The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-09 00:00:00

MOSES and SON. 12a.. . EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, F OR ALL CLASSES. PRICES BASED ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM AN UNEQUALLED in EVERY DEPARTMENT. STOCK A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. OVERCOATS IN EVERY SIYLE AND MAT ?MAL. OVERCOATS from 193. to £5. BOOTS and SHOES. JJOSIERY and DRAPERY. AND BATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at unusually Low Prices. COMPLETE OUTFITS for ALL CLIMATES. ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX. CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. AN easy and accurate System of Self-measure, introduced by E. MOSES and Son, has served to extend their - connection to all parts of the kingdom, ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully lJ attended to. L IST of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E 4 l - MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS j.. aro CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 o'clock. EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke . Tailors. Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. Tho following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 7, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 308, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre rentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their my Establishments are the above-mentioned. VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY LOAN for £2,107,000, iu Five per Cent. Debentures.— Authorised by the Victorian Parliament under the Act 32 Vic toria, No. 331, assented to 29th September, 1868, called " The Railway Loan Act, 1868," for the extension of F ailways, and secured upon the Consolidated Revenues of the Colony. The committee of the six Associated Australian banks, as agents for the Government of Victoria, have been instructed to negotiate the said loan of £2.107,000. The loan will be issued - in Debentares of £lOO, .C:500, and £l.OOO each, bearing interest at 5 per cent., to commence from the Ist January, 1869, and the coupons of the said loan are pay able on the Ist of January and Ist July in each year, at the London and Westminster Bank and the Lon ton and Joint-Stock Bank, where also the principal will be payable on the Ist day of January, 1894. Copies of the Act, with the debentures and coupons, can be seem at the London and Westminster Bank. The Act provides that the proceeds of the loan shall be ex pended in constructing a line of railway from Melbourne to Belvoir, on the Upper Murray River. By it, a large district of great mineral, pastoral, and agricultural wealth will be opened up, and much of the trade of the great pastoral country, north of the Murray, will be secured to Melbourne. The whole of the public debt of Victoria has been contracted for the execution of public works, which not merely develope the resources of the country, but are reproductive in them selves. Tenders in the form annexed will he received at the London and Westminster Bank, on or before Tuesday, the 9th inst., un til one o'clock p.m., where and when they will be °paled, in presence of the agents of the Government, and of such of the applicants as may attend. The debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders. pro vided the tenders are not below the minimum price, as directed by the Government of Victoria, which will be placed on the table In a sealed envelope. Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling other than sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted; and should the equivalent tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to be allotted, a pro rata distribution will be made. Paynient'of the debentures will be required as follows, viz. The snm in excess of 190 per cent. on allotment, and £9O per cent on the 28th May next. The letters of allot - Mont will be exchanged for scrip to bearer. Forms of tender may be obtained at the London and West minster Bank, the London Joint-Stock Bank, and the six Associ ated Australian Banks. Forthe Bank of New South Wales D. Larnach, Chair- man of Committee. For• the Bank of A nstralasia .. Wm. Brown For the Union Bank of Australia H. W. D. Saunders. Fog the Bank of Victoria Fog the London Chartered Bank of Australia James Fr ser. For: the Colonial Bank of Australasia James A. Douglas, London, March 1, 1869. No. FORM OF TENDER. To the Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks, as Agents for the Government of Victoria. Gentlemen,— hereby tender for Debentures of the Victoria Government, according to the annexed notice of the Ist instant, and undertake to pay £ for every £lO9 in Debentures, and to accept the same or any less amount that may be allotted to and to pay for them in conformity With the terms of the said notice. Name Address 1 ate ... .... 31 arch, 1849. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, HENRY IV. (First Par'): Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Hotspur, Mr. Dillon; Messrs Ryder, Sinclair, Wil son, M`lntyre, &c.; Miss Stuart and Mrs. Vandenhoff. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B DA. 11 HE ATRE RO YAL, H A YMAR KE T. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. /riffs EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY: S essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. : Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A. DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. Pit 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Niiss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining - • - • THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINEITE Louis XVI., Mr. William nignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. CL Shore ; The Dauphin (live Years old), Miss Lydia Ho w ard ; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. )Dora open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. xt Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs arke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames BM an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD Or TL E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AAIPHITEIEA FRE AND CIRCUS, :HOLBORN Th world-renowned 0 N RA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLY[NG TRAP Ed perfectly electrified the Moir .` polls last Autumn, Will armear '.VERY EVENING. Onrs's performance is note, inoro than ever, un quest i onably enperior to that of Leo taxi', or any other performer on the trapeze. Ilia doubl.3 somer saults from the :lying bar are incrlib'e. and, to use a hackneyed phrase, must tx3 seen to ho believed. Onra challenges the world. The matchles3 SCENES ;11 the ARENA. as usual. including Herr OS O AR CA RHE and his magnificent tud of Perfc.rming Horses. and the Star Company of Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and !owns. "Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excite ment, amusement, and evidence of , refined skill, h as never tefore been introduced to the metropolis. '-- Datly Telegraph, 0ct.30. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per f nmances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. iILOBE THEATRE-ROYAL ‘-", Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.10, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0. BROWN AND TITE BRAHMI S: Messm Blarahall,Warner. Davit fisher, Andrews, Huriston, and J. 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SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town MILE LATE EDITION of " TILE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton This EVENING, at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by HENRY IV. (First Part). Falstaff. Mr. Phelps; Hotspur, Mr. Charles Dillon. Concluding with BED A. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Tars EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal' Buckstone. jun., Mlisa Laws, fie. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale, &c.: 3Tesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Commenem at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENINfI. at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE TOINET FE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray: Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF TEA: Mdl'e.Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI._ Tms EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Delmore, Mr. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, ex. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. S wanborough. THIS EVENINCI, at 7.30, T EIE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke: Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; NI esdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TIPS - EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYBIL'S SUCCESS. 0.40, BROWN AND TILE BRAIINIINS: Messrs. Marshall. Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. TEM EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brongh , H. Irving. S. Fmery. Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE- ROYAL, HOLBORN. This EVFNING AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAW. Mr. F.. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weather.by. After which, FETTER I.;D: Messrs. Cowper. eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, Bartleman, and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George honey. ROYAL ANTPIIITREATII le. AND CIRCUS, IIOLB0RN• THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and mignifleent Stud f5O Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, Se THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H . Wi g an, H. Ne dile, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson: Mesdames Furtado, Schn.vev. N. Harris. and nt. Henry. After which, TH le. YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs H. Neville, Atkins. Taylor, laughan, G. Vincent, &c.; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss AL Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, ttc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. under the Management of Miss Mario Wilton Tuts EVENING, SCHOOL• Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Baneroft. Mrs. 'Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss "! arse Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And I NTRIGET' 4•••• ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. This ETENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTI'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: an 1 the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and S aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL HAMRA PALACE. THREE BALLET, Promenade Concert. Band of So. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's -pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, le.; on licnclays, fid.; Children under twelve, 6(1. 7 1 .0 . .) wg.it • CS: 44 44 LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1869. Mr. CHILDE RS ' explanation yesterday, in Com mittee, - of the Naval Estimates, cannot but be re garded as having afforded a complete justification of the choice made of him by Mr. GLADSTONE, last De cember, as the new First Lard of the Admiralty. his reduction of those estimates, within t s h a e y br u i l e ,.., f . interval which which has since then elapsed, is, to it, something remarkable. It is a reduction amounting upon the current year, as compared with its immediate predecessor, of upwards of a million sterling. A nd the reduction effected is one quite clearly at no risk whatever to the efficiency of the national service. On the contrary, we cannot but recognise in many of the chLiges which have been effected or are in process of being effected, guarantees for the better manage ment of the department in future, by means of a concentration of hitherto scattered sections of that department, and by means also (because of that) of an extraordiniuy and very obvious simplifi cation of heretofore exceedingly complex arrange ments. The tceal of the Navy Estimates, as now planned, will be, as Mr. CHILDERS t:313 us. some £9,990,000, viz., £8,104,000 for tffective services, £1,515,000 for non-effective, and £316,000 for trans port services, which is a reduction of £1,027,000 on last year, and £1,300,009 from the year 1867- 68. This reduction being effected by means of the following items £199,000 for wages, £73,000 victualling departments, £127,000 dockyards, £57,000 stores, £331,000 contracts, and £21,000 transports. Ex plaii ing this very clearly, the First Lord of the Admi ralty went on last evening to recount first of all the THE SUN, LONDON, TL ESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1869. changes effected in the Admiralty Establishments, econdly the policy decided on by the Government in regard to the organization and distribution of our various fleets, and lastly the programme sketched out in the matter of shipbuilding. As to the first point, namely, the changes made or to be made in the Ad miralty Establishments, he surprised many by the announcement that he was altogether against the abolition of the Board, and consequently against the notion of either reviving the old obsohte post of Lord High Admiral of England, or the creation of a new Secretary of State, a Sixth Secretary of State, for the conduct of the Maritime Department of the Administration. Instead of adventuring upon either of those last-mentione I courses, he had resolved, as he told the Committee yesterday, upon simply rearrang ing the Board of Admiralty. His plan of rearrange ment, including within it, in point of fact, princi pally this notablecbange—that the Controller, hence forth to be seated at the Board, will have the direc tion of the materiel of the navy, that the personnel will be in the charge of one of the Junior Lords, and that the Secretary of the Admiralty will have the control of the finances. Coupled with this, he has already contrived —with a saving of some £20,000 a year in the process, and this moreover, without inflicting injury upon any single individual by so doing— he has already contrived, as he explained, to concentrate all the administrative de partments of the Admiralty about Whitehall—leaving only the accountants' work to be still done within the precincts of Somerset-House. Another of Mr. CHILDERS' extraordinary announcements was this, that he had reduced.the South American, Pacific, China, Indian, and African squadrons from 80 ships and 11,600 men to 64 ships and 8,500 men; having besides that arranged that the Indian Government should pay £70,000 a year towards the expenses of the vessels kept in Indian waters. A flying squadron, he also described as about to be despatched, consist ing of some of the finest vessels in the service— the object of which squadron is to visit in turns one or another of the Foreign Stations. Together with this, he has a plan for despatching a few of the Coast Guard vessels on a cruise. The reduction of men and boys effected in the Estimates he ex plained as from 63,700 to 63,000, honora'dy adding, however, that to the credit of this the late Board of Admiralty was chiefly entitled. With a view to the reduction of the unnecessarily enormous list of officers in the Royal Navy—a list altogether out of proportion to any conceivable require ments of the service—he announced that his colleague the Chancellor of the Exchequer would shortly bring in a Bill for commuting the half-pay