The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-23 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattsrton. Doors open at half-past 5, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THIS EVENING at 7, the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. Followed by. at 7.45, MACBETH: Mr. Dillon ; Messrs. liyder, H. Sinclair, J. Rouse, Barrett, M`lntyrc, &c.; Mrs. Howard Paul, Miss Poole, Miss M. O'Beirne. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BEDA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jam, and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stlev, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Bill, &c. Concluding with THE FRICHITF - Cf, HAIR. essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, Scott, Gwynn, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. kt 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (flue years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice: Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OYA L STRAND THEATRE. k: Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs r..7lLrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bohn and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD 01" ThL CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James. and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude 'nth HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most varied Entertainment in the metropolis.—THlS EVENING, Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin, 1 edjid, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the incomparable Scenes in the Ar Ana, including Eng,and's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, Mr. A, Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, A malls, Schwartz, and Krembser, "The trick horses arc magnificent animals, every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "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 Ralf-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.10, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GEOR GE'S HALL. Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. 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A SPECIAL TRAIN for St. Albans will leave Easton Station on both days of the Races at 11.10 n.m., arriving at St. Albans at 11.50 a.m. r returning from St. Albans at 5.40 P.m., arriving at Euston at 6.3 i p.m., calling at Willesd...n Junction both going and returning. Trains in connection will leave Broad-street (City 'Ter minus) for Willesden Junction at 10.40 a.m., calling at Dalston Junction at 10.45 a.m., Highbury, 10.49 a.m., Camden-road, 10.55 a.m., and Kentish-town at 10.58 a.m. Trains will also lea'e Victoria (Pimlico), 10.22 a.m., Battersea, 10.34 a.m., Chelsea, 10.37 a.m., and Kensington at 11.15 a.m., for Willesden Junction. For further particulars see bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, February, 11369. THEATRE-RGYAL DRURY- L A NE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BORROWED PLUMES. Followed by MACBETH. Concluding with BEDA.I THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, RAI-ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., bliss Laws, &c. After which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, Gwynn, &L) Conamencf, at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENiNG, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE AN TOINETTE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dorr.inick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF T : 3ldEe. Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, Q. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, fie. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tins EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. sfarshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Clarke ; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborengh. Turs EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames 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. Tins EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Bromth , H. Irving. S, Fmcrv, Miss Hodson. &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODUERS: Mr Toole. THEATI: F. - P.OYAL, lIOLBORN. Tim EVENING. AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. Mr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby. After which, FETTER Messrs. Cowper, eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Av thur, Bartleman, and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. 'To conclude with LU CRETIA. BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan , EL Neville, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson; Mesdames Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tine EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss 3f. 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 EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Ilarie Wilton. Afterwhich, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carte, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS E,ENINa. at 5, THE ROY AL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and. tho Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GI:AND DUTCH—S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and :iaturdays, at ands all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. is. Box-aloe open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regents-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, ed. r it,o7 4 .1 1 13 ), *-••• • ( eiVit - ‘ 4k- 7.,,t ' • Sillt . LONDON, Z UESDAY, FEB. 23, 1869. The public looks with interest on all that regards the PEABODY gifts, and the statement of the Trustees for the year 1868 will be regarded with interest. It will be remembered that in the year 1866 Mr. PEA BODY desired the trustees to communicate to the pub lic an account of the expenditure of his donation, and this excellent suggestion has been carried out. The original fund of £150,000 has been increased by the rents and interest on unexpended capital to the ex tent of £23,313, making the total at the end of December £173,313 in land, building, and cash in hand. It is satisfactory to find that during the year just ended a fourth range of buildings was erected in Victoria-street, %Vestminster, and this, called Peabody -square, contains 235 rooms, now occupied by 389 individuals. The total population of all the buildings that have been completed by the trustees is 1,931. These are working men's fami lies, of whom a long list is subjoined. The highest figure belongs to labourers, who number 132. The average wages earned by these men are under 21s. a week, so that we arrive