The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-27 00:00:00

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 73, Park-street, Camden town. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. •Pole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EvErrrim, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE. Messrs. Howe, Kendal. and Miss F. Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chip. pendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, kc Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &e.; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, 8:0 Commener, at 7. , AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet- street, London, 11th January, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a GENERAL MEETING of the proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st day of December last, and for general purposes. By order of the Directors, GRIFFITH DA VIES. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatt,.rton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every Wednesuav and Saturday during the Christmas Holida3s THIS EVENING, will b. performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Efarlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists ; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE: Messrs. Howe, genial, Clark, and Miss Fanny - Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp. ton. A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, Sic. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp ton. Benda], Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WhBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA MBE Ft WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. Kt a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter. Mr. Benjas run Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, 'Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 12 Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in f,ur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daliy from 10 till 5. IVEP° On Monday, Feb. 8, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. pOYAL STRAND THEATRE. 1u Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE V - IDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clkrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TE. t CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David i'fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoli, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. A QVED AND SARDANAPALUS.—NoncE.— L) SATURDAY, January 3 th, will be positively the Last Night's performance of these immensely successful pieces at St. George's Theatre, prior to their reproduction with entirely new Scenery and increased stage convenience, particulars of which will be shortly announced. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GE ORGE ' S HALL).—Great Success Of SARDANAPALOS. The new Drama. SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SARDANAPALUS (received with roars of laughter and ap. plause). Every Evening (except To-Night,) at half-past 7. The best Shilling Pit in London. Morning Performances on Thursday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 30, at Two p.m. Preceded by a Farce R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Continued Changes. New Programme every Evening. Ad ditional artistes. New Acts and Fresh Novelties. Signor CAS TELLOTTI in his thrilling and unparalleled Ladder Act, and t-ignor LERONI, the Elastic Wonder, every evening. Increased attractions in the performance of the Great CARRE Troupe, introducing Herr Oscar Carre and his magnificent stud of Fifty Performing Horses. 'I he laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess and Loyal, in a series of whimsicalities, novel and new. In ad dition, a spectacular bit of Pantomimic Extravagance, entitled THE AI % RVELS OF ELECTRICITY, in which the whole strength of the establishment will take part, besides 250 troops and beautiful ponies. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Performances Monday, Wednesday, and Satur day, commencing at B alf-past Two. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. 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PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At S. AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray: Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. a Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Hose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TIM EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Huristone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade. C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar sold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboromrh. THIS 1 4 :VENING. at 7.30, THE WID , )W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton: ‘Tesdames Maria -•ongmore, B. Goodall, 'Lydia Maitland. Claire, and Hughes. To ..onclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. , Mr. W. H. Liston. This EVENING, DOT nager . Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens, C. Wyndham. and L. Brough ; esdames Montague. Rignold, 11-.x.e, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER TII EATRE-P.OYA T„ OLYMNC. TP*C EVENING, at 7. SL X STIER & CRASHER : Messrs .4 tk!ns. faughai, Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Orev and Mrs Caulfield. After vi lick at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne►ille, rr. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdamas Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Miss 11. Oliver. THIS EvEmsa, at 7.:!0, A LOVINg4 CUP. Mr. Dewar. Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLA FIDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar. (to. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S BUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of)ties Marie Wilton THN EvitslNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague. Addi ion, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Ad Leon, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZ IRE). And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tar EVENING, The Great Cane Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. IRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 We Inesdays and t l::aturdays, at 3 snd 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL HAMBR A PALACE. THREE BALLET . Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. le. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerra-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. tIrT7 117 t . I ; • 4 - 71 t ; S:' Snit ' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 18€9. Every year brings its tale of shipwrecks and disas ters at sea, every year we are called upon to lament that human skill and ingenuity are worsted in the contest with the elements. The late severe gales and the losses they have entailed upon us have turned public attention to the subject with more than usual force. The yet uncertain tragedy of the Hibernia, the narrow escape of another well-known ship from a similar fate, threatened by a similar accident, and the list of recent casualties, all along our own coasts, may well induce us to inquire whether all is done that can be done in mitigation of the dangers of the sea. So far as our merchant ships are concerned, we may give an unhesitating answer in the negative. No doubt with such an immense and ever-increasing mercantile marine, with such storm-beaten coasts and difficult navigation, we must expect always to bear of a large proportion of losses on our shores. The question is, whether our disas ters do not now include many preventible losses, whether there is not a degree of culpable neglect on the part of shipowners in providing their ships with the best appliances for safety in case of accident ; whether there is not an equally culpable amount of recklessness on the part of the commanders in putting to sea in bad weather ; and also whether all parties are not greatly to blame for the excessive and dangerous loading of ships. From time to time warning voices have been raised on these points by men of position, experience, and scientific knowledge, and every now and then comes some disaster more striking or more terrible than usual, when such warn ings are recalled and discussed with full attention. Such was the case of the London two or three years back, when the overloading of the unfortunate vessel so greatly increased her danger ; such, too, appears to have been the.case with the Union screw steamer, which foundered in the Atlantic with all hands in November last. The Union was a vessel of only 1,700 tons burden, including engine-room space, but she had on board 1,600 tons of bar and rail iron. Admiral ELLIDT, who we are glad to find, has strongly taken up this question of the prevention of losses at sea, lays great stress on this particular case of the Union screw steamer. He considers that the evils of the present system, or rather want of sys tem, are manifold, and will never be effectually re dressed until we have legislative interference, though he does not wish to emb,►rrass the owner by excessive restrictions and directions. He should, in the Ad miral's opinion, be left free to judge between several methods of protecting the lives in his vessel. " I advocate legislative interference as a duty of the State only so far as to define the character and ex tent of precaution which is to be used, without un wisely depriving the owner of his selection of the appliances which science affords." This is the Ad miral's verdict, and few, we should apprehend, would be inclined to dispute its justice. The law should define what is a sufficiency, and the shipowner should take the responsibility when he has failed to come up to the standard. Many of the shipowners, Admiral ELLIOT ob serves, are humane and generous men, who, he be lieves, would be really glad to escape from the reckless course which excessive competition drives them into. In America there are laws for shipowner and ship master, and the equipment of merchant ships is car ried on under regulations. There is much need for such a supervision here, for we must remember that great injury is inflicted on the community by the deaths of so many. The lives that are annually lost in unseaworthy and unrel:a')le vessels each re present a wide circle of loss, bereavement, and suf fering. The loss of the cargo and of the ship are generally fully covered by the insurance money, so fully that Admiral ELLIOT ranks among his reforms a limit to the amount insured for. Any insurance on a vessel beyond a certain amount of the value, he consid:rs, should be invalid, by whosoever it may be effected. It is more than suspected that the ampli tude of the insurance has in many cases a good deal to do with the amazing recklessness which constantly sends out to sea ships hardly fit to keep afloat, if heavily laden, in smooth water. Why should the owner spend money in costly appliances fur the benefit of a ship which will be just as profitable to him under the waters of the Atlantic or the North Sea as safe in harbour ? The lives risked in her are unfortunately left out of the com putation altogether; and we may fairly conclude, after many years' experience, that the only way to secure the men employed in our mercantile marine from needless danger will be to cal! in the interfer ence of the Legislature. Another point upon which Admiral ELLIOT speaks confidently is the mistake made by masters, who ge• nerally put their duty to their employers before any ether. Their duty to their crews is surely as great, but this is alt ogether lost sight of in their anxiety to keep up to time, to carry full weight, and, generally speaking, to fulfil thelightest wish of their employers. Ships often put to sea in spite of a low barometer, and every indication of stormy weather, and the rea son, if we could get at it, would almost inevitably be that the commander must complete his voyage by a given date to satisfy his employers. In many vessels there is a deficiency of pumping power, and the arrangements for stowing away cargo are most imperfect. The ,boats, too, are often in efficient and defective, and when we remember how vital they might be to the crew or passengers in moments of urgent danger, we shall feel that an official inspection of all such matters before the vessel leaves the port would be a necessary safeguard. With a proper system of inspection, and with legislation enacting that those who neglect to provide their vessels with adequate appliances to give them at least a reasonable chance of safety, shall be amenable to law, we may hope to see our losses at sea very considerably reduced. We have spoken chiefly of the larger and better cared-for ships in the mercantile marine, omitting all mention of those wretched ves sels of the collier class which annually contribute so many black dots to our Wreck Register. There are many particulars in which a wholesale alteration is wanted, but at any rate we must be glad if we can receive some good and useful legislation without being too anxious for an exhaustive measure, since, to ob tain an immediate reform in this important depart ment of our commercial activity is so vital, that we must be content even to get it piecemeal. TirE Conservative gains in England, with which Mr. BAXTER has attempted to counterbalance the Conservative losses in the other parts of the king dom, are apparently not of a very substantial kind. Sir HENRY STRA CEY won a seat for the partyat Norwich, but Baron MARTIN has deprived them of it. Sir RICHARD GLASS won a seat at Bewdley, but Mr. Justice BLACKBURN has deprived them of it. According to present appear ance, other victories are likely to turn out of the same unsatisfactory character. The Dublin Conservatives, for instance, will have to explain THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 169. where the £lO,OOO which they spent at their election went to. On the other hand, Colonel GARDNER has failed to eject Mr. EYKYN at Windsor ; Mr. GARTH will not have the pleasure of stepping into Mr. ONSLOW'S shoes at Guildford ; the sitting members at Limerick, both Liberals, have been declared duly elected. Mr. WHITWORTH is the only Liberal as yet unseated, and though he is scarcely likely to remain so, it must be admitted that, so far, the Fates have been unkind to the Opposition in reducing their already small minority. The Bewdley case, with which we have to do