The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-09 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattArton. THIS EVENING. at 7 o'cloek, a new Drama. THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr Charles Dillon; Messrs Ryder, J. Rouse. 14'. Moreland, Barrett. F. Wilson, Barrett; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Hudspeth, and Mrs Vandenhoff. To eonclude with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &e. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH : Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill &c. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS: Joseph Brag, Mr Buckstone. Box-office open daily. • Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Revival of " After Dark." THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED. After which, Dion Boncicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK : a Tale of London Life Mr Walter. Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson, Mr J. G. Shore, C. Harcourt, Edmcnds, Rolston, and Gresham; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Concludinz with THE SECRET. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7. k DAY'S FISHING: Mr G. Belmore. kt 15 to S, 11th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter Miss Carlotta Leclercq, gr Arthur Stirling. Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey. &c. To conclude with WHITE.B .lIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray HOLBORN Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE- OPEN ON SATURDAY, IST OF STAY, For the performance of the highest class of DRAMATIC LITERATURE. lop 0Y AL STRAND THEATRE. j.k. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7, A V'TDOW HUNT. Messrs. "lirke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Batfm and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Barton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA rRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN P Positively t' e Last Three Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Last appea.rauces of the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES. nd unequivocal success of the Easter Programme.— The SAL NM NDER HORSE, the greatest Equine Wonder of The day —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the metropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement The magnificent 'tud of FIFTY P PRFORMING HORSES, and the matchless SCENES i n t h e ARENA. The most com plete combination of equestrian talent ever brought together. Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the '26th of April. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING. at 7, THE HAPPY FAMILY. At 8, H. J. Byron's new and original Drama. MINNIE ; or, Leonard's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan ; Messrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. To conclude with BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, David fisher, Andrews. Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. OYA L CHRISTY'S. 1L GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REOENT-STILEET. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. EASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe in the world. First Appearance of the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Harry Leslie. Pro nounced by the Press to he the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed by express command before her Majesty the Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangements for the Easter week: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Songs, Comic Sketches, and continued success of the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCR-S. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Private Boxes, £2 25.; Stalls, 55.; Reserved Seats, 35.; Balcony, 2s. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE deli Tars the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. THE SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLEN lE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, lelivers the LATH: li:DITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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WILLS: 31r Buck stone. Comme nce: at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 'Manner, Mr. Vining. Tn's EVI7.NTNG, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8 , AFT ER DARK: Ilr Vining, _3lr Walter Lacy, Miss Rose Lecicreq, And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPIZI. Tins EVENING, at 7. A DAY'S FISTIING. Mr. G. Delmore, Mr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, BLACK AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Leclercry, Mime Lennox Grey, &C. And WHITEBAIT AT GEE s NWICH : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Mesgrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Mise Milton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. !Thorne, James, Fenton: esdames 000dall, Lydia Maitland, Bill i ton. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.'5, 3ITNNIE, or, Leonard's Love. And BROWN AND THE BRAIIMV.TS: Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; slesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CHF. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, /lc. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton This EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J.' Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. Afterwhich,A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIN EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c., and the Salamander Hoi se. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. This EvFINTNG, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. O. Box-offict open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-peak, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. J. ; 13 Z a?' gt SUM LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1869. In a Budget, as in a black-cap pudding, all the plums settle down at the bottom like a luscious sedi ment. It was thus last night with Air. LOWE'S maiden statement as a Financier, precisely as it has been more or less with the financial statements of all his various predecessors. Once produced, however, and turned out for the inspection and enjoyment of those for whom it has been especially prepared—the Budget appears before us with the relative position of its ingredients reversed, the plums then quite naturally coming to the top. Our satisfaction, like that of JACK HORNER, the hero of the nursery song, is there upon, of course, to pick them out one by one without any needless delay whatever in so doing. This time the plums of the Budget are happily very plentiful, and are therefore very apparent. The proposed re missions of taxation exceed three millions sterling. They altogether amount to £3,060,000, of which the remissions upon the present year alone will come to £2,940,000. First of all, there is to be a reduction of a penny in the pound on the income tax. And, as every penny under this head, speaking in round numbers, is calculated as producing about a million, there is a corresponding remission then of somewhere about £1,000,000. The One Shilling duty on corn is to be got rid of--showing a diminution there of very nearly another millfon, or, in other words, of £900,000. From Midsummer next the duty on Fire Insurance is to be altogether abolished. The little peddling tax upon hair powder, producing annually not a thousand pounds (1925 a year), is to be swept away as a ludicrous