possible, "they are not matured at present, and it would be plainly premature to discuss a scheme of legislation the details of which are not yet completed." This inference is indirectly confirmed by the reticence of the other Ministers. Lord GRANVILLE was genial, as he always is, but of course had nothing to say respecting the levelling-up policy with which his name is just now associated by public rumour. He was anxious only that the measure relating to the Irish Church should go up to the House of Lords with a weight it would be impossible to resist. It is to be hoped that Lord Git.xxvlLT.r.'s colleagues share the liking for gentle violence which he invoked in their behalf. So far the leader of the Commons and the leader of the Lords. Coming to Mr. Lover and Mr. BRIGHT, we find their speeches occupied with other matters than the Irish Church. Mr. Lo wE is generally reported tohave desired the - War Office; whether that be true or not, he has taken to his present post with the keenest enthusiasm, as though it were the one of all others that he had chosen. He was not ashamed to stand up as the apologist of " cheese-paring." He held that cheese-paring is the only real economy. There is economy enough in the " abstract ;" everyone is an economist in the " abstract , " but no one likes to descend to details, and so nothing is done. A private person mends his pens when they want mending, but a Government clerk throws them away, and if any tax.pa.yer.complaina that this is waste, he is stigmatised as a cheese-parer. Here lies the real difficulty of economists. Public sentiment is not with them. Of course it condemns extravagant expenditure, but it has no patience to go into details, and thinks the Minister who does enter into them trivial and mean. It is the duty of the present Government to bring about a healthier state of feeling, to correct the anomaly—" that strange inversion of functions we now witness in the theory that the House of Commons is the guardian of the purse of the people, and that the persons who are to be dreaded as likely to invade the purse are the Ministers of the Crown." In reality it is the House of Commons which would spend; the Ministers who would save. But they cannot save unless the public sentiment is with them. No economist can go far in advance of the popular will. His action is paralysed unless he is pushed on from behind. We now for the first time have a Ministry each of whose mem bers considers that he is a trustee for the public, and that he ought to spend the public money as thriftily as he would his own. That idea has yet to permeate the public mind. Mr. BRIGHT'S speech had an interest of its own on account of the speaker. He evidently felt the novelty of his position in having to return thanks as a Cabinet Minister. There was one remark of his— " If I have forsaken the paths of trade, I have not endeavoured to make a trade of politics "—greeted with enthusiastic cheering, which shews how thorough is the belief in Mr. BRIGHT'S sincerity and purity of motive. Not only did he never seek office, but it was thrust upon him against his will. Now that he las accepted it, he has taken a post which . , he considers rather one of adviser than of administrator. No one ought to know better than the PRESIDINT of the BOARD of TRADE the effects of various kinds of taxation ; no one should be better qualified to give the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQ UER useful information. Apparently, Mr. BRIGHT has been giving Mr. LowE both information and advice to very little purpose. The first has been pleading for a free breakfast table, and the second has replied to all his pleas with the Abyssinian war. We hope that Mr. BRIGHT will not be disheartened by this unsuccessful attempt, though he considers failure the inevitable fate which always befalls the occupants of his post. Abyssinian expeditions have not to be paid for every year, and it may be that in 1870 the CHAN ELLon of the EXCHEQUER will gladly accept the counsel of the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE. Meanwhile, we hope that Mr. BRIGHT will remember that his duties are not confined to giving good advice. There is plenty of work for his depart ment to undertake if he will only overcome his repugnance to the active intervention of Government in affairs of commerce and trade. