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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 Vnys-y-Geinon Station of that Railway, and terminating in the hamlet of Colbren, i❑ the parish of Ystrad/ynlais, in the county of Brecon, by a junction with the authorised line of the Neath and Brecon Rail way, at a point in the ft‘ Id numbered 42, on the plan of the lAA- mentioned Railway; and also for an Extension of the 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 Railway, commencing in the pariah of Ystradgynlais, by a junction with the authorized line of the Swansea Yale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway, at a point in an enclosure, numbered 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 terminating in the same parish, at or near to the bridge carrying the tramway or tramroad belonging to the Aberciare Colliery and wotks over the river Tawe. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, in antic'pation of the above, beg to intimat6 that on all new 1 , 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 NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SIIARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance w ith the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORFEITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C. NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. In Weeks. i().4 3 8N 86 -114,250 108 - 18,481 Exceg% 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1569 ...3,105 —.£539,4-12 T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING., EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Rogers, Clark, Gordon, White, &e.; Miss Fanny Wright and Miss F. Gwynn. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ion. A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN Ole T H WATCH : Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS: Joseph Brag, Mr Bnckstone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TRIS EVENING. at 7. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL: Mr G. Belmore. tAtl5 to 8, 27th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. To conclude with WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED. ' After which, Mon Poucicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Miss Emma Barnett, and Mae; hose Leclerc q. Concluding with THE SECRET. N.B.—„Shortly will bo produced, a New Drama, by Dion Bou cicault. )oors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THE A TR.E-R YAL, HOLBORN. BARRY SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and Manager. On S TUE Y NEXT. vi A Y:'l, At 7.30, THE MISTRESS OP THE MILL. At Bo'elock, Lord Lytton's Great Play, entitled MONEY. supported by the following celebrated Artistes. viz.: Tarry Sul livan, J. C. rcwper, t: eerie Honey, W. H. Stephens. Charles foglan, A. Bernard. NV. A rthnr and E. Dva.s; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss T.ouisa Tip , rne, awl Mrs. ( hsrles Horsman. Principal Scenic Artists—Mr. \Valiant Calcott and Mr. Albert Calcott. A cting Manager—Mr. Barry Sullivan. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. -/ Sole lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. '..7larke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Button and 3laltland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Bufton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude Kith HUE AND DYE. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Seftbn Parry. At 7, H. J. Byron's new and original Drama. MINNIE or, Leonard's Love: Miss L 3 dia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan ; Messrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMIqI7. To conclude with BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, David fisher, Andrews. Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames-Lydia Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. 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Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-offict open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-path, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ,171 • /Ai.' SI it 1-1- 444th LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1869. A Palace of Justice is no longer projected by the Government. It is proposed, now, simply, that there shall be raised--New Courts of Law. Convenience is aimed at, not magnificence. Economy is the order of the day : and therefore it is idle to dream any longer of beautifying the metropolis. Even the Con centration of the Law Courts has come to be laughed at by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as little better than an absurdity. People are " enamoured" of that notion, according to Mr. LowE's way of putting it— as though the idea was no better in itself than an idle whim or crotchet. Then, again, it is urged by the " powers that be " that at the outside a million and a half ought to be amply sufficient to cover the whole expense of the undertaking. The purchase of the site, the building of the edifice, the opening up of the requisite approaches to it—all ought, say the Government, to be accomplished at a cost within £1,600,000. To do this—the responsible advisers of the CROWN, when they come to look into matters, perceive at once, quite clearly, that it is idle to dream any longer of either the Carey-street site, or of the pet site mapped out by Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN on the northern border of the Thames Embankment. They look elsewhere for a suitable locality, and they find it in the neighbourhood of the site last mentioned. The revelation of this discovery, it will be remembered, was made, quite as a surprise, the other evening, at the fag end of a long discussion of the matter, by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. LOW E, this session, appears to be rather fond of surprises. Instance this, his Budget, which opened Fadly and sorrowfully, only to close with a radiant, riant coup-de-theatre. Quite as startling, in its way, was his long res Av e -d scheme for extrication from the difficulty, not to saymuddle, into which matters were getting in this mater of tLe Law Courts—a scheme which he on ly produced at last, as one might say, from his sleeve, with the abruptness of a conjuring trick. There was, however, that seemingly improvised bran new project of his own— Tr HE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at I JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehington,"Wellington-street, Strand. A very excellent volume." "A volume of exceeding enter taining reading." "A capital work."—See Opinions of the Press. Now ready, crown Bvo., 420 pages, fancy boards, 35.; cloth 55., New Book of Tales, Poems, and Sketches, THE LONDON. By Tom Hood, Blanchard Jerrold W. H. C. Nation, Palgrave Simpson, Annie Thomas, &e. 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CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, April, 1?69. SPANISII GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. LOAN, 1869. For Fifty Millions of Dollars effective, in Bonds of the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt. Authorised by Act of the Cortes under date of 31st March, 1869. Messrs J. S. MORGAN and CO. are authorised by the Contractors to RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS for £8,000,000 nominal (part of the above Loan). The Bonds for this Loan will be to bearer, and will be similar in amounts and form to the existing New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds ; they will bear interest at 3 per cent. per annum (from 31st December, 1868), payable half yearly, on the 30th June and 31st December in each year ; in London, at the fixed exchange of 4s. 3d. sterling, and in Paris at sf. 40c. per dollar. The subscription price in London is 291 per cent. of the nominal amount, and will be payable as follows:- 5 per cent on Application. 