anachronism. The post-horse duty of £5 is also to be abolished, as a matter relating to a simply obsolete institution. So likewise are the licenses for selling tea. The trumpery tax upon armorial bearings, seeing that it cannot be got rid of at once altogether, is to be, as though in retaliation, increased, in some cases to a guinea, it: others to two guineas. Exceptional and differential duties in regard to the taxes on locomotion aro to be altogether abolished, a uniform rate being levied instead. All stage car riages, for example, will be paid on just as any others. The hack cab, instead of paying an annual duty of £l9 or £l6 will, according to this more equitable arrangement pay, as the case may be, either £2 25., or £3 3s. Every two 'wheeled carriage will be charged at a uniform rate of 155., if under three hundredweight—the same rate of 15s. being applicable to four-wheelers if drawn by ponies. Instead of the horse dealer's license costing, as now, £27, it will amount to no more henceforth than £l2 lOs. duty of 158. will have to be paid upon every man servant. Ending where we began, the remission of taxes, through Mr. LowE's maiden Budget, will amount altogether to £3,030,003. Notwithstanding which, after balancing his prospective estimate of re venue against his prospective estimate of expenditure, in regard to the financial year just commencing, namely, between April, 1869, and April, 1870, he calculates upon a surplus of £-142,000. All this, of course, bearing in mind that the Abyssinian expedition had to be considered apart and duly accounted for, without confusing all the complex figures and tables of the Budget as a whole. The aggregate cost of that Expedition, Mr. LOWE sets down as amounting altogether, as nearly as possible, to £9,000,000. That is, of course, calculating everything in regard to it, or considering past, present, and future, altogether. So far as the Abyssinian Expedition affects present and future arrangements, the principal matter of interest for us in regard to it is this, that the sum required to discharge the amount borrowed being £1,600,000, making with the Exchequer Bonds discounted a total of over £4,000,000, will be just met by the esti mated surplus upon the financial year now commenc ing. Obviously the Chancellor of the Exchequer is mainly indebted for the ground upon which Le is en abled to stand so securely—he is mainly if not entirely indebted to his two right hon. colleagues the Secre tary of State for War and the First Lord of the Admiralty. Thanks to what he very naturally eulogizes as their heroic efforts and conspicuous abi lities in dealing, tha one with the military, the other with the naval estimates-111r. CARDWELL has ensured to the nation a reduction of £1,226,000 upon the army, while Mr. CHILDERS has ensured a very nearly equal reduction, amount ing in fact to £1,160,000 upon the navy. As to the other items noticeable in the last statement of ac counts issued from the Treasury, we took those ourselves into consideration only very recently. To descant upon them now therefore would be altogether superfluous. Chiefly of interest to us all at the pre• sent moment in regard to Mr. LOWE'S First Budget is this remembrance—that it leads directly to the re mission of over three millions sterling, accomplishing this, among other lesser, though still most accept able, arrangements, the particulars of which we have here already enumerated, by the abolition of the shilling duty on corn, by the remission of a penny in the pound on the Income-tax, and by the sweep ing away altogether, from this next Midsummer, of the intolerable duty hitherto levied upon fire in surance. THE Post Office, although on the whole an admirable institution, has in one respect taken up a position which can be likened only to the fable of the dog in the manger. It claims the full privileges of its monopoly ; it will allow no other body of carriers to outbid it, even though the public may gain by the competition ; and yet it lingers sadly in the wake of progress. A company which undertook to distribute printed matter at a low rate in the metropolis was speedily suppressed; but the Post Office itself will not adopt a low tariff even when it might do so with perfect sa fety. A reduced rate for the carriage and delivery of newspapers has long been urgently needed. The advantages of such a change are obvious. It is not a newspaper proprietors', but a public ques tion ; facilities already exist by means of the railways and the newsagents for the transmission of printed matter, but the convenience and rapidity of postal delivery are needlessly denied to the public, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1869. We have long ago shewn that the postal rate for a newspaper might be reduced to a halfpenny, not merely without loss, but with a handsome profit to the department which is so laudably proud of its yearly gains. The Post Office has far greater re sources at command than private carriers, but even these can transmit newspapers at a very low rate. Newsagents in great numbers now pay the railway charges for delivering papers to a few scattered subscribers, and give three months' credit, for a commission amounting to no more than a third of the price of the penny journal they deliver. The London company which excited the jealousy of the Post Office calculated upon a dividend from the dis tribution of circulars and the like at a halfpenny rate. Railway companies will convey a daily paper from London to Edinburgh for one guinea a year. Par cels of six newspapers are carried short distances for a halfpenny. In none of these cases is the considera tion of the public good—to which the Post Office ought not to be entirely indifferent—in the slightest degree involved. These low rates are charged with advantage purely in the way of business. The fact is, the experiment has not been tried at the Post Office. The quantity of newspapers passing through the department is comparatively small. A large and profitable public business which might be secured by competition with private carriers is thrown away, because the Post Office insists upon charging as much for delivering a newspaper as the paper costs. Comparison with the practice abroad is still more adverse to the present system. In Canada all publications for the promotion of educational or religious objects are carried free. In the United States all newspapers are free of postal charges within the county where they are published. The introduction of free carriage into England is not advisable, because those who did not avail themselves of the privilege would have to pay the cost equally with those who did. But it is abun dantly clear that the Government ought, as a social benefit, to institute a halfpenny rate; and it is not the less clear that the change would be profitable in a pecuniary sense. On Tuesday this question will be brought before the House of Commons. Should the Government return a favourable answer, some important questions of detail will arise. Mr. GRAVES proposes to carry one newspaper, or two ounces of printed matter, for a halfpenny. It would be much better to make no distinction of this kind. Some single newspapers weigh six ounces, and as the weight is made up of advertising sheets, which are not entitled to preference rates, there is no reason why the Times or the Saturday Review should be carried at one-third the cost charged for the British Workman and other publications. A uniform rate of one halfpenny for four ounces, irrespective of