The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-23 00:00:00

EI MOSES and EON. 2.4 • EXCEL LE NC E WITH CHEAPNESS. EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, FOR ALL CLASSES. A . N UNEQUALLED in E v N.,RY DEPARTMENT. A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. OVERCOATS IN EVERY S IYLE AND MATERIAL. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOOTS and SHOES. HOSIERY and DRAPERY. AND HATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at unusually Low Prices. COMPLETE OUTFITS for ALL CLIMATES, ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. A N easy and accurate System of Self-meaqnre, introduced by E. MOSES and Son, has served to extend their connection to all parts of the kingdom, ..I , curzetz to. L"' of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLIHMENTS • are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, wheu business is resumed until 11 o FMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke i • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters. Hosiers. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. Tho following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and iIO.N . • CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINOILIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 7, ALDOATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDOATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM -COURT-ROAD 133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.--In consequence ' of frequent mtsrepre rentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.B. ChattArton. Great Combination of Attractions for the Faster Holidays.—A new romantic drama and the grand Pantomime of "Puss in Boots." On EASTER MONDAY, March 29, and during the week, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the first time) a new roman tie Drama, in three acts and a prologue, entitled THE MAN OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor II ugo's celebrated novel. "Les Miserables," adapted by Bayle Bernard, ada ter of 'Faust." Principal character by r Charles Dillon. supw)rted by the en tire strength of the Company. To conclude 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. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 1 t ill 5 daily. TIIEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. —SPE CIAL MORNING 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 t ! all) will give Selec tions from their celebrated Entertainment. At Three o'clock, the Grant Pantomime of PITS IN BOOTS, terminatir.g with the Grand Transformation Scene. At half-past Four, a Musical Folly, entitled THE GIRLS OF THE PERIM): At Five, the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three Ifundr II Infant Sailors and Marines. Carriages to be order-41 at a quarter-pest 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. Pox-office open from 10 till 5 daily PRICES BASE!) ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM STOCK lI I HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. le Lessee. Mr. B. IL. THIS EVENING. So RAISING T H E uckstone WIN D : Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal • ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &e.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, *c. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: Messrs. Buckstone and Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled /1 DAY'S FISHING. Mr. a 43elmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benia min Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips. Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Vies Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last 5 Nihts. THIS EVENING, at a quarter to g 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. On Saturday, March 27, for the Benefit of Mdlle. Beatrice. N.B.— On Easter Monday AFTER DARK. %ore open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. P OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WI DOW HUNT. Messrs. "..3 srke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Button and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD Ole' TII.Z 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 t'e Last Five Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April.—OKßA, the world-renowned, in his originsi and unapproachable evolutions on the FLYING TRAPEZE, every Evening. His double somersaults and pe rouettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including the great CAERE TROUPE and the magnificent Stud of Performing Horses as usual. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Balf-past Two. ROYAL AHPI I ITHEATRE, Holborn . GOOD FRID 11( EVENING March 26.—GRAND PER FORMANCE of Handel's Oratorio,' "THE MESSIA'i." — FuII Orchestra and c h orus, numbering nearly 250 persons. A rtistes : Mille. Rose Hersee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Mavbrick, and the celebrated basso Fl err Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (120 Voices). The Orchestra will include th 3 most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, &c. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Solo Trumpet, Mr T. Harper. Conductor, Mr. C. T s !trgitt. 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, prTvions to retirement from the Lyric boards. Box-office open daily from ten till five. Tickets at all the Libraries. t, -LOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. A Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0 BROWN AND TEM RRAHMI N 5: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, , David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be• rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GEORGE'S IT A I_, L , Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. G'rent and triumphant sucess. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque Sketches. &('.. Sill the hieitly successful burlesque THE VER.Y Crt,AND DUTCH —S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WIT.SONI and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by sna,•ial command. befor e THE QUEEN AND COHRT. NEARLY ONE lITTNDRED PETWORMERS. 1 EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and 1 SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur- Jay night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit thell's Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NUM°. THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.--G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, /avers the LATH; EDITION of "THE. 