5 „ „ Allotment. 6 77 77 25th May, 1869. fLess Coupon of 11 j per 8 „ „ 30th June cent. less income-tax. 5 „ „ 2d August, 1869. 29} Taking into consideration the accrued interest and the payment by instalments, the return to the subscribers, at the above issue price, is equal to ab3ut 10,-1 per cent. Subscribers may. on allotment, or on any of the days fixed for payment of the instalments, anticipate the future payments under discount at the rate of o per cent. per annum. Subscriptions will be received on the 22d and 23d April (instant). Applications from the country posted on the 23d instant will be receiv,.d. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and where an allotment is made of an amount smaller than that applied for, the sur plus of deposit will be applied towards the amount pay able on allotment. In default of payment of the respective instalments at their due dates all previous payments will be liable to for feiture. Scrip Certificates to bearer will be exchanged against Allotment Letters and Receipts as soon as possible. These Scrip Certificates will be exchanged for Bonds to bearer as coon as practicable after payment in full. Applications must be made on the annexed form, which may be obtained of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., No. 22, Old Broad-street, E. C. Subscription lists for the loan will be opened simulta neously in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Frank fort, Brussels, Antwerp, and Vienna ; but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London Allotments can only be paid on, and exchanged for Bonds, in London. 22, Old Broad-street, LoadOn, E.O, 21st April, 1869. No. -- SPANISH GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. LOAN, 1;69. FORM OF APPLICATION. To be left with Messrs J. S. Morgan iiddo., after pay ment to them of the preliminary deposit of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Gentlemen,—Having paid the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot me £ of the above Loan on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and I hereby agree to accept that, or any smaller amount which may be allotted to me, and to pay the further In stalments according to the terms of the said Prospectus.— I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature Address (in full) Date To Messy , . J. S. Morgan and Co. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. 'flits EVENING, EASY SHAVING:. Messrs. Rogers Clark, Gordon, White; Miss Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. :14 r Sothern. Concluding with MARE YOUR. WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commenee at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK: Mr Walter Lacy, Mr D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And TUE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING. at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO C 4 MBER WELL : Mr. G. Belmure, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8. BLACK A %ro WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling, It. Phillips. Stuart: Carlotta Leelereq, Miss Lennox Grey, &c, And WHITABAIT AT GREI NIVICH: Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee awl Manageress. Mrs. Swanhorongh. 11IIS EVENING. at 7.30, TILE WIDi IIL T. 5.e.6r5. Bel ford, Clnrke ; Miss Button. JOAN OF ARC: llegsrs. Thorno, James. Fenton; t esdittnes Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Button. To conclude with RUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATIIE-ROYAL. Tuts FVENINO, at 7. 'MINNIE, or, L.onard's Love. At 9, A, BREACH OF PROMISE. After which. BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews. Hurl stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Cinder the Management of MISR 11 Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.:10, 151 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 THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss (1. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVI'NING, APRIL 28, 1869 a project plumped ,out all of a sudden, and yet for all that a project, which it now appears is deliberately going to be acted upon in cold blood by her MAJESTY'S Government. True, no doubt, that the country has already purchased a site at a very considerable outlay, and has even gono so far as to clear it, so that there is an arid unsightly wilderness opened up in the very heart of the metropolis, between the Strand and Lincoln's inn, between Drury-lane and Chancery-lane. That we must get rid of somehow. But to build upon the New Courts of Law, as originally proposed, is, according to the Government, altogether out of the question. The site is to be the one pointed out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Six acres of ground are the sum total of its dimensions. Ample space for all that is required, if we are to be lieve Mr. STREET, the architect. Its boundary line to the north is lloward•street, running parallel with the Strand—to the south the Thames Embankment— to the east the Temple—to the west Somerset House. Aud that site can be bought, can be cleared, can be built upon from the foundations upwards, can be fittingly furnished throughout when the structure shall have been completed, can be provided north, west, and east with numerous and most convenient approaches, at a total cost, at the very outside, of £1,600,000. That is the tempting scheme which Govern ment propose to embody in a bill, which Mr. LAYARD, as Chief Commissioner of Public Works, has the inter tion, as he told the House of Commons last evening, of introducing very shortly—if possible before Whit suntide. Mr. STREET, said the right hon. gentleman, is now preparing detailed plans—plans which Mr. LAYARD gave the House good hope of seeing before the Second Reading. If Mr. STREET is doing this nevertheless—bow about that splendid design by INIGO JONES, paid for two hundred years ago, and ready to hand for adaptation to present purposes, about which the Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke so enticingly the other evening ? However that may be, it is interesting to note the closing statement made last night by Mr. LAYARD before resuming his seat, when he observed—" I have received a communica tion from the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir FITZROY KELLY, stating that he and all the Judges with whom he has communicated, except one, are of opinion that •upon every ground, as regrrds the bench, the bar, the solicitors, the suitors and the public -- I quote his own words the Thames Embankment should be preferred for the site of the Law courts." As to that " one" among the Judges who is the exception or the dissentient —who is he, and what may be his objections to this otherwise unanimous preference, by the Bench, of some site upon the Thames Embankment ? Upon this, and upon all other matters relating to the sub ject, the ccuntry will look eagerly and curiously for an explanation to the Government statement on the introduction of the promised bill, and to the discus sions which the mere fact of its introduction will, as a matter of