The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-23 00:00:00

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ATRE.,_-BARRT SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and iganag, lillS ~vc4ANT TUrATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SA TURDAY, IsT OF WAY. with Lord Lytton's Great Play, in Five Acts, entitled MONEY, supported by the following celebrated Artistes. viz.: Tarry Sul livan, J. C. Cowrer, eorge Honey, W. IT. Stephens. Ch ar l es Cogan, E. Dyes. Li n R ayne, A. Bernard, W. Arthur W. Ha - land, A. Stuart, L Sargent, C. Valentine, F. Roines, J. Blythe, IT. Blanscorne, and li. Nelson: Mrs. Hermann Vezin. Miss Jane Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt. Miss Ros;ne Power, Miss Thcirne, MISR Malborough, and Mrs. Charles Horsman. Principal Scenic Artists—Mr. William Calcott and Mr. Albert Calcott. A cting Manager—Mr. Larry Sallig an. D OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. `2l.trke. Belford, Joyce; - Mesdames Button and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; MesdameS Buf ton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude ivith HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t' e Last Six Nights and Farewell appearance of the CARRE TROUPE and the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES. During the week a number of novelties will be pro duced. Those who have not yet seen the beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as the troupe leave London on the 26th. There will be an entire chanoe of programme each even ing. —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the .me tropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement. The most complete combination of equestrian talent ever brought to gether. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per flrmances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, H. J. Byron's new and original Drama. 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For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC Smmr, K.H., F.R.S. Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LIKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WIFE: Mr. T. C. King; Ryder. Mr. Barrett, Mr. Webb; Mesdames Heath and Eden. To conclude with BLA _K-EYED SUSAN: Mr. T. C. King, Miss Bessie King. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Rogers Clark, Gordon, White; Miss Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Ni r Fothern. Concluding with MAEE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK: Mr Walter Lacy, Mr. D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. This EVENING. at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO C MBERWELL : G. Belmure, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 I,f? fthr e ArE AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Sti r li ng, Ana wiNtilPgri; /KM. T eSWIC-IPP3gr T jeilafil. Grey, &c, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. 11ns EVENING. at 7.n0, TIIE HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Burton. JOAN OF ARC: Illessrs. Thorne, James. Fenton: esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland,Buf ton. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATEE-ROYAL. THIS FvTNINrI. at 7. MINNIE, or. Leonard's Love. At 9, A. BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berond, Hughes, Fountain. and Stephens. P.OYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.R0, IN FOR A Ilt)LID tY. Followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers. Miss M. Oliver. Stc. To conclude with THE BOARDING- SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of NI iss Marie Wilton THIS EVENJNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 40 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 0. and A. Carre, etc. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET, , ---- ------• TITIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S ROYAL ALFTAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. IS. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerfs-I,alk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. t fi T 7 jg • •-r5 114 -- N. • (SUIT. LONDO.N, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1869. Rumours of an intention on Mr. GLADSTONE'S part to forego, on behalf of the House of Commons, or rather on behalf of the interests of the country, the customary luxury of a Whitsuntide recess, rumours of this alarming character begin to flit about just almost at the very moment when the House itself, as a Committee upon the Irish Church Bill, is getting well into the intricate mazes of these interminable Amendments. The thought occurs to one naturally thereupon—What possible advantages do the Opposition propose to themselves through playing pertinaciously, move by move, such a clearly losing game as this, with all the odds against them, at every turn, and with not the faintest chance in prospect of their being able under any circumstances to retreive their position ? Take the proceedings of last night for example by way of illustration. Look at the four divisions which took place during the course of those proceedings now upon this, now upon that amendment ! Count the numbers of the clear majorities—it is needless to to say always on the side of the Government, always against the Opposition ! First, there was a clear majority of—Ninety-Three ! Secondly, there was one of-113 ! Thirdly, one of-115 ! Fourthly, one of-113! It is, for all the world, like a series of very superfluous arithmetical re-examinations. It is working out very nearly the same identical sum all over again—arriving, by necessity, at nearly the same identical quotient. The thing is becoming mono tonous, is becoming tedious, is becoming a bore. It is traversing the same ground over and over again. We know every inch o► the way. We know the in evitable turn, bringing us always back to the same individual standpoint. The work cut out for the Leader of the Opposition in this matter, is, al cleat ly as possible, the very double or counterpart of the heart-breaking work of SISYPHUS. It has about it all the maddening tediousness expressed in the re nowned alliteration— Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone, The huge round stono resulting with a bound Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." The dead-weight rolls up, or to be plainer, is rolled THE SUN, LONDON, IRI DAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1E69. up, with the ut moat conceivable difficulty, under tle guise now of one amendment, now of another. 