The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

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SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre rentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatb.rton. Doors open at half-past 0, commence at 7. Box-office open from 1') till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, OTHELLO: Mr. Phelps, Mr. Dillon, Mr. H. Sinclair, &c.; Miss Heath and Miss Fanny Huddart. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B" DA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. RAISING THE Wl' D: Messrs. Ben da], C:ark, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton. &e. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. Astley, &c,: Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Bill, kc. Concluding with HUH t L FELICITY: essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathershy, White. &c.: Mesdames Ohippendale, Fitzwillbam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &e. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. 'Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS B.VEI‘ENG. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA MBE R.' VELL. Mr. G. eelmore, Mrs. L. Murray. kt 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Sti -ling, Mr. G P.elmore. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven, ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining T HIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (live years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. Co conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. 'doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. • THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs riltrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,Ina and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF ThE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude Rith HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEAME AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN The world-renowned ON RA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAP rZE perfectly electrified the Metropolis last Autumn, will appear THIS EVENING. Onra challenges the world. Herr OSCAR CA RRE will introducehi Six splendid Trick Horses--Topaze, Saladin, edj id, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the incomparable Scenes in the Ar Ara, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, 1i r. A. Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, A malia, Schwartz, and Krembser, "The trick horses are magnificent animals, every lover of horses shbuld make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."--Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Baif-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. A , 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AN D THE BRAHMIN S : Messrs. 3larsh all, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and .1. 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 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. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur 4tay night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit enell's Royal Library, at the musicsellere, aad at the hall. 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Concluding with BEDA. rirrlP, BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT, MS.—Nonce Is HEREBY GIVEN, ThatJOHN ADAMS, of 29, Upper Chortles Mews, Dedford-squaro, in the Co - rity of Middlesex, Cab Driver, hits left in the Office of the Chief Registrar of the Court of Banlamptcy, Quality Court, Chancery lane, London, a list of his Debts and Liabilities and a state ment of his property and credits as required by the Bankruptcy Amendment Act, 1868. Dated this 25th day of February, 1869. J. ABLETT, 65, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, W., Solicitor for the person registering the Deed. VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY LOAN for £2,107,000, in Five per Cent. Debentures. — Authorised by the Victorian Parliament under the Act 32 Vic toria, No. 331, assented to 29th September, 1868, called "The Railway Loan Act, 1863," for the extension of Railways, and secured upon the Consplidated Revenues of the Colony. The committee of the six Associated Australian banks, as agents for the Government of Victoria, have been instructed to negotiate the said loan of £2,107,000. The loan will be issued in Debent.tres of £lOO, £5OO, and £1 000 each, bearing interest at 5 per cent., to commence from the Ist January, 1869, and the coupons of the said loan are pay able on the Ist of January and Ist July in each year. at the London and Westminster Bank and the Lou lon and Joint-Stock Bank, where also the principal will be payable on the Ist day of January, 1894 . Copies of the Act, with the debentures and coupons, can be seen at the London and Westminster Bank. The Act provides that the proceeds of the loan shall be ex pended in constructing a line of railway from Melbourne to Belvoir, on the Upper Murry River. By it, a large district of great mineral, pastoral, and agricultural wealth will be opened up, and much of the trade of the great pastoral country, north of the Murray, will be secured to Melbourne. The whole of the public debt of Victoria has been contracted for the execution of public works, which not merely develope the resources of the country, but are reproductive in them selves. Tenders in the form annexed will be received at the London and Westminster Bank, on or before Tuesday, the 9th inst., un til one o'clock p.m., where and when they will be opened, in presence of the agents of the Government, and of such of the applicants as may attend. The debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders, pro vided the tenders are not below the minimum price, as directed by the Government of Victoria, which will be placed on the table in a scaled envelope. Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling other than sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted; and should the equivalent tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to be allotted, a pro rata distribution will be made. 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SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THEATRE-ROLL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING. RAI- ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., Mis. Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale, &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. CommencA at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manlger. Mr. Vining. TIITSEVENiNO. at 7, to commen,e with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8. MARIE A TOINET FE: Mr W. Rignohl, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with CUP OF T A : Mdre.Boatrice. TIIEATR F. -ROYAL, ADELPIII._ Turs EvENTNG,ati, DID YOU EVER SENT) YOUR WIFE TO ('A MB.. n w ELL Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 1:5 to 8. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster. A. Stirling, G. Belmore, 1.. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, de. GLOBE THEATRE- BOYAL. TitiB F.VENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, ITurlstoue. J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, TILE W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford. Clarice: Miss Buft.n. THE FIELD ON THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; vesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall. i ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough, Irving. S. Fmery, Miss Hod son , &c. With THE BIRTHPLA CE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tlirs EViNING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MATE'. 3Tr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTER!. D: Messrs. Cowper. n eville, Parselle. Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, Bartleman. and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlhro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tins EVENING, at 7. PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. .Wigan, IT.Ne•ille, E. Atki ns , H . V aug h an, H . C ooper , and Smithson: Mesdames Furtado, Sehavev, N. Harris. and St. Henry. After which. THE YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs 'Neville, H. Neville, Atkins. Taylor, Taughan, G. Vincent, &e.; Miss Fur ad o and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVINtI CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. lAtekingham White. Miss . C. Addison, and Mi ss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINND.G HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITIIF_ATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses ; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STP.EET. Tnrs ETENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S. CEIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBIt A PALACE. THREE BALLET. Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Reger fe-T.aik, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. Adoiko / 7) I BM :1 • A.l LONDOS, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1869. Mr. GLADSTONE'S revelation last evening of the purposes to which the residue of the moneys accru iug from the sale of the Church Property in Ireland is proposed by her MAJESTY . s Government to be ap pried —there can be no question whatever shout this --came last night, at the first blush of it, distinctly as an anti-climax. He had been speaking for be tween two and there hours to a densely crowded and breathlessly attentive House, reserving that explana tion or revelation, as we have called it, evidently as an agreeable surprise, until the very end. It came as a surprize, cer:aiuly, but hardly as an agree able surprize. It was fat first of all very much as a disappointment. Ilre can only compare the momentary effect of it when the Premier said that the funds were to be applied to the relief of "un avoidable calamity," to the effi ct we very well rf-- member to have been produced, years upon yea's co, by Mr. DISRAELI, towards the close of his Budget, when the resource to which he looked, and the Lature of which he had preserved until then as a THE SUN, LONDON, TUtSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1869, profounir secret, was announced by him to be—the House Tax ! Then, as last night, when Mr. GLADSTONE spoke of Unavoidable Calamity -- there arose a laugh, almost as of derision, from the Opposition. A burst of hilarity fl om the Opposi tion—followed by a sinister and almost ominous silence from the benches behind him and below the gangway, among the rank and file of the supporters of the Government. The seeming anti-climax of last night, however, was, as we have before intimated, merely momentary. The original sense of disappointment awakened by the first announcement was subse quently conquered—we believe—by the detailed explanations of the Prime Minister. Those who appeared first of all disposed to deride the notion of aiding Unavoidable Calamity in the ab stract—were hushed into serious attention when the lamentable details came to be enumerated. " Lameness and lunacy, blindness and leprosy" —are words that more than simply emphasin a verse of o . rw.vv. They are those, and all similar, most dire, and certainly quite unavoidable calamities which absolutely awe into reverent consideration even the most thoughtless and the most frivolous audience— much more so an audience like that assembled last evening within the walls of the British House of Commons. The funds, the the surplus funds, that is, accruing from the sale of the Church Property in Ireland, after the liquidation of all charges upon it whatsoever—leaving at the dispo sal of the State from £7,000,000 to £8,000,000 alto gether —were not (Mr. GLADSTONE told us emphati cally last evening) to be applied to this or to that pur pose, to become so many bones of contention. to be transformed into provocations to new controversy ! They were to be applied to Irish purposes, and they were to be applied finally ! They were to be applied not merely alone in Ireland, but they were to be fairly and justly applied to All Ireland ! Not favour ing one part at the expense of the other, but bene fiting the population equally throughout the whole island. Having premised thus much, very distinctly and very impressivell , , the question then propounded by the Prime Minister was—as to the direction in which those funds, those surplus millions (from £7,000,000 to £8,000,000) were to be applied ? They were—he said--not to be applied to religious teach ing, they were not to be distributed among the various denominations. They were not to be used for Educational Purposes. They were not to be employed in the development of Public Works. f hey were not, he said, to be devoted to the extension and to the multiplying of Irish Railways. (At which announcement there came a cheer.) They were not to be appropriated for the relief of the Poor Rates. When he had said that—the difficulty seemed to be to conjecture what they were to be ap plied to ! And then it was that, in reading from the preamble of the bill itself, Mr, GLADSTONE pro nounced those two explanatory words Unavoid able Calamity—the first utterance of which, as we have said, came almost with the effect of an anti-climax. Silenced, however, by the awful cata logue of " the ills that flesh is heir to," the House evidenced its recognition very soon afterwards of the wisdom and the humanity which have unquesti.mably dictated the ulterior decision arrived at by the re:pon - slide advisers of :the Crown in the selection of the particular purposes to which these seven or eight millions sterling are to be applied, under the beneficent guidance and direction of the Imperial Government, or rather of a Com mission representing the Crown, and acting for the Government. Having at their command a capi tal of from seven to eight millions, it is proposed that the Commission s hall d ea l thus with the income derived from that fund, to the extent of £311,000 annually.