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Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A VTINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENTS°, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment. Immense Success of BARGE LLUE. The Cnly Leon CDRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-offlct open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-peak, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. 747 :;) AT), k_JJ)gt LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1ti69.; The spectacle presented to view last evening by I the House of Lords was certainly magnificent. Densely thronged in every part, that hall of the Up per branch of the Imperial Legislature was—as the noble Earl, the leader of it, took ocoasion to observe towards the close of his opening address. " Crowded with the representatives of wealth —of great social position, and of eminent services rendered in public and private life : the precincts of the chamber crowded with Privy Councilloro, with members of the other House, with the representatives of crowned heads and great republics—the very galleries,"s re marked Lord GRANVILLE (with an allusion, a one might say almost gracefully, certainly graciously unparliamentaty) " the very galleries adorned with a portion of the human race not altogether without influence on public opinion." And as the Leader of the flouse hesitated not to add—" A more magnificent platform never, perhaps, was erected in this world on which men by their wisdom, their eloquence, and their knowledge could influence the opinions cf their fellowmen." Earl GRANVILLE, ob serve ! speaking of his Peers, and speaking to his Peers alluded to their influencing the opinions of their fellowmen "by their wisdom, their eloquence and their knowledge." Giving precedence, in this enumeration, to the w:slom of the Lords as compared with their eloquence an 1 with their know ledge. By a singularly infelicitous discourtesy on the part of one of the most distinguished members of the present Cabinet, of one of the most illustrious of the Ministerial colleagues of Lord GILtNVILLE, that quality, that endowment, that gift of wisdom is curtly described to be the very one in regard to which their Lordshirs display—it is Mr. BRIGHT, of course, who says this—a glaringly manifest deficiency. The assertion is, to say the least of it, discourteous on the part of any one so eminently placed as a leading Minister of the CROWN, as a responsible member of the Cabinet, a 3 one of the sworn—no, we must say, of course, exceptionally in Mr. BRIGHT'S instonce, as one of the affirmed —Privy Counsellors of the SOVEREIGN. The occa sion of this gratuitous rudeness on the, part of Mr. BRIGHT is singularly malapropos. Lord GRAN VILLE, as he himself remarked last evening to the House of Lords, has but just now been earnestly entreated in his bearing towards the House of Lords, to be " conciliatory." Precisely at the same junctare, Lord GRANVILLE'S colleague goes out of his way to be—instead of that—signally and flagrantly insolent. To do this, as we have said, he goes out of his way, and he does so in a manner the most cool and deli berate. He writes a Letter to the Secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association, in the second paragraph, in the second sentence of which he says, with inimitable impertinence—be a leading member of thk. House of Commons, he a leading member of the GLADSTONE Government—" The Lords are not very wise, but there is sometimes profit to the people in their unwisdom." Now, in a discourtesy like that, there is something partaking of the character of the lowest type of American candour, as betrayed not infre quently among the occupants of the back benches of the Congress at Washington. A point blank ass.r tion of that sweeping and comprehensive kind, directed against the whole body of au as sembly as unquestionably august, and as undeniably ancient and (as the phrase is) time honourei as the Musa of Lords, gives evidence of an arrogance on the part of any speaker or writer indulging in such words, such as entitles him, no matter what his position, no matter what his indi vidual capacity, no matter what his indubitable consci entiousness, to anything but our respect. An assertion to the effect, " The Lords are not very wise, but there is sometimes profit to the people even in their unwisdotn," is one in every way just as paltry, just as absurd, and (there is really no other term for it) just as vulgarly arrogant as that uttered by a Liberal (liberal, save the mark !) to the effect that the " stupid" party was the party of the Conservatives. "0 Liberty," exclaimed Madame ROLAND, when standing at the foot of the scaffold, " What crimes are done in thy name !" 0, Liberalism —it might just as appositely, often and often of late years, be exclaimed how many a betise, how many a narrow-minded, how many an illiberal proCeeding is done in thy name—insomuch that we, as Liberals, some times read our own party designation almost as though it were applied to us all ironically. " The Lords are not very wise," says Mr. BRIGHT in his twofold capacity as a member of the House of Com mons and as a Cabinet Minister, addressing his remarks, as we have seen, to the Sec retary of the Birmingham Association " The Lords are not very wise, but there is sometimes profit to the people even in their unwisdom." The Tribune of the People turned Privy Councillor, thereupon reads to the " stupid" Tories—indeed, it must be said, to the Lords in their aggregate " unwisdom"—a pretty sharp lesson, couched in the severest language of reproof and comprehensibly enough, even, we are