The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-08 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cloek, a new Drama, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr Charles Dillon; Messrs Ryder, J. Rouse, F. Moreland, Barrett, F. Wilson, Barrett; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Hudspeth, and Mrs Vandenhoff. To eonclude with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF WATCH: Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill unirnence at seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Revival of " After D THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED ark.". After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr T. G. Shore, C. Harcourt, Edmcnds, Rolston, and Gresham; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rose Leclereq. Concluding with THE SECRET. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr.,B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING : Mr G. Belmore. At 15 to 8, 10th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. To conclude with WHITE.BAIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray H OLBORN 'THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SATURDAY, Isl . OF MAY, For the performance of the hlghe4t class of DRAMATIC LITERATURE. 14 OYA L STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. `,.!1 krke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Baton and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Button, L. Maitland, 4tc. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t` e Last Three Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Last appearances of the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES. —Brilliant ,nd unequivocal success of the Easter Programme. — The SAL st➢l A NDER HORSE, the greatest Equine Wonder of the day —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the metropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement Th e magnificent stud of FIFTY PERFORMING- HORSES, and the matchless SCENES in the ARENA. The most com plete combination of equestrian talent ever brought together. Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. 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THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Turs EVENING, at 7, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr. C Dillon. To conclude with PUSS IN BOOTS. T HEATRE-ROYA L, HAYMARKET. Triig EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Ruckstone, jun., Miss Fanny Wright &c. After which HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN 0 T HE WATCH. NI r. Sothern. Concluding with MA.RE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tuts EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK : Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Tins EVENING, at 7. A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, BLACK AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Leclereq, MIAs Lennox Grey, cte, And WHITEBAIT AT GREI , NWICH : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 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London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, that he hes been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE. SuN," and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M`Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVP:NING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.'5, MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. And BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Aresdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. TATS ETENINE*, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, Etc. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, IL J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c., and the Salamander Horse. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EvxBrNo, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Erery Night, at Wednesdays and haturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. Is. Box-oftlci ‘4,31.-ucvlC,Ali IvAItU.LA Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. _ - j r.: 11 1 . gig 1 14. Adit • ...-\1, 44,44,4 LONDON, 711URSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869. In a speech of considerable ability, Mr. MACMUR ROUGH KAVANAGH, one of the members for the County Carlow, supported an amendment moved yesterday afternoon by his colleague, the other mem ber for the same County, Mr. HENRY BRUEN, to the effect that the second reading of the measure then under the consideration of the House, to wit the Poor Law (Ireland) Amendment Bill, should be fixed for that day six months, or, iu other words, be set aside altogether. The intention of the Bill is, as is well-known, to extend to Ireland the principle of Union chargeability a'ready enforced in England, thereby putting an end to what the author of the mea sure, the member for New Ross, Mr. PATRICK APAIA HON, conceives to be the altogether abnormal system now and hitherto existing in the Sister Island. An other Irish member, the member for Limerick, Mr. SYNAN, proposed the intermediate course of referring the measure to the consideration of a Select Committee, a suggestion which received the support of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking in the name and on the part of her MA - JESTY'S Government. After complimenting Mr • KAVANAGH, in the strongest terms, upon the double fact of his having shown so much knowledge of the question, and so much power in dealing with it —a remark which elicited loud applause from the House —Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE inti mated, on behalf of himself and his colleagues, the readiness of the Government to support the amend ment, not of the member for County Carlow (Hr. BRUEN), but o f th e member for Limerick (Mr.SYNAN)--namely, that t h e bi ll, instead of being altogether shelved, should be referred to a Select Committee. The discussion upon the original motion for the Second Reading of the bill, and for the rival amendments, was continued some time afterwards —being intentionally prolonged by the opponents of the measure. And the noble lord the member for Tyrone was yet speaking, wh en the minute hand of the clock confronting Mr. SPEAKER, pointed inexorably to the fatal quarter to six o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon, the arrival of which forty-fifth minute is a death-blow to any mea sure under similar circumstance 3. That