The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-15 00:00:00

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A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOS . NELL 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 brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street 'London. B.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. ----- THIS EVENING will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, (ND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery oy Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &e. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A atley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. SI essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, Scott, Gwynn, &c. Boa-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND Y')UR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. 015 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. (1 Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Aft. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, 'lllBB Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. T R IS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama, in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. Vining; Count Fersen, Mr. William Rignold (his first appearance in Lon don) ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Beatrice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. J. G. Shore, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Mayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude witha new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA, Mdlie. Beatrice. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. _Lc Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. " THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs VI arke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bohan and Maitland. After which, 'THE FIELD OF Ti ..L CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Hobson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, dtc. To conclude /nth HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS. HOLBORN. Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the incomparable Scenes in theAr na. , including A.Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Carre, Mtliles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelo.ti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The Clowns Burgess ani Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day. "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."--Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing, at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: M esdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GE OR GE'S H ALL, 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. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSON and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear, by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur day night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library. at the musrcsellers, sad at the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. dri R. 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My WIFE S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. T HEATRE-ROYA L, HA YMARKET. - - --- PTHIS EVENING, RAI.-ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., Misi Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Ic. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR : Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckatone, inn., Weathe.rsby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, Gwynn, Commenem at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and , Mr. Vining. Tins EVEN NO, at 7, to commence Manager with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE : Mr Vining, Mr. W. Rignold, Mr. Dominick 31urrb.y: Mdlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CUP OF T : Mdl'e. Beatrice. THIS EVENINGT, at HEA 7TRE-LOY YOAL. ADELPHI. DID U EVER SEND YOR FE TO CAMAI.RW , LL. Mr. G. relmore. Mrs. L. Murray. l y. At 15 to 8. THE - DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster. A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, Re GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL, THIS F,VENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.20, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAFIMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Cl ar k e; dlesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, A r nold, and Stephens ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Svranborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDO W HUNT. Messrs. Pei ford, Clarke; Miss Baton. THE FIELD Ole THE C, OTII OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; vesdames Maria. Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. This EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough, H. Irving. S. Fmery, Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHP LACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1869. THEATRE-LOYAL, HOLBORN. conclusion as that arrived at by the Ritualists at the This EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, Gecrge Honey, F. Drew, Parsfile, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lyd:a Freemasons' Tavern. We scarcely see how this Footeind Larkin, After which, TITRE° THE TERRIBLE decision is likely to promote the object of the Privy Messrs F Hugles, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton, _Mss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MA Council—uniformity in Ritual. It may be said that uniformity is not desirable, and we ourselves have THEATRE-IZOYAL, OLYMPIC. repeatedly urged that considerable latitude should be allowed, in order to satisfy different religious temperaments. Yet it must be remembered that the recent attempt to enforce uniformity is due to the extreme diversity which has prevailed, and that unless the latter be modified and kept within bounds, there will be a growing reaction towards a too rigid enforcement of the rubrics. For h is, therefore, if for no other reason, it was desirable that the bishops should agree upon some common principles of action in dealing with their clergy. Moreover, the clergy had a right to look to their bishops for guidance at this critical period. A judg ment has been delivered which implies, if it does not actually lay clown, important changes in conducting the services of the Church. The Ritualist clergy are told that they may not do certain specific acts, and their course is therefore comparatively clear. But the judgment also implied that certain other acts not specified, and systematically omitted by the Low Church clergy, ought to be done. Some of these, absurdly enough, have come to be considered badges of a party, and Low Church clergymen who honestly desire to obey the law are afraid of doing so lest they should excite the preju dices of their people. In such a position they natu rally looked to their chief pastors for guidance. These chief pastors, after consulting together, have decided to do nothing. It was not to be expected that they would draw up a code of rites and cere monies, but they might at least have decided