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TOE SWANSEA VALE AND NEATII AND BRECON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London, S.W., April 23, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That , in accordance with the Railways (Extension of Time) Act, 1868, an Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of this Com pany will ba held at their Offices, as above, on MONDAY, the 10th day of May next, at Three o'Clock in the after noon, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving of an application being made to the Board of Trade, pursuant to the said Act, for an extension of time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junc tion Railway Act, 1864 (which expires on the 28th of July next), for the completion of the Railway therein de cribed as follows, viz. A Railway commencing in the parish of Cilybebill, in the County of Glamorgan, by a junction with the Swan sea Vale Railway, at the north end of the platform of the Ynys-y-Geinon Station of that Railway, and terminating in the hamlet of Colbren, in the parish of Ysiradgynlais, in the county of Brecon, by a junction with the authorised line of the Neath and Brecon Rail way, at a point in the fi-ld numtered 42, on the plan of tl.e la t- mentioned Railway ; and also for an Exte;,sion of tie time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Act, 1865 (which expires on the sth of July, 1870), for the completion of the Railway therein described, as follows, viz:— A P.ils - ray, commencing in the parish of Yacadgynlais, , 37 a jurction with tho authorized line of the Swansea Tale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway, at a point in an enclosure, nnmbered 165 on the plan deposited in respect of that Railway with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Brecon in the month of November, 1863, and term:nating in the same parish, at or near to thei bridge carrying the tramway or trammed ledonging to the Aberciare Colliery and works over the liver Tawe. D. ROWELL MORGAN, Secretary. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE OMPANY, in antiepation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new L surances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. . ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL YEW INSURANC Y.S, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTEn.IsT JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution pa:;getl at the Annual Meciing of Shareholders. JOHN H. 'Mc LAR EN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. T lIE ATIIE-ROYA L. HAYMARKET. 'PHIS EvENING, EASY SHAVING.: Messrs. Rogers Clark Gordon, White; Miss Fanny Wright. &c. A fier which. HOME ; Messrs. 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At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl stone. J. Clarke; slesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.20, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by CLAUDE DUVAL• Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers. Miss M. Oliver. &c. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tuts Evy.x Net, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss 0. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CI3RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 andB all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S 1107 AL ALTIAMBITA PALACE. —THREE PALLET. Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 3. ls. Box-offic4 open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regents -pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admisaion, la.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve, Gd. , SUM LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, IEC9. There are some things altogether too horrible to write about—certainly to write about with any de gree of detail or minuteness. And yet front the very circumstances of their really appalling and revolting character; it is innmnbent upon the journalist that they s':ould not be passed by in absolute silence. Conspi ersons of late among these themes of horror have been to o indescribably detestable murders—one of them committed eighteen years ago—the other only very recently. In each instance the victim was a woman. In err!' instance the murder was of the most brnta l character. P for to the murder in one instance the :ctim was foully outraged. Subsequent to the mur der in the other instance the body of the victim was got rid of by a revolting series of mu ti?atio n s. Zhe last-mentioned crime was the One perpetrated ncarly,a score of years ago down at Norwich—the murderer, in his seeming respectabi lity, resembling TAWELL, in his infernal inhumanity resembling GBEENACIIE. The wretched criminal, is this case, was self-accused. His confession of his long-secreted guilt wss extorted from him by the tardy agonies of remorse, and the result has been :hat he has expiated his atrocity upon the gallows, at the bands of the public, or we ought rather to say THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1869. now, "perhaps, of the priviite hangman. Up to the line of SHEWARD'S stringulation in the prison yard at Norwich, it was a matter of the greatest uncertainty whether, after all, his life might not have been spared. Not—observe !—be . cause of the discovery on the trial or afterwar , ls of anything like mitigating or extenuating circum stances. Nothing whatever of the kind. But simply and solely because a morbid interest was aroused in the wretched murderer's behalf, because, forsooth, he had been found guilty, after these eighteen years of unsuspected guilt, exclusively on his own confession, on his own self accusation ! Simultaneously with the announcement of the fact of his having been hanged, in fulfilment of the terms of the sentence pronounced upon him by the judge in open court, there appeared a detailed account dictated by the murderer himself on the eve of his execution, an appallingly minute description of the mode in which he had mutilated the body of his mar dered wife, and got rid of it, piecemeal, such as must, surely, from the especial atrocity of the particulars narrated, demonstrate the utter folly, to say the very least of it, of the morbid sympathy apparently felt in his behalf only the other thy by a considerable number of certainly very weak-minded individuals. As to that other murder