The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25 , 186 9. _ ...----.....-...—.—.........--.—......-....--........-------- ... ...........-..... ip, MOSES an SON. - - - THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN- " age was about to bring reform into this the las the increase is caused by more humane treatment of ' J. HJLMES begs to inform his friends and the pubre CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. - I —i • rsneraUy that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE stronghold of antiquated customs and the abode the insane ; unfairly, so far as it is a charge upon that overtaxed class, the owners and the is (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) • SON "as soon as published.-No. 10, Hampstead-read N.W. of the prejudices of past days. We have all N O n z s y D e A s T t e , rday February w i th g r 24 e . a i EXCEL L E N C E WITH CHEAPNESS. occupiers of land. The punishment and preven rpHE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " heard enough and to spare of the untiring zeal and tion of crime is another matter only less purely The "Haussmann b attle" PA RIS, wentWEp i supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST energy with which tin members of the new Adminis national and therefore the maintenance of vivacity, and is resumed today ow. aslta w bis i o t uh h ta s rtod ea lya r p e t e eo l a y okm l , e a s u s nedh fe h r to v e o sd u ai r sd . EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, KEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS, 4, ewspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. tration are about to institute improvements and to ' the police and kindred charges ought to be borne by M. Thiers's appearance in the Corps Ldgislatif was suffi• READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, 'T"E"SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE inaugurate changes into their several departments . but they may not after all appear sogreat in the per-7 the nation. The fundholder has just as much inte rest in ,having his person protected from robbery th at cl eat sp e ak the i n , a d n ica dgr t ev io et n ry tha b t ly h th e Opposition a deputy has seldom made a delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, t greater effort. It made the Right as un v co ery mfo h r a t p a p b y le t a o s u t c h h e . 8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Wf d, formance as the promise, and it may turn out that and assault as the landholder, and the first FOR ALL CLASSES. 9.45. the public will think some alterations are not im- ought to pay as much in proportion to his ,,,„ „-1 PORTIN G.—J OHN ROBERTS supplies the Left was hilarious. I may notice provements. This will not apply to the army, how- income as the second. Altogether the case Speaking of the many works of n o o ne P RICES BASED ON READY-MONEY Li LA TES P EDITION of "THE SUN "as soon as pub- pu bl ic utility upon SYSTEM lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. ever, for owing to causes, in some respects beyond the is as strong as it can be, and we are glad to see which the money of the city of Paris had been spent, M. A N UNFQET A L L E P STOCK control of any Minister, the efficiency of that that Mr. GLADSTONE refused a Royal Commission, Thiers said : "Why construct an avenue from the Tuileries THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN ' at to the new Opera? Cannot his Majesty go to the theatre by in EVERY DEPARTMENT. branch of the public service has not been not because he did not wish to be convinced, but be '-' SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. Strand. above par, and indeed hardly up to it. T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN "at Mr. CARDWELL spoke out well, and we have no fault . cause he is convinced already—not because he wanted to delay, but because he wished to accelerate le la- which would permit him to pass by the foot of the c o l umn on which stands the statue of his uncle." This sally . ton. He believes that the matter is not so compli- cause d th e m o s t uproarious amusement. M. Thi ers t urne d O VERCOATS IN EVERY S I YLE AND J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. to find with his remarks, but at the same time it is 31 A TERIAL. cated but that he can master the details. If we up his face, and elevated his hand as high as possible, as if v .- 11HE LATE EDITIoN of " 'THE SUN" at well known that those in official positions are gene- shou ld fi n d on M onday t h at he has mastered those t o i n di ca t e t o w h a t a n elevation the ment a l v i s i on o f OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. tW. SMITH'S " Camden Stores 78, Park-street, Camden rally more ready with their words than their Sc- Napoleon 111. must ascend in order to attain the level of town. of the Irish Church, we shall believe that this con- Napoleon I. Like M. Caroler Pales, M. Thiers took a tions. It must be understood that the question of fidence is not unfounded. 1 - 30OTS and SilbES. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. moderate tone. He did not refuse his approbation to all c'ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Army reform is one in which the country takes an THIS EVENING. at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by the works ; but he declared that many were of little MACBETH. Concluding with BED A. especial interest, and that its complete and effectua I utility, and some of none whatever. I cannot enter into Er OSIERY and DRAPERY. realisation ha I better be accomplished. It may he - 7 x 5-4." et w p the details of the speech, for they would be hardly THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET intelligible ; but it may suffice to state that M. Tins EVENING, RAI ING THE Wl\ 10: Messrs. Kendal suggested to r Mr. ~ARD WELL that in consider- AND HATS and CAPS, Buckstone. jun., Mis- Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern,. Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c Concluding ___...-, ing the items of improvement and retrench- CO il ". . Thiers divided all the new streets and improve with THE FRIGHTFUL 11 %IR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, ,-,,\--;-= ..l-,;.• s Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, went he could with great advantage decrease the _ l- . 7 -. . s' c '' ' Cirtniin ments into three great networks, one of which was altogether useful, the second only partially useful, the IN GREAT VARIETY. Gwynn, &a , Comment , at 7. number of general office r s, w hose incomes take im- third wholly useless. It w a s a mas t er pi ece o f clear expo- HER MAJESTY. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. mense sums, and who are really not required in such --.....___ sition, but I confess that I should have liked it better had A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. it been a little more fruitful in its result. Beyond doubt Tars EVENING. at 7, to commenee with THE SECRET. At a numbers. It is surprising how peoole overlook the unusually Low Prices. OSBORNE, Feb. 24, the finances of the city are in a deplorable state, but M. quarter to 8, MARIE A TOIN ET IE: M r W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud- fact that one decided cutting off in the topmost rank The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Thiers had no remedy to suggest. Apparently he thinks COMPLETE t )UTFI l'S for ALL CLINIATES. ing with a CUP OF T• A: Mai e.Bea.trice. is worth innumerable driblets of saving in the inferior and attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, the case as nearly hopeless as possible ; and so it is. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. drove out yesterday afternoon. What would the London ratepayers say to eighty millions DID YOU EVER SENO YOUR WIFE places. " What millions died that Cis might t ALL GOODS MARKED in PIA' N FIGURES' TCPC I Ns - -ai. at 7, Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, sterling spent by the Board of Works ? . to 8. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, be great" is true of more circumstances and plans The point-blank question as to whether the Government walked in the grounds this morning. G. Be'more, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon , tha n th ose o f w h om it was sa id, in health. and it would be a intends to retain or abandon the system of o ffi cial =di- A RTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX- Miss L ennox Gr ey , & P Prince Leopold is rapidly improving datums is to be put shortly. If the Bureaux allow the CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. good study for a political calculator to find out how GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. interpellation, the question will be embarrassing, but it This EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.3 0 , CYRIL'S many clerks must be decapitated to effect a w i ll b e eva d e d as usual. AN ea,..sy and pccurate System of Self-measure, SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN . AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. . LATEST IN TELL MENGE There was a concert at the Tuileries the night before last. introduced by E. ATOSES and Son, has served to extend Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; saving of two thousand a year to be spent in their connection to all parts of the kingdom. Mesdames Uenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar the creation of a new want in the shape Murska performed, and was complimented by the Emperor - aold, and Stephens (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) on her brilliant execution. After the concert, the attrac- ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. of another Lord of the Treasury. This sort of ._____....._ tion of the evening was the ball in celebration of attended to. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. thing irritates some and disgusts others, and the SPAIN. Washington's birthday. This was entirely aucccessful. Tins EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-• Amongst other musical items I may mention that Gounod TA IST of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure, ford. Clarke: Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH disciple of innovating changes finds in it an un- MADRID, Feb. 25. OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria is struck with amazement at the magnificence with which Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. The Constituent Cortes held an evening sitting his " Faust "is about to be put upon the stage in the Rue Longmore, B. Goodall. Lydia 3Taitland, Claire, and Hughes. To answerable argument for the promulgation of his conclude, with HUE AND DYE doctrines. At any rate, Mr CARDWELL seems to EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS to conclude the discussion on the motion thanking Lepeletier. The reports of the rehearsals " savour • are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. have put his hand to the plough, and as he must strongly of fairyland." There was a great rush to see Government and charging Marshal Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 Manager , Mr. W. H. Liston. the Provisional Serrano with theMurska foundation of a new Cabinet. The Hungarian was thoroughly successful. As for Mdlle. "EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke Emery. T . ss m lT r o i a ,.. so l n e: &e. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF hand, we may confidently expect that he will work ' The Mi n i ster of Justice delivered a speech ex- Minnie Hauck, the opinion that she bad better have been • Tailors, Habit Makers, Wooll e n Dr a p ers , H a t ters , out some comprehensive change in a master ly style plaining the motives of the Government in reserv- kept to tuition a.little.longer is con fi rmed. The ramshackle Hosiers. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. and he may rest assured that the public expect int -, to the Cortes the right of proclaiming liberty old Vaudeville Theatre is coming to the ground. THIS EVENING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. Mr. E. Price, e' The Prussians are taking the lead in hippophagy. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTERED: such a course of action to be pursued, and wil l CON:- M essrs . C owper , Neville , P arse ll e , D rew , B runton , W. Arthur, f v r shi p. CON:- los tp. He justified the suppression of the 3.800 horses were ea t en i n Berlin during the past year. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. Bartleman , and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote , Turner , not becontent with anything short of it. Jesuit conferences a t th e M o nastery of St. Vincent, - Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU -155% MINORIES CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Alias Fanny Josephs, George Honey. --- whereby conspiracy had been fomented, and he THE WEATHER TABLE,—TH IS DAY. 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES SIR MASSEY LOPES ifi to be congratulated upon stated that amo ng th e acco mplices in the murder of having obtained the first important success of the l t o h n e g C in iv g ic to G t o h v a e t r; l o o r n o a f ste ß ry ur . gos were three friars be- THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. 83, ALDGATE METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins, 84, ALDGATE taughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. session. He has elicited from the PREMIER the Extreme lies 85, ALDGATE After which. at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, 86, ALDGATE H.Neville, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper. and Smithson; distinct promise that so soon as the Irish Church Thursday, .es ._ F. 0 87, ALDGATE Mesdames' Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry. question has been disposed of the important subject The Minister of Public Worship addressed the Feb. 25, B. T. lig W. Ito F. D. WR. to 8s m • 12 9 83, ALDGATE House and was several times interrupted by cheers. :--- 2 -- 1 — - --' -- ---- -;-. 89, ALDGATE ROYALTY THEATRE. of local taxation shall be taken in hand by the respon . He declared the proceedings of the clerical party Nairn - 38 - S.B.W. 5 7 B.S.W. &leo - a Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. OXFORD-STREET BRANCH.Aberdeen Tina EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss Bible advisers of the Crown. Mr. GLADSTONE intl.- ,_ _ _ .„. .. 3 Leith - 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. mated in his election speeches his willingness justified the measures which had been taken to pre- Shields Scarborough 29 93r. 37 35 W.S.W. 3 6 W.N.W. cro 9'22 3 ''.o7, NEW OXFORD-STREET Yarmouth 29 98r. 38 37 N.W. 3 3 S. r.m. 014 3 to consider this question; but he was then serve the objects of art in the churches. Helder - - - - - - - - --- sog, NEW OXFORD-STRt.ET PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. 1, HART-STREETa private member, and his words had not the The motion was adopted by 180 votes against 62, B Ci k i u l e st i v n e L . . - - - —:: - 1 -- = Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Ardrossan - 29 7 i8f. 4 - 1 4 - 0 S.S - .W. - 8 7 N.W. - jc.r. 0'39 7 2, HART-STREET Tins EvENTNo, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, weight or binding obligation of those which he has When the result was announced Marshal Serrano Greencastle 29'62f. 45 44 W.S.W. 5 7 N.N.W. h.r. 012 _ 3, HART-STREET Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss Holyhead - uttered as Premier. It was f or t una t e for Sir addressed the House amidst frequent cheering, ap- C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING Liverpool TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. Velem tia 30•01f. 51 8 N.N.W.era' o'l3 5 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD . MASSEY LOPES,though scarcelyfair to the PRESIDENT pealing to the minority to observe a conciliatory at- Cape Clear.. 