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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 gull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street Loudon. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every Wednesuay and Saturday duringthe Christmas Holida3 - s 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, IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by 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 6, commence at 7. Boa-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET, Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENIN6, - kiiilsEVlr3 : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Bnckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny W right. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, Astley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. U essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROY-AL, ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, ➢ir. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA MBE R WELL. Mr. G. aelmore, Mrs. L. Murray. it a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S' THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 8 Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which utt 8 o'clock) Dion Boueicanit's new drama, in nur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leelereq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds an'i assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open day from 10 till 5. gzr On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. R 0 YA L STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TI—E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude frath HUE AND DYE. (LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor awl Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMI'S: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Itlestlames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Anton, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ROYAL AMPHITHEA FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse ment. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses " Topaze," " Saladin," "Nedjed," " Tancredi," " Freis chntz," and " Abdallah, ' which for symmetry, breeding, and in telligence, are unequalled and matchless throughout the world, England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that wonderfully daring act "The Three Olympians," on three horses. Nothing in the history of equestrianism has ever approached the superb riding of the Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Salamonsky and a. Brad bury; and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus. The Press is unanimous in its verdict of approval. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. QT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street, Langham-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. First apparance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WIL SOM and MONTAGU);), who will commence their Lon don season in the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, 1869. The only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear by special command before the Queen and Court. Acting Manager, Mr. A. Nimmo. Evening at 8, Wadnesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8. Private boxes, £3 3s. and .£2 2s. ; dress stalls, 55.; reserved seats, 3s ; balco'ny seats, 25.; admission, ls. Boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library ; at ell the principal Inusiceellers; and at the box-office. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRIStY'S MINSTRELS.— ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE. Re appearance Thursday, Feb. 11, 18d9. Court Circular, October 18, 1868:—" In the evening Christy's Minstrels (Messrs.Wilsom and Montague, proprietors) had the honour of performing before her Ma;csty and the Prince and Prin cess Christian of Schleswig-holstein, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Prince and Princess of Teck, in the tall-room of the Cas tle, where the_ ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the entire household were assembled. Monsieur, Madams, and Miss Van de Weyer and Sir Thomas and La(ly Biddulph were also honoured with invitations." JHE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.—G. R. GLEN lE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road. delivers the LAT FDITTON of "Tub.; SUN "at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern. Chippendale, &c. Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, fie Concluding with THE FRIG n TFU t. HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal. Buckstone, jun., Weat.h.srsby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke. Gwynn, o Commeuept at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHI. Tms EVFNING, at 7, DID Yi qJ EVER SEND YOUR WIFF TO CAM B EWI. LL. Mr. G. Be:moro, Mrs. L. Murray. At ;A:. 14ON1E CRISTO. Messrs. Fecbter, B. Webster, G. Eelmore. A Stirling. R. Phillips. Stuart. Ashley, Stephenson, C.J. Smith, W R. h hurne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Jlellon Miss C. Leelereq and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tills EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At S. AFTER DARK. A Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. NV. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murr,..y; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G.Shore, Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclerc(' Concluding with MASTER. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. This EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Ma.rshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hur!stone. J. Clarke; blestlames Henra.cle, G. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar told, and Stephens. - • • ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING. The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses: also Alfred Bradbury, U. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. THis N,vzsrnio. at 7.30, THE WIDI W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Buftcn. THE FIELD OF THE 0.1 OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne. James, Fenton; esdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall. I ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ,onclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. 1r Stephens, C. Wyndham. and L. Brongh ; bl esdames Montague, Biznold, Maze, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tiffs EVENING, at 7. SLA SHER & CRASHER : Messrs Atkins, raughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne• ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdainaa Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tuts EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DITVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S UUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton This EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, ETery Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. 