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRA3IS.) TURKEY. PARIS, Feb. 12. The Paris papers publish intelligence from Con stantinoile, Feb. 11, according to which the Shah of Persia is said to be preparing to proceed in per son with the army to the south, in the direction of Bagdad. The Porte is sending reinforcements to the Persian frontier. SWITZERLAND. BEIINE, Feb. 12. Notwithstanding the petition signed by 6,000 inhabitants of the Canton of Soleure in favour of a total revision of the Constitution, the Cantonal Council have decided by 76 against 19 votes for a partial revision only. ''"OLUIEBRONDENCE PROM I'AILIB. (ntoz OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, February 12 Politics have in no degree recovered from their present abnormal dullness. Foreign affairs are represented only by Greece and.Spain,and the difficulty in both which countries has lasted too long and has moved too slowly to be interesting. The news from Greece is pacific ; the news from Spain as doubtful as ever. The Cortes has opened, and must shortly have before it the great question of government, but the indications of what form the government will take are as meagre as ever. The campaign in Algeria has col lapsed. The tribe of Ouled-Sidi-Cheikh was alone, and even it did not work harmoniously, for a portion of the race turned its arms against their brethren. These friends of the French have derived all the profit of the struggle, for they captured all the riches of the disaffected tribe. As to home politics, we must wait until M. Thiers makes his promised attack on the Government relative to the City of Paris Loan. The right of public meeting was made available on Wednesday for a gathering under the auspices of a society known as the " Peace League." The object of this asso ciation is to propagate philanthropic ideas, and to stir up a popular feeling against war. The great project by which swords are to be made into ploughshares is the reference of all disputes to the supreme tribunal of nations. There were 400 persons present at this meeting, and the enthu siasm was considerable. All success to the idea, but its realisation still seems far distant. M. Pinard has pleaded in his first cause. .rie na appeared before the First Chamber of the Civil Tribunal to support the interests of the Commune of Vincennes in a legacy suit. We have probably now heard the last of the oonbon affair. Masson, the medical student, now says that he was asked by the Polish Count to poison the bonbons with nicotine, but that he did not choose to participate in such a crime, and accordingly only added to them a little ink mixed up with gum paste. Such, in fact, being the sub stances found by the chemist, this young man has been set at liberty. The Count is still detained in prison. The grief of Paris at the collapse of this scandal is unspeak able. Fame, however, when once gained, is not to be lost so readily. Sometimes, too, it costs its possessor dear. This may probably be the case with Madame Belval, the lady who would not poison, or attempt to poison, the duke. She called herself Madame de Narbonne, and in doing so she usurped without leave a historic title, and is now threatened with legal proceedings. The Marquis de Nar bonne-Lard is the representative of the family, and will take the initiative against her. This is surely to be regretted : the woman is a member of the disreputable class, but then she acted properly in this affair, and it ought not to be made the indirect cause, as it thus will be of a misfortune to her. Another case of cruelty to pupils by a religious teacner has come on for hearing before the Correctional Tribunal of Lyons. This ecclesiastic is named Quincandon, but is known by the clerical title of Father Pirin. He is only 22 years of age. It was proved in evidence that the prisoner, by a strange refinement of cruelty, was accus tomed to hang the pupils up by the legs to a large hook in the wall, and then flog them. Sometimes he left the unfortunate children for a considerable time with the head down, totally regardless of the ill effects which such punishment might produce on their health. He also frequently made the big boys act as executioners and whip the young ones. The court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. This is the third or fourth case of the kind which has come before the French coasts, and the affair is causing great excitement. During this trial murmurs and marks of strong indignation arose from the immense crowd assembled in the court. Of the many flagrant cases which ha;ie come before the public notice, this is the worst. _ In the operatic intelligenCe from St. Petersburg is u news that Mario has been laid up with illness. The archmologists have made an important discovery near Durfort, in the Gard. A miner searching for a lode of lead in the side of a mountain, came upon a grotto the mouth of which had been blocked up by stones. It contained a quantity of petrified human remains imbedded in concretions from the rock ; a flint knife and a hatchet were also found, and one skull was remarked as having been formerly pierced with an arm of the same material, a portion of which had broken off and was still remaining in the bone. THE ►VEATHER TABLE.