upon certain definite matters which are now in doubt. The result of their collective deliberations would have been received with a deference wherewith the opinion of any one of them singly cannot be. They might have issued a joint pastoral, which would have been above the suspicion of party bias. As it is, the decision in every case of doubt or dispute will be left to the individual bishop, who may be, and often is, a party man. The result may be a diversity of " use" as great as that which prevailed before the Act of Uni formity, and indeed worse than that, since it may not only differ with the diocese but with the bishop, so that the same diocese may have a different use in the course of the same year. Akin to this partial abnegation of their functions by the bishops, is another matter affecting them and the Church. There are now no fewer than five dioceses which are virtually without heads. In four of these—Exeter, Bath and Wells, Winchester, and Chichester—the bishops are old men, whose inca pacity is not, therefore, likely to diminish with years. In the fifth, Salisbury, the diocesan is com paratively a young man, and has been so recently laid aside by severe' illness, that we would not be thought to say a word reflecting upon him. But what ought to be said—what can be said, when the impediment to the fulfilment of episcopal func tions is chronic infirmity, increasing every year ? Is there any other profession in which such a condition of things would be allowed to continue as now pre vails in the English Church ? Let us imagine what our army, what our navy would be if there were no half-pay or retired lists. Let us imagine what our courts of law would be worth if they were presided over by men who were hope lessly invalided ; or what sort of government we should have if every octogenarian statesman had a claim to be in the Cabinet. There are men who will be found to say that if the Church can get on with bishops of the kind we have mentioned, it could get on equally well without any bishops at all. We hold a different opinion. We believe that the influence of an energetic head is felt throughout the whole diocese, and that if there be vigour at the palace there will be vigour also in the rectory and in the schoolroom. We, therefore, would amend rather than destroy ; we would have bishops who are overseers in fact, as well as in name. When they are past work they should give room to younger men. By all means let them have a provi sion in their old age. That this arrangement is not impracticable is proved by the fact that it has been made before. Less than twenty years ago the then Bishops of London, Durham, and Norwich resigited on account of their health, and a suitable provision was made for them. There can be no valid reason why the arrangement which was made with Bishops BLOMFIF:LD, MALTBY, and HINDS should not be made with Bishops PHILLPOTTS, AUCK LAND, SUMNER, and GILBERT. It is time that the scandal ceased of having broken-down colonial bishops returned to England doing the work of still more disabled English bishops ; that the men who have spent all their energies in some distant and scantily-populated diocese should in their failing years be called upon to administer large and densely-peopled English dio ceses. It is time our prelates were taught that bishops were made for the Church, not the Church for bishops. MIS EVENING, at 7, SL ASHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Jaughan, G. Vincent. &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan , H.Nesille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson; Mesdames Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris. and St. Henry. ROYALTY TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. EvEtirrio, at 720, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton This EvEnNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Banevott: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie "Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS ECENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET: , , Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. ; Children under twelve, 6d. VQAI4BSRONDENCE FROM PARIS. , :FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TILE GOVERNMENT AND THE IRISH PARIS, SUNDAY, February 14. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies has come to the rescue. It has succeeded in rescuing the political world of France from utter stagnation, but only by means of raising a most disagreeable question. This is the little affair whiCh has brought about a really angry discussion in the official and semi-official papers of Paris. The Belgian Ministry has submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a law relating to the Belgian railways. The drift of this measure is that no railway company shall for the future dispose of any of the lines of which they are the conces. sionaires, nor transfer, partially or totally, the working of those lines to any other company, except by the consent of the Government. Now at the present time a treaty is being negotiated for the cession of the line running from Arlon to BrusselS to the company of the East of France, which already works the Guillaume-Luxembourg Railway. This treaty will fall under the ban of the new measure. A law so unexpected has produced a profound impression in Belgium, the inhabitants deducing all sorts of inferences. But the bewilderment of the Belgians is nothing to the indignation of the French. The palpable object of the law is to prevent any foreign company gaining possession of a Belgian line, and the French companies, who have already gained one or two concessions of this kind, are most directly affected by it. Judging by the indignation of the official papers, the measure has a political signifi cance, and though Prussia is not mentioned, the Temps and the Libert6 have no hesitation in detecting a piece of Count Bismarck's work in this railway bill. The conclusion is by no means unlikely. Prussia has every reason to preserve the independence of Belgium, and the surrender of the Belgian railway lines to French companies would be by no means a step in the desired direction. Without accepting the Libertes belief that the Belgian army will in future be as much at the service of Prussia as that of Baden, it is evident that this measure—which, by the way, has been voted by the Chamber—is directly favourable to Prussian interests. But it is not less natural that the French should be deeply mortified and intensely angry at such a proceeding. The law must hamper to some extent the freedom of com merce between the countries; but this is not its most objec tionable feature, according to public opinion here. It is the everlasting rivalry of Prussia, that systematic opposi tion in every quarter, and, sooth to say, that complete success in many, which produce the deep feeling of irritation. CRURCIf. The London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury writes to; follows :—" Though no revelation of the intentions of the Government was made at the Fishmongers' Hall, I have reason to believe that the crisis which existed a few days ago has passed away, and that the danger