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, Ad. • n / 6U >, LOADON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1869. Some interest naturally attaches to the proceed ings of the new Lord-Lieutenant. The Viceregal office, although often spoken of as a sinecure, involves serious responsibilities. The necessity for its existence might be superseded, but while it does exist the nobleman who fills it occupies a post of no light weight and importance. He is closely watched by contending factions, by two strong parties in religion and in politics, who are each eager to construe his lightest word and action into some special signifi cance. He is painfully conscious of the unpleasant ness that may arise from appearing to favour one particular branch of the community, and while he is anxious to conciliate all and offend none, he is called upon to give a decided answer to a whole host of unreasonable appeals and petitions. He has to ingratiate himself with a people who are probably strangers to him, and yet be must go over the old beaten ground, which so many Lord-Lieu tenants have trodden before him, that it is actually impossible to put the old thoughts and congratula tions into new words. Lord SPENCER has as yet been very successful in his manner of discharging the somewhat embarrassing duties of his new office, and on Thursday evening he was fortunate in his subject. The Royal Dublin Society and the School of Art offered a haven of repose to the statesman wearied with suggestions about disestablishment and re-esta blishment, about the dangers of Popery, and the cruelties of Orangemen; with plans for adjusting the question of tenant-right, and of reconciling all pos sible differences between tenant and landlord ; with proposals to be forthwith transmitted to Downing street respecting the assistance to be shown to Irish railways, the facilities to be given to emigration, and the countenance which ought to be afforded to Irish manufactures. At least, on matters of art and study, the Lord-Lieutenant might speak freely, follow ing only the dictates of his own taste and judg ment, seeking only to clothe a plain and straight forward meaning in fitting words. There was nothing in the crowded theatre to awake the echoes of pos sible discord, to arouse the memories of traditional hate and feudal animosities. Men can agree to differ about art if they must wage deadly war over the principles of primary education ; a student may be rejected at the examination without the too stern examiner being found lifeless by the wayside. And so, forgetting Fenianisni, and putting on ono side the angry questions which surged outside the walls of the School of Art. Earl SPENCER on Thursday spoke freely on those p.)ints on which all interests are iden tical, all sympathies are common. The school itself is not unworthy of especial no tice. It ha s a l rea dy p rove d h ow great is the na tional aptitude of the quick witted, quick feeling Irish people for art in all its branches. The Dublin School of Art has held its own against the competi tion of the whole United Kingdom, and now holds a rank only second to that of the great metropo lis, although its standard of merit is more elevated than many. The fine arts schools in connection with the Royal Society have been in existence for 140 years, and have sent forth artists like SnEE, DANBY, and FOLEY. The secretary of the school, with natural pride, informed the Lord-Lieutenant that the Dublin school stood actually the first in the kingdom in the proportion of its awards to the num ber of its pupils. The South Kensington school with 992 pupils, possessing, moreover, great advan tages, had carried off 17 national awards. Dublin had obtained 11, Edinburgh 9, and others obtained a lesser number. In the proportion of prizes to the number of scholars, the list stood as follows :—Bir mingham 1, for 202; South Kensington 1, for 58 ; Edinburgh 1, for 69 ; and Dublin 1, for 39. Earl SPENCER, in his speech, referred to this gratify ing fact, and also to the circumstance that the teacher belonging to the Society has gained the second place among the teachers of all England for the success of his instruction. Another point which attracted Lord SPENCER'S notice was the success which has happily attended the designs connected with the staple manufactures of the country. There could hardly, as his lordship remarked, be a more impor tant object than the improvement of the designs connected with their manufactures. The capabilities of Ireland havr never yet been fully developed, and the more that native talent can be devoted to the cultivation of the national resources, the better it will be for all parties. Lord SPENCER was very happy in his remarks upon the influence of art in educating a country. " Many have not time," ob served the Lord-Lieutenant, "to read long writings on hittory, but they may possibly see the works of painters or of sculptors. Many of us are familiar with the death of WOLFE through the fine picture which came from the hand of WEST. We are re winded of Trafalgar by the noble work of STANS FELD. Our rulers, our statesmen, our patriots, our soldiers, are recalled to us through the canvas of HOLBEIN, VAN DYCK, KNEELER, GAINSBOROUGII, and i REYNOLDS, and through the chisel of CIIANTREY." The Lord-Lieutenant, in the course of his ad dress, expressd his belief that the qualities belonging to the Irish people were singularly propitious to the development of high art. They hai the po etic imagination and the warm heart which gave the extended sympathies indispensable to the true artist. They had, too, the love of the beautiful, which is his special prerogative, and the development of these national qualities was undoubtedly a noble work. In the earlier ages, as Lord SPENCER reminded his bearers, the statesmen of a country were the moulders of its arts. Further on, in mediaeval times, the art of a country was strongly tinctured by its religion, while at a more recent date the men of newly acquired riches and the great nobles were its chief promoters. In our own days the artist must look to no other guides nor patron than the public, and by immortal 'sing the g r ea t d ee d s that 6.(1 been done th e y would do a work worthy of their country. Lord SP %NCER quoted the fine lines of LONGFELLOW, telling h o w the earnest and faithful worker might leave " pintfoots n the sands of time," for the guidance and encou ragement of those who came after him. We congra tulate the new Viceroy on having so successfully in augurated the troublesome and diffizult duties of his office ; and we hope that he will not only realise all the eager anticipations that have been formed of his career, but help to fulfil his own aspirations by en couraging the culture of the fine arts in the sister country. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1869. has a new poem in the press, and also a volume of picture and adventure, a portion of which, describing the Hebrides, has appeared in the Spectator. A volume of essays on Congregationalism will shortly be published by Longmans, the authors being Messrs. Aestey Fawcett, Herbert, and two other gentlemen. Mr. Dion Boucicault is writing a philosophic treatise on the drama, to be called " The Master of the Revels," and is also pre paring a new drama for the Princess's. Mr. Fechter and Mr. Wilkie Collins are preparing another for the Adelphi. Victor Hugo's " Les Mis6rables" is to be brought out at Drury-lane. The Public Schools Chronicle is to be incorpo rated with the Atlas. Another item of news—partly literary, partly political—is, that should Mr. Reverdy Johnson be recalled, the United States will in all proba bility be represented here by Mr. Motley, the historian. I was at the private view of the Dudley Gallery yester day. It is a fair exhibition, but scarcely up to last year's. The post of honour is given to Mr. Calderon, who has a classical picture of a woman with a distaff. Mr. E. J. Poynter has several small works. The two Severns are well represented. Solomon has two works. But space fails, and I must reserve a fuller notice until my next. I shall then have something to say about the next Academy. 111)141* Chu ifr 4. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 31. The confirmation of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold took place yesterday at Whippingham Church by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess Teck, attended Divine service this morning. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 31. The Fpoca of to-day says :—" The idea of en trusting a Directory with the highest authority of the State has been unanimously agreed upon. Several names are being put forward for this office. This has been accepted as the definitive form of Government after the opening of the Cortes. It is in fact a sanction of the principle of a Republi can form of Administration, because even suppos ing the Cortes should decide in favour of a Monarchy, considerable time would elapse before the choice of a Monarch would be finally settled. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Evening). The House of Representatives, by 147 to 42 votes, bas passed a resolution amending the Con stitution so as to prohibit the denial of the suffrage to any person on account of race or colour. PLYMOUTH, Feb, 1. A heavy southerly gale and a high tide prevailed abng the coasts of Devon and Cornwall yesterday morning. The tide reached higher than has been known for the last thirty years. Numerous minor accidents have taken place through the water rising over the low levels of seaport towns. Floods along the banks of rivers have also occurred through their overflowing their usual channels. Property on the banks of various places has been washed away. One hundred yards of sea wall has been washed away, and nine yards of the South De von Railway. At Dawlish the railway and telegraphic communication was impeded throughout Sunday. TLe P onsan d ane v i a duct, West Cornwall Railway, near Penzance, has been washed away. The telegraphic and railway communication be- BOURSE, Jan. 30.—Th ree o ' be tween Penzance an d M arasg i on ha s been stopped. FRANCE. closed as follow s : clock.—The market 41 per Cent. End of month... Italian Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 45 Mexican Loan ... Credit llobilier End of month... 270 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier _1545 Dome Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ... 0401 Northern .............................. ....... J 178: Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 590 Western Eastern ....... • • 5721 Sardinian Austrian 657k Lombard 472} North of Spain Saragossa Roman MORE ALARIIING AND DESTRUCTIVE Ell?ES—This Day. During the last twenty-four hours Capt. Shaw, the chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, reported to the Board of Works that several fires had taken place within the radius of the Board. Out of the number that has taken place only three are deserving of being publicly recorded, and one of these happened in the refreshment -house and ale stores belonging to Mr. G. Smith, situate in Three Colt-street, Old Ford. The discovery was made by a policeman about 5 in the morning, at which time the inmates They were aroused e by the wi n d o ws, and the heat was so great that ee p pa epr rooms were then burning furiously, justf orthine were tsittnaiers ton i le be ed h i e na i r gb et e o d t s toi l a e s e l e us the residents could sca rc e l y breathe. The land steamers, by Shand, Ma son, and Co., and the Lon don Salvage Corps, with Mr. Supe r i n t en d en t Swanton, promptly arrive d, and plent of the East went to work, but fire extinguished until London,Cotnpany's wa ter having b een o b ta i ne d , t h e they firemen were andb u unable salvagee the corps to get the establishment was burned out and the roof off. The whole of the stock in trade, fixtures, and fur niture are also consumed. The origin of the mis fortune is unknown. The sufferer was fortu nately insured in the Norwich Union-office. The second fire broke out in the premises of Mr. E. S. Blackwall, oil, and colour, and Italian warehouse man, No. 168, Green-street, Bethnal-green. This fire is supposed to h a ve originated from a spark having been dropped from a lighted candle into one of the cupboards under the stairs. In a few minutes the fire began to travel up the stairs and into the shop, but owing to the timely arrival of the brigade the flames were quickly extinguished, but the damage done is considerable. The occupier was insured in the Sun Fire Office. The only other fire worthy of notice took place at a quarter to 5 o'clock this morning in the chemical stores of Mr. H. Bailey, No. —o. 16, Cropley-street, Iloxton New-town. Owing to the timely arrival of the engines and the salvage corps, and the good supply of water, theflameswereextinguished. The damage, as in the former case, was considerable. Mr Bailey was insured in the County, from which office Mr. White the assessor to the company attended for the purpose of at once settling the loss. Lord Camperdown, who is engaged in i n specting the Royal Naval Vi c t ua lli ng Yards, was expected to arrive at Portsmouth t hi s morning for the purpose of investigating the general working of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport. MISSING Suirs.—The Mystery, of St. Ives, sailed from Rouen on the 20th of November for Hull, and has not since been hoard of. The Strad&la, from Stralsund for Cardiff, passed the Sound ou the 12th of October, was seen near Oxo, Norway, ou the 11th, on which day a heavy gale came on, when she proceeded northward, and she has not since been heard of. The William sailed from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the 21st of November, fur New castle, and has 11'4 since been heard of. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.-- A most interesting and idstructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin r, has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate -hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable wcrk. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly I ecommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser METROPOLITAN GOSSlP—Saturday. The announcement which was first made in your columns with respect to the withdrawal of our troops from the colonie s is confirmed by to-day's army and navy papers. The Conservative organs affected to disbelieve the announcement. They hoped that economy would be con fined to such matters as quills and whitewash, so that they might hereafter be able to laugh at Mr. Gladstone and quote Horace about the mountain and the mouse. But the recall of troops is quite another matter, especially when taken in connection with the withdrawal of our naval squadrons from the least important stations. These changes involve far more than a diminished expendi ture on our army and navy. They imply an organic change in our colonial and foreign policy. They mean that henceforth our colonies must shift for themselves, and that we shall no longer tax the pauper of Bethnal-green in order to protect the rich squatter of New South Wales or the still richer trader of Victoria. They mean, too, that henceforth English statesmen will no longer feed the national vanity at the expense of the national purse, by scouring the waters with ships in order to maintain the " supremacy of the seas." So far as regards the colonies, it is only fair to point out that one of the earliest advo cates of the new policy was a Conservative member, Mr. Arthur Mills, who then represented Taunton. After many speeches on the subject, in which he was occasionally counted out, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the subject of colonial charges upon the imperial exchequer. A very good report was drawn up, embodied in a blue book, and shelved—for was not Lord Pal merston (Cicis Romanus) in office, and was not "a spirited foreign policy" the cry of the time? To-day we are more modest and more wise. Among the other changes announced is the establishment of a Central Council at the War Office. Its members are said to be Lord Northbrook, who is now, as he was when, Mr. Baring, Under Secretary for War ; Captain ' Vivian, the War Lord of the Treasury, who some years ago, when member for Bodmin, gained great reputation by a speech he made exposing the circumlocution at the War Office ; and Sir Henry Storks, who was recalled from Malta to reorganise the War Department, but who finds himself left in the rear by his new and energetic superiors. Colonel l,filward will act as secretary. A minor change rumoured at Pall Mall is the dismissal of a large number of clerks and the placing of those who remain on an allowance out of which they must provide themselves with stationery. The waste which now goes on in that commodity is enough to make Mr. Greg's hair stand on end. I am told that Lord Malmesbury's retirement from the leadership of the Conservative party in the House of Lords was by no means spontaneous. Mr. Disraeli said at the time the Cabinet was reconstructed, after Lord Derby's retirement, that Lord Malmesbury would lead the House of Lords, " if possible "—a joke whose point was not at all blunted by the Liberal journals. The leadership has proved to be impossible. The Tory peers refuse to be led any longer by the ex-Privy Seal. They are, in fact, fol lowers who will not follow, with a leader who cannot lead. So his lordship has been given to understand that while the Conservative nobles will not interfere with his intended triumph in the dining-room, they must have