left to presume, by " stupid" Tories and "unwise" Lords, filled (in every sinister sentence of it) with only half-bidden threats. "It is possible," says one of these rhetorical brickbats, " that a good many people may ask what is the special value of a Constitution which gives a majority of 100 in one house for a given policy, and a majority of 100 in another house against it." Another of these, as we may otherwise call them, taps on the thick head of the House of Lords, as wilta bludgeon, is th's—" It may be asked also," quoth Mr. BRIGHT, quite as significantly " why the Crown, through its Ministers in the House of Commons, should be found in harmony with the nation, whilst the Lot dsare gene rally In dir.0k...rr.e;; , ,, ,, . to ;i nut_ as if this were not( nrugh, tl c great self-a ppointe 1 arch-arraigner of the Lords go( s on to aivi , e their Lordships—through the Secretary of the a rminghatn Liberal As3oeiation by the way—in the same tone of contemptuous and arrogant impertinence, that" Instead of doing a little childish tinkering about Life Peerages it would be well if the Peers cool] bring themselves on a line with the necessities of our day. In harmony with the nation," adds Mr. BRIGHT very authoritatively, " they may go on for a long time ; but throw ing themselves athwart its course, they may meet with accidents not p!easant for them to think of." Significant enough—all that—surely ! But, then, as the old proverb has it, " a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse 1" And the Lords are—as Mr. BRIGHT and all such ultra-Liberals assert—so blind, so stupid in their unwisdom— that it seems h ar dly wor th the trouble nodding and winking at them vicariously through the Secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association. Nevertheless, it has its value— this extraordinary letter of Mr. BRIGHT'S—as the last specimen, we presume, of the conciliatory policy adopted towards the leaders of the Opposition and towards the majority in the House of Lords by the more I neral members of her MAJESTY'S present Go vernment. - WHILE the Government have adopted the fortiter in re with regard to the Irish Church, they are skew ing the suariter in. modo with regard to the Endowed Schools Bill. Mr. FORSTER, who was supposed to be the least malleable member of the Government, has carried concession quite as far as is consistent with the fundamental principles of the reform whereof he is the propounder ; perhaps a little farther. It is to be regretted, for instance, that he should have so far yielded to the old -fashioned preju dices of old-fashioned people as to make the rearrangement of the doles and other similar demoralising charities dependent upon the will of the trustees. Anyone who knows the kind of per sons who hold that office in the small country towns of England will have very little hope of any initia tory movement from them. Doles are to a certain extent a substitute for the poor rates, and it is too much to expect of human nature that the rate payer should voluntarily increase his contribu tion towards the maintenance of Widow Smi-rn in order that Orphan SMITH may receive a proper education. So far as these bequests are con cerned, there is little hope that the education of our ' lower classes will benefit by the organic reform which is now being originated. There are other portions of Mr. FORSTER'S bill, or rather of that half bill which is all that he seeks to pass this session, which are as open to favourable, as the point above mentioned is to unfavourable, criticism. For instance, there is no reason to object to the concession whereby the trustees of edu cational endowments worth more than £l,OOO a year shall be permitted to draw up a new scheme for the application of the funds. It is one thing to say that there shall be a new scheme, and that the trustees shall have the right of propounding it, sub , ject to the approval of the Charity Commissioners; it is another thing, as in the case of the doles, to permit the trustees to say if there shall be any new scheme at all. Moreover, as a rule, there is none of the inducement to retain an inefficient arrangement with regard to schools that there is with regard to doles. No one profits by the first ; as we have seen, a good many persons may profit by the second. There is another decided im provement of the same kind. As the bill originally stood it was left to deans and chapters to apply por tions of the cathedral revenues to the improvement of cathedral schools. It is scarcely to be expected that cathedral dignitariez would show themselves very a ,eutausiastic in this ;Utter ) laid 50 it has been wisely determined to give the initiative to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A third manifest improvement is the better provision of schools for girls. Hitherto the gentle and Greekless gender has been shame fully overlooked. There is many an instance in which endowments have been left for the education of boys and girls, and yet not a single girl is now pro— vided for. This is the case even though the funds are so large that they are, as at Berkhampstead, in Hert fordshire, used to bribe parents to send their sons to school. But after all, the most important portion of the Education Reform is postponed. The appointment of a central body, the examination of schoolmasters, the arrangement of schools into the three proposed grades upon a general plan—these, the bolder features of the recommendations made by the Royal Commissioners, are deferred until next year, if not to the Greek Kalends. And yet a scheme of reform which does not include these changes will scarcelybe worth the having. They are