The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-25 00:00:00

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NEW OXFORD STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,03, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, IiART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. _ _ Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre sentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatt.rton. Great Combination of Attractions for the Faster liol:dvs.—A new „romantic drama and the grand Pantomime of "Puss in Boots." On EASTER MONDAY, March 29, and during the week, her Majesty's Servants will perform (for the first time) a new roman - tie Drama, in three acts and a prologue, entitled THE MAN OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor Hugo's celebrated novel. "Les Miser thles," adapted by Bayle Bernard, ada , ter of 'Faust." Principal character by o r Charles Dillon. supp)rted by the en tire strength of the Co/TIT-any. To eonclude with the Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS. terminating with the Grand Transforma tion Scene. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling; Mnsidal Di rector, Mr. W. C. L e vey. Doors open at. talt-past 6, commence at 7. Boa-office open from 10 till 5 daily. rrITEATEE-POYAL, DRUBY-LANE. -SPE CIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES on WEPNF.SDAT. :kTar: -. h 31, and San:RDA - 1", s pril t Two o'clock, the Poyal Orizinal Chrysty's Minstrels (from the St. George's 1 , 211) will give Selec tions from their ce!ebra:ed Entertainment. At Three o'cloctr, the Gra,n , l Pantomime of PU S IN BOOTS, terminntirg with the Grand Transformation 'cene. A t half-rast Four. a Musical Folly, entitled THE GIRLS a 'F THE PFRIOP: A t Five, the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three Tlundr d Infant Sailors and Marines. Carriages to be ordered at a n-arter-past Five. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two o'cl ck. Children and z• chords at redu , ed prices to the following parts of the house, viz.. First Circle, Dresa Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily T HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Bui•ke, Hill, kc. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: Messrs. Buckstone and Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK.. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. IHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled X DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. delmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. Xt 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Visa Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEAT RE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last 5 Nights. TFIIS EVENING, at a varier to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mille. Bea trice. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Wile. Beatrice. On Saturday, March 27, for the Benefit of Mdlle. Beatrice. N.B. - On Easter Monday AFTER DARK. ?oors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF ThL CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c. To conclude with HITE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t' e Last Five Weeks of the Equestrian Sea son.— Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April.—ONßA, the world-renowned. in his original and unapproachable evolutions on the FLYING TRAPEZE, every Evening. His double somersaults and pe rouettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including the great CAERE TROUPE and the magnificent Stud of Performing Horses as usual. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning . Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Bah-past Two. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Holborn. — GOOD FRIDAY EVENING, March 26.—GRAND PER FORMANCE of Handel's Oratorio, `•T HE MESSIA ."---Full Orchestra and chorus, numbering nearly 250 persons. A rtistes: Ivl dlle. Rose Hersee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Mafbrick, and the celebrated bas so If err Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (U 0 Voices). The Orchestra will include th., most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, tc. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Solo Trumpet, Mr T. Harper. Conductor , Mr. C. J Ifargitt. The management would specially refer to the fact that this will be the first appearance in Oratorio for many years of the renowned 'bass., Herr FORMER, and his Farewell Performance, previous to retirement from the Lyric boards. Boa-office open daily from ten till five. Tickets at all the Libraries. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. . _ At T, A HAPPY FAMILY. 1.10, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN kND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne L. Morgan, Bre nnan , Fo u ntain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend,Hughes, and Stephens. S T. GEOR GE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque Sketches. &c., and the highly successful burlesque THE VERY GI I AND DUTCH —S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by special command. b, fore THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS nt THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur- JHV night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be se,•urcd at Mr. Mit &ell's Royal Library, at the mus.csoinTanw N d :att tat hall. Acting-manager, Mr. AN 1 • 1 1 HE "SUN"' NEWSPAPER. -G. R. G LEN IE, Sporting Library, 4. Connaught-terraco, Edgeware-road. Jelivers the LAT r; 107 of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Oopies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9.45 o'clock .Orders by post punctually attended Lo; TIIIE THIRD EDITION OF 4, THE SUN," giving all the SPORTI. , G N EWS of the day, may be seen atJEM Y NTO N'S house, "1 he Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. TjIIIE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. L ONDON, BRIGHTON. and SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. IMPORTANT REDUCTION OF RATES FOR RETURN AND SEASON TICKETS. On and after the Ist of APRIL next, the following REDUCED FARES w:11 be charged between London and Brighton:- Ist Class Express Return 2d let ;, Ordina ' ry ' Return l4e. Od. 2(1 „ / 1 10s. Gd. 3d „ 11 - -----'".'" ~ . SEASON TICKETS. -. Ist Class 2nd Class. One week .... 210 0 Two weeks 3 10 0 One month Two months Three months l3 0 0 Six months Twelve months ReturnVckets avai:able for two days, and from Friday or Saturday to Monday. Corresponding Reductions in the Fares to and from Lewes, Worthing, Eastbourne. Scc. Five Third Class Trains between London and Brighton daily. By Order. London-bridge Terminus, March 9, 1865. fly ROUVILLE SUR MER (NORMANDY) e LOAN of £400,000, SECURED by MORTGAGE Dl' BEN TURE.-; of the T tiOUVILLE ASSOCIATION (Limited). — Issue of 40,000 Mortgage Debentures to Bearer of £lO each. Annual interest 7 per cent., payable half-yearly, in London and Paris. The First Half-Year's Interest will be payable the Ist September, 1869 These Debentures will be redeemable by annual drawings to begin after the third year at £l2, thus giving a bonus of 20 per cent. Applications for Debentures, accompanied by a deposit of £ ' per Debenture. will he received in London by Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., Bankers, St. James's-street, London; Messrs. rt Robes, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-street, London. And in Paris, at the offices of the Association. 