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LINCOLN RACES.-SPRING MEETING, p.m. Lincoln .. depart. 6.50 Peterborough ., 8.15 London (King's Cross) arrive about 10.0 Return Tickets will be available by this Train. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. TO-MORROW will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; on, HARLEQUIN Puss IN Boors, (ND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery ny 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 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole DEVILSr. ks Buctone. TO MORROW, BLUE : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Bnckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, sac. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. SI essrs. Comp ton. Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &c. Mesdames Commence at Seven. •••••.- THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TO-MORROW, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. St uart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, 'Vise Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 3 Nights. TO - MORROW EVENING, THE SECRET. After which ;at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in flux' acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, J. G . Shore ; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. tier 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. TO-MORROW, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs lrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ...sn and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TILL CLOTH OF GOLb. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. R OYAL, AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Another change of Programme.—First appearance of PON JUAN BARTO, a Mexican Grotesque, and the most astounding Prestidigitateur ever witnessed. Without the aid of apparatus, or confederapy of any kind whatever, he will perform, in the centre of the A rena, feats of magic more wonderful than can possibly be imagined. The Press in every city in America 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 joa.rnal 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 nerformer 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 Arena, including A. Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A. Salamonsky, A. Carre, Mdlles. 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 Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per i ormances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GL....08E THEATRE-RoyAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry, At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher. Andrews, Hurleton, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. `T. 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Contributions will be thankft.lly received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.— Grand Musical Festival, THIS EVENING (Ash Wednesday). —The only West-end Theatro open.—Mr. P. B. Chatterton has the honour to announce that lie has made arrangements for a GRAND MUSICAL FESTI VAL, which will take place THIS EVENING, on which occasion the eminent tragedian Mr. Phelps will read selec tions f.om "Athalie ;" Mr. Arthur Sketchley will give a portion of his celebrated entertainment; Mr. Andrew Halliday will recite his sero-comic poem from "Every Day Papers," entitled "Robin." The following celebrated artists will also appear • Mdlle. Liebhart, Miss Edith Wynne, Miss Julia Elton, Madame Weiss, Miss Palmer, Miss Poole, Miss Helene D'Alton (her first appearance), Madame Sauerbrey, Miss M. Robinson, R.A.M.,Mdlle. Amy Bt. Lego Pigot, Miss Fanny Holland, Miss Annie Trafford (her first appearance), Mdl les Cara and Rosamunda Doria ; 21r. Vernon Rigby, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. George Perren, Mr. Wilford Morgan, Mr. Temple, Mr. Renwick, and Herr Wallenreiter. Solo in strumentalists : pianoforte, Mdlle. Margot de Beauvosin ; violin, Mr. Viotti C o lli ns an d M r. H . St ern b erg; h arp, Mr. Frederick Chatterton ; band of harps (under the direc tion of Mr. Frederick Chatterton), Mesdames George Dowell, Jessie Weippert, Holcombe, and Poncione ; Messieurs Trust, Compton, Stratfird, Putnam, and Frederick Chatterton. The programme will also com prise a BALLAD CONCERT ; Selections from Ro sini's " Stabat Mater ;" Handel's "Messiah ;" Haydn's "Creation ;" Mendelssohn's "Elijah ;" and Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony"—illustrated with conic effects. Ballot and Pantomime Action arranged by Mr. J. Cormack. Chorus of 300 and Increased Orchestra. The Evening's Entertainment under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Conductors, Herr W. Ganz and Mr. W. C. Levey; Director of the Orchestra, Mr. W. C. Levey. Private boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 guineas; stalls, 7s. dregs circle, Is.; first circle, 45.; balcony seats, Os.; pit, 25.; lower gallery, is. ; upper gallery, 6d. No half-price. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6. Commence at 7 o'clock. PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATN:S r EDITION of "THE ST.T.N " as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. TrillE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at 1 JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. rE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. MHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 73, Park-street, Camden town. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TO-MORROW, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TO-MORROW, BLUE DEVILS. 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, Commener, at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Vining,. TO-MORROW, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 5, AFTER DARK, A, Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. VT. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murmy; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, tllaclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Hose Leclerc(' Concluding with MA STE ft JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. TO-MORROW, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMB:4:RWIeLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. 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. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TO-MORROW, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 0.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Ws.rner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TO-MORROW, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ,onclude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Liston. TO-MORROW. A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, DEARER THAN LIFE: Messrs. J. L. Took, L. Brough , H. Irving, Miss Hodson, &e. With THE LITTLE REBEL And THE GNOME KLNG: Mr Toole. THEATRE- ROYAL, lIOL 13 0 RN. TO-MORROW, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, F. Drew, Porsche, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which, TifitlCO THE TERRIBLE : Messrs. F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell—Ashton, Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AIINT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. TO-MORROW, at 7, SLASHER & CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, 'wham, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Cannier& After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne , ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdatnas Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. TO-MORROW, 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 THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton _ _ TO-MORROW, 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. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. TO-MORROW, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of .•50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Don Juan Barto, &c. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALITAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's -pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; ou Mondays, Gd.; Children under tweire, Gd. •=, • *:TS-J - • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1869 Finis coronat opus, but it is not often in this world of failures and disappointments that we see a long and arduous public career so worthily and so fittingly closed as that of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE. For nearly forty ye.lrs he has laboured assiduously in the discharge of onerous and difficult duties ; he has filled successive posts in the Governtnout of a country, peopled by nations whose race is alien, whose religion is hostile, whose language differs from our own. From the time of the first Punjab war, when the civilian, plain JOIIN LAWRENCE, was the chief reliance of Lord HAP.DINGE, to the eleventh day of this last month of January, when all the civil and military notabilities of the Punjab and the North West assembled to do honour to the parting Vice roy, the same uprightness, the same straightforward manliness, the same sense of duty has marked his career. Many men rise to fortune and acquire dis tinction by long and arduous service, but it is too often perceptible that the rewards of such service have been a powerful incentive, that the individual's own personal aggrandisement has been the prevailing motive, and every other interest or consideration has held the secondary place. British India, which has suffered in many respects from the greed for power, or for gain, displayed by its rulers, has been also excep tionally fortunate in some of its leading men. The two LAWRENCES, Sir HENRY HAVELOCK, and the ac complished soldier and civilian whom we have lately lost—Sir HERBERT EDWARbES—aII furnish striking instances of men to whom principle was dearer, not merely than life, but than honour and distinction. In these days, when worldliness and scepticism are too much the fashion, when, amidst argument and dissension, and analysis of creeds and systems, we are too apt to lose sight of the plain, old-fashioned distinctions of right and wrong, it is well that men whom all parties must respect, gifted with great abilities, and occupying prominent positions, should stand forward, in camp and in council, to maintain the supremacy of right, to acknowledge as their first law of action their duty to their GOD and to their country. Such a man have England and India possessed in Sir JOHN LAWRENCE. During a career chequered by many changed, tried by a great exceptional catas trophe, and passing through many ordeals, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE has acted with a rectitude and a single ness of purpose which have never failed him. Mis taken, many believe him to be in some departments of his policy, mistaken he has no doubt been in some important particulars, notably in the case of the Orissa famine, when he trusted too much to the dis cretion of his subordinates. Some have accused him of supineness in dealing with the complex foreign re lations of India, some have blamed him for a levelling policy towards the native middle classes, ru but one and all have un if orm l y awarded to him the tribute of unfeigned respect. The le Punjab might err in his judgment., the ruler of the Governor- General of India might adopt an unwise policy, but the individual JOHN LAWRENCE could never be other wise than humane, conscientious, and disinterested. The days of the Indian mutiny proved hi; indeed to have been something more than this, and those who knew most of Indian affairs did not hesitate openly to aver that Sir Jorm LAWRENCE had saved our empire. Had the Punjab yielded to the pressure of the time, had the tide of rebellion swept unchecked over the territory of the five rivers, the history of 1857 would indeed have been written in Wood. England might now hold India, but she would have had to reconquer it. She must have bought her victory at a terrible cost, and the loss of her prestige in the East would have led to scenes of future trial. While that firm hand kept its hold on the reins at Lahore, while there was one important district far removed from the capital in which law and order were maintained, and the native tribes rallied round their English rulers, the capture of Delhi was possible, the prospects of restored tran quillity were not wholly chimerical. In that sudden and terrible emergency, before that tempest which overturned every ordinary precaution and swept a,v, Tay - the supposed strongholds of years, Sir JOHN LA WRE . NCE stood firm. He bad from the first sought to identify himself with the people whom he ruled, to enter into their feelings, to speak their lan guage, to understand their history, to tolerate their r eligion. A striking example to those Eng lishmen. who think it beneath them to show the smallest consideration for the reople whom they have undertaken _to rule, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, in this as in all else, consulting his sense of right, en deavoured faithfully and manfully to do his duty in their behalf. In the hour not of local but of im perial danger, in the time of alarm, of suffering, and of anxiety almost unparalleled, when the bravest were temporarily disheartened and the wisest for a time paralyzed, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE reaped his re ward. The Punjab was the stronghold of the Eng lish power in India. Lying far from the capital, out of reach of rapid or immediate communication with the coast, bordered by those wild and warlike races who have occasioned some of our bitterest and fiercest wars, men sail at the first ru mour of wide spread revolt that it would certainly spread to the Punjab. Mail after mail was eagerly scanned with the full anticipa tion that the news must come, that where so many wise and able men had failed to maintain authority, where the natives were daily gaining in strength and confidence, the wild hill tribes must certainly break out in open defiance. We may find the explanation of the story in Sir JOHN'S own words, spoken simply and feelingly at the grand Calcutta banquet. "In the early days of my service in India," he said, " I lived much among the people with whom my lot was cast. I won their confidence, and obtained their goodwill. I learnt to understand their character, and succeeded in gaining an influence over their minds. During the terrible crisis of 1857 I profited by these advantages, and was able to decide promptly as to the best course to pursue, as one difficulty follow ed another. was fortunate enough to find the chiefs and people of a great and warlike province willing to rally round me, and trust to my guidance. They did right loyal service to me. I owe much to them." Of what practical, as well as moral