course, necessitate. • THE fine spring weather has put fresh life into the flagging parliamentary debates. On Monday Mr. DISRAELI occupied the period of a brilliant sunset in making a lively personal attack upon Mr. GLADSTONE. The leader of the Opposition, finding that his followers were getting wearied by successive adverse majorities of three figures, and were losing heart and interest in the chief measure of the session, delivered himself of a philippic which was almost in his best style. He diverted his party by pointing out the apparent discrepancy between the descriptions of the bill given by Mr. BRIGHT and by Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, and so far raised their drooping spirits that they followed his example in attacking the PREMIER ; though not having Mr. DISRAELI'S esprit, they were simply impertinent where he had been ironical. In the Upper Chamber there was some very sharp sparring indeed. Lord CLANRICARDE'S Land Tenure Bill was down for going into committee, but before reaching that stage Lord GRANVILLE rose to explain why the Government had assumed a neutral position towards this measure. The leader of the House of Lords is so persuasive and good humoured that he rarely wounds. But he indulged in unwonted sarcasm when he remarked of 'Earl GREY " I am bound to say that for the last twenty years I hardly remember half a dozen cases in which the noble earl, immediately following me in debate, did not begin his speech with one of two declarations— the one that he had heard with the deepest regret all I had said, the other that strong as had been his previous opinion, that opinion had been intensified and strengthened by all the ar guments I had used against it." This wit ticism most completely describes the imprac ticable egotism of the able peer whose inability to act with other personshas reduced him to the position of heading a party which consists of himself alone. Lord GRANVILLE let off his other critics more lightly. We doubt if the country will be so lenient, if it will not rather support the Duke of ARGYLL in his somewhat severe comments upon the obj ections raised by the Liberal peers for whom Mr. GLADSTONE found no place in his Administration. It is, indeed, difficult to know whether to laugh or to be angry at the attitude assumed by Lord WESTBURY towards the Government. The advanced Radical Attorney-General has developed into the Tory ex-Chancellor, who denounces the Government for the " universal depreciation of property in Ireland " which has resulted from their measures. Lord WESTBURY declares that the mischief was begun by the Suspensory Bill of last session ; to which the Duke of ARGYLL replied that his lordship himself supported that bill, and was, therefore, an accomplice in the crime which he attributed to the Administra tion. The SECRETARY for INDIA was forbidden by courtesy to add that at that time Lord WESTBURY was thought to have a good chance of returning to the woolsack because of Sir ROUNDELL PALMER'S secession from his party on this question. The Duke of SOMERSET had probably no such hope of returning to the Admiralty, for though he voted in favour of the Suspensory Bill, he spoke against it. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE has been at feud with his party ever since Lord PALMERSTON omitted him from the list of Ministers which" he drew up ten years ago. Leaving the personal part of this controversy, let us consider this matter dispassionately. An accusa tion is brought against the Government that, having promised to deal with the land question in Ireland, having by that promise excited great agitation in the lamentable island, crimes, a th gi e t ; trie use ofnwhieth is led e her to deal the que s ti on thi s sess i on, to say h ow th ey w ill d ea l either to witt with it next session, or to accept the measure which Lord CLANRICARDE has introduced. In reply to these charges it may in the first place be asked, is there such agitation as is alleged ? True there have been murders in Ireland, but have there been none in England ? Is it not a fact that they are far more numerous, even in proportion to population, on this side of the Channel than on the other side ? Is it not also a fact that directly a murder takes place on that side it is always assumed to be an " agrarian outrage," whereas it may have nothing at all to do with the land rimy, as seems to have been the fact in Mr. 81l A D SHAW' s case, to havebeen prompted by jealousy? Undoubtedly some murders have originated in dis putes about the land, but these have not been con fined to the present year; they took place under a Conservative . Administration as well as under the present Liberal Government. They are, unhappily, no new feature in the history of Ireland. Succes sive Governinenta have brought in tenant-right bills, but these have always been dropped for want of time, and the impression became general that the. Governments were insincere in thin matter. Ift; GLADaroYz will not, if he can licdp it, allow that impression to bo repeated this year He will not add another to the heap of abortive measures. Better postpone the matter to another session than attempt to legislate upon it this session and fail. And who can honestly say that the Government have not good reason for declining to undertake a second Irish measure of primary im portance during the present year ? There are already two bills of great magnitude to which the Ministerial honour and reputation are committed— the Irish Church Bill and the Bankruptcy Bill. There are other measures, only less important, such as the Criminals Bill. All these are in hand; it is doubtful if they will all pass. It is certain that they would not pass if such an addition were made to them as Lord GREY, Lord 'WESTBURY, and the Conservative peers desire. It may be that even now the Government will, against its better judgment, give way ; though this is scarcely likely. The theory, started by the Times, that Ministers have not yet come to any agreement upon the question, is surely a good reason why they should not start it at present. They have one great work to accomplish, the disestablishment of the Irish Church ; upon that they are agreed ; that they will pass. Let them do so, and if they should find co-operation impossible upon the land question, it will be time for them to break up their Administra tion when they have settled the ecclesiastical question. Of course, if the land question were very urgent, all other considerations would have to beset aside. But no case of urgency has yet been made out. A far stronger case must be established before Ministers incur the risk of spoiling one great reform by simultaneously undertaking another. THE French Chambers are dissolved. They had existed almost their full legal term. It was on May 8, 1863, that the last previous dissolution took place, so that the present Chambers had but a fortnight longer to live. During these six years many events have taken place, yet little progress has been made. The EMPEROR has made one or two attempts at an International Congress, but they have failed. He has attempted to get capital out of the quarrel between Prussia and Austria, but found that he had been merely used as a catspaw by the former State. He has withdrawn his troops from Rome, and sent them back thither. He has been compelled to evacuate Mexico. He has been equally obliged to give up the purchase of Luxemburg, and up to this moment the little State of Belgium has