The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, , LONDON WEDNESDAY SVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1E69. - - r IFEBOA'I' SERVICES.---During the Storms QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. cotton famine, and if cotton consumers would pay as Manchester Freetraders are beginning to abandon COARESPONDENOR FROM PARIS. H. Liston. J1...4 of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution Tins EVE 4,1 T Ma nager,felissrrs.. W. L. Toole, S E ry, W. H • much to insure against famine as they did to insure their principles. They may do so, but the nation _ - contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship- Stephens, C. Wyndham . , and L. Brongh ; blesdam . e m s e Montagne wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution ilignoll, Mgare, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING' against fire, they would soon have an increased will not. The nation will insist upon having goods (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER from Belgium and France if these are cheaper or supply. The losses which have accrued since the PARIS, TUESDAY, February 2. Establishments, in addition to granting .£2,431 for re supply. than those from England. Manchester wards. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. American war from a scarcity of cotton far exceed The debate on the right of public meeting was a disap- The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George millowners must seek to improve their con- . public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia the losses from fire, and yet if it were possibl e dition by other expedients than by a pointment, and to many an inexplicable collapse. A great fiedd-day was anticipated, but nothing resulted except a heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Foote and Larkin. After which. TURK° THE TERRIBLE : for the old supply to come from the American cotton • Messrs F Thighes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey ; great politico-economical reaction. They have miserable skirmish. The discussion had been solemnly Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss fields to-morrow, we have no doubt that our menu and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Fanny Josephs, cite. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTES peculiar - facilities for doing so. No country in the announced; the reactionary journale had made much pre- Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-greet, Adelphi, London. ktAlv facturers would again fall back into the old system world, except the United States, possesses such a fine liminaryfracas; a great debate, if not a storm, was expected on all sides. After half-past one all the seats apportioned to THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING , c. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPI . at 7, SL ASHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, of exclusive dependence on the one source. Years cotton-field as we have. With all India under our the public were crowded to excess, and in the waiting rooms an immense number of the disappointed vainly Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Cbatterton. faughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. ago Mr. BRIGHT endeavoured to draw attention to the rule, with a country full of great rivers that now Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on After which. at 7.45, TIM YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H endeavoured to gain tickets. They did not lose much. In every Wednesuay and Saturday clnringthe Christmas Holidays Ne-ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. cotton cultivation in India, and we hope that he will flood their banks in the rains and are dried THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Wigan ; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield avail himself of his present influential position up in the heats, but which might be con- an hour it was all over. Yes, forty minutes sufficed to To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT ; oR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN Boors, IND THE MILLER'S Soss, w i t h new an d magnificent Scenery ROYALTY THEATRE. to bring the subject forward. By so doing he will verted into sources of irrigation, it is absurd dispose of socialism, atheism, and all other obnoxious "isms," and to save from destruction property, family by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. confer the greatest benefits upon the people of India, for Manchester to be complaining of the short supply union, religion, and public order. Baron Benoist, who was to stren g th of the company. In th e Harlequinad e a Double Troupe TIM EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss of cotton, or to be hankering after an antiquated and of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar, for the cultivation of cotton will bring many bless- any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND exploded system of commerce. Hitherto w e have half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open fro m 10 t ill 5 d a i ly . ings in its train. To make it success f u l I n di a mus t hour. M. Baroche replied. M. Emile 011ivier vainlyend ea , PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. done almost nothing for India exce pt conquer it, voured to fan the flame. M. Pelletan explained the T HEATRE ROYAL, II A YMARK have better roads, more extended railway accommo- ET. U n d er th e M anagement of Miss Marie Wilton If their distress should- induce Manchester mill- silence of the Left, and then Baron Benoist, "satisfied," Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. Tins EvErtnie, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, dation, and, above all, an efficient system of irriga- But why did not the THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss owners to insist upon the completion of the Bnckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. C. Addison, and Miss Marie 'Wilton. After which, A WINNING tion. Thus, while we are removing the risk of a works so long talked of, the present dullness Left speak ? Well, it is argued, it did not great withdrew his interpellation. After which, HOME: Messrs. So ern, Chippendale, Comp- HAZARD. And LNTRIGUE. ton, A stley, Sc„ Mesdames Cavendiffi, Burke, Hill, &c. cotton famine from Lancashire, we shall be at the of the times will not have been useless. raise the question. The interpellation was one which Concludin g with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. NI essrs. Comp concerned only the Government and its supporters. The CHRISTY MINSTRELS St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames same time averting the danger of a more terrible Free Trade, too, will have won another triumph. Wednesdays and Saturdays,. at 3 and 8 all the year round. Right is aggrieved by the socialist doctrines preached at Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commene e a t S even . famine in India. H a d th e coun t ry possesse d b e tt er Having first br ou ght us int o i n ti macy w ith na ti ons these public meetings ; if the Left interfered it is probabl e ROYAL AL HAMB RA PALACE. - THREE BALLETS, means of cheap and ready transit, had irrigation done from which we had often been estranged-inti- that the conse T HEA TR E ROYAL, ADELPHI . Promenad e C oncert . B and of 60 . Begin at 8. ls. Box-office quences would be disa s t rous on ly t o it se lf. Sole Proprietor and Ma nager , M r . B. WE BSTER . so close that war became al mos t i m p oss ibl e -it I n ot h er wor d s , if th e Lib era l s assailed the Govern . Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mello n . open from 11 to 4. it s par t i n parched and barren districts, we should ma c y will have induced us to do our duty to w ard s the ment on this point, it mi g ht p ro b a bly en d i n a THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, R egent ' s - par k, OPEN d a ily (ex. not have been appalled by the story of a million TO CAMBERWF.T.T.. Mr. G. d e l more , Mrs. L. Murray. cept Sundays). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d.; Children deaths from want in a British dependency. We hope great empire which we have governed hitherto with law being brought up to r e p ea l th e fo r me r , kt a quarter to 8, MONTE CRI STO . Mr . Fechter , Mr. Benja - un d er twe l ve , 6d . and the right of public meeting wo u ld be l os t so little advantage to it or credit to ourselves. nun Webster, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, . that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce will not altogether. Such is the reason given for the attitude of Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. . , ' -.