1 settles down again, at the close of each successive endeavour, always at the same dead-level—always bracketed, as though it were a milestone, 113, as the case may be, or 93, or 115. In another sense, too, looking at these accumulating amendments they are millstones rather than milestones--millstones weigh ing the Opposition down, in proportion to their mul tiplying defeats, deeper and deeper, in the very Slough of Despond. Seriously—again, one is really fain to inquire—What the Opposition propose to themselves in heaping upon themselves defeat upon defeat, and each defeat, in turn, not a partial defeat, but 3ne complete and overwhelming. They are act ing conscientiously we are firmly convinced. But to what end? Is it to end that they may demonstrate, more and more clearly, day after day, that their case is hopeless, that there is no chance whatever of their gaining a single step in advance upon any one single amendment ? As if that were still a matter in any way requiring further- demonstration ! Long since, that fact is perfectly well known and thoroughly well appreciated, and that, too, let us say, quite equally upon both sides of the House, not one jot more dis tinctly upon theside of the Government than upon the side of the Opposition. Realizing the truth that it is so, as the House notoriously does, it is almost by a sort of wilful perversity that it insists, in its character, as a Committee on the Trish Church Bill, upon going quite bootlessly and fruitlessly the same weary round, like a squirrel in a cage, with a metallic click at each revolution, registering as its result, now 113, say, now 115, and so forth, upon a long succession of Clauses, upon a protracted and, one is almost pre pared to call it, an interminable series of Amend ments. The longest lane—even down in Devonshire —has its turning : and, therefore, come to an end of this weary and idle work of the House of Commons in Committee on the Irish Church Bill we shall, of course, eventually. All the same, the mere thought of it, is a heart-sore ; and very earnestly, indeed, must every one, even the most conscientious oppo nents of the Government measure as a whole, long for the time when labours of such undeniable futility shall, in the natural course of things, come at last to a termination. THERE is a remarkable article in the Quarterly _Review on " The Cost of Party Government." The writer considers that we are paying far too heavy price for this form of government ; that while it has proved invaluable as a preservative against misgo vernment, as an instrument of self-government it has signally failed. It is worth while to mention his arguments, and to point out where we think them sound and where we believe them to be otherwise. To begin with, the Reviewer says that the House of Commons is not a school of statesmanship, but only a school of oratory. " It stimulates oratory, it enthrones oratory, it makes oratory the indispensable the last Government, or the present, condition of high office." Is this acc a unrdatcount Take how will be found that not half of them have t many Cabinet Ministers there were or are orators. he smallest claim to the title. Of course they must be able to make an intelligible statement, must be able to answer a question relating to their departments, or they would fail to fulfil one of the objects for which they hold office—to be the mouthpiece in Parliament of the departments over which they preside. But there are not six orators in the present Cabinet, nor were there six in the last. The two departments whose shortcomings are e o s i p fi e c c e i a a l n l yd the censured B t o h a e r d _ R e a v r i e e n w n e d r e — r t t h h e e o H n o t r me ol Poor-law by of men who rarely make a speech, and who are con tent with simply telling unvarnished tales concerning the business in which they are concerned. The next point of the Reviewer's is, that the works of novprnment is much more difficult than it was, because we have now a large colonial empire which makes great demands upon our attention, and there fore we can the less afford to lose time in party war fare. The answer to this is simple enough : the less we govern our colonies the better both for them and for us; our highest wisdom is to let them govern them selves, so that this, at all events, is no argument against government by party. It is rather strange that the Reviewer should have selected for his next point the want of a strong Government. A Liberal majority of 126 ought to be strong enough for a Quarterly Reviewer, one would think. More over, as a matter of fact, do we find that all the social questions which he would have Parliament take up were undertaken by PITT during his twenty years of office, or by Lord LIVERPOOL during his ai.ministration of sixteen years ? PITT gave us our present National Debt. LIVERPOOL gave us the ( E Tlrh n oe g y l e a f n an d cot t to hi s gs e ltarn l o o dn w ga e t d G e lo b rv b ee . ranni nd L e r i n v n tt E so n Six Act s . P ITT b rought down the finances of r o e o n liable revolution.nearly t o l b o e n c g o e b d o t , h ‘. d e m l es i r s t t i r c a t a i o n n d s w a p h a i t c l h i e t n ic i . ide l r t ta i h s e no s t oo t i l a i legislation, but the short-lived Administrations, for these have to s ee k s t rength in popular applause and tion support. sincoth T e her ie etfisonnnot B a ill s , ing h l o e w A ev d e m r inis br t i r e a f - , which has not done more in the way of social reform than was done by Lord LivEnroon's. Moreover, there is this to be borne in mind, social reforms can to a considerable extent be accomplished without the aid of Parlia ment. Emigration is one of the subjects mentioned by the Reviewer, and we all know what is being done in this matter by the philanthropists outside the House of Commons. It is difficult to see what the House could do with respect to another matter men tioned by the Reviewer—the improvement of the con dition of the agricultural labourer. On the other hand, the measures which the House has taken up, and which she censures, Parliamentary Reform and the Irish Church, are just the sort of measures with which the Legislature ought to deal. On the one side we had a people discontented because they were not admitted to the franchise; on the other, a people embittered against an alien institution. Only Parliament could satisfy either of these, and Parlia ment has done or is doing both. We admit that the Reviewer has some cause of complaint against party government. It is to be lamented that just as men are beginning to learn their work they should have to give place to men who know nothing of it. There is not the least doubt that much