been refusing to yield to his strong representations in behalf of the leasing of the Belgian railways to French companies, In fact, French foreign policy has failed everywhere; and France has perhaps never since the later days of Lours XIV. been in such little • repute on the Continent as she is at the present moment. At the same time she has never, in time of peace, had such gigantic armies. The coincidence is remarkable. On the one hand, we see France able to throw more than a million of men into the field at a fortnight's notice; on the other, her influence with foreign nations is less than it has been at any time since the Peace of Utrecht. This double fact is a lesson that might well be learnt by statesmen who think that the influence of a nation is maintained only by huge standing armies. While France has thus retrograded in this respect she has made but small progress in her domestic policy. The chief measure of the Chambers just dissolved has been the new conscription law. The laws which conferred additional liberty upon the press and the right of public meeting were accompanied with so many restrictions that the newly granted privileges, rights as we should call them, proved almost illusory. At the present moment the EMPEROR dares not appeal fairly to the country for its verdict upon his policy. His Ministers have openly avowed their intention of supporting the Ministerial candidates with all the influence which the Government can command. The electors are told in words whose meaning there is no attempt to disguise, that if they want favours they must support the " official " candidate ; if they want a new bridge, or town hall, or railway, they must vote for the man whom the EmpEnon. approves. This, the n, is the result of seventeen years of imperialism. .NAPOLEON finds France with rapidly diminishing influence in the councils of Europe; he finds her opprt s3ed with an enormous army, and with a largely increased debt ; he finds the crowning of the edifice as far off as ever. And now that in his declining years he is deprived by death of nearly all his associates of the coup (refill, he has to appeal once more to the nation which he has ruled for so long. 4 1 st* COD rt • Caen HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 27. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian, drove out this morning. Princess Beatrico, and Prince LeopoldP rPrincess ss wentLoouui Louise, . CO UN' GARDEN LIFE-BOAT CONCERT. This concert was brought to a very successful conclusion last evening. Previous to the commence ment of the programme every seat in the Great Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern was filled by a very brilliant audience, and the whole of the enter tainments were given without the least omission. The first part of the concert was devoted to ballad music, and amongst which Miss Pallant sang Smart's graceful composition "The Lady of the Lea" very charmingly. Mies Plummer also sung " Roaming through the green fields" with exquisite taste, and Miss Smith elicited loud ap plause by her rendering of " Tell me, my heart." Mr. G. Bell sang " Hearts of Oak" in the most hearty and spirited manner, and Mr. Vigny fol lowed with the favourite and appropriate song, " Man the Lifeboat." Miss Coleman played Lindsay Sloper's " Ballad Fantasia" with the most finished execution and effect, and with this excellent performance the first part of the concert concluded. The second portion was devoted entirely to the entertainment M the " Covent Garden Snowdrops," a clever troup, numbering over a doien, and although they mo destly styled themselves amateurs, they showed as much talent as any of 'our professional " niggers." The great hits in their entertainment were " Beauti ful Isle of the Sea," by Mr. Deuvall ; " The Mon key's Wedding," byMr;R. Hunt, a very funny bones; and " The Covent Garden Snowdrops" (an original song), by Mr. H. Boa t ing, who was immense upon the tamborine. Mr. H. Pallant sang " Wake us at dawn, mother," with remarkable sweetness and feeling; and Mr. S. Pallant created the utmost merriment by his humorous song "Off to Brighton." The concert in brief was a great success, and every one engaged in it has the most ample ground for self gratification. We did not care to ascertain who supplied the pianoforte, as it was a most harsh and intractable instrument, and certainly no credit to the maktr. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS., (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEN;I PARIS, TUESDki, April 27. The attendance on the last day of the session was small throughout. M. Thiess was absent, but, M. Jules Favre, just returned from his electoral battle at Masseube with M. de Cassagnac, came to take part in the funeral obse quies of the Chamber, as did MM. Jules Simon, Pelletan, and Picard. It was thought that these heroes of the Left would make strenuous opposition to the pension law, but they appeared resolved to get rid of the sitting as soon as possible. M. Pelletan desired to protest against the despotism of the First Empire, but was snubbed by the President, who declared that the task of the deputies was to make laws, and not to indulge in historical disquisitions. How laws can be made without historical references it is hard to say ; but anything will do for the last day of a Parlia ment. The law was passed with hardly a show of opposi tion. M. Schneider gave the usual wine dimittimus, ' hazarding the assertion that the expiring Legislature would mark a pace in history. And then, amid cries of " Long Live the Emperor !" and shouts on behalf of Liberty and the Nation from the Left, the Chamber melted away. Vi it. The present session commenced on the 19th of January, and has lested a little more than three months. The number of public sittings has been fifty-one. The prophets of war may comfort themselves with the assurance that their predictions have not been altogether in vain. War has for some time past been raging in Paris, and if the conflict possesses no great importance, it has been conducted in a style exceptionally vehement and unmerciful. The contest between the Liberal journals, the SOcle and the Liberte, has become a perfect nuisance. Regardless of the claims of the public, the editors have appropriated half their columns to the unfolding of their private differences, and to the enregistering of volumes of spite. Both papers are on the same side, and their quarrel—which, as I have said, is about M. Emile 011ivier—is by no means favourable to the cause of the Oppoiition. But attempts to bring about a reconciliation have been made and have failed. The Liberte thinks M. Emile 011ivier is a true representative of French Liberalips ; the Siècle believes him to be nothing better than a true representative—of French Imperialism. The result is unfortunate. At the last election the Oppo sition united, and carried all the eight circumscriptions of Paris. This time there is division in the camp. The Siecle desires that M. 011ivier may not be returned, whilst the Liberte retorts b 3 ,,. opposing M. Eugszie Pelletan. In order to counteract this alarming difference an alliance has been spoken of between the Liberte, the Presse, the Debats, the Journal de Paris and the Opinion Nationale. I cannot believe in the possibility of such a coalition. The Prose is a clerical paper of the first flavour; the Opinion Nationale is very much like the Siecle in its religious creed. This is certainly not the mode in which the fond