The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-24 00:00:00

TROUVILLE SUR MER (NORMANDY) LOAN of £400,000, SECURED by MORTGAGE D!. BEN TURE-3 of the THOUVILLE 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. The First Half-Year's Interest will be payable the Ist September, 1569 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 £' per Debenture, will be received in London by Messrs. Herries , Farquhar, and Co., Bankers. St. James's-street, London; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-etreet, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association, 51, Rue de Cardi nal Pesch The affairs of the Association aro under the direction of The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 66, 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, Bonle vart 1-faussman, Paris, and Chalet Cordier, Trouville, Nor- niancly. Algernon W. B. Greville. Esq., 45, Sussex-rarJens, London. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsay, MP., Winch eld, Hants. Mon,,ieur Dumenri de Montcelz. Administrateur des Mines de Ziue de la 44. Rue de Luxembourg, Paris. Samps,n T.n,as Slanvitle. Esq. (Messrs. S. o.ppenheim and Sons), 18. Old Brz,ad-street. London. _ . Debentnre3, £lO each. The Subscription is payable, .£2 on ap plication.: 2 on allotment, 1.2 on the Ist of May, £2 on the 15th June. awl £2 on the Ist August. Or the whole £l.O 'tiny be paid on at once, in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. BANKERS, Messrs. Herries, Farqu an.l Co., St. James's-street, Loudon, Messrs. Seymour sari Evryn, Throg,morton-street, Lollll3n. A BRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. Mortgast;Taii;;iOth7;(;l;;;M;;e; of Trustees on behalf of the Deben nue -holders. Each 1 1 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 arising 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 wilt. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opinion of the soundness of this security, and of the value nffpred to the Deben 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 lkestone and Boulogne, or via outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distant 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 may be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the AssDclation. namely :-26, Old Broad-street, E.C.; 6, Whitehall. Westminster, London; and Paris, 51, Rue de Car dinal Fesch. TII E A'FRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manazer. Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. Great CornYnation of Attractions fur the Vaster Hol I day s .—A. new romantic drama and the grand Pantomime of "Puss in Boots. On EASTE tl MONDAY. March 29, and during the week, her 3lajesty's Servants will perform (for the first time) a new roman tic Drama, in three acts and a prologue, entitled TFIE lANS OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor lingo's celebrated novel, "Les Miserables." adapted by Bayle Bernard, ada ter of 'Faust." Principal character by r Charles Dillon, supp'rted by the en tire strength of the Company. To eonelude with the Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, terminating with the Grand Transforma tion Scene. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling; Musical Di rector, Mr. W. C. Levey. _ --- Doo"r7Openetf - :-past G, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. rrHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -SPE CIAL IfoRNING PERFORMANCES On WEDNESDAY, March 31. and SATURDAY, .A pril 3. t Two o'clock, the Royal Original Chrysty's - Minstrels (from the St. George's : all) will give Selec tions from their celebrated Entertainment. At Three t.,'clocv, the Grand Pantomime of PU- S IN BOOTS, terminatirg with the Grand Transformation Scene. A t half-past Four. a Musical Folly, entitled TfIE GIRLS (tF THE PERIOD: At Five. the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three Hundr d INfant Sailors and Marines. Carriages to be ordered at a uarter-past Five. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two o'cl ck. Children and schools at reduced prices to the following parts of the house, viz.. First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from 19 till 5 daily THEATRE 13, OYA L, HA Y MAR KE T. Sole Lessee. Mr. 13nekstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE D: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Bnekstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &e. _ _ After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chlnnendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Bill, kc. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: 3.! essrs. Buckstone and Compton. Concluding. with A KISS IN THE DARK. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A. DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. "tlelmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. kt 15 to 8. THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Beniarnm Webster. Mr Arthur Mr. G Behnote, Mr. R. Philips. Jlrr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. Continence at Seven. ROYAL PUINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee mud Mannger,Mr. Vining Last 5 Nights. TOTS EVENING, at a 4 - o-tarter to s. anew 'Prams.. in ffl , ll“ , "' entitle t 31A.11TE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI., Mr. WilFaun Rigiril I ; Conn: Feraen. 11.7 r. J. ft. Shore; The Dannltlti (tire year 3 old), Mks Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Aidlle. Bea trice. Preceded by TUE SECRET. to conclude with a new Comeilietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. 111111 e. Beatrice. Satarda , , , . March 27, for the B2neflt of Mcllle. Be4trice. N.R. On Easter Monklay AFTEtt DARK. ')ours open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. pOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Jai Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. "21Arke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF Th t CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively V - e Last Five Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no tints in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April.—OKßA, the world-renowned. in his original and unapproachable evolutions on the FLYING TRAP 1 , 7. E, every Evening. His double somersaults and pe rouettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including the great CA RRE TROUPE and the magnificent -tud of Performing Horses as usual. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. R OYAL AHPHITHEATRE, Holborn. — Goon FRIDAY EVENING, March 26.—GRAND PER FORMANCE of Handel's Oratorio, "Tfi E ESSIA I ."—Fall Orchestra and chorus, numbering nearly NO persons. A rtistes: Mdlle. Rose Hersee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Mavbrick, and the celebrate ; ] basso Herr Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (120 Voices). The Orchestra will include thi most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, &c. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Solo Trumpet, Mr T. Harper. Conductor. Mr. C. J IT!lrgitt. The management would specially refer to the fact that this will be the first appearance in Oratorio for many years of the renowned basso, Herr FORMES, and his Farewell Performance, previous to retirement from the Lyric boards. Box-office open daily from ten till five. Tickets at all the Libraries. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, ovum's SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN A ND THE, BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall. Warner, David fisher. Andrews, Hnrlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrale, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. • 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 (I"AND DUTCH—S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM 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 Air. Mit chell's Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. -THE t , SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENTE , 4 . Sporting Library, 4. 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PUT IT DOWN TO ME. Comic Song. (A. S. Gaily.) "Is just now in the midst of a tide of success by the help of the Royal Christy's Minstrels —it is having a run."—Brighton Times. Post free for 19 stamps. THE WISHING CAP. Song. Words by _IL CHARLES MACKAY. (W. S. Wrighton.) "Is really beyond the average of excellence. Mdlle. Liebhart has done much to make it popular, but, it could afford to stand simply and entirely on its own merits." - City Press. Post flee for 19 stamps. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burling-ton-street. Order of all Musicsellers. TiIEATRF.-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, RAI-jNG THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone. jun., Mis. Laws, &c. Afier which. HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with A KISS IN TtlE DARK. Commenen at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING. at 7, to connnen , e with THE SECRET. At a enarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr W. Bignold, Mr. fils. v t i agLee. Concluding Trrts EVENTSG, et 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, %'r Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennex 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 ManairPress. Mrs. Swanborough, lifiS EVENING. at 7.30, THE Wla 1W HUNT. 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. TMA FVENINa, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.R0. CYRIL'S SUCCE. , S. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marsha%Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, Mir'stone. .1. Clarke; Mesdames Tlenrade. C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Step!: ens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Maniger, Mr. W. H. Liston Tins EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Toole. Lionel Brough • IT. Irving, S. Emery, Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with TUE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr. Toole. ROYAL AIvIPHITITEATRE AND CIRCUS, 'HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and mafrnifleent Stud of 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, cte ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of MisS 1L Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar. Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &.c. To conclude with FAMILY JAILS. PE.TNCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton 'ruts EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Bu c ki nghain White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss axle Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGIYAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and tho Burlesque Extravaginza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 3 Wednesdays and Faturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL HAMBIZA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerfs-T.ailc, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on 31eadays, Gd.; Children under twelve, 6d. - Agge . 5 ) - • 3 • 2 .r.OANDOV, TVEDSESDAY, MARCH 21, 18C9. The confident expectations of the country have been surpassed. 'The ultimate transformation of the Irish Church Bill into an enactment may now be re garded as assured. The Second Reading could hardly have been passed in the popular branch of the Legislature by a larger House or by a more over whelming majority. As to the aggregate number of the House—the Speaker and the four tellers in cluded—it amounted altogether to 623. As to the clear majority on the side of the Government- —it was 118. Out of the full compliment of the House of Commons, that is to say, out of the 658 members constituting the sum total of the national representa tives, 35 votes only were absent from this morning's division. The numbers were 368 on the side of the Government, and 250 on the side of the Opposition. The supporters of the Irish Church Bill, exclusive of the two Liberal tellers of the Speaker, and of all those who were absent from the House, either by choice or by compulsion, exceeded by 39 a clear moiety of the whole House. A clear moiety of 658 being 329—and the number of the supporters of the Bill, exclusive of Speaker, tellers, and absentees, being 368—the result is precisely as we have just now de scribed it to be —namely, that the supporters of the measure actually told off this morning, a little before three o'clock, was in excess of the full half, of the whole, of the popular branch of the Legislature by thirty-nine. History has to be ransacked to discover any majority in the smallest degree comparable to that sustaining the policy of the present Liberal Administration. Mem bers have been true to their hustings' pledges. The decision arrived at by the Electors of the United Kingdom during the course of the last General Elec tion in November and December has been endorsed, k has been enforced, has been responded-to, to the very echo, by their carefully selected representatives. The constituencies have, in other words, been faithfully represented. And what is especially remarkable in regard to the decision arrived at this morning by the newly - created Parliament is this, that it hai been arrived at upon a matter of the most vital importance a matter that half a century ago could not possibly have been agitated throughout the three kingdoms without leading to turmoil, and very possibly to bloodshed the decision arrived at now upon that virtually im portant subject has been arrived at almost as one might say in cold blood, certainly quite deliberately. Among the most enthusiastic supporters of the Ministerial measure, there have from first to last been no overweening evidences of exultation in the recognized security of their position, or in the un mistakeable portents of the ofein inevitable victory v il i i c ,s toryawait- await ing them at every stag advance ment. 'While, upon the other hand, t l h i e k r e e p h as ay s e ine been t manifest no indications of anything antagonism or morbidly exaggerated excitement. The The right hon. gentleman the member closed his speech at an early hour this morning by solemnly denouncing the Bill before Parliament as a sacriliegoui measure''—just as the Premier, b ex b;,,,v Leader of his party, had talked of ro . and e co t - fiseat ion, and spoliation, and so forth, as words alone accurately indicative of the character of :he proposed innovation. But with the one and with the other, pre cisely, in fact, as with every individual opponent of this Irish Church:Bill both within and without the walls of Imperial Parliament, the efforts made from first to 1 bst, in its regard, have been made in the tone and spirit of constitutional opposition to what they have, one and all of tbkm, regarded as a most obnoxious pro posal of the design for a legislative enactment—not the least in the world, it should be said, in that spirit TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1E69 of fanatical antagonism which in former times has so often and so lamentably kindled the flames of insur rection and civil war. For once a religious question has been argued calmly, dispassionately, and with the most equable deliberation. The