of the extravagant expenditure on our army and our navy is due to the constant alterations in the personnel of the War Office and the Admiralty. Yet even here there are counterbalancing advantages. These changes permit of many men becoming ac quainted with public affairs, so that the death of any one of them is not an irreparable loss. More over there is great danger in the existence of a per manent head of a department. We all know that serious complaint s have been raised against under secretaries in certain Government offices. These gentle men are accused of holding too much power and exercising it too despotically. Surely the evil would be aggravated if it were the Secretary of State instead of the Under Secretary, who was permanent. In the protest against the supposed necessity for the resignation of a Ministry, in case it should be encum bered with an incompetent or an erring colleague, we thoroughly agree. Put we are by no means certain that any such necessity exists. Lord DERBY did not go out in 1853, but let Lord ELLENDOR OUCH resign instead. Lord PAL3fERSTON was deprived of Mr. LOWE, Mr. STANSFELD, and Lord WESTBURY, but continued Premier until his death. Altogether, while we hope that Parliament hereafter will be able to devote its chief energies to social legislation, we do not think that party government, whatever its defects, has seriously interfered with such legisla tion hitherto, CORRESPONDENCE PROM PAWL (FROli OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, April 22. Two hundred electors met at Marseilles, the other day, and resolved, in a very flattering letter, to offer the can didature of the port to M. de Lesseps, the constructor of the Suez Canal. The papers which sustain the candidature of this very able representative of commerce put him forward as a thoroughly independent candi date. He has been before spoken of, but refused, on the ground that his great enterprise was too absorbing to permit him to give due atten tion to the interests of his constituents. But the Emperor sent him a pressing despatch, written by General Fleury, and so M. de Lesseps consented. But though thus directly supported by the Emperor, he will rest his claims on commercial grounds, and everybody will be glad to see him in the Corps Legislatif. Gambetta, the young Democratic advocate, will oppose him. The " Letter to an Elector," which it was hoped would gain over so many votes to the Government, has just been followed up by another publication of the kind, " Progress of France under the Empire." The title of this pubEca tion explains its object. It has just appeared. The fraud by the cashier of the Union Insurance Com pany is likely to develop into a pretty story when the whole of the facts are known. M. Pic, the manager of the Etendard, is, as I have said, in custody, for having received half of the money appropriated by the cashier, and applying that half to the support of the semi-official paper. A paragraph in the Etendard says that M. Pic did indeed receive the money, but " didn't know that it was stolen." Now there is clearly much in the background here. Not only has all this money been appropriated to keep the Etendard afloat, but the paper has undoubtedly received, as a semi-official journal, subventions from the Government. It is equally little in doubt that the pro prietors were not averse to certain " tips " furnished by contractors of public works who hoped to gain an indirect recompense. But, in spite of all this " alimentation," the Etendard was unable to pay its staff. Its writers were not seldom obliged to have recourse to a law-court in order to get their salaries. Certainly, the semi-official print, like all others of its race, was by no means a lively commercial speculation ; but surely things ought not to have been so bad. We shall soon see, doubtless. These numerous frauds by cashiers have led a wag to propose a company of insurance against the defalcations of these gentlemen. But there is a difficulty in the way—the insurance com pany must contrive to do without a cashier, or the remedy may be as bad as the grievance. It is reported that the Etendard will disappear, and that the France will reign in its stead, and receive the Government advertisements. Some time ago M. Pic founded a bank, and it is believed that he may have used some of the money advanced by the cashier to support his financial operations. The Emperor has clearly set his heart upon a tunnel, or a bridge, across the Straits of Dover. The official papers are constantly reminding us of the scheme. A model of a bridge has just been constructed. This is composed of a single arch, reduced upon an exact scale to the hun dreth part of the size of one of those of the great bridge. It presents an absolute rigidity through out, that is to say, it is not subject to any movement or oscillation ; there is, consequently, no vibration calculated to disintegrate the metal. There is no more elasticity perceptible under foot than in walking on a pavement, and it can support without any deflection a weight greater than twenty trains, proportioned to the same scale, meeting in the middle of the arch. The weight of ten men does not produce a deflection of more than a few millimetres in its whole length, and as soon as it is relieved of its burden it recovers exactly its first position—indeed, it was not necessary to employ several of the parts prepared to ensure rigidity. The deduction from this interesting experiment is that bridges of any length may be built from bank to bank in a single arch. Orders have already been given for several bridges of this description to be con structed in different parts of the country. A second model, double the size of the first, is now being con structed. The orators —men and women—of the public meetings must be going mad. 3ladame I%finck has already been in difficulties, and during the last few days she has received two warnings from the Commissary of Police. At La Redoubte the discussion was on !House-rent, and Madame Minck vaguely assured her hearers that society was sl eep i ng on a volcano. "This aphorism." says the Union, " may be interpreted in many ways ; but what appears to us less elastic is the motion made by the speaker who preceded the lady in the tribune ; he simply demanded that all house-owners should be guillotined !" Some of the proceedings at these meetings do not, however, reflect any great credit cn the Government. A M. Ruffier, for,instance, has been sen tenced to two months' imprisonment and a fine of £2O, not for unlawful speechifying., but because he vio lated a formality prescribed by the law. The 'rho n rupt ty sign the declaration necessary to the convening of a public meeting. M. ltuflier was one of the proprietors of a company which had been declared bankrupt, but as the bankruptcy was not personal, it was a question whether the law on public meetings applied to such a case. The tribunal decided that it did ; but evidently the penalty is excessive. The news from Algeria is to the effect that all is not so , ranqu ii i n that quarter as could be wished. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE CUBAN INSURRECTION. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the Bth instant, says: "Cuban matters are becoming more important and interesting each day, the interest being enhanced by the action of our own Government, and the presence here of intelli zent representatives from the insurrectionary forces, who are daily gaining influential friends by the repre sentations which they are enabled to give. There can no longer be any doubt of the attitude of our Govern ment in reference to the American prisoners held by the Spanish authorities, nor of the decision to main tain a faithful neutrality as between the contending parties on the island. There is no doubt, however, that our Government will unhesitatingly demand the immediate and unconditional release of all the American prisoners, and that all efforts at interference on the part of citizens of the United States will be peremp torily dealt with. This is rendered more apparent each day by the action of the President and heads of departments. The Navy Department is especially ac tive in its preparations to prevent interference by our citizens. STARTLING PUBLIC FRAUDS IN AMERICA. The Congressional Committee appointed l as t year t o in vestigate certain suspicious doings in the Department of the Treasury which is devoted to tho printing of notes and bonds has issued a remarkable report. The committee say that they have found, with regard to nearly every description of Government securities, discrepancies in the accounts be tween the number printed and number issued, showing that some of them disappeared after leaving the printing press; they have found the Looks kept in the most careless way, no record at all being preserved of many very im portant transactions, and a very imperfect one of others; that no pains whatever have been taken to secure the proper numbering of the Government bonds, the work being actually left, without verification, largely to the memory of the person in charge of the printing machine. The testi mony tends to show, the Committee say, that " the numerical registers of issue are rather theoretical than actual records of transactions; that is, that the clerks in charge did not compare each issue of their bonds by their consecutive numbers with the registry entries, or make the entries in the register from such comparison ; but that they made up the entries in the register, as a rule, by taking the first and last number of any particular lot of secu rities, and making the entries from those, and assuming that all the numbers between were consecutive regularly, and not duplicate. It is also suggested as to the duplicate coupons, that as they are numbered at a different time from the num ber on the bond, they may have been duplicated and the bond not." A telegram from Oxford states that a challenge from America to row a four-oar race in August from Mort-. lake to Putney has been received by the president of the University Boat Club and accepted. The great "penknife question" in the Civil Service has been set at rest by the cancelling of the order that no more penknives should be issued. The matter was, it is stated, carefully considered by the Cabinet. At the last meetine , of the Royal Humane Society the bronze medallion was given to W. J. West, a bandsman in the 19th Middlesex Volunteers, for saving the life of Mr. Pairbourne, a private in the 4th Middle sex, at the Dover Review, under the exciting circum stances detailed at the time. The engineer, Benjamin Panics, who recently caused the death of a man named Careless, a doggy and underlooker at the &Udall Hill colliery, by drawing the skip in which t he men were being pulled to the top of the pit over the pulley, has boon committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. On Wednesday a gymnast, called Alvantee, was performin g on the high trapeze at Day's Concert Hall, Bir mingham, he lost his hold, and, hurled beyond the net in tended to meet such accidents, he fell upon the footlights. The unfortunate man was seriously injured'in the iack li m b & ••••,. , l‘ MURDER AT GREENOCK. At the Glasgow Spring Circuit Court, James Guilin, or Gillen, was charged with the murder of Police Inspector M`Kinnon, of the Greenock constabulary in that town, on the Ist of January last. The prisoner was also charged with stabbing a joiner, named John Thomson, who attempted to apprehend him after stabbing the inspector. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty to both charges, and the case went to trial. From the evi dence adduced it appears that on the night in question Gillen went into the shop of Mr. Simpson, a confectioner in Hamilton-street, to ask for drink, and on being told that no drink was sold there, but that he would get what he wanted in a neighbour. ing public-house, he attempted to go inside the counter, and then struck Mr. Simpson a blow which broke two of his teeth. Thomson then interfered, and seized Gillen, till a policeman could be sent for, and in the encounter was once or twice stabbed by the prisoner. On the arrival of the constable, Gillan was quietly asked to go to the office, but, instead of obeying, he struck Inspector M`Kin non a full blow with his knife behind the ear, and then ran off along the street. The unfortunate inspector had only time to cry, " Catch that man ; I'm done for," when he stag gered, and was carried into the nearest shop, where he died in a few minutes. Gillen was captured a short distance off by Thomson, who was again stabbed in the scuffle. Evi dence was led for the defence, which bore that the prisoneron the day when the murder was committed was considerably the worse for liquor. The Lord Justice Clerk having summed up the evidence, the jury retired, and, after an absence of twenty-five minutes, brought in a divided verdict, six find ing the prisoner guilty of murder, eight of culpable homicide, and one of " murder without premeditation." The prisoner was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude. At the same time Neil Lingstone was charged with the murder of an engineer named M`Mutrie in Greenock, on the 20th of