essentially the constructive portions of the main scheme, and it loses the greater portion of its value and efficacy without them. No system of education can be other wise than seriously defective so long as anybody is allowed to turn educator without proof of fitness. The revelations made before the Royal Commis sioners shew how large is the number of grossly incompetent persons in the profession, and there can be no great improvement in the quality of instruction until such men are forbidden to be teachers. Then, again, at present there are often schools largely endowed in two closely contiguous towns, while be yond them is a large district absolutely destitute of any such provision. This defect ought to be remedied, and must be before we can greatly con gratulate ourselves upon what has been done. Mr. FORSTER seems to have adopted the motto, " Hasten slowly," hoping to disarm opposition by taking one step at a time. This may be prudent, but prudence sometimes involves ixuatience on the part of those who have very little respect for stupid adherence to antiquated abuses FROM our New York telegrams our readers will have learned that the Republicans have had it in contemplation to take party issue at the next elec tion on the Alabama question. Some of the leaders proposed that the Republican " platform " should -be based upon Mr. SUMNER'S demands. It is yet uncertain whether this idea first originated with Mr. SUMNER himself, who is said to have been greatly disappointed at the refusal of General GRANT to take his famous effusion as the groundwork of Mr. MOTLEY'S instructions; but the more moderate men of the party have speedily seen the folly of such a procedure, and the scheme has been abandoned. Its adoption would, in all probability, have destroyed the ascendancy which the Republicans now possess. To employ a great national dispute, involving a question of peace or war, for party purposes must surely have improved the position of the Democrats, who have already announced their intention of falling back upon the policy of peace and conciliation. Mr. SUMNER'S speech, taken as the programme of the dominant party, must inevitably have led to war. It would have bound the Republicans to insist upon re paration for our " premature " recognition of belligerency, for it was upon this head and front of England's offending that Mr. SUMNER chiefly 1 , founded his claim. The injury inflicted by the Alabama was trifling compared with the disastrous effects of our unfriendliness as a nation. And yet it now transpires that even the highest American authorities are of opinion that no demands based upon the QUEEN'S Proclamation of Neutrality can be substantiated. Dr. WOOLSEY, one of the leading exponents of international law in the United States, fully believes that damages can be exacted for the depredations of the Confederate cruisers, but he decides that Mr. SUMNER'S theory of demands founded on the recognition arc wholly untenable. It appears, too, that President GRANT'S Government has been looking into the subject, with precisely the same result. On the 21st of June, 1801, Mr. ADAMS informed Mr. SEWARD that a desire to be perfectly neutral had inspired the Proclamation, and the latter, in reply, whilst regretting alas the bdlligerency of the South had thus been admitted, virtually acknowledged that it furnished no special cause for trouble. Other procla mations of the kind followed, and were passed over in silence. If they were not coniplaiziedof then, the PRE SIDENT'S advisers, we are informed, cannot conceive how one of them is to be made the foundation of huge demands eight years afterwards. We have probably heard the last of this claim. It was solely on its account that the unfortunate treaty of Mr. JOHNSON was rejected, and it appears, after all, that the Americans will be constrained to accept similar terms. SIR MORTON PETO AND THE NATIONAL BANK. An application was made at the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday to Mr. Commissioner Winslow for leave to prove against the separate estate of Sir Morton Peto, Bart., for £150,000. The claim was made on behalf of the National Bank, and a question arose as to whether it ought to be admitted against the joint estate of Peto, Betts, and Crampton, or against the separate estate of Sir S. M. Peto, and it was also contended that the proof was not in proper form. After hearing Mr. Bagley on behalf of the National Bank, and Mr. Mayard for the assignees, his honour decided that the bank was entitled to prove against the separate estate of Sir S. M. Peto, and admitted the proof accordingly. Tlll4, SUN, LONDON, 'I UESDAY EVENING, JU_NP, 15, 1869. THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. The New York Times of the Ist inst. says that a state ment made not long since by Mr. U. J. Perry, American Secretary of Legation in Spain, to the effect that the Government of Spain had resolved, at one period of the civil war, to commence war against the United States, has excited a good deal of attention and curiosity. The Times proceeds :—" From informa tion that has since reached us, we are inclined to believe the statement well founded. The determination of Spain was brought about by the intrigues of the Emperor of the French, and was based on a complaint that our Government had been guilty of a violation of neutral rights. The 9th of October 1363, was fixed upon as the day for commencing hostilities, orders to that effect having already been sent out by the Spanish Government. But through the active efforts of Liberal Spaniards, devoted friends of our cause as identical with their own, counter orders were sent out by the steamer from