quantity, will be more equitable and practicable. It will obviate the inequality of carrying very light and heavy papers at the same charge, and it will prevent all trouble in ascertaining whether a parcel contains one packet or more. A standard by weight is preferable in every respect to a standard by quantity. Under the present system more than one paper is often carried for a penny. Of course the privilege of transmission and retransmission within fifteen days which ienow granted to newspapers with the impressed stamp would be given up under the halfpenny system. Similarly the anomaly which prevents an impressed stamp being available beyond the United Kingdom might be abolished. The carriage of newspapers would be thus reduced to one simple and uniform rule. MR. GLADSTONE, as all the world knows, spent his Easter at Wilton. He attended a concert in that town, and was the cynosure of neighbouring eyes. One gentleman, rather young, and not very wise, to wit, the Rev. DACRES OLIVIER, curate of Wilton, suggested that a portion of the school fund might be used to place a brass plate where Mr. GLADSTONE had sat during the concert. The suggestion does not seem to have been adopted, but it is an incident full of inte rest to the student of human nature. Mr. OLIVIER, being an Oxford man, proposed to mark his admiration of the PREMIER by putting a brass plate to mark the bench on which he had sat. An equally ardent admirer, but without the refining influence of a university education, would have pro posed to hang up the trousers in which Mr. GLAD- A STONE had sat. Is there any Minister of modern times who has excited such strong emotions in the minds of other persons as Mr. GLADSTONE has done? There was one clergyman in Lancashire who said that hanging was too good for him ; and here we have one in Wiltshire proposing to glorify the bench which had been honoured by contact with his breeches. One man has denounced the PREMIER as JUDAS, another has compared him to the Master whom JUDAS betrayed. A bishop has told the Liberal leader to go to the devil; a nation has given him such a majority as has not been enjoyed by any Minister for a gene ration. Mr. GLAD STONE has already accomplished great things, and proposes still greater, and he is so earnest in everything which he undertakes that it is impossible for his critics not to be in earnest too. It is a case of angel or devil. Happily for Mr. GLAD STONE the nation is, to quote one of Mr. DISRAELI'S epigrams, " on the side of the angel." A ix IhA, lunkr. HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, April 8. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out this morning. Princess Louise honoured Mr. Watts with a visit to his studio. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out in the afternoon. LATEST INTELL MENU (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 8. His Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales was present at an English cricket match to-day. An official dinner will be given at the British Embassy this evening. Their Royal Highnesses will pay a visit to the Grand Vizier to-morrow and lunch at his residence. AMERICA. WASHINGTON, April 8. The House of Representatives passed General Butler's bill, authorising the President to submit to the voters of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas the Constitutions framed by the Conventions of those States, and when ratified to order the elec tion of their State officers. Gold closed at 1321, the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1321, the lowest 1311. Sterling exchange on London, 108 ; 5.20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1194 ; ditto, 1885, 1161 ; ditto, 1865, 1131; 10-40 Bonds, 1051 ; Illinois, 1381 ; Erie, 344. Cotton, midland upland, 28f. Pe troleum, standard white, 31f. Flour, extra state, $5.95 6.55 ; corn, old mixed, 88c. FRANCE. ST. NAZAIRE, April 9. The Transatlantic Mail Company's steamer Panama has arrived here with 131 passengers. Her dates are—Vera Cruz, March 14 ; Havanna, 19j; and St. Thom as , 24 . BOURSE, April 8.--Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. E.nd of month 3 per Cent End of month 7O 25 Credit Mobilier 280 25 End of mouth 270 Credit Foncier _1490 End of month.. Bank Shares 2850 Itt.Pan Fives 55 75 End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — - Me " diterran e an *** Cash Orleansyons and ;; Northern.. *********** ***** 1097} L ........................... 9G5 Southern..... GO7l i Western ............... b7ll - ............ ......, Sardinian .... Austrian ..................... Lombard ................. North of Saragossa .............. Roman ...................... RAILWAY 511 : 662 i 470 LOWS NAPOLEON'S ESCAPE FROM HA M. Vermorel, says the Paris correspondent of the Standard, has just published a book about the men of 1851. It cont a i ns a very cur i ous l e tt er , w hi c h , though not new, will be rea d with interest. It was addressed to the e di tor of the P royres d u P as d e Calais by the present Emperor of the French, and gives an account of his escape from the fortress of Fr- iiam : "My dear Monsieur Degeorge,—My desire to see my father once more before his death has led me to embark on the boldest adventure I ever at tempted ; one which taxed my ' courage and reso lution far more than Boulogne or Strasbourg, for I was determined not to subject myself to the ridi cule which attaches to those who allow themselves to be captured iu a costume not their own, and I could not have endured another failure. But here are the details of my escape. You know that the fortress is kept by a force of four hundred men, who supplied a body guard of GO men who were stationed as sentries witbin and without the fortress ; moreover, the gate of the prison was kept by three gaolers, two of whom were con stantly on duty. It was, therefore, requisite to pass these in the first place, then cross the inner yard, under the windows of the com man d er ' s lodg ing ; then p ass a wicket where an or d er ly an d a sergeant were constantly on duty, supported by a gate-keeper, a sentry, and a guard of 30 men. Having resolved not to tamper with any of these people I was naturally compelled to assume a disguise. Now, a s several o f t h e rooms i n the part of th e b u ildi n g which I o ccup i ed were b e i ng repair e d, it was eas y enough to p rocure a workman ' s Uharles Th e li n got me drew. chios, and took up a plank upon my b es lo s. use A a ly nd go w o o d o a d n e d n I saw the workmen coming worthyshoes. I cut off m y musta shoulder. On the Mond a y morn i n g, to their work at six in the morning. As soon as they commenced operations Charles Thelin, to get them out of the way, took them into a room to have something to drink, and invited one of the keepers to join them, whilst Dr. Conneau was chatting with the others in my room. However, I had hardly emerged from my bedroom when I was hailed by one of the workmen who took me for one of his comrades; at the foot of the stairs I came plump on one of the keepers, but escaped by putting the plank before his face, and I reached the courtyard holding the plank as a screen between myself and all whom I met. On passing before the first sentinel I let my pipe fall, but I stopped to pick up the pieces. I then met the officer of the guard, but he was reading a letter, and did not perceive me. The soldiers at the gates seemed astonished at my dress, the drummer especially ; he turned round to look at me several times. However, the guard opened the