at the satisfactory conclu sion that the class of operatives most de serving of support really come under the work ing of this munificent donation, and derive benefits therefrom. One paragraph in this state ment is well worthy of attention, as it disposes of a serious objection that has been made to these buildings in some quarters. It is distinctly said that no restriction is imposed by the trustees on the entire freedom of action of any tenant, so far as consistent with the comfort and convenience of all, and that all have uninterrupted ingress and egress at all hours, and a re , i n fact, as i• full y masters of their houses as if dwelling in any other building in the adjacent streets." This is i m p ortant to dwell upon, because excuses have been made to the effect that these buildings would never become popular on account of the vexatious inter ference that prevailed, and the supervision which destroyed the privacy of domestic life. A most re assuring remark is that which informs us of the sani tary condition of these buildings. They are entirely free from those complaints incident to low and crowded localities. Good ventilation and cleanliness are the characteristics of the dwellings, and the good supply of water and enclosed playground for the children have already pranced the best effects in The trustees are not idle young and old. in their vocation, and we find that they have poszesFed t h emsel yes of two other sites at Chelsea and Bloomsbury, and are devi_ing plans for the erection of buildings thereon. Mr. PEABODY'S gifts have been increased of late to such an extent that the Trustees are enabled to carry out the benevolent intentions of the donor to the best advantage on a more extended scale. It is vexatious to notice, in conclusion, the Trustees complain of the large outgoings demanded for local and parochial taxes, amounting to £744 per annum, a " charge which, they regret to say, is still increasing, and which injuriously I THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAI EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1E69. interferes with their means of usefulness." Alto gether we may believe that affairs are flourishing with this excellent trust, and that it bids fair to fulfil all the expectations of its most sanguine supporters. It is a work which deserves to prosper, and the generous and high-minded donor may rejoice to think that when all who now minister to the bestowal of its funds have passed away from the scene, the spirit which actuates it may live and prosper, and that gene rations still to come, in appreciating its beneficial effects and gracious influence, will rise up and call him blessed. Among the various schemes for economising the public money now suggested to the Government, we must hope they will not overlook the advantage of saving by prevention as well as by cure. It is very easy and tempting, by the stroke of a pen, to re duce the estimates by tens of thousands, but it oc casionally happens that a timely outlay in the right direction will save, eventually, not tens, but hun dreds of thousands. We have an instance of this kind brought before us by the discussion now pend ing respecting the use of hill stations for the British troops in India. The extraordinary mortality which at one time prevailed among our troops in India has been reduced by a due observance of the laws of health to an average below that of European cities. Nevertheless, so long as there remains anything more to be done wo should not relax our efforts. Drainage and water supply, ventilation and cleanli ness, temperance and sobriety, proper regulations as to clothing and exercise, all have no doubt played an important part in effecting the improvement already accomplished. But we must always remem ber that when every sanitary regulation has been tried, we have to deal with a Latinate wnicn is in many instances naturally unfavourable to English constitutions, and that when we can diminish its effects by a judicious system of removal and ex change without injury to the public service, it is manifestly our duty to do so. Experience has abundantly proved that when the regiments are periodically stationed on the hills the health of the men is greatly improved. Not only is the actual mortality of the troops diminished, but they are preserved in a state of vigour and efficiency which is highly advantageous to the ser vice. It is useless to reckon the numerical strength of an army en paper, when perhaps a third of its men are enfeebled by sickness. Dr. BEATSON, Inspector- General, late principal medical officer of the Anglo- Indian force, has published a reply to some attacks which have been made on the system of hill stations. Dr. BEATSON speaks on the subject with authority and decision, as his long official experience entitles him to do. He tells us that in parts of the Himalayas the climate is not inferior to that of the Malvern Hills, In India there must always, it is admitted, be a re serve force, and the Doctor very pertinently asks why those who are not actually wanted to hold the stragetic posts, should not be available for resi dence in the hills in ordinary times an d circumstances ? Some persona have urged that it is of importance to keep the British troops always in view of the natives. But Dr BEATSON asks which is most likely to impress a dis affected native population with awe, the sight of a splendid and efficient brigade of British soldiers coming down from the hills fur a winter camp of exercise, or the sad and mournful spectacle of a cho lera stricken corps, moving feebly along in the heat and rain from place to place, in its endeavours to escape from pestilence and death I The avoidance of the cholera is one of the great objects aimed at by the use of hill stations. Dr. BEATSON plainly connects the cholera outbreak of 1867 with the large number of men constantly located in the plains. As each well-trained soldier costs the Government a good sum to replace, the most rigid economists should sanction the outlay for the increase of hill sta tions even on the low ground of prudential con siderations. The public at large, however, will look on the question from a higher point of view, and will readily acknowledge that we are bound to do the best we possibly can for our soldiers as for our sailors. They may, indeed; be called upon to sacrifice their lives for their country, but we have no right to demand from them needless and tedioua sacrifices ; the slow sapping of the health and spirits, the prema ture old age, the broken constitution. Yet the opposition to the hill system is very strong, and there are not