already referred to as hav ing been committedionly very recently by a miser able wretch of the name of WILTSHIRE, we all know now that in that instance there has been a terrible failure of justice. The man was tried and, upon the clearest evidence, was found guilty of one of the most atrocious murders ever perpetrated. The jury found him guilty. The Judge sentenced him to death. Slihznrijiantly 4." _ all but murdered one of the warders in charge of him in the condemned cell. And yet, after this, there was a commutation of the sentence by reason of the in terference of the right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary. There came a reprieve—the sentence of death was changed into penal servi tude for life. Immediately the fact that it was so became known, there was not un- ' naturally awakened in the minds of many people a sense of burning indignation that, without any apparent reason whatever, justice should thus have been allowe3;to miscarry, in the instance of a criminal whose atrocity was notoriously, almost, one might s iy, preternatural, in its character. Mr. BRUCE was challenged to explain in the House of Commons the reasons which had actuated him in interposing thus between the murderer WiursiltEF. and the gallows Immediately the Home Secretary's reasons were given it was understood at once that the responsibility of this astounding transformation of the sentence of death to penal servitude for life devolved, from himself, upon the Judge and the Jury. Upon second thoughts both judge and jury appeared to think that the ver dict ought not to have been Guilty, and that the sen tence ought not to have been Death. " Second thoughts," according to the ungrammatical old pro verb, are said to be bt , st." Ttiey were certainly not, in this instance, for hardly had they been thrust upon the attention of the Home Secretary, hardly had they constrained him (as they, of course, did) to decide that IVlLTsnirtE should not be hanged by th e neck until he was dead—when that inhuman mur derer made a cold-blooded and most deliberate state ment of the circumstances undcr which the crime had been committed, such as leaves now not one shadow of doubt that never was verdict of guilty more justifiably arrived at than it was in this instance, and that never was sentence of death more justifiably pronounced. There are crimes th.►t hanging is said to be too good for. And this was one of them. Yet, having been found guilty, having been sentenced to death, having been set aside for execution— the murderer is saved from the gallows at he eleienth hour, because of so:ne bewildering ;econd though's, both on the part of the judge .who .ried him, and on the part of the jurymen before diem he was tried. What were the judge and jury bout in this instance ? For, here, is the criminal making bad worse by the very manner in which he volunteers his hideous statement, and hugging him- self with delight at the same moment because of hii having had his life thus spared in a manner th most unexpected and the most astounding. THE elections which have taken plaCe since the great conflict of last autumn have by no means altered the verdict which the country then gave. The question before the constituencies then was, Will you have your rulers men pledged to do justice to Ire land and to reduce the public expediture, or men pledged not to do the first, and not pledged to do the second? The result we all know. For the first time within the present generation a Minister did not venture to meet the Parliament which he himself had called. Since then the new Minister has fulfilled his promise. He has brought in the first of the measures which is to restore justice to Ireland, and he has effected a saving of over two millions sterling in the army and the navy estimates. The Opposition find themselves beaten night after night in the House of Commons, and with no other resource but protest against what they are pleased to term a " brute majority" and assertion that if the country were appealed to again, it would, now that it has become acquainted with Mr. LA D STONE'S Irish Church scheme, pronounce against him. Facts do not bear out the prophecy. We say nothing of the circumstance that all the Ministers who had seats in the House of Commons were re re-elected without a contest, and that seats were found for the two who had been defeated in November ; for these elections took place before the Ministerial measure was introduced. But we can appeal to the other elections, which have been caused either by death or by the unseating of members. Seventeen members have been returned since Parliament assembled, and instead of the constituencies having changed their minds, they have so far ratified their former decision that the net result is again of one seat to the Liberal party. We do not attach parti cular importance to the cases in which a change has taken place. Wareham returned a Liberal at the general election, simply because two Conserva tives opposed each other; and when the Liberal died, the Conservatives male up their quarrel and won back the seat. In London the death of Mr. BELL deprived the Conservatives of the minority seat; in Taunton, the Conservative having been unseated on petition, a scrutiny seated a Liberal. In Brecon, which is no doubt a really Liberal constituency, as almost all the Welsh boroughs are, Lord HYDE was returned by a large majority over Lord C. llAmiuroN, because the disturbing influence of Mr. HOWEL GWYN'S gold was no longer felt. Only in Dumfriesshire can much importance be attached to the alteration of representation which has taken 'place; and there it was due rather to terrAorial than political influences. As for the other constituencies, they are as they were, save that some of them,like Beverley and Cashel, have robablywitnessed th e i r l as t e l ect i on, and w i ll spee dil y join the Ingloriou s company of Lancaster, Yarmouth, Fotnes, and Reigate. The simple fact remains that the country which chose Mr. GLADU'ONE upon trust has, since it rnlde acquaintance with his policy, rati fied that confidence. The nation is well pleased with the PREMIER to whom it gave such a Inagua:cent majority. THERE does not seem at first sight to be much connection between volunteering and the " Quarto deciman heresy." Some of our readers who have undergone the discipline