The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE, and Journal of the MILITIA and VOLUNTEER FORCES. Edited by W. H. RUSSELL, Esq., LL.D. (late Special Cor respondent of " The Times"). No. 1 will be published on the 7th .January, in time for the Morning Mails. Office (where Advertisements and Subscriptions are re ceived), 16, Wellington-street North, Strand.—Sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers. BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."•—horning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 g - uineas. Silver Watches 33 nd 1t , Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. And 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAI, ENGLISH OPERA CO VEN T -GA RDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, VICTORIIiE. Messrs. Sant!ey, H. Haigh, H. Cccri G. Honey, Bartleman, &c. Misses Parepa, Thirlwall, Condactor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. . . _ _ Doors open at half-past 6 —Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Loggee, Mr. J. M Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS, Miss Iteyno!ds. After which, the new ITaymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the True Lovers' linot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclercqs. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress—Madame Celeste. Unprecedented Success.—lte-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. Madame CELESTE has the honour to announce that, de sirous of meeting the views of her patrons, she has succeeded in renewing the engagement with the elegant and graceful Dona Isabel Cubas, together with Don Juan Ximenes, who have been received enthusiastically by crowded audiences. THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Pc-engagement of the Spanish Dancers. THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of THE SISTER'S SACRIFICE. Genevieve (her original character; Madame Celeste. Atter which, will be produced a new Grand Chrlatmas Ex traval.;anza and Pantomime, KING THRUSHBE &RD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION. Clown, Mr. U. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commence at T. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. ----- Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H. J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adam s —Cl own, Mr. A. F. Forrest. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Holiday Attractions.— The Christmas Carol and the New Spectacular Extravaganza, by H. J. Byron. Esq,, the Nymph of the Lurlyberg ; or the Knight and the Naiades. THIS EVENING, THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Messrs J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Paul Bedford, Stuart, Billing,ton, C. J. Smith. Romer: Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Chatte rley, Miss Laidlaw. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYBE RG or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, O. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six —Commence at seven. Box- Office op b en from 0 to 5. No charg fr securin g seats nor for ills of per 1 formance. All fees e to o servants of this , establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES' S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. TATS i VT NING the performances will commence with GARIBALDI'S ENGLISHMAN. Messrs. Barrett and C. Young. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, Sc. Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and l'antaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, ad ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, west ster-road. Sole Lessee —Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING, the grand entertainments will corn- Thence at 7 o'clock with new and extraordinary features in Horsemanship by the best Riders in Europe. After which, the successful sporting* Pantomime, abounding in comicality, called HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the H untsman and th e G o dd ess Diana, with songs by Miss Esther J acobs.—Gorgeous ant Dazzling, mechanical transfor mation scene. Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Pantaloon, Mr. P. Abbot, Columbine, Maddle. Ma z zoni ; Clown, Mr. Hilde brand ; a family of Sprites by the Elastic lne,omprehensibles. Morning, performances of the Pantomime, and Scenes iu the Circle every Saturday during the Holidays at Two o'clock. Stage Manager. Mr. It. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. hackney. Several interestinz Pictures arc added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of I[alls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEXTHER.—SUN OFFICE, J.N. 6, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 46—highest since aeon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. 13AnommTEn-28.48; a rise of more than half an inch since yesterday. WIND, North-Westerly; light, with fine cool weather, inclining to frost. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, Oh. Om.--Afternoon, 12h. Om. To-monnow.-3lorning, 12h. 9 0m.—Afternoon, 12h. 47m. 6 16 M, k>4 . 4 G 4 ii - j • a` ,„. 4 THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1860. WALEwsKi—that once greatest adorer of, and afterwards the bitterest foe to, Liberty—has lost his place, as the phrase goes, and well— doubly well—has he merited his struggling down fall. He was to NAPOLEON 111. what Cardinal WoLsEY was to HENRY VIII., and he has worked sedulously to ensure his own destiny, and save his too confiding master's fortunes. Born a Pole, he was, in fact, a Corsican French renegade. We have copied from our contemporary, the Tinzes,an excellent article truthfully descriptive of this fortunate political adventurer's chequered course. He seems very naturally to have cast his lot with the rising genius of his questionable relative's daring career. NAPO LEON may have wanted a man of WALEWSKI'S character, and he found all his immediate wants in this gentleman's unscrupulous compliance with his necessities. But he found rather more than he wanted. When WA LEWSKI discovered that his coun sels or plans partially obtained Imperial sanction, or it may be connivance, he did not know where to stop. Such is the folly of overweening ambition. Like the, fly on the wheel, the man thought that he too managed the affairs of State according to his own notions, without taking into account the deeper policy of the. master .7 " the situation." And now he has found. out his error, but happily too late. So be it with all renegades to honour and true liberty. WALEwsi - 1 has played his cards well for his own personod benefit ; but he has unwittingly done a service bo - 11. to France and the EMPEROR by the presumption. which has precipitated his own down fall. No political satrap has more clearly proved the aphorisir that "extremes meet" than Count WALEWSKI. Starting from Imperial paternity, he assumed I republican patriotism with an ardour too fervent t) o last. He then feigned liberalism as a twin-passi on and finally cast off his serpent-skin for Imperial purple. But not content with all these happier and more fortunate changes, for him, he would even thwart or run counter to the mind that made him. And then he faltered. Let his fate be a warning to others—some more, may be, 13! t t others, less pliant than himself. His downf ill augurs well for Italy—it augurs well for the cath if; of liberty and free institutions; and members of the Privy Council shall receive a salary of 100,000 