door, and I found myself outside the fortress. I was here met by two workmen, who looked at me steadfastly. Ijchanged the plank and put it on my other shoulder, but they appeared so curious that I thought I should not be able to escape them, when I heard one of them say, ' Oh, it's Berthond.' Once outside, I walked in the direction of St. Quentin. A little while after Charles, who had retained a cab, joined me, and we arrived at St. Quentin. I traversed the town on 'oot, having taken off my blouse. Charles had obtained a post chaise, under pretext that it was for the races at Cambrai. We arrived without obstacle at Valenciennes, whe re I took t h e ra il wa y. I h a d obtained a Belgian p assport, b u t now h ere was I asked to show it. During this time Conneau, always so devoted, rem a i n ed in the prison, and made belief that I w as il l, in or d er t o g i ve me t i me to reach the fronti er. I hope th a t h e h as not been ill-treated ; as you can u nderstand, it would give me great p a i n. But, my d ear M onsieur Degeorge, if I felt a d ee p feeling of gladness on finding myself outside the fortress, I also felt a very sad impression in crossing the frontier ; to decide on quitting France it was necessary to believe Government would never set me at liberty if I did not consent to dishonour myself ; finally, it was necessary that I should be stimulated by the desire to try all means to console my father in his old age. Adieu, my dear M. Degeorge. Although free, I feel very m i sera b le. Accept n'Y d eep friend ship, and, if you can, endeavour to be useful to my good Conneau. ti Louis NAPOLEON." At the Leeds Assizes on Tuesday, Miss Crook es, a mail of all work, at Sheffield, brought an action against the :Manchester. Sheffield, at.d Lincolnshire Railway Company for damages to compensate her for injeries sustained by a collision on the line on the 9th October• The defendants paid ss. into court, but the jury gave her £2OO. DustriLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky i n th e world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re. commended by the medi cal profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports, tion. Quotations on application , to Igessrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Vvrtlsement. Beau fort - buildings, Straad, Loudon, WO:J—DU- CORRESPONDENCE FROM FARM (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. TM/MA.7, April 8. The shareholders of the OlAra at Paris suffer from s most lamentable grievance. They do not get enougl ballet for their money, and they are now raising a piteouE cry of " More leg !" They have no particular objectior to Rossini and Mozart, Gounod and Meyerbeer, but they did not subscribe for too much of these gentlemen. The ordinary mind may readily be strained by too close atten tion to fine music ; but the higher faculties are not required to gaze at the caperings of half-dressed young women ; and as the shareholders appeared to be endowed with much more of the lower than of the higher faculties, the great operas are to be set aside in order to provide " more leg." That such a demand has really been madeis hardly credible, but such is the fact. The Belgian affair does not wear the most reassuring aspect at present. M. Frre-Orban is here, and that of itself is not a favourable symptom. When a Government finds it necessary to send an envoy to settle its differences with another Government, it rarely chooses its leading Minister for such a purpose. If England were involved in a diffe rence with France, it would be deemed a very grave, not to say humiliating, symptom if Mr. Gladstone were to set out for Paris with the avowed object of ensuring a pacific arrangement. The present is a precisely similar case. M. Frbre Urban is the leading Minister of Belgium, and yet he is dancing attendance upon the French Government in Paris. His presence has led to the conclusion that the difficulty is of a serious nature, and recent disclosures have fully confirmed that impression. The two Governments differ in the chief point at issue. Belgium will not consent to the ratification of the treaty between the Luxembourg and the East of France Railway Companies, and we now learn, from a series of remarkable disclosures in the Inde pendence Beige, that the French Government insists upon this ratification, as a leading stipulation in the settlement. The affair is making no pro gress, but we are again assured of a satisfactory result. The Independence Beige has been seized the last two days, on account, it is said, of its unsatisfactory estimate of some Ministerial Budget speeches. The truth is, that it was seized on account of unwelcome disclosures about the railway affair. Reports of disasters by the late storm continue to come in. The Norwegian brig Wenern, from Frederickshall, bound for Caen, with a cargo of wood, was wrecked near 13ernieres (Seine-Inf6rieure), but the crew were landed in safety. The English schooner Ann White has been driven aground under the redoubt of Colleville, and is expected to go to pieces. The crew were saved. Two fishing. boats from Trouville were lost, with the men on board. A Havre pilot-boat had found a wreck, supposed to be that of a three-master, floating out at sea. Queen Isabella, the King, her husband, and the Count and Countess Girgenti, heard the " Barbßre " at the Italiens the night before last. The party occupied the Imperial box. Patti, with delicate courtesy, made a slight change in the programme by giving in the singing -lesson a Spanish song " Los Toros del Puerto," instead of the one announced. It is stated that this lady's marriage has not proved a thoroughly happy one. She has gained title, but at a heavy cost. It has been reported for some days, without contradiction, that Mdlle. Nilsson will become Duchess de Marsa. The Budget discussion has at length merged into an examination of the various details. Some litttle progress has been made, but the Left contrived yesterday to worry the Government a good deal respecting an amendment setting aside a sum of £B, 000 to provide electoral urns of uniform pattern. As might have been expected, the 3eputies contrived to get up a debate on " Purity of Elections." .AN EXPERIENCED FORGER. At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, a young man, giving the name of William Walker, was sentenced tc seven years' penal servitude by Mr. Justice Brett, fot uttering a forged cheque for £397 10s. on the 18th tilt, at the bank of Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., Lombard. street. On the 17th of March the prisoner obtained posses. sion of the cheque and pass-books of Messrs. Newman, Son, and Co., cigar importers, by means of a forged order ; and on the following morning he presented at the bank the cheque in question, which was taken from the lost book. He was given into custody, and there was found upon him the forged cheque from the same book, and in the same name, for .276 10s. His memoranda book contained entries referring to the accounts of other firms, and he had in his possession a number of forged orders, addressed to Messrs. Barnett's and the Imperial Bank, for the cheque-books of several other persons well known in the City. Re refused to give his real name or address, and the cheque-book, containing 240 forms, had not been recovered. It was evident from the notes in his pocket-book that he was prepared to enter upon an ex tensive system of swindling. Evidence was given to shew that he was a few years ago in business as a grocer ; but he