value, that service was, we may judge from Sir JouN's own words, when he tells us that from the Punjaub alone from first to last, not fewer than eighty thousand native soldiers were ranged on our side during the mutiny. The Viceroy, indeed, believes that without the aid of the natives who were friendly to us throughout the coun try we should not have weathered the storm. Our countrymen were overmatched in the struggle, and the odds against them would have been overwhelming had they not been zealously aided by the loyal natives. Sir JOIIN seized the oppOrtunity to impress upon his hearers the importance of cultivating friendly and cordial relations with the people among whom they dwelt. The advantages of a conciliatory and kindly bearing towards the natives of India might not, in. deed, be so apparent in quiet times as in seasons of consider the belligerency question, to which, indeed, the greater part of the correspondence relates. It is only too likely, therefore, when the treaty reaches America in its official form, that the decla mation now sounding so loudly across the water will entirely cease. If the Convention admits, as it seems to do, of our recognition of the South being brought before the commission, it is hard to imagine what the United States can demand beyond this. But, presuming that the Senate discovers the elasticity of the Convention and accepts it accordingly, in what position will the British nation find itself ? The consequences of a decision being given against us— of the commission or its umpire deciding that the recognition of the South was wrong—are but a minor consideration. It is true that such an award would involve us in an endless liability; that England would probably have to pay, not merely the cost of vessels destroyed, but, as General GRANT is said to put it, the damage inflicted upon the American commerce by its being driven off the seas, and likewise, perhaps, the cost of the war, which is supposed to have been retarded for a year by such recognition. But the money loss is not the question. The British Gdvernment, as represented both by Con servative and Liberal Ministries, has considered this question at length, and all the different British statesmen have come to one conclusion : the recog nition of the South as a belligerent Power could not be submitted to arbitration. England did not recog nise the South until the North had set the example, and, further, all the chief States of Europe except Russia did the same, and yet no demand was pre ferred against any of them. Our Foreign Secretaries found nothing in Mr. SEWARD'S despatches to induce them to change their opinion. If, then, for several years we have deliberately taken one view of this dispute, how can we change it now ? and if we were wrong and ought sooner ? The dilemma seems to be complete in any case. Either that the Americans will not accept the convention, or England must perform an act of leek eating unparalleled in history. The denothizent o: Lord STANLEY'S foreign policy promises at present to be the reverse of triumphant. LATEST INTELL MENU. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) extraordinary danger or excitement ; but he begged them to remember that no business, whether of a private or of a public character, could thoroughly prosper unless the natives:of the country were largely employed in it. Hi 3 words were received with such warmth of applause as gave reason to hope that they had struck home; that the judges, and councillors, and governors who sat round the bril- liant table, coupling them with the simple sentences which had told of the one brightpage in India's darkest record, acknowledged that the moral was too clear to be disputed ; and felt that the highest and the wisest ruler of them all might well be proud to follow in the footsteps of him whom England acknowledged as the saviour of her Eastern empire, and who was ,hat day, " having, by GOD'S help, surmounted the difficulties and the accidents incidental to a long and varied career in a foreig❑ land, about to lay down with satiohiction and thankrulneza LLv ts , cat, 0/11,. of Viceroy of India." IT is with much regret that we again revert to the interminable Alabama difficulty. After the question was thought to be so fully disposed of, it was only unfavourable intelligence which could again bring it before public notice. The merits of the dispute had been argued to exhaustion, negotiations for a settle ment were formally opened and carried on to com pletion, and at length the nation was decisively informed from the highest quarters that the quarrel between England and America was at an end. But, in truth, not only is the chance of a settlement still doubtful, but the terms agreed upon are such as render it exceedingly questionable whether we ought to hope for their success. The Convention on one important point is so ambiguous as to give rise to general dissatisfaction on the other side of the Atlantic, and a not ill-founded apprehension on this. The great : . point of dispute, the recognition of the South as a belligerent, is wholly ignored in the official document. The Convention leaves it abso lutely an open question whether this most important point of dispute is to be referred to the Commission along with the rest, or whether our Government has, as before, reserved it. In the United States the Convention meets with no favour what - ever. The dominant party, as represented by its organs, is wholly opposed to it, and even of the Democrats but a portion are inclined to accept it. General GRANT is represented upon very good autho rity to have expressed an opinion in accordance with that of the party which elected him. Altogether we are led to believe that the probability of the Senate sanctioning the treaty is of the most meagre descrip tion. It is difficult to ascertain precisely what the Americans want, partly because it is always necessary to discount Transatlantic expressions of sentiment, and partly because the horizon of American demands on this subject has constantly widened with the lapse of time. But there is reason to believe that the refer ence of our recognition of the South, which Mr. SEWARD has always demanded and our Ministers have always refused, is now, as before, the chief difficulty, and that the rejection of the treaty will arise from the want of provision to meet this portion of the case. But, on the other hand, it is but too probable that the Convention, though it makes no direct allusion to the recognition of the South, is so vaguely constructed as to admit of the question being brought in. The copy of the treaty first published in the New York journals had been sent by telegraph, and it now appears that there was an important difference between the version received at Washington and the official document actually signed here. The telegraphic report not only con tained no allusion to the belligerency question, but contained no provision under which the reference of that part of the dispute could possibly fall. The second article, according to the Atlantic Cable, provided that the commissioners should decide the various claims submitted to them only upon such evidence as should be furnished by their respective Govern ments. The official text is very different. It states clearly that all the official correspondence between the two Cabinets shall be submitted, and that it is only as to other documents and infor mation that the respective Governments can exercise any control. The official correspon dence must in any case go before the com missioners. Now it was in this long series of letters between Earl RUSSELL and Mr. SEWARD, and espe cially between Lord STANLEY and the American Minister, that the whole question of recognising the South as a belligerent was argued ad nauseam. It was in this famous passage of arms that Mr. SEWARD exercised to the full his delight in writing long despatches, and it is in these letters that ill-disguised threats of war are to be found. If the commission must, as a preliminary, consider this endless tissue of argument, it is difficult, if not impossible, to avoid the conclusion that it must also THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1869. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, February 9. The Liberti devotes an article to the important question " Who is to be the successor of the Pope ?" Considering that his Holiness is still alive at the Vatican, and, though unwell, by no means in actual danger of life, most people would be of opinion that the discussion was premature. But the LibertO finds ground for serious apprehension, not in the state of the Pope's health, but in the necro mantic decision that no Pope can occupy the Pontifical chair for more than 25 years. Out of 258 Popes who have ruled the Catholic Church only three have reigned 24 years, and not one, except Saint Peter, has completed the quarter of a century. Now, as Pius IX. enters upon his 24th year on the 17th of next June, the Liberte sees in this a grave reason for considering his successor. His Holiness has a good constitution, is the most tern perate of men, regular in his habits, takes daily walks, but yet be is himself, the Libcrte is assured, under the in fluence of the legend, and believes that lie will not live to see the assembly of the General Council. .Yon videlis a 727103 Petri is one of the most prominent topics in ecclesi astical circles. Some believe that the General Council, before separating, will designate, by its vote, the successor of Pius IX. The Libertj, how ever, hardly believes this possible. What is just possible is that the council may make a change in the mode of electing Popes. It is not un known at the Vatican that several bishops intend to call the attention of their brethren to this grave question, and Rome is at present much occupied with this matter. The question was raised at the Council of Trent, but it was not submitted to the serious deliberation of that tumultuous assembly, and has never been broached since. But now many prelates are of opinion that in the present state of the Church the selection of the Pope should not be for the future the exclusive right of a small number of Italian cardinals. They argue that an Italian is sure to be chosen in that case ; whereas, by widening the privilege of voting, a French Pope might be secured, which would he the surest mode of saving the temporal power. I shall add no comments to this article of tbe Liberte„ It does not throw out an y hi n t as to what the probable " extension of tne tranchise ' will be, but it is positive that the subject mutt sooner or later receive attention. The "moribund Parliament" of France does not cut a very glorious figure in its declining days. It cannot signa lise itself by any question like that of the Irish Church, and, so far as its present business is concerned, it might as well give way to its successor at once. Yesterday the Corps L6gislatif met and received two reports. One of these related to the cession of a donsanial ground in the city of Toulouse, in order to establish there a Protestant Church in a larger space. The present site is insufficient by reason of the increase of the Protestant population. This, with other matters, is neither important nor interesting enough to warrant a compte rendu analytique of the length of a column. The hope that the Corps Legislatif should do something to relieve the world of France from its dullness has yet to be realised. The Greek difficulty Las become hopelessly uninteresting. Paris, in fact, cares nothing about Greece, or the Corps .I , 6gislatif, or any other political dismal swamp. The one topic of interest is the great drama of real life in which the count and his bonbons, and the- lady of the demi monde, the erring duchess, and the doomed duke, are the central characters. The story, though incredible, is real. All the names of the actors have been disclosed. The Polish count is named Kzidniakowski, his accomplice, a medical student, who was to prepare and supply the bonbons, is named Marson ; the lady who informed the police instead of murdering the Duke, is Madame Belval alias Mdlle. de Narbonne, and the doomed Duke is the Due de Beauffremont. It appears that Madame Belval never saw the 20,000 francs, for the Count did not possess them. Though his mother enjoys a good income in Poland, the means supplied to her son are very restricted, so much so, that the portable property found on him consisted largely of pawn tickets. At first the Count told Mdlle. Belval that a farce only was in contemplation, and that she was to write a letter to the Duke appointing a rendezvous at the ball. She refused, and the Count wrote himself. On Saturday, at five o'clock, he informed her that the real design was to get the Duke out of the way by a poisoned bonbon. He then went away, appointing mid night as the time for going to the ball. No sooner was he gone than Madame Belval got into a carriage, and went to seek a commissioner of police. One was not at home, another disbelieved her story, and she was sent about from one place to another for about four hours. At length the functionary who lived in the same quarter as Madame Belval managed to get out of bed, and went with a colleague to her residence. She, who had preceded them, opened the door, and pointed to the boudoir where the Count now was. They went in and searched him, finding 241 f. and some pawn-tickets, but no bonbons. "But I forgot to tell you," said Madame Belval, " that an etc....puce 13 inwaitiu b at the bottom of the staircase." With divers nameless expressions one of the commissaries rushed out and found the young student. He was arrested, and conducted up the staircase, which.was intensely dark. Whilst going up, the commissioner heard something fall, he lighted a snatch, and there were the bonbons. The Count has since attempted to commit suicide in prison. The affair will be profitable, at least, to the lady of the demi-monde, who will lose nothing by refusing £BOO for committing a murder. She stood only in the second rank of ladies of her class ; now she has risen to the first. The Jockey Club has sent a depu tion to thank her for saving the Duke's life ! One scandal produces another. It is now reported that the ex-King of Naples' uncle has run away with an American beauty. A man has just been condemned at Vienna to three months' imprisonment for offensive language against the Empress Maria-Theresa. This august lady died in 1780. It is difficult to divine what sort of satisfaction this punish ment can be to the dead, and even to the enraged living such retribution must be poor. THE WEATHER TABLE,-THIS DAY. FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 10 , BOURSE, Feb. 9.—Three o'clock.