The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-13 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nlv Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Soto Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; on, HARLEQUIN Puss is Boors, (ND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery a:ly Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 0, commence at-7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. T HEATRE ROYAL, 11 A Y MARRET Sole Lessee, Mr. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, BLUE ISEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Itogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, Astley, &c, : ➢lesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. vessrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c.; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &e. • Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS F.VENING. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore. Mrs. L. Murray. Mlsto 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Solo Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining. Last Night. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, 'a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, D. Leeson, C. Harcourt, J. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Lederer!. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ani assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past C, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. sar On Monday, Feb. 15, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. le THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames BuGm and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF ThE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland. &c. To conclude /nth HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Another change of Programme.—First appearance of DON JUAN BARTO, a Mexican Grotesque, and the most astounding Prestidigitateur ever witnessed. Without the aid of apparatus, or concedera , y of any kind whatever, he will perform, in the centre of the rena, feats of magic more wonderful than can possibly be imagine d.' The Press in every city in A merica in which he has exhibited unanimously proclaim him without an equal. Hundreds of criticisms might be quoted in praise of his exceeding cleverness, but one selected from a leading American paper will probably be deemed sufficient: "We have seen dur ing the past week," says the joarnal in question, "the perform ances of Don Juan Barto, the extraordinary grotesque, and are compelled to acknowledge that his tricks of Prestidigitation are truly wonderful. We have seen Hermann, Heller, Anderson, and numerous other professors of the magic art, but we have never witnessed any so dexterous, so complete in their perform ances, nor so truly beyond comprehension, as this celebrated magician. We accord him the praise of being the best performer that we have ever seen upon any stage: In addition, Her Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the un paralleled Scenes in the Arma, including A. Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Carre, Dldlles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelotti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The flowas Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day. "Ma ly persons form their estimate of a circus from some of Thos . exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.10, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. 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Notice is hereby given, that the nest ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Com pany will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Hutt and Browne, No. 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster. on SATURDAY, the Twenty-seventh day of ncira...ar, &Do., **IP Cll.lO cisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of the Company. Notice is also given, that the Transfer Books of the Com pany will be closed from the 22d day of February instant until after the said meeting. S. D. WILLIAMS, Jun., Chairman. JAMES IIUVf, Secretary. No. 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, Feb. 12, 1869. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. gole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY3IARKET. Tars EVENING, BLUE DEVILq. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jun., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &o Comments at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TINS EVENiNfI, at 7, to commen^,e with- THE SECRET. At g, AFTER DARK, a Tale of Loudon Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murrby; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss If ose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tuts EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 3, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Trus EvENrNG, ut 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: 'Messrs. Marshall. Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, .1. Clarke; lesclanins Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole'Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. TIM EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Baton. THE FIELD OF THE OLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with .tiILE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. A fter which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough , H. Irving, S. Emery, Miss Hodson, ikc., With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE -ROYA L, HOLBORN. Trixs EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which. TunKo THE TERRIBLE : Messrs F Thrgbes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER btCRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Faughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.4:5, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. II Neville, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, 11. Vaughan, IL Cooper, and H. Wigan: liiesdarn.a Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Trf7B EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TIIF,AIT , F.. Cnder the Management of Miss Marie - Wilton THIS Enrciso, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Mover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss NY axis Wilton. After which, A. WINNING lIAZA RI% And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Csrre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Don Juan Barto, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaginza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH —S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, E ve ry Night, at 8 Wednesdays and F_aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the y ear round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. PALACE. THREE BALLET?, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 3. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Reert's-park. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, n' ls.; on Yrndays, 6d. ; ildren under twelve, 6d. - 4 1 53 gib LO? DOIV, SA7 URDAY, FEB. 13, 18G9. Amid the compliaations of the Eastern Question people have been very apt to forget the affairs of Spain, and yet they are worthy of all attention. So much _depends up on th e t urn th a t eve nts may take during the next few months that an experienced observer must naturally feel anxious to peruse all the details and speculate upon all the announcements - that are made concerning that country. The opening of the Constitutional Cortes was an event of great importance, and it is satisfactory to know that all went off well during the ceremony. The members of the Provisional Government were loudly cheered on their arrival, and Marshal SERRANO'S speech was a successful one. It was throughout a statesmanlike utterance, and eminently suited to the occasion, which called it forth. It vindicated the course which had been taken by the Spanish patriots, and declared the prevailing purpose of their minds. The nations of Europe, he said, on attaining a Ligher degree of civilization, had thrown off the traditional bonds which fettered the public mind. Spain " delayed for a long time following their example ;" but the " day had now come," observed he emphatically, and in these few words are comprised the sum-and substance of the stupendous undertaking in which all have been engaged. The Provisional Go vernment had faithfully fulfilled its promise, and discharged its functions, and at the supreme•moment of opening the Cortes the President was enabled to say that it had prepared the foundations and sketched the outline of the new edifice. The glory of thi s victory has been that it has been achieved without bloodshed, and this is, in truth, the distinguishing feature of the Spanish Revolution which will sig nalise it on the page of history, and send it down through the ages as a l a ndmarkof th t e mhepirgohgtreossf public ofthi opinion, this p ge neration,iniond the all p ela aoanda testim o ny .,i to iing influence of truth. Difficulties present themselves, notwlt to alludehstandi tlg, to the Marshal was, perforce, compelled them in his explicit and comprehensive statement. [he disturbances which had taken place, and the ex travagances of former Administrations had placed the "finances" in an embarrassed condition. The Government in this emergency naturally relied on the Cortes to remedy this state of things by economical reforms, and a thorough change in the Adrninistra- tion and legislation relative to the interest on the Public Debt, and the expenditure for the Army and Navy. Very wise advice was that given by the Mar shal when he enjoined on the aesenably the propriety 91 Tr TE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY Ev,NING, FEBRUARY 13, 1E69 being united, and only this feeling of concord can nable them to accomplish the task before them, and to fulfil the ardent aspirations of the nation in this new and untried Course. The arrangemen is which have been made are as yet most crude az Id incomplete, but the shadowy outlines have bee, z sketched with a master-hand, and reveal a sense . and spirit in the composition that are reassuring :ant 1 convincing proofs of the ability and goodwill of the designers. The tack which lies before the deputies Ls then to fill in the picture, and to consolidate the reforms that stand out in gigantic likeness before them. Liberty is the idol of the hour, and on all sides: offerings are laid on her shrines, and devotees - throng her altars. The pro gramme which the regenerators of Spain have drawn out for the people is a promising one, .and seems well calculated to do away with all abuses of the most extravagant :form. Of course matters cannot work well at once, and while in some re spects the new regime may not go quite so far as some desire, and in others may excel the wishes of the mode rate, it is, on the whole, art things taken into account, to be admired and appreciated. Some clouds had ob scured the prospect which at first had been so bril- liant, but the Government acted with energy and patriotism, and all the "partial disturbances" have been repressed. This inaugural address of the Pre sident of the Provisional Government is one well cal culated to inspire confidence in the future well-being of Spain. More inflated languagemight have impressed more fully and favourably at first, but the wise and prudent know that the eventual consequences are to be lonkArl fn 1.-1.. _ . such as the regeneration of a kingdom, cannot be ac complished without a mighty effort, and the lovers of justice and freedom throughout the world will hail the signs of progress so unmistakeably held out by the Spanish leaders. We may say that we have witnessed a revolution of revolutions, for the whole has been effected as a scene on the stage or a page of a fiction, and, while some have wondered and others doubted, the change has been effected and the transformation rendered complete. In a concluding sentence the Marshal said that slavery would be abolished, but without compromising the prosperity of the Antilles. Hitherto the Spanish nation has not been distin guished for prudence, and the grand and heroic qua lities sometimes displayed have failed to do much ser vice in the land on account of the marring effects of prejudice. But now it would seem as if a great and invigorating influence had prevailed, and while old things passed away and a new era commencel, that the people had begun to learn the lesson which would not let them fail, and to recognise the all-important fact that zeal without discretion could not succeed, andthat nations, like individuals, must not neglect the opportunities afforded them, for talents will rust for want of employment, and the noblest - gifts of PROVI- DENCE may be abused until they become a blight to the possessor. THE Fishmongers' Company is the most Liberal of all the London guilds, and it has therefore justly claimed the privilege of being the first to entertain the new Liberal Ministry. That Ministry, whatever else may be said of it, is most richly endowed with the gift of eloquence. It is rarely that four such speakers as Mr. GLADSTONE, Lord GRANVILLE, Mr. LOWE, and Mr. BRIGHT have to speak in behalf of the same Government. They are orators of long standing reputation ; they have before now been antagonists in debate ; they are now colleagues, and the Fishmongers had such a feast of reason and flow of soul at their Lenten banquet as does not often enliven City dinners. It is perhaps scarcely fair to analyse post-prandial eloquence. It should be light, airy, witty ; to subject it to criticism is like submitting the foam of champagne to the examination of a lIE.nArATif or a TAYLOR. What, for instance, could be more sparkling and evanescent than the eloquence of the Bishops whom the Fishmongers entertained on Shrove Tuesday. They were thoroughly jovial : every idea was brilliant, every sentence was a joke. What we may call the impu dence of humour was never carried to a sublimer height than when Archbishop THOMSON claimed for the prelates that they, being life-peers, are the true Liberal element in the House of Lords. 