fr, a year (X 4,000). It is, to be sure, aided, that the members of the Privy Council who exercise functions paid by the State, or by the Civil List, shall have no right to this allowance. M. WALEwsm is a Senator, and receives the salary (30,000 f.) attached to the office, and one would sup pose that of Privy Councillor is incompatible. This cumulative gain, however, is explained away; the Senator, it seems, is merely a dignity and not afunc- tion, and it is the dignity and not the function that is paid. Whoever quarrels with this distinction, M. WALEWSKI is not the man. 30,000 f., 100,000 f., yearly, two estates—one in the centre, the other in the south of France—a very solar system of decora- tions—such are the prizes, I dare say not above his merits, which this unfortunate individual has borne off. He must be unreasonable, indeed, if they do not console him for not presiding at the expected Congress. Who would not serve his country, adopted or native, at such a price ? The retirement of M. WALEWSKI was not decided, it appears, till seven o'clock last evening. M. THou- VENEL, his successor, leaves Constantinople on the 7th or Bth. M. DE PERSIGNY leaves Paris for London to-night." 13y little and little we shall hear the views of all our public men in regard to that English Na tional Guard, our now fast multiplying corps of Rifle Volunteers. Two more notabilities have now spoken out again very recently and very effectively —one of the thorough-going Independent members of the House of Commons, and one of those High Mightinesses, the members of her MAJESTY'S Government.' The gallant Admiral, the member for Southwark, has put his shoulder to the wheel like a true blue tar as he is—the occasion selected for this end by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, being a meeting on Wednesday last down at Lowestoft. His Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE—Ministerial ruler of our vast Colonial Empire—spoke, too, on Wednesday " right out" in his own part of the country—namely, ix North Notts, addressing his remarks (upon this matter of vital interest to us all), to the Worksop Rifles, or, as the Duke would have them termed, with a happy traditional reference to one of the old world glories of romance in those forest regions, the Robin Hood Rifle Volunteers ! Speaking throughout directly to the purpose, and to a very congenial auditory, his Grace may be said, by the very manner in which he treated the theme, to have fAirly put the men of Worksop on their mettle. Nothing could well have been more judicious or more felici tous than the contrast drawn between the relative attractions of these Rifle Corps for the more densely peopled town and manufacturing districts and of the old Yeomanry Corps for the rural districts, the wide, green country side, with its sparsely scattered population. " The movement," said his grace (this movement of the Rifle Corps), " was not well suited to thinly-scattered populations, and it was difficult for farmers living down on the banks of the Trent to meet together at a certain appointed place for drill without great inconvenience." For, the Duke added, " Where persons had to travel four, five, six, or seven miles to drill, and return the same distance, the movement could not be kept up." Therefore, said his grace, " The yeomanry was best suited for farmers, because, possessing good horses, they could meet with that body, and find no inconvenience in attending duty eight days in the year." Now follows the deduction of the Colonial Secretary—particularly addressed by his grace on Wednesday to the gallant young pa triots of North Nottinghamshire. " But," said the Duke of NEWCASTLE, "in such towns as Ret ford, Worksop, Southwell, Mansfield, and Newark, the case was different. In each of these towns one, and in the larger towns two companies, could easily be raised, the drill could be properly attended and the spirit kept up." And, further observed the Colonial Secretary, " by taking this step they would not only be doing patriotic service to the country, but they would benefit themselves, and at the same time be improving their social position." Putting the matter thus plainly before the able-bodied male adult population of England, is at once tempting and almost, one might say, shaming each man amongst them into a cordial co-operation Supposing every one who could u to respond to this kind of appeal, did ad actually respond to it, should we find any difficulty, think you, in increasing the aggregate of our Rifle Volunteers from their probably proximate number at present of some fifty thousand, to a grand total of 200,000, of 300,000, nay, of 500,000 altogether ? And, supposing that grand aggregate to be actually attained (as it obviously might on the simple con tingency above specified)—by means of the electric telegraph wires, now trailed far and wide over the land, the signal for concentration at any given point might be flashed simultaneously, in the twinkling of an eye, through all England! And the scattered corps might despatch each its contingent to any spot that might be designated, upon the wings of the wind, borne along the lines of our railways by that realised Fiery Dragon of the Nursery Fairy Tales, the Steam Engine ! With a National Guard thus numerous, well armed, and well disciplined—within reach always (by telegram) of instantaneous sun- mons—possessing always the capabilities (by rail way) of rapid concentration—we might, with our Rifle Corps well armed and thoroughly disciplined, —with our Rifle Corps prepared, thus ever on the alert, to aid our professional Defenders, our Daunt less Navy and mix Heroic Array —why thus semper paratus, England might, under permission of Divine Providence, set the " world in arms" at defiance ! SIIAKESPERE has told us—as for that matter he has told us almosteverything—the one simple con dition. The lines are, here again, " familiar in our mouths as household words"—but for if NAPOLEON 111. will but take yet more courage— extend the freedom of opinion in his Legislative Chambers, and gradually liberate the mind of France from the incubus which has so long over shadowed the land, he will do more to perpetuate his own fame and secure his dynasty than all the battles that were ever fought either by his great uncle or by himself. We copy the following from the intelligent Paris correspondent of the Times : " The Moniteur announces the retirement of M. WALEWSKI from the Foreign Department, which was anticipated in my letters for the last two days. As I have already observed, his position, owing to his excessive Austrian tendencies, had become un tenable ; and his persistence in demanding the dis avowal of the brochure, 'Le Pape et le Congrs,' made it impossible for him to be kept any longer. M. WALEwsKI, it is said, intends to travel, now that he has ample time at his dis posal. Although it is natural that he should regret the sweets of office, yet no one has such little right to complain as this wonderfully fortunate person. He quits office loaded with marks of his SOVEREIGN'S favour, a fine estate at Etielles, another in the Landes, stars and crosses from, I believe, every Government of continental Europe, as well as his own ; and, to break his fall, a decree in this day's Moniteur, doubtless meant expressly for him, ordains that henceforth the that reason they are assuredly none the less worthy of repetition. The distich is beloved and echoed back in the hearts of us all. "Would that it could be heard now