wanting those who, living themselves in a genial and temperate climate, are very ready to con demn our soldiers to bear the heat and glare of Indian summers unrelieved by an occasional visit to the healthy slopes of the Ilitnalayas. HEADED by one of the ablest journals in Europe, the Liberal party in Belgium has commenced a determined agitation on behalf of representative reform. It does not appear that the Belgians have any special grievance to redress by an extended suffrage. On the contrary, the State is one of the best governed in Europe, and is second in prosperity to none. But the inhabitants who like to set the example in progress to their powerful neighbours are sorely chafed to find that in this respect they are behind almost every other State. The great constitutional changes which have affected almost every other nation have left Belgium untouched. It is remarkable that this active little country had the most liberal representative system in Europe in 1830, but such have been the changes since that it is now almost last. It has but one elector to every 48 inhabitants, whereas England, even before the Reform of 1832, had 1 in 22 or 23, and the proportion is now about lin 9. The suffrage in Belgium is granted to all citizens of 25 years of age who pay a small amount of direct taxes. The advocates of reform do not demand universal suffrage ; the Belgians in no wise admire French institutions, and the cry for universal suffrage finds no partisans. But they argue that between the 1,500,000 who are capable of exercising the franchise, and the 104,000 who actually possess it, there is abundant scope for every kind of medium Reform. It is urged that so small a body of electors is likely to act rather on behalf of its own interests than with a view to the general good. In reply to the argument that Belgium does not need change, the Reformers point to England, where national prosperity was not deemed a plea for withholding a sweeping change. Their party seems on the increase. Belgium is not a very• large country, but this movement is important as affecting not merely the destinies of five millions of people, but indirectly the political position of an industrious and prosperous nation. The independence of Belgium is of the highest moment to the peace of Europe, and so far as free institutions strengthen the desire of independence, this change in the Belgian constitution may contribute to the desired end. But the agitation on behalf of repre sentative reform is most important, not because it will have much influence for good or for evil on the history of Belgium, but because it is another act in the mighty but silent revolution now being accom plished in Europe. The great changes of contem porary history are too liable to be overlooked ; in our contemplation of isolated events we are apt to forget their collective result. Yet there can be no doubt that at the present time Europe is in our generation making greater progress than in any previous two or three centuries. The frantic efforts on behalf of freedom which began with the meeting of the States-General, and ended in the foundation of the Second Empire, are pro ducing an ultimate effect very different to what was expected. The struggle of ie first half of the cen tury has ended neither in dipotism nor democracy. Political passion has calmd down, violence has been found abortive, art the nations have settled down to a am redress of their grievances by legislative means. A general and earnest movement i: favour of repre sentative government and jut constitutional liberty has set in all over Europe, aid everywhere it is pro ducing beneficial consequence. It may be that this great change errs, in the opidon of some, on the side of excess ; certain it is that zr no case do the conse quences of this excess appea baneful. In England, where reform of every - lind is tardy, the work has required the longest ime. It has required forty years to change a strictly aristocratic Government into a x?,ry popular regime. The condition of Spain has already improved greatly since the fall cf ISAEBLLA. Nor is there any just reason why tie blessings of free insti tutions and good governmenthould not be still further extended in the Peninsula. If the attempt break down, it will not be becaue the play is bad, but because the actors are incapable. In Italy much the same thing has taken place The whole of Italy, except the Papal States, is governed by a King and a responsible Ministry, with two Houses of Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies being elected by all citizens who ray £1 12s. intaxes. This constitution looks well enough onpaper, but its practical working is by n) means all that could be desired. Greece has a constitution which is but four years old. With universal suffrage, elec toral districts, and one legislative chamber, the Hellenic Kingdom is the most democratic in Europe. Servia and R ouman:a have each Constitutions. Of these it is sufficient to say that Servia is the best governed of the Eastern States, and promises tole rably well, whilst both Roumania and Greece are very harpy ruled. and at present hold out no promise fit all. Russia has not escaped the reroe . but has acted up to her lights in abolishing serfdom. Relatively this is 4 more difficult and more important step in the direction of liberty than any that the present generation has witnessed in Europe. But the most perfect example of change from despotism to freedom is to be found in Austria. The great internal struggle which commenced imme diately after the war of 1866, and is yet going on, has, so far, resulted in three reforms of the highest moment. Instead of the Government being centred wholly in the German element of the population, each people is rapidly acquiring a share proportioned to its impor tance. Hungary is represented by its Diet, and all the rest of the empire by the Reichsrath ; but so equal is the division that Bohemia and Galicia, which call so loudly for separate Constitutions, like that of Hungary, return nearly one-half of the Reichsrath. Representative government in Austria is now three fold. The provincial Diets, which are elected by the different classes separately, make laws concerning local administration ; the provincial Diets elect the Reichsrath, which has influence on:the laws and finance of the whole of Austria, except Hungary ; and the Reichsrath sends a delegation to conferwith a similar delegation from the Hungarian Diet in matters affecting the whole empire. The united power of all these assemblies is Very great. In matters of finance it is all but absolute. Some argue that the com plexity of such a system must end in renewed difficulties; but it appears to be overlooked that the excellent system of local government, which has resulted from these conflicts of diverse nationalities is itself a guarantee of safety. The tour of Europe is nearly complete. Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, all possess Constitutions which, recently modified, are now tolerably liberal. In none of these countries is the franchise very low, and in Denmark and Norway the system of indirect election prevails, that is, the people choose deputies, and these deputies select the national representatives. Hence the lower orders of the countries do not possess much political power; but all three States are in the main well and economically governed, and it does not appear that there exist any grievances which call for a change of constitution as a remedy. The northern peoples who have already tinkered at their systems of government more than once during the century, will do wisely not to change ( for the sake of change. It is to be regretted that in the two most powerful States on the Continent liberal institutions are most ignored. In Prussia, not only does the system of indirect election prevail, but even the indirect electors are divided into three classes, so that each class pays one-third of the direct taxes levied on the whole. The representatives -chosen by these three classes elect the Chamber of Deputies. The national representation is, there ' fore, almost wholly in the hands of the upper grades ; and, more than this, the royal prerogative is so great as to be little short of absolute. Government in Prussia is decidedly paternal. Public opinion is, however, being directed to the question of Reform, and it is highly probable that b e f ore long the agita tion on this subject will become serious. Many symptoms attest that the Prussians are becoming impatient of leading-strings, and are looking with envy at Austria, so rapidly rising from her ashes and outstripping— her victorious neighbour in the peaceful race. France is lowest in the scale of constitutional progress. The Government is the most absolute in Europe, except in Russia and Turkey. The EMPEROR rules by an irresponsible MiniatrY ) which he changes at dis cretion ; commands the army and na v y ; makes peace, war, and treaties ; nominates to all offices, and has the sole initiative in legislation. The Corps Lt gislatif is elected by universal suffrage, " managed " by the State functionaries, and even under this system has few privileges. The Senate is merely a S nominee s . B e t ween suc h a body of the EMPEROR' regime and anything approaching a free Constitution which th e F renc h are littl e there is a great gulf, likely to cross under thepresent rule. The new press law and the law on public m ee ti ngs h ave g i ven r i se to a conflict between the Impe r i a li s t s an d Lib era l s o f a more serious character than any since the founding of the Second Empire. The demand for change is louder now than at any time since the coup tretat, is as easy to underrate as it is to overrate the value of such symptoms. So is it easy to depreciate, the effect of any or all the constitutional reforms which have taken place throughout Europe, easy to select States, from Greece upwards, where a liberal House of Representatives does not ensure social order or national prosperity. These effects must be estimated by comparison. Even the rule in Roumania is preferable to domination of Turkish pachas, and yet Roumania presents constitutional government in its most imperfect form. In every other quarter of Europe the gradual improvement wrought by free institutions in conjunction with the spread of social reform is incontestable. Much more may yet be expected, for whilst not one European Constitution dates from the last cen- tury, the vast majority have been radically altered within the last te n y ear s. Is it too much to hope that the revolution which has been so sudden, yet so peaceful and complete, m ay produce greater things ? Is it optimism to believe that the terrible baptism of blood has not been for nought, and that liberty may yet be recompensed for the crimes that have been done in her name ? THE HOME CATTLE DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this association was held yesterday, at which resolutions wero passed expressing surprise and alarm that the regulations enforced by the Privy Council in order to prevent the reintroduction of sheep-pox into this country have been rescinded. The resolutions ex press a desire that the regulations should bo again en forced. CONFIRMATION OF THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.— The ceremony of confirming the election of the R 317. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth to the Bishopric of Lincoln, vacant by the preferment of the Right Rev. Dr. John Jackson to the Bishopric of London, tooK place yester day morning, in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial Office from the Governors of the Australian Colo nies, New Zealand, Labuan, the Straits settlement; and Heligoland. Despatches were sent to the Governor Ge neral of Canada, and to the Governor of Britieh Columbia. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, February 22. The great City of Paris debate began to-day. The Corps L6gislatif, however, did not present the scene tint was expected at the opening, for it was known that M. Thiers was not going to speak until Tuesday. Never theless there was a fair gathering both of deputies and spectators, Rangab4, who has not yet ceased to be the lion of a capital which never keeps a lion long, being amongst the latter. M. Garuier-Pags opened the cam- paign. The heading " Election Intelligence," which must have become so drearily familiar to your readers last autumn, is now becoming a stock heading in the journals here. The campaign is rapidly opening. I shall not, however, trouble you with any details of individual candidatures which can have little interest in England. Amongst the most noteworthy items is the certainty that M. Pinard is going to contest a seat as an independent candijate. He has fixed upon Cambray as the constituency of his choice. M. Jules Favre has selected the third circumscription of Gers. The press laws have been very quiet during the last few days, but if they have ceased to be exercised openly their effects are known in secret. lam told that several journalists who were sentenced to imprisonment at the recent trials, and are now undergoing their sentence, are treated most rigorously. Ordinarily, it is the rule to make imprisonment