The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-24 00:00:00

ripßouviLLE SUR BIER (NORMANDY) LOAN of £400.000, SECURED by MORTGAGE DEBEN TURES of the TI, OUVILLE ASSOCIATION (Limited). — Issue of 40,000 Mortgage Debentures to Bearer of £lO each. i • A nnual interest 7 per cent., payable half-yearly, in London and Paris. The First Half-Year's Interest will be payable the Ist September, 1869. These Debentures will be redeemable by annual drawings to begin after the third year at 112, thus giving a bonus of 20 per Cent. Applications for Debentures, accompanied by a deposit of t?. per Debenture, will be received in London by Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, St. James's-street, London; Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-street, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association, 51, Rue de Cardi nal Fesch. The affairs of the Association are under the direction of The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 66, Prince's-gate, London, Presi dent. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Palace, Lon don. Monsieur Jacques Adolphe Cordier , An cien Depute, 124, Bottle vart Haussman, Paris, and Chalet Cordier, Trouville, Nor- mandy. Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., 45, Sussex -gardens, London.' Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsay, M.P., Winch field, Hants. Monsieur Dumond. de Montcelz, Adnainistrateur des Mines de Zinc de la f.;ilesie, 44, Rae de Luxembourg, Paris. Eampson Lucas Sanville, Esq. (Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons), 18, Old Broad-street, London. Debentures, £lO each. The Subscription is payable, £2 on ap plication, £2 on allotment, £2 on the Ist of May, £2 on the 15th June, and £2 on the Ist August. Or the whole £lO may be paid up at once. in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. BANKERS. - Messrs. Herries, Farcinhar,andFo.; St. James's-street, London. BROKERS. Messrs. Seymour and Elwyn, 38, Throgmorton-street, London. ABRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. Mortgage taken in the joint names of Trustees on behalf of the Debenture-holders. Each £lO Debenture: Will be secured upon Freehold Land, by mortgage or hypothe cation. Will be redeemable at £l2 per bond (thus giving e. bonus of 20 per cent.), by annual drawings, after the third year. Will have coupons for interest, payable half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum attached, and — Will be accompanied by a warrant certificate, entitling the holder (in addition to the above bonus) to a distributive share in half of the surplus profit arising from the ultimate realisation of the entire property comprised in the mortgage. Applications for fully paid-up Debentures will be entitled to priority of allotment. If no allotment be made the whole of the deposit will be re turned without deduction. If the whole amount applied for be not allotted the excess of deposit will be applied to the future payments due upon such number as may be allotted, but interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opinion of the soundness of this security, and of the value of:the distributive share of surplus profit offered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Trouville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France, where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Havre, directly south of the Isle of Wight, and possesses one of the largest and most comfortable hotels in France, public rooms, gardens, walks, slopes green to the water's edge, and sands superior to those of Scarborough or Ramsgate. From London Trouville may be reached via Dover and Calais, or lkestone and Boulogne, or via t , outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distant by railway. Plans of the properties and reports of architects and sur veyors may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post. Full printed particulars of the Loan and forms of subscription may be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the Association , namely :-26, Old Broad-street, E.C.; 6, Whitehall. Weutniinster, London; and Paris, 51, Rue do Car dinal Fesch. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Great Combination of Attractions for the Faster Holidays.—A new romantic drama and the grand Pantomime of "Puss in Boots. " On EASTER MONDAY, March 29, and during the week, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the first time) a new roman tie Drama, in three acts and a prologue, entitled THE MAN OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor lingo's celebrated novel, "Les Miserabies," adapted by Bayle Bernard, adat ter of 'Faust." Principal character by )ir Charles Dillon, supported by the en tire strength of the Company. To conclude with the Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, terminatinz with the Grand Transforma tion Scene. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling; Musical Di rector, Mr. W. C. Levey. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 t ill 5 daily. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.--SPE CIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES on WEDNESDAY, March 31, end SATURDAY, April 3.—A t Two o'clock, the Royal Original Chrysty's Minstrels (from the St. George's Hall) will give Selec tions from their celebrated Entertainment. At Three o'clock, the Grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene. A t half-past Four, a Musical Folly, entitled THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD: At Five, the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three Hundred Infant Vailors and Marines. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Five. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two o'clock. Children and Schools at reduced prices to the following parts of the house, viz., First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. ;THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chtppendale, Comp ton. Astley, Sze,: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: essrs. Buckstone and Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. 11HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A. DAY'S FIS 11 ING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ]ey, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Alias Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last 5 Nights. THIS 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 (live years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclu ►e with a new Comedietta, entitled A CIIP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. On Saturday, 'March 27, for the Benefit of Mdlle. Beatrice. N.B. - On Easter Monday AFTER DARK. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. 1 . ? OYAL STRAND THEATRE. J 1 %, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. 1 31srlte. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD Ole TL L CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &e. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA THE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t' e Last Five Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Those who have not yet seen the wonrierful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April.—OKßA, the world-renowned. in his original and unapproachable evolutions on the FLYING TRAP EZE, every Evening. His double somersaults and pe ronettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including the great CABBE TROUPE and the magnificent Stud of Performing Horses as usual. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. ROYAL AFIPHITHEATRE, Holborn. — GOOD FRIDAY EVENING, March 26.—GRAND PER FORMANCE of Handel's Oratorio, " THE AI ESSIA 11 Orchestra and chorus, numbering nearly 250 persons. Artistes: 111dl1e. Rose Renee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Maybrick, and the celebrated basso Herr Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (120 Voices). The Orchestra will include the most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, &c. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Soto Trumpet, Mr T. B arper. Conductor, Mr. C. J Bargitt. The management would specially refer to the fact that this will be the first appearance in Oratorio for many years of the renowned basso, Herr FORMES, and his Farewell Performance, previous to retirement from the Lyric boards. Box-office open daily from ten till five. Tickets at all the Libraries. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE, BRAHMINS : Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoli, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. QT. 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IE AL R LE O N SE S S .nr N, with wond e e w rfu Ballad. leffect by the Royal Christy's Minstrels. 3s. ; free by post for 19 stamps. PUT IT DOWN TO ME. Comic Song. (A. S. Gally.) "Is just now in the midst of a tide of success by the help of the Royal Christy's Minstrels—it is having a run."—Brighton Times. Post free for 19 stamps. riIHE WISHING CAP. Song. Words by _1... CHARLES MACKAY. (W. S. Wrighton.) "Is really beyond the average of excellence. Mdlle. Liebhart hqs done much to make it popular. but it could afford to stand simply and entirely on its own merits."—City Press. Post free for 19 stamps. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burling-ton-street. Order of all Musicsellers. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, RAPzING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Bnckstone, jun., Mis 4 Laws, fie. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. Ste.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. CommencA at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining'. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE : Mr W. Rignold, Mr. G. Shore, Miss Lydia Howard; Mdlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CUP OF TEA : Mdlle. Beatrice THEATRE-EOYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING}. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster. A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &e, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole-Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDO W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, :fames, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Huestone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Borend, Hughes, Ar sold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EviornkM, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Lionel Brongh H. Irving, S. Emery, Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with THE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr. Toole. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Trim EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; &so Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tara EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING OUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, cte. To conclude with F.A.M PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton 'Ms EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TIIISiVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaglnza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 3 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. la. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, ed. -004 Lj (1111,s LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1869. =~-_ The confident expectations of the country have been surpassed. The ultimate transformation of the Irish Church Bill into au enactment may now be re garded as assured. The Second Reading could hardly have been passed in the popular branch of the Legislature by a larger House or by a more over whelming majority. As to the aggregate number of the House—the Speaker and the four tellers in cluded—it amounted altogether to 623. As to the clear majority on the side of the Government —it was 118. Out of the full compliment of the House of Commons, that is to say, out of the 658 members constituting the sum total of the national representa tives, 35 votes only were absent from this morning's division. The numbers were 368 on the side of the Government, and 250 on the side of the Opposition. The supporters of the Irish Church ,Bill, exclusive of the two Liberal tellers,of the Speaker, and of all those who were absent from the House, either by choice or by compulsion, exceeded by 39 a clear moiety of the whole House. A clear moiety of 638 being 329—and the number of the supporters of the Bill, exclusive of Speaker, tellers, and absentees, being 368—the result is precisely as we have just now de scribed it to be—namely, that the supporters of the measure actually told off this morning, a little before three o'clock, was in excess of the full half, of the whole, of the popular branch of the Legislature by thirty-nine. History has to be ransacked to discover any majority in the smallest degree comparable to that sustaining the policy of the present Liberal Administration. Mem bers have been true to their hustings' pledges. The decision arrived at by the Electors of the United Kingdom during the course of the last General Elec tion in November and December has been endorsed, has been enforced, has been responded to, to the very echo, by their carefully selected representatives. The constituencies have, in other words, been faithfully represented. And what is especially remarkable in regard to the decision arrived at this morning by the newly - created Parliament is this, that it has been arrived at upon a matter of the most vital importance a matter that half a century ago could not possibly have been agitated throughout the three kingdoms without leading to turmoil, and very possibly to bloodshed— the decision arrived at now upon that virtually im portant subject has been arrived at almost as one might say in cold blood, certainly quite deliberately. Among the most enthusiastic supporters of the Ministerial measure, there have from first to last been no overweening evidences of exultation in the recognized security of their position, or in the un mistakeable portents of the f inevitable theß await ingvililc,storaydvance: them at every stage e meut. While, upon the other hand, tlhiekree passionate e io b n e a e t n e man ifest no indications o f anything antagonism or m orbidly exaggerated excitement. The right hon. gentleman tlhyehnoieermtbheisr morning g fo b r y d closed his speech at a n ear solemnly denouncing the Bill before Parliament " sacriliegous measure pi —just as the ner , a t s h a e Leader of his party, had talked of robbing, and con fiscation, and spoliation, and so forth, as words alone accurately indicative of the character of the proposed innovation. But with the one and with the other, pre cisely, in fact, as with every individual opponent of this Irish Church:Bill both within and without the walls of Imperial Parliament, the efforts made from first to last,in its regard, have been