- It, the Commission, or let us say they, the Commissioners, will, it is proposed, set aside yearly £185,000 for the relief or care of lunatics—£3o,ooo yearly for the educa'ion in appropriate schools of the deaf- and-dumb, and of the blind—£2o,ooo yearly for the harbouring or nurturing of idiots—£ls,ooo }early for the trainingof nurses among theclassesabove pauper ism —£10,000 for Reformatories and Ind ustria Schools, and £51,00 to County Infirmaries—al together as we have seen, £311,000 anon ally. There is no question whatever of this, we take, it in regard to the extraordinary proposition thus made by the Government for the appropriation— in one sense it can hardly be said to merely secular purposes —of the surplus funds derivable from the diseudownment of the Irish Church after its disestahlishment has been acconr pliAhed : there is no question—we would even say there can be no question—in regard to this proposition, but that it is one completely and absolutely in accordance with the whole scheme, With the whole of the original manifestatio❑ of Chris- tianity. For, what in effect and in point of fact was the account of the nature of His mission, given to the world by the lips of the Divine Redeemer Him self "Go and tell them," lle said—What? ‘, That the blind see, that the deaf hear, that the lepers are cleansed, that the lame walk," —and that -- as a climax—" that the poor have the Gospel preached to them." Now that, in ridding Ireland at last, after three hundred years of alien domination—now that, in ridding her at last of the anomaly of the Irish Church as a State Establishment, through the agency of which the Poor bad most certainly not the Gospel preached to them—Her MAJESTY'S Government, at the least, apply the funds (hitherto misapplied) to those purposes to which, even, it should be said, precedence was given in the enumeration of the work of His Divine Mission by the World's REDEEMER—to the relief of lunatics, of the deaf, of the dumb, of the blind, of idiotcy, of those stricken down by sickness, or by other " unavoid.tbla cala- mities." It is a benign purpose—it is a project in har- mony with the whole scheme of our common Christie- nity. The country cannot but recognise this. The 'louse has already recognised it. And in the recognition of it, far and wide throughout the world, the Good Done as well as the Evil Undone, through the agencyof this great and noble measure,will enhance appreciably,we may feel absolutely certain of this, the ar- dour with which—as Mr. GLA DSTONE grandly closed his speech by saying last night—those words giving the form of law to the work embodied in the proposed enactment (the work of peace and justice) will be echoedfrom every shore where the name of Ireland and the name of Great Britain have been heard—tha answer to the words coming back to us from the ends of the earth in "the approving verdict of civilized mankind." THE most satisfactory feature in the navy and the army estimates is that a large reduction in the expenditure has been effected with a small reduction of the personnel of the two services. The estimates for the coming financial year shew a net decrease of expenditure to the extent of over two millions sterling, and yet the decrease in the officers and men of the navy is only 2,100, and in those of the army a little over 10,000. These figures shew that we have by no means yet reached the limit of our reductions. When we remember the large number of men there are engaged uselessly in our coastguard ships and in the wooden ships that crowd our naval ports ; when we consider the large number of troops that are engaged in defending colonies which are very well able to defend themselves ; when we reflect that our navy and our army are officered to excess and fix bayond the services of other countries, we shall feel that our economists have no need as yet to weep for lack of new worlds to conquer. So far, then, from look ing at the present estimates as a temporary and spas modic effort on the part of a new and therefore' over-vigorous Administration, we anticipate that these reductions are but the beginning of a policy which will be maintained and even developed as the chiefs of the spending departments become more ex perienced in their work. Ten years ago Lord C LARLNCE PAGET declared that five millions were annually spent on the navy with as little result as if the money had been thrown into the sea. He was put into office in order to save some of this waste. He utterly failed to do so. The inference was, either that he had grossly exaggerated, or that he was wholly incompetent. The success with which Mr. CHILDERS, saying little, has accomplished much, leads us to think that exaggeration was not Lord CLARENCE'S fault, and that if the present Ministers are sustained by the voice of the country, they will prove by their deeds that he was not far wrong in his words. The five items in the navy estimates on which the largest reduction has been made are wages to seamen and marines, victuals and clothing, dockyards and naval yards, naval stores and steam machinery, and ships built by contract. In fact these items together make up more than the net saving on the whole esti mates. They indicate two changes in our naval policy. In the first place, we have too many old ships; in the second place, we have been building too many new ships. On the first point there can be no room for difference of opinion. It is stated, for instance, that in the height of our great war with the First NAPOLEON, the total number of our harbour and troop-ships was 77, and that the nnmber previous to the late Parliamentary elections was 250. The popular outcry induced the late Government to reduce this number by the end of the year to 229. This is manifestly a wholly insufficient reduction. It cannot be necessary for us to have in time of peace three times the number of ships that we had during the most tremendous war in which this country has ever been engaged. It may be said that other Powers have since then increased their fleets, and that we, therefore, must have a stronger navy than of old in order to keep the supremacy of the seas. To this we reply that we have no more right to such supremacy than France or Prussia has, and that even if we possessed the right we could not enforce it, for all the world knows that we should not think of engaging in a war with any of the great Powers without an ally. -mother consideration to be taken into account is the fact that mechanical discoveries have to a great extent diminished the necessity for keeping up a largo number of ships, or large crews in individual ships. An immense majority of the 229 ships whereof the navy is still composed are utterly unavailing for all military purposes, are as useless for defence as they are for attack. They are maintained solely in order to find employment for a service that is over-officered and over-manned. One such little craft like Mr. RENDEL'S " Staunch," which is merely a floating platform for a large gun, is not only worth a dozen of such vessels as now crowd Portsmouth harbour and the llamoaze, but is of the utmost value, while the rest are worth less. The turret-ships which Captain COLES has for many years vainly endeavoured to get introduced into the navy are at last to be adopted, after mil lions have been spent, comparatively unprofitably, on broadside