51, Rue de Cardi nal Fesch. The affairs of the Association are under the direction of The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., Director of the London and South-Western Railway, 66, Prince's-gate, London, Presi dent. The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's Palace, Lon don. Monsieur Jacques Adolphe Cordier, Ancien Depute, 124, Boule vart Haussman, Paris, and Che.et Cordier, Trouville, Nor mandy. Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., 45, Sussex-gardens, London. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Lindsey, M.P., Winch field. Hants. Monsieur Durnond de Montcelz. Administrateur des Mines de Zinc de la. ilesie, 44. line de Luxembourg, Paris. Sampson Lucas Sanville, Esq. (Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons), 18. Old Proad-street, London. Debentures. £lO each. The'Subseeption Is payable, £2 on ap plication, -1 on allotment, .4:2 on the let of May, £2 on the 15th June, and £2 on the Ist August. Or the whole £lO may be paid up at once. in which case dis count at the rate of 7 per cent. will be allowed. Me, re. Herees, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, London. BROKERS. Me,srs. Seymour and Elwyn, 38, Thrograorton-street, London. A BRIDGED STATEMENT. ADVANTAGES OF THE DEBENTURES. Mortgage taken in the joint names of Trustees on behalf of the Dehen ture-ln,! dors. Each t 1 Debenture: - Will be secured upon Freehold Land, by rnortgage or hypothe cation. bonus of Will be redeemable at £l2 per bond (thu s giving a 20 per cent.), by annual drawings, after the third year. Will have coupons for interest, payable half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum attached, and— Will be accompanied by a warrant certificate, en titling the bolder(in addition to tbe above bonus) to a distributive share in the surplus profit arising from the ultimate realisation of entire property comprised in the mortgage. Applications for fully paid-up Debentures will be entitled to priority of allotment. If no allotment be made the whole of the deposit will be re turned without deduction. If the whole amount applied for be not allotted the excess of deposit will be applied to the future payments due upon such number as may be allotted, but interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opinion of the soundness of this security, and of the value of the distributive share of surplus profit offered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Troqville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France. where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Havre, directly south of the Isle of Wight, and possesses one of the largest and most comfortable hotels in France, public rooms, gardens, walks, slopes green to the water's edge, and sands superior to those of Scarborough or Ramsgate. From London Trouville may be reached via Dover and Calais, I For lkestone and Boulogne, or via 1- outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distant by railway. Plans of the properties and reports of architects and sur veyors may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post. Full printed particulars of the Loan and forms of subscription may be obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the Association, namely :-26, Old Broad-street, 6 , Whitehall, Westminster, London; and Paris, 51, Rue de Car dinal Fesch. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. -cv7 kil/gt - Vitty THEATRE-ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, RAIING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone. jun., Miss Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern. Chippendale, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commencm at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vining. THIs EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE : Mr W. Rignold, Mr. G. Shore, Miss Lydia Howard; Mdlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CIIP OF TPA: Mdlie.Beatrice THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1869. is at unity about the Irish Church. Mr. GLADSTONE is the very opposite of Lord MELBOURNE, and has a perfect hunger for work. The party must be very badly off which can find no other source of consola tion than an historical incident which has no bearing upon the present position. In truth, it is best for the Conservatives as well as for the Liberals that the first should remain out of office for the present. Ireland is discontented, dis loyal. It has to be made the reverse, and for that work the Conservatives are quite incompetent. Mr. HARDY, who may be con sidered the real leader of his party so far as this question is concerned, and whose speech was expected to be the real defence of the Irish Church, had not a single suggestion to offer. His oration was one long accusation against the Irish people, which, even if it were true, was useless, because it did not shew how they were to be made any different or better. If he could devise no legislation to amend that state of things which his colleague, Lord STANLEY, declared to be dangerous and disgraceful, we know not who on that side of the House could. If, as Mr. GLADSTONE pointed out, the report of the royal commission was treated as waste paper by its chief author, Dr. BALL, and if, as is undeniable, this and Lord MAYO'S policy of levelling-up are the only alternatives that have ever been suggested by the Conservatives, both of which are now abandoned, it is inevitable that the nation will not . have for its leaders men so inadequate to the present great occasion. On the other hand, the plan put forward by the Government is simple, thorough, honest. Everybody can under stand it ; the great majority of the nation approves it. No one knows this better than the Minister who resigned rather than meet the forces arrayed against him. No one has better reason to wish this question finally disposed of. The return of the Conservative party is impossible until that be accomplished. Mr. GLADSTONE may repeat Mr. DISRAELI'S own words, " Pass this bill, and turn us out to-morrow," —only perhaps he will add the words " if you can." , f ,,.... ettl'l4 - 7-7a •-• s 4. ' ,, l* lz, triPlit- l:1'11.1LIT. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 24. The Queen, accompanied by Princes Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. ir Majesty, drove accompanied by Princess Beatrice, walked in th e g rounds this morning. le an Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REU^'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BRIEBLEY HILL ACCIDENT. That a man just snatched from the very jaws of aeatb should immediately begin a course of dissipation seems nearly impossible. But in the Black Country the people seem bent on showing the nineteenth century, notwithstanding civilisation, there are still heathens in the world, and heathens, too, surrounded by that which is called the cul tured and refined. Take the case of the man Skid more, for instance, who has just been saved from dying at. Brierley Hill. This is the account given of him by the Birmingham Post: —" Of Skidmore (bettor known as Mug house) the fighting man, a sad tale of folly and ingratitude for the help which saved his life, has to be told. Wo have already told of his conduct when brought to the surface, but, though unseemly, it did not appear to be rudely meant. He owed his wonderful condition, it is understood, to the fact that he was in training, and it enabled him to practise what may ultimately cost him a danger ous illness or his life. After lie had been at home for a shot t time, ho sallied cut into the streets and commenced drinking. He, of course, was at once surrounded by a crowd of eager sight-seers, and offers of liquor, and even money, were numerous. linforlunately he