of a certain number of officers, thus enabling the Ad miralty to recast the list according to the actual and undoubted requirements of the service. Coming, in the end, to the last subject upon which he had to offer his official explanations to the Committee, to wit, the matter of the Shipbuilding Programme, he gave the welcome information to his hearers that, by the end of the financial year, nearly all the ships now in hand would be completed, and, if possible, the still more welcome intimation that, at Pembroke and at Chatham respectively, there are about to be laid down at once two Turret Ships which will be the most powerful afloat ! They will be 4,400 tons, double screws, 1111- knots speed, plated with 12-inch and 14 -inch armour, carrying four2s-ton guns, and costing £286,000 each. Adding that, when the existing and immediately projected arrangements were actually carried out wo should have nearly Fifty (47) armoured vessels afloat, carrying close upon Six Hundred (598) guns, and that these, with Sixty six efficient unarrnoured vessels, together with a large number of vessels of the old type, will give England a Navy stronger than that possessed by any other na tiontahne avpepryre same a m b e l e t i r n e i d e u o e f t iofnul fully o o n u e r m n i l e l i v o a n l in the:world. Agreeable news , sure l y, that— pinleadteswaitth estimates sterling ! TILE Irish Church Bill seems to have completely taken all the heart out of the Opposition in Ireland. Irish Churchmen are passive, and the Orange journals in vain appeal to them to "awake, arise, or be for ever fallen." The truth is, the clergy, who should of course lead any agitation, are very well satisfied with Mr. GLADSTONE'S scheme. They expected one far less favourable. They know, as well as Mr. DISRAELI knows, that the Church as an establish ment is doomed, that nothing can save it, and that it is simply a question of terms. Those which the PREMIER offers are not only liberal, but very hand some, and they think they may do much worse than accept them. The landlords are no less satisfied than the clergy. The opportunity afforded them to buy up the tithe rent charge at twenty-two and a-half years' purchase, and to spread the payment over forty-five years, suits them exceedingly well. Therefore, instead of seeing any longer in disendowment an invasion of the rights of property, they see only an occasion for increasing their pro perty, and that while scrupulously respecting the rights of others. So, while a few ultra Orangeinen are writing angry letters in their organs, and calling the PRENIIER every bad name that can be found even in the fertile Irish vocabulary, the great body of Irish Churchmen are indisposed to offer any serious opposition. There is another reason why they should not do so beside the satisfactory nature of the compensation offered to them. Experience has taught them that if they suffer themselves to be made the tools of a political party, they are likely to fare very much worse than they would fare under Mr. GLADSTONE'S bill. The Irish Church occupies exactly the same position now that Parliamentary Reform occupied prior to 1867, so far as the Conservative party are concerned. The maintenance of a Conservative Administration before that date was impossible until the question of Reform was got out of the way. Similarly, the maintenance of a Conservative Administration is impossible now until the Irish Church question has been settled. Two years ago the Conservatives deter mined to remove the first obstacle, and granted a measure far beyond that which the Liberal party proposed. Irish Churchmen shrewdly suspected that if they gave the Conservatives the opportunity, the same course would be adopted . with regard to their Church—that it would have to take a leap in the dark, such as that which the Constitution was compelled to take two years back. They have no desire to witness that feat. They think that on the whole they will do much better by accepting the annuities which Mr. GLADSTONE offers, or by settling down in undisturbed possession of their parsonages and churches. True, they will be disestablished; but is that so very great an evil which involves their representation in a Church convention ? True that the one archbishop and the three bishops will no longer be entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but is that a matter concerning which the country parson, who has never travelled fartherthan Dublin, need feel very acutely ? Every consideration combines to make the present terms acceptable. If Mr. GLADSTONE be the foe to the Church he is reported to be, he is at least a by no means inexorable one. Moreover, there is high authority for agreeing with an adversary quickly while he is in the way, lest he deliver you to the officer, and that functionary (in the person of Mr. DisnitEra) deliver you to the judge (the great Conservative party), and the judge cast you into prison, in the shape of a " Tory-Radical " measure. IT will be seen from the news which we give in another column that the Duke of BUCKINGHAM did wisely in refusing to grant the prayer of the Nova Scotians for the dissolution of the North American Confederation. Instead of Nova Scotia seceding,. Newfoundland has acceded, and we may expect to hear every day that the little adjacent settlement of Prince Edward Island has followed the example just set by the oldest of the British colonies. The accession of Newfoundland is important in itself and for the results which it will have. It will necessarily involve that of Prince Edward Island, and thus complete the Confederation up to the Rocky Mountains. So long as these two islands remained aloof they afforded opportunities for illicit trade. In fact, it was these very opportunities, offering, as they did, a lucrative business, which induced Newfoundlanders to remain apart from the Confederation until now. We do not know what inducement has been offered to them to change their determination. We know only that they have changed, and that, by a large majority, a decision has been given in favour of union. From another source we learn that the negotiations with the Hudson's Bay Company are progressing satisfac torily, that company having yielded some important points which will render the transfer of their terri tory easy and certain. In all probability British Columbia will shortly follow the example just set by Newfoundland, and the Confederation will be complete from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This done, it is to be hoped that material results will follo - Y. It will be of s mall advantage to have a Union of this kind unless it is strong enough to initiate measures that would not have been possible so long as British North America was split up into seven provinces. The merging of the Ileptarchy into one Government ought to be succeeded by the construction of a railway from ocean to ocean, which should make the New Dominion the great highway between Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The produce of China and Japan ought to reach us vid the Intercolonial Railway. LATEST INTELL MENU (REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) FR PARIS, March 9. M. Devienne has been appointed Chief President of the Cour de Cassation. Judgment was pronounced yesterday on the pri soners concerned •in the case of wholesale infanti cide at Montauban. Two women were sentenced to the galleys; Delpech, the chief culprit, for life ; and Coyne for ten years ; the other sentences were Barriere, two years ; Vern, four ; Pauline, three ; Eu!alie, two; and Plantado one years' imprison ment. The woman Boyer was accinitt2i. CROATIA. AGRAM, March 9. The Emperor and Empress arrived here last evening and were received