The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-19 00:00:00

BANK OP ENGLAND, 18TH MARCH, 1869. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice— That the GENERAL COURT held at the BANK this day is Adjourned till TUESDAY next, the 23d instant, at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of taking the determination by Note, in print or writing, of the Question on the following Resolution proposed at the Court for a Dividend, viz • • That a Half-Year's Dividend of Interest and Profits be made on the sth April next, of £4 ss. per Cent., without deduction on account of Income Tax. The VOiiell;illcOLLenee at 11 o'cluek, and terminate at 4. TIAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS held at the BANK of ENGLAND, on Thursday, the 18th March, 1869 : RESOLVE n, — That the best thanks of this Court be given to the GOVERNOR, DEP UTY-GOVERNOR, and COURT of DIRECTORS of the BANK of ENGLAND, for their able management of the affairs of the Corporation during the past half-year. ORDERED, That the foregoing Resolution be advert'sed. HAMMOND CHUBB, Secreta-y. NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, and GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. SECOND MORTGAGE CONSTRUCTION BONDS endorsed PAYABLE in Sterling in LONDON. The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the above BONDS,drte on the let April next,will be PAID on that day, and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, be tween the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock. The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days before applying for payment., London, March 18, 1869. CONTRACTS FOR COAL BASKETS, LAMP OIL, dm. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 16th March, 1869. TENDERS will be received on THURSDAY, the Bth of April next, for Coal Baskets, Knives and Forks, and Button Brushes for the use of. the Royal Marines ; and Lamp Oil, Cotton, and Tow for the Royal Marine Barracks at Eastney and Fort Cumberland. To be supplied under Contracts for Twelve months certain and Three months' warning. The Conditions of Contract and all particulars may be ascertained at this Office. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts. BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. Tnns•rmEs. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S. Dupuis, 8.C.8. Francis Webb, Esq. Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E:,q. F.R.S. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR AN CIS WEBB, Esq. DEPUTY CnArnmAx - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's Houso on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq., in the chair. The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : aa , r 17 1 . 5 o =.7 . , ....4 ..... 3, Fis ~, 0 6 o Amount 6 0, Amount Annual a 'erg z 5 Proposed. Z•!-' ) . Assured. Premiums. 6" CP, : , - - -- - £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. el. 1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 (54.140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 '13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,597 19 10 1868 17,466, 1,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 -1 - Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763, 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the sum of £2 The interest on investment s and other items of receipt yield .6,704 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of £237.980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £63,026 9s. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, I.nndon. The distinguishing features of this Association are Anil:lbl° Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of (lams. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder;' gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from deo ty, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. Gd.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower l.rice. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red grill Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. F ITE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to be seen Every Evening by 8 10 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S, Britannia, Kenn' New-town. TROUVILLE SUR TIER (NORMANDY) LOAN of £400.000, SECURED by MORTGAGE D BEN TURE 3 of the TI OU VILLE ASSOCIATION (Limited). — Issue of 40,000 Mortgage Debentures to Bearer of £lO each. Annual interest 7 per cent., payable half-yearly, in London and Paris. These Debentures will be redeemable by annual drawings to begin after the third year at £l2, thus giving a bonus of 20 per cent. Applications for Debentures, accompanied by a deposit of Li per Debenture, will he received in London by Messrs. Herries, Farquhir, and Co., Bankers, St. James's-street, London• Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Rankers, Lombard-street, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association, 51, Rue de Cardi nal Pesch. The affairs of the Association are under the direction of The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 65, Prince's-gate, London, Presi dent. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Palace, Lon don. Monsieur Jacques Adolphe Cordier, Ancien Depute, 124, Boule van Haussman, Paris, and Chalet Cordier, Teouville, Nor mandy. Algernon W. B. Greville. Esq., 45, Sussex-gardens, London. • Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsay, M.P., Winch field, Hants. Monsieur Dumond de Montcelz, Administrateur des Mines de Zinc de la SiMale, 44, Rue de Luxembourg, Paris. Sampson Lucas Sanville. Esq. (Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons), 18, Old Broad -street, London. Debentures, .£lO each. Th,e Subscription is payable, £2 on ap plicatiore.f 2 on allotment, £2 on the Ist of May, £2 on the 15th June, and .C 2 on the Ist August. Or 'the whole £lO may be paid up at once, in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. BANKERS. Messrs. Mules, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, London. THE LATE EDITION o f " THE SUN' at Strl d. JAMES SPEEDY'S, "Th e W e l t i ng t on ,"W e llington-street. an BROKERS. Messrs. Seymour and Elwyn, 38, Throgmorton-street, London. ABRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. Mortgage taken in the joint names of Trustees on behalf of the Debenture-holders. Each IV) Debenture: - Will be secured upon Freehold Land, by mortgage or hypothe cation. --„-. Will be redeemable at £l2 per bond (thus giving a bonus of 20 per cent.), by annual drawings, after the third year. Will have coupons for interest, payable half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum attached, and — Will be accompanied by a warrant certificate, entitling the holder (in addition to the above bonus) to a distributive share in half of the surplus profit ar'sing from the ultimate realisation of the entire property comprised in the mortgage. Applications for fully paid-up Debentures will be entitled to priority of allotment. If no allotment be made the whole of the deposit will be re turned without deduction. If the whole amount applied for be not allotted the excess of deposit will be applied to the future payments due upon such number as may be allotted. but interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon, An opinion of the soundness of this security. and of the value of the distributive share of surplus profit offered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Trouville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France, where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Havre, directly south of the Isle of Wight, and possesses one of the largest and most comfortable hotels in France, public rooms, gardens, walks, slopes green to the water's edge, and sands superior to those of Scarborough or Ramsgate. From London Trouville may be reached via Dover and Calais, or Folkestone and Boulogne or via s. outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half disttnt by railway. Plans of the properties and reports of architects and sur veyors may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post. Full printed particulars of the Loan and forms of subscription Inv be obtained of the Rtnkers, Brokers, and at the Offi ces of the Associati on , namely :-26, Old Broad-street, E. 0.; 6, Whitehall. 11 eLtmi ns t er, London; and Paris, 1, Rue do Car dinal Fes ch. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Doors open at half-past e, commence at 7. 13 oz-ofllce open from 1 , ) till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE GIRLS OP THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed y, at 7.45, OTHELLn. Mr. Phelps, Mr. Dillon, Miss Heath, and Miss Fanny if tuldart. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BRDA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Legsee. Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE • WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buekstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, Sze. Aft, r which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c,; 'Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Bill, he. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: A; essrs. Buckstone and Compton. , Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY- L A NE. , ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tens EVENING, at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed bV OTHELLO: Mr Phelps, Mr Charles Dillon. Concluding with BEDA. THEATRE. -ROTA L. HAY MARKET. This EVENING, RAKING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone. jun., Miss LAMS, &c. Afier which. HOME: Sothern. Chiprendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S G OST. Comment , " at 7. PRINCESS t S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING. at 7, to commencewith THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF Th A: Mdlle. Beatrice L, . Tang EVENING, THEATRE-ROY at 7, A DAY':A FISHING ADELPITT . Mr. G. Belmore, Mr Stephenson, Mrs. L. Mnrra.v and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster. A. Stirling. G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon Miss Lennox Grey. &e ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swa.nhorough. 1. HIS EVENING. at 7.30, T LIE WID() WHUN T. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Burton. THE FIELD OF THE Ci.OTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; % , esdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, T ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. Tnig EVENING, at 7, A lIAPPY FAMILY. 7.20, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 0.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Illarshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG -ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston THIN EVENING. A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, Lionel Brough, H. Irvin.% S. Finery, :Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with THE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr. Toole. 41 HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled 9. DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. delmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Mis.; Lennox Grey. XI 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, Visa Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE AN TOINETTE • Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen. Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. ro conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Eeat rice. )oors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. IA Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE V'IDOW HUNT. Messrs xrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Rut .3n and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OP TL E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA [RE AND CIRCUS ; HOLBORN OKRA, the world-renowned, in his original anti unapproach able evolutions on the FLYING TRAP N: ZE, every Evening. His double somersaults and perouettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including OSCAR C A RRE and his magnificent Stud of Performing Horses. Yew A ets, Fresh Novelties, and a host of attractions. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. poOYAL AHPHITHENTRE, Holborn.— GOOD FRIDAY EVENING, March 26.—GRAND PER FORMANCE of Handel's Oratorio, ‘• THE NI ESSIA U ."—Full Orchestra and chorus, numbering nearly 250 persons. A rtistes: Wile. Rose Hersee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Maybrick, and the celebrated basso H err Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (120 Voices). The Orchestra will include th 3 most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, &c. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Solo Trumpet, Mr T. Harper. Conductor, Mr. C. J Rargitt. The management would specially refer to the fact that this will be the first appearance in Oratorio for many years of the renowned bass., Herr FORMES. and his Farewell Performance, previous to retirement from the Lyric boards. Tickets may now be had at all the Libraries. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1P62. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit.. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque Sketches, &c., and the highly successful burlesque THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. 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 at THREE 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 )!aell's Royal Libra►;y. at the musiesellers, curl et the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road. ielivers the LATH' 1"DITION of "THE SU Ni " at the earliest )ossible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver 3opics in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country it a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 0.45 o'clock _ Orders by post punctually attended to THE TIT HID EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTI.\G NEWS of the damay he seen JEM .•Y M TO \'S house, " The Swan Little Britain, City, E.C. rrHE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN.' L HJLMES begs to inform his friends and the puhlie remrally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-road N.W. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN' supplied as soon as published. containing all the LATEST .sTEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENC K. by H W HARRIS. gewspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies Ow L.:7 LAT ES P EDITION of " THE SUN " as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. WHO'S GRAINGER? LICENSED VICTuALLERS' TOBACCONIST. SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. '1 he SPORTI Gl. DI PION of "TH SUN" can he seen at I \G ER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight J'el3ck. rrll E ",UN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE f deliNstrs the L ATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn. 8 ; Starch-green, 3; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " II supplied, as soon as published, Vvery Evening, by W. ALVXA Dt , lt (late Brooks), Newspiper Agent, .No. 4, Old Csventlish street, Oxford-street LICENSED VICT 17A L LENS' G UAIMIAN. R. GLENIE, Gf the SPORTING LIBRARY, C i t •4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-parr. London, W., begs to inform his customers, a n d t h e Li cense d Victuallers in general, that he has been appointed Agent to the above n amed paper addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "TUB Suet," and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. 11. G begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Huffs, Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines , and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. ' U HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITU'S, 39. Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION o f " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THEATRE- ROYAL, HOLBORN. tun EVFNING, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Cowpe r , lie yille, Porsche. and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, 8:e After which, LUCRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: M'ss Fanny Joseph s : and George Honey. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAIL'. Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRI 4 : AND clncus, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe anal magnificent Stud f5O Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. Tnss EVENING, at 7. PAPER WINGS : Messrs. IT. Wigan , IT. Nev ille, F. Atkins, H. Vaughan. H. Cooper, and Smithson : 71rAstlarnea Furtado, Sehavey, N. Harris. and -t. Henry. After which. TH it; YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, IT. Neville. A. thins. Taylor, Taughan, G. Vincent, ex.; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Manage:neat of Miss IT Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVIN(; OFT. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, Sc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Linder the Management of ;iss Marie Wilton Tnig LVF.NINCI' SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, IL J. Montague, Add!son, Cl !over. and Bancroft: Mrs. 141 - whinA= White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss %'arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS r, • E!“,Nct, at 8, THE RT)Y AL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTItELY Ethioplan Entertainmrnt: and the Burlesque Extravaginza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY' MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night:at 3 Wednesdays and taturdays, at f; and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALtIAMBRA PALACE. —THREE BALLF.T3 Promonado Concert. Baud of GO. Begin at S. ls. Box-offici open from 11 to 4. THE SUN, LONDON, VIIIDAV EVENING, MAECH 19, 1869. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pail:, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, Cd. 7 1 1 ) -9 ;r ; 1 4 12 - . -11,11 to change here by ordaining the appointment of a judge, who must be an experienced barrister. He will occupy a position subordinate to the Arch ; bishop, who, as in the case of the Bishop and his chancellor, will be the chief judge. Lastly, there is a final right of appeal from the the judg rment of the Archbishop's court to the Privy Council. The constitution of this tribunal is not to be altered, and, in this respect, it will be generally admitted that Lord SHAFTESBURY has acted with great judgment. Whether the Privy Council is or is not a satisfactory tribunal, whether the lay element does not preponderate too greatly for the just decision of clerical cases, is a vexed question. But it is not likely that the originator of this measure, as a prominent supporter of one of the antagonistic parties, could have devised any settlement which would have met with general acceptance. Such is the proposed constitution of the eccle siastical courts. But by far the most momentous change is made in the method of procedure against offences committed by clergymen. This is much the most important branch of eccle siastical jurisdiction. The power to decide tithe disputes, cases of spoliation, and dilapidation are of comparatively rare occurrence, the first-named extremely so. Breaches of the laws of discipline are, however, not only frequent, but the mode of pro cedure in such cases is, under the existing law, very unsatisfactory. The existing system is not sufficiently simple. Aggrieved parishioners cannot obtain the reform of abuses without a roundabout preliminary in the shapeistiotfutoe proceedings.btaithn obtaining permission This from the Bishop to institute complexity frequently delays, often defeats, the ends of justice. In matters of this kind, where the offence is general, and affects no individual in particular, the mode of redress must be simple and direct, or only the most flagrant offences will be noticed. The bill promises to supply this want. It stipulates that no charge against clergy men, nor any suits involving questions of doctrine, can be brought in any courts save those pre sided over by the Bishops. But it enables three members of a church to institute proceedings in the diocesan court against breaches of the eccle siastical laws. The court will have power to suspend or depose any minister, provided that the sentence be not greater than is now provided by the existing law. Issues of fact, with the consent of the court, may be submitted to a jury composed of three beneficed cler gymen and justices of the peace. Besides these three, there are minor regulations for the saving of time and expense, the most noteworthy of whichis that surplus fees are to be applied by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who will have charge of financial arrangements, to the augmentation of poor livings. Costs may be e n f orce d aga i ns t e ither pa r ty b r i ng i ng a riv bn overlooked in the composition of thi s olo e u e schargeordefence.Nothing of importance frivolous measure, which forms a thoroughly complete whole. The changes it is designed to effect have long been felt necessary to remedy the most vague and unsatisfactory branch of our judicial system. There ought to be no difficulty in passing the bill into a law. The chief complaint which will be brought against it—that of not dealing with the constitution of the Privy Council—is not likely to become a serious obstacle to its success. THE election petitions are relapsing into a round of monotonous uniformity, but here and there a fresh variety of demoralisation turns up to cast a new light upon our electoral system. Blackburn is a case in point. The hearing of the petition which has unseated the two Conservative members furnishes some of the most noteworthy revelations which have yet been made. The election was characterised by the most disgraceful rioting in the United Kingdom, and votes were secured by the wholesale application of an illegal influence; but the honest class of electors may satisfactorily reflect that their unpleasant experience has not been in vain. The last election in general has furnished a strong argument in favour of the Ballot ; but of all the individual constituencies Black burn must be held to contribute most largely to this result. The remarkably lively election in the Lancashire borough was not decided by bribery. Both parties had recourse to the far cheaper, and, as it seems, not less efficacious, influence of the "screw." Conservative employers intimidated their workmen, Conservative workmen intinndated their colleagues, and Messrs. IIOuNBY and FIELDEN were returned. As usual, the two innocent ex-members knew nothing of the means employed to secure their return, but their agents availed themselves extensively of the most discreditable influence by which the fate of a contest can be decided. The Con servative co mmitte addres se d a c i rcu l ar to the Conservative em ployers of l a b our as ki ng them to secure the votes of those dependent upon them. The committee found a Christi an c i rcum l ocut i on for the agency which is barbarously, b u t w ith ndieictitdeeed were o e r r c e e, of denominatednpininntt managers, millowners, ha the " screw." The corn overlookers, and others possessing influence knew better than other people how to appreciate the " blessings, temporal and religious, secured by the Constitution, which is now threatened by unscrupu lous politicians." They were therefore implored to exert their influence to secure the return of candidates who would shield the Constitution from these dangers—who would prevent " Christian England " from being made a " godless nation." Those in possession of influence took the hint. Their workpeople were enlisted in the cause of righteous ness by a clear intimation that if they refused to fight the good fight they might be cast out utterly. The effect was decisive. Many operatives, who would have vot e d w ith the Liberals, decided to preserve England from becoming a godless nation rather than incur dismissal. Those who maintained their independence lost their places. The Conservatives won their election by the votes of Liberal artisans, and when the contest was over there was a general settling up, and old servants who bad been unfaithful politicians were merci lessly turned away. Intimidation was em ployed by operatives as well as by masters ; in fact, the election clearly shews that the danger of workmen intimidating their fellows is by no means chimerical. Operatives who were a grade above the ranks, overlookers and others, applied the " screw " as unblushingly as their masters, and though in thi s case it was employed for the benefit of the Conservatives, there is no reason to believe that the danger does not exist equally for both parties. The tendency of these disclosures is palpable. It mfg • ht have occurred to the Conservative co mmittee and those whom they addressed that the Constitution will hardly be upheld by th e degradation of a principle which the Conservatives themselves claim to have conferred. The idea might have suggested itself that the godliness of Christian England will hardly be promoted by pitting a working man's con science