accepted the, to him, poisonous draughts, and he became intoxicatid. He entered one inn in Brierley Hill, hut the landlord very pro perly refused to allow him to have anything to drink, took him into a private room, and made him promise to go straight home. This Skidmore promised faithfully to do, but he called at a beerhouse on his road home, and had more to drink. The police carefully watched him to pre vent his falling into danger during the night thus spent. During the night he was very unwell, but yester day morning he was again in the streets, to all appear ance in good health. It is believed, however, that another night like that of Monday will so seriously interfere with him that deplorable results may follow." The men who are recovering have begun to tell their stories. Although perhaps they add much by way of detail, there is very little now in what they say. Of Ashman, who went mad, quite a tragedy in itself is told. It is said that he had previously suffered from slight abberrations of the mind. It is a well known fact among his mates that he was afraid of working in a "stall" by himself, and always begged for companionship when he found they were working a-head of him. At night-time, if his mates found an easy piece of coal in their street, and pushed forward rapidly, the deceased would call to some of them, and beg or offer a pipe of tobacco or a little drink, in order that ho might have some ono near hint. This habit led to some disagreeable rumours as to his antecedent:, and a dark story, in which he is said to have been a prominent actor, is told glibly to any per son who may care to boar it. Of the truth of this story nothing can be learned ; but if it be true, a more complete assertion of the power of conscience could not possibly be found WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN u.HICEY. The Pall Mall Gazette is not satisfied with the recent statement that the quarrel between Turkey and Persia was to be peacefully settled. It says that the dispute about the frontier question is beginning to look threatening. Midhat Pasha, one of the ablest and most energetic of the Turkish governors, has been despatched to Bagdad with full powers and instructions to settle the difficulty by force of arms if necessary. Numerous reinforcements of troops and artil lery have been sent to the frontier, and it is said that the Viceroy of Egypt has promised to assist the Sultan, in case of war, with a military contingent, which would proceed to Bagdad by the Red Sea and Bassorah. In its home administration, too, the Ottoman Government is shelving an energy and activity which have hitherto been very unusual among Turkish functionaries. Strict instructions have been issued to the local authorities to suppress all attempts at revolutionary agitation, and in some districts these instructions have been carried out with extreme severity. At Toultcha, in Bulgaria, the police, having found a small quantity of gunpowder in a shop, arrested the proprietors, two young men 20 years of age, for con spiracy. They were condemned to four years' hard labour. and, though the French Consul warmly interceded in their behalf, the sentence was confirmed by the governor. Shortly after one of the young men became ill, and died in irons on the day he was taken to the hospital. This affair is said to have caused great excitement among the Bulgarians, and the French, English, and Austrian Con suls have made representations to Constantinople on the subject. A long inquiry took place on Wednesday before Mr. Carter, the coroner, on the death of Annie Burden, who, it was supposed, had been wilfully pushed into the Thames and drowned, under the circumstances already r„ ported. The jury eventually found that the death was accidental. EASTER, 1809.—The Rev. Francis Pigou, in cumbent of St. Philip's, Regent-street, writes :—" It may interest such of your readers as are not already aware of the fact, to know that the Jewish Feast of Passover happens this year on precisely the same day as that on which it was observed at the time of the crucifixion of our Lord." ANOTHER SCANDAL IN HIGH LlFE.—Proceedings in the Divorce Court are imminent in the case of a War wickshire county family, of great antiquity, and having large territorial possessions. The paternity of the lady's child is denied by the husband. The establishment is to be broken up, and the husband will go abroad. Several aristocratic personages are unpleasantly mentioned iu con nection with this affair.—Telegraph. IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.—The following extraordinary announcement appears in the last number of the London Sootsman, in regular course among the births notified in that periodical:—" Forbes. —At 334, City-road, Islington, on March Di, the wife of Mr. Archibald Forbes, a daughter.—Mr. Forbes requests the prayers of his friends and acquaintances in this his sore affliction. The Western Daily Press publishes a second threatening letter to a master buih!or in Bristol in the same handwriting and similar in many respects to the one we have already published. It warns the master, Mr. Barnier, of Cathay, to. beware "Afore Friday night or the week over," and is signed "A Ilungly One." The trade societies in the town repudiate any complicity in the writing or any knowledge of the letter. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, at a meeting of the DuLlin Corporation on Tuesday, expressed the pleasure he felt at the reception ho had from her Majesty and the mora -1 ers of the Ministry upon the occasion of his recent visit to Loudon, to present petitions and addresses. The reply of the Duke of Abercorn, which was very graciously expressed, to the address of the Corporation was road, and ordered to be inserted on the minutes. A communication from the Lord- Lieutenant was read, announcing the intended visit of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur to Dublin. A committee of the whole houso was then formed, and an address to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur was adopted. SANG FROID.—The Deccan Herald chronicles the execution of two natives in the following fashion :—" Sus pense :—Two natives were suspended from a beam in front of the city gaol on the morning of Saturday last. Death ensued in the way which it usually does when strangulation is resorted to for the purpose of terminating life. The men met their fate with that degree of quietness which, in the absence of true religion, answers exceedingly well as a sedative." MORTALITY AMONG BARONETS.