anti cipations of Liberals and Independents will be realised. Some speculators count upon getting in about a hundred of the Third party, and from forty to forty-five of the decidedly Left clement. But amongst this host, which would certainly render the Emperor very uncomfortable, must be reckoned several deputies who now sit in the Chamber, and who have never failed to give their vote for the Government. Of these it is fondly hoped that, with the clear expanse of six years' membership before them (and who knows what may happen in that time?) they will throw off their chains and take up an inclependendent position, which they dare not assume on the eve of the contest. But the speculators may rest assured that, even with the aid of these Imperialists in csse and Independents in posse, a fair Liberal Opposition cats be got in only by the strictest unity. Dr. Epstein, the master of legerdemain, who was acci dentally injured by a ramrod being left in his gun, is pronounced out of danger. It was a very narrow escape he had. Had the ramrod entered his breast the fraction of an inch lower the case would have been hopeless. Very general sympathy has been shewn on behalf of this unfortunate conjuror. The Em. peror and Empress sent to inquire after him. The doctor has once performed before their Majesties, and it is note worthy that, previously to commencing, he was informed that no gun trick would be allowed. This accident will probably put an end to jugglery with firearms. Few spec tators will in future be ready to fire a gun with the possi bility of repeating this disaster. At the Cirque Napoleon four persons were asked before one consented to fire. Her Majesty the Queen will, it is expected, hold a council at Osborne on Thursday. The indisposition which prevented ➢ladlle. Titiens from apt oaring cm Monday at the 'loyal Italian Opera still continues. She is suffering from a severe attack of eryse pelas in the head and face, the result of an accident. The convict Jenkins, who was sentenced to death for murder, at the last Bristol Assizes, has been released in corsequenee of the decision of the Court of Queen's Bcnch quashing his conviction. Tne bodieB of four of the men who perished by the recent inundation of tho Molyneux Coal-pit, near Mansfield, were recovered on Monday. '1 hey wore in a dreadful stato of decomr o ;hien. We hear that Lord Lyttelton, the Right Hon. C. C. Addt rley, and S'r Lawronco Peel aro to be nominated members of the new Colonial Order of Knighthood re cently organised on the basis of the order of St. Michael and St. George. The misunderstanding between tLe West Riding operative masons and their employers with reference to pay ment by the hour and the use of machinery, promises to be amicably arranged. For several months back a general turn ont on the Zld of next month was threatened, but at the eleventh hour bettor counsels prevailed, and mutual con cessions aro likely to be made, which will prevent work being suspended for a single day. - - At a meeting of -the Home Cattle Defence Association on Monday, Mr. Waller, the secretary, stated that he had just been informed that a cargo of upwards of 900 sheep by the Trident, from Hamburg, arriving for that day's marktt had been stopped as being infected with small. pox. Mr, Waller added that it was worthy of note that the cargo from Antwerp to Harwich last week was not condemned by the local authority at Harwich but by an officer sent spociall; from London. A special meeting of the Cambridge University Boat Club was held on Monday evening, for the pur pose of considering a challenge from Harvard College, United States, to row a race from Putney to Mortlake in August next next, within a row days of the race with Oxford 'University. After the matter had been fully dis cussed it was resolved to accept the challenge conditionally, and tl.o matter was left in the hands of the president to be carried out. The Constitutionnel publishes a letterfrom St. Peters burg, in whi6l we are assured that Russia has no designs on India. Thewriter says that the Russians have returned Bokhar% to the Emir, which is a proof that they do not wish to extend their rule over the whole of that State. It is true they have reached Samarcand, which is not 500 miles from the British possessions, but between Samarcand and British India lie the Emirates of Bolchara, Afghanistan, Herat, and Cabool, and a tract of country impassable for an army. - - - A Treasury return just issued shows that the average of the amount of the balances during the last seven years at the close of the quarter ending 30th June had been £6,190,443; and for the quarter ending 30th Sept., £1,150,574; for 31st December, £5,798,366 ; and for the 31st March,. £0,420,268. From the first three amounts must be allowed a reduction of £1,850,000 on the quarter ending 30th Juno ; £2,450,000 on 30th September ; and £1,650,000 on 31st December. These reductions would not have resulted if the taxes had been collected in the manner and at the dates proposed in the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Bth inst. Mr. Charley, one of the Conservative members for Salford, writes to a Manchester ... contemporary, explaining his statement some short time since that he intended to devote the remainder of his life to working out a " re ligious retribution on William Ewart Gladstone." Mr. Charley says :—" The 'mission' to which I promised to de vote my life was that of depriving Mr. Gladstone of the power to destroy our Protestant Constitution in Church and State, by relieving him of the cares of office. I am net so weak or vain as to suppose that I can suc ceed in accomplishing such a mission' single-handed; but there are hundreds in Parliament and milli ons ou t o f i t, who look upon such a ' mission' as a 'high and holy' one , and who will join heartily in the good wor k . I t w i ll take months, perhaps years, to accompli s h it, but accomplished it must and will be, in due time." The Eastern _Morning New 3 says Mr. Edwarj Stillingflect Cayley, who was a candidate for the North Riding at the late general election, believing that " Mr. Gladstone's UM to take away what belongs to other p'-ogle, and give it to somebody else," Will lnecino law, unless stopped by the Lords, provmd§ 1,1 fql . lll associations throughout the country for encerraging the Lords so to act, and proposes a gefi . etal meeting, at York, to set the scheme ag,olr,g, offering himself as honorary secretary. Mr. Cayloy would then bold meetings in every county and market town. He says that unless this bill is stopped by the Lords, there is every chance that the property of the Irish landowner will next be transferred toile tenant Without him paying for it, and this malady of appropriation, if not stamped out, will be very likely to infect - tbe;adjacent island of Great Cayley pr co-operation Igg plaA. SETTLEMENT OF THE BELGIAN RAIL WAY QUESTION. According to information received at the Foreign Office, it was expected that the Belgian Railway dispute would be settled yesterday. This question, it will be remembered, had reference to the leasing of certain Belgian lines to French companies. Two such leases had been agreed upon between their Belgian owners and the East of France Company, when the Brussels Legislature passed a law forbidding such contracts unless sanctioned by the Government. The French Government demanded that the two treaties which had been partially concluded should be ratified. The Belgian Ministry, though willing to facilitate traffic between the two coun tries, was not disposed to allow these lines to pass into French hands. But, according to intelligence given by the IluUpcndance Bclge, it would appear that the settle ment has been secured only by allowing a portion of the lines to be leased to the French company. MARKE7 S-71I1S DAY, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 28.