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GLENIE dent 2rs the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. rrIIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. ALEXA DI. It Hate Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTL\ G NEWS of the day. may ho seen 3A JEM YM I N TON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. do, that the division is not as a rule affected bydiscus sion. A Speech has often and often, before now, upon many a great division, influenced a vote. Historical instances of this might be adduced almost ad libitum. But—for certain—anything of that kind, any in fluencing of votes through the present discussion upon the Irish Church Bill, is not to ;be thought of. The House had made its resolve before the Second Read ing was moved. And if any acknowledgment of the fact that it was so, that this House had so made up its mind could have been required, it would have been found unmistakeably in the two hours' Speech in which the Leader of the Op position moved his amendment. That Speech re ferred repeatedly to the measure it affected to regard as just possible to set aside, as a measure certain to be carried. For again and again it was noticed that Mr. DISRAELI spoke of the results of the Bill when carried as likely to be so-and-so—evidencing plainly enough that in his heart he knew quite well that it would be carried. But for that matter it would be the merest affectation on the part of anyone to suppose otherwise. The majority at the back of the Govern ment, in regard to this one measure especially, sets at defiance all thought of serious opposition. So that, in point of fact, the debating on each side is simply carried on, as one may say, for the sake of keeping up appearances. The House of Commons for awhile has almost assumed the character of one of those De bating Societies in which the members air their elo quence, purely for the sake of so much rhetorical practice. Not that by this we would imply for a single moment that upon either side of the House the speakers are not seriously in earnest. Upou no question that might be submitted to the consideration of Parliament in debate, could we fancy the majority of them more seriously in earnest Church Bill. Only—that they, one and all, know quite well that, whatever they may say for or against it, the division list will give exactly the same result ; and that, consequently, in homely phrase, they might just as well save their breath to cool their por ridge. The fact is so, literally, precisely what we have described it to be, that the division might have been taken at the end of the first night's discussion quite as reasonably as in the small hours after this next midnight. Such could not be, however. Appearances must be kept up to some extent at laast. And so—the debate has been ad journed and re-adjourned, Speeches, pro and con., being delivered in more or less rapid succession, and stenographic contributions of considerable extent have been accumulated within this last week, to eke out the volume of Parliamentary Debates for the session of 1869. Several of these otherwise purposeless speeches have, nevertheless, for all that, been very remarkable. Hitherto the palm has been borne off among the debators chiefly—certainly firs'ly—by the right hon. gentleman the President of the Thard of Trade. Whatever else may be said of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech, if it was flashy, it was also at the same time singularly effective in its delivery. As an exhibition of cleverness, it was a masterpiece. But the speech of Mr. BRIG lIT was the outpouring of the heart and of the conscience far rather than of the head merely. It was not clever ness, it was oratory. He spoke out of the depth and fullness of life-long convictions. And—as was but natural under the ..ircurnstances—the peroration rose at last to the majesty of true and burning eloquence. Last night's continuation of the discussion com menced by Sir ROUNDELL PALMER'S speech in opposi tion to the Bill—a speech immediately answered, really and admirably answered, by the Solicitor- General—was brought to a close ostensibly by a speech from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but virtually by one delivered by the member for Bury St. Edmunds, a gentleman who calls himself—thereby putting, as we conceive, rather " too fine a point upon it"—a Progressive Conservatism. As a whole, Sir ROUNDELL PALltrire speech, which was listened to, of course, by every one most respectfully, was felt to be somewhat disappointing. As a piece of Parliamentary oratory it was scarcely up the level i o cn f otrh his , reputation.refthtipoouEs—e sinceas p e et eh ha Nt so h at somhar maiden nl. t nstp e speech aeseaenhyo of Sirhfehhisa:ddeell delivered v ee o rr r e r e dd from the floor of the House below the gangway, which at once placed him in the foremost rank among practisedt orators within the course walls Jen seof last o f most skilled the a l I s e t d andLegislature.night,s dlenhatetremfdhiaettewlye,enin the address to the House of the Solicitor-General and that later one delivered by the Chancellor of stuhpepEoxrtcheoqfutehr,e G a wohvimersnicmaelntharßainigl by uewatshemamdeemin ber for Londonderry, who, speaking as a Protes tant Episcopalian in defence of the measure un der discussion, finished his remarks by saying, that —Now he wasdone, butthat, if he was dine, be had some satisfaction in knowing that the Established Church in Ireland was done too ! A remark very naturally eli citing loud cheering and much laughter. Mr. LOWE was almost, as matter of course, alternately agreeable and sarcastic —agreeable because of his sense of the Ministerial triumph before him, and sarcastic by reason of his scorn for the majority of the so-called arguments adduced in the course of the mere make-believe endeavour of the Opposi tion to prevent that triumph being realized to the full. The member for Bury St. Edmunds, however, in his futile efforts to interpose between Mr. 'WALPOLE and that right hon. gentle man's moving of the adjournment of the debate, closed the night's discussion as a theatrical per formance is closed by a farce, namely, amidst shouts of laughter. Nothing could have been funnier than the effect of every sentence to which he gave utterance was the last spasmodic scream of No Popery and, as such, it was received with a sort of good humoured derision. THE philosophers who have lately been endeavour ing to revive duelling in England will have little chance of success after the terrible tragedy which has just occurred in Madrid. One evening last week a young Spanish gentleman of great promise, CEL ESTINO OLOZAGA by name, and who had just been appointed Secretary to the Cortes, went to the Opera lie accidentally let his cane fall, and in its fall it touched a certain Count DE JARA. The COUNT, being a very choleric man, chose to resent this accident as a premeditated insult, and abused the author of it in strong language. In vain did OLOZAGA inform the COUNT that the affair was a mishap ; DE JARA would have it otherwise, would force a quarrel, which the young bloods stand ing by did their best to foment. There is a law against duelling in Spain, as there is in France, but in neither country is the law enforced, and so the offence is common. A