• the Opposition. It can hardly be deemed satisfactory. It smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss ..?, ' - relax its efforts until our cotton trade shall be placed is not likely that the Government will retrace its steps. Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. .... 4 , tlit olg ,-tr ' ~, sak... t. 1.., 44 44. on a firm and satisfactory basis. If its members LATEST INTELL IGENCE. It has given too little liberty to France to take away what ' *"t.!- . '' .• Ilt or ''S'' Una succeed in accomplishing this they will have conferred R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. there is. The Left ought to have come forward in defence _-*---- - 1- (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. a lasting benefit on th e i r coun t ry . of their privileges, and h ave s h ewn th a t w hil s t Last 6 Nights. ---.....—.._. some demagogues abused the right of public meeting, THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which t at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in ILONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1869. ARRIVAL OF THE SERAPIS. many other men, including some of the most Cs= acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. celebrated names in France, had di scourse d t em p era t e ly ONE matter of general i n t eres t was di scusse d PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 3. Messrs. Vinin g , Walte r L acy , Dominick Murray , C. Harcourt, -4.- J.G . Shore Miss Emma Barnet, and Miss Rose Leclercq. at the meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com- and moderately upon the great truths of morals, religion, The proceedings of the Manchester Chamber of Her Majesty's Indian troop ship Serapis, Captain Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds an assistants. and social order. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. merce, which took place on Monday. We learn Soady, arrived at Spithead this morning from Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open Commerce are never altogether without interest. The failure of this interpellation decides the fate daily from 10 till 5. from Mr. BAZLEY, the senior M.P. for Man- Alexandria and Malta. Manchester represents so many branches of our in- of the session. It will be barren, stale, and gar On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE Chester, that in his city the soundness of Free Trade unprofitable. The elections are already becoming the ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. dustrial enterprise, that its merchants and menthe- AMERICA. principles is beginning to be doubted. This is really leading topic, though as yet the various candidatures are R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. turers naturally take a very keen interest in the cam- (Per City of Antwerp.) very incomplete. But I can a ffi rm that in no case will I 1.) Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborou g h. mercial legislation of the day, and the directors of 1 serious news. It means that in the very birth- NEW YORK, Jan. 23. any of the clerical candidates be opposed by the Govern- THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. place and headquarters of Free Trade, in the Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But „4n Commerce n and Maitland. th e Ch am b er of C have usually a tolerably 1 In the Senate Mr. Sherman introduced a bill to m ea t. After which, THE FIELD OF' 'PE, S CLOTH OF GOLD. city where they have erected a noble temple A rising of some kind has broken out in Algeria. The Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson M es d ames M. Long - l ong and important list of topics to recomme n d t o t o F ree Trade, men are beginning to question the most amend the National Currency Act, so as to require more, F. Hu g hes, L. Maitland, &c. details are few, and even doubtful, but there seems to b e To conclude with HUE AND DYE. the notice of their members. Nor are their proceed- elementary doctrines of the Freetraders' creed. regular periodical reports from the National Banks, some ground for the apprehension of a serious movement ings confined to mere verbal comment. More than True, Mr. BAZLEY said that these doubts referred to and defining penalties for violation of the provisions on the part of the native population. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, once have these gentlemen succeeded in originating cotton only, but they cannot remain confined to of the original Act. The last traces of the Exhibition of 1867 have not ye - t HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and a desirable reform, in inaugurating • an importam cotton. It is an old story that the fisherman was in The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations disappeared, but they are rapidly vanishing. The building Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse occupied by the Imperial Commission, and the elegant meat. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Si x splendid Trick policy, or e sin calling public attention to some long- favour of free trade in everything except red yesterday gave a hearing to General Raasloff, the chalet of the General Commissariat, are all that remain, Horses "Topaze," "Saladin," "Nedjed," "Tancredi," "Frets- and if the cotton lords who fought the chute," and e Abdallab," which for symmetry, breedin g , and in- established abase or almost forgotten grievance. special Danish Envoy, who addressed them in an and they are rapidly being demolished. telligence, are unequalled and matchless throu g hcut the world, ..., battle of Free Trade 25 years ago now declare The other day I mentioned that two human legs had England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co- Lvery one remembers the part played by Manchesterable manner in favour of the immediate consum adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that that their principles will not bear application been mysteriously fished up out of a well in the Rue Prin. wonderfully daring act "The Three Olympians," on three horses. in the great battle of Free Trade, and although the nation of the treaty providing for the purchase of to the factory, the farmers and landowners Nothing in the historyof equestrianism has ever approached the cesse. They were supposed to be those of a woman, b e . superb riding of the Mdlles. Mo n t ero an d S a l amonsky in their movement was not directly associated with the who protested against the application to the St. Thomas by the United States. cause they were clad in stockings fastened above the double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Salamonsky and A. Brad bury: and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do Chamber of Commerce, still the strong sympathy field will be fully justified. In fact, the In the House Mr. Griswold introduced a bill knee; but the doctors assert that the limbs once formed justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the Royal Amphitheatre and Ci rcus . T he Press is unanimous in its with th e re f orm man if este d throughout that part of second have far more show of rea son th an th e proposin g an i ssue o f go ld notes b y th e G overnmen t , part of a man's body. The police have en. the mystery, and have an , verdict of approval. "Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excitement the country was evidence of the commercial first. There is something like logic in the argument redeemable i • saga- g , n coin, and receivable fob all Govern inhabitant of a house in the Rue Dauphine has been , tered into discovered that amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been that a country ought to be independent of others for meta dues. Such issue not to exceed $350,000,000. missing from his domicile since the 14th of December. On i introduced to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses city and intelligenc3 of the Manchester men. are magnificent animals, and every lover of horses should make its supply of food, lest, relying upon them, The amount of gold in the Treasury above that the 15th of the month part of the left breast of a man was ] it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "Many per- This same question of Free Trade occupied an sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi- important it should find those sources cut off by war •; for havefound on decidedtli e quay cons which travel through the provinces; the Holborn Amphi- place in the discussion of Monday in the required to pay three months' interest on the , England can corn. But it is impossible totha t nea t r he the d P ie o se n e t ti d en es A of rts. thes l o 'he r d or o t c i t o o n rs s i i theatre is as far above them as Patti'a singing is above that of a Chamber of Commerce. Wonderful to relate there , grow public debt is to be appropriated to the redemption street ballad-singer."