with much enthusiasm by the people. The town was brilliantly illumi nated. Count Beast has also arrived here. The Empress will take her departure for Pesth on Sa turday next. A USTRIA. VIENNA, March 9. • The New Free Press of to-day announces that the French Ambassador, the Duke de Gramont, is about to leave for Paris. The same paper states that Miinif Effendi has been definitively appointed Minister of the Porte at Athens, and that Server Effendi is appointed Turkish Ambassador here. (t iro L,121111, - • , HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 8. The Queen, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Princes Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, also went out. THE ATTACK BY CHINESE ON THE CREW OF THE COCKCHAFER, The following details of this occurrence are given by the China Mail :—" It appears that the boats of her Majesty's gunboat Cockchaf er were exerc i s i ng in a creek about four miles beyond Swatow, when their crew were stoned by some natives, the missiles striking several of the men. The latter landed and caught one of the ass ailants, whom th e y d e t a i ne d with the intention of handing him over t o t h e nat i ve authorities, and retreated to their bo a t s . A l arge mo b of Chinese, however—some 400 or 500—s u dd en l y ma d e t h e i r appearance from the village in the n e i g hb our h oo d , an d being well armed T h e withgingalls, o p ened a galling fire on the boats' latter returned th e f i re with their Snider crews. rifles, hut were obliged to retreat, tw e l ve o f t h e i r num b er being wounded, and two, the b oa t swa i n and gunner, not being expected to live. The loss on the Chinese side is said to be fourteen killed and several wounded. From private information we learn th a t t h e mo b who first isiecgoamtlipenris'endes are, especially in China. partly of men and partly of began bo y s t — h e a 8 a m t t o a s c t k h o w s t a Almost every man in the Cockchafer's boats was wounded more or less severely; and even the man who brought the despatches on board the JKwang-tung, although on duty, had his arm in a sling. The gunner and boatswain are rather dangerously hit—one having been shot through the upper fearsunal entertained of the possi bility so far from th e reac h o f part of the body (back and breast), an d t h e ot h er i n the should er , th e b a ll having lodged in th e chest. In the latter thecases, surgeon's o bullet is unfortunately probe, that bility of its being removed ; and if, as i s genera ll y t h e case, the ball be an i r on one, very seri ous consequences may result. All the wounded men are i n h osp i tal, an d are being car e fully attended to by D r. S cott. T h e gunner, who is a good marksm an , i s sa id t o have fired no less than 400 rounds of S n id er ammuni tion before he was hit—so that the estimate of the loss on the part of the rascally natives may probably be under the mark. The gallant commander (Lieutenant Kerr) was of course exposed to the fire as much as any of his men ; but it is satisfactory to know that he is unhurt. Ile had at least two very narrow escape for his life, one bullet, passing over his head, grazed or went through his cap, and another found a lodgment in the breast of his coat." In addressing his constituents at Taunton, Mr. Henry James avowed himself a staunch supporter of Mr. Gladstone, and stated that in conducting the petition against Sergeant Cox he was anxious to avoid hurting the feelings of their or ponents by proving more than was neces sary to secure the seat. Another attempt has been made to upset a train on a railway passing through Shropshire. In the present in stance, broken chairs were placed upon the rails, near New port, over which the 6.15 p.m. train from Stafford was ex pected to pass. Two men, named Darlington and Bott, have been committed for trial at Shrewsbury Assizes upon the charge. A Protestant declaration, wbich.is being signed in Ireland, appears in the Dublin papers. It declares the contemplated Church legislation to be a perfidious violation of the Union and a spoliation of property secured by the faith of treaties. The document is prepared by the Defence As soc i at i on, and has t h e s i gna t ures o f t h e Duke of Abercorn, L or d s Ormonde, Bandon, and Crofton as vice-presidents for the f our Ir i sh prov i nces , togeth e r w ith the names of forty-two other noblemen and a number of deputy-lieutenants and magistrates. At the Cheltenham County Ccurt a chemist sought to recover from Mr. J. T. Agg-Gardner, the defeated Con servative candidate at the last election, the sum of three guineas as remuneration for loss of time in attending as a witness for three days on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. Stroud, who appeared fcr the defeneant, took an objec tion, in support of which Le cited cases to Chow that a wit ness could not claim for loss of time for attending a court in his own town. llis honour concurred, and the plaintiff was non-suited. At a large meeting of the electors of the borough it has been resolved to invite Sir Harcourt Johnstone to offer himself for the vacancy in the representa tion of Scarbro', caused by the death of his father, and a requisition asking him to offer himself Is to be presented on an early day. Resolutions were also passed, expressing on behalf of the constituency which for twenty eight years Sir John represented, their deep sympathy with Lady Johnstone and the other members of her family at the heavy and sudden bereavement they had suffered. The writ was issued on, Friday night, so that the election Will probably take place this week. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, March 8. In the absence a positive news rumour is unusually active just now.l Never, it is affirmed, has the Empire had such a narrow escape of a great, and perhaps dangerous, Ministerial crisis. Had, it is said, the Third Party pos• Baled a leader equal to the occasion, M. Rouher would have fallen, and a new Ministiy and a new rlgime would have reigned in his stead. The enemies of the Minister of State have bad their chance, but the invincible Rouher has once more proved triumphant. It is asserted that Prince Napoleon—who always turns up in the nick of time—urged his cousin to change his subordinates, as the only means of preserving internal peace ; and some go so far as to assert that an announcement containing the dismissal of all the Ministers was sent to the Journal Officiel. Where there is smoke there is fire. It is evident that the Empire has been rudely shaken by this City of Paris debate. There can be no doubt, too, that the most deadly antagonism has sprung up between M Rouher and Baron Haussmann. [t is officially announced that M. de la Gu6ronnire, the Imperial Ambassador at the Court of Brussels, is about to leave Paris. There is to be no change. Why, then, people ask, (lid the Minister leave Brussels, and why has he remained here so long ? It is affirmed, and, it must be added, with great chew of truth, that the Government is not only greatly annoyed by the action of the Belgian Government in the affair of the railways, but is yet making it the subject of serious:diplomatic communications. The nature of these communications is, of course, warmly disputed. Some affirm that the Imperial policy will not hesitate to threaten the independence of Belgium ; others content themselves with the supposition that the Luxem bourg line only will be dealt with, and that the Government will attempt to dissuade the Bel gian Cabinet from forbidding this single concession, without infringing upon the general principle of the bill. The official papers, on their side, affirm that the affair is settled, and no longer occupies the attention