time being reached, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON received a ringin g cheer from the antagonists of the Bill, the motion for the second reading of which was thus indefinitely adjourned. Although the subject involved in the bill has thus consequently been set aside for this while, it is intrinsically of so much importance that, before dropping it out of view altogether, we would refer to some of the many striking remarks thrown out yesterday by the member here first natnel by ns, that is to say, the member for Carlow, Mr. KAVA NAGH. The hon. member said, among other things, that so far as he could gather, there were three main arguments used in support of the principle of this bill—firstly, that the principle had been adopted in England, and should therefore, be applied to Ireland; secondly, that union rating would remove the en couragement which electoral rating held out to land lords to clear their properties of the labouring classes, lest they should be taxed for their support ; and, thirdly, that the high rates on town electoral divi- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8 , 169. sions, as compared with rural electoral divisions was mainly due to the influx of the pauper popu lation so cleared off the estates of the landlords. With each of these arguments he dealt in succession. With reference to the first, while observing that his hon. colleague had sufficiently disposed of it, Mr. KAVANAGH said that he must be allowed to add that it was with no small surprise he heard this argument used by hon. members opposite, whose general cry was that no analogy existed between the two coun tries, and who claimed legislation of the most ex ceptional sort for Ireland. Without going further, he remarked that he need only refer on this point to the Irish Church Bill, and to speeches from hon. members opposite about the Irish land question. As to the second argument, he insisted that, if once applicable, it was now clearly and dis tinctly inapplicable. Formerly, as in 1838 or 1839, when the Poor Law Act first came into operation in Ireland, the survivors of pestilence and starvation flocked into the towns and workhouses where food and shelter was procurable. But, now, he th7nked GOD such was not the present state of affairs, and he firmly be lieved that, so far from this argument being any longer applicable to Ireland, the present tendency was for landed proprietors to build dwelling-houses and encourage labourers to settle on their estates, for in many places the want of labour had begun to be seriously felt. The third argument Mr. KAVANAGH dealt with by means of two or three very telling illustrations, in the way of hypothetical cases in point, for the better examination of which his speech of yesterday is well worth turning to and reading throughout. Altogether the question, though set aside for the pre sent, is one that must before long be revived for the purpose of being dealt with much more effectively than was in any way possible by means of the baulked bill of the hon. member for New Ross. Fr is to be regretted that the accession to power of the Liberal Ministry has been the means of delaying a most important reform which their predecessors were preparing to effect. The Con servative Government decided that a reduc- tion of rates for the postal carriage of newspapers and other printed matter was urgently required. The Liberal Government has preferred a temporary consideration of revenue to a permanent consideration of national progress. The fact that for thirty years the postal rates have remained sub stantially unaltered is of itself sufficient to prove that a revision is needed now. Anti quity is not an admirable quality in com mercial legislation. Few regulations for the ' conduct of trade affairs can remain in force for a generation without falling utterly behind the times. In the case of the Post Office but one great change, from a prohibitive to a moderate tariff, has been thought necessary since its establishment. The business of the country has multiplied beyond pre cedent, but the legislative facilities for conducting it remain unaltered. The importance of a reduction of the postal carriage for newspapers and other printed matter is not questioned. The subject is mature, sufficient information has been already accumulated, and it is not probable that by delay we shall gain anything. But the Government has refused to make the change because it would involve some financial dis arrangement. The arguments adduced by Ministers on Tuesday speedily reduce themselves to the one consideration of the Budget. Such pleas as insufficient premises, the difficulties caused by bulky parcels, the necessity of not interfering with the rapid transmission of letters are simply puerile. They cannot even be regarded as arguments for delay, which, it seems, was all the Po STMASTER-GENERAL intended them for. The size of the General Post Office and the inconvenience of manipulating heavy parcels are matters of detail with which the public has no concern whatever. To seriously urge them against even the post ponement of a great reform, is nothing less 0 -.- , we have before observed, private companies and in dividuals distribute newspapers at one-third of a penny, and yet realise considerable gains. The Post Office will neither allow full competition in the cheap car riage of printed matter nor undertake the work under protection of its monopoly. The Marquis of HARTINGTON attempted to justify this position. lie urged that the Post Office was for the country at large, not for the great towns only ; whereas private enterprise could choose the most profitable districts. It would not be fair to allow private companies to select those portions of the country where the work was easy and lucrative, and leave those portions where it was difficult and costly to the Post Office. But if this proves that the Post Office ought not to part with its monopoly, it is also clear that it can have no claim to a rate so much higher than private enter prise would admit. The profit necessary to private individuals is greater, their expenses higher, their resources inferior to those of the Post Office. It is true that they would naturally take the cream of the work, whilst the department must undertake the whole, but this is in no wise pertinent to the question at issue. Free trade in carrying printed matter does not i m pl y equal freedom in the carriage of letters ; and as