The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-17 00:00:00

APARTMENTS. —To City Gentlemen and Others.—A PARLOUR, with Gas and Venetian Blinds, Furnished as a Bedroom, in a semi-detached House, within four minutes' walk of North London Railway and Omnibus to City and West-end. -44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.V. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 2.431 for re wards. _ - The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. . - Cohlributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Xsci., at.the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames -street, London. • NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AM:TA AMARELLA restores the Human hair to ita pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the moat eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, Including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street 'London. B.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole 'Lessee and Manager, kr. F. B. ChattArton THIS EVENING will he performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, (ND THE MILLERS SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery oy Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe Of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced 'at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. TIIEATRE ROYAL, H A YMAR KE T. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark,.Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, Bm. . . Aftei. which, HOME: Messrs. Sothero, Chippendale, Comp ton, AstleY,'&c, ; MesdameS Cave/IMA, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding.with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp tan, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, Scott. Gwynn, &c. Box-office open daily. - Commence at Seven, To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle Beatrice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . J Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.10, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs CI arke. Belford, Joyce ; Mesdames Bid .ma and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD Or Th Z CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude stth HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHRA fRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the incomparable Scenes in theA ma, including A.Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Carre, Mdlles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelot ti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day "lfany persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."--Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. a••LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hnrlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoli, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GE OR GE 'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant succes;. — Ne;eriniliTannals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. 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Commence at Seven. R OYAL 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. Vining; Count Fersen, Mr. William Rignold (his first appearance in Lon dqnj ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlie. Beatrice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. J. G. Shore, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new. Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. -Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 tills. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. mums %, Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden ton THEATRE-ROYAL - DEURY- LANE. gole Lessee and Manarer, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVEIVIN4I at 7, MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal tuckistone, jun., Miss Lawn, &C. Mier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendal e &e. -, Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, etc. Concluding with TIM FRIGHTFUL HAIR: M es srs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstotie. Gwynn, Ito jun., Weathersby, &:c ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, Coiranence at 7. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVEN I NG • at 7 to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr Vining, Mr. W. RignMr. Dominick Murray: 314111 e. Beatrice. Concluding with CUP OF TPA : Mdl'e.Bcatrice. THEATRF.-ROYAL, ADELPHI, THrs EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMR:CRWVLL. Mr. G. Bellmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirlinr, G. Be!more. R. Pillips, Ashley, S M tuart; rs. Alfred Mell on , Miss Lennox Grey, h&e. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. 'rifts HvEsixtl, at 7. AHA PPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SITCCESS, :MO, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Jiurlstone. J. Clarke ; llesdarni , s Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens ' ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. TUTS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Breton. THE FIELD O F THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longrnore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with 7E 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. trough, H. Irving. S. Finery, Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TII/8 EVF NUM, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, P. Drew, Parselie, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which, Milli() THE TERRIBLE : Messrs. F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTES MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, faughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which, at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan , H. Ne ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson; Mesdaroaa Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tars EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CM Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, ac. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, 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. Carre, ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TinsE;ENDIG, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, TES VERY GRAND CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL }TAMIL& PALACE. THREE BALLET, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. zir7 . 4); LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 1869 THE gentlemen who three months ago were engaged in the fierce battle of the elections must have felt at the opening of the session that they had spent a good deal of energy and no small amount of money to very little purpose. The absence of the impressive pageantry which used to mark the begin ning of the parliamentary year deprived their victory of all its outward éclat. To walk through Westminster Hall, and to hear shabbily dressed Londoners asking " Who is he r of the stalwart policeman, and to hear the policeman's con fession of ignorance as to the name or history of the man who a few weeks ago was the hero of a hundred committee-rooms and beershops, was a piece of irony worthy of mention in King SOLOMON'S vanitas vanitatunz. Was it for this—was it to slink in like a dog, unrecognised, perhaps unnoticed, that honour able members went through the toil and cost of an election ? Was it that, with no pomp to greet them, with no blare of trumpets and glitter of helmets, they—many of them for the first time—should make their entrance into the first legis lative assembly