made in the tone and spirit of constitutional opposition to what they have, one and all of them, regarded as a most obnoxious pro posal of the design for a legislative enactment—not the least in the world, it should be said, in that spirit THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, LS69 of fanatical antagonism which in former times has so often and so lamentably kindled the flames of insur rection and civil war. For once a religious question has been argued calmly, dispassionately, and with the most equable deliberation. The contest—manly, strenuous, and:prolonged—has come to an end. At this the first important stage of the Bill's advance ment, it has had its issue. The result is even beyond our hopes or our most sanguine expectations. But upon the side of the victors there is no sign whatever of irritating exultation. The Liberal Party are so strong and so united upon this question of the Irish Church, that they have no inducement to wound the feelings of antagonists so completely vanquished as, within doors, the members and, out of doors, the supporters, of the Conservative Opposition. Lengthened and outspoken though the debate has been, upon both sides of the House of Commons not one unfair word has been uttered by either party throughout the whole discussion —not a single sar casm has to be regretted—not one solitary shaft of acrimonious ridicule is left behind to rankle where it was ungenerously driven home. The last night of this memorable and historical discussion was worthy in every sense of its three remarkable predecessors. Commenced by the Right Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge, in a speech that appears to us not simply foreshortened, but absolutely truncated and re duced to a very torso, probably by reason of the consideration enunciated by Mr. WALPOLE last evening, in his very first sentence, when he said, " After the remarkable character of this debate, already prolonged for three nights, and especially after the speeches of the right hon. and learned gentleman the member for Dublin University and of my hon. and learned friend the member for Richmond, 1 feel it would be unjus tifiable in me to make any lengthened observations on the question before the House"—the debate was sustained with admirable effect immediately after wards by the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth, in a speech which has been described by one of our con temperaries as a historico-philosophic disquisition, but which was more than that, especially towards the close, when Sir HENRY BULWER addressed himself to the subject under discussion in words befitting at once the orator and the statesman. After nine other members had taken part in the debate, the last of them perhaps the most zealous and impetuous among all the leading an tagonists of the measure before Parliament, the discussion was worthily closed by an elaborate ora tion from the First Minister of the Crown—an oration not inappropriately preluding as swingeing a majority in as large a House as ever endorsed the °Onions of a Prime Minister or sustained the policy of his Government. • WE do not suppose that any one of our readers is likely to confound two different things, admiration of Sir ROUNDELL PALmEa and admiration of Sir ROUNDELL PALMER'S arguments. In these days of dishing political opponents, by taking leaps in the dark, personal self-denial is too rare for us not to eulogise it; and the member for Richmond has per formed an act of great self-denial. It is something to have surrendered the highest prize of the prof ession just as it came to his hand ; it is still more to have severed himself from the party and from the leader with whom he has acted, and with whom he in the main n a g o r t ee required . The a e These manyr sacrifices e en ,for w t h h i c eh many would fortunately onl are d not be able to make them. We cannot altogether regret that they have been required in this instance, because the will alacrity d o something o restore the r eq th u e i r n o l e r n a l t has ton e b e of e n met the eplo.elinttice of 1800-8. And al world, which hasbeen ye s t ore i l t y l i o s we d r i e ffi d en b l y t the to understand how Sir ROUNDELL could have deemed the sacrifice necessary. After reading his speech, and noting the small amount of divergence there is in it from the Ministerial plan, we can remember no sacrifice so great for so inadequate an object since the day when Mr. GLADSTONE left Sir R. PEEL'S Cabi net on the Maynoothquestion. Sir ROUNDELL PALMER approves of disestablishment, approves even of partial disendowment, so that the question at issue between him and his former colleagues is one of pounds, shillings, and pence only. lle endeavoured, indeed, to shew that there was a principle involved in his dissent from the bill. But the principle is so evanes cent, so etherial, that it vanishes like vapour before the light and heat of debate. In fact, so far as there was any force in the argument at all, it rather made against him who used it. For instance, if it is right to take away the endow ments of the Church from the parishes where there are less than 200 Protestants—where, that is, the Protestants are too few to maintain a church and services by voluntary contributions—a fortiori, it must be right to take them where a Church has a large number of adherents capable of supporting the Church. Mr. GLADSTONE'S bill has nothing to do with numbers. It simply takes the revenues in a lump, leaves the Church with such portion as properly belongs to her (the funds accruing from private endowments), and, finding that these are amply sufficient for the wants of the Church, appro priates the remainder of the revenues to a work as truly religious as preaching sermons, and which offers this great advantage, that it enables them to be administered i n a way wherein Irishmen of every creed can parti cipate. " TILE light warn't gone out none the more in Heaven," said STEPHEN PAGE, in the Brierley coalpit, when the last candle was extinguished. The event justified the feeling of trust with which the rough collier, when the hope of earthly aid had vanished, confided himself and his beleaguered companions to a more infallible protection. Thirteen men and boys were engulfed five days and nights in the depths of a coalpit without light, food, water, or even air, and yet twelve have been brought up weak, but safe, to the surface. Late on Tuesday night the workings of the Brierley Colliery were inundated, access to the shaft closed up, and six men and boys on one side, and seven on the other were imprisoned. The former party were informed of the inundation by a rush of choke damp. They hurried to the bottom of the shaft, but were cut off and driven back by the flood, which rose higher and extended furtherup the passage which led to the opening. The choke damp conveyed no warning of the flood to the larger party on the other side of the shaft. They worked on, finished their turn on Wednesday morning, turned their steps to the mouth of the shaft to be drawn up as usual, and found all access to the means of escape blocked by the rising water. The flood rose for fifteen hours, gradually driving the men back into the recesses of the pit, where the ground was higher. Then it ceased. The race for life had previously commenced. The catastrophe was known above before the party of seven were aware of it, a vast concourse from all the region round about gathered on Tuesday night at the pit's