—NO less than 14 baronets have died since the beginning of this year, namely, Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Sir Charles Slings by, Sir John K. James, Sir Robert Shaw, Sir J. Vanden Bempde Johnstone, Sir Robert S. Adair, Sir John P. Boileau, Sir James Emerson Tennent, Sir William Clay, Admiral Sir Charles C. Parker, Sir H. M. Jervis White Jervis, the Rev. Sir Frederick Shelly, Sir John Thomas Selwin, and Sir John Hadley D'Oyly. Of the above baronets two—Slingsby and Johnstone—were killed while out hunting. SOUTHERN ITALY. —A Neapolitan correspondent writes :—" For a fortninght all the scourges of the elements have been let loose upon us. Rain, hail, snow, thunder, lightning, and tempestuous winds have assailed us from day to day, astonishing everyone by the strangeness of the phenomena. One day last week Naples was covered with a light yellow dust which hid no affinity with any thing on Vesuvius. The report of pending eruption got about, but Professor Palmieri announced that the moun tain was In its normal state, and that the dust or sand was brought by the tempestuous south-east wind from Africa. A similar incident, noted by a German writer, occurred some years ago." MURDER OF A 'WARDER BY A CONVICT AT PORT r„kNIL—A most brutal murder has been p;:rpetrated by a convict, named Dethridge, the victim being an assistant w Lrder of the Portland Convict Prison, named Joseph Trevitt. It appears that the warder was in charge of a gang of convicts who were at work in the quarries. Whether there was any dispute between the convict and the deceased has not transpired, but the convict suddenly raised the pickaxe with which he was working and struck the warder on. the head, inflicting a most frightful wound. This blow laid the poor fellow prostratc,and the convict was secured before he had time to inflict a second. Trevitt was immediately removed to the prison infirmary, where he received every atfeation at the hands of the medical staff, but he never regained consciousness, and expired about t,:ree, o'clock in the afternoon. The unfortunate man was a most kind and forbearing officer, and it is said has never reported a convict since he has been at Portland. H o leaves a widow and three children. The prisoner, who is a middle-aged man, it is said bears but a very indifferent baracter. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon., Miss Lennox Grey, &e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. Tars Ev3NING. at 7.30, TIIE )W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF QOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria Lonm or B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Clai re , an d H ug h es. T o with HUE AND DYE concludeg GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND TILE BRAHMINS: Messrs. go,rshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke: Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar sold, and Stephens. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. TUN EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After whim NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. Lionel }TroughTrying', Fmery, Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with THE BIRTH. CE OF PODGERS: Mr. Toole. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfr ed Bradbury, A. Carre, ROYALTY TIIF.ATRE. Tinder the Management of Miss AL Oliver. Tim EVENING, at 7.20, A LOVINi CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss V. Oliver. To be followed by ('LAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, tte. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton rrrs EvEmsa, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, IL J. Montague, Addison. Glover. and Baeerai : Mrs. linckingliam White. Miss r. Addison, and Miss tiarie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZ A RD. And INTRIGUE. ST. C;EOEGE'S THEATRE., REGENT STREET. Tuts Er EsiNG. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S ITINSTRELS' Ethiopian intertainment: and the Burlesque Extra - fannza, THE VERY WAND DUTCH—S en RISTY MINSTRELS. St. Jarnes'A h all, Every Night, at 3 Wednesdays and :aturdays, at'. and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL lIAMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. la. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-i aik, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Biendays, 6d. ; Children under twelve, od. PLA , LOYDO2I, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1869. The more carefully the division list comes to be examined, the more remarkable, emphatic, and pro foundly interesting as a Parliamentary event appears to be the decision arrived at by the Home of Commons at three o'clock yesterday morning. It is not simply decisive of the Second Reading, that outspoken resolve on the part of the popular branch of the Legislature. It may be regarded at once—it is re garded at once by friend and foe alike—as decisive of the whole question as to the ulterior transformation, before the close of the present session, of the Irish Church Bill into the Irish Church Enactment. Vir tually the deed is already done. The measure had only to pass through its appointed stages—through the Committee and the Third Reading in the Com mons, through all three readings, and the inter mediate Committee of the Lords—and the magi cal words will then be duly pronounced which will make that measure no longer a Bill, but an Act passed during the first session of the Eighth Parliament of Queen VICTORIA. Scanning the numbers on this division, two great facts are especially noticeable, as it were, on the very surface. Out of the 658 members constituting the aggregate of the House of Commons, aS many as 623 were there, actually in the House, at the time of the division. The other conspicuous fact being—that of those 623 there were so many of the " Ayes to the Right" that the result was a clear Lui jority of 118 on the side of the Government. In saying this, how ever, the force of those numbers cannot be said to be in any way fully apparent. Their full force only becomes apparent when the particulars in regard to them have been more carefully examined. Ostensibly, for example, seeing that 623 out of 658 were there, it would appear that there were thirty-two members who failed to put in an appearance. Nothing of the kind And for this reason, that the House of Commons, in point of fact, consisted at the time—consists now—of 643, and not of 658 members. Fifteen seats were then, and are still at this moment, unoccupied. Horsham, for example, because of the double return, has never been represented at all since the meeting of the new Parliament. Then, again, the late hon. member for West Somerset, the Hon. HENRY WYNDHANI, has but very recently been removed to the House of Lords, by reason of the death of his father, the late Baron LECONFIELD, son of the last Earl of EGREMONT. 13.;- sides, which, thirteen members, wrongly re turned, have been unseated on petition, and their places as yet are not filled up. Fifteen vacancies, in all, there are, as we have but just now intimated. But, even then, of the twenty members who still have to be accounted for, as not having put in an appearance on the night or morning of the division, hardly one of them was there, but must be said to have had no choice at all, or hardly any choice, in remaining absent from the House on the occasion. For instance, the member for St. Ives was away be cause of his having met with an accident, which has for the time being absolutely disabled him. Then, again, the noble lord the member for Chester was under the very recent affliction of the death of one of his infant twin children. As second son of the late Lord LECONFIELD, the mem ber for West Cumberland, the Hon. PERCY WYND HAM, was precluded, by the death of that nobleman, from tendering his vote yesterday on the side of the Opposition. Uncertain as to whether after all he may not, even yet, be declared by the judge to have been unduly returned as member for Manchester, Mr. liuGn BIRLEY has wisely abstained from voting, knowing very well that, in the just possible event of hi; being unseated .on the petition n jw under trial against him, he would be mulcted in the full amount of the pmalty incurred by those venturing to vote, thus, under such very questionable circumstances. Seven paired on each side,`making fourteen a w n h d a t co t ia li s o e u: l 7 who indirectly may be said to have pronounced sent their personally opinion y u f o r n o le t the meas ure ,llous h e n a t lby- from the division. Among the five other members who were absent, without even pairing, there were two Liberals and three Conservatives—the two Liberals being the right hon. baronet the member for Tam worth and the honourable member for