-Court Journal, Jan. 2. j apply this argument to Manchester goods, for Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. 'Mornin, g Per- are actually men in Manchester who are inclined to of the greenbacks at current gold values. of the body was done by a practised hand. The police are actively inquiring into the matter. c formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past England cannot grow cotton. The Manchester mill- French juries seem disposed to make an example of t Two. be sceptical as to the benefits conferred by Free Trade. There will be no immediate action upon this owners have absolutely no ground to stand upon, seducers. A young woman, who had been betrayed and t This doubt is not altogether a theoretical one, butbill, GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. abandoned, determined upon revenge, disguised herself as f arises from the present unsatisfactory condition of : unless they return to the old untenable - position that Mr. Menard, the negro Congressman-elect from a man, and deliberately shot her seducer. She confessed s Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry, the consumer is made for the producer, not the pro- At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, the cotton trade. in the Chamber itself BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, - ducer for the consumer. It is, in fact, this very Louisiana, appeared yesterday before the House her crime; but the jury with more pity for the girl-she t David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. tion was felt on the subject, but it Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be was acknow- heresy which is now making its appearance Committee on Electi o ns, and delivered a long rend, Hughes, and Stephens. )edged that out of doors a question had been raised argument in favour of his claims to a seat. . acquitted her. was an orphan-than respect for the law, absolutely td respecting the application of free trade to the cotton in a place where a quarter of a century ago it was d the farmer urged : not tolerated. The landowner an e en rd is said to have made a favourable im \l a ' • „s i iT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent street, tli j e l it=i n : K...) Langham-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. trade. A single fact stated by Mr. BAZLEY, M P :tart department. committed near D w i ae gn a e l in First app.arance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL • • I i it. You will sacrifice us, the salt of the country; CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WIL- in the course of his very able speech, furnishes a ; you will reduce the farm labourer to destitution, pression upon the Committee, but as his election is named Borel, 17 years of age ; the victim, a boy of 14. h will get it is doubtful whether Menard SOM and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon comprehensive refutation of the doubt. In 1816, were e h were accustomed shepherds, t e play a and pitch whilst and watching t t c o h s i s n . g Oneth their i r da f flocks o the c k s d c they cried, if . you leave us exposed to competition . don season in the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, younger lad won 506. The other paid the money, but a quarrel p 1869. The only Company of Christy's who have had the when the corn laws were repealed, the exports from countries where labour costs almost nothing, A petition has been circulated in the house ask- having arisen shortly afterwards about a previous debt v honour to appear by special command before the Queen of the country amounted to £60,000,000 ; in 1867 and where corn grows almost spontaneously. We of two sous, Bond left the spot greatly irritated, and and Court. Acting Manager, Mr. A. Nimmo. Evening the ill ers inn the Senate not to confirm any niore of Mr John at 8, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8. Private t h cannot help that, was the reply of m own . shortly afterwards crept stealthily behind Morard, and e exports had increased to £225,000,000. "It You, the bread-makers, are the few-the bread-eaters son's appointments this Satsion. This movement boxes, £3 3s, and .42 2s. ; dress stalls, 55.; reserved seats, stunned him by a blow on the head with a large stone, and 3s ; balcony seats, 23.; admisai n, ls. Boxes and places might be said," remarked Mr. BAZLEY, "that that are the many; we must think of these first, was started by friends of General Grant, and then beat out his brains with the same, and afterwards may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library; at all the principal mnsicsellers; and at the box-office, did not meet the case of the cotton trade; but the even though you should suffer. Free Trade came, with his sanction, i n or d er that the incoming admi- carried the body a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile P V D EAFNESS. —Acousti c I ns t ruments, for the fact was, that i n 1846 t h e exports o f cotton manu. I and, as Mr. BAZLEY says, the exports increased from ni s t ra ti on may not be embarrassed b y Mr. John e and returnin g L factures and yarns amounted to £25,500,000, but byson's appointments. t o washed thro the w ita rom res h er is vo h ir a . nd T s h a e nd y f o a u e ng , criminal then Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general £60,000,000 a year to £225,000,000, and the cotton home with his sheep, ate his supper as usual. He was conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.bloodinto tl -The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and e end of e th 1 8 67 they had become more than trade alone had over £41,000,000 of this increase. Colonel Baldwin and others in behalf of the afterwards arrested, being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor- £71,000,000 sterling. Surely when the trade bad These figures tell only a part of the tale. They The cure of Labroye, in the Pas-de-Calais, recently ran 8 € nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Alba- Virginia Conservative Committee, were before the merle-street, Piccadilly. more than doubled by a change of policy they might .. . mean that if, as we know, £lOO will maintain an or off with his female servant. The interesting pair proceeded ti (unary industrious family of five persons, there ' Reconstruction Committee yesterday. They de to Belgium, where they were obliged to beg. Being given a. f irly infer that there had been great soundness in dared that all the claims raised against Judges of into custody, they have been sentenced to a fortnight's of QPECTACLES.-The Achromatic and Tinted is a fund here which is more or less available for the 1,,, SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO- that policy." We are not without an instance of the for va abondae-e. fir MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief . support of 2,000,000 persons. And the increase of State Courts in Virginia originated with Northern imprisonment g 0 - I fa to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from evil effects of a protective system in a country whose wealth has been obtained without inflicting any of Radicals who had gone to Virginia , and were ... the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.--39, Albemarle-street, Pic- Or enterprise and whose r esources are no t inferior to the predicted evils upon the landed class. Rents are candidates for the offices they sought to have va- TILE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. aJilly. our own. America, who prides herself on her higher than ever, the farmers are more prosperous, cated by Act of Congress. ee- .r, vt re T"E"SUN" NE WSP APER.-G. R. GLENIE, rapid progress in other respects, his remained the labourers are getting higher wages. CompetitionMETEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. : '‘' nc Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeways-road, Colonel Baldwin assured the committee that the has compelled invention ; and a new enterprise- •of the State,Extreme Sea . p t• delivers the LATH; EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver absolutely stationary with respect to her commercial : that of agricultural machinery-has grown up native copulation - Wednesday, f.. 4 IF. 0 .. F e b, 3, B. I l'. .' 0 W. Ito F. D. WR. to tri Cepies in Town, the Suburbs, an d i n many p ar t s o f th e country policy, and the consequence is that her trade is as a consequence of Free Trade. During the period of ACA at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by cal considerat . ons, were disposed to deal justly and a a.m. 12 9 —.