resound ing over the land like the call of a trumpet ! of manure; yet this half of the people, as well as the town population, might under better arrange ments do their part in the fertilisation of the soil. Every house ix the country, every cottage, every manufactory might have a frequent visit from the farmer, if a mechanical device were provided akin to that which Mr. GLASFORD suggests for towns. We desiderate a contrivance so simple and inex pensive that it might be the interest of every pro prietor of land, almost of every farmer, to see that no house on the estate, or within easy range of the farm, was unprovided with the means of enabling him to secure what is now for the most part wasted. Let farmers and landlords duly weigh the fact that a pound of human urine is, as LIE BIG shows, the equivalent of a pound of wheat, being, in fact, by far the more important part of the sewage, and it can hardly be but the whole coun try will come under the appropriate agricultural as well as sanitary conditions. "Naught can make us rue, ll' ENGLAND TO DERAELF DO PROVE BUT TRUE! It is the wish to enforce this simple argument that heartens so many of our public men to act and to speak, to act promptly and to speak resolutely in favour of this far-spreading and fast-multiplying movement. It is this which imparts such peculiar persuasiveness to the appeals made at such places as Worksop and Lowestoft, by such men as Ad miral Sir CHARLES NAPIER and his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Heartily do we commend the patriotic reasoning of both Sea-captain and Statesman to the earnest consideration of the more keen-eyed and steady-handed among their fellow countrymen. Our remarks on the letters of Baron LIEBIG and Mr. MECHI have brought us a letter from Mr. CHAS. F. 0. GLASFORD, accompanied by his pamphlet on the Utilisation of the London Sewage.* We had remarked that no known plan existed for accom plishing the object, so obviously desirable, of saving our houses and our streets from the well-known dangers of decomposing and fermenting sewage, and at the same time for distributing it, unimpaired in quality, on our fields. We ought, perhaps, to have been acquainted with Mr. GLASFORD'S scheme, though we probably overlooked his pamphlet among the host of similar things which crowd our table ; if it was sent us, wo apologise for the neglect, for the practical character of its contents, as well as the great pains the intelligent author has taken with his subject, claim for it a notice. Our meaning, however, was, that no plan existed which, after trial, had been accepted by public opinion. Not being ourselves either professional engineers or chemists, we cannot presume to deliver any authori tative judgment on the apparently very practical scheme proposed by Mr. GLASFORD. There is, how ever, one thing strongly in its favour. It was sent to the public authorities last year, and the answer of the Board of Works was, that they "had already agreed upon a plan of main drainage, and were not in a position to entertain any suggestions for its reconsideration." As the rule, we of course antici pate something of value, when " authorities" have only the answer, that they have chosen their plan and mean to adhere to it. It is one of their well known formulas for declining the trouble of examination, and of stating a few satis factory reasons why a proposal cannot be accepted. It would never do to disappoint the numerous favoured expectants who are anticipating the pleasure of serving the public boards and the public. We do strongly urge upon such of our readers as feel an interest in the subject, and who may be more competent than we are are to judge of the details, to procure Mr. GLASFORD'S pamphlet— which will cost them, with a short addendum, but one shilling—and to judge of his proposals for themselves. Meantime, though another general plan seems to us, non-professional writers, also feasible, perhaps easier of trial, we must say that our author's scheme seems in its most important parts capable of being worked. Tho subject is not one of the most pleasant kind, yet its utility must be our apology for a few remarks. The essentials of the scheme are—lst. Keeping the sewage—which term we use in the specific sense of what passes through our water-closets and urinals—free from the admixture with the water from all other sources which pass down our sewers. 2ndly. Effecting this by a peculiarly but simply constructed closet, which limits the supply of water on each occasion to what is really necessary. 3dly. The delivery thence into pipes of suitable diameter to be carried underground at the back of the houses, thence into larger pipes in the secondary streets, which should conduct it into reservoirs appropriated to each of the districts into which the metropolis is for this purpose to be divided. Thus far all is effected by gravitation. 4thly. The pumping of the fluid through the larger mains to the works where the sewage is to be prepared for agricultural use. sthly. The arrangements for evaporating and condensing, by which the whole will be reduced to a form corn, mercially available. For the mechanical and chemical plans and pro A NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—You have announced a new American ex pcdit'on to the North Pole. This is what I have for some time anticipated. More : it is well known that the American and French whalers have suc cessfully gone into the Western Arctic S eas o p ene d out by our own exploring ships. I therefore ask England whether another flag than our own shall be planted first on the North Pole after British per- severance for more than 300 years ? A generous rivalry in this cannot be condemned. Let the Americans try ; but let us try also. Who so fitted (if he desire it) as M'Clintock to be the first English man at the North Pole ? and if not he, Captain Penny ? who ought not to be forgotten. I believe it is not at all so difficult as by some supposed. As for the " danger," Arctic sailors now think lightly of it. Thus much for others. Now for myself. My opinions on the subject of the lost expedition are publicly known, and my various lectures are so well received as to give me all the hope I desire. My wish is to depart on a new search for the remnant of the missing ones I believe to be alive, or to positively ascertain their fate. I have carefully read Captain M'Clintock's book. There is no evidence in it of the fate of all our friends. The record of the voyage of the Fox, in itself, leads more than ever to hope. If we are to believe one parcel of natives we ought to believe another lot. Those nearest to the scene of the alleged " death by starvation," " cannibalism," &c., had, as Captain M'Clintock says (p. 265), abundance of food, and " denied all knowledge of white people having died on their shores." A proper land expedition—perhaps under Dr. King, can best solve the mystery in one way. But my desire is to go and so mix with the natives as to learn their language, and thus ascertain the truth. Captain M'Clintock's interpreter admits that he could not well understandtheir dialect. For this I require a very small vessel, say from 30 to 40 tons, and fitted after a plan of my own. I wish to leave early in April; try Home Channel, and so to a passage that I believe exists through Boothia to King William's Island. I shall depend principally upon Greenlanders to aid me in the work, except a very few from here who share in my sentiments. I have promises of some