The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 1° till 5 daily. THIS EVENING at 7. the farce of BORP OWED TLLIIES. Followed by. at 7.45. arACBETII: Mr. Phelps; Messrs 1 , yder, H. Sinclair, J. Rouse, B trrett, M'lntyrc, &c.; Mrs. Howard Paul, Miss Poole, Miss M. O'Beirne. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BF DA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISINS THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Bnckstone. jun., and 'Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Soliern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, to.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, hc. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. v essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., Etc. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, S , :ort, Gwynn, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence s,t Seven THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS FVENING, DID YOU EVEII SEND YrICTR WIFE 7O CA. MBE Ft WELL. Mr. G. del more. Mrs. L. Murray. kt 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. ( Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Viss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining T Fl IS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Ri7„nold : Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore; The Dauphin (fire years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. leesox. New Scenery by Mr, F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. ro conclu , lc with a new Comedietta, entitled A CIIP OF TEA lifdlle. Beatrice. bors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. lA, Sole T.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs r.:ltrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,3n and Maitland. After which; THE FIELD ON' Th. CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most varied Entertainment in the metropolis.—THlS EVENING, Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin, ^ 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 A r ins, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, Mr. A, Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, 1 malia, Schwartz, and Krembser, " Tho trick horses are 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. Doers open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per f )rrcanles Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. aLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. Sol sole Proprietor anal Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMI AS: Messrs. Marshall. 'Warner, David fisher, Andrews. Hu:Aston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne. L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade Ee rend, Hughes, and Steph ens. , ST. GEORGE'S H ALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided nit. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. 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Hill, Scott, Gwynn, Stn Commenco, at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TFIIS EVENING. at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF TFA: Mdlle. Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT. Tuts 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, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tins EVENTNG, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Ithrlstone. J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Perend, Hughes, .A r uold, and Stephens ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Tins EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke • Miss Baton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; It esdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manar, Mr. W. Liston Tuts EVENING, A RACE FOR A H D INNER. After which, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Brotwh . Irving. S. Finery. Miss Hodson , itc With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. * THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tins Ey; !TING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S Mr% IP. Mr. T. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby. After which, FETTER 14;D: Messrs. Cowper. • eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, Partleman. and George Honey; Mesda mes L y di a F oote, T urner, Marlbro, Hods on , and Fanny Josephs. To conclule with LU CRETL9. BORGIA, 11. D.: 11:ss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. TITTIZE-P.OYA 1.. OLYMPIC. TUTS FAT.Nisn, .tt 7 7, , SL SUER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, 7anghan, Vincent, Miss Lennox Grey :tn,l Mrs Canlfiel,l. After which. at 7.4:i. PAPER WINGS : V. 7 4 - ;:tn • IT. Nedlle, F. Atkins, T.T. Van7ll,n. IT. Cooper an,l Prniihson; T,TeAanws rurta‘lo. Seliarey, N. ITarris. t. Henry. ROYALTY Tft EATIIE. Tiu(ter tlt Manageripntof MiSR Oliver. Tll , ll EvENING, ^t 7."0. A LOVINi; CPT. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be iw (IT,MTDE DLIVA.L;• INIr. Dewa r, (Sc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.. E 7 n,lor the 31 - 3n,epment of N• iss Marie Vpilton Tills i.vt Xrva, SCHOOL: 111es,r8. Hare, H. J. Montague AcMison, Glover. and P.anerori , : Mrs. Huctingilarn Whip,. 3.11,4 C. Addison, and Miss varie Wilton. After which, A. WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Groat Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS Er ENING, at 8, THE ROY ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band cf GO. Begin at S. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-r.salv, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on M'ndays, 61; Children under twelve, 64. g ..,. Sllll4 - ' LONDOW, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 180. The opening of an official career is always a mat ter of some interest, and the position of a Governor ' General of India is one of sufficient importance to make the arrival of a ne.v Viceroy in Calcutta an in cident of considerable note. The City of Palaces is so far removed from the modern Babylon, in spite of all the aid afforded by steam and electricity, that a great deal must necessarily be left by the most punctilious of Ministers to the discretion cf the vice regal authority. India is very far from that system of self-government which renders the policy pursued by any individual official a matter of compara tive unimportance. The Governor-General has much in his power, and if we had always been fortunate enough to secure " the right man in the right place" at Calcutta, we should have less reason to lament the errors both of omission and of commission which have marked our Anglo-Indian Administration. One Viceroy has a passion for annexation. Not content with ruling a country whose population five times outnumbers that of a European kingdom, he spends his days of autho rity in enlarging the frontier and establishing the supremacy of British arms. CHARLES THE FIFTH, wearing a double crown, and owning the Spanish Indies, must needs waste half the time and treasure of a long reign upon miserable strife for an addi tional duchy. In the same way, while Ilindostan proper remained devoid of all the comforts of modern civilisation, our supreme Anglo-Indian authority has more than once spent his five years of power in bordtr wars, plots, intrigues, and counterplots. The last Viceroy, indeed, could not be charged with this fault. Possessing many admirable qualifi cations for a ruler, he had the real interests of India too truly at heart to encourage so rash and disastrous a policy. In the last public address which he de livered as Governor-General, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE impressed upon the Englishmen at Calcutta the im portance of avoiding further internecine warfare. So long as the perpetual contentions are kept up, so long must the public wolks of India be neglected, and the educat ion of the peop:e must suffer. We need all our time, our means, and our energiesforsocial and practical reforms, and unless we can secure a few years' unin terrupted quiet for the work we cannot hope to see it progress at all satisfactorily. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, however, though eminent in the Couneil,was not socially successful. He had passed his life in the stern discharge of onerous and difficult duties which had left him little leisure to study the graces of society, or the amenities of a life of ease and pleasure. Naturally simple in his tastes, he carried his dislike of mere display and ostentation to a point which proved unwelcome at Government House. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE was independent of the criticism or the displeasure of the idleis who find in the style of a banquet, or the success of au entertainment, a test of administrative capacity, and his reputation was too firmly established, alike in India and in Europe, for the murmurers to raise their voices. It was no sccret, however, in Calcutta, that his popularity as Viceroy was not so great as it might have been, bad he known how to combine the amenities of the State reception with the sagacity of the Council Chamber. It is fortunate that, in this resi.ect at least, Lord MAYO has begun his carver more auspiciou-ly. lle has resumed the old style at Government House, whiA the last three Governors, from one cause or another, had altogether abandoned. Lord CANNING was constitutionally reserved in manner, but, bad he been otherwise, the years of his viceroyalty were darkened by too terrible a shadow to permit of free social intercourse. Lord ELGIN was accused of carrying to excess his objections to unofficial dis cussion of the topics of the day, while Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, as we have seen, was too deeply engrossed with state affairs to pay much heed to the social re- quirements of Anglo-Indi a ns. Lord MAYO, how ever, having ve r y recent l y fill e d a post whose chief duty is to maintain the pomp and routine of a little court, know s b e tt er w h at i s expecte d f ro m Viceregal hospitality. He bas entf red upon the least inviting part of his duties with spirit and promptitude, and so far at least has made a favourable impression on the An g l o -I n di ans. Hi s po liti ca l promises have been discreetly worded, though we are glad to find that he has spoken out very plainly with regard to education, and has pledged himself to extend it. He has promised, too, to devote his attention to the improvement of telegraphic com munication with England —a pressing need of Indian trade and commerce. In speaking of the relat i ons between capital and labour, he has declared his belief that in India national safety and advancement de pend mainly on agricultural prosperity. If Lord MAYO can succeed in reconciling the conflicting in terests of the owner, the occupier, and the labourer, and withal induce them to combine to develope the resources of the soil, and thus consult the real interests of the country, he will indeed be fortunate. So far as the present year is concerned, the Governor-General starts with the ad vantage of a surplus ; but, thanks to the famine and the opium, it is not likely that next year's experience will be equally agreeable. India, however, can very well afford to raise a loan on reasonable terms' thanks to her improved credit; and it is very certain that whatever money is laid out on railroads and irri gation schemes will speedily repay itself with inte rest, by supplying the two great needs of the coun try—an equal and efficient water supply, and a I thorough system of communication. TEE case of MORRISON v. SHEPHERD, reported in part another column, should be studied all Pe in the ra°ns who are accustomed to take an a c ti ve management of political contests. As our readers are aware, the last contested election at Plymouth had special features of interest which, fortunately, were not prominent in other elections. Mr. STUART LANE offered himself as a candidate in opposition to Mr. AIORRISON, one of the sitting members. Very shortly after Mr. LANE had corneforwarci, he made an affidavit of poverty in order to escape the payment of calls on shares in a company which he had got up, for which he had received a large sum of money, which shortly afterwards failed, and which its shareholders now declara to have been rotten from the first. Mr. LANE's affairs have since then been prominently before the public. Ile has had to stand no fewer than three prosecutioi s. The first was compromised under circumstances which excited the strong sus picion of the LORD MAron, a warm political partizan of the same opinions as Mr. LANE. On the second Mr. LANE stands committed for trial at the Old Bailey; the i hird is still being argued before the LORD MAYOR, and will in all probability be also sent to the Central Criminal Court. That Mr. LANE should have offered himself as a candidate under such circumstances is nothin ,, less than astonishing. Men wh o h ave become involved in transactions of a questionable character, however innocently, do not usually become more prominent than is possible. Mr. LarTE, whose inn9cence has yet to be established, seems to have been actuated by the conviction that there is nothing like boldness, and that if he could succeed in appending the letters M.P. to his name he would rehabilitate his commercial reputa tion, silence detractors, and stave off prosecutions. The project, audacious though it was, did not succeed. Ruined shareholders naturally became indignant when they found the man who had just pleaded poverty to escape a legal and moral obliga tion, " cutting a dash " at Plymouth, and spending thousands of pounds on a protracted election contest —money which they considered theirs by right. Mr. LANE met with an unfavourable reception from independent politicians. His antecedents were canvassed, his transactions detailed, and he was strongly advised as a duty to his party to retire from a battle that must be hopeless with him for a general. Unfortunately, Mr. LANE, or his friends, or both, lost temper, and in an evil moment he or they pub lished a placard accusing Mr. MORRISON of being connected with and responsible for a company which was in plain terms a swindle. It so happened that Mr. MORRISON was not connected with the company at all, and, therefore, had it even borne the closest likeness to the Merchants' Company, there would have been nothing to lay to his charge. As a matter of fact, the company in question was not only solvent, but is still highly prosperous. The accusation, therefore, was doubly false. That it was so seems to have been well understood by the author, for ib was published not only anonymously, but without the name of the printer, in direct defiance of the law. Mr. MORRISON took the right course in this matter. Having, with pardonable warmth, disclaimed charges made against him, having retaliated upon his oppo nent in a manner that made him wince, and would have been actionable if there had not been truth in his statement, the member for Plymouth de termined to try the matter before a court of law. Unable to discover, with certainty, the author of the libel, he had to bring an action against the printer, a person without means, but provided with counsel by the real culprit. The printer had rendered himself doubly liable to proceedings—liable for the publication of a placard without appending his name, liable for the publication of a gross libel. Mr. MORRISON'S counsel, unnecessarily as we think, dwelt upon the duty of clearing his client's character. That