March last. The prisoner pleaded guilty to assault and robbery, and as the circumstance of the case shewed that the prisoner had no thought of murder the plea was accepted, and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. On the previous day, before the same judge, a man named Shaw was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for killing a woman during a drunken brawl in the Gallow gate, Glasgow. - The first cricket match ever played in Constan tinople has come off betweeh Eleven of the Constantinople Cricket Club and as many officers and crew of H.M.S. Ariadne. The game ended in the triumph of the Turks. Mr. Gold win Smith, after a short absence from the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, has returned, and is now busily engaged on his work so long an nounced, "A Short History of England Down to the Reformation." DEATH OF A NEPHEW OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. —William Scott, the nephew of Sir Walter Scott, who has been for some time a sick inmate of the St. Andrew's Home in Montreal, died in that institution on the 9th instant, from cancer in the stomach. He was 64 years of age. MR. CHARLES DICKENS.—Mr. Charles Dickens, who was to have given a reading at Preston on Thursday night, was taken suddenly unwell. His medical atten dant, who was summoned from London, has certified that the state of Mr. Dickens's health, by reason of excessive travelling and fatigue, was such as to render it impossible for him to fulfil his engagement. A CANDID SPINSTER.—Miss Dalyrmple, sister of Lord Hailes, was a dwarfish and deformed figure, while amiable and judicious above the average of her sex. Taking into view her beautiful place of residence and her large wealth, she remarked to a friend one day, " I can say for the honour of man, that I never got an offer in my life."—Chanibers's Traditions of Edinburgh. DEATH FROM BEE STINGS.—Mr. D. Thompson, of Launceston, relates, in the British Medical Journal, a case of death from bee-sting, occurring within little more than a quarter of an hour after the sting had been inflicted. He adds the account of two other cases of a similar kind, not before published, of which the particulars have been furnished to him ; and refers to two other cases in this country, published in 1860. Such accidents are extremely rare, and very few have ever been recorded. At the Clerkenwell Police Court on Thursday Mr, John Condon, a salesman in the Metropolitan Cattle Mar ket, was fined ss. and costs, or in default five days' im prisonment, for exposing sheared sheep for sale at so early a part of the year, and in the wet and cold. The prosecu tion was instituted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A trapeze performer, named Trevanian, had a narrow escape at Cheltenham, on M onday night. H e was going through a performance called the "Leap for Life," i n company with his brother, when, instead of being caught midway, ho fell into the arena below. The excitement among the spectators was intense, but fortunately his in " -` - - I, ‘naerous character. The marriage of Lady Agnes Courtenay, daughter of the Earl of Devon, with the Hon. C. L. "Wood, eldest son of Viscount Halifax, was solemnised on Thursday at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. There was a large assembly of friends. The service was performed by the Bishop of Oxford, assisted by Canon Courtenay and the Hon. and Rev. R. Liddell. The Earl of Devon gave a grand dejeuner after the ceremony. The happy pair leave to-day for the seat of Lord Henry Scott, near Southampton, en route for the Continent. SENTIMENT AND FACT.---lt h said that when Lord Byron sent to his wife the well-known touching lines— " Fare thee well ! And, if for ever, Still, for ever fare thee well !" he enclosed in the same envelope a butcher's bill, with the pencilled remark, "Please look over this ; I don't think we had so much meat." The conjunction of ideas was truly affecting, and we commend the anecdote (told by a lady to whom Lady Byron banded both documents to read) to the careful consideration of those romantic minds who think of the English Manfred as a sublime being, whose " soul was like a star, and dwelt apart," far above sublunary cares—not to speak of butchers' bills. THE CONVENT CASE AND THE IRISH ROMAN CATHOLICS.—In accordance with an announcemen' previously made throughout the diocese of Meath, a collection took place at the chapels on Sunday last, for the purpose of defraying the legal expenses incurred. by the defendants in the late extraordinary trial, and which were set down at £5,000. Many—almost all the con tributors—subscribed on the express understand. ing that none of the funds were to be devoted towards paying plaintiff's costs, but for the express pur pose of re-establishing the Sisters of Mercy in the Hull Convent. There was one parish of the diocese where no collection took place—that of St. Mary's, Drogheda—the parish priest of which is the Rev. Thomas Mathews, who is uncle of Miss Saurin, and under whose advice the action was pressed from the outset. The collection is said to have realised the anticipations of the projectors ; and it is now sought to make a general appeal for the same object to the Roman Catholics of the other diocesesin the country, CREOSOTE AS FUEL.—With reference to the use of creosote as fuel, a correspondent writes to the Daily News, in which the account originally appeared. "I have nothing whatever to say against the heating properties of creosote, or the way in which the use of it puts money into the pocket of Mr. John Schwartz, sugar-refiner, of Pelham-street, Spitalfields, or, rather, Mile-end New Town ; but this I do say, that I am one of some hundreds of poor unfortunates living in the immeaiate vicinity I of the refinery, and that the unbearable stench caused by its use is producing sickness all around, necessitating the interference of the Inspector of Nuisances and the Board of Works. My own family is repeatedly suffering from it. As there is no accounting for particular taste, some may like it, but surely it will only be those whose purses get heavier by its use, and who live away from the neighbourhood where it is used. The inhabitants of Mile end New Town hope that the Board of Works will he successful in the prosecution now pending for the suppres sion of the nuisance." AN IMPORTANT DECISION.