Cadiz of September 15, 1863, and the whole affair was suppressed. In the present condition of Spanish Politics it would be highly imprudent to disclose the names of the persons who rendered us this service. They are all now, since the revolution, prominent public men, and their position and influence would be seriously compromised by a premature disclosure of their agency in this transaction. But the time will probably come before long when their names can be made known and we can award them the acknowledgment their friendly services deserve." Mr. Whalley, M.P., is rapidly recovering from t he effects of his late accident, which had confined him to his room. He has arrived at Plasmadoc from London. At a meeting of the Edinburgh Presbytery Established Church) on Friday, it was agreed, by a majo rity of 13 to 3, to petition the House of Lords to reject the Irish Church Bill. The finance and revenue accounts for India are publ:shcd arncng the Parliamentary papers. The gross re ceipts in India for the year 1867-8 were £48,534,412 ; the total charges against iucomo were £8,305,617, and in Eng land £275,381—the net receipts being £39,576,918. A Board of Trade inquiry, held in Liverpool, relative to the loss of the ship Golden Light, which was abandoned in the Atlantic on the evening of the 15th ult. when she was in a sinking state, terminated on Saturday. The court, acquitted the master of all blame and returned his certificate. News has been received (says the Manchester Gllar dirtn) that one of the missing boats of the Blue Jacket, from New Zealand, burned at sea, has been picked up. There were cnly seven people in it, and no mention is made of the 4,000 sovereigns which were ptit in the boat when she left the Blue Jacket. L.A.TEST INITIAL IGEN CE 1 7HE PURCHASE OF THE TELEGRAPHS. (REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 14. The Cunard steamer Hecla arrived at 6 p.m. yesterday. The Inman steamship City of London and the Guion steamship Minnesota arrived out to-day. The Allan steamship Prussian arrived at Quebec :to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1381 ; the highest quotation dur ng the day was 1391 ; the lowest, 1384. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ti " 1885 ll9l. " 18G7 ll9l. 1081. 144. 294. Cotton—Mid. upland 32c. Petroleum—Standard White 3llc. Flour, extra sta'e, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old mixed, s9.lc. 10-40 it Illinois Eric WASHINGTON, June 14. The President has ordered that the differentia duties hitherto levied on merchandise imported in French bottoms should be discontinued, thus re ciprocating the action taken by France in reference to American vessels. According to a report of Secretary Boutwell, published this day, the cash in the Treasury amounts to $134,000,000, showing an increase of $10,000,000 since the Ist inst. Of this sum $107,000,000 are in coin, and $27,000,000 in cur rency. SOUTHAMPTON, June 15. The North German Lloyd steamer America, from, New York, has arrived here, with 170 passengers 42 sacks of mails, and $94,684 for London. QUEENSTOWN, June 15. The Cunard Royal mail steamer Malta, from New York, arrived here at 3.30 a.m. to-day. She brings 95 passengers, of whom she landed 23 and despatches, and proceeded for Liverpool imme diately. All well. HUNGARY. PESTH, June 15. In yesterday's sitting of the Lower House the members of the delegations were electal, all of them belonging to the Deak party. The bill introducing a gold coinage with the franc as unit was agreed to. CANADA. OTTAWA, June 14. The House of Assembly has to-day reconsidered its votes of Saturday refusing to grant an additional subsidy to Nova Scotia, and has rescinded that re solution and granted the subsidy in question. NOVA SCOTIA. HALIFAX, June 14. It is asserted that the Repeal League, established in this city, has resolved to make annexation to the United States the platform of their policy. FRANCE. PARIS, June 15. The Gazette des Tribunaux, published this morn- ing, says : At Belleville some persons who had collected in groups, shouting " Vive Rochefort !" were arrested as late as Sunday, and were handed over to the sergents de yille by the inhabitants themselves. Yesterday (Monday) complete tranquility pre vailed everywhere. Strong bodies of sergents de vile, however, are still traversing certain quarters. The terms which the Post Office have agreed to pay to the British and Irish Magnetic Company are stated in a circular just issued to the shareholders. Ths price is £1,243,000, and is calculated, as agreed, upon the net profits of the half-year ending June 1868. If the Government now had to purchase upon the same terms, and were compelled to take as their basis the net profits on the half-year ending December 31, 1868, they would have to pay £1,452,000. The receipts of this company for the first four months of 1869 are £10,250 more than for the corresponding period of 1867, thus shewing an improvement equivalent to £30,000 per annum. A large portion of this increase is, no doubt, owing to the more moderate rates which have prevailed of late years, and which have induced a habit of telegraphy that may be still further encouraged. It is satisfactory to find that under the arrangements proposed by the Telegraphs Bill the State will profit by all future developments. MR. BRIGHT OA THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The following is the text of Mr.' Bright's letter which was read at the meeting in Birmingham ou Monday evening : "London, June 9, 1869. " Dear Sir, I must ask my friends to excuse me if I am unable to accept their invitation for the meeting on Monday next. " The Lords are not very