of the French Ministry. But, however wide of the mark the more alarming hypotheses may be, few persons believe that the difficulty is at an end. The proof that it is still the subject of epistolary interchanges between the two tour tries is all but positive. Although it is usual for American Presidents to com mence their term of office by a clean sweep in diplomatic representation, there is reason to believe that this incon venient rule will not be followed in the case of General Dix. General Grant is raid to have requested the American Ambassador here to retain his credentials. Th offer has been accepted. The injury wrought by the late storm has been really phenomenal. The damage done on the whole of the west coast is very great ; but at Saint Male and the neighbour- hood the effects of the hurricane have been calamitous. Five hundreds yard of dyke were swept away, and a large district inundated. Houses have been demolished, cattle drowned, trees uprooted, and all hopes of the approaching harvest destroyed. In a few minutes the labours of 30 years were annihilated, and the scientific men who have visitedthe scene of the disaster declare that at least five years will be required to repair the damage. No lives were lost, but numerous families have lost all they possessed. A murder has just been revealed in a strange way. So far back as the 22nd of October a young man was found murdered in the wood of Vincennes. Fruitless attempts were made to discover the perpetrator of this deed. At length a sailor, who was charged with a trifling robbery, confessed to various offences of the kind at Nice, Lisbon, and other places. Happening to hear of this murder, this candid criminal volunteered the opinion that it must have been perpetrated by a baud of thieves known as La Bande Noire, giving at the same time such precise indications that suspicion fell on the narrator himself. The following day he was recognised by a person who had seen him, on Oct. 22, not far from the place where the body was found, and the testimony of this individual induced the sailor to confess the crime. Strange to say, the same man had saved, at the risk of his life, two children from the fourth storey of a burning house, and an official certificate to that effee . was found upon him. An odd case has been heard before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine. This was a suit brought by the manager of the principal theatre in Brussels against Madame Carvalho, the well-known opera-singer. The plaintiff engaged the defendant, but, as I believe I told you, she declined to fulfil her part of the engagement, alleging that as an epidemic disease was raging in the Belgian capital her life would be endangered. The court has now declared the plea to be insufficient, and decided she must go there within a fortnight, under penalty of paying £24 a day ; it reserves M. Letellier's right to recover further damages, and grants him £4O for the injury which he has already sustained. The epidemic has now ceased, so that doubt less the cautious lady will avoid these severe forfeitures by at once setting out for the Belgian capital. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. METEOR OLOG ICAL REFORM Tuesday, March 9, a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith 6 .7 l;iJai 29'58f. 29'57f. 29'64f. 29 62f. 29'62f. 29'551. ScarboroUgh Yarmouth fielder Cux haven Skudesnais Ardrossan • Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear Roch e's Pt. Penzance Plymouth Pembroke Portsmouth London C'peGrisNez Brest L'Oricnt Roche lost Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 Cm local time) 29*G8f. 29'69f. 29'63f. 29 Gn. 29'84f. 29'70f. 29'58f. 29'60f. 29'62f. 29'54f. 29 59f. 29.5 ff. 35 34 I 33 I 32 1 33 I 36 N.N.W. N.W. N. N. W. S. W. Extreme 3 1 I 3 2 I 2 I 3/ N.N.W. N.N.W. N.E. S.S.E. N. N. IV. N. N. E. N. N. E. N. W. N. N.E. N.E. N. N.E. N.E. N.N.E. N.W. W.N.W. N.N.E. 29 53f. 29'63f. 29'62f. N.E. E. N. N.E. S.W. 18 . v N.W. o'ls ,o'o2 1 ,0'05;- rxrLA NA' ,TION Barometer corrected and reduced to 12 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of =mon 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 ; e.—elouds, detached ; f. - fog h.—hall ; I. lightning ; in.—misty, hazy ; o.—olercast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Since yesterday morning a considerable decrease of barometrical pressure has occurred at all stations, amounting to nearly o•6in. in the N.W. of France, and nearly o'3in. in Scotland. This change has made readings this morning rather low, and very uniform. (The great and sudden fall reported at Scarborough yesterday afternoon, and which was the cause of the issue of warnings to the E. coast, arose from an error in the telegram.) Ternperttun also has decreased, except in W. France and S.E.England, where it has recovered a few degrees. Thermometer readings are very uniform. Winds generally have veered to the N.E., and during the night have become strong at Valencia elsewhere they continue light to moderate A light S, wind still holds at Yarmouth and' Cape aria Nez. Snow has fallen in the north and east, and some rain in the west. The sky this morning is a little cloudy, with fog on the east coast, but weather flue. The sea has got up at Valencia, It is said that the Rev. henry Ward Beecher is really very seriously ill. He seems to have injured himself by overwork. His physician says be must have rest, and prescribes a long stay abroad for the recovery of his health The revolting murder at Wednesbury continues to form the all-absorbing topic of discussion throughout the Black Country district. Tho prisoner's wife—his second wife, wedded only thirteen months—and his four chil dren by his first wife, had an interview with him In the cells, before his removal to Stafford, and the parting scene, so far as the woman and children were concerned, is described as a most harrowing one. The prisoner himself, either by force of willorlack of feeling, carried himself almost unmoved through the scene. His rife, with tears streaming down her cheeks, exclaimed before she left, " Oh, lad, if you know aught about it, do tell me." His only reply was a brief denial of all knawledge of the affair. The President of the Board of Trade has just re. ceived a deputation from Birmingham asking him to use his influence to close the Enfield Rifle factory. Mr. Bright replied io the effect that he was afraid the applicants would find very great difficulty in in ducing the Government to reduce or abolish the exist ing Enfield factory, and pointed out that, even if it were abolished, a very large number of men would be thrown out of employment, and they would naturally go t o Birmingham to seek work, and thus be competitors quite as much there as they were at the Enfield factory. The Go. vcrnment might, however, prevent the extension of the fac. tot v. The Lill to amend the law with respect to the pro perty of married women has born prepared ar,d brought in by Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Headlam, etd 3f•. Jacob Bright. By the provisions of this bill it is enacted that a marled wo. man shall bo capable of holding property, of contracting, of suing, and of being sued as if she were a femme sole. pro perty acquired by the act shall be held by thorn as if unmarried. A husbani shall not be liablo for the debts of his wife before marriage. Questions between husband and wife as to the title to, or possession of, personal property aro to be decided in a summary way, by a petition to any judge of Chancery or the County Court of the die. trict in which either party resides. This act does not affect the right of any husband to hold- his wife's real estate as taniUttrOluicsY. CATTLE DISEASES BILL. The bill for preventing