—The Chester magis trates have just decided that an important parental function may not be delegated to another. A certain master pipemaker in that quaint old city is blessed with an apprentice, unruly to a degree even in these times of universal license. This lad recently absented himself from work for an entire week, and his mother, on taking hi m back, requested the master to thrash her son, as he was wholly beyond her management. In the % ; ( e stl p n o 2 int to bis admon itions, penny i n th e pur chase innocence of his heart the master compli e d with t c h h e ase un of iqu a e craenqelie.to g t, in i It is not alleged that the master used unnecessary v iolence in inflicting the punishment. He was, however,gnilteynocfe the offence of taking the law into hi s own hams, and thi s aeed that th e was an enormity which the l aw , at any rate, i was was no a t likely to overlook. The magistrates gr offender deserved, we will no t say chastisement, pecuniary punishment. It w as shown that but he kind and not a cruel master, that he f -l' his apprentice better th an he d eserted, In"tlY treated in this instance he had Simply flogged an d that his mother's express solicitation. the 1 4( 1 at had dared to usurp magisterial functions , tit the master 10s. and costs for his presumption.and 11 e was fined unruly apprentice is guilty of miscond The next time this he be possessed of anything like a a uot, his roaster, If will take him before these same Chen" of 4Plin humour, then, in lieu of a thrashing with a penny magistrates, and probably be sent to prison for It week ny li tlitne ' the led will extremely probable event, the Cheste r tut then, In this selves will have had a hand In the magletratee therm oskaiittitiipagtidablit 4 11pLe &Io" mmerelling CHRISTIAN MISSIONS TO EGYPT. . . The May meetings proceed apace. The Christian mis sions in Egypt were the object of the gathering in Exeter Hall on Thursday. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, K. 5.1., presided, and, in addressing the assembly, said it was with the greatest diffidence that he had accepted the honour of occupying the chair, and his only excuse was that he was desirous of helping forward the great cause for the promotion of which they had met together. It was about nineteen years since he was brought out of the darkness of heathenism into the light of Christianity, and each year made him prize more highly the blessings he had received. This was an induce ment for him to exert himself by prayer and earnest advocacy, in order that the light of the Gospel might be extended to his benighted brethren in the East.—The Rev. Dr. Lansing, missionary of Cairo, in relating his experience, said that the only hope of Turkey was in the extension of Christianity, and the only practical solution of the Eastern question was in the success of a Protestant mission. The mission with which he was connected had been in existence for fourteen years, and consisted of ten mis sionaries, and about forty natives, who were employed as colporteurs and native pastors. They had eight sta tions. The number of communicants was 200, and they had 600 children receiving a Christian education. There was also a theological training-school, to which 22 students were attached. The press had been active in its agency, not fewer than from 8,000 and 10,000 books and useful works having been distributed. The speaker then went on to recount the success of the mission efforts among the Coptic races, on whose behalf ho made an ear nest appeal.—Lord Lawrence also addressed the meeting, speaking very earnestly in favour of the mission. THE LATE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT DOVER. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant, Quartermaster• General, has made his report on the review of regular and volunteer forces, held at Dover on Easter Monday last, the substance of which is as follows :—" On the morning of the review day a very violent storm took place. It blew a gale of wind accompanied by a very heavy fall of rain and sleet, and after consulting with Major- General the Honourable James Lindsay, Inspector- Jeneral of Reserve Forces, and the principal officers of the force, the weather was pronounced to be so unpro pitious that I thought it necessary to put a stop to the review. The volunteers were therefore dismissed, with instructions to fall in at three o'clock p.m., and to proceed to the train for conveyance to their homes. The weather, however, partially cleared about eleven o'clock, and Field-MarshalH.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Com manding•in-Chief, who had ridden to Dover from Walmer Castle, determined that the review should take place, and ordered the assembly to be sounded. In a short spacei of time, and greatly to the credit of the volunteer force, the brigades were formed upon the Esplanade, and proceeded to the Castle-hill, where, after marching past his Royal High• ness, they took up their positions. The general plan of operations, which had been drawn up by Major-General Russell prior to my taking over the command, was but little deviated from except in some minor points; but in conse quence of the late hour at which the review commenced the movements could not all be performed. The movements of the two forces were very creditable to the volunteers, and, so far as I was able to judge, they evinced great willingness and promptitude in carrying out all the orders that I had occasion to give. I must state, however, that, in my opinion, this force cannot he really serviceable if it is not placed, while under arms, under some more stringent military control. Such a large body of armed men not amenable to any military discipline might be the cause of very serious embarrassment. I beg also to forward the report which I culled for from Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, in command of the Royal Engineer Field Telegraph and Visual Signals Detachment. This force was of great service, and I am confident that when it is brought into more general use it will prove a very valuable adjunct to an army in the field. The signals with the fleet and the Castle were carried on with great precision. They were executed under the superinten dence of Captain Stotherd, Lieutenant Anderson (Royal Engineers), and Major Bolton (late 12th Foot), and great credit is due to these officers for their able arrange. In ents." MUSCULAR .POWER AND lASTINCT OF LI SECTS. We have been informed that Professor Kitchingman, an entertaining entomologist resident near Brussels, who has for some time been making a variety of curious experi ments on muscular power peculiar to several species of insects, has lately contrived an ingenious instrument for measuring their force of traction, flight, and thrust. The onlexometer—so called from tl ,, family pulicidae, or pulex, being the base of the varied experiments—is