duel, therefore, OLOZAGA was told that he must fight. A duel is, apparently, what DE JARA had intended from the first, for he was known to be a notable swordsman, and had come off victorious in more than one affair of honour. His opponent was tot illy unused to fighting. The inevitable result followed. The two met; DE JARA having received not a single scratch, killed his adversary at the first thrust ; and now all Madrid is mourning for the loss of this promising young man, and the murderer is in hiding, soon, it is said, to reappear in the capital and take his place in society as though nothing had happened. It seems like a waste of words to prove that this was as sheer a case of murder as could possibly be. In fact it was worse than many mur ders, for these are often perpetrated in the first heat of ungovernable rage, while this was committed in cool blood, after hours of reflection. Yet as there have been writers in some of our ablest magazines who have urged the revival of this bloody code of honour, it is necessary to use logic respect • ing a matter which instinct should be suffi cient to settle. We ask, then, What is gaited by such an expedient as this ? What is proved by the dead body over which an agonised father is now weeping inconsolably ? Does it clear up the dispute as to whether the fall of the cane was accidental or intended ? Does it establish anything except that the murderer was a better swordsman than his victim ? Surely that fact might have been established at less cost than this. In fact, duelling, so far from helping to clear up the truth, helps to confuse it. Who can doubt that if OLo zA GA had been the better swordsman DE JARA would have borne the fall of the cane with equanimity, and accepted the apology with Christian meekness ? Who can doubt that, relying upon his skill, he sought a quarrel, and that his object was not satisfaction of wounded honour, but gratification of inordinate vanity ? That vanity could be content with nothing less than blood. DE JARA is henceforth a CAIN, branded of heaven, and though none may observe the mark, [there comes a day when it will be plain enough for the universe to see. LATEST INTELL MENU (REuTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per Java.) NEW YORK, March 10. The following is a copy of Mr. Stewart's letter declining the office of Secretary to the Treasury : " WASHINGTON, March 9. "To the President -1/preciating the high honour conferroa by your _ tion by the Senate of myself to the office of Secre tary of the Treasury, I regret that circumstances beyond our control compel me to decline. Could the difficulties presented by the provisions of the Act of 1789, which, in organising the Depart ment of the Treasury, prohibit the Secretary from being directly or indirectly concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, be overcome by any reasonable sacri fice personal to myself I would willingly make it. I would promptly transfer to the hands of gentle men in whom the public have full confidence every interest in the gains and profits that could possibly occur to myself in the business of my house during my official term, to be applied to such public chari ties as their judgment should dictate, and have pro posed and sought by the execution of appropriate instruments to accomplish that end. But serious differences of opinion have been expressed as to whether that course would satisfy the require ments of the law. Although I will not hesi tate to make this appropriation, provided it would enable me to accept the office and thus unite my efforts with your own and those of other members of your Cabinet in restoring economy, honesty, and strict frugality in the administration of the Govern ment, and lift as rapidly as practicable from the people the great burdens of taxation, debt, and ex travagance resting upon them, yet the business re lations of my firm, in its connection with others largely interested in their continuance, are such that they cannot be severed summarily, nor can my interest in it be wholly and absolutely disposed of without producing great embarrassment and loss to those with whom I have been connected. I cannot consent to enter upon the adminis tration of laws by any act or course that may be construed into a disregard or violation of law ; and while, therefore, 1 regret that the plan proposed is deemed inadequate to relieve the from legal and, as it seems to me technical, disabilities, I yield to the better . _ 'udgment cf others rather than seem to be willing ,o accept a position in disrespect of law. In finally renewing the declination which was ,endcred at the outset of these objections, I re- thanks for the peat to you, Mr. President, my honour done me in offering tue this high position, _ . and assure you that you will have wy earnes efforts to sustain your Administration in carrying out the wise and salutary measures indicated by your office.—Sincerely you upon entering upon your friend, " A LEX. T. STEWART." President Grant, immediately after accepting Mr. Stewart's resignation, addres4ed the following communication to the Senate :_.... "To the Senate of the United States.--I have the honour to request to ba permitted to withdraw from the Senate of the United States my Message of the 6th instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution by the two Houses of Congress, to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section eight of th e A ct of Congress, approved September 2, 1789. " U• S. GRANT, 4 , Washington, March 9, 1869." The Senate, by unanimous vote, consented. Secretary Washburne, Po stmaster-General Cres well, and Secretary Bone assumed control of their respective departments yesterday. The 16 who voted in the House against the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Act were all Repub Mr. S c h enck. licans, among them was Several prominent lawyers of Washington de cided that the proposed transfer of his business by Mr. Stewart would not release him from liabilities, though he might forego all profit ; and hence that he would still remain ineligible under the law of 1789 for the Secretaryship. A report is about to be laid before the Legis lature of Prince Edward Island in relation to the subject of reciprocal free trade between the island and the United Stateg. introduction by the Government of, and the vote by the Chambers on, the Railway Bill has given rise to animadversions in France in connection with which the Government considered it right to for ward to Paris thoroughly frank and loyal explana tions. In order to give mutual proof of friendship and confidence, and desirous of harmonising the interests of both countries, the two Governments have agreed to institute a mixed commission, whose task it will be to exa mine the divers industrial questions arising from the existing relations, and from the treaties re cently proposed for the cession and working of the Brazilian railways. The solution of these questions will be calcu lated to develope the commercial industrial relations of the two countries. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Match 2. The following gold ships have sailed for England during February :—The Maid of Judah, with 28,875 ounces; Ilighflyer, 25,250; Manchester, 10,375 ; Lansdowne, 16,500 ; Reigate, 14,125 ; Essex, 18,000. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, March 1. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has arrived here. Numerous private fetes have been given in his honour. The colonists express the greatest satisfaction at the appointment of Sir James Ferguson to the Governorship of South Australia. FRAIVCE_ i_,Ams, March 23. Lie ✓ournal Officiel of this morning publishes the declaration on the Belgian controversy, which has been drawn up and agreed to by the two Go vernments, and which announces the immediate nomination of a mixed commission to investigate the question. Bo URSE, March 22.—Three o'clock.—The markt t closed as follows :- 4i per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 23 Credit Mobilier 280 End of month 2BO Credit Fonder 1482 50 End of month Bank Shares 2875 Fan Fives 56 10 End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Horne Debt — Deferred — RAILWAY Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.-- 6124 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lone bard North of Spain , Saragossa Roman.. 5 . 21- 657 4681 65 pl ~,,,, .0..:::0 „ ; , 1-, 1. ila E., .. , ~.. ...%..... e irmht ..„ HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove and walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. CUBA. Several engagements are reported in the neigh bourhood of Sagna. The views of President Grant relative to the Cuban question are the subject of numerous reports and considerable discussion. MEXICO. The recent numerous executions in the Republic have caused so much trepidation and horror among the people that Juarez has ordered a complete sus pension of them throw/bout the country. All the military prisoners recently captured in rebellion aro ordered to the capital to be tried for treason. General Negreti.is reported to be reorganising his forces. Escobedo has defeated the insurgents under Cauales in Samulipas. • A bona fide prize fight, according to the rules of the ling, except that hair-pulling and biting were allowed, took place between two women in Somerville, Masslchusetts, at an early hour on Monday mornin g . At the first round one of them, named Sarah Chapman, became frightened and jumped out of the ring, but her backers drove her in again, and she eventually won the fight. At the twenty-first round her opponent, Molly Jones —both of them having been severely punished begged her seconds, in God's name, to take her s way ; and so the fight and money— fifty dollars—. was awarded to Sarah. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, March 23. The .Ifoniteur Belge of this morning says :—" The BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 18. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 11. fr. Capital of the Dank.— 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 0: Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,314,243,600 1,317,409,750 Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- March 18. c. fr. c 182,500,000 35,252,897 G 8 33,753,504 87 rent creditor 151,668,695 68 160,053,053 31 Current accounts, Paris 254,9.35,353 63 252,915,469 36 Do. branch banks 46,3'4162 45,976,114 Dividends payable 1,270,221 1,190,559 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six mouths Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 933,790 85 933,790 85 6,882,180 10 5,564,671 81 'otal CREDITOR. March 11. March 18. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. I (Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 254,927,562 62 219,043,137 51 Do. branch banks 240,729,899 238,665,081 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 4,903,600 Do. on French Public Securities 13,455,700 Do. by branch banks 6,409,280 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 992,251 31 193,138 73 23,431,600 - 4,293,400 - 13,601,600 - 6,548,480 - 38,266,200 27,937,300 Bonds Do. branches . Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- Government Stock re- 924,700 - 961,709 - 924,600 - 962,300 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bbnk and landed propez Ly branches ... Expenses of manage ment 734,626 21 739,134 77 Sundries 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 8,982,201 - 8,994,501 - Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. POLICE 11V TELLIG EN CE-77as Day. WESTMINSTER. ALLEGED FINDING OF ANCIENT COINS.—A middle-aged, rough-looking woman, giving the name of Mary Anne Leach, was charged with unlawfully having in her posses sion a number of antique small silver coins, some of which are Roman, without giving a satisfactory account of the possession of the same. Police -constable Barry Collins, 36 B, said that at a quarter past eight last night he was called into the shop of Mr. Scrivener, joweller, Prince's-street, Storey's-gate, where he found the prisoner, and Mr. Scrivener informed him that she had just offered some ancient silver coins, which he produced, for sale. Witness asked prisoner where she got them, and she said that she had had them in her possession for years, and that they had been originally found in Tothill-street. He told her she must go with him to the station, and on the way she told him she had picked them up that morning in Great Chapel street and the Broadway. Prisoner now repeated this story to the magistrate. Mr. Dayman said that there was no artifl&al value reasonably attached to such articles as the coins produced. He should discharge the prisoner, but order the coins to be detained for a month to see if the owner could be found. THAMES. John Jasper, a young man, who up to the prosent time maintained a good character, was charged with stealing a scarf, value 2s. Gd., from the shop of Mr. Biggs, hosier, High-street, Poplar. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with Lard labour. DUBLIN, Monday Night.—According to the Irish. Times of to-day the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is to be made a Peer. The same journal gives a rumour that Earl Spencer has tendered to the Prime Minister his resigna tion of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. The reaso❑ assigned is that the nobility and gentry have held aloof from his Court. Messrs. S. and B. 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THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" a t a . . rrIIE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' a t JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Weliington,"Wellington-street Strand. TROUVILLE SUR MER (NORMANDY) LOAN of £400,000, SECURED by MORTGAGE DEBEN TURE.; of the T HOUVILLE 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 F;rst Half-Year's Interest will be payable the Ist September, 1869 . 