the spread of contagion: diseases among cattle has been brought in by Mr Dodson, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Secretary Bruce, It is enacted that every local authority shat' appoint inspectors to carry out the provision: of this bill, and that both the local authorities and the inspectors shall make reports to the Privy Council from time to time. The Privy Council may have power tc prohibit the landing of foreign animals,•or subject them to quarantine. If any person attempts to land ar animal in contravention of the order of the Council, the animal shall be forfeited, and the person so offending shat, be liable to penalties. Upon receiving information of the existence of cattle plague in his district the inspector shall at once p•Treed to the place and discharge the powers an•l duties conferred on him by law. The certificate of an inspector to the effect that an animal is affected with disease shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of justice of the matter certified. An inspector shall declare those parts of his district where disease has appeared to be infected places, and such declarations shall be sent to the Privy Council. Any constable may apprehend any person found committing an offence against the rules of this Act, and may require that any animal or thing moved out of an infected place be taken back. If any person exposes infected animals for sale, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence under this Act, and the same shall apply to any person turning out diseased animals on unenclosed lands. Steamboat and railway companies are bound to disinfect carriages and boats that are used for the conveyance of animals. If the railway company should make provision for the supply of water and food to animals carried by them, they may charge the same to the owners. This Act shall not extend to Ireland, but part of it applies to Scotland. INDIA. The following are the principal items of news by tho Bombay mail, just arrived:— The accounts from the famine districts are somewhat less alarming than hitherto. A good deal of rain has fallen in the North-West Pro vinces, which has had the effect of lowering the prices of corn throughout the western part of those provinces. The contemplated interview between Lord Mayo and Shere Ali, at Peshawur, has been abandoned. The Bishop of Calcutta has put forward a scheme for the establishment of a Christian mission at Mandalay. the King of which does not object to Christianity. Dr. Douglas, Bishop of Bombay, presided at a public meeting in Bombay, for the first time, on the occasion of .the anniversary gathering of the Church Missionary Society. A bill has passed the Bombay Legislative Council em. powering the Government Commissioners appointed to inquire into the recent fatal accident on the Bhore Ghaut incline of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The Bombay creditors and contributories of the Cora. mercial Bank Corporation have unanimously adopted the compromise proposed by the official liquidator. A bill is to be introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council of Bombay for the prevention of the adulteration of cotton and the better suppression of frauds in the cotton trade in the Bombay Presidency. The bill also provides for the expenditure of part of the revenue derived from cotton, on the improvement of the growth of cotton, and of machinery applicable to the pre vAration of cotton for export. 4 .N EXECUTION AT CONSTANTIONPLE. Another of these locally rare sacrifices to justice occurrea on Wednesday morning in a street near Ak-Serai. The victim in this case was a Mussulman Albanian, named Hassan, who about a fortnight ago violated and then mur dered a woman at Scutari. He had entered the house, in a lonely quarter of the Asiatic suburb, in the daytime, and, finding the womanbalone, perpetrated his double crime, and afterwards decamped with what light valuables he could carry off. The police, for a wonder, succeeded in tracking him, and, as he was identified by some one who had seen him enter the house, he finally confessed the crime during his second or third examination at the Zaptieh. From the first there was no chance of his escaping capital punish ment, but his sentence was, as usual, concealed from him, till the last. The execution had been delayed for some days owing to the difficulty of finding a gipsy—the usual finisher of the law in Stamboul—to undertake the job for the modest fee offered by the authorities. The Zingaree, however, holding out for better pay, a policeman was at length induced to do the work, and, without previous hint of his fate, the murderer was roused from his sleep at sunrise on Wednesday to go down, as he was told, to a steamer for exile to Trebizonde. On reaching the spot selected, the party of police escorting him halted, and the first intimation the wretch had of his fate was the question if he desired to say his prayers. He replied in a negative, and the executioner then advanced and attempted to throw a looped cord over his head. 3lanacled though he was, he resisted for some minutes, struggling fiercely, and screaming in a manner which, early as the hour was, speedily gathered a crowd into the previously empty street. At length the cord was got round his neck, and, after a further short resistance, he was ,strangled into insensibility. This done, the body was hitched up to a hook in the door-post of a neighbouring butcher's shop, with the feet barely off the ground, and left to die out thus, under watch of a single zaptieh. As usual, there was no excitement among the spectators, and in less than half an hour after the murderer was dead only same three or four loiterers lingered near the spot. About 1 p.m. the body was cut down, and carried off in a sack for burial.—Levant Herald, Jan. 24. Mr. Hatton Hamer Stansfeld, who for many years filled the office of official assignee in the court of the late Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, and who for some years has acted as provisional assignee in the winding up of old insol vency cases, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the post of official assignee in Mr. Commissioner Holroyd's court, vacant by the dismissal of Mr. Edwards. At the Derby Assizes Mr. Hugh Brookes surren dered to answer a charge of "practising intimidation, on the 13th of July, 1868," upon George Thornley, a voter for the southern division of the county of Derby, by means of a threatening letter, in older to in duce him to give his vote. After a long inquiry, his lord ship expressed his opinion that the indictment had not been maintained, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. lqr. Shirley Brooks, in writing in the Illustrated London News, says : " Good Friday has been selected by certain Reformers of the less-considered sort for a proces , sion in honour of the late Ernest Jones. Otte reads that some kinds of hymns are to be sung, and that a meeting is to take place in Trafalgar-square. I suppose that it is of no use to ask such persons to reconsider their intention ; but could Ernest Jones have foreseen anything of the kind, he would have declared it, both in regard to the choice of the day and the ridiculous ceremonial, detestable. Mr. Ernest Jones was a gentleman." THE NEW TRADE MOVEMENT.