the POSTMASTER -GENERAL admits that the Government carries comparatively little printed matter, he concedes that the work is left undone. Either the Post Office should undertake this duty at a practicable rate, or it should admit others to a business which is at present neglected. The financial argument should be treated with all respect. The Post Office is at present an important source of revenue, and at a time when the Government is earnestly carrying out a policy of economy the prospect of diminished profits deserves serious consideration. But making every allowance, the advantage of the change is so immeasurably in excess of the loss which would be incurred that it is merely parsimony, not economy, to refuse the reform on this ground. In the absence of other resources the Post Office revenue cannot be disre garded; but, after all, a large profit of this department is nothing more than the most objectionable of taxes. The Post office surplus represents an impost on intelligence, knowledge, business, and social intercourse. The profit of the Post Office ought in no respect to weigh against reform in a department which, more than any other, affects the well-being and comfort of the nation. In this case the first loss is set down by the POSTMASTER-GENERAL himself at £320,000, a loss which would certainly be diminished and eventually lowered by the increased business. And yet for this consideration we must remain in the ruck of progress—far behind France and the United States, and not even on a level with Spain or Greece. In nearly every civilised State is business commu nication cheaper than in the first commercial country in the world. o n y t t tr, El? MAJESTY. BUCKINOITAM PALACE, April 7. The Queen, auompanied by Prince Albert Victor of Wales, drove out this morning. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, honoured Mr. Thornycroft and Mr.W. Thecd with visits to their studios. We are requested to state that the diplomes d'honneur, go!d, and other medals, and certificates of honourable mention, awarded to British exhibitors by the international jury at the Havre Maritime Exhibition, can now bo obtained Cu application to Messrs. J. M. Johnson and Son, of Castle-street, Holborn, the commissioners of he United Kingdom. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIIi • (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDnsDaY, April 7. The general debate on the Budget has come to an end. M. Gamier Pages, who has received the name of the "Angel of Peace," opened yesterday's sitting with another of his attacks upon the Imperial system of great armaments. One of the journals here gives M. Gamier Pages another name—" The Exterminating Archangel of Imposts," and the two titles very adequately describe his policy. M. Gamier Pages wants to abolish armies and army budgets, and devote the proceeds of this vigorous retrenchment to the reduction and abolition of divers obnoidous taxes. If the hon. deputy had his will, the salt tax, the news paper duty, the tax on doors and windows, and the octroi duties would all be exterminated at once. In order to provide for the deficiency, the standing army should be at once disbanded. This uncompromising piece of philo sophy was the root and branch of M. Gamier Pages's dis course, which lasted not less than three hours. The scheme may readily be ridiculed as Utopian, and the cause of liberty is not favoured by Utopian ideas ; but if the whole of the worthy deputy's plan be not practicable, at all events some of it is. Heavy taxes are the result of great armies, and the reduction of the one would lead to the diminution of the other. Whether the pure and simple suppression of the army would be good for France is, perhaps, question able ; but at all events France could not lose more by a paix desarmde than by the paix armee from which she suffers now. No State would think of attacking or insult ing France if her army were no larger than that of the United States. M. Magne replied to this pacific exhorta tion with great courtesy, but at the same time not without a fair admixture of Attic salt. As might have been expected, he ridiculed M. Gamier Pages's scheme as impracticable. I shall not enter into further detail. One feature, how. ever, of this debate must not be overlooked. It has been a remarkable testimony to the reality of the public feeling in favour of peace. Whatever might be the differences of the speakers, their accord in denouncing war was general. Legitimists, Orleanists, Republicans, and Imperialists, have all expressed the same opinion. They may quarrel about official candidatures, the press, Ministerial responsibility, public meetings, and the Imperial financial policy of con tinually borrowing during times of peace ; but they are unanimous in declaring that France ought not to undertake any further isolated expeditions in search of adventures. War is still the last appeal of humanity ; but the representatives of France decide that it is only the extreme necessity which can justify such an appeal. Even the optimist, M. Louvet, who believes the French Budget to be an amazingly perfect work, is with the Left on this question. It is thought that the date of the elections may be unavoidably postponed a little. They are at present fixed for Sunday and Monday, the 30th and 31st of May, but these days may be altered. Your readers will doubt less be surprised to hear of election ballots on Sunday, but people here seem to consider the day a very favourable ono. It saves interruption of business. The sale of Prince Demidoff's art collection and furni ture has produced £23,000. It was a most valuable accumulation of art treasures—jewels connected with historic personages, antique Flemish tapestry, woven after cartoons by the great masters of the sixteenth century, curiouslywrought ornaments, and weapons. The history of the family to which this collection belonged was very remarkable. Prince Paul Demidoff was married in the Greek Church of Paris in 1867. This union, however, which was not a happy one, and with which State intrigues were said to be curiously blended, did not last long. Whatever may have been the cause, the beaUti ful bride of Prince Demidoff was evidently overwhelmed with grief, and neither bride nor bridegroom seemed to entertain hope of happiness from a marriage which, we are told, was concluded solely from State seasons. The Princess soon died, leaving one child, a boy. Her husband was, up to the period