wise, Lut there is some• times profit to the people even in their unwisdom. If they should delay the passing of the Irish Church Bill for three months they will stimulate discussion on important questions which, but for their infatuation, might have slumbered for many years. "It is possible that a good many people may ask what is the special value of a Constitution which gives a ma. jority of 100 in one house for a given policy, and a majority of 100 in another house against it. "It may be asked also why the Crown, through its Ministers in the House of Commons, should be found in harmony with the nation, whilst the Lords are generally in direct opposition to it. "Instead of doing a little childish tinkering about Life reerages, it would be well if the Peers could bring them selves on a line with the opinions and necessities of our day. In harmony with the nation they may go on for a long time, but throwing themselves athwart its course, they may meet with accidents not pleasant for them to think of. " But there are not a few good and wise men among the Peers, and we will hope their counsels may prevail, " I am sure you will forgive me if I cannot come to your meeting.-13elieve me always, very truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT." ELECTIONEERING AMENITIES. An action for libel was brought in the Court of Exche quer on Monday—` `Jackson, M.P.,v. Bell." The defendant pleaded not guilty. The plaintiff, Mr. Ralph Ward Jackson, was the founder of West Hartlepool, and when the Hartle pools were constituted a borough under the last Reform Act, he presented himself to the constituency as a candidate in the Conservative interest, a Mr. Richardson being the Liberal candidate. Political feeling ran very high during the election, but on the declaration of the poll Mr. Jackson, who had been returned by a small majority, offered to shake hands with his oppo nents and make up all differences. On the following Saturday, viz., the 28th November, 1868, there appeared in a paper published by the defendant, Mr. Bell — the South Durham and Cleveland Mercury—a letter signed by "A Liberal Member of the Liberal Committee," referring to Mr. Jackson's offer, and containing the fol lowing passage If the most disgraceful bribery and corruption paralleled only in the worst days of Notting ham or Yarmouth or bloated `pot-wallopers' of York; if beerhouses thrown open and drink scattered with lavish libe rality to all ; with strangers dexterously retained at all the dirty work, and then retreating under cover of the night to escape identification ; if drunkenness and debauchery of the grossest quality, constitutes titles to your consideration and esteem, then, indeed, is Ralph Ward Jackson en titled to the position he assumes. The writer went on to say that on the day he took his seat in the House of Commons he would find a petition against his return, and that before many days were over they would pull him down from his pedestal, and return him back upon his clerical and Tory friends for consolation and sympathy." A petition was presented against Mr. Jackson's return, but when it came on for trial before Mr. Justice Black burn, the counsel for the petitioners confessed that be had no case, and consented to pay the expenses of Mr. Jack son, who was consequently declared duly returned. In opening the case, Mr. Huddleston said, as the defen dant had refused to apologise for these serious allegations against the plaintiff, he claimed heavy damages. Mr. Baron Marlin suggested that the case was one for amicable settlement ; and, on the application of the lead ing counsel on each side, his lordship granted them a private interview with a view to an arrangement. Mr. Davidson, on returning into court, said the letter nad been written during the heat of the political antagonism that existed in the borough, and did contain libellous matter, of which Mr. Jackson had every right to complain; but immediately after the decision of Mr. Justice Black burn, the defendant published an ample apology in his paper. The defendant now entirely retracted the charges, which, he said, was without foundation, and expressed his regret at having circulated them, and apologised to the Mr. Huddleston, on the part of the plaintiff, accepted this apology, and, subject to a private arrangement, a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, damages 40s. The Leeds Mercury announces the death of Mr. Josiah Lewis, of Edge Hill, Duffield, near Derby, one of the oldest directors of the Midland Railway, in the 64th year of his age. THE FIRE AT PENTONVILLE. —At the adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three persons who lost their lives in the fire at Pentonville on Saturday week, the jury has returned a verdict of Accidental Death, accom• panied by a resolution declaring that the Board of Works had neglected to provide Clerkenwell with sufficient protection against the loss of life by fire. A Cork correspondent telegraphs that on Sunday a policeman was savagely attacked. Two constables came to his assistance and endeavoured to take the assailants into custody. A mob collected and furiously assailed the police with stones. The constables took refuge with their prisoner in Shandon barracks, when the mob attacked the barracks, hurling volleys of stones, and smashing the doors and win dows. The police, on being reinforced, sallied out, and got several prisoners to bridewell. Three policemen were severely wounded. NINE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.