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

• . .....1....- ••••N . ..., 1 , ..., - ir, 4.. A. JL 1J V ,VJ 11 tri vr, r taSti,UAity 3 1E69. , ............... 6. ...... am .s. .. ••• • • • ..a................................................ ......................._..,_ ----___ ` . ~- - - • •........ LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE, cotton famine, and if cotton colieumers would pay as Manchester Freetraders are beginning to abandon CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. their principles. They may do so, but the nation of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution much to insure against famine as they did to insure • Tins EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship- Stephens, C. Wyndham, and L. Brongh; ll' esdames Montagne, will •not. The nation will insist upon having gcods - wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution Bignold, Maxe, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING against fire, they would soon have an increased (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT." also expended .£20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Toole.With A RACE FOR A DINNER supply. The losses which have accrued since the from Belgium and France if these are cheaper or Establishments, in addition to granting .£2,431 for re better than those from England. Manchester PARIS, TUESDAY, February 2. Wards. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. American war from a scarcity of cotton far exceed The debate on the right of public meeting was a disap- The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the Tins Evaxine, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George • • millowners must seek to improve their con the losses from fire, and yet if it were possibl e peintment, and to many an inexplicable collapse. A great field-day was anticipated, but nothing resulted except a public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia dition by other expedients than by a heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Foote and Larkin. After which, TITRKO THE TERRIBLE : for the old supply to come from the American cotton kfessrs F Rubes W. Arthur, Brunton and George Honey ; great politico-economical reaction. They have miserable skirmish. The discussion had been solemnly Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Mesdames Larkin,' Weathersby, Turner , Lovell, Ashton, Miss fields to-morrow, we have no doubt that our menu and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Fanny Josephs, ,te. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTES peculiar facilities for doing so. No country in the announced; the reactionary journals had made much pre- THEATREEsq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ramie. facturers would again fall back into the olds ystem world, except the United States, possesses such a fine liminary fracas ; a great debate, if not a storm, was expected t o h n e all sides.. After hall-past one all the seats apportioned to THEATRE-RovaL, OLYMPIC. . of exclusive dependence on the one source. Years cotton-field as we have. With all India under our ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tars EVENING, at 7, SL ASHER &CRASHER Messrs Atkins public were crowded to excess, and in the waiting- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattarton. Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox G re y and Mrs Caulfield . ago mrp BRIGHT endeavoured to draw attention to the rule, with a country full of great rivers that now Special Mornin g Performances of the (Brand Pantomime on s • After which. at 7.45, TIE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H rooms an immense number of the disappointed vainly every Wednesday and Saturday duringthe Christmas Holidays Ne , ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. cotton cultivation in India, and we hope that he will flood their banks in the rains and are dried - endeavoured to gain tickets. They did not lose much. In THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Wigan ; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield up in the heats, but which might be con to be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled avail himself of his present influential position an hour it was all over. Yes, forty minutes sufficed to GRIMALKIN THE GREAT ; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, verted into sources of irrigation, it is absurd dispose of socialism, atheism, and all other obnoxious "isms," and taoesdapveehifireoemrddere.stßruacretieoßn epereciepte,rwtyh,efwaanleitlye tND THE MILLER'S So ca, with new and magnificent Scenery ROYALTY THEATRE. to bring the subject forward. By so doine he will a by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Openin g by the entire Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. • for Manchester to be complaining of the short supply confer the greatest benefits upon the people of India, . • • strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss union, religion, of Pantomimists ; an d com bi n i ng t h e gran d est sta ge e ff ects of M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar, of cotton, or to be hankering after an antiquated and for the cultivation of cotton will bring many bless- lead the van in this great battle, spoke for a quarter of an any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND - exploded system of commerce. Hitherto we have half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. ings in its train. To make it successful India must hour. M. Baroche replied. M. Emile 011 i vier vainlyendea done almost nothing for India except conquer it. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. have better roads, more extended railway accommo- voured to fan the flame. M. Pelletan explained the THEATRE ROYAL, II A YMARKET. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton If their distress should induce Manchester mill- silence of the Left, and then Baron Benoist, " satisfied," Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, dation, and, above all, an efficient system of irriga- THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft ; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss owners to insist upon the completion of the great withdrew his interpellation. But why did not the Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING tion. Thus, while we are removi ng the risk of a works so long talked of, the present dullness Left speak ? Well, it is argued, it did not After which, HOME: Messrs. Bothers, Chippendale, Comp- HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ton, Ashley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. cotton famine from Lancashire, we shall be at the of the times will not have been useless, raise the question. The interpellation was one which Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall , Every Night, at 8 concerned only the Government and its supporters. The ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames same time averting the danger of a more terrible Free Trade, too, will have won another triumph. Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. • Right is aggrieved by the socialist doctrines preached at Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &C. famine in India. Had the country possessed better Having first brought us into intimacy with nations Commence at Seven. -- ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, means of cheap and ready transit, had irrigation done from which we had often been estranged—inti- these public meetings ;if the Left interfered it is probable that the consequences would be disastrous only to itself. T HEA T R E ROYAL, ADELPIIL Promenade Concert. Band of CO .Begin at 8. ls. Box-office aso close that war became almost impossible—it In other words, if the Liberals assailed the Govern. open from 11 to 4. its part in parched and barren districts, we should m C Y Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. not have been appalled by the story of a million will have induced us to do our duty towards the meat on this point, it might probably end in a THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-paik, OPEN daily (ex law being brought up to repeal the former, great empire which we have governed hitherto with TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. ; Children deaths from want in a British dependency. We hope and the right of public meeting would be lost At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja- under twelve, 6d. 0 little advantage to it or credit to ourselves , min Webster, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce will not altogether. Such is the reason given for the attitude of Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. mr..........................m.......„,..... the Opposition. It can hardly be deemed satisfactory. It Smith, Mr. Romer Mr. W. H. er r y, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss f relax its efforts until our cotton trade shall be placed -.., is not likely that the Government will retrace its steps. Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nally Harris. .../ LATEST INTELL [GENE . It has given too little liberty to France to take away what ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I 'IIIIP fit i , ,esla e ... • L. s 4, - ,e‘! • - c... firm and satisfactory basis. lf its members succeed in accomplishing this they will have conferred (REUTER'S TELEffRAMS.) there is. The Left ought to have come forward in defence Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining, of their privileges, and have shown that whilst a lasting benefit on their country. Last 6 Nights. --...____ some demagogues abused the right of public meeting, THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which t at 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in !LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1869. ARRIVAL OF THE SERAPIS. many other men, including some of the most flur acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. ONE matter of general interest was discussed celebrated names in France, had discoursed temperately Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, 41. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 3. J.G . Shore ; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. at the meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com- and moderately upon the great truths of morals, religion, 1 Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. The proceedings of the Manchester Chamber of Her Majesty's Indian troop ship Serapis, Captain and social order. 1 To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. merce, which took place on Monday. We learn Soady, arrived at Spithead this morning from Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open Commerce are never altogether without interest. The failure of this interpellation decides the fate dally from 10 till 5. from Mr. BAZLEY, the senior M.P. for Man- Alexandria and Malta. Manchester represents so many branches of our in of the session. It will be barren, stale, and On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE cheater, that in his city the soundness of Free Trade ______ ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. dustrial enterprise, that its merchants and manufac- . unprofitable. The elections are already becoming the principles is beginning to be doubted. This is really AMERICA. leading topic, though as yet the various candidatures are e R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. tutors naturally take a very keen interest in the corn- serious news. It means that in the very birth- (Per City of Antwerp.) very incomplete. But I can affirm that in no case will d Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanboron g h. inertial legislation of the day, and the directors of NEW YORK, Jan. 23. any of the clerical candidates be opposed by the Govern. a THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. place and headquarters of Free Trade, in the Clarke. Belford, Joyce ; Mesdames But an and Maitland. the Chamber of Commerce have usually a tolerably In the Senate Mr. Sherman introduced a bill to meat. After which, THE FIELD OF TB.L CLOTH OF GOLD , city where they have erected a noble temple A rising of some kind has broken out in Algeria. The t , Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long- long and important list of topics to recommend to toFree Trade men are beginning to question the most amend the National Currency Act, so as to require more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. ' details are few, and even doubtful, but there seems to be t i To conclude with HUE AND DYE. the notice of their members. Nor are their proceed- elementary doctrines of the Freetraders' creed. regular periodical reports from the National Banks, some ground for the apprehension of a serious movement T ings confined to mere verbal comment. More than True, Mr. BAZLEY said that these doubts referred to and defining penalties for violation of the provisions on the part of the native population. as R OYAL AMPHITHEA FRE AND CIRCUS, once have these gentlemen succeeded in originating cotton only, but they cannot remain confined to of the original Act. The last traces of the Exhibition of 1867 have not yet s ; HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and a desirable reform, in inaugurating an important cotton. It is an old story that the fisherman was in The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations disappeared, but they are rapidly vanishing. The building , Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse occupied by the Imperial Commission, and the elegant 0 , ment Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick policy, or ;in calling public attention to some long- favour of free trade in everything except red Horses " Topaze," " Saladin," "Nedjed," "Tancredi," "Freis yeste.rday gave . a hearing to General Raasloff, the ar ehutz, - and .. Abdallab," which for symmetry, breeding, and in- established abase or almost forgotten grievance. herrings; and if the cotton lords who fought the rapidly being demolished. special Danish Envoy, who addressed them in an and d le th t eoyf are e e General Commissariat, are all that remain, en telligence, are unequalled and matchless throughout the world, battle of Free Trade 2.5 years ago now declare The other day I mentioned that two human legs had i„ England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co- Every one remembers the part played by Manchester will • able manner in favour of the immediate consum adjuters, Messrs Carte and A. Salamonsky, will execute that that their principles not bear application been mysteriously fished up out of a well in the Rue Prin. cr, wonderfully daring act " The Three Olympians," on three horses. in the great battle of Free Trade, and although the mation of the treaty prodding for the purchase of Nothing in the history of equestrianism has ever approached the movement to the factory, the farmers and landowners superb riding of the Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky in their was not directly associated with the who protested against the application to the St. Thomas by the United States. ecease.u, theyT hey w w e :r e e : l u a p d po i s:d to l e e i e d :l g irL etened w a lm e :: , thebe double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Salamonsky and A . Brad bury : and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do