of the goose-step may never even have heard of tlte heresy. For their informa- tion we may mention briefly that it was the custom of observing Easter on the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, which was adopted by the Eastern Church. It gave rise to a bitter controversy, and, toge ther with a dispute about the " double procession;" it ledtothatruptureof ChristetidomwhichseparatedEas; from West, and which still keeps them apart, " A Volunteer" now rushes in where theologians may fairly fear to tread, and argues, in the Daily News, in behalf of a change of date for the celebration of the chief Christian festival. The final cause of this change is the hurricane which took place on Easter Monday, and which exposed some 15,000 volunteers to the pelting of the hail and the curses of the COMMANDER-IN CHIEF. But the writer has Dther reasons. Easter at present is a moveable feast . it may occur as early as March 22, or as late as April 25, and thus great inconvenence is caused. More over, when it occurs early, we are still often in the depth of winter, although ;he sun has touched the Southern tropic, and is travelling back from the goat to the crab. ;The oarlier period breaks up the schoolboys' and the students' terms too early; it divides the parliamentary sesion unequally; and then the Volunteer Review—tlat in itself is sufficient reason for the change. Against it he can imagine no possible argument except " the mere moonshine of sentimental feeling "—the sentiment that England is keeping Easter at the same time as the great majority of Christendom. We suspect that " A Volunteer" will find "senti ment " a rather more powerful obstacle than he sup poses it to be. Most of us are Christians, very few of us are volunteers. Most of us like to feel that the Western Church, and we would fain think the Eastern Church also, was celebrating the greatest event in the world's history simultaneously. The modern tendency is rather towards finding some means by which Easterns and Westerns can be united, than towards setting up a new use of our own. Perhaps in this desire " A Volunteer" nay see the opportunity he wishes. Why should he not be sent to the forth coming Men meninn 1 Conn eil charged. by . the archbishops and the bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland to arrange with the Sovereign PONTIFF and the ARCH mum!, of Moscow for the transference of Easter Day to St. Mark's Day ; or why not say the Festival of St. Philip and St. James—Mayday—itself ? We must make one stipulation, however : he must arrange that Good Friday shall not occur on a Mon day; that might be awkward. It would be more puzzling even than finding out the " golden number." -... KtOrtilLit „..., . 4 , ,a-c - 4; i HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 26. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out this morning. Princess Louise, Princess 13.,!atrice, and Prince Leopol I went out. LAI'EST INTELL tGENCE R E tr'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YoRK, Ap: il 2G. Gold closed at 1335. The highest quotation during the thy was 1338 ; the lowest 1338. Ster ling Exchange on London, 1081 ; Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1882, 1211 ; ditto, 1885, 1188 ; ditto,lBG7, 1158 ; . Ten -Forty Bonds, 106- ; Illinois, 1431 ; Erie, 331. Cotton—middling up land, 288 c. Petroleum—standard white, 322 c. Flour —extra State, $5 70c. to $6 30c. Corn—old mixed, 82c. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Ap"il 26 The King opened the session of the Corns to day. In his speech from the throne, his Majesty said that the Budget as presented would require important alterations. Alluding to the mutiny which occurred lately in the regiment under orders to embark for the coast of uibiqoe, the King stated that the Government had promptly restored order. In reference to the state of the finances his Ma jesty said that it clernan.led the serious attcnt;on of the members since the excess of the expenditure over the revenue was a source of anxiety. Effica cious measures for the payment of the floating debt, for the reduction of the deficit, and for a just and equal distribution of the burdens arising from taxation would be introduced by the Government. CHINA. SHANGHAI, March 31. _A despatch from Sir Rutherford Alcock to the British Consul at this port has been published on the subject of the introduction of railways and telegraphs into China. Sir Rutherford says that notwithstanding the promises made by the Bur lingame mission to Europe an d A mer i ca, t h e Central Government of Pekin show no desire for progress, but, on the contrary, will not yield to the introduction of any such proj ec t s except un d er pressure and coercion. GALLE, April 21. Contradictory private advices have been received from Java reporting the outbreak of a general in surrectim 12 miles from Batavia. Same Europeans are said to have been killed. The Batavian newspapers have been prohibited from publishing particulars of the outbreak. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 26.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4 per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Fives 56 20 3 per Cent End of month 7l 35 Mexican Loan ... Credit Mobilier 75 Do. Bonds End of month... 255 Credit Foncier -.1528 End of month... _ Spanish Threes _ 30 25 Rome Debt — Deferred — Cash. Orleans Northern 1075 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ 6lO Western ................... Eastern ............ Sardinian LAustrian ............. . ............... ......... ombard ................................... North of Spai n Saragossa Roman ................................ ...... nAILWAi 511 695 477; __.. 