against hi s daily bread. But these considera tions never do influence elections, and never will. Pre vention is certainly better than cure ; but the neces sity of a cure is becoming more and more apparent. It is said that at the forthcoming meAing of the Hadson's Bay Company, a number of the share holders propose to move that the offer lately pro posed by the Colonial-office be rejected, and that negotiations be opened for the sale of the com pany's territory to the Americans. Whether this suggestion which appears to be dictated by a bitter feeling at the disappointment sustained by the shareholders, is meant seriously or not, remains to be seen. At a meeting of the Irrigation Company of France (Limited) the directors' report was adopted. It referred to the present critical position of the affairs of the undertaking, but expressed a hope that all obstacles to the full and active resumption of the whole of the unfinished works may be re moved without much further delay. The works have been inspected by two engineers, who regard them as wise in conception, economically con structed (with certain exceptions), and likely to become remunerative. SALE OF INTOXICATING ,LIOUORS 01V SUNDAY. On Thursday a deputation from the Central Associa tion for Stopping the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday waited upon the Home Secretary, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce. Amongst those present were Archbishop Manning, Mr. Bazley, M.P., the Rev. J. A. Stowell, Manchester ; Mr. B. Whitworth, Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Mr. Thomas Barlow, Bolton ; Mr. H. B. Roberts, Mr. J. Hawkings, secretary Claremont Sunday Schools, Islington ;'the Rev. F. W. Brown, New castle ; Rev. J. Reid, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in England ; Mr. G. Blakly, United Kingdom Band of Hope Union ; Rev. J. C. Patterson, Man- chester ; Rev. J. M. Ross, Manchester ; Mr. J. O'Cullahan, Rev. Dr. Fisher, Rev. Dawson Burns, Mr. W. Hoyle, Mr. NV. Hitchcock, Dr. Martin War rington, Rev. G. NV. Macree, Mr. W. T. Palmer, Mr. Lowmond, Mr. G. Dibley, Mr. J. Andrews, and the Rev. J. G. Murray. The members of the deptnation assembled at the Westminster Palace Hotel prior to pro , -eding to the Hen. ?flice. A letter was read from Ni.Miall, M.P., which stated that the writer regretted that he could not attend the deputation in the objects sought to be ob tained but in which he believed he concurred. A letter from Mr. Cawley, M.P., to the same effect, was also read. At this preliminary meeting a me morial to the Home Secretary was adopted. This document asserted that the stopping of the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Lord's Day would be in accordance with the wishes of a great majority of the people of this country. Their feeling on this point had been tested not only in large public meetings (such as those in the Guildhall, held ender the presidency of the Lord Mayor, and in the Manchester Town Hall, under the presidency of the Mayor), held in twenty or thirty of the chief cities and towns in the kingdom ; but also by a very general canvass instituted from house to house in more than 200 towns and villages in various parts of the country —the gross result of which was as follows :-- In favour of closing on Sunday. England 291,643 . N. Wales 31,964 . S. Wales 23,267 Against. Neutral. ... 58,431 451 899 Total A separate canvass of employers of labour and of work shops gave similar results. It was, therefore, prayed that the Government would introduce a bill into Parliament, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors (except to travellers) during the twenty-four hours of the Lord's Day. Mr. BAILEY, M.P., introduced the deputation, and called upon Mr. Robert Whitworth to present the memo rial referred to above. The Rev. Mr. STOWELL intimated that the only object the deputation had in view was to stop the sale of liquors on Sunday. Many of those present were not connected 'with temperance societies, but they all felt that it was not necessary that - public-houses should be open on Sunday except for the convenience of travellers. If the working classes required beer on Sundays, they could obtain it on the Saturday. The fact was, that to a large extent the proposed alteration in the law had the approval of the working classes. Archbishop MANNING contended that the efforts made to prevent drunkenness by moral persuasion would be much more successful if the traffic in drink on Sunday was not legalised. What had been done with perfect success in Scotland was an evidence that the will of the people would be with the promoters of the present move ment ; the mass of the working men and their wives desired that the temptation to drink on the Sabbath should be withdrawn. Publicans, too, desired to have one day's rest in the week. The disease of drunkenness was on the increase, and a terrible harvest would be reaped if steps we , not taken to prevent it. If impossible to obtain Obligatory Act, let the will of the people be tested by the passing of a Permissive - Act for large towns. Dr. MARTIN, az a medical man, had come to the conclu sion that unless something could be done to stem the tide of drunkenness, but little good could be effected in the direction of Sunday improvement. Nothing would tend so much to the preservation of the health of the working classes as the closing of the public-houses from twelve o'clock on Saturday night until eight o'clock on Monday morning. After a few remarks on the prevalence of drunkenness amongst juveniles from the Rev. G. W. MACRE; The HoME SECRETAICY replied, expressing his gratifica , tion at having heard the remarks advanced by the mem- I hers of the deputation. He trusted that if his answer was not entirely satisfactory they would not understand that he intended for a single moment to throw s doubt upon the statement that drunkenness was a great evil, and was the cause of very many crimes. This however, did 'not settle the question. There were those in the country who thought that if it could be proved that a great evil existed, and was productive of disastrous consequences, it ought to be crushed by the strong hand of the law. Public-houses, it was contended, were the sources of such unmitigated and widespread evil that Parliament ought to be called upcn to inter fere and put an end to them. But, he would ask, if such a state of things were possible in the present state of opinion in this country. It was i time that the deputation asked not that the public-houses should be entirely done away with, but only that they should be compelled to close on Sundays. The principle, however, was the same in both cases. It could not be denied that it was the duty cf a Christian Legislature to see that as far as possible the Sabbath should be properly observed, and they would admit that much had been done in this direction ; and that as regarded public-houses there was a great difference between Sunday and other Says. The matter now brought forward had been referred "so a select committee, and a report had been adopted by them which was opposed to the views of the deputation. Mr. Bruce continued that though it would be impossible for him to promise that anything could be done inParliament this Sear he:might assure them that if it was at all consistent with the concurrent claims of other subjects, the question of licensing generally would be dealt with by her Majesty's Ministers, and if they could not see their way to pass entirely preventive measures, 'hey would do what they could to regulate that system and make the best efforts to guard against its abuse. Admitting that the evils of drunkenness were great, be (the Home Secretary) was not prepared to admit sill the consequences which were stated to follow from it. 