The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-01 00:00:00

BAY of HAVANA and MATANZAS (CUBA) PAILROAD SEVE‘I PER CELT. LOAN of £100, , 1 0, 1363.—The Half-yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on the Pith instant, will be PAID on that day, • and any succeed ing day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J Henry Schroder a nd Co., 14.5, Lmdenhall-street, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days before applying for payment. London, Feb. 1, 1868. TOIIN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant frazrance to the breath. Price ls. Gd.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. Including brn,:h. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. TH EATRE RO YA L, DRURY - LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F.B. Chatt.rton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantcmirlie on ever; Wednesuaiand Saturday during the Christmas Holida3 s THIS VVENING, will 1)- performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To he followed by the Great Christmas Pan'omirne, entitle? 4 5RIMALKIN HE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PL - :S IN BOOTS, IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Vim. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength Of the company. In the Harlequivade a Double Troupe of Pantomimicts; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from lii till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET, Sole Lessee. Mr. Bud:stone. _ . . THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVIr,S : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sorhern, Clapopendale, Comp ton, Astley, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Bill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weaihershy, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven, MIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 11,7EBSTER. „ Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TEETS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIPE TO CAM BE it WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. 'Murray. &t a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Pechter, Mr. Benja mm Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. It. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C 11. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer. Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Liss Carlotta Leclereq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Neily Harris. OYAL PRINCESS'S 'THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, M. Vining. Last R Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at S o'clock) Dion Doneicatat's new drama. in f )ur acts. entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Ilnrray. C. Harcourt, J.O-. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Dose Leclercci. Entirely new Scenery by SIr.F. Lloyds ant es,,istants. To conclude with NI ASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. )oors open at half-past C, commence at 7. Box-ofEce open db,liy from 10 till 5. ,y.r,t , On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama. en .... s, ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will apixar, ;tied MARIE OYAL STRAND THEATRE. SC:3 Lessee and 3lanageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. C'ltrke. Belfc7d, .Tcyee : Mesdames But and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD ON' TL CLOTH OF GOLD. essrs. Thorne, .lardes, and Robson Mesdames M. Long- IL 3re, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, Sr.e. conclude Rlth HEE AND DYE. LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. O. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Me ~sra. M ars ha 11, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlaton, and J. Clarke; 31eadaines C. 'Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL- AMPIIITHEA FRE 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 Si; splendid Trick. Horses "Topaze," "Saladin," "Nedjed," " Tancredi," " Freis ehutz," and •' Abdallah," which for symmetry, breeding, and in telligence, ere unequalled and matchless throughout the world, England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co adjutors, Messrs Garr° and A, Sa.lamonsky, will execute that wonderfully darirg, act " '7he Three Olympians," on three horses. Nothing in the history of evestrianism has ever approached the Super' riding of the Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their doulTe Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Sa!arnonsky and . 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 i 5 verdict of approval. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. IT. GEORGE'S TTIEATRE, Regent-street, Langharn-place.' Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. First app- ranee, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL CFIRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WIL SOM and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon don season hi the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, 1869. The only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear by special command before the Queen and Court. Acting Manager, Mr. A. Nimmo. Evening at 8, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8. Private boxes,_ £3 3s. and £2. 2s. ; dress stalls, 55.; res e rved- sea t s, 3s ; balcony seats, 23.; aclinissi , n, Is. 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Wright. , ITOME C. • • ,— •''sh.Barke, Messrs. • . - t.. - V• ' non; '•, . • . i T VEATII - A TT' , ;•.; • NIN4, at 7. DID lit IT EVER SE„, YOUR WIFE (' C BD W F I.L. Mr. 1 - ; Mr,. L. Murray. At 7.45 TONI E (11: STO. Me a.—*. ` 7 .rebster, G. Betunre, A. • :fling. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, .1:-1,rw on. j. Smith. Av i. Num. li. Winer; Mrs.. Alfred Melton Miss C. Leele;:c,i, '.,1 Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS . TIIEATEr. Sole I. , sFeo and :!Ttsniger. lir. V!ri'rvr. 71ff'; I:VEXING, :If 7, to commen^e with 'HIE Si.:CRET. At FTE:II London Life: Mr. ;Vining, Lev, Mr. Dinr, Messrs. C. Rai:eau - it, Holsto— : Miss Enema Parnet vie! Mis. 4 lore(' Onnchzding wfth :;r:k STE it JONES'S RlltY'liD.t Y, TUN GLOBE THEATTT-ROYAL. at 7. A HAPPT FAMI7,,Y. BiIOWN AND Till.: David Fish er, Andrus::, Hu, I Nio,drunes T.'.crirtt:Te. C. 1.1 , ,rue. B E S. 9. 11';;.:•: :~. CT. )Y.ll Atj! Tres UAL . .E1.6 0I i':, :Defend, :1:1.1g11 - e - ;, - A - ill F, AND CIRCI:7 7 , The flreat Cr' Troupe and : - .agnifleent Alfred Bradbury,. :Nil. „ nit • f:,•:.:TRICITY. ROYAL TRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3ranageress. Mrs. Swanborcugh. Turs M VENING, at 7.30, THE SW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Burton. T itE FIELD ole THE C OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton;. esdames Maria ong,more, B. Goodall. I Flit). Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ,onclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston. Tuts EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens. C. Wyndham. and L. Brought b' esdames Montague, Rignold, Maze, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING} Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tim EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER & CRASHER: Messrs A tkins, Tanghan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs Caulfield. After which at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan ; Meadow. , Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Miss It Oliver. TnTs EVENING, at 7.30, A.' LOVIN4; CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND• 'PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TIIF.ATRE. Under the Mpmrteement of MiSR Marie Wilton Tnis EVENING, SCHOOL: Mossrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison. Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham. Whlte, Miss V. Addison, and Miss , r_rie Wilt: n. After which, A WINNING H.AZARI.... And INTRIGUE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's nail, Every Night, at 8 Weilnesdays and ••'a.tt:rdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL AL riAIIIBIU PALACE. THREE BALLETS. Promenade Concert.. Band of GO. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerre-paik, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, ("1. 117 t (;7X l _ ITIT S - N ; LONDOA', MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1869. Some interest naturally attaches to' the proceed ings of the: new Lord-Lieutenant. The Viceregal office, although often spoken of as a sinecure, involves serious responsibilities. The necessity for its existence might be superseded, but while it does exist the nobleman who fills it occupies a post of no light weight and importance. the is closely watched by contending factions, by two strong parties in religion and in poli:ies, who are each eager to con - -true his lightest word and action into some special signifi cance. He is painfully conscious of the unpleasant ness that may arise from appearing to favour one particular branch of the commuhity, and while.he is anxious to conciliate all and offend none, he is callnd upon to give a decided answer to a whole host of unreasonable appeals and petitions. Ile has to ingratiate himself with a p ople who are probably strangers to him, and yet he must go over the old beaten ground, .which so many Lord-Lieu tenants have trodden before him, that it is actually impossible ts put the old thoughts and congratula tims into new words. Lord SPENCER has as yet been very successful in his manner of discharging the somewhat embarrassing duties of his new office, and on Thursday evening he was fortunate in his subject. The Royal Dublin Society and the School of Art offered a haven of repose to the statesman wearied with suggestions about disestablishment and re-esta blishment, about the dangers of Popery, and - the cruelties of Orangemen; with plans for adjusting the question of tenant-right, and of reconciling all pos sible differences between tenant and landlord; with proposals to be forthwith transmitted to Downing street respecting the assistance to be shown to Irish railways, the facilities to be given to emigration, and the countenance which ought to be afforded to Irish manufactures. At least, on matters of art and study, the Lord-Lieutenant might speak freely, follow ing only the dictates of his own taste and judg ment, seeking only to clothe a plain and straight forward meaning in fitting worts. There was nothing in the , crowded theatre to awake the echoes of pos sible discord, to arouse the memories of traditional hate and feudal animosities. Men can agree to differ about art if they must wage deadly war over the pi inciples of primary education ; a student may be rejected at the examination without the too stern examiner being found lifeless by the wayside. And so, forgetting Fenianis:n, and pitting on one side the angry questions which surged outside the walls of the School of Art. Earl SPENCER on Thursday spoke freely on those p 'juts on which all interests are iden tical, all sympathies are common. The school itself is not unworthy of especial no tice. It has already proved how great is the na tional aptitude of the quick witted, quick feeling Irish people for art in all its branches. The Dublin School of Art has held its own against the competi tion of the whole United Kingdom, and now holds a rank only second to that of the great metropo lis, although its standard of merit is more elevated than many. The flue arts schools in connection with the Royal Society have been in existence for 140 years, and have sent forth artists like SIIEE, DANBY, and FOLEY. The secretary of the school, with natural pride, informal the Lord-Lieutenant that the Dublin school stood actually the first in the kingdom in the proportion of its awards to the num ber of its pupils. The South Kensington school with 992 pupils, possessing, moreover, great advan taz;,:_,l, had carried off 17 national awards. Dublin had obtained 11, Edinburgh 9, and others obtained a lesser number. In the proportion of prizes to the number of scholars, the list stood as follows :—Bir mingham 1, for 202; South Kensington 1, for 58 ; Edinburgh 1, for 65 ; and Dublin 1, for 39. Earl SPENCER, in his speech, referred tothis gratify ing fact, and also to the circumstance that the teacher belonging to the Society has gained the second place among the teachers of all England for the success of his instruction. Another point which attracted Lord SPENCER'S notice was the success which has happily attended the designs connected with the staple manufactures of the country. There could hardly, as his lordship remarked, be a more impor tant object than the improvement of the designs connected with their manufactures. ' The capabilities 'Of Ireland . havr never yet been fully developed, and the more that native talent can be devoted to the cultivation of the national resources, the better it will , be for all parties. Lord SPENCER was very happy in his remarks upon the influence of art in educating a country. " Many have not time," ob served the Lord-Lieutenant, " to read long writings on history, but they may possibly see the works of painters or of sculptors. Many of us are familiar with the death of "%You}..}, through the fine picture which came from the hand of Wr...Z. We are re winded of Trafalgar by th 3 noble work of STAICS FELD. Our rulers, our statesmen, our patriots, our soldiers, are recalled . to us through the canvas c: ITU:A;EIN, Dyer, KNE LLER, GAINSBOLC;:cIT, and ItErse:.Ds, and through the chisel of CHANTER 1." The Lord-Lieutenant, in the course of his ad dress, expresA his belie' that the qualities belonging to the Irish people were s:ngulc,rly propitious to thedevelopment of hlgl- art. T: - ..cy hal tile po etic imaginatiozi . anJ the wan:. heart which gave the extended symr,:tl;:i.es ir.6.ls)ensable to the true artist. They had, 00, ti :z the boau,iful, which is his Fp e El:erogati;c, t:evelf..lpment of Case nat:onal quaii a r.r)11.. vzo:•1 t e earr!cr ag: ( - 7 ! the z,tatts arts, % at a Li_ n: wen riches '.i~('tl eu gui( Liing tl do a work it ; re its chief st must leo?: to no otli,r )11 7 ,1 ^ , tiote(i tliu and by itnniortA : been done they wotlld rt o¢, their country. Lord SPENCER of L9NCFELLOW, telling how the' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1869. earnest and faithful worker might leave " pintfoots on the sands of time," for the guidance and encou ragement of those who came after him. We congra tulate the new Viceroy on hairing so successfully in augurated the troublesome and difficult duties of his office; and we Lope that he will not only realise all the eager anticipations that have been formed of his career, but help to fulfil his own aspirations by en couraging the culture of the fine arts in the sister country. ~LiP t rift, has a newpoem in the press, and also a volume of picture and adventure, a portion of which, describing the Hebrides, has appeared in the Spectator. A volume of essays on Congregationalism will shortly be published by Longmans, the authors being Messrs. A' stey Fawcett, Herbert, and two other gentlemen. Mr. Dion Boucicault is writing a philosophic treatise on the drama, to be called "The Master of the Revels," and is also pre paring a new drama for the Princess's. Mr. Pechter and Mr. Wilkie Collins are preparing another for the Adelphi. Victor Hugo's " Les Mis6rables" is to be brought out at Drury-lane. The Public Schools Chronicle is to be incorpo rated with the Atlas. Another item of news—partly literary, partly political—is, that should Mr. Reverdy Johnson be recalled, the United States will in all proba bility be represented here by Mr. Motley, the historian. I was at the private view of the Dudley Gallery yester day. It is a fair exhibition, but scarcely up to last year's. The post of honour is given to Mr. Calderon, who has a classical picture of a woman with a distaff. Mr. E. J. Poynter has several small works. The two Severns ale well represented. Solomon has two works. But space fails, and I must reserve a fuller notice until my next. I shall then have something to say about the next Academy. • I - . 