in the world ? Nor were they even consoled by the privilege of hearing a few minutes earlier than the rest of the world the Ministerial programme for the session. That (by way of reviv ing a custom for some years more honoured in the breach than in the observance) had been communi cated to the Ministerial journals over-night; and the cads in towns 200 miles away from Westminster were made confidants of State secrets before they were officially revealed to the elect of the nation, the statesmen of the future. And now that we have all read this Speech, what do we think of it ? That it is very much like other speeches. Why should it have been otherwise, indeed ? True, we have a Householders' Parliament newly installed at St. Stephen's ; true we have a Ministry more Radical and popular than ever we have had before; an Opposition more dispersed and diminished than we have had for a generation. But, after all, such circumstances cannot affect the main features of the history which we are making. We have our foreign relations ; and as we do not go to war now, except with the Maori, they of course are peaceful and satisfactory. We have our colonies; and they, being left to govern themselves, are going on very well, always excepting that troublesome Maori-visited colony. There is the usual amount of legislation to be effected ; re orms which have been promised yearly for a decade, and reforms of last year's reforms; legislation to be done, legislation to be undone. Of course there is the usual reference to economy, which is made no less when an extravagant Tory Government is in office than when a " cheese paring " Liberal Administration holds the purse strings. We knew it all pretty much before, never theless it is our duty to enter into detail. The announcement that the QUEEN is at peace with all the world ought not to be less satisfactory because it is wanting in originality. The ancient Greeks used to declare peace, for war was their normal state. With us that state is peace, and although the modern Greeks have done their best, or worst, they have not induced us to declare war. The Paris Conference has poured some water down the Eastern crater, and put out the fire for the present, Lord CLARENDON has special reason to con gratulate himself on that benevolent achievement, for it has been mainly his work. The American negotiations still go on ; and though, in spite of - the efforts of three Foreign Ministers, assisted by the most garrulous of ambassadors who ever performed the secret work of diplomacy in public, the United States and the United Kingdom have not yet settled their dtihffaetretnhy will differences, there is not the smallest proba bilitylead to serious difficulties, and there is every reason to hope that they will be arranged. The " disturbances which have occurred c in um N s e tan w Z c e e a s l o a f nd at ,' r ' ( te ity n , d ,, m edas ay they have been with " cir well cause grief to the Sovereign and to her Ministers. But this emotion does not induce the Government to recommend a renewal of Imperial help, which proved so ineffica cious before. It is the Colonial Government and people upon whose energy the QUEEN relies for repressing the outbreak. The reference to the estimates of the year contains some thing more than true stereotyped promise of "a due regard to economy," There is a diminished charge upon the country, There is good news for Ireland; she is no longer to bear the stigma of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. This, though it is separated by maniParagraphs, is logically con nectedwith the important one in which the ecclesiasti cal arrangements of Ireland are referred to. The improved condition of Ireland is due partly to the vigour with which the Fenian conspiracy was repressed ; partly t o th e h opes which the promise of just legislation has inspired. The ,outward evidence of dissatisfaction has been stamped out. It is now for Parliament to remove the sources of that long standing animosity which has so long been our trouble and our shame. The other matters brought before theHouseof Com mons are, if not numerous, of great importance. The recommendation that an inquiry should be made into the mode of conducting Parliamentary and municipal elections, with a view to provide guarantees for their tranquillity, purity, and freedom, signifies, no doubt, the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the Ballot. The next paragraph speaks for itself. The last of Mr. DISRAELI'S ten principles, the personal payment of rates, is to go the way of the other nine, and justify the Conservative Duke of BUCCLEUCII'S sarcasm that of the original Conservative Reform Bill the only part left is the word "whereas." With a BRUCE and a FORSTER in the Ministry, education, of course, comes in for its share of attention, and it would seem as if the Government were prepared to deal with the large question opened by the Royal Com mission on Endowed Schools. A very substantial boon is offered to the county electors in the shape of a measure for the establishment of county financial boards ; successful traders may rejoice in the prospect of another Bank ruptcy Bill, and unsuccessful traders in the abolition of imprisonv,ent for debt. This last It is satisfactory to learn that these homes are eagerly sought after, and that the applications to the directors far exceed the number of vacant tenements. This fact should give a fresh stimulus to all who are taking part in this good work, while it removes all apprehension of the possible failure or collapse of the scheme. Sir SYDNEY WATERLOW, M.P., who haB been the prime mover of the affair, spoke at some length on the general position and prospects of the company, which he considered to be most encourag ing. The only difficulty which they have recently encountered has arisen from tho working of the Re form Act, and the change in the mode of assessing the rates. This threatened to be disastrous to the tenants, so that the directors decided on continuing to make the payment themselves, believing with reason that such inequalities will soon be adjusted by the action of Parliament. THE INNER TEMPLE.—In the autumn of 1867 Mr. Gill, a barrister of the Inner Temple, was called upon by the Benchers of bis Inn to answer a:charge which had been brought against him to the effect that, while acting as counsel for a lady in a Chancery suit, he bad used his influence unprofessionally, and induced her to give him control over a sum of money which was involved in the suit. Mr. Gill denied the charge, characterising it as a malicious calumny, but the benchers of the Inner Temple, after an inquiry lasting over 11 days, considered it proved, and made an order debarring Mr. Gill. Against this deCision Mr. Gill appealed to the Judges of the superior courts of common law, before whom the whole of the evidence taken before the Benchers has been carefully reviewed and counsel heard on both sides. A pro longed trial has recently terminated in the complete exone • ration of Mr. Gill. The judges have unanimously deter mined that the order of the Benchers of the Inner Temple disbarring Mr. Gill must be set aside, and they acquit him of any conduct unbefitting a counsel or inconsistent with the character of a man of honour and a gentleman. The counsel for the appellant were Sir Roundell Palmer, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. George Brown. Mr. Cole, Q.C., and Mr. Price, Q.C., appeared in• support of the order of the Benchers. WORK FOR THE POLICE.