another general in the House of Peers—they will eat his dinner , but not do his bidding ; they will acknowledge the chef, but not the chief. In all probability the Duke of Richmond will succeed to the leadership. He represents one of the great Tory houses, is a very respectable politician, and will at least keep out of scrapes. Lord Cairns is, of course, a far abler man, but then he is a " new " man, and it would be a sad confession of decay on the part of the old families if they were obliged to put themselves under a nobody (genea logically considered) in the Lords as well as in the Commons. Moreover, the office of leader is almost incom patible with that of Lord Chancellor; and so, if Lord Cairns were put into the first, it would impy that his party had very little hope of seeing him restored to the second. Extreme pressure is being used to force the Govern ment to increase the capitation grant to Volunteers. Lord Elcho hopes to get up, during the first week of the session, a great meeting of members of both Houses who belong to the Volunteer service. I doubt, however, if Liberal M.P.'s will give him much assistance. They remember the history of 1866: they distrust the Adullamite member for Haddingtonshire, and they will not embarrass the Government in its laudable attempts to reduce the public expenditure. Colonel Acland, for North Devon, has already protested against the present demand for Government assistance. Meanwhile the Govern ment are receiving powerful help from a very distinguished military authority, who, under the nom de plume of " Hippophylax," is provin g incontestably that the Volunteers are all very well as play soldiers, but would be almost useless in time of war; and are may us to reduce ti c o m n r regular e c a o r r m d y i n . g S t t o i ll presenton Volunteer . certainly not worth paying fo r a t a ti me w h en necess it y com matters, pels tions, the Review will not take place at Portsmouth this year, as it did last year, but either at Dover or Brighton. The Liberals of Norwich, wiser than the Conservatives of Plymouth, decline to accept as their candidate a gentle man who has been mixed up with questionable City transactions, and Mr. Warner has therefore retreated to the background. It is not improbable that Mr. Milner Gibson will be selected as the Liberal candidate. Failing him, there are plenty of good men unseated at the last election, who are not directors of finance companies. Nothing more is heard about the petition against Colonel Wilmot, the new M.P. for South Derbyshire. County election petitions are costly luxuries. Mr. Evans has issued a circular to his friends, thanking them for their support, but giving no intimation that he means to contest the decision. Should Serjeant Cox be unseated at Taunton, he Conservatives will probably bring forward Sir John Karsiake, the late Attorney-General. The Liberals will run Mr. James again. _ Lord Russell's letter has been severely handled on all sides. Yet he has some distinguished apologists. At a meeting of the London clergy, held at Sion College on Thursday night, Dean Stanley delivered a lecture, 6 - * which he strongly advocated the co-existent endowment of the three chief Churches in Ireland. He said that if the "cry" that the State ought not in any way to countenance the doctrines of the Roman Church had any reality in it, half the Constitution ought to be repealed. Already the Roman Catholic religion had received a large amount of recognition and endowment. He instanced Malta and Canada. He argued that unless theßoman Church were c nnected with the State in Ireland it would lose what liberality it possessed; and that if the Protestant Episcopal Church were separated from the State it would become an aggressive Episcopal body. This expression reminds one of Mr. Disraeli's warning against proselytism. The Liberal Dean and the Tory Premier seem to be agreed in thinking that for a Church to make converts is the worst of calamities. Dean Stanley was supported by Sir Charles Trevelyan. He declared with vehemence that to cast the Esta blished Church adrift would riot be just, would not be common Christianity, would not be tolerated when the matter was fairly laid before the country. Sir Charles did not state how it could be more fairly laid before the coun try than it has been. He strongly deprecated the appli cation of ecclesiastical revenues to the aid of the poor laws or to education, or to improvement of the land. Such expedients would only relieve the taxpayer and lead to jobbery and waste. Mr. Milman, son of the late Dean, I believe, said that in principle he agreed with Dean Stanley, but that practically his scheme of triple endowment could not be carried out. The fact that the blue ribbon of the schools at Cam bridge has been carried off in two successive years by a gentleman who does not belong to the Church of England, will greatly aid the Liberal party in their endeavour to abolish religious tests at the universities. Last year the senior wrangler was a Baptist. This year he is a Jew. It is impossible to suppose that in the face of such triumphs as these, the exclusive system will continue much longer. Ten years hence we shall look back upon it with the same amazed contempt wherewith we now regard the Test and Corporation Acts. The London papers of yesterday and to-day have con tained two horrible, heartrending accounts of death by starvation at the East-end. In this the wealthiest city in the world, where the streets are all but paved with gold (the purchase money of land would nearly cover it if paid in gold), women find it impossible to get a mouthful of bread, and die from sheer famine, as much as though they were in the most inaccessible parts of India. And yet we are not cruel ; we are not miserly. Prove to us Londoners that there is "a case of real distress," and we send our guineas in bagfuls. What we want is some means of bringing us into communication with this real distresss ; some means of knowing that it is real. What opportunity has Paddington or Belgravia of hearing at all of the wants of Bethnal-green and the Isle of Dogs, except by chance some fearful tale like these of the last two days gets into the papers ? Even then, what are we to do? If the Poor-law Board, with its organisation, cannot pre vent persons from dying of famine, though that is its especial duty, how are we isolated individuals to prevent it? So we sit down helpless ; and there is despair at the East-end for want of help, and despair at the West-end for want of knowing the way to help. The Minister who would bring East and West together would be the greatest statesman of the age. I have tidings this morning of the death of a veteran littgrateur, :P.obert Eyres La n d or . H e was th e b ro th er o f Walter Savage 7',.andor, and a country clergyman, the rector of Birlingliam, near Pershore, Worcestershire. He was the author of "The rountain of Arethusa" and " The Fawn of Sertorins," twos semi-classical works full of original and striking- thou,:dits. He had th e hi g h es t admiration for th e t a l en t s o f Ws greater brother, and some time ago I had a letter from him in which that admiration and the humble opinion lie enter tainediof himself were touchingly manifested. His brother admired him no less, though in a different way. Walter, who had small regard for priests, Protestant or Roman, wrote a charming poem in his " Last Fruit off an Old Tree," describing his brother as a model country parson, who gave away all the income of his benefice to the poor. Robert Landor was 87 at his death, being about nine years younger than Walter. By the way, I see it announced to-day that Mr. Forster's Life of Landor is " nearly ready." Those who know Mr. Forster will hope rather than believe that this announcement is true. There are sundry items of literary news to-day. Father Bowden is writing a life of Father Faber. one of the most illustrious of the " 'verts," and whose hymns are sung everywherg, from the Oratory at Brompton to the Non conformist chapels in all paits of the kingdom. Alf. W. M. Rosetti is engaged on anew edition of Shelley's poems, and will preface it by another addition to the numerous lives of the poet already extant. Mr. Robert Buchanan ELLNBIZAL OF YR. .EANEST JOINTES On Saturday afternoon the mortal remains of Mr. Ernest Jones were consigned to their last resting -place in Ardwick Cemetery, Hyde-road, Manchester, and the occa• sion was taken advantage of by themembers of the Reform League to have a large public demonstration. The work ing classes in particular were exceedingly assiduous to do honour to the memory of the deceased ; and accordingly an opportunity was afforded them to attend the funeral. Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon the public streets of Manchester through which the procession was to pass were so densely thronged that the traffic was stopped for a considerable time. The route of the procession was by way of Wellington-street, Broughton (where the deceased resided), Bury New-road, Strangeways, Victoria-street, Market-street, and London-road to Ardwick Cemetery. Those who were specially invited to attend the funeral met near the house of the deceased, and many of Mr. Jones's near friends were allowed to see him before the coffin-lid was fastened down. The members of the Reform League, musting over 1,200, and deputations from London and nearly all the large towns in the northern and midland counties, assembled in front of the Assize Courts, and afterwards marched in procession to Wellington-street. The following gentlemen were the pall-bearers :—Sir Elkanali Armitage, Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Alderman A. Heywood, Mr. H. M. Stein thal, Mr. F. Taylor, Mr. Elijah Dixon, Mr. H. Rawson, Mr. Edward Hooson (president of the Northern] Branch of the Reform League), Mr. James Crossley, and Mr. Charles Bazley. Mr. Edmond Beales, M,A., delivered a funeral oration over the grave. TEE -RITUALISTS:- Curiosity again on Sunday led many worshippers, or sightseers, to the High Churches of the metropolis. The Times reporters came back with the information that the leading Ritualists had adhered, on the whole, to the mode of celebrating the service which they followed on the pre. vious Sunday. "It is, however," says the leading journal, " their opinion, as a body, that they ought to wait before making any important alterations in their Ritual until they each receive some special instructions on the subject from their diocesan. Mr. Bennett, at Frome, and one or two extreme Ritualists at the East-end of London, no doubt still do and will offer every resistance to the recent judgment being carried into effect, and will keep their candles lighted on the altar until actually ex tinguished by an authority which they admit to be bind. ing on their consciences. Mr. Mackonochie, in the same spirit, will persist in burning seven lamps instead of two candles." At All Saints', Margaret-street, however, some slight concession to the judgment was made. The "High Celebration" followed soon after the close of Morning Prayers, in which the sermon was made to follow the prayez for the Queen. The preacher, who crossed himself devoutly before commencing, at the words "In the name of the Father," &c., took as his subject the persecution of the Chil dren of Israel by Pharaoh, comparing the sufferings of the former with those of the " Catholic Church " from the world at the present time. The sermon was followed by a hymn and one or two prayers, and at the end of " Matins " the priests and a large part of the congregation left the church. After an interval of about ten minutes the former returned, three of them dressed in "vestments," as is the custom here, and acting as priest, deacon, and sub-deacon. Incense was not used, and the candles stood as usual on the altar, but they were not lighted. The Nicene Creed was sung, with the customary prostration or genuflexion at the words " and was made man." The Creed over, Mr. Upton Richards ascended the pulpit and delivered a short address, in the course of which he said that he was grieved and distressed to tell his people that from and after that day he should discontinue the altar lights, and so obey this " most unjust judgment," throughout which no Christian could fail to see that there was an intense desire to do despite to the Church of God. Their consolation, however, was that God was an avenging God, and would not tolerate injus tice for ever, but in His own good time would make the cause of Himself and of truth to triumph. In protesting strongly against this " wicked and unjust law," he would remind them that St. Peter and _St. Paul both exhorted their readers to submission, even to injustice, for the sake of the faith, and that Christ had left us an example of suffering wrongs patiently. During the administration of the Sacrament, which followed, stringed instruments were played as well as the organ, and neither the consecrated bread nor the cup, as far as we could see, was unduly ele vated. At the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster. square, which was one of the first to adopt both lighted altar candles and the vestments, as well as incense, when Ritualism first became prominently before the public, both altar-lights and incense have been abandoned by the incumbent, Mr. Stuart, The mixod chalice was used ; but there was no elevation of the Sacrament in either kind. Dr. Miller, vicar of Greenwich, delivered on Sunday a special sermon on the Privy Council judgment. Taking for his text, "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace," be set forth what those who held "Low " doc trines bad, in his opinion, better do in this crisis. He deemed that be had by his letter to the papers given his brethren the character of lawless men. The question at issue, he declared, was not one of mutilation of the ser. vice, but one of rubrical observance. The judgment pro nounced by Lord Cairns on behalf of the Privy Council said that it was not open to a minister of the Church, or even to their lordships, in advising her Majesty, as the highest ecclesiastical tribunal of appee', to draw a distinction in acts which were a departure from or violation of the rubric, between those which were important and those which appeared to be trivial. There was, then, one standard by which a• minister should act. It was quite certain, however, that in nearly every large parish in the kingdom the Church of the rubric and the Church of usage were widely different. Were there not thousands of churches in England in which there was no daily prayer? Were there not thousands in which the saints' days were unobserved ? Were there not thousands of cases in which the unconsecrated elements were placed upon the Lord's table at a time different to that specifically prescribed ? Were there not many:instances in which communions were irregularly administered to? Was baptism performed as the Church prescribed ? and were the doors of all churches open on the feast of the Epiphany, Ascension Day, and Ash Wednesday? He passed no opinion as to what was right ; he desired only to bring before their notice simply the fact that such was the case —rightly or wrongly. Hymns were unlawful, they were told, at certain portions of the service where they were wont to use them, but the rev. doctor very strongly deprecated any diminution in the amount of singing. Now, daily service, taking that as an instance, would introduce confusion in many churches, and throw extra work on the hands of already over-worked clergymen. What should be done in these cases of difficulty? alis answer was simple and twofold. As ---- were aware, the bishops met in Convocation in a short time, and they could not but deliberate upon what bad occurred, and doubtless a pastoral would be issued by them for the guidance of the clergy. Then there was the further report of the Ritual Commission, which it was hoped might throw some light upon what ought to be done in the future. He should anticipate something would be done to modify and to give more elasticity to the rubrics of the Church, so that that which was unsuited to the present circumstances might be wisely and skilfully adapted to their own time. He was prepared to admit that some of them had made great mistakes from the manner in which they had ignored Convocation. Doubtless, as that body was at present constituted, it was unsatisfactory, but the