contest—manly, strenuous, and prolonged—has come to an end. At this the first important stage of the Bill's advance ment, it has had its issue. The result is.even beyond our hopes or our most sanguine expectations. But upon the side of the victors there is no sign whatever of irritating exultation. The Liberal Party are so strong and so united upon this question of the Irish Church, that they have no inducement to wound the feelings of antagonists so completely vanquished as, within doors, the members and, out of doors, the supporters, of the Conservative Opposition. Lengthened and outspoken though the debate has been, upon both sides of the House of Commons not one unfair word has been uttered by either party throughout the whole discussion —not a single sar casm has to be regretted—not one solitary shaft of acrimonious ridicule is left behind to rankle where it was ungenerously driven home. The last night of this memorable and historical discussion was worthy in every sense of its three remarkable predecessors. Commenced by the Right Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge, in a speech that appears to us not simply foreshortened, but absolutely truncated and re duced to a very torso, probably by re ;son of the consideration enunciated by Mr. WALPOLE last ,svening, in his very first sentence, when he said, " After the remarkable character of this debate, already prolonged for three nights, and especially after the speeches of the right hon. and learned gentleman the member for Dublin University and of my hon. and learned friend s_._ sse.e.„-ses 1 f.. 1 senulfl be unins cm the questio❑ before the House"—the debate was sustained with admirable effect immediately after wards by the Right Hon. Member for Tam worth, in a speech which has been described by one of our con temporaries as a historico-philosophic disquisition, but which was more than that, especially towards the close, when Sir HENRY BULWER addressed himself to the subject under discussion in words befitting at once the orator . and the statesman. After nine other members had taken part in the debate, the last of them perhaps the most zealous and impetuous among all the leading an tagonists of the measure before Parliament, the discussion was wmthily closed by an elaborate ora tion from the First Minister of the Crown—an oration not inappropriately preluding as swingeing a majority i❑ as large a House as ever endorsed the or inions of a Prime Minister or sustained the policy of his Government. WE do not suppose that any one of our readers is likely to confound two different things, admiration of Sir ROUNDELL PALM Blt and admiration of Sir R oUNDELL PAL3IER'S arguments. In these days of dishing political opponents, by taking leaps in the dark, personal self-denial is too rare for us not to eulogise it; and the member for Richmond has per formed an act of great self-denial. It is something to have surrendered the highest prize Of the prof cssion just as it came to his hand ; it is still more to have severed himself from the party and from the leader with whom he has acted, and with whom he in the main agrees. These are sacrifices which fortunately are not required of many men, for the many would not be able to make them. We cannot altogether regret that they have been required in this instance,because the alacrity with which the requirement has been met will do something to restore the moral tone of the political world, which has been sorely lowered by the events of 1866-8. And yet it is difficult to understand how Sir ROUNDELL could have deemed the sacrifice necessary. After reading his speech, and noting the small amount of divergence there is in it from the Ministerial plan, we can remember no sacrifice so great for so inadequate an object since the day when Mr. G LAnsToNE left Sir R. PEEL's Cabi net on the Maynooth question. Sir IZo UND ELL PA I.NERIL approves of disestablishment, approves even of partial disendowment, so that the question at issue between him and his former colleagues is one of pounds, shillings, and pence only. He endeavoured, indeed, to shew that there was a principle involved in his dissent from the bill. But the principle is so evanes cent, so etherial, that it vanishes like vapour before the light and heat of debate. In fact, so far as there was any force in the argument at all, it rather made against him who used it. For instance, if it is right to take away the endow ments of the Church from the parishes where there are less than 200 Protestants—where, that is, the Protestants are too few to maintain a church and services by voluntary contributions— a fortiori,it must be right to take them where a Church has a large number of adherents capable of supporting the Church. Mr. GLADSTONE'S bill has nothing to do with numbers. It simply takes the revenues in a lump, leaves the Church with such portion as properly belongs to her (the funds accruing from private endowments), and, finding that these are amply sufficient for the wants of the Church, appro priates the remainder of the revenues to a work astruly religious as preaching sermons, and which offers this great advantage, that it enables them to be administered in a way wherein Irishmen of every creed can parti cipate. " Tim light warn't gone out none the more in H ea ven," said STEPHEN PAGE, in the Brierley coalpit, when the last candle was extinguished. The event justified the feeling of trust with which the rough collier, when the hope of earthly aid had vanished, confided himself and his beleaguered companions to a more infallible protection. Thirteen men and boys were engulfed five days and nights in the depths of a coalpit without light, food, water, or even air, and yet twelve have been brought up weak, but safe, to the surface. Late on Tuesday night the workings of the Brierley Colliery were inundated, access to the shaft closed up, and six menand boys on one side, and seven on the other were imprisoned. The former party were informed of the inundation by a rush of choke damp_ They hurried to the bottom of the shaft, but were cut off and driven back by the flood, which rose higher and extended furtherup the passagewhich led to the opening. The choke damp conveyed no warning of the flood to the larger party on the other side of the shaft. They worked on, finished their turn on Wednesday morning, turned their steps to the mouth of the shaft to be drawn up as usual, and found all access to the means of escape blocked by the rising water. The flood rose for fifteen hours, geadually driving the men back into the recesses of the pit, where the ground was higher. Then it ceased. The race for life had previously commenced. The catastrophe was known above before the party of seven were aware of it, a vast concourse from all the region round about gathered on Tuesday night at the pit's mouth, and from that time until Sunday morning the steam -pumps furiously strove to overtake the water. For fifteen hours the water gained upon the pumps. The prisoners had to recede step by step, for they kept close to the edge of the flood. They knew that the pumps were at work, and the splash of the machinery every now and then refreshed the polluted air. The last candle died out after the thirteenth hour; but the light " warn't gone out none the more in Heaven." The pumps began to gain upon the flood, and then the dreary task of watching its subsidence commenced. The water rose by feet, but went down by inches. The men were without sustenance; and they marked the ebb of the water by bits of coal, measured the time by a watch which one of the men had, and calculated the chanches of getting