—An unusual number of attempts at burglary have been made the past few nights in St. John's-wood. The money boxes of the Greville-place Church School-room wera broken open and robbed; the residence of Mr. Howard Paul, Carlton hill, was burglariously entered on Wednesday evening; and two houses in Cavendish-road were broken into on Friday and Saturday nights. There is evidently work for the police in that district. -is-the-one essentially _vgariLing. measUr e.offered. to the first working-class Parliament. But that class is also vitally interested in the abolition of the rating clause of the Reform Bill and in the extension of ---~LE~'TI~'- education. All classes and parties will join in the prayer with which this unusually well-written Speech concludes, and trust that under divine guidance the counsels of Parliament may be brought to a happy issue. The vast importance of providing some improved accommodation for our working classes has long been apparent to all social reformers. From whatever point of view we regard the matter we must acknow ledge it to be one of prominent interest. The public health is seriously affected by the over crowded state of the ill-drained and the ill-ventilated tenements. Fever in all its forms hovers about the miserable courts, and lanes, and alleys of our cities, and spreads its insidious influence to richer and healthier quarters. The children brought up in such localities can hardly fail to show through life the traces of their malign agency, while in every outbreak of cholera or other epidemic these wretched houses swell the death list by hundreds and thousands. In a moral aspect the case is evenlworse. Preachers and philanthropists, wearied with fruitless efforts, are forced to acknow ledge that there is but little use in schools and sermons when the daily life offers such terrible temptations. In homes where decency and cleanli ness are unattainable blessings, of what use is it to train the young in the careful and orderly habits of schools and institutions ? When the common neces saries of air and water are luxuries scantily doled out, who can expect to see the overworked wife and mother investing her wretched rooms with the cheerful air of the homely fireside. When dirt and squalor and discomfort are all the attractions that the domestic hearth offer to the wearied labourer, how can we hope that he will withstand the terrible fascinations of the public-house ? It would be diffi cult, perhaps impossible, to measure with any accu racy the social and moral degradation resulting from this monster evil. If it had no other effect than that of enhancing the temptations offered to the work man by the lights and the company of the fatal bar, it would be worth every exertion to remove it. It must appear to those who are forced to live in such miserable places as every populous lane and alley in London can show us, a mockery to hear th e d en i zens of broad streets and spacious rooms telling them of social and moral virtues, whose practice is absolutely beyond their reach. No doubt the ignorance and in difference of the poor in all matters of sanitary know ledge are something marvellous. Their dread of fresh air is chronic, their neglect of drainage and their love of accumulated rubbish, are painfully familiar to all who see much of the interior of their hous..s. Very often by such management they make an in different habitation unhealthy, a bad one worse; but how can we hope to improve their knowledge under the circumstances in which they generally live? The rent is the great bugbear, and the landlord is to them the most terrible of mor tals. He is usually very well . aware of his power, and not much inclined to lay out money on buildings which are certain not to be long empty while they hold together. Those who have had the curio sity or the interest to explore some of the labyrinth of courts and alleys which are making room for the Carey-street improvements—Serle's-place, Bell-yard, Clement's-lane, and its environs--may well shrink from preaching too didactically to the London poor 1 There will always,:no doubt, be benevolent persons ready to subscribe their money for good and tangi ble objects, and this question of decent homes for the working classes is one upon which men of every shade of opinion may agree, but the mischief is that the evil is not one with which private charity is compe tent to deal. The population of London is so vast that even the munificence of individuals like Mr. PEABODY or Miss BURDETT COUTTS, fails to make a a sensible impression, however locally beneficial, and therefore those who can show us that improved dwellings for the working classes cau actually be erected as a profitable investment will do immense service to the cause. This desirable object has been attained by the company of which Lord STANLEY, Sir SYDNEY WATERLOW, Mr. GOSCHEN, and Alderman FINNIS are the principal members, and it is very gratifying to know that at their meeting at the Mansion House on Monday, the statetnent of accounts was most en couraging. A dividend of 5 per cent. is all that the directors think it right to pay the shareholders at present, but this removes the affair entirely from the list of charitable associations, and renders it a prudent investment. The terms upon which the Government loan is obtained are highly favourable, and the neces sity of appealing to the public for further subscrip tions is obviated by its means. The company have at present eight different properties completed and occu pied, with a total of 572 tenements ; the largest being Stanley Buildings, at St. Pancras, which accommodates 104 families, and the smallest Cobden Buildings, King's-cross-road, with 20 tenements. Buildings are in course of completion which will accommodate 202 more families, so that, reckoning five persons to each family, we may estimate that decent and comfortable homes will soon be provided for 3,890 persons. P 69 TFIE SUN,_ LONDOIT,„...WEDNESDAY EVENINA ..EgBRITARY 1 : zl-~~. The allegations made by the petitioners at Coventry against the return of Messrs. Eaton and Hill were thus summed up by Mr. Henry James in his opening address. The amounts paid to bribe the voters were but small, but that was because they were in very needy circumstances. Some of the persons bribed were non-resident, and it would be shown that about 30 were brought from Leicester, to which place they had migrated in search of work. A person named Parker managed the matter, and informed these men that a friend to the cause had lent a vehicle to bring them to Coventry, but it would be shown that this friend was an imaginary person. A man was dressed up as a livery ser vant, and a van full of voters, was driven over by him, and they were told that as soon as the election was over it would be made all right ; and Parker accordingly paid them 153. each. Mr. Parker was the acting agent for the sitting mem bers, and would be put in the witness-box, and he would be unable to deny these facts. Moreover, it would be proved that £4O passed to Mr. Parker, from Alr. Kilby, an acknow ledged and active agent, for these payments. He complained that his witnesses had been systematically approached both by menaces and bribes. Similar payments were made to voters from Dudley, Birmingham, and London, who received each 503. It would seem nothing more than an act of retributive justice when reminded his lord ship that the election of July 1867 was voided on the ground of five men receiving 103. each for coming from Birmingham to Coventry to vote for Mr. Jackson. The learned judge remarked that if witnesses were kept out of the way, the inference would be that they knew something that would void the election. A boat's crew, consisting of six men, who attempted to relieve the lighthouse•keeper on the Calf Rock, near Dorsey Island, on the southern coast of Ire land, but were unable to land, owing to the violence of the storm on Friday last, were unfortunately drowned while endeavouring to make their way back to the main land. SUICIDE BY A SULKY BOY.