of her death, a man of pleasure. But that event completely altered him, and he resolved thenceforth to devote his whole fortune and energies to training his child as an apostle of humanitarianism, and ministering to the temporal and spiritual wants of the working classes. Paris was chosen as the most favourable centre for the ....ommencement of this enterprise. An establishment in connection with the Prince's dwelling has been founded in •Ilat great focus of working-class life, the Faubourg St. Antoine. This establishment supplies work to 200 s,empstresses, and furnishes them with a shelter whilst en gaged at their labours. The assistance of English, French, and Russian ladies has been obtained to direct the work. The women have perfect freedom of worship ; ministers of all denominations are admitted to the lecture-room. The little Prince is being brought up as an apostle of humanity amongst the children of the poor women who have thus been gathered together. LATEST INTELLMENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 7. Gold closed at 131 k, the highest quotation during ing the day was 1311, the lowest 1311. Sterling exchange on London, 108 ; 5.20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1191 ; ditto, 1885, 1161 ; ditto 1865, 1131; 10-40 Bonds, 1054.; Illinois, 1381;' Erie, 334. Cotton, midland upland, 281. Pe troleum, standard white, 314. Flour, extra state, $5.95 6.55 ; corn, old mixed, 88c. HALIFAX, April 7. The Inman Royal Mail steamer Etna arrived here at 3 p.m. to-day. All well. BRINDISI, April 8. The Adriatic and Oriental steamer Principe Carignano arrived here this morning, 81 hours from Alexandria, having experienced bad weather and head winds on her passage. She brings 29 passen gers, 17 of whom are English. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Apil 7. The British squadron have left the Tagus on a five days' cruise. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 8. The Neu• Free Press says :—" it is asserted on reliable authority that King Victor Emmanuel ex pressed to General Moering, the Austrian Envoy Extraordinary, his desire to pay a visit to the perial Court. Rumour adds that the Emperor Francis Joseph would probably return this visit during the coming summer. BOMBAY MAIL. MESSINA, April 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Nyanza passed through the Straits of Messina at 2.30 this morning en route for Marseilles. MALTA, April 8. The Pera leaves at 8 a.m. to-day for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the 17th instant. The Tanjore, from Southampton 27 tilt., reached Malta on the 4th instant at 4 p.m., and left at six the following evening for Alexandria. TIIE WEST COAST OF AFRICA, LIVERPOOL, April 8 The British and African Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Bonny arrived here this morning with ship letter mails from the West African Coast. Her dates are—Old Calabar, March 1 ; Fernando Po, 2d ; Bonny, 9th ; B en in, 11th ; Lagos, 13th ; Accra, 15th ; Cape Coast Castle, 16th ; Cape Pal mas, 18th ; Sierra Leone, 23d; Teneriffe, 30th ; and Madeira, April 1. The news from the different Ports on the West Coast is unimportant. The health of the rivers was tolerably good, and trade continued steady. A Magnificent Gift Book. The Nobility of Life: its Graces and Virtues. Selected and Edited by L. Valentine. Prose, and Verse, and Pictures. Warne and Co. As appropriate to Easter (or, for that matter indeed, to any ti me of the year that might be named) as to Christmas, this really superb gift-book commends itself as h eartily to our consideration, now, among the spring flowers, as four or five months ago among the holly branches and the mis tletoe. It is, inside and outside, " a thing of beauty ;" and, therefore,—according to the most famous first line of a first poem, that we know of in all literature—it is " a joy for ever." We, consequently, scruple not, now, to c a ll as particular attention to this volume, as though it had but just . ,eu4euwer rightly, mime_ diately before the close of last year, being (as it was) one of the most conspicuous among the poeti cal and pictorial precursors of the great holiday season known in the old days as Y u l e tid e . No matter how the time may run on in the future, the book before us, so long as its leaves and covers can hold together, must be fresh and new—as new as th e moon in its firs t quarter —as fresh as the breath o f the morning. It purports, by means of four -and-t wenty —not black birds bak e d i n a pie, but—o r i g i nal pictures printed in colours, aided by elaborat e b orders, headings, and vignettes, to celebrate, as its title intimates, "The Nobility of Life: its Graces and its Virtues." And it lurports to do this, yet further, by making those graces and virtues as they have been portrayed (we are quoting the words of the Title-page), " In Prose and Verse by the Best Writers." Though, it must be said, we are rather taken aback, here, in this mention of Prose and Verse, to find precedence thus accorded to Prose ! However th a t may b e , i there is th e b oo k in its ntegrity—Prose, Poet r y, and Pictures—a dainty dish to set before all true lovers of both Art and Literature. The principal Pictures, it should be said at once, are all colour-printed— some of them exquisitely, colour-printed—either by Edmund Evans or by Kronheim and Company. The artists are draughtsmen o f varied excellence. The majo rity of theta contribute tw o illustrations, out of t he twenty-fo u r adorning this singularly ornate volume. J. D. Watson t hus supplies a couple—. namely, R el i gion, as typified in the visiting the fatherless and the widows in their affliction—and Justice, as illustrated by the memorable historical incident of Prince Henry before Judge Gascoigne. IL Le Jeune has two—one of them pourtraying Faith, in the person of the Centurion coming to Chriat--the other Childhood, in a flowery dingle. J. Mahoney has another pair of these pictures to himself —the first shadowing forth Love in Childhood, Manhood, and Old Age, as charm ingly sung in one of his prettiest love ditties by Charles Mackay—the second (in an un coloured beading) revealing to us Patriotism in the person of Arnold Von Winkelreid. Two among the coloured pictures in the volume contri _ buted by another illustrator, E. H. Wehnert, appear to us, in some respects, among them all, the most successful. One symbolises Genius in the person of Shakspere lyi ng ; asleep in