-TIIIS IkILITOt OLOGICAL EELOIITS. Extreme Sea 1 I. a F. 0 , 13. B. IT. , •‘',s, W. 1 to• F. D. It. to 29'8,8r. 33 ;36 S.W. I 4 1 'W. b7oc 0•051 2 con 30'u4r. 40 ;38 W. 3 2 W. !b. s !3 ) F.r. 39' 36 W. 2 2 W.N.W. 2 rough' 30 - 15 r. 16 34 W.N. W.! 2 2!k;N. E. 2 ,ut,h 3016r. 31 1 34 W.N.W. 3 10 r.m. 1.'12 3 an 30'13r. 46 142 W.N.W. 6 8 W. C. 4 ;astle 30•11.1 r. 42 40 7 W. 3 5 N.W. r.c. ;ad 1 — col is 3o'4or. 46 j 42 N.W. 4 9 N. o.rc 'o'll 3 s Pt 30'45 42 j4O W.N.W. 3 7 , W. o.b. ; o'ls 2 ce ith 30'37r. 44 41 N. 3 9 N.N.W . r.b.10'27 3 luth 30'33r. 41 40 N.W. 1 10 N.W. 0.0.'0'16 2 outh 30'29r. 40 59 N.W. 1 10 N.N.W. r.c.'o'2l 1 a isNez _ fort . . ——— _ I a.m.! imel EXPLANATION Saturday, Feb, .13, Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cux haven Skud esnves Ardr ossan Green castle Ilulyhead Liver pool Valet) tia Cape Clear Roches Pt. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth London C'peGrisNez Brest L'Orie nt Roch e fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons .. • • • Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time► =PLANA__ _ Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at ea ' e The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extrcine Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached; f.- fog h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, 11 / 4 11 r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 12.—Three o'clock.—The marka closed as follows : per Cent. ......103 55 Bank Shares 3033 End of month_ Italian Loan 3 per Cent ........ 71 40 End of month — End of month... 71 171 Mexican Loan 24 mobilier .. 290 Do. Bonds End of amnia ._ OQ-7 r,O rtti•v,•-k 32 Credit P on d er _1627 50 I Thome Debt End of mouth... Deferred .. raILWATS. Cash Orleans .. 9 0 Northern 11924 ........... - Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... • 6l6i Western Eastern 575 ............ . • Sardinian Austrian l•orn hard 49-21 North of Spain Saragossa R oman 47 TVESTMINSTER LLEC7 JON PETITION. THIS DAY. v as renewed thi s morn i ng b e f ore M r . _ BaronT hi Martin.sinci tr inquiry Mr. John Wheeler was called and examined by Mr. Littler. . This witness, before being sworn, complained as to his being threatened The Judge said he would send any person to prison for 12 months who interfered with witnes ses . Witness said he was promised compensation after the election. Voted for Smith, Holton and James Ball and others. Sewell and Poncian were canvassing with witness. Was promised .£1.2 a week. Had given boards to several persons at is. a week. One of these was Flack. Asked Lim how he intended to vote. He said he had not made up his mind. Flack is a publican. Said he should have two boards at 7s. a week each, and witness supplied them next morning. Flack voted for Smith, but had told witness not to enter his name in the canvassing book. Pressel Overton very hard for his vote, but ho said he would not give a decided answer. Overton bad thet Grosvenor and Mill's pla card exhibited, and he had tie Liberal committee sitting in the house. lie said he would not keep his rooms in this way for nothing. He promised an answer on the fol lowing Tuesday. Saw him on that day, and he then said he would vote for Smith ; tiat the Liberals were a low, dirty lot—(l a ughter) —and would not came to terms. Overton was paid £1 15s for showing the boards, Flack £3 10s., and Smith end Dawes wore also paid. Witness also gave boards to Langridge, a publican, in Down-street, Piccadilly ; he Noted for Smith, and received £1 15s. for showing a board for a shorter time than five weeks before the election. Witness exhibited a board at his house and was paid £1 15s. Edwards gave him the money. Had been at Lloltods. The latter was in only a small way of business, but was always well provided with money—gold and silver. It was a mystery to wit ness. Holton was in constant communication with Edwards. Was check-taker at the meeting at Hanover square Rooms. It was a tea meeting. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C.—lt was, my lord, a prayer, tea, and love meeting. (Laughter.) Mr. F. Stephen, Q.C.—You don't call that corrupt prac tice, Mr. Hawkins ? (More laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins —Had been with Mr Barnett for six months as domestic in 1865. Had notice to leave in February. Mr. Barnett's son was a candidate for Woodstock in that year. When discharged went to the other side and told them he could prove treating on the part of Mr. Barnett. Received £3 a week for getting up 'evidence. This payment began in September, and continued until the next January. Got the money at the office of a Mr. Smith, in the City, but could not tell the name of the street. Mr. Hawkins—You went there sixteen times, and do you swear that you don't know the name of the street ? Witness—l do swear it. (Sensation.) Could not de scribe the gentleman who paid him. Was never placed in a public house by Mr. Smith. Went to Mr. Smith, the sitting member for Westminster, about a fortnight since, and told him about the treating that had been going on in St. George's Ward. Mr. Smith said he knew nothing of the subject, and referred him to Mr. Fordo. Had the subject upon Lis conscience. (Laughter.) Got no money ; and a week afterwards went to Mr. Cobbe, agent for the oppo site side. Was not a Conservative, but did not like to see Mr. Smith unseated. Gave no information at first. Could not say why he went to Mr. Cobbe, The Judge—Does this go further than to prove the witness a traitor ? Mr. Hawkins—l shall show, my lord, that a shorter word—ono of four letters, beginning with an "1" and ending with au "r." (Laughter.) Mr. Ford said that he (witness) had taken or given a bribe, but Le hesitated, and at length said ha could not answer. Cross-examination continued —Was allowed certain sums for cab hire, but spent most of it in refreshments for himself. The Court adjourned at the usual hour. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-build/ago, Strand, London W.Cl—[Ad vertisernentj REMARKS. Ile changes iu pressure yesterday were sudden and of considerable extent A limited area of low pressure passed up the English Channel, the minimum reading passing Yarmouth at about 6 P.m. The fall and subsequent rise were very rapid—the latter amounting to 01 in. A considerable increase has also taken place at all our western stations. The highest reading is now at Valencia, and is o'6l in. above that at Nairn. No continental reports have come in 11.15 a.m. Temperature has recovered somewhat in the N. and W., but has fallen considerably in the S.E., where it is now lowest. The winds along the Channel coast freshened to a gale from S.W., and veered towards N., blowing harder. At Yarmouth the wind backed through east to N.N.E., and blew a strong galetill 8 p.m. These winds were preceded by the fogs of the l as t two d ays. Wi n ds (except in Scotland) are now generally north-westerb and are fresh in the S.W, but light elsewhere. Rain has been general exec...tit in the N.E.; and at Yarmouth it was very heavy. This morning th• weather' ne t ' and the sea moderate ; but the sudden increase of pressurl : hews that weather is still unsettled. Warnings were issued last evening. The petition against Mr. Loch, the Liberal mem- Ler for the Wick Burghs, has been withdrawn by Mr. Lockyer. The formal election of Dr. Wordsworth as Bishop of Lincoln by the Dean and Chapter took place yesterday at Lincoln. Cardinal Cullen visited the Lord Lieutenant an the Countess of Spencer at Dublin Castle on Thursday and remained an hour. The Law Times states that it is the intention of the plaintiff, in tho case of Phillips v. Eyre, to carry the Ja maica case into a court of error. The Kamerad of Vienna contains melancholy news. It is to the effect that the hereditary Grand Duke of Russia is attacked with the same malady which carried off his elder brother at Nice. --- The Bishop of Salisbury remains in much the same state. There is not the slightest improvement, according o the medical report. The right rev. prelate remains in town for the benefit of medical advice. - - - Another case in which a Roman. Catholic bishop is concerned is likely to come before the courts. Dr. Ulla_ thorn°, the Bishop of Birmingham, in a recent pastoral made soma injurious remarks upon a Roman Catholic paper called the Universal News, and the proprietor has served his lord ship with a writ for The Illa»chester Guardian sates that the rumour to the effect that the leaders of the Conservative party wished the Wigan petition to be withdrawn is without foun dation. The petition is being prosecuted with the appro val of all tho principal men among the Conservatives in the borough. The Lancetsays : —We are given to understand that the rumour of the disestablishment o f the Army Medical School, and the reduction in the number of the professors, was entirely without foundation. The reductions about to be ef fected in our North American garrisons will necessarily in volve some similar charges in the medical department. It is likewise very probable that Mr. Cardwell will Feok to limit the force serving in the Mauritius as much as possible. Amongst the various rumours oircui lated of late was one to the effect that the store department of the War-office—the establ!ahment at Pimlico, we presume—. was to be removed to Woolwich, with the view of occupying the Herbert Hospital. With tho accession to the strongth of , thi)iVoolwleh istirrison, it is more than probable ma) the Dalo.4lrect for thi_age:emniodatliu tt soli TIM CONVERT CARE - - 'lnc) pitiless rain notwithstanding, the crowd attractec to Westminster yesterday to see or hear something of th ninth day's Proceedings in the Hull convent case wa nearly as great as on any previous day. As to the Cour of Queen's Bench, it was, if possible, more densely packe( than it has been since the commencement of the trial, an( there were certainly more ladies present. Mrs. Starr'i examination was continued. Referring to Miss Saurin', alleged imprisonment, the witness said the plaintiff wa not guarded and prevented from leaving her room for ant purpose. The direction I gave was that her movement were not to be controlled in the least, but that she shoul( be allowed to do just as she liked. I gave directions, how ever, that she should not be left alone. On the 30th April