1 l Bis . op MAGEE, having been translated from Cork to Peter borough, was, naturally enough, in good spirits, and the comic aspect in which the Irish Church presents itself to him is only the natural result of his removal from an I r i s h d eanery to an Enghf li s bishopric. We do not care to criticise the remarks of either prelate. They were meant simply as after dinner speeches, purposely, perhaps, made jocose, in order that the public might see that the speakers are not at all ,o3tfi c ei n a st s th t iesedt d i e,r o r s w a nnwa position hy ß os. u e ds t i ,oittai spoke ne i a s dt o o nttshhuTeebri subjected e v uew i r s t seoe w ds ith thlthtoheu ise most powerful o tobh u rs be weighed, penalty l b ga i hl n tey e d t zht, then, a microscopical is the resultscopicalinspect of ion. these speeches ? The first thing to notice is that Mr. GLADSTONE as h tor . e pre i ss iis th sp e e c e o e p h ia w f a a s nd f i or w h hi fin ch , used h distinguishas learnt un s Pi h sr oFt. i t Premier It contained, moreover, very little positive information. It shewed that the speaker was fully alive to the difficulties of the task which he under took eleven months ago, and it promised that there should be no looking back on the part of those who had put their hand to the plough. All this was general, it may be said ; but there was nothing else. Even the announcement that the diffusion of the sense of brotherhood throughout the United Kingdom cannot be accomplished by one measure conveys no new information, although one of our contemporaries calls it " a most significant announcement." Mr. GLADSTONE did not, in saying this, refer to the " three resolutions " about the Irish Church, as the Telegraph supposes, but to the pacification of Ireland generally. This, we all know, can be achieved only by a variety of reforms; by a reform of the land tenure, for instance, as well as by a reform of the Church. It is quite possible, as the Telegraph infers, that "a deeper study of the (Church) question has shewn that the task bristles with difficulties which must be uer m ec o l re one thai b l y e o v n e e n , a a nd wsinghliech ses i s t ion ma t y o c ta o k n e cl overcome;" but Mr. GLADSTONE said nothing of this. More within the limits of logical deduction is the inference of the Times, that as Mr. GLADSTONE pro mised that the necessary measures of the future should be matured as quickly as possible, " they are not matured at present, and it would be plainly premature to discuss a scheme of legislation the details of which are not yet completed." This inference is indirectly confirmed by the reticence of the other Ministers. Lord GRANVILLE was genial, as he always is, but of course had nothing to say respecting the levelling -up policy with which his name is just now associated by public rumour. He was anxious only that the measure relating to the Irish Church should go up to the House of Lords with a weight it would be impossible to resist. It is to be hoped that Lord GRANVILLE'S colleagues share the liking for gentle violence which he invoked in their behalf. So far the leader of the Commons and the leader of the Lords. Coming to Mr. LOWE and Mr. BRIGHT, we find their speeches occupied with other matters than the Irish Church. Mr. LOWE is generally reported to have desired th e War Office; whether that be true or not, he has taken to his present post with the keenest enthusiasm, as though it were the one of all others that he had chosen. He was not ashamed to stand u p as the apologist of " cheese-paring." He held that cheese-paring is the only real economy. There is economy enough in the " abstract ;" everyone is an economist in the " abstract, " but no one likes to descend to details, and so nothing is done. A private person mends his pens when they want mending, but a Government clerk throws them away, and if any taxpiyer complains thhis is waste, he is stigmatised as a cheese-parer. ere lies the real difficulty of economists. Public senent is not with them. Of course it condemns extravlnt expenditure, but it has no patience to go into tails, and thinks the Minister who does enter intthem trivial and mean. It is the duty of the press Government to bring about a healthier state of fen., to correct the anomaly—" that strange invem of functions we now witness in the try that the House of Commons is the grdian of the purse of the people, and that the ersons who are to be dreaded as likely to invade e purse are the Ministers of the Crown." In real• it is the House of Commons which would spend; e Ministers who would save. But they cannot savenless the public sentiment is with them. No econcist can go far in advance of the popular will. His lion is paralysed unless he is pushed on from behh. We now for the first time have a Ministry eacl of whose mem bers considers that he is a trustee ff the public, and that he ought to spend the public oney as thriftily as he would his own. That ide.i It yet to permeate the public mind. Mr. BRIGHT'S speech had an in crest of its own on account of the speaker. He evidetly felt the novelty of his position in having to nurn thanks as a Cabinet Minister. There was of remark of his— "lf I have forsaken the paths o trade, I have not endeavoured to make a trade of politics "—greeted with enthusiastic cheering, which shews how thorough is the belief in Mr. 3RIGHT's sincerity and purity of motive. Not oily did he never seek office, but it was thrust Ton him against his will. Now that he has accepted it, he has taken a post which, he considers rather one of •• • • • • know better than the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE the effects of various kinds of taxation; no one should be better qualified to give the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER useful information. Apparently, Mr. BRIGHT has been giving Mr. LowE both information and advice to very little purpose. The first has been pleading for a free breakfast table, and the second has replied to all his pleas with the Abyssinian war. We hope that Mr. BRIGHT will not be disheartened by this unsuccessful attempt, though he considers failure the inevitable fate which always befalls the occupants of his post. Abyssinian expeditions have not to be paid for every year, and it may be that in 1870 the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will gladly accept the counsel of the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE. Meanwhile, we hope that Mr. BRIGHT will remember that his duties are not confined to giving good advice. There is plenty of work for his depart ment to undertake if he will only overcome his repugnance to the active intervention of Government in affairs of commerce and trade. LATEST INTELL MENU. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. PARIS, Feb. 12. The Paris papers publish intelligence from Con stantinople, Feb. 11, according to vhich the Shah of Persia is said to be preparing to proceed in per son with the army to the south, in the direction of Bagdad. The P or t e i s send i ng re i n f orc e m e n t s t o the Persian frontier. ‘"ORBESPONDEIOE Flint PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAT s February 1% r9litici have in no degree recovered trorn their present abnormal dullness. Foreign affairs are represented only by Greece and Spain, and the difficulty in both which countries has lasted: t 00,,;, long and has moved too slowly to be interesting.' The _-news from Greece is pacific ; the news from Spain as doubtful as ever. The Cortes has opened, and must shortly have before it the great question of government, but the indications of what form the government will take are as meagre as ever. The campaign in Algeria has col lapsed. The tribe of Ouled-Sidi-Cheikh was alone, and even it did not work harmoniously, for a portion of the race turned its arms against their brethren. These friends of the French have derived all the profit of the struggle, for they captured all the riches of the disaffected tribe. As to home politics, we must wait until M. Thiers makes his promised attack on the Government relative to the City of Paris Loan. The right of public meeting was made available on Wednesday for a gathering under the auspices of a society known as the" Peace League." The object of this asso ciation is to propagate philanthropic ideas, and to stir up a popular feeling against war. The great project by which swords are to be made into ploughshares is the reference of all disputes to the supreme tribunal of nations. There were 400 persons present at this meeting, and the enthu siasm was considerable. All success to the idea, but its realisation still seems far distant. M. Pinard has pleaded in his first cause. tie na appeared before the First Chamber of the Civil Tribunal to support the interests of the Commune of Vincennes in a legacy suit. _ _ We have probably now heard the last of the oonbon affair. Masson, the medical student, now says that he was asked by the Polish Count to poison the bonbons with nicotine, but that he did not choose to participate in such mixed up vitiffror i sl i irlL2nly . added to them a little ink stances found by the chemist, this young man has been set at liberty. The Count is still detained in prison. The grief of Paris at the collapse of this scandal is unspeak- able. Fame, however, when once gained, is not to be lost so readily. Sometimes, too, it costs its possessor dear. This may probably be the case with Madame Belval, the lady who would not poison, or attempt to poison, the duke. She called herself Madame de Narbonne, and in doing so she usurped without leave a historic title, and is now threatened with legal proceedings. The Marquis de Nar bonne-Lard is the representative of the family, and will take the initiative against her. This is surely to be regretted : the woman is a member of the disreputable class, but then she acted properly in this affair, and it ought not to be made the indirect cause, as it thus will be of a misfortune to her. Another case of cruelty to pupils by a religious teacher has come on for hearing before the Correctional Tribunal of Lyons. This ecclesiastic is named Quincandon, but is known by the clerical title of Father Phil'. He is only 22 years of age. It was proved in evidence that the prisoner, by a strange refinement of cruelty, was accus tomed to hang the pupils up by the legs to a large hook in the wall, and then flog them. Sometimes he left the unfortunate children for a considerable time with the head down, totally regardless of the ill effects which such punishment might produce on their health. He also frequently made the big boys act as executioners and whip the young ones. The court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. This is the third or fourth case of the kind which has come before the French courts, and the affair is causing great excitement. During this trial murmurs and marks of strong indignation arose from the immense crowd assembled in the court. Of the many flagrant cases which have come before the public notice, this is the worst. In the operatic intelligence from St. Petersburg is u news that Mario has been laid up with illness. _ The archeologists have made an important discovery near Durfort, in the Gard. A miner searching for a lode of lead in the side of a mountain, came upon a grotto the mouth of which had been blocked up by stones. It contained a quantity of petrified human remains imbedded in concretions from the rock ; a flint knife and a hatchet were also found, and one skull was remarked as having been formerly pierced with an arm of the same material, a portion of which had broken off and was stir remaininz in the bone. THE OEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. ZIETEOEOLOGICAL EFFORTS. fite.turtlay, Feb. 13 8 a.m. Nairn . ißitreme Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmo uth Fielder Cux haven Skud esnres Ardr °man Green castle Holyhead Liver pool Valentia Cape Clear„ Roche s I't. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth London _ C'peGrisNez Brest L'Orie nt Roche fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels.,,, Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con. tent (9 a.m. local Hine) 29'88r. 29 92r. 30'04r, 3915 r. 3015 r. 30 IGr. 30'13r. 30'19r. 30'29r. 30'291. 30'49r. z 0.45 30'39r. 30'37r. 30'33r. 30'29r. 30•22 r. 38 1 40 40 39 36 3! S.W. W.S.W. W.N.W. W. N. W. W.N.W. W. W.N.W. W. N.W. N, 1 1 2 2 2 I 10 N.N.E. N. W. S.S.W, S.W. N.W. N. N.W. N.W. N. N .W. 10 It. ito N.W. N.W. W.N.W. cOl5 2 'O/5 3 0'27 3 016 2 0/1 1 t)'32 SWITZERLAND. Notwithstandin g BERNE, Feb. 12. the petition signed by 6,000 inhabitants of th e C anton of S o l eure i n favour of a total revision of th e Constitut i on , th e C a ntonal Council have decided by 76 against 19 votes for a partial revision only. c 4 l l 7 r d c a e a s t.f01.1.0..1.7107FR55ANCE. BOURSE, Feb 12 .—Three o'clock.--The market End of month.- 71 :TO Dankit ti E l n a d n S o h l. f a o r m a e Loan . t h ..16.j 1 3 , :6 0 3 : 3 : 5 — ll 3 per Cent End of month._ 71 171 Mexican Loan ... 21 1 Credit Mobilier End of mouth... 287 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foucier —1627 50 Home Debt — End of month-. Deferred — R A 1 L WAYS Orleans ..... 9 ... 9 0 Northern •••• 119 21 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Sardinianil,:\ar e s s t . e r i n n .....................: ...:::::::: :::::::::::::::::: 5 5 57 9 c 5 61 .11 SNLA,otcTrnatla.'otsrndsfas....i,...t...t R oman 47 RESTMINSTER hLEC7)ON PETITION. THIS DAY. This inquiry was renewed this morning before Mr. Baron Martin. Mr. John Wheeler was called and examined by Mr. Littler. was promised compensation after the This witness, before being sworn, complained as to his being threatened. The Judge said he would send any person to prison for given boards to several 12 months who interfered with witnesses. ve t oHfatahese was Flack. Asked election. Witness Vsaoitdedhfoor Smith, Holton and James Ball and others. Sewell and Poncian were canvassing with witness. He said he had not made up his mind. Flack is a publican. Said he should have two boards at 7s. a week each, and witness himplerrasse persons promised 7 s h . e a-Cwl i 2e n ea t k e N nded to vote. supplied them next morning. Flack voted for Smith, but hAd told witness not to enter his name in the canvassing book. Pressed Overton very hard for