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 £2 per Debenture, will be received in London by Messrs. Hendee, Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, St. James's-street, London; Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-otreet, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association, 51, Rue de Cardi nal Fesch. The affairs of the Association are under the direction of The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 66, Prince's-gate, London, Presi dent. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Palace, Lon don. Monsieur Jacques Adolphe Conifer, Ancien Depute, 124, Boule vart Haussman, Paris, and Chalet Cordier, T_.ouville, Nor mandy. Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., 45, Sussex-gardens, London.' Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsay, M.P., Winch field, Hants. Monsieur Dumond de Montcelz, Administrateur des Mines de Zinc de la -ifesie, 44, Rue de Luxembourg, Paris. Sampson Lucas Sanville, Esq. (Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons), 18, Old Broad-street, London. Debentures, £lO each. The Subscription is payable, £2 on ap plication, Z 2 on allotment, .L 2 on the Ist of May, £2 on the 15th June, and £2 on the Ist August. Or the whole £lO may be paid up at once, in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. BANKERS. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, London BROKERS. Messrs. Seymour and Elwyn, 38, Throgmorton-street, London. ABRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. Mortgage taken in the joint names of Trustees on behalf of the Debenture-holders. Each t 1 , Debenture: - Will be secured upon Freehold Land, by mortgage or hypothe cation. Will be redeemable at Xl2 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 aunum 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 Buell number as may be allotted, but interest at the rata of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opinion of the soundness of this security, and of the value of the distributive share of surplus profit afered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Trouville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France, where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Has-re, 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 snnerior to these of Scarborough or Ilamsgate. Frt m London Trouville may be reached via Dove! and Calal-, or Folkestone and Boulogne, or via outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distent by railway. Plans of the properties and reports of architects and sur veycrs may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post. Full printed particulars of the Loan and forms of subscription mrty be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the Association. namely:-26, Old Broad-street, E.C.; 6, Ai hitehall. Westminster, London; and Paris, 51, Rue do Car dinal Fesch. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET, THIS EVENING, RAPING:%VI XD: Messrs. Kendal Ftuckstone, jun., Miss Laws, &c. Mier which, HOME: Sothern. Chippendale, ke.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Followed lof BOX AND COX. Concluding with A KISS IN TLIE DARK. Commener, at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE AN TOINETTE : Mr W. Rignold, 31r. G. Shore, Miss Lydia Howard; 3ldlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CUP OF T h A : •e. Beatrice THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. This EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore , Mr Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and 31iss Lennox Grey. At 15 to S. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster.A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &rt. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. HIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WID f W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford. Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD 01' THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne James, Fenton; 3' esdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia ' Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 0.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Huristone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Tars EVENING, A Manager, Mr. W. 11. Liston. RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Lionel Brough , If. Irving, S. Emery, Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with THE BIRTH PLACE OP PODGERS: Mr. Toole. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. TRIM EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, ROYALTY THEATRE. TITTS EVE Under the Mana gement o f Mi ss M. Oli ver. NI NG, at 7.30, A LOVING OUP. Mr. Dear, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar, ac. To conclude with FAMILY JABS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of 'Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft• Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tins ErENTNG, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaglnza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 3 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at •3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Pro pen fromenade 11 Concert . Band of G O. Begin at S. is . Box-offict om. ZOOLOGICAL GAIpENS, Regert's-pailr, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, 1B.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children tinder twelve, ed. 41:7 trit S LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1869. - m--- - The debate runs on. It is mere talk—in this sense, of course, that it is per fi.n:ly well understood through out that nothing whatever will come of it in the way of modifying, even to the smallest extent, the result, a:result certain, from the very moment, to have been arrived at on the inevitable division. Never was the result of an elaborate and lengthened debate more distineily a foregone conclusion. To all intents and purposes the division list might be publithcd pretty safely beforehand. Every body knows how everybody will vote before the ayes and noes are told out into the opposite lobbies. To a considerable extent, of course, this is frequently the case in matters that are brought to a division in the House, matters not absolutely and avowedly re garded - as what are called ope. - n questions. But it is a mistake to suppose, for otte instant, as some CORRERPONDENOE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A migration amongst the Ambassadors is taking place. Lord Lyons is going to England, and Count Stackelbm g is about to return to Russia for a short time. The CLeva tier Nigra is already absent. With regard to the explosion at the Sorbonne, I may mention that the official journal declares the manufacture of bichrate