for such an offence as a breach of the press law a very mild punishment. The prisoner can have any luxury he chooses to pay for, and is allowed many other privileges. But some, at least, of M. Pinard's victims are suffering the treatment which is usually awarded only to the forger or the thief. Perhaps the reason why the press prosecutions have fallen out of notice lately is that the public meetings are sharing with them the weight of Imperial odium. A meeting at Montparnasse was broken up the other day, and another at Belleville narrowly escaped the same fate. The disturbance here had a curious origin. One of those present wished to read the Minister of the Interior's letter concerning public meetings, but the Commissioner of Police would not allow it. He alleged that such a proceeding would come within the range of politics ; that Minister's letter on a law which forbids political discussion would itself be political. The audience did not see the force of this logic, and raised an uproar but ultimately the meeting went on. Count Walewski gives an interesting account of the hos pitable reception he met with at Athens. The King seemed to trouble himself very little about the political crisis. Dressed in a plain black coat, he received the Count alone in his cabinet, and exhibited no eagerness to learn the contents of the documents which were presented to him. The envoy was invited to dinner, and met only a few intimate friends of the King and Queen. No politics were discussed. After that evening the Count saw but little of his Majesty until the moment of his departure, when King George bade him farewell in an affectionate manner. " I hope," said he, " that the Emperor will be pleased with Greece. You are going to take back ray reply ; do you know what it is ?" " No, sire, but I will learn it from M. Baude." " Tell the Emperor," added the King, " that I have done my best to respond to his sentiments for a pacification. For you, sir, I regret not having seen you oftener; but, as a souvenir, I have given you my Order." Lad news continues to arrive from the missionary stations in the East of Asia. Letters from Japan state that some entire Christian communities have been put to the torture. At one place, bearing the name of Fonsakadjima, in the Goto Islands, 181 Christians—men, women, and children—have been confined in a vast prison, and there subjected to horrible tortures. The Japanese Government is the object of severe condemnation by the Missions Catholiques which gives these details. The Chapel St. Nicholas, in the Faubourg St Ifonor6, has become the most famous religious edifice in Paris. The fame is only temporary, and depends wholly upon a certain preacher who has officiated there. The chapel is by no means a model edifice, but Father Claret, who has preached on the Thursdays of Lent, is a celebrated personage, and his discourses have attracted crowds far too large for the modest, but, Booth to say, miserable chapel in which he has officiated. There is nothing particularly noticeable in Father Claret's appear. ance, though every lineament of his countenance, every item of his garments, are considered available capital by the Paris journals. Queen Isabella's confessor is some. thing below the middle stature, has expressive eyes, and a deeply-wrinkled face, but in no respect a physiognomy which can be called distinctive. His style of preaching, too, is very plain, and the matter of his sermons of the usual exhortative kind. With the exception of the few days during which the Bois de Boulogne was covered with ice, the skaters have had a very bad winter. Almost throughout the tempera. ture has been exceptionally mild. Such vegetables as green peas have been sold at the markets the whole winter, fish has been unusually abundant, flowers such as the lily of the valley, lilac, azalea, rhododendron, and violets are plentiful. But there aro symptoms that all this is coming to an end. The winter is not to be a nonentity after all. THE IFEATHEI? TABLE.-THIS DAL BILIEOEOLCCICAL EETORTS. Extreme Sea Tuesday, F. Feb. 23, E. T. W. 11 to F. D WR. !to o 8 a.m. 12 • 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 30175. 26 34 W.N.W. 1 5 E.S.E. 1 o.f. 3 Yarmouth 3o'lor. ,36 35 N.N.W. 3 7 E.N.E. r.o. o'l4 3 Helder Cuxhaven — _ _ Skudesnses _ Ardrossan 30'1Er. 35 34 S.E. 1 2 F, r.m. 0/3' 1 Greencastle 30'15r. 40 39 W . S . W . 1 3 N.W. moo o'll1 — Holyhead Liverpool n.— Valenti 30'32r. 48 46 N.W. 5 6 N. r.c.0•05 5 Cape Clear — I— Roch e's Pt 33'3or. 40 ,38 Z. 0 5 N. c.b. 1 1'05 1 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30/4r. '37 34 N.N.W. 1 1 N.N.E. o.c. 2 Portsmouth 30Th. 35 32 N. 2 5 N.E. o.c. 0 - 01 2 London 30'16r. 35 33 N.N.W. 4 7 N. r.s.c 0'25 C'peGrisNez 30'09r. 37 35 N.E. 7 7 E.N.E. 5.0. 1 0'07 5 Brest L'Orient 30/or. 41 39 N. 3 5 N. c. 2 Roche fort 3o'l7r. 41 37 N. 7 7 N.E, c. 1 Biarritz Corunna — _ Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) _ 3EXPLA NATION' Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : h.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f. - fog ; l.— lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Pressure has increased considerably, except in the north, where, however, a rise has appeared since midnight. On the N.E. coast a slight decrease occurred yesterday. The least reading is at Nairn, and Is o.3Lin. lower than that at Valencia. Temperature has decreased somewhat, except in the S. of Ireland and W. of France. Winds in these islands have generally backed to the north-westward, and are l westerly winds are r eported on the W. coast of Scot l an d . Rain has and N. to N.E, breezes continue in France. Light south fallen t; in places, and snow in the S.E. The sky is cloudy, with fog and mist on the E. coast. The Fenian prisoners Warren and Costello nave now been liberated. A conference of financial reformers is announced to take place on Wednesday, the 24th inst., at the Charing cross Hotel. The meeting is called by tho Financial Re form Union, and Mr. W. M. Torrens, M.P., is announced as chairman. In reply to the address of the English inhabitants of Alexandria to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Major Teesdale expressed the thanks of their Royal Rignesses, and added: "Her Majesty the Queen will appreciate the ex pressions of loyalty to her person; contained in your address to the Prince of Wales, and his royal highness cannot but anticipate the most agreeable sojourn in this country, whilst enjoying the unbounded hospitality of his Highness the Khedive. The rectory of the island of Valentia becoming Vacant last week by the death of the Rev. E. L. Sandford the