everybody who was acquainted with the matter knew well, had not sus tained any real damage. However satisfactory it may be to have the strong testimony of the judge and the confession of the defendant that the charges were grossly and scandalously libellous, no such testimony or confession was needed. The real though indirect value of the action MonnisoN v. SHEPHERD, is that it will be a wholesome warning to those who indulge in anonymous election " squibs." A great deal of license is permitted at elections ; and it is, therefore, the more important that checks should be imposed to prevent the abuse of that license. If libels are to be the order of the day, there must be some means of fixing responsibility upon the libeller. The member for Plymouth deserves public thanks for helping to preserve a most necessary public safeguard. THE PRESIDENT OF TILE BOARD OF TRADE ON CAPITAL PUALSHMENT, The Right non. John Bright, writing by date January 8, 1869, thus (according to some New York newsp •pers) ex presses to a correspondent in Chicago, his opinion on capital punishment—" I do not think the punishment of death is necessary to the security and well-beirg of society; and I believe its total abolition would not tend to increase those crimes, which it is now supposed by many to prevent. The security and well-bring of society do not depend on the severity of punishments. Barbarism in the law promotes barbarism among those subject to the law ; and acts of cruelty under the law become examples of sinflar acts done contrary to the law. 'l'ho real security for human life is to be found in a reverence for it. If the law regarded it as inviolable, then the people would begin also so to regard it. A deep rever ence for human life is worth more than a thousand executions in the prevention of murder, and is, in fact, the great secu rity for human life. The law of capital punishment, whilst pretending to support this reverence, does, in fact, tend to destroy it. If the death-penalty is of any force in any case to deter from crime, it is of much more force in lessening our chief security against it, for it proclaims the fact that kings, parliament, judges, and juries may deter mine when and how mon may be put to death by violence, and familiarity with this idea cannot strengthen the rever enc„, for human life. To put men to death for crimes, civil or political, is to give proof of weakness rather than strength, and of barbarism rather than Christian civilisation. If the United States could get rid of the gallows, it would not stand long here. Ono by ono we "Atnericluise" our institutions; and I hopi, in all that is good, we may not be unwilling to follow you." TILE TTIEJI TILER Wednezday, l'eb. 21, 8 Her Majesty has conferred on Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorius the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Malted Kingdom. Sir Georgo Sartorius is one of the few survivors of the battle of Trafalgar. Nairn Aberdeen Leith ~Liekla AILITCLO 29'64f. 29 . 83 f. 29'89f. 3U'C5f. 30111. 30•27 f. 30'23 r ~~ S. NY. __. S. W. S. W. B,W, S.W. N. N AV, a rboroitili armouth Helder Cuxhaven -iktidest:xs Ardrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool I Valentia Cape Clear loch e'd Ft. Penzance Plymouth . Weymouth Portsmouth London , 1 C'peGrisNez: Brest The decision given by Baron Fitzgerald in the uashel election petition causing a vacancy in the represen tion of the borough, it is understood that Mr. Bagwell, son of the member for Clonmell, will offer himelt for election. 29Vf. 2915 f. 30 - 10 f. 3015 f. President Johnson has vetoed the Copper Tariff Bill, and returned it to the Senate with a statement of rea eons. Tho bill was a measure for the protection of copper mines near Lake Superior. The gentlemen who lodged the petition against the return of Messrs. Price and Monk for the city of Gloucester, and then withdrew it, are to pay the costs of the respondents as well as their own. The respondents' costs are not, it is said, to exceed A.-t, L'Orlent Roche fort Biarritz Cur tut n a Bru !eels Paris .. itraabourg, Lyons ! Mr. Richard Davison, nrmerly one of the Parlia mentary representatives for the borough of Belfast, has died in that town at the age of seventy-two. Ile was first re turned in 1852 at tho head of the poll, along with Mr., now Lord, Cairns. Ile retired in MO. 38'14f. 30'33f. 30'38f. 31•34 f. 30 32f, 30 32r. 30'495. 30'47r. 30'45r. 30'49r. s.w. s.w. S. S. W S. • S. W. 30'35 30'43 W.S.W. Z. I W.S.w . W.N.w. N.E. W.S.W N.N.W. N.H. N.W. 30,6 At the Newport Police Court, on Monday, a but cher named James was charged with exposing uuwholsome meat for sale. It appeared that the defendant had bought a sheep for 7s. 6d, which was in an advanced state of the rot, the meat being poor, wet, and flabby. Defendant was fined £lO, or two months' imprisonment. At Maidstone on Monday night a young lady named Brown threw herself into the Medway and was drowned, the cause of this act being a recent quarrel with her lover. Several persons were passing at the time, but apparently made little effort to save the poor girl, whose body was eventually recovered by drags. According to present arrangements the Hon. Re. v rdy Jo'ire on w:11 arrive in Manchester to- day, to be the guest of Mr. Fender, at Crumpsall, where a very numer. ous party have been invited to meet his excellency at dinner. The public reception, which is the occasion of Mr. Johnson's visit to Manchester, will take place on Thursday. The Echo understands that Miss Sauriu's father was formerly steward and gardener to Mr. Smith, of Anus Brook, an Irish landowner. The name was originally Sauruhain, and he married into the family of the Matthews', of Hanover, in the same neighbourhood. Father Matthews is the maternal uncle of Miss Saurin. We believe that Roman Catholic opinion in Ireland is much divided as to his conduct, and that many aro angry with the Freemason's Journal for giving no report of the trial. A frightful tragedy is reported from Grenoble, in France. On Saturday evening Baron Brayer, inhabiting, with his wife and son, aged 14, a private residence in the Rue Lafayette, was shot by his wife, the baroness, armed with a revolver. The unfortunate woman, reported as mad, instantly fired on her son, whom she shot through the heart. Turning the revolver on herself, she blew out her brains. When the servants, on hearing three successive reports, rushed into the apartment, they found three corpses rashmte.e amend e o r it s eh e re y or States taion h to ave been conside r i ng a bill to of of the tav t e o r t u a u l . ellen:ieng C o o f :. s t; u b b_ l e lic-houses on Sundays, as petitioned for, but be thought that, unless a stop were put to the present state of things, the Jervy race would die out. The Assembly agreed to increase considerably the amount of I:cence duty, and placed ecitain addit:onal restrictions on the salt, of spirits by persons other than licensed publicans. A licence duty was imposed on grocers selling by the bottle, and also upon sellers of beer and eider. AIR. SCRATTON'S TIOUNDS.—Mr. Scratton's bounds will in future be known under the title of the " Essex Union Hunt." Mr. Scratton is about to leave 'Essex for Devonshire, but a successor has, after some difficulty, teen found for him in Mr J. Offin. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MRS. S. A ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair 'to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers . Depot 266, High:Holborn Tim ion . il cart's Con-' tent (9 a.rn. local time) 2 1 2 2 2 3 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1E69, CORRESRONDENCE FROM RABB. IFROIi OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, February 23. The great debate, so important to Paris and to France —if not to foreigners- - -has fairly commenced. The crowd increased on Monday until the Chamber was uncomfort ably crowded, and all this notwithstanding the knowledge that M. Thiers was not going to speak, and that M. Gamier-Pages would be the leading performer. M. Gamier-Pages is not an orator—at least not of the Demosthenes type. tie came to the Corps Lilgislatif on Monday with every advantage in his favour, for he had received an ovation on the preceding evening in the Chateau d'Eau Quartier at the close of the conference, at M. Saint-Marc Cirardin's, and spoke with all the advantage of public sympathy. His discourses betray rather a man of business than of deep feeling. But his one great quality is his perfect and pal pable sincerity, the honesty of his heart is reflected by every word that comes out of his mouth, and this, the first of oratorical qualities is the great secret of M. Gar nier Pa e ges's popularity. His speech on Monday, so far as it is interesting to English readers, may be explained in a fewwords. Its immediate subject was abill for the purpose of approving of the convention between the City of Paris and the Credit Foncier Company, for the repayment of some sixteen millions sterling—all contracting in the process of ITaussmannisation ,or beau tifying the City of Paris. The real subject of the debate was the policy of this reconstruction principle in general. M. Gamier Pages had no objection to moderate improvements. But the sum of nearly eighty millions sterling which has been sunk in the streets and boulevards of Paris was not moderate. Beyond doubt the city had been greatly beautified ; but was all this expenditure necessary or expedient? "The money thus inadvisably spent," said M. Garnier-Pages, " might certainly have been more use fully employed. What is the result? The prefect, at the end of twelve years, is obliged to come forward and admit that his calculations were erroneous ; that the sum of 180 millions of francs set down an the cost of the second network of streets has been increased to 410 millions, so that the error is one of 230 millions ! For the third series a sum of 310 millions is announced. It will no doubt be douNed or tripled." The City of Paris was provided for in no less than six Budgets, and, under cover of one or the other, immense sums had been spent without7authorisa tion. And yet the " falsehood," unworthy of a great country, of talking of a surplus, had been spread abroad. M. Gamier Pagbs concludel by urging that the octroi should be transformed into a direct tax. At present it pressed more hardly upon the poor than upon the rich. M. Picard followed, declaring similarly that the value of the works in Paris was not sufficient to warrant the expenditure of two thousand million francs. One of the councillors of State concluded this day's debate. He urged that the expense had been caused by the increase of the population. More houses had been built in place of those pulled down, whilst pau perism and mortality had alike decreased. M. 'Thiers comes on to-day, and the crowd at the Corps Legislatif is much greater. The figures I have given shew the vital importance of the question under discussion. The medical journals of Brussels announce that the typhus fever has all but vanished from the city. The cases of fever become fewer, and as an epidemic the plague has ceased. The smallpox, however, still prevails, especially amongst children. A farmer iu the Jura unearthed a pot containing archteo !ogical treasures of great value. The pot was filled with .:oins, some of the reign of Philippe 11., others of that of Charles Duke of Savoy, the others of much earlier date. The inhabitants of Pont-Anthou, in the Eure depart inent, ought to elevate the raven into the position occu pied by the goose in the clays of the Roman Republic. As the cackling of the geese saved the Capitol from being taken, so the croaking of the raven has saved Pont-Anthou from destruction. The house of a baker caught fire a night or twa ago, but the screams of the raven on the premises waked the owner just in time to prevent the flames spreading to a building in which an enormous quantity of brandy was stored. The poor bird was burnt to death. A little story from Switzerland serves to shew how very general is the jealousy throughout Europe against undue clerical interference. A young man of Greppen demanded the hand of a young woman of Argau in marriage. The family of the latter wrote to the cure of the parish to which the aspirant belonged, and the ecclesiastic sent so bad an account of the young man's morality that the alliance was broken off. The lover brought an action against the priest for calumny, and gained his cause. A small fine was inflicted, and the cure was, in addition, compelled to pay for the insertion of the judgment in one of the local journals. Another item from Switzerland is of a different kind. The Government of St. Gall has awarded a gold watch as a prize to the man who saved the greatest nut:Act of lives during the recent inun dations. The recipient had rescued no less than eighty persons from drowning,. TABLE.-171 - 18 DAY. LCCICAL lIIrOETS. Extreme Ml-.(4.1.A.DT0NE AND THE GRECO TURKISH QUESTION. D. W S.W. bo. c S. S. W. b. o. W. c. o. W. N W. c.m W. N. W. c. o. N. N.W. 0 . m A despatch from the Minister of Greece in Londozi to M. Delyanni, Minister for Foreign Affairs at Athens, dated December 24th, 1868, is published in the French papers, from which will be gathered Mr. Gladstone's opinion of the unhappy differences between Turkey and Greece. M. Brailas was " received in the kindest manner " by the present Prime Minister, and after detailing some of the cruelties committed by Turkey on Cretan subjects, was answered by Mr. Gladstone as follows :—" You cannot doubt my attachment to Greece, for you have long known me, and are my personal friend; but the existing situation has been produced by a past of many centuries, and presents some problems very difficult to solve ; I understand the embarrassment of your posi tion, and, in my eyes, the question is reduced to knowing to what point the internal troubles of your Government prevent it from strictly fulfilling its international duties." M. Brailas contended that individulals cannot be constrained to conform their action with that of the Government. " What is happening in Greece," he said, "is nothing new ; the same has been seen in Italy, England, and America." "I do not," replied Mr. Gladstone, " dispute the examples you quote. But in Great Britain the Government would never tolerate the regular despatch of assistance to a province in insur rection against a neighbouring State. I have consulted Lord Clarendon, and he tells me that if what is being done at this moment in Greece was attempted in England the authorities could legally prevent it; you know how much the laws on this subject have been discussed here, and I repeat that the question is one of very high import ance ; as for myself personally, I desire to be useful to you, and I shall do what I can ; but I see no practical means of aiding you ; however, Greece is under the protec tion of three Powers, and they have the right to inter vene, if you claim their assistance, to shield the Govern ment against interior difficulties." M. Brailas rejoined that he recommended his country to England, for she alone could save Greece. The conversation was then brought to a conclusion in consequence of Mr. Gladstone being obliged to attend a Cabinet Council. W.S.W. W. ;W.N.W. S.E. S.W. W. S. W. N. N. N. W. N. W. N. N. N. W. N. 8.8,W. TUE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF COMMEI?CE. Yesterday morning the annual meeting of the delegates of the Associated Chambers of