of some such half measure as that proposed by Lord Russell being adopted by the Ministry no longer exists. The backbone of the Government has been firm, and more 4 than one eminent member of the Ministry has assured Mr. Gladstone that the break-up of the Administration would inevitably follow the adoption of any of the levelling-up schemes which are in favour in certain influential quarters. The Radicals in the Ministry have saved us from the spectacle—which there was at one time reason to believe we might witness in the opening session—of the abandon ment of solemn pledges in favour of a compromise that could have satisfied nobody. `Thorough' is still to be the policy of Mr. Gladstone's Administration, and the Liberal party throughout the kingdom need feel no misgivings as to the nature of the announcement which it will be the Premier's duty to make on the Ist of March." The Echo, referring to the fact that Mr. Bright has already shewn a weariness of office, says : "He would like to be thundering against those contemptible hin drances which prompt compromise, and it is scarcely a secret that the Government has resolved upon the necessity of temporising with the question of the Irish Church. We shall not be surprised to find that Mr. Gladstone's scheme involves the appointment of some Commission of Inquiry to deal with the question of re-appropriation of the Church revenues. We shall not have to wait for disestablishment, but we scarcely venture to hope that we shall see the whole matter settled this year. The interest of the people is to be rid of a question which overshadows others of great practical utility, and Mr. Gladstone would arouse a feeling, already becoming dormant, if he were to risk defeat by dealing as largely as possible with the question. If ha fails he can then dissolve Parliament, and ask the people whether or no they will have his measure. The response would not be doubtful, for every one knows the work must be done." There is on the whole much reason to apprehend that the ill-feeling between France and Prussia is again actively reviving. In fact it does not appear that public confidence has made any progress during the last twelve months. It has palpably revived at certain periods, but always to fall away again. At the present moment the difficulty with Greece is over, but then there is trouble in the East in three different quarters at once ; and, lastly, there is the ever-present Prussia v. France struggle for supremacy. The appointment of Senor Rivero as President of the Cortes is deemed of much importance here. lam informed, in a very good quarter, that the chances of the Duke de Montpensier are considerably weakened—though, of course, not destroyed—by this event. Rivero is of decidedly Republican sympathies. There was a grand field-day at Manly on Friday. The Empress and her ladies of honour joined in the shooting, and bagged a good average of game. Something like a revolt among the semi-official papers is probable. They complain greatly of the insufficiency of their intelligence —a very well-grounded complaint, for it is both small in quantity and bad in quality. A youth of 19 has just been condemned at Nancy to twenty years' hard labour for an extraordinary crime. This youth, or rather this monster in the guise of a youth, was pupil at a school for young men intended for the priesthood, but he appears to have thoroughly dis liked his intended profession, and to have re proached his parents for having chosen it for him. Ills conversation with the other pupils was often blasphemous and sceptical, and his offences against disci pline were so numerous that he was led, on very good grounds, to apprehend expulsion. He therefore deter mined upon a signal act of vengeance for an offence which had not yet been offered him. He got up in the night, collected a heap of books in the schoolroom, and set fire to them ; and whilst the pile was burning he broke open the desks of the other pupils to take whatever money or valuables they contained. He then scrawled various foolish inscriptions on the walls. Finally, being much attached to another youth of the name of Jouatte, and fearing that the expulsion he expected would now be instantly decreed, the miscreant, Jeanson by name, resolved to murder his friend rather than separate from him. Going up to the dormitory he cut the poor lad's throat, inflicting a fatal wound. A plea of insanity broke down altogether. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. 30'09r. 30•35 r. 3017 r. 39'23r. 30'28r. 30'35r. 34 34 43 42 46 S.E. S.W. S. S.S.IV, W. S. W. 30 - 17 r. 30'13f. 30'28r. 30'33 30'27f. S.W. S.W. S. S. W. S.W. S.S.W. _ 7 7 7 6 9 8, :treine 20'31f. 3043 f. 30'48f. 30 44r. 30'45r. 30 40r. N. W. N.P. W.N.V. N. N. W. N. W. S. S. W. S.W. S.W. C.O. b.o. b.f. c.o. o.m W.S.W. W. N.W. W. W.N.W. 0•111 4 ;0'04,- . Si 7 e ar, _ • -a0l2 . 1) t SB' LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 15, 1869. Monopolies of all kinds are, we may hope, going permanently out of fashion, and although it is usually a very slow and tedious process to get rid of one altogether, there is little fear that once disposed of it will ever regain its position. It is probably for this reason that individuals and companies are alike very unwilling to make any concession, or to surren der any part of the influence or authority which tbey possess. They are not likely to recover the lost ground, and accordingly they spare no effort to resist the attacks of the besiegers while they are yet en trenched in their stronghold. Our gas companies, however, which enjoy the privilege of charging us what they please for an almost indispensable convenience, are being seriously threatened, and they will have to prepare themselves for a long promised and much needed change. The expense, and inefficiency, and discomfort, of our metropolitan management has actually passed the bounds of an Englishman's patience. Londoners have exhausted their tradi tional privilege of grumbling, and they begin to think that the time for definite action has come. The scheme for dividing London into municipalities has found so much favour with the public that it is very likely we shall soon see it definitely carried into effect. Mr. BRIGHT observed the other clay that memorials in its favour ha I been signed by one- third cf the inhabitants of the metropo!is. Our g;,s reformers, however, are unwilling to wait for the fulfilment of this scheme, and a day or two ago a deputation from the metropolitan vestries and dis trict boards waited on Mr. BRIGHT at the Board of Trade-office to call his attention to the subject. The principal object of the delegates was to impress upon the right hon. gentleman the desirability of pro ceeding with a measure of which his predecessor had given notice, which provided that the Board of Trade or any local authorities might, miler certain circum stances, purchase the existing works. The bill em powered the authorities to make such purchase by agreement or compulsion, its framers having appa rently in view the probable reluctance of the g is com panies to consent to aey invasion of their powers. It enabled them, too, to erect additional gas works if