about noon, I ordered that a particular door should be kep locked, because Miss Saurin was in the habit of going t( the room and remaining so long that she inconveniences tue community. There wer4 lour other rooms of the same description to which she had unlimited access. By the Lord Chief Justice : A rope was attached t( her door and the sister's bed in the corridor, but it ai6 not fasten the door. Defendant : She was afterwards moved to a room higher up —one of a range of cells—because she was not a member of the community. It was a larger room than she had previously occupied, and it was lighted by a window. The same room has been and is now occupied by a sister, Miss Saurin was in the habit at night or early in the morning of getting up and going over the house alone, and it was understood she had been seen in the corridor at five o'clock in the morning, in her tunic and without stockings. I have learnt that since, but in my own mind I believed she would. I gave directions that a sister should sleep in the corridor, and that a string should be attached to her bed and Miss Saurin's door, that if Mist Saurin should come out it should awaken the sister, and she should accompany her about the house. The ; sisters are forbidden to rise before the call. The rope did not fasten the door. There was nothing to prevent Mist baurin's going out. The ordinary furniture of a sister's cell contain one chair or one stool for each occupant ; and when i. went to her I found her sitting on the floor, although there was a stool in the cell. I then ordered two chairs to be taken to the room, but I don't know if she used them. I did not desire Miss Saurin not to use a particular chair, but not to go and sit near the sister who was attending her. She might have put the chair in any , part of the room. In 1864 or 1865 there was a general cleaning of the house at Hull, and Miss Saurin asked to be allowed to take part, but I declined to let her. I did not give directions for extra menial work to be imposed on the plaintiff at Clifford. I never gave directions for her to stand in school hours at Clifford. It is usual for them to stand in school when teaching, but I always told them to sit when possible. The faults in her monthly reports would be trifling except in the manner in which she . mentions them, and taking the paper. An alteration was made in the rules by Mrs. Kennedy in Hull, with reference to sewing and other materials, &c. My impression is the altera tion extended the " leaves" instead of restricting them. A chapter was held at Hull in May 1864, for the re-election of a superior, my first . term of office (six years) having expired. After the first the election is only for three years. The first is an appoint ment for six years from the bishop or by election. At the end of that time she can be re-elected for three years, and again for three years. After that period she becomes a sister, and is subject to the superior appointed or elected to that office. In her further examination the witness stated in reference to the dress supplied to the plaintiff, that Miss Saurin complained of cold, and asked me for a petticoat, and I gave her the warmest of the two that had originally been hers. I had previously directed that those who had not woollen jackets should apply for them. Miss Saurin did, and I gave her one the next day. She complained of her stockings in 1864 or 1865, but they were as good as the other sisters', and I paid no attention to it. I think I had kept them in repair for her. She also complained unnecessarily of her tunic, but a week after I got her a nearly new one. The condi tion of her boots, that of being in holes, must have happened in 1865, when I was at Clifford, if it ever occurred ; but it is not within my knowledge. Mrs. Kennedy was the assistant superior at Hull, and in consequence of what she said I left a pair of boots for Miss Sarnia. When Miss Saurin came from Clifford to Hull, in June 1864, she had two pairs of boots ; they were allowed to the sisters at Clifford because they went out every day ; the sisters at Hull usually only had one pair. The Lord Chief Justice : What if they got wet ? Defend an t : Th en they had shoes to change. Each sister has light shoes, strong shoes, and boots. Mr. Russell : The' plaintiff in her evidence said Mrs. Starr gave her a pair of house-shoes, but they were so old that she had to tie them on with string across her feet and put paper over all because the soles were worn out. Defendant,. b e .. hoots. and noti shoes—the pair I had taken from her a year before. She was then on an equality with the rest of the sisters at Hull. I found Miss Sam-in bad allowed the furniture to be thick with dust. She said she had not sufficient time allowed her for properly dusting it. I knew she had, and I waited before speaking to her again, to see if she would make use of the • few minutes she would have at tea-time to dust it. She did not do so, and I said to her that if I found