his vote, but ho said ho would not give a theided that the day, Liberals were a low, dirty l o t—(l a ughter) —and would not came to terms.answer. Overton bad then Gros venor and Mill's pla card exhibited, and he ha d the Lib eral committee sitting in the house. He said be would n ot keep his rooms in and he then said this way for nothing. He promised a n answer on the fol lhoowi ng would Tuesday. v ot e for Smith Saw hi m on that Overton was paid £1 15s. for showing the boards, Flack £3 10s., and Smith and Dawes were also paid. Witness also gave boards to Langridge, a publican, in Down-street, Piccadilly; he voted for Smith, and received £1 15s. for showing a board for a shorter time than five weeks before the election. Witness exhibited a board at his house and was paid £1 15s. Edwards gave him the money. Had been at Holton's. The latter was in only a small way of business, but was always well provided with money—gold and silver. It was a mystery to wit ness. Holton was in constant communication with Edwards. Was chock-taker at the meeting at Hanover square Rooms. It was a tea mooting. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C.—lt was, my lord, a prayer, tea, and love mooting. (Laughter.) Mr. F. Stephan,Q.C.—you don't call that corrupt prac tice, Mr. Hawkins ? (More laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins —Had been with Mr Barnett for six months as domestic in 18G5. Had notice to leave in February. Mr. Barnett'S son was a candidate for Woodstock in that year. when discharged went to the other side and told them he could prove treating on the part of Mr. Barnett. Received £3 a week for getting up 'evidence. This payment began in September, and continued until the next January. Got the money at the office of a Mr. Smith, in the City, but could not tell the name of the street. Mr. Hawkins—You went there sixteen times, and do you swear that you don't know the name of the street ? Witness—l do swear it. (Sensation.) Could not de scribe the gentleman who paid him. Was never placed in a public house by Mr. Smith. Went to Mr. Smith, the sitting member for Westminster, about a fortnight since, and told Lim about the treati ng th a t h a d been going on in St. George's Ward. Mr. Smith said he knew nothing of the subject, and referred him to Mr. Forde. Had the subject upon his conscience. (Laughter.) Got no money ; and a week afterwards went to Mr. Cobbe, agent for tho oppo site side. Was not a Conservative, but did not like to see Mr. Smith unseated. Gave no informatioa at first. Could not say why lie went to Mr. Cobbe, The Judge—Does this go further than to prove the witness a traitor ? Mr. Hawkins—l shall show, my lord, that a shorter word—ono of four letters, beginning with an "1" and ending with an "r." (Laughter.) Mr. Ford said that he (witness) bad taken or given a bribe, but he hesitated, and at length said ha could not answer. Cross-examination continued —Was allowed certain sums for cab hire, but spent most of it in refreshments for himsolt. The Court adjourned at the usual hour. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for - home use or oxporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Bea,ufort•buiMings, Strand, Loudort vertisement) XXFLANITION Barometer corrected and reduced to 3 deg. at ea ' e The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ; I.—lightning ; al.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, aull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. the changes in pressure yesterday were sudden and of considerable extent. A limited area of low pressure passed up the English Channel, the minimum reading passing Yarmouth at about 6 p.m. The fall and subsequent rise were very rapid—the latter amounting to o'7 in. A considerable increase has also taken place at all our western station,. The highest reading is now at Valencia, and is o'6l in. above that at Nairn. No continental reports have come in -11.15 a.m. Temperature has recovered somewhat in the N. and W., but has fallen considerably in the S.E., where it is now lowest. The winds along the Channel coast freshened to a gale from S.W., and veered towards N., blowing harder. At Yarmouth the wind backed through east to N.N.E., and blew a strong gale till 8 p.m. These winds were preceded by the fogs of the last rwo days. Winds (except in Scotland) are now generally north-wester'; and are fresh in the S.W, but light elsewhere. Rain has been general excolt in the and at Yarmouth it was very heavy. This morning tla• weather' and the sea moderate ; but the sudden increase of pressurti hews that weather is still unsettled. Warnings were issued last evening. The petition against Mr. Loch, the Lil - _ , eral mem- Uor for the Wick Burghs, has been withdrawn by fir. Lockyer. The formal election of Dr. Wordsworth as Bishop of Lincoln by tho Dean and Chapter took placo yesterday at Lincoln. Cardinal Cullen visited the Lord Lieutenant an the Countess of Spencer at Dublin Castle on Thursday and remained an hour. The Law Times states that it is the intention of the plaintiff, in the case of Phillips v. Eyre, to carry the Ja maica case into a court of error. The Kamerad of Vienna contains melancholy news. It is to the effect that the hereditary Grand Duko of Russia is attacked with the same malady which carried off his elder brother at Nico. The Bishop of Salisbury remains in much the same state. There is not the slightest improvement, according a the medical report. The right rev. prolate remains in town for the benefit of medical advice. Another case in which a Roman Catholic bishop Is concerned is likely to come before the courts. Dr. Ulla thorns, the Bishop of Birmingham, iu a recent pastoral made soma injurious remarks upon a roman Crtholic paper called the L'mversal News, and the proprietor has served his lord ship with a writ for libel. The Manchester Guardian sates that the rumour to the effect that the leaders of the Conservativo party wished the Wigan petition to bo withdrawn is without foun dation. Tho petition is being prosecuted with the appro val of all the principal men among the Conservatives in the borough. The Lancetsays : —We are given to understand that the rumour of the disestablishment of the Army Medical School, and the reduction in the number of the professors, was entirely without foundation. The reductions about to bo ef fected in our North American garrisons will necessarily i n .. Volvo some similar charges in the medical department. It is likewise very probable that Mr. Cardwell will seek to limit the force serving in the Mauritlui as much as possible. Amongst the various rumours circui lated of late was one to tho effect that the store department o the War-office—the establishment at Pimlico, we presume—. was to be removed to . Woolwich, with the view of occupying the lierbort ilospitel.,v- With the accession to the strength of th!) Wool*toh gerifion, it is more than 'probable thel fax_ lro THE CONVEAT CASE Ine pitiless rain notwithstanding, the crowd attract& to Westminster yesterday to see or hear something of th ninth day's proceedings in the Hull convent case wa nearly as great as on any