the consumers were not supplied with gas at reason ale rates. The deputation remiudel Mr. 13PaGur that it was desirable the Board of Tra le should pro ceed with the bill without delay, as the Imperial and other companies had asked Parliament for largely hi creased powers, and for an increase of capital. The plan proposed is not a new one. Last year the City of London obtained similar powers, and have sine,; made arrangements by which they obtain gas at 3s. 9d. per 1,000 cubic feet, a reduction which it is cal culated .will save the City no less than £44,000 in this ye ir, and twice that amount next. Mr. BRIGHT, referring to the suggestion about the municipal sub division of London, asked whether it would not be better to defer the matter until that question was settled; but one of the delegates answered that the question of municipalities had been under discussion since 1835, and might remain open some time longer. We hope that matters are moving a little faster in the way of metropolitan reform than this remark would imply, but it is undoubtedly true that the task may be a tedious one, as it will inevitably be one of much difficulty, owing to the strong and interested opposition time proposal will meet with. But though the exciting questions which are pressing on the no tice of Parliament may possibly leave some time for less imminent matters even in the session now at hand, the vestries and district boards are no doubt perfectly right in refusing to defer any action until a scheme as yet visionary has assumed a definite shape. If the gee companies are seeking an extension of powers which are already excessive, it is quite time that their authority was curbed by a superiorauthotity. Atrre sent they enjoy a complete monopoly. London is divided into districts, each of which is supplied by its own local company. Supposing any dis pute to arise between a consumer and hi s district company, be has no redress. The company make their own bye-laws, and can charge what they like within reasonable limits. They are perfectly we'l aware that it is idle for any individual to fight against a company, and that gas, almost indispensable to the pursuit of pleasure, business, or study, is not an article of home manufacture. A quarrel with the district company means a loss of gas, and very few are inclined to bring so unpleasant an alternative upon themselves. Where power is thus concentrated iu a few hands, the results are certain to be mischievous. The system is financially mistaken as well as morally in No doubt the diminution in the price of gas will in a short time enlarge the number of consumers, and thus actually augtneet i the receipts of the gas companies. At present it is not surprising that the shareholders are very re luctant to give up their comfortable dividends or to error. hear even a rumour that such a sacrifice may be de- demanded from them. We do not want centralisa tion, and have no desire to be " Haussmanized," even though our vestries and corporations conduct their affairs in a somewhat primitive fashion. Still we may reasonably ask whether so important a requisite as gas should be wholly dlmdent on the the caprice o a sell-co istituted holy, and we may hope that Mr. BRIGHT'S words in dismissing the deputation were something more than mare worth of course ; and that when he promised the Matter of gas reform should have his full consideration, he really intended to call the notice of the Cabinet to the need which exists for a thorough nviiion of the whole system of metrofolitma gas supply. As we were enabled io announce on Saturday, the bishops have determined that they will not issue a joint manifesto on the Ritual question, but each in his own diocese will give the best advice in his power. Thus the bishops at 14 mbeth have come to the same ` ~~ll~4 RIMMEL'S VALENTINES. Under the auspices of good St. Valentine, Eugene Rimmel has this year endeavoured to eclipse all his former achievements in the world of grace and.fancy. As specimens of art in its daintiest and most pelicate form, as curiosities of literature in its most curious and fantastic guise, these valen t nes for 1869 may take their rank with the best of their predecessors. Baskets of tiny flowers that might have been culled by the hands of Titania herself—Cupid's Barometer, in which the varying emotions of the human heart may be estimated with mathematical precision —portraits of Shake spere's heroines, unrivalled as types of love and loveliness, are among the chief attractions of the group of Valentines before us. In addition to these the names of fair ladies and fair qualities, loving aspirations and humorous comicalities, flowers of speech, and flowers of the field, brimming over w ith most delicate perfumes, vie with each other in graceful rivalry, and hard to please must the fair lady be who does not acknowledge the charm of spells so potent and irresistible. EXETER HALL.—" Elijah" will be performed by the National Choral Society on Wednesday next. Miss Arabella Smyth (the new soprano), and Mr. Joseph Lander (the new bass) will each make their second ap pearance on this occasion. Miss Lucy Franklin, Mr. George Porren, and other eminent artistes will take part in the programme. Conductor, Mr G. W. Martin. THE FLOODS.—An immense quantity of rain has fallen during the past week, more particularly yesterday, and the floods are again very high in the Thames Valley. The Kennet and Avon Canal between Devizes and Read ing is flooded, and there is now more land under water than has been known for years. A FORTUNATE RECOVERY.—About six months ago Mr. C. Newcome, a young artist of Liverpool, while cross ing the mountains at Capel Carig, having lost his purse containing 20 sovereigns, made fruitless efforts to trace it. A few daysago, however, be received a letter from Bettws y-coed, requesting his attendance there, and on his pre senting himself he was agreeably surprised to fiud that his lung lost purse and its contents had been picked up by an honest farmer in the vicinity of the mountain, from whom he received it intact. With a generosity which does him credit Mr Newcome immediately presented the lucky tinder with five pounds of the amount. FALL OF A CHIMNEY STALK.--Early on Sunday morning a chimney stalk, 100 feet high, connected with the paper mills atWest end, Glasgow, fell during the gale. Near the lase of the s . allt were a row of cottages, the roofs of two of which were crushed in, and the sleeping inmat..‘s buried in thj ruins. Seven persons were killed on the spot, and another died in the course of the after- noon Captain Brown, of the Unized States Navy, who took to Japan the iron-clad ram Stommall purchased by the Japanese Government, has telegraphed front San Francisco that ho will deliver the ram to the Mikado Government at once. Captain Brown, on his arrival in Japan, found a civil war raging, and both parties claimed the vessel, but he refused to deliver her to either. Thn Mikado having been successful, and as ho promises to pay all expenses, is to receive the Stonewal DuNviLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Me ssrs. D unville and Co., Beaufort buildings, Str an d , L oudon W.Q --(Ad T B :r l t f i a s s e t n a ; eonr 4, t. J LAW AND POLICE. THE CHARGE OF MURDER AT MILE-END.