4 011 ivir toriptyT, TIER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 31. The confirmation of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold took place yesterday at Whippingham Church by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess Teel - , attended Divine service this morning. LATEST INTELL [GEN CE. (REUTER'S TELEdRA3IS.) SPAIN. MAIAID, San. 31. .1 he Fpoca of to-day says :---" The idea of en trusting a Directory, with the highest authority of the State has been unanimously agreed upon. &veral names are being put forward for this office. This has been accepted as the definitive form of Government after the opening of the Cortes. It is in fact a sanction of the principle of a Republi can form of Administration, because even suppos ing the Cortes should decide in favour of a Monarchy, considerable time would elapse before the choice of a Monarch would be finally settled. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Evening). TLe House of Representatives, by 147 to 42 votes, has passed a resolution, amending the Con stitution so as to prohibit the denial of the suffrae to any person on account of race or colour. PLYMOUTH, Feb, 1. A heavy southerly gale and a high tide prevailed allng the coasts of Devon and Cornwall yesterday morning. The tide reached higher than has been known for the last thirty years. Numerous minor accidents have taken place through the water rising over the low levels of seaport towns. Floods along the banks of rivers have also occurred through their overflowing their usual channels. Property on the banks of various places has been washed away. One hundred yards of sea wall has been washed away, and nine yards of the South De von Railway. At Dawlish the railway and telegraphic communication was impeded throughout Sunday. The Ponsandane viaduct, West Cornwall Railway, near Penzance, has been washed away. The telegraphic and railway communication be tween Penzance and Marasgion has been stopped. - FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 30.—Three O'clock.—The marktt closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 par Cent End of mouth 7O 45 Cerdit Alobilier '275 End of month 27U Credit Foncier _1545 End of month Bank Shares 3035 Ital'an Loan End of month — ' Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Morrie Debt Deferred RAILWAY Cash 940 Orleans N orthern _ _ 1178: Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 590 IVesteru .................. Eastern Sardiuiuu ............... 6111 5721 Austrian ........................ . 657k Lombard .................. 4724 North of Spain Saragossa ............... . .................... 78Z Roman ............................ .. . ........... 47* MORE ALARMING AND DaSTRUCTIVE FIRES—This Day. During the last twenty-four. hours Capt. Shaw, the chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, u en and one of place only three reported to the Board of Works that several fires had taken place within the radius of th e B oar d. Out ar e deservingo number of being that Publicly r hasbl taken recorded, these happened in the refreshment-house and ale stores belonging to Mr. G. Smith, situate in Three Colt-street, Old Ford. The discovery was made by a policeman about 5 in the morning, at which time the They were aroused e by the windows, ijnums just to i w m e e r e t o i n b t e h e a i r b b l e e d t s o a s e l e s e e p a . p for the stairs leading to the upper rooms were then burning furiously, and the heat was so great that the residents could scarcely breathe. The land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., and the Lon don Salvage Corps, with Mr. Superintendent and plent of the E a st pany's water having been obt a i ne d, the LSownainoton7c,opmromptly arrived, firemen and the salvage corps went to work, bas they were unable to get the fire extinguished mail the establishment was burned out and the roof off. fixtures, and fur- The l a to r l e e l o d f so t e h o e n s s t origin of the L o wa ck ed in . tr l ad h e e , eis unknown. The .sufferer was fortu nately insured in the Norwich Union-office. The second fire broke out in the premises of Mr. E. S. Blackwall, oil, and colour, and Italian warehouse man, No. 168, Green-street, Bethnal-green. This fire is supposed to have originated from a spark having been dropped from a lighted candle into one of 'he cupboards under the stairs. In a few minutes the fire began to travel! 4, the: stairs and,into the shop, but owing to the timely arrival of the brigade the flames were quickly extinguished, but the damage done 18 conSiderable. The occupier was insured in the Sun Fire Office. The only other fire worthy of 'notice took place at a quarter to 5 o'clock this morninmin the chemical stores of Mr. H. Bailey, No. 16,- -Cropley-street, Hoxton JV ew-town. Owing to the timely arrival of the engines and the salvage corps, and the good supply of water, theflames were extinguished. The damage, as in the former case, was considerable. Mr Bailey was insured in the County, from which office Mr. White the assessor to the company attended for the purpose of at once settling the loss. Lord Camperdown, who is engaged in inspecting the Royal Naval Victualling Ynrds, was expected to arrive at Portsmouth this morning for the irlrpose of invc;tigating the general working of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport. • • 21issrm SIIIVS.—The Mystery, of St. TVCP,, riled front ltotwu on the 20th of No.:amber fcr Full, since been heard of. The Stradelln, L.Tl , ;und fur I:lardiff, passed the Soun I cu the 12`h of seen near 0; -.0, Norway, c,-.1 11th, on v-IlEoliC:y I:ca - . - y gale came ott 'ilieL• Tr,rt: .110 ha., not since I ".-alarj et. sr.re Lon) Crcat Yarinc . orfclk,' of .3c ot --e AV for ::To;7 .` / : I)inr„hriolly .7.ttch and 7'.--;,;(,n. ~~ ~, .FUNERAL OF ML. ERNEST JONES" I On Saturday afternoon the mortal remains of Mr. Ernest Jones were consigned to their last resting-place ie. Ardwick Cemetery, Hyde-road, Manchester, and the occa sion was taken advantage of by the members of the Reform League to have a large public demonstration. The work. ing classes in particular were exceedingly assidubus to de honour to the memory of the deceased ; and accordingly an opportunity was afforded them to attend the funeral. Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon the public streets of Manchester through which the procession was to pass were so densely thronged that the traffic was stopped for a considerable time. The route of the procession was by way of Wellington-street, Broughton (where the deceased resided), Bury New-road, Stran,geways, Victoria-street, Market-street, - and London-road to Ardwick Cemetery. Those who were specially invited to attend the funeral met near the house of the deceased, and many of Mr. Jones's near friendS were allowed to see him -before the coffin-lid was fastened down. The members of the Reform League, Insisting over 1,200, and deputations from London and nearly all the large towns in the northern and midland counties, asseml.l,:d in front of the Assize Courts, and afterwards marched in procession to Wellington-street. The following gentlemen were the pall-bearers :—Sir Ellcanah Armitage, Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Alderman A. Heywood, Mr. 11. M. Stein thal, Mr. F. Taylor, Mr. Elijah Dixon, Mr. IT. Rawson, Mr. Edward Hooson (president of the Northern. Branch of the Reform League), Mr. James Crossley, and Mr. Charles Bazlcy. Mr. Edmond Beales, ALA., delivered a funeral oration over the grave. ;.'.; . .