30'01f. 50 48 W.S.W. 8 8 N.W. c.m e• 10 4 Roch e's Pt. 31'02f. 47 47 S.W. 4 8 W.N.W. cs.r. 0'25 3 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. of the POOR-LAW BOARD, that the member of the THIS EVENING, the Great CaereTroupe and magnificent Stud titude in view of the inexorable principles of the ma- Penzance •, ro:2lr. 42 41 W. 7 S.W. Ir r.: 020 1 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Government who spoke first on the question should • • t Weymouth 30171: 44 ea NW. 1 5 S . W. 0. 012 2 Country Branch: 'of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. jority, y, and promising on his own part loyalty, Portsmouth 3015 r: 39 38 N.W. 3 7 W.S.W.o.e. o'2l 3 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. not have been instructed to speak definitely as to the London -.. 30Th. 39 37 , W. 2 8 S.W. rhc 016 - patriotism, and abnegation. C'peGrisNez 3004 f. 41 37 N.W. 8 8, W.S.W.' r.c. 011 4 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS ST)R a G t E B 'STIIEATRE, REGENT STREET. Ministerial intentions. Mr. GoscrrErr might have the sitting only terminated at half-past 2 o'clock Brest ...... 30:29r. 48 43 N.W. 4• " SPECIAL ' 0 ICE.-In consequence of frequent misrepre- L Orient .... 30 27f. 45 45 N.W. 4 7 S.W. THIS EVENING,THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S been spared the necessity of some feeble logic if heo'o3 1 sentations. E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque _ Roche fort .. 30'281. 48 46 N.W. 7 8 N.W. l'Tw they do not employ any ( r e yellers or agents. and that their -this morning. Biarritz .... 30101. 46 46 S.W. 5 - - r.s. - 4 Extravagsnza, THE VERY GI AND DUTCH-S. had been commissioned to make the promise which ply Establishments are the above-mentioned. Cor unna.... - - - - - - - -- - closed as follows : _____. Paris els .... - - - - - - - -- - Mr. GLADSTONE subsequently made. As it is, the __ - .... CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 THEA IRE Itt/Y AL. DRURY-LANE. , Wednesdays and - aturdays, at 3 arida all the year round. member for South Devon has received the pledge .. :'RANCE. • Strasbourg ---- - - - - Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. CbattArton. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market Toulon rls '': : : : 30 - '2l -12 Z. - 0 - I S.W. r.c. 7 - 1 of the First Minister of the Crown, and even political Heart's Con- 8 ' 46 Doors open at half-past a commence at 7. Box-office open i ROYAL A.L II AMB It A PALACE. -THREE BALLET, tent (9 a.m, from 1 . till 5 daily. . _ _.... - local time) - - - - - - - - TIIEA IRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Doors open at half-past h. commence at 7. Box-office open from I till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by. at 7.45. M CBETH: Mr. Dillon ; MeEm's ' yder, H. Sinclair, J. Rouse. B -rrett, M'lntyrc, &c.; Mrs. Howard Paul, Miss Poole, Miss M. O'Beirne. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B DA. r HEATRE ROYA A YNIARKET. Solo teßgeo Afr. Bnekstone,_ ROYAL A.L 11 AMB It A PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARJENS, Reger b-i..ta in, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, la.; on V"ndays, 6d.; Children under twelve. Cl. (rd JD • 444+4f4 THIS EVENI \G. RAINING TUE R7l D: ISlessrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton. le After which, HOME: Messrs. So , hern, Chmpenda,le, Comp ton, Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, kc. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, Slott. Gwynn, &c. Box-office open daily. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining T HIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. , Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE V'IDOW HUNT. Messrs Cl‘rke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,sn and Maitland. After which. THE FIELD OF TL. E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c. To conclude /nth HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA THE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most varied Entertainment in the metropolis.—THlS EVENING, Herr Oscar Carte will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin. edlid, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence. In a dition. the Incomparable Scenes in the Ar ins, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carne, tlr. A, Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, • malls, Schwartz, and Krembser, "The trick horses are magnificent animals. every lover of horses a . bould make it a s p ec ial duty to witness the stud."—Standard. Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doers open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE TITEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor an 4 Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.10, BRow - :s7 ND THE BRAHMI S: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David Fisher. Andrews. Hurlston, and J. Clarke: esdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GEORGE'S HALL. Reuent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Nrver in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided nit. Every song was encored on the first night of Performance. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by s pecial command. /*fare THE hLTEEN AND OURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur day night at eight Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Jr. Mit ehell'a Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the ball. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE 4 , SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, 3elivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver .3opies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9.45 o'clock TIME TIIIRI) EDITION OF , c THE SUN," giving all the SPOR'rl N G NEWS of the day, may he seen at J EM :AY MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. Wll O'S GRAINGE It? LICENSED VICTCALLEN.S' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. 'r SPORT I G h.lil 110 N of "TIT SUN " can be seen at g:R ‘, I \ G ER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight :;el)ch. LICENsEI) VICTUALLEDS' GUARDIAN. ( - 1 R. (TEEN IF,, of the SPO RTING L IBRARY, T. 4, Connaught-terr. - tee, Tryde-Far'z, London, \V., begs to L i ft= his customers, and the Licensed Victuallees in general. that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named pager ii addition to his agency for the Sportlng Edition of "Tsg StN," and can supply the same 112 Friday ereitng, if requited, in town or e onntry. 