—A negro named James Wilson, 25 years of age, arrived here on Tues day evening, 25th inst., in the steamer Rising Star, from Aspinwall, who had existed during the entire passage without eating. He was employed at Aspinwall in receiving the cargo, and after supper on the 17th inst. fell asleep in a secluded part of the lower hold. At one o'clock on the morning of the 18th the vessel sailed. The man, on awakening, perceived that she was at sea, but the hatchways being closed, he was unable to make himself heard from the depth where he was situated. The cargo in his proximity consisted of wool, indiarubber, mother-of-pearl shells, and hides, and offered no means of sustenance. The hold was by no means crowded with goods, and he enjoyed locomotion, but weakness and the confined air finally overcame him, and he slept profoundly until the hatches were reopened on Wednesday morning after arrival. The fresh air revived him, and, as the stevedores descended, he was discovered, but was unable to stand. He had been nearly nine days without eating. Tea was administered, but he could not retain it. Sherry wine was tried with better success, and he gradually became able to absorb food. He was taken to the Coloured Home, at the foot of East Sixty-fifth-street, and will be returned to Aspinwall after recovery by the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections, in whose charge he remains.— New York limes, May 29. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.- Seven out of the eight directors of this company have just issued a circular to the shareholders and mortgagees, with the object of obtaining their assent to the bill now before Parliament, in order to shew that the great majority of the holders are favourable to the scheme of arbitration proposed. Remarking upon the recent Chan cery proceedings, the directors state that the persons moving the court did not derive their authority from the shareholders and mortgagees whom they professed to re present,-and whom they had on no occasion called together or consulted with respect to the bill ; and they add that the result of the polls at the half-yearly a-meeting were :—At the shareholders' meeting, 17,115 voted for the bill, and 361 against it ; at the mortgagees' meeting, 7,334 votes for the bill, and 1,291 against it. The circular then goes on to state the reason which induced the directors to apply to Parliament for the bill, and points cut certain provisions in the bill which they do not consider altogether free from objection, but they add that they believe the main principles of the measure are approved by a very large majority of both shareholders and mortgagees, and that they will obtain such modifications of its details as they deem desirable. In conclusion, the directors say they look forward to the passing of the bill as the most sure, just, expeditious, and least expensive mode of putting an end to the present disastrous state of things, and rendering the net income of the railway available for those to whom it rightfully 1111911gsk LITERATURE POEMS ►3r LORD CARLISLE (NIOXOD).—A cbartn- ing collection of the poetical effusions of the lac Earl of Carlisle, selected by his sisters, ald in .crilied on tl.e title-page In illenowiom, comes to us in this little volotne of 137 pages very acceptably. It begins with the Earl's prize poem on " Paestum," and ends wih his paraphrase of "The Second Vision of Daniel." The best piece in the whole volume, to our mind, are the noble lines "On Niagara," every word of which we have known by heart for years past, a piece worthy of its theme, and one by which Lord Carlisle's name as a poet may yet be long remembered. COOLING CUPS AND DAINTY DRINKS (Routledge) appears refreshing at the approach of midsummer. Wines, liqueurs, syrups, cordials, bitters, aerated and effervescing drinks, cups of all kinds, from cider to champagne, sherry cobbler, gin-sling, mint julep, brandy smash, pick-me-up, tickle-my-fancy, apple toddy, whisky cocktail, shandy gaff, ale posset, birthday syllabub, egg-flip, Billy DaW6Ou'S punch, claret granato, brandy sangaree, corn nzoltis —here they all are, making us thirsty even to read of them, giving us a relish only se cond to that derivable from the lip of horn, glass, tankard, goblet, or wassail bowl. The collection of these anything but " unconsidered trifles," of these recipes for those wonderfully compounded tipples, is so much of a benefactor that he des.trves at the least tin mention of his name, being that of one William Terrington. STAMFORD'S MAP OF THE LONDON RAILWAYS-- published, as the title indicates, by Stamford of Charing-cross—is, beyond any question, the com pletest, and iu every way the best Sped Al Map of the Railways and Stations in London and its environs. It is a folding map, of considerable size when opened out, but wonderfully compact and portable when closed. It is accompanied by a very unple, but at the same time a very succinct . ; ttide to the routes of all the trains running from every terminus in the metropolis. 