out—speedily giving themselves up for lost, as their friends above had. One man went mad, broke away from his party, and perished. The rest preserved their reason, and spent their time in tope] wa' work of the pumps, and hopefully praying, in prepa ration for what they felt must be the end. They all held many prayer meetings ; and the consolation of religion, they tell us, did much to support them through this time of despair. _.... _ Meanwhile the race for life went on above. The crowd had little hope that any of the prisoners would be brought up alive ; but the work went on, and the water slowly went down. At times it decreased at the rate of five inches an hour, but more often four; and one hundred hours were past before the bottom was reached. Then the men could not be reached. The foul air prevented the rescuing party from reaching the bottom, and defeated several attempts. At length the subterranean lifeboat—a raft which was taken down in the cage—reached the level of the water, and the gallant crew pushed out into the side of the pit where the ground was higher and the water lower. Here they found four men and one boy sitting on a rampart of coal just clear of the water ; and the whole party were brought up safe to the top, amid the frantic applause of the multitude. The man who became insane completed this party. The raft went down again, but the other division of seven on the opposite side of the shaft could not be reached until Monday morning. Then they, too, were all saved ; even one man who had been left behind when his companions moved from one place to another, and who was thought to have perished, was brought up—the last of the twelve. But for the mental derangement of the single lost collier, this most marvellous story would have ended without the loss of a single life. Human nature could endure no greater suffering than was experienced by these men dying slowly of hunger, cold, and the poison of the atmosphere. Human nature could exhibit no greater fortitude than that which preserved in these uncultured colliers the hope of mercy when the hope of life was gone. AN/, fat t 4 it, 4 44 1 4'. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and atte❑ded by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. w i k e e r d d j e s d t r y o ' v ein the accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold an d P r i ncess Beatr i ce a l so went out. grounds this morning. His Highness the prince Hassen Pacha and suite, accompanied by Colonel Gamble, honoured the Royal Christy Minstrels last evening with their pres•Jnce at the St. George's Theatre. LATEST INTELL MENU (REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF TROOPS. PORTSMOUTH, Marc'! 24. The Indian troopship Serapis, Captain Soady, from Alexandria and Malta with troops, arrived here this morning. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 23. Gold closed at 1314 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1314, the lowest 131. Sterling exchange on Loudon, 1081; 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 118 ; 1885, 116 ; 1865, 113 ; 10-40 Bonds, 1051 ; Illinois, 140 ; Erie, 35, ; cotton, midland upland, 281 ; Petroleum, standard white, 31 ; Flour, extra state, $5.95 6.55 ; corn, old mixed, 89. QUEENSTOWN, March 24. The National Steamship Company's steamship France, from New York, arrived off here at 6.30 this morning. She landed passengers and pro c ;e, led for Liverpool. All well. ITALY. BRINDISI, March 24. Ihe Adriatic and Oriental Company's steamer 13:indisi has arrived here froin Alexandria, after a passage of 89 hours, having experienced very bad weather. She brings 20 passengers, 11 of which arc English. PARIS, March 24 Yesterday the Emperor presided at the Council of State, on which occasion he delivered the follow ing address It is the duty of the Government resolutely to satisfy the just desire for improve ment, and firmly t) repress all subversive theories which are both unlawful and culpable. Many improvements have already been effected, but when the hidden wounds of the most prosper ous wounds are probed beneath an appearance of prosperity, many undeserved cases of distress are discovered. Great problems still remain to be salved, and their solution requires the co-operation of the whole intellect of the country. The suppres sion of the system of NVOI kmen's books (livrets) will complete a new series of measures in favour of the working classes. Ido not anticipate being able to overcome all prejudices and to diarm all ill feeling. I do not reckon upon increasing my popularity, but I hope to acquire fresh energy t o res i st ev il passi,in. When all useful improvements have been effected, when everything has been done, order can be maintained with more authority, since power will then lean on reason and the satisfaction given to public conscience. BoURSE, March 23.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 44 per Cent. End of month... -- Italian Fi ves 56 10 3 per Cent End of month 7O 25 Mexican Loan ... _— Credit Mobilier End of month... 280 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1482 50 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans • ... 960 Northern ...• ll7O Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.— 6121 Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian .......................... . Lombard ................ North of Spain Saragossa .................... Roman THE ARCHBISHOP OR YORK ON CHARLES DICKENS The Archbishop of York, in declining an invitation to the banquet to bo given in Liverpool; on the 10th of April, to Mr.,Charles Dickens, writes:—"l much regret to say that being engaged with my confirmations, it is quite impossible' for me to bo present to do honour to one of the greatest writers that have adorned English literature. Mr. Dickens's genius naturally commands admiration; but, if I am not mistaken, lie has another claim upon his countrymen quite as strong, for I do not believe that any writer has done so much to promote kindly and charitallp feelings between the different classes of society, and Urns, in the great popular movement which is taking place around us, Mr. Dickens has performed indirectly a considerable politi cal service. This I should have been glad to say in public in your great town, but I cannot make the opportunity." LOSS OF THE BAI?QUE:CIIINA:AND NINE LIVES. - Intelligence has been received in Liverpool, from New York, of the loss of the barque China, nine lives, and the fearful sufferings of the crew. Captain Leward, of the British barque W. H. Jenkins, on December 29, when in latitude 4G'4G, longitude 20, fell in with the wreck of the barque China, of Cardiff, apparently abandoned, whole seas sweeping her decks, and a heavy gale from N.N.W. blowing at the time. Some men were discovered sitting on the forecastle deck. The vessel was then hove to and the boats lowered, and six men and the second officer were rescued, after a hard struggle against the wind and sea, the unfortunate men having to be lowered over the jibboom into the boat, as boarding the wreck was impossible. The second mate died two hours after, from exhaustion, he, poor fellow, having been on the wreck fourteen days, living on nothing but a piece of pork, and what water they could catch. They saw three vessels pass them within hailing distance, but none of them offered to render assistance. The captain of the China, the chief officer, and seven of the crew were washed overboard and drowned some days before the W. H. Jenkins came in sight. 7HE EDEVB URG 11 MUSEUM. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has received in timation to the effect that the Government are pre pared to insert in the estimates for the ensuing year a sum of £ lO ,OOO towards the extension of the Museum of Science and Art, on the understanding that the ulthnatecost will no t exceed £53,335 17s. 2d., and also under certain conditions with regard to properties in the neighbourhool of the building. On Monday, at the High Court of Justiciary, James Ashley and John Wynn were found guilty of steal ing a number of articles of jewellery from the Museum in February last. Ashley was sentenced to eight and Wynn to seven years' penal servitude. The prisoner Wyne, in his declaration, described the way in which the theft was committed. He stated that Ashley cut a small hole near the lock of the jewel case, and inserte 1 the bla,le of a pair of scissors, with a hich he forced the lid ; that while so engage 1 Ashley leant over the case, as if looking at the arAeles ; that the operation lasted about ten minutes, and that at the time two policemen were standing near talking to two young ladies. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. —MR. AND MRS. GERMAN' REED'S ENTERTAINMENT. —Two novelties will be brought out here on Easter Monday - the first from the pen of Mr. W. Gilbert, under the title of "No Cards ;" the second by Messrs. F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan, which is called a now triuruviretta, and named " Cox and Box." Mr. and Mrs. German Reed reappear with Mdlle. Rosa D'Eriva, and an engagement has been entered into with Mr. Aram Cecil, whose talents are spoken of in very high terms. MILITARY COLONISATION FOR NEW A. project for the establishment of military industrial settlements in New Zealand is, it is now under blood, under the consideration of the Government, which, it is stated, seems peculiarly adapted to the present exigencies both of the mother country and the colony. The project before the Govern ment is, in a few words, substantially as follows :—lt is proposed to establish a small colony, or several small colonies on the frontiers of such portions of the North Island as are most in danger of inroads from hostile natives ; these colonies to be at once industrial and military, containing "within themselves all the necessary force requisite alike for their own defence, and, therefore, also for that of existing British settlements in their rear ; the force to be under the orders of the local Government, and capable of co-operating with other forces in the event of any serious outbreak in their neighbourhood." The proposed colony would be composed half of soldiers who have seen five years' service in the army, and half of young men from the artisan and agricultural classes, the whole body being enlisted for five years and commanded by officers selected from the army and militia. Each colonist would have a grant of laud according to his rank. For the first year pay and rations would be allowed ; for the second year rations only, except for such periods as the men might actually be under arms, when they would be entitled to pay as before. After the second year there would be no pay or rations at all, except during active military service. Moderate advances would be made on the security of the land, and repayable by easy instalments over a number of years, for the purpose of enabling the settlers to cultivate their holdings effectually. At the expiration of the five years' enlistment each man would be a freeholder of the land allotted to him, provided he had brought a certain portion of it into cultivation ; in the case of pro tracted military service, unfavourable seasons, &c., the period allowed for the fulfilment of this condition might be extended. Mr. W. Fitzberbert, Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand, when recently in this country, expressed his cordial approval of the scheme, as " well-devised and adapted for New Zealand." Tun LOCK-OUT OF MINERS.—The dispute at the Denaby Main Colliery, where nearly 400 men are locked out for joining the South Yorkshire Miners' Union, con tinues with no prospect of a settlement. ABDUCTION FROM KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL.—UII Tuesday morning bills, offering a reward of £2O, were circulated for information as fo the whereabouts of a schoolboy, named Alfred Cotton, who was taken away from• King Edward's School, Mile End, in Septemberlast, by his stepsister, and has not since been beard of. In the Bankruptcy Cuirt, on Tuesdt Mr. nat. IT urtwell's enF.A came on before 31r. Crin.ni*E:len,r Winslow. Bankrupt was an unsuccessful candidate at the r«7, Lt elec tion for Stoke-on-Trent. His eats were tmecr .C3O. He states that his agent disappeared with .£2EO, tut scribed by his friends to defray his clpenses. The case was Low ad journed the die for the amendmont of h:s duser:ption and the filing of accounts. Protection was granted for one mouth. It is said that Lord Ravensworth and his son, the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., have agreed to break the entail of the Ravensworth estate. It is likely, in conse quence of this arrangement, that considerable plots of land suitable for building sites along the Team Valley will come into the market. Lord Ravensworth and his family and the entire public of Tyneside will be benefitted by this change. THE REPRESENTATION OF bLACKBURN. —As at present arranged the nomination will take place on Monday next, and the polling on Tuesday. The hustings are being erected in Canterbury-street, on a plot of land calculated to hold 70,000 persons, and the Mayor has announced his desire that, with a view to preserving the peace on the occasion, no party colours shall be exhibited at the hustings. The man Michael Crowley, who was so severely burnt by Lis wife throwing raraffin oil over him, at Liver pool, has just died. The unfortunate man suffered excru ciating agony during the week, and on Tuesday it was thought necessary to take his deposition. In this the de oeased alleged that the accused, being enraged, threw the oil over him ; on the other hand the woman's story is that she was first struck by her hurl and, but she has no know ledge whatever how the oil c:.ught fire. Mr. Goschcn's Valuation of Property Bill was pub lished on Tuesday. It contains no less than 77 clauses. Its object is to provide for a common basis of value for the pur poses of Government and local taxation, and to promote uni formity in the assessment of rateable property in England. The bill provides for the formation of a Valuation Board in each county, whose business will be to draw up a table for determining rateable value. This table is to ho conclusive, and is to be sent to the assessment committee and overseers. In each parish the valuation list is to be drawn up in accordance with this table. Four men, charged with mobbing and rioting at Teviot•bridge, near Kelso, on the night of the 25th November last, when the gate and posts in connection with the pontage on the bridge were cut down and thrown into the river, have been put upon their trial at Jedburgh, before Sheriff Patt:sen and a jury. They all pleaded not guilty, but were convicted, and sentenced, three of them to three months' imprisonment, and the remaining one to six weeks. The riot occurred on the evening of the day on which the polling for the representation of lioxburgi islt ire tc ok p' a( e. THE MALT TAX. —An item of six millions sterlirg cannot just now be spared from the revei.o t ; but can we not shew how a material degree of relief may be accorded to the classes interested in barley, and at the same time a benefitbe conferred on all who drink beer, without any actual remission of taxation? As Mr. Lowe declares himself unable to remit the £270,000 a year of taxes upon vehicles--which remission, by the way, would favourably affect the farmers •As breeders of horses—it is cot very likely that his Budget will propose either a repeal or reduction of the malt duty. But without waiting for a disposable surplus, can we not obtain, say, a transference of the six millions from malt to the manufactured article beer, and thus render the in cidence of the tax far less mischievous than at present? Would not a duty upon beer brewed for sale, accompanied by licenses for private brewing, leaving the processes of manufacture perfectly free and open to any improvements, be a great advance upon the present roundabout and in tolerably burdensome mode of taxing our national beverage ?