Canterbury—while the three Con servatives were the hon. and gallant member for Dover, the hon. member for Wareham, and the hon. member for Buckinghamshire. Of the fifteen vacant seats, seven were for Norwich, Cashel, Sligo, Dublin, West Sussex, Dumfries County, and Horsham —the last, as• already remarked, by reason of the double return. As for the eight other vacant seats, making up the fifteen, they were, two a-piece, in the following four Constituencies _Beverley, Hereford, Blackburn, and Bridgewater. Four Conservatives only voted for the Bill—namely, Lord BINGHAM, Mr. EWING, Mr. MATIIEWS, and Colonel VANDELEUR. Six Liberals on the other hand voted against it that is to say, Sir ROBERT CLIFTON, Mr. MARRIOTT DALWAY, Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Mr. WELLWOOD MAXWELL, Mr. EDWARD SAUNDERSON, and, most notably of all, Sir ROUNDELL PALMER. Among the 368 who voted for the abolition of the Irish Church, it is worthy of particular note, in regard to the member for Peter borough, that for once he forgot " No Popery" and thought only of Justice for Ireland. AFTER a majority of 118 there is little more to be said about the great parliamentary fight. _Finis coronat opus. A debate in which the arguments were over whelmingly upon one side was completed by a division in which the majority was equally overwhelming. There have been times, too many and too recent, in which numbers have been on one side, logic on the other. True, in course of years the position has been improved, but as a rule this has been effected only after a hard fight. It took years to reconcile the antagonism between heads and brains on such questions as Parliamentary Reform, Free Trade, and the Removal of Religious Disabilities. But this question of the Irish Church has been raised and settled within a single year. We say settled, because there is no doubt that the bill will go through the Commons unaltered in its essen tial features; and it is more than probable that the Lords will shew a wise prudence by declining to reject a measure backed by such a majority of the repre sentative House elected on this very question. We cannot be too grateful for this satisfactory promptitude. Religious animosities are the worst of animosities, and so long as this question remained undecided, so l ong wou ld th e y go rankling and increasing every year. Mr. HARDY attempted to intimidate the Ministerialists and to cheer his own supporters by recalling the events which followed the Reform Bill of 1832. He said the Liberal majority was then even larger than it is now j yet in two and a half years Sir ROBERT PEEL was Prime Minister. Mr. HARDY forgot to add that Sir ROBERT became Prime Minister only ' through the unconstitutional action of the sovereign, and that in spite of King WILLIAM'S supporthe could not retain office for six months. He forgot to add that in less than half a year the Liberals were back again, and remained in power for six years. He forgot toadd that they went out in 1834 because they hadquarelled about the Irish Church ; and that they went out in 1841 because of the fatuous indolence of Lord 3.IEL BOURNE. Between then and now there is tno sort of parallel. The present Cab:net AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 24. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Westphalia arrived out at 1 p.m. to-clay. Gold closed at 1311 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 131 i, the lowest quotation dur ing the day was 131. Sterling exchange on Lou don, 108 t; 5.20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1181 ; 1885, 1161 ; 1835, 113; 10-40 Bowls, 1051 ; Illinois, 14 33 .1 cotton, midland upland, 281 ; Petroleum,ol Erie,standard w hit e , 311 ; Flour, extra state, Petroleum, ; eum , $5.95 6.55 ; corn, old mixed, 89c. WASRINGToN, March 24. The Senate has, by 37 against 16 votes, passed a bill modifying the Tenure-of-Office Act, so as to permit the President, without assigning reasons, to suspend officers and to appoint their successor-, whose rejection by the Senate, however, should re instate the former. The absolute removal of ofli ciali by the President remains still prohibited. The bill now goes to the House of Representa•.i.ves. Mr. Nloses 11. Grinnel has been nominated by the President Collector of Customs at New York, and the noinivation has been confirmed by the Senate. roitrUGAL. LISBON, March 24. The P ortuguese ex pedition to Mozambique, in tended t o repair h disaster which bef e ll a former ortu t e e exploring force iu the interior, is nearly ready to sail. SouTliAmPToN, March 23. The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate steamer La Place, from Rio de Janeiro, 19th inst., has arrived here. She landed 16 sacks of mAils, specie Passengers. Most of her passengers valued r ow 2 of the steamer Santiago which was lost in the Straits of Magellan. The La Place sails at noon for Antwerp, for which port she has a large cargo. MESSINA, March 23. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bangalore passed Messina at 6 p.m. this day en route for Marseilles. MALTA, March 24. The Massillia arrived at 2 p.m. this day, and leaves for Southampton at 6 to-morrow morning, where she may be expected about the 3d proximo. The Delhi, from Southampton on the 13th inst., reached Malta at 6 a.m• and left for Alexandria at 6 p.m. on the 22d. GIBRALTAR, March 23. The Poonah arrived at 9 a.m. and leaves for Southampton at 2 p.m. this day. All well. She may be expected on the morning of the 28th inst. FRANCE, BOURSE, March 24.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... -- -- Ital'an Fives 56 25 3 per Cent End of month 7O 95 Mexican Loan ... 24 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 280 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1486 25 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — - RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern ... J 175 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6171 Western .......... Eastern • ........................ Sardinian ................................... 50} Austrian ....................................... 663 f Lombard ....................................... 473-1 North of Spain . . ............................ 62t Saragossa .................................. Roman .......................................... 521 Mr. C. L. Gruneisen, under the title of " The Opera of the Press," is about to publish a pamphlet on the prospects of the Lyric Drama, consequent upon the late " Fusion." Mr. Gruneisen, as one of the founders of the Royal Italian Opera in 1846-7, has inform ition of its causes and progress which has not yet boon given to the world. NOTE PAPER. —The production of note paper of a superior kind has long been the subject of experiment Keith manufacturers; but until lately no improvement could be made on that in general use, and therefore it was looked upon as certain that extreme excellence had been attained; but this conclusion did not seem satisfactory to Messrs. Partridge and Cooper of Fleet-street, who deter mined to continue operations until some new result was attained. Their p"rseverence has been rewarded, for they have at last been able to produce a Lew description of paper, which they call "Club-house Note," and surpasses anything of the kind in ordinary use. The now paper is beautifully white, its surface is as smooth as polished ivory, and its substance nearly resembles that of vellum, so that the writing thereon presents an extraordinary clearness and beauty. A steel pen can be used upon it with the facility of a goose quill, and thus one great source of annoyance has been completely superseded. Wo feel certain that a