- _ _ ____- _ __ _____ _ _ es* 9.45 o'clock hampered, her commerce restricted, and her people Nairn - 2 Orders by pos punctually attended to transition there may have been some amount of sf u - Aberdeen are deprived of comforts, while the cost of living has The delegation stoutly denied that loyal men 1- 3 1 e tI l l e . .. 29'61f. 37 36 S.E. 2 2 E c.r. o'o9 Hi . 29'641. 40 39 E. 3 4 E . . r. 0'331 5 faring; yet that did but stimulate and ener • E land draws her food supplies from all natters of ' nthge- even generously with the negroes. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN risen 75 per cent. Mr. \Veers, the Special Finance Scarborough 29'69f. 39 39 SAW. 3 4 N.N.E. c o. r o'o9 3 he R. GLENIE, of the Sporting library, c - . Yarmouth.. 29'851. 43 42 S.S.E. 2 5 N.N .W. - s Holder .... _ _ ..... _ _ _ e x 0111 M1Ssioner,:bas not hesitated, in his Report to The Indiana Legislature has elected the Hon. D. eux haven .. - - - _ _ KA •4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to earth ; yet, if England were cut off from communi - - - - - rel atonal his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, Congress, to point out the true remedy for the ern - Mud esims - - - _ .._ _ _ _ fat he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper incation by sea, she could better provide for her ou- S. Pratt (Republican) to succeed Mr. Hendricks were ill-treated in Virginia. Ardrossan .. 29•55 f. 40 39 F. 2 2 E.B.E. o.n o'4o i all ddition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " THE &TN," Green castle 29 . 46 f. 45 45 S.W. 1 1 W. c.br 0'32 nd can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town barrassed condition of the order rers,t h t to y enableare questioning her t o d Freeo so. lation than in the old P P days when Protection (Democrat) in the United States Senate. Holyhead .. 29'53f. 50 49 SAW. 8 4 SAPP'. c.o. o'3l - the lir country. that the wisest Treasury, but has declared d m u a p n o t n i f a c i nt u ln the Georgia Legislature a resolution providing Liverpool .. 29'58f, 46 45 S.E. 3 2 B.E.r. o'l7 2 he Valentia .... 29'64f. 51 51 W.S.W. 3 4 W. c.r f 0'29 2 G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that ile is Agent for the course for America to pursue would . fCATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlie . cape Ole ar • • 7 ex !Jan any other man in London or Country the evening of pei , be to adopt the system of Great Britain. A wa s s f in or sis th te e that coloured men may act upon juries was defeated. no c he a Pt. 2s . c4f. 51 51 W.S.W. 3 4 S.W. c.m o'3o 3 ._ Penzance .. 29 79f. 52 52 S.W. 5 6 W. b.crio - 22 1 " *don. No connection with any other persons. Paily's Itii:,'s .. 29'851. 51 51 W.8.W.3 8 W b.r. o'ls 4 fi r right's, and M•Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers,' Ma. •• The troubles of the cotton trade have really no- Trade because it has had wider results than they General Grant is in Baltimore. He has been Plymouthth 29'84f 52 51 S.W. •1 1 •0- 2 -'' . Weymouth . W.N.W.wN c.o. 0 2 Ones, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joie thing to do with the •ofunrestricted coin- expected. In 1844 they knew that they could beat Portsmouth 29'85f. 49 48 S.W. 6 4 W.N.W.c.r. 014 3 rel ftioel: Coal Company. Orders by post attended ir. question entertained by several private citizens, but con- London .... 29111. 48 47 S.W. 6 6 SAW. c.br o'o4 all the world, and that the removal of Protection c peGriseies 29'92r. 43 41 W.S.W. 7 5 N.W.c.o. o'o2 5 tee merce. They arise from a kcarcity of the raw mate- all to refuse public receptions. The General Brest ...... - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so, T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" to Hal. The manufacturers still suffering _ . . would therefore be to their advantage. But the times L'Orient.... - _ - _ _ _ .... _ _ are be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT 3 IEACOEE's,o are changed. Other countries are able tocompete has addressed the following note to a committee 1 3 t i o a e r h z. 7 t f z o rt : : -_-_- :: -_-_ ::: -_-_ _2 -.— — _ _ _ -itannia, Kendal New-town. long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with -- with ours. Th • • Their labour is cheaper, their machine ry having charge of the preparations for an Inaugura- F i % u mi n e e h g ; :: . . - :: -_-. z 7 = - : :: regard to a manifest danger. To trust to one source, Paris - THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," at least as good. Finding this, the Manchester mill- tion Ball : ne - Strasbourg - - - - _ _ _ ..... .... tin giving all the SPORTING NEWS of the day, maybe seen and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de- owners, who contemplated with• Headquarters, Army of United States, at JEM 7A Y MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," the greatest equam•- Toulon _. 3o'2or. 46 44 N. 5 7 W.N.W. z.b. - 5 are mended Little Britain, City, P.C.by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a mity the prophesied ruin of the agricultural interest Washington, Jan 20. Heart's Con g 2: tent (9 a.m. folly, certain eventually to bring its own punishment. if Protection were withdrawn, are now c •out for Gentlemen, -Understanding that your commit- . local time) —_ __ _ _ __ _ ag, W H O'S GRAIN G E R? LICENSED T , . crying REMARKS. 221 VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. The absurdity of doing so was the greater from the Protection. The fact that continental con fti pe i on tee meet this evening for the purpose of arranging The distribution of pressure has again changed considerably since T SPORTING EDITION of "THE. SUN " can be seen at fact that cotton is b exclusive d t makes clothing cheaper for the consumer is li• for the Inaugural Ball, I -venture to drop you a yesterday morning. Readings, after increasin g generally till last hot OR AI N GER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight y no means the pro uc not mg u'cleck. of America, but was certain)used y cultivated and in to them, or rather is an aggravation of their grievance, line to say that if any choice is left w ith me I would (particularly in the south-e as t), are now decreasin g -the fall sat evening at our north-western stations amounting to about a quarter of an ant Asia and Af • They loved Free Trade which enabled them to dis- it dispensed with be pleased to see . I do not wish inch. The lowest pressure is at Greencastle, and is 0'461n. below tell MHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " Afric a long before it was put to any use in 11._ supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. the West, Ages before C e dreamed f Lance all the world; they detest Free Trade now ' to disarrange any plans made by my friends in the that at Cape Griz Nez. A fresh rise in temperature has occurred at cle: ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old COLUMBUS first o that it is enabling all the world to distance them.attendingsouthern and matter of the ceremonies the inaugura- western stations, and the air in these districts con our cat Cavendish street, Oxford-street. a Western Continent, the ' • had 't ' e priests of Isisworn i in tion, but in this matter it will be agreeable to me tinues very warm and damp. The winds are light and easterly In They demand the protection of the few at the Scotland ; but have again backed to S.W. elsewhere, and are blow- exi their snowy robes, should agree that the ball is un- l. chi ing strongly in the Irish Channel. Rain has been and is still genera if your committee T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" and the Hindoos of Bengal had expense of the many, just as the landed interest did supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST woven it into their airy muslin. When CORTES and ns. necessary.-With great respect, _your obedient The weather continues very unsettled. Warnings repeated._ Only £69 NEWS and' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W HARRIS, . ~, before them. ..... e. ...e„ee.,..., 1 I .ms Nrinnie,,l,, r_____ , Newsnarwr A c.prit a ms.-.1,4,.: ...-.. .4 T ---4..... a rpm LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street. T HE LATESI EDITION of " THE SUN " NEWS and supplied SPORTING IN as soon as published, containing all the LATEST TF.T.TIGE , 3, by W HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. T"E"SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8 • Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the ►` LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. riIHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at I JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand PRE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HJLMES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SON " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-road N.W. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " LL J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. PHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town, THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L A NE. tole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. This EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OFT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILg. Messrs. Howe, Bnekstone, inn., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, kc. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstone, Jun., Weathershy (te - Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, ct. Commenem at 7. * THEATRE -ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins EvrNiNa, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMB7.IIWELL. Mr. G. Belmoro, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MONI. E CRISTO. Messrs. Feebter, B. Webster, G. Delmore, A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, W burns, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Lee:en% and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. VininZ. THIS EVENING at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, 3fr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, G. Shore, &reclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss l'oseLeclercq Concluding with MA STE tt JONES'S BIRTHDAY. thing to do with the question of unrestricted com merce. They arise from a scarcity of the raw mate rial. The manufacturers are still suffering from their long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with regard to a manifest danger. To trust to one source, and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de manded by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a folly, certain eventually to bring its own punishment. The absurdity of doing so was the greater from the fact that cotton is by no means the exclusive product of America, but was certainly cultivated and used in Asia and Africa long before it was put to any use in the West. Ages before COLUMBUS first dreamed of a Western Continent, the priests of Isis had worn it in their snowy robes, and the Hindoos of Bengal had woven it into their airy muslins. When CoRTES and his Spaniards invaded the land of the Montezumas they found the Mexicans employing it for all kinds of domestic purposes, a fact which need not surprise us after its abundant growth in the Southern States of the American Union, but which shows that Ame rica, properly so called, has no exclusive claim to its possession. Europe itself can supply its quota of the precious seed ; the sun of Italy favouring the cotton plant as well as the vice and the olive. Besides all this there is the fertile conti nent of the south, part of our own dominions, in whose benignant soil and genial climate every thing seems to prosper, only needing encouragement to send us an ample supply of Queensland-grown cot ton. But without doubt, as Mr. BAZLEY observed on Monday, India must be our great resource. America, it is true, is recovering from the shock of the great civil war, and resuming her cotton cultiva tion, but her own consumption is rapidly increasing, and we must not hope for so large and regular supply as heretofore. But in India we have, under proper management, an unfailing source of supply. Cotton is indigenous to the country ; labour is cheap and abundant ; communication with England is constant and rapid. The trade offers great advan tages to the people, and would, if frilly developed, prove a blessing to the Hindoo as well as to the Lan cashire factory hand. What, then, i 3 wanted'? We have energy and enterprise to spare, and India has labour. We have capital unlimited, and we might almost apply the same term to the uncultivated lauds of Bengal and Bombay. IVe nerd cotton, and India needs the money which we should pay for it; but yet, such is the inconsistency often manifested in human affairs, here is the country to which cotton supplies the staple for its most important manufacture, exer cisi❑g unlimited control over the land whose capital It is fair to say that it is only a portion of the Manchester community which has back-slidden. In fact, were it not for Mr. BAZLEY'S reference to the matter, we should have been ignorant of it. referred to the re-action only to repudiate it, and asked if Manchester men were really prepared to remove the statue of PEEL from before th e Infirmary, and the statue of COBDEN from St. Ann's-square. But experience has shewn that we cannot afford to neglect the first symptoms of reaction. This reaction GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL, TH74 EvEsixek, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.10, CYRIL'S SITCCES. 9.40, BROWN AND 'IRE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Afarshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hrrlstone. J. Clarke: Mesdames Henra.de, C. Thorne, Brennen, Eerend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. has induced more than one of our chief colonies to impose heavy protective duties on British imports; it has given rise to the MORRILL Tariff in the United States. Nor are there wanting specious arguments in favour of the course. As Mr. DILKE has sheen in his " Greater Britain," the duties are imposed with the full knowledge that the consumer has to pay. But it is thought expedient that in a young country manufactures should be encouraged, and so the ROYAL AMPIIITHEATIIIiI AND CIRCUS, 110LBORN. Tiffs EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Hones: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. Gentlemen, —Understanding that your commit tee meet this evening for the purpose of arranging for the Inaugural Ball, I venture to drop you a line to say that if any choice is left with me I would be pleased to see it dispensed with. Ido not wish friends in the the m to a d tt i e s r ar o r f an t g h e e a e n er y em pl o a n n i s ea m a ad tt e en b d y in na g y inaugura tion, but in this matter it will be agreeable to me if your committee should agree that the ball is un necessary.—With great respect, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT. T. W. Tipton has been re-elected United States Senator by the Nebraska Legislature. gives its very name to Calico, and suffering from cotton famine for want of the most ordinary care. Some years ago Mr. Bazley made a very just ob servation, which he repeated on Monday, not without reason, for the lesson it conveys is not yet fully learnt. He said that the Cotton Supply Association was intended as an insurance company against the The trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund held a meeting in Baltimore yesterday. General Grant and Admiral Farragut were present. A re port was made, showing that the cause of education has been greatly benefited in the South by Mr. Peabody's donation. consumers, out of sheer patriotism, cheerfully sus tain the heavy burden of taxation. Facts, however, scarcely bear out this explanation. At all events there comes a time when cheerfulness gives way to complaint. Mr. WELLS has shewn that the cost of living has, under Protection, been raised 75 per cent.; that for every dollar which entered the Treasury of the United States seven dollars were taken from the people. Clearly such a heavy fine as this must defeat its own ends. If out of the spending fund so large a sum is absorbed by an artificial charge, there is so much the less left for the purchase of manu factures. The principle of Free Trade is that the purchaser should be left at liberty to put out his money to the best advantage. The _principle of Protection is that he shall spend it only in certain ways, in order that certain persons may reap an advantage at his expense. In the second The National Woman's Rights Convention at Washington adjourned yesterday sine die, after adopting resolutions d e manding eligibility to office and the right o f suffrage, regardless of sex or colour, suffrage to be based only loyalty and intelli gence. A committee was appointed to prepare an address to Congress. The Whelan case was up yesterday at Toronto, before a full Court of Errors and Appeal, and a new trial was refused. Unless a reprieve is granted Whelan will be executed on the 11th of February. He was remanded to the Ottawa gaol. Cuban advices are very conflicting. The insur gents, according to some accounts, are strongly entrenched in the mou n t a i ns , near Bayamo, while other accounts represent them to have outflanked the forces of Balmesada, and to have moved into the Western department. They were recently repulsed in an