—Cluember of Agriculture Journal. THE STRIKE AT PRESTON.—TiIeTC is nothing new to report with reference to the great dispute :t Preston, except that at one of the mills (Mr. Paul Cattemll's, New Hall-lane), a few spinners have, it is stated, returned to their work. The general body of spinners are, however, exceedingly d,terrnined, and maintain that they will " fl;ht it out" to the end. The weavers are by no means so well organised as the spinners, their number being too large to admit of the same marshalling and order ; and it is thought that nearly one-half of them are not in the union, but the whole will have to be maintained by it in the event of a general strike. Business, which has been bad in every branch of trade in Preston for about four months, is getting worse, and pauperism is increasing. This week the guardians have 12-i more persons on their books than they had last, and as compared with the same period last year the book spews an increase of 1,158 paupers. The aggregate number of persons who have this week rc9cived garish relief (exclusive of vagrants) 4,532, .111L1Ti11 Y A ND NA V, I L _INTELLIGENCE. ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP Oi LONDON. The 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E. Bowen— strength, 28 officers, 4-1 sergeants, 20 drummers, and 510 men—left Aldershott Camp shortly after eight o'clock on Monday morning, and proceeded from Farnham by special train to Portsmouth, there to embark on board her Majesty's ship Orontes, for conveyance to Devonport. Tqe Ist battalion, 12th Regiment, consisting of 37 officers, 641 men, 7 horses, 93 women, and 118 children, is under orders to procged from Devon port to Aldershott, and, on arrival at the camp, will be quartered in the lines vacated by the 57th Regiment. The Danish frigate Jelland left Plymouth on Monday for Copenhagen. Navigating Lieut. Robt. Tomers was on Monday appointed to the Asia, for service in the Sirius. The Right Rev. Dr. John Jackson, who nas recentl become Bishop of London, will be enthroned in St. Faur g Cathedral on Thursday, the Sth of April. On arriving at the Chapter House the bishop will be received by the Vol Rev. Dr. Mansel, the newly-appointed dean ; the Venerable Archdeacons Hale and Sinclair; the Rev. Canons Dal e ' Melville, and Gregory ; the Right Rev. Bishop Anderson, the Chancellor of the Cathedral, and the prebendaries. The Commissary of St. Paul's will thus address the dean :" " Very Rev. Mr. Dean, I present to you the Right ray. Father in God John Jackson, Bishop of London, and beg tha t he maybe enthroned according to the usual custom, and that the mandate to that effect from the Archdeacon of Cante r• bury may he read by the registrar of the diocese." 141 ' Shepherd, the registrar, having read the mandate, the com missary will say : " Very Rev. Mr. Dean, on behalf of th e Bishop of London I pray you to take upon you the burden of the execution of the mandate, and to proceed according to the tenor thereof." The dean having assented, t he great bell of St. Paul's will toll, and the bishop, clergYi and officers will proceed from the Chapter House to tbe great west door of the cathedral. The Lord Mayor, wlth the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, attired in their robe! of office, and attended by the municipal officers, will awAl the arrival of the bishop at the grand entrance, an d ' 1 " join the procession in its progress up the nave. As the Pro cession moves slowly up the nave an anthem will be en by the choir. After service at the altar, the dean will the bishop to the throne, and having caused him to sit dovitn , will induct and instal him thus:—"l, Henry Longueville Mansel, Doctorin Divinity, Dean of this Cathedral Church: do, by the authority to me committed, induct, install, an d enthrone you, the Right Rev. Father in God, John, 11 Divine permission, Lord Bishop of London, into the biehel ). ric and episcopal dignity of London. The Lord preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time for evermore, and mayest thou remain in justice and sanctity, an d a do the place to you delegated by God. God is p owerful, and may He increase your grace." The members of the. church and the choir will proceed to their stalls, and fell choral service will be performed. At the conclusion of the . service Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" will be given, and the bishop will pronounce the benediction. The bish o p voli then return to the Chapter House, where the dean, canon s, treasurer, and other tne declaration of onedience. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—George E. Alarcon, assis tant paymaster, to the Cambridge ; and E. B. Pillans, assi,tant-paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) A FLAT RACE. — Simpletons. HABIT-lIAL CRllllNALS.—Exorbitant Tailors. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE-WORK.—Getting the Pillar to England. BLACKTHORN WINTER.-Why is a sharp frost in spring like a ? Because it arrests " The Rake's Progress." THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL—To shew respect for founders' wishes. Throw over their wills. A THIRD COMPETITOR.—It may have escaped observa tion that on the day of the University Boat Race there were three eights on the river—the Oxford Eight, the Cam bridge Eight, and the Chiswick Eyot. - - - - WOULD IT WEIZE NOT SO.—Can any one doubt that there are faggot members as well as faggot voters, who thinks of the number of " sticks " to be found in the House? NATURAL EsouGTt.—The entrance doors of the South V.Tiginolon Uuseurn are lettered "Ingress," "Egress." the Ogress was. No PURITY OF ELECTION.—There is no denying the truth of what some ass, who confounds the meaning of words, might urge as an objection against an enactment establishing vote by ballot, namely, that it would institute Club Law. THE SUEZ CANAL, The Morning Herald publishes a long letter, (W et/ March 12, from a special correspondent, on the Sn e , ° , Canal. " Having seen S uez an d Ch a l ou f," h e writes, " -I ' traversed a large portion of the area described as t be Bitter Lakes, which a t p resen t cons i s t o f sever al salt 1 3 ° 0i° . of no remarkabl e ex t en t. Th e p l ace mar k e d on the Fren ch charts of the canal, however, is an immense basin, reach' ing in length from a point named Mariam to another net far north of Chalouf, and including no less than 100,10 acres. It is in this place that M. de Lesseps will have to encounter the chief difficulty of his undertaking.' So great is the solar heat that many persons ball predicted that the daily amount of evaporation, which i° calculated at the enormous total of 250 millions of cubic feet, cannot always be replaced, and, consequen tl i n that it will not be p oss ibl e t o k eep t hi s por tion of t": canal always full. The su bj ec t h as rece i ve d the m ost earnest attention from MM. Bored and Lavalley, whe declare that they entertain not the least doubt of the result. But the pessimists still find advocates, and thei question cannot be decided or the controversy ended u n rs ti ,„ the experiment of filling the Bitter Lakes is made. - 1 " gain anything like an idea of the magnitude of Les l'. 