The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-04 00:00:00

OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole T.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE VI DOW HUNT. Messrs. ozke. Belford, Joyce: Mesdames Bition and Maitland. After which. THE FIELD OF TEE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Lon.. more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c. To conclude Nica RUE AND DYE. 101 MOSES and SON. 114 . EXCELLE NC E WITH CHEAPNESS. EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, FOR ALL CLASSES. PRIcEs BASED ON READY-MONEY SYSTEM A N UNEQUALLED STOCK CA- In EVERY DEPARTMENT. A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S CLOTHING. OVERCOATS IN EVERY STYLE AND 31ITICRIAL. OVEItCOATS from 19s. to £5. B OOTS and SHOES. H OSIERY and DaA PERY. AND HATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. A LARGE STOCK of BLANKETS, at unusually Low Prices. COMPLETE OUTFI I'S for ALL CLIMATES. ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. A N easy and necurate System of Self-measure, -CIL introduced by E. MOSES and Son, has served to extend their connection to all parts of the kingdom, ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully attended to. L IST of PRICES. with Rules of Self-measure, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. FMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS l • are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 o'clock. Ll MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke ju• Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outlltters for all Classes. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDOATE 85, ALDOATE 86, ALDGATE 87, ALDOATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 916, NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET 'soB, NEW OXFORD-STREET• 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENH A 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 IvOIICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre sentations. E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nlv F.stahlishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every Wednesnay and Saturday during the Christmas Holida3 S THIS EVENING, will 1) , ? performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To he followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled oTtIM NLK IN 'I HE GREAT; OR, A RLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery ny Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the comnany. In the Harlequinade a Doable Troupe of Pantomimist; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this thea're. Doors open et half-past commence at 7. Box-office open from li, till 5 daily T HEA T E ROYAL, IT AYII A R I(F.T. T Mr, Buck' THIS EVENING, BUTE DEVIr, , !: Buckstone. On., and Miss Fanny Wri,At_ After wllich, HOME: Messrs. Flothern, C•limpondale, Comp ton, A stley, &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &e. Concluding with TILE FRIGHTFUL ITAIrt. t, essrs. Comp ton, Ecndal. Weailtersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wrig'rit. Burke, Gwynn, Sc. Commence at Seven. rs. Ilogers, TITEATRE ROYAL. ADE P I. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13:.WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBE lOVF,LL. Mr. Or. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. .h.t a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. Ii Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips. Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson. Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer. Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 5 Nights, THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in f'ur 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 an'i assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daliy from 10 till 5. "'Pr, On Thursday. Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. ROYAL AMPHITHEA rRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse ment. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses " Topaze." " Saladin." " Nedjed." " Tancredi," " Freis chutz," and " Abdallab, ' which for symmetry, breeding, and in telligence, are unequalled and matchless throughcut the world, England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury. with his co adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that wonderfully daring act " The Three Olympians," on three horses. Nothing in the history of equestrianism has ever approached the superb riding of the ;Mlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their double Pas de Deux with Mess-s A. Salamonsky and A. Brad bury and certainly no words can describe,' or at all events do justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus. The Press is unanimous in its verdict of approval. "Such a n varied entertainment, so replete with excitement, amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been introdneed to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses are magnilcent animals, and every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. " Many per sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi tions which travel through the provinces; the Bolborn Amphi theatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal. Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wodnesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoli, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. T. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent -street, Langham-place Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. First app , srance, since 1862. of the ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRIST Y'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. 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THE LATESI EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST SEWS and SPORTING LNTELLIGENC F., by H W HARRIS, cewspaper Agent, 4, Blackfrlars-road, London, S. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8:: Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.4 5. QPORTING.--.JOHN ROBERTS supplies the k 7 LATES r EDITIoN of " THE SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. MBE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN' at L JAMES SPEEDY', "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUE " at J. SMITE'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. MILE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITWS " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattcrton. THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jnn.,Si 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, So Commenee at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tms EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA MB ..RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MOM E CR I STO . Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclereq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, &NI:ER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, 6laclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marsh all,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, ITurlstone. J. Clarke; Mesdames Henmde, C. Thorns, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, .A r sold, and Stephens. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVEL S OF ELECTRICITY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs.Swanborongh. Pins Evviiso. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To prelude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Tiffs EvENTNO, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens. C. Wyndham, and L. Brough • Mesdames Montague, Rignold, Msae, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE -ROYAL, HO LB 0 P.N. This EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which, TURKO THE TERRIBLE : Messrs F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey• Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton, Miss' Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tms EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, f aughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Nes ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Alesdamaa Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, Sc. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TM:ATI:E. Under the Management of bl iss Marie Wilton Tats EVENING, SCII(ToL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss 1; arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZ A R I). And INTRIGUE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL EIA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-otlace open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Itegerl's-Lark, OPEN daily (ex cept Sum - 111,7;s). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Ad.; Children nn•ler twelve. Ad. .., , ...i . :7 4 0 - :,. - t . • : . ; ~.. „,...e .7 Is ..3.......5%ti,,t1_,1.,. k.,,...‘0 , 4 7 ' ~ , ! -...,,, 1 , ill r_ .. ' VTV___. JKI-P . , ~ 7 ' 1111 , _,./.0 --",' ;:, , ,, , ..-qt . -;:y ' ; ~,...S"` LONDO.S, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1869. The question of poor-rating has now became one of the noticeable subjects of the day, and all that bears relation to it cannot fail to po3sess interest. A very important meeting of the Council of the Central Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tues day, in Fleet-street. It was attended by deputies from provincial chambers, and members of Parlia ment were present. Mr. ANDREWS, of the Somer setshire Chamber, moved a resolution for a Na tional Poor-rate, which suggests subjects for re flection. It proposed that a contribution to the poor-rate might be raised from all incomes by the income-tax, and that this should be placed in the national Exchequer to the credit of the Poor law Commissioners. This scheme is well worthy of consideration, and it is only surprising that some thing of the sort was not thought of before. The pr inciple laid down is a very correct one, that the re lief of the poor is a national object, towards which every description of property ought justly to be caged upon to contribute. In all these matters much time is lost before anything is effected of a remedial character, and yet the burden presses heavily on some, while the general result is not satisfac tory to the public. It was truly observed by the seconder of the resolution that the present system of levying the poor-rate is too limited in its area, and is, betides, of such a character that it cannot be effectu ally enforced in many instances. It may be added that where it is enforced it presses very hardly upon those who ought not by right to contribute so much to it as they do, and are either weighed down by the pressure or give up the ineffectual struggle altogether. Another argument that may be raised in favour of making a decisive change is, that the expenditure in the way of poor-rate has increased enormously, and it now amounts to a sum between 10 and 11 millions. All that we have heard of the matter lately does not promise a speedy reduction in the case, and well might Mr. PE LLY, M.P., have declared that our pre sent poor-rate system was an utter failure. It is making a step in advance to discover a mistake, and the best thing is to find a remedy for it ; at any rate the plan here proposed is worthy of a trial, and should not be hastily put aside without an effort to addpt it to general use. Some objections will be obviated in the considera tion of this plan by the knowledge that the local management must still be preserved in tact. We may consider it one point gai ne d that the matter has been taken up by those well qualified to judge, and when Parliament meets it is to be hoped that due attention will be paid to the question. All that relates to the relief of the poor has been neglected for too long a time, and legislation has been in a manner abeyant, notwithstanding the complaints so frequently and justly made. The Chambers of Agriculture appear likely to do their part, in the earnest consideration that they devote to the subject, and if their example stirs others from tLe lethargy into which they have fallen, surely some desired ends will have been answered, if all the expectations of the most sanguine are not immediately fulfilled. It was finally proposed at the ,meeting referred to that a deputation should wait on the Premier to lay before him the necessity of an inquiry by a Royal Commission into the amount and incidences of taxa tion. The only drawback to this is that it would take some time to be acted on, and meanwhile THE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1E69. the evils now complained of would increase rather than diminish, but no one at all qualified to judge of the matter will deny that the unequal pressure of the poor-rates as the system stands at present is a grievance that calls for the attention of Parliament, and the new House of Commons must not shirk its duty in this respect. The. extraordinary and exceptional state of the weather has long been the subject of remark. An English winter without frost is an astonishing and almost unprecedented occurrence. We have of late years seemed to revive the experience of the las generation, whose members tell us that Five and twenty years ago, Winter was a time of snow. 1807 at all events gave us some insight into the plea sure of a season in which JACK FROST reigned su preme, and laid his embargo on gas pipes and water pipes unmercifully. La , t m inter, it is true, we had but a week or two's frost, though that was rendered intolerable, even to frost lovers, by the alternation of sleet, snow, rain, mud, and frost on the top of all• The summer which succeeded was one of almost un paralleled heat in this cur temperate climate, and it set our meteorologists and scientific philosophers wondering. Wise men foretold an early and a hard winter. Omens and portents were not wanting. The berries were plentiful on the hedges, wild birds from the north had made their way hither, and other signs were ready to point the disagreeable moral. And yet here we are in the early days of February, with Valentine's-Day almost in sight, and JACK FROST is as yet a stranger. True, he has peeped at us, but we have scarcely recognised him, and no sooner pre- pared for his mischievous tricks