aid, and in a few days I hope to be able to mention the names of gentlemen who will act for me ; but I ask all who are in terested in the matter to help me, as, in one way or other, I am determined to go and not return till positive facts are obtained, and possibly one or more of the lost ones brought back to their native home and friends. I am, Sir,. yours, &c., W. PARKER SNOW. St. John's-hill, Battersea-rise, Jan. 5, 1860. THE FRAAELIN _RELICS. Before the project to erect a monument to the memory of Sir John Franklin, in Lincoln, failed, the town clerk (J. T. Tweed, Esq.) was desired to write to Lady Franklin, and ask her to give a por tion of the relics " which had been discovered by Captain M'Clintock to the museum 'which was about to be erected in the city of Lincoln, as a monu ment to the memory of Sir John Franklin." In reply to this letter the following epistle has been received from Lady Franklin : " 13, Park-place, St. James's, Dec. 29, 1859. " Sir, —I beg to acknowledge your communication of the Bth inst. (which reached me only on the 20th), enclosing an application to me from the Franklin Institute Committee, to place in their hands a portion of the relics belonging to my late husband, t o b e d epos i te d i n a museum to bear his name. " I have to request that you will explain to the committee, that, after selecting a few objects for myself, and withdraw ing for the relatives of those that have perished all such objects as could they identify and claim, I was advised to resign the remainder to the Admiralty with a request that they might be deposited in some national institution, when they would be open to the public, and the Admiralty has accordingly lent them to the United Service Institution, which had already received them within its wall on their first arrival, and they are now carefully arranged in its museum. ", You will perceive from these facts that I am not now in a position individually to comply with the request of the committee, further than to say that when the institute and museum are established, I shall have pleasure in resigning to it a portion of the few articles I have retained for my self. g‘ I am, sir, your obedient servant, " JANE FRANKLIN." The scheme having failed, so far as regard Lin coln, the kind offer of Lady Franklin cannot be accepted. oesses by which all this is to be effected, the reader must refer to the pamphlet, which even for the un scientific contains a large number of facts of no little interest. Threatened as we are with rapidly-increasing rates, it is enough to make the mouths of us poor- rate payers to water to be told of a plan by which after duly; weighing hostile criticism, the author calculates would yield us a profit of not less than £200,000 per annum, applicable to metropolitan improvements ! This is, of course, too good to be true. If we could only escape the enormous rates we must to a certainty pay for the privilege of polluting the Thames a few miles lower down, that would be reward sufficient. It will be millenium enough in the line of getting rid of moral and phy- sical nuisances, if we can but make prisoners and town sewage pay the cost of keeping them from doing us mischief. To get a profit out of either is really too good a thing. Very pleasant it would be, to be sure, to beautify and improve our streets by the better management of what often makes them intolerable, and to equip our army or our police by the labour of those who put us to the cost of the latter; but we fear that " good time" will be always " coming." In the latter case, indeed, the elements of success do seem to lie fairly before us. We know that the very odours which are both distressing to our senses and dangerous to our lives, and which arise solely from the sewage fermentation which the Board of Works has virtually taken under its patronage— that these odours represent pounds of flour and quarters of wheat, could we but transfer the sewage .0 our fields without its undergoing the offensive and the fatal process. We know that, on a mode rate computation, the fertilizing portions of the sewage are - worth about £1,500,000 per annum ; we know that the only serious difficulty to be biver come, is that of finding some mechanical scheme for keeping the sewage distinct from the rain water, and other water of our towns ; we know that, on an average, each human being might return to the soil what would raise additional cereal food sufficient for his support ; we know that Providence has arranged a relation between the population of a country and the food it might produce which is a perfect circle,—a circle as true as that by which the evaporation from the sea returns to it, or by which the electric currents restore their balance ; we know, what MALTllus did not know, that so far as the first elements of subsistence are concerned, in- creased population may be the exact measure of increased subsistence. Now, knowing all this, will it not be a disgrace to our age if such facts do not originate the practical result to which they all point ? We have only to add that, in our view, towns only should not be thought of. Half of the popu- lation must dwell where sewers are not the wasters * " London Sewage—Shall it be Wasted or Econo• raised ?" Effingham Wilson. 'PIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1860 LATEST .. _♦__ To all present and future, greeting; N E \V 8. The following telegrams have been received Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JAN, 6. The ltioniteur of to-day announces that Mr. William Grey, Secretary to the English Embassy, has been appointed Charge d'Affairs during the temporary absence of Lord Cowley from Paris. The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed by its principal editor, M. Grandguillot, expressing a regret that an injurious article against the Em peror should have been published in the Giornale di Roma. France, he says, is grieved by this publication, but will not make the common father of the faith ful believers responsible for it. PARIS, JAN. 5. The Patrie says—lt is stated that Count Per. signy will leave this evening for London. Lord Cowley is expected to return to Paris al the end of the present week. The Patrie also publishes a private letter from Rome, according to which Sardinia had declared to the Holy See, that it would consider the enlistment of German volunteers for the Papal army as a violation of the principle of non-intervention, and had threatemed, should these enlistments be con tinued, to despatch Sardinian troops into the Le gations. The Moniteur announces as follows the resigna• ion of Count Walewski NAPOLEON, By the grace of God and the national will, Em perot of the French ; Have decreed and do decree as follows : Article 1. M. de Thouvenel, Ambassador at Con stantinople, is appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the stead of M. le Comte Walewski, whose resignation is accepted. Article 2. M. Baroche, President of the Council of State, will act ad interim as Minister for Foreign Affairs until the arrival of M. de Thouvenel. Article 3. Our Minister of State is charged with the execution of the present decree. Done at the Palace of the Tuileries the 4th of January, 1860. NAPOLEON, (Countersigned) ACHILLE FOULD, Minister of State. A second decree in the Moniteur announces that the members of the Privy Council are to receive an annual salary of £4,000 per annum. VIENNA, JAN. 5 , Baron Brenner, who is definitively appointed Austrian Ambassador at Turin, has arrived here from Athens, en route for his destination. ROME, lAN. 5 Baron Buol, formerly Austrian Minister for Fozeign Affairs, has arrived with his family, and will remain hero during the winter. DRESDEN, lAN. 5, A telegram from St. Petersburg, published in the official Dresden Journal, announces that the departure of Prince Gortschakoff for Paris has been postponed indefinitely. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. After a lapse of 14 years, Mr. Albert Smith's dramatic version of Mr. Dickens's " Cricket on the Hearth," origi nally produced with such success at the Lyceum, was re vived last night at the Princess's, and promises to prove attractive. It would be too much to expect that the ori ginal cast could be equalled, remembering as we do the de lightful acting of Mrs. Keeley as Dot, that incarnation of all that is loveable in an English matron, and the admi rable serio-comic rendering of Caleb Plummer by Mr. Keeley. But still the piece is very well acted in its revived state. Mr. Ryder is forcible, earnest, and manly as John Peerybingle, the carrier; Mr. Frank Matthews infuses the proper amount of sentiment into the natural vacuity of Caleb Plummer; and Mr. Meadows is as hard and unplea sant as possible as Taekleton, the toy-merchant. Miss C. Leclercq looks very charming as Dot, and plays with spirit and piquancy ; her dress, tho usual short-petticoated attire of the stage rustic, is out of character and conventional. A young lady, Miss Clifford, who has hitherto not been entrusted, we believe, with speaking parts, played Bertha, the blind girl, with much womanly sweetness, and in a manner that promises well for the future. The piece was well put upon the stage and the houso well attended. 4 REOEPTION AT THE TUILERIES. The Emperor and the Empress gave on Tuesday even ing a grand dinner at the Tuileries. Among the guests Were the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris ; the Duke de Bas sane, grand chamberlain ; the Duke de Cambaceres, grand master of the ceremonies ; M. Mocquard, chief secretary to tho Emperor; and the officers of the Emperor's house hold. In the evening there was a grand reception. Before nine o'clock, the members and the ladies of the diplo znatic body, wko were to have the honour of paying their respects, had assembled in the different salons of the palace. At nine, the Emperor and the Empress en tered the throne-room. Their Majesty's were accompanied by the prince and princesses of the imperial family ; the princes and princesses of the family of the Emperor having rank at coui t ; preceded by the great officers of the crown, and followed by the grand master and grand mistress of the household of the Empress, and by a lady of honour. Their Majesties took their places on the throne ; Prince Napoleon, Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, and Prince Joachim Mu rat being on the right of the Emperor ; and the Princess Clothilde, the Princess Mathilde, the Princess Lucien Murat, the Princess Joachim Murat, and the Princess Anna Murat, occupying seats on the left of the Empress. Near the throne oneither sidewere assembled the household of their Majestie4, and of their imperial highnesses, the ministers, the presi dents of the Senate, Legislative Body, and Council of State ; the marshals, the admirals, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, the Governor of the Invalides, the Com mander-in-Chief of the National Guard, and a deputation of the grand crosses of the Legion of Honour. Everyone was standing, and the Grand Chamberlain having taken the orders of the Emperor, the reception commenced. The name of each lady was announced by the Grand Chamberlain of the Emperor and the Grand Mistress of the Household of the Empress. The reception of the gentlemen took place after that of the ladies, the name of each being announced by the Grand Chamberlain and the Grand Master of the household of the Empress. At half-past 10 their Majesties with their cortege retired to their apartments. It is requested that all persons wishing to send their carriages to Lord Macaulay's funeral in Westminster Abbey will order them to be stationed within the gates of Hyde Park at 12 o'clock on Monday, January the 9th, to join in the procession as it passes by Hyde Park-coiner. Intelligence has been received by the present mail of the departure from Melbourne for England of the Water Nymph on the 2d of November, with 20,060 ; Sussex, 4th, with X 60,000 ; Donfoa oth, X 12,000 ; and Commodore Perry, 16th, Mil 8 , 000; ma ki ng a tota l o f 366,000. It will be nearly thrqe weeks before any of these eau be considered due, _... • ~~ FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. PARTS BOURSE.—The market has been heavy. Forced sales continued for the account of specula tors who have not settled. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 45c., declined to 68f. 25c., and have since rallied to 68f. 45c. The following are quoted ex div.:—Mobilier, 25f.; Northern, 25f.; Southern, 10f.; Geneva, 10f.; Dauphine, 10f. ; Austrian, 12f. 50c. Mobilier have been done at 750 f. to 755 f. ; Lyons varied from 905 f. to 910 f.; Northern, 927 f. 50c. to 930 f. ; Austrian, 535 f. to 537 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations:— It per Cents. .... 96 Credit Foncier _ . Do. end month !Belgian 4} — 3 per Cent 5....... 68 20 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 68 30 Roman Bl Bank Shares 2820 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 740 Spanish Throes Do. Account ..... 741 25 Home Debt 43j RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans' 1376 25 .. 1380 Northern 927 50 .. 925 New ditto . .. 835 Lyons and Mediterranean 907 s'l .. 906 25 Geneva 512 50 .. 515 Southern Western 567 .50 .. 665 Eastern Sardinian 398 75 .. 400 Austrian Lombard .. . - - - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 241. 95c.; money, 24f. 931 c, SARDINIA. The banquet given to Garibaldi at Turin on New-Year's , Day, came off with much eclat. Colonel Thur's presence gave rise to a demonstration of sympathy with Hungary. Deputy Boffero was the chief splkesman, and the inauguration of the Nazione Armata was inducted with suitable honours. General Garibaldi was repeatedly called for by the crowd without, and from the balcony gave utter ance to his respect for the Piedmontese people, who had for so many years, in good faith and con stancy, nourished the flame of Italian liberty. Much, he said, hail been done, but more remained to do. After bestowing enthusiastic enconiums on their Sovereign, he concluded by saying that his sword was for Italy, and that he had never intended to lay it aside until she were free—utterly free. It may be observed that the scheme o ,he Nazione Armata assumes consistency, for it is now generally believed that it has the support of Government, and that the Minister Ratazzi is the promoter, as the tenets of the society are fully based upon the principles of the extreme left. An instance of the King's partiality for WA Minister is evinced in the magnificent New-Year's.. gift which he has bestowed' upon him, of a gold cup of beautiful workmanship, richly encircled with brilliants. Garibaldi was also favoured with a present of six brace of pheasants from the King, shot by his Majesty, and which en riched thebanquet. These:little incidents have some significance at this moment. An ovation to Gari baldi took place last night from the students. In reply, the veteran observed that this demonstration from the youth was of moment, as he foresaw that the day was not distant when he should need the proof on the battle-field. There was also a meeting last night of the Parliamentary Committee with the committee of the Nazione Armata, presided over by Garibaldi, but they could not come to terms► and no combination whatever was agreed upon. Dictator Parini has directed that 10,000 muskets shall be placed at the disposal of the various muni cipalities of Central Italy, in order to complete the armament of the National Guard. SOUTHAMPTON, Th-irsday.