Lord-Lieutenant has int"maied that it is not his inten tion to fill up the vacancy pending the measures to come be fore Parliament relative to the lash Church. The Bishop of Limerick has therefore appointed the incumbent of the adjoining parish on the main land to perform the services in Valentia. A fatal accident occurred to one of the " boys at Harrow" a rum days back from incautiously holding a revolver. Taking up the weapon, " which had been surreptitiously obtained, contrary to the rules of the school," and Le:ng told it was loaded in one barrel, ho snapped three bfurels one after the other at his forehead to prove the con trflri. The tourth went off, shooting the boy, and death ensued, although not immediately, as the unfortunate lad survived nearly two days. Ryland's Iron grade Circular contains the follow ing :—" if the information which has reached us from a pri vate source is to be relied on, it has been definitively settled at a Cabinet Council that the Government will throw overboard Mr. Gladstone's proposal for the purchase of the Irish railways by tlia _gtate. There is, however, a dispostion on the part of her Majr.sty's Ministers to look with favour i favc!nr any feasible scheme for consolidating th e .htteregt n the SUNDAY TRADING. The bill brought in by Mr. Thomas Hughes and Lord Claud Hamilton "to amend the law relating to selling and hawking goods on Sunday " has been printed. It is proposed that the bill shall apply to England only, and to towns containing more than 10,000 inhabitants. The bill enacts that articles for medicinal purposes may be sold and delivered all through the day ; meat, fish, poultry, game, or vegetables, before nine o'clock in the morning; milk or cream before 10 a.m., and after 1 p.m. ; pastry, fruit, or any beverage "which may law fully be sold without a license" before 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ; and newspapers before 10 a.m. Eating•houses may be opened before 10 a.m. and after ] p.m. The bill does not apply to the ordinary and lawful business of a baker, licensed victualler, or keeper of any inn, tavern, hotel, public-house, or house licensed for thi Sale of beer or excisable liquors. A fine of not more that. 20s. nor less than ss. will be inflicted on persons break. ing the provisions of the proposed Act, which, if passed will come into operation on the 7th of October next. MURDER IV EAR FROME The vicinity of Frome seems destined to produce periodi cal outrages, and we have to add another to the long list of murders for which the district has unhappily become so notorious. On Saturday morning Mr. Henry Farthing, of flernington (a village some five miles distant from Frome), Sent one of his labourers, named Edward Smith, and a lad, also in his employ, named Frank Taylor, aged 11. to drive two beasts to Cannard's Grave, near Shepton Mallet, about ten miles distant. On their return, at eight ;clock at night, they stopped at Wells, and Smith had a pint of beer at the Talbot Inn. He asked the boy to par take of it, and on his refusing, the man, who was already the worse for drink,became angry, and usedhard language. They then left for home, taking a short cut to Buckland across the fields. It is stated that people living near the entrance to those fields heard cries as of someone being beaten. The next morning (Sunday) a man named Taylor found the body of a boy in a ditch in a lane some dis tance from the path to Buckland. It lay face downwards, a.nd was covered with mud and dirt. Smith, on being questioned, owned that lie had given the boy a cut or two with his stick because he would not keep up, and that he then left him. Being taken into custody, he added that " he was very Eorry, and would not have it happen for C 10." He was conveyed to Frome, where he remains in a very desponding state. At one part of the footpath there were traces apparently of a struggle, and the dead boy's boots exactly correspond with the footprints. The coroner's nquiry has not yet been held. The case of the Sheffield miners on strike, :harped with assaulting and intimidating the non-unionists, : s concluded. Some of the defendants were sentenced to me month's and two months' imprisonment. Notice of tppeal was given. In celebration of the return of Mr. S. Morley as ALP. for Bristol, a great operatives' banquet is to be held in that city on Thursday next, Mr. Mundella, M.P., Mr. Richard, M.P., Sir William Guise, and M. Morley, M.P., being among the speakers. The London correspondent of the Manchester Gain-diem says that tho over zeal of Mr. Revordy Jonnson is looked upon as the cause of the failure of the Alabama treaty. The terms would have been accepted through Mr. Adams. It is certain, however, that the committee recom mend the ratification of the two other conventions, viz., that respecting San Juan, and that regarding naturalisation. Mr. Tohnson's recall is looked upon as one of the earliest conso luences of President Grant's assumption of power. The provincial papers are full of " horrors." llltmost consternation" wo aro told has been created at Cheltenham by an attempted murder by a painter of his lister. "Considerable excitement" has been caused in the Forest of Dean by the murder by a man of his wife—the unfortunate wretch afterwards committed suicide. At arimsby an inquest has leen opened on the body of a woman killed by her husband. Two seamen going to their vessel late at night quarrelled on the road, and one stabbed ;he other, causing his death in ten minutes. Two at least of these occurrences were caused by excessive drinking. A SHORT CUT TO BANKRUPTCY.—Sixpence per pound per week appears to be the very moderate interest :barged by Wrexham money-lenders to poor borrowers on ;hod loans. At least this is the revelation of the Bank !uptey Court. A tradesman borrows twenty pounds, and gays ten shillings aweek interest, or 130 per cent., amount 'ng in the year for the use of twenty pounds to twenty-six 9ounds ! Bankruptcy must be inevitable when trade is thus carried on. We understand that these modern 'ihylocks get their pound of flesh, blood and all, chiefly 'rem the butchers.— Wrexham, Advertiser. DISEASED SHEEP. Deputations have waited von members of the Government, praying that the Privy ;Jouncil order for the compulsory slaughter of imported beep at the water-side may be rescinded. Ou Saturday inother deputation had an interview with the Lord Presi lent of the Council, pressing for the same object. Never theless, positive information has been received by the Home Cattle Defence Association that Friesland and Gro ningen are full of sheep-pox ; and we are expected to submit patiently to a removal of our only safeguard against this dreadful scourge.