had been convicted of forgery at Birmingham in the name of Hobday, and had since committed frauds in Liverpool BATTLE IN MEXICO. The army of Juarez has narrowly escaped a destructive defeat by a rebel force, headed by General Negrete. Colonel Malo, a Mexican officer, had joined this insurgent chief, and the forces of the two amounted to 4,000 men, all well armed. Battle was joined with the Government troops in the State of Puebla, about 100 miles distant from the city of Mexico. For some time the conflict went decidedly in favour of the rebels. Colonel Malo's men fought for their lives, and in some charges the Government troops were decidedly worsted. But at the turning point of the engagement some of Negrete's men, actuated by an unaccountable purpose, suddenly went over to the side of their foes, and turned their arms against their former comrades. The deserters numbered only a few hundred men, but their defection created great confusion along Negrete's whole line, and at this moment Malo was himself killed. The rebel army was routed and completely destroyed. The object of this insurrection was to capture p. sum of three million dollars in cash, and with this spoil to set up an independent government. But though Negrete has come to grief, risings constantly take place in every part of the gauntry. REAL CHARITY.—A few days since there was paid in to the tankers to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire-square, under the initials " E. G.," a donation of "one thousand pounds" to that institution. A DITETTSEMENT.I—EioIIomy's pills are decidedly the best remedy for all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the liver, and kidneys. They act with so decided an effect, and yet so gently, that people of the most delicate constitutions may take them with the most perfect con fidence. They do not contain a single grain of mercury or other noxious substance, being composed exclusively of rare balsams. They are therefore equally safe and effi cacious, and, as a family medicine, nothing yet invented or discovered can be compared with them for a moment. With these inestimable pills at hand, together with the printed directions affixed to each box, no other medical advice or assistance can be needed in any ordinary case of sickness. 11'A T/O.YAL SPORTS. The latest market movements are remarkable for the renewed feeling in favour of Belladrum. On Tuesday Mr. Merry's colt improved his position both for the Guineas and the Derby, and on Wednesday he was almost the only horse favoured for the former event. He began charily at 5 to 1, but these odds were so eagerly accepted that the price went down to 9to 2, and finally $5 to 20. These figures apply to the Two Thousand. For the Derby Belladrum went equally well in proportion, one large commissioner accepting 1,000 to 60. For the Two Thousand Wild Oats had again a number of enemies, and but few friends ; offers of 100 to 40 were plenti ful. The price was only taken once, and about £3O wore invested on the like terms, while at the close one speculator offered 260 to 100, and the only show of support consisted of occasional propositions to accept 3 to 1. Pre :ender seemed to be in no sort of request, successive offers of sto 1 and 11 to 2 failing to bring a response. Some good business was concluded in favour of Martyrdom, who having at first all the 20's to 1 obtainable taken about him, subsequently touched 100 to 6. Two new out siders, Tasman and Siderolite, sprang into notice, and met with a fair amount of support at their respective prices. For the Derby the highest offer against Pero Gomez was 3 to 1, which secured takers to some extent; but if the slightest shade over those odds had been con ceded, a large amount of money would have been invested. Duke of _Beaufort also proved in good demand ; after about £2OO had been entrusted to him at 20 to 1, 1,800 to 100 was taken on one hand, and GOO to 400 was laid on him against Alpenstock. The last-named looked at first as though he was about to be backed, 1,000 to 35 being asked for ; but presently these odds were offerer], and operators could only succeed in laying 200 to 7 twice or thrice. Drummer did not look well ; for, after 20 " ponies" had been recorded, 200 to 8 was offered without a response. Vaga bond and Royal Rake secured some investments at 1,000 to 15. The Marquis of Carabas has been resuscitated for the Newmarket Handicap, and left off on Wednesday at 7 to 2. Alpenstock, Gondolier, and Geant des Batailles, too, were once more made the medium of considerable outlays. Restitution attracted a good deal of notice, for although 500 to 10 was laid once, all the 20's to 1 and 100's to 6 obtainable were taken, and in the end 100 to 7 booked. Cork Jacket also came in for fair support at 25 to 1. The investments at Croxton Park deserve notice, on account of Wild Oats, who met with much better sup port than in London. 9to 4 was taken about him for the Guineas, whilst Belladrum, on the other hand, came no nearer than 6 to 1. The training reports from Kingsclere remain favour able. Pero Gomez goes out regularly, and looks and goes (cell. On Wednesday Palmer and Blue Gown led Pero Gomez and Siderolite a half-speed gallop of nearly two miles. At Newmarket Wild Oats is also doing work. On Wednesday he took a good gallop with Silenus. Rhysworth and Trocadero are likewise doing well ; but Speculum is far from fit. Rain has interfered a good deal with practice at some of the training centres. Nothing whatever is yet doing in cricket. SOLDIER LABOUR. A parliamentary return has just been issued chewing the results of the employment of soldier labour in inci dental repairs of barracks and on new works. The report from Aldershot estimates that a saving of about 10 per cent. on incidental repairs up to about 50 in new works has attended the employment of military labour. But we are told that more superin tendents are required to look after the men than if the work were performed by civilians. A saving of 39 per cent, has been made from the employment of soldiers atl the Curragh, at Parkhurst 30 per cent., and at Wool wich 20 per cent. on incidentals, and 25 on new works. As a whole, the results may be said to be satisfactory, and the reporter at Woolwich thinks a continuance of the system will develope its advantages in a higher degree. At Parkhurst, the writer of the return notes that " the hearty co-operation of all concerned is essential for the successful employment of soldier labour." ANOTHER AGRARIAN OUTRAGE. Another outrage Las just taken place in Ireland. A man named Austin M`Kea,n, with his widowed mother and two brothers, occupied a farm at Kil shanny, county Clare, under Captain Crowe, a gentle man at present in India. Notice to quit was recently served upon the M`lCean's, and the time having expired, the agent, accompanied by Thomas Horan, a farmer, whose son-in-law was the expectant tenant, set out for the place on Monday to demand possession. The agent, a Mr. Mahon, left Horan at his son-in-law's house close by, a n d walked up to the farm alone. The widow and her sons came out to meet him, and Austin declared that " the land would not be given up without a life." Mr. Mahon thus intimidated, withdrew. Austin then went towards the house mentioned, and encountering Horan, he asked why he had put " a rascal of an agent to take away his land ?" Before Horan could reply, he presented a pistol at his breast, and cried, "Take that." A bullet penetrated Horan's clothes on the right side and struck upon the breast bone ; thence, fortunat e ly, •it glanced off', and the man received only a superficial wound, though his nervous system sustained a severe shock. M`Kean, it is stated, proceeded to re-load his pistol, b u t th e ot h er found inne' diate refuge in the house of the parish priest. The would be- assassin took to the woods. The Metropolitan Street Tramways Bill is still under the consideration of the Select Committee of the House of Commons. Various witnesses were yesterday called in support of it, and set forth the various advau tages which would accrue to the public from the adoption of a speedier, safer, and more convenient mode of locomotion than was now adopted in the streets of the metropolis• The inclllll7 is likely to be i 1 lon 012 C. ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO UPSET A PASSENGER TRAM,. An atrocious attempt to destroy life has been madelby some miscreant upon the London and South-Western Railway, in the vicinity of Clapham Junction. An engine driver in the employ of the company left the Feltham Station at 7.15 with an engine and tender for Waterloo, in order to bring out the eight o'clock down train for Windsor. He was running his engine tender foremost, and upon pass ing Clapham Junction be pulled up, as the signals were on on both the boxes. He started afresh, and to the cir cumstance of his having been obliged to stop is pro bably due his preservation from death, for while going between the Clapham Junction and West London signal boxes, his locomotive ran over a heavy sleeper which someone had placed across the metals. So violent was the shock that the guards of the tender were knocked away, although the engine remained on the metals. Lawrence ordered his fireman to see what was the matter, as it was extremely dark at the time. The fireman accordingly descended from the engine tender, and upon going back discovered the sleeper, which had been split by the violence of the collision. Taking the sleeper, as no more were then to be found upon the line, he ran his engine on to Nine Elms, and gave information to the police. About seven minutes after Lawrence had driven his engine from the spot where it had met the sleeper, the 7.15 p.m. train from Kingston ran up to the same place, the engine crashing into four or five more sleepers, which must have been placed upon the line directly Law rence bad taken his engine away. In this case also the engine very providentially did not quit the rails. The spot is close to an embankment some twenty feet high, and had the locomotive gone over, it would probably have carried with it several out of the twelve or fourteen car riages of the train, which was occupied by a number of passengers. The company is taking active measures to discover the perpetrator of this deed, and it is said that suspicion already points to a recently-discharged employ. THE ELECTION PETITIONS. The application to change the venue of the South Hants petition from Winchester to Southampton has been made to Mr. Justice Willes. The respondents brought the motion before his lordship at Chambers, but he said he must hear the other side before he would make any order. The Horsham petitions have also been before Mr. Justice Willes. In respect of one petition an application was made to make an order of withdrawal, as the ques tion raised would be decided in the pending petitions. No application was made for costs. His lordship made the order of withdrawal. An application was soon after made on the part of the petitioners in the late Blackburn election petition for an order under the recent rules for the return of the deposit money, £l,OOO. On the part of the respondent it was stated that there was no affidavit that the witnesses had been paid. Mr. Justice Willes said that he should require such an affidavit. In the Bradford case it was shewn that the claims were discharged. It was stated that in the present case each party was to bear his own cost, and it was proposed that the money should either be repaid to the petitioners or their solicitors. His lordship said there would be one rule in all the cases. There was about £30,000 deposited in the Bank of England, and as a number of applications would be made he must be satisfied that the claims were discharged. BRECKNOCK PETITION. The inquiry into the return of Mr. Howel Gwyn for Brecknock is being investigated before Mr. Baron Martin. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine appears for the petitioners, and Mr. Giflard for the respondents. In opening the case, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said : 'The constituency of the borough numbered 794. At the last election Mr. Gwyn polled 372 votes, and Mr. Price, the Liberal candidate, 357, leaving Mr. Gwyn in a majority of 15. Mr. Price's election expenses amounted to only £250, while those of Mr. Gwyn were returned at £1,193. Mr. Price would state that this £250 was all that had been expended by him. Mr. David Thomas, a well known respectable solicitor of Brecon, was the election agent for Mr. Gwyn. That gentleman had originated the entire system of bribery and corruption. He found among the expenses returned of Mr. Gwyn's election the sum of £525 as paid to Mr. D. Thomas for his services. Altogether the law charges in Mr. Gwyn's election accounts amounted to £968. Among the sums paid were items of £35 and £24 for private constables. On referring to the list of these special constables it was found that several of them were children of the age of two years, who through the agency of their respective papas received the amounts set against their names. He should shew the employment of George Thomas and James Morgan. (These are the two persons against whom true bills were found at the late Brecon Assizes for bribery. The principal witness would be one John New, a railway employd, who VMS a Liberal in politics, and who voted for Mr. Price. He should show that G olden had spoken to New on the subject of his vote, and had told him that if he voted for Mr. Gwyn there would be " something coming after the election ; "that in November—the day before the election—. Golden took New to Mr. D. Thomas's house, and there told him that a gentleman would have a parcel for him. Subsequently James Morgan was pointed out to him, and New was told that he (Morgan) was the man who would "do the business." On the evening of the nomination New met Morgan by appointment on a railway bank, and Golden told him, "Go up there and there will be a person to meet you." He went "up there," and found a man whom the petitioner alleged was George Thomas, but George Thomas denied it. However, whoever it was, the person whom New met "up there" dropped a parcel into his hand, after asking him " if he was a railway man?" and the parcel, on being opened, was found to contain £5. He afterwards met Morgan, who, in reference to the £5, said it was "to keep Gwyn in." He suggested that Mr. David Thomas had set all these bribers and others in motion, and that that proved the point of agency. The learned serjeant gave a humorous account of three persons who had been treated to a champagne supper at the Castle Hotel, which had such an effect on them that one of them was heard screaming out in the night for " retsy ," and another, a clergyman, was obliged t) borrow a clean neckcloth of a waiter next day in order to make a decent appearance. Fourteen public-houses had I also been opened on the day of election. by agents of Mr. Gwyn, and others before the election. As to the allega tion of undue influence and intimidation, the