-At the Worship -street Police-court, Amelia Prosser was charged on Saturday with the murder of Mrs. Jane Glover. It will be remembered that an altercation took place in the street between the deceased and a neighbour. The prisoner, who was the servant of the latter, took part in the quarrel, and gave Mrs. Glover a violent push. She fell on her side, and, being in delicate health, died the next day from the effects. The prisoner, on being examined on the charge, said she was innocent, for she did not know the deceased, and had no ill-feeling against her. Mr. Ellison committed her to Newgate for trial, refusing bail. A CLERICAL SCANDAL.—A painful affair has just been brought to light at Worcester. The Rev. G. Merest, of that town, has been charged with sending threatening letters to the Rey. W. C. Workman, manager of the Church and School Gazette, Southampton-street, Strand. The letter especially complained of stated that some startling disclosures of the plaintiff's antecedents had lately reached the writer, and that unless the sum of £4O, which had passed between them, was returned, the matter should be brought before the public. On exami. nation, the complainant admitted that he had formerly been convicted of forgery under the name of Rawlings, and that he had served two years in Coldbath•6elds Prison. The Rev. G. Merest was committed for trial at the Worcester Assizes, which are to be held next month. A MYSTERIOUS CASE.—On Saturday afternoon, John Little, of Wigton, Cumberland, was charged with shooting John Ward, farmer, on the 30th of January. The affair was a very mysterious one, as Ward was coming home from Carlisle market when he was shot, and no robbery was attempted. No motive could be suggested for the crime, hut from the evidence collected suspicion rests upon the prisoner. He declared his innocence, but was committed for trial at the assizes, when it is to be hoped some light may be thrown on the subject. The Stockport Town Council have resolvea to petition for the abolition of the hustings. Birmingham was visited by a heavy snow-storm on Friday afternoon. Snow is also reported to have fallen in other parts of the country. The Irish Times states that the Government have decided on not calling out the militia of Ireland for train ing this year; the recruiting also continues suspended. Sir Richard Buckley is named as the probable suc cessor of the late Marquis of Anglesey in the Lord Lieute nancy of the little island of Mona. Partly on account of the increased scour of the river caused by the Thames Embankment, fish have recently been seen on the south side of the Thames in great abundance.—Sough London Pros. It is rumoured that Captain Ducanc, of the Royal Engineers, will snuff(' Colonel Henderson, tirho has re cently been appointed Chief Commissioner of Police, in his previous post of Chairman of Directors of Convict Pi isons. On Saturday the Home Secretary has issued an order granting a reward of £lOO for the discovery of five men who, on the night of Saturday three weeks, murdered Samuel Grokett, aged 45 years, by throwing him into the Regent's Canal, Hackney. The Railway News reports that the traffic receipts of the railway; in the United Kingdom for the week ending February 12, 1869, upon a mileage of 12,936, amount to £701,132, being equal to .£54 4s. per mile. For the cor responding week of last year the receipts were £655,671, the number of miles open 12,542 or £52 ss. per mile. A disputed will has been before the Dublin Court or Probate. A person named Duddy, of Londonderry, be queathed the bulk of his property, about £3,000, to his wife on the condition that she should not marry, but enter a con vent. The next of kin challenged the instrument, on the ground of "undue influence on the part of the wife." Th Court decided that the will was good. According to the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, the Conservatives mean to take up the cause of the clerks and workmen who are about to be reduced in the various departments. They threaten, more over, to have a field night upon the creation of a Third Lord of the Treasury, and the raising of Mr. Stansfeld's salary from £l,OOO to £2,000 a year. There seems to be some probability of one very beneficial result following the recent election inquiry at Brad ford, viz., the discontinuance at future contests of the use of public-houses as committee-rooms. On Friday a meeting was hold at that town, presided over by the Mayor, to ad vo2ate this alteration, and it was stated that several of the more influential politicians of the borough were resolved not to take part in election matters if public-houses were en gaged. It was also stated that the licensed victuallers them selves bad taken the initiative by aodpting a resolution re commending their brethren iu the trade not to entertain elec tion agents in the future. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT BLACKWAIL. —A person, supposed to be Cooper, is in custody at Lough borough, in L e i ces t ers hi re. He applied on Friday night to Superintendent Haynes for an order of admission to the casual ward. He said he was a boiler maker, and had been working in London ; that his name was James Git tins, and he had walked from London. His description exactly tallies with that of the wanted man, Cooper, this person Gittins, as he calls himself, being without a thumb on hi s left hand. The London police have been communicated with. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.—At a special general meeting of the members of this institution, held on Saturday at its offices (Lord Houghton in the chair), the chair), the supplementary report and balance-sheet for the six months ending Desember 31, 1868, shewed that the capital now stands at the sum of £4,422 lls. 7d., consisting of £3,122 11s. 7d. New Three per Cents., £7OO Great Indian Peninsula Railway Debentures, and £6OO Eastern Bengal Railway Stock guaranteed by the Imperial Government. The grants made by way of relief during the past half-year amount to £165. AN UNRECOGNISED VISIT.—The other clay, While the cure of the Madeleine Church was discussing business in the vestry with a friend, a small insignificant-looking person entered and desired to speak with him. The curd, with his well-known air of a tambour majeur, curtly told him to sit down and wait. The small man, however, re mained standing. This displeased the cure;, who exclaimed, "Monsieur, I desire you to seat yourself." Instead of complying, the gentleman paced rapidly up and down the room, until the curj, fairly irritated, insisted in so Peremptory a manner as to compel obedience. In about a quarter of an hour, business being finished, he turned to the stranger, "Monsieur, shat is it sou desire ?" The latter replied, in a thin shrill voice, " le Curj, I wish to inquire at what hour to-morrow you will be able to baptise an infant, for whom I ain to be sponsor ?" An hod;was named, and he was told to write his name, and that of the godmother, at full length in the register book, which was presented to him for that p ur . pose. To the surprise of the curs, he wrote down, "Francois d'Assise, Poi d'Espagne, and Isabella, Reine VEspagne." To complete the scene, there entered imme• diately afterwards the ex-Queen herself, attended by another personage, whose fL ce is now sufficiently known to the Parisians. They had waited until they were tired for the reappearance of the ex-King, and had at last coma in search of hum, 'll IE 81 - 83T10. 