vessels. Captain SCOTT'S gun-carriage has rendered it possible to work the heavy guns of a ship with only half the crew that used to be required. s All these several facts point to the same result s the disposal of our old wooden ships, the cessation from the construction of ships of an effete pattern, the building of ships which shall be really effective for their work, and which will yet require a smaller crew to man them. Another important principle is the substitution of flying squadrons for those all but stationary squadrons which are now found in various parts of the world. These are absolutely useless for a political purpose; at least, that purpose would be answered as well by the flying squadrons; and, so far as their effect upon seamanship is concerned, their influence is absolutely injurious, since it leads to the rusting of our seamen in port instead of to their active exercise in their duties at sea. Turning to the army estimates, we find that here, also, there are live principal items of reduction. Under the head of general staff and regimental pay we have a reduction of £435,400 ; the commissariat esta. blishment, services and movements of troops; shew for £100,900 ; barrack establishments for .t 103,400 ; military store and manufacturing depart• ments for £:341,400 ; and works and buildingS for 81,100, or, together, more than £1,100,000. It will • , be seen that over 7 - i - 00,000 of this amount is due to the decreased personnel of the army. But it does no mean decreased strength. The reduction of abow 11,000 troops is due for the most part to the recall of troops from colonial stations. It is seen cl e a r ly enough that if our colonies want troops, they, not the paupers of Bethnal-green, are the persons to pay for them ; and that if the loyalty of the colonies to the British Crown depends upon the military protection which we are willing to afford them—in other words, the amount of British money we are willing . to spend among them —the sooner they set up a government on their own account the better. The large reduction in the military stores and manufacturing departments shews that there is at last a Government determined not to be an accom plice in the scandalous waste for which the Ordnance Select Committee has been mainly responsible. Remembering the time when we, in denouncing this waste, were but as a vox clamantis particular sati s f act i on at t hi s i tem desert°, we feel of reduction. In the army estimates, no less than the navy estimates, the limits of reduction has been by no means reached. A Government that offers to pay £89,300 (£1,300 more than its predecessor) to that extraordinary body of men, the " Yeomanry Cavalry," is a long way from the halting-place which has for its inscr i ption " Rest and be Thankful." LATEST INTELL MENGE (REUTER ' S TELEGRAMS.) A USTRIA. VIENNA, March 1. The New Free Press of to-day alleges the exist ence of a note of the Prench Cabinet in reply to the Greek answer to the protocol of the Conference, and says : " The French Government regrets that Greece, only after the conclusion of the Conference, and after having given in her adhesion to the resolutions of the Conference, suould have made explanations and demands which place in doubt, groundlessly it is to be hoped, her intention of actually conform ing to the said resolutions. Greece could not but lose the sympathy of the Powers should she again try to bring about any violent catrstrophe by hos tile agitation." HOMEWARD (IIE7IVY) BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tanjore arrived at 4, and leaves for Southampton at 7 this evening ; all well. She may be looked for on the morning of the sth proximo. A_MEIICA. NEW YORK, March 1. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 131 a. The highest quotation during the day was 132 ; the lowest 1311. Stciling Exchange on London, 108 1 1. Fire-'l'wenty United States' Bonds-1882, 117 ; ditto, 18.5, 115 ; ditto, 1865, 1121 ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 106, cx coupon. Hit - lois, 141 ; Erie, 361-. Cotton—Aliddling upland, 261- 1 :-C.. Por ,, lentn—standa r d Mite, 35c. Flour--extra State, is 6 45c. to $7 Se. Corn—old mixed, $1 2c. CORRESFONDLNCE FROM rms. (TRoil out OWN connEsrortErr.) PARIS, MONDAY, March 1. Doubtless the telegraph has ere now announced to you the deaths of M. Troplong, the President of the Senate, and M. Lamartine, one of the greatest men of France. It is a somewhat remarkable instance of the vanity of earthly wishes and the futility of popular favour that the journals, which all appear with memoirs of these two men, should devote the place of precedence and the longest space to J. Troplong, whilst the much greater man, Lamartine, is disposed of in a meagre column. But n Troplong was President of the Senate a few days ago; Lamartine retired from public life on the advent of Napoleon 111. The poet, statesman, and historian is forgotten, whilst the respectable but scarcely great abilities of M. Troplong have been employed in public service to the last. Lamartine was born in 1700, and his memory reaches back to some of the scenes of the Reign of Terror. During the time of the First Empire, Lamar tine resided chiefly at Paris ; and, having inherited the Royalist feelings of his father, he entered the military service of Louis XVIII., when the First Napoleon had been exiled to Elba. When the Hundred Days were ended he left the army and became a journalist, suddenly rising into fame in 1820, on the pub lication of his " Mjditations Fatigues." He was appointed attache to the French Embassy at Flo rence, and then removed to London, where he resided until 1830. Here he married an English lady of fortune. Whilst residing in France he had published many poems, all of strong Royalist spirit, but on the Revolution of 1830 lie ceased to be a Legitimist, and identified himself with the struggles of the people. In France and in the Holy Land many years passed, marked by various publications, of which the chief was the "Histoiro des Girondins," which undoubtely did much to pave the way for the Revolution of 1848. When this event occurred Lamartine became, if not the guiding spirit of the movement, at least second in consequence to none. He animated and led the Liberals, stood as the firm opponent of all compromise between the successful insurgents and the fallen family, and yet at the same time preserved the revolution from any of the worse consequences of the convulsion of 1789. He was elected one of the Provisional Government, and became Foreign Minister. Here his public career ends. His popularity vanished utterly. Whilst six constituencies had contended for the honour of returning him, lie was with difficulty elected in 1849. He was proposed as President along with Louis Napoleon and General Cavaignac, but very few votes were given him. Since that time he has led a life of retirement as an author—a strange instance of the fickleness of popular regard, and of the influence of time on the positions of men. Lamartine has lived for nearly twenty years in neglect ; but if he never regained popularity, he earned the sincere respect of all men. if