attempt to burn Manzanilla. It is also rumoured that General Quesada, with a large in surgent force, has appeared near Villa Clara. The Spanish frigate Lealtad had arrived at Havana The distribution of pressure has again changed considerably since yesterday morning. Readings, after increasing generally tin last evening (particularly in the south-east), are now decreasing—the fall at our north-western stations amounting to about a quarter of an inch. The lowest pressure is at Greencastle, and is 0161 n. below that at Cape Griz Nez. A fresh rise in temperature has occurred at our southern and western stations, and the air in these districts con tinues very warm and damp. The winds are light and easterly in Scotland ; but have again backed to S.W. elsewhere, and are blow ing strongly in the Irish Channel. Rain has been and is still general. The weather continues very unsettled. Warnings repeated. Only two of the continental reports have been received i►t present (11.15 a.m.). _ ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Managc•ress, Mrs. Swanborongh. Tills RvENING. at TUE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Del tom, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH op GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ~onclude with HUE AND DYE. from Cadiz. _ A mutiny occurred on board at sea, and seven of the ringleaders were landed on the case the producer, being free from competi tion, is not stimulated to improve his production, and he goes on in the old-fashioned way, producing the smallest quantity of goods at the ltzgest cost. In the first case he finds all the world his rival, and he is compelled to devise fresh machinery for pro- THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF . COMMERCE. •"4 ducing the largest amount at the smallest a oat. Canary Islands. The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com . merce was held on Monday, and was very fully attended. Mr. Bazley, M.P., who was present, referred to the con tinued depression in the cotton trade. Whilst he had been among his constituents he had heard in various quarters that the principle of free trade had begun to be ques tioned in its application to the cotton trade. Surely, when the trade had more than doubled by a change of policy, they might fairly infer that there had been great soundness of that policy. There could be no question as to the benefits which had resulted from freedom of commerce with all the world. Free Trade employed a greater number, and just as their exports had increased from £60,000,000 to £225,000,000, in that proportion they had increased employment for labour and capital. Let them, then, never be deluded into forsaking true principles. On the important question of the Indian cotton supply, Mr. Bazley very wisely said that i: cotton consumers would pay as much to ensure against cotton famine as they did against fire, they would have a very different supply of cotton. The directors of the Manchester Chamber had invited the Marquis of Salisbury to confer with them on matters of Indian trade and commerce, and the Marquis bad suggested that an increase of the commercial element in the India Council would be of great practical service. Mr. Duff, M.P., Under Secre tary for India, had expressed his willingness to enter tain the suggestion, which he considered very advantageous. Mr. Bazley thought that a conference with some distinguished statesmen as to the best means of carrying it out were desirable. Such a conference should include Lord Stanley, Mr. John Bright, the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Grant Duff, and others.--Mr. Cheetham observed that Lord Salisbury was not the first statesman who suggested that the Council of India ought to include representatives from the commercial districts. In 1853 Lord Ellenborough brought in a bill, providing for representatives from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, to sit on the India Council, being elected by the constituencies of those cities. Parliament objected to the proposal, and it was set aside, but no doubt a similar project must soon come before the House of Commons.—Before the close of the meeting the subject This has been the effect of Free Trade upc n Conti nental manufacturers; and now that it .haa. caused the very result it was calculated to create, old A formidable revolt against Juarez is reported ,to be organizing in Oajaea, under the leadership of General Porfirio, Diaz, Negrete, Ortegg, and Quiroga. The troops of Salnave have been defeated near Miragoane by the Cacos, who are said to be steadily gaining ground. of foreign competition was raised. Mr. Platt, M.P. asserted, without fear of contradiction, that no country could produce articles so cheaply as England. The re 4 clu3e of the present depression was the high price and the scarcity of raw material.—Mr. Ashworth 'Avila, explained that he was in favour of the most open con. petition, and against all protection whatever, t4o mottiwr DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky i 3 re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q 2 —[Ad Tortikement.] THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. A great meeting of members of the aocrety ror-Yro moting Christian Knowledge (whose fiery demonstration on the Natal question on the Bth of December will be well remembered) was held yesterday afternoon at St. James's Hall, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canter bury. The reason for the largeness of the meeting and the interest taken by large numbers of the clergy who have come from various parts of the country to attend it is a determined effort on the part of the Ritualists to obtain a footing in the standing committee.' Of this body, seven retire by rotation, but six of them offer themselves for re-election, viz.: Mr. John Boodle ; the Rev. J. W. Buckley, vicar of St. Mary's, Paddington ; the Rev. R. Burgess, rector of Upper Chelsea ; the Rev. Dr. Miller, vicar of Greenwich ; the Rev. M. W. Mayow, vicar of South Heigham ; and the Rev. J. D. Hales, vicar of St. John's, Richmond. With regard to the seventh re tiring member, the Rev. Charlton Lane, vicar of Hampstead, he did not offer himself for re-election, and the standing committee recommended in his place the Rev. E. Capel Cure, rector of St. George's, Blooms. bury. As rival candidates on behalf the Ritualists the following gentlemen were nominated by the Rev, R. Temple West, incumbent, and the Rev. J. A. Foote, curate, of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington :—The Hon. Henry Walpole; Mr. R. Brett, of St. Matthias, Stoke Newington; Rev. Thomas Hugo, rector of West Hack ney ; Rev. A. Blomfield, vicar of St. Matthew's, City road ; and the Rev. G. Hodgson, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of Cookham Dean, Maiden head. The Ritualist party was decisively defeated, the numbers standing at the close of the polling :—Rev. J.W. Buckley, 465 votes; Rev. J. D. Hales, 454 ; Rev. E. C. Cure, 452 ; Rev. R. Burgess, 450 ; Rev. Dr. Miller, 448 ; Mr. Boodle, 346 ; Rev. M. Mayow, 336 ; Rev. A. Blomfield, 213 ; Rev. G. Hodson, 206 ; Hon. H. Walpole, 174 ; Mr. R. Brett, 162 ; Rev. T. Hugo, 158. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN YACHT RACE. The following correspondence has taken place between Mr. James Ashbury, owner of the English yacht Cambria, and Mr. William Douglas, owner of the American yacht Sanpho "Union Club, New York, Jan. 19,1869. " Dear Sir,—On the return of the Sappho, in November last, I became her owner. From the day of her defeat I have been anxious that she should again enter into the lists in friendly contest with your world-renowned yacht the Cambria. Having determined to cross the Atlantic on or about the first ofJunenext, I trust that a race may be arranged between our respective yachts. That this will be equally gratifying to you as to me I feel assured from the courteous allusiona 4 , you make to the Sappho in your last of the 28th of December to Corn nodore Stebbins. The conditions can be settled on my arrival at Cowes. Permit me to remark that an open course, free from the influence of light land breezes, current, &c., would place the yachts on a more equal foot ing, the Sappho being rigged for the ocean and winter cruising. —I am sir, your obedient servant, 66 WILLIAM DOUGLAS, " James Ashbury, Esq." "6, Eastern Terrace, Brighton, Feb. 1, 1869. "Dear Sir,—l am this day favoured with your letter dated the 19th ult., announcing your having become the owner of the Sappho, and of your intention to visit Eng land next summer. In the first instance, let me congratu late you on the possession of so promising a vessel, and in the next, to assure you of my readiness to meet you with the Cambria, as you courteously remark, in `friendly contest.' The conditions, as you observe, can be arranged on your arrival in this country. Referring to the last paragraph of your letter, in order fully to meet the peculiar rig and qualities of your vessel, I propose the following courses as being likely to afford the means of shewing her sailing and sea-going qualities ; and though the Cambria is only 188 tons as against the Sappho's 381 tons, Thames measurement, and it will place my vessel at a disadvantage, I am willing to meet your views therein. The courses I suggest are-Ist, Round the Isle of Wight ; 2nd, From the Isle of Wight, round the Eddystone Light house, and back ; 3rd, From the Isle of Wight, round the Cherbourg Breakwater, and back. These courses, in ad dition to the various club matches, will afford ample op portunity for displaying the qualities of our respective vessels.