than off he vanishes in the warm sunshine or the soft west wind. Various ex planations are given for this remarkable phenomena. Some find their origin in the unusual prevalence of earthquakes and volcanic action, disturbing the sur face of the globe, some again anticipate a gradual change of climate ; some believe the warmth is due to an exceptional influence on the gulf stream ; while others are inclined to think the central fires of the earth are penetrating its outer crust—a pleasant suggestion ! However this may be, it is certain that we are suffering from the violence of most exception a storms, and while the scientific record tells us that for eighteeen days of the past January, the tem perature has been higher than during the same in terval for fifty years—we are likely, we fear, to have to add that it has also been the most disastrous January for the same period. The news from all parts of the coast are full of painful histories; of ships lost, crews suffering terrible privations, fishermen perishing, houses inundated, farms submerged, and railway lines destroyed. From the west coast, more especially the tidings are startling. The Devon and Cornwall Railway and the Cambrian Railway have both suffered severely, while in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales there have been many and fatal accidents. At Dublin ou Sunday the tide rose higher than it has been known to do since 1839 ; while in the principal streets of Cork the water was from three to four feet deep. At Youghal the sea broke over part of the railway line, destroying the station. The inundations at Limerick have been of a serious nature, and at Tramore part of the road has been washed away. From Scotland numerous disasters are reported, while in the Mersey and in the Isle of Man the scenes of destruction have been extraordinary. IL is gratifying to find our lifeboat institution, as usual, doing good service, and providing the means of saving many lives, and we hope the extraordinary catastrophes which are everywhere reported will stimulate the public liberality to fresh exertions in its favour. THE age of compromise seems to have passed away. Whatever may be the merits of the remedies devised for national grievances, it is impossible to deny them the one quality of being radical. Instead of the miserable modifications of detail by which reform has been stifled during the last generation, we now appear to be rather in danger of the other extreme. Of this kind is the proposed remedy for the defect of poor-law administration. After many abortive attempts to reduce the inequalities of rating and at the same time to secure a more advantageous expenditure of the money, we are now confronted by a scheme for a total reconstruction of the system, for a complete change in the mode of raising and expend ing the sum required to keep down starvation. It is proposed to substitute general instead of local taxation for the poor ; the rates levied on real property in isolated parishes are to give way to an in come tax equally distributed throughout the country and levied upon all species of property. There can be no doubt that this formidable project is likely to receive very powerful support. It will unite in its favour the two most widely separated sections of the community. It is warmly advocated by the agriculturists because it will reduce the burdens on. landed property, which in respect of poor rates are both excessive and unjust. The mer chant pays a rate assessed upon the value of his premises, the professional man upon the rent of his house; but the general income of each ,be it ever so large, is left untouched. The farmer, on the other hand, derives his whole income from real property, and the poor rate is assessed upon the whole of his holding. In the one case the rate is paid upon well nigh the whole capital ; in the other upon a very small fraction of it. In another direction the allotment of the burden is similarly unequal. As each parish is assessed separately and according to its needs, so in the poorer districts, where the ability to pay is least, the amount demanded is greatest; in the richer districts, the reverse. The complaint is old ; but, unfortunately, so is the grievance, and it remains as yet untouched. In the country there is much danger —not for the first time—that the rating may soon rise to the level of the rent ; in the towns the poor law is to some extent a machine for the manu facture of paupers. The burden is becoming so intolerable that a speedy reform is necessary, both in the interests of justice and from the refusal of the afflicted classes to bear it any longer. The proposed national poor tax is at least a practical attempt at a change which cannot long be postponed. It would establish both the species of equality which are needed; it would assess all kinds of property for the discharge of an obligation which falls upon all classes; and it would put an end to a system by which the poor have to bear part of the duty of the rich. Though the movement in favour of this change is supported mainly by those who reap the first kind of benefit, yet it would not the less profit those who suffer from the ine quality of the rate in towns. In London especially the shopkeeper approaches in one respect to the condition of the farmer. His rent forms a very large proportion of his yearly expenses. The poor rate is assessed as in the case of the farmer upon this excessive rent, and yet these shop keepers and others of the lower middle class and the poor, who are heavily rated, have to support an amount of poverty from which richer parishes are comparatively free. The proposal to levy the rate upon all kinds of property, to make it, in fact, an income tax, is as just as the proposal to abolish the present local system. The duty of supporting the poor might well be levied upon real estate at a time when there was little personal property in the country, but the conditions of national wealth have wholly changed, whilst the law remains. Beyond immunity for very small incomes, the duty is one which properly falls upon all alike. The one great objection—and the Central Chamber of Agriculture, which discussed this question on Tuesday, did not efficiently deal with it—is the difficulty of administration. Then would be little difficulty of collecting the tax the question is, how should it be spent 1 The central authority for the relief of the poor could not act so efficaciously as the local boards ; the task requires such minute observation that it ought to be distributed as much as possible. But, on the other hand, if the administration were left to the guardians, their management would be very different from what it is now. Now they have both the ratepayers and the poor to consider, they must find money as well as relieve necessity; under the new system the latter task only would fall to them. There is too much reason to fear that great extravagance would ensue which it would be extremely difficult to check. If this part of the problem can be satisfactorily solved, the reform will have almost every argument in its favour ; if not, its practicability has yet to he proved. -1 , 1 4 TOl/14, 0111-1 b T. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2. The Queen, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Arthur left Osborne to-day for Woo: with. The Duke and Duchess Frederick of Schleswig- Holstein arrived at Oeborne yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. LATEST INTELL WINCE. (REUTER'S TELEGIA.3IS.) FRANCE. PArds, Feb. 4. The Princess Bacciochi, a relative of the Em , reror, died yesterday. BOURSE, Feb. 3.—Three o'clock.—The marker closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 80 Credit Mobilier End of month 2O Credit Foncier 1560 End of month — Bank Shares 3025 ItaF.an Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Homo Debt — Deferred ...... Cash 900 Orleans N orthern . 3185 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 570 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian 6571 2 Lombard 4871 North of Spain Saragossa 4 Roman 4i 1 (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, February 3. ' The prophets of war have succeeded in bringing one about after all, though in a direction very different from that expected. A little war has broken out in Algeria. The tribes or tribe which is now giving some little occu pation to the enormous French force mustered in the colony is said to have come to an understanding with Morocco, which is in constant dread of being swallowed up by French aggression. The Arabs have pre maturely got in motion, owing to the conviction that a great struggle between France and Prussia was inevitable. France's necessity would be the Arab's opportunity. The panic of the summer has pro duced something. The offending tribe, which, as you havd no doubt heard, has already been defeated, is the Oulad-Sidi-Cheik, the same which invaded Algeria in 1864, and managed to stir up an insurrection of some importance. The question is, what are the chances of a repetition of the events of 1864 ? The state of affairs in Algeria at present is such as to leave no doubt whatever on the subject. Algeria is divided into two parts—the North and the South. The North is named the Tell, and includes all the arable land whilst the South is wholly pasture or desert. In Tell the population is agricultural, and fixed ;in the South it is nomadic and pastoral. All the grain consumed in the South is grown in the North, which receives in exchange wool, dates, and other produce of the kind. It is clear, then, that Tell is master of the situation ; the South is dependent on the North for its existence. Now, the French occupy the South to the distance of some 300 miles from the coast ; there is the base of its power, which is secured by the occupation of the central line of the country, including many strategic points, such as Tlemcar. Far beyond this centre line is a chain of military posts, closing the entrance to the North. Lastly, beyond the North is a series of advanced posts in the South itself, for the purpose of keeping in subjection and watching the pastoral tribes. Hence these three lines evidently secure the North and extend French domination into the South. What passes in the latter district is comparatively of little importance pro vided the Tell remains tranquil. The Oulad-Sidi-Chaik may readily advance past the third line of advanced posts to the frontiers of Tell, but it is not likely that they will effect an entrance into that separate district. In 1864 they brought about an insurrection in the North, but this was very largely owing to the massacre of Colonel Beau pretre's troops, which had an immense effect upon the natives. But now the great pastoral tribe is worn out by several years of famine and difficulty, and it is not pro bable, on the other hand, that the tribes of Tell have any energy after recent sufferings. It is likely that the pas toral tribes will never enter the North, and very probable that this single defeat may put an end to the rising. Is there to be an active revival of the jealousy between France and Prussia? It would seem so. Count Bismarck made some very disagreeable allusions to various potentates in his speech on the sequestration of the private property belonging to the ex-Elector of Hesse and the ex-King of Hanover ; but most unpleasant of all was his charge against the French Emperor of fostering the Hanoverian Legion on his territory for the invasion of Prussia. The accusation was marked by much more au-. dacity than wisdom. The Prussian Chancellor may fool cmfi ent in his position ; but his ene mies are very numerous, and his open provocation may have a disastrous result some day. The official journals are very indignant at this speech. Their language is as little select as that of Count Bismarck. That stormy petrel, the Cross Gazette, has just appeared with a very inopportune article on the independence of Belgium, remarking that all the Great Powers ought to guarantee the future of that country, and adding that Germany must undertake her defence should she be threatened from any quarter. Where is the necessity for opening a question of this kind ? The King of Belgium is still young; may have a son; and if not there is his Lrother. There is not the slightest reason for creating a disturbance about Belgium. M. d'Archiac, whose body was rumoured to have been found in the St. Martin's Canal, is now said to have en tered the monastery of La Trappe. Sixteen young men have been tried for rioting and using seditious language a few days ago. Three were condemned to fine and imprisonment. Torgues, in the Var department, has just been the scene of a tragic event. M. Rivalz, a much-esteemed mer chant, was in a room on the ground floor of his house, near the Grand Cours, when a shot was fired through one of the windows looking on the street, and he was mortally wounded. The murderer is said to be a farmer who had been caught in the act of stealing manure on the property- of the deceased, and was about to he prosecuted. He committed the crime therefore from a spirit of vengeance. Becoming after wards convinced that any attempt at escape would be use less, he resolved to kill himself, and accordingly his body was found under the walls of the cemetery, he having blown out his brains. THE TT EATIIER TABLE.-TILLS DA B TUE SET.RET HISTORY OD XIIE AMERICAN WAR. The New Vark Times, in a special despatch from Washington, asserts that the secret history of the late American war has only just been discovered. General Grant, as is well known, was not so popular at the outset of his military career as ho afterwards became, and, in fact, justice was not done to him by either the press or the public. The military authorities were severe upon him, and General Halleck wrote to Stanton, blaming Grant's "neglect and inefficiency." It was in- tended that Gen. C. F. Smith should permanently supersede him as commander of the army in Tennessee, but that officer dying, Grant retained the command. All kinds of rumours were circulated about him, and he was regarded in the army as virtually disgraced. When Grant invested Vicksburg he was blamed on all sides. President Lincoln, who had been his friend, wrote to tell him that he had made a mistake, and after he had tried one or two ineffective assaults, an order was sent to General Banks, then investing Port Hudson, directing him to supersede Grant and take the command of the army himself. General Banks expostulated, and was censured for disobedience, when suddenly Vicksburg fell, and Grant became a popular hero. Every scrap of paper betraying the official secret was removed from the archives, and Banks kept his own counsel, and thus it is said General Grant himself never heard of the order which would have changed his whole career until a month ago. His triumph at Vicksburg gave Lim larger opportunities, and he has gone on from one step to another. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 3. The Impartial of to-day states that, according to letters received from Barcelona, the two Tristani (Carlist chiefs) had entered Catalonia by the valley of Andovra. Troops had been despatched to oppose their further advance. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 4. The Guion steamship Nevada, from Liverpool, arrived here to-day, and having embarked mails and passengers, she proceeded for New York at 10 a.m. All well. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 3. The British squadron has arrived here from a cruise. All well. INDIA. BOMBAY, Jan. 16 (via Brindisi). It is stated that the subsidy given by the Indian Government to Ameer Shere Ali Khan consists of £120,000. The order for the commencement of the irriga tion works at Behar has been issued. The Bank of Bombay has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. ; and the Bank of Madras dividend is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. CALCUTTA, Jan. 15 (via Brindisi). An outbreak of the Coolie tribes on the frontiers of Sylhet and Cachan is reported. It is stated that the Lieutenant -Governor of the Punjaub will shortly come to Calcutta, for the purpose of arranging the terms of the alliance with the Ameer of Affghanistan. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. According to Mr. Adam Aloffatt's report the re ceipts of cotton at American ports during the last four days were 37,000 bales against 43,000 last week. The shipments during thesame period are to England 10,000 bales against the same amount last week ; to the Continent, 3,000 against the same amount last eeweek will probably amount to The 0 Market very act i ve and wk. 8000. receipts for the ad vancing. Middling upland, 14, cost and freight per steamer. P. C. A. and as year by succeedstheprog progress s e o s success," e theee&igt,:'s t year N we ot r h ee in o g rditution, whose well known initials we again place at the bead of this article, we seem but to be repeating the praises and congratulations which have now for more than twenty years formed the staple of our comments on its annual reports and balance-sheets. Still, the members of the Provident Clerks' As sociation, whose assurers number more than ten thousand persons, and who include in their ranks cvery class of English society, from the peer to the peasant, doubtless prefer the smooth monotony of their prosperous course to those more exciting and startling shocks whose disturbing influence has been felt in every circle, not even excepting the lofty regions of finance known as the " Life Assurance world." Our readers will probably learn with great surprise that though since the year 1814 no less than 355 assurance offices have been actually founded, yet so numerous have been the amalgamations, wind ings up, &c., that during the same period 328 have ceased to exist. Among the very best of those which remain the " Provident Clerks' Association" has a just title to be ranked. One of its members whose whole life, as he expressed it at the meeting, is passed in the preparation and analysis of ac counts, declared that he had never had before him a balance-sheet more thoroughly simple and honest in its statement or more completely intelli gible in its form ; and when the results of the past five year's working are considered, a clear cash profit of more than fifty thousand pounds divisible among its assurers, whil e am ple reserves are made for all possible conti ngenc i e s, we join heartily with the unanimous voice o f th e members in expressing our sense of the skill, a bility, and high principle with which the affairs of the association have been administered. There is no need for us to re capitulate here the details brought last night before the meeting. The report tells its own story, and tells it well, for its every word is based upon and corroborated by the figures exhibited in the balance sheet. In a very few years, before their next bonus division, we may count upon seeing in the reports of this thriving society an income of at least £lOO,OOO per annum, and a reserve considerably exceeding half a million sterling. SOUTH KENSIYGTON MUSEl33l.—Visitors during the week ending 30th January, 1869—0 n Monday, Tues day, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Museum, 15,791 ; Meyrick and other galleries, 3,352 ; on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday, admission 6d-, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., Museum, 2,050 ; Meyrick and other galleries, 324; total, 21,517. Average of corresponding week in former years, 10,184 ; total from the opening of the Museum, 8,116,885. METEUEOLCGICAL Extreme Sea Thursday, .0 T F. I 0 Feb. 4, B. T. I.!' z W. '1 to F. D. WR. to 12 9 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'92r. 49 48 W.S.W. 4 4 14 r.o. 0'23 3 Yarmouth 3o'o6r. 48 47 W.S.W. 2 5 8.8. E. r.m. r o'3l 2 Cuxhaven — _ Skud esines _ Ardr ossan 29•77 r. 50 48 S.W. 4- 2 E.N.E. 0. o'l4, 3 Green castle 29•73 r. 51 49 S.W . 4 1 s.W. c.ro 0 03H Holyhead Liver pool Valencia 29'B2r. 53 52 S.W. 6 7 S.W. 1. o'o4 5 Cape Clear - _ !loch e's Pt 29 82r. 50 50 S.W. 5- 5 S.W. mfo,o 12 4 Penzance 30'12r. 52 52 S.W. 4 6 W . S . W. r. c.IO '2O 4 Plymouth Weymouth 30'18r. 52 51 S.W. 5 5 S.W. 0.r.0'11 2 Portsmouth 30'19r. 51 50 W.S.W. 3 6 W.S.W. o.r.'o'll 2 London , 3o'llr. 53 52 S.W. 3 6 S.W. c.roo'o9, C'peGrisNez 2018 r. 48 48 W.S.W. 5 7 W. 0.m . 0'021 5 Brest L'Orient 3o'3or. 52 ,52 I W. 3 7 W.S.W. r.c. 1 0'04 3 Boch e fort 30'35r. 48 ) 46 S.W. 5 5 S.W. c.o. -- 2 Biarritz Corunna — _ Rrn sse Is Paris Strasbourg— , Toulon , ' 30'305. 52 47 N. 4 7 N.N.W. o.b. 4 eart's Con-1 tent (9 a.m., local time) I EMMA NATION EMMA NA __ _ Barometer corrected and reduced to E. 2 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; a, steady—indicates direction of motion f the mercury within last 14 hours. Thelmcnieter exposed in rhade. Extrcnie Force mith 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.