mouth, and from that time until Sunday morning the steam -pumps furiously strove to overtake the water. For fifteen hours the water gained upon the pumps. The prisoners had to recede step by step, for they kept close to the edge of the flood. They knew that the ; pumps were at work, and the splash of the . machinery every now and then refreshed the polluted air. The last candle died out after the thirteenth hour; but the light " warn't gone out none the more in Heaven." The pumps began to gain upon the flood, and then the dreary task of watching its subsidence commenced. The water rose by feet, but went down by inches. The men were without sustenance; and they marked the ebb of the water by bits of coal, measured the time by a watch which one of the men had, and calculated the chanches of getting out—speedily giving themselves up for lost, as their friends above had. One man went mad, broke away from his party, and perished, The rest preserved their reason, and spent their time in hopelessly watching he sky 7 work of the pumps, and hopefully praying, in prep: 1- ration for what they felt must be the end. They all held many prayer meetings ; and the consolation of religion, they tell us, did much to support - them through this time of despair. Meanwhile the race for life went on ab eve. The crowd had little hope that any of the prisol aers would be brought up alive ; but the work went on, and the water slowly went down. At times it doereasFA at the rate of five inches an hour, but more often four; and one hundred hours were past before the bottom was reached. Then the men could not be reached. The foul air prevented the rescuing par' ,;y from reaching the bottom, and defeated several attempts. At length the subterranean lifeboat—a l'aft which was taken down in the cage—reached the 1. wel of the water, and the gallant crew pushed out into the side of the pit where the ground was higher anol the water lower. Here they found four men and one boy sitting on a rampart of coal just clear of the water ; and, the whole party were brought up safe to the top, amid the frantic applause of the multitude. The man who became insane completed this party. The raft went down again, but the other division of seven on the opposite side of the shaft could not be 'reached until Monday morning. Then they, too, were all saved ; even one man who had been left behind when his companions moved from one place to another, and who was thought to have perished, was brought up—the last of the twelve, But for the mental derangement of the single lost collier, this most marvellous story would have ended without the loss of a single life. Human nature could endure no greater suffering than was experienced by these men dying slowly of hunger, cold, and the poison of the atmosphere. Human nature could exhibit no greater fortitude than that which preserved in these uncultured colliers the hope of mercy when the hope of life was gone. t - EiWzips, iuirt 111111 N-T. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. His Highness the Prince Hassen Pacha and suite, accompanied by Colonel Gamble, honoured the Royal Christy Minstrels last evening with their presence at the St. George's Theatre. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF TROOPS. PORTSMOUTH, March 24. The Indian troopship Serapis, Captain Soady, from Alexandria and Malta with troops, arrived here this morning. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 23. Gold closed at 1311 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1311, the lowest 131. Sterling exchange on Loudon, 108-; 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 118 ; 1885, 116 ; 1865, 113 ; 10-40 Bonds, 1051 ; Illinois, 140 ; Erie, 351; cotton, midland upland, 28i ; Petroleum, standard white, 31 ; Flour, extra state, $5.95 6.55 ; corn, old mixed, 89. QUEENSTOWN, March 24. The National Steamship Company's steamship France, from New York, arrived off here at 6.30 this morning. She landed passengers and pro c:eded for Liverpool. All well. ITALY. BRINDISI, March 24. Ihe Adriatic and Oriental Company's steamer Brindisi has arrived here from Alexandria, after a passage of 89 hours, having experienced very bad weather. She brings 20 passengers, 11 of which are English. Emperor presided at th e C ounc il of State, PARIS, March 24. which occasion he delivered th e follow ing Yesterday on t he address :—" It is the duty of the Government resolutely to satisfy the just desire for improve ment, and firmly to repress all subversive theories which are both unlawful and culpable. Many improvements have already been effected, but when the hidden wounds of the most prosper ous wounds are probed beneath an appearance of prosperity, many undeserved cases of distress are discovered. Great problems still remain to be salved, and their solution requires the co-operation of the whole intellect of the country. The suppres sion of the system of workmen's books (liyrets) will complete a new series of measures in favour of the working classes. Ido not anticipate being able to overcome all prejudices and to diarm all ill feeling . I do not reckon upon increasing my popularity, but I hope to acquire fresh energy to resist evil passion. When all useful improvements have been effected, when everything has been done, order can be maintained with more authority, since rower will then lean on reason and the satisfaction given. to public conscience. BouRSE, March 23.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. Bank Shares 2875 Itea'an Fives 's6 10 End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 321 Home Debt — Deferred — s. Ind of month —' 3 per Cent End of month 7O 23 Credit Mobilier 280 End of month... 280 -- Credit Fonci©r _1482 50 End of month... -- RAILWAY Cash. Orleans ... 960 Northern ..... 3170 Lyons and Mediterranean Southwrn..... 6l2} __,.. 5981 Western . Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian 6574 Lombard ..................................... 468-1 North of Spain 65 Saragossa Roman 7HE EDINB URGIJ MUSEUM. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has received in timation to the effect that the Government are pre pared to insert in the estimates for the ensuing year a sum of £lO,OOO towards the extension of the Museum of Science and Art, on the understanding that the ultimatecost will not exceed £53,335 17s. 2d., and also under certain conditions with regard to properties in the neighbourhood of the building. On Monday, at the High Court of Justiciary, James Ashley and John Wynn were found guilty of steal ing a number of articles of jewellery from the Museum in February last. Ashley was sentenced to eight and Wynn to seven years' penal servitude. The prisoner Wyn n , in his declaration, described the way in which the theft was committed. He stated that Ashley cut a small hole near the lock of the jewel case, and inserted the blade of a pair of scissors, with which he forced the lid ; that while so engaged Ashley leant over the case, as if looking at the articles; that the operation lasted about ten minutes, and that at the time two policemen were standing near talking to two young ladies. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. —MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAINMENT. —Two novelties will be brought out hero on Easter Monday—the first from the pen of Mr. W. Gilbert, under the title of "No Cards ;" the second by Messrs. F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan, which is called a new triumvirotta, and named " Cox and Box." Mr. and Mrs. German Reed reappear with Mdlle. Rosa D'Erina, and an engagement has been entered into with Mr. Arthur Cecil, whose talents are spoken of in very high terms. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON CHARLES DICK) NS Tho Archbishop of York, in declining an invitation to the banquet to be given in Liverpool, on the 10th of April, to Mr. Charles Dickens, writes:—"l much regret to say that being engaged with my confirmations, it is quite impossible+ for me to be present to do honour to oue of the greatest writers that have adorned English literature. Mr. Dickens's genius naturally commands admiration; but, if I am not mistaken, he has another claim upon his countrymen quite as strong, for I do not believe that any writer has done so much to promote kindly and charitable feelings between the different classes of society, and thus, in the great popular movement which is taking place around us, Mr. Dickens has performed indirectly a considerable politi cal service. This I should have been glad to say in public in your great town, but I cannot make the opportunity." LOSS OF THE BARQUE CHINA AND NINE LIVES. Intelligence has been received in Liverpool, from New York, of the loss of the barque China, nine lives, and the fearful sufferings of the crew. Captain Leward, of the British barque W. H. Jenkins, on December 29, when in latitude 40 . 46, longitude 20, fell in with the wreck of the barque China, of Cardiff, apparently abandoned, whole seas sweeping' her decks, and a heavy gale from N.N.W. blowing at the time. Some men were discovered sitting on the forecastle deck. The vessel was then hove to and the boats lowered, and six men and the second officer were rescued, after a hard struggle against the wind and sea, the unfortunate men having to be lowered over the jibboom into the boat, as boarding the wreck was impossible. The second mate died two hours after, from exhaustion, he, poor fellow, having been on the wreck fourteen days, living on nothing but a piece of pork, and what water they could catch. They saw three vessels pass them within hailing distance, but none of them offered to render assistance. The captain of the China, the chief officer, and seven of the crew were washed overboard and drowned some days before the W. H. Jenkins came in sight. MILITARY COLONISATION FOB NEW ZEALAND. A project for the establishment of military industrial settlements in New Zealand is, it is now under btood, under the consideration of the Government, which, it is stated, seems peculiarly adapted to the present exigencies both of the mother country and the colony. The project before the Govern ment is, in a few words, substantially as follows :—lt is proposed to establish a small colony, or several small colonies on the frontiers of such portions of the North Island as are most in danger of inroads from hostile natives ; these colonies to be at once industrial and military, containing " within themselves all the necessary force requisite alike for their own defence, and, therefore, also for that of existing British settlements in their rear; the force to be under the orders of the local Government, and capable of co-operating with other forces in the event of any serious outbreak in their neighbourhood." The proposed colony would be composed half of soldiers who have seen five years' service in the army, and half of young men from the artisan and agricultural classes, the whole body being enlisted for five years and commanded by officers selected from the army and militia. Each colonist would have a grant of land according to his rank. For the first year pay and rations would be allowed ; for the second year rations only, except for such periods as the men might actually be under arms, when they would be entitled to pay as before. After the second year there would be no pay or rations at all, except during active military service. Moderate advances would be made on the security of the land, and repayable by easy instalments over a number of years, for the purpose of enabling the settlers to cultivate their holdings effectually. At the expiration of the five years' enlistment each man would be a freeholder of the land allotted to him, provided he had brought a certain portion of it into cultivation ; in the case of pro tracted military service, unfavourable seasons, &c., the period allowed for the fulfilment of this condition might be extended. Mr. W. Fitzherbert, Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand, when recently in this country, expressed his cordial approval of the scheme, as " well-devised and adapted for New Zealand." THE LOCK-OUT OF MINERS.—The dispute at the Denaby Main Colliery, where nearly 400 men are locked out for joining the South Yorkshire Miners' Union, con tinues with no prospect of a settlement. ABDUCTION FROM KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL—On Tuesday morning bills, offering a reward of £2O, were circulated for information as to the whereabouts of a schoolboy, named Alfred Cotton, who was taken away from King Edward's School, Mile End, in September last, by his stepsister, and has not since been heard of. In the Bankruptcy Court, on Tuceday, Mr. Robt. H art well's case came on before Mr. Commissioner Winslow. Bankrupt was an unsuccessful candidate at the receLt elec tion for Stoke-on-Truit. His debts wero under £3OO. Ito states that his agent disappeared with -£2BO, sul,scribed by his frieLds to defray his expenses. The case was now ad journed sine die for the anaendmaat of his description and the filing of accounts. Protection was granted for one month. It is said that Lord Ravensworth and his son, the Hon. 11. G. Liddell, M.P., have agreed to break the entail of the Ravensworth estate. It is likely, in conse quence of this arrangement, that considerable plots of land suitable for building sites along the Team Valley will come into the market. Lord Ravensworth and his family and the entire public of Tyneside will be benefitted by this change. THE REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN. —As at present arranged the nomination will take place on Monday next, and the polling on Tuesday. The hustings are being erected in Canterbury-street, on a plot of land calculated to hold 70,000 persons, and the Mayor has announced his desire that, with a view to preserving the peace on the occasion, no party colours shall be exhibited at the hustings. The man Michael Crowley, who was so severely burnt by his wife throwing paraffin oil over him, at Liver pool, has just died. The unfortunate man suffered excru ciating agony during the week, and on Tuesday it was thought necessary to take his deposition. In this the de ceased alleged that the accused, being enraged, threw tho oil over him ; on the other hand the woman's story is that she was first struck by her husland, but she has no know ledge whatever how the oil c:,ught fire. Mr. Goschcn's Valuation of Property Bill was pub- lished on Tuesday. It contains no less tl.an 77 clauses. Its object is to provide for a common basis of value for tho pur poses of Government and local taxation, and to promote uni formity in the assessment of rateable property in England. The bill provides for the formation of a Valuation Board in each county, whose business will be to draw up a table for determining rateable value. This table is to be conclusive, and is to be sent to the ass( ssment committee and overseers. In each parish the valuation list is to be drawn up in accordance with this table. Four men, charged with mobbing and rioting at Teviot-bridge, near Kelso, on the night of the 25th November last, when the gate and posts in connection with the pontage on the bridge were cut down and thrown into the river, have been put upon their trial at Jedburgh, before Sheriff PatCson and a jury. They all pleaded not guilty, but were convicted, and sentenced, three of them to three monqls' imprisonment, and the remaining one to six weeks. The r:o': occurred on the evening of the day on which the polling for the representation of Roxburghsbire took Vac e. THE MALT TAX.