of potassium to have been carried on without authority. Such stuff ought not to have been kept in the midst of a crowded city, and the explosion of the Nth is, therefore, the result of an infraction of the law. 7.he five victims were buried yesterday, in the presence of an 'immense crowd. THE PAPAL STATES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, MARCH 15. The Pope went again to St. Peter's on Friday, and was surrounded by a greater concourse than even on the pre vious week. The crowd was immense. Every day adds to the influx of strangers, among whom there is a very large proportion of German and French Catholics. '1 ha Pope, after praying before the shrine of St. Peter and the altar of Saint Gregory, whose feast it happened to 1 e returned to his apartments. He was looking extremely well. Great preparations are being made for the fetes of the 11th of April. The Pope will say a low mass (i. e., unac sompanied by mus . c and unassisted by deacons and sub. deacons) at the High Altar, about eight in the morning, being, as your readers are aware, the anniversary of his first mass said fifty years ago at the little church of can a Elma, attached to the charity school of Tata Giovanni. The space does not admit of his saying the anniversary mass there, and so it has been arranged for the Vatican Basilica. A review of the Pontifical troops in the Piazza of St. Peter's will immediately follow the ceremony, and a hymn will then be sung by several thousand young Romans in the courtyard of the Damaso, immediately under the Pope's windows. The rest of the day will be occupied by the reception of congratulations frcm the Efferent public bodies of Church and State ; and in the evening the Pope will drive round the city to see the illu minations, which will be on a scale of extraordinary brilliancy. On the following day, the 12th, he will go as usual to St. Agnes, outside the walls, to give thanks for his preservation from death by the falling in of the building, and for his return from Gaeta in 1850. The weather is still miserably cold and stormy. Thunder, hail, and rain have succeeded each other with little variety ever since the beginning of the month, and a furious storm is !weeping over Rome as I write these lines. There does not seem a hope of its settling into the usual spring weather. There is very little going on of political interest in Rome .tself, as everything is suspended by the uncertainty of matters in Spain. I may, however, state that in official ?Inks here the election of the Duke de Montpensier is considered certain, and has been pointed out as the most probable ever since the fall of Isabella by Mgr. Franchi, the Papal Nuncio in Madrid, a m an o f extraordinary talent and political capacity, in his private despatches to the Cardinal Ministers. The Comte de Paris has signified his extreme disgust at the conduct of his uncle, both to himself and to Isabella in a recent autograph letter. The saltworks of Astia, from which so much was hopes, nave turned out a dead loss this year to the spirited enterpriser the Cavaliere Paerardi, the heavy rains having completely prevented the necessary evaporation. The emissary, however, which is intended to drain the great marsh of Campo Marto, close to Finnicius, is in full work, and promises to restore several square miles to cultivation. The only fact of importance connected with Rome is the formation of a camp of twenty-five thousand men by the Italian Government, near Montalto, only two days' march from Rome, and one from Civita Veechia. As it is in the most unhealthy part of the Marremma, there can be no reason for such a proceeding save ulterior intentions against the Pontifical territory. Considerable gravity is attached to this fact as it has not any precedent since 1860. Garibaldi, according to letters received here within the last few days, is extremely ill, and entirely incapacitated from taking any part in public business. His friends con sider his state very precarious, and prophecy a complete break up of his constitution. The Republican movement is daily assuming greater importance, and Mazzini has portioned Italy into four " Regie," or governments, each of which is confided to a separate chief. Genoa, Bologna, Florence, and Naples are the centres of action, and all are preparing for a desperate struggle. The King is fully aware of the direction matters are taking, and has placed 1 urge sums in foreign securities in order to provide for the worst. The Legion d'Antibes has received its first instalment of a,' m 150 breechloadir g guns, this morning, presented by the Archbishop of B6sancon (Mathiem). T ,ey carry 1,300 yards, and fire 12 rounds to the mixiute,, The ie ,t of the regiment will be armed in a few weeks with the same weapon, and the Zouaves with the Reming ton. The gendarmerie, Swiss and line, are armed with reformed rifles turned into breechloaders. Every prepa ration is being made for war, and, as matters are, it is scarcely probable it can be staved off beyond the autumn in Italy. The meal tax in the kingdom of Italy is effectually suspended. No one will pay it. The Government dares not enforce it, and is framing a new bill, by which all pro prietors of land or houses above 20,000 f. in value are to pay a heavy tax, those above :50,000f. still higher, and so on in an ascending scale, so as to fall entirely on the higher classes. It is impossible that such a measure can be carried out in Italy, where the people are absolutely null, and where money is the one influence. The operation on the goods of the Church has failed, and a national bank ruptcy seems to be a mere question of weeks. At the Cork assivs, on Saturday, Mr. Downing pleaded guilty to the charge of sending money to Lord 'Fermoy, lieutenant of the county, who was procuring for him a nomination to a magistracy, but disclaimed by affidavit any corrupt intention. Sentence was deferred. 