to-day, is a peculiarly flagrant one. This Worcester shire borough contains a population of about 7,000 persons, and was, until the present Parliament, represented by Sir THOMAS WINNINGTON for more than a quarter of a century. He was generally fortunate enough to get returned without a contest. Apparently he seems to have distrusted the new voters who became enfranchised by the Reform Bill, and to have suspected that they would prove venal. At all events he did not offer himself for re election in November, and the seat was contested. The rival candidates were Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, of Birmingham, in the Liberal interest, who was un seated for bribery at Barnstaple some five years ago, and Sir RICHARD GLASS, of Atlantic Cable reputa tion, and whose formerpartner, Mr. ELLIOTT, was the successful candidate for North Durham. Mr. LLOYD appears to have learnt wisdom by experience, and to have carefully avoided any transactions which were likely to compromise him. Sir RicHAßD,being a man of wealth who had not yet discovered how dangerous wealth may be at a contested election, spent it freely. He had won a fortune and a baronetcy out of the Atlantic Cable : he wanted only a seat in Parliament to establish his social position. For that seat he was willing to pay handsomely ; money was no object with him. Unfortunately for him, the Legislature forbids the purchase of seats by wealthy manufacturers, and he has now not only lost his seat, but will have to undergo ostracism during the present Parliament. He had an agent named PARDOE, and that person's son engaged twenty-nine roughs from London, in order to keep the peace at the nomination. Women are not per mitted to vote, but they are not forbidden to scream, and Mr. PARDOE will not deny that a number of female Bewdleians were paid for the use of their sweet voices. Then there were a large num ber of " watchers," who were paid £2OO to parade the town at nights—this town of 7,000 inhabitants— in order to prevent any voters from being kid napped. Beer and kindred drinks kept flowing in a never-failing stream. Twenty taps were turned with a golden key furnished by Sir RICHARD'S agent. No wonder that almost all the publicans voted for Sir RICHARD GLASS, at whose expense so many a glass had been drained. There were certain payments to be made which do not appear in Sir RICHARD'S audited account, and which therefore were not paid through his regular agent. This itself was an ille gality directly contrary to the recent Act of Parlia ment. The matter was arranged by a Worcester solicitor, who appears to have been concerned in many of these jobs, and who has always denied any insinua tions to that effect with lofty indignation. This attorney hired a man named MUSSON, and told him that it would be expedient for him to disguise himself. R,USSON shewed his employer a wig, which satisfied him, and more so as RI TssoN (who went by the name of the " Man in the Mask ") was " in the habit of paying all sorts of people." He appears to have paid £OO at Bewdley, and for this amount the Worcester attorney took no receipt, can give no account, nor did he mention it to the electio4 auditor. After such evi dence as this there could be but one course for Justice BLACKBURN. He declared Sir RICHARD GLASS unseated, and condemned him to pay the costs of the inquiry. Thus the Conservatives have lost one of the seats which they had counted won, and will henceforth recollect Mrs. GLASS'S advice to the cook ; Sir RICHARD GLASS has paid more than £3,000 for the barren honour of tacking M.P. to his name for two months while Parliament was not sitting ; and if Bewdley does not get disfranchised its escape will be due to no deserts of its own. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, January 26. There will De a lively scene in the Corps Legislatif on the occasion of the interpellation respecting the recent affair at Reunion. The fight will be a party one, and though the majority, as usual, will have the voting all their own way, they will by no means find it easy work to hold their own in debate. M. Thiers has had an interview with a deputation of Creoles from Reunion, and much inbrmation by no means creditable to the clerical party of the Univers type has been gathered. The Opposition will make a fierce attack upon the sad role which the friends of the Univers have played in the colony. The majority, on the other hand, I am told, are determined to repress any anti-clerical demonstra;ion. The Government, which counts on the support (3.! the clergy at the general election, will certainly not tolerate any very strict examination into the recent disturbances. The frost has covered the lakes in the Bois de Boulogne with ice, and all fashi, , rable Paris Las turned out to take advantage of the weather which as been so long in coming. The army of skaters was so great on Sunday as to be positively dangerous. Fashion prevails in skating as in every thing else in Paris ; the only correct place is the Bois de Boulogne. There is asplendid sheet of ice at Vincennes ; there are the spacious basins at Versailles and the Lac d'Enghein ; but they are comparatively deserted. Rather than enjoy unrestricted amusement on unfashionable ice, the skaters prefer to be cribbed, cabined, and confined at the Bois de Boulogne. One result ensues from this rush to a single rendezvous—the sight to the simple spectator is really charming; of its kind there is nothing like it. The Empress visited the lake in a sledge yesterday, and there was, besides, a host of lesser lights—the Chevalier Nigra, Herr Solms, the Prussian Ambassador, and a legion of ladies, the majority perhaps being Americans. _ _ A strange scene took place at Marseilles yesterday. The tobacco manufactory in that city was closed on the morning, on the confession of some of the workwomen that there was likely to be a riot in the workrooms in the course of the day. The proprietor, thinking prevention better than cure, refused to open his doors, and thus about 400 women and girls, makers of cigars, were " locked out." They went in a body to thd prefecture, where the cause of this strange lock-out was revealed. The prefect refused to hear a deputation of such formidable magnitude, but he consented that ten be chosen and present themselves before him at three in the afternoon. The ten were selected, and the interview took place, the remaining workwomeu all assembling, together with an immense crowd, in one of the most public places in Marseilles. The ten delegates explained that they had no serious grievance, and that their only object was to secure the restoration of some of their companions, who had been dismissed for insulting a foreman. Wishing to serve these unfortu. nates, they had come to the conclusion that an uproar would effectively secure their restoration. The crowd d'spersed, and the workshops will be opened again in a few days, but we are not told whether there is to be an amnesty for the dismissed cigar•makers. The School of Art at Aix has been broken up on some. what extraordinary grounds. The pupils complained of the rudeness of the teacher—he refused to rise when they entered—and their annoyance at this want of courtesy grew so extreme that they