further he studied the subject the more he was convinced that a reformed convocation, with a due representation of clergy and laity, was that upon which effort should be concentrated. As to his own parish, he had come to the conclusion that for the present it would be better to remain in statuo quo rather than alter anything. By pre cipitate change they could only diversify the difficulties. In fact, the difficulties of *the clergy were now greater than they were before the judgment was delivered. He desired, however, to state publicly his entire readiness to ultimately bow to properly constituted authority ; he knew that his own bishop would treat him and all his clergy as a true father. He anticipated no harshness, no unreasonableness from the Bishop of Rochester. About £B,OOO are required for the relief of the families of the sufferors by the recent colliery accidents in the neighbourhood of Wigan. At a meeting held in that town on Friday it was announced that only about half the amount necessary had been obtained, and steps were resolved, upon with a view of bringing up the total to an adequate sum. Two young men at Stafford have landed them selves in a very awkward predicament. The engine -driver who was mortally wounded by the disaster of Abergele left a widow and family, and for their benefit these two young mcn busied themselves in promoting a grand lot;cry sel, me. They advertised estensively, offered valu able prize, and at, the moment that success appeared to be crowning their efforts the auttorifes camp down upon them, and not only inaist upon their undoing all they have done, but intimat,, that even then the Case will not bo at an end. Thu would-be philanthropists have already incurred liabilities amounting to over &GO. On Friday Mr. Jcs:Th Smith, a member of the Society of Friends, made his appearance in the police-court, Liverpool, and stood for some time covered. One of th. magistrates th sired him to remove his hat, but Mr. Smit% declined to atttend to the request, saying he had worn his hat without interference in the Birmingham police-court. The magistrates directed the officers of the court to remove him if he did not uncover immediately. Tho dispute was ultimately settled by Mr. Smith consenting to allow a pplice man to take off his bat, and by his remaining uncovered .'urine the time he stopped in court. 4 TRADES UNION DISPUTE. A dispute has broken out at the Denaby Main Colliery. near Mexborough, very similar to that which was fought at Staveley some time ago. The proprietors refuse to employ men who are connected with a trade union, and up to a short time ago their colliers complied with this demand. They number about three hundred, and during the last month about one-third of them have joined the South Yorkshire Miners' Association. As soon as the proprietors heard this they gave the union men a month's notice to leave their employment and a week's notice to quit their cottages. Three new non-society men who were taken on were not very cordially received, indeed a number of the old hands refused to work with them. This was on Wednesday last, and on Thursday morning lamps were refused to the unionists, those only being supplied who declared they did not belong to the association. On Friday a meeting of the miners was held, when they were ad dressed by Mr. Pope, the managing proprietor. He with drew the notice previously issued, but expressed his inten tion of posting another, giving a month's notice to all the workmen, both unionists and non-unionists, and at the end of that time only those not belonging to the Miners' Association, and who will sign a declaration that they will not join it, are to be continued in the firm's employ. Those who continue to occupy their cottages after the ex piration of the week's notice are to be charged double rent. The affair looks like one that will not be got over without the display of much bitterness. NEW BAILWAY SCHEMES FOR THE SESSION. Every new session brings its new railway schemes, and this year the number of plans and projects was greater than usual. In 1864 a Parliamentary committee reported that the new railways proposed to be made in London extended over 174 miles, involved the raising of nearly fifty millions sterling, and interfered with a vast amount of property and many public thoroughfares. Parliament, therefore, was very chary of giving its sanc tion, and since then the new schemes have been less 'ormidable in number and extent. This year about twenty miles of new railway are proposed within the metropolitan district, the greater number of the proposed railway bil:s having been withdrawn and these projects liaving fallen through from copies of the bills not being duly lodged. The only schemes remaining are the London and North-Western Omnibus Bill, the London, Chatham, and Dover Company's Bill for station works in Farringdon-street ; the Metropolitan, for enlargement of the Gower-street Station ; the North London, for works near King's Cross ; and the Metro politan District Company, for stations at Westminster and Brompton. There are also four tramway schemes, by which it is proposed to lay 71 main and branch tramways of 106 miles aggregate length. One of these schemes has, however, fallen through, and there only remain the Metropolitan, the Metropolitan Street, and the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich. These three bills propose to give about fifty miles of street tram ways in the metropolitan district, though how many of these plans will receive the Royal assent is as yet doubt ful. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. For no other reason but to establish a submarine tele graph company could a million of money have been found in such an incredibly short space of time as that occupied in the successful formation of the French Atlantic Tele graph Company. The growth of telegraphy in some parts of the Continent in recent years has, owing to greater facilities and a lower tariff, been even more rapid than in England. Here the number of messages has increased annually at the rate of from 15 to 20 per cent. ; in France the difference is greater, for, taking the year 1863 against 1867, there has been an increase of million and a half of messages - nearly double in five years ; in Prussia they have increased 34 per cent. ; and in Austria the traffic over the telegraph lines has been fourfold in six years. This is a very satisfactory state of things, and it has been the wonder of many why the French Government have not before this established a direct line of telegraphy from Europe to America, as surely, if not for political purposes, the extraordinary increase of commercial telegraphic correspondence would guarantee the success of such an undertaking. It was not until the other day that Mr. Reuter laid before the public a concession granted to him and the Baron d'Erlanger by the Imperial Government of France to lay a cable between France and America. The Great Eastern is now off Sheerness, wearing her old rigid, rock-like appearance from the water, and a visitor is apt to form an opinion on approaching the ship that his friends an out—there is nobody on board. Once on the deck and this notion vanishes. Everything before you is business to the letter, which is carried on with clock-like regularity. On deck there are the old hand-forges groaning and hissing, the same machinery and paying gear. There are three huge wrought-iron tanks con structed in her sides, and shored up by stout timber struts which make them almost part and •. - :urcel of the ship ; these are all water-tight, and can be filled and emptied as required. From the centre of each tank rises a cone, and around this the cable has been coiled with great care and exquisite regularity. The line will be in two sections, each section containing three different kinds of cable. The main section is from Brest to the island of St. Pierre. This cable measures 2,325 miles, and the second section will be laid from St. Pierre to Boston, which is a distance of 750 miles. The object of having different kinds of cables is to guard against the least possibility of damage from an uncertain bottom and damage from icebergs. Each section has a shore end, a shoal-water cable, and a main cable. The main cable of the Brest and St. Pierre section is of almost the same construc tion as the 1865.6 cables, only the core, or copper conductor, is larger and weighs more ; it consists of homogeneous wires enveloped in Manilla hemp. All the cables are protected by Mr. Latimer Clark's patent outside covering, the pro perties of which were amply proved the other day in the Persian Gulf cable to resist the action of the sea water. They were manufacturing the cable at the rate of thirty miles a day, so that they can have it completed with ease by contract time—the middle of June. The weight of cable, coal, and provisions on board the big ship at start ing will not be under twenty-eight hundred tons. All the officers employed on the last Atlantic expedition will be with the French cable, and the Great Eastern is to have a convoy from the Imperial Government across the Atlantic. — Daily News. LAW AND POLICE, A BILL AGAINST MR. BRIGHT.