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Tho market quiet ; unchanged. FAD vERTISEMEXT.I —ffollo way's Pills. Ind igestion.— How much thought has been bestowed, and what ponder ous volumes written upon this plague of every household, which is safely and certainly cured by a course of this purifying soothing and tonic medicine without fear of relapse. It acts directly on the stomach, bowels, and liver, more indirectly though not less effectively on the brain, nerves, vessels and glands and so com mands order throughout the entire system that har mony dwells between each organ acid its functions. Dyspsepia, can no l onger be t h e b ug b ear o f th e pu b l i c since Holloway's Pills are fully competent to subdue the most chronic and distressing cases of impaired digestion, and to restor e th e m i serable -. su ff erer to h ea lth , strength, and cheerfulness. [Sold at Professor ildlleway's stabli: h. meat, Oxford-street, and by all medicine vendors through out Oat ciyilitrl lir9rlcl. WORK AND WAGES. With the view of avoiding a disastrous conflict in the building trade, an. appeal is about to be issued by the Earl of L'elifield, Mr. Hughes, 31.P.,Mr. Muedella, M.P., Mr.Ruport Kettle, and others who have interested themselves in labour questions, suggesting that the points in dispute should ha submitted to a court of arbitratioh in which masters and men will be equally represented. It is much to be hoped that this appeal will be successful. A meeting of miners, held at Tinsley Park Colliery, pos resses (says the Sheffield Independent) peculiar significance. A number of colliers rmployod in the various pits belonging to Mr. Huntsman are on strike. Tho meeting to which we now refer was a meeting of the men who have refused to join in the strike, and who have continued to work in the pits. They assembled for tho two-fold purpose of express ing their entire confidence in and satisfaction with the treatment they have received from Mr. Hunts man and his manager, Mr. Chambers, and of considering the propriety of establishing in connection with the col lieries a fro labour society. About fifteen men ad dressed the meeting, who were unanimous in expressing their satisfaction with the treatment and iemuneration they received from Mr. Huntsman. It was ultimately re solved with like unanimity that a deputation should be chosen to meet Mr. Huntsman and Mr. Chambers and solicit them to make Tinsley Park Colliery a free labour colliery, the men employed there to bare no connection with the South Yorkshire Minors' Association. Tho movement thus initiated is similar to tho non-union movement which took place at Stavcley during the colliers' strike id North Derbyshire, and which resulted in crushing out the union movement altogether. PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL EL ECTIOIVS. The Select Committee of the HOUS3 Of Commons on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections reassembled on Tuesday, the Marquis of Hartington in the chair. The Mayor of Ashton was the first witness called. He desired to contradict the statement made by a former wit ness from Ashton—Mr. Thompson—that the treating at the parliamentary election was all on the side of the Liberals. On the contrary, the Conservative party engaged all the public-houses as committee-rooms except two, which were engaged by the Liberals. He also denied that it was true that the electors were intimidated by the officials of the Town Council. Treating was very rife in the borough of Ashton. The witness went on to state that the amounts returned at the last election for hired rooms ware—cn the Conservative side, £172 12s. 2d., and on the Liberal side, £33 Ss. 2d. He desired to give utterance to a very strong opinion that it would be a good thing if measures of any kind, could be adopted to put an end to treating, which at municipal elections prevailed on both sides. Ey Mr. Locke : The amount of £172 12s. 2d. spent by the Conservatives for hired rooms was almost entirely for public-houses and beerhouses. There were a few rooms of another kind used. Upon all the public-houses engaged bills were put, stating that they were committee-rooms. The majority over Mr. Milner Gibson was rather over 200. About 4,000 persons were polled. To Mr. Cross the witness said that it was difficult to prosecute persons guilty of corrupt practices at elections. There ought to be a public prosecutor. By Mr. Whitbread : Would be glad to have a law passed by which a candidate who could prove corrupt practices against his opponent might take the seat. This would con duce to the detection and overthrow of corruption. The price charged for the use of committee-rooms at public-houses was 12s. Gd. per day at houses of a rental of .£5O per annum. This was so exorbitant a sum, seeing that it was possible to hire a roinn at an hotel for an hour fur for professional purposes, that the witness could not help feeling that it was merely colourable to say that the public-houses were engaged as committee-roams. Ey Mr. Brand : The corrupt practices in the past were allowed to go by without any attempt being made to punish them. Had f6..2n heard tl.e magistratee, both Liberal and Come, vative, c)mpla'n f tl e corrupt practices. 7he town was tired of the p . r , per proceed ings which prevailed at elections. Mr. Davis, publisher, of Cheltenhatr, was the next witness examined. There were, he said, Live wards in the borough for municipal purposes, and six for parliamentary purposes. Cheltenham was governed by town commis sioners, in connection with whose election during the last six or seven years there had been a good deal of corruption in vogue, which was carried on by means of beer•tickets. This practice existed chiefly amongst the lower class of the people. The custom originally was to give a ticket to a voter, on the production of which he was supplied at a public-house with a quart of beer. Latterly, the quantity which the tickets represented had risen to two or three quarts, and at the last election a ticket was worth a couple of shillings. It did not always happen that the persons having the tickets got the beer, for they would frequently part with them to other people. Ladies were allowed to vote for the election of commissioners, and experienced great difficulty in doing so, in consequence of the noisy behaviour preva lent in some of the wards. The voting was conducting by means of voting-papers, which bad to be handed in personally. A good deal of political feeling was exhibited at these elections, and they materially affected the parliamentary elections which followed. Witness strongly advocated the appointment of a public prosecutor to correct corrupt practices at elections. The municipal and parliamentary constituencies ought, he thought, to be coextensive. Was opposed to open nominations, believing that this gave rise to much expense and corruption. Candidates ought to be nomi nated a month, or at all events a fortnight, prior to election. Did not object to a public declaration of the The Solicitor-General for Scotland has been appointed a member of the Scotch Law Courts Com mission. There were no fewer than 230 prisoners entered in the books of the Liverpool Police•court on Monday morning, nearly 180 of whom were drunk when appre hended. The Suffolk magistrates have resolved to con centrate the police forces of the county under one single administration. With this object a chief constable will be appointed next month for the whole county. The Liberals of Cheltenham have formed a registration society in order to keep the representation of that city in the hanig of the Liberal party. It is stated that in the course of a few days tho prospectus will be issued of a similar organi3ation for East Gloucestershire, whereby it is hoped to wrest one of the seats from its Tory occupant. DR. RALEIGH AND His CONGREGATION.