—An item of six millions sterling cannot just now be spared from the revenw ; but can we not spew how a material de:;ree of relief may be accorded to the classes interested in barley, and at the same time a benefit be conferred on all who drink beer, without any actual remission of taxation? As Mr. Lowe declares himself unable to remit the £270,000 a year of taxes upon vehicles —which remission, by the way, would favourably affect the farmers 'es breeders of horses—it is not very likely that his Budget will propose either a repeal or reduction of the malt duty. But without waiting for a disposable surplus, can we not obtain, say, a transference of the six millions from malt to the manufactured article beer, and thus render the in cidence of the tax far less mischievous than at present? Would not a duty upon beer brewed for sale, accompanied by licenses for private brewing, leavillg the processes of manufacture perfectly free and open to any improvements, be a great advance upon the present roundabout and in tolerably burdensome mode of taxing our national beverage ?—Chanther of Agriculture Journal. THE STRIKE AT PRESTON.—There is nothing new to report with reference to the great dispute at Preston, except that at one of the mills (Mr. Paul Catterall's, New Hall lane), It few spinners have, it is stated, returned to their work. The general body of spinners are, however, exceedingly determined, and maintain that they will "fi Jilt it out " to the end. The weavers are by no means so well organised as the spinners, their number being too large to admit of the same marshalling and order ; and it is thought that nearly one-half of them are net in the union, but the whole will have to be maintained by it in the event of a general strike. Business, which has been bad in every branch of trade in Preston for about four months, is getting worse, and pauperism is increasing. This week the guardians have 124 more persons on their books than they had last, and as compared with the same period last year the book chews an increase of 1,158 paupers. The aggregate number of persons who have this week received pariah relief (exclusive of vagrants) ,OM . All LITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON. The 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E. Bowen— strength, 23 officers, 44 sergeants, 20 drummers, and 510 men—left Aldershott Camp shortly after eight o'clock on Monday morning, and proceeded from Farnham by special train to Portsmouth, there to embark on board her Majesty's ship Orontes, for conveyance to Devonport. Tqe Ist battalion, 12th Regiment, consisting of 37 officers, 641 men, 7 horses, 93 women, and 113 children, is under orders to proceed from Devon port to Aldershott, and, on arrival at the camp, will be quartered in the lines vacated by the 57th Regiment. The Danish frigate Jelland left Plymouth on Monday for Copenhagen. Navigating Lieut. Robt. Tourers was on Monday appointed to the Asia, for service in the Sirius. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—George E. Alarcon, assis tantpaymaster, to the Cambridge ; and E. B. Pillans, assiAant-paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) A FLAT RACE.—Simpletons. HABIT-UAL CRlMlNALS.—Exorbitant Tailors. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE-WORK.—Getting the Pillar to England. BLACKTHORN WINTER.-Why is a sharp frost in spring like a B'mbailiff ? Because it arrests " The Rake's Progress." THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL.—To shew respect for founders' wishes. Throw over their wills. A THIRD COHPETITOR.—It may have escaped observa tion that on the day of the University Boat Race there were three eights on the river—the Oxford Eight, the Cam bridge Eight, and the Chiswick Eyot. WOULD IT WERE NOT SO.—Can any one doubt that there are faggot members as well as faggot voters, who thinks of the number of " sticks " to be found in the House ? NATURAL ENOUGH.—The entrance doors of the South Kensington Museum are lettered "Ingress," "Egress." The other day a visitor was overheard wondering where the Ogress was. No PURITY OF ELECTION.—There is no denying the truth of what some ass, who confounds the meaning of words, might urge as an objection against an enactment establishing vote by ballot, namely, that it would institute Club Law. QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.--It is stated that Sir John Law rence, when raised to the peerage, will take the title of Foyle. "Foyle" Sir John may be, and deserves to be, but foiled we can never imagine him to be, under any cir cumstances. "A VISION OF LIFE."--A Trinity College (Dublin) man was talking the other day upon the small value attached to life by uncivilised nations. Somebody re narked that in China if a man were condemned to death he could easily hire a substitute to die for him. " Ah, yes," said T. C. D., " I believe many poor fellows get their living by being substitutes that way." The Right Rev. Dr. John Jackson, who nas recently become Bishop of London, will be enthroned in St. Pore Cathedral on Thursday, the Bth of April. On arriving St the Chapter House the bishop will be received by the VerY Rev. Dr. Man sel, the newly-appointed dean ; the Venerable Archdeacons Hale and Sinclair; the Rev. Canons Dale , Melville, and Gregory ; the Right Rev. Bishop Anderson, the Chancellor of the Cathedral, and the prebendaries. The Commissary of St. Paul's will thus address the dean Very Rev. Mr. Dean, I present to you the Right Be' Father in God John Jackson, Bishop of London, and beg tha t he maybe enthroned according to the usual custom, and that the mandate to that effect from the Archdeacon of Canter' bury may be read by the registrar of the diocese." I \l r ' Shepherd, the registrar, having read the mandate, the com missary will say : "Very Rev. Mr. Dean, on behalf of the Bishop of London I pray you to take upon you the burden of the execution of the mandate, and to proceed according to the tenor thereof." The dean having assented, the great bell of St. Paul's will toll, and the bishop, clerslt and officers will proceed from the Chapter House to th e great west door of the cathedral. The Lord Mayor, wit h the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, attired in their robe! of office, and attended by the municipal officers, will alr lt , the arrival of the bishop at the grand entrance, and id' join the procession in its progress up the nave. As the pr o• cession moves slowly up the nave au anthem will be sung by the choir. After service at the altar, the dean will lead the bishop to the throne, and having caused him to sit down , will induct and instal him thus:—" I, Henry Longueville Manse', Doctorin Divinity, Dean of this Cathedral Church, do, by the authority to me committed, induct, install, an enthrone you, the Right Rev. Father in God, John, by Divine permission, Lord Bishop of London, into the bish°P . ric and episcopal dignity of London. The Lord preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time for evermores and mayest thou remain in justice and sanctity, and ado rn the place to you delegated by God. God is powerful, and may He increase your grace." The members of the church and the choir will proceed to their stalls, and ft ',.. 