—In the Court of Appeal on Saturday, before the Lord Chancellor, the case of Moxon v. Bright was heard. A bill was filed against Messrs. John Bright (now the Right Hon. John Bright, Aix.) and Jacob Bright, and against a Mr. Hall, for an account of the profits made by them respectively by the use of a patent for looms claimed by the plaintiff. Vice-Chancel lor Giffard dismissed the bill, and hence the appeal. The Lord Chancellor said that the plaintiff's remedy, if any, was clearly at law, and the appeal must therefore be dis missed with costs. A POINT OF CRIMINAL LAW.—In the Court of Criminal Appeal the case of William Summers was considered by the justices. He was sentenced at the Middle sex Sessions to five years' penal servitude for injuring a policeman, and it was suggested that the sen tence should have been for seven years, under the statute 27 and 28 Vict., which enacted that the least sentence of penal servitude awarded after a previous conviction should be for seven years. The indictment did not contain any allegation of a previous conviction of felony, and the court held that the sentence was right. THE 1 ONDON IRISH VOLUNTEERS.—A rule has been granted in the Bail Court against the printer and Publisher of the West En-2 News for a libel reflecting on the London Irish Volunteers and their colonel, the Marquis of Donegan. The article objected to professed give an account of the recent funeral of a member of the corps, and denounced the company in the most unmeasured terms. The matter having been brought to the notice of the marquis, he instructed his solicitor to demand a retracts. tion and an apology. A retractation on the part of the writer was inserted, but no apology on the part of the pro. prietors, and, this being deemed insufficient, the rule wa' applied for. PENSION TO MRS. LINCOLN.-111 the Senate, at Washington, a resolution has been offered and referred to the Committee on Pensions, providing that a life pension be granted to Mrs. Lincoln, as widow of the commander. in-chief of the armies of the United States. A Goitrous CEREMONY.— In the year 1794, oil he 3rd of August, Mary Wragg, relict of a City merchant, resident in Beckenham, departed this life, leaving behind her a bequest to the poor of the parish, who were annually to receive bread, fiour, and coals on the 28th of January, on which day also a dinner was to be provided for the vicar, wardens, and tradesmen out of money devised fur that purpose. These benefits were dependent on her coffin, which is deposited in a vault under the church, being yearly dusted on the day in question. Should this interesting operation be omitted on any occasion the bequest passes to the adjoining parish of Bromley. Thurs day being the 28th January, the sexton, in the presence of the vicar, the Rev. F. Chalmers, the wardens, Messrs. Purvis and Coodheart, and a large number of spectators, descended into the vault and dusted the coffin, which is of peculiar construction, the lid n.lt being flat, but ridged like a church roof. It Is made of cedar wood, strongly bolted together. The gifts were then distributed. to the poor, and in the evening the vicar, wardens, and tradesmen diked at the George Hotel. --South London Journal. SPIRIT OP THE - PDBLIC JOTTRITILLS. the • The Times, in disc uss i ng th e re t urn just fssaed by Poor-law Board, observes that nothing is mere iroportanl at the present juncture than that the real facts relating to pauperism should b e genera lly k nown . There is, o example, one serious consideration, which is receiving dot, recognition in other departments of the Governin ent, but is far to o muc h over l oo k e d i n th e case of the Po ol rates. We hear discussions on all hands of the di' • culty of levying the present rates and the impossib ilitl of increasing them, but we hear very little of the practicability of reducing them. We are looking f ot , relief from the w e i g ht o f I m p er i a l t axa tion throng i retrenchment in expenditure ; is there no oPP ° ,.. i rtil i ; for a similar process w ith res p ec t t o l oca l t ax ation? v B r we not make the two en d s mee t by sav i ng money ra the than by raising more ? W e do n o t ven t ure to say that the whole difficulty ca n b e surmoun t e d by this simple pron eBg ,,,! but the return we publi s h e d on S a t ur d a y ren ders it d in ; cult to resist the conclusion that a porti o n of our exPe nd , l• ture on the poor is nowconducted on a most e x tr a vagant se me• In commenting about a m o nth ago u p on a p a p e r read bef ore the Social Science Association, we no ti ce d th a t the chief in crease in pauperism appeared to be in the recipients of out door relief. The present return affords a s t ar tling confol B l B. tion of this surmise. Except on official authority it wo uld have been hardly credibl e th a t i n t wen ty- one metropoli ta n unions, embracing about three-fourths of London, the t otsl sum expended on outdoor relief has increased within the last nine years about 130 per cent. In the year end ing Lady-day, 1859, the e x pen se o f o utdoor r e lief in th ese unions amounted to £llB,OOO ; in th e y ea r e nding LOP day, 1868, it reached the am oun t o f more 0781 : £270,000. The rate of increase, moreover, aPP, ear ; alarmingly accelerated within the l as t th re e years. W in : the seven years between 1859 and 1866 the total bad rise' from £llB,OOO to £154,000, or at the r a te of not much . more than £5,000 a year. But d u ri ng 1867 and 18 68 0 7 increase amounted to £60,000 a year. We may obse n it is not surprising there should have been a sudden crease between 1866 and 1867, though the amount apPe Bll , extravagant. It was the year of the commercial PO O / and of the consequent cessation of w or k in the East ° London. For instance, according to the comPar ati' : return of metropolitan pauperism published last we e- , whereas the number of outdoor paupe r s i n the thi n ' week of January 1866 was 74,384, in the corres pondinf -week of 1867 it was 132,756. B u t th ere was no s uch exceptional cause at work between 1867 and 1868, and t is difficult to attribute the enormous increase in the e :c. penditure to anything but extravagant administration. In fact, the sum total of the figures is beyond any exP!,!: nation. Pauperism in the met ro p o li s h as undoubte dly a increased during the last nine years ; but it is imposs ibi f to believe that the legitimate recipients of outdoor r ell 3 o e have increased at a rate in any degree approaching per cent., which is the rate of increase in the expenditure' The Telegraph refers to the important resolution which n the Ministers h a v e a d o pt e d w ith respec t t o the 161 / 1 , Convocation. Her Majesty's Mini s t ers h ave adopted 8 . important resolution with respect to the Iri s h Convocat i l t That assembly i s l ega lly i nca p a bl e , no t mere l y of mating canons, but even of meeting for the purposes of discuss'?