—Chamber of Agriculture TOllillal Mr. Gladstone is, according to a London corres pondent of the Manchester Guardian, strongly in favour of a modified adoption of the Irish Railway Commission, but the proposal meets with severo opposition from some members of the Government, and has not bcon adopted by the Cabi net. The same authority states that "Mr. Bright is strongly urged to acquiesce in the proposal of Mr. Cave to bring in a bill for the public audit of life assurance accounts ;" and adds that " the measure, if invidiously aimed at a particular class )f companies, would bo certain to provoke considerable op position from men of opposite political parties." Another item of political intelligence is that the Conservatives contemplate making an attack on the Government for appointing Mr. S tansfell a third Lord of the Treasury, for they assert that Parliament alone had the power to make such appointment. Under the heading " Reality of Irish Life," the Dublin Evening _Mail publishes the following letter :- 4 41 met, this morning, in the county of Meath, a gentle man sitting with his double-barreled gun on ono side of a ca r, and two policemen on the oth er s i de. I believe that he is amiable and popular, but has incurred tho anger o f some Ribbonmen. On Sunday morning part of Westmeath bordering on Meath was placarded with a notice to the public upon various topics, and stating that whoever disobeyed their edicts would be shot by the enemies of o ppression. Ono of these was posted upon the gate of a magistrate. Public rewards aro not issued in those cases— the authorities, probably, being unwilling to proclaim the suspense of law and order when the Habeas Corpus Suspen sion Act is about to expire. The bill for extending the operation of the County Courts Admiralty Jurisdiction Act of 1868 has been printed. It is endorsed by Messrs Norwood, Headlam, and Candlish. The measure preserves the same limits as the Act of 1868, £3OO, and provides that within the value of this sum, a County Court which has Admiralty jurisdiction may determine any claims arising out of a contract for the use or hire of a ship, or for the carriage of goods therein, and any claim relating to freight, damage to cargo, or short de livery of it, or any claim whatever of a civil and maritime nature, referring to a ship and its gcods, except insurance. But if the panics can come to an agreement causes affecting greater sums may be deter mined by the County Com t. The 22d section of tile Act of 1868 is repealed. Rules are laid down for the time the maritime lien may remain in force. The Act is tc come into operation on the Ist of September, 1869. Mn. BRIGHT'S TRIBUTE TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. —Perhaps no finer illustration of the President of the Board of Trade when at his best could by possibility be adduced than his magnificent tribute to the late Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, on the 28th of January, 1846 , upon the very morrow of that great statesman's grandest speech, and, as we conceive it to have been, the grandest act of his whole political life, his announcement that the corn laws were to be at last abolished. So magnanimous, so generous, so exquisite in their manly evidences of appreciation, were the words then uttered in regard to that speech by the then member for Man chester, that the Premier's emotion in listening to them was simply irrepressible. As the large-hearted orator spoke, as those burning words passed his lips, " You say the Premier is a traitor," adding immediately, "It would ill - become me to attempt his defence after his speech last night —a speech, I will venture to say, more powerful and more to be admired than any speech that has been de livered within the memory of any man in this House "—as Ile went on to say—" I watched him as be went home last ' night, and for the first time I envied him his feelings. That speech has circulated by scores of thousands throughout the world, and wherever a man is to be found who loves justice, and wherever there is a labou rer you haws trampled und er f oot, that speech will bring joy to the heart of one and hope to the breast of the other "—as these words fell upon the hearing of Sir Robert Peel, as he sat there on the Treasury Bench, still Prime Minister of England, deserted by his party, forsaken by his friends, but beloved and honoured by the great mass of this vast commonwealth, from the Queen on the throne to the humblest cottager and the poorest artisan, the tears started from his eyes, the great Minister's heart was touched, his very conscience, we may say, in a moment of sore tribulation, was com forted. Yes—at his best, Mr. Bright can be more than magnanimous, he can be naagnificent.—Tits Gladstone q.9l , frlititent, by a Templar. -...,. ~...._ ir.,,...° el/DTI ~..,_,--e p z iii ,,,- --- 6,1m110:, HER MAJESTY. - - - OSBORNE, Feb. 2.1. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, Lieut.-Gen. Seymo ur ' and the ladies and gentlemen o f thei r suite, t"; and Divine service at IVhippingham Cbure yesterday. Prince Leopold is progressing most satisfactor il P Dr. Hufmeister is in attendance. LATEST INTELL MENG% (REU - En's TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 23. The Presse of to-day states that the Pc' l ' er4 lately represented at the Paris Conference arc P re; raring a circular note to their dipl oma tic ag ents abroad, detailing the course of the negotiations' their tendency, and purpose. This is to be d° l3 , with the object of laying down a basis for the r e3lv sation of the idea of settling future internatio lw disputes by means of a Conference. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 22 ' In to-day's sitting of the Constituent Co° Senor Castlebar (Republican) delivered a J ° _ ,l l) ( g i speech against the motion that the Cortes pass a vote of thanks to the Provisinn Government and intrust Marshal Serrano with the Executive power and the formation of a 13 e,f i , Cabinet. Senor Martos stro n gly su pp or ted t; motion, and the debate was afterwards adjourn until to-morrow. ... Rumours of disturbances alleged to have t 3 k e4 place at San Fernando and at the arsenal of Car' ram, near Cadiz, are declared to be quite founded. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2 3 ' 1 The Inman Royal Mail steam e r City of C °r from Halifax on the 13th inst., arrived here ° 5.45 a.m. to-day with $5,255 in specie, and hallijva landed mails and passengers she proceeded in ll3l° diately for Liverpool. All well. DRURY LANE THEATRE. The pantomime having been withdraw" , /P o i dramatic company have a ga i n t a k en possessi°llo the stage, and last night the t rage dy o f " Macb eth :of drew a very crowded audience. The great curicsla of the performance was the " doubling" the par ts a i, Lady Macbeth and Hecate by Mrs. Howard pal Without for a moment desiring to depreciate t r , abilities of the lady, we are bound to say the l! e , formance was that which we expected, a curios lv and nothing more. Mrs. Paul has done a g re ro many things well, and it has afforded us ple' su f e to compliment her, but on the present occasion 0 can only say that, although her performanc e . iie t not decidedly bad, it was very far from good. no version of the ambitious wife of the T h b a a l of Glamis was, in many parts, entir e ly hescl, 4o l it requires a greater act ress th an Mrs. ' - ` - ro to recreate the part of Lady M ac b e th. There 3 4 many nice bits about h er p er f ormance , but, lino" ,r whole, it lacks:dignity, subtlety, and e 9 " 3 a ,4 sure. Her rendering of the part of Hecate " a , also peculiar—a very shadowy and sliP eru o f tural kind of dress, an enormous P I . a g gauze wings shooting from her:shoulders, towe ri tho high above her head, and reaching almost t° ground, were its most striking characteristics . too cannot think that even this part of the perfore l3 oo was of first-rate excellence, and with respect W O mucic tho la:l,y might jti t am well attemPt t , e r of Polyphemus. Th a t M rs . P au l i s a very 01%,1 actress, we most willi ng ly a d m i t ; b ut h er 11st 3- 5 0 most ambitious attempt will not tend to ioereber her reputation. Lik e mos t art i stes she hastbia specialities, and w h en em b o d y i ng a par t w i ra ' her reach nothi ng can b e b etter, b ut the atte:it, to attain to the hi g h es t p o i n t o f d ra matic without the preliminary practice, is a The far beyond even her acknowledged ability. 4/y Macbeth of Mr. Phelps is so well known an d h i a g predated th a t we are ca ll e d upon to say n0t,70, more than that it preserved all its old heall' a , and elicited the loudest applause. At the t i ti o mination of the tragedy Mrs. Paul received vr honour of a call, which s he m ost grace fully 01°1° 'edged. The house was crowded in every pare TIIE LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " "fe SlR,—Your articles on " Our maritime marine tot, attracted my attention, especially that of the 22d in o re ,4 wherein you s a y, th a t wherever there is an error tw no t it should be found a willin gn e ss t o i m p ro v e , but lot -s d the fold our hands while property is being sacrificed, an did' national character for maritime efficiency remains at a COMA." 19 91511 There was a time when "our mercantile marina som e thinglooked upon by the country as more 0 0-- ,0 mere vehicle for making money, when Englishnie ll c° oo point to it with pride as the nursery for our searo °ll the source whence they could at all times look for S ty of and support for its defence of the country in the 11°1r need. A suicidal policy has brought about the existing :01 of things, and now the general public take little in in - the matter beyond ther own safety and protection. h We (the public) say—we care little aboutyour ni erc e ' ve shipping acts—we applaud your enterprise, and Wei;.;spot no objection that our lives should bo assessed at 4.- f da ton, if it is for the protection of British comnlerc: lilts far as we are concerned—you may build as Y ci " er in the —insure as you like (for the insurer is but a pa rto ,ea venture) and do as you like—all that we are con_cetlo in is, that if we take your money for wages, orb ' to . ours for passage- money, in both casesyou are lt : If give us save deliverance. We want no new laws, b it ", ° t ° l/ 0 that measures shall bo adopted by which the lave (;" land shall, when necessary, be brought into o peratf °° ‘ 'on Probably th e ti me i s no t ye t r i pe f or the introduce of of a public p rosecu t or i n thi s country,but the It life at sea has beco me so excessiveandal t he life t lia 'itite° time is ripe for a maritime prosecutor— we say a u i toe fie prosecutor, for an Admiralty prosecutor would b e stricted, and the law as propounded and accepted 3t late ~dile) court-martials 1.M.5.( Amazon and H.M.S. C roc e as has shown that in questions of loss of life, the "",(011 well as the army, ought to be amenable to the ci vil 13° instead of which the civil power was a dead letter. , te a We will ask Parliament that such an officer be aPP °II3 OO independent of the Board of Trade and Admiralty' fjoi evidence of the death shall supply the place of the delicte, and that whether th e ca pit a l which the sbiP l o rs sents belongs to shipowners or insurers, in all cas° s e t shall bo one registered proprietor or managing c' erlie r -. tor In Scotland such an officer exists in the Pr o V:'o l3 Fiscal, who carried an indictment to the Court of °° (l --1 110 and when the Merchant Shipping Act was plea d : „Olt assembled judges said, " No, we have nothing to "°,„ the that, for you have rendered yourselves amenable law of the land, and by such you must be tried." 1 8 fo On that occasion the captain was sentenced core months' imprisonment, and the mate to s even t sla t , transportation, the elaborate and written judgmet'cosy ing " that should it be found, on any fu t tire re sion, that life was lost from any device er ° the 0 , 6 1, sorted to .for the purposes of economy, eith boats themselves or the vessels to which they ben to grave criminal responsibility would ari se, as `; e a 1 3 0 the captain, who neglected to use all applian ces io tor , power to keep' hem in proper order—or to the ProP! Ole who should fail to have supplied suffici ent boats '''beoi first instance, or refused proper allowanc e to have ,orS m ain The intelligence and rbspoclability o f our shiP"tvicl would sanction such a course, for it has been via that "Justice is a much more potent life-savieg 3PP tux than even a life-boat". —Yours obediently, ,OS, WILLIA3I STIRLING Lau Loudon, 23d February, 1869. RUE OVER AND KILLED BY A HANSOM a t:;9' On Saturday night, while Joseph Hill, aged 50, W 35 v. by ing, the High-street, Through, he was knocked doWili fa re, Hansom cab which was being driven along the ro, " 1: a1 ously. The wheels of the vehicle passed °ver 1115 3*i' and killed him. The corpse was car ried - to 0113 7 el l „. where it awaits an inquest. The driver of theca u been arrested by the police. wmors, 111 c Bush ties, ht in the I '4l in / the del anothe' restrain Cone Count, New T April, Cent., 244. 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