0 . : H . G. begs to infcrin the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Baily's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for• the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. • Sift MASSEY LOPES is to be congratulated upon having obtained the first important success of the session. He has elicited from the PREMIER the distinct promise that so soon as the Irish Church question has been disposed of the important subject of local taxation shall be taken in hand by the respon sible advisers of the Crown. Mr. GLADSTONE inti mated in his election speeches his willingness to consider this question ; but he was then a private member, and his words had not the weight or binding obligation of those which he has uttered as Premier. It was fortunate for Sir MASSEY LOPES, though scarcely fair to the PRESIDENT of the POOR-LAW BOARD, that the member of the Government who spoke first on the question should not have been instructed to speak definitely as to the Ministerial intentions. Mr. GoscirEN might have been spared the necessity of some feeble logic if he had been commissioned to make the promise which Mr. GLADSTONE subsequently made. As it is, the member for South Devon has received the pledge of the First Minister of the Crown, and even political opponents will admit that the evasion of pledges is not a fault for which Mr. GLADSTONE is conspicuous. The case which Sir MASSEY LOPES brought for ward was indeed too strong for the Government to resist. There were three separate counts, and each of them was fully sustained. The amount of local taxationhas during the last ninety years risen beyond all proportion to the increase of the population. A large portion of this taxation, though levied locally, is really for imperial purposes; and whether properly local or not, this taxation is laid unfairly upon the land. Assuming that the figures given by what we may call the council for the prosecution are correct —and they were not materially disputed—the poor rate and the county rate have risen from less than 14 millions in 1776 to nearly 11 millions in 1867. The whole amount of local taxation is now 21 millions just one-half of the imperial expenditure, setting aside the National Debt ; and this amount is assessed solely upon real property— upon only one -seventh of the property of the kingdom. The continued increase of these burdens has had the unavoidable effect of reducing the real value of land. Its price may be maintained by reason of the keen competition that there always will be for a commodity limited in supply among a rapidly-increasing population ; but the profits upon the working of land are smaller than they were. Land is worth more to the seller, for there are more persons willing to take it, not as a pecuniary investment, but for the social status it con fers. Land is worth less to the tenant who invests his money in it in a business way. Ex-Professor ROGERS will no doubt say that land has its peculiar privileges with regard to taxation. Too much has been said about this. The farmer is, indeed, free from duty on insuring his stock and premises against fire, but this, since the recent reduction of the duty on other kinds of stock, is a mere bagatelle compared with the local rates which he has to pay. The succession duty has for the last fifteen years been extended to the land. Moreover, the way of putting one item against another is most unbusinesslike and unfair. The sa me burdens should be borne by all interests equally, and there would then be no room for these vague set-offs, which on examination are generally found to do anything but balance, The fact that six sevenths of the property of the kingdom are exempt from local burdens is in itself a condemnation of the present system of taxation. There ig no need of further evidence. The mode of remedying the grievance involves many considerations. At present a man living in a rural parish, but deriving an income of, it may be, £lO,OOO a year from funds or shares, is wholly free from local taxation so far as that £lO,OOO is concerned ; be pays only on the house whioh he inhabits, and which may be rated at £lOO. On the' other hand, the farmer who rents a farm rated at £5OO a year, and derives his profits from the produce of that farm, has to pay rates upon £5OO, which is, perhaps, considerably more than his whole income. In fact, the farmer may be assessed on twice his income, while the fundholdea may be assessed on only a hundredth part of his. To adjust this most real grievance would, under the present mode of levying rates, involve an inquisitorial investigation into the private resources of the fundholder, which is bad enough when con , ducted by the income-tax commissioners, who may be strangers, but would be far worse if conducted by n T e i a ie r f n u e n i d g h h b e i o d u e r s Nor r . m ayh this ave severa th l e e o e n u l n y try dith ho c us ulty es. . In tuop upon dn h e a tm t h a c e n a s e howquota Tohaf These s e te x h (ai e ti e v i ena which u me s s ea rish manifestly ch es to isen d t : otl i ied d n e t s t h ow e% a v rds that an the imperial stat h era rather rt e h r h a t n an a the pa local rish sh t l a d t i l o e n v y ; the impost. The State already possesses the information which it is so unpleasant to acquire. The State would distribute the money on a broader basis than is possible so long as every parish levies its own taxes, A further reason for the partial substitution of impe rial for local taxation is to be found in the fact that many of the objects for which this taxation is levied are of a really imperial character. As Mr. LIDDELL well pointed out, what could be a more purely national object than the care of the insane The danger-of-extravagance argument does not apply here. No amount of pressure on local taxation can prevent the birth of a single lunatic; . yet there . is no item of local expenditure which has been more ' largely increased than thi:); fairly increased so far as BOURSE, Feb. 24.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. ...... 103 25 Bank Shares 2935 End of month... Itaran Fives 57 80 3 per Cent ......... 71 47 End of month — End of month— 71 55 Mexican Loan Credb Mobilier 292 50 Do. Bonds End of month_ 297 50 Spanish Threes 33i Credit Foncier - - Home Debt., — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6231 Western Eastern ............ . 585 Sardinian Austrian Lombard ........................... .. North of Spain Saragossa Roman POLICE INTELL I GENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TILE STREET ORGAN NUISANCE.-Luigi Malverni, an Italian organ player, was charged with playing an organ to the annoyance of Mr. H. De 'lodes, a gentleman re siding in Clarges-street, Piccadilly, and refusing to go away when requested. Mr. Albert interpreted. George Nichols, servant to Mr. De Bodes, said that about ten o'clock the previous evening, he told the pri soner, who was playing his organ near Mr. De Rodes's house, that he must go away as there was a lady ill. The prisoner reluctantly walked to the end of the street, and played again, and about 20 minutes afterwards re turned and As th begange an playing nearly opp os it e M r. D e R o d es ' s house. prisoner refused to go away or to stop playing, Mr. De Bodes gave hint into custody. Mr. De Bodes said the prisoner bad frequently played his organ to his annoyance before. About a month ago the prisoner came and played near his house, illness then being in it, and as he refused to go away he sent for a con stable and gave him into custody, but afterwards went to the station and having made the prisoner understand that he must go away when requested to do so, and his pro mising not to offend again, he did not press the charge. The magistrate said that organ players, though pre tending not to understand when told by persons to go away, understood very well what was meant, but the fact was they thought they could extort money from persons to go away, and often got more by that means than by playing. The prisoner would have to pay 205., or 14 days. REMARKS. The oscillations in barometrical readings sines yesterday have been extremely variable and sudden. Pressure, after recovering quickly from the depression then noticed, has again fallen four-tenths of an inch since midnight in the north, where it is now falling very fast. The decrease in the W. has been less, and the change has not at pre sent extended to the S.E. of England, where pressure has risen since last evening. At the game time a diminution during the night is reported from the W. of France, where, however, readings are still high—that at Brest being 0.87 in. above that at Nairn. Temperature has increased in the extreme south, but fallen irregularly elsewhere, varying from 3deg. to 12 deg. Winds, after veering to the north-west ward generally, and blowing hard, have, at the N. and W. stations, again backed into S.W., and are blowing strongly. In the S., and over France, however, they remain north-westerli, and are moderate to fresh. Rain has fallen everywhere, and hail ineLondon and Green castle. The sky is overcast, and weather damp and very unsettled. The sea is high at Ardrossan. Warnings were issued to all coasts yesterday. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) THE EY-MEMBER TOR BEWDLET.—A Parting Glass. Which is the wickedest portion of America? Why Sin-sin-naughty, to be sure. THE VOCALIST'S REAL "FRIEND AND PITCHER.'—Mr. Sims Reeves. TO SYDNEY.—The Lord Chamberlain's recent edict about the Ballet's brief skirt is at all events one mode of re-dressing a grievance. CLERICAL CRITICIS3I.—CIerk in Civil Service, /oq. : " Ministers don't say this time that the Estimates have been framed with a due regard to economy. Haw ! No ! Fact is, they've been framed with an undue regard to economy." A FINE OPENING.—Here's a chance ! The Strand Union is prepared to give twenty pounds a year and part rations to a night nurse. Her hours are to be from seven in the evening till seven in the morning. What munifi cence ! Almost as much as the wages of an errand boy. REVERSING THE ORDER OF THINGS.--At a recent meeting of the " Victoria Institute " a paper was read "On the Doctrine of Creation, according to Darwin, Agassiz, and Moses." Would it not have been more reverent if the last of these three names had been placed first ? EXTRAORDINARY MILDNESS OF THE POLITICAL SEASON.— ( Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone exchanging flowers and concealing rods.) Mr. Disraeli : "Delightful ' Speech from the Throne '—quite charming ! " &c., &o.—Mr. Gladstone : "So glad you liked it—the replies to the address were admirable ! " &c., &C. AN UNLUCKY BLOW.—The Scotsman says that during the very high wind, the other day, a lady who bad been drawing five hundred pounds out of the National Bank was surprised to see several notes fly off, some of them over the housetops. Many of the notes still remain so high that the tallest tenor can't reach the fivers. Probably the lady will get them back when the pitch is lowered. (From Judy.) The London Direct-Tory—Judy. SKT.LIGHTS.—The Sun, Moon, and Stara ! (From Fun.) When is a reptile a general favourite ? When, home. ward bound, you sight the Lizard. HOW LOCKE'S MUSIC SHOULD BE PLAYED.—On a key. bugle. LITERARY NOTE.—A journal now extensively advertised as The Ayr Observer must not be mistaken for the organ of the Meteorological Society. JUST So !—Agreeable Youth : "Well, old Chawbacon, you sow, but we reap !"—Old Chawbacon : "very loike genTmen—l be sowin' hemp !" A BAD LOOE-OUT.—Taxpayers may well skake in their shoes when they learn from such high authority as the Ministerial announcements that " The Exchequer is Lowe ! " HARD HlT.—Donebrown, who has lost tremendously in some transactions in shares, says that the old saw, "Exchange is no robbery" must have been invented before the Stock Exchange existed. -._ • - rrilE LATEST EDI'FION .- of " TIIE SUN ' ... . j supplied, as soon as publisheil,-Eresy tveralieby - W. 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The inference is therefore that the Americans have abandoned the idea of coining to England to rdw against the Oxford Univer sity eight. ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. The members of the Associated Chambers of Commerce re-assembled yesterday at the Westminster Palace Hotel. INTERNATIONAL COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. This was the first subject brought forward yesterday. Mr. BEHRENS introducing the following resolution from the Bradford Chamber :—" That, in accordance with the report presented by the Royal Commission on International Coinage, dated 25th July, 1868, her Majesty's Govern ment be requested to take necessary steps for convoking or joining an international conference, with power to arrange not only for international money, but at the same time for a uniform system of weights and measures." The subject, he said, was one of great importance, but all the chambers were asked to do was to support the report of the Royal Commission on the subject. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Law, of Bradford, and carried unanimously without discussion. Resolutions on the same subject from the Bristol and Kendall ChamLers were withdrawn. • FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE. Mr. BEHRENS proposed, and Mr. ATKINSON, of Hull, seconded, a resolution approving a circular issued by the Bradford Chamber on the subject of foreign bills of tx change. This was carried without discussion. - Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS RVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. Mlsto 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. Ordcrs by post punctually attended to; r im LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to be seen Every Eveninc , by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S, Britannia, Kemal New-town. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1869. lhe question which Lord ELCHO put to Mr. Caen - WELL on Tuesday evening with respect to the government of the army was one of great import ance, and at the present time peculiarly significant. So much has been said, written, and thought on the subject that the sooner it came before the house in some shape or other the better. The noble lord came to the point at once, and asked the First Lord of the Treasury, " Whether under the warrant, ap pointing the Commander-in-Chief of the army, any doubt arises as to the relative position of the Com mander-in-Chief and the Secretary of State for War," and further on whether or not the authority of the Secretary of State was supreme in relation to the administration of the army, and could be brought to bear upon minor promotions as well as upon higher appointments of a military nature ? Lord ELCHO met the difficulty that is in most minds on this subject, by asking boldly whether there was any approach to " dual government," in the management of the army, and wound up by the pertinent question as to whether any steps were being takenito concentrate the War Departments in one building. To this long string of questions Mr. CartnwEer, replied in his usual clear style and corn prelaensive manner, and so far as we can judge from the cursory view that has been taken of the subject, it would appear that the Government have acted in a right spirit in the affair as yet, and are contemplat ing their future course of action, with a firm resolve to improve the position of affairs. In the first place, he begged to inform the noble lord that his Royal Highness wag not Commander-in -Chief, but that his proper title was Field -Marshal Commanding-in i Chief, and as such he was not appointed under war rant, but by a letter of service addressed to him by command of h r MAJESTY through the Secretary of War. Mr. CARDWELL furthermore assured the House that the authority of the Secretary for War was suprem in all that related to the administration of the army, and could as be wellas h brought te m. to higherbearmilitary npminor t epurtos liotan the ryappi a In continuing his reply, Mr. CARDWELL gave some direct intimations of the change that had taken place in the plans of the Government in respect to the military conduct of the army. He entirely concurred in the opinion implied by the noblre o l o o g rd b , t th t a o t the e au thority of the Secretary of War brought to bear upon the matters connected with the discipline of the army. At the same time he said that there was in principle no " dual" govern ment. The most important part of the right hon. gentleman's statement may be said to be contained in the latter passage, where he says that a great im provement in the transaction of business might arise from the two departments of the army administra tion being associated in the same building. No doubt when the question of the amalgama tion of the public offices comes on for the di s cussion, much of old system that has for so long a time exclusively prevailed, will be altered, and, without making invidious comments on any one, it is right to say that a change for of thethe public better is desirable in many of the d,:pat tme servict.. Perhaps in no one more ess3ntially than the army, as that, for some cause or other, has not kept pace with the march of public intelligence ; and so far from the rules of the service furnishing aid for the development of militaryskill or the resources of mili tary genius the, greatest generals and most success coMmanders. seem 'to have triumphed in spite of them rather than through their agency. Be that us it way, it would seer as if the restless spirit of the THAMES, ROBBERY.