\I :r 3I C ,[ to t J_. ~ , e and ha- T - -,..11•11',. , ! to ..:! On res ptcvalps, a 1 wo " r.f 11.11. , )ncimig lALri THE RITUALISTS. Curiosity again on Sunday led many worshippers, or sightseers, to the High Churches of the metropolis. The Times reporters came back with the information that the leading Ritualists had adhered, on the whole, to the mode of celebrating the service. which they followed on the pre vious Sunday. "It is, however," says the leading journal, " their opinion, as a body, that they ought to wait before making any important alterations in their Ritual until they each receive some special instructions on . the subject from their diodesan. Mr. Bennett, at Frome, and one or two extreme Ritualists at the East-end of London, no doubt still do and will offer every resistance to the recent judgment being carried into effect, and will keep their candles lighted on the altar until actually ex tinguishcd by an authority which they admit to be bind. ing on their consciences. Mr. Mackonochie, in the same spirit, will persist in burning seven lamps instead of two candles." At All Saints, Margaret-street, however, some slight concession to the judgment was made. The "High Celebration" followed soon after the close of Morning Prayers, in which the sermon was made to follow the prayer for the Queen. The preacher, who crossed himself devoutly before commencing, at the words "In the name of the Father," &c., took as his subject the persecution of the Chil dren of Israel byPharaoh, comparing the sufferings of the former with those of the "Catholic Church" from the world at the present time. The sermon was followed by ahymn and one or two prayers, and at the end of "Matins" the priests and a large part of the congregation left the church. After an interval of about ten minutes the former returned, three of them dressed in "vestments," as is the custom here, and acting as priest, deacon, and sub-deacon. Incense was not used, and the candles stood as usual on the altar, but they were not lighted. The Nicene Creed was sung, with the customary prostration or genuflexion at the words " and was made man." The Creed over, Mr. Upton Richards ascended the pulpit and delivered a short address, in the course of which he said that he was grieved and distressed to tell his people that from and after that day lie should discontinue the altar lights, and so obey this " most unjust judgment," throughout which no Christian could fail to see that there was an intense desire to do despite to the Church of God. Their consolation, however, was that God was an avenging God, and would not tolerate injus tice for ever, but in His own good time would make tho cause of Himself and of truth to triumph; In protesting strongly against this " wicked and unjust law," he would remind them that St. Peter and .St. Paul both exhorted their readers to submission, even to injustice, for the sake of the faith, and that Christ had left us an example of suffering wrongs patiently. During the administration of the Sacrament, which followed, stringed instruments were played as well as the organ, and neither the consecrated bread nor the cup, as far as we could see, was unduly ele vated. At the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Mnnster square, which was one of the first to adopt both lighted altar candles and the vestments, as well as incense, when Ritualism first became prominently before the public, both altar-lights and incense have been abandoned by the incumbent, Mr. Stuart, The mixed chalice was used ; but there was no elevation of the Sacrament in either kind. Dr. Miller, vicar of Greenwich, delivered on Sunday a special sermon on the rrivy Council judgment. Taking for his text, "For-God is not the author of confusion, but of peace," he set forth what those who held "Low" doe trines bad, in his Opinion, better do in this crisis. He deemed that he had by his letter.to the papers 'given his brethren the character of lawless men. The question at issue, he declared, was not one of 'mutilation of the ser- vice, but one of rubrical observance. The judgment pro nounced by Lord Cairns on behalf of the Privy Council said that it was not open to a minister of the Church, or even to their lordships, in advising her Majesty, as the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of apaeal, to draw a distinction in acts which were a departure from or violation of the rubric, between those which were important and those which appeared to be trivial. There was, then, one standard by which a minister should act. It was quite certain, however, that in nearly every large parish in the kingdom the Church of the rubric and the Church of usage were widely different. Were there not thousands of churches in England in which there was no daily prayer? Were there not thousands in which the saints' days were unobserved ? Were there not thousands of cases in which the unconsecrated elements were placed upon the Lord's table at a time different to that specifically prescribed ? Were there not many instances in which communions were irregularly administered to? Was baptism performed as the Church prescribed ? and were the doors of all churches open on the feast of the Epiphany, Ascension Day, and Ash Wednesday? He passed no opinion as to what was right ; he desired only to bring before their notice simply the fact that such was the case—rightly or wrongly. Hymns were unlawful, they were told, at certain portions of the service where they were wont to use them, but the rev. doctor very strongly deprecated any diminution in the amount of s pinging. Now, daily service, taking that as an instance, would introduce confusion in many churches, and throw extra work on the hands of already over-worked clergymen. I, l ThatshOuld be done in these cases of difficulty? His answer was simple and twofold. As they were aware, the bishops met In Convocation in a short time, and they could not but deliberate upon what Lad occurred, and doubtless a pastoral would he issued by them for the guidance of the clergy. Then there was the further report of the Ritual Commission, which it was hoped might throw some light upon what ought to be done in the future. He shoukt anticipate something would be done to modify and to give more elasticity to the rubrics of the Church, so that that which was unsuited to the present circumstances might • be wisely and skilfully adapted to their 'own time. He w prepared to admit that some of them had made great mistakes from the manner in which they had ignored. Convocation. Doubtless, as that body was at present constituted, it was unsatisfactory, but the further he studied the subject the more he was convinced that a reformed convocation, with a due representation of clergy and laity, was that 'upon which effort 'should be concentrated. As to his own parish, he had come to the conclusion that for the present it would be better to remain a'n . statuo quo rather than alter anything. By pre- cipitate change they could only diversify the difficulties. In fact; the difficulties of the clergy sve-re now greater than they were before• the judgment was delivered. He desired, however, to state publicly his entire readiness to ultimately bow to • properly constituted authority ; he knew that, Lis own bishop would treat him and all his clergy as a true father. He antio:s)ated no harshness, no unreasonableness from the Bishop u;T'Rochester. About 1:8,000 arc required for the relief of the families of tho sufforors by tLo recent c'f.;;liCry rf.cidmts in the neighbourhood of Wigan. At a iiHii!T :1. iL that town on Friday it was announced flint only abo::. the amount necessary had beon obtained, qua stop:: w' . .1 upon with a view of bringing up the total rum. rj'wo yeung men at Stai selves in 1. very awkwonl izeci who era.. mortally left n 11 . :0,ow two , 10'cry " 4 , 1 till I 11,c , i eVel' i ~~',,! w:10.,‘ a :,`cofl f, s•. - >rxr> timo co\ 7,, ~::; ~; . 113 ~~ . ..'.