'hie of the- speakers (Dr. Martin) had referred 'A the Forbes Mackenzie Act in Scotland. No doubt it had worked well in many respects, but still the fact remained that last year the number of deaths in Glasgow was at a higher rate than in Birmingham. He Tas himself inclined to doubt if there was apparent in Scotland any greater improvement than that which pro ^ceded from the general improvement of the people throughout the country. Nor did he believe that drun kenness had increased, in proof of which he invited a comparison of the aspect of the streets at the present day with that which they presented sorty or fifty years ago. Much of the crime which still was prevalent was due to other causes than drunkenness. The Home Secretary concluded by saying that the only legislation that would be possible would be such as was supported by Parliament and the desire of the people. That desire was in favour of the suppression of drunkenness, but he was doubtful if it went further. He would also remind them that public-houses were the only resorts of large numbers of the working classes who lived in lodgings, and had no comfortable homes. If public-houses were to be closed, there must go hand in hand with the movement another for providing suitable places of resort for the working man. All these were matters which would have to be well weighed, and he could do no more than say that the members of the Cabi net would be quite ready to attempt anything that could be reasonably done to prevent drunkenness. A Cabinet Council will be held at the official resi dence of the First Lori of the Treasury, Downing-street, on Saturday. The Church Estates Commissioners have issued their .nnual report. They have, under the provisions of she 6th and 7th sections of the Act, transferred to the Eccle siastical Commisaioners for England during the past y ear a sum of £70,000 in respect of the surplus proceeds of enfranchisc ments completed. The aggregate amount which has been paid over or transferred to the account of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners is now £1,400,207 2s 2d., in addition to £170,000 in respect of interest which has accrued on the surplus. An account of the receipts and disbursements of he Duchy of Lancaster in the year ended 21st December, 180 ; also a separate account of the capital of the said duchy, to tho same date, has just been issued. The re ceipts wcte £46,755, and there was cash at tauhers on 21st December last, amounting to £:3,695. Tln- , laynic eta in clude £28,51:0 for her 31vjesty's use, at d ordinary charges, salaties, improvements, &c. The capital account shows— stock, £3-1,850, and ca:lt £2,940. A sum of .£8.51" has been outhtid on the estates. • The Lords Justices had before them on Thursday the case of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England r. the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, in which an appeal was made against the refusal of Vice-Chancellor Stuart to give leave to the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England to file a bill against the London, Chadian], and Dover Railway Company to recover .£200,000 which the former company had given for debentures issued by the latter company on the security of the eastern section undertaking. Their lordships granted leave to file a bill, on the Credit Foncier undertaking not to proceed against the company under any decree they might obtain in the pro posed suit, and not to issue any execution against the conA- PanY, 70,hout tl4 loave et the court. LOIVDOOI, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1869. The oddest effect was produced last night in the House of Commons, by the (in many respects) bril liant and effective speech in which the Second Read ing of the Irish Church Bill was opposed by the ex- Premier as Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. It was in many respects, as we have said, brilliant, and it was often very effective. Bat—it was inappro priate to the occasion. As a piece of radiant and even riant " persiflage," it was repeatedly delightful. It was never once—during the two hours and ten minutes occupied by its delivery—dull. It wa, throughout exhilarating— frequently exciting laughter (not against the speaker, observe, although he was all along speaking in such a peculiarly false position not against him but with him) now and then, even. producing roars of laughter from both sides of the House. But in that fact was observable, of course, its extraordinary incongruity. A facetious speech—to oppose so great a measure ! A speech, repeatedly of the drollest character, with which withstand what Mr. DISRAELI is denouncing all the while as an act of flagrant confiscation ! It was certainly carrying off the grievance with a cool hand. It was most assuredly making light of what so many of his supporters regard, and denounce, asa monstrous wrong. It was putting the best face upon it—jesting, thus, rather than dancing over an earth quake. Nevertheless, in spite of its inappropriate character, in spite of its incongruity—it was, per haps, after all, the only way in which Mr. DISRAELI could have been reasonably expected to deal with the matter at all under the circumstances. To Mr. GATITORNE HARDY must be left more fittingly the denunciation—with impassioned fervour, and in the language of sternly virtuous in diguation—of what he, and Conservative members Who think with him, conscientiously believe in their in nermost heart and soul, to be a proposal of the most revolutionary character to despoil the Irish Church of its property,:to the end of appropriating the surplus 'ends derivable from their sale to what the member for Oxford University with others who think like him, regard as secular uses. As for Mr. DISRAELI himself—the Opposition to the Government Bill had, as a matter of course, to be led by him—because of the simple fact of his being the Leader of the Opposition. As ex-Premier, as Chief of the Party, he could do no otherwise. But, while constrained thus to stand forth as the principal champion of those who are earnestly and resolutely in favour of the maintenance intact of the union of Church and State, Mr. DISRAELI could not but speak within his own vivid recollection, and within the vivid recollection also of very many of those who heard him last evening, of having himself, just, one quarter of a century ago, spoken exactly on the opposite side—namely as the independent and almost isolated de nouncer of that very Irish Church which he was then and there, yesterday, eulogizing as an institution that ought to be preserved. His words of five-and-twenty years ago he referred to but a few months since—it was in the course of last session—as so much "heedless rhetoric." lie spoke then, in 1844, from below the gangway. He was a nominal supporter at the time of Sir ROBERT PEEL, but a supporter of that great statesman, in the fullest sense of the term (as Sir ROBERT himself found out soon afterwards) thoroughly independent. Nobody seemed then to listen to him-- as he himself remarked only last year when referring to the subject. Everybody listened to him last evening in a densely crowded house' as he stood there—not as he stood twenty five years ago as a comparative obscure member, certainly an unheeded member, as he has himself said, speaking from below the gangway, but— addressing himself to the House of Commons as one who bad thrice led it, as one who had been for ten months himself the First Minister of the Crown, as one still occupying only the second place in that august assembly by right of his recognized position as ex-Prime Minister of England and as Leader of the Conservative or Constitutional Oppo sition. So addressing himself to the House last night, Mr. DISRAELI relieved himself from the awk wardness of the position he so very conspicuously occupied, as the vindicator and upholder of the very institution he had formerly denounced, by comment ing upon the Bill and its probable consequences in as humorous a speech as he has ever yet delivered. It was a speech not full of irony, like so many other of his celebrated orations in Parliament, but running over with the richest and raciest humour. It was impossible to help laughing at him, or rather with him, as he delineated that most delightful companion in the world, the Irish gentleman with out any property. Listening to him as he touched o ff the portraiture with the merest inflexions of his voice, with the merest movement of his eyebrows, his shoulders, his hands, people chuckled, shook their sides, suppressed their laughter, so that they might not lose a word, and then, at the close of it, fairly roared with merriment. Time and again Mr DISRAELI appealed thus to the risibility of his audience, who for the life of them, nevertheless, could not help, each time, on recovering from their fits of laughter, asking themselves—Vas this the vindication of the main tenance intact of the union of Church and State ? Was this the denunciation of the Irish Church Bill as a - gigantic attack upon one of the great fundamental principles lying at the very root of the Constitution? Such as it was, however—that speech of Mr. DISRAELI'S-it was inimitable. It was lis tened to throughout with breathless attention, and will long be remembered as among his oratorical masterpieces. But it affects the cause at issue in no way whatever. It leaves the measure now before the House—untouched—unflawed—scathless. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S bill for the regulation of ecclesiastical law procedures is a comprehensive but moderate measure, and is likely to form part of the successful legislation of the year. It embodies all that is necessary to place the laws affecting the discipline of the clergy on a better footing, and yet the task undertaken is chiefly one of con solidation. The changes made are comparatively few, and only such as have been found absolutely ne cessary. The ecclesiastical tribunals will remain substantially the same as at present, and will preserve jurisdiction over the same class of offences. The diocesan courts are to be presided over by the bishop, and, subordinately, his chancellor —the law officer appointed by an Act of llms-ny VIII.'s reign to assist the bishop in questions of ecclesiastical law. These dio cesan courts will retain the same jurisdiction as at present. They will retain their power of deciding matter-of-fact questions affecting tithes, the payment of ecclesiastical dues to the clergy, spoliation—unjustly taking the benefice of one incumbent and conferring it upon another, dilapidation of church buildings, and all charges against clergymen of immorality or other breaches of the ecclesiastical law. Besides these dio cesan tribunals, there are the courts of the Provinces of Cbl T and York, to which appeal can be made on e t r he u request of the bishop. The provincial courts will have full jurisdiction to revise the deci sions of the diocesan tribunals, and they will be pre sided over 14 the Archbishops ; but the Act makes a SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times affirms that flimsiness relieved with spangles —the difinition of a Columbine's skirt—is a too apt description of Mr. Disraeli's speech on Thursday night. It was a great occasion. He began by reminding the House of Commons that the First Minister of the Crown had himself declared, in introducing the Irish Church Bill, that no more gigantic issue had ever been presented to the deliberation of a free Parliament. But how did Mr. Disraeli rise to the altitude of the occasion? He diverged at the outset into philosophy ; and while we freely acknowledge that Mr. Disraeli's fun is exquisite, his philosophy is simply detestable. English Tory members, and still more the excellent Protestants of Ireland, were simply puzzled and indignant at the use of arguments Which appeared to them to abandon all their strong positions, and to rest the case they rely upon as sacred upon pleas which they themselves feel tc be merely fantastical. What they wanted were good rousing denunciations of Papists and the Ministry, oppor• tunities for outbursts of Kentish fire ; and what did they get? Mr. Disraeli was laboriously civil to the Roman Catholics. He was deferential to the forthcoming (Ecumenical Council. In a word, he was, though some what dull and laboured on the whole, yet to a perfectly unconcerned auditor occasionally vivacious ; but to the men at his back, whose life and soul were in the matter in hand, wholly incomprehensible and disappointing. Mr. Disraeli's speech was entirely consistent with the avoidance of a division on a second reading. Of some of his most prominent friends and allies it may be said that they cannot with any consistency support a direct negative to the bill. They have acknowledged the necessity of change. They have confessed that the change must divest the Irish • .stablishment of a sensible portion of its property. In +vord, they have admitted the principle of the Ministerial bill. It is to little purpose to discuss minutely a course of action which must be fully determined on Tuesday, but one thing might be deduced with toler able certainty from the argument of Mr. Disraeli on Thurs day, that in his opinion the issue is already decided. The Daily News declares that Mr. Disraeli's speech on Thursday evening was made under very dispiriting cir cumstances, and was itself practically a confession of defeat. Like Falstaff, the leader of the Opposition has "led his r Igamnffins where they will be peppered," and he is conscious that he and they are, intellectually, only food for powder. The spectacle of a good man strut gling with adversity is said to have been the sight of all others most grateful to the gods. The spectacle pre sented on Thursday night of a party leader contending gallantly against overwhelming numbers and yet more overwhelming arguments has an interest and a pathos of its own which makes the beholder forget for the moment that Mr. Disraeli has with his own hands dug the pit in which he is now floundering, and has himself woven the net in which he is immeshed. The leader of the Oppo sition commenced his speech on Thursday evening with a dignified moderation of tone which suited the situation. He appealed to the House of Commons to display the self-control and the forbearance which fitted the gigantic issue which was brought before it. The reference he made to the other gigantic issue, which was decided in a different temper two centuries ago, was, perhaps, conceived in that vein of exaggeration and of strained historic analogy to which he is prone, and of which his allusion a year ago to the Dutch conquest of England was an example. Mr. Disraeli was, however, in the main, true to his word ; and he creditably abstained from those coarse incentives tc 'ectarian fanaticism to which, twelve months ago, he made a frantic, but Happily a vain, appeal. As to Mr. Disraeli's alarms for the Church Established in England, and for the security of pri, ate property, if the present bill should become law, they are the commonplaces of alarmist eloquence. No one would be more amused than he at the simplicity which should take his rhetoric for logic. The Standard considers that Mr. Disraeli's speech on Thursday night is likely to exercise an important influent, on the future course of the debates on the Church Spolia• tion Bill. Its studied moderation will do much to avert what we have always considered as one of the most serious of the incidental dangers attending the discussion of a measure appealing so forcibly to the worst passions of one part of the community, and involving so deeply the strongest feelings and highest interests of all. No one questions Mr. Disraeli's possession of all the qualities of a great orator; and no great orator could fail to discern the opportunities which the occasion afforded for those bursts of fervid eloquence and concentrated passion which the subject appeared almost to demand. If he abstained from these, it was because the responsibilities of the statesman outweighed the instincts of the orator, and warned him to sacrifice to permanent and public interests the opportunity of a great personal and party triumph. If, hereafter, the discus. sion be restrained within the bounds of parliamentary decorum and constitutional safety, the restraint will be chiefly due to the self-denial of the Conservative leader. No speech yet made has contributed more to the clear and distinct apprehension of the nature and merits of the issue or of the character and conse quences of the bill. The Post observes that a debate has commenced in tht. House of Commons which, considering the magnitude of the issue involved, will be second in importance to none that have taken place in Parliament for many years past. - - The result may possibly be predict e d w ith no littl e cer- tainty, but this, which under - ordinary circumstances diminishes the interest felt in a contest, rather enhances that which attaches to the pending contest over the Irish Church. Party feeling, however intense it may be, seldom equals the feeling of antagonism between two rival sects of Christians, and in the issue now raised it so happens that there are at present all the elementsboth of political and religious strife. Pursuant to notice, the leader of the Oppo sition moved what, according to the rules of parliamentary procedure, amounted to the rejection of the bill. The task