11 . choral service will be performed. At the conclusion of the service Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" will be given, and the bishop will pronounce the benediction. The bishop sr'' then return to the Chapter House, where the dean, ean °l3 l treasurer, and other officials will make the declaration ° canonical obedience. (From Fun.) THE REAL " CONDEMNED SELL."—The firm of Overend Gurney, and Co. NOT A BAD SHOT.—The Duke of Somerset said the other night in the House of Lords that every British missionary requires a gunboat. Of course the missionary wished himself a canon on board it. QUITE RIGHT TOO !—The Court Journal says that Mr. Tennyson has "again refused the offer of a peerage." Well, considering some of the people who have been made lords, he is wise in refusing a baron honour. IT'S AN ILL WIND. The wind, I see, stays E— due E And doesn't make a wee stir ; But, oh, dear me ! why should it be So Easterly at Easter? (From Judy.) A CONSTANT READER.—A sub-editor. A MOURNING COACH.—G. Morrison, Esq. "THE NOBLEST ROW-MEN OF THEM ALL."—The Oxford crew. A SUGGESTION BY A DUNCE•TNANE. — The destination of the Scotch faggot-voters should be Birnam. THE UNIVERSITY TEST ACT.—The Oxford and Cam• midge match. THE LAST SOLUTION OF THE REFORM LEAGUE QUES. TlON.—Dissolution. CJARESPONDEECE PROM PARIS: _.- _o- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, March 23. The 'arrangement of the difficulty with Belgium will have been made known to you long ere this. It is impor tant to note that the question is not absolutely settled. The differences are to be referred to a commission, but it does not follow that the commission will be able to devise a final settlement which will please both parties. The commission will " consider " the commercial relations between the two countries ; it will also " consider" the contract between the two railway companies ; but we have yet to wait for the result of all this consideration. The anticipations of the papers here are as optimist as ever, but it would be premature to affirm that the dispute is finally disposed of. I mention this simply because the leading Belgian papers, which have preserved a very conciliatory attitude throughout the difficulty—replying to the gross insults of the Paris journals with perfect politeness—are now writing in a very suspicious tone. The Etoile Beige and the I2zdependance Beige, decidedly the leading organs of Brussels, both speak in the same tone. The Etoile says the Belgian Government will never hear of a Customs' union with France, and is less than ever disposed to ratify the contract between the East of France and the Luxem burg Companies. It will agree to any solution of the dispute which will strengthen the commercial relations between the two States ; but such a solution must in no wise interfere with the absolute maintenance of the national independence. The other Belgian journal publishes pre cisely the same statement, or, rather, is somewhat more positive. This plain speaking would seem to indicate that we have not yet heard the last of this miserable quarrel, The source from which this information comes is at any rate worthy of every respect. The storm, according to the last advices, still raged on toe north and west coasts. The wrecks during the last few days have been very numerous. Several merchant ships have been cast on the shore between Honfleur and Isigny, and the fishing vessels have been decimated. Some parts of the country are inundated, but the damage in this respect is not excessive. A disastrous explosion of fire-damp occurred in the ll6rin colliery, near Valenciennes. Three were killed and twenty wounded, of whom two are in a hopeless condi tion. This accident occurred on the 10th, but so admi rable are the arrangements for collecting news in this in tellectual land, that it has only just been telegraphed to Paris ! The Nabob of Bengal, accompanied by his two sons and Colonel Layard, has arrived at Marseilles. For some reason or other this potentate has chosen to spend several days at the insalubrious port on the Mediterranean. He will then proceed to England yid Lyons and Paris. More than 300,000 persons visited the Place de la Sorbonne on Sunday. There is some talk of Prince Napoleon becoming Presi dent of the Senate. The Chevalier Nigra has, it is said, returned to Paris, and thus all speculation as to his desti nation are ended. No less than twenty-one journalists are candidates for the Corps L4gislatif. According to the I°•ish Times, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is to be made a peer. The petitioners in the Oldham election inquiry have withdrawn from the ease. Messrs. Hibbert and Platt aro therefore declared duly ele,ted. Costs reserved. On Tuesday there was no vacation judge at the Judges' Chambers, Mr. Justice Mellor being obliged to pro ceed to Kingston, on account of the illness of Chief Justice Cockburn. At the Liverpool County Court, on Monday, Mr. Parratt, son of a town councillor of Liverpool, was con victed of bribery at tho last municipal election for South Toxteth Ward, Liverpool, and fined 40s. and costs. The Select Committee of the House of Commons on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections held its first meeting on Monday, and elected the Marquis of Hartingten as its chairman. An election to the dignity of Foreign Associate of the French Institute took place on Saturday. Mr. J. S. Mill was one of those put in nomination. Count Sclopis, who was elected, is a Piedmontese. Ho obtained twenty votes, Mr. Mill seven, and M. Quetelet, a Belgian, two. Mr. Mill was by far the most distinguished candidate. A Parliamentary return issued on Tuesday com prises a report from Rear-Admiral Warden, enclosing letters from Rear-Admiral Ryder and the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships in the Channel squadron, upon the sub ject of the respective merits of the various ships. The ships reported on aro the Bellerephon, the ?eionitaur, the Royal Oak, the Achilles, the Warrior, the Defence, the nine() Consort, and the The Horsham petition will be heard on April `otlt. In this case there was a double rAurn. A'though br Lsory, &c., are charged in the petition, it is believed that most importance is attached to the scrutiny of votes which is prayed for in each petition. Neither of the members peti tioned against (Mr. Hurst and Major Aldridgo) are, it is understood, allowed to sit or vote in the house, baying re ociyod an official intimation to that effect. THE SUEZ CANAL, The Morning Herald publishes a long letter, dat ed March 12, from a special correspondent, on the Su e !, Canal. " Having seen Suez and Chalouf," he writes, '‘ traversed a large portion of the area described as the Bitter Lakes, which at present consist of several salt pool s of no remarkable extent. The place marked on the French charts of the canal, however, is an immense basin, re ach' ing in length from a point named Mariam to another not far north of Chalouf, and including no less than 100,000 acres. It is in this place that M. de Lesseps will have to