entered into a league not to attend his class. Vain were the efforts made to induce them to alter this determination. The directors of the school and the sub-prefect of the department appealed to the better feelings of the lads, but could not turn them from their purpose. At last it was resolved that the school be broken up. At mid-clay the doors were thrown open for the pupils to leave. Of three hundred, two hundred and eighty had received a free entrance from the State and the department. All belong to families of workmen, who have made the greatest sacrifices to enable their children to receive a superior education. A distressing accident occurred on Sunday in the com mune of Boui ll6 -Saint-Paul. Two friends had met together to spend the evening, when one of them, a game keeper, whilst in the act of removing a charge from his gun, accidentally shot his companion in the breast. The wound was mortal, and as only the two were together, the danger to the unhappy gamekeeper was considerable. Assistance was procured but nothing could be done for the wounded man. He died, protesting that his companion was not answerable for the deed, and praying that no legal proceedings might be taken against him. Three days ago a large mass of rock slipped from the ridge which rises behind the town of Saumur, and rolled into the gardens below. Fortunately no person was hurt, but as some fears had been lately excited by the appearance of large crevices in the ground, this accident became the signal for a general removal of the people who occupy habitations partly hollowed out at the foot of the cliff. The earth continued to descend, and on the following day the roofs of five dwellings had been crushed in. Masses of stone as much as thirty feet long and six or eight thick remain suspended over the houses in one of the streets. A similar phenomeron occurred in 1852. There are several warlike and unpleasant rumours float• ing about to-day. One of the most important of these is that the Greeks of London, Marseilles, and Trieste hays pecuniary advances, in resolved e to sacrifice every, They l a a r r e g e o x ff p er e e c d tat t i h an eir ef G o vernment a lvar. thing rather than consent to what they deem a national humiliation. This statement, I believe, is true. Much less probable is the rumour that a pronunciamiento in favour of the Duke of Montpensier has taken place at Cadiz. Apropos of Spain, I may mention that several English capitalists have offered the Provisional Govern ment money for the construction of irrigation canals. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTS AT THE LONDON PAVILION MUSIC-HALL.— William Hall, a builder, of No. 72, Miles'-road, Kentish town, and John Wm. Henderson, builder, of No. 85, Bar tholomew-road, Kentish-town, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in Tichborne street ; and Hall was also charged with assaulting Police constable John Harris, 77 C, and Henderson with attempt ing to rescue Hall, and assaulting Sergeant Houlton, 2 C R, and Harris, 77 C. The evidence showed that on the previous night the defendants were ejected from the London Pavilion Music Hall in consequence of being drunk and behaving in a dis orderly manner, and when requested by Harris, 77 C, doing special duty at the place, to go away they refused. Hall knocked Harris down, and while down un the ground Harris was kicked on the hip by Henderson. Ser geant Houlton went to the assistance of Harris, and be was also kicked by Henderson. Hall admitted being drunk, and Henderson said that he was drunk, and did not recollect anything that occurred. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hall 405., or a month, and Hender son, who had kicked a man while he was down, and ano ther who came to his assistance, would have to pay 40s. for the first assault, or a mouth, and 100. or 7 days for the second. LFIERATURE. Breezie Langton. By Hawley Smart. 3 Vole. Richard Bentley. The names of the heroine and the author of these volumes are quite characteristic of the style—lively, smart, and vivacious —in which the story is peened. Purporting to give us a picture of molern society during three memorable years, from '52 to '55, " Breezie Langton, " beginning with lively sketches of fashionable life in town and country, conducts us in the third volume to scenes of romantic interest and horror, the battle-fields of the Crimea and the hospitals of Scutari. Poor Breezie, for such is the appellation of the heroine, has cause to quarrel with the conclusion of the his tory, but we shall betray no secrets. The readers cf ner story will find that a tale which begins in a manner the most amusing, furnishes, before its conclusion, matter of deep and lively interest. The villain of the tale, the unscrupulous Captain Delete, affords us in the first volume considerable matter of entertainment. His cool escape from under the very hands of a sheriff's officer is delightfully told, and the reader, for the time being, sympathises with the delinquent captain, and enjoys the discomfi ture of the unfortunate bailiff. There are other scenes, however, in which Captain Delete does not appear to such advantage, such as the one where he plays the thief by the bedside of his dying sister. While this reprobate furnishes the tragical element ofithe tale, we have a variety of more pleasing characters—Jack Travers, Tom Lyt tlereck, Charlie Repton, and others, who take part in the livelier scenes. The gay group assembled in the early chapters at Donnington Hall, who are scared by the midnight apparition of a white owl, presumed to be a ghost, meet with a variety of chances and changes during the three eventful years which ensue; but " all is well that ends well," and the various personages of the drama, -after a very spirited per formance of their several parts, retire happy ever afterwards, with the important exception of the fair Breezie Langton herself, whose name lingers with regretful interest in the recollection of the reader. Diana's Crescent. By the Author of " Mary Powell." 2 Vols. Richard Bentley. It is pleasant for us to meet again a work from the well-rememembered hand of the delightful authoress of " Mary Powell." That charming autobiography of the wife of Milton is not likely to be forgotten by any of its readers. Not for that work only, but for some half score of others, all in their several ways more or less attrac tive, we have cause to feel grateful to the author of " Mary Powell." " Diana's Crescent" ac cordingly will find favour with many readers. It is a pleasant little tale, narrating the adven tures of the various inhabitants of Diana's Crescent meaning thereby not the celestial ornament of the goddess, but a semi-circle of suburban dwelling houses. Mrs. Grace, and her worthy husband and her charming daughters,are deligh tf ul acquaintances, and the life and soul of the social gatherings of the Crescent. Among the inhabitants of this clas sic neighbourhood is a misanthropic author, spok en of as " the great Panjandrum," who is at one time imagined to be no other than Junius himself ! The time of the narrative is at the beginning of the century, and some of the English visitors kept as " detenua" in France are connected with the heroes awl heroines of the story. Not containing matter of very deep or serious interest, " Diana's Crescent" gives us a pleasant history of an attractive group of very miscellaneous characters. Chita ;o mauufactured 750,000 barrels of flour last year, marketed 4E60,000 hogs and 79 000,000 bushels of gredu. LUX - URIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly reeore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour an I beauty, and Xith the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragr.:',nce is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It pnvents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Haar to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers, .Depot, 266, High Hplborn Extreme S.W. S.W. S.W. W.S.W. W.S.W. w. S.E. WESTMINSTER. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A BARMAN.—John Pencker, a barman, was placed at the bar charged with stealing four postage stamps. William Smith, proprietor of the Queen's Arms, Marl borough-road, Chelsea, said prisoner entered his service on Tuesday week. Yesterday morning prosecutor received a purse from his potman which contained a great many postage stamps. Four of them corresponded in the tearing away from a sheet of stamps in a glass in the bar. Pri soner shortly after this asked to go out to get shaved, and although he (prosecutor) said ho could not spare him ha suddenly left and never returned. The potman was at that time gone to get his pots. Mr. Arnold—Have you any question to ask this witness prisoner ? Prisoner—Not till I have consulted a lawyer. William Moore, potman, said prisoner gave him the purse yesterday to take care of, and he gave it to his master. Prisoner did not take his things away, and left in his slippers. William Hopkins, 276 B, said he took the prisoner into custody on the Marlborough-road last night. He told him the charge, and he said nothing. It was stated that prisoner had tried to incite the pot man to assist him in robbing his master. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. RoDEERY ON THE ELVER.—Two audacious boys. named Coghlan and Tuscan, were brought before Mr. Benson charged with stealing ropo, heaifasts, and warps from barges, the property of Edward and John Shelbourne, licensed lightermen and steam dredgers, 38, Fore-street, Limehouse. Mr. Pelham, who stated the case for the prosecution, said the damage done by hordes of mischievous boy thieves was immense. A few nights since the prisoners and an other boy, named Myers, cut the warps and headfasts of Messrs. Shelbourne's craft at Limehouse, and besides the loss of valuable rope, there was damage to the amount of £3O caused by the barges getting adrift, and on a former occasion damage was caused to the amount of £lOO. A boy named Myers detailed the cutting of the warps and head fasts, and admitted he was an accomplice. His story received confirmation. Coghlan and Tuscan said that Myers cut the ropes, and that a person named Butler, in court, bought part of the stolen rope. Butler denied this. Mr. Benson had no doubt the prisoners, Myers and Butler, were all equally guilty, and belonged to a lawless gang. He sentenced the prisoners to three months' im prisonment and hard labour, and was sorry he could not punish Myers in the same way. DEATH OF MR. ERNEST JONES- There is something inexpressibly sad in the death of Mr. Ernest Jones, which we have to announce to-day. The ambition of his life was almost accomplished. He was, to all appearances, but a few weeks from the time when he would be able to add to his name the much-coveted letters " M.P." But just as it was in his grasp the prize which he had so long striven for most energetically was taken from his hand by death. His very last speech strangely foreshadowed the event which has just taken place. Addressing the working men of Hulme and Chorlton, he said : " There was a personal reason why he desired soon to get into the House of Com mons, and that was that he could not afford to wait very long. What little work there was in him must be taken out speedily, or it would soon be lost altogether." At that very meeting he caught the cold which led to his death. Inflammation of the lungs, succeeded by pleurisy, followed, and under these diseases he gradually succumbed. His life was really a romantic one. He was born in Berlin in January, 1819, his father being a major of the 15th Hussars, and equerry to the late Duke of Cumberland. The Duke of Cumberland—subsequently King of Hanover, was his godfather. Ernest was bred in Holstein on the borders of the Black Forest, and shelved early the signs of a poetic imagination. It was this which led him, when only eleven years of age, to leave his home, without his father's knowledge, to go off to help tLe P01.e3, who had just then risen. He was educated at the College of St. Michael's, Luneberg, and returned to England with his family iu 1838. Between this time and 1844, when he entered the bar, he occupied his time with a romance called "The Wood Spirit," and some song-poems. His political opinions were formed on the extremest model, and these led him from the profession of the law to take part in the celebrated Chartist agitation. The history of that period need not be repeated. How Birmingham and Monmouth first suffered, how Frost and others were arrested, how the agitation rose to its highest point and failed altogether in the proposed demonstration on Ken nington Common, are well known. Mr. Ernest Jones was arrested for a speech at Manchester which the law officers of the Crown thought seditious. He was sentenced to two years' solitary confinement. While in prison he composed an epic, published after his release in 1851, entitled " The Revolt of If indostan," written with his blood on the leaves of the prison prayer-books. In 1853 Mr. Jones unsuccessfully contested Nottingham, and in 1857 he again tried his fortunes in that borough, but without avail. Meanwhile his name had come before the public as the author of several poems, and amongst these were " The Battle Day," " The Painter of Florence," " The Emperor's Vigil," " Beldagon t hurch," and " Corayda." After the extinction of Chartism, Mr. Jones returned to his practice on the Northern Circuit, and his name will be remembered in connection with the defence of Allen, Gould, and Larkin, who were tried at Man chester in November, 1867, for the murder of Police sergeant Brett. At Manchester at the last election lie was the " minority candidate," on Radical principles, being defeated by Mr. Birley, who, as the " minority member," seems likely to be unseated for not observing a point of form as to Government contracts. Mr. Jones has been prominent in the last few days as being connected with the Ballot experiment. The Ballot, as one of the " five points of the Charter," was one of the principles he was most anxious to see generally accepted, and by this last public act of his he certainly has not done damage to it. A sad accident is reported from Bradford. A man entered a boiler in the use of an ammonial liquor manu facturer, and immediately was overpowered by the gas. Another man followed to recover bim, but he also succumbed. A third man was more successful, and managed to bring one of the men out. The latter, however, is