— Among the cargo brought by the mail steamer Delta, which arrived hero yesterday, was a large package containing photographic negatives taken in Japan by an artist specially despatched for the purpose by Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, of Lon don. TREATIES OF GUARANTEE.— A Parliamentary paper of 60 pages, yesterday published by command, con tains c: , rtain so-called " treaties of guarantee," in which England is mixed up with various foreign States. These treaties refer to the separation of Holland and Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, &c. (1839) ; the sove reignty of Greece (1830, 1833) ; to alliances between this country and Portugal (1373, 1815) ; cessions made by the King of Saxony to his Royal brother of Prussia • the neu trality of Savoy, Cheblais, and Faucigny (1815, 1819); a treaty of Great Britain with Sweden and France (185,5); a declaration of eight Powers on the independence of Switzer land (1815) ; the treaties with Turkey after the late war with Russia (1855, 1856) ; extracts from treaties relative to Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia (1856, 1858) ; and a con vention with the United States of America for the estab lishment of a ship ca.nlo : hfotWeial the two oceans (April, 1850). There AP, treaty relating to Italy, or " guaran teeing'4 lha pNistt4:%g s (a , rather the late estaltlisiled order of pyeillAW4l4 IA that peninsula, LITERATURE. Poems. By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentle man,' &c. Hurst and Blackett. A volume of poems by an authoress whose works have been so widely circulated, and have attained so high a reputation, must naturally excite some attention. It is always interesting to observe the progress of well-known writers when leaving the beaten track for a newer and more difficult path , to watch whether the powers and qualities which have enabled them to gain distinction in the one course will sustain them in the other. The poems before us have scarcely the claim of novelty to re commend them, as they have appeared anonymously in the pages of periodicals. Their frequent repub lication, both in this country and in America, has induced the authoress to claim and collect them. They are deserving of this attention, as many of them show traces of the ori ginality and power which characterise Miss fuloch's prose writings. We do not, how ever, consider that her talent is naturally poetic. Fine thoughts and happy turns of expression might always be expected in the pages of a writer of such undoubted ability ; but there is little question that she has done wisely in devoting her abilities to prose. The pieces which please us least in the pre sent collection are the most ambitious—blank verse, with a metaphysical tinge of sentiment. Some of the simpler poems are full of thought and feeling. We quote a specimen —one of the best in the book : BURIED TO* AY. Buried to-day; When the soft green buds are bursting out, And up on the south wind comes a shout Of village boys and girls at play In the mild spring evening gray. Taken away; Sturdy of heart and stout of limb, From eyes that drew half their light from him, And put low, low, underneath the clay, In his spring —on this spring day. Passes away All the pride of boy-life begun, All the hope of life yet to run ; Who dares to question when One saith Nay ?" Murmur not—only pray. Enters to-day Another body in church-yard sod, Another soul on the life in God. His Christ was buried—and lives alway : Trust Him, and go your way. The following verses are very graceful and pleas ing. The idea is a suggestive. one, and was, we think, capable of further extension : THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MOWING. All shimmering in the morning shine And diamonded with dew, And quivering in the scented wind That thrills its green heart through,— The little field, the smiling field, With all its flowers a-blowing, How happy looks the golden field The day before the mowing ! All still 'neath the departing light, Twilight, though void of stars, Save where, low westering, Venus hides From the red eye of Mars ; How quiet lies the silent field With all its beauties glowing; Just stirring—like a child asleep,— The night before the mowing. Sharp steel, inevitable hand, Cut keen, cut kind Our field We know full well must be laid low Before its wealth it yield : Labour and mirth and plenty blest Its blameless death bestowing : And yet we weep, and yet we weep, The night before the mowing. Several of the other poems are expressive and pa thetic, and though the volume may not give evidence of great poetic power, the reader will doubtless be pleased to meet again with these verses in a collected form. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. New Edition. Edited by Robert Hunt. F.R.S., F.S.S. Parts 1,2, and 3. Longman. A large portion of the public have long estimated Dr. Andrew Ure's important work at its high and just value ; and a fresh issue, containing the whole of the recent discoveries and applications of chemistry and manufactures, claims theattention of every individual connected with scientific pur suits or commercial agencies. Physics, mechanics, and general native and foreign productions are de tailed and rendered tangible without any severe elaboration of the subjects, and mining operations and metallurgical essays are lucidly described. The Dictionary, with its present enlarged amount of in formation, will be extended from its original form in two volumes to three, published in monthly parts, and will embrace a variety of new features in experience and research. Nearly 2,000 wood engravings add materially to the perfection of the work. The clearest arrangements for facility of reference will be afforded, and the design and execution of the publication stamp it as a first class production on the ♦ital and engrossing topics of artistic discoveries and British commerce. The Foreign Stereoscopic Cabinet. Lovell Reeve, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden. _ _ _ Mr. Reeve has produced some - exquisite speci mens in this branch of art, and the present ones submitted to our inspection are peculiarly good. The " Burial Place of John Philip Kemble, at Lausanne," carries great interest with it ; and the " Sketch of Character at Rouen," and " The Halle," or Trade Hall at Bruges, are vivid and clear representations, especially welcome to those who cannot indulge in " taking a tour on the Continent." 11118 DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to-day coastwise and by land-carriage. The attendance of buyers was small; nevertheless, good and fine famples changed hands somewhat steadily, at fully Monday's prices. Damp qualities, however, moved off slowly, at about late quotations. We were tolerably Well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business doing in all kinds was limited, yet holders generally were very firm. Floating oargoes of grain, off F4lmouth, were a slow inquiry. Fino barley was very scarce, and in request, at full cur rencies. Other qualities maintained their previous value. There was very little doing in the malt trade. Prices, however, were supported. Oats—the show of which was limited—ruled steady, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beans, peas, and flour were a slow inquiry, at late rates ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 660 ( 2,770 1 110 ' 950 1 Irish Foreign 1,870 2,940 I --- 7,50 - 0 i 40 sks I k 1,260 his Flour. 