his youth on the banks of the river Avon—the other, Age, con soled by the shadowy apparitions of many tender remembrances. They are essentially companion pictures—delineative, th e one, of the Dreams of Youth ; the other, of the Dreams of Age. Over the slumbering form of the boy Shakspere there are seen the visionary shapes of the future creatures of his imaginati on—.llaralet in the Graveyard, Othello and Desderno na Macbeth and the Wit c h es, King Lear and Edgar, Titania, Shylock, and Richard 111., accordi ng to the hint co nveyed to the artist's mind by the passage selected from " D reamland." Around the musing figure of the Old Man—illustrative of one of the very loveliest of al l the minor Poems of Longfellow--we see the dimly-indicated " for ms of the departed," who have " entered at the chamber-door--" the beloved, the tr ue - hearted," who, thero, to visit him o nce more ." The picture is exquisite. It is one to be looked at through tears. Beyond any comparison, it is, to our fancy, the gem of the book. If only for the sake of that one illustration, as a most delicate tribute to the genius of the American poet, the volume ought surely to be placed in his hands on his return, now almost immediately, to England. As a gift-book or as a table-book, no volume that we have seen for a long while past is in any way comparable to the "Nobility of Life." " came Mrs. Jeremiah Ladd, the oldest person in Con necticut, died on Wednesday, March 10, in East Lynne, aged 103 years and 9 months. v.XTRAORDINARY METEOR. the_ togr.rl &rail 4-ebxntr a P o a r r il l pd s9 . m.e of in . Cla:eye)bayp was seen Curnhe.4--a .Jacuraay morning. The story as printed appeared very doubtful ; but it is confirmed as to its main features by our own correspondent at Carlisle. The time of the appearanc e was between four and five o'clock in the morning. The meteor first appeared in the north-east part of the sky, and took a rapid course to the south-west, and then seemed to burst with a force which caused violent vibrations in the air. Some persons who saw it describe the meteor as a large ball of fire ; others consider it was more like a " pillar of fire." While it was careering through the heavens the sky was brilliantly illuminated, and when it burst, the noise was like thunder, and wakened many people from their sle:p. Mr. Thomas Prichard, of Regent-road, Manchester, says that the meteor was visible in Manchester at ten minutes to five. It travelled at a very rapid rate, and just before losing itself seemed to break up into large piece; resem bling molten iron. Mr. Prichard did not hear any explosion. RIVAL LEADERS. The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says: "There can be no question as to the fact that the leadership of the Conservatives is slowly but steadily drifting into the hands of Mr. Hardy. Night after night Mr. Disraeli sits silent and moody on the front Opposition bench, rising only when—as on Friday evening —some personal attack is made upon him, and leaving to the late Home Secretary the task of indicating the policy of his party upon the questions before the House. On the Irish Church question there cannot, of course, be a doubt as to which of the two statesmen is in the more direct accord with the feelings and opinions of the majority of his party; and the Irish Church being the question of the hour, it is not unnatural that under uch circumstances the Conservatives should be disposed .3 follow the leader who for the time being has their sym athies most completely. But already there seems to be reeping over the party a feeling of listlessness and indiffe :ence on this very question of the hour. Mr. Disraeli has a strong personal following ; and that body is being aug naented by those who see how utterly without prospect of recess is such a policy as that advocated by Mr. Hardy. Cpon the whole, therefore, no one who studies the present aspect of affairs can come to the conclusion that Mr. Disraeli is in any actual danger of losing his hold upon his Party. It may for a time be weakened; but when the present 'Crisis has passed away the Conservatives will undoubtedly return to their allegiance to the only man who seems able to blend into one harmonious whole the very discordant elements of which his party is composed. The Daily Ems, however, considers that the years during which Mr. Disraeli will retain the leadership of the Con servatives in the House of Commons could be numbered on the fingers of one hand. The enthronement of the Bishop of London took place to-day. A committee has been formed to raise a fund for a testimonial to the band of rescuers at the recent colliery inundation. The Bishop of Salisbury, says the local journal, " though not quite so well during the last few days, continues much about the same. The accounts received by the family on Saturday morning wore 'rather more forting.'" The Earl of Sefton has accepted the office of chair man of the Executive Committee of the Liverpool Church Congress. Tho committee has resolved, on the recommen dation of tho Bishop of tho diocese, to add " The Church's Work amongst Seamen " to the list of subjects already an nounced. The Archdeacon of Winchester has stated at a public dinner that the bishop of the diocese has so far reco vered from the attack which he experienced some time ap as to be able fully to (142ellarge diocesan duties. His speech is not quite so fluent as it was, but the physicians enterta'n hopes that Ito may even recover that. A very melancholy accident is reported from Lossie mr,utb, cn tLe coast of Morayshire. Four fishermen went out a day or two ago in a boat to pursue their calling. Th e sea was rough at the time, and it is believed the boat, which was found on the shore the same day, had been capsized, and the four men had been drowned. The Prince of Wales (according to the L ondon correspondent of the Manchester Guardian) has b a d a com munication this week- from home which will cause him to shorten his sojurn i n th e L evant, as it is the especial desire of the Queen th a t h e should return to London by the second week in May. Hi s v i s i t to the King of It a l v, for which arrangements had been made "ill conse qu ently ?nseckteatl ,y b e post- POlaittabil2lMlA94lo9ll. • , THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) THE REAL "CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH."—" The Captain "—just launched—and all congratulation on your child, Captain Cowper Coles. WHAT WILL IT TAKE ?