59 Jib 77 - 111 : FRENCH PLAYS. The French plays commenced last night at the St. James's Theatre. The house was filled by a brilliant and distinguished audience, who appeared to be justly satisfied with the entertainment pro vided for them. Th e piece selected for the oc casion was the comedy of "Le Marquis de Villemer," by Georg e Sand, which some years since attracted such popularity at Paris, when brought out at the Odeon. The plot is of the simplest character. There are no striking or sen sational incidents or situations ; but the dialogue is brilliant and witty, and the acting was entitled to the highest praise. Without any other aid than the sparkling wit with which it charmed, and the talent of the performers, who played their parts, the attention of the auditory never flagged, while bursts of laughter were produced by the acting of Mr. Brindeau as the Due d'Aluca, a wild spend thrift, who, although arrived at the solemn age of forty, l aughs,•atni makes all who hear and see him laugh too, at his impecunio,ity and the hopeless prospects before him. He, however, finally comes " all right," by marrying an eccentric young and rich heiress, who chivalrously determines to bestow her hand and fortune only "on a ruined man." We must congratulate Mr. Raphael Felix on the happy commencement of his third season, which we cannot doubt, from the talents of his company, will prove as attractive and profitable as his best friends could desire. MR. BENJAMIN HIGGS The select committee cf the House of Commons ap pointed to inquire into the various bills affecting the gas companies of the metropolis resumed their sittings on Monday. Mr. Chatteris, the auditor of the Great Central Gas Company, was again examined at great length. He said that Mr. Wyld was the chief accountant, and Higgs was the subordinate clerk. It was the duty of the accoun tant to enter the sums paid into the bankers in the ledger; but Higgs managed, some way, to get the cash from the clerk. Since Mr. Chatteris last made an audit Higgs had abstracted £4,561 from the residual products' account. In cross-examination the witness said: If the system of bookkeeping had been properly carried out by the clerks of the Company, the frauds of Higgs would have been detected. The system, if properly carried out, was perfect. The frauds were no fault of a deficient. audit, but of the manner of keeping the books. Mr. Higgs appears to have relieved other gentlemen in the works of their duties, and to have kept the books in many cases himself. It never struck me until after Higgs had absconded that the balance of " arrears'' was becoming very disproportionate, and I never heard any remark made on the subject byany one connnected with the company. In the discharge of my duties I examined the whole of the principal books of the company. These frauds have arisen from the manipulation of the subsidiary books which were kept in the accountant's office, and which my colleague and myself could not check. If the attention of anyone had been partim larly directed to the gradual growth of the " arrears," and an examination had taken place, the frauds must have been detected. At the end of the year 1862, which was the year in which Higgs commenced his opera tions, the total consumption of gas was £74,180, and the arrears £30,066 ; for the year 1863, rental, £74,180, arrears £31,953 ; 1864, £77,643, arrears £38,281; 1865, £82,690, arrears £40,750 ; 1866, £78,708, arrears £46,559 ; 1867, £84,041, arrears £65,287 ; and for the year ending the 31st of December, 1868, the rental was £85,765, and the arrears £65,507. For the year ending 1860, before the frauds commenced, the total rentals were £63,489, and the arrears £29,003. It did not strike me tnae - from the end of the year 1862 would not justify an increase of £34,000 in the "arrears." I did not consider it any part of my business to question the propriety of the directors, or their correct judgment, in giving such largely-increased credits.—Mr. IVyld, the accountant, was also examined, and then Mr. Alderman Dakin was called. and his examination was not completed when the committee adjourned. RECENT MURDERS. Murders seem to have come, all at once, in a batch ; and some of the papers seem to be full of them. Two most sickening cases are reported. The aspect of the Tipperary tragedy has changed somewhat. At the inquest there was a hint that the case was not agrarian at all ; but that it arose out of jealousy and unhappy domestic rela tions. Put the question was not investigated, for fear that it might frustrate the ends of justice. The jury found a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. A dreadful murder has been committed at Deiby. A man named Gecrze Wiggin Ingham, a porter at the Mid land Railway Station, lives at Barrow-street,Litchurch, Derby. He was married about four years ago, his wife, Annie Ingham, being 27 years of age. They had two I:ttle boys—one three years and one nine months' old. rih;_ , father went to work as usual on Monday morn ing, leaving his wife and ycuigest child in bed. Between eeven and eight o'clock in the morning the wife got up, secured her husband's razor, and deliberately cut the throat of her youngest child. She then went downstairs, and told the next door neighbour what she had done. Mrs. Ingham was then taken into custody. It is stated that the accused, who confessed to having cut the child's throat, has been in a low desponding way for some time past. An hyluest was held th e same afternoon. The evidence proved that the murder was committed by the child's mother, although it was pretty conclusive that at the time of doing so she was mentally deranged. The jury found her guilty of Wilful Murder, and she was committed for trial at thenextDerby Assizes. A murder of a very brutal character was committed at a solitary farmhouse, on the borders of Breconshire, between Saturday night and Sunday morning. 'The farm is called Nant-y-Derri, and the unfoitunate victim was a widow, who was generally known to her neighbours as Mary Nant-y•Derri, but whose proper name is Mary Morgan. She was last seen alive in a shop at Hirwain, the nearest village, at six o'clock cn Saturday night, and on the follow ing morning, a neighbour going into the house, found the deceased lying on the fluor quite dead, her body burnt, and the slumhering embers of a quantity of hay which bad been piled on her body, Her head was covered with a piece of carpet, and when this was removed there was seen a deep hole on one side of her head, and the other side Was com pletely charred from the effects of the fire which had evi dently been ignited for the purpuae of destroying the body, and probably the house also. The deceased was of miserly habits, and was reputed to have a large sum of money in the house. This, no doubt, tempted the murderer, but he truit have been foiled in his hope to secure it, for the sum ( f k 35 was found concealed between the bedstead and mattress. The murderer, who is at present undiscovered, must have entered the house through the window. No clue has been obtained to his identity. DEATH OF TRE COUNTESS (DOWAGER) OF BRAD , FORD.