2 OF L0,Y, 1 )02y G#X THE CIIURCII. The clergy of the diocese of London on Saturday pre pnted an address to Dr. Jackson, the new Bishop of London, congratulating him on his appointment. The first part of the proceedings were merely formal ; but after the written addresses had been read the bishop gave an extem pore speech. He said he could hardly expect to work as his predecessor had done, seeing that he was ?,oming into the diocese at an ago when Dr. Fait was leaving it. Describing his opinions, he 3aid he had been for many years an old-fashioned Eng lish Churchman, and he believed that it was the glory if not one of the distinctive principles of the Church that :Jim was at the same time Protestant and Catholic— Pro tcstan t the attitude of opposition to the innovations of the Church of Rome, and Catholic as a sound and living member of that one Church which was the body of Christ. Speakingof the comprehensive character of the Church, he said it seemed to him that the Church of England allowed a con siderable amount of latitude to those who were loyal members of her communion ; but he thought those limits were considerably overpassed when one among them was allowed to hold that the Resurrection was an open doctrine, while another claimed the right to interpret the Articles of the Church of England as being in harmony and identical with the decrees of the Council of Trent. It was at one time the dream of his life that the differences which existed in the Church were rapidly pass ing away, and that they would live to see the time when all minor differences, at least, would disappear. That dream was now dissipated. It might be so in the future, but he should not live to see it. The course of events had tended lately to widen differences rather than to draw members of the Church together. The spirit of the age had penetrated into the Church. The aggressive activity of intellect which called all first principles into question, which took nothing for granted, which delighted in perplexities, and which allowed no prescription to be any evidence of truth or ground of persuasion —the spirit of anomaly which was abroad, which they found in literature, which they found in politics, which they found in the Church—were portentous signs. All these things had been acting among themselves, and the reaction which ensued always tended to widen the differences and to set parties more in opposition than before. This appeared to him to be not an improper description of the state in which the Church was at present placed. Dr. Jackson did not think errors of doctrine would ever be cured by law courts, or by what was called the " Church speak ing." But he thought that some alteration might take place in the tone of the Church newspapers. They were at present most uncharitable, and gave matter for the unbelieving to scoff about. He also thought the devotional feeling of real Churchmen might be improved. W.S.W. W.B.W. =PLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg, at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, stead Y—. r ndicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Xxtreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog h.—hall ; I.—lightning ; hazy; o. —overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rai c.l snow or hail melted; daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARK& The decrease of pressure at Nairn on Saturday afternoon became considerable on Sunday. At the same time a considerable rise took place at Southern stations, and co nsequently great diff erences o f pressure were produced. Since yesterday morning, however, a rapid recovery has taken place in the north-east, whilst in the south-west a slight decrease is noted. The lowest reading is still at Nairn, but is only 0.39 in. lower than that at Plymouth. Continental messages of to-day not arrived--11. 15 a.m. Temperature, after increasing con siderably yesterday, has again decreased a t our northern and eastern stations —9 deg. in places. Elsewhere there is no particular change. A stiff westerly gale blew on Saturday night on our N. and E. coasts, accompanied by strong S.W. to N.W. breezes at our other stations I and fresh winds from the same quarter prevailed through Sunday This moraing light south-westerly breezes are general in these islands, and in the Channel it is nearly calm. Rain has fallen in the N. ant W. The sky is overcast with mist and fog in the east. TRADE REPORTS. Our exports to Belgium shew - an increase under some heads. Common earthenware has nearly doubled. Flax has rised from 240,416 kilos. hi 1867 to 380,881 in 1868, and hops have increased in the same period from 79,08 to 128,649 kilos. The iron trade shews some remarkable variations, as there is a great increase in our export 01 rail and sheet-iron, while there is a marked decrease in pig-iron and wire. In wrought-steel and cast-iron the same thing is noticeable. Raw cotton shews no great change, while rags have risen from 169,026 kilos in 1,867 to 465,666 in 1868. Oilseeds have decreased 2,000,000 kilos. Manufactured cotton shews a diminished export ; while linen has increased. In connection with the difference in our iron exports, we may notice that the imports of wire iron from Belgium to the United Kingdom has more than doubled in the year ; while in the wrought-iron the import has greatly diminished. The rags imported are much the same as in the two years ; while the cotton tissues and cotton yarns have greatly diminished. The woollen yarns have risen from 795,113 kilos. in '67 to 1,615,678 in '6B, The chief items of increase in our exports to Holland have been grease, steel in bars, and mineral oil ; in our imports, dressed flay, potato flour, steel in bars, unwrought lead, and bleached cotton. The coals exported to France shew a decrease in value of more than £120,000 while coffee has increased £ 9 00,000. The amount of cotton of all kinds exported is less, while machinery has on the whole decreased. Steel in bars has increased, while cast iron is little more than half the amount of last year. Copper ore has increased in value more than a millior francs, while our exports of silk into France also shew s marked increase. Looking at our imports from France, we find a marked diminution in the number of oxen, cows, sheep, and pigs ; under wheat we find a decrease of nearly £1.20,000, and under maize of more than £200,000. Coming to paper we find little difference in the returns, while rags have increased somewhat. Spirits remain almost stationary, while silks manifest an increase amounting on plain silks to £520,000. Ribbons shew a similar increase. Our imports of wine from France shew an increase of the value of more than 2180,000 in casks, and in bottles of £120,e00. A noticeable increase is also visible in the imports of