~ , , haVO 1.c.; at an off 7 C inruerctl 'oer of I',:Aovo , tcr.al titu.3 1.0 Etopped l c, it i. W METROPOLITAN GOSSlP—Saturday.. The announcement which was first made in. your columns with respect to the withdrawal of our troops from the colonies is confirmed byto-day'salmy and navy papers. The Conservative organsi affected to disbelieve the announcement. T 1,4 hoped' that economy would be con ! fined to such matters as quills and whitewash, so thattlkey ' might hereafter be able . to laugh at Mr. Gladstone and quote Horace about the mountain and the mouse. Ent the recall of troops is quite another matter, especially •_ wlitn taken in connection with the withdrawal of our naval squadrons from the least important stations. These changes involve far more than a diminished expendi ture on our army anl ; navy. They imply an organic change in our colonial and foreign policy. They mean that henceforth our colonies must shift for themselves, and that we shall no longer tax the pauper of Bethnal-green in order to protect the rich squatter of New South Wales or the still richer trader of Victoria. They mean, too, that henceforth English statesmen will no longer feed_the national vanity at the expense of the national purse,-by scouring the waters with ships in order to maintain- the " supremacy of the seas." So far as regards the colonies, it is only fair to point out that one of the earliest advo cates of the new policy was a Conservative member, Mr. Arthur Mills, who then represented Taunton. After many speeches on the subject, in which he was occasionally counted out, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the subject .of colonial charges upon the imperial exchequer. A very good Feporkwas drawn up, embodied in a blue book, and shelved—Tor was not Lord Pal merston (Civis R m'pzu s) in Office, and was not " a spirited foreign policy" the cr y of the time? To-day we are more modest and more wise. Among the other changes announced is the establishment of a Central Council at the War Office. Its members are said to be Lord Northbrook, who is now, as he was when Mr. Baring, Under Secretary for War ; Captain Vivian, the War Lord of the Treasury, who some years ago, when member for Bodmin, gained great reputation by a speech he made exposing the circumlocution at the War Office; and Sir Henry Storks, who was recalled- from Malta to reorganise the War Department, but who finds himself left in the rear by his new and energetic superiors. Colonel Milward will act as secretary. A minor change rumoured at Pall Mall is the dismissal of alai:tie - number of clerks and the placing of those who remain on an allowance out of which they must provide themselves with stationery. The waste rich now goes on in that commodity is enough to make Mr. Greg's hair stand on end. I am told that Lord Malmesbury's retirement from the leadership of the Conservative party in the House of Lords was by no means spontaneous. Mr. Disraeli said at the time the Cabinet was reconstructed, after Lord Derby's retirement, that Lord Malmesbury would lead the House of- Lords, "if possible "—a joke whose point was not at all_ blunted by the Liberal journals. The leadership has_ proved to be impossible. The Tory peers refuse to be led any longer by the ex-Privy Seal. • They are, in fact, fol lowers who will not follow, with a leader who cannot lead. So his lordship has been given to understand that while the Conservative nobles will not interfere with his intended triumph in the dining-room, they must have another general in the House of Peers—they will eat his dinner , but not do his bidding ; they will acknowledge the chef, but not the chief. In all probability the Duke of Richmond will succeed to the leadership. He represents one of the great Tory houses, is a very respectable po:itician, and will at least keep out of scrapes. Lord Cairns is, of course, a far abler man, but then he is a " new " man, and it would be a sad confession of decay on the part of the old families if they were obliged to put themselves under a nobody (genea logically considered) in the Lords as well as in the Commons. Moreover, the office of leader is almost incom patible with that of Lord Chancellor; and so, if Lord Cairns were put into the first, it would impy that his party had very little hope of seein g him restored to the second. Extreme pressure is being used to force the Govern ment to increase the capitation grant to Volunteers. Lord Elcho hopes to get up, during the first week of the session, a great meeting of members of both Houses who belong to the Volunteerservice. I doubt, however, if Liberal M.P.'s will give him much assistance. They remember the history of 1866: they distrust the Adullamite member for Haddingtonshire, and they will not embarrass the Government in its laudable attempts to reduce the public expenditure. Colonel Acland, M.P. for North Devon, has already protested against the present demand for Government asAistance. Meanwhile the Govern ment are receiving powerful help from a very distinguished compels I i n , (eioloi certainly military authority, ,ep, nh a ss u yo xrnt veo reduce sar i , t :ut y : clitesl..l3)vo t tt:•ipyhr :very regular ing rla c ;g ther am n tar c smea o n ytp t o. i e lfm s a n s t y :l tli a b l syhrodoenitd\ to that the Volunteer plume st btaie necessity er o lyre e t f ll matters, I-may mention that, according to present inten tions, the Review will not take place at Portsmouth this year, as it did last year, but either at Dover or Pr' t , liton • The Liberals of Norwich, Wiser than the Conservatives of Plymouth, decline to accept as their candidate a gentle man who has been mixed up with questionable City transactions, and Mr. 'Warner has therefore retreated to the background. It is not improbable that Mr. Milner Gibson will be selected as the Liberal candidate. Failing him, there are plenty of good men unseated at the last election, who are not directors of finance companies. `Nothing more is heard about the petition against Colonel Wilmot, the new M.P. for South Derbyshire. County election petitions are costly luxuries. Mr. Evans has issued a circular to his friends, thanking them for their support, but giving no intimation that he means to contest the decision. Should Serjeant Cox be unseated at Taunton, the Conservatives . will probably bring forward Sir John Kerslake, the late Attorney-General. The Liberals will run Mr. James again. Lord Russell's letter has been severely handled on all sides. Yet he has some distinguished apologists. At a meeting of the London clergy, held at Sion College on Thursday night, Dean Stanley delivered a lecture, 5* which he strongly advocated the co-existent endowment of the three chief Churches in Ireland. He said that if the "cry" that the State ought not in any way to countenance the doctrines of the Roman Church had any reality in it, half the Constitution ought to be repealed. Already the • Roman Catholic religion had received a large amount of recognition and endowment. He instanced Malta and Canada. He argued that unless theßom an Church were c nnected with the State in Ireland it would lose what liberality it possessed; and that if the Protestant Episcopal Church were separated from the State it would become an aggressive Episcopal body. This expression reminds one of Mr. Disraeli's warning against proselytism. The Liberal Dean and the Tory Premier seem to be agreed in thinking, that for a Church to make converts is the worst of calamities. Dean Stanley was supported by Sir Charles Trevelyan. He declared with vehemence that to cast the Esta blished Church adrift' would not be just, would not be common Christianity, would not be tolerated when the matter was fairly laid before the country. Sir Charles did not state how it could be more fairly laid before the coun try than it has been. He strongly deprecated the appli cation of ecclesiastical revenues to the aid of the poor laws or to education, or to improvement of the land. Such expedients would only relieve the taxpayer and lead to jobbery and waste. Mr. Milman, son of the late Dean, I believe, said that in principle he agreed with Dean Stanley, but that practically his scheme of triple endowment could not be carried out. The tact that the blue ribbon of the schools at Cam bridge has been carried off in two successive years by a gentleman who does not belong to the Church of England, will greatly aid the Liberal party in their endeavour to abolish religious tests at the universities. Last yrear the senior wrangletwaS a Baptist. This year he is a Jew. It is impossible to suppose that in,the face of such triumphs as these, the exclusive system will continue much longer. Ten years hence we shall look back upon