was one which by right devolved on him, and perhaps it is needless to say that it was discharged with ability. But, having said this, we fear we can add nothing more in praise of Mr. Disraeli's speech against the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. In his exordium he recognised the magnitude of the issue, and he deprecated iany c ensure at the hands of th ose w h o di ffered from him creed if, in the heat of debate, he should say anything to wound their religious susceptibilities. A good many years ago Mr. Disraeli addressed to the House of Commons, on an analogous subject, a speech which w ill b e recollected and quoted years after that of Thursday night is forgotten, and as we listened to him we could not help thinking that he was looking back with regret on that happier time when, unfettered by official trammels or party bonds, lie was enabled 1., give free utterance to his thoughts on the grievances of the Irish people. The Star thinks that Mr. Disraeli deserves credit for sticking to his text, and his fidelity is the more honourable to him because his text is so empty and absurd. On Thursday night the House of Commons lis tened with great attention while the leader of the Opposi tion once again expatiated on the beauties of his State Church theory, and perhaps the occasion gained in general interest because many heard for the first time some of those wonderful utterances which in the solemn guise of type are apt to seem nearly incredible. The old common- places were solemnly trotted out. The House was told how the State derived its highest sanctions from religion, and how the Church undertook some of the highest functions of the State. The country was invited to enjoy a retrospect in which our forefathers won regulated freedom and set the fashion of temperate reli gion. Complete political liberty combined with order, complete religious liberty united with a national faith— these are the myths of Mr. Disraeli's worship. TI e familiar State-Church argument may be said to have cow posed the solid puddi ng o f M r. Di sraeli ' s discourse ; bu t there were several plums in it, and, on the whole, hi s , rookery was much more successful and appetising than on some recent oecas:ons of like importance. Amongst these we must reckon the delicate distinction which this acute critic of vituperative diction established between spoliation and confiscation. It is reassuring to hear Mr. Gladstone acquitted an such authority of spoliation. The Herald asserts that Mr. Disraeli's speech, which created in Mr. Chichester Fortescue's bosom a mingled feeling of admiration and regret, was not merely one of the finest oratorical performances upon that noblest of all theatres the English House of Commons, it was a great argument for English liberties, and a keen, and, as we venture to think, an unanswerable criticism of the pro visions of the Government measure. The perfect art of the speech, looked at apart from the question of agreement or opposition to the right hon. gentleman's views, will be universally admitted. The attention of the House never flagged as the leader of the Opposition passed from passages of vigorous eloquence to the most laughter-pro voking sallies and the closest argument. The composition of the speech was admirable. There was no slovenliness about the work, everything was done ad 'unguent. The balance of each sentence, the happiness of each epigram, the rich humour of each stroke of satire —every one c. them, it must be noted, most carefully divested of any thing like personal or more party feeling, and the loftiness and Force of the peroration, make it one o f the very fine!.i. orations ever addressed to the House of Commons. The Tdcgraph says that Mr. Disraeli, defending the Irish Church, was in a position essentially dramatic. It is now a quarter of a century—the phrase smacks Of the stage—since the not then distinguished gentleman addressed the House of Commons on the same question. It was in the year 1811, and the speaker was still a member of the Conservative party, still a nominal follower of S.r Robert Peel. lle has since that elate referred to his speec as containing im pasts some " heedless rhetoric -" but " we would not hear his enemy say so, nor shall we do our ears such violence to make them trusters of his ows report against himself." The speech was not heedless it was statesmanlike and unimpassioned, pointing out the evils of Irish society in phrases fitting, forcible and just. N o t th a t we mean to und errate the ability o?. Mr. Disraeli's work. Whatever we may say of the argu ments themselves, their arrangement and delivery vver• distinguished by an amount of courag vigour, tact ad e which will r en d er th e speech remarkable even ,n among the most successful essays of the right honourable gentleman. It put some of his peculiar views on Church and State with great felicity and force, and there were touches of humour that would have redeemed even a dull oratory. But we fancy that any true Churchman who was present must have exclaimed " Save us from our friends !" as he heard the Protestant leader declare that the future danger was lest " religion " should be too "strong ;" for, if the State and religh al came hereafter into con Ilia, religion was likely to be " wrong." Therefore the sphere of religion in to be " contracted ;" therefore the clergy are to be kept in relation to the State , otherwise they will be a band of agitators let loose. THE CATASTROPHE AT P.ARII Later particulars of the explosion at the Sorbonne sheW that it was caused by a new powder, which M. Fontaine, one of the proprietors of the manufactory, had invented for marine torpillos. A barrel containing biclrate of potassium, which is one of the component parts of the newly discovered powder, had been that morning deposited at the manufactory, to be for• warded by Tuesday night's train to Toulon. One of the workmen, wishing to carry home a specimen of this bichrate of potassium, took a small portion out of the barrel, and let a few particles of it fall es the ground, and by accidentally treading on it set fire, not to the fallen particles alone, but to the whole barrel. The explosion was frightful. The earth shook, the neighbouring houses tottered, the foot passengers were thrown on their faces, and on the Place de is Sorbonne alone 5,000 panes were shivered to powder. The first and second floors of M. Fontaine's house were torn open, and men and women, inhabitants of these floors, were precipitated into the flames. The staircase caught fire, and a stifling stench prevented 0 1 access to the incandescent volcano. Trunks of human bodies, arms and legs, and fragments of smoking flesh were found 200 yards distant. A washerwoman was lite• rally reduced to powder ; the concierge was flattened against the wall. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT SUDBUBZ An inquest bas been held at Sudbury on the bodies of Mary Ready, aged 70, and of her daughter Mary An n Ready, aged 34 It appears that the deceased women lived at No. 56, Cross-street, Sudbury, and that theY were discovered dead in their residence on Tuesday morning. The mother and daughter were known to h e eccentric, and according to the medical testimony th e younger woman was not of sound mind. Owing to won t of work as staymakers and milliners, they had been in a state of great poverty for a considerable period , but would not apply to the parish for relief. Nothing boa been seen of the mother for some three weeks or a month past, and very little of the daughter. Between nine and ten o'clock on Tuesday morning the attention of a police' man was called to the cottage by seeing a crowd of people against it, and he was told that there was a wove n lying inside the house naked. He entered the -cottage , and found the bodies of the two deceased women, one IA a lower apartment, the other in an upper room of the cottage. The place was in a wretched and dilapidate d condition, destitute of furniture and of all traces of bo a Dr fuel. The body of the mother presented the appea l " ante of a skeleton merely covered with skin. It 1 5 1 naked on the floor of the upper room, with a sort of coverlia thrown over it, and had apparently been " laid out" af ter leath. The postman had delivered a letter at the house on Friday morning, and it was taken in by t he younger woman, who partly opened the door for the puf pOse. Mr. Mason, surgeon, deposed that there were n e marks of violence on the bodies, that they were 'gel, emaciated, that the e ld er f ema l e h a d p ro b a bl y b een de eight or ten days and the younger one from twenty-four t: Forty-eight hours, and that death appeared to have resulted from starvation. The inquest was adjourned to enabl e a post-mortem examination of the bodies to be made. THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY ACCID.ENT. .111. .