—The adjournea meeting of ironmasters and ironworkers was held on Mon day at Darlington, when the committee of five masters and five men presented rules for the formation and guidance o f a court of arbitration and conciliation. Most of the works in the North of England were represented by the masters and by delegates on the part of the men, and the discussions were of a harmonious and promising character. The meeting, which occupied seve:Al hours, discussed the rules, a code being ultimately adopted. It was decided that the board of arbitration should consist of one operative and one employer from each firm, the ope ratives to select their representative by ballot ; that a president and vice-president, one from the operatives and one from the employers, be elected annually ; that the board meet once a quarter at Darlington, Stockton, New castle, and Middlesborough, alternately. The question of an advance of wages was again raised by the men, who pressed their claim, and said the ironworkers were almost ready to strike in some of the districts. It was decided' that the board of arbitration should meet at an early day, and consider the demand. THE TOWER HAMLETS CONSTITUTIONAL Asso- CIATION.—BANQUET TO MR. COOPE. 011 Monday night the first anniversary of the Tower Hamlets Conservative Association was celebrated by a banquet at the Cannon street Hotel, in honour cf the candidature of Mr. Coope The chair was taken by Mr. R. Wigram. There were about 300 persons present, amongst whom were Mr. Mow bray, M.P., Mr. Fowler, 'M.P., Mr. Round, M.P., Mr. Pell, M.P., Mr. Charrington, Major Holt, Mr. Fairclough, Mr. Morgan Howard, Mr. J. Fletcher, Mr. Ashton, Rev. Mr. Bray, &c. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, the chairman proposed the toast of the evening "Mr Coope, our Friend and Future Member." The ch.- curnstarces undo: which Mr. Coope stood for the Tower Hamlets were peculiar, and he looked upon the amount of support he received as a sign that the tide was turning in favour of Conservatism in this country. The result in South Lancashire did not afford stronger evidence of the feelings of the people of the country than did the last election in the Tower Hamlets. The Towel H was a working men's constituency, and their supi.ort of his friend Mr. Coope—a support which was nearly crowned with success—sheaved that they were begin ning to see who were their real friends. He had now, on behalf of the Tower Hamlets Constitutional Association, to present Mr. Coope with an address. Mr. Coope said when he heard of this banquet he was afraid at first that it might be regarded as an offer of c mdolence under defeat, but when he recollected that in the most Radical borough in the kingdom, and possessing one of the largest constituencies, he was only defeated by the small majority of 400, he felt that the result of. the Lot election ot . thp mower Ipami;cors lympONY pa WAWA; SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOITRNALL The Times observes that Mr. Childers, in moving th e navy estimates, had a double advantage—first, in condiig before the House with all the energy of a new adrnin le. trator ; and next, in addressing an audience, a la r g e number of whom heard the naval estimates moved for the first time. The fact that he could announce a reducti on of more than a milli on was a l so i n hi s f avour, t h oug h zinc' of this reduction was settled before his predecessor left office. But, after making every allowance for the tar ll zeal of the late Ministry, Mr. Childers deserves the Pr' 4l , l° of great energy and success since he has been at Whitelnw' He has recast the supreme administrative machinery. has devised a plan of freeing the navy from the congestion of elderly officers, under which it constantly suffers. 'fe ll : II revised the mode of distribution and relief of the bra e squadrons. Ile has determined upon a distinct p o licy t ° be followed in shipbuilding. He has just touched, by 01 of beginning, the management of the dockyards, and gi cei fair promise of doing much more in the same portion of bl e department. Experience only can shew how far his ITN° are salutary, but there seems to be good reason for everyone of them. It is impossibl e th a t econom y can b e pursued , a Government without some complaint on the part of thos e who find themselves affected by retrenchment; but the kind of remonstrance raised against the reductions of 3 . 11 ' Childers on Monday night was particularly feeble. Sir 1. Elphinstone, in his double capacity as a member of tr a Opposition and representative of P o rt smou th, denotin c the savings effected in the dockyard there ; but t he conclusion of an unpredjudiced bystander would be ra ther in favour of encouraging Mr. Childers to further eceeersi than of holding his hand. Th e p r i nc ipl e o f extravaga rl i ce has been defined as " maki ng thi ngs pl easan t a ll rout''' . and the practice of economy m us t m a k e thi ng s " unPl es , sant all round ;" but Blr. Childers ha s no t been in c°ll siderate in his course, and the in ev it a bl e inconvenie nce has been mitigated in every possible way. More m ust ' indeed, be done, for of little more than eight rci llio/15 ' forming the total cost of the effective service, more than three millions are consumed in the dockyard, oval stores, and new buildings. The Third Lord and L i' . Controller may find in a careful examination of t- ,_ expenditure ample employment for their own energ l r and the means of enabling Mr. Childers to appear agl as an efficient economist in moving the estimates 11° year. The Daily Hews declares that when Mr. Childers ° down on Monday evening after speaking without ° moment's halt or hesitation for two hours and a half, he was heartily and deservedly cheered on both sides of the House. From first to last the attention of the consini tt l neither flagged nor wandered. lie had, in the cou rse ° an exposition as remarkable for its order and m ethod 'w for its exhaustiveness and perspicuity, traversed e whole range of the naval administration, touching 44 ,, points with equal firmness and precision, omitting ° ell s and leaving none obscure. The House of Commonslit to listen to a Minister who shews himself a master of s". subject, who can give a reason for every one of bi" acts 0 .4 , and has a distinct policy to announce. the Childers announced and explained his policy on internal reconstitution of the Board of Admiralty ; 00 th revision and reduction of the Admiralty Offices' °a the concentration of the dockyards ; the classira;; tion of stores and material ; th e reo rg a n isation a t civil, and particularly the medical, establishments , redistribution and reduction of distant squadrons • ° i t : formation of what may be called a normal flying squa: d s to visit all the stations in turn ; the maintenance of Channel Fleet in the most perfect training; the red of non-efficient men in order to keep the blue ia cke a s at their full strength ; the annual exercis e sea of the coastguard and training ships the way of convenience and encouragement to . 