„ without the Royal assent ; and, as we announced 018 4 time ago, an a ppli ca ti on h as b een ma d e for be time requisite permi ss i on t o resume th e l ong '. di sc ontinu ed council of the I r i s h Ch urc h. Th e reques t has n ° ‘ y been declined. The Ministers - having regar d t t: the manifest objects o f th e app li cants, and st the fact that Convocation re p resen t s th e c l e rgy io a inadequately, and the laity n o t a t a ll-h ave cletermil that the Crown cannot properly be a d v i se d t o co nvene tot nearly obsolete body. If it fairly re fl ec t e d th e opinion s ° the Protestant Episcopalian s -if th e C onvoc ation w ere desired for the purposes of legitimate d e bate-there 5 8 a , be no doubt that the present Gov e rnm en t would rea dily afford the required facilities. Mr. Gl a d s tone and h e l, e colleagues are most assuredly not the men to opPoseframe and full public discussion with reference to their ftlt e7 rt Irish policy ; on the contrary, th e y anx iouslY information and suggestions from those who are P rl cipally interested. A cons id era bl e b o d y among the Irish , clergy and laity see the p ru d ence o f ma ki n g te l l ; but another party, includi ng un h app il y man y n f ' to bishops and dignitaries of the Church, will not listen any overtures of peace, and are resolved to fight out thell; quarrel to the bitter end. Wh a t benefit can P° B3lo 0 . accrue from frequent re p e titi ons o f th e cry o f N o 5 render ?" Possibly th e a ttit u d e o f s t u bb orn resist 8 „ce 0 may have had some effect before the recent appeal to 0. nation ; but that app ea l was di s ti nc tly ma de and A s tinctly answered ; and it is now too late to insist on status quo ante. The party who make sn ell ,„ a l demand rival the Bourb o n s i n th e i r celehr ap inability to learn or to forget: B u t, fortunateii for the future of th e I r i s h Ch urc h, th ere is ani c ' t i O 3 : 0 more rational party among her friends, wh cf , j o s that the time for negotiation with the Governulen" „ l a arrived. Their policy may, perhaps, app ear w eak ; if injudicious to those who look on politics as a game a cb e to in which each player seeks merely victory, studiously conceals his intentions. But the future s ti l l) , of the Irish Church involves far more serious consich,t, tions. Iler true friends are not those who seek to ret° ,t an obviously untenable position, but those who aC C i L ree accomplished facts and earnestly consider bow a• tt a Church can be most efficiently organised. Of that be o and there'°to spirit there have recently been many satisfactory 51 2er s toms, and it is clear that the more thoughtful defers ' of the Establishment recognise the necessity of conf er° and concession. 0 ar e In alluding to the disclosures recently made at the e - ci p City trial, the M orn i ng H erald remarks on Mr. Edn rBt of proceedings, and says that the fortunes and reputationo Mr. Edwards's employers were alike sacrificed, while, as h 6 himself conf esse d , h e was pay i ng a year ' s sa l a ry °d managing partner by whom he had been introduced' e d. during wh ose b r i e f re i gn all these losses were incurs ,- a s Mr. Edw ar d s , th ere f ore, stan d s b efore the wor ld as s ;W, who, paid on a scale of princely liberality by-on e f a in was not above accepting thousands of pounds 0 3 6 the other ; who, while professedly watching o ver interests of the firm, was receivi ng presents from worith whose proceedings he ought to have scrutinised ~j eg peculiar jealou s y. At th e same ti me h e was subsid i rot l the mana g i ng p ar t ner, f rom purely large -11 : 11 had beneficenc e . B u t am id a ll t h a t h as h appen ed be and suffered nothi ng . Th e sa l ar y w hi c h h e h a d earne'ol was to have earned by such services as we have de ecc o oa was credited to him in the books of the firm, an d tia til it an exceptionally Egli rate of interest was Paid' led' the company was form e d an d a ff a i rs were °verb ° 0 0 Then, wise in his generation, he withdreW a le o £20,000 to which he had b e e n d ec l are d en titled, ne d, his good deeds towards Overend and Gurney unPn blis or ch' until a recital of them was extorted from him by a 6 : 00 0 ing examination b e f ore th e L or d M ayor an d Sir r i ll e t he Gabriel. Well might Mr. Serj ean t B a llantine 1 . 1 % /01 language he employed, and w e ll a l so would it P i t on' society if the real authors of these m u ltitudinous e l .; 0 0 ties could be made a nswera bl e f or th e wro ngs th e "dite tr inflicted alike up o n th e m e mb ers o f th e o ld firm, th e ~blio• tors of the limited comp an y, an d u p on th e general P" r i The Star is glad to find the advocates of the In uiti a c o l tl° reformers of the metropolis assuming a firm detn e t e the No doubt there will be jealousies to surmount be i fn' n jo o ' municipal system can be fairly carried out in -11- I,are The Vestry mind will stoutly resist the approac hing nmaiol! The Board of Works will be hostile. p The Corpq - n dh, of London, too, may be expected to exhibit an unfrl e n tlie; feeling owards the proposal to establish ;poll municipalities which may trench upon the Incf,,Thic i t . 71 of efficiency which that Co r p ora ti on , b ecause it is a -108. pality, has hitherto enjoyed in l oca l a d m i ns tration• pet , all these obstacles may be got over with a litt le 0 1 1;4 because. however much any local or central bodY, I V disposed to resist on minor grounds the muntelleif the scheme, no one can deny the greatness and goodnes s , Ol t design. The policy of the promoters of the proiec; a 3o l , therefore be to secure pr om i nence f or w h a t all vati s % ol' ° () to he good, and to depre ss i n t o o b scur it y those point s cl o t which differences are lik e ly t o ar i se. A n d the only s v '''ileo this is to carry on the work with a marked conciliatoryb for all parties, interests, and even prejudices white „ c lic ) ; come, orthreaten to come, into collision with the 11 eVoci_ 0 upon which we may hope to see the government of A thefo remodelled. Let every one who is tempted to regar.% ol„ projects with a jealous eye reflect how much bette r be to secure any minor interests which are at stake, ranging terms with th e p romo t ers o f th e sc heme % a ll, 'i t Government which has shown itself so friendly' veto, for the sake of these minor interests, a cbang e pliodf must be fraught with so much good, even to tho se gra ss special interests or amour p ro p re it may for the T v ' disconcert. 98 0 de The Daily News declares that the British JO, ?ter tow,: • scanty justice from the public opi n i on of gre a : 4 l but it is a p u bli c di sa d van t age th a t the farm class have not taken a larger part i n o t b p, affairs. affairs. Hitherto, however, their chief W ri , r eso l° g t been that of some means of organised e xi t Ol and that want seems to have been at 4oe' ar e effectually supplied. The Charnbers of Agrien•,, c e- -- ,,lia fewer than seventy of which are in active existence already exerting a most important influence ounce opinion. They are bringing the fresh opint°ll t 3° o ployers of rural labour to bear upon the gre a br ia e pt problems of the age ; and they are luteiticp out the strength and vigour of that ,a ai bef element in public life. But one thing: , t e ot hope for from the Chambers of Agriculture S' cerin‘el / will conquer representative and responsible g 4 ,9 for the counties. Mr. Adam! said that the 1) 05 " o f 16 0' by the Chambers had changed the prospec,t s _ f lation on questions of local taxation. " Instea!i; culturists being a quiescent body, content wl tl . o nt, interchange of feeling between landlord and te.' s eve e ro were now claiming over th e wh o le country li fari,r,ot.• centres to take part in legislation." But wha t ti ' ‘ 't want is not merely to t a k e p ar t i n legislatio!ir`Lespecald minster, but in the loc a l l eg i s l a ti o n in the" r icer , e 9 counties. They have th e i r l oca l lib er ties to colat they are buckling to the fight. N° W „ ill have begun to disc uss na ti ona l question' tat° - it t 4 Chambers of Agriculture,'and to exert an imPor sa bln o tt enco over their settlement, they will not 10 for the have their local qnestions discussed and settledr to s oli They have stood long enough in stall' pult a ,laut landlords •, and the Liberal opinion of IDaY I n tA~ welcome them and help them in any effort they-0.4507C to assert their manhood, and to talc() t4F4:1 9 -" r4qlt iAtt? their Wll /1414 e LI th (t iE