—overcast, dull ; r. — rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours, Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The increase in pressure has continued at our central stations since ye•terday morning, whilst in the extreme north and in south west France scarcely any change is reported. The rise has been greatest at Liverpool, but decreases in all directions from that point. Readings are now highest in the south, and decrease uniformly in a northerly direction : the pressure at Nairn is 077 in. lower than that at Rochefort. A rise in temperature has been general, except at Rochefort and Biarritz ; in the N. and N.E. it amounts to 16 deg. since yesterday. Thermometer readings are high, and remarkably uniform. The easterly winds of yesterday have disappeared, and moderate to fresh south-westerly winds prevail evewryhere. A little rain has fallen at almost all stations, and the sky continues overcast, with rain in the south. Weather does not seem settled yet. Warn ing were issued to all coasts yesterday. THE PEACE SOCIETY. The committee of the Peace Society have forwarded a memorial to Lord Clarendon in connection with the pending negotiations between the Government of this country and that of the United States of America. They suggest that an arbitration clause should be inserted in any new treaties that may be made by the two Governments, in order that a different interpretation might not be afterwards put upon them. To this Lord Clarendon returned a answer to the effect that he fully concurred with the committee in the opinion that it was desirable to have recourse to arbitration for the adjust ment of international difficulties. A copy of the memorial was sent to Mr. Eeverdy Johnson, the United States Ambassador, and his Excellency replied that in the convention recently concluded between Lord Clarendon and himself the decision of the arbitrator was made conclusive upon all disputed points which might arise. EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. A very extraordinary passage across the Atlantic has just been made by the United States storeship Guard, of six guns, Commander Adams. This fine ship, which is a sailing vessel, left New York for Lisbon on the 10th of last month, carrying stores for the American squadron in European waters. She encountered a succession of terrible gales, the violence of which may be inferred from the fact that one of her boats was washed away from the davits and lost, and the other battered into a complete wreck ; and for days together she had to struggle against a perfect tempest of wind, hail, and snow, the waves all the time running very high and tossing the ship about in such a manner that it was almost impossible for the seamen to maintain their footing. In spite of these storms, however, Lisbon was righted on the 17th day after leaving New "York, and the same day the Guard arrived safely at that port in good order. So short a passage, under such adverse circumstances, must be considered a most remarkable achievement, THEyW HITIV ORM SCHOL A RSIIIPA A correspondence possessing some interest has been laid before the Birmingham Town Council. It refers to the case of Thomas Waldron, who was fortunate enough to obtain the Whitworth Exhibition of £25, having gained honourable distinction at the examinations held by the Science and Art Department at the Birmingham Midland Institute. The Department awarded another sum of £25 to Waldron on con dition that he would pursue his studies in a college they approved of. He naturally resolved to pursue them at the Institute classes where he had gained so much dis tinction. When this decision was made known to the Science and Art Department, however, they replied through their assistant-secretary that the Birmingham and Midland Institute was not such a place of instruc tion as was contemplated. The town clerk there upon inquired in what particulars it failed to reach the required standard, and the secretary replied by enclos ing a programme of the Royal College of Science in Dublin. This, as may be supposed, created no little annoyance in Birmingham, and the town clerk was directed to send another letter asking if King's College, London, came within the meaning of the Council minute, and whether the class fees would be remitted to Mr. Waldron. Another official epistle brought the gratifying intelligence that King's College would be accepted as the place of instruction, but that the fees could not be remitted, as the college was not under the control of the Department, as were the Dublin College and the Jermyn-street School of Mines ; also the session was so far advanced that only half of the local exhibition (212 10s.) could be allowed. Mr. Waldron, upon this, resolved to go to the Royal School of Mines, and the Department promised him free admission, but would only allow him half the scholarship, and that will not be awarded until he has come up for the May Exhibition. The Town Council are very indignant at the whole affair, and intend to have it inquired into. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., will entertain the mover and seconder of the Address in the House of Commons, and those members who fill official appointments, at dinner on the I.lth inst. CABINET CO UNCIL.—A meeting of the members of the Cabinet will take place on Saturday next, at the FirstLord_of the Treasury's official residence, in Downing street. It is stated positively that it was not decided yesterday that her Majesty would open Parliament in per son. Iler Majesty baa been graciously pleased to say that she will do so if her health permits. Earl Granville, as leader of the Ministerial party in the House of Lords, has issued invitations for a dinner on the 15th inst., to a numerous party of the sup porters of the Government. The Guardian says :—" While the recent Synod in New Zealand requested Dr. Jenner to withdraw his claim to the Bishopric of Dunedin, Bishop Selwyn requests the Dunedin people to withdraw their opposition to Bishop Jenner. The last-mentioned Bishop is now on Lis way to New Zealand, where he will try conclusions with his recal citrant flock." Mr. Dunbar Isidore Heath, late Vicar of Reading, I s l e o f Wight, who was six and a half years ago deprived of his living for false teaching, writes to the Church Nuts ti at the judgment of the Privy Council which was then given against him implicitly condemned the most cherished doctrine or the Ritualists, the continuous offering of Christ in the Eucharist. Ho refers to p. 239 of Brodrick and Freemantle's Ecclesiastical-Judgments in sup port of his assertion. A Ffe convict in the Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, named James English, murdered M. H. Pennell, fore man of ono of the shops in the institution, on Wednesday, because ho threatened to report him for neglecting his work. English attacked Pennell in the shop with a hatchet, while the room was full of workmen. He cut his head open, and after ho had fano], made a second stroke at him, hack ing his neck horribly. English was placed in the dungeon. Ho has before committed two murders. A lady of distinction gave a fancy ball in Paris not long since, and, in order to be distinguished, placed a servant at the door to announce the costumes as they entered. A couple of ladies appeared in full ballroom dress. " What costume shall I announce ?" asked the servant. "We are not in costume," they replied. " Two ladies without costume," shouted the servant, to the horror of everybody.