3c h e Amen the visitor must take his stand on the In'h ground at - Mariam, and look to the south. It is no rise 3„, The very prospect over which his weary eyes wander. place where he stands has been associated with the h isterY of the chosen people, and i s connec t e d by Arab tra dition with the name of the si s t er o f M oses . Through these dismal tracts of sand the Israelites passed. Not far from this they tasted the bitt er wa t ers o f M ara h ; and the blue cloud on the south-east is the ridge of stony 11 e ' which they surm oun t e d on th e i r j ourney t o Sinai. .1, wonder that th e i r m emor i es t urne d b ac k t o the pleasan' fields and grateful shade of th e l an d o f Goshen. But after thousands of years, in which it has been abandoned to the prowling Bedouin and the passing caravan, thesilenceof the desert has been again i nva d e d by a different ra ce fcr another purpose. The steam-engine pants, the huge dr edge labours, the heavy barge floats where the hum of the f Hebrew camp ascended. Other visions arise a s full oa strange suggestions as the records of the exodus, an bridging that vast interval of solitude throughout wilicit the barren wilderness has known no changes except e suns and seasons, the mind contrasts the slow and devien ° the march of the Jewish host with ' the railway an d steam ship and the thoughts that shake mankind.' 111 ,_ very few months, unless some unforeseen catastr o n ee oeclirs, the steteliest ships will g lid e eas ily amon g these ste rile plaiw, little tracts of verdure will spread and multipll, villages w ill spies; up suddenly, towns like Ismailia w ill grow to the dimensions of prosperous ports, and a pea ce. fad population will take the place of Bedouins and pilgrims' It is not wonderful that such a future as tb ' should exercise upon the imagination a 1 , 61' , /: : of poetic fascination, and that the temperament of N. " into Lesseps should have imported so much enthusias m the conduct of an undertaking which is likely to be attended by results so marvellous." Writing so early in the month, the correspondentie. rather at a disadvant a g e , as th e n the commencement of the filling of the Bitter L a k e s had not taken place. Ile makes the following remarks, however, on the prospects of the undertaking :—" When the filling of the Bit t e r , Lakes has commenced, it will be possible to come t o more exact conclusion than at present as to the O n . r _ of the undertaking ; b u t even now th e general op inion seems to be that the h o p es o f M. d e Lesseps, so f a r ii as the completion of the project is conce rned, I f t l f be realised by th e d a y w hi c h h as b een named. 1 ‘ 1 ", - ; Borel and Lav a ll e y, th e con t ractors, w ill forfeit hea d sum unless th e i r wor k be finished before the I s t of Octo ever her. The m os t diffi cu lt quest i ons w hi c h ar ise, ; how • de not regard th e o p en i ng o f t h e cana l only. se has eer sources of danger and l oss h ave b een p o i n ted out. it a , 1 ,„ been said that th e d r ift f rom t h e d eser t will pro bau ; choke the channel. In reply to this the company to results carefully observed, in order to thew' that t es drift is really inconsiderable, and that in the fn:, where it is greatest the height of the h7lci offers a compl e te p ro t ec ti on . A ga i n we t that Port Said will surely fill up iu the course of tirae. COn; Conceding the fa c t th a t th e d epos it o f san d has bee n siderable on th e ex t er i or o f th e wes t ern jetty, and t h ha g the breakwat er , no t b e i ng solid, a certain portionsra ls worked its way th roug h th e i nterst i ces o f th e southwest - y„. corner of the harb our , thi s d anger can be remov ed ''‘f rendering the j e tty so lid , or b y t h e cont i nua l operation Inv, dredges. Ther e i s a p oss ibilit y o f not b e i ng a ble to supP l Y t „ evaporation from the Bitt er L a k es I have , a lreael referred to, but this i s a quest i on which will be A n or settled in the course o f t h e summer . serious difficulty may result from the damage ° Alec / by the wave s o f pass i ng vessels. A steamer can ' 3 two thousand tons, moving by her own Pc tver : scarcely fail t o create a considerable f wave ; and , th commotion so p ro d uce d s h ou ld b rea k or l o osen the banks ' the expenditure necessary for repairs would be Te l large. It i s un d ers t oo d t h at pa ddl e s hips will not 13 allowed to use their own power, but the engineers con; fidently assert that they expect no injury from the act ° of screws. I n an y even t, h owever , there will be ece°; 1; sion for the use o f a l arge t rac ti on p o wer, and tierl, g some reason to believe that the cost of Pa s° t - en through the canal will no t b e li m ited by the francs per ton which the com p an y is empowered to charge .: Besides, it must be remembered that the canal P. but a single line. In the narrower portions, and eV", cially in the cuttings between El Gisr and El Ferdan, will not be possible for two large steamers to p ass ea % other, and con sequen tl y th e va l ue o f L a ke Tirnsall ile r a central station can scarce l y b e overra t e d. I have beard central station can scarcely be overrated. I baV r their some persons, who seem unwilling to surrender thioi objections to the project, say that it wi ll , „ s , necessary to const ruc t i mmense locks near on% ::In reply to thi s th e eng i neers o f the canal repe l their asse r ti on th at t h e l evels of t h e Mediterranean 3 Ci t the Red S ea diff er on l y b y a few m illi me tres, a n , t „ h e a s the tides in th e l a tt er w ill cause no inconveme-ei er current requiring the construction of locks. The 11°013ly 00 n ( , )f the sa ngu i ne an d th e d ou b ts o f t h e d es ponding will s.ao realised or resolved, and I for one, having been viv l hsken con, mpressed by the courage, the energy, the uns roe , !idenee exhibited by the projector and his fellow labc n tl i the by the spirit of organisation they have shewn, combated • patience and courtesy with which they have eo se the views of their adversaries, trust that their I r aul - e ye capital, their ten y ears o f t o il an d vigilance, will nal ° to have been spent in vain." QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.--It is stated that Sir John Law rence, when raised to the peerage, will take the title of Foyle. "Foyle" Sir John may be, and deserves to be, but foiled we can never imagine him to be, under any cir cumstances. "A VISION oz• LIFE."--A Trinity College (Dublin) man was talking the other day upon the small value attached to life by uncivilised nations. Somebody re :narked that in China if a man were condemned to death he could easily hire a substitute to die for him. "All, yes," said T. C. D., " I believe many poor fellows get their living by being substitutes that way." (From Fun.) THE REAL " CONDEMNED SELL."—The firm of Overend Gurney, and Co. NoT A BAD SHOT.—The Duke of Somerset said the other night in the House of Lords that every British missionary requires a gunboat. Of course the missionary wish e d himself a canon on board it. QUITE Mcwr TOO !