Chamber of Commerce, still the strong sympathy field will be fully justified. In fact, the In the House Mr. Griswold introduced a bill knee; but the doctors assert that the limbs once formed Royc e, Ara to ra t l l l i t e he i a n t i r m e inimitable bill Circus.o of !g e e nightly i s s u e n t an o i f mrthousatintlitse with the reform manifested throughout that p ar t o f secon d have far more show of reason than the proposing an issue of gold notes by the Government, part of a man's body. The police have en- toted into the mystery, and have discovered that an d al 'verdict of approval. the country was evidence of the commercial saga- There is something like logic in theargument redeemable in • first. " Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excitement, inhabitant of a house in the Rue Dauphine has been ow amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been city and intelligence of the Manchester men, that a country ought to be independent of others for ment dues. Such issue not to exceed 3 50,000,000. Introduced to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses - its supply of food, lest, relying upon them, are magnificent animals, and every lover of horses should make The amount of gold in the Treasury above that the 15th of the month part of the left breast of a man was lat it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "Many per- This same question of Free Trade occupied an it should find those sources cut off by war; for t h e from his domicile since the 14th of December. On l a , sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi- important required to pay three months' interest on the q y in 1 lions which travel throu g h the provinces ; the Holborn Amphi- place in the discussion of Monday in the England can grow corn. But it is impossible to have ed decidedonthe n t a hat nea t r he the d P ies o e n e t ti d en es A e rs t . hee l e le p d er o t c i t e o n rs e . wit theatre is as far above them as Patti's singin g is above that of a Chamber of Commerce. Wonderful to relate there public debt is to be appropriated to the redemption of the body was done by a practised hand. The police 6f, street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. apply this argument to Manchester goods, for , Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per- are actually men in Manchester who are inclined to of the greenbacks at current gold values. are actively inquiring into the matter. can formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing -at Half-past England cannot grow cotton. The Manchester mill- of an example to t Two. . be sceptical as to the benefits conferred by Free Trade. owners have absolutely no ground to stand upon, There will be no immediate action upon this French juries seem disposed to make of seducers. A young woman, who had been betrayed and the bill, GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. This doubt is not altogether a theoretical one, but unless they return to the old untenable position that abandoned, determined upon revenge, disguised herself as f e n Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. arises from the present unsatisfactory condition of 111 r. Menard, the negro Congressman-elect from a man, and deliberately shot her seducer. She confessed s h e , At 7 , A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0 the consumer is made for the producer, not the pro- THE BR A.HMINS NI BROWN AND • .. ,: . essrs. Marshall, Warner, ' ' the cotton trade In the Chamber itself no hesita- ducer for the consumer. It is, in fact, this very Louisiana, appeared yesterday before the House her crime ; but the jury with more pity for the girl—she the David fisher, Andrews, Hnrlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames c. for the law, absolutel was an orphan— than respect y tons tion was felt on the subject, but it was acknow- heresy -which is now making its appearance Committee on Elections, and delivered a long Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Artioll, Henrade, B e acquitted her. disc rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ]edged that out of doors a question had been raised in a place where a quarter of a century ago it was argument in favour of his claims to a seat. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street, respecting the application of free trade to the cotton not tolerated. The landowner and the farmer urged Menard is said to have made a favourable im- A strange . the Basses-Alper department. The murderer was a lad 2nd, 4, J Langharn-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain: trade. A single fact stated by Mr. BAZLEY, t. You will sacrifice us, the salt of the country; murder has been committed near Digne, in The pression upon the Committee, but as his election is named Borel, 17 years of age; the victim, a boy of 14, how First app-srance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL M.P.' i you will reduce the farm labourer to destitution, Che) CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs_ WIL- in the course of his very able speech, furnishes a - strongly contested, it is doubtful whether Menard 