—The death of the Dowager Countess of Bradford, took place on the 22nd inst. at Cannes, where her ladyship had been passing the winter. The lamented Countess Helen was the second daughter of Mr. lEneas Mackay, of Scotatown, and married, first, January 12,1819, Sir David Moncrieffe, of Moncrieffe, Perthshire, Bart., and was mother of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Bart. She married, secondly, October 3849, George, third Earl of Bradford, who died in March 18C5. SHERE ALI AND ENGLISH IVOMEN.—During the visit of Shere Ali, of Affghanistan, to British India, a certain military civilian, Captain G., went out to receive the Ameer at the edge of his district. As he returned to the station with his Highness, Captain G. looking up, per ceived Mrs. G. and another lady seated on an elephant, and watching with curious eyes the illustrious stranger. The Ameer saw the ladies as soon as Captain G., and, turn ing round to the latter with a knowing wink, looking towards the two ladies in question, said, " I see, you are lust like us ; you leave all your pretty ones at home." A PRISON GOVERNOR ON PRISON DISCIPLINE.— The following letter has been addressed to the Howard Association, London, by the governor of one of the largest and best-managed prisons in Great Britain :—" What can be more agreeable to the position of a governor than a situation where prison labour is discountenanced rather than otherwise ? He has no anxieties as to profits, no trouble in the procuring of labour, or in the buying of materials at the cheapest rates, and in the selling at the most profitable prices, nor any disagreeable duties in the coercion of the idle to do their work. The question then naturally arises, are persons to be kept in their cells, like canaries in a cage, merely to be looked at, to eat their meals, take their exercise, go to chapel, and do just as much work as is agreeable to them selves, or are they to be made to work for their living, and the habitually lazy (who half fill the gaols) to be taught habits of industry,, which may turn to good aczount after their discharge? I, for one, say the latter should be enforced. Why should the refuse of society, who are in many respects the terror of the respectable part of the community, be pampered, while the honest tabourer has to work hard for the support of his wife and family ?" - - . A DISAPPOINTMENT. —A very hard-working pro fessional mrae n t , ir c e a d ref f u ro l, m pru b d o e s n y t l , if a e bs w t i e t m h ioa , b o u oo t , so io m o ew rd h e a r t , a eccentric, lie said, to enjoy himself, and pass the evenings of his life in the mild of ra n d im ianc th e at of he the setting noetti resources in ngsun.ltcou h l i d s mot be said mind, for he waslearnedi Ipp,awitilty ie witty, fond A bo ll ok h s is , f n ri m en si d e s , and pictures, and he was (and he had many), to whom his harmless eccentricities and real kindliness of heart, concealed under a b rusque manner,- were sources of attraction, anticipated for him man y years of learned leisure and calm domestic happiness. But it was not to be. A serious, and as it proved, a fatal illness overtook him, before, as he expressed it, "he had been three months out of business." He did not suffer much, and by no means anticipated a fatal ter urination to his malady. After ten days' confinement to his room, he was somewhat alarmed by the grave face and demeanour of his usually hearty and cheerful medical attendant. " I think," said the latter, "that it is my duty to recommend to you, if you have any worldly affairs to settle, that you should settle them." The patient sprang lip in the bed. "Do you mean to tell me, doctor, that I am dying? ' " Oh, no !”said the doctor, ki n dly, " I hope not ; and I truA that many happy years are in store for you. Still, if there is any matter of business for you to settle, settle it. Life is always uncertain; and it is best to be prepared for all contingencies." "Doctor,' said the sick man, " you cannot deceive. You think I am dying, and you do not like to tell me the truth. Well! I Lave toiled, and struggled, and screwed, and saved, for forty years, and thought that at the last I was going to enjoy myself for a little while before the end. And now you tell me lam dying. All I can say is that it is a --." • He added two words that w ere very tragic, very comic, very !amentable, yery unrepeatable ; turned his face to th e mall ; !`_4l:Cyle . Year MISS SHEDDEN AGAIN In the Court of the House of Lords Appeals on Monda3, the appeal of William Patrick Ralston Shedden and Anna bella Jane Shedden, appellants, and the Attorney-G e neral and others, respondents, was taken by the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Chelmsford and Lord Colonsay. The Solicitor-General (appearing for Miss Shedden) applied that the case might be postponed till after a motion had been made to Lord Penzance in the Matrimonial Causes Court relative to the alleged mutilated documents and other matters. The learned counsel stated that Miss Shedden was in a very weak state of health, and that the present case was one of life or death to her. He trusted that the case might be postponed till after 'Whitsuntide. Their lordships, having consulted together, refused the application. TUE STRIKE AT PRESTON: About 2,500 operatives were paid at the Weavers' Institute, in Lawson-street, on Monday. The business was commenced about eight o'clock in the morning, and concluded between seven and eight in the evening. The two-loom non-union weavers received 4s. each, the three and four-loom non-union hands ss. each, and the union members 6s. With the exception of a few slight disturbances outside the institute, got up-mainly by excited women, the general proceedings were very orderly. The subscriptions for this week from the various districts on behalf of the unemployed weavers amount to about £330, a sum sufficient to pay all hands and secure a balance for next week. An effort has been made to amicably arrange matters at one of the mills between a number of spinners and their employers. The Manchester Typographical Society has, it is reported, made a grant of a substantial character to the Preston operatives. A