he was no longer a politician, he was esteemed by all parties as a patriot who throughout his life had preferred his country's good to his own advancement. This is a meed of praise which can be accorded to few. Of all the numerous and various journals of France, not one speaks of Lamartine to-day without the highest commendation of his character. Many have no great opinion of him as a statesman, but al) admire the writer and esteem the man. For posterity M. Lamartine's fame will rest chiefly on his poetry. He wss 79 years of age. M. Troplong is a great loss to the Second Empire. He did not stand in the front rank of men, but he united triple fame as a statesman, writer, and jurist. He was the first, and one of the best, of French lawyers. M. Haussmann has not yet resigned—at least I have heard but rumours of it. Be ought to do so ; but lam told that he bears his vilification with tat delightful equanimity, which all officials of the empire—liable to be sacrificed at any moment—ought to cultivate. What can the Emperor think of M. Rouher's speech? What conclusion can he draw from a situation which has rendered it necessary to save him from personal censure by disgracing the system of personal government, and shamelessly ex. posing a Minister who can only in part be held answerable for his deeds ? Baron Hausmann is assailed by the Opposition ; a Councillor of State gets up ro defend him, so does the Minister of the Interior; and then comes M. Rouher, throws all three over, declares that Baron Haussmann's deeds are indefensible, but adds that the Emperor, though ruling by personal government, cannot look into such little affairs as the expenditure of eighty millions sterling. Mr. Rouher's speech NW's amazing. So far as people have recovered from their surprise, they express but one opinion —that never has the domestic policy of the Empire sustained such a blow before. • But it will be wise to avoid drawing conclusions un the debate is resumed. The Loan Bill has been sent back to the Commission, but the Journal Officiil says that it has well nigh concluded its labours, so that a speedy reopening of the campaign may be looked for. The Journal de Path says that the Prefect of the Seine has resigned, bit+ it is thought that at least he will continue his functions v little longer. The returns of the French Custom House give the exportation of velocipedes during the last year equal to a million of francs. The Paris manufacturers are considered particularly clever in constructing this instrument of loco• motion. THE TT EA 'HEI? TABLE-THIS DA I', . EOLOLOCICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Tuesday, .c F. March 2, B. T. W. 11 to F. D. WR. It( 12 E Nairn Aberdeen29'oCf. 36 35 N. 14. 2 1 S.W s•ro 049 Leith Shields Scarborough 28•93 f. 39 i 37 W.N.W. 6 7 N.N.W. bs.c 0'59 armouth 28'98f. 40 33 W.N.IV. 5 7 N.W. S.C. 0'33 4 (2ux haven Skudesnpas _ Ardrossan Greencastle 29 14f. 40 37 N.W. 5 8 W. h.c. 0'55 — llolyhead Liverpool Valet, tia — _ Cape Clear — _ _ _ Roch e's Ft 29'45f. 44 44 W.N.W. 9 9 W.N.W. 0.1.r0'19 5 Penzance Plymouth Pembroke .. 29'30 f. 43 39 W.N.W. 9 9 W.N.W. f.c0,0'22 Portsmouth 29'24f. 42 40 N.W. 8 11 W. C. 10'17 8 London U'peGrisNez Bre st (:Orient 29'67f. 48 48 W.N.W. 9 9 W.N.W. o.r. o'os 6 Rochefort Biarritz Cor _ _ Brn esels _ Paris Strasbourg -- -- Toulon - 7 Heart's Con tent (9 am. local time) _ _ IXILANA ,TION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; a, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed is shade. Extreme Foge with its Direction du r ing l as t 24 h o urs. Z.—calm. Weather : co.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f, - fog h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o. —overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.---snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS, Since yesterday evening barometrical pressure has decreased with great rapidity, especially on our eastern coast, where the fall amounts to nearly 7-10ths of an inch, but decreases in a south-westerly direc tion. Readings in the E. aro now below 29in.. and that at Leith is O'SSin. lower than that at Rochefort. Temperature has risen some what in the N. and E , and fallen again in the S. and W. Severe gales from W. to N.W. have blown at all stations except those in the N. and E during the past night, and are continuing this morning, and blowing very hard. On the E. coast wind 13 fresh from the same quarter. In the N. of Scotland, however, moderate N.E. wind is reported. Rain has been general, with snow in the N. and E., thunder and lightning in the W. The sea is high in the Channel. A serious fire took place on Sunday near Bromtord i❑ Esex. A set of farm buildings and 13 valuable horses were destroyed. Mr. 11. E. C. Childers, M.P., the First Lord of the Admiralty, hag resigned his post as a director of th' Bank of Australasia. The solicitors acting for " Sir Roger C. T. D. Ticl,borne, Dart.," announce that they aro about applying to the Court of Chancery to commit for contempt the pub lishers of a paper which has led the van in propagating varicus injurious announcements respecting their client. The Harnrshire grand jury yesterday ignored the bill against the man Thompson, who was indicted for bl:tsphemy. Thompson had distributed tracts setting forth the c'aims of somehody to be considered as the Messiah, and this "as the blasphemy complained of. A clergyman was ihe prosecutor. The Talke CoWay Accident Ili:lid Committee have held a meei,ing in reference to the surplus funds at Lair distp.El. They find that they may safely detach £3,000 from the money in their bands, and they havo de- :id, d to mike that sun the nucleus of a colliers porthanent - OM fund for North Staffordshire. Colonel 11. J. Shaw, the present governor of the Herber; Ho , pital at Woolwich, retires from that post on the 31st of March, it having been decided that the appoiutmonl is one for three years only. it is looked upon as somewhat (loubtful whether the vacancy will be filled. THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES.— We have reason to believe that their Royal llighnessu the Prince and the Princess of Wales will return tc England sooner than was expected. The hot weather i; already setting in on the ll,tl l ea, and the river is ver3 low and somewhat unhealthy, so that it is thought imprudent for the Princes to remain in that distri:t long as she intended. No (I,,nbt their 11 yal IT:g' set .vill make their homeward visits to the SuVan of Tullc , v and the King of Greece.