Commerce commenced at the Westminster Palace Hotel, Mr. Sampson S. Lloyd in the chair. There was a very large attendance of members. The subjects of discussionare upwards of forty, and are— bankruptcy law reform, treaty of commerce with Spain and Portugal, United States tariff, Canadian tariff, collec tion of the income and assessed taxes by the Inland Revenue, income tax, assessment and collection of taxes, county courts amendment, abolition of light dues on shipping, county court admiralty jurisdiction, pilotage, coast lights, new route to China, registration of partnerships, reduction of postage on circrlars, carriage of small parcels by the Post Oflice, reduction of local postage, post-office tele• graph;, decimal weights and measures, to-operation, establishment of tribunals of commerce, ocean postage, uniform international systems of coins, weights and measures, foreign bills of exchange, technical educa- tion, the rights of belligerents so far as they effect private property at sea,accommodation bills, extra charges on goods removed inland under bond, the equalisation of stamp duties on inland and foreign bills, registration of trade-marks, Government control of railways, factory Acts, carriage of silk goods, &c., &c. The report, a most voluminous document, was read, and the CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on their tenth year of existence. They had thirty-seven chambers assn. ciated together, and, unlike some other public bodies, they had a balance in the hands of the treasurer. He paid a high compliment to the satisfactory movement that had attended their efforts in many ways; and, with respect to : the coming session, looked for an improved bankruptcy law, and the regulation and protection of trade-marks. Mr. PHILLIPS, of Bristol, moved the following resolution on bankruptcy law reform :—" That the commercial community having endeavoured for the last ten years past to obtain a satisfactory reform in the bankruptcy law, and this association, as well as other commercial bodies, having repeatedly expressed opinions in favour of the bankruptcy law of Scotland without success, which want of success is attributable to the question being left in the hands of the Government for the 10'031 o.r. c. 0.1 coif; 1 0'07 1:1*()2- time being : Resolved, that this association do authorise and request some independent members of the Commons House of Parliament, to bring in a bill for carrying into effect the desires of the commercial community in this respect, viz., the adoption of the Scotch system, as established under the Act of MG, as nearly as circumstances will permit, and that in pursuance of this object, the bill brought into the House of Lords by the late Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns, be referred to the members wbo may be selected for the purpose. That some private member be requested to bring in a bill as above described, and that a com• mittee of this association be appointed, empowered, and requested to render them all the assistance in their power, the Dame anti on behalf of the association." 1 - 4 ,01:11! 3 The following gentlemen were nominated as the com mittee: Mr. S. S. Lloyd, Colonel Akroyd, M.P., Mr. Norwood, Mr. S. Morley, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Bruton. Mr. MORLEY, - M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously after some discussion. Mr. Hum., of Leeds, propcsed a resolution to the effect that there ehould not be an abolition of imprisonment for debt. He considered it would be advisable that the chamber should express its opinions, so that the Attorney-General might know what the-Asseciated Chambers desired. Mr. Monnty, M.P., was strongly opposed to the imprisonment of a debtor, and should hesitate before he pledged himself in favour of that principle. He thought that the abolition of imprisonment for debt would purify the system of credit, and was, therefore, strongly in favour of the abolition. i o zirLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; B, stead y — 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 : b.—blue sky ; detached ; f. - fog ; I. lightning ; Tn.—misty hazy ; (I—overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. BEMAIIICS. During the night a considerable decrease in pressure has occurred in our islands, especially in the north and west, where the change scarcely shewed itself before midnight. The fall exceeds four-tenths of an inch at Greencastle. In France a rise is reported, and pressure Is higher at all southern stations than it was yesterday morning. The reading at Nairn is 0.831 n. lower than that at Brest, and pressure is now falling fast in Scotland. Temperature has risen rapidly in these islands, but fallen a little in S.W. France. At northern and western stations winds have all backed to the south-westward, and it Is blowing strong in Ireland and the Irish Sea. In the Channel it is at present calm, and in the S.W. of France northerly winds continue The sky, after clearing somewhat yesterday, has become overcast, with rain in the west. The sea is rather high at Valencia. and Ar drossan, but calm in the Channel. Warnings to W. and N. coasts. Mr. C. Norwood, M.P., for Hull, Mr. Birkin, of Nottingham, Mr. Maxted, Mr. Barber, of Nottingham, Mr. Lupton, of Leeds, Mr. King, of Plymouth, and other gentlemen deprecated the abolition, and the resolution was adopted by;thirty votes to eight, as follows :—" That this association is of opinion that the abolition of imprisonment for debt is uncalled for and inexpedient, inasmuch as it is not productive of pressure upon the debtor." Several other resolutions on the question of bankruptcy law reform, embodying the principles involved in the resolution already passed, were withdrawn. A resolution expressing the desire of the Associated Chambers that the law of Ireland should be assimilated to that of the United Kingdom, and further, that on the insolvent trader should rest the burden of proof that he had tried to act with honesty, and kept his books reasonably clear, was carried. COUNTY COURTS AMENDMENT ACT. Mr. GIBBS, of Wolverhampton, proposed a resolution on: this subject as follows :—" That the County Courts Amendment Act of 1867 ought to be further amended by some such clauses as the following, viz.:-1. An action may be brought in the county court of the district where the debtor resides ; or if the plaintiff gives security for costs, in the county court of the district where the plaintiff resides. 3. In any action for the recovery of a trade debt, as defined by sec. 3 of the Act of 1867, to which an unsuccess• ful defence has been made, the order shall be for payment within fourteen days, unless the creditor shall expressly agree to take payment by instalments or at a later date. Mr. WRIGHT (of Birmingham) seconded the resolution. Mr. NORWOOD, M.P. for Hull, said 1 e had introduced a bill into Parliament on this matter, but it had not any clause on the point of security for costs. The resolution was carried. The comparative statement of pauperism in the eleven divisions of England and Wales for the month of November, 1867 and 1868, has been issued. With two exceptions, there was a considerable increase in every divi sion of the number of paupers receiving relief during each week of 1868 as compared with 1867. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—The following illustrations of prolonged existance appeared in the obituary of the Times of Tuesday. The deaths of four ladies and as many gentlemen are recorded, whose united ages amounted to 669 years, giving an average of 83 years, seven months and 14 days to each. Of the ladies, the youngest was 80 years of age, and the oldest 87 ; of the opposite sex, the youngest was 80, and the oldest had reached the great age of 91. One of the latter had been for 64 years a domestic in a private family, and was the last survivor of three fel!ow-servants whose united terms of service exceeded 150 years. FARM LABOUR. —On an arable farm it will usually be found that more men are wanted in summer than can be conveniently employed in winter. At the same time it has ever been our plan to keep as uniform a set as posale in all seasons. This has been managed by setting aside for the winter jobs which, if done in summer, would interfero with the harvest, root culti vati m, &c. Such work will be topping of trees, trimming hedges, cleaning ditches, and such occasional pieces of hedge - throwing as may have been determined upon. This hedge-grubbing we do in the dead of winter. It is done at a fixed price, and, as our bailiff says, you need not look 80 closely after men when they have their "own work" in hand ; but when they are at work for the master, on all sorts of odd jobs, and on short days, there is no knowing where to find them within a mile or so. The price paid is 6d. per perch for grubbing and levelling the whole wood, " mocks " (stumps) and " moors " (roots) belonging to the men. This furnishes them with a good supply of firewood, and with all they get no bad addition to their ordinary wages ; albeit, if done by day-work, it would cost the farmer double the money.—Chantkr of Agricel. TO.IMICIL AND COMMERCE. post. Great Britain takes nearly four times as much of Russian goods as does Prussia, the next largest customer. Russian trade has developed rapidly during the last ten years, and still makes steady progress. THE ARCHBISHOR OF CANTEI?BURY 02V THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH. At the meeting of Convocation on Tuesday the subject of Ritualism and the Privy Council judgment came before the Upper House. The Archbishop of Canterbury read portions of the letter he had addressed to a rural dean on the subj ec t. It re f erre d t o a memorial addressed to him. His Grace said I need scarcely assure you that the memorial will receive my most careful attention, and that I shall not fail to consult my brethren of the episcopal bench on the subject whenever an opportunity occurs. At the same time I would express my opinion that the recent decision of the Privy Council in the case of ' Martin v. Mackonochie ' has ruled merely two points—namely, first, that lighted candles may not le used in the celebration of the Holy Communion except for the purposes of light ; second, that it is not lawful to consecrate the elements kneeling. I would observe that all persons ought to be very cautious in dealing with the judgment of the court, and that ()biter dicta, or reasonings by which such a conclusion is arrived at in the document which announces such decision must not be considered as part of the judgment itself. They appear 0 me to be only valuable as indicating how such points might be decided if they were at any time brought before the tribunal which has pronounced the judgment and ex pressed it in the document in which such °biter dicta are found. My opinion is, that in matters not positively settled, where any doubt arises in a clergyman's mind, or where there is any dispute between a clergyman and his parishioners, such clergyman is bound to consult his ordinary, who, after considering all the circumstances, will be ready to decide for him how he ought to act. lam not of opinion that there is any advantage in having services in different places, and under widely different circumstances with varied congregations, all brought to one stereotyped and invariable form. A certain amount of liberty with respect to music and various other matters is evidently contemplated by the law of our Church, and I do not suppose that our bishops would ever be found willing to interfere with this liberty, or that they would be doing their duty by so interfering." CHILD MURDER IN NEIVGATE. - A singular case of child murder has been brought under the notice of Mr. William Payne, the City coroner, at an inquest held in the chaplain's-room of Newgate Prison, on the body of an infant girl, named Mary Jane Baker, aged 4 months. The deceased was the daughter of a young woman very ignorant, and who could neither read nor write. She had never been brought up to any occupation. Though she was but 25 years of age, she had bean frequently convicted of trying to pass bad money. Last October, while undergoing a sen tence of eighteen months' imprisonment for that offence in the Westminster House of Correction, she gave birth to the deceased child. Shortly after the birth of the child her sentence expired, and she was liberated. During the latter part of the month another charge of passing bad money was brought against her, and she was tried on the 2nd of December at the Central Criminal Court, and having been found guilty, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Dr. John li. Gibson, the prison surgeon, deposed that when he was called into the prisoner's cell on Monday morning, and when he saw the child lying dead he said to the prisoner, "How did this happen?" She replied, "I pressed it against my breast, and I meant to do it until it was dead." He told her that he would be obliged to tell the prison authorities what she bad stated, and she said, " I will tell them myself." There was no m ar k o f violence u pon the body, but the post mortem examination shewed that the deceased bad died from the effects of suffocation. The unfortunate woman was called into the court by order of the coroner. The depositions of the other witnesses were read over to her, and she was asked if she had any question to ask the witnesses. She replied, " No ; I have done it, an d I am very sorry for it." A verdict of " Wilful Murder " against her was returned. LAW AND POLICE. -.~ __ THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. —ln the Vice• Chancellor's Court, on Tuesday, before Vice-Chancellor James, a case was heard in which Mr. Kelly, of the Post Office Direc tory, sought to restrain an infringement of his copyright by the publishers of the " Architects, Engineers, and Building Trades' Directory." Mr. Kelly had obtained an injunction ex parte during the long vacation. The defendants had put in an answer denying the charge of piracy, stating that they employed fifty persons for personal canvass, besides 800 local correspondents. The case was not concluded. A PRETENDED OFFICER OP THE CHANCERY COURT.— At the Marlborough -street Police -court Charles Hill was charged with fraud. The prisoner, it will be remembered, represented himself as an officer of the Court of Chancery, and by telling persons that property left to them was in the jurisdiction of the court, he obtained money for fees. The magistrate remarked that it was astounding that London people should be so readily taken in, and remanded the prisoner. REFRESHMENT HOUSES.-O n Tuesday the keeper of a refreshment and lodging - house was summoned at the Thames Police Court for having infringed the Public-house Closing Act of 1864, by keeping open between the hours of one and four in the morning. The magistrate held that the duty of proving that the persons served were not lodgers rested with the police, and as they were unable to do so, the summons was dismissed. ROBBERY BY RAILWAY OFFICIALS.—Four men, em ployed on the Midland Railway as engine driver, goods guard, stoker, and pointsman, were charged at Chester field with stealing seven quarts of port wine at the Stretton siding. It seems that, owing to frequent robberies from the goods trains on this line, two detectives were employed, who captured the prisoners. The bench having heard the evidence, committed all the men for trial, and refused bail. DEATH OF BARONESS CRAY OF GRAY.