—The [ley. Dr. Raleigh, of Hare -court Chapel, has made an arrangement with his church, whereby he may be relieved from conducting more than one service in the same place of worship upon the Sabbath. This object is to be carried out in a manner not commonly pursued. There are two mission stations supported by the church, both of which are flourishing. For the immediate future Dr. Raleigh will carry on the service in one of these stations, in con• junction with a coadjutor to be appointed, but who has not yet been selected. To afford the permanent relief required, the congregation has determined to erect another chapel in a suitable locality in London (hereafter to be chosen), capable of accommodating 1,6J0 persons. By the erection of this chapel, a sufficient revenue, it is expected, will be obtained to meet the increased expense of sup porting a coadjutor of suitable ability. When the new chapel is completed, the smaller mission stations will be carried on by their own superintendents. TUE YEAR 1.70. —Ap/VO3 of the- centenary celebration in Prance of the birth of Napoleon 1., Mr. Frederick J. Jeffery, of Liverpool, made a suggestion to the members of one of the learned societies in that town the other evening that a festival in commemoration of 'Wellington and a host of other eminent British subjects, who were born in the year, should be held. In such an event Bnglish literature might be 'represented by Mrs. Opie and Alm Mareett ; architecture by Welby P ugin ; painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, R.A.; and mechanics by James Watt, the younger. Our military power would l'e with the Iron Duke, and our prowess at sea with Hardy, Nelson's captain at Trafalgar. 111 1769 were also born Forsyth, who invented the percussion cap ; Lord Abinger, Chief Justice of England; the Rev. William Jay; Mattlih4 the philologist ; and Sir N. J. Brunel, the designer of the.Creat Eastern, The suggestitiu wa.e . y . ep favourOly receinct THE .REPRESENTATION OFMANCHESTEft. A copy of the cane which is appointed to be beard in th e Ccurt of Common Pleas early next month in reference to the petition against Mr. Birley has been published. The petition is presented by Frederick Royse, bat manufacturer, and Charles Wright, wino merchant. It alleges that Mr. Birley was and is a member of the firm of Charles Mac intosh and Co., of London and Manchester, and that the fillia had entered into contracts with the India Office, which W ero being carried out at the time of the election, and with the Broad' moor Asylum for criminal lunatics. The questions for the con" sideration of the court aro—Whether the dealings and transactions for goods, amounting in value to .£305 ls. 2d, with the Secretary of State for India in Council, are con" tracts for or on account of the public service w ithin the meaning of Act 22d George 111., cap 43? Whether . the contracts were subsisting contracts at the time e t the election of Mr. Birley ? Whether the do:tling with the Brordmoor Asylum was a contract within the said Ac t, and whether the election of Mr. Birk)" be void by reason of the said contracts or any of them. AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER OFFleg' - The giant strides which have been made in newspap er management during the last few years are clearly illust rated by a work just published in Philadelphia, containing a description of the Public Ledger building in that city. In England the major portion of newspaper offices—s 5 especially those in London—are small and mean in si /. pearance, the rooms as a rule are ill-ventilated, and ti f question of the health of the employCs is generally igno re. ' This state of things is, we are happy to say, not so bad in America, where noble buildings are springing up in l ieu° the wretched hovels—by courtesy called offices—where Ode news of the four continents is compiled, put in type, a distributed daily to millions of our fellow-subjects. TP,° magnificent edifice which has recently been b* in Philadelphia deserves a word of commendati° for more than one reason. In the first Pla ce ' it is mainly due to the incessant exertions of Mr. G. W. Childs, a gentleman who has risen in life by his own perseverance ; and, s econ dly, b e cause it is t u . ' commencement of a new era in newspaper rnanageni el ! t.. .7 To commence with th e p u bli ca ti on office, some idea of the labour and skill required in the construction cf this dc ' partment may be gathered when we state that there ar e nearly four thousand pieces of wood of vari o us shapes and sizes in the wainscoting, all fitted and joined together wi t ', the nicety and exactness of the most beautiful ar ticle s' cabinet, ware. The press-room is without an equal in th e world. It is of an L shape, 46ft. 6in. wide, and running east and west 126 ft., while the short arm of the Lis 89ft. by 42. Nine thousand one hundred and eigh ty three square feet of space are thus obtained in which t ° place the presses, folding machines, engines, boilers, steam pumps, and all the appurtenances incident of the department. The composing -room is one the best-appointed and most thoroughly-finished portions of the edifice, instead of a dingy apartment the forbidding aspect, located in th e l eas t d es i ra bl e part tPe building. There is a distance of 1271 t. for the compositors/ who are arranged in such a manner as not to be o'er. / crowded, as is usual in m an y es t a bli s h men t s , to the gre a t inconvenience and annoy ance o f th e men . Th e s tereotyp e foundry is an apartment 18ft. by 35ft., and in order to provide against fire, the floor is composed of iron girds' filled in with brick arches. The editorial rooms, four il l number, constitute a suite of magnificently-fre scoed apartments, fitted up in a drawing-room style. The Na ys and ceiling are beautifully frescoed in panels, the P re. vailing colour being a light green, with mouldings, cornices' and centre-pieces of imitation walnut, with scroll-welt running through, picked in with red, and decorated with the tints necessary to mark the lines in the artist's design' All the woodwork of the windows and doors is vl3i' nut, the chandeli ers an d gas fi x t ures b e i ng bronze" ,, ' The furniture consists of neatly-framed photographs' paintings, &c. ; also lounges, mirrors, carved see r :: tary, chairs, and octagon table, all of oiled wal llu- A There are also the b oo k-p u bli ca ti on o ffi ce, th e s tores, a n " the general offices, all of which are fitted up wit h lUl r elegance and prettiness hitherto unknown to a newspar: staff. Combining stability and graceful architectural lines, the building, as a whole, may be aptly terrne d huge crystal palace, uniting with th e so lidity