--The marke closed as follows : _ 41 ver Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 171 Credit Mobilier 293 75 End of month 293 75 Credit Fonder 1592 50 End of month Bank Shares ....,.3035 Ital'an Loan ...... _ End of month... Mexican Loan ... 24 25 Do. Bonds ...... 155 Spanish Threes ... 32 Home Debt.,.... ._ j Deferred ....... ___ ...... RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ... 9479 Northern .... /185 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 61 6 1. Western Eastern • • 575 Sardinian Austrian 670 Lombard 4P2I North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman 49 AMERICA. QUEEN STOWN, Feb. 10. The Inman Royal Mail steamship City of Loa don, from New York at 9 a.m. on the 31st ult., arrived here at 3.30 a.m. to-day. She having landed mails and passengers, proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. No specie. HOMEWARD INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY, MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 0. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, from Alexandria, arrived here at 10 p.m. to day, an I leaves at 1 a.m. to-morrow for Southamp ton, where she may be looked for about the night of the 14th inst. All well. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 9. It is reported that Mustapha Fagil Pasha will be called to the post of Minister of Finance. CAPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 12. The outward Cape Mail steamer Dane has not yet arrived from Southampton. A large mail, consisting of 93 sacks, is waiting her arrival. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Hercules, 14, screw (armoured, iran) frigate, Capt. Lord Gilford, has received orders to proceed from Spithead to Lisbon, to join the Channel fleet there, under the command of Admirals Sir T. Sy monds and Ryder. If any repetition of her six hours' continuous steaming trial is desired by the authori ties, it will therefore have to be made after her return from her cruise with tha fleet. The amount of coal burnt during her six hours' trial between the Isle of Wight and Portland on the sch instant was at the rate of 2.8101 b per indicated horse power. With regard to the deficiency of steam supplied by the boilers on the trial on the sth instant, noticed in our report of the trial which appeared on the Bth inst., this was entirely owing to one of those acci dents that will occasionally occur—a pin out of place in the present case,. connected with the working of the feed pump, and which caused water to be pumped into the boilers at about 40 instead of, as it should have been, at 100 degrees of heat—and could not reflect blame in the slightest degree upon the machinery of the ship, or its makers, Messrs. John Penn and Son. The Helicon, 2, paddle, despatch vessel, Com mander E. Field, having completed the alterations to her rudder and made good trifling defects, has been undocked at Portsmouth, and is completing her preparations for immediate sailing to rejoin the Channel fleet alongside the railway jetty of the dockyard. Her Majesty's screw troopship Orontes, Captain H. Phelphs, recently commissioned at Portsmouth for troop-carrying service, steamed out of the har bour yesterday for a trial of her machinery, and afterwards returned to the harbour to complete her preparations for the reception of troops. The trial was but a brief one, owing to the roughness of the weather. The Scorpion, 4, turret-sloop, Captain Brooker, is detained at Portsmouth by having the running-in gear of her turret -guns doubled upon the power• with which they were originally fitted, the latter having been found inefficient. L ADvEßmEmE NT.l—Holloway's Ointment. - Old age and ycuth are alike succumbing to the destructive diarrhcoi, which has rarely been so prevalent and so fatal as it is at present. In all cases of dysentery and diarrhoea in which Holloway's Ointment has been well rubbed upon the ab domen two or three times a day decided relief has been at once obtained ; and a perseverance in the same safe treat ment, aided by the application of warm bran poultices, has established a cure. A milk diet and farinaceous food should be adhered to throughout the attack. Solid substances, fruits, and vegetables, should be studiously shunned until the more distressing and alarming symp toms have been dissipated by the diligent iuunotion of this FedrOSSLYQ And cooling Piztanent. The Constitutionnel of to-day criticises severely the article on the subventions said to have been paid by Prussia to the French press, and which recently appeared in the North German Gazette. It says :—" It is impossible that Count Bismarck could have inspired the article referred to, since he it was who asserted in open Parliament that he had never paid a single thaler to subsidise the French press. " The article in the North German Gazette can. not well be regarded as the expression of a political thought, but merely as the result of a diseased imagination." METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Wednesday, Feb. 10, B. T. ; 4 W. to F. D. WE. to 8 a ' m ' 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 119'651. 49 47 W. 5 6 W.N.W. c.o. 4 Yarmouth 29'97r. 46 46 W.S.W. 5 9 W.N.W. c.o. 3 Helder _ Cux haven _ Skud esnses _ Ardr ossan 29'59r. 44 43 ,W.S.W. 2 7 - W.N.W. r. o'4l 1 Green castle 29•601. 43 42 W.N.NV, 1 4 W. r.c. 0'35 Holyhead Liverpool Valentin 29'Blf. 52 50 S.W. 6 7 S.S.W. r.o. o'o4 5 Cape Clear — _ Roche's Pt 29'B3f. 50 49 W.S.W. 5 7 W. o. 012 6 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'04f. 61 49 S.W. 4 5 S.W. o. 0 - 0 2 Portsmouth 30'04f, 50 48 W.S.W. 6 8 W.N.W. c.r. 0 . 05 5 London CfpeGrisNez 30•03 r. 48 46 W.S.W. 9 12 W.N.W. t. 6'02 6 L'Orie _ Hoch e fort Biarritz 3o's4r. 59 46 W. 3 4 Corunna — _ Brussels.., - Strasbourg.. _ Toulon 30'34r. 52 47 N.W. 7 8 N.N.W. b. 5 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m, local time) =PLANATION ' Barometer corrected and reduced letter r, rising ; f, falling • a, steady of the mercury 'within last 14 hou: to 32 dig. at sea level. The -indicates direction of motion v. Thermometer enosed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—orercast, dull ; r.— rain ; o.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. East disturbance. REMARKS. The increase in pressure reported at Valencia yesterday morning has since extended to all British stations, but has been succeeded (except in Scotland) by a fresh, though slight, decrease since last evening. The lowest readings are still at the northern stations, and that at Nairn is 0'55 in. below that at Plymouth. Very few of the continental reports have arrived-11 a.m. Temperature is scarcely changed. The gales of yesterday have subsided, though the wind has backed somewhat, and still blows strongly from S.W. in the Irish Sea. A little rain has been general, and the sky continues overcast. Aurora was seen at Nairn last night. The weather does not yet seem settled. The usual annual meeting of Vshops previous to the opening of Convocation was held yesterday at Lambeth Palace, under the presidency of Archbishop Tait. After an allusion to the loss sustained by the Church in tho death of Archbishop Longley, the various matters of Church interest which will come under discussion during the ensuing session were considered, and various resolu tions were passed. The Sheffield papers publish an account of a very bad case of sending meat to market unfit for food, which came before the magistrates of the town. It was one in which Gordon