the com munity-room in the same state I saw it in that morning, I should require her to wear the duster on her head as a penance. I went upstairs and took the dust off with my finger. She said she had dusted the room twice that morning. I then got the duster for the purpose of putting it on her head. She objected to wear it, because, she said, it was wet or damp. I gave it to one of the sisters to take to the fire and dry it. She did so. Miss Saurin then objected to wear it because it was dirty. It had been used, but it was not dirty. The Solicitor-General : In an intermediate state, The Lord Chief Justice : According to your view it hat not been used enough. Defendant : I said it was not dirty. She stooped clown as if she wished to wear it, and I put it over her veil. This was about one o'clock. It was her duty then to remain in the community room, b u t a t 3 .35 I went upstairs and saw her wa l king in the c orr id or with the duster still on. When she came near me I said "Sister, you may take the duster off now," She bowed to me, but said nothing. I have no d ou b t s h e heard me. Sh e , however, still continued walking up and down, wearing the duster. Mrs. Starr then went on to explain the keeping back of the letter, said there was nothing extraordinary in Miss Saurin's case, declared that at most seven letters were kept back, brought forward instances in which the same thing had been done to other sisters, and laid some stress on the fact that all who entered the convent were expected to render implicit obedience. Her cross-examination then commenced. It was con ducted by the Solicitor-General. The interest in court rose when he rose and the ex amination-in-chief was con cluded. He commenced at the beginning, and elicited from the defendant that she was born in Dublin, and baptised as a Catholic. I joined the order (she went on to s ay) as a postulant in Glasgow, in October 1849. I joined the Bagot-street order after a dangerous illness in Scotland. I left Glasgow 11th July, 1850, and went direct to the Dublin convent. Miss Saurin came in 1851. I left Bagot-street in August 1855, for Yorkshire. Miss f.l)a.urin, Mrs. Delany, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. APO wne, and a lay sister came over, from Dublin. Miss Saurin came nine months after the others. I did not know there were any difficulties about her coming until Miss Saurin informed me in Yorkshire. It was before any differences arose between us. One of the most binding vows of the order is not absolute obe dience to the will of the superior, but only in cases of sin and as far as her authority extends. We will suppose I said to a sister "For such a fault it is possible you will be put last of your order and deprived of being a member of the chapter," I could not carry it out without the sanction of the bishop. I might hold it over her. It is part of the excellence of a nun to submit her will and thought to those above her, and the opinion of a superior would rather influence the judgment of a nun. She would feel it right to do so. The duty of a novice in obedience would be more so in the case of a nun. The vow is influential upon the nun's conscience. The duty of a superior is to lovingly correct and sweetly admonish the sisters. Mrs. Kennedy held different positions in the convent at various periods. I consulted her and Airs. ArOwne for a time about Miss Saurin. There is not a printed or written rule about withholding letters. The "customs" state what is to be done with letters. Instructions with reference to them might come under correspondence with seculars. The power to with hold letters is traditional ; the usage is, that the superio r has power to withhold letters if she pleases. I believe it was a rule to do so in Bagot-street. I don't re member whose letters were retained. A rule of that kind has been printed since this action was commenced. The superior can withhold any letters she thinks it right to retain. The Solicitor-General : Why does it become better for a letter to be given a few weeks after it is received than of the same day? Defendant : Because in this case I had spoken to Miss Laurin of their contents, and she condemned her brother's reflections on the community, and I gave them up. The Solicitor-General : You condemned her, and, like a good nun, she agreed with you? (Laughter.) Defendant : I told her my opinion. It was not an obligation on her part to submit. It was only a matter of opinion, and not settled judgment. The Solicitor-General : Where is the line drawn? lam sure it is my fault. lam not a nun. (Laughter.) D*101101414 ; I CRIOnt tell M. It is the duty Of A nun to submit her Juogment to the opinion of a superior as far as she can without sin. I have not a distinct remem brance that she followed my opinion. I told her it was pity a religieux had so expressed himself, and she expressed disapprobation of her brother's conduct. I then consi dered the letters would not do her harm. Mr. Mellish complained