of a Pile ° brown stone all the light and d e licat e t racer y of an edi fie ' . of glass. It contains 64,812 square feet of space, and is s lighted by 354 windows, with a t o tal of 2,824 panes c' glass, independently, we are told, "of the sheet glas s un the first-story fronts on Sixth and Chestnut Street s ; About 500,0001 b. of iron, wrought and cast, were used the construction of the building ; and some 20,0 00 fe et° tin (exclusive of slating) were required to cover the flat portion of the roofs alone. In order to distribute P s to the various rooms in the erection, no less tl'U'a -6,500ft. of pipes were brought into requisition ; an 15,3391 t. of tube were used in tha heating - 0 4 1 and coils required to distribute warmth over such a as % amount of space. Some id ea o f th e s i ze o f t h e s tructu re may be gathered wh en it i s un d erstoo d t h a t to P` ls around the several ap ar t men t s a b ove th e pavem ent involves a journ e y o f 1,798 yar d s , or a t r ifl e ove r a a" „ ' and that upwards of 40,000 days' work was performed erl the building. Having given a brief description of this e xtensi v ii e erection, it may be interesting to state a few facts wit regard to the life of Mr. Childs. He was born in tine city of Baltimore, about the year 1828. When 14 he r went to Philadelphia and commenced his working ca res as a shopboy in a bookstore. There he stayed four year.' and soon after, whilst yet a boy, he b •gan business on Pt_ own account in a little nook of an office in one end o f the pile of Ledger buildings, on the spot now occupied by tbe desk of his cashier. This was in the year 1848, and fr c e til that time he continued to rise until 1864, when the ay dream of his boyhood—that he would one day b ee"' the proprietor of the Ledger became a realitPr Mr. Childs drinks no strong liquors —not even tea coffee—and neither smokes nor chews tobacco. For t welse _ years of his life he travelled sixty miles a day to and froai business, and never lost a day on account of bad weather' rising in winter as well as summer before five o'clock l a the morning. During all his life he has been accus tone to devote not less than 10 per cent. of his income, ho wever 0 large, to charitable objects. Such are a few incide nts I , the life of a man whose name will go down to posterity a benefactor not only to his native city, but to his coun try and the whole world. An inquiry into the state of the river Mersey its tributaries was opened in Manchester on Monday bs t" - Rivers Pollution Commissioners. THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS COMPANY. -She select committee of the House of Commons appoin ted .% inquire into the various bills affecting the gas conilla ni a. e s of the metropolis, have further considered the Gre " Central Gas Bill. They agreed that the preamble of OS bill had not been proved, and to make a special report t° the House. MURDER BY A YOUNG LADY. —A telegram fro 1 1: Baltimore, dated the 12th instant, says • " On Saturds7 evening, at Jarretsville, Harford county, Maryland , MI Cairnes shot an d kill e d Ni c h o l as M'Comas. .14-b„°: twenty persons were seated on the porch of the vin 3 : sl 41 hotel, when Miss C a i rnes su dd en l y appeare d , and a„rii a pistol, and fired three shots at M•comas. alleged cause of the murder was seduction. to Cairnes had previously brought a suit against g`C °l ` . ; c for breach of promise of ma rr i age . B o th par ties W e ' highly respectable." THE SUN.—There are at present two clusters large spots passing towards the western limb of the ° f t .; The largest consi s ts of three spots. The diameter a group, inclusive of the deep dark penumbra, which nisi „ e t the whole appear almost as if it were ore large spot, is e least three times the diameter of our globe. The tw o la I ric g spots are jagged round the edges, and of no regu'a r The other group, about some 24,000 miles distant fiber - former, consists of four smaller well-defined spots. r f two groups will in a few days become smaller in ale" ante as they pass off on the western side. STRANGE CASE OF SMASIIING.—The Tunbrid ge 'magistrates have committed a man named Gordon, st t l'g t himself to be a naval cook of Greenwich, to take his " 0 at the sessions on two charges of passing coun terfeit O . l b to tradespeople of the town. The novel way in whic • he is alleged to have disposed of one h a lf crow n was 0 1) % Ken what remarkable. Superintendent Dance, o f the county constabulary, th e d rea d o f prizefighters And. : g horse-sneakers, saw hi m go i n t o a s h op, and, susP ectl- ri , him, tried the halfcrow n h e h a d passe d t o the shopw° l n e and finding it to b e a b a d one d e t a i ne d him. N tif• Dance was searching him the shopwoman laid the 05 p, crown on the c oun t er , an d t h e pr i soner , sna tching i t , ' l eo it is said, instantly swa ll owe d it. F or a wee k he has r' e c o carefully and st r i c tly wa t c h e d, b u t h e h as no t yet 1 )314 with the coin. , THE PUBLI C HEALTH. —The period:cAl rectal the Registrar-G enera l i s o f a sa ti s fa c t or y character. h i ll , week the deaths in th e f our t ee n principal towns of tel United Kingdom skewed a decline 446 upon th e i t )r tf l ious seven cl a y s , an d th e annua l ra te of mortality fe l l '. g 24 per 1,000 pers o n s li v i ng ; whereas in the five pre ce6ji t( weeks it had ranged between 27 and 30. The deatlrilti, in these towns was considerably lower than in any Pr evi fo week this year. The rate of mortality in London W g ; psr 1,000 ; in Birmingham it was as low as I- 6, a is il ; " , ht Glasgow as high as 37. In the metropolis 2, 208 t and 1,377 deaths were registered. The latter fe1156,10°1 of the estimated number by 113, and were less 2 by ° " eA ts the deaths recorded in the previous week. Ibe 13e"- f ra tve e 0 temperature wa above the average. het ; the highest day s and the lowest night temp _e „atur° rm,o, range of 33'4 clolrM MO COM Consol count, 9 New Tkr graph, 2 ditto £l.l England India ditto 5 p Cent., 0 per Cent per Cent A frac Foreign except rtE to prices : Debentu Viceroy' Nine per Peruvian Russian Nicolai, I 76! t o 7; Centri., 66i ; Br; There and pricy being in m g ea L eil, ma t 10 31 to Eastern 76 to 76i Great Ea 108} to and Brig Dover, l' tern, 115 Am eric Boi to and Atlai Operat and the c in Londo Union of 42i to 43 paem. ; A The de nominal In Misl decline of tolls; Internati4 ?jean Tel 13i to There terday. The Gle has brou The in; way is st, the Metre The trail John's M Advice Messrs. liabilities Great 1 eeedings next befo mons in t Dover amongst cidedly t the vie W 8 the direct of the ,, Lord Cai Whose hai safely left Hodgkins content tc it is stron will be Proposed, whereby straight, it is obvi , this falls possible t( flteting course MTh would be that is to by con ,, ( of undou consent tc cult to se , such a pc , rate law) statesman Consideri in the ( derived t] being Bel vast niuni of reproa to place of settler( eessfully. The di/ have not £1 p er 8 ] after allo the aBBO £ 5 0,000 / be amply business I last. At the (Limited`, annum w, The WI holders of Vienna of The Ea a circular of the £ ranteed ; meeting c cember la GovEt 3 per Cent Ditto for $ per Cent New 8 pei New 2} pe Do. 5 IN itunuitioa, Do. ford Do (Rod tirchequzr Do Do. Bank of El DO. open Canada 4 Inter -Colo India fitoel Do. Op el Do. 5 p, Do. 4 p, Do. Oert Do. E n f o Do. 5 pe Do. si p J pei Do Do. 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