not expected to re cover, and the first man is dead. An accident which occurred at the Magpie lead mine, Derbyshire, on Friday last, by which two men lost their lives, has raised a novel point ; namely, has the Go vernment Inspector jurisdiction over lead mines? The manager of the mine expressed a decided opinion that he had not. Mr. Evans was not present and the inquiry was adjourned from yesterday to Saturday next, when we shall probably hear more about the moot point. The Maidstone Journal says : It affords us great pleasure to announce that Mr. William Hart Dyke, one of the Conservative members for Mid Kent has been appointed to the honourable office of Assistant Whipper-in to the Con servative party. Upon the recent resignation of Colonel Taylor as Head Whip, the vacancy was filled by the Hon. Mr: Noel, who had previously acted as assistant. Mr. Stefanos Xenos contradicts a good many of the statements made by Mr. Edwards in the Overend and Gurney examination. He says that he was " com pelled " to pay Mr. Edwards £5OO a year, and that he gave him a yacht costing about £2,000 "mulch in the same way as the dove gives herself to the hawk." He asserts that he has been one of the greatest sufferers in the affair, and that he has determined to publish a book which will disclose some of the secrets of the " Corner House," hitherto as dark as the Dodonian mysteries. The Lcndon correspondent of the Leeds lltreary says :—There is a very uneasy feeling w:th respect to the coming events in the 111,4. I hear the t at the Conference the bearing and conduct of M. Raugabe, tho Greek representative, produced a very unfavourable impression, even upon the Russian Minister. M. Rangabe was for merly Professor of Archwology at the University of Athens, and has nothing of the diplomatist in his manners or appearance. His abrupt demeanour more than once gave great offence to thos3 associated with him at the Con ference, and on one occasion a very stormy " scene" took place. The general impression is that Greeco will soon be without a monarch, King George having prepared for flight, p.nd his warlike people being bent upon hostilities. 115 36 , 35 35 36 39 34 4 33 S.W. W.S.W. W.S.W. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cuxhaven Skud esnces Ardrossan Gree❑ castle Holyhead Liver pool Valentia Cape Clear Roches Pt. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth London peGrisNez Brest L'Orient Roth e fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris . . Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con- 1 tent (9 a.m. , local time) B.E. S.B.E. S.NV. W.S.W. S.W. S.E. E. S.E. IMPLANA' Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Weather I.—lightnin: I. — lightning m.—misty, hazy ; (I — overcas t , d u ll ; r. — —blue sky ; c.—cloud s , d e t ac h e d ; f . - f og ; rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Since last evening barometrical pressure has recovered somewhat in the north from the sudden depression of yesterday afternoon ; but a decrease of similar nature has occurred in the west, the reading at Valencia being o'44in. lower than it was yesterday. Pressure is now least at Valencia, where the reading is o's2in. lower than that at Cape ris Nez. Temperature has risen a little generally, except at some of our S. and S.E. stations. During the night a southerly gale appears to have commenced in the south of Ireland, and winds there continue strong from S. this morning, and fresh in the Irish Channel. On our east coast the winds are light from W. ; in Scotland light, and generally south-westerly : and on the west coast of France they are moderate from the south-eastward. A little rain has fallen in the N. and W. The sky this morning is cloudy or overcast, with fog and mist iu the east. The sea is high at Valencia. Warnings to west coast. The statement that Mr. William Roupell, the ex -31.P. for Lambeth, had been liberated from prison in conse (pence of the stat e o f hi s h ea lth is denied by a London cor respondent. Mr. Rouen is still in prison; but is in a vert' bad state of health, and a memorial on his behalf has been presented to the Home Secretary, which is now under con sidera In spite of the extreme cold of the last two or three days, an immense crowd, such, says the Independence Bel ge, as to defy description, gathered together at T.aelcen on Monday morning to witness the funeral of t lie Prince Royal of Belgium. The multitude was, in fact, so great that but few witnessed the spectacle, the short distance from the royal chateau to the parish church of Laeken permitting but a portion of the spectators to arrange themselves by the way ; the great majority was shut out. The coffin of the child was in ebony, with a silver crucifix, and had been deposited in a mortuary chapel in the chateau. Of course all the dignitaries and functionaries of Belgium were presmt at the ceremony. The Archbishop of Ma lines and several of the Belgian bishops took part in the last rites. As chief mourners came the King and his brother, the Count of Flanders, clad in the uniforms of lieutenant-generals. All the houses in Laeken were clad in black, and incense was burned at the windows. The imposing spectacle was the outward manifestation of a nation's grief. The funeral cortege entered the church at a few nainutem after twelve half•paa 3 / 4 one the ow, moiw no.over. . TEE CHARGE AGAINST THE DIRECTORti OF THE MERCHANTS COMPANY At the London Mansion House, the Lord Mayor yester. day proceeded with the adjourned inquiry into the alleged fraud by:certain of the directors of the Merchants' Company (Limited). The inquiry was opened last Monday week, and was adjourned. The court was crowded to excess, and considerable interest was manifested in the pro• ceedings. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Taylor appeared for the defendant Mr. Chapman, Mr. Lewis for Mr. Lane, and Mr. M. WillianiS for Mr. Helbert. Several witnesses were called but did not answer to their names, when it was discovered that the summonses had been issued for 12, not 11 o'clock. Mr. Capes, the official liquidator, residing at 8, Old Jewry, said that he was the official liquidator of the City Merchants' Company. He was appointed under the order of the Court of Chancery, and it was either in December 1866 or January 1867. Mr. Humphrey : Can you tell me whether, on the Ist May, 1866, Colonel Daubeny transferred any shares to Mr. Lane ? Witness: On that day Richard Stuart Lane trans ferred to Colonel Daubeny 250 shares, on which only £l5 had been paid. Edwin Fox, 25, Lea,denhall-street, applied for 50 shares, and 25 were allotted to him. This was on the 7th October, 1865. Alexander Gordon, Winchester-buildings, applied for 40, and 20 were allotted to him, on December 10, 1865. On the 27th Sep tember, 1865, Henry Edmund Gurney applied for 500 shares, and 300 were allotted to him. Mr. Lewis said that his lordship must know that this was the case in all companies, and surely Mr. Humphrey was not to waste the time by going through these details. Mr. Humphreys said that he must proceed step by step to show that there was a fraud in these transfers. He would ask the question whether the shares of Mr. Albert Grant were transferred. The Lord Mayor said that he could not allow any questions about these gentlemen to be asked. Witness : They were transferred to Edward Chapman. Mr. Lewis challenged Mr. Humphrey to shew the tranfers, and they would shew the money that had been paid for them. He was sure that his lordship would not allow anything to go forth to the world against these gentlemen. If they liked to increase their holding in the market, what had that to do with anyone ? 