previous day. As to the Cour of Queen's Bench, it was, if possible, more densely puke( than it has been since the commencement of the trial, any there were certainly more ladies present. Mrs. Starr'l examination was continued. Referring to Miss Saurin', alleged imprisonment, the witness said the plaintiff wa not guarded and prevented from leaving her room for ant purpose. The direction I gave was that her movement were not to be controlled in the least, but that she shouli be allowed to do just as she liked. I gave directions, how ever, that she should not be left alone. On the 30th April about noon, I ordered that a particular door should be kep locked, because Miss Saurin was in the habit of going tc the room and remaining so long that she inconvenienceC tue community. There were four other rooms of the min( description to which she had unlimited access. By the Lord Chief Justice : A rope was attached tc her door and the sister's bed in the corridor, but it ilk' not fasten the door. Defendant : She was afterwards moved to a room higher up —one of a range of cells—because she was not a member of the community. It was a larger room than she hac previously occupied, and it was lighted by a window, The same room has been and is now occupied by a sister, Miss Saurin was in the habit at night or early in the morning of getting up and going over the house alone ; and it was understood she had been seen in the corridor at five o'clock in the morning, in her tunic and without stockings. I have learnt that since, but in my own mind I believed she would. I gave directions that a sister should sleep in the corridor, and that a string should be attached to her bed and Miss Saurin's door, that if Miss Saurin should come out it should awaken the sister, and she should accompany her about the house. The sisters are forbidden to rise before the call. The rope did not fasten the door. There was nothing to prevent Miss baurin's going out. The ordinary furniture of a sister's cell contain one chair or one stool for each occupant ; and svnen I wens so ner 1 Jo,uuu li.. soaiog although there was a stool in the cell. I then ordered two chairs to be taken to the room, but I don't know if she used them. I did not desire Miss Saurin not to use a particular chair, but not to go and sit near the sister who was attending her. She might have put the chair in any part of the room. In 1864 or 1865 there was a general cleaning of the house at Hull, and Miss Saurin asked to be allowed to take part, but I declined to let her. I did not give directions for extra menial work to be imposed on the plaintiff at Clifford. I never gave directions for her to stand in school hours at Clifford. It is usual for them to stand in school when teaching, but I always told them to sit when possible. The faults in her monthly reports would be trifling except in the manner in which she mentions them, and taking the paper. An alteration was made in the rules by Mrs. Kennedy in Hull, with reference to sewing and other materials, &c. My impression is the altera tion extended the " leaves" instead of restricting them. A chapter was held at Hull in May 1864, for tho re-election of a superior, my first term of office (six years) having expired. After the first the election is only for three years. The first is an appoint ment for six years from the bishop or by election. At the end of that time she can be re-elected for three years, and again for three years. After that period she becomes a sister, and is subject to the superior appointed or elected to that office. In her further examination the witness stated in reference to the dress supplied to the plaintiff, that Miss Saurin complained of cold, and asked me for a petticoat, and I gave her the warmest of the two that had originally been hers. I had previously directed that those who had not woollen jackets should apply for them. Miss Saurin did, and I gave her one the next day. She complained of her stockings in 1864 or 1865, but they were as good as the other sisters', and I paid no attention to it. I think I had kept them in repair for her. She also complained unnecessarily of her tunic, but a week after I got her a nearly new one. The condi tion of her boots, that of being in holes, must have happened in 1865, when I was at Clifford, if it ever occurred ; but it is not within my knowledge. Mrs. Kennedy was the assistant superior at Hull, and in consequence of what she said I left a pair of boots for Miss Saurin. When Miss Saurin came from Clifford to Hull, in June 1864, she had two pairs of boots ; they were allowed to the sisters at Clifford because they went out every day ; the sisters at Hull usually only had one pair. The Lord Chief Justice : What if they got wet ? Defendant : Then they had shoes to change. Each sister has light shoes, strong shoes, and boots. Mr. Russell: The plaintiff in her evidence said Mrs. Starr gave her a. pair of house-shoes. but they were eu old that she had to tie them on with string across her feet and put paper over all because the soles were worn out. Defendant : I gave her a pair of boots, and noil shoes—the pair I had taken from her a year before. She was then on an equality with the rest of the sisters at Hull. I found Miss Saurin had allowed the furniture to be thick with dust. She said she had not sufficient time allowed her for properly dusting it. I knew she had, and I waited before speaking to her again, to see if she would make use of the few minutes she would have at tea-time to dust it. She did not do so, and I said to her that if I found the com munity-room in the same state I saw it in that morning, I should require her to wear the duster on her head as a penance. I went upstairs and took the dust off with my finger. She said she had dusted the room twice that morning. I then got the duster for the purpose of putting it on her head. She objected to wear it, because, she said, it was wet or damp. I gave it to one of the sisters to take to the fire and dry it. She did so. Miss Saurin then objected to near it because it was dirty. It had been used, but it was not dirty. The Solicitor-General : In an intermediate state. The Lord Chief Justice : According to your view it hat not been used enough. Defendant: I said it was not dirty. She stooped down as if she wished to wear it, and I put it over her veil. This was about one o'clock. It was her duty then to remain in the community room, but at 3.35 I went upstairs and saw her walking in the corridor with the duster still on. When she came near me I said "Sister, you may take the duster off now." She bowed to me, but said nothing. I have no d ou bt s h e h eard me. She, however, still continued walking up and down, wearing the duster. Mrs. Starr then went on to explain the keeping back of the letter, said there was nothing extraordinary in Miss Saurin's case, declared that at most seven letters were kept back, brought forward instances in which the same thing had been done to other sisters, and laid some stress on the fact that all who entered the convent were expected to render implicit obedience. Her cross-examination then commenced. It was con- ducted