meeting of delegates repre senting the associated spinners and minders of Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire was held in Man chester on Sunday. There was a numerous attendance ; all the chief districts were represented ; good subscriptions on behalf of the Preston operatives were handed in, and a distinct determination to support those operatives was evinced. vii Luc paiLe ua, tea , - c - - - - seating the North of England Amalgamated Society of Loomers and Drawers was held in Illanchcster, and during the proceedings it was determined to assist the Preston operatives connected with those departments. With respect to the proposed reduction of 5 per cent, in East Lancashire, the operatives' executive have agreed upon nothing definite, and the various districts will have to be consulted before any definite action is taken in the matter. THE ITALIAN CONSPIRACIES. An Italian correspondent, writing to a contemporary on the 21st instant, says it was proposed by the Milan conspirators to assassinate the Prefect and leading authorities, and amidst the confusion and terror thus caused to proclaim a republic. Amongst others, a Mr. Nathan, an Englishman, has been arrested ; very compromising docu ments were found in his possession. At Ancona, also, the police have been active, and arrested two of the reputed leaders of the Mazzinian party. Several houses have been searched for arms and incendiary documents, with partial success. The proclamations clandestinely circulated by the Republicans dwell much upon the heavy taxation to which the country is subjected, and hold out the prospect of few or no taxes as an inducement to the lower classes especially to join them. The troops are undoubtedly faithful to the Government, with tiifling exceptions, and any rising would be promptly crushed. A dastardly attempt was made on the night of the 18th to upset the special train by which the King of Italy was travelling to Naples, but fortunately it was thwarted by the vigilance of one of the men employed on the line. A large quantity of stones had been piled up across the rails, within a tunnel through which the train hal to pass, near the station of Foggia. The signalman stationed there discovered the plot, and stopped the train before it had reached the tunnel. After the obstruction had been removed the train proceeded on its way. It is stated that the Government have come to a resolution to oppose Mr. Selwin ILbetson's bill for the sup pression of beerhouses, which Stan 1s for second reading next Tuesday, on the plea that this is a sul ject which must be dealt with more comprehensively, and they intend to look at the whole question of licensing when they have less on their hands. We regret to announce the death cf Mrs. Charles Cavendish, which took place at her residence at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on Sunday afternoon, after a lingering illness of several weeks. The dec, ased lady was the only daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Alexander Cockburn, and was married in June, 1863, to Mr. Charles William Cavendish, son of General the Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish. The lamentable scenes witnessed iecently at Soften Church were repeated on Sunday, when the church was again made the theatre of an indecorous xhiLition, and the efllciating minister was Looted while on his way borne. While these rnanifestarons agairst ritualism are being displayed at Sefton, at liaydock, another rural Lancashire parish, the clergyman appears to be giving offence by modifying the extreme ritualistic practices ob served by his predecessor. The New York 7 inxs reports that the policy of the Government 'with regard to the North-west territory will Le to organise a Territorial Government with its seat at Red River, giving it for the present only local and municipal ma chinery and representation in the House of Commons. As the population increases a Provisional Government will be orga nised, and a certain portion of the territory allowed to come into the Union as a province. It is expected that $200,000 or $300,000 will be voted this session toward the oompletion of the road from Fort William to Red River. The Rev. Dr. Massingham lectured at Warrington a few days ago on the Irish Church and Mr. Gladstone's Bill. The reverend gentleman said, in the course of his oh say:: tions :—"Mr. Bright had a brother-in-law, named Mr. Lucas, who was formerly a Quaker, and went over to the Church of Rome. His wife also went over to the Same Church, and we have four Quakers, intimately con nected with Mr. Bright, who have all deserted Protestant princip:es and gone over to the Church of Rome." Mr, George Ci - osfield, of Walton Lea, Warrington, county magi strate, inquired as to the truth of t his, and Mr. Bright replied " No brother-in-law of mine has become a Catholic, but these old falsehoods need not be refuted." - - ----- A case of unmitigated Lai baii,m has just been investigated by the magistrates of Pennal, North Wales An old man " tramping" visited the house of John Pugh, ai Corris, where he found Mrs. Pugh in bed, weak, and just recovering from an attack of fever. He collected some plunder, and finally attempted to commit an outrage upon her. She ran out of the Louse, pursued by the scoundrel, who overtook her, knocked her down, and again attempted criminal violence, until the arrival of a working man put hire to flight. He was apprehended, and has been committed foi trial for the more serious offence. For the robbery he has been sent to prison for three months. ANOTHER FIRE IN THE NEVADA MINES.— Advices from San Francisco, dated the 12th inst., states : " A fire broke out in the Kentuck Mine on the seven hundred-foot level this evening. It was found necessary to close the shaft again in order to smother the flames. It is supposed that the fire is still burning in the Yellow, Jacket Mine, as the steam and vapour from that mine are much hotter than from the Crown Point Mine. A partial examination of the mines to day disclosed that consider able damage has been done to the Kentuck and Yellow. I Jacket. The list of the trustees of Maynooth College, moved for by Mr. Newdegate, has just been issued among the parliamentary papers. The list extends from June 1795 to April 1869. In each year from 1795 to 1800 there were ten lay and eleven ecclesiastical trustees. In each year from 1800 to the present date there have been six lay and eleven ecclesiastical trustees. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland were trustees during the first five years. There are at present seventeen trustees, among whom are Cardinal Cullen, appointed in 1850, and Dr. Mac Hale, appointed in 1834. Mr. Frank Buckland, in this week's issue of Land and Water has an article on " Whitebait," in the course of which he makes the following appetising state meat :—" The whitebait dinners eaten by us Londoners consist of a very heterogeneous collection of fish, whict consist of—first, herrings ; secondly, sprats ; thirdly, sticklebacks ; fourthly, gobies ; fifthly, weavers ; sambeels ; seventhly, pipe-fish ; eiahthly, white shrimps ninthly, buntings ; all these fish being in the form of fry in different stages of development." Mr. Buckland adds that the fish " was first introduced to the London markets by one Mike Murphy, not fifty years ago, and - the place where it was first eaten was the Artichoke Tavern at Blackwall." THE You GIIAL ELECTION. - Mr. Montague Guest, the new candidate for Youghal, has issued au aldress. He declares his intention to support the present Government so long as they continue to legislate in accord. ance with the wants of Ire'and, but considers himself at lib!rty to take an independent course should the necessity arse. He approves the Church Bill, except so far as relates to the compensation of Maynooth, which I.e thinks ought to be taken from the Consolidated Fund. He will sui port " any satisfactol y mensure which may be brought for.vat dto 'mp:ol e the rela' ons betty, en nilord and tenant," and he also advocates Cenom'national education. No other candidate has yet al tressed the electors, though it is um!crqcodth4t jity notalinpit s g his TH.Z POI?TS:11DUI'll .R.EVIETV. All accounts agree in statinc , that the Portsmouth Review was a pretty sight. Lovelier weather for any out' . door fete and spectacle could not have been desired or imagined ; nor, all things considered, was there much tc. repine at on other scores. It is true that the whole affai r was diminutive ; th e n arrow fi e ld o f ac tion being l ined with a sparse muster of spectators, and the military ev ° ' lutions being performed by fewer men of all arms than could make a very impo s i ng s h ow ; b u t ga iety and pr ettv ness took the places of grandeur and pomp, and the ma"' nificent gave way to the jolly. CONFLICTING JUDGMENTS. There will be conflicting judgments, of course, Pa sgea , upon the - review, and w e ma y b e sure no thi n g connote(' with it will escape blame from some sort of eriticisratho w ith delight, Ordinary people w ill re m em b er the day delight, and declare, with justification, that it was a rail display of its kind. Tho s e w h o a ff ec t a knowledge' military tactics will—also with some shew of justificatlarl —laugh and sneer at plans which they will term absur d ; and at a shew which they will spe a k o f as tuld!guin°(-1' If people will insist upon looking at life from different stand' points, we must expect divergence of opinion. If til° intention of the planners of the day's proceedings wr' to give the volunteers and their friends a nice gala rllllr and a little holiday work, they h ave d on e it, anti 55 . 0 t „,- thousands of men and women hom e gra tifi e d. if the 1v 13 " of the scientific visitors was to have a keenly consistent military programme carried out with martial rigour, the/ have a right to grumble to their hearts' content, for t he/ had neither the one nor the other. THE FIELD AND THE OPERATIONS. The Common on which the review took place is in lta entire length barely nine furlongs, and is so narrow Oor anything like manoeuvring is out of the question. 105 for the sham fight, it was perhaps not more absurd than g ' f sham fights must necessarily be. Military criticism such things is entirely misplaced. No commanding oill eer has ever thought of handling his force on such occasion s as it would really be handled in acti on . Certain cont ur. gencies are assumed, in order that certain movements n 13. 3' ch n. and th at nu- of mimsr_ he carried out • is all. Fortifi ca ti ons are, as .a matter of course, taken somehow, though they would in regular procedure with . stand a fortnight's siege. Who dreams of objecting ? well might one say these are blank cartridges that the men are firing when they should be ball ; or declare tha t Hamlet in the tragedy is not a Danish prince, but 411 American tragedian. THE MARCH PAST. The march past was a pretty sight, and was comulen ci• able from a military point of view. Uniforms of r egular troops were in sufficient quantity to enliven the 1 001 : extent of the scene, the ground being kept by the 33rd and 35th Regiments, and two companies of the 40th' There were in all nearly 3,0C,0 of the Queen's soldiers ° TI the ground, and the volunteers numbered rather 1 00 !' e than 5,000. The march past began at three o'clocfc! pretty punctually, General Buller's staff being jelued aC the saluting point by a mounted party of distinguis hed visitors, among whom were A(ltniral Sir James frelr; Lord Bury, and Colonel Lindsay. Thoueh. the g,r"u n e `: was, unfortunat e ly, more uneven i n the front of t h e star than in any other part of the Common, all the men CO' trived to avoid breaking, even when they marched lit grand division;. THE SHIM FIGHT. The sham fight was of cour se th e spec t ac l e w hi c h excit e a le most enthusiasm. To describe it is to dccribe unreal, but interesting, scene. The fleet representing 0° enemy opened fire upon the Castle, which soon surfe r ' . dered, and was invested by the volunteers. He -vill polished off this strong work in the brief space of fifteer; minutes, the victorious enemy pursued their career success ' •'"•• forcing back the defendr2rs in the direction u. ....tar works, while the flotilla, set free by t he fall of Southsea Castle, steamed along, hugging the shore. covering the flanks of their friends, and firm'- wi th admirable rapidity a t th e works of Portsmout h. The sight of the day, for beautiful precision 01 movement, was an a d vance i n l i ne b y t h e I:°Y3 l Marine Artillery, who were warm l y c h eered as they Passe,/ : the grand stand in purs u it o f t h e d e f en d ers. ll 