it with the same amazed contempt wherewith we now regard the Test and Corporation Acts. The London papers of yesterday and to-day have con tained two horrible, heartrending, accounts of death by starvation at the East-end. In this the wealthiest city in the world, where the streets are all but paved with' gold (the purchase money of land would nearly cover it if paid .in gold), women find it impossible to get a mouthful of bread,.and (lie from sheer famine, as much as though they were in the most inaccessible . parts of India. And yet we are not cruel ; we are not miserly. Prove to us Londoners that there is " a case of real distress," and we send our guineas in bagfuls. What we want is some means of bringing us into communication with this real distresses ; some means of knowing that it is real. What opportunity . has Paddington or Belgravia of hearing at all of the wants of 'Bethnal-green and the Isle of Dogs, eecer.t by chance softie fearful tale like these of the last two days gete into the papers ? Even then,what are we to do? if the Poor-law Loard, with its organisation, cannot ply perzons from dying of famine, though that c - Tecl: - .1 duty, how are we isolated individuals to 1, -- .:cvent Co we sit down helpless ; and them is despair at the Leet-ord for .wsne of help, and despair at the West-end fc - : wailt of knote:reg the way to help. The Minister who wie.ld being East al. 4 V Vest together would be 'die greateet etstesman of the age.' I have tidings this merning of the dez . .th of a veteran 7iit,:ecleer, Robert Eyres i:•andor. He was the brother of Wel tee Eav:ege Landor. and le country clergyman, the meter ni Uirlingham, near Persliwe, Worcestershire. He the a,. , thor of " The Fountaireof Arethuea" read " Fawn ( ~ ,f SeAorinsi" two sez woriza full of original and eteiking thenghte. He hid the highest •t.nlen':l oz his great , - s- arcs emee rn in —I tilat adroir- •1. , • Ir - . .~:'-. , l~i .di M. rosetti is enga;( .- . and wi!l preface it, _ r t ~ r? i~ ~~ • • • • ,s. • • : ?•• • s• ...• • , ei ) .U-•c4, a T.itr.l to ti,e IF•tztagMf I.lo).ert 4 TRADES UNION DISPUTE. A dispute has broken out at the - Denaby Main Colliery. near Mexborongh, very similar to that which was fonelit at Staveley some time ago. The proprietors refuse. to employ men who are connected with a trade union, and up to a short time ago their colliers complied with thiidemand. • They number about three hundred, and during the last month about one-third of them have joined the South Yorkshire Miners' Association. As soon as the proprietors heard this they gave the union men a month's notice to leave their employment and a week's notice to quit .their cottages. Three new non-society men who were taken on were not very cordially received, indeed a number of the old hands refused to work with them. This was on Wednesday last, and on Thursday morning lamps were refused to the unionists, those only being supplied who declared they did not belong to the association. On Friday a meeting of the miners was held, when they were ad dressed by Mr. Pope, the managing proprietor. He with drew the notice previously issued, but expressed his inten tion of posting another, giving a mouth's notice to all the workmen, both unionists and non-unionists, and at the end of that time only those not belonging to the Miners' Association, .nil who will sign a declaration that they will net join it, are to be continued in the firm's emplcy . Those who continue to occupy their cottages after the ex piration of the week's notice are to be charged double rent. The affair looks like one that will not be got over without the display of much bitterness. NE 1V RAILWAY SCHEME'S FOR THE SESSION. Every new session brings its new railway schemes, and this year the number of plans and projects was greater than usual. In 1864 a Parliamentary committee reported that the new railways proposed to be made in London extended over 174 miles, involved the raising of nearly fifty millions sterling, and interfered with a vast amount of property and many public thoroughfares. Parliament, therefore, was very chary of giving its sanc tion, and since then the new schemes have been less formidable in number and extent. This year about twenty miles of new railway are proposed within the *metropolitan district, the greater number of the proposed railway bills having been withdrawn Mid these projects having fallen through from copies of the bills not being duly lodged. The only schemes remaining are the London and North-Western Omnibus Bill, the London, Chatham, and Dover Company's Bill for station works in Farringdon-street ; the Metropolitan, for enlargement of the Gower-street Station ; the North London, for works near King's Cross ; and the Metro politan District Company, fur stations at Westminster and Brompton. There are also four tramway schemes, by which it is proposed to lay 71 main and branch tramways of 106 miles • aggregate length. One of these schemes has, however, fallen through, and there only remain the Metropolitan, the Metropolitan Street, and the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich. These three bills propose to give about fifty miles of street tram. ways in the metropolitan district, though how many of these plans will receive the Royal assent is as yet doubt ful. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. For no other reason but to establish a submarine tele graph company could a million of money have been found in such an incredibly short space of time as that occupied in the successful formation of the French Atlantic Tele graph Company. The growth of telegraphy in some parts of the Continent in recent years has, owing to greater facilities and a lower tariff, been even more rapid than in England. Here the number of messages has increased annually at the rate of from 15 to 20 per cent. ; in France the difference is greater, for, taking the year 1863 against 1867, there has been au increase of million and a half of messages - nearly double in five years ; in Prussia they have increased 34 per cent. ; and in Austria the traffic over the telegraph lines has been fourfold in six years. This is a very satisfactory state of things, and it has been the wonder of many why the French Government have not before this established - a direct line of telegraphy from Europe to America, as surely, if not fur political purposes, the extraordinary increase of commercial telegraphic correspondence would guarantee the sw_cess of such an undertaking. It was not until the other day that Mr. Reuter laid before the public a concession granted to him and the Baron d'Erlangcr by the Imperial Government of France to lay a cable between France and America. The Great Eastern is now off Sheerness, wearing her old rigid, rock-like appearance from the water, and a visitor is apt to form an opiniOn on approachingthe ship that his friends late out—there is nobody on board. OnCe on the deck and this notion vanishes. Everything before you is, business to the letter, which is carried on with clock-like regularity. On deck there are the old hand-forges groaning and hissing, the same machinery and paying gear. There arc three huge wrought-iron tanks con structed 'in her sides, and snored up - by stout timber struts which make them almost part a':d yarcel of the ship ; these are all water-tight, and can be filled and emptied as required. From the centre of each tank rises a cone, and around this the cable has been coiled with great care and exquisite regularity. The line will he in two sections, each section containing three different kinds of cable. The main section is from Brestto the island of St. Pierre. This cable measures 2,325 miles, and the second section will be laid from St. Pierre to Boston", which is a distance of 750 miles. The object of having different kinds of cables is to guard against the least possibility of damage from an uncertain bottom and damage from icebergs. Each section has a shore end, a shoal-water cable, and a main cable. The main cable of the Brest and St. Pierre section is of almost the same construc tion as the 1865-6 cables, only the core, or copper conductor, is larger and weighs more; it consists of homogeneous wires enveloped in Manilla hemp. All the cables are protected by Mr. Latimer Clark's patent outside covering, the pro perties of which were amply proved the other day in the Persian Gulf cable to resist the action of the sea water. They were manufacturing the cable at the rate of thirty miles a day, so that they can have it completed with ease by contract time—the middle of June. The weight of cable, coal, and provisions on board the big ship at start ing will not be under twenty-eight hundred tons. All the officers employed on the last Atlantic expedition will be with the French cable, and the Great Eastern is to have a convoy from the Imperial Government across the Atlantic. —Daily News. LAW AND POLICE. A BILL AGAINST MR. BRIGHT..