—Thomas Logan, aged 20 years, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a roll of oil-cloth, the property of Mr. Jae, Ross, carpet dealer, Iligb-street, Poplar. After hearing evilence Mr. Paget sentenced him to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. John Mitchell , aged 20 years, was charged with refusing to perform the task of work aasignad to him in Hateiff workhouse. The magistrate committed the prisoner for one month to hard labour. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOENT FUND.— The annual meeting of this admirable institution Was held last evening, the respected treasurer, John Abel Smith, Esq., who has tilled that post for 28 years, being in the chair. The institution has two noteworthy features--a rigid economy of manage ment, and the rule that all who partake of its bene fits or bequeath those benefits to their widows and orphans shall, at any rate to the extent of a few shillings, have contributed to its funds. The Ob ject of this latter provision is to preserve as far as possible the self-respect of the recipients, by ren dering the relief afforded a rightinstead of a charit able dole; and with reference to the other feature, it is indeed greatly to be desired, in view of re cent revelations, that the ex ample were more fre quently followed. From figures lately published it is no uncommon matter for 40 or 50 per cent. of the income of a charity to be:frittered away in salaries, commissions, a nd other similar ex penses, while in the case before us, the balance sheet, a simple and honest document, shows that within a fraction of 90 per cent. of the whole gross income was actually a pplied to the objects of the fund. It must not be forgotten that this is the only institution in this country devoted solely to the welfare of the clerks, and open to all who can call themselves by that title. 'We very heartily recommend it to our readers, as richly deserving their liberal support. NATIONAL GALLERY.—The annual report of the National Gallery, whleh has just been published, shows that four pictures were purchased last year, in addition to the six former purchases ; that 15 pictures have been re ceived as bequests, and four as donations. During the year 15 pictures were protected with glass and eleven washed and revarnished. The collections in the gallery have been visited by 1,6 10,721 persons on th e pu bli c d ays during the year 1868 ; 729,645 at Trafalgar-squire, 'and atil i Ot 6 at South Kensington. ACCOMMODATION BILLS. The following resolution from the Leeds Chamber was ato passed without discussion : " That it is desirable that any bill for the amendment of the law of bankruptcy, should contain provisions for the punishment of persons fraudulently issuing accommodation bills." COLLECTION OF THE INCOIE AND ASSESSED TAXES BY THE INLAND REVENUE. On this subject Mr. CARTER proposed the follow. ing resolution :—" That the imposition upon private individuals of the labour and risk of assessing and collect. ing the assessed and income taxes is oppressive and unjust, and that Government be memorialised to transfer the same to the officers of Inland Revenue as in Ireland and Scotland." A discussion followed, in which the anomaly of the present system was commented upon. The assessors of the assesssed or income taxes (as the case may be) attend before the commissioners on a day appointed, with their certificates of assessment, and then nominate two persons in each parish or place to be collectors for the current year; and if such persons are considered by the commissioners to be able and sufficient parties to fill the office of collectors they are summoned to attend at a future meeting of commissioners to be appointed collectors. On such persons attending the meeting of commissioners they are called upon by the commissioners, under the 17th and 18th Viet., cap. 85, to give security for the due collecting and accounting for the sums to be collected by them, and on their refusing or declining to give such security, which they invariably do, the Board of Inland Revenue at Somerset House are by the commissioners informed thereof, when the Board of Inland Revenue, under the above Act, appoint the collectors themselves and take security from them. The parties who are nominated for collectors and do not give the required secur ty and serve the office are appointed by the Commissioners of the District Assessors for the following year. This resolution was unanimously carried, and other resolutions on the same subject from other chambers were withdrawn. INCOME TAX. Mr. SEATON brought up the following resolution from the Hull Chamber :—" That the tax on trades or professions, being impolitic on principle, incapable of realisation, even approximately with equity, and being most vexatious and offensive in its operation, is a tax which should only be resorted to in cases of great urgency, and ought now to he repealed," stating that if it were carried, he should propose that a memorial should be pre pared upon the subject, Mr. LUPTON, of Leeds, seconded the resolution, which was provocative of some dissentient observations, and war eventually lost by 19 votes against 8. FACTORY ACTS. This subject was introduced by Mr. GIBBS, who moved, on behalf of the Wolverhampton Chamber :—" That the Factory Acts and Hours of Labour Acts ought to be assi milated, and placed under the same authorities ; that the payment of surgeons under the Factory Acts ought to be made in the same way and from the same sources as the factory inspectors ; and that the Home Secretary be memo rialised to move for a committee of the House of Commons to consider the working of the two Acts, and to obtain returns of the payments made by manufacturers to medical men under their authority. This was seconded by Mr. Richards, of Exeter, but after several amendments were proposed the resolution was withdrawn. An amendment was immediately proposed by the President of the Birmingham Chamber, who said the Workshops Act in the district he represented was practi cally a dead letter. Other gentlemen of large commercial experience expressed a like opinion, and some arguments were adduced against the interference with adult female labour which this factory and workshop legislation involved. The hon. member for Halifax (Colonel Akroyd, M.P.) agreed with the proposal to assimilate the two Acts, but thought legislation on the subject had been too recent to afford any grounds for hoping that the House of Commons would do anything further at present. The member for the North-West Riding (Lord F. Cavendish), who avowed himself a staunch supporter of the principle of the Factory Act, pointed out that if the resolution were carried, the number of inspectors that would have to be appointed would make the whole system extremely unpopular. Other speakers urged that the Workshops Regulation Act had not been sufficiently long in operation to warrant the conference in giving a decisive opinion upon its merits. A letter from Mr. Redgrave, the Factory Inspector, was