of the mode of cross-examina• tion. The Solicitor-General ought to put questions of fact, and not hypothetical cases. The Lord Chief Justice : I thought so. Defendant : I don't know if the letter containing the announcement of the brother's death was withheld. She was informed of the death, or she had the letter. After wards she sent me a letter to be forwarded to her uncle, which referred to her brother's death. BY 1862 I had a very clear opinion Miss Suarin's vocation was not for this line of life. Ifirst communicated unfavour ably of her to Bagot-street in 1862. It was volunteered in so far that it required to be told in explanation. When I asked them to receive Miss Saurin back, I thought it very unlikely, almost impossible, that they would, in con sequence, receive her back. I had not communicated with Bagot-street before I wrote her uncle that she would not he received back. I can explain it. The superior in 18 56 was averse to Miss Saurin's coming to England, because she would not be an advantage to our community , She had a bad opinion of her ; she was so double and underhand. That is what I meant by the passag e ' " Superior there knows her too well to receive her." 13. Y, to April 3, 1862, th e d a t e o f my l etter, I cannot te ll i f anything had occurred that required my communicating it to Bagot-street. So far as I can remember I had not mentioned anything in April. In 1861 Mrs. Saurin wrote to me about her daughter visiting her, and I heard from the superior in Bagot-street in 1861 or 1862 that Father Matthews, or some other member of the family, had called there and made some remarks about my not allow' ing Miss Saurin to visit her friends. The superior wrote to me on the subject, and I answered. I may hav e explained to her my reasons for not sending her. The Solicitor-General : Have you any earthly doubt about it? Defendant : I don't remember. The Solicitor-General : What else could you have written vo her about? Defendant: Her letter might have referred to othe r matters. The Solicitor-General : Yes. It might have referred t 0 the moon. The cross-examination was not concluded when tine court rose. The Council of University College, London, have resolved to institute a Professorship of Hygiene and Publio Health. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Viscountes o Beaconsfield have arrived at Grosvenor-gate for the season. The right hon. gentleman has issued cards for Parliamentary dinner on the 15th inst. The sporting correspondent of the Leicester Journal, writing from Melton in that paper of to-day, says :—"•A il interested in the case of Frewen v. Tailby will be g lad te learn that matters have been satisfactorily arranged, and Mrs. Frewen has kindly consented to allow hunting to De carried on in the Cold Overton district as usual. A CITY OF DARKNESS.—The Kingston Morning Journal complains that the, chief town in Jamaica is not yet lighted with gas, though it is to be found even 113 villages in other countries. There is a prejudice, it says' in the community against gas, from fear of the danget when the pipes explode. CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held on Friday at Downing-street, the Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Nimbet • ley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarendon' Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right g° 11 ; Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Itig b " - on G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue. THE DEATH OF A POLICEMAN AT OXFORD. — adjourned inquest on the body of police-constable Gelk, e ' member of the new police force at Oxford, who Wag drowned in the Isis on Thu rs d a y wee k , h as ta k en place at the Council Chamber of that city. After a patient inv es. Ligation, occupying nea r ly th ree h ours, the jury re t u rned d the following verdict :—" That the deceased was drown e d while endeavouring to escape from Cox, his wife, a t, James Blay, who had violently assaulted him." The in" at the same time requested the coroner to call the a ttentil of the local boa r d t o th e un p ro t ecte d state o f the bank ° the river. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A SISTER OF MERCY.` determined attempt at mur d er was ma d e a f ew days back in the civil hospital of Wissembourg. A Sister of OA" ty was occupied in the kitchen, when one of the attenda nts: a young man aged 21, a pp roac h e d w ith a pa i r o f dou ble ; barrelled pistols, and discharged t wo sh o t s a t her hea d ' , then, finding that he h a d on ly woun d e d h er s li g htly, P r fired a third time, point blank in her face, wounding ile e severely. The sister is lyin g i n a cr i t i ca l state, and t b assassin has bee n arres t e d. H e declares that he had 10'. , meditated this crime. THE ROMAN HIERARCHY IN SCOTLAND. -Sile Roman correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette repeats the Navreoeryasbiolluyt s t t o or y be th a a p t po t i w ut o ed ar t c o hb s is e h o o t r a s ud an b d y ten bish °lllB Now, as there are in Scotland but 202 hi l s •iet litll l told," it follows that if this absurd taleP is t ett ,: each . prelate would have something l e ss than t h e ; priests to superintend. The fact is, that no bierare-- whatever is to be appointed to Scotland for e°113 ,,,, e time. Monsignor Eyre, the new vicar-apostolic of the Western District, has merely been created an arclibish°ll instead of a bishop. All the other ecclesiastical ti tles remain exactly as before, and neither the archbis il l nor the two other bishops in Scotland will for the prese t) take the title of any Scottish see.