-011 Monday a boy named William Sandford, aged 15, who had been employed in Mr. Upton's printing establishment, Birmingham, during the past two years, committed suicide by hanging himself. On Friday last his dinner was not quite ready at the appointed hour, and he became sullen in his manner, and intimated to his mother that if it occurred again he would hang himself. CHIEF CLERKS IN CIIINCERY.—Mr, C. J. Allen, solicitor, has been appointed additional chief clerk to Vice- Chancellor James, making three chief clerks. An addi tional chief clerk will be forthwith appointed to Vice- Chancellor Malin& It is said that a gentleman named Pritchard will be selected. There will be three chief clerks at each of the several chambers, making twelve chief clerks in Chancery. Mr. Field and Mr. Hart have been appointed the assistant-clerks to the new chief clerk at Vice-Chancellor James's chambers. THE MURDER CASE AT BOLTON.—Mary Craw ford, against whom a coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, for having thrown her child into a reservoir a few weeks ago, gave herself up to the police on Monday night. She confessed the crime, and said she did it because she could not maintain herself and the child. Since the occurrence she has been working at a factory at Tottington, near Bury, but the account of the murder which appeared in the newspapers so preyed upon hermind that she resolved to surrender herself. She seems to be deeply distressed about the crime she has committed. MR. CHARLES DICKENS. —On Tuesday evening the following notice was exhibited at St. James's Hall : " Unavoidable Postponement.—Messrs. Chappell and Co. beg to announce that Mr. Dickens has yielded to the fol lowing prohibition, at the last moment, with the greatest reluctance :—' Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1869 We, the under signed, hereby certify that Mr. Charles Dickens is suffering from inflammation of the foot (caused by over-exertion), and that we have forbidden his appearance on the plat form this evening, as he must keep his room for a day or two.—Sir HENRY THOMPSON, F, IL C. S- ; F. CARE BEARD, F.R.C.S.'" It was also announced that the reading thus postponed would be given on Tuesday, April 27, and that ticket-holders could either have their money returned or exchange their tickets for tickets admitting them to the next reading. HOME PRODUCTION OF MEAT. —lt is believed that, without any larger consumption of sheep and cattle food than at present, we may so augment our annual home production of meat that the increase would exceed our total yearly importation. And to secure this grand result all that we require is a reasonable measure of success in saving from destruction those wasted portions of our flocks and herds which, after being reared and fed upon valuable food, now perish by preventible diseases. If legal regula. tions against the travelling or exposure in fair or market of animals suffering from cattle plague, pleura-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, smallpox, scab, &c.; if sanitary ' regulation of the transit of animals by ship, railway, or road ; if compulsory isolation or slaughtering in some cases ; if separation of store stock from fat stock, and if separation of imported from home-bred animals 'were moderately successful iu repressing contagious diseases, we might easily improve our home supply till the increase was equivalent to a doubling of the importatiodi or, bi other words, to an additional 5 per cent. o AO' isiiiAnp; tion.—Chamber of AgrfolNie Atieide The defence to-tease out by the petitioners against Mr. Smith's return for Westminster was corn• Ifieheed - yeSteldaY; mid Mi. Smith himself was uncle/ examination. In his opening speech, Mr. Hawkins declared that some of the witnesses who had been pro• duced were guilty of the grossest perjury —he referred more particularly to Charles and Join; Wheeler, who, it would be found, were the originators of the petition. One of the brothers claimed a sum of money from Mr. Smith's agents, but instead o f paying it as they would have done had they been con scious of the existence of corrupt practices, they repudiated the claim, and to that circumstance the sub aequent conduct of the men was traceable. With regard to the large amount of money stated to have been expended by Mr. Smith, Mr. Hawkins said every shilling of, it could be accounted for, and although vouchers had been omitted In some Instances, that had arisen not from a desire to conceal the items of the ex penditure, but simply from a belief of those who were en. trusted with the filing of the accounts that it was unneces. sary. Mr. Edwards, it was admitted, had suffered impri sonment in consequence of his having removed witnesses who were required at the election inquir 7 at St. Alban's in 1851, but nothing could be more untrue than that he had been brought to London for the purpose of bribing Westminster voters. With regard to the exhi bition of advertising boards, he thenght no better proof of the absence of corruption respecting them could be furnished than the open way is which they were distributed, and the fact that those by whom they had been exhibited were invited to attend at the Trafalgar, Charing-cross, where they were paid. As regarded the champagne supplied at the Merlin's Cave, South Molton. street, Mr. Walker, the landlord, would swear that he gave it at his own expense. In the other cases which alleged treating, Mr. Davis would give an account of the transaction, and deny that he had offered a bribe of £5 to Waterman, and given ss. to mother man. Mr. Smith's answer to the allegations of the petitioner was very decisive. He declared that, with respect to expenditure of money, he always wished it to be under stood that if be went into Parliament he raust go there with hands perfectly free from all kinds of dirt. He said emphatically that he was not conscious of any corrup tion having been exercised on his• behalf either in 1865 or in 1868, and he was convinced that the accounts returned represented his actual expenditure. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine then proceeded to carry the witness's recollec tion to what-the learned gentleman termed "the pleasanter atmosphere of the Merlin's Cave and the champagne meeting." The witness said he was invited by a letter written to him by Charles Wheeler to be at this house by half-past eight one night, and on- going there, greatly to his disgust, he found the people drinking. Mr. Walker, the landlord, was in an excited condition, and saying some. thing about the pleasure and honour of having the candi date under his roof, he brought in some champagne, to witness's horror an d amazement---(laughter)—and banded it round. Witness was unable to retire, so he drank some champagne, made a short speech, and then went, but not without complaining to his agents of his being called to attend such a meeting, and declaring that he would go to no more public.house meetings. He hod not paid, indi rectly or directly, for the champagne and other drinks, and it had not been paid for on his behalf. The house was one frequented by working men, but was not used for the purposes of the election. Questioned by