-- Eas.fe;•;l Morniny Xcw! DISCOVERY IN SOLAR PHYSICS. The Daily 11 7 cws records another important discovery in solar physics, and thinks it the most important of all that have of late been made in the chemistry of the sun. We had learned the nature of the solar prominences from the eclipse:expeditions last year ; then we had found that these prominences can be examined spectroscopically with out the aid of an eclipse ; now the discovery has been made that they can be seen without an eclipse. The " double discovery," in ad e by Messrs. Janssen and Lockyer, had given us what Sir John Herschel describes as " a mode of rendering the protuberances sensible, not visible." Its application to determine the shape of these objects was tedious and difficult, and it did not seem possible to apply it to determine the character of those rapid changes of figure which the prominences have been shewn to undergo. Now this prat of the lesson taught us by these objects will be rendered available, since the method just discovered will enable the astronomer to watch a prominence at b's leisure, and to notice all those whirling and waving motions which area suggested by a comparison of Major Tennant's photographs with the views obtained by observers in other places. The eclipse expeditions had shewn that the light we receive from the coloured prominences which surround the sun belongs to the three special colours. Its spectrum shewed a red line, an orange line, and a greenish blue line. It was because the light is thus divided between three definite spectral lines that it was possible to distinguish its spectrum from that given by the sun's proper light, which has been found to exceed that of the prominences from 600 to 1,100 times. But was it to be hoped that any method might be devised to enable us to see the prominences ? It seems, at first sight, hopeless to attempt this, since any means we may use for reducing the solar light obliterate the prominences, and an experi ment made by the Astronomer Royal shewed that it is hopeless to attempt to blot out the sun by a circular screen of any sort, since the illumination of the atmo sphere remains, and effectually conceals the prominences. But it had been shewn years ago by Sir David Brewster that transparent bodies do not absorb the colours propor tionally. The light from the prominences belong to three definite parts of the spectrum. What if, by a proper choice of transparent glasses, we could obliterate all the rest of the spectrum but those three parts, or even all but one of those parts? Is it not clear that in that case the sun's light would be obliterated, while the light from the prominences would be visible? So that in such a case we should actually see the same phenomenon as the observers of the eclipse saw—that is, a ring of prominences and no sun. It is, perhaps, hopeless to expect quite so exact a sifting of the solar light as this ; but it is not impossible to obtain an approach to it. If we obtain a transparent glass which blots out a great part of the spectrum without touching one of the prominence lines, we have done something. If we obtain another which blots out some other part and yet leaves our line untouched, that is another step. And so, by a proper choice of glasses, we may blot out so much of the sun's light, without affecting the light of the prominence, as to leave the latter visible. The idea of doing this had occurred to Mr. Hug gins before the results of the eclipse expeditions bad reached England. He obtained a great variety of coloured glasses and other absorptive media. He examined them with a prism to see what part of the spectrum they absorbed, and then he combined them in different ways. But, of course, as he had no knowledge of the quality of the light which we actually receive from the prominences, all this was in a sense guess-work. But the observations of the eclipse of August last, "having shewn the position in the spectrum of the bright lines of the prominences," he re newed his observations with greater promise of success. After various trials and combinations of coloured media, he has at length succeeded in resolving the im portant Problem of seeing the solar prominences without an eclipse. Nor let it be supposed that the credit due to this achievement is in any sense lessened because the work was founded upon the results previously obtained by the eclipse expeditions. GOLDIVI N SMITH ON TIIE UNIVERSITIES.-Pro fessor Gold;in Smith delivered a lecture on University Education before the American Social Science Convention, at Albany, on the 17th ult. Towards the conclusion of his remarks he touched upon the subject of the education of women, and said that the highest was that which was best adapted for them. He objected to the English university system of competitive examina tions for women, the effects of which were questionable enough even in the case of men. Two points were to be decided : first, whether it was desirable that women should receive the same university education as men ; second, whether it was desirable that they should receive it at the same place. The two points were perfectly dis tinct, and the experiments ought to be tried successively, and not at once. Vassar College appeared to be trying the first in the most complete and satisfactory manner. He thought it would be better to wait the result before instituting a mixed university for both sexes. A " DIFFICULTY" IN FLORIDA.—About three o'clock yesterday afternoon a rapid succession of gun. shots were heard about four miles in the country. Start ling intelligence was soon obtained of a desperate combat between six men. There were three brothers on either side, of the names of Braddock and Turner, who had culti. vated inveterate hatred to each other for many years. Th e result is it culminated in the death of one of the former and two of the last-named. The most reckless bravery was displayed on either side. The weapons used were shotguns and rifles, which were used within ten feet distance of each other, wounding or killing the whole party. Two of the Turners were killed, one on the field, the other flying wounded for his life. John Braddock fell by the first shot. Dying, he exclaimed tolls brothers " Kill the last one before he escapes." These were his last words. The parties were neighbours, and considered good citizens. The cause.of the trouble probably was a few hogs. As yet no recognition has been taken by the civil authorities of this tragic affair.—Dunn's Lake, Florida (January 30) ; correspondence of the Macon Telegraph. THE ANCIENT BRITAINS. —" The most honourable and loyal Society of Ancient Britains" have just cele brated their 154th anniversary at Willh's Rooms, under' the presidency of the Right Hon. the Earl Vane. The chairman was supported by Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Lord E. Vane Tempest, General Brownrigg, C. 8., &c. This society has for its chief object the support of schools for the education of Welsh children at Ashford, in Middlesex. It appeared from the secretary's report that no less than 2,402 boys and 756 girls have been admitted upon the establishment and wholly maintained in the house, and at the present time there are 119 boys and 49 girls in the institution. The expenditure in aid of the schools during the year amounted to £3,850 10s. Bd., and the receipts had fallen short of this sum by 288 16s. Bd. Subscriptions and dona tions were, however, announced in the room amounting to about £BOO. The funds of the charity consist of £29,000 in Consols, and £23,000 in Three per Cents Reduced. The uncertain property of the institution arises from lega cies, collections at this anniversary, donations, and annual subscriptions. DEATH OF LORD WYNFORD.