420 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL• Primo beef, mutton, veal, and pork—the supplies of which are lbnite4—command a steady sale, at very full prices ; otherwise, the trade is in a sluggish state, at about previous rates. Per 81ba. by the Carcase. a. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 2 Bt o 2 10 f Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. d 0..... 3 oto 3 4 I Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 2 Pm.largedo. 3 6to 4 0( Primo do. .. 4 4to 4 6 .. Do. small do. 4 2to 4 4 { Ve al Large pork.. 3 6to 4 2 ,Small pork 4 4to 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. The show of new hops is still only moderate, and the de mand for all kinds is steady, at very full prices. Yearlings of good quality command extreme rates. Mid and East Kent .... 84s to 150 s per cwt. Weald of Kent 668 to 90s „ Sussex 63s to 80s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—Tho market remains very steady, and full rates are current fur the better qualities. SUGAE.—The demand for most descriptions has dimi nished, but little alteration has taken place in values. In the Refined Market the sales have been to a fair extent, but at a slight reduction in prices. Corruz.—At the public sales of plantation Ceylon con siderable activity prevailed, and prices generally exhibited an improved tendency, more particularly for the finer descriptions. RICE.—The dealings have been moderately active, and good and fine qualities have realised full prices. FRUlT.—There has been a fair inquiry for currants for home consumption ; and raisins, figs, and almonds have met a seasonable demand, at about late quotations. SALTPETRE.—The transactions have been steady, and prices have not shown any material variation, notwith standing large fresh arrivals. TALLOW.—The market has shown rather more firmness, and at Public Sale late quotations were fairly maintained. P.Y.C., on the spot, is marked 575 9d to 58s, and 58s for March delivery. WRESTLING WITH AN ELEPHANT.—A rather curious scene occurred on Monday evening during the per formance in the menagerie. A young man, who had for some time been carefully observing the monster elephant, determined, Ulm a fighting gladiator of old, to try the strength of the huge bulk of flesh with his own. There is at the end of the elephant's tusks which are of large size, an iron rod, bi n di ng one tusk to the other. Our hero seized hold of this, and began to lean his whole weight upon it. The elephant, not altogether liking this sort of treatment, determined for his part to punish his audacious antagonist. He raised his great head aloft, and the young fellow was swung from the ground until he almost touched the canvas covering, and was no doubt much higher than his most wild ambition ever carried him. The animal repeated this, and a second time ho descended to the ground, when the ele phant, perhaps thinking it best to temper justice with merey, wrapped his trunk round the hapless and now thoroughly humbled youth, and very unceremoniously laid him in the mud that overspread the floor. The wrestle was ended, the elephant coming off the victor, while his com batant picked himself up, and, amidst the hearty laughter of the Spectators, vanilahecl.—.Blackburn kztandard. RA7TRAORDINdRY WILLD 111URDER. Yesterday Mr. Wakley, the coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden-town, on the body of a newly-born male child, which had been left at the shop of Mr. Aitcheson, undertaker, Henry. street, Hampstead-road, so far back as the 30th November last. Mr. John Aitcheson, of 43, Henry-street, Hamp stead-road, stated that two or three days before the 30th November last a well-dressed man called at his shop, and inquired what would be the 'expense of a coffin for a still-born child, and the expense of its burial. Re told him the coffin would be Is. 6d., and the expense of burial, including the taking the body to St. Pancras Cemetery at Finehley, if still born, would be 3s. 6d., but if born alive it would be 6s. Bd. for the fees. He paid l s . 6d . f or a coffin, and took it away, saying he would bring the child's body back in it. On the 30th November, three days after, a cab drove up within two or three doors of his shop, and the man got out, and came in :with the coffin, which was nailed down, in a basket. He offered to pay the 3s. 6d. for the burial, when he (Mr. Aitcheson) told him he must have a certificate. The man then pulled out and showed him in his hand what purported to be a medical certificate; and perceiving, as he thought, though he would not be positive on the point, that the child had lived three days, or it might be three hours, he told the man that would not do—he must have a registrar's certificate. The man then said it was a " chance child," and he thought that certificate was sufficient, but if not he must go to Ealing to get a proper one. He went away saying he would go and get it, leaving the child and coffin in the shop, but had never re turned. The coffin was put in the outhouse usually appropriated to the purpose, in the expectation that the man would come back, and in the multiplicity of business witness forgot that the child was there till a few days since, when his attention was directed to it, and he opened the coffin and gave information to the coroner's beadle. The clothes, &c., in the coffin were produced. They consisted of a cotton night-gown, a linen nap kin, and a fine towel with a red thread at the corner, supposed to be a laundress's mark, a piece of window-blind, and a lady's fine cambric pocket handkerchief with lace border, from which the initials had been taken or cut out in one corner. Mr. G. F. Dansey, surgeon, of No. 24, Steb bington-street, said he had examined the body. The umbilical cord hail been apparently tied in a pro fessional manner, but the external cord had not been cut. There was about two spoonsful of fluid in the stomach, and the whole of the organs were healthy. The child weighed nine pounds and three-quarters. Under the scalp of the right parie tal bone there was extravasation of blood, but no fracture of the :skull. Applied the hydraulic test, and the lungs, heart, &c., all floated. W as o f opi nion that the child was born al ive, and if so, that the cause of death was congestion of the membranes of the brain. The coroner having adverted to the suspicious character of the case, and the frightful increase of the crime of infanticide, The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown. THE SUICIDE IN WOLVERHAMPTON. An inquest was held yesterday, before T. M.