Stewart and Company, a firm of wholesale fish and game dealers, in Liverpool and other towns,were the defendants. They had consigned to their agent at Sheffield, George Hopkins, a quantity of veal described as prime, but Hopkins on opening the packages thought it necessary to send far Inspector Wood. lie seized it, and it was proved that the veal was utterly unfit for human food, being, in fact, the meat of unborn calves. The defendants pleaded that they were acting simply as agents for a per son in Ireland, named Crawford, that they had no reason to suspect that there was anything the matter with the consignment, and that, in fact, they never saw it, having sent it on to Sheffield without making an inspection. Some technical objections were also taken, but the bench overruled them, and fined the defendants ss. for each quar ter of veal, making altogether 49 15s. They were also (admit& 43 , 14 cotv,_ RUMOURED DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. A London correspondent, writing yesterday, says s-- " There are reports to-day of a serious difference in the Cabinet. They are both widely-spread and precise in their details. The subject of difference is the Irish Church. There is said to be an influential party in favour of adopting Lord Russell's policy of levelling up set forth in his third letter to Mr. Chichester Fortescue. Although Mr. Fortescue has denied that he was acquainted with the substance of that letter before it was published, it is believed that he approves of the policy therein recommended, and that in this he has the sup port of Earl Granville, the leader of the House of Lords. With these two statesmen Mr. Childers and Mr. Cardwell are said to agree in the main. On the other hand, Mr. Bright, Mr. Lowe, and the Duke of Argyll are reported to be strongly in favour of complete disendowment. Mr. Gladstone was, accord ing to these rumours, up to yesterday undecided as to the course which he means to take. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday, at which all the mem bers were present, and another is being held this after noon. Little, however, can be gathered from this close sequence, inasmuch as Councils are always frequent during the week preceding the opening of Parliament. Yester day's Council was, however, very long ; it lasted four-and a-half hours, and there were two divisions." THE COMMA 11 According. to the London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury Mr. Trevelyan's offered resignation in consequence of his attack at Hawick upon the Commander-in-Chief, has not been without fruit. One very eminent member of the Government spoke recently of the honourable gentleman's escapade at Hawick as being " the most fortunate fault of his life." Hardly to bo attributed directly to Mr. Trevelyan's utterance, but, still as a result of the feeling which those utterances expressed, we have a rumour that the Duke of Cambridge will not remain long at the head of affairs at the Horse Guards. For the accuracy of the rumour at the present stage I would rather not vouch ; but ' there is little question that, it the Ministry retain. r sent strength and temper at the close of the session, his Royal Highness will bo led seriously to contemplate a step which would undoubtedly be for the benefit of the country. In the meantime he finds at the War-office a very different hand from that with which he has usually had to deal in that department, and military gossips toll with 'bated breath of more than one passage-at-arms as having already occurred between the rival heads of the army, in which the Horse Guards has not been triumphant. KING GEORGE AND THE CONFERE.ATE. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian gives some interesting information relative to the state of affairs at Athens. He says : "Up to a late hour on Saturday evening Government was still anxious and un certain as to the termination of the crisis at Athens. During the three previous days the young King of the Hellenes may be said to have stood upon the threshold of his palace ready to depart for good and aye. The instru ment of abdication had been actually drawn up, and only awaited the signature of the youthful King, already sick and weary of the thankless duties of nominal sovereignty. His position was, indeed, to all ap pearance desperate. Deserted by the Ministers whose lust of popularity and dread of losing it had brought their country into the scrape, he was ready to accept as their successors any half-dozen members of the Legislative Assembly, however inferior in the gift of talking and writing plausibly, who would undertake to sign the protocol of compromise offered by the Great Powers. But the in fluence of private intrigue and public menace deterred M. Zaimis and his proposed colleagues from actually taking office from the 2nd to the 6th instant. During that interval Greece was, in fact, without any responsible Government. Meantime the young King sought by telegraph counsel from the protecting Powers ; and on Friday night he finally informed the various politicians by whom he was beset that he was resolved not to be re sponsible for the consequences of a declaration of war by the Porte against Greece, and, happen what might, he had resolved to go. The impression both here and at Paris is, that the pluck and persistency manifested by King George have saved him and his intractable subjects from disaster and disgrace. The French Envoy Extraordinary who was the bearer of the Paris Convention easily suc ceeded in getting an extension of time from the Porte to enable M. Zaimis and his colleagues to frame their terms of submission in the least objectionable manner. That unavoidable act once performed, they will speedily vanish from the scene amid the sagacious shouting and hootings of the populace, and things will resume their accustomed way." THE SIAMESE TWINS. After the lapse of thirty-eight years the Siamese Twins have returned to London and commenced a series of exhi bitions of themselves, with a view, it is said, of recruiting their fortunes, which were lost in the American war. They are now nearly 60 years of age ; they are small, with the high cheek bones, sallow parchment skin, and flattened features of the Mongolian race. Their language is more American than English. The distinct individuality of these curious beings is no matter of doubt, though they share many sensations and are well or ill together. They are now on their way to consult a celebrated French sur geon, with a view to being disunited ; but it is evident that the operation could have been performed with more safety fifty years ago. The band of flesh which connects their bodies is very short, and it draws the two so closely together that they cannot stand on the same plane, but are compelled to stand at an angle of seventy degrees. It seems extraordinary that, notwithstanding this impedi ment, they should have been able to work at farm duties, to shoot, run, and drive with tolerable facility. One of them is shorter than the other, and:not so well pro portioned. Their exhibitor at the Egyptian Hall informed their visitors that the twins were content to remain as they were, but that the members of the families had expressed a desire to have the connection severed. The twins were well-to-do planters in North Carolina at the time of the outbreak of the civil war. It has been currently reported at Wigan that the petition against