—We have to record the death of Lord Wynford, which took place at his lord ship's town residence, Park-place, St. James's-street, about nine o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased nobleman was the second baron, and was born in 1798. 1 1 He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated 8.A., 1818, M.A., 1821, in which latter year he married the youngest daughter of William Thoyts, Esq., of Sulhamstead, near Reading. In 1823 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple ; and in 1837 he unsuccess fully contested the representation of Barnstaple. In 1845 his lordship succeeded to the title on the death of his father, the first baron, who was directly descended, in a female line from William Pitt, ancestor of the celebrated Earl of Chatham ; and who was judge of the Queen's Bench 1819.24, and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1 824-29. The deceased nobleman is succeeded by his son, the Hon. William Best, who is married to the grand-daughter of the fifth Duke of Manchester. The family seats are Leesons, Stapleburst, Kent ; and Wyn ford Eagle, Dorset. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN AT OXFORD. —An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at the residence of the Rev. Canon Payne Smith, at Christ Church, Oxford, before the University Coroner, Mr. F. Symonds, and a jury consisting of members of the Univer sity and matriculated persons, on the body of the Rev. Glyd White, M.A., of Oriel College, and curate of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, who expired on Sunday evening from the effects of a fall down a flight of steps. The Veil. Archdeacon Clarke acted as foreman of the jury. It appeared from the evidence of Dr. Payne Smith, his butler, and Mr. Briscoe, surgeon, that the deceased had been visiting the former at Christ Church, and had lunched there about two o'clock on Thursday. At a quarter before three Mr. Payne Smith's butler found him at the bottom of the cellar stairs groan ing from the injuries he had received by the fall. With the butler's assistance he walked upstairs, and was placed on a sofa. Medical aid was at once procured, and it was discovered that the unfortunate gentleman had received severe injuries to the head, from the effects of which he died on Sunday. It is supposed that the deceased mistook the door, and was precipitated to the bottom of the steps, falling on his head. The jury at once returned a verdict of accidental death. Mr. White, who was 81 years of age, had for some years acted as curate of Ewelme, which living is attached to the Regius Professorship of Divinity at Oxford. AIR. GOZCHEN ON woßraNd MEN'S EXHIBITIONS. - South London is certainly favoured In one respect that it has those con nec t e d w ith i t w h o are c ontinua lly getting up working-metes exhibitions. On Monday,,,,..tle third South London Exhibition was inaugurated. statement of the managi ng b o dy, o f w h om Mr. a' A P. ; Murphy, one of the hon. secretaries, appears to be active spirit, informs us that the exhibition is striae)? South London and a working class one, the only exc e f, ti : being the loan of a work of art by one of the Presidents (the present Premier), who was among the very earliest to see that in such exhibitions there Abe healthy outc ome f or th e ta l ent, genius, and indus t r y °f tll,f more thoughtful p or ti on o f th e wor ki ng popu l a tion of - 6 large cities and t owns . Th e num b er of exh ibit o rs in , present exhibition is 450 (l oca l c i rcumstances nec essit 3 t7 the limiting of applic a ti ons o f th em so f ar as ca be s's ee-. tamed), a much larger proportion of skilled workers Ol t in any previou s i n d us t r i a l ex hibi t i on are exh ibiting t ile products. Th e o p en i ng ceremon i a l was pres id e d over v ,,. Mr. S. Morley, M.P., who was supported by Mr. Ges °ll 4 l4 M.P., Mr. Laya r d, I\LP., the Lord M a yor, M.P. , ;, t r. Locke, M.P., M r . C. W. Dilke, M.P., the Newman Hall, &c. The Chairman expressed the r'; gratification he experienced in complying with th committee's request to preside ; his conviction of th e 41 . vantages which much result from such exhibitions nr ," centives to the working classes to devote their leisure to beneficial occupation in th e i r own h omes , f re e fron " c deleterious and oft en d emora li s i ng i n fl uences they I nee r , with elsewhere, and as a ff or di ng op p or t un iti es for ill,. communication, co-operation, and u n i on b e t we en the 'ic ° p r ing classes and those above them.— Mr. Goschen, who delivered the inaugural address, commenced 199 "ro claring his enti re s y m p a thy w ith th e o bj ect o f t h e prem ete ,o of the exhibition and his confidence in its usefulnesa,buly an apology for the brevity of his speech remiteci ea 4o hearers that he was a wor k man i n a cra ft i n which hours of labour were unlimited, and where those eeg a ts in it were expected and encouraged to work overtime. dilated upon the many insta nces o f mer it or ious lab ° exhibited, shewing as they did th a t th e wor king u le° ,,; c ll ° London, while ex ce lli ng i n th e t ra d es an d ca lli ng s 0n 1 ":,,j they depended for the maintenance of themselves ~1 families, were not i n diff eren t t o th ose ar t s w hich tea'''''st to civilise and refine their homes. We had heard a to deal about technical education, and these exhibition sWe te r evidences of a technical education of a practical cha r t in which peopl e vo l un t ar ily su bj ec t e d themselvees;of sort of competitive examinati on w hi c h mus t neee°„or be mutually instructive and improving.—The Lord Mi d , proposed a vote of thank s t o M r . G osc h en f or his add re- 0 and to Mr. S. Morley for presiding, and expressing 1 : 0 , feeling of the me e ti ng th a t th e present an d all sit ° _,l enterprises might result i n th e ex t ens i on o f en t e rprise skill as well as to the increasingly useful ernploYin elit , the spare hours of th e wor ki ng classes.—Mr. L°4lthoe M.P., and Mr. Dilke, M.P., spoke to the resolution, ld former expressing a confident hope that next year we 811°11 have an International Working Man's Exhibition. ELECTION PETITIONS. as the It is remarked by th e D a ily N ews t h at as far ot election petition inquiries have gone, Mr. Justice 1 " - n f has been called upon to pronounce judgment in the casiae' eleven membe rs , an d o f th ese on l y one was unseated. i7eera Justice Blackb urn h as d ec id e d fi ve petitions, an d in t"-.oe, instances the members were unseated. Mr. Baron Dian fe j has disposed of six petitions, and in two cases has dec iP. the elections void. ore The witnesses for the defence of the sitting m ember s o t still being called at Salford. They did not hoo ver o 1 least, some of them) materially strengthen the positioeog the respondents ; as one of the witnesses admitted ".,. (i le y engaged a numbe r o f roug h s on b e h a lf of Messrs . e d - snd Charley. The reason of this engagement did n° t dearly appear, as evidence, if not contradictory; °et difficult to reconcile, w as g i ven . O ne o f t h e other nesses was a prize-fighter, and Mr. Pop e attempted to g from him that he had been assaulting the petiti ol3 o , witnesses. He admitted " punching the head " o f one ti3 tb d but said it was for calling his sister foul n a mes. I s ' e°- of witness spoke to l o t s o f d r i n k b e i ng suppl i ed to a r°°llloler voters and canvassers, but added that a collection WA and the drink was paid for by the persons in the roolo• At the Galway el ec ti on i nqu i ry Mr. O ' Fla h er tY, uee bA s the candidates, and the real, not ostensible, petitioner' t i. been examined. He stated that he addressed the CO° A t tuency on advanced Liberal principles. The bieb e l he first neither promised no t re f use d hi m sup por t, t l rj- . 