by the Solicitor-General. The interest in court rose when he rose and the examination-in-chief was con cluded. He commenced at the beginning, and elicited from the defendant that she was born in Dublin, and baptised as a Catholic. I joined the order (she went on to say) as a postulant in Glasgow, in October 1849. I joined the Bagot-street order after a dangerous illness in Scotland. I left Glasgow 11th July, 1850, and went direct to the Dublin convent. Miss Saurin came in 1851. I left Bagot-street in August 1855, for Yorkshire. Miss Saurin, Mrs. Delany, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. WO wne, and a lay sister came over from Dublin. Miss Saurin came nine months after the others. I did not know there were any difficulties about her coming until Miss Saurin informed me in Yorkshire. It was before any differences arose between us. One of the most binding vows of the order is not absolute obe dience to the will of the superior, but only in cases of sin and as far as her authority extends. We will suppose I said to a sister "For such a fault it is possible you will be put last of your order and deprived of being a member of the chapter," I could not carry it out without the sanction of the bishop. I might hold it over her. It is part of the excellence of a nun to submit her will and thought to those above her, and the opinion of a superior - would rather influence the judgment of a nun. She would feel it right to do so. The duty of a novice in obedience would be more so in the case of a .nun. The vow is influential upon the nun's conscience. The duty of a superior is to lovingly correct and sweetly admonish the sisters. Mrs. Kennedy held different positions in the convent at various periods. I consulted her and Mrs. M`Owne for a time about Miss Saurin. There is not a printed or written rule about withholding letters. The " customs" state what is to be done with letters. Instructions with reference to them might come under correspondence with seculars. The power to with hold letters is traditional ; the usage is, that the superior has power to withhold letters if she pleases. I believe it was a rule to do so in Bagot-street. I don't re member whose letters were retained. A rule of that kind has been printed since this action was commenced. The superior can withhold any letters she thinks it right to retain. The Solicitor• General : Why does it become better for a letter to be given a few weeks after it is received than or the same day? Defendant : Because in this case I had spoken to Miss baurin of their contents, and she condemned her brother's reflections on the community, and I gave them up. The Solicitor-General : You condemned her, and, like a good nun, she agreed with you? (Laughter.) Defendant : I told her my opinion. It was not an obligation on her part to submit. It was only a matter of opinion, and not settled judgment. The Solicitor-General: Where is the line drawn? I am sure it is my fault. I am not a nun. (Laughter.) =D11(41444 ilamt tclirsak_lll4 the duts_d_pdauu to submit ner judgment to the opinion of a superior as far as she can without sin. I have not a distinct remem brance that she followed my opinion. I told her it was 3 pity a religieux bad so expressed himself, and she expressed disapprobation of her brother's conduct. I then consi- dered the letters would not do her harm. Mr. Mellish complained of the mode of cross-examina . tion. The Solicitor-General ought to put questions of fact, and not hypothetical cases. The Lord Chief Justice : I thought so. Defendant: I don't know if the letter containing the announcement of the brother's death was withheld. She was informed of the death, or she had the letter. After wards she sent me a letter to be forwarded to her uncle, which referred to her brother's death. BY 1862 I had a very clear opinion Miss Suarin's vocation was not for this line of life. I first communicated unfavour ably of her to Bagot-street in 1862. It was volunteered in so far that it required to be told in explanation. When I asked them to receive Miss Saurin back, I thought it very unlikely, almost impossible, that they would, in con sequence, receive her back. I had not communicated with Begot-street before I wrote her uncle that she would not be received back. I can explain it. The superior in 185 6 was averse to Miss Saurin's coming to England, because she would not be an advantage to our community, She had a bad. opinion of her ; she was so double and underhand. That is what I meant by the passage , " Superior there knows her too well to receive her." LP to April 3, 1862, the date of my letter, I cannot tell if anything had occurred that required my communicating it to Bagot-street. So far as I can remember I had not mentioned anything in April. In 1861 Mrs. Saurin wrote to me about her daughter visiting her, and I heard from the superior in Bagot-street in 1861 or 1862 that Father Matthews, or some other member of the family, ha d called there and made some remarks about my not allow ing Miss Saurin to visit her friends. The superior wrote to me on the subject, and I answered. I may have explained to her my reasons for not sending her. The Solicitor-General : Have you any earthly doubt about it? Defendant : I don't remember. The Solicitor-General: What else could you have written .o her about? Defendant: Her letter might have referred to other matters. The Solicitor-General : Yes. It might have referred to the moon. The cross-examination was not concluded when t court rose. The Council of University College, London, have resolved to institute a Professorship of Hygiene and Public Health. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Viscounte s4 Beaconsfield have arrived at Grosvenor-gate for 010 season. The right hon. gentleman has issued cards for Parliamentary dinner on the 15th inst. The sporting correspondent of the Leicester Journal, writing from Melton in that paper of to-day, says :—".' l ' ll interested in the case of Frewen v. TallbY will be glad to learn that matters have been satisfactorily arranged, 313 Mrs. Frewen has kindly consented to allow hunting to be . carried on in the Cold Overton district as usual. A CITY OF DARKNESS.—The Kingston Morning Journal complains that the chief town in Jamaica is n ot yet lighted with gas , th oug h it i s t o b e f oun d even .n villages in other countries. There is a prejudice, it says' in the community against gas, from fear of the danger when the pipes explode. CABINET COUNCIL.--At the Cabinet Council 1 181 a, on Friday at Downing-street, th e Mi n i s t er s preset were the Right Hon. W. E. Glad s t one , the Le w Chancellor, Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Klaibe r ' ley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of Cl a rendl Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. C ar d we ll, th e Duke ° Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right li eri ' Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. B r i g ht, the Mig ht Iron G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue. 0 THE DEATH OF A POLICEMAN AT OXFORD. adjourned inquest on the body of police-constable Gelk , 111 member of the new police force at Oxford, , who drowned in the Isis on Thursday wee k, h as t a k e n place ° the Council Chamber of that city. After a patient inv eg : i Ligation, occupying nearly three hours, the jury returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased was drown e d while endeavouring to escape from Cox, his wife, t t, James Blay, who had violently ass au lt e d hi m ." The k l " at the same time requested the coroner to call the atteati et ; of the local board to the unprotected stat e o f the bank ° the river. _—A ATTEMPT TO MURDER A SISTER OF MERui. determined attempt at murder was made a few days 1 ) 3 . 