— Weekly Register. THE BISHOP OF NATAL.—The Athena/ 01 ' an t ; nounces that the Bi s h o p o f N a t a l h as met w i t h t w o se/ e oo accidents. Th e fi rs t was a f a ll f rom h i s horse ; de stunned for the moment, b u t was a ft erwar d s a bl e to r' a home, a distance of some five miles. The second haPP e l, in Nov em b er , as h e was com i ng home from his visitatle,„ Being delayed in consequence of the slippery state of tof roads, he' bad to ford the river after dark. His horse into a hole some f ee t d ee p, an d th e bi s h op was w ash eu to , is back. Mr. Kirkm an , w h o was f or t unate l y w ith ° v being a good sw i mmer , go t t h e bi s h op out, b u t on ' to wrong side of the ford. He managed with assistance cross the river again after a short rest, and had on his W home to be supported by natives on each side. DISTINCTIONS OF CREED. The daily iThbo inform u s th a t th e B aron d e R ot h sc hi ld has prese ntee' to Rev. C. S. G ru bb e , M.A., o f J esus C o ll ege, O x ford, It ' re , archdeacon of Maritzburg, to the vicarage of Men tlll° t to Bucks. From this it app ears th a t a J ew can prim e The Anglican livings, although a Catholic cannot. so , Duke of Norfolk is p a t ron o f thi r t ee n o f the Marquis of Bute of ten, Lord Dunrave ° seven, Lord Orford of seven, Lord Gainsborotsoo of seven, Lord Beaumont of one, Lord Stoat of of one, Lord Petre of five, Lord Arundell of Ward °l 4, two, and Lord Clifford of th ree —i n a ll , f i fty - s i x li." - 0 1 besides many others of w hi c h C at h olic commo ners patrons ; but not one of them can present to these although a Jew who is a patron can do so. Ho w 1 1 is the Anglican clergy ought to be of this distinctionl to be feared that the objects of A. P. U. C. are s t. long way from being attained.—Weekly Register. The will of James Disraeli, Esq., one 0 - f the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue, fornl er , of Eaton-ter r a ce , Pi m li c d, b u t l a t e o f C rom well Pl e Middlesex, was proved in the principal registry on o 2nd inst., by his b ro th er , th e Ri g ht H o n. Bent t ia Disraeli, P.C., M.P., one o f th e execu t ors , power L' co , reserved to John Luc ena R oss K e ttl e , Esq., a I'l lo square, Lincoln's Inn, the other executor. The person e o was sworn under £14,000. The testator was igg to the Board of Inland R evenue i n 1858, ha 01 previously been th e t reasurer for some YePl'ilio the county courts of Lincolnshire and Derbyshir e : v ia death was very s u dd en on D ecem b er 23 l as t, . u 3. r e transacted business at Somerset House on the day ftel ceding. The will is brief, dated March 3, 186 6 - be t 40 leaving to hi s h ouse k eeper a l egacy of £ 4,0 00, and of sister, then in hi s serv i ce , a l egacy o f £4OO , both It ' o e tel duty, he b equea th s th e res id ue o f hi s personal es fight together with his real estate, t o hi s b ro th e r, the v ial Hon. B. Disra e li, w ith a reques t th a t M r . Kettle . at ed select for himself two of the testator's pictures.—ll lusli London News. A CRYPT THAT HAD TO BE PAID FOIL op New York Times gives the followi ng as a very goo d I , r eo tration of the extreme vigilance which prevails in Co . i loa l over public expenditure :—" Am ong th e appreP ri ,jog asked for, the committee found on e p ro viding for 70' 4 the `Superintendent of the Crypt.' As nobody w ag that there was such a thing as a ' cr ypt' connected found the Government, still less that it h a d or needed a ° fo od intendent, inquiry was made, and it was fa th e that the appropriation had been regularly made ths t , last fifty years. Further investigation shor e( ' v ideo soon after General Washington died Congress PT to be for the construction of a vault und e r the CaPi t° to h e , called the crypt, in which his remains we re .00 ° deposited. A light was to be kept burning near pee l a superintendent was appointed to watch it, as •“' hashing doing doing daily for the last fifty years ! Meantime , ton's body was not deposited there, and ev e r y s e: 4 " Congress included, forgot th a t any suc h thing w a n th e istence. The only memo r i a l th a t ex ists to I ° e ' ro prl* memory of the affair alive has been the annual aPP fiti clo ation for the superintend en t." 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