3(r. Dovina log bailed. PARIS, MONDAY, March 22. The Emperor has been slightly 111 during the last day or two, but was able to preside at the Council of Ministers to-day. The Marquis de Lavalette was absent, owing to the death of his wife. It is stated that the Empress is again expressing a wish to go to Rome. This desire is said to be merely personal. Her Majesty wishes to be one of the numerous Catholic pilgrims who will wend their way to the Holy City on the occasion of the Pope's jubilee. There is very little to be said of the debate in the Corps TAgislatif on the bill for calling out the annual contingent of 100,000 men, which the reorganisation of the army has rendered the law of the land. The general impression is that the law as it stands must be altered—the country cannot bear such a strain upon its resources ; but at present the pacific empire is determined to have an army of these dimensions: so the contingent is voted, and will be until the country comes to a dead-lock and will pay the " blood tax "no longer. That the immense army of of France was infinitely injurious to the country, and beyond this that it was comparativey useless, was the bur den of M. Picard's speech, who led the assault upon the bill. He argued that in spite of this drain upon the country the army was not ready for action, for the National Guard Mobile was wholly unorganised. Only a few captains had received commissions. Expensive, baneful to industry, and useless was M. Picard's comment on the French army. Marshal Niel's reply was the old story. Other nations were arming, France must keep pace with them, just influence in Europe, &c. The debate was dull and slow, and generally miserable, like the weather outside, which was cold, snowy, and dismal. But suddenly a burst of laughter aroused the Corps L4gislatif from its torpor. M. Haentjens had by mistake emptied at one draught M. Picard's glass of water. Whether the liquor had any contagious effect or not is an open question ; certain it is that M. Haentjens, a member of the majority, became a second Picard. Instead of supporting the Government, the inspired Haentjens made a furious attack upon the conscription; in other words, denounced the only means by which the fiklo i wed by the usual result. The contingent was voted without a division. The Imperial Court has fairly frightened the Govern ment by its excessive complaisance. M. Louis Ulbach, one of the leading journalists here, was lately fined £l2 for asserting that the name Napoleon was derived from two Greek words which signify " hangman." The Govern ment appealed against this sentence as being altogether too light for the enormous offence of making public such a derivation. The Imperial Court took the matter in hand, increased the fine to £2O, and added the trifle of six months' imprisonment. This is too much of a good thing. The enormous disparity between the two judgments is ridiculous. Everybody agrees that in making such an alteration the Imperial Court has done no good service to the Government. It appears that the authorities have not yet succeeded in quite extinguishing the Lanterne. Four men and two women have just been tried before the Tribunal of Correc tional Police of Paris on a charge of introducing the Lao e •ne into France. Nearly 700 copies of that publication were found at the residences of two of the accused ; there were also found a petticoat with eight large pockets, by th, of which one of the females had recently brought from Brussels 130 numbers of the prohibited work; and a waistcoat, flannel vest, and belt, containing in all twenty-three receptacles, in which one of the men Lad imported 170 copies. The accused were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from two to six months, with the addition of a small fine. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. A deputation, composed chiefly of gentlemen from MO cheater and Liverpool (Mr. Nicholson, the president, and another member of the Cotton Brokers' Association of the latter place being amongst the number) connected with and interested in the cotton trade, had 40 , interview with M r . B r i ght, the President of the Board 01' Trade yesterday. The object of the deputation was to call the attention of Mr. Bright to the evil consequences which would follow if, as had been suggested, the practice of the Board of Trade of issuing retutcs of the cotton trade classified under five heads as to weigh t ' quality, and other matters were to be altered into the custom of sending forth those returns classified under two heads only. The subject was very ably argued by the various mein• bets present, and Mr. Bright in his reply, whilst not admitting that the cotton manufacturers ought to depen d upon the Board of Trade for their returns at all, but ougliV to get thorn for themselves, was of opinion that the Pl 3rl of issuing them classified under the five heads, as hitherto, was the proper one, and ought to be continued. As is no v f constantly the custom at deputations to the Board ° I Trade, reporters were not allowed to be present. OCEAN MAIL CONTRACTS. The select committee moved for by Mr. Seely to inquire into the contracts entered into by the late Govern . meat with the Cunard and Inman lines of steamers for the conveyance of the mails between this country an d America met again yesterday. The duty of reporting to the House on this important matter has been confided to Mr. Dent (chairman), Sir Massey Lopes, An'' Hamilton, Mr. Graves, Mr. Seely, and Mr. Greavl Though the evid ence t a k en b y the committee has assure°, vast proportions, a n d h as b een o b ta i ned by leng thetru, examinations of a grea t num b er o f off i cial and non-official witnesses, the actual points to be decided are simply whether or no t it i s a w i se thing for the rcs t Office to subsidise the contractors who carry tu e mails rather than to pay them for the services thel, actually render, and to enter ~.w " """gc " `""'"" " ht long term of y ears . Wh en Mr. Seely brougL• forward the subject in the House of Commons, he con' tended that the amount of £120,000, which was the 111111 , named to be paid annually for three services a we e in the contracts made with Messrs. Cunard and Ir. Inman by the late Conservative Government, w ag not only too l arge, b ut was in reality sacrificing abou t £40,000 pe r annum. He also argued that the propose " mode of contracting was unnecessary, and that by enter" mg into an arrangement with the contractors for eig ht years, the Post Office would be precluded from tak ing advantage of i ncrease d speed and other improvements, a nd would Le preventing the adoption of the ocean Penny postage. The motion for the committee of inquiry, which was not resisted b y th e P ostmaster-General, was ca rried by 115 to 80. The committee sat in private yesterday simply for the purpose of considering their report. Mrs. Plow, the widow of the clergyman who was murdered at Todmorden last year, died on Friday °voila' at `Vantage, Berkshire. It is stated the agreement to submit to a n open Court of Arbitration all matters connected with the " munds' scandal" has come to nothing. The action for VIA' (Edwards v. Greenwood), which stood for the end of Feb ruary last, but which was withdrawn during the sh e " negotiations, will now be proceeded with, and will come e ° before a special jury in the Court of Common Pleas, West minster Hall, the first sitting day after the fortkeetnin° Easter Term, viz., the 10th of May next. The Birmingham Post states that the recent Coo duct of the released Fenian convicts has caused the Go vernment to stop a ll f urt h er steps in extending the Royal cl emency . T he Irish Executive was tat; . gating th e c l a i ms for the pardon of several o th or but the c o nd uc t o f t h e released men cause' - stop to bo p u t t o such proposal. The Government is 11°t indisposed to consider the claims of the convicts, but me re , substantial guarantees for good conduct will be required, and at present no further liberations will take place. Mr. Sergeant Cox has issued an address to t he electors of Taunton, in which he does not attempt to die - guise the p a i n " th e recent judgment has given him. ° trusts that at th e nex t e l ection the Conservative Tarty w ill endeavour to secure their share in the representation of the borough. The learned sergeant concludes as follows:-- "1 Lid you farewell for a season, in the assured confide nce that when a new Parliament (hall be summoned (and nop° can say how soon t h a t may be), you will restore rue to the honour of which I have been legally, but not e quitably" and I am sure not deservedly_ deprived." OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.