- Phillips, Esq., coroner, on the body of Phcebe Davis, a young woman, 18 years of age, w h o committed suicide on Tuesday last by precipitating herself down an old coal-shaft, in one of Messrs. Dodd and Williams's fields, Bilston-road, Wolverhampton. The jury first proceeded to view the body, which lay at the publichouse at which the inquest was held. It presented a frightful appearance ; the neck and back were broken, and there were several severe cuts and bruises, caused by striking against ' the sides of the shaft. The first witness called was Thomas Pritchard, who deposed that he was returning from Bilston, along Rough-hills -lane about two o'clock on Tuesday a ft ernoon, he saw the de ceased walking across the field. She stopped at a hovel near a pit mouth, and spoke to an old woman who lives there, and then she walked straight up to the pit, which is only about five or six yards distant, leaned over the fencing which serves to protect the shaft, and threw herself head long down the pit. Witness ran towards the pit, but finding he could render no assistance, he gave information to the police. Margaret Erie, the old woman who lives at the hovel spoken of, said that deceased called her out and said, "Tell Jack Harris to give that handker chief to my mother ; but don't let mother know what lam going to do." Harris is the young man who kept company with her. She then walked briskly towards the pit's mouth and leaped down it. (This witness fainted while giving her evidence.) George Russell, miner, the man who succeeded in getting the body up, said, that when he went down. several attempts had been made, but the men told him they could not get more than five yards on ac count of the damp. He passed through about 50 yards of damp, and when he reached the bottom his candle went out, and he became insensible. He took some tackling with him to fasten to the body, and he succeeded in bringing it up with him, but he could not tell how, as he remembered no more after his light was extinguished. Ann Sweet, mother of the deceased, said that deceased called at her house about two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. She appeared to be in good health and spirits, and she partook heartily of dinner. She went away and returned again in about ten minutes and complained that the woman with whom she lodged would not let her have her clothes. She then threw a handkerchief on the chair and said, " If you see Harris go down the lane, give him this handkerchief, mother." Wit ness replied, " You see him oftener than I do • give it him yourself." She appeared to be quite rational, and again left the house, say ing that she would be back in a few minutes, and went across the field. Almost immediately after wards witness's daughter, Sarah, who was standing at the window, where she could see the pit mouth, exclaimed, " Oh, Lord, Phoebe has thrown herself down the pit." Sarah Davis, deceased's sister, confirmed the statement of the previous witness, and also stated that when the deceased left she appeared perfectly rational. Neither of the last two witnesses could a ss i gn any cause for the commission of the ras h act, but it appeared from the evidence of the moth er t h at the deceased had led a somewhat dissolute life. The jury at once returned a verdi c t o f felo de se. We understand it is the intention of the coroner and the chief constable to represent Russell's in trepid conduct to the Royal Humane Society, with a view, if possible, to procure for him some re.ward. After being brought up out of the pit he remained in a state of insensibility for nearly an hour, arid he is still suffering from the effects of the gas, and is unable to resume his work. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING -HOUSE KEEPERS' BE NEVOLENT A SSOCIATION.—Tho annual ball in aid of the funds of this institution was held in the largo hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, on Tuesday evening last, when a very numerous company assembled, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit until a late hour, under the management of Mr. Frampton. The managing committee left nothing undone that could add to the comfort of the visitors. During the evening an excellent address, written for the occasion by M. Carpenter, Esq., was well delivered by Mr. Joseph Eldred, jun. Many leading members of the trade were present, including the president, vice-president, T. Sherwood, Esq. (treasurer), and Mr. J. Rogers (secre tary) ; also Messrs. Wisdell, Alldis, Hay, Groombridge, and Harding. TnE CASE OF EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLING.— Elizabeth Ann Taylor, whose extraordinary acts of swin dling at Lincoln were mentioned in The Sun of yesterday, was examined before a bench of magistrates at Boston, in Lincolnshire, on Monday last, on the ch arge o f obtaining tho sum of £42 f rom Mr. Richard Hunter by false pre tences. The substance of the evidence adduced was as fol lows :—Mr. Hunter, who resides in Junction -street, Bos ton, had been for 22 years an officer in the E xc i se , which service he had quitted on the ground of ill-health. Some four years ago he was stationed in Lincoln, and while there he became acquainted with the prisoner's hus band, Mr. Taylor, furniture broker. In July last the prisoner and her husband came to reside next door to the prosecutor, and continued to do so until Mi chaelmas last, when they removed to a house in High-street. During the residence in Junction-street there was no intimacy between the paittes, but when they re moved into High -street the acquaintance was r enewe d . On four severa l occas i ons the prisoner borrowed m one y amounting in the aggregate to £3l, alleging various causes and pretences, which were all proved to be false. On one occasion she said that she required a sum of money to pay Mr. White, solicitor, for making a settlement. This was proved to be false by one of Mr. White's clerks, who said she had never been in Mr. White's office at all. Another pretence was that the secretary of the Metropolitan Insu rance Company had absconded with some money he was to pay her, and she required the sum asked for to go to London to see after him. Mr. Hunter having discovered that he was duped, immediately applied for a warrant to a pprehend the prisoner, which was done by Superintendent Waghorn, who found her at a boarding-house near King's_ cross, London. The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the ensuing local quarter sessions. The pri soner, as we stated in The Sun of yesterday, imposed upon Mr. Taylor, and induced him to marry her by representing that she was the heiress to a large estate known as " the Gordon property" in Scotland, and in order to better carry out her nefarious schemes she produced a document which she represented was the Lord Chancellor's decree in her favour. The following is a copy of the document, which was sealed at the head with the in p - ess of a half-crown, but which the l.risaner represented was the Lord Chan cellor's seal :—" This is a copy of tho settlement of the said Anne Elizabeth Johnstone, a granddaughter of the said Anne Elizabeth Johnstone, under her will of a Chan cery document by claim of heirship under the whole estate in Montrose, under the Duke of Gordon's estates, and she being the claimant on or before the 29th of Sept. 1869, by seal of the Lord Chancellor, that the whole property be given up to her in her own maiden name, and witnessed by her trustees, in their own handwriting.—Jolty SCOTT, solicitor; SAna, LRAM, secretary." 310_ The (luring actiyit. hale f be en a met a at slig has b first s ince tt tain e d . been ni has be( alth oug i hav e be Mark e t yesterda S hade ] Altbol h are bee eon sidera for th e Cc Anglesey de mand c th e Bank fr es h Ansi th e advie a PPears tl Ward f ror Water N I by th e 1:), ; mod el ., 1)4 In the Menu. 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