read, shewing that the writer held a similar opinion. Several large employers of labour doubted whether the educational effects expected of the half-time system had been produced, and a letter was read from a Birming ham working man, contending that the Workshops Act was nothing better than a farce, Mr. Mundella, M.P., adding that though it was impossible to assimilate the Factory and Workshops Act, it might be beneficial to bring about an assimilation between the Factory and Factory Extensions Act. The Hours of Labour Bills he would leave to die a natural death, which he thought they would soon do. He denounced, as oppressive, the provision which compelled employers to pay for medical inspection in their factories. He knew some medical men, not particularly distinguished in other respects, who made incomes of from £l,OOO to £3,000 a year from this source. The discussion was pro longed for an hour or two, and at the close the Wolverhamp ton resolution was withdrawn, and an amendment was passed recommending the equal application of the Factory Extensions Act to all districts. The voting, however, was so close that, by a rule of the associati on , th e resolution will be inoperative. The rest of the time of the meeting was occupied in the discussion of a resolution, requiring that all commercial vessels should be considered neutral iu time of war. The resolution was lost, IMITATE THE MOON. --If you are a wise man you will treat the world as the moon treats it. Shew .t only one side of yourself, seldom shew yourself too much at a time, and let what you shew be calm, cool, and polished. But look at every side of the world.--Shirley Brooks. A free pardon has, it is understood, been granted to Frederick Augustus Farrar, who, with John Hallett, was, at the November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for forging a bill of exchange, which purported to be accepted by Earl Dudley. THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF WAGES IN THE COTT O N TRADE.—AIthough the depression in the cotton trade is so very great, the recent proposition from the committee of the Blackburn Masters' Association, has been aban- doned. Out of 150 manufacturers, within Blackburn, who have been waited upon by deputations of their hands, not more than 12 have expressed themselves in favour of a reduction. The Blackburn Standard list is considered harsh and unequal in a few instances, but any serious departure therefrom would create au impassablegulf between masters and operatives. THE LABOUR MARKET AND MATRIMONY IN VICTORIA.—The Times correspondent has some interesting remarks on work and marriage in Victoria. He says: " The wages both of skilled and unskilled labourers are now some 30 or 40 per cent. higher than they have been for years past, and the cost of living is cheaper than in England. Carpenters are making their 12e. a day ; plas terers, masons, and others in the building trade nearly as much. Common labourers are paid proportionately high. Farming men have been commonly receiving during the late harvesting as much as Cs. a day and rations; and they may count on steady work at good wages all the year round, owing to the large quantities of fresh soil being now constantly broken up for cultivation. As to domestic servants, their wages will ever be high in a country where every servant girl naturally considers that service is only a keeping a sort of terms preparatory to being called to the altar by some appreciative swain who ,hopes soon to give her servants of her own. Strange -to say, some of the most attractive of these girls—of good and steady character, too—are snapped up by well-to-do Chinamen. This at first sight appears more surprising when, accord ing to M. Hut's account of the Chinese in their own country, women there are little better than slaves, and are deemed by the men to have no souls. Here, on the contrary, it is the Chinese bridegroom who (if he have a soul at all) certainly has not a soul he can call his own in the presence of his bright-eyed and voluble Tippe rary wife. She breaks trim _in thoroughly, and ,makes him turn AEocicji4th9lic bFfom_ ehe will loslc . on .hiw AU& .BRIGHT ON COMMERCE. A large number of members of Parliament were enter' tained on Wednesday night by the Chamber of Commerca chief amongst whom was Mr. Bright. Sir Stafford North' cote and the Attorney-General were amongst the speakers, but Mr. Bright made the speech of the evening, his sub: ject being commerce and the position the chambers shoal° take in discussing commercial questions. Sir Stafford Northcote expressed himself in favour of incorporati ng the Associated Chambers, but told the members that they must shew themselves worthy of incorporation, and that they they must so constitute themselves as to represent the :ommercial interest fully. Taking up the same subject the PnEsionrr of the 800 )f TRADE thought good would accrue to the commercial par liaments—as the chambers of agriculture had been called"' if they would give themselves what has been given another Parliament—a more extended suffrage and a wider represen. ration, so as to make the chambers more really represen' tatives of commerce, and their voice, therefore, mere potent in the offices of Ministers and the Chambers of the Legislature. He should like to make one suggestion te this end. Their discussions did not appear to attract the attention they deserved. If the Associated Ch 3l° l hers met in some large commercial town. O le " than London—if they met sometimes at Leeds, 31°. , :heater, or Birmingham—and at some other period e' the year, when the newspapers are not so full of mentary debates, they would exercise through the press greater influence upon public opinion than they were able to do meeting at this place, and at this season of the yea r ' Mr. Bright went on to speak of ocean postage. "It W..„55 not originally intended," said he, "and it is only a 1 0 '; tice that has grown up with our vast extravagance, OW Parliament should look to the Post Office for a is rg f revenue. There is no doubt whatever that as betwee n here and the United States, and between here and the Australian Colonies, and probably between this and al oes ; every other country, it would be possible for the ro s. Office to negotiate a system by which letters should al the ocean for a penny. I speak disinterestedly ; Ido 11 : know who suffers more from the penny postage than I u°' I think I never did an act of such entire disinteresta lnee° in my life as when I sent a subscription to Birming lll4a a towards the erection of a monument to Sir Rowlan Hill ; for the Post Office makes my life a burden t° me. I think that the demand upon the Goya!' mont for the establishment of an ocean penny postage, particularly between this country and the United Stat e t is one of those things every member of a chainl3e,', ought to consider, one of the first things he ought t o al' for and obtain. Now I believe it is objected by 0 0 113. persons that great questions are for the Legisla ture ' and not for Chambers of Commerce. I should '43 ask Sir Stafford Northcote what would r ilt. !lament be if it wero not for that public opini which not only instructs it, but impels it forward? l' efr A the two greatest questions settled in our time. In I° 7, or 1840 the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, after thre" days' solemn debate, passed resolutions condevanies the law which prohibited the importation of corn' The Manchester Chamber of Commerce might P u y° gone on discussing some question like the r eg 7:f tration of partnerships, and the great question the repeal of the corn laws, and all the vast re sill' e ' a that have followed it might have been postp oll for years or for generations. And on thi s v ery last g refe i f question of two years ago, what would have been ( 10 m it had not been for public opinion? When I went int o "" o t House of