8031 and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon they cried, if leave us exposed to competition were accustomed to play at pitch and toss. One day the di t i c comprehensive refutation of the doubt. In 1816, • you will get his seat. Both were shepherds, and whilst watching their flocks don season in the above theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, younger lad won 50c. The o ther paid the money, but a quarrel port' when the corn laws were repealed, the 'exports 1869. The only Company of Chrisy's who have had the from countries where labour costs almost nothing, A petition s about a previous debt vess4 honour to appear by special command before the Queen and where cornalmost pontaneously. We grows s has been circulated in the House ask- having arisen shortly afterward and Court. Acting M M A. Evening Manager, r. Nimmo. of the country amounted to £6O 000 000 .in 1867 7 7 7 cannot help that, was the reply of the millowners. ing the Senate not toconfirm any more of Mr John at 8, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8. Private the exports had increased to £225,000,000. "Ityh b d k h bread-eaterssows appointments this Saision. This movement shortly afterwards crept stealthily behind Morard, and of two sous, Borel left the spot greatly irritated, and boxes, .£3 3s. and £ 2 2s. ; dress stalls, ss.- reserved seats, ou, t e rea -ma ers, are t e few—the stunned him by a blow on the head with a large stone, and A 3s ; balcony e seats, 2s. • admissi-n, ls. Boxes and places might be said," remarked M r . BAnEy, gg th a t that ' are th e many ; w e m us t thi n k of these first, was started by friends of Gen3ral Grant, and then beat out his brains with the same, and afterwards may b secured at Mr:Mitchell's Royal Library; at all the 1 principal musicsellers; and at the box-office. did not meet the case of the cotton trade; but the ' even though you should suffer. Free Trade came, with his sanction, in order that the incoming admi- carried the body to throw it into a reservoir. The young criminal then West fact was, that in 1846 the export s of cotto n man tle 1 and, as Mr. BAZLEY says, the exports increased from nistration may not be embarrassed by Mr. John- Lord DEAFNESS.—Acoustic Instruments, for the factures and yarns amounted to £25,500,000, but by £00,000,000 a year to _„ , son's appointments. £,2°5 000 000 and the cotton a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile _l 3 _ l l ) ei washed the blood from his hands and face, and returning DI Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general home with his sheep, ate his supper as usual. Ile was conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies. the end of theybecome more than 1867 th had b trade alone had over £41,000,000 of this increase. Colonel Baldwin and others in behalf of the afterwards arrested. the I —The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor- £71,000,000 sterling. Surely when the trade had These figures tell only a part of the tale. They Virginia Conservative Committee, were before the The curd of Labroyd, in the Pas-de-Calais, recently ran smite, nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.--SOLO3IONS, 39, Albe the p, merle-street, Piccadilly. an that if, as we know, £lOO will maintain an or-more than doubled by a change of policy they might me Reconstruction Committee yesterday. They de- • • Th dinary industrious family of five persons, there to Belgium, where they were obliged to beg, Being given off with his female servant. The interesting pair proceeded SPECTACLES. The Achromatic and Tinted fairly infer that there had been great soundness in is a fund here which is more or less available for the dared that all the claims raised against Judges of SPECTACLE LENSES, reoistar.,l hr S. :tr.'. It_ SOLO_ that policy." We are not without an instance of the support of 2,000,000 persons. And the increase of State Courts in Virginia originated with Northern imprisonment for vssabundage- and h MONIS, Opticians so the uovernment, give extraordinary relief - favour into custody, they have been sentenced Co a fortnight's oil ND 1 to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from ev i l effects of a protective system in a country whose ' - the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic- wealth has been obtained without inflicting any of Radicals who had gone to Virginia, and were oppor TIIE ;TEA 7'ILEI? TABLE,—THIS DAY. &dilly. enterprise and whose resou r c es a re n o t inferior to the predicted evils upon the landed class. Rents are candidates for the offices they sought to have va refuse ---..._____ 1' our own. America, who prides herself on her i higher than ever, the farmers are more prosperous, cated by Act of Coneress. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. , t(, ' now o Congress. THE " suw , NE WSPAPE R.