3 vin* forced back the reconnoitring party to their works, they. deployed at short ran ge , an d opene d a tremen d ous tire of rifles and artillery, backed by the fire of their fleet. T he defenders, maiming the long line of their ramparts. r e ' turned the fire with interest, the volunteer artillery (loin" splendid service at the guns on the seaward faces 111 I'o to the flotilla. After a fiercely contested battle, the in• vaders succeeded in so far reducing the fi re f r om the works as to give the hope of a successful • sanit. During the manoeuvres which attended the advance and retreat the field•pieces were wheeled about with much . rapidity in the thick of the crowd, and that there should- have been no serious accident seems almost incredible. The effect of men and boys and women mingling with, and in some cases k a ding on, the attacking force, was ridiculous. The people we re so close to the itolunteeis engaged that, Lad one of 0 0 ; by mistake fired away his ramrod it must have spitte d some of them lik e larks. It, appeared to be very g °c '' fun, and did not much hinder the advance of the invader s ' although it did turn order into confusion. By and h.Y° the sham fight neared its end, and the tide of battle gathered close under the walls of the town. The big go ° shook the air, the pit pat of the Snider; sounded like O d e throbbing of a hundred engin es , th e b a y one t s like lightning when the smoke lifted a littP, the clear occasional note of the bugle Wa4 never drowned by the other sounds, howev er combined and rever b era ti ng t h ey might be. 1311t 4. the' garrison now made an attempt to recover. sortie was made, and for a while the fight was doubtful' but the fury of the garrison daunted the invaders, Wl ich crushed by the overwhelming rapidity of the fire from tome breechloader, now fairly retreated. THE MORAL. The Herald thus sums up the result of the review: ".Taken all in all the review was perhaps the Pret tiest spectacle y e t p resente d i n connection Wi th : the volunteer movem en t ; b ut i n many res Pect" it was highly indifferent as a military lesson, and if t he volunteers are to learn from the regular officers, as the/ ought, at least the lesson should be worth learning. Th e '', was some improvement in th e b ear i ng o f t h e vo l u nteer' to be observed, and it was no doubt due to the fact that while they ret a i ne d th e i r own b a t ta li on officers they h a ' d practical soldiers as brigadiers. But there would have be e° no less pleasure in the spectacle had there -•• a bale more probability in the programme. It failed in t `' - basis upon which it rested—the original landing' it failed in providing . for such a speedy caPt nra of Soutlisea Castle ; it filled in taking into account that, to say nothin g of the Castle, the guns of th e Portsmouth lines would have swept the Common Cle nt. during the advance ; and it faile 1 in supposing that t ll° fleet could have done any such work as it was set to (I° ' But the review did not fail as a series of battalion move' meats; it fully succeeded as a spectacle, and it alliP if proved the expediency of thus uniting volunteer trooPs and regulars whenever practicable on a plan which woul d be none the worse if it u,:re somewhat elastic, and if a little discretion were left to 'Aetna divisions or brigad e° '• and even battalions." THE SECRETS OF THE OCEAN.---A f e w daY 4 , ago Mr. Colley, of Filey, found on the sea coast, ne ar Filey Brig, a beautiful gold ring, in which was set a bloo d ' ..tone bearing an engraved boar ' s head. About a mile fr°al the same place a row of artificial teeth, set in gold, wa ll lately picked up. A story is going the round of the Indian O a China papers that the young Emperor of China, be ing curious to judge for himself of the effect of opium, tried 16 pipe, and of course suffered severely. The Queen goth.ert made inquiries, and having found out that one of the ch ie f eunuchs had suppli e d hi s M a j es t y w i t h t h e opium, 113‘ him beheaded, as an exam pl e t o th e rest o f the housell°L", and a fresh proclamation against the use of the drug Vi'"' sent through the empire. SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION IN 1` . "° 1.44. SCOTIA.—IIAL IFAx , KS., SATURDAY, APRIL 10.---wrin g,,,r the execution o f D owey, w h o was convicted of n 1107; at Charlottetow n , P r i nce E dward ' s Island, the rope b r oke twice. The third time he was hauled up by t lje sheriff and his assistants. Ile had previously sP° l ' e-- for three-quarters of an hour with great feeling an d coo' posure. The horrible scene was witnessed by l a /014 2,000 people. A WONDERFUL RIFLE. —We have received il l " formation, from sources upon which we can rely, that new breechloading system is under examination by the French auth or iti es . F rom all we hear it is likely to Pr° v i a most formid a bl e weapon. The principle, which is 19 American ori g i n , can b e applied to many of the existia', systems, but, as yet, it has only been adapted to the Chassepot. Ey slight modification, the present Chasse' rots can be altered to take a metallic central fire cart' •idge, which they are to fire in the ordinary mann er ' On an emergency, when it may be required to deliver a large number of shots in a very short period of time, simply turning a b u tt on t h e converted Ch as ser° becomes a re p ea t er capa bl e of firing eight rounds w ith° ie ti, reloading th e magaz i ne. The act of drawing b ac k t h e bolt to ope n th e b reac h t h rows out the old case, the fr esh cartridge com es u p f rom b e l ow, an d t h e clos i ng 0f the breech p us h es it i nto t h e chamber. We understa n a that the whole contrivance is a triumph of mechaeicil skill, and that the cost of conversion is neverthelesg' extremely small. The French authorities are preservi l) g P. more than ordinary secrecy about the whole affair, o ' s they are obliged to confess that in the matter of military breechloaders, at least, they are behind the ago Engineer. lil --6-- COMB Consols count, 93 New Titre' £ l ,OOO, - Bank of I India ditto 5 pe Cent., Oc Cent., 921 The Fi and Egyy two stocl to 551 an per cent. Arneric 801 to 801 Atlantic I Railrai prices sho' lower, at 1 09 ; and terx at 4! Confine Great Lu) lombardo There N 5 ierday. 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