132 sides which the same little handy guide embraces within it the routes of all the metropolitan and suburban omni buses, with the routes also of all the Thames Steam boats. The map is beautifully engraved, excellently printed, and brilliantly coloured. PALMER'S INDEX TO THE TIMES NEWSPAPER (Samuel Palmer). —This really masterly Index to the History of Nowadays appears no longer, we are glad to see, experimentally. It comes forth now at regular stated intervals —that is to say, as a quarterly publication. It was at the outset a luxury. It has grown since then into a necessity. It enables any one consulting it to turn so readily to the page and column of that great record of contemporary annals, the Thunderer, the JupiterTonans of Print ing-house-square, that the non-appearance of the periodical issue, now, would be felt as seriously As, let us say, a cab strike, or as the non-appear ance (monthly) of Bradslow, or as the non a ppearance • (annually) of Kelly's Post-office London Directory. Politic:aus, journalists, city men, anyone and everyone, who may have got into the habit of using Palmer's Index to the limes cannot contrive to do without it other wise than with the greatest inconvenience. So far as we have carefully examined each successive vo lume, we have noticed a steady and appreciable improvement in the condensation of the references and in their symmetrical arrangement alphabeti cally. The compiler is evidently as assiduous as .ver in the care—the minute and yet comprehensive care—applied by him to the Herculean task when ne first undertook its detailed accomplishment, now that he won his way by practize through ali the windings of the labyrinth. We so fully realize this, as a commendation to which ha is justly entitled, that we hesitate not to offer him, at one and the same time, our congratulations and, our acknowledgments. Set tleholder, while running for the First Class Woking ham Stakes at Ascot on Friday, broke a b!oodvessel, and Parry di§mounted before reaching the poet. PROTESTANT MEETING AT DUBLIN. The Conservative papers lay great stress on a meeting held on Monday evening at Dublin. The demonstration against the Irish Church Bill was announced to take place in the Dublin Exhibition Palace only two days previously; yet above 30,000 tickets were issued, and it is said that the building was crowded in every part. The number present is variously estimated at from 15,000 to 25,000• Three platforms were spoken from—in the Concert Hall, in the Great Transept, and in Leinster Hall. Resolutions were passed with " unexampled demonstrations of enthu• siasm" and repeated cries of "No compromise !" "No surrender !" earnestly calling upon the Lords to throw out the bill. Sir Edward Grogan presided at the principal platform. Among the speakers were -The Hon. David Plunket, Mr. Falkiner, Q.C., the Rev. Dr. Foley, the Rev. Dr. Griffin, and Mr. Alexander Boyle. The meeting lasted over three hours, during which the excitement increased; but all was quiet. The demonstration was an unparalleled success. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT CORK. A supposed attempt at assassination was made at Cork on Monday. A shot was fired into the Constitution office. The bullet passed through a space where a member of the staff had just been standing, breaking,- the windows, no striking the opposite door. A similar thing occurred A few days ago. The Constitution is supposed to be ob. noxious to the Fenians, hence the outrage. OTHER OUTRAGES. The two persons named Murray who were recently arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Anketell, have been again remanded by the magistrate s. It is stated that additional evidence has been obtained, and that the authorities entertain some hope that they may ultimately be enabled to bring the murderer to justice. A small farmer, named Flynn, residing at Drumcollon County Leitrim, four miles from Mohill, was killed on Saturday night in a dispute with a person nara, c/ Cassidy, about cutting turf. His skull was fractured wit° a spade. THE FRENCH THIEVES. The Daily News has an interesting article descriptiv e of the thieves of Paris. The facts are taken from a pa per in the Revue des Deux Mondes, by M. Maxime du Caren who classifies his subjects as a botanist would his plants. The thieves (he declares) form a clan, separate and di e. tinct, and divisable into some twenty groups. They ha ve a dialect of themselves. The language of the gipsies fornlS a large part of this strange patois, into which words from other foreign tongues enter. The chief of a CO re. pany of thieves is called meg or reek, by contraction, according to M. du Camp, from the Latin magus, Arable meld,: (king) ; the executioner is tollard, from the Latin tellere, quia tollit c vivis. In the thieves' argot, the word fur pardon is redam, from the Latin redinzere, to redeem. In it years are berges, from the German ber.g (mountain), symbolising the difficult ascent of ths ° arduous life. Other metaphors are more obvious. T speak is balancer le chiffon rouge, "to wave the red rag "—that is, the tongue. To peach 11P.,,0,n, a comrade is judacer, to play the Juda s. jus -1'", an odd concession, the Court of Assizes is la (the just one). The Legislative Body is "-;• Tower of Babel an omnibus, " the common oven ; S the grating of the prison windows is " the harp." 1 2, 11 ., e 1 gendarmes are the "dealers in lace" (or, by an arabigul"' a sn e ar : s o — nt m e- a a r L h g a r n et d : de or , la a c s ets ;ve a m 'h i e gh g t u s il a l y ot , in t e he iva:b i S ie b y bali e l Sorrowful Ascent. Now, from the five 61,313,5 e placed in the middle of the pavement of the na-- .. de la Roquette, it is called the Abbey Stones. To deny (vier) is, by a mere o f the r 1. 