trial of the new note paper will lead to its general adoption in all the aristocratic clubs at the West End, as well us by the public at large, as its price is not in excess of that charred for an inferior article. Governor Geary, on the evening of March 8, signed the death warrants in the case of George S. Twitchell for the murder of Mrs Mary E. Hill, and Gerald Eaton for the murder of Timothy Heenan. Thursday, April 8, is the day assigned for the double execution. PRESBYTERIANISM IN LONDON. The Duke of Argyll on Wednesday laid the memorial shone of a new Presbyterian church in Camden Park-road. It is a large and handsome building of a free kind of Italian-Gothic architecture, and accommodating 720 worshippers, without the aid of galleries. The church is a transplant from Caledonian-road, Islington, where the congregation soon outgrew the limited building which they occupied until recently. This new church, with adjoining lecture-bail, was accordingly commenced, and for several months past the congregation have used the lecture-hall for their Sunday services. The total cost will be about £B,OOO, and between £2,000, and £l,OOO have yet to be raised. The. site has been purchased from the Marquis of Camden for £l,OOO. The Rev. Mr. Dinwiddie, the minister of the church, presided, and con-. ducted some preliminary devotions. Afterwards the Rev. Dr. Chalmers delivered an address, and a procession escorted the Duke of Argyll to the front, where the memorial stone was for really laid. Upon returning to the church, his Grace addressed the congregation, expressing the pleasure he felt in having the opportunity of seeing the erection of a church which was destined to be the place of worship of a large number of his fellow-country men. fie was not one of those who believed that one body or form of government alone had authority in the Church of Christ; and be frequently worshipped in the Episcopal Church, with its beautiful and affecting Liturgy, and could fully appreciate the advantages which, under certain circumstances, were afforded by it. He was, however, a loyal member of the Presbyterian Church, loving her simple worship, and remembering her amongst his earliest associations. He desired to see a great amount of liberty left to each congregation, and this might be en joyed in perfect consistency with the spirit of Presbyte rianism. There was abundance of room for a church like this, for it had been well said that there were more Scotch men in London than in Edinburgh. He earnestly expressed his desire to see all branches of the Presbyterian Church united.; so far as he knew, they were merely separated by abstract differences upon such questions as the relations between Church and State, whith had no practical bear ing upon their position in this country. A great amount of divergence ought to be tolerated in purely speculative opinions of that character. 'While it was gratifying in the extreme to see the multiplication of churches in Lon don, it was deplorable to notice the marked absence from public worship of the working classes. This held good, he feared, with regard to the Scottish as well as English churches in London, although if there was one peculiarity more than another in Scotland, it was the universal atten dance of the working classes in the parish churches. In conclusion, he wished to impress upon the ministers pre sent that no pulpit that did not reach the poor could be said to fulfil the divine mission. THE BUDSOIV'S BAY COMPANY. A Special General Court of the Hudson's Bay Company was held on Wednesday, to consider the proposal of Lord Granville, the Colonial Minister, for transferring to Canada the jurisdiction and territorial rights of the company in North America. There was a large attendance both of directors and shareholders, and the proceedings were marked by considerable excitement. Sir'STAITOnD NORTIICOTE, who occupied the chair, made a long speech. lie entered into a history of the scheme, and the six years' in gotiations which had been carried on. The charter had been granted to the company upwards of 200 years since ; during that time the title to the land had been frequently challenged, and on more than one occasion had been made the subject of parliamentary inquiry, and opinions of the legal officers of the Crown had been obtained upon it. He believed that their title was as good as any charter could possibly make it, the only difficulty upon that point being that the limits were not defined. Six years ago the present company Was formed to carry on the business on a new basis : it was intended to continue the fur trade, and to adopt a system of colonisation, and a prospectus was issued containing the nature of the operations that were to be undertaken. The scheme was submitted to the Colonial Minister of the day, and it had the 'warty support of every one interested. The carrying on the fur trade had keen sufficiently productive for the company; but for the purposes of colonisation some form of government was necessary. When the late Duke of Newcastle was asked to establish a form of government there, he positively refused to do so unless the company would give up all title to the land. To this proposal the directors replied that they would • sell the land for £1,000,000 ; that offer was refused. The Government were asked to make an offer, to which the Duke of Newcastle replied by offering £250,000 for the whole of the company's land. A counter proposition was made to Canada of the land for £1,000,000. In the meantime the. Duke of Newcastle died, and then came a claim front Canada, and Government was asked to stay their hand in the matter, which They, taking the part of Canada, consented to do. Ultimately an Act was passed by the Canadian Government, con taining a clause giving to her Majesty's Government the Tight to transfer Rupert's Land to the governor; and in 1807 a resolution was passed and addressed to the Government, in which they agreed to arrange with private parties for their rights. Before anything could be done the Government brought in a bill authorising the company to surrender, and the Government to accept, the territory, and the directors were asked to name the terms upon which they would recommend their share ' holders to agree to the transfer. The terms were sent to the Duke of Buckingham on Ist December, 1868, and he objected to them. At that stage of the proceedings Lord Kimberley ceased to be chairman, and he (Sir Stafford Northeote) came into office. The question then was what should he done. The Duke of Buckingham was asked to introduce a system of colonisation, but he said, " Go on and colonise yourselves." Just at time Canada threw in a long letter of abuse, disputing the title, and refusing to reCognise the rights of the proprietors, but, in order to save litigation, were willing t o give .