French flax and hemp yarn, which have risen from £2,110 in 1807, t 9 £13.09 in 1868. Ain ful a 3 , . Feb. 15, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith §hields Scarborough Yarmouth..! Holder ....! Cux Laren , li)trud esnses Arclr ossan Green castle Holyhead Liver pool Valet' tia Cape Clear Roch c's Pt , Penzance I Plymouth , I Weymouth Portsmouth London Cps GrisNez Brest L'Orie nt Roch c fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time► UNDER THE CITY OF LONDON. The Daily News has a very interesting article entitled ' Under the City." The writer describes a visit to the sewers of London. " Before visiting these places (he says) you must dress for the part. Long thick woollen stockings, drawn up over the trousers to the hips, are covered by equally long greased boots, with heavy turn over flaps, like those worn by the bold smugglers of the stage. To a stout guernsey shirt is added a smock or pinafore of blue flannel, fastened at the waist by a leathern belt. A fan-tail hat, like that favoured by the dustman of the period, together with a pair of thick woollen gloves, completed the costume of the two strangers, who, with a select party of professionals, came out of the Guildhall, and drew themselves up by the trap-door in Gresham street, to the intense delight of the loungers at the public-house opposite. A descent of twelve or fourteen feet, ha n d over h an d, b y and oe the iron rings already mentioned, and we are at what looks like the entrance to a wine-cellar. Candles stuck into the ends of rong, sticks, and flaring and spluttering untidily while carried in the hand, much as they are in tasting vaults, strengthened the vinous analogy; and we pro ceeded down some steps and through a narrow passage with a vague impression that we should shortly come upon bins and vats, and be called upon to express an opinion critically upon vintages. A few steps further, and the use of the stout strong boots is apparent ; for we are ankle deep in a black stream, and are, in fact, in the middle of the Gresham-street main sewer. A bricked tunnel, with amp l e s id e - space for one person to walk in, and in which you can stand nearly erect ; a tunnel which is well-ventilated, and where the bottom current is sufficiently strong to carry all before it. Such is the sewer. We walk up it in Indian file as far as the General Post Office, first exploring a black hole at the side which necessitated stooping almost double. Similar holes to the right and left, each contributing their subsidiary streams, represent the various side thorough fares. `That's Aldermanbury ;" There's Wood-street,' remarks our guide, as we pass the entrances to the various tunnelg representing those places ; while at intervals, and when we are near openings, light and sounds come down to us from above, fragments of conversation, the hoarse rumble of wheels, and the busy tramp of footsteps, all telling of the active city life beneath which we were burrowing. It is dark and dampl i but not more unpleasant than might fairly be expected. Walls and roofs and sides are moist and slimy, and your footing is often soft and slippery—that is all. Our•chief guide has a strong faith in the wholesomeness of sewers, That there is nothing unhealthy in their smell, and nothing disagreeable in their interior, that the people employed in them enjoy good health, and that any objection strangers may raise must be put down to fastidiousness or inexperience, is with him a strong article of faith." The writer assures us that they saw no rats. They went under Farringdon-street West. " Here the Fleet Ditch was running in two swift black streams, almost below the footway on each side, some three feet six inches deep, and with so strong a current that we were assured it would be impossible to save the life of anyone who stepped or slipped into them. These foul streams recalled the ancient Styx, and made one hold back with something like a shudder. So far as an unprofessional eye could judge, this great sewer—it was converted into a canal after the great fire, but the speculation was unprofitable, and it sank into a common sewer a g ain — was performing its work very completely, and this remark applies t o all the elaborate subways we visited." THE EARTHQUAKE IN BENGAL. The Indian papers just received contain details of the earthquake that had visited Silchar, Cachar, Assam, and the surrounding districts on th e 10 th January. The Englishnzan says:—" The earthquake was felt most severely throughout Assam. At Ku rseon g, near Darjeeling, it was felt very severely. So alarming were the shocks that man y of the inhabitants darted out of their houses, fearing every moment they would be overthrown. A gentleman returning borne saw the trees around him rolling from side to side in the most extraordinary manner. The natives gave vent to the terror which filled them, in shrieks of Ifuree-bol ! and Ram ! Ram ! But the effect of the undulatory motion on terrestrial objects was still more wonderful at Chittagong. A gentleman then at Kussilong, in the hills some ninety miles from Chittagong, states that the earthquake burst upon them with tremendous force. It was travelling appa rently eastward and slightly north. The undulations were very severe, and lasted nearly two minutes. It seemed as if some mighty wave were sweeping on under the earth, and as it passed the solid earth rose and fell with a motion distinctly visible along the banks of the river and on the hills beyond. From the spot where this ,gentleman was standing he could see the ground rolling wave-like, the hills reeling, and the trees waving to and fro. The spectacle was wonderful and fearful, and one which once seen could never be for gotten. In Cachar, where the earthquake was severest, the shocks had not ceased on the 14th, and the earth still continued to crack and heave." THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY. —We hear that 29,000 volumes were added last year to the Printed Book Department of the British Museum. The Museum Library is now far the finest in the world, and is every year becoming worthier of its pride of place. English. men generally do not know either its extent or its merits. Has any reader of ours ever heard one of his countrythen, when bewailing the inferiority of our Art collections to those of Venice, Dresden, Munich, or Paris, console him self with the reflection that in the more valliable treasure of books our Museum is superior to the national library of any other city —any two or three of them put together we may say?—Athenceum. *INCAUTIOUS RIFLE PRACTICE.—On Friday and Saturday, before the Norwich magistrates, Mr. Charles Travers Fisher was charged with feloniously killing and slaying one Joseph Rudd. The prisoner is a lodger at the Rev. Mr. Cooke's, of Thorpe Hamlet, and on the sth inst. he amused Himself by firing off a needle-gun with ball cartridge. At the same time the deceased Rudd was walking in a road hard by, and he was shot in one of his arms, the wound sustained resulting in gangrenous inflam mation and death. The only matter of uncertainty in the case is that Mr. Fisher, who is an assistant in the Nor wich brand, of the Provincial Banking Corporation (Limited), was accompanied when out shooting on the sth by a youth, who may possibly also have discharged the needle-gun. Anyhow, the case shews great reckless ness on the part of young Fisher in practising .rifle shooting so near a public thoroughfare. After a con siderable amount of evidence, all tending to chew that the sad occurrence was nurely accidental, the prisoner was remanded. ' , r zi ...