'The Lord Mayor said that nothing relative to any other person but the defendants could be asked about these transfers unless it could be shewn that he had any connec tion with them. Mr. Humphrey said that as the books were in evidence he should say that everything contained in them was evidence. He should shew that Mr. Heritage was solicitor to the company. Mr. Humphrey said that the best plan would be to see whether the shares were transferred to the directors first. The witness said that in October 1865 Mr. Heritage applied for fifty shares, and had that number allotted to him. On the 11th December they were transferred to Mr. R. Stuart Lane, and approved on the 12th December, the directors present being Lane, Chapman, Childs, Pem broke, and Gotheimer. Mr. Humphr,y : Now, just tell me, and find the appli cation of Mr. R. Stuart Lane ; but I think that there is one before that. Witness : Mr. Lane's application is dated 28th Oct., 1865, and it is for 500 shares ; 450 were allotted. Mr. Lewis : Does it say there is anything paid on them? Witness : Yes ; there is £1 on application and £4 on allotment. Mr. Lewis : £5 paid altogether? Witness : Another allotment was made of 250 shares in May 1866 to Mr. Lane, and £lO was paid on them. This transfer was made on the 22nd May, and the approval of it took place on the same day. The directors present were Lane, Daubeny, Chapman, and Pembroke. The latter applied for 200 shares, and 200 were allotted ; and he made a similar application afterwards, and it was granted. On the Ist December, 1.86i1, the question of advance on 600 shares bought in the market was gone into, and it was agreed that a part purchase for six months of them should be made on the guarantee of Messrs. Lane, Hankey and Co. The particulars were in the minute-book, folio 9. The proposal of Messrs. White and Co. to advance at 6 per cent., taking 1,000 shares In the Merchants Company, was considered and acceded to by a minute of 9th October, 1865, as entered in folio 9. Mr, Humphrey: Is there not a resolution as to a call upon the shares? Witness : It was resolved on the 19th, 1865, that there should be a call of £5 per share, payable 15th January 1866. A letter was here read stating that the Company was very flourishing, and that they did not expect to make any further call at all events that year. It also stated that this was done by the desire of some of the shareholders. On 26th May 1866, a resolution was passed that there should be another call of £5 per share on all those shares that had not paid up £l5, payable on sth June, 1566. On this occasion Lane, Daubeny, Helbert, Childs, and Pembroke were present. (Another circular was read, which stated that though there had been great losses in the money market, that company had ma le none. But for the security of the company it was thought necessary to make another call.) Mr. Humphrey : Where did you get those two cm culars from ? Witness : From the papers of the company when I took possession of them. Mr. Humphrey : How much did Horace Edward Chap man pay on his 450 shares which were allotted to him ? Witness : £2,250. Mr. Humphrey : I suppose neither of the two calls were paid by him? Witness : No ; when he had another 100 shares he would be debited £lO on each. In folio 82 there was the account of D. W. Chapman, and it appeared that he had paid £1,250 on 250, and he had paid neither case. The account of James Daubeny shewed that he had paid £1,250 on 250 shares, and there was owing one call £1,250. The other was transferred to Colonel Daubeny. He found, on referring to Mr. Helbert's account, that £2,250 was paid on the 450 shares ; that was deposited on the first call, and he was debited with £9,250. It is deposit and allotment on 450, the first call on 450, the second call on 700, and the transfer of 1,250 shares. The Lord Mayor : Do I understand that when the transfer took place that amount was owing by Daubeny? Witness : Yes, my lord. The Lord Mayor : Could that transfer be made properly ? Witness : Of course not. Mr. Lewis said that the articles of association did not prohibit it. Mr. Humphrey said that they had proved that it could not. The Lord Mayor, on reading the articles, said that he supposed they relied on the word " may." Mr. Lewis said of course they could transfer, but the directors had power to investigate each case. He thought the articles said nothing of the matter, because Mr. Humphrey said so. (Laughter.) Mr. Humphrey : Now turn to Mr. Lane's account. The witness did so, and said that it was folio 441. On the debit side, October 1865, on 450 shares there was £2,250. The second debit was on 750, and amounted to £3,550, and, in June, interest £l5 12s. 6d. His account was accredited by shares forfeited, bills re ceivable, and cash to the amount of £9,365 12s. 6d. The cash, putting aside the forfeited shares, would amount to £6,615. After some further evidence, the court adjournea. An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of Mr. 43aker, at Bansha, county Tipperary. The man taken into custody on suspicion is named Patrick 'yno. The Church Association, who were the prosecutors in the case of Martin v. Liackonochie, have determined on a course of addresses in London, which will commence in a few days, on the subject of Ritualism. A Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. The Ministers present were—the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue. PUGILISTIC LAWYERS.—The amenities of the American bar are not always of the highest kind. The defending attorney in a murder case at Nashville under stood the Attorney-General of Tennessee to say that he lied, whereupon he struck him at the back of the head. A hand-to-hand fight ensued, and the parties were finally separated. The Attorney-C eneral then explained that his learned friend had misunderstood him, and that he luol intended no insult whatever. The judge smiled serenely, related an anecdote appropriate to the occasion, and trusted that the little incident would be forgotten. A CLERGYMAN BECOMING LA.YMAN.—The Mel bourne Argus states that the Rev. 111 r. Macartney, of Rose dale, has " left the Ministry of the Church of England with a view of devoting himself to public life." In taking leave of his congregation and friends at a farewell soirée he stated that a clergyman in Australia is in a highly unsatis factory position, being chained down by popular or vulgar prejudices, and regarded too much in the light of a gentee mendicant or dependant. Ile was not in the necessity o remaining in that position, intending to devote himself politics and the bar, and hopes soon to procure a seat ire •-- Parliament. giTrit; ,L 1,4 Canl HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 26. No intelligence has been received by the Court Newsman from Osborne to-day. LATEST INTELL EGENCB. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 26, Evening. A monster indignation meeting against the Pap al Nuncio took place this evening. The people, ex" cited beyond measure by the news of the assassina tion at Burgos, and treating the refusal of the Bo man Court to recognise the Spanish Envoy as an insult offered to Spain, assembled in a dense crowd before the palace of the Nuncio, and tore down an d burnt the Papal arms. The crowd went afterwards to the official reg' deuce of the Minister of Public Worship, an d demanded the immediate removal of the Nuncio. The tinder Secretary of the Ministry appeared! and declared that the Government had alreadi suppressed the salary paid by Spain to the Papa l Nuncio, and withdrawn the powers granted to 10 1 by former Governments. The accounts from Burgos are full of horrible details of the assassination. The Dean and several Canons of the Chapter are among the prisoners. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 26, Evening• The decision of Greece relative to the declars' tion of the Conference is still unknown. It is asserted that the Emperor of Russia has written to King George and M. Bulgaris regarding that declaration, and that both replied that, being still unacquainted with its contents, they were tin' able to give any opinion thereon. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jan. 2 7 . The Prince and Princess of Wales left this morn" ing at 7 o'clock for Trieste. The Presse and the Debatte of to-day publish in" telligence from Athens expressing the belief that a ' conciliatory answer will be given by Greece to th e notification of the Great Powers. It was suppose d that the Ministry of M. Bulgaria would then resign. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Jan. 2 6 . Alexander Cocin, the Postmaster-General, li a° been ordered by the Prince to open negotiationo with Baron Oppenberg, who has been delegated by by Russia for the same purpose, with the view to conclude a postal convention upon the same prim ciple as the treaty recently concluded with Austria THE BOMBAY MAIL. MESSINA, Jan. 2 7 . The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stearoef . Bangalore passed th roug h th e s t ra it s o f Messina at 11.15 p.m. yesterday en route for Marseilles. SOUTH AMERICA. PARIS, Jan. 2 7 . The Official Journul, in its bulletin of to-d 3 f l says that it was entirely owing to the prompt aid afforded by the war vessels 11 ; port that the fi re a t th e C ustom Housa of Rio de Janeiro was quickly extinguished, and 61° destruction confined to tIN o warehouses. The bul letin also states that official confirmation of the f sll of Villeta has been received. L o p ez , h ow ever, st il.l held out at Angostura, and a d ec i s i ve engagevi elit was considered imminent, upon which the issue °f the campaign would depend. CALLS TO THE BAR. Inner Temple.—The undermentioned gentian° were yesterday called to the Bar by the 0°1:1 0 . Society of the I nner T emp l e : E w i n g Colquhoun, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; John Store" Esq., 8.A., C am b r id ge ; Amherst Dan i e l 29 ° ' sen, Esq., 8.A., Oxford; Godfrey Wheeler; Esq., 8.A., Camb r id ge ; Charles Yates Fell' Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; M on t agu William 1::; ward Dobbs, Esq., 8.A., C am b r id ge ; Tbolll7, Milnes Colmore, Esq., 8.A., O x f or d ; Fran' Carleton Reeves, Esq., 8.A., Dublin ; Henry Augustus Schneider, Esq., 8.A., Cava c bridge; Alfred Whitaker, Esq., 8.A., Cambridger; James Ralph Hall, E sq ., 8 . A ., O x f or d ; Durnford, Esq., B.A. Cambridge ; 11Iackenz'' Dalzel Edwin Stuart Chalmers, 8.A., Oxford ; P h i ! Mountney Lely, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; and Joser Maghull Yates, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge, Mid i : Temple. The undermentioned gen tl em en cli . „ er t yesterday called to the Degree of the Utter by the Home Society of the Middle Temple • Cornelius Marshall Warmington, Esq., of the L : : don University, and Hume Scholar of Univer sity College, London ; holder of the Exhibition i° o Jurisprudence, Civil and International Law; j o July, 1868, and of the Studentship in Michaell j Term, 1868, awarded by the Council of Leg ht , Education ; William Corner Petheram, Esq. ;. ' 3.° ; Francis Popham, Esq., 8.A., Trinity Colleg Dublin, and of Downing College, C am bridg a e ! Charles Whitlaw, Esq., of Christ Church, Oxfo r Philip B. Abraham, Esq., LL.B., Trinity Colleg 1 Cambridge ; Alfred Tristram Lawrence, LL.B., Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; Frederic Lionnet, Esq. ; Charles Henry P itt Esq. ; Charles Ste war t D a ky ns , E sq . ; Falkin' „ &aides Collis, Esq., 8.A., Trinity College, Edward Blair Mitchell, Esq., 8.A., Magdalen C ° . lege, Oxford ; Alan Stewart, Esq., 8.A., Cho ° Church, Oxford ; Allan Holmes, Esq., J. Queen's College, Oxford ; Henry P owe ll, Esq''„ ' - 1 the University of London ; Walte r A r thur (I `' pinger, Esq.; Pierce Egan, jun., E sq . , 8.A., V . 131 versify of London; Robert Owen Moulsdale, 114 : J.P., 8.A., and late Scholar of Queen's ColleP; Oxford ; Edward Jesse]l, Esq., 8.A., Unive rsity of London; Archibald Morrison, Esq.,M.A.,LL• P ; of Glasgow ; Robert Charles Jay, Esq. ; Syad Asgha r Ali Kh an B ahadoor ; Nawa b w in " Ahmud Ali ; James Thomas Anderson, Esq., A1 ° ,71, her of the F acu lt y o f Ad vocates an d o f the , lege of Justice, Scotland, Lincoln's-inn. 21° ti to dermentioned gentlemen were yesterday calledoo, the Degree of Barrister-at-Law by the te r Society o f Li nco l n ' s -i nn : George Sang. s p e Green, Esq , Exhibitioner, General Exar ° l l . o o tion, Inns of Court, Trinity Term, 1868 ; W ihi p Jacob Birt, Esq. ; Jeffery Edwards, Eq., 13 i ; A ,, Cambridge ; Robert Dawson Mayne, En., 0 ; Oxford; Ferdinand Itibton, Esq., Cambrio.gtoo Joseph Barnes Boyle, Esq., Dublin ; Leig jnoto Hope-Edwards, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; 0., Bund Willis-Bund, Esq., M.A. and L"1 10 0 Cambridge ; James Copley Moyle, Esq. ; George Pengree, Esq. ; James Unison, 0 0 3 Edinburgh ; Charles Gilbert Master, Esq.' ; A t f t John William Reid, Esq. Gray's-inn." -. 0 .A4 Pension holden yesterday, Michael Law, , poi Trinity College, Dublin, the secon d son of O c e iti Law, of No. 8, Great Denmark-street, in the the and county of Dublin, Esq., was called t . ° l of Degree of Barrister-at-L aw by th e Hon• 5.00i° Gray's-inn. a rea The Hungarians resident in the Unite to at tre asking the Government to establish a Con s ' 2l3 tbei Pesth, for the purp ose o f p l ac i ng w i t hi n the react' ° / _,,,igra" countrymen information which would facilitate el" tion to America. ...........," M 1 Busi proven all the still 2i Con count, New'. £1,00( Stock, Indi ditto Cent., per C( May, Lave per C and '1 53 1; SpaniE Italia' i dis. parat betty plete, favor In t 20'55r. 29 - 50 r. 29 CGr. 2911 r. 29'77f. 29•59 f. '29 - 46f. 29'60f. 29 69f. 29•35 f, 29 49f. 29"67f. 29 74f. 29"75f. 29 80f. 29 81f. 29'87f. 29'64f. P 29 82f. 2919 f. 30'G6f. E. B. B. S.S.E. • 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 8. W. 8. S.W. W. s. W. S.W. S.W. N. W. B.S. W. 8.8. 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