—In the Court of Appeal on Saturday, before the Lord Chancellor, the case of Moxon v. Bright was heard. A bill was filed against Messrs. John Bright (now the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P.) and Jacob Bright, and against a Mr. Hall, for an account of the profits made by them respectively by the us• of a patent for looms claimed by the plaintiff. Vice-Chaneel lor Giffard dismissed the bill, and hence the appeal. The Lord Chancellor said that the plaintiff's remedy, if any, was clearly at law, and the appeal must therefore be dis- missed with costs. A POINT OF CRIMINAL LAW.—In the Court of Criminal Appeal the case of William Summers was considered by the justices. He was sentenced at the Middle. sex Sessions to five years' penal servitude for injuring a policeman, and it was suggested that the sen- tence should have been for seven years, under the statute 27 and 28 Vict., which enacted that the least sentence of penal servitude awarded after a previous conviction should be for seven years. The indictment did not contain any allegation of a previous conviction of felony, and the court held that the sentence was right. THE LONDON IRISH VOLUNTEERS.—A rule has been granted in the Bail Court against the printer and publisher of the West Enri News for a libel reflecting on the London Irish Volunteers and their colonel, the Marquis of Donegal!. The article objected to professed give an account of the recent funeral of a member of the corps, and denounced the company in the most unmeasured terms. The matter having been brought to the notice of the m arquis, he instructed his solicitor to demand a retracta. tion and an apology. A retractation on the part of the writer was inserted, but no apology on the part of the pro prietors, and, this being deemed insufficient, the rule Wa r applied for. PENSION TO MRS. LINCOLN. the Senate, at 'Washington, a resolution has been offered and referred to the Committee on Pensions, providing that a life pension be granted to Mrs. Lincoln, as widow of the commander in-chief of the armies of the United States, A Cuntous CEREMONY.—In the year 1794, on Zhe 3rd of August, Mary Wragg, relict of a City merchant resident in Beckenham, departed this life, leaving behind her a bequest to the poor of the parish, who were annually to receive bread, flour, and coals on the 28th of January, on which day also a dinner was to be provided for the vicar, wardens, and tradesmen out of money devised for that purpose. These benefits were dependent on her coffin, which is,deposited in a vault under the church, being yearly dusted on the day in question. Should this interesting operation be omitted on any occasion the bequest passes to the adjoining parish of Bromley. Thurs day being the 26th January, the sexton, in the presence of the vim, the Rev. F. Chalmers, the wardens, Messrs., Purvis and Goodheart, and a large number of spectators, descended into the vault and dusted th 9 coffin, which is c)f peculiar constmc lid the not heinir 41Ati, , ridgelike a ch urc h roof. :Irk In made of cultrt,ol -1 1tra bolted together. PA r* tin 91W? • ' poor, and in th e evening the WOW* OS A am , o u, ain. • r , „ , . din9d_At thc_Gcago.l7st • SPIRIT OF THE PDBLIOIQVANAiM V4r i The Timee, in discussing the return just rasp ../. 1 . - 'o•-•1. law Board, observes that nothing is naCio p,e„. at t'ie prcseut juncture than that the real factifllittip,ol paupe•:isin should b e genera ll y k nown . tigo Vil example, one seri ous cons id era ti on , w hi c h is rcceiVo,3 : !: , , i recognition in other d e p ar t men t s o f the Govqll4 P , ! but is far too much overlooked in the case Of ci?-„:4: : ,.e , d c l rates. We hear discussions on all hands of ih, . ' 'r.! culty of levying the present rates and th inV4.O t of increasing them, but we hear very atib ' 1 , , .. practicability of reducing them. We iiir dO itiat , - . . -. ',..11. relief from the weight of Imperial taxatioll' 1 retrenchment in expenditure ; is ttiere no: or for a similar process with respect to local ittiatiO, lll we not make the two ends meet by saving money ban by raising more ? We do not venture to saY ti whole difficulty can be surmounted bithis simplO P 1 but the return we published on Saturdayicendert cult to resist the conclusion that a portion ciu'r, oirr ture on the poor is nowconduct e d On a m os t ex t ra vagAn In commenting about a month ago upon a paper read 14, ; the Social Science Asso c i a ti on , we noticed 044t__40.941,01 crease in pauperism appeared to be in the reciPietita 0 , 1 1 door relief. The present return affords astartling MO' t,ion of this surmise. Except on official authority 4TM have been hardly credible that in twenty-on 6 metros II aims, embracing about three-fourths of London, Oil sum expended on outdoor relief has increased witb l 4 last nine years about 130 per cent. In the yeg r Ordi Lady-day, 1859, the expense of outdoor relief t$ unions amounted to £118,000; in the Year endinfi day, 1868, it reached the amount of mare S S? £270,000. The rate of increase, moreover, Amt . :, alarmingly accelerat e d w ithi n th e l as t th ree y ears . Dn7 the seven yearS betw e en 1859 an d 1866 the-total had Ot,,' from .2118,000 to £154,000, or a t th e ra t e o f not litinum more than £5,000 a year. But during 1867 and 1868 06 increase amounted to £60,000 a year. We may obserll it is ,not surprising there should have been a audde4 crease between 1866 and 1867, though the amount appea rs extravagant. It was the year of the commercial panic i and of aonseqUent cessation of work in the Base c) : London. For instance, accordin g t o th e compitratL%L teturn 9.r. metropolitan. pauperism -.published last We e . 7 l whereas the number of outdo o r p au p ers in - the ti' week of. 3anuary 1806 was 74,384, in the eorrespondi ag week of 1867 it was 132,756. But there was no Buc h exceptional cause at work betw een 1667 an d 1868, and is' dilflcult to attribute the enormous increase in the 0 " penditure to anything but extravagant administrati on ' In fact; the sum total of the figures is beyond any esl )l , ° : nation. Pauperism in th e m e t ro p o li s h as un doubtedly increased during the last nine years ; but it is i ni possibi ° , to believe that the legitimat e rec ipi en t s o f ou tdoor have increased at a rate in any degree approaching 13 per cent., which is the rate of increase in the expendit ur°. The Telegraph refers t o th e i m p or t an t reso l u ti o n wh ich h the Ministers have a d o pt e d with respec t t o the Convocation. Her Hajesty's Ministers have adopte-.1 3° important resolution with respect to the Irish Convocatioe. That assembly is legally incapable, not merely of Innk ilg canons, but even of meeting for the purposes of discree sien wltlArat the Ileyal assent; and, as we announced Son ia time ago, an r: nlical ion has been made for ' re-nliS:te permissi.-m to re:Anne the long - - di e continu` c,.ened. of the Irish Chu rc h. Th e reques t Pal 11 1, Lteu declined. The Ministers havieg regard the. manifest objects of the applicants, and the fact thrt4 Convocation represents tha cler e .Y inadequately, and the laity not at. all—have that the Crown cannot prop er ly h e advised to conVerre t be nearly obsolete body. If it fairly r e fl ec t e d th e opinior. 