—The Court Journal says that Mr. Tennyson has " again refused the offer of a peerage." Well, considering some of the people who hav e b een ma d e lords, he is wise in refusing a baron honour. IT'S AN ILL WIND. The wind, I see, stays due E And doesn't make a wee stir ; Ent, oh, dear me ! why should it be So Easterly at Easter? (From Judy.) A CONSTANT READEB.—A sub-editor. A :MOURNING CoAcm—G. Morrison, Esq. " THE NOBLEST ROW-MEN OF THEM ALL."—The Oxford crew. A SUGGESTION BY A DUNCE•INANE. —The destination of the Scotch far:got-voters should be Birnam. THE UNIVERSITY TEST ACT.—The Oxford and Cam midge match. THE LAST SOLUTION OF THE IlEroim LEAGUE QUES• CSkIZESr ONDEE CE FROM PARIS: (FROII OUR OWN CORIZESPONDENT.) P..A.815, TUESDAY, March 23. The -arrangement of the difficulty with Belgium will have been made known to you long ere this. It is impor tant to note that the questi , n is not absolutely settled. The differences arc to be referred to a commission, but it dues not follow that the commission will be able to devise a final settlement which will please both parties. The commission will " consider " the commercial relations between the two countries ; it will also " consider" the contract between the two railway companies; but we have yet to wait for the result of all this consideration. The anticipations of the papers here are as optimist as ever, but it would be premature to affirm that the dispute is finally disposed of. I mention this simply because the leading Belgian papers, which have preserved a very conciliatory attitude throughout the difficulty—replying to the gross insults of the Paris journals with perfect politeness —are now writing in a very suspicious tone. The Etoile Beige and the Independance Beige, decidedly the leading organs of Brussels, both speak in the same tone. The Etoile says the Belgian Government will never hear of a Customs' union with France, and is less than ever disposed to ratify the cntract between the East of France and the Luxem burg Companies. It will agree to any solution of the dispute which will strengthen the commercial relations between the two States ; but such a solution must in no wise interfere witb the absolute maintenance of the national independence. The other Belgian journal publishes pre cisely the same statement, or, rather, is somewhat more positive. This plain speaking would seem to indicate that we have not yet heard the last of this miserable quarrel, The source from which this information comes is at any rate worthy of every respect. The storm, according to the last advices, still raged on the north and west coasts. The wrecks during the last few days have been very numerous. Several merchant ships have been cast on the shore between Honfleur and Isigny, and the fishing vessels have been decimated. Some parts of the country are inundated, but the damage in this respect is not excessive. A disastrous explosion of fire-damp occurred in the If6rin colliery, near Valenciennes. Three were killed and twenty wounded, of whom two are in a hopeless condi tion. This accident occurred on the 10th, but so admi rable are the arrangements for collecting news in this in tellectual land, that it has only just been telegraphed to Paris ! The Nabob of Bengal, accompanied by his two sons and Colonel Layard, has arrived at Marseilles. For some reason or other this potentate has chosen to spend several days at the insalubrious port on 'the Mediterranean. He will then proceed to England yid Lyons and Paris. More than 300,000 persons visited the Place de Ia Sorbonne on Sunday. There is some talk of Prince Napoleon becoming Presi dent of the Senate. The Chevalier Nigra has, it is said, returned to Paris, and thus all speculation as to his desti nation are ended. No less than twenty-one journalists are candidates for the Corps Legislatif. According to the 1-ish limes, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is to be made a peer. The petitioners in the Oldham election inquiry have withdrawn from the case. Messrs. Ilibbert and Platt aro therefore declared duly elected. Costs reserved. On Tuesday there was no vacation judge at the Judges' Chambers, Mr. Justice Mellor being obliged to pro ceed to Kingston, un account of the illness of Chief Justice Cockburn. At the Liverpool County Court, on Monday, Mr. Parratt, son of a town councill3r of Liverpool, was con victed of bribery at the last municipal election for South Tosteth Ward, Liverpool, and fined 40s. and costs. The &led Committee of the House of Commons on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections held its first meeting on Monday, and elected the Marquis of Harlington as its chairman. An election to the dignity of Foreign Associate of the French Institute took place on Saturday. Mr. J. S. Mill was one of those put in nomination. Count Sclopis, who was elected, is a Piedmontese. lie obtained twenty votes, Mr. Mill s..ven, and M. Quotelet, a Belgian, two. Mr. Mill was by far the most distinguished candidate. A PariErnentary return issued on Tuesnay corn tr 13 ansy '- prises a report from Il:ar-Admiral Warden, enclosing letters SING ULIR CASE OF FASTIN G. —ALI'. r k On t r ifrom flear-Adm'ral Byder at d the comm an di ng off i cers of .„nci.. on phrenology, has made some rern 3-- s v hen ..° ie ilia' sty's ships in the Channel squadron, upon the sub- 8 ' range story of Sarah Jacobs. 110 visited ber arance• d that jest of the rest. etive merit of the various ships. The ships ‘Vales, and was much struck- by her intelligent aPP e re - "ger left roeported on are the Beller( plum, the lionitnur; the loyal • 1-0 made an examination of her head, and disco ak,•the Achilles, the Warrior, the Def e nce, the p r i nce iie possessed capabilities beyond the average. Th° s a daY• e Contort, and the Pallas.. :hie was paralysed, and she had several fit parents d ecillf eculiar part of the story is that her Pare during t" The Horslmin p tition wil Le heard on April 'On. ' he has not eaten anything at all „ink. An t In this case tle re was a (Tooble r, torn. Alhot gh br ' cry, ' :.st seventeen months, and does not even dei ' from her Szc., aro charged in the p,;ition, it is lyslicved that most is of probability is attached to the assertion a ___,,ersoo import:lt:co is atklsherl to the scrutiny of votes which is ather declaring that he is willing to allowtinnY r t ap l ‘ ir t . prayed for in each petition. Neither of the in , tubers peti- ive in the family and watch the case cola , r treatinen 1 tinned against (Mr. :Hurst and Major Aldridge) are, it is Burns makes some suggestions respecting her 4 4 Elli understood, allowed to sit or vote in the house ' , having re- I, shotW4 " • k among other things, proposing that Oa, " - - ceived an official iLtituaCon to tLat effect. under the Mu t= of mesmerism. , M 0 COll7. Only a acted to-d The Gov( prices, an the fortni Iu Foreig alteration as yester( The Rail have gone important Money can be hz Consols count, 9 New Tki Telegrapl Cent., pa 240. India ditto 5 F Cent., 0 per Cent In the lows :-1 1867, 94 ditto of 551 to -a to 15 ; I 1866, 93 Moscow, ditto CI 54 ; dittl 414 to The n ciation a In the are in g to p( and Cale terday. Ameri Erie Sb Central, Debentu gage Bo In the are quot Internat I 7 • Tele 4 legraph, Anglo-I In Ba yesterth The Friday, the 30t1 the acc win con Bess Wil Saturda The an incl.( Form Rail wa] authot works. The of Lon( inst., r( cent. p leave fund hr and nco The Insurar the 31s per sin annum Decem The been u pamph the Inv writer will sai iudepei undert A c ehairrn of the approa questic undert oonsidi At 1 lutionE betwe( author Bank should withot A call shares At (Limit accou An e] same with Dc Di Dc Ar A't All 3 Brli B .e Cu 0.1.