—Gold has many properties, but we never knew that it could feel a desire fur drink, until playbills and posters told us of The Thir,t of Gold at the Olympic. . _ A PRIENDLY SUGGESTION.—The " Miners" are amongst those on strike at Preston. Would it not be well for all, br,th masters and men, to be " minders'' of the advice of such counsellors as AN EXCEPTIONAL ' A- - eom. ~eat about the weather which we have had minr c ilt - he past month. Nevertheless, atter an, tins lasi, March has been none so dusty. REVIEWING THE PAST.—What the Volunteers would like to have, when they go again to Dover, would be a Walmer reception by the Lord Warden —and the weather. They hope the next tide they see there w:11 Le a Whitsuntide. A Item AHEAD.—A telegram from Madrid has agi tated our Foreign Office by the portentous information that :" In to-day's sitting of the Cortcs, Senor Orense gave notice of an interpellation respecting the future of Gibraltar." That future some Spaniards wuld fain have us make a present of, by presenting them with Gibraltar. As long as Gibraltar is necessary to our maritime position, don't they wish they may get it ? (From Judy.; THE FOOT GUARDS.—Boots and shoes. NOT A BILLY-DOUX.—Mr. Gladstone. MOTTO FOR THE LIGHT BLUE EIGHT.—" After Dark." THE LATEST CABINET QUESTION.—" Who shall be nearest?" OF COURSE IT ISN'T !—Unlees we are very much mis taken, Mr. Gladstone will shortly find that the "Bench of Bishops" is not to be sat upon, at any rate by him. FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR. —Mr. Bright doesn't feel him self quite so free to act as he did last year, having specu lated rather much lately in Treasury Bends / A WORD OF ADVICE.—Th e cotton spinners at Preston are now on strike. Judy advises them to get back to work again as soon as possible, or else their condition may shortly turn out to be one of Reel di: tress ! LORD DUNDREARY AGAIN.—When his lordship recently saw the announcement that a littl e pamphlet, under the title of " Gardening All the Year Round," was in the press, he wittily remarked that he himself had just been " Weeding All the Year Round!" BROTHERS IN HE ROIS3I. —All the world gives its meed of praise to that noble animal which Mounts St. Bernard to rescue the snow-covered traveller from his icy bed ; and the other "Doggy" who descends Brierley Hill Pit, as Tom Brown recently did, to save his fellow man, is equally worthy of that praise ! From the Owl. WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT LIKE THE SUN?—Because when it is not Lowe it is Bright ! THE TABLES TURNED. The Grammar School, Birchington. Dear Owl,—We are all delighted to hear that there is-a clause in the "Endowed Schools Bill" which compels tha masters to be examined. What fun ! Do you think they will allow the boys to examine them? We would do it capitally. This is the sort of paper work we should give them.—Your affectionate OwLETs. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS, PRACTICAL AND CRITICAL, 2 TO 4 P.M. I.—Write out 100 lines. 2.—(a) Do you believe the story of Romulus and Remus? (b) Or, Do you think the wolf merely represented the schoolmaster of the period ? (c) If you do not believe it, have you ever tried to look as if you did? 3.—Give an anatomical analysis of the floggahle por tions of the human frame, having special regard to their relative sensitiveness. 4 .—Define "swipes," " sky blue, de resur " "pat 6 rection," " squish," and " sc rape. " s.—Subject for Latin Elegiacs (not to exceed 250 lines) : " The Minimisation of Small Beer." 6•—Supposing you to have given "an extra week at Christmas" on the occasion of the birth of each member of the Royal Family; what has been your aggregate saving in butchers' meat since the A ccession of her Majesty ? On 7ruesday morning the town of Wigan was alive with a rumour that a sec,lnd explosion of fire (lamp lind occurred at the pits of Messrs. Mercer and Evans, in Park lane, Ashton, near Wigan. An accident, indeed, had oc curred, but happily no very serious damage was caused. Shortly before ton o'clock in the morning, a portion of the brick lining of an up-cast shaft, which had probably been loosened by the explosions frequently occurring during tho combustion of the coal, and which bad escaped notice, became detached from the sides and fell down the shaft to tho Pemberton four-feet seam. The descent of this mass of material had the effect of reversing the ventilation for a few moments, and the ascent of the smoke up the down-cast gave tho impression that an explosion had oc curred. The news spread, and the wives and mothers of the men working fn the pit wore soon anxiously moving to wards the shaft._' liie true facts of the c_itee were, homer, tolin knumui _ THE FACTORY INSPECTORS' REPOR2'.- The reports of the inspectors' of factories for the half year ending October, 1868, have been issued, and form an octavo volume of goodly size. They contain a great deal of useful information concerning the application of the new Factory Acts to the miscellaneous trades and occupations of the country, and to the educational questions connected with them. In the first place it is satisfactory to find that few instances have occurred during the half-year, in which it has been necessary to prosecute offenders under the Factory Acts. In the district of Mr. Redgrave, the senior in spector, there were only twenty manufacturers he felt called upon to proceed against.,Of the 5,396 occupiers of fac tories under the earlier acts only 16 have been prosecuted, and of the 7,580 occupiers of works under the act of 1867 only three, and in one of these three cases the prosecution was undertaken with the view of settling a doubtful point of law. It is, as Mr. Redgravo observes, most gratifying to find the good feeling and co-operation increasing in every class of works. The number of accidents reported 2,789, is much larger than the previous year, but that is owing to the regulations being better known. Mr. Redgravo is of opinion, however, that most of these reports are useless, and more than half the accidents were not caused by machinery, and many. of the remainder were purely accidental. It is worth notice, however, that Mr. Baker, the second inspector, holds a different opinion on this point. Mr. Baker thinks that it is highly important the origin of all accidents should be ascertained. There is often negligence or indifference or dislike to incur expense on the part of the