£106,000, in the event of the company not accept ing that offer, threatened to get the Queen to transfer the land to them. Lord Granville had posi ively refused to assist in colonising the country, and stated that if the offer 'of £300,000 was not accepted, he should bring the matter before the Privy Council. If the company would still retain their terms were accepted , th e c om trading rights, and would be entitled to one-twentieth of all the land set out. The directors did not consider that the terms were such as ought to have been offered, but they considered that if the question of the title should be raised again,it might possibly lead to endless litigation, and they thought it only fair that the terms should be looked at in a business -like way. The £300,000 would produce •sn income to th e com p an y of £15,000 a year. It was true that the imports necessary for carrying on the trade would be tasted ; but such would be the case if the British Government assumed the sovereignty, and the company would not, in that case, get the £15,000 a year, and there would be no one to assist in laying out the roads and adapting the land for settlement. He urged uponthe vroprietors to accept the offer without any long delay. A long, stormy, and exciting discussion ensued. _ An adjournment of the meeting till May 6th was urged, but the motion was, on the solicitation of the right hon. chairman, withdrawn. Another resolution was then moved for adjournment till the 7th of April. This was carried. The Bade College is expected to be finished by Easter, 1870. THE NENV BISHOP FOR NATAL. —It is stated that in order to be present at the consecration of Bishop Macrorie, the assisting bishops (Grahamstown, St. Hele r. a, and Orange River Tree State) had to travel over an aggre gate of 5,500 miles, including to one of them a journey of 1,800 miles in a waggon over the Karroo in the middle of an African summer. Almost immediately after the consecration the assistant bishops left for their distant homes. THE ACCIDENT TO THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. — We are enabled to give an authentic account of the in juries sustained by the Lord Chief Justice from the accident which befell him on the race-course at Lewes on the 15th inst. Directly the casualty occurred, Drs. Morrison and Smythe were sent for ; but, owing to their absence, the patient was attended by Dr. Rigden, who found, on examination, that his lordship's right temple presented a severe bruise, and that in falling across the chain he had fractured one of the lower ribs on the same side. There have been, however, no head symptoms, although the fractured rib still causes pain. Ile is making a very good recovery, and it is expected that in a few days he will be well enough to return to town.--The Lancet. DISESTADLISIIMENT AND DISEIcDOWMENT IN ALASKA.—The Russian clergy in Alaska, it is reported, are suffering serious inconvenience from the transfer of that country to the United States. Under the Russian rule the members of the Greek Church were obliged to pay a tax foi the support of their pastors. The United States authorities, on taking possession, declined to collect taxes for the Russian clergy and the people, not being disposed to make any voluntary offerings, the pastors were left entirely without resources. They then appealed to the Synod at St. Petersburg, which decided that they should remain under the protection and in the pay of the Russian Government as before, and be subject to the jurisdiction of the Synod. This decision, it is stated, is objected to by the United States Government, since it is unwilling to tolerate any " protection " by a foreign Power of persons residing in its dominions, and the journals of St. Petersburg are already warmly pleading is bIiVIT 0# their dePreae4 countrymen, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times thinks that the most sanguine Irish Pro. testant must now confess that the Irish Establishment has received its death-blow. The vote of the House of Commons on Mr. Gladstone's Resolution last yeas declared that the establishment ought to be abolished. The votes of the constituencies at the hustings declared that it must be abolished. The vote on Wednesday morn• ing declared that it shall be abolished. It was thought, or rather hoped, that the difficulties of the task might prove too much even for the present Ministry. There must, it was- said, be dissensions in the Cabinet over a scheme necessarily so complex. It was inevitable that some blots would be discovered in the Government measure sufficient to detach a few from one or the other extreme wing of their supporters. Nothing of the kind has happened. The bill is not perfect, but even if its imperfections were incapable of amend n.ent, the Liberal party have proclaimed as one man that it would be infinitely-letter to aperove the bill as it stands than to do anything to place its ultimate success in danger. Fortunately, indeed, there is every disposition on the part of the Government to remove what is faulty, and to supply what is deficient, so that the steadfastness of the party will be exposed to no difficult test. On Wednesday morning the Liberals responded to the call upon them with unprecedented •unanimity. Not a single man of mark, except Sir Itoundell Palmer, went over to the Opposition, and there was but one member of the party absent from the division whose absence requires explana tion. It seems probable there were fewer absentees than were ever before known in the annals of the House of Commons, and the hearty unanimity of the Liberal party, and their unflinching steadiness at the division, may be said to supersede further argument on the Irish Church Bill. The Standard declares that a majority of 118 is a great fact, although it appears all the less formidable the more it is sifted and analysed. It is very little less than double the majority by which Mr. Gladstone's first resolution was carried last session, and yet we may look it in the We without being in any way appalled. Custom has familiarised us with imposing Liberal majorities, which prove to be singularly unsubstantial the moment they are boldly confronted and handled. The Conservatives entered upon the session of 1832 with a majority of exactly one. After the appeal to, the con' stituencies under the new Reform Act the Liberals numbered 364. How their majority was frittered swill until, iu IS4I, it disappeared, as Mr. Gathorne Hardy said on Tuesday, like a mist before the sun, is a matter of history. Mr. Hardy did well in recal ling the fact at a time when Constitutionalists are too apt to be frightened by the threatening aspect of the fortui tous concourse of discordant atoms which is called air. Gladstone's majority. The right hon. gentleman is in an excellent position to reassure us as to the vanity of political aspirations built upon the shifting foundations of numerical superiority. He opened the session of 1866 with an overwhelming force at his back recruited to the Liberal standard by the prestige of Lord Palmerston. Within three months he had converted his majority of eighty into aim absolute minority. We have no right to doubt the capacity of such a party with such a leader to repeat the experience of former years, for there'never was a thne when the Liberals were more deficient in cohesive force or when they were led by a chief less qualified for enforcing discipline or inspiring them with unity of purpose. Th e majority of Wednesday was created for the occasion. it was born into the world for the express object of affirming the principle of disestablishment and disendowment. It has discharged that duty to the letter, but it has 11 ' 4 travelled an inch beyond its commission. The Telegraph observes that the great controversy is practically closed. The Irish Church has met with its Sadowa. An old ecclesiastical empire has fallen in " brief campaign—indeed, we may say, in one pitched battle. This, we believe, is unprecedented in our political historP It must be remembered that the bill of last year wa s merely preliminary, and that Mr. Gladstone's present measure is the first that has ever been introduced into the British Parliament, by any statesman of eminence, for the abolition of the Irish State Church. Yet such a bill has , on the first division as to its principle, been affirmed 11 the enormous majority of 118. No "gigantic issue," to use Mr. Disraeli's words, has ever before hee l ; decided so speedily. Yet the Irish