of simple construction, consisting of a very finely manu factured hair-like spring, attached to a horizontal lever, at the end of which the insect to he tested is placed. This is connected with a circular deal, about four-and a-half inches in diameter, numerically graduated with the utmost nicety. The minute machine is so delicate hat it revolves with the slightest impetus, an ndicator pointing out the comparative strength of the insect. A method of calculation, easily acquired, is necessary to ascertain the comparative force between one insect and another. It has thus been ascertained that the genus pulex irritans (the common flea) is possessed of more than ten-fold the average strength of insects at all proportionate to its size. The great muscular power of the flea has for ages past been known, particularly to entomologists ; but no attempt seems to have been made to accurately measure its force contrasted with other insects. It is, however, now stated that the greatest mean effort of the flee is equal to as much as 800 times its own gravity, that of the small bodura to about 200 ; various other apterous tribes are measured from eighty to ninety-five, while the average force of the coleoptera, or beetle species, is put down at about seventy-five times their own weight, the common cockchafer being sixteen only. It is also shewn that the comparative strength of the weakest known aptera considerably exceeds that of any known specimen of the vertebrate. Professor Kitchingman has extended his experiments by endeavouring to train several species of insects, which has been accomplished to such an extent that one has been induced to run back downwards along a very fine silken cord, pulling be hind it a single-wheeled suspended car. Two others, placed at each end of a small slip of wood, balanced upon a pivot, leap up and down at command given by a pecu'iar movement of the hand. A fourth, independent of com pulsion, pulls back its tiny leg to fire off a miniature cannon. Among other surprising feats of the kind, we are told that the Professor has succeeded in training a beetle to swing to and fro a la Leotard, and is now endeavouring to teach an insect to propel a minute model velocipede. We understand the pulexometer and insect curiosities have been shewn to several entomologists and scientific gentlemen at Brussels, and have attracted much attention.—Star. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN A RAILWAY CAR- Rini:lE.—The body found on the Irish railway line, near Mallow, has been identified as that of an Austrian sailor, who was discharged from a vessel at Passage last week to go to North America. The police are still prosecuting inquiries, and on Thursday blood stains were discovered in one of the carriages of the train in which the deceased is supposed to have travelled,'and the circumstance of the door of the compartment having been locked is taken as confirming the belief that deceased was thrown out through the window. THE POPE AND THE MILORD-ANGLAIS.— The correspondent of the P e tit Illoniteur reports th e :following extraordinary exchange between the Pope and an Eng lish nobleman :—" Pius IX. received with his own hands the offerings presented to him by the different deputa tions. Amongst others, the Pope received, on the 10th, an English nobleman, who presented his Holiness with a skull - cap filled with sovereigns. At of the tas se l was a d i amond of immense presented his m agn ifi cent offering, th e Englishman a dd e d , E value. H av i ng with the usual phlegm of his nation, that he gave the present on condition of getting the Pope's skull-cap in return. Pius IX. smiled, and ringing the bell he ordered the servant to bring him another Calotte. When brought he took off the one he wore and gave it to the Englishman, who put it into his pocket and retired, saying that he was never so pleased in his life." Louis XIV., MILTON, AND GALILEO. —An interesting letter, written by Louis XIV. to the poet islilton, was read at a meeting of the French Academy of Science during the present month. It is as follows : " Monsieur Milton,—Deign to believe that the letter which you sent me, wherein were described your tour in Italy, and especially your interviews with the illustrious Galileo, has given me the greatest pleasure. Will you accept my gratitude? for I assure you that the letter is to me a most valuable possession. You tell me also in the same letter that you kept up till the time of his death a correspondence with the illustrious Florentine. Should I be indiscreet if I asked, if not for the originals, at least for true copies ? If you will allow it, one of my faithful servants now in England will undertake the management of this affair. Will you favour me with your reply on this point? for, as I have already communicated to you, I have so great an esteem and consideration for Galileo, who was the beacon of the world, that I desire to possess all that he has ever written. With this, Monsieur Milton, may God keep you in His ho" and worthy AuttodraffLormureentimber.L.l. , a.,•••-•'• Jiff min HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Chriati nl3 ' drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out this morning. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prince an d Princess Christian walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA, AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, April 23. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steame r Simla, from Calcutta 30th March, arrived here a t 7 p.m. yesterday, and the Baroda, from Bomb 10th inst., at 6 a.m. to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, April 23. The Bangalore arrived at Southampton at mid night yesterday. GREECE. ATHENS, April 22. M. Rhangalie has left for Constantinople to alte r upon his functions as Hellenic Envoy at the Porte• Baron Eder, the new Austrian Envoy, hitherto Consul-General at Bucharast, has arrived. AMERICA. LISBON, April 22• The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steam' ship Panama, from South America, arrived here at noon to-day. She experienced strong head-winds on the passage. She brings 148 passengers, £17,00 0 in specie, and a full cargo. The steamer Magellan arrived at St. Vincent on the 25th ult., and left the same day. Rio, April 1. Count d'Eu, the newly appointed commander of ,he Allied army, left for Ascuncion on the 30th ult. No news from the seat of war. The Mana railway traffic was stopped on the 30th ult., the Government having refused a sub" The Royal mail steamer arrived out to-day. Shipments of coffee, during the month of March, were 238,000 bags ; stock, 110,000 bags ; first is quoted 7,200 to 7,400 ; superior, 7,800 to 8,600. Exchange on London, 18k; on France no minal. Freight to the Channel, 455. to 50s. ; to United States, 40s. to 455. MONTEVIDEO, March 2 6 • Exchange on London, 51k 51i ; France, 5.40 to 5.45. VALPARAISO, March 13. Coffee, $l4 45c. ; freight to Liverpool, 42a. 6d• Exchange on London, 46 to 46k for 60-day bills. NEW YORK, April 22. _ _ _ Gold closed at 1331. The highest quotation during the day was 134 ; the lowest 133/. Ster ling Exchange on London, 1081 ; Five -Twenty' United States Bonds, 1882, 121 ; ditto, 188 5, 118 ; ditto, 1867, 115 ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 1061 ; Illinois, 1441 ; Erie, 33i. Cotton—middling 1 1 1 3 ' land, 281 c. Petroleum—standard white, 33c ' Flour—extra State, $5 70c. to $6 30c. Corn—old mixed, 82c. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY RouDE;;.—John Turner, a rough" looking youth, aged 17 years, was brought before Ur" raget charged with a daring high Way robbery in a pu'l'lia road. Yesterday afternoon at half-past five o'clock, Mrs. irnn e Johnson, a lady residing at No. 5, College-tJrrace, Tre degar-square, Stepney, was passing along the north sid4 of the Mile-end- road, close to the New Globe Tavern with two small parcels, and a purse containing LI 10s. 6 d* in her left hand, when ho came to the loft side of her an d demanded Ler purse. She requested him to leave hot' on which he made a snatch at her purse. Mrs. Johnson: though a slight woman, struggled with the prisoner and called for 1102. The prisoner struck her, made a boo snatch, and ran away with the purse and money, T he lady screamed, and called out "Stop thief." A gentlema n on horseback rode after the prisoner, who fled down th e "Longfellow-road," on the south side of the Mile-end road. There was no thoroughfare at the end of the Long fellow-road, so the prisoner was compelled to retrace bi s steps, and he was rode down and captured. Mrs. Johnson did not see her purse and money again. Eliza Jarratt, a widow, saw the prisoner struggling wi th Mrs. Johnson, who had great difficulty in keeping h er feet. Willatn Smith, police constable, No. 333 lc, said the pri soner gave his address No. 41, Devonshire-street, Stepney' Ho was unknown there. The prisoner, in spite of the clear evidence against hi►n, made loud protestations of innocence, and said no purse o r money was found upon him, and he was quietly walking along the road when a gentleman, not a police office r ' caught hold of him. Mr. Paget said any person could apprehend a thief, an d it was the duty of every man and woman to use ever/ exertion to run down and arrest criminals. Before b e committed the prisoner for trial it would bo as well to have the evidence of the gentleman, an officer of volen" teers, who rode after the prisoner, and to make some in quiries about the prisoner himself. He remanded the pri soner for a week. WESTMINSTER. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—Henry Coulson, 13, 04E/ charged with throwing atones at a train on the Motrope' litan District Railway. Thomas Price, pointsman at the St. James's-park sta tion, said at half-past seven last night he saw the prisoner and other boys on the girders close to Lady Dacre's Alms' houses, where there was an open space ; they were throwing stones at tho trains, and dropping them on the drivers and stokers. Brooks, 129 B, proved taking prisoner with a stone is his hand; this nuisance had been repeatedly complaine d of, and was intolerable. In reply to Mr. Selfe, the Superintendent of the Metro politan Railway Police said they had no byelaw to meet t he caso as they were an underground railway. Inspector Holmes, of the B division, said at this veil spot they had to stop a train the other day and clear the line of bricks and stones that had been dropped on to the metals. Price, the pointsman, said several of the drivers an d stokers had been struck, but in this case he could ) 31:4 bring it home to the prisoner. Mr. Selfe said he could not do anything with the Pri soner, save commit him for trial for a misdemeanour with out much chance of a conviction ; he therefore severel9 reprimanded the prisoner and delivered him over to b iti father for correction, at the same time recommending Os company to make some provision in their bye-laws to meat such cases. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Henry Clarke, of No. 269, Copenhagen-street, Caledonia n ' road, poster, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing some.tea from a chest, the property of the Great Northern Railway Company. Kedah, Z horogood, an officer in the employ of th e Northern Railway Company, said he went to the office ill Regent-circus and was shown by Mr. Wood a small pack et of tea under some shelves in a dark place in the basemen t ' He concealed himself to see who took it away, and saw the prisoner come down the stairs and st o p o pposite where the packet of tea was and stoop down and pick up the packet of tea. Tho prisoner then went to the water" closet. Ho wont after the prisoner, and saw him in ti stooping position with both his hands in the pan of the closet, and ho took hold of the prisoner and told hint he, was au officer and should take him into custody for stealing the tea. The prisoner instantly struck him on the head and resisted violently, and pulled up the handle attache , ' to the valve to wash away the tea in the pan. 043 got the prisoner's hand away and took him into the offle°/ and Mr. Wood went to the closet and got out some of tbs tea. Sergeant Peck was then sent for, and prisoner given in charge. On going to the station the prisoner said 10 put the tea down the closet, and that after the closet boa been examined he found the package, and thought he ba d put it into the chest. Sergeant Peck, 25 0, gave evidence that tho prison er said that after the chost was sent off he found the packafr of tea and that. he put it into the closet. Mr. Woutuer asked for a remand, which was granted. aidy. M 0 N COMM Consols a C ount, ; NeW Tkre e £l,OOO, 2 3 India Stoc ditto 5 per ( Cent., Oct., per Cent., The Forei; Changes are have advahc the former a 661 to 66i. lean is stead In Americ the extreme tern Railwa: at thi s mom , English R exception of tension, the little or no N Dealings i limited, and provement prices being More bus Some cases and London former being 32i co 33g. is 10a. lower 63 to 64, an The Grea dally annou per cent. pe: ing period o At a meet Bank, an in Cent. per an A rneetin Agricole et 26th inst., ' gress." 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