14 naval reserve ; the preparation of a compreheysice scheme of retrenchment, so as to let light and a ir at oil into the highest and the lowest ranks of a professiotil; which the number of officers is out of all proportion t° probability of their employment ; the construction of sli ts armoured ships and of such unarmoured cruisers as ill sustain the relative and absolute superiority rathe r d , quality than in quantity of the naval power of Engl iiii , o r On all these points Mr. Childers announced such a d ' A and positive policy as only a strong Governisient'd Government de longue haleine, sure of its existence and confident in its capacity, can presume to initiate or P rete to execute. ntr°' The Star considers that Mr. Childers's speech in I clueing the navy estimates has justified the expeot3!ions that were formed of his economising policy, without ati ll t f ing any opportunity for adverse criticism on the O s t' t those who would willingly establish, if they could, the navy is likely to suffer in efficiency while und er ; present management. It is, fortunately, more 01 ,4 prove in naval matters than in many others that e cono 7t and efficiency go together, and Mr. Childers's statenelatto of the present state of the navy list may be aPPea l , t he as a satisfactory illustration of the scope there is liv my Admiralty for a reformer who will att ac k evils bro w - 0 ; and who is capable of reducing establishments in tina direction of efficiency instead of in the dire of false economy and waste. There is not in any co unt st s in the world a navy with so enormous a proportiovo excess of officers over men as exists in the navy of if Britain. Of our vice and rear admirals, of whom ° ors one in ten is employed ; of our post captains not rc r i s is than one in five is employed ; and of the corninande, t se the list only one in four is employed. The condition of der junior branches of the service is, of course, 00 these circumstances most deplorable. There list , actually 446 names on the sub-lieutenant s : a d e rS and their state is spoken of by Mr. C m h ish with a sort of vast and poignant pity Z° is significant of their prospects in the Pr °- 0 0 0 ' which they have chosen. Can anything be less r ,A i derl mical ? But can anything be less efficient? Mr• sera' tells us that the system works very badly in thr ee se of ways. It renders the officers disgusted, for the): of receiving th e i r f u ll p a y o nly occasionally, al lei always grumbling in consequence, whether t hey of on full or half-pay. The fact that this great nu li3 no t unemployed office r s exists encourages the Gover n, ' In ept favour the discovery of utterly unnecessary, en l W. 7 s esif for them. And the navy, being officered in this efficiency is to a great extent out of the question. go The Standard refers to the discussion raised 1 29 Isft , Sclater-Booth respecting the appointment 0 14 Stansfeld and says that no one will grudge him b's_ ; ,bt:s or his rank. His party is in power, and he had a 1 7 i is expect, on the score of his ability, his previous dill: services, and the confidence which the extreme wing :„ bia Radical party reposes in him, an important position; c new Government. Had he been called to one of tb offices of State, with a seat in the Cabinet, his oPl i jas o might, indeed, have considered the appointment an t e l i s is t g e , one ; but they would have frankly admitted his c , ;_ s , wet s such an office in a Radical Government, and th e y surprised that his name did not appear in t is ojesti o of noblemen and gentlemen submitted to her s' so_ for offices which give a place in the Cabinet.a Mr. Stansfeld's abilities are one thing, 1r.,. 001 expediency of creating a Third Lord of the re su s '' irb s altering the constitution of the board are another:, wh o question is not whether Mr. Stansfeld is an able me re is worth a salary of £2,000 a year, but whether. trirvibi,oo any necessity to create the post as the occupants°, 1,1 0 lie enjoys that income. And this was what 3- 1 - 1 ,; , IV a utterly failed to skew. Mr. Ward Hunt exposeo.„ es; much power, the danger of the precedent setae l appointment of the Marquis of Lansdowne to ~ wed without salary, and Mr. Ctirdwell made a v a e r J e slit defence for it. The Secretary for War claimea c i r o pitV; c l the Government for respect to the deCision of A C . ° s h fi e of the House in not assigning a salary to the S1 0 : 1 1 :1 L an g , l of the Treasury. But if refusing a salary toexit downe is respect to the House, what is the palzis £2,000 a year to Mr. Stansfeld ? Tried by fotleof standard, sir. Cardwell and his colleagues snot ss s uff o guilty of gross disrespect to the decision of the Commons. 0 0 tOe The Telegraph, in discussing the same subject, I ss ire_ it imputes no want of sharpness to the impatient i‘lsois in remarking how natural it was that he should hf3il's Pat the necessity of the appointment. Not only hat ssrs eirt. d s usually excelled rather in the handsome disbtur Ir fr , capital, than in a plebeian parsimony ; but even id ou t i f o: occupation of office it most consistently carr i a r se 141 0 principles and went beyond its means. Of o °,_, oce, Booth was not the man to discover either tuactolo which he had helped to accumulate, or the work .s e t it , created for the coming pioneers of retrenchment ; ss .7 t, s oir?„, simply the fact, that the task is in its very nature v vat,s t, plex, and arduous. Hence the call for fresh assistants' son was there a more palpably reasonable businessiss. tbs,, action, nor had we ever better ground for belie the the aides were well selected. Some portions of V . ",,, rit ct.:, to be done especially demand a statesman who w ho tally acquainted with the abuses to be c orrect,e,. u ot so e ll honest beyond suspicion, who is too indepeo°` drawn aside from his duty by the most insidiouseesrLell!vtsit° blandishments, and who puts his heart eartyel'o-ortint47, whatever work he undertakes. In other words, i t a a , as N` o 3 wanted at the particular post exactly such S n s ty, tres James Stansfeld, long known for spotless lion nt pef a distinguished for zeal in the cause of retreuchmie.street o f its pursuit became the fashion in Downini,„,„ths its profitable victories a puzzle to the Sclater-Pv" the day. t erp etn e o f The Post thinks that the bill which Mr . Fos troduced to " amend, consolidate, and make .s il e is o n e iti the Acts relating to infectious diseases in c.lttsi si . i sb l ;74o which the importance cannot be overrated , the svoclily deals indirectly Ivith no less a matter • th i a,lj_ cts d ire_ ro , suthep interestsof animalfood large to cl a sthe of c t c h u e n e t country, 001 to g al visions may be summed up by saying that a g, iott Privy Council almost unlimited power of ut. the °W bifi ci t eases where there may be any risk—even not —of the spread of disease ; while it d o es t bo it down to restrictive measures when there p i e _ o d ee , such a calamity. This is certainly the paroc. sensible way of proceeciiriz and it is in f v been tinuance of a policy whici; Juts hither supplemented by increased power of c. „ is so_ilJ t s immediate and effective execution. The grea' iss t s tl9 countriest e cattle i which mported 1 p at timeor d Englisht na markes fr e o t nl eor J to ' h si r s ; e etobtoso . free from disease of any kind, and w hen oilc ertOo's bushed it is not only advisable, but highlY " s Keel/ A be.% Bible.t eys h o o n u l i t b e e other allow h ' allowed t d o , i enter tisn the o lescountryt tt a r tte l e e s t he apply instantaneously in time of peril th e e _ s e'i„ s a t?,'secY s experience has shewn are alone r incl ra il ; to at t ;rig o i rs plague, and both these objects the bill sr. , t whi e u completely. It proceeds, as we have said "r estrictiouas... 01 principle of providing for extraordinary r, „pe it does not apply in ordinary times, aid n eur itraf. t h calculated to give a certain and permanent nhese retrictiow" 4 t h k o w s scourge u _ p r y enttle• Bu: sob ai mark, firm inquii tent. three 2f to Cot count New April, Xl,OO Ind ditto Cent. 4 per Iu kof -A prove, Viteb of 18 1865, Egyp 754 t 4 In 1 to 51; and 3 64 to Imper Arni a rise 25, be Atlaw ii an, The terday of a dii explam and us May be Profit land to Posed, and In tiOn fo, Tii Bondi Parries Alorgai Coln*, premiu The for the troduu Bch rn idl Turkist 1021. stock is pang h to crew titan E termini The Great 1 £2,500, Railwa Bth of from tl Other b th en b e and cot Lik e I] Cred (Lithite their elt 2 5th of oellor A The cha nt Thhrsd clo se d f The politan the lit The' Ruron o f Apri confirm Trunk Th e '!urbise 18 cony( An a 'raonah the e i ge Porters lent ani trade rc The ] of the c t flanufa th at it under a ti es rer ttasets k J . r B, no. ui 4 rgontii 0 0 . 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