Church seemed entrenched in prejudices stronger even than those that surrounded Protestant ascendancy, the nomination boroughs, or the Corn Laws. Strong religious sentiment seemed to invest it with a halo. " No-Popery " fau ati• cism regarded it as a bulwark. In the minds of mall cautious statesmen it was inexplicably associated with the maintenance of imperial institutions. Yet, when the hour of its decisive trial came, it was what we may almost call summarily condemned. Four nights' debate exhausted the arguments on both sides, and three hundred ye ars prescription availed nothing against the demand for jos' tice. We confess that the completeness of our victory is in some senses as surprising as it is satisfactory. W e of the progressive school who, not satisfied with past tice, are always " asking for more," have unhappily been forced to learn patience in our years of agitation ; t ° labour and to wait has been the lot of Liberals for years' When we sat down before this old ecclesiastical fortress_ we almost anticipated a long siege. We thought that its might take years to make the nation feel the justice of o.llr attack. We thought that a strong parliamentary minoriel might vigorously attempt to raise the siege. We f e d r 0 that the preaching from " twenty thousand pulpit-se threatened by an illustrious statesman of the hurl would be organised against us, and with effect. Bu t e? i v u victory has come quickly, decisively, and with astoun ded force. The Post says it is satisfactory to learn, f ro m the st,s.„,t e : ment of Mr. Chichester Fortescue in the House of (- , °'"t mons on Tuesday, that the questions pieTerly arising ° et of the demonstration which the released 1 enians thougPf b it not indecent to make at Cork, under the presidenq °, the chief magistrate of that city, have been referre4te'a the law officers of the Crown. The sensation ote l by the conduct of Colonel Warren and his friends %) be surprise mixed with contempt. Even those ; t oy best comprehend Celtic turbulence could fln ,a have expected that the first act of men sell°, il l ° just been liberated by the remission of one of ee a mildest sentences which it was possible to inflict elle' ci such offenders as the leaders in the Fenian consPi ra f would be to call a public meeting for the purpose Pf d. e cta i ing the Crown and inciting the Irish nation to rush 'A s o open rebellion and armed revolt ; while even those vt', are most indulgent of Irish eccentric violence must fee' o , little astonished that the meeting should have been % i d sided over by the mayor of the most considerahl s e ;icy flourishing city in the country, he being an alltl u p. whose special function it is to maintain peace .an, t he hold the authority of the Crown. We shall lit"' dig' less or the more determinedly proceed with the rc h establishment and disendowment of the Irish .Ch u because Colonel Warren and Mr. O'Sullivan strive con;to,b the ashes of Fenianism into a flame. Their political oe duct will not, and ought not, to have influence on e ,I l e ,ve the other on the policy which the English peoPl e n ut pronounced upon that subject. The E xecu tive erl"' w fdle down sedition and rebellion with the strong hand' d to the Legislature during the operation will prooee hoe bring to a -conclusion the measure which they se nt initiated from a sense of justice, as if Colonel warren not the Mayor of Cork had never spoken. They are parties to the issue. rage . The Herald takes Mr. Fronde to task for his div.o„la ment of a scholastic education. Of what, it aek' se fits he persuade us when he says, " An Oxford educatio Too a man exceedingly well for the trade of a genti ern e 3 the Does it do no more? Does it contribute nothingitecde professions? Is it true that, without personal an" I WO' pendent resources, " he cannot earn a si dto self?" And is the highest culture actually design° ass ert the students of it for trade?" It is monstrous to fight that scholarship only fits a man, if he have to so the battle of life for himself, to break stones. ! fl air. Australian highway. We wonder for what Pl c ; r ipe, Froude himself would consent to part with his ° l ' y ne erit rare, and expansive scholarship. It is the crowiung.,cuag *xpence for 0% of a high-class education that, when it has ceased' a, for man,. instead of being fit, as Mr. Froude a ei ti?rlii se tion nothing, is fit, on the contrary, for anything. ult.-bile' will invariably produce a set of men interested rr, sad sophically and intellectually interested—in the t histtel out, literature of the ancients. They will never be blo There no matter what assaults are made upon them- Fro nde Athenian and Alexandrian thoughts which ridging ell despises will continue to descend, kin S i e ' c oral illumination as they go so long . as Wife, one exists. But is it really the opinion of cu'e who is not always embracing paradoxes, that t s nots people should learn to make floors and haninier hot' s or mainly because, as it seems Spinoza groun d gi ! s n s ev iee ' microscopes ? After we belie filled our merchant e lave our factories, our laboratories, our foundries, o_l;lareer courts, our houses of commerce, and our workshoP!, r ival we have fringed with population the sea-boards . 00 1 . of our colonies, and covered the ocean with even after we have confessed to all the sordid fah; s e; ci ing, weighing, and measuring, to all the shod° s :Z us es , 11 ,1•7, the empty dialectics of which Mr. Fronde generatipn, we venture still to believe that tun not t o . ; and continues to arise a class of men, who may' ncene "- qualified to hammer a horse-shoe or make a I , er y will not only be safe from the danger of drn.`2 6 Australian roads, but do work measureless .I,"ect d woula which mankind could not well spare, and trit e lingly forget. is °C The Daily News in considering the future IVereeretainlifa the Ministerial measure, says that the bil l 'e % in time from the House of Coannons vrettY ' fluc eloor ll form in which Mr. Gladstone presehted t t hey 111 ; ii , Lords will take it remains to be seen. I af ter venture to reject a bill which t f a n ilinP r to eeneral election upon it, with the sanction,. :if a hundred and eighteen, it is swill i 1 e 4 71" wlieve. Their function ceases when the Pit" r ate ii`e-sla goes up to ne heen fully and finally expressed, or is et i e g r i _ f to that of moderating and tempering the re T s " i " ce o tion when the legislation bears traces ot l e st ere`,, haste. They performed their function 1,c17..,,, they exercised their power to call forltileei`eles..te,lle. demand a new trial by the new consti eie nT cc o .e lT s believe that they will now consent to tr__ tie r l c ' es But neither in committee in the Comrslo s 7 subsequent passage through the Lords, tc of this country consent to the lea t s e of l" wedn ai s a of the principle of the measure. The vo cision 111° ° lief morning can never be recalled, nor its e e ne ve P ec g It was the final and triumphant assertion of Its h r e, it s of ecclesiastical equality and religious pee e -Oe s , an a, _o the the Pe ;1 1 : 4 , influence has already gone forth over I ti fi e d 1 1 1 ct of "geition pros wisdom and 'justice have already, been .T s ' a gr eat °f the reason and the conscience of mankind. homage to the right, and of national re_ 0 0 , , sur v claims of justice, it remains as a landmark 1 which CAU AM; 1)9 Altend or 1:9M9Y00, - M . b .-- COMM No alters of discount. Console s count, 931 New Three Jan. 1894, ' £lOO, £2OO, 4 per Cent. India St' ditto 5 per Cent., Oct., 11. Foreign Mexican, 1 , i ; Turkish The Dar is 1 pren The Ho coupon. 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