Mr. Stephens as to whether his declaimer relative to his published accounts containing all his expenditure applied to 1865 as well as to 1868, witness said he was not prepared to say that there were absolutely no accounts in 1865 beyond those pub lished, but be had not looked at those accounts since 1865, and there was no necessity for looking at those accounts. He was then pressed to say whether there was or was not a " considerable sum," " a very considerable sum," beyond the amount stated in his account of 1865 expended by him or for him, and the witness replied that he had hesita tion in answering the question, as when the election of that year was over he feared some bills from his own firm, which was then himself, were not sent in for printing which was done on his behalf. Cross-examined by Mr. Stephens, the witness said he had known Edwards for forty years, and though he didnot know that Edwards had distributed as much as £BO,OOO in the St. Alban's elections, yet he knew it was a very large sum. He did not know that Edwards was imprisoned for keeping witnesses out of the way from the House of Commons committee, but believed he was imprisoned for not answer. ing a question. LATEST INTIILL MENGE-- - TifE - OtEft's'itiEditAoig) 11,OVAIANIA. BUCEIAREST Feb. 16 The ,thmitorul of to-day says :—" The proprietors of the newspaper Reform have been summoned for having published a proclamation alleged to be issued by a Bulgarian Committee for revolutionary purposes. This step is taken with the view to discover this commitoee, in order more effectually to forestall any fresh attempts on Roumanian soil, again to incite insurrection on Turkish territory." Colonel Sagageski has been appointed ohief of the Bucharest police. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 16 The Chamber of Deputies re-assembled to-day, and resolved to devote three days weekly to the discussion of the budget, two days to the discussion of the Provincial Administration and Reorganiza tion Bill, and one sitting to bills of secondary im portance. The Spanish Envoy, Senor Montemar, will shortly leave for ;Spain to take his seat as deputy in the Cortes, but is expected to return to his post. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 16 The Cortes, when definitively constituted, are expected to request Marshal Serrano to form a new Cabinet. It is probable that nearly all members of the present Cabinet will remain in office. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, from Alexanaria, arrived here at 5 p.m. to day, and leaves early to-morrow morning for Southampton, where she may be looked for about the evening of the 21st inst. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, Jan. 5 (via Brindisi). An expedition has sailed to survey the Northern territories. The yield of wheat this season will probably be six and a half million bushels. The second visit of the Duke of Edinburgh is looked forward to with great pleasure in the colony. NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, Jan. 2. The Robertson Ministry has resisted the oppos] [on of the Parkes party. Wool has advanced id. per lb. VICTORIA• MELBOURNE, Jan. 5 (via Brindisi The following gold ships have left for England during the mouth :—The Marpesia, with 5,6250 z. of gold ; the Dudley Castle, with 10,5000 z. ; the Red Jacket, with 10,2500 z. ; the Mediator, with 3,5000 z. ; the Rockcliff, with 5,0000 z. ; the Suffolk, with 20,2500 z. ; and the Conflict (?), with 23,2000 z. The debentures of the new Victoria Railway ,oan are sent to England by this mail. THE PAPAL STATES. (From a Correspondent.) ROME, FEB. 14. The Pope went. to San Lorenzo to inspect the new monuments and the progress of the frescoes, which had been interrupted by the death of Fracassini, the Young talented painter to whom their execu tion had been confided. His Holiness was met by the commissioners charged with the works, and by the colonel of the Zouaves, M. de Charette, and after entering the Easilica for a few minutes, proceeded to the cemetery, wher4 he minutely inspected the monumental sculptures of Signor, Loccardi, representing St. Peter arming a crusader destined to adorn the base of the cross about to be erected in the 'centre of the cemetery in memory of the dead of Mentana. An immense crowd of persons folio wed the Pope in his walk, and he was very warmly cheered on leaving the cemetery. He visited the Church of the Cara vita on Saturday, and on Monday the Gesu and several schools, convents, and colleges, as is usual during Car nival, assisting at the distribution of prizes and the reci tations of the pupils. Your readers may therefore imagine that his health is as robust as usual, and th a t th e tem porary fatigue visible on Candlemas D ay has disappeared. The Marquis of Bute arrived last night, and was pre sented to the Pope this morning, who will administer the sacrament of Confirmation to him to-morrow morning in the private chapel of the Vatican. His lordship leaves a next day for the Holy Land , and, as f ar as I can learn, has not even a remote intention of joining the R oman Catholic priesthood, were he even of sufficient age to do so. The accounts from Naples as to the King's reception are, of course, as various as the opinions represented by their narrators. On one point, however, all are agreed— that politically the journey Was a failure. The arrival of his Majesty was the signal for th e noblesse to absent themselves from the public Places of amusement and to return the keys of their boxes at the opera to the manager for the nights of royal command, and the grand tier was filled by the least re putable clas s o f women an d hundreds of employes, &c., gratuitously placed by the police on condition of cheering on the King's entrance. Bouquets were showered into Princess Mar gare t' s car riage, it is true, but most of them contained insolent mottos or ribbons of the Bourbon colours. A wreath of white lilies was thrown Pera-box, with th e i nscr i pt i on from an upper tier into her o " Long live Francis IL" A Prussian officer who was present on the arrival of the Ring, and who is a decided Liberal in politics, states that "insolent" coldness was the only word which could be applied to the royal recep tion. It is much to be lamented that his Majesty does not attempt to win back something like popularity by an amnesty. There are above 5 ,000 political prisoners, untried for three, four, five, six, and even e i ght years, now lying in the dungeons of Naples, Caserta, St. Elmo, Capua, Sora, and other towns. These are nearly all partisans of Francis IL, and attachment to their own sove reign is the only crime they are charged with. A gaol deliver ance is absolutely needed; and till it takes place no forgetfulness of old wrongs can be expected. Ajani and Luzzi's sentence will be decided on next week, the Supreme Court meeting for the fret time after the Carnival. It. will in all probability confirm the judgment previously given, as the evidence is too strong for doubt, did not Ajani's own avowal pa the matter beyond hesitation. Carlo Cattaneo, Mazzini's intimate friend and intended successor in the leadershi p of secret societies of Italy, died on the 4th of February at Lugano. Mazzini himself, who has partially recovered from his recent illness, and who is lodging with a Jewish family, named Notteau, remained with his friend to the heat. Cattaneo was a professed Atheist during life, and taught Voltairean doctrines to his pupils, in th e co ll ege of which be was appointed professor by the Italian Government ; but he seems to have requested the attendance of his parish priest on his death bed. This was, however, refused the unhappy man by the persons who surrounded him. Fresh consignments of ammunition continue to arrive from France for the use of the Imperial troops quartered at Civita Vecchia. This does not look like evacuation. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Mon signor Charles Eyre, has received his final audience and in structions from the Pope before returning to Scotland. It is understood that the episcopate of the United Kingdom have received most stringent orders from Rome regarding the Fenian movement, and the recent circular of Dr. Ulla thorne to his diocese relative to the Fenians . of Birming ham has been highly approved of in the Vatican. The Carnival was closed on Tuesday evening by a very brilliant masked ball at the Apollo Theatre, at which all the Roman aristocracy, with a great number of the foreign visitors, were present. The Pope distributed the ashes next morning at the Sixtin e Chapel, receiving them first himself from the Cardinal Penitentiary, and then signing the foreheads of each cf the cardinals and prelates present with them. Balls and theatres are now over for six weeks, but the usual receptions at the great Roman houses continue, and there is a good deal of society A mong the foreigners, espe cially the Germans, The whole Fatherland seems to have come on a pilgrimage to Rome, and every second name one sees commences with "Yon,' WE -ENGLISH -CHURCH UNION." --- On Tuesday night a crowded meeting of the members of ;Lis society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great 4tieen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields, to receive a report on he Mackonochie case. The Hon. C. L. Wood presided. The report, which extended over twelve octavo printed pages, if ter its presentation, was adopted, on the motion of Mr. P. 0. Marshall, seconded by Mr. James Butterworth, out only under protest from the Rev. C. F. Lowder, who seemed to think some part of the document might be read is recognising the competency of the tribunal that had letertnined the case. Dr. Pusey then proposed a resolution ;o carry out its spirit by calling upon all Churchmen io unite in defending and maintaining the great Drinciple of appeal to Primitive and Catholic antiquity rn which the Reformation of the English Church was based, and further recommending that a memorial 'rom the Union should be addressed to the Convocations of ,oth provinces, praying them to take measures for pro moting the reform of the Court of Final Appeal. The ^esolution was seconded by Mr. Brett and carried, after the rejection of a verbal amendment, suggested by the Rev. 0. Shipley. On the motion of the Rev. J. W. Perry, s second resolution was also passed, affirming that the ornaments or usages condemned by the Privy Council ought not to be further defended, unless the case be one to make it a duty to the Church to do so, and counselling great prudence in the continued or attempted use of those Indirectly prohibited; otherwise the Union would not enter tain any application to defend any suit that may hereafter 9.rise, IRISH CONVICTS. The directors of the convict prisons in Ireland report that in the year 1867 296 convicts were sentenced to penal servitude in Ireland, 216 males and 80 females, and at the end of the year there were 1,340 convicts in custody in Ireland, 920 males and 420 females ; 330 convicts were discharged in the year, 123 unconditionally on completion of sentence, commutation, or pardon, and 207 on orders of license ; in England, among an equal number of con victs disposed of in 1866, the number discharged on ter mination of sentence was only 40 (instead of 112 as in Ireland in 1867), and on ticket of leave 320. Convicts in Ireland are sent first to Mountjoy Prison, and at the expi ration of their probationary time are either transferred to the associated trades' division, or removed to association on the public works at Spike Island, whence in due time they pass on to Smithfield or Lusk intermediate prisons— the one with its trades and the other with its farm work. The Roman Catholic chaplain of Mountjoy submits that eight months are too long a time to keep a prisoner in separate confinement, locked in his cell about twenty-one hours a dap, with work which is little better than absolute idleness, the man being generally without mental culture and of strong animal passions and vicious habits. This gentleman is of opinion that after three or four months the tendency is to enfeeble the mind and render the prisoner less able to resist temptation here after, thus perhaps partly causing the increase in the pro portion of returned convicts, while crime and convictions generally have been so greatly diminishing. The directors do not concur in this view, but adhere to the general opinion that lengthened separation is a necessary part of the refor matory treatment of prisoners. Every effort is made to exercise the most complete supervision over the conduct ,f those who are released on ticket of license, the Royal Irish constabulary taking this duty in the country, while in Dublin it is done by Mr. Organ, inspector of released convicts. This gentleman states that the employers of the men released from the intermediate prisons very seldom indeed have cause to complain of their industry or conduct. As lecturer at the little agricultural colony of Lusk, he says that the great majority of the men have, by their conduct beyond the prison walls, won back the character they had forfeited ly their crimes, and have become absorbed among the honest industrial classes of society. As lecturer at Smith field he states that his great object is to teach men to think, and to cultivate among them a manly spirit ; and he says that his confidence that they may become honest mem bers of society is justified by the growing confidence of employers in his men, and the increasing demand for their labour. He writes under date of the Ist of January, 1867 (a mistake for 1868) this result of his labours : " I can say, after a period of thirteen years' practical and by no means unimportant experience, that the prejudices of the public against the convict are every day ing ; and it is a source of gratifying pride to me to say that no well - disposed released prisoner, no matter what gaol or county he hails from, can plead want of hones employment as an excuse for the pursuit of a life o crime. The Star is satisfied that we cannot point to any urgen t reform demanding instant consideration, of which we a° not find promise in the Queen's Speech. With all the reforms, indeed, for which the nation is calling out, it would be hopeless to attempt to deal in the space of . 