learned ser jeant stated that a tenant of Colonel Pearce had been told that if he did not vote for Mr. Gwyn he would have to leave his house, and the tenant, one Lewis, had been taken up to the poll with forty others t o vote against his con victions. He had been canvassed by Mr. Probert, an agent for Colonel Pearce, in company with Mr. Gwyn. John New, being called;corroborated the story told by the counsels. George Thomas, was, he declared, the man who had given him the money, nor was his evidence shaken in cross-examination. Other evidence, clearly establishing bribery, followed. James M'Donald, aged 25, a labourer, residing at Stockport, has been sentenced to death for the murder of James Nally, at Murple, last December. Baron Channel, who tried the case at Chester, has recommended the prisoner tothe mercy of the Crown, inasmuch as ho was intoxicated when he took Nally's life. M'Donald and Nally had been both drinking all the evening of the murder, and when they at last reached the prisoner's lodgings, M'Donald in a sudden at, seized a knife and stabbed his victim in the neck, caus ing almost immediate death. HUMBUG AND HYPOCRISY.--When, followed by his footman carrying the Bible and the Prayer-book, an En :ishman r a ei to c . rch in all the majesty of self consequence and self-ido:atry, as if he were not about to worship God, but God was about to worship him, it would be wrong to call him a hypocrite ; but to call him a humbug is not uncharitable. The humbug begins by im posing on himself before imposing on the rest of the world, and he half believes that he is a man of honour and integrity. If England is the paradise of humbugs, it is the purgatory of hypocrites, while Scotland is the paradise of hypocrites and the purgatory of humbugs. To be a hypocrite would cost the Englishman more trouble than he likes to expend, and would be in-.:ompatible with his frank ness.—" Scottish Characteristics: a Prelection,"in Fraser's Magazine. Our lady readers possibly may feel interested in learning what has since become of the twelve you ng ladies whom her M a j es t y some nine -and-twenty years 117 Y chose as her b r id esma id s, and who carried the Royal abo train in the Chapel Royal on the day of her marriage to the late Prince Consort (February 10, 1840). Two of them were married during that year : • Lady Mary A. F. Grimston to Vi! n,unt Folkestone, eldest son of the Earl of Radnor; and Lady - Elizabeth A. G. Howard to the Hon. and Rev. P. R. Grey. Two others were married in 1841—Laily Prances E. C ow p er t o Vi scoun t Jocelyn, eldest son o f t h e Earl of Roden ; and Lady Ida H. Hay to Viscount Campden, now Earl of Gainsborough ; in 1342 Lady Sarah F. C. Villiers married Prince Nicholas Esterhazy ; in 1813 Lady Catherine L. W. Stanhope marled Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery ; in 1844 Lady Elizabeth West married Mr. F. C. Hastings Russell, heir-presumptive to the dukedom of Bedford ; in 1847 Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie married Mr. William Ellis, and Lady Eleanora C. Paget married Sir Sandford Graham, Bart. ; in 1849 Lady Mary Charlotte Howard married Lord Foley, and Lady Caroline A. Lennox married the Earl of Bess borough ; and lastly, in 1851, Lady Adelaide Paget married the Hon F. W. Cadogan. Of these fair ladies three are dead—Lady Gainsborough, the Princess Esterhazy, and E. Lady Graham ; one of them, Lady Jocelyn, is a wid ow ; and one of them, Lady Dalmeny, having remained some years a widow. is now Duchess of Cleveland. --G uardian. THE RECTOR OF LIVERPOOL ON TO IRISH CHURCH. In consequence of the Rev. Augustus liampbell, ieete r of Liverpool, not being able to attend the "demonstr e ' tion" in the town on Monday evening, he sent a lettel stating his views on the subject. This judgment (he said) "deliberately condemns Mr. Gladstone bill as a need' lessly revolutinary measure, utterly incompetent to effect the wished-for pacification of Ireland." At the saf e time, however, he is bound to confess that he cannot hoPe —neither does he wish—that the Irish Church s hould remain as it is. " Earnestly desiring, (ho goes on to say) , to maintain Protestant Christianity in Ireland, I do no t wish to maintain Protestant ascendancy, or the present', distribution of the revenues of the Protestant Church* I see no reason why future Irish prelates should sit in the House of Lords, or be entitled to lora' incomes, or political precedence and privileges; still leas do I see why clergy should be paid for doing nothing* England, moreover, owes an enormous debt to Ireland* , She is bound to make every compensation she can to the' Roman Catholics for past injustice, provided she does e° without injustice and wrong to the Protestant cause. Sh e is hound to respect not only their rights, but their feel' ings, and remove, as far as possible, their sentimental grievances, but she must not sacrifice truth to peace." ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON. The ceremony of enthroning the Bishop of London; which took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Thursday did not excite an inordinate degree of interest among either the clergy, the laity, or the general public. Indeed, the proceedings altogether, with the excey' tion of the choral portions of the service, were not of a very attractive kind. The first portion a the ceremony took place not in the cathedral, but in the Chapter House, which is situated in the midst. of the draper's shops nestling round Wren's•buildings, and not materially adding to its beauty. On hie arrival at the Chapter House, the Right Rev. Dr. Jackson, attended by his chaplains, was received by the Very Rev, the Dean, Dr. Mansell, the archdeacons, canons, and prebendaries, and other dignitaries and offi. cials of the cathedral, and, being conducted to his seat/ was made the subject of the following brief address from, the Commissary of St. Paul's to the Dean :—" Very Rev. Mr. Dean, I present to you the Right Rev. Father in God John Jackson, Bishop of London, and beg that he may be enthroned according to the usual custom, and that the mandate to that effect frons, the Archdeacon of Canterbury may be read by the registrar of the diocese." The mandate of the appointment being read by the registrar, the Commissary, turning again to the Dean, said, " Vet/ Rev. Mr. Dean,--On behalf of the Bishop of London, I pray you to take upon you the burden of the execution of. the mandate, and to proceed according to the tenor thereof." To this, as a matter of form, the Dean con' sented, anti the procession, headed by the clergy of the diocese in their robes, was formed, and moved to the great door of the cathedral. In the cathedral the reserved places in the chancel and transept were nearly all occupied before half-past two o'clock; and the public, admitted generally at the north entrance, pressed upon the barriers along-that side of the nave. The smaller organ at the east-end of the cathedral sounded the key note, and theprocessional anthem of Goss began as the crowd of white surplices spread out and advanced in regular order along the nave. The preben• daries, as the procession reached the choir, filed off right and left to their stalls. The reading of the mandate having been disposed of, a part of the psalm, " Oh, praise the Lord," was beautifully sung by the cathedral choir. The prayers were intoned by the Rev. Benjamin Morgan Cowie, 8.D., and the lessons were read by the Rev. W. Calvert, M.A., minor canons. The service proper to the enthronement