3 ° t time Protestant Episcopalians—if th e C onvoca tion w ere desired for the purposes of legitimate debate-o)er° csu be no doubt that the-present Government would rcad i/5 :, afford the required facilities. M r . Gl a d s t on e and colleagues are most assuredly noL the men to oppose 7,, ) and full public discussion with re fe rence t o their -.sit`" Irish policy ; on th e c on t rar y, th e y anx i ou sly information and suggestions Ire m these who are Pr' il l ; cipally interested. A e'ensie.erahle hotly among the I l ' l3 , clergy and laity see the prudence of snaking V 3 r ...1 1 brit another party, including un h a p p il y man y of tylishops and dignitaries of the Church, will not listea to any overtures of peace, an d are reso l ve d t o fi g ht oat ir quarrel to the bitter end. What benefit can Po ilb ; accrue from frequ en t re p e titi ons o f th e cry o f " 14. ° su tender?" Possibly th e a ttit u d e o f s t u bb orn resi 6 t lll l2 -,-; 0 may have bad some effect before the recent a.ppea: to ' 75 . nation ; but that appeal was distinctly made and : 1 , 0 tinctly answered ; and it is now too l a t e to irsist 4 7 - ti eZcthcs quo ante. The party who make eto ll demand rival the Bourbons i n th e i r cclebrc:' , `,,, inability to learn or to forget. But, furl essa 4e '; for the future of the Irish Church, there is an 6tll '„ ' e more rational party among her friends, w ho 110 ' t4ahtlio time :lox iNgot:ation with the Governmen t ' trrivecl. Their policy ma,?, perhaps, app ea r weal' 3 ,; ' + f injudicious to those who look on politics as a game of e b t e- : . hich each 1;i seal::; inc victory, and ther e°- : zi 'W studiously concrale Lis intentions. But he fiiture of the Irish Church involves far more serious consider,3l; HORT. - Tier true friend s are no t th ese w h o see k to o t°l t an -obviously untenable position, but those -also Ltc .BP ee accomplished facts a n d earnest l y cons id er b o w a f ree Church can be most efliclently organised. Of that b et ' syirit_there have rec en tl y L een many sai s factory $5 1 4 1.; teals, and . it is cle ar th a t t h e more thoughtful clefenueee 4 the Establishme n t recogn i se t h e necess i ty of omicron" and -concession. In alluding to the disclosures recently made at the g r r , a City trial, the M o r n i ng H erald remarks on Mr. Edwar-ef • proceedings, and says that the fortunes and reptitati on v 1 / 4 1 1 i lE el d i W c a o r n Ci f S e 'S ss e e l d n , pl b oy e ervsaesvere alike sacrificed, while, V ' 6l t , paying a year's 'salarY t ° managing partner by whom he had been introduced , I ) during whose brief re i gn a ll these losses were 11;0 11' , Mr. Edwards, therefore, stands before the world as 0 ' 111 ‘ ; who, paid on a sca l e o f pr i ncely liberality by one 5'0"; was net above accepting thousands of pounds th., ; who, while professedly watching ovir t r e interest s o f the firm, was receiving p resen t s from til ? t a clings he oug ht t o h ave scrut i n i s ed •i 118 1 '3% At the same time he was subsid i ' ll 'A paetzer, ' from purely large-1 03 ' 1; o I.;ut amid all that has happened b ' Ax el suffered notLitig. The salary which he had eseh`-'4-1:;,„3 was to Lave earned by such services as we have desc r e was credited to him in the books of the' firm, and 111) :1 fin it an exceptio n ally kgh rate of interest eves paid, le'l ' the company was form e d an d a ff a i rs were overba-a t ee Then, wise in his genera ion, ha withdrew l e ft eO,OOO to Which he • had been declared entitled, ren ladle his good deeds towards Overend and G urne y unpub"-, a• until a recital of them was extorted from him by a sc a r ¢9 ing examination before the Lord Mayor and Sir Tb ° t he Gabriel. Well migl_, Mr. Serjeaut Ballautine us e fo r language he ernoleee 7., and well also would it b l e oir . society if the re. • .ors of these multitudinous e 3 ' 1 ,0 0 , ties could be mat. n:lswerabie for the wrongs theY e i r ee inflicted alike upon the. members of the old firm, the tors of the limited ceiereay, and upon the general Pg' - ' The Star is glad to find the advocates of.the rfronicoite reforiners of the metropolis assuming a firm demes il the No donbt ther e w ill b e jealousies to surmount befe re joll' municipal system can be fairly carried out in feeliree, The Vestry mind will s t ou tly resist the approaching eb e loil The Beard of W or k s w ill b e h ost il e. Th e Corper'o of London, too, m a y be expected to exhibit an unfrie . 7o: feeling : - towards the proposal to establish ° * o l/ municipalities which may trench upon the monq i ier of efficiency which that Corporation, because it is a In ei vet pality, has hitherto enjoyed in local adminstration• all these obstacles may be got over with a little heeatteetahowevei much any local or central body disposed to resist on minor gr o u n d s th e municiP f t ee ,, scheme, no one can deny the greatness and goo dness m u design. The policy of the prom o t ers o f the Proj ecw dl l3mw therefore he to secure . prominenc e f or w h a t a ll must %poll to be good, and to depress into obscurity those Poin ts a wik'tocl3 which differences are likely t o ar i se . A n d t h e on ly aalv this is to carry on the work with a marked co n ciliatorY u r e ';o9 for all parties, interests, an d even prejudices wbi e '•lltel come, or threaten to come, into collision with the new upon which we may h o p e t o see th e governmen t o f 1 1` ) ,.0 3 ?, remodelled. Let ev er y one w h o i s tempte d to regardv/L'' projects with a jealous eye reflect how much better L: s t• no to secure any minor interests which are at stake tai time ranging terms with th e p romo t ers o f t h e sc h em e 1 11 1 ,,1 t e ° Government which has shown itself so friendly, veto, for the sake of these minor interests, a change ‘ - ,ae• sy, must be fraught with so muc h goo d , even to t h o se ' l eeir special interests or amour p ro p re it may f or the 01 ' disconcert. - e to The Daily News declares that, the British fail :Ele a -V• A scanty justice from th e public opinion of great e s ?„ but it is a publi c disadvantage that the farni er l i elib" class have n o t t a k en a l arger par t in et' lir affairs. Hitherto, however, their chief evsn'",,, e foli i been that of some means of organised exP r i" ese' o and that want s e ems t o h ave ..been lar! effectually supplied. The Cha• a b ers o f Agricultu• at . ! _ e fewer than seventy of which are in active existe a uee, w aV already exerting a most important influence ofCmii opinion. They are bringing the fresh opinion er soc'' d ployers of rural labour to bear, upon the grea' r nieet problems of the age • and they arc " oe tes cut tile strength and vigour of that element in public life. Eut one thing w i e til e % hope for from the Chamber§ of Agriculture tna rrit e: o will eon•quer representative and . responsible geY e n tale w for the counties. Mra Acland said that the positni )t . b- the Chambers had clinng-ed the prosPeetYthe q,115 r rt Winn on questions of local taxation. " Instead _ celturists being a quiescent body, content with 5 . 4 , tli c kf ititercbazige of feeling between landlorc: and ten 3 " - e ',o l ' , : r i g, v:tre now dai:ning over the :whole country in foole dte centres to taT:e patt la Legislation." But what the, a'RP., O want is not merely to tale part in legislation nieeetiv4 minster, but in the local legislation in their reap, Ale'v c.onntiel4. They have their local liberties to coll t e. ` t 0 1 , 4 the are laickling to the fight. Now t• ; ;, rue begun -to discuss national qneetions Chambers of A,griculture,•and to exert an import'init io ; euce over their settlement, they will not len ` i 'i for have their local qnestions discussed and settle• They have stood long enough in stolu pliPi. ll ' l ,Y o( l s o, ll landlords and the Liberal opinion of . 1!:lie rn o welcome them and help them in any effort they may La assert their manhood, anti to tate tibeirl9u'' Inept into their own hands,. • • - whose iiircc p7culiat j,2:7,j: bener.'2( . n'