Commons, twenty-five years ago, there wer e Peg a hundred men in it who could have been induced to h ° o - voted for the repeal of the corn laws. Within a 811° i0 period you could not have had but a very small vot e f the House of Commons in favour of such an extension the franchise as we now have. Therefore, unless the re . an outside influence that can fill the sails, why, vt, ment is no better than a ship without a stern and .111 :i e r out canvas, waterlogged, and floating helpless—no h e " than a wreck on what I may call the ocean of tl et Then (Mr. Bright continued) let these chambers co nsi o questions of national interest. The one of Custom -11° 4o duties for example. We have got free trade so far 0 1 % abolition of the laws which, under the pretence of fil l y, the exchequer, filled the pockets of monopolists. We /1 : 1 0 got rid of that description of Custom-house duty, 1)11' se some things our Custom-house duties are just as headbrae of ver, and they raise just as much money at this ta n , they did when we began our labours thirty years 0,5 t i 0 What the Chambers of Commerce ought t ° ie t is this—they ought to follow the exampl e 55 d thirty years ago by the Manchester Chamber, 0 solemnly consider the question whether it h e , 11 , 5 0 oossible, not to abolish protective duties, because t'ept are gone, but to reduce or to abolish to a great Oto remaining Custom-house duties, which if you do ahefoa you will find in the future just as grand results as 3 1311 oa t now." Mr. Bright went on to speakof pauperism, arising of the subjectof local taxation, on which subject 11.1 r. B rig o complained that he was not able to say what ought to a been said because of his position. Mr. Bright now arD of that the local rating must be decreased by the decrease pauperism. "If you cannot diminish pauperisni cannot diminish the poor r a t e , an d th ose w h o bear it 11 0 , must bear it still, or some one else must bear it for the, d that will probably only extend the discontent svii,ity now exists. Well, then th e ques ti on comes , a nd it is l ',` e o o important question for all of us, why is it there 13 c ! much pauperism in this co u nt r y? Why does it ino r°s 6l If the country gentlemen on both sides of the ilouse, 1 her Maj es ty' s Mi n i s t ers , an d every b o d y e l se , tried to 51°03,1, that question, it will be about the most important er e P ar meat men can put their minds to, and the result w it ' t of haps bring out something that may change the asl see ekc the country. Is it not surprising that in a population:o, this of 30 millions of people, crowding upon these e a ye paratively small islands—with all the laws whic hl33 , ~o' land a monopoly—with near £70,000,000 sterling of Lion, without including local taxation, being O u ; eo raised from these 30 millions, one-half of whom 11°c, the property—the great mass of the working classess e b ' a re, country have been left, in addition to bearing their °oil, or more than their share, of these enormous burden ° , i d out the means by which they could be instructed a ce civilised ? Why should members of Chambers of Commo in manufacturing and commercial towns shut their eroe questions like this? Why should they, who are th e a d el employers of labour, and who come constantly oh° and hourly into contact with the labouring classes , O n ot know the evils which I have but faintly described'torS discuss them in their local legislatures, their loca l orers of of opinion, and ultimately the creators and di reete o . Parliament? Why should they not expand thel lis ot ae, to the greatness of these great questions, and h e e ... 44 au tJ.Y as they may become, truly the saviours of their Co vat, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who followed Mr. P r W ell toolcup the subject of bankruptcy. They would deo, to make the lives of the law officers a burden to the% the they had a good Act of Bankruptcy. Ili tbert v iei ° Government had been most anxious to ascertain tu e s eh° of commercial men upon the subject, because laWY ers ;por e had most to do with the settling of such bills, were thief or less prejudiced in favour of keeping things as aecl were., With a view to correct this, he roe ' the Lord Chancellor had r ec e ntly received nut of sous deputations from commercial men on the snhieto, of bankruptcy. It would b e scarce ly res pectful to the o ° liti of Commons if he described at length the principal P °l „ g ree a the Bill, but he might be allowed to say that he that rt i t v ir oy with a gentleman who had recently spoken necessary the bankruptcy broom should be 1111 eto not ° la new broom, and give a clean sweep. The law st Ds be reformed by any alteration of details ; it 111 135 3 reformed altogether. Our neighbours in Scotlaneoder substantially succeeded. It had been the aux-lei-Ist or. your of the Lord Chancellor and himself to ad a l ) sc aoeateli than bad hitherto been the case our system to th e the system. They proposed as far as possible to le d itor o administration of bankruptcy in the bands of the ere and to separate it from the judicial function , printed among : st b een PARLIAMEN t T h A e RYBILLS —Two bills have j u_ b tedious formulae which used to occupy able for their parliamentary papers which are ttcl ic o e ; extreme brevity. In place a to ' ci po. i ptii i:: Frllt 4 two or 010 we have now It is measures stated brieflY .. . „ a special recommendation half a page mend is at e io v n id f e o n r t t t h h e at lea t d h e is rs ne o w f warfare, since the fewer the clauses the fewer the P 00 , of battle , , and the less tedious the progress throng b : t he mittee. One of these bills proposes the ro t : ls-; s eep celebrated Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the other 01 , t he to remove the electoral disabilities of the officers 00 c ti Inland Revenue department. It seem s that the f ° . 0 0 bill with this object retained some exceptional reetri which it is thought desirable should be removed, en accordingly it is now proposed that the enactraleed. contained in the schedule to that Act should be rep 3 01.0 THIEVES OF NEW YORK.—The extremely seipua thieves sentences which Recorder Hackett has been Passing and burglars will have an effect if kep t 14 ,,d0re enough. He was interrupted yesterday in his pro c ' 1 /0 by the adjournment of the court on account of gr.l3o`oo. f d o e i ath ; but on the previous day he had a busy And sl i c op time. He gave Pat Martin ten years for htlriloore and for being a professional burglar; he gave p at IN v i g li 20 years at hard labour for robbery , and for he" 13 00 0 "eery bad reputation ;" he gave M y ; 're and J°lllleio m ho gave sch or o five years each for grand larceny, and and Crawford each four years ansiax months for theciet/t h o e was In passing one of the sentences he rerosrice er, t was determined to endeavour, as far as ill hilq ° , v pt O a put d a re s d top to crime in this city. If w e o dd b. 1 0" 1 0 durin .. " , -theyear .... by or a thousand of the worst of these ; 1 .00 4 l_ock_ed . up, the crimes of the city would be "`"niA . - _ ---- • , fiveor ten thousand. —4O. . 1 5- k - - - w mu Ave_ • Pl The 2 and frier i ng, at John Al '% the adve followin "The Fund hal friends c income, tiona anc tnents, £ berg' as' Life As £5,443 5s general n on the 28 Were elec XIGS per during th nuitants. amount t sure in c bonus of they f eel t han coif question are now __ i tie ; vi never i thi s h€ Very v, a grea I nre ti (Rear, Interest Of its w . clerk, h Would Was ex torily to assured amor e its lo th e c th at i ts would , receptio The the chaff: Mr. II director, a resole ditional next. that the might v: i nthett solution most ph Those VI would t as the Ii over it, ficient few fi g meeting done to Since th to the e: that sou had be( (Rear, 1 Paid to figures, Pandel • to urg e that did Mr. I add hi s Ones , to th e 0 in the