was followed by Evening Prayer, Handel's magnificent "Hallelujah Chorus" terminating the ceremony. THE GOLD DIGGINGS IN SUTHE.RLAND. The latest reports from the North as tothe golddiegingi in Sutherland are to the effect that the gold fever excite ment has considerably abated since free diggging has been put a stop to. Very little is now heard of the success of the diggers, only it is known that the average luck con tinues to be maintained. Up to Saturday last 145 licenses were issued, so that the ijnber of licenses represents the number of diggers at work on the Kildonan and Suisgill burns A few of those, however, who paid their pound and were not so successful as they have expected have got tired of the business, and gone home. On the other hand, it is expected that some forty or fifty additional licenses will be given out this week, raising thd number of licensed diggers to 200. The Crown royalty of 10 per cent. on the value of the gold found was collected on Saturday, but we have not heard what amount was received. The Crown tax has to be paid weekly, we understand. A good deal of dissatisfaction exists in reference to the impost of a pound a month, and the oppressive tax of ten per cent. A digger who earns a pound a week, to meet these requirements, has to pay 75., leaving only 13s. to himself. Such high terms act as a prohibition to those that can't pay the money in advance. Many would willingly pay from 7s. to 10s. a month who could not raise a pound. It is hoped (says the Northern Ensign) that the monthly charge will be reduced to such a figure as will enable many of the poor and unemployed people in the neighbourhood to take advantage of the digg ings, more especially at a time when no other remunerative work can be procured. No sales of gold could be effected here on Saturday night last. Ths jewellers having with! drawn their orders, the local agents were not in a position to purchase. The cry from the diggings, therefore, ig " Gold buyers wanted." Several diggers were here on Saturday purchasing materials for tents, and report that they were obliged to leave their lodgings in consequence of the shepherds with whom they lived having received notice from their employers that they were not to house diggers any longer. Mr. Wilson, Inverness, last week purchased gold to the value of £lO4 14s. 5d., making bI entire purchases up to Saturday £431. The reports of the state of M. de Montalembert's health aro alarming; he has talon no nourishment for the last two days but a' few spoonfuls of milk, and is very weak indeed. Henry Jenkins, who at the last Bristol Assized was condemned to death for the murder of Fanny Reeved at Fedminster, has been respitect pending the argument upon the point of law reserved at the trial. FIRE IN THE NEVADA SILVER MINES.—A cable telegram announces that thirty-six miners lost their lives on Wednesday by extensive fires in the shafts of three silver mines. The Church Association, who were the chief pro moters in the suit "Martin v. Mackonochie," have deterl mined upon instituting a suit against the Rev. Mr. Purchas, of Brighton, with a view to test the question of the legality of the Eucharistic vestments and processions in church. These questions were not raised in Mr. Mackonochie's case. The master carpenters and joiners of Sheffield have given all their men formal notice to leave as a preliminary', it is understood, to changing their mode of payment from the day to the hour system. As the effect of the change will be to restrict the men's wages in winter, it is appre7 'tended that they may not accede to the change. The house-painters of the West Riding have agreed to the appointment of a board of conciliation, to which is to bo referred all disputes respecting wages and other matters which may arise between the employers and employed. The board is to consist of nine employers and the same number of operatives, who are to be elected annu ally, and whose decision upon that matter is to be final. A singular case has just been heard at the Sheffield' County Court. Mr. Plimsall, M.P., was sued by a coach• man, lately in his employ, for a month's wages in lieu of notice. In consequence of a dispute the plaintiff gave his master notice, but they could not agree about his accompany ing him to London. The plaintiff therefore loft suddenly. The judge reserved his decision. SANDWICH BOARDS.—The Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and the advertising agents are at issue respecting the size of the boards which shall be carried by " sandwich" men about the streets. The agents declare that unless the regulation size prescribed by Colonel Henderson is enlarged by a few inches, the theatrical managers will withdraw their boards, and hun dreds of poor men would thus be deprived of their em- ployment. The matter was brought under the notice of the Marlborough -street police magistrate on Thursday, who, while expressing hi„ belief that Colonel Henderson had acted with every consideration, suggested that the few inches asked for might well be conceded. TABLE -TALK.—Three or four years ago it was remarked, in a leading article of the Times on longevity, that each of the peers who had died during the preceding nine months had reached upwards of 70 years. A striking contrast this to a fact recorded by Mr. W. Longman who tells us, in his recently-published "History of Edward III.," that "in the middle ages the deaths of a great proportion of the English nobility, even when °cow sioned by natural causes, occurred when they where under forty years of age." To such an extent was this the case, that their " eldest sons, though commonly the offspring of very early marriages, very frequently became wards of the Crown by reason of their minority, to the serious damage of their own estates, and to the great advantage of 01 sovereign."— Guardian. MOIST: COMME] COUBOIs are count, 93i ; New Three p( £l,OOO, par ; Bank of Eng India Stock ditto 5 per Ce Cent., Oct, 1 In the Foi Italian, and 1 Prices are fo 6 51 ; Mexicar. Spanish, 31 3' Peruvian Five way Loan, 82 The Danub i,l prem. In the Rail Great Eastei litan 4 1 Midl all better. Caledonian, to 4fl ; Gr.( Northern, 10 shire, 123 to do. Extensioi Sheffield, 56 British, 35 ti North Easter 76 ; Chathan American of 1885 are 1 74. Erie Ra and Illinois C Atlantic T Eight per ( Anglo-Amer The sum from the Bat The s ti ff ( £81,216; the from Geelon the Cape of 1144,720. The Bank than has bee half. When rate of disco At the m( and London friendly con accounts an also suggest should cons liability on 1 A rnemor Pally intinaa Constantine sth instant. The Stoel the first isst ultimate to Inndian Sul to be quote( It appear perial Russi 1869, there Three per ( 458£6,,900 The numb( 1868 are at The Lot traffic retul and brane £2,046, cou last year ; an increase of £2,496 crease of Lincolnshii At a naee Company annum Iva: At a mel pany, a dig num was Cl The reti April 7, is: is as folio Friday, 2d, Monday, £10,702,0( total, 1,70, Tha rett week end( results wh Rest PuLliu depc Other depo On the otl Governmen ties Other secu Notes Inlet The amou being an bullion in a decreas preceding Subjoit of the Ba and Fren last year Bullion Reserve Notes it Rata of Cwasols French GoirE 3 per Cen Ditto fc 3 per Oen Now 3 pi New 21 p Do. i Annuities Do. for Do (Re Exchequc Do Do. Bank of I DR. op, Canada 4 Inter-Co INDI India stc Do. 01 Do. 5 Do. 4 Do. OE Do. Ex Do. 5 Do. 5i Da 5] D Do, B( Do. u! Argenti I Do., E Auitriai Gov Groet Ito. 1 ISO:( DO,l 4'at Hn liou c k lthiau :~ Do, Do Engi