—There are arguments urged against the proposed reduction, both on the groun ds of pra c ti ca bili ty and expediency. None, however, se e to us of suffi c i en t we i g h t to counterbalance the man ifest benefits. We cannot share in the fear that the regularityt and efficiency of the mail service would be impaired. a the figure o f a penny, freight on the mail-bags wen " amount to something over £4O, or 200 dollars per too"- surely enough to make the efficient fulfilment of postal re' quirements an object with the wealthiest steamship a ir pany.—New York Times. --- NEW METHOD OF C ULTIVATING P OTATO E S ' The Staats.Anzeiger gives us some particulars of the new method of cu lti va ti ng the potatoe, discovered by Gulalien, of Pinneber g , i n H o l ste i n, and which, it is said, has gi ven . surprising re su lt s w h ere i t has been employed. T h e s • g ing featu res o f t hi s new mode of culture are-1. T ur ning _s up the soil to a cons id era b le depth. 2. Choosing as s ee c h large, sound, an d many-eyed potatoes. 3. Leaving seed potatoe a s p ace o f 12 square feet. 4. Laying the Ili e a potatoe with the budding side down. By a report before the last meeting of the Frankfort Agrie ultll Societywe l earn th e result of experiments in potatoe 00 .. an ing made l as t year. In one morgen (two-thirds °L acre) which was p l anted with eight metzen see d, ana where ea c h see d potatoe was left twelve square fee t ' the t produce wa s 108 scheffels (German bushels). Ahee wher e morgen of land, pl an t e d w i th twelve metzen, an d each seed p o t a t oe h a d a space of nine square feet, Y ielded 88 scheffel s . A t hi rd morgen was planted with one scheffel seed, each potatoe being left six square feet, an .;l ed the produce was 78 sc h effels. The average crop ehtilleie. from 7-8 sc h e ff e l s on the same land was 50-60 sc he of The advantages o f G u hli ch ' s system then co nsist a _„ —l. A savin g o f 6-7 scheffels per morgen of see d; a: 2, an incre ase o f f rom 25 to 100 per cent, in the pro duce' THE " CODE OF HONOUR, " IN NEW ORLEANSo .... A New Orlea ns newspaper gives the pa r ticulars of an tb.er duel, fought on the afternoon of the 4th inst. between t" na well-known residents of th e names o f L ew i s Lalaute an Leonard Jew e ll, a t th e M etairie Course. Th e diiaonity % re . originated in an a lt ercat i on in Caronde l e t- s treex The specting a debt of a former partner of Mr. ijelvtapoal challengin g p ar t y was Mr. Lalaurie, and the ^ , - 1, 0 110, selected by hi s opponent were rifles with rouna the at fifty pace s . O n arr i ving at the groundfin of choice of p os iti on was won by Mr. Lalaurie, Lhete course took his pl ace w i th his back to the wind l'The being at the time a very strong breeze blowink or ag principals havin g b een placed in position, an d the w" the ee' given, " G en tl emen, are you ready? One, twe, nrie'S the ball o f M r. J ewell passed very close to Mr. I- 4 1 ge, head. F or some reason not mentioned the gul l ?L ime e, r o Lalaurie w as no t di sc h arged within the s tipulated At the second s h o t t h e b all from Mr. Lalaurie s b ..ht passed through th e c l o thi ng of Mr. J ewe ll at the tc knee ; the spectacles worn by Mr. Jewell were blown oh the wind f rom hi s face, and his shot failed tho the Mr. Jewell i s cons id ered one of the b es t shots. „. in the city—to tou c h hi s adversary. At the third sr co t ball from Mr. Jewell's rifle passed through t he The sleeve of Mr. Lalaurie, on a line with his heart. ball from Mr. L a l aur i e ' s r ifl e lodged i n M r . JJewe l's d foot. The ch a ll enger an d hi s fr i en d s then exr d le we ft themselves satisfi e d w ith th e resu l t o f th e firing, au on , the ground, Mr. Jewell and his seconds followil to be , wound, though n o t o f a d angerous c h arac t e r, said is sil very painful, and w ill, d ou b t l ess, k ee p the ge loetler:a to who was i n j ure d b y t h e last shot indoors f or many" co TIE ERNEST JONES DEMONSTRATION. —"Ill° PROGRAMME. —A full meeting of the Central Corneaittee, for conducting the above demonstration at Trafalgar, square, on Good F r id ay , h as j us t b een held at the Sag!. ! u Head, Leather-lane , Mr. Lucraft in the chair. The ea committee brought up their report, which stated that ar rangements had been made for the men of Hac k ' eeP Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Mile-end, F 01,0.! &c., to a ssem bl e a t th e S a l mon an d B a ll, 13 e thnal Green, at two o'clock, from whence they will march to Fins bury, square, to b e j o i ne d b y t h e I s li ng t o n and 110.0 t contingents, and then proceed to join the main bodY Clerkenwell- green , f rom w h ence th e procession, accora" [milled by several bands and banners, will start at f nur o'clock for Trafalgar -square. The West-end Pr" essi°l3 l which will emb race th e G erman , F r ench, Italian, an Polish societies connected with the International Work; ing 'Men's Association, will assemble in an d °tar . from Soho-squar e a t h a lf-p as t f ou r, and th e South London procession will assemble and leave the Obe' lick, Blackfriars-road, at the same hour. The Pr" e t i' ings in Trafalgar-square will commence at five o'cloc k and the speakers will be Mr. G. J. Holyoake, Bev; 31r : Appletree, Messrs. C. Bradlaugh, G. Odger, and te Wade, Mr. Lucraft acting as chairman. The committee also reported that the various societies of Irishmen in the metropolis would also take part in the demonstration, on° of respect to Mr. Jones for his able defence of the gal l ' chester Feniaus in 1867. The report of the sub-committee having been discussed was approved, and the gletPg then adjourned. MU. eases prove denlar Railw and in recove Mone: paper In purchz ex con teed L The ciation In t donian 37 ; 104 Grand Fourth Canad: to 49 ; Londo: shire a 1024 tt tern, I Sheffiel Aurae ditto 1 bonds, to 24i and GI the Co 31i to In B 31; C County Londoi to 43; to 44 ; don, 36 higher. Telegra ferentia 2 13-1 C The st the Bar iniporte The l out 182 If Ul consign market; likely t] made tc to be at week. 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