Messrs. Woods and Lancaster, the Liberal members, will be withdrawn, in deference to some of the leading members of the local Conservative party. At a meeting of the friends of Mr. Ripley at Bradford, it was resolved to send a deputation to Mr. M. W. Thompson, the late member, asking him to come forward again as a candidate for the borough. The Radi cals as yet have made no sign. The magistrates of Tipperary are about to take coun sel together how they may better preserve the peace. There certainly seems to be some necessity i for such deliberations, recollecting that four murders in that county still remain undiscovered, although they all occurred within a circuit of six or eight miles. The end of the Warrington election is rather tragic. It seems that Dickson, the unfortunate poll clerk, who behaved so eccentrically on the day of the election, putting down some voters and leaving others out, has be - come so ill in consequence of the excitement of the petition, that he has had to be sent to a lunatic asylum. A London correspondent of a Manchester contem porary says the impression gains ground that a very strong attempt will be ma le to procure the suspension of the writ for Norwich, where the issue of another contest would be more than ever doubtful, and where it would therefore in fallibly be decided again by money. The great rainfall of Sunday has causal im mense floods in Lancashire, Yorksh're, Cumberland, and other counties. The Irwell, the overflow of which did so much damage in this neighbourhood three years ago, was yesterday thirteen feet above its ordinary level, five or six feet below the great flood of 1866. In North and East Lancashire large districts are under water. At Preston great damage has Leen Cone to the new parks, and last night the water was still rising. At a place near Carlisle 148 sheep were washed away. A strong argument in favour of capital punish ment in case of murder is supplied from the neigl, buurhood of Masborough. A man named Lyon- has just been com mitted for trial for attempting to murder his wife. lie is, says the Sheffield Independent, the same fellow who, some years ago was charged with the murder of a little girl at Masbro'. lie placed some chemical compound on the door-step of a house, so that the fumes entered, and one of the inmates, a child, died from its suff,cating effects. On that occasion he got off with a short imprisonment. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson arrived at Glasgow yesterday, and proceeded to liilmardinay, as the guest of Mr. Dalglish, M.P. To-day at noon his Excellency visited the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, where he was welcomed by a large assemblage of members. An address was presented expressing a deep sense of the importance of maintaining friendly relations with the United States, cordial apprecia tion of. sir. Johnson's services towards the solution of dif ferences, and a hope that at no distant day the United States would recognise the benefits of free trade. Eis Excellency, In reply, said political economists were divided as to whether commercial relations were best promoted by free trade. When the United States were brought to see that free trade gave this country an advantage in commercial relatioue With Om fink wouitlitot_bo slow to Asiont it. ‘itt , er TOP tt titular. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 9: The Queen, accompanied by Princess Lo uise ' walked and drove in the grounds this morning. t Prince L eopo ld and Princess Beatrice also Weil ST. GEORGE'S TIALL.—Last evening the mem ber ! of the Belhu s D ramat i c Corps gave a performance her e 'before a ve r y f as hi onable audience for the purpose. °I raising fund s f or th e purchase of a lifeboat. The first ree repr, seated was an or i g i nal three act drama, entitled' tinici,ef , q v- False Colo urs, " t h e authoress, Mrs Steele, being a me'nr of the corp s . Th e principal parts were sustained by `; Thomas and Lady Lennard, Mr. A. Montague, Mr' ; A'Beckett, M r . C o ll ette, and Mrs. Steele, whose ef f °r*f seemed to please the audience —composed chid/ o friends— amazingly. Bouquets were showered in P r i : fusion, and at th e f a ll o f the curtain, of course, t"" whole of the distinguished amateurs had to re-aPP ell :' ~ The farce of " P e t t i coat Government, " in which 2' Prinseps, Captain George, and the lion. Mrs. E. C. re ,., tre supported th e l ea di ng characters, closed the performs Excepting th e ac ti ng, everything else, the applause, dresses, the recall s , th e mus i c, under the direction of 2 '; D. Godfrey, and th e arrangements in front, were all that could be desired. 111 E DOUBLE MURDER AT POPLA! The adjourned inquest was resumed this morning, bilt nothing additional t o th a t a l ready published transp ire- 1 'rho verdict, wh en re t urned, cannot but be ono of Ng' murder. The perpetrator of the horrible deed has not ye been taken by the police. The Government this morn' published a placard offering £lOO reward for his aPP re ' hension. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE-77tis Day. • THAMES. 0 EMBEZZLEMENT BY A LAUNDRESS.—Emma Do S i " - I ' laundress, ag e d 22 years, of N 0.28, Wilson-street StePl3f' „ was brought bef ore M r . B enson charged with felo rd°",corl embezzling various sum s o f money she had received ''-of and on account o f M ary Ann Sinnott, her emploYert - No. 2, Regent-street, Stepney. The prisoner had been employed in the double capac ity of washerwoman an d messenger to the prosecutrix. °e ro n d was no fault t o b e f oun d w i th her in the first capacit y, t o it was admitt e d th at she rubbed every article of linellmit first rate style an d ma d e good use of the soap and P°17,",,-0 blue. As messen ger s h e was entrusted with the co llect' of the washing bills, and she had turned out veil di :; honest, and had not accounted for a good deal of r0°_, 13 4 , she had received. She had received £2 9s. since 01P : 0 mas, and had appropriated the money to her own I , l l ' r Some other sums received before Christmas had be en ' i l he posed of in a similar manner. Mrs. Sinnott we l ' t ,„ - r g, round of her customers who have been returned as debwi, and ascertained that they had paid the prisoner. S he b t‘ i , nutted her guilt to James Howlett, a police coust%: N 0.461, who arrested her, and she now pleaded g u" y and said she i n t en d e d to repay the mone hi d Mr. Benso n sa id she was a very bad w . oman, who 0 robbed a ha r d- wor ki ng person. Ho sentenced her to Ore months' imprisonment and hard labour. FIT SUBJECTS FOR REFORMATORIES.—SaMUEI 1 %11 aged 9 year s , was charged with being concerned ;" another in st ea li ng a pair of trousers, value Os. 6(1•,:ro01/0 et, outside the sh op o f M r. John Dicker, 100, High-ogoe Poplar. Th e case was clearly made out, and Mr. B e ns ordered hi m to be detained in Fulham School of Inclu°- i for five years. George Phillips, aged 13 years, was chargad with st ei'l o ; ing a p a i r o f goloshes, value ls. 3d., from outside thel3tbbo No. 89, Li me h ouse-causeway. He was seen to coraroit robbery, and the property was recovered. Ile wa s et) t nutted to the House of Correction for 14 days, an d that to be detained three years in a Reformatory. ACTION FOR TRESPASS.