1 ; single session, whi c h we m i g h t d eem well spent were it only to see the accomplishment of the pledge of religion s equality given last y ear t o I re l an d . Some questions 0 the :highest importance can merely be submitted to t ) searching investigation during the session that has lA e f i , so fairly i naugura t e d ; an d others, the magnitude of wh i e: no one will di s p u t e , must b e postponed till a part, at least, of the task now undertaken has been brought t ° completion. The promises of reform comprised in 11et , Majesty's Sp eec h are numerous, and attractive both , speculative and practical politicians ; yet, perhaps the announcement which will peculiarly and most k e enly et . gage the interest o f th e ma j or i ty of readers is that wh i c ' was addressed especially to the " Gentlemen of the 521156 of Commons." That the estimates of the public exPe n c i diture for the ensui ng fi nanc i a l year " have been fram ed with a careful regard to the efficiency of the service" ill not less satisfactory than that " they will exhibit diminished charge upon the country." Mr. Lowe's fia t Budget will, then, be presented under favourable auspicel of which, no d o ubt, h e w ill ava i l himself ; and an:10 0 the promised measures of reform there are none, aPP * ; rently, that are lik e ly t o ca ll for an increased outlay °f the public money. The Telegraph, in referring to the changes which 10 _ 1 1° taken place since the resignation of the last Libel'. House, , Ministry, says was, in tr u th, str iki ng to gise°; at the serried se na t ors i n the Reformed and v i think what an exc it e d an d momentous interval had elapse d since the chief figure on the Ministerial bench sat last ill the same place. Then Mr. Gladstone was but leader o f the House and champion of the rights of the working class es to Electional R e f orm . L ast n i ght he sat first in if: Chamber, the natural chief of a Parliament reformed Pi nothing so much as by his own eloquence and constane; and having at hi s b ac k suc h a majority as no Min i° has wielded for near ly f or t y years. To the place of po le , ; so well attained h e h as come f rom that less respons ible position opposite, where the impassive countenan ce of the ex -P rem i er once more b rooded, and perforce recall ed the " Night of Defeat," when, on the point of abdicating' in order to defeat the intrigues of traitors and the trope s of oliga rc h s , M r. Gl adstone said, " The silent forces ° f the time are upon our'side." It is not often that a Pr e ,: diction i s so soon f ulfilled ; but that lofty boast has bee.; abundantly j ust ifi ed, and a short and costly success b as been follow e d b y a defeat which has effaced the old l'e " party, and introduced a new period of political history' Altogether there was a strange atmosphere of change rD the Chamber__a sense that the "old order "had "yielded —a testimony everywhere afforded that the difference between "what has been" and "what will be" is deep and wide. Perhaps nobody in the new Assembly P e , , ,'‘ ceived it better than the silent man who sat opposite Gladstone, • and whose " educational system" had W IZ nigh " improved" his pupils off the political stage. The Standard thinks that things may not turn out B O badly after all if the Government take heed to their WI in the question of the Irish Church. On the 6're.l4b question of all the two great party chiefs both spoke wr especial reserve and studied moderation. Mr. Disrae's frankly acknowledging that the unmistakeable d ec laratio: of the co un t ry h a d transferred to Mr. Gladstone t h e direction of the Irish question, deprecated any prematu r ed discussion upon t h e su b ject ; awaiting the deta il proposal soon to be su b m itt e d b y the Minister, At 't., promising it a consid era ti on as careful and candid t.; befits the g rav it y o f t h e occasion and the dignity 0100 House. In Mr. Disraeli's view, as in ours, it is the business of an O ppos i t i on under such ciro n' stances to take th e Mi n i s t er i al proposition illto consideration, and to see whether it is such P they can ac ce pt, mo dif y, or make the subject O f 0 compromise, before they nail their flag to the mast eA resolve to hazard every thi ng upon the issue of battle. whe proposition may be—there is much reason to fear it w'; be —utterly i n t o l era bl e an d i n i quitous, and in that case W have no alt erna ti ve b ut to f i ght to the last. But 0.1 , r. Disraeli, at least, will not assume that this must be f; He will give the scheme a fair consideration from w a g Conservative point of view, as the scheme one to whose hands "an unmistakeable dela s ill tion of th e coun t ry " h as for the time entrusted the guidance of it s fate. S h iS ir. Gladston e , on oo part, professed an anxious desire to s hape - m O/ - measures, both on this and o th er su b jects, in such a manses as to conciliate the sympathies of as many, and to proY o o the antipathies of as few as possible—in short, to avoid far as may be everything needlessly painful to Protesw' feeling or wounding to Conservative honour and prineiP i co e.. If he can k ee p thi s promise things may turn out mutt more happily than has hitherto appeared probable. not, the storm which is at hand will fully realise the OP/ hensions whi c h are plainly t 4413 0 be read i n th e tone _, manner of Parliam en t d ur i ng the "lull" which prece dc " and presignifies it. The Daily News a pp roves o f the the course pursued J 1 rival factions, and says that the Parliamentary Seesi°°,,, 18G9 has come in lik e a l am b . It may complete t;341 reversal of the old p rover b , an d go out like a lion. h e this as it may, n o thi ng cou ld exceed the harmony o f the proceedings of both H ouses yesterday. Possi bly tie unwonted display of m u t ua l good feeling may be duet, . the mildn e ss of th e weather, which has quickened t; • better nature of r i va l statesmen, and ripened their kin dl y sentiments into early bloom. Lord Cairns and .1)0 hit' t Granville in th e U pper House, and Mr. Disraeli and I Gladstone in the L ower, a b oun d ed towards eac h othe r in the cou r t es i es an d amenities of debate. The Queell,„ Speech, in conf orm it y w i t h rece n t usage, was, indee d,s framed as to avoid opportunity for contention. The g e o taste of shunning unseemly wrangles over messages. the Crown is obvious, and the good sense of not seil tl° pating deb a t es an d di v i s i ons for which there i s so to be abund an t occas i on late in the session is l e j less appare n t. M r . Di srael i last night frankly adrnit!ed in words, wh a t h e h as even more emphatically con fesse d by his cond uc t, th a t i n t h e general election the co unt s) declared w ith unm i sta k a b le plainness its des i re tll Mr. Glad s t one s h ou ld b e entrusted with P wet, and that this declaration had especial referlit, to the great question of the Irish Church. to, avowed his hope that th e p roposa l s of the Ministry W°i4au when the proper time comes , b e grave l y and inipact considered. Mr. Di srae li i s t oo s h rewd a man no t t° 0,4 —especially since the conclusive failure of his own scl' e the for securing religious equa lit y b y l evelling upwar ds -- 0 , the Church question in Ireland can be settled in one er , only. A wise and patrioti c acqu i escence in w h a t be P er ceives to be the irreversibl e d ec i s i on of the nat i o n would secure him the respect and gra tit u d e of his countrY"l"7d, and cast many errors into the shade. It is now stated that the reports -- 61 have appeared in the n ewspapers r especting the M a rgois d . Westminster's health are grea tl y eiaggerated. 114.° f or 1 1 26 AL ierr 13 Ida lA'9 _3l .- U daurer.! LAW AND POLICE. LORD BROUGHAM AND THE DENTIST.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Tuesday, Mr. Lowe, a dentist, brought an action against the executor cf the late Lord Brougham to recover the sum of £157 10s. for professional services and artificial teeth. The plaintiff is a dentist at CarFs'e and Penrith, and attended Lord _Brougham during four or five months in 1862. When the account was presented his lordship objected to it, and it remained unpaid till his death, when it was presented to. his executor, who likewise disputed it. The present Lord Brougham, as defendant, paid £B2 into court, which it was contended was ample remunera tion, as the prices charged were higher than those ordinarily charged by the plaintiff. A letter from Lord Brougham to his brother was read declaring that he was utterly astonished by the bill presented to him. Mr. Hepburn and Mr. Cartwright, the eminent dentists, gave evidence as to their charges, which were much below those of the plaintiff. The jury, after some deliberation, gave a ver , diet for the plaintiff, the damages being £22 108. beyond the amount paid into court. A WELL-EARNED REWARD.