—Court Journal. A deputation, introduced by Mr. Beach, M.P., consisting of Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Payne, Dr. Aldom, Mr. Barrow Rule, Mr. Waymouth, Dr. Schmitz, Mr. Honey, Mr. Rossiter, Dr. Schaeble, Mr. Oppler, Rev. E. Hedges, Mr. Wyles, Mr. Long, Mr. Horton, Mr. Robertson, and several other gentlemen, had an interview on Wednesday with the the Lord President of the Privy Council, on the subject of scholastic registration. After the objects of the association had been fully explained, his lordship expressed the great pleasure the interview had afforded him, and pro mised to give the subject his most serious consideration. A case of importance to the sporting fraternity was heard by the Liverpcol stipendiary magistrates on Tuesday. Samuel Johnson, the keeper of a public-house in Clayton-street, the former occupier of which made a large fortune by racing sweeps, was summoned for having unlawfully used aroma in such house for receiving money on the contingency of a certain lottery not authorised by Act of Parliament. John Sidebottom, a shopkeeper in Rich mond-row, was summoned for a precisely similar of fence. 'The prosecutions were instituted under the 42d George 111., chapter 119, section 2, by which the de fendants bad rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £5OO, or to be committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions. Only one case was gone into, it being proved that a woman had purchased tickets tor racing sweeps at the defendant Johnson's house, and that those tickets were referred to in a list of prizes. The magistrate thought that a prima facie case for trial had been made out, but ho allowed the matter to stand over for a month, on the un derstanding that the " sweeps," or lotteries, or whatever they were called, were entirely done away with. C4N SUCH THINGS BE ?—Bronislaus Szwarc, one of the most able and popular of the leaders of the Polish national movement of 1861-2, disappeared mysteriously a few months after the insurrection broke out. He has just found means to cammunicate with his friends, who, after making every effort to find out what had become of him, had given him up for lost. His story, like that of most of the Polish leaders, is a very sad one. He was the son of a Polish refugee in France, and in 1860 obtained the appointment of engineer to the St. Petere• burg and Warsaw Railm ay, the greater part of which was constructed under his superintendence. His patriotic feelings, however, soon aroused the suspicions of the authorities, and he fled to Warsaw, where he took an active part, under an assumed name, in the national organisation which was then forming. On Christmas-eve 1862 he was arrested by the police, and after a desperate resistance was overpowered and confined to the citadel. After a long inquiry, in the course of which it is said he suffered torture, he was sentenced to death. The Empress Eugenie having interfered in his behalf as a French subject, the sentence was commuted to trans portation, and be was ordered to be sent to Siberia. Scarcely had he arrived at Moscow, however, when a second order arrived ordering him to be forwarded to some other destination, but what this was his friends have until a few weeks ago striven in vain to discover. It now appears that for the last five years he has been chained to a wall in one of those fatal casemates, lying below the level of the river Neva at C'ronstadt, where so many political prisoners have died a miserable death. Those who have seen him there, and who knew him at Warsaw when he was a handsome, spirited young man, say that it is now quite impossible to recognise him. He is a cripple, prematurely old, utterly broken down by disease and suffering, and without a spark of his oh/ k4crz left, •••••••• GRAND BANQUET TO SIB WATIC.IN WYNN, M.P. A grand banquet has taken place at Wrexham, in honour of the return, for the seventh time, of Sir W. Wynn as ° lle of the representatives for the county of .Denbigh. The Pre parations were of the most brilliant description, and the attendance was exceedin g ly numerous . Tho chairma n, Major Ffoulkes, prop ose d th e t oas t o f t h e even i n g in a In°s t appropriate speech, and rendered full justice to t he merits of the honou ra bl e baronet- H e rem inded his hearers that Si r W a tki n W ynn had bee n their member over si nce th e y ear 1844 , an d that manl Liberals had said it wou ld b e a grea t m i s f or t une to Wales it Sir Watkin ceased to b e one o f th e represen t a ti ve s of Pen' bighshire. In respondin g t o th e t oas t , Si r W. Wynn sae enthusiastically received. He referred to the re cent election, and the energetic manner in I ° l° his friends had come to his rescue when h e was E 0 unexpectedly opposed at the last moment. He alluded to the orderly manner in which everything 015 conducted at the last election in terms of great satisfaction. When they contrasted the peaceable conduct of their mining population with tho riotous disturbances that took place in North Shropshire they must feel that great credit was clue to the constituency. Sir W. Wynn concluded by saY ios that ho would retire if at any futum period they fo und any ono more worthy than himself to to th' ir , representative in Parliamtnt. Mr. R wl aikes, M.P., propose,' the "House of Lords," and b e li eve d th a t th e t o ast always be welcome to thos e En g li s h men w h o res pected ta e Constitution. The hon. memb e r i n th e cou rse of speech criticised the acts of the n ew G overn ment, an d blamed them for their i ncons i s t enc y i n ma king so many small reductions by di sm i ss i ng c lerks, an d then creating a Third Lord of th e T reasur y f or the ben , of Mr. Stensfeld, and raising th e i ncome t o t wo thousand 5 ,, year. Captain Cooke prop ose d th e "H ouse o f Commons , and declared that the comp o n en t p ar t s o f M r . Gladstone l large majority were not very credit a bl e t o th e Liberal part/ . He was surd that such diverse elem en ts cou ld no t long cling together. Mr. Laird, M.P., in resp on di ng t o the toast, re marked _that the assembly which he represented 1 " 5 as yet untried, and he had n o d ou bt w h a t ev er that it ou would do its duty as its predecessors had done, and it would be sure to be kept in the right direction so long was such a large Conser va ti ve m i nor it y as a t presen t existed. The hon. member re f err ed t o th e diffi cu l t i e s of th e position in which the Gov er n men t was p l ace d, an d agree with Lord Stanley that it would be l ong b e f ore the Ch' —c h d question was satisfactorily settled. as there ELECTION PETITIONS. The judges are still hard at work, both in England and Ireland, worming out cases of bribery and intimidat ion ' Three towns, all of their names beginning with " W," are now in process of visit a ti on by th e l earne d j u d ge s. Fir st comes Wallingford, wh ere M r . J us ti ce Bl ac kb ur n is t " - u a "judge and jury," and M r . St an l ey Vi c k ers , WI the gentleman whose p rac ti ces are being inquire into. Amon gs t the f ac t s prove d were t h a t At ,- - public-house called the White Hart two labourers were supplied with beer and s pi r it s f ree , an d th ey w ere told 1 that it was M r . Vi c k ers ' s . C are f u l i nqu i ry was fi rs t mad e as