0 00 adopted what were called the College House resolutl,o4 —a profession of political creed submitted by the cleft party to all the candidates. Mr. O'Flaherty ° bt3 , l of - promises •f BPI port from nearly 800 voters e u v b i s , a constituency of 1,241, of whom only 1.200 were ava il : L ie' He lost no opportunity of dist Avowing all sym pa,thY 0 ,11 Captain O'Hara's polities. On the 31st October hero asked to attend th e mee ti ng o f t h e bi shop an d eide to at which the relative strength of the candidates Jf be tested, and the "men for Galway" t o be viri b I elected, lie ref use d t o ta k e any part in it, saYiDgi:t he thought it a very summary way of disposing °I-titer representation. H e soon afterwards received :" t he from the R ev . M r . C u l len, informing hbull result of that meeting, to which he sent a 'its stating that h e re f use d to acknowledge the autli°he of those present at it to bind the people of Galway' bA I understood - that the meeting had been convened by v er ml° t ar messages, circulat e d th roug h th e town on a busy - 10 0 day; that it was cons id ere d b y hi s fr i ends t h e re sult e' ait s unworthy intrigue ; and suggesting that ti /se seP , l t t o meetings— o f th e m ercan til e i n t erest, t h e art i sa ns, 1111 0 gentry—should be summoned, under such arrangeu lee th - eir would " afford honest men an opportunity of makiug ni i of selections free from the t a i n t an d susp i c i on of a 1 / 1 1 , -- e rcl unprincipled intriguers." H e did no t me an the " bel t " intriguers " to refer to the bishop or clergY ;de from that moment th e y t oo k a mos t energe ti c and b" .. .bt part against him. The priests canvassed the tow n Ili ft' and day for Sir R. Blennherhassett, and Lord St• : 0 1 rence, searching every hole, lane, cellar, and ga rre : tt 'peAr ransacking every back slum o f th e t own , o ften until b i e r midnight. He called a meeting of the 10 3 1 ,4 classes, who were led to believe that h e ,, i , s ipg insulted the bishop, f o r th e p urpose o f disa w- f s tee their minds, but the m ee ti ng was b ro k en u p 5001/ - f the proceedings were ope ne d b y th e i n vasion lot ° l oo furious mob of drunken men, headed by CaPta ill ess) Foster and his brother, Robert Foster. He (vv.-11 0 01/' escaped with difficulty, and a gen tl eman — o ne of ni s di e porters—sustained serious injury. On the two S un t he preceding the election he heard himself denounced in eter parish chapel b/ Fathers Holoh an an d C u llen, the laiao of whom on the second Sunday spoke twice , ur iai appeared during his second a dd ress t o be 13/9° l iiagf under great excitem en t. O n th e d ay o f the P ° ler . Mr. O'Flalserty saw a priest—the R ev . Mr. D c ' e 1 100 dragging half-drunken voters to the poll by their e° , l ot. and whispering in th e i r ears " Bl enner h ass ett o rlg Lawrence." The r ev . gen tl eman cont i nue d at thane 0 o all day, and acted i n every respect — save th a t be r stick—like a " both een b o y "— a l oca l term for 19111 " t ' t heit men. Numbers of electors promised the witnes s °l ets support, but afterwards voted against him with °Dd but told him that he had insulted their clergh tbe ir that they c o uld no t go aga i nst their bi s h o p and Church. i e s aito At Youghal, five witnesses, including Messrs. be at O'Brien, and Tracey, contradicted the evidence of I:ll _, e re given in supp or t o f th e p e titi on . S evera l w itnesse s _, e re produced to di s p rove t rea ti ng, an d to s h e w intion that by Sir Joseph M'K enna ' s mo b. Th e pe titi o ner sav er ° or, neither directly nor indi rec tly h a d h e b een p a id W ry° , ° , O , of and that he did not expect to get any, and at the e l s eeed his examination M r . B u tt sa id h e was quite s n°t with Mr. Brazie r ' s evidence, and therefore would jot any witnesses to supp or t th e c h arge o f briberY aga r A witness nam e d B arry d epose d that b e tw o ather Foley preach a sermon, in which ho said that 000 who voted for Sir J. M`Kenna would be saved, Wh ile d 00 who opposed him wou ld b e damned. Father Fol examined, and Positively denied this statement. Th e THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALARA3a•--- re . Naval Committee of the United States House of i leri sentatives reported , pa, on the 12th of February a t° to Commodore 'Winslow and the officers and crew of t•se money, starrier Kearsage the sum of 190;000 dollars as fi . fl ub• ba that sum being the estimated value of the f* Jjj , mint was which was destroyed by the Kearsage. Ana le nd was adopted, providing that no part o f i t ., he a fa%l l6 ,should be paid to an assignee of any mariner, n bill was passed. that Reports have reached Liverpool stating t „ s hoe a lt , s weral puncheons of rum have been washed known to Whitehaven, which, by the brand, arc formed part of the cargo of the ship Assaye, which ifl down off Blackwater Bank, off the coast of Wexford, 0 1867, and which broke up in the recent gales. Til e " Assfh log was wrecked on her homeward voyage from DenierarA -'6 Liverpool. A telegram from Oporto states tha t tu t derelict ship Michigan, which had been knocking' ab°,oo the Atlantic several jnonths, had been picked up an d t 3 into tbaL port y th'e screw ' steamer Richard C (Ma u A NEW FACT IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF Gore has noticed a new fact in the behaviour of iron ol oe the influence of heat and strain. A strained iron wi re e j heated to redness by a current of voltaic electricity',o9 1. then, the current being discontinued, was allowed to e o sg It was observed that the:re arrive) a moment in the Pir°,,cpea of cooling at which the wire suddenly elongated• au' gradually shortened, until it b ecame perfectly cold, reOltj ing, however, permanently e l on gated. No other Inaeo besides iron exhibited this peculiarity, which Mr! gttrkhittes to a momentary molecular change. In 18 11 01 tiara Sabjc 95i ; 7 6i t 4 to An 8 4 t ahowi In 11f ti Bal Londe deben Th e £5OO, Cent. coupo July ter B a also tl Jan ua funds voir, to be 1 on To Th( T'lrki terale pre rna defi n i i expect It L with tl lately that t Loud ° entire] CoMpl, railwa rem a i t pondir, Cou Bank of the Buffar All of the bear w arrang vernm, . The Meuse io Loi for the The Canad £ll,lO jug WE An tins lA. Will be a Pqn• C, Ditto • 3 suvr 2Per li•1 Do. 6 Do. f, z. v, ze hn_ Do (I De ▪ D. °mak sf b o . 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