---- --.-- The details which have reached us respecting the d ig ; astrous accident at the Lock's Lane pit, Brierley 7onfirm the news already received. The pit in question 1 ' :onsidered one of the finest on all Lord Dudley's estate. 111 : machinery used in it is of the best and most costly kind and all the newest applianc es f or ensur i ng th e safe*" the men are in operation. It was generally suPPr i ; therefore, that the ri s k o f acc id en t was very sma ll. years ago the pit was flooded, but the water was puroped °ll l and every precaution taken to prev en t th e recurrence c't langer. Whence the wa t er came f rom on Weclnesd known, and the facts of the inundation areas yet imperfeetu understood. On Tuesday night ten men and three b 0 434 lescended the pit f or th e n i g ht wor k , an d no thing P er _ A w, :ular took place till about two or three o'clock on Wit aesday morning, when the engineer in charge of pumping engine noticed a quantity of smoke issuing fr °/ : `he pit. At first it was thought that the pit had ter, ire, but steam was mingled with the ei l3° , e ' and it was therefore seen th a t wa t er h a d burst ie"" ,, the workings, extinguishing the fires in the fure ace° ; The great pumping-engine, which can throw out 170 teoo an hour, was set to work, and other means adopted ',v be all possible promptitude to get rid of the water. ,vi be ;neatest apprehensions were entertained from the 60'0 respecting the men and boys in the pit, 8 . 3 the water had d es t ro y e d th e ven til a ti on o f th e wor ld There was, it was said, a sli g ht c h ance th a t the O s :: where they were might b e f ree f rom c h o k e d am p, e° h they might keep alive until the water was reduced en ° ", / to render access to them p o s s ibl e . O n Wecines u ;;; afternoon the underground manager, accompani ed - ;wo others, descended the downca s t s haft, " tb round the water was more than twenty feet In del' ed n• about eight feet above the inset. It was being re dec o at the rate of eight inches per hour. The Governineou :nspector, Mr. Baker, was soon on the spot, an d the ° f )f the pit was thronged with th e f r i en ds and relative! Li, the unfortunate men. Eight of them are o arr r i f e be %nd the anxiety felt in the neighbourhood is intense. 0 work proceeds but slowly, although every exerti°llo made, and it is feared that th e wa t er i s still flosvinfl 3o s the pit. There is too much reason to apprehend 70 thirteen lives have been lost by the accident, `hide also destroyed six horses and greatly damaged the 'IP— Some planters in Georgia, Alabama' an d Sotith ° l Tennessee have pl oug h e d u p magn ifi cen t fields of Wile° for the purpose of putting the ground in cotton. R. 0. Thursday was the 21st birthday of 11. r o m . I Princess Lou . sa, and it was recognised in the lout'. by the Royal family at Windsor. fed The Oxford and Cambridge boat race bag a N . melancholy end this year. M r . M e ll or , the origin al gig of the Cambridge crew, died on Thursday =omit* big death will cause a deep feeling of sor row 01°46- numerous friends. - r• At the Liverpool Cha m b er o f Commerce, lest° c day, the home bade committee recommended the a cto r to petition Parliam en t i n f avour o f th e compulsorl " r tion of the metric sy s t em o f we i g ht s an d measure s ° li ft :o9 certain time to be decided u p on by P ar liament s Widc— Igr l e V e co d o t :EN PAPER.—An agent of 'an Ailleric ol l ... p o ap h e e r e - n h i i i i l ) l p h ed as to be p e h n il i a n d N elp e h w ia ß . ru l n l sl e vi s ck t. p_ j u o r h e n h s aa r i c e g u ; r - a_ ° _Pii says the agent has already contracted for 3,tiv- tout 00 ~,,A r al ° t li e d t ß e a l y - ,i rocfhpatinnddysperhuecree,wmooodre, whichparticularlyis being velarg t 7 r n o re o ; into bl aen sde. t e h n e Ba S atra t free office . that t s of excellent paper made from poloriiTgo poses. of dTuthye, bNeweingßforur Manwtifcalev,:art7i:og.lls.l EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS MANIFES,---T . 0g 0 For a fortnight past a remarkable work has been g cl w elt among the fishers of Aberdeen. During the l ast kr atec l ' n :rn i d i . - n i n b hg e l a r ev s ue o t f td s e t e r ct o lh n aer g eL m de e r n tdh , y etye ou hs n aa g an d old, have have cried out they see departed relatlve tho se heaven, ,and reply to the beckonings to d the ir w ve vmiesrtnysu—ptohneYtla' e 13 :7 r ill ; Tips that they are coming. Their eyes are fi 2 ' e ' be ta aps quiver, and thq lie on the ground , their lfra b l, e CO w quite.rigid and motionless. This' is de:.:lared bi t'c-,,irit verted fishermen to be the genuine work of the ' e ' lit to The revival work still continues. The fishera' cil ss Thei r hseaavotilEe OPENING IrhNsetGetniomFe eatingmo n u T os u rE e tis s l d :r a esp y i On f o gN r l a ysi fortnight regularity'tDn A i g ir h . t_P a_ A largo OutTlll2"' Jay evening the Earl of Shaftesbury presided over ._ t i l e meeting at Exeter Hall, convened in opposition tusoio. movement for opening museums on Sundays. 14..rveg t te . -on was moved by Mr. T. Chambers, M. P•' 2161.M - 1 0 0a Eeed m , r.ecessity for a day of rest, and declaring the °P i lee of the meeting to be averse to the views and Pri riciP d 10 t t_ be e g ar if the Sunday League. This having been C arrie ' r est success of the Saturday half -holiday find of til e ~_r the closingC. 07:m.e,ntmaosysedffeardriensoglution reco,gnising working classes to visit the British Museum and, 6 110 a it institutions on week-days. This also was a dopte: e wo o was agreed that a deputation should wait upo n t eo tto o Secretary to urge the opening of the national coil on week-day evenings. f 14 031 The GII-mian say; at a rece::t auction 0 , lit of th e , ample opportunities fo r the property there was offered for sale the copyr , g; of tha t Church 1 ,- ezcs, started by Dr. F. G. Lee, the own',ste, the ititua: o i rcer to Mel', as the organ of the Disraelito a uett .bo r nsatt a actual sale of which was stated by the have been between four thousand and il'i'" t ts f tild weekly. This valuable property, with fifty f e _„. ° t itle o back numbers, elicited a bid of £5. , " f ora' sa then began between, as wo understand, Mr. m° -- but the an agent of the Church Press Company' t he pric e eloquence of the auctioneer could not raise,ea joisra offered beyond £BO, at which it was Dr.ku°oc,s ed to the company. The copyright, and blocks I _ . r. ,, it h 0 edition of the ~ Direetorium Anglicanuro," together;ber of impression of the book, fetched £47. A g reat pr. f• 6• copies of the Altar Service-books edited bY leo didlY Lee were sold at various prices. One 0 04 . 4 :, se ts o f b u t thin: ,iot ot bound in antiquo morocco, fetched £4; A smart cooly- a the small-paper edition went fur 45., though the a c;_ht if suggested that by omitting the Preface the viol,e9r: made available for two by men of mu' party. Ma The 1 well suj tions h. mum fc Cons count, New 'I £l,OOO, 4 per C India ditto 5 Cent., Cent., 10 18 The ing qui Greek per Ce Russiar The 1 follows ; Gre 8} ; dit politan, Midlani Brighto and Ni (Berwic London Ther terday. The . Of ti Biana tc and the bably b The c duras C announ Mess] the hall Orleans Compai due on t The J IIeywo( pay met The Messrs. 'Solver assets s in sever The J dividen dividen Pinanci Vice- Mr. Jol Alasonii The Alauriti When a The Land C inst., w. With followin Stock piny fo: the pre: Monkla extent c and Gla went of Warrant At tl Medical the folk taiums, year, an Miutns t admitte balance• in hand to £667 of 8 per assoeiat equival( per shat tannia I the aus ferred t( source o the twt regard t in CO-Of taro ex t Tha r week en results Rest PuLlic clt Other de On the Governa ties.... Other se Notes ut The am being a bullion i an inor( precedii Subjc of the I and Frt last yea BulHo] Reson Notes Rate o: Consol Frenol Cloy Rer Ce Ditto I I per Ce New 3 I Now 2 Do. 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