to whethe r th ey were vo t ers . Th ere was a l so a story , dinners, and beer given indiscriminately to women 1% ,, 1/1.1 men. Suppers, t oo , were g i ven to such as choose to parts A man was paid over £1 and supplied with drink for ring' ing the bells. At other public-houses, too, beer W lle given away, and it seemed to be understood that those who attended meetings should get something with wh ich to " wet their whistle." At Warrington Mr. Baron Martin has only ju st opened an inquiry. The petition set forth that, according to the declaration of the poll, 1,984 votes were recorded f ° , f Mr. Peter Rylands, and 1,957 f or M r . Gilb er t Greena ll, and that Mr. Rylands was returned; that that return was undue and improper ; and th a t M r . Ryl a nds, by ° .6 agents and others, was guilty of b r ib er y, o f t rea ting, and using undue influence; and it then set forth peculiar alleP; tions. They were that several vot e s were d u ly tendered, °t intended to be so, in favour of Mr. Greenall, but the/ were not in any way included or taken into accotin' According to the opening statement and some evidence given, it would appear that a man had been engage d* : poll•clerk who kn ew no thi ng a b ou t po lli ng, an d who down and omitted votes as he thought proper. The II himself was not able to give ev id ence , i n conse quence ° labouring under intense mental excitement. at Intimidation by masters an d o th ers i s th e gr ievance Westbury. Two labourers gave ev id ence o f th e ir m aster s' influence being brought to bear upon them to vote fore; Phipps. In one case, however, it was a case of " but in the other the master uttered a vague threat knowing what to do when the short days came 0 0 . A man who had borrowed money gave in a l e tt e r, which 11'; written in consequence of .his r e f u sal t o vo t e for rho ) ; asking for immedi a t e p a y men t o f th e money . Other c asc of the same kind were proved. THE ROB ROY IN SYRIA. The Tinzes publishes a letter from "Rob Roy" ( ' sir ; Macgregor), whose voyages in the " Rob Roy C 3°° ,:• have bee n so remar k a bl e . M r . M acgregor i s now in SP: . Ho sends an interesting account of his voyage 00 - 1 ,0 Abana river and round the district. " All this region,% writes, " though so near Damascus, is unk o°W- a and unsafe. I had to take two soldiers, Trw il° ?,,,o well, but wretchedly armed, for the eleven " e ' ro spent in these excursions, and the newsPsP e ; c hroni e ' e (Arabic) here and at Beyrout are about to the discoveries made in their territory by a W eig le ' which may b e b r i efly summed up as follows : -1. AbanaHarr has thr ee mon th s, b ut the largest i s n ot n elb r an (as in Va n d eve ld e ' s excellent map ) , but nc . c l i Haush Hamm ar . Th ese flow into a mars h whi has no outlet. It is wrongly called a lake, for in 1 . 1 1 1 part is there a hundred yards of open water at seasons. 2. The Pharpar has two mouths, but the. largwt is the southern on e , t o th e south of Kasre i n (and, be north, as in Vand eve ld c ). Th ese b oth fall i n to J- 4- 0 llijarieh, which is rightly called a lake, with an av erll ` r . of five feet of d e pth, p l en t y o f open water, an d 33 °VI; flow into anothe r l a k e (A sya h H aswe h ; no t Bala, as Vandevelde). Also the lake Matkh Brak is bf a marsh, and the rive r Kh une ifi s w as Pe rfe , c a t • dry when I crosse d it s b e d t w i ce i n a s hort e c a ,', l o sion to the first of the 'giant cities,' Brak. wonderful `stone town' can no longer be reg arde" D a uninhabited. An Arab has come to it from AlePP° f :De gathered 109 people round him, who now o ccupY re ancient dwellings so long tenantless. In a few years ° ; ' , o ,i i t the houses will be plastered, and the sentiment of the s 'lo l will be destroyed. Bing in light marching, o rder, '' i ssre only saddlebags, I put up in this Sheikh's house• do , entered the yard through a gate with a stone i 0 still turning on its hinges as it may have d° 13° ,.„ 1 0 the days of Abraham. I slept in a room with s"its rafters each 10ft long, and a window having f or i i s ii shutter one slab of stone. I here read of the flg it elections, and of Mr. Bright as a Cabinet Ministendoo was indeed a strange sensation when I closed this w fu 0 11 for the night, and the heavy slab turned easily by a P oe from one of my fingers. Mr. Rogers has sent 00 British Museum one of th ese ex t raor di nar y s l a b doors• I ‘ 13 0 six inches in thickn ess ; a l so a co py o f th e inscription °a12,1 stone in this particular house, which is in Gree k s ~,a n dated, I believe, more than 2,000 years ago, I vi si ' oo number of villages in the plain Of Damascus. The 9 , r ec i l ef there are handsome ; many of them are tattooed. 00 0 wear very brilliant colours, chiefly red (as in EgY O the sees always blue), and long red boots turned uP st an d ends. They are strong, healthy, good-humoured, very intelligent. Their houses are of mud, but not the dirty. They ran in crowds along the rivers "wh ile d in canoe passed, but when it was on shore (and wraPr e fi nd carpets) it was constantly supposed to be a c °flirl ' o l/ 0 several times the women shrieked as I took off th e c 0 61 and launched the boat. Bless e d w ith fine wea ther syrirn perfect health, I have enjoyed this canoe voyage i° the and Egypt to the highest degree, and once more o' e i lo pe spurs of Hermon, which is n ow a ll w hite in snow , I c od to launch the Rob Roy on Lake Hulen and then d ee the sacred Jordan." For an example to its readers, a North CiJ r°11 1 ;11 paper announces that the Speaker of the North ef'r°,o House of ReFresentatives "Las been sober all the ses.sl°-• V.' • P ea" A correspondent writing to the Indo----°?°;„3t, Correspondence from Monghyr, under date the 21st ; states that " a very serious accident, brought about the manner unknown and perhaps unheard of si" c° ,, establishment of railways, not only in India, but °I.-1,11141P out the world, happened to a train last evening 3t - DO O O past eight p.m., between Sahebgunge and Alirzapore, fro. g two miles from the latter station. At that time the ieb down goods train was approaching a mangoe tope , I ° , II • hg lIt 6 some seventy elephants were stationed. The red of glaring in the distance, and the noise and s moke ° ,, cr oft' engine would seem to have caused an awful cons' 1 0 Con among the poor brutes, all of whom more 'l O O tried to break away from their fastenings. C s male, however, the strongest and most courage"' - lot, became so infuriated that he broke rushed forward to intercept and encounter the 0 1 10 0 enemy. He had scarcely placed himself on the 1- 10 C o ritli the train was down upon him. Ile encountered Poo!) head and tusks ; but animal strength proved no match for steam and machinery—the poor brute v ,35 1 13 0 ,1ingl down and killed on the spot, and the engine , r eb°l O e " were eaPool ran off the line, and it and eleven carriages W into a ditch. The fireman luckily managed to .1 01 P cir isreri time, and the guard did the same ; but the Pec l . rt i t glel named Smith, remained in his place, and rece:eP his chain 50 from which it i§.1191 gPectdko_larag-9•4"