—We have to record the death of Madelina, Baroness Gray of Gray, which occurred suddenly at Edinbnnth on Saturday last. DEATH OF A NAVAL VETERAN.—We have to Announce the death of the oldest officer in the navy, viz., Admiral Davies. He was the only survivor of Lord Howe's action on the glorious Ist of June, and died at Bath, on Sunday last, in his 91st year. He preserved his senses to the last, and was highly esteemed by all whc knew him. COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS. —A short measure has been prepared by Mr. Norwood, Mr. Akroyd, and Mr. Mundella for facilitating proceedings in the county courts. It simply provides, that actions for goods sold and on bills of exchange may be brought in the district where the plaintiff carries on business, and extends tc county courts the Bills of Exchange Act, 1855, in all case in which the sum mentioned in the bill or note exceeds in amount, and is not payable by instalments. Judgment may be had in default after personal service in certair _ cases. REPORTS ON FOREIGN 2IIANUFACTURES A Blue-book has just been issued containing the reports of her Majesty's Secretaries of Embassy and Legation on the trade and commerce of the countries in which they reside. The first on the list are the United States a Colombia, where, Mr. Bunch tells us, the nations: revenue has been seriously affected by the political crisis. More than half the Customs' revenue is especially hypothecated to British creditors. The immense coalfields which exist in Colombia, perhaps the largest in South America, have as yet been scarcely worked. It is satisfactory to find from the Austrian report that both the imports and the exports of Austria shew a considerable increase, the foreign commerce having returned to its-former channels, and the evil influence of the war being over. The bountiful harvest produced an immense exportation of grain, and the inauguration of a more liberal commercial policy has already reaped its reward. No lea than 100 pages of the Blue-book are devoted to the report of Mr. Thurlow on Java and its dependencies. This account of the Dutch East Indies, which contains a suggestion for the benefit of the English mercantile fleet, who have a chance, in the event of the monopoly of the Dutch shippers being abolished, of securing a good share of the carrying trade of the Dutch Indies. The principal item in the trade of Baden is the tobacco culture, which is very popular among the peasantry and more remunerative than any other product. Italy exhibits a somewhat discouraging commercial table. The Customs Department attribute the general depression to the monetary crisis at the begin ning of the year, the forced paper money, the cholera, the war, the failure of the silkworms, and the grape disease—a chapter of accidents long enough to account for a good deal. The report from Belgium shews that the imports of steel from England have increased considerably since 1867, while those of steel bars have decreased. The trade in iron of all sorts shews a decrease in the imports from England, while the importation of machinery from England has experienced a marked diminution. In the cotton trade there has been a revival, English imports occupying the first place. Com mon paper is exported to a large extent, England taking more than one-half. Of the Russian trade we have fewer details, Mr. Rumbold having been only a very brief time at his E4T tfiTlY 1 'MI' r ", • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, F e b. 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis e ► drove and walked in the grounds yesterday 1 1 W 13- ing. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out again' accompanied by P r i ncess B eatr i ce, and attcndeu by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. LATEST INTELL IGENO (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA VIENNA, Feb. 2 4 ' The New Free Press of to-day says :—Sig l3or Calegari, a confidential agent of the Italian Govern; ment, is at present, by or d er o f th e I ta li an M i n i s ter °, Finance negotiating the con c l us i on o f an imports° financial operation on the seeurity of the ecelesinS" tical property. DESPATCH OF THE AMERICAN MARS' SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 23. The North German Lloyd steamer •New 1.-(1 r 11 Captain Nordenholt, sailed this afternoon with th e English, French, and German mails for New fork , 120 cabin and a full complement of steerage l' a * g : sengers, also a general cargo, including Fren ch jewellery from Havre, value 115,000 francs. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 24.. The Inman Roy a l M a il steamer City of 1351tv. more, from New York, arrived here at 4.45 lo ll ' to-day, and having landed mails and passenger' s ' proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. She brings no specie. GREENCASTLE, Feb. 24. The Allan steamship Hibernia, which left Port land on the 14th inst., arrived in L - ugh Foyle at 9.10 a.m. to-day with mails and passengers. S" landed the London mails and proceeded for Liverpool. FRANCE. BouRSE, Feb. 23.—Th ree o ' c lock.—The market closed 'as follows : 41 per Cent. - a o End of m on th — ltOlin Fives 57 ' 3 per Cent End of m on th 7l 42-} Mexican Loan ... 25 25 Credit Mobili er ~ ..... End of month 3OO Spanish Threes 33 ....... Credit Foncier -.1610 --- Home Dubt — ..., End of month... Deferred RAILwArs. Cash Orleans Northern ..... 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 62l± Western Eastern • • 585 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4B2f North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4B} THE LATE PLYMOUTH ELECTION. An action for libel, brought by Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P. for Plymouth, against a person named Shepherd, a printer, of the same town, came on for hearing in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, London, yester- day, before Mr. Justice Montagu Smith and a special jury. The libel was contained in a placard largely circulated in Plymouth at the time of the late general election, and signed by "An Elector, once a Liberal, but now a Conservative." The insinuation was that Mr. Morrison had fraudulently formed a drapery business, in which he had an interest, into a com- pany, and thereby victimised a large number of shareholders. The defendant had printed th placard, and as the author (supposed to be a supporter of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Stuart Lane) could not be discovered, the action was brought against him as the only means by which Mr. Morrison could vindicate his character. When the case was called on, Mr. Hawkins Q.C.. who appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. fruddlestone, who represented the defendant, held a long consultation, the result of which was that Shepherd, having been put into the box, and having admitted that he was the printer, but nut the author (nor did he know who was) of the placard, Mr. Haw- kins, on an apology being made and the impu tations fully withdrawn, consented to a verdict for 405., stating that Mr. Morrison, knowing that the defendant was not a man of means, would not press for costs. Mr. Justice Smith held the libel to be "most gross and scandalous." It is a fact worth noting, says the illandiester Guar dian, tl.at among the deacons ordained by the Bishop of Ox ford on Sunday was Shapudi Eduiji—a Parsee, wo pre sume. In India. there are a good many native clergymen, but Mr. Edulji has not been sot apart for the evangelisation of his fellow -countrymen. He takes his place among the clergy of England, and is at this moment curate of Bur ford and Fulbrook, not many miles from Oxford itself. A native of India is thus Appointe3 to teach en English parish Christianity —a circumstance, we should imagine, altogether without Precedept. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Dag. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. STEALING .£loo.—Thomas Carter, a young man, P n ' t°C in the employ of Mr. John Langford Webb, cheesomong °n of No. 131, Tottenham -court-road, was charged before W; Tyrwhitt with breaki ng open a cash box and stnali'lv £lOO, belonging to his master. Mr. Webb said that on Sunday, the 6th December, " left home about half-past one o'clock, leaving the P ris° ner, who was his p or t er, i n th e house. On getting b°,,,Tte about half-p as t 3h e f oun d that the prisoner had gone 0" without leave, and he never returned. The follow ing morning, about 7 o' c l oc k, h e went to h i s cash box vvlued he had left the previous day under a feather bed, and found that it had b een b ro k en open and about £lO O jag% and notes had b een t a k en away. He gave inforn3 3"° to the police, and last night saw the prisoner in custody the George -street Police -station. . Sergeant Head, 2 E, said that he took the prisoner rot a custody at Liverpool yesterday, where he was detain e r by the police on his own confession of robbing his Inn stv- The prisoner was handed over to him, and on t; lid hint that ho was charged with robbing his n 144 : 0 of £lOO, he rep li e d that ho did not think it much, but that he had not counted the money. Ire ask ed the prisoner how he had spent the money, nothing I ' 4 found on him, when he said that he had been travellil going from the Euston-station to Manchester, Manch°sl:o to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Aberdeen Aberdeo° Edinburgh, Edinburgh to London. London ' to Edinburg h ' Edinburgh t o Li verpool, Liverpool to New Yor k end back, and always as a first-class passenger. The pris oner, who made no defence, asked to have t.ailie case dealt with by the magistrate, stating that 1 0 Ir— guilty. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should do nothing of the kind• us was a seri ous ro bb ery, and cases of robbing masters o ng to meet with very severe punishment. The prisoner was committed for trial. TR AMES. ROGUES IN GRAIN.—John Cox, cap;.ain of the barge Enterpri se , age d 26 years, an d John Wickens, 38, laboure: of No. 1, Shoulder-of-mutton-alley, Limehouse, We d : charged with stealing three sac k s o f ma l t, th e property - Edward H. Green and Co., of Ware, in Hertfordshire. a The prosecutors are maltsters, and had lately entrustue, Cox to navigat e a b arge con t a i n i ng 300 quarters a long t rivers Lee and Thame s t o th e prem i ses o f • T a ylor e e ,, Walker, the brew e r s , i n Li me h ouse. Af ter th e deli of the malt at the brewery the prisoners were seen °PP:: site a public-hous e ca ll e d th e A nge l , i n C a bl e - s t r eet, George-in-the-East, with a truck containing three e ° of malt, two empty sacks, and a jacket. The prison% were questioned by Inspect or R ee d, an d K n i g ht, a T 110 1 . 60 police-constable, No. 27. Wickins was st a ndingialong sl 4 the truck, and was asked by th e i nspec t or if h e bel° l3 l 9 to the truck, to which he replied that he did nob y went into the public-h fuse, came out with Cox, ned went away. Reed and K n i g ht conveye d th e truck tt ; t its contents to the stati on -h ouse , Th e o ffi cers then " ? , ,, e . s e to the Limehouse- cu t, an d th ere f oun d t h e b arge Enterl:"-the with sacks containing malt similar to the malt is 0 truck. The sacks were marked "E. H. Green and S °e. Both prisoners were then taken into custody. Mr. Charles Y oung, so li c i tor, on the part o f the Pri- S soners, maintained that the proper quantity of me lt N a g delivered at Taylor and Walker's brewery. There " no deficiency. Inspector Reed believed the robbery was offee te dat through connivance with some of Green and Son's P&P: There were th ree sac k s i n t h e truc k and more i n the ba r ° after the delivery was completed at the brewery. ble The Magistrate said there had leeen a considers a robbery either at Ware or Limehouse. He would renlen the case for a week t o g i ve ti me t o th e o ffi cers to complete the case. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.—As a debater he 13 1 : 1 ' ay often distinguished himself in the Parliamentary are o but almost ex c l us i ve l y as a d e b ater. Hi s ma nner 30 1 speaking, his very appearance, the tone of his orator)", are to all of them emin en tl y characteristic. When be s tride the table of th e H ouse o f Lords, his shoulders " back, his h ea d erect, h is chin in the air, the s kirts of J: r.o broadcloth coat one c ou ld a l mos t f ancy c hanged into t'41... Campbell tarta n . Th e b r i g ht orange - co l oure d hair featbeh. ing up from his forehead is as the eagle plume in the land bon ne t. Th e f ree, b old gestures are as the brarideisat ing of the cl a y more. I n t h e very r i ng o f his str id voice there is the clang of the pibroch. It is WCalliti; More who is there before us, rather than George Duke of Argyll. The floor of the House i as h is P4 i t gle heather, and his na me an d hi s f ame are tho of t he — ill/ m oello. --- land Chieftain of the gr o a t clan of the C Gladstone Government, by a Templar. Siuer t he THE YORIisIIIItE AINSTY HUNT. i -- , lamentable accident in the M e e Inver Ure, near Newby t, the hounds h ave no t h a d a " mee t." Yesterday ill t he s co future ing took pl ace a t H ar k er ' s H o t e l, York, to discus (a of the Hunt. J. Brown, Esq., of Copgrove, c pied the chair, and h e pr o p o sed, in a very cloGlc ent touching speech, "That Sir George 0. Womb,vell, n iu of Newburgh Park, be the master of the York Cud / ci Hunt." The proposition was accepted by acela mation,a e_ Sir George, with his usual liberal and gallan t sPlrit, tt cepted the appointment. CLOVES / THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND ;A / A most interesting and instructive little work, d e scribing' b ,_ r od but with great clearness, the rise and progress of sctit ° clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. 13e1'5,„,,T of :tvi 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the CM' If Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is Pr°',. -e e ite o illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of and clocks, with their prices, and no ono should mak e a Pu,r°,olY without visiting the above establi s h men t s or consulting tb t o valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any Par t 0 ,,f0r United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to sel e %ot themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and hav °l _,,, t jot intootnhtem with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the aPr'ress to the Priuce of Wales, sends this Pamphlet to anY ada 19 on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cann ot too stlo,l recommend it to the notice of the illtWatliUg purchases' • ‘-- --_- IVI 0 CO` Cons 6 count, 9 New Tl , Jan., j Cent., 3 llauk of India ditto 5 i Cent., 0 per Cent per Cen' 104 4 • 4 , There went for Turkish Nieolai I 821 t o 8: llondurf of 1867, 1 864, 88 The fi Railwa 3 Caledoni 381 ; Gr "A," 11 12 8 to 1211 to Colon Canada Cents. 1 Wales F 1888 to Bank to 31 ; County London 44 to 45 Alisce Eight pc Bay, 13 Busini America general] Lette r Mr. R . £lO,OO O, 66. in th Mr. I] Board of tors of Press e d a nd jute At thi Compan the usua per Cent , declared The d kainten payment capital, ; tax), The d ti arid S m i event ing • H. WW I to We ax 22, 2,01! be en ma Th e stand tb ba.rwen are enti others al Machi ne The d Ashy h, sharehol limn Ja the see( to i n -; rCßtrainc 4:42,600 Contract ence to strictly 'tents ( of the dr~ eht ; bo•,: D o - B D o ; t,