- . 6 „-- : -. ): ,-„,-„,4- 4 .,.6. 77 , 4 ..te -,,,,,4 1 ., 4 - 110 . 7 . 6 4.- zv pp ~. ~, ~,t . --i:,774-jizr„ „ ‘eili I/ 1 i **%-_-- - -,_, , , , ,ii-2--- 6 ray try/ r _ , ,:-_:•-_,,_____„:„,4175-sr..,..,„ •, 4 4 , 15,441 4-4 ; • HER MAJESTY. EOSBORNE, Feb. 14. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louie, Ind attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole And Miss Mary Macgregor, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold , Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and the ladies and gentleme❑ of their suite, at tended Divine service at Whippingbam Churzil , his morning. LATEST INTELL IGENCF• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF TnE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAIL. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 15. The 'West Coast of Africa mail steamer Mac gregor Laird arrived here this morning. Her dates are :—Catneroons and Fernando Po, 13th January Bonny, 17th ; Benin, 18th ; Lagos, 19th ; Accra, 21st; Cape Palmas, 23d ; Sherboro, 26th ; Si e rra Leone, 28th ; Teneriffe, Feb. 6th ; and Madeira, Bth. The Macgregor Laird brings 109 ounces Pi a dust, $4OO, and 150 sovereigns in specie. The new° from the different stations on the West Coast WO unimportant. The health of the rivers was good. Grade was tolerably brisk, with the exception of Bonny, where the chiefs, Oko, Jamba, and Ja Jai were fighting. War was raging at Oboe. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 15. The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Cora' parry's steamer Galileo has arrived here. Her dates are .—Santos, 12th ultimo ; Rio, 14th ; and Ballot 20th. No fresh political news has been received at Rio from the seat of war. Exchange at Rio, 19k Coffee sales from 7th to 14th, 57,200 bags ; stoc k ' 150,000. Exchange on Bahia, 194. Sugar, 2,9 00 reis per arroba ; cotton, 12 milreis. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 1 4 . The Ring and the members of the Cabinet bal re returned from Naples to-day. The Nazione contradicts the current rumours )f approaching changes in the Ministry. PORTUGAL. LISBON, PO. 13. Many seditious proclamations in favour of 3° [berian RepuLlic have been secretly circulated is L'ortugal. GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 13 ' , The Candiote refugees have petitioned the }° reign Ministers in this capital for ships to enab l6 them to return to Candia. CUBA. MADRID, Feb. 1 4 . Telegrams have been received from Genera l Dulce, the Captain-General of Cuba, urging t he despatch of reinforcements, the insurrection hav►ng spread to the neighbourhood of Havannah, a nd requesting Government to introduce into the Cort e° A bill sanctioning the contraction of a loan of 4 ° ° inillions of reals for Cuba. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1 4 . Ali Pasha h as b een nom i nated Minister of Foreign Affairs i n con j unct i on with the pos t ° f Grand Vizier of the Empire. Mohammed Ituscha i Pasha has been a p po i nted chief of the newly-created office for the Interior, and Kiamil Pasha will henc e.. forth be President of the Privy Council of Stat e ' Sodigk Effendi, now absent on a mission in Par i° ' has been created Minister of Finance. Midhat Pasha has been appointed Governor °E Bagdad, and Omer Feozi Pasha Governor-Gene ra of Crete. The Sultan has ordered a frigate to fetch tb° body of Fuad Pasha from Nice. It is intended to erect a tomb in memory of the deceased Minister. JAPAN. YOKOHAMA, Jan. 13' The Mikado h as received the foreign represe a. ;atives at Yeddo in public audience. CHINA. HONG KONG, jail. 2 5 ' A collision has taken place near Swatow betwee n the inhabitants of some villages and the crew of be t Majesty's gunboat Grasshoper. The British We t° compelled to re t rea t , h av i ng had eleven of the i r number wounded. A naval force of 400 men is proceeding t° Swatow. FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 19 ' Fuad Pasha died this morning. The ' burl Official, alludi ng t o t h e event, says The de ath of the late Vizier will leave a great void in Turkel' tnd will cause a great feeling of regret eve r ' ' ' . where." Bo URSE, Feb. 13.—Three o'clock.—The closed as follows : ti per Cont. ...... 103 65 End of month... -- 3 per Cent ......... 70 50 End of month... 71 40 'credit Mobilier 290 End of month... 287 50 Jredit Foncier _1630 End of month... Bank Shares 3035 5 ItaPan Loan - , ...., End of month - - ••••• Mexican Loan - 6 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt --5 Deferred 29 _s. Cash Orleans ... 957 i Northern ••• /194 Lyons and Mediterr anean Southern..... 6161: Western Eastern • • 575 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4?21- North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman 47k RAILWA Mr. James M'Elenry has addressed the followil letter, relative to the Atlantic and Great Western Railsc to the Secretary of the Stock Exchange just seen the circular issued by the London board of 17.: Atlantic and Great W es t ern R a il way. I h as t en to Pi t ' there is ' no q ues ti an i n di spute ' b etween the E r i e and ate th lantic and Great Western Companies ; the working of lease is entirely harmonious and mutually satisfactorici Considering the position of discredit to which the board was reduced by the labours of the several committees $ 7 l , its operation by the c our t s , th e di rec t ors are qu ite rig h _ t 1 4 t stating that I consider the arra ngemen t ma de the t practicable under the circumstances. I will add tb ri s they are such as will s ecure f u ll j us ti ce to (3.Ve n class of creditor. I regret I was unable to be pr e ,,e with the board. This note to you would probably been unnecessary, and some allusions to others of imPl ' 4 taut negotiations would p ro b a bl y h ave not b e en 011 ' 4 , 4 0 from Mr. Ridsdal e 's circul ar . A ser i ous differenes `' ll arisen between mo and Mr. Rid s d a l e ' s comm ittee, w i ' l-, o g delays progress, b u t as I k now M r. Rid s d a l e to b e . t , equally anxious as myself to do what is right and e f l l l e- Ale, I am not without hopes of arriving at some fo t `' - s if tory solution on the only question of our affairs ser i°ll „6- in dispute The great importance of a prop Mg in these matters is my excuse for not troubling Y,f, with this statement. I am, most faithfully, J. 31 ` 11 : E , 1 4 :y Financial Agent, Atlantic and Great Western 113 "‘ . To the Secretary of the Stock Exchange." „ai er underets"oo About six weeks will complete the great e` The neering undertaking of forming a direct line ef between the south o f S cot l and and the west coas t a tile berland by means of bridging the broad estuary of Solway Frith. 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