owners, and great carelessness or nonchalance among the workers, and a dangerous amount of curiosity among the now hands. It is stated that since the accidents in mines have been carefully inspected the number has been greatly reduced, and it is hoped the same result will follow the accident reports in the factories. Mr. Baker advises the compulsory maintenance of all sufferers by accidents from unprotected machinery by the employe; with pensions to families whose head is killed by such prevent:blo disasters. Another point on which Mr. Baker diffors from his colleague is that of the surgeon's certificates. At present the em ployers aro obliged to obtain a surgical certificate of age for every young person under eighteen whom they employ, a regu ation which Mr. Redgravo thinks is needlessly oppres sive, as the registrar of births could supply tho requisite in formation. This clause in the act excites a good deal of discontent among the employers, who have to pay the surgeon's fees. Mr. Baker, however, is anxious to main tain the law as it now stands, believing that it pre serves us from the physical evils produced by factory work. The 'Workshop Regulation Act has woi ked very well, and is likely to do much service. In every con viction under it during the half year the offence was the illegal employment of young girls and women. Some diffi culties exist in the way of enforcing all the Acts in special cases. Thus many tobacco manufacturers are Jews, whose scruples prevent them from employing- women and young persons on Saturday, while the law fi.rbi Is tLem to Co so on Sunday. The job printers, too, aro dissatisfied with the re strictions imposed on them, while the establishments for needlework of various kinds suffer from the enforced limita tion of their hours. In this case, It mover, it would be necessary to proceed very carefully in the way of relax ing the law. The educational effect of the Factory Acts is not their least important aspect, and we are sorry to find that as yet they have proved valueless in raising the stan dard of education in the metropolis. Mr. Hendersor, ono of the sub-inspectors, says that, with one solitary exception, he is not aware of any children attending school under the Act of 1867 in his division. Employers have made no effort to adopt the half- time system, because they can get as many young persons over twelve as they choose to employ. With regard to the half-time system itself, it is noticeable that these reports fully confirm all that has been said of its advantages. In spite of the general advantages of the Scotch in the matter of education, only 46 per cont. of the factory children of Edinburgh could read and write, while in Leeds, Rochdale, and Blackburn, where the half time system is adopted, the percentage was respectively 67, 66, and 76. The several inspectors advise some slight modifications or alterations in the Acts, though sanguine as to their general effects, and on the whole the impression loft by their reports is encouraging. A CIRCUS DIRECTOR EATEN BY LIOIO A Brussels correspondent writes :--" Easter week has closed with a fearful occurrence at Bailleul. troupe of performing lions had been visiting the place. On the night of the last performance the lion -tamer was suddenly taken ill, and i n orde° not to disappoint the public the director of the circus, M. Brennett, notwithstanding the oppoo tion of his friends, was rash enough to undertake the dompteur's part. M. Brennett entered the cage, and succeeded for a time in making the lions go through their performances ; but when it came to the close, which consists of giving the animals roe meat, the director lost courage, and instead of keepim a firm eye on the animals, as tamers are wont to do, be trembled, and made for the door of the cage. This sealed his doom. A large lioness was the first to pounce uPo l him, and in a few minutes the rash, unfortunate man wile torn to pieces. SHOOTING AT BLACKBURN ELECTIO2' At the Blackburn Town Hall, on Tuesday, a stationet named John Charles Bradshaw, was brought up on re mand, charged with shooting at two police-constables in Penny-street, on the day of the parliamentary election with intent to do grievous bodily harm ; also, wit ) unlawfully discharging a gun with intent, and wit / assaulting a man named John Kenyon, after the declare tion of the poll after the parliamentary election at Black burn. A street row took place in Penny-street, where the prisoner resides. He was seen to fire four shoU into the street from his house window, and afterward' discharged a revolver over the shoulder of Kenyon in tile street, and then knocked Kenyon down with the but! end of the revolver. Heavily-loaded weapons were found in the prisoner's house. The theory of the prosecutio n was that the prisoner fired the shot over Kenyon' shoulder at two police-constables on duty in the street This was denied by the defence, who alleged that the shot" were fired to frighten the people who were breaking the prisoner's windows. After a lengthy hearing the magistrates dismissed the charge of shooting with intent/ and fined the prisoner £5 and costs for the assault 61 Kenyon, and 40s. and costs for unlawfully firing a gun; °I in default three months' imprisonment. PRISON LABOUR. HABITUAL CRIMINALS. The Recorder of Birmingham, Mr. Adams, spoke veil strongly at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions agail lr some of the provisions of Lord Kimberley's bill. As I ' l 4 l example of the severity with which the proposed la would occasionally bear upon particular cases, Adams mentioned that of the number of persons tri before him and the Assistant-Recorder of Birrainghl last year, n o l ess t h an twenty-five must have rece i v sentences of seven years' penal servitude if this bill 0 0 been in force. He had prepared a list of those cases, O l d of which he mentioned. In one instance, a boy 11 stolen 51b. of b ee f, f or w hi c h h e was sentence d ;„ imprisonment and ordered to b e w hipp e d. H e nex t sO i a pound of tobacco, and had one month. The next ti he was caught st ea li ng a f ew s li ces o f f r i ed f i sh, of tils b , value of 2d. For that h e (M r . Ad ams ) sentence d him nine months' imprisonment, believing that was what justice of the case demanded. If, however, this bill 0 ; 1 been in ope ra ti on , h e must h ave given seven years' PeAriA servitude. H e c it e d another case of a lad convicted j" stealing four packs of cards, for w hi c h h e h ad seven dal' A • ----a n. similar nat ty he had a sentence of two month s . Th e t hi r d ti , l* he was brought up on a charge of stealing a Pe, of boots, for which he had a sentence of nine months. this case, too, there must have been penal servitude mid' the new bill. He moved that a petition be drawn °C . ', pointing out the obk2ctionable chara c t er o f th e clause named. Mr. T. C. S. Kynnersley, stipendiary mag istrat ° of Birmingham, seconded the motion, and said he sure the bill, if it became law, would result in ma 0 ): the Secret ary o f State ' s official life a burden, 0 " account of the number of petitions which would be Pr e: sented when th e severe sentences were apparent. 