encounter the chief difficulty of his undertaking.' So great is the solar heat that many persons 1 : 131s predicted that the daily amount of evaporation, which 4 calculated at the enormous total of 250 M illions of cubic feet, cannot always be replaced, and, consequentlit that it will not be possible to ke e p this portion o f the canal always full. The subject has received the rn us earnest attention from MM. Borel and Lavalley , Sv u l3° . declare that they entertain not the least doubt o f t result. But the pessimists still find advocates, and the question cannot be decided or the controversy ended tn i n ,"'" the experiment of filling the Bitter Lakes is made., ", 3 5 gain anything like an idea of the magnitude of Les 3-4 , e- h . Amers the visitor must take hie stand on the big ground at Mariam, and look to the south. It is no Pisgah: prospect over which his weary eyes wander. The ve ry place where he stands has been associated with the history of the chosen people, and is connected by Arab tradit'e with the name of the sister of Moses. Through thes dismal tracts of sand the Israelites passed. Not far ft this they tasted the bitter waters of Marah ; and the fail! blue cloud on the south-east is the ridge of stonY which they surmounted on their journey to Sina i ' - ci t wonder that their memories turned back to the Ple usali But af ter fields and grateful shade of the land of Goshen. e thousands of years, in which it has been abandoned th prowling Bedouin and the passingcaravan, the silence of ti ? e ,, desert has been again invaded by a different race le` another purpose. The steam-engine pants, the huge dr eci ' le labours, the heavy barge floats where the hu m of thef Hebrew camp ascended. Other visions arise a s full n3a strange suggestions as the records of the exodus, °-/1 bridging that vast interval of solitude throughout Ichle the barren wilderness has known no changes excePt ue suns and seasons, the mind contrasts the slow a nd devi° o march of the Jewish host with ' the railw a y and f t % steam ship and the thoughts that shake mankind.' '111,,, very few months, unless some unforeseen ca tastroPP" occurs, the stateliest ships will glide easily among thes e sterile plains, little tracts of verdure will spread and multiPl?l villages will spring up suddenly, towns like Ismailia ll grow to the dimensions of prosperous ports, and a P esce. ful population will take the place of Bedouins and POBl'_n 4 7 11 , 1 : It is not wonderful that such a future as kind should exercise upon the imagination a7.-d° of poetic fascination, and that the temperament a T i nt o Lesseps should have imported so much enthusiasm te the conduct of an undertaking which is likely to attended by results so marvellous." Writing so early in the month, the correspondetn of rather at a disadvantage, as then the commencementge the filling of the Bitter Lakes had not taken place. e tt et : makes the following remarks, however,' on the P rnsl3. of the undertaking :—" When the filling of the oeo. Lakes has commenced, it will be possible to corn to more exact conclusion than at present as to the ft.oo of the undertaking ; but even now the gener al °P far seems to be that the hopes of M. de LessePst s 0 as the completion of the project is concerned,o/. be realised by the day which has been nam ed ' Borel and Lavalley, the contractors, will forf eit a -o:te. sum unless their work be finished before the Ist uf ,yerf her. The most difficult questions which arise, low-eral. de nut regard the opening of the canal only' It has sources of danger and loss have been pointed out. b a bly been said that the drift from the desert w ill pro to choke the channel. In reply to this the company f h P t to results carefully observed, in order to show na3 las so drift is really inconsiderable, and that in the where it is greatest the height ,of the e - 00 offers a complete protection. .Again ‘v e 3 tial e ' that Port Said will surely fill up in the course of o , Conceding the fact that the deposit of sand has h ee/ i l t e i i 3 st siderable on the exterior of the western jetty, ulac. bas the breakwater, not being solid, a certain P' )rtie e li s teril worked its way through the interstices of the south-w_d by corner of the harbour, this danger can be retnovjou of rendering the jetty solid, or by the continua l oPeru 15,tbe dredges. There is a possibility of not being able to s nl) .. P b ire adi evaporation from the Bitter Lakes, I have - i 0 e referred to, but this is a question which roofs settled in the course of the summer. toe d serious difficulty may re s ult f ro m the daroaeal°ge ca lmed serious of A st ty the waves of passing vessels. wo thousand tons, moving by her own 1 3 ° Wer l .' l the scarcely fail to create a c o n siderable wave; and'eboler commotion so produced should break or l oosen the yeti the expenditure necessary for repairs would 1) of be large. It is understood that paddle ships wi ll la o c on' allowed to use their own power, but the engineer t ioe. the a e fidently assert that they expect no injury from ° ow of screws. In any event, however, there will L'l lere le sion for the use of a large traction power, an d t ag ing some reason to believe that the cost of f ‘e 0¢ through the canal will not be limited hY t ' bar ge. francs per ton which the company is empowered tnceofa Besides, it must be remembered that the ewe but a single line. In the narrower portions. anu,..n. Fe r 7;clt cially in the cuttings between El Gisr aud will not be possible for two large steamers to o' s l , 9 other, and consequently the value of Lake Timstel:_eara central station can scarcely be overrated. aye heard some persons, who seem unwilling to surrendwia be objections to the project, say that it Suez' necessary to construct immense - locks n e3 i r rep eat In reply to this the engineers of the can _ 9 ,„a their assertion that the levels of the MediterranoT that the Red Sea differ only by a few milliinetres,- And,erice the tides in the latter will cause no inconveni _es The h°/ ' o r current requiring the construction of locks w ill se °- of the sanguine and the doubts of the desponding vividly beel e v ri ' he realised or resolved, and I for one, having impressed by the courage, the energy, the mas laboured, tidence exhibited by the projector and his fellow flaci t he by the spirit of organisation they have shevirTonlb,ted patience and courtesy with which they have . e n se the views of their adversaries, trust that their 7.1;00 capital, their ten years of toil and vigilance, will n ti' to have been spent in vain." --=- - ----- SING UL A.r. CASE OF FASTI—NG. --M T. Burns, A.: three s, on phrenology, has made some remarks oil al: range story of Sarah Jacobs. He visited her wil e° c l e. lfe \Vales,oracle and was much struck by her intelligent aPPe31.3,11,t lade an examination of her head, and discoverecle 'l'eft :.he possessed capabilities beyond the average. 11 c rrhu iide was paralysed, and she had several fits a averaged declar e p i e le culiar part of the story is that her parents deqtio has not eaten anything at all during A ‘ , A last seventeen months, and does not even desire drink. ; kir of probability is attached to the assertion frota lie to live declaring that he is willing to allow any Per s° , ll D. in the family and watch the case continuallY. '',.. gal ßurns makes some suggestions respecting ng other things, proposing that Ole 2,4 1 4 0. /2C - E *" . 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