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, "JAMES ASH BURY." A statement which appears in one of the morning papers, says " that, on the reassembling of Parliament ) Lord Westbury will take a prominent position in the House of Lords as the legal leader of the High Church party." DUELLING IN ITALY.—The Select Committee of the Italian Chamber has admitted the reading of a, bill pre sented by M. Macchi for the abrogation of the articles of the penal code which punish duelling. The Sheffield magistrates had before them again on Monday the long-pending dispute between Mr. Powell and his men. Both this and the Superior Court decided in favour of Mr. Powell, who gave Eddy, the defendant, an opportunity of returning to his work on easy terms. Eddy refused to avail himself of that opportunity, and the bench now ordered a warrant to bo made out for his commitment to prison for a month. Mr. S. R. Graves, M.P., attended the annual dis tribution of prizes to the Liverpool Rifle Brigade on Monday evening, and expressed himself strongly in favour of in creased support being given to volunteers by Government. He also thought that greater inducements should be held out to officers by freeing them from the heavy expense which generally at present they are subjected to, relieving them from the civil obligations of citizens, and allowing them after they had retired to retain the rank they held in the force. There had been a universal and he considered a right call for retrenchment in the national expenditure, but he thought before a large reduction took place in our military strength the Government should first satisfy itself that we had a sound volunteer force to rely upon. If it be true, Mr. Graves said, that the volun teers were no favourites at the War-office, the sooner they sought for themselves some change in the organisation the Letter. ELECTION EXPENSES. The expenses of Mr. vernal Osborne, one of the Liberal candidates for Not tingham at the last election, were issued on Tuesday, and are as follows :—Stationery, advertising, and printing, £219 16s. 11d. ; rent of committee-rooms, wages of clerks, agents, polling staff, doorkeepers, messengers, &c., £291 Bs. ld. ; sheriff's charges, £133 lls. 2d. ; personal and hotel expenses, £52 10s. ; total, £697 6s. ld. At the same time the Speaker's expenses for North Notts were announced thus :—Advertising, printing, registers, postage, telegrams, and stationery, £lB2 18s. sd. ; messengers, clerks, canvassers, and bill-posters, £lO3 Os. 3d. ; carriages, cabs, and horse hire, £96 14s. ; committee-rooms and expenses of same, £49 lls. 3d. ; agent's retainers and charges, £472 12s. ld. ; under-sheriff's and officers' fees £64 13s. Bd. ; total, £969 9s. Bd. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —The temperature of the week just passed was very low indeed. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 401 deg., which 's 2'S deg. above the average of the same week in fifty years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 54'0 deg. on Thursday, 28th January. The lowest night temperature was 26'3 deg. on Sunday, the 24th January. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 271 deg. The low temperature was attended with a corresponding increase of mortality. In the seven days ending on the 30th ult. the death rate in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom was 30 per 1,000 ; in the metropolis itself it was 29. In the first fortnight of January, when the mean temperature was six degrees above the average, the deaths were 9 per cent, below those in the second fortnight, a period which included seven days of low temperature. Last week the deaths registered in London were 1,737, or 18 over the estimated number, and 158 more than were recorded in the previous week. The mortality from scarlet fever is declining, while that from whooping cough is on the increase. No fewer than eight persons were, during the week, killed in the streets of London by horses or vehicles. WHAT A FARMER SHOULD BE. " Two sorts of people," said a quaint old customer in a village which shall be nameless, " make farming answer in the present day. There's the market man— a noisy, bustling, deal ing, haggling, chaffering fellow that bothers everybody into bargaining with him and then blarneys and bam boozles buyers and sellers out of sixpence a head in a lot of sheep, or half a sovereign in case it's a fat bullock. Some farmers are half jobbers, and by keeping their eye well up when buying-in and selling-out, manage to graze and feed live stock at a profit. The other sort that are looked to as moneyed men,' though very likely but small occupiers, are always `tip to the eyes in breeding ;' go when you will, you're sure to find a cow just calved, or a sow with a brisk yo ung litter, or else the old-fashioned farmer is going to sit up all night with a mare that's after foaling. If you ain't a smart chap among the drovers and butchers, depend upon it breeding's the thing." There is truth in our ancient friend's idea ; but, going further, we say that a first-class business agriculturist should not only be an adept at market and in the tannery, but seeds also—to be a proficient in a multitude of most diverse arts and professions. He should be, as it were, a husbandman, shepherd, herdsman, chemist, seedsman, merchant, horse-dealer, farrier, machinist, woodman, &c., &c., all, in one ; and will turn from sorting seed potatoes true according to form, colouring, depth of character of eye, &c., or from haltering and swinging a raw colt, to display his judgment and medical skill in a case of bovine mid wifery, or to see to the proper packing of an engine piston or the grafting of a fty9va* Appicha4ho cliative of 4ariculhire Jona& ;.THE .RATING OF THE POOR. A very important meeting of the Council of the Cep" Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Sans' bury Hotel, Fleet-street, London. The conference W attended by deputies from provincial chambers, andrne r° ' hers of the Legislature interested in the subjects set dow n for discussion were invited to be present. The chair was occupied by Mr. C. S. READ, M.P. .Amongst the preliminary business transacted was the election of Mr. George Tomline, M.P. for Grimsby, as vice• chairman of the Central Chamber for the ensuing year. The CHAIRMAN, after reading some bye-laws for the regulation of discussions, which were adopted by the Me et• ing, called upon Mr. HENRY GENGE Arantri” (Somersetshire Chamber) to move the following resolution for a national Po or rate :—" That th e i ncome t ax a ff or d s an ec onomic .° means of raising from all income a contribution to the poor rate, which may be placed to a separate account i n the national exchequer to the credit of the Poor-law Co ln. missioners. That this resolution is without prejudice t° any better mode of removing that unjust incidence of t he poor rate which was affirmed by resolutions of the Co uncil on May 3, 1868, but suggests a means of redress wortbi of careful examination, should her Majesty be gracicd si ° c pleased to grant th e R oya l C omm i s sion Inquiry for which Sir Massey Lopes has given notice of motion." Thi s reso l u ti on was l a id before tu" meeting in a lengthy speech, in the course of which cop ious reference was mad e t o th e ev id ence t a k en b e f ore , and the report made by, the Lords Committee appointed to c° ll. eider the law relating to parochial assessments in the Ye ar IESO. That committee, it was pointed out, arrived at t he , conclusion that the reli e f o f th e poor was a national object, towards w hi c h every d escr i pt i on o f Pr °. perty ought justly to b e ca ll e d upon to e 4ll. tribute, and that th e A c t o f Elizabeth come! plated such contributi on accor di ng t o th e " a bility ° every inhabitant. It was ar gue d th a t an i ncr eased ar e ic e i over which the impost of ta xa ti on s h ou ld h e s p re ad 'yo u ' d enlist the interest of all in its e conom i ca l ex p e nditure, a n d that owners of property would h ave a more i mm ediate al l direct interest than at present in preventing an undue 111. crease of the rate. The resolution was seconded by Mr. THOMAS Dual° (Herefordshire Chamber), who contended that the present. system of levying the poor rate w as no t on ly t o o limite d in its area, but it was of such a character that in Wa l l instances it could not be effectually enforced. In the discussion which followed, the Rev. E. UWO I4 (Herefordshire Chamber) said he was not adverse to th e plan proposed in the resolution, but he would have t he tenant farmers avoid the error of imagining that the,' would eventually gain anything by it. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON (Gloucestershire Chamber) fli t ' niched a number of statistics to show the enormous i n. crease which had taken place in expenditure in the W a l t of poor rate during the last three hundred years. amounted at the present time to between ten and ele ve " millions. The change proposed to be made in the IDs t n : ner of levying the p oor ra t e nee d no t i nter f ere with tii" machinery now in existence. Mr. BRANDON (Lincolnshire Chamber) took his 0 " -- in supporting th e reso l u ti on on th e b roa d groun d that , the poor belonged to the nation their support should b , e i the nation's c h arge . I n hi s op i n i on i ncomes o f gso upwards should be taxed for the poor rates. In no case ' he trusted, would local management be abolished. Captain CRAIGIE (North Riding Chamber) sugges ted that there should be a c l ass ifi cat i on of the o bj e cts for which money was now collected under name of poor rate s : Mr. BEACH, M.P. (Hamp s hi re Ch am b er) h a d n o don that it was the original intention of the Legislature thatper• sonal property should be taxed. No means of levying the poor rate was so easy and just as levying it upon income. Mr. ALBERT PELL, M.P., c h arac t er i se d th e Pre sent poor-rate system as an utter failure. If, h owe ver, all change were to be made, th e s y m p a thi es o f the m iddle A ll working classes in the large towns must be enlisted. Mr. BROWN (Staffordshire Chamber) supported t" resolution, as did also Mr. DANIEL LONG (Gloucester' shire Chamber), and Mr. CALDECOTT (Worcesters hire Chamber). Mr. Hicxs (West Riding Chamber) stated that the Chamber he represented would, he believed, fully aPP II2II the resolution proposed by Mr. Andrews. Mr. GURNEY (Cornwall Chamber) contended that ti l° whole property of the nation ought to taxed for what we : in reality the police rate of the country. There Was 11 difficulty in carryi ng ou t th e propose d arrangemen t. L°° 4 management must still be preserved intact. Alter a long discussi on , a t th e c l ose o f w hich t a ll : CHAIRMAN expressed his approval o f th e reso l u tion, an a reply by Mr. ANDREWS, the resolution was put an carried, with the following p re f ace :—" Th a t th e uneg"„al pressure of the poor rate, as at present imposed, i 54 grievance which renders necessary the early and 11 7 10 serious consideration of Parliament; that, in tar opinion of this chamb er , th e ma i ntenance o f the P ° " B is a national li a bility t o w hi c h i ncome from every scwrner should contribute ; th a t, i n th e di s b ursement o f a 13% rate levied in accordance with the principle here ea u-. elated, local administration should be recognised and Or ranteed." It was then proposed that a deputation should wait "'C ° : the Premier t o l ay b e f ore h i m the necessity of an hig iuri f by a Royal Commission into the amount and incidences ° local taxation. To this an amendment was proposed that the matte; should be postponed for further consideration. The resolution on being put was carried. Mr. R. JASPER MORE then proposed a resolution to t ile , effect that a d e p u t at i on should wait upon the President to the Board of Trade to urge the desirableness of a sel lax : ii i Government department f or A gr i cu l ture, b ut the gerie— feeling was against the proposition. t. The matter was u lti mately postponed till the nex t m e e t' ing, in March, and the conference terminated, after sitting for nearly five hours. weeklynnyConseirsvtaotbiVeepuuishe V calledA p on th e e Britannia,and after F e b ruary 24 . SUFFOCATED IN A. TURKISII DATIL TWO T lirj domestics in th e emp l oy o f Prince Mustapha FazYl, /v: p suffocated a few d a y s ago i n t h e b ath which had l u st h - t e h d every newspaper, 1, 13a!deur;s dta°l erected in his Highness's konak, at Stamboul. The bath had been heated for the first time, a n d the dec e3s o went into it at about two o'clock in the morning. st seems that they fell asleep ; one, a young man, awoke. The servants succeeded in rescuing the et Pe ti i c i but the poison of th e f umes h a d ta k en too s t r ong 11 °4 of him, and h e di e d i n th e course o f a f ew hours.--6°- Times. ff MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION. —A spirited ' ~,- -°; ro was set on foot some two or th ree y ears ago i n B e dforde ll- i0 to meet a want felt in most of the agricultural counti es England—viz„ a thor oug hly goo d e d ucat i on f o r the e °o of farmers and o th er m iddl e - c l ass people at a co st wit i,,o ;; 0 0 their reach. A large s c h oo l, ca l cu l ate d to receive tbs boys as boarders, has b een b u ilt a t K em p a t on , near t ° , l , - he town of Bedford, and which is about to be opened• necessary funds were rai se d b y s h ares among the len; 0 - $ 1 proprietors and leading f armers. Th e Du k e of Bed;,ot supported the movem en t b y ta ki ng s h ares to t h e anl ° ;be of £lO,OOO. Lord Cowper, the lord-lieutenant of county, also subscribed largely, and is president ofd " 0 school board. A n e d ucat i on of a superior or d e r, m: hoard, lodging, & c ., w ith out extras, i s to be imparted (10 the low sum of £3O p er year, t h e o bj ect i n v i ew being' 1:01 so much a comme rc i a l p ro j ec t , as to b r i ng d own the 0 ' 9 ' 0 4 a suitable educati o n f or th e m iddl e c l asses to the lc sve ro remunerative point. The school will be open to boy 3 fr° all parts of England. ,g A CASE OF C IRCUMSTANTIAL EvIDEN'-' Thomas Geddely lived as a waiter with Mrs. Williams, who kept a public-house at York. One 11:1 °, - d, ing her scrutoire was f oun d b ro k en open and ro bbed, bti Thomas Geddely disappearing at the same time, uo de l. o was entertained as t o th e ro bb er. About a twelve after, a man calli ng hi mself James Crow came to Y et I : and worked a few days for a precarious subsistence I ;f6 porter. Many accosted him as Thomas Geddely Jam' declared he did no t k now them, that his name was Crow, and that he never was at York before. 130 ' th was held as m ere l y a tr i c k to save himself. Hi s inist reo tif was sent for, an d i n th e m id st of many people inst3ll y ; singled him ou t, ca ll e d hi m b y h i s name (Thomas G ed de l i and charged him with his unfaithfulness and ingrat it n d : e of robbing her. He was directly hurried before a in e " .- 0,0 peace; but on his examination a b so l u t e ly a ffi rm ed that h e as 0 not Thomas G e dd e ly, a d m itti ng , h owever, th a t be 1/ t her vagabond and petty rogue, and Mrs. Williams and o°o person swearing positively to hi s p erson , h e was conl y3l i l g a. to York Castle for tri a l a t th e nex t ass i zes . On 3rr : t he ment he pleaded not guilty, still d en yi ng that he Nv 3 00 0 person he was taken for ; but Mrs. Williams en,„,,,,d°06 others made oath that he was th e id en tical 1 -Pl i d Geddely who lived with her when she was robbed' ° ver y servant girl deposed that she had seen him, on t he to o 00 morning of the robbery, in the roo m w here the ser a was broken open with a poker in his han d ' an d prisoner was found guilty of the robbery, to e was soon after executed. S ome ti me after the "fiej Thomas Geddely, who on robbing his mistres s ha s er ica° from York to Ireland, was t a k en u p i n Dublin for P ' e tecl• of the same stamp, and ther e con d emne d and e: ‘ c , i tthe Between his conviction a n d execu ti on , a nd aga in - 0 0 0 fatal tree, he confessed himself to be the verY lc fog Geddely who had committ e d th e ro bb e ry at Ir° ,. c r u te 4 ' which the unfortunate James Crow had been e: -y- 0 14‘0 We must add, that a g en tl eman , an i n habitant e L , 0 trial happening to be in Dublin at the time of Gedde l l a- it h and execution ;e , and who knew him when he -v e x Mrs. Williams, decl are d th a t th e resem blance b etty t°: two men was so exceedi ng ly grea t that it iv 3 8 .1 1 0" 601,4 itnpossible tddistinguirth tlw'r alwader•Tree l - r " pq itmedia siva