—At Bow•street, on Tues• day, Mr. Vaughan awarded the sum of .£5 from the Police Reward Fund to Sergeant Mason, of the X divi sion, for a very daring capture of two burglars and the recovery of the stolen property. The constable, though unarmed, stopped a cart with four desperate burglars, two of whom were armed with life preservers. He succeeded in overcoming two of them, and i n saving the property. A subscription has been raised for t h e sergeant in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, where the capture was effected, and the commissioners of police have nromoted him to a first-class sergeautcy. A CHARGE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. -111 r. William English, silk weaver, of Bethnal Green, has been dis charged by Mr. Newton, at W orship-street, the m agistrate holding that there was not sufficient corrobo ration of the charge brought against him. It will be remembered that he was accused of appropriating some bank-notes in 1851, and the evidence was naturally con flicting. The defendant said he had been cruelly used, "--rt Mr. Newton refused to listen to his explanations. A HOPEFUL PRISONER.—The oldest burglar in England was on Tuesday charged at the Southwark Police -court with loitering in an area, with intent to rob. A prison warder said that he had been sentenced to death many years ago, and his sentence was commuted to transporta tion for life. Since then he has been twice transported for life, each time of course receiving a ticket of leave, and in September 1866 he was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. Since then he has been convicted in the country, and is now sentenced to three months' hard labour. THE NEW CHIEF COMMISSIONER op POLICE.— On Tuesday Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, the new Chief Commissioner of Police, issued the following address to the superintendents, inspectors, sergeants, and men under his command :—" Colonel Henderson trusts that he will receive the cordial support of the whole police force in the discharge of his important duties, and he will on his part devote his utmost energies to promote the efficiency and welfare of the force which he has the honour to command." The above address was read to the men at every police-station. THE PUBLIC HEALTH'. -- The public health returns for this week are of a; satisfactory character. During the seven days ending on Saturday last, the rate of mortality in London was 23 per 1,000, as against 26 in the other large towns of the United Kingdom. The deaths in the metropolis were 1,426, or . 156 below the average for the sixth week of the year, and 205 less than the number given in the previous return. The mortality from scarlet fever, measles, and whooping -cough is on the increase. So far, during the present year, the deaths in the streets have exceeded the calculated number by one. The Registrar-General suggests a fine on the drivers of the " fatal vehicles." The mean temperature during the week was 47.5, or S'B above the average. CONVEYED AWAY BY A MISTAKE.—A case, which !illustrates the predominant authority of a conveyance under the Landed Estat es Court, was disposed of on 'rues . day in the Court of Chancery Appeal. A piee3 of waste laud in the town of Baillieborou,gh, County Cavan, the property of Lord Lanesborough, was by mistake included in the map annexed to the conveyance of a lot which was sold in the Landed Estates Court in 1865. The error was nut discovered until 1867, when the pur chaser proceeded to enclose the strip. Lord Laneshorough brought at action of trespass, but the Court of Common Pleas held that the conveyance was conclusive. He then applied to Judge Lynch, in the Landed Estates Court, for'an order to• compel the purchaser to reconvey the piece in question, on the ground that the solicitor wile had the management of the purchase ought to have seen that the map was correctly drawn. The judge made an order to that effect. The purchaser appealed, and the Court of Chancery Appeal has reversed the deci hsion, and held that the strip should be returned. This is ot the first instance in which property has been irre• Coverably conveyed away by mistake, under the i4slcfea. 'We title of the Lauded Eztatea Court.. .=ODiNALS; , The Times thinks that the lamb-like character of the opening night of the session may he partly attributed 01 the fact that the battle of the Irish Church has be en gready fought and won. It is knoWn now as fully by th e froht rank of th e O ppos i t i on as by the Treasury liencb that the destiny of the Irish Establishment is a q uestion of the p as t. A s Lord Dufferin truly said a t B e lfast las t week, there are certain declarations for which the No til) waits, but when once made they cannot be recalled. L ike' the Duke of Wellington, when he said that either Catholic Emancipation must be conceded or a rebellion h e encountered; like Sir Robert Peel, when he declared the the porn laws must be repealed or the guilt of an agg ra4 va4d famine borne by Parliament—and as in e ach as ° the Legislature ratified the opinions of its leaders—sou° tile word has gone forth that the Irish Establishme nt must be abolished, and all men know that it must be 012° ' lished. So it may turn out that the session will be a 5 l sion of equanimity, var i e d b y fierce but transient and harmless contests, for it is a session devoted to the sanction of a foregone conclusion. It is to the Ist of Marc' that we must look forward to discover the CU P tinctive character of the session, for on that evening tli : real work of th e H ouse i s to begin. The session of 1 0" may not be marked by the narrow and doubtful contes t° of former years, but it must afford enough to satisfy el moderate ambition. Mr. Gladstone sa id yes t er d ay , with a frankness w hi c h provo k ed an ironical laugh from t ' Opposition, that the Government would be happy if t ile ! accomplished everything they had ventured to recommen d ' This is the simple truth. We are entering on a semi° which must be a session of hard work, if of nothing elt From the let of March to the Ist of August there scarcely be a day of leisure for those whose business it is° go down into the great waters of political life. The Morning Post says that whatever objections the hypercritical might take to the clumsiness of the languag e employed by th e composers of the speech, none cou ld with any prospect of success have been raised to the policy indicated, and the Conservative leader showe d his accustomed sagac it y i n permitting this port i on of the speech to pass almost sub silentio. The Ministri will at an early period submit their scheme to the House of Commons, and then, under the leadership of the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, the Cow servative party will no doubt fight gallantly in what the conceive to be the cause of Church and State. With, peace abroad and at home, the Reformed Parliament cons' mences its first session under the happiest auspices. W e re-echo the concluding prayer of the Speech WA the Throne, that its labours may be brought to a happy issue. 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