4 in the civil hospital of Wissembo ur g. A Si s ter of Clitaw was occupied in the kitchen, when one of the attendants' a ynnng man aged 21, approach e d w ith a p a ir of dou ble' barrelled pistols, and discharged two shots at her head' then, finding that he h a d on l y woun d e d h er slightly' P-t fired a third time, point blank in her face, wounding he severely. The sister is lying in a critical state, and the assassin has been arrested. He declares that be bad 10° meditated this crime. THE ROMAN HIERARCHY IN SCOTLAND.-- /r t e Roman correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette repeats t ' o very silly story that two archbishops and ten bis b°P ,, are about to be appointed to Scotland by his Holivoeso Now, as there are in Scotland but 202 priests told," it follows that if this absurd tale is t t r o u n each prelate would ha ve some thi ng l ess than 7,4 priests to superintend. The fact is, that no hiera rc hy whatever is to be a p po i n t e d to S cotlan d f or °T o time. Monsigno r E yre, the new vicar-aposto li c of t `c; Western District, has merely been created an archhis b , ° : s instead of a bi s h op. All the other ecclesiastica l tit remain exactly as before, and neither the arclibishl nor the two other bishops in Scotland will for the Pr ese - 11 take the title of any Scottish see.— Weekly Register. 0 . THE BISHOP OF NATAL.—The Ath en tclon nounces that the Bishop of Natal has met with two se ve os accidents. Th e fi rst was a fall from his horse ; /1 stunned for the momen t, b u t was a f terwar d s a ble to ti ci a home, a dista nce o f some fi ve m il es. Th e secon d baPP elle o , in November, as he was coming home from his visitati%o Being delay e d i n consequence o f t h e s li ppery sta te 01 the roads, he had to ford the river after dark. His horse 9 0 into a hole some f ee t d ee p, an d th e bi s h op was w ashee l° is back. Mr. Ki r k man , w h o was f ortun ately with Il th le being a good swimm er , go t th e bi s h op ou t , b u t e ll to wrong side of the ford. He managed with ass istanc e 4 cross the river again after a sh or t res t, an d h a d on his /s home to be supported by natives on each side. wi ser° DISTINCTIONS OF CREED. —Th e daily r- ;do inform us that th e B aron d e R o th sc hild h as p r esente c yoo Rev. C. S. Grubb e , M.A., o f J esus C o ll ege , Oxford' to archdeacon of Maritzburg, to the vicarage of Me lit ':, ° t to Bucks. From this it appea rs th a t a J ew ca n pros e The Anglican livings, although a Catholic cannot. o , Duke of Norfolk is patron of thirteen li r° of the Marquis of Bute of ten, Lord Dunraveu .„1 1 seven, Lord Orford of seven, L or d Gainsboroutoo of seven, Lord Be aumon t o f one , L or d 5 001. .. of of one, Lord Petre of five, L or d A run d e ll o f Warclou. two, and Lord Clifford of th ree —i n a ll, fifty-six n e besides many others of which Catholic commoners 06, patrons ; but not one o f th em can presen t t o these liT l ' o 7o although a Jew who is a patron can do so. How Pr t 1. 5 the Anglican clergy ought to be of this distinction ! p to be feared that the obj sets of A. P. U. C. are St long way from being attained.— Weekly Register. be The will of James Disraeli, Esq one ofji Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue, foricee; of Eaton-terrace, Pi m li co , b u t l a t e o f Cromwell -1313 t i 1 ; Middlesex, was proved in the principal registry n , - jo 2nd inst., by his brother, the Right Hon. Benz Disraeli, P.C., M.P., one o f th e execu t or s, power . „1 ." e ; reserved to John Luc ena Ross Kettle, Esq., o f ity square, Lincoln's Inn, the o th er execu t or . The persof . l ' te d was sworn under £14,000. Th e t es t a t or wa s aPP. - . 11 08 to the Board of I n l an d R evenue i n 1858, P f l o l previously been the treasurer for some Yenlio the county courts of Lincolnshire and Derhyshi r t, v ing death was very sudden on December 23 last, pre' transacted busines s a t S omerse t H ouse on the' 6W A ,l ceding. The will is brief, dated March 3, 188 8 - bet leaving to his housekeeper a legacy of £4,000, an d t ee sister, then in his service, a legacy of £4OO, both e o. 4 ,; t e, duty, he bequeaths the residue of his personal together with his real estate, to his brother, .the . 0 0 Hon. B. Disra e li, w ith a reques t th a t Mr. Kettle roo d select for himself two of the testator's pictures.—Oust . 1 London News. The A CRYPT THAT HAD TO BE PAID F'-' II. A os' New York Times gives the following as a very, g ° , °- ' tration of the extreme vigilance which prevails in 1i° 13 7. 1' , e ;: over aic public expenditure :—" Among the apkropri'l4-114 he ed for, the committee found one providing . Pr ar e L that ` Superintendent of the Crypt.' As nobodylO* itb 4-•ted there was such a thing as a ' crypt ' cone u per the Government, still less that it had or needecT B . f intendent, inquiry was made, and it vo- 9 -°t tbe rasde lfor tot that the appropriation had been regularly last fifty years. Further investigation shoved vide`) soon after General Washington died Congress 1.4 for the construction of a vault under the CaP it° o called the crypt, in which his remains I,ere an d deposited. A light was to be kept burning n ear " 4 100 a superintendent was appointed t o watch it, m IJ‘e ir % t biog doing daily for the last fifty ye ars ! Afeantirne ,3 ' ton's body was not deposited there, a nd`t'ev er 'i ° eP Congress included, forgot that any such thin' Vv g n il tlv g istence. The only memorial that exists to l‘ eer ptV memory of the affair alive has been the annual app gnu ation for the superintendent." The New Yorgr es os4 .l that the Circuttiocution Office and Tite aniumtutz are p0t..,e0nfig9.44.....„.t0Dicke„%c0,a, 1 7 0 u 9 Pg o'os 2 o'os 1 Bus suit w stocks Satur( were : line s . Con Great and I Am( price b are 2 ti In E the sal Ther terday. The £107,0 On '1 tion i n and th were d( It bz of the I settleal differen rassinel had sol rities, a heavy represe Mes s tional blish mE day s ' c , The Railwa. X 51,00( Cent. intend ties thrl the sha: surpl us a resell At a I\T elY ZE Packet adopted Bary p r( cot:lvan and Co. The Railway March. A ge t ration is A rgentin, 4 00 ., s nitri4l2 CI O 41 1) 0 , 1) 0 , D. 5 ,A„ 11, c( -eO O , A 14 0 2 O lab % a 2 1 o 0 ' 4/ • 3 I o. 6 P 7 aais ti 3 •ualaubisan D O B Equator 1) 1) lan Q b ce. 451 4- , c). xi( I, •t 5 Di D O 41( En glish D o ov en re ek 5 Do. . A „l i .1)(1 . Col 0 too. A c( u tia ternal -.o to uras ti od , 5 k,Zo. A. 04 .......,.- M CC