1: play upon ear(u' "togo to Niort." The bench on which the accused sit in the courts of justice is known as the planehe au Pa in ' the bread-plank ; a phrase which, as 111. du Ca t " observes, strikingly paints the ordinary destitution °ftb its occupants. In the hierarchy of the thieves' clan as we sh l°l° oula highest place is occupied by the faisseurs, or , call them, swindlers. Next follow "free burg esses, obtain entrance into houses by professing to belong t e t , 1 7, profession of the occupant, and who are readY to Pc4 up anything that comes to hand. " The actor who ha' been ruined by the burning down of his theatres the to humble and mendicant ecclesiastic who is u nder a VOW been go on foot to Rome, the man of letters who has the fatally involved in the failure of his publisher,. wet. chant who has been unlucky in busines s, the old tutor whom family misfortunes and his own virtue hake reduced to distress," belong to this class. r-CheY_ the have their counterparts in England, as have also chineurs, who sell stuffs to women from door to doer which they are able to offer at inconceiva bl y low Priees , . The 'rot au poivricr, the theft from the pepper-castor with which a thief's career generally begins , is robb'rl from a drunken man under pretence of assisting bile. The tireur is our pickpocket, who haunts crowds at theatre' doors, exhibitions, and railway stations. He is gene1,3,,111, accompanied by three or four lads—moueltero ns, gnats, who indicate likely subjects to him. la triumph of this art is to make the tire ‘` chicane, that is, with the back turned to the Persi°lii who is being plundered. Its greatest adep t was I\l. , e Lepreuil, who had acquired the honourable nei,()".., of " the hand of gold." M. du Camp gives a n illustrati. of his skill. An immense crowd being assembled ditrtlnte the time of the Republic on the Place de la B" rse ' ;re a police agent on duty recognising Mimi Lepreuil rege" him to take himself away. That illustrious wan ref us al ' e taking his stand upon his right as a citizen. " L eeve ,ed alone," he said, " with your Republicans ; I have rumar.,, in five hundred pockets, and have not found a sing le .S u is Other forms of theft are the vol et la atourne, mrbl.„e, practised by female shoplifters, and the vol retal;.; which is theft of goods exposed for sale in the open tag, is the vol a la rade or au radin, in which the shol3-h the carried off bodily ; and the rot ft la vrillee Wh tx r boy. C . jo e, bearings of the shop having been taken in the day hole is pierced in the shutters, and " the rat,' make thief, enters, and admits his coxnrades , ere short work of its contents. The casseurs de s d eg our housebreakers, and often brea k heeds Ai as doors. The carrevrs have their fie ld of operate: with jewellers' shops. "He examines the precious etontbat Ii extreme attention, closely, very closely —so closelY wooed touches them with his nose. His nose has been ich a re with virgin wax ; some diamonds stick to it, Other slipped promptly into the sharper's sleeve• out et practitioners use their tongues, shoo ting thenlio, with the jewels like certain insect-catch in g aninle.Le palra rapid and precise aim, or fix the st ones to ° rear, in of the hand with gum adraganth. The ea , r ., e whe throwing a couple of sous to a n accompi l s' ca l u• acts the street beggar, often throws with ther n _7 is able diamond. A single jeweller in t he Palais 11% ) , th gal e to have lost property to the value of £ 4,°° ,_ lug gag e operation of two earreurs. The roulotier ste3P`isepore• from trucks, and completes the catego r y of the ba t ho or inferior thieves, whom M. du Camp describesu,;epiore there are many other varieties of it. To the h a foal (the word pegre comes through the old Italian p r eg i ;2 2o . , of the Latin piger, slothful) belong. the camb g o; 08 chamber-rifler, caroubleur, or robber with false k eY _ the sorguer, or man of the night, who stops c arriag i e si ' ng „„a high road, and regulates his labours by the hol. cioselY setting of the moon ; and the scionneur, C _tirder resembles our garotter. None of these she fro .. ni oto cie as an accident of plunder. At the head of them al l the escarpe, who is assassin by profession. nea r A pauper lunatic in the Garlands 2t-sP"-- / 0 00. Carlisle, named Ann Cook, has become entitled 000 A relative died recently, and left her and her siste rrO, between em. Mary CHARG th E OF LIBEL.—An action against a cier a officer for libel was heard in the Court of C o mm a j- gili• oil Monday. Captain Brooke, riding master a t the ~' _ ll tary College at Sandhurst, sued Colonel Peel, forraerlY. a : 0 1 a officer in the 11th Hussars, for having libelled 101'111A letter e had written to Lord Williana a'1300., - GeneraAdjutant-1 at the Horse Guards. Ti e c ourt' d the ever, held that the communication was privileged: al' plaintiff was non-suited. 13 EACS 1 1 T WENTY SHILLINGS COMPENSATION iron to or PROMISE.—A woman, named Mitchell, belonging , the parish of Leslie, has just sued William Olcinnll3c/00, tailor in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, for £l2 darnsgest in,oer sequence of defender having engaged to marry 0 1 ' b io and failed to do so. Oldman is over 70 yearning of 14 ; e t ; t he would-be wife between 40 and 50. Before g f in ;:: ' merits the sheriff gave defender a last c hance 0 ' ' , ,,, )s it i :" the case by taking the lady. The " old ge ntle— er. declined the offer, and the sheriff found for the pursn i. He thought 20s. would cover all the loss she bad stistaine°t that THE MASSACRE IN ABYSSINIA. —TIIO Staeille.ll. t the object of Mr. Henr Powell and his brother'nl law's visit to Egypt is "to y obtain from the Vi cr : Y tO sufficient force to enable them to mete out justic tra" the murderers of their kinsfolk," is emphatically CO 4, dieted. Their purpose is, it is stated, to o btain " . s . adequate escort from the Egyptian governor a t 1 ‘ 1 , 5 t 4 sowah to proceed as near as practicable to the locall,1; of the reported massacre, and to ascertain by Per' cl 'id Shon e inquiries on the spot the fate of their relateves. their worst fears be realised, they will proba.bly leave °I i punishment of the assassins to the only mentality, namely, the Egyptian forces, who are now ea active service in that territory. 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