0. motion was carried. THE MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN PARIS The tragical and mysterious event which occurred 001 0 , days ago in the barracks of the Rue de Tournon 061 ' occupies attention. When the report of a pistol was heal in the rooms of Com man d ant Thevet, the soldiers rushe i , to the apartments. Th e y found the command an t d ea d in bed with a revolver lying beside him. Beside the he uf with no dress on but a c h em i se, was a female, who turned ; out to be a l a dy o f ran k, an d one of the leaders of fashionable world of Paris. This lady was arrested ° 1; suspicion of being a murderess, but her husband O r !, shortly came to cl a i m h er , an d t h e commissary of po li c y being - satisfied that the officer had committed suicide, 011 ' 1 was set at liberty. The story goes that the commanda° ° who had carried on an intrigue with the lady for the ih s l six months, had i n th at t i me completely ruined himself by ministering t o h er extravagance. It was remarke d that on the sh ou ld ers of the lady were some recerlb scratches, and these, it appears, were occasioned in the attempt which sh e ma d e to prevent Commandant Theve t from committing suicide. M. Thevet's son, a young WO. of 18, wa s a t th e races, and had arrived at the house PIP as his father was about to expire. He was prevented froth entering, and taken to the house of a military man, wher e the sad news was broken to him. The occurrence tea place on Sunday week. M. Thevet was buried on Thurl l l day last, without the usual military honours. Owing to the depressed state of trade the Wes t Lancashire Coal Association have resolved to reduce th.. wages of the colliers ten per cent., and notice of this deter' mination will be given immediately. The step is not ilea' pected, and th e men, who are still suffering from the effects of the strike of last year, will, it is said, accept the raduc 4 tion without resorting to another contest in which they gr a pretty sure to be defeated. A sum of £47 has been subscribed by the ill habitants of Uxbridge and the neighbourhood to reward tho police sergeant Mason, who a few week ago stopped a cart driven by four burglars, captured two of them, and recovered a quantity of stolen property. Two-thirds of the sum hag been given to Mason, and the remainder to a policeman who came to his assistance and secured the two burglars. TO presentation was made by the chairman of the bench Of magistrates on behalf of the subscribers. The steps to procure economy in the Government offices are being taken one by one. The clerks in the Civil Service are (says the Manchester Examiner), by an order just issued, required to provide their own pencils, knivegf and other office materials, excepting stationery. It is said , that the recent order about pen mending and waste paper: which caused some amusement when it was published, ba resulted in a revenue of about £lO,OOO, paid by contractor° who purchase the " waste" material. A labourer has been committed for trial at Guild"- ford for putting a boy, 10 years of age, into a copper of scalding water, when the boy refused to fetch him some turnips. The brute dipped the boy thrice in the scalding liquid despite. his screams. The doctor who had attended MO since the sth fehruary, when the barbarity was committed, stated to tiro bench that not a bit of skin remained from the middle of the thigh to the ty,ea, and that the boy for a 10 , 1 time lay in a precarious condition. Sentence was passed on Tuesday at tho West Riding sessions upon John Firth, convicted some months ago of stealing 50,000 cubic feet of gas, the property of the llalifa% Corporation. The fraud was effected by intercepting the gas from the mains of the Corporation by means of a pipe, introduced at a point where the gas could be obtained and used without the quantity being recorded by the meter. At the trial certain legal . points were reserved for the opinion of th 4 Court of Criminal Appeal, but the conviction was confirmed , and tho defendant now came up for sentence. The preside ing magistrate said the evidence showed that tho Halifax Corporation had been abominably robbed by a 83 , 130;2.7,i fraud whi c h h a d b een carried on for ten or eleven years, 4 .4 sentenced the defendant to six months' vasi. Mar. . At the Devon Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday,Sir Staffol 4 Northcote, chairman, the subject of prison labour agai ii engaged considerable attention. A special committee of the visiting justices of the county gaol had visited the gaols Bedford, Winchester, and Holloway, with the vie 4 of ascertaining the reformatory and pecuniary result' of prison labour. They had found the labour ronly iterative, but in some instances not reformatory, sf the objectionable "shot drill" was adopted. Thel came to the conclusion that the " se parat e system," as adopted at Exeter, is beneficial in the reformation and punishment of criminals, and r ecogr mended that the present use of the treadwheel b e cot tinued. The Earl of Devon expressed his strong co s viction that before long the system of rerramerati le labour in prisons, as adopted in so many country on the Continent and in America, would 171 more generally adopted in England. At the sam e time he thought the f ac t s ascerta i ned so far did o °' justify a change from the present system at the De o County Gaol. This was the prevailing opinion, and a r e ' solution to that effect was carried, Sir John Bowring, bad introduced the subject, again and again expressed 13 ' great surprise that magistrates could be so blind as to sanction the plan of " letting buckets into empty We l e and growing old with drawing nothing up.' 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