—On Tuesday an action for pass was bro ug ht b y M rs. E . Frewen Turner, of fo ldr f Overton, against Mr. Tailby, th e we ll-k nown ma ster ° O f hounds. The case was h ear d at the Oak h am , , Court, and, inasmuch as it was proved that due I P 2tI Li g the objection of Mrs. Frewen Turner to her lands hunted over had been served on Mr. Tailby, that g en t be man was fined £2 in each case o f t r e spass —X 6 in all. .. -- ,, e r rule is thus laid d own th a t no l an d can b e hunted ". without the consent of its occupier. r Oe la Prima Don na , when going well and leading •-• 8 t ol over the last fence for th e Bi rm i ng h am Grand 14 ' e „ her Steeplechase, fell on h er h ea d a ft er l an di ng, an d bro „ "; r bo neck. She died almost directly afterwards. Wa rd ' was riding her, fortunately escaped serious injury. t he PARIS AND CHANTILLY FIXTURES.—The dates °• 00 : Paris and Chantilly Meetings have been fixed as f° ll° d 9 , —Paris Spring, April 11, 18, 25, 29, May 2, 6 , $O , l 26+ Chantilly Spring, M a y 16 (F renc h O a k s ), 20 W l %O (French Derby.) Paris Summer, May 30, June 3, 6 ' 6. The Grand Prix de Paris will be run on S unda June 6. i ,„ r GEORGE FORDHAM.—It appears that the total nu l33 %i t ts races he has won from 1860 t o 1869 i s 1 , 173, a nd the 1. 0 0 of the stakes £275,827. His highest number of 3 ' 613 : 0 0 in 1862, with 161, an d hi s l argest amount of stakes' vioci 1867, with £52,027. Th e on l y ti me w i t hi n this 1 3- 10 1 5+ that he was beaten in the amount of stakes won 11 fo ot jockey was in 1863, by T. Chaloner with £24,07 9 , a n g o , s 3o, Fordham's £17,835, and i n 1866 b y C us t an ce with •P' against Fordham's £24 135. ~5110 CORNWALL, Monday 3 p.m. —A fearful 11a°' 9 erli has been raging in Cornwall since last night, and -e no ro to be increasing in violence. There are various ro ra- to o of disasters on the. coas t, and it is feared there aa t much ground for the s t a t emen t th a t th ere have 1 100 least three wrecks, resu lti ng i n l oss o f life. T he m iali will soon be ascertained. H o u se p ro p e rty has cer—itioo sustained great dam age , an d th e con ti nu ed heaq r e r are doing immense mischief. There is a very larg Li re tent of low-lying land un d er water, and the 04 0 rapidly increasing. The ri vers are over ff o wing their ,90 ' in all directions. - frO o EMIGRATION STATISTICS.--.The emigration o the port of Liverpo o l d ur i ng J anuary w as 3,22 5 P'f:°the of whom 2,412 sailed in 16 s hip s , under the Act, t° United States. Of th ese 1,221 were English, 357 Irish, and 667 f ore i gners. Of the 10 short t 5"" to were to the United States with 635 passengers , t o f W° 9 " Victoria with 49, two to the West Indies with ad - • I I 2, to South Ameri c a with 70, th ree t o Af r ica with 3 4 , the one to China with 20. Th e t o t a l e migration o ' o , o f month was 239 less than in the corresponding ra° last year. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indigestion), scs. Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stool d o ce liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated 5 2'0 3 by p 9 rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cu l. l r ovel, orl Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, a s pf s soc,r thousands of cases which had been considered hopeLe'ciiiplaSe —couh. asthma, also diarrhcea, hemorrhoids, liver d iptt ue , flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore thro L D e ' a rs, citsv ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the heaLain ir u al e o, , d it an — o lifi e, matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn7oe debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and siolonrfiglitW pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits bronchitis, sc rofun ice ett,, pi of the chest, pains at' the pit of , the stomach and b e w s torll 3 o shoulders, &c. e quote a few :—The Pope's Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 63,413—" Home, JulY. l % oas!Da healtl. re i s6G- - . 0 0- health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially si%,;. e ly tior ing all other remedies, ho has coutined himself el ves 0. Pool Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which no consume Dene4eoo ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisiug4 , i, esevotre effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot prakie food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," J: 11 0 1 f p - 'l', ol3 r,fe, No. 46,270—Mr. James Roberts, timber inerchan.t:, „ R ot o r. Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting,;__' Lord ' ep oiP derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. 1, 74 -",, , dysP,-, 0, de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many Yeraom tlySPaqi No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agonYaf/oney, on nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 11 L' Cat; at io o sickness, and vomiting.--Maria July." IMPort a— ....., MO' Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slop i r lo ot ." to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's liana s 1 50 0' ciously attached. 51b5. 115. '0 119C 24 In tins, at ls. 11c1. ; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. 4s. Gd• ; ~, o nlA for - 225. ; 24 lbs, 405, Also Du BARRY'S REVA.LENTA.,. at 2s ;: , c oo LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cup 5 fot 514 ° tio g t 30 5 . , .., ..100 cups at 3s. Gd., for 48 cups at Gs., for 288 cups A 50 0. #o f gee at 555.—being about one penny per cup. The 3 ' s * f Po , " Ida ntt r are sent free of carriage in England on receipt o Order.—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, ••-••••° don; and all Grocers and Chemists. 3IARLBOROUGII-S TREE T. ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—James Halleran, a tailor, resicl . „ 4 at 79, Great Tit c hfi e l d-street, was brought before O.; Tyrwhitt on a warrant by Jeffrey, one of the war ra° officers, charged with assaulting his wife, Anne Hallerso. The complainant, a meek-looking woman, said that ea Saturday night the prisoner came home and abused b e : and then seiz e d h er, shook her violently, and presse d he throat very m uc h, an d he afterwards made a kick at het la but instead of ki c ki ng h er he kicked the baby she 11°1 her arms. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said al : prisoner was not sober, and was always very quarrelsolg when he had been drinking. The prisoner said that h e did no t ki ck either his vo`e °t child intentionally. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that some persons in their cupsTl very dangerous, while others we re qu it e th e reve rse an very good f e ll ows. The prisoner would have to find °IIe bail in .£2O to keep the peace. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETOILS.—henry Carter, a cab proprietor, of No. 18, Vernon-street, Hammersmith , 14. 0 1 peared before Mr. T yrw hi tt to answer the complaint of the Royal So c i e t y f or the Prevention of Cruelty to .1" mats for working a horse in an unfit state. After hearing the evidence of Inspector TemperleY " Simeon Sell, two offi cers o f t h e society, to the e ffect t P the horse was lam e i n a ll f our legs, had several 501:ie6 about it, and was qu it e un fi t f or work, an df ur th e r that "e, e a fendant had first said th a t h o h a d had the horse d e stroy ed and then that he h a d so ld i t, Mr. Tyrwhitt fined t h e de' fondant 40s. and costs. out. ~. • I Q 1111) 44 D, ID, Dl c an D an i.. 1) ag VI re] b 1 .41 1 n4l IN