—G. R. GLE.NIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace Edgeware-road, the labourers getting higher Competition rapid progress in other respects, his remained are wages. Colonel Baldwin assured the committee that the Extremeprison Sea lelivers the LATE EDITION of " THE SUN "at the earliest •absolutely stationary with respect to her commercial has compelled invention ; and. a new enterprise-- nat . f the State, regardless f olio- dative population o opo ii- Wednesday, [...a IF• I 0 Mr possible moment after leaving the press. He Is able to deliver Feb. 3, B. T. I : :: _S-• W. 1 1 to F. D. WIL to tributi copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country policy, and the consequence is that her trade isagricultural that of machinery—has grown up cal considerat one, were disposed to deal and justly 8 a.m. e'' ' l2 9 at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by —-- -- - evenin as a consequence of Free Trade. During the period of 9.45 o'clock hampered, her commerce restricted, and her people even generously with the negroes. Nairn Orders by pox punctually attended to transition there may have been some amount of suf- Aberdeen are deprived of comforts, while the cost of living has , faring; that did • . The delegation stoutly denied that loyal men shields 29'6lf. 37 36 B.E 2 2 D. c.r. o'o9 Ha al ehields yet - LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN risen 75 per cent. Mr. u „TELLS the Special Finance '. g Virginia. were ill-treated in Scarborough 29'69f. 39 39 S.S.W. 3 4 N.N.E. c.or o'o9 3 held o Yarmouth 29'Bsf. 43 42 S.S.E. 2 5 N,N,W, o. R. GLENIE, of the Sportinff Library, c • , land draws her food supplies from all rt f ommissioner Mlle- not in his De p ort to qua ers o the Helder ..... ..... _ expens .4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to 7 a ' hesitated, . earth ; yet, if England were cut off from communi- The Indiana Legislatare has elected the lion. D. oux h aven — — relievii form his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general. Congress, to point out the true remedy for the em- cation by sea, she could better • • R hi . provide for her u S Pratt ( epu lean, •to succeed Mr. Hendricks B A k r i rro e s a iru i 2975f. 4 - 0 — 39 F — . I . — 2 E.S.E. o — .sr 0 7 40 — 1 allowit Stet he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in Poi) - • Green castle 2916 f. 45 45 S.W. 1 1 W. c.br 0 - 32 ,_ dan to his agency for the Sportin g Edition of " Tits St7.N." ba • . in rrassed condition of the Treasury, but has declared lation than in the old days when Prote t' (Democrat) in the United States Senate. Holyhead nd can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, town C 1011 Liverpool tie COD ar country , that the wisest coarse for America to pursue would was insisted upon in order to enable her to do so. In the Georgia Legislature a resolution providing valentia G. R. G.be g s to inform the Trade that act is Agent for the Cape Clear — expend LATEST EDITION of • "THE SUN," a n d can supply it eurlie be to adopt the s tof Great Britain, es ern t,,Man any other man in London or Country the evening of Till , ' Penzance station. No connection with any other persons. Bid y's. Ra-. -, :. The troubles of the cotton trade have really no- Trade because it has had wider results than the y Plymouth liriglit's, anti M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Paper, ' - General Grant is in Baltimore. He has been Weymouth 29'84f . 52 51 S.W. 1 1 W.N.W. ca3.,02 2 88 ;Ines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the ' f ', , thing to do withthe expected. In 1844 they knew that question of unrestricted corn- they could beat entertained by several private citizens, but con- s uth 29'85f. 49 48 S.W. 64WN W c r :014 5 rely up ro o n rt do m n o , .. 29'51f. 48 47 S.W. 6 ''' ' • ' - ittoco Coe) Company. Orders by post at ieti,1,..1 t, 6 SAW. c.br o'o4 all the world, and that the removalof Protection C'peGrisNez 29 92r. 43 41 W.S.W. 7 5 N.W. c.o. o'o2 5 leers w merce. They arise from a scarcity of the raw mate- all rece tion times to refuse p P s. The General Brest sought THE .LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN "to rial. The would therefore be to their advantage, But the times L'Orient. manufacturers are still suffering from their has addressed the following note to a committee Roch efori better. L be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT 31RAC0CR's, are changed. Other countries are able t e o compete Biarritz .-itannia ; Kensal New-town, long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with preparations for an Inaugura- Corunna LE , having charge of the with Th • labour . ' ours. Their is cheaper, their machinery Probesus - _ _ _ _ _ _ regard to a manifest clan°. e• To trust to one source • fsernal THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," (. . 7 at least as good. Finding this, the Manchester mill- tion Ball : Strasbourg.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tinghan giving all the SPORTIa G NEWS of the day. may be seen and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de- owners who contemplated with ,wi the greatest equani- Headquarters, Army of United States, at JEM • Y MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Lyons Toulon 2 ... 3020 r. 46 44 N. 5 7 W.N.W. ale 5 are as Little Britain, City, E.C. mended by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a mity the proph ' esied ruin of the agricultural interest Washington, Jan 20. Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. 2219 161 folly, certain e ent 11 t b • • vua y o ring its own punishment. if Protection were withdrawn, are now crying out for Gentlemen, —Understanding that your commit- local time) ——_ - W H O'S GRAIN G E R ? LICENSED • s 41„.. —__ The absurdity the Protection. The fact that erw.4-:—.,_, VIcTuALLEEs' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. of doing so was the greater from T SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN " can be seen at r...... .. . ONE matter of general interest was discussed at the meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce, which took place on Monday. We learn from Mr. BAZLEY, the senior M.P. for Man chester, that in his city the soundness of Free T: principles is beginning to be doubted. This is really serious news. It means that in the very birth place and headquarters of Free Trade, in the city where they have erected a noble temple toFree Trade, men are beginning to question the most elementary doctrines of the Freetraders' creed. True, Mr. BAZLEY said that these doubts referred to cotton only, but they cannot remain confined to cotton. It is an old story that the fisherman was in favour of free trade in everything except red herrings; and if the cotton lords who fought the battle of Free Trade 25 years ago now declare that their principles will not bear application to the factory, the farmers and landowners who protested against the application to the field will be fully justified. In fact, the second have far more show of reason than the first. There is something like logic in the argument that a country ought to be independent of others for its supply of food, lest, relying upon them, it should find those sources cut off by war ; for England can grow corn. But it is impossible to apply this argument to Manchester goods, for England cannot grow cotton. The Manchester mill owners have absolutely no ground to stand upon, unless they return to the old untenable position that the consumer is made for the, producer, not the pro ducer for the consumer. It is, in fact, this very heresy -which is now making its appearance in a place where a quarter of a century ago it was not tolerated. The landowner and the farmer urged it. You will sacrifice us, the salt of the country; you will reduce the farm labourer to destitution, they cried, if you leave us exposed to competition '' from countries where labour costs almost nothing, Is and where corn grows almost spontaneously. We 7 cannot help that, was the reply of the millowners. t You, the bread-makers, are the few—the bread-eaters a are the many; we must think of these first, le even though you should suffer. Free Trade came, , I and, as Mr. BAZLEY says, the exports increased from £00,000,000 a year to £225,000,000, and the cotton trade alone had over £41,000,000 of this increase. These figures tell only a part of the tale. They mean that if, as we know, £lOO will maintain an or dinary industrious family of five persons, there is a fund here which is more or less available for the support of 2,000,000 persons. And the increase of wealth has been obtained without inflicting any of the predicted evils upon the landed class. Rents are higher than ever, the farmers are more prosperous, the labourers are getting higher wages. Competition has compelled invention ; and a new enterprise— that of agricultural machinery—has grown up as a consequence of Free Trade. During the period of transition there may have been some amount of suf fering; yet that did but stimulate and energise. Eng land draws her food supplies from all quarters of the earth ; yet, if England were cut off from communi cation by sea, she could better provide for her popu lation than in the old days when Protection was insisted upon in order to enable her to do so. As for the manufacturers, they are questioning Free Trade because it has had wider results than they expected. In 1844 they knew that they could beat all the world, and that the removal of Protection would therefore be to their advantage. But the times are changed. Other countries are able to compete with ours. Their laboUr is cheaper, their machinery at least as good. Finding this, the Manchester mill owners, who contemplated with the greatest equani mity the prophesied ruin of the agricultural interest if Protection were withdrawn, are now crying out for Protection. The fact that continental competition makes clothing cheaper for the consumer is nothing to them, or rather is an aggravation of their grievance. They loved Free Trade which enabled them to dis tance all the world; they detest Free Trade now that it is enabling all the world to distance them. They demand the protection of the few at the expense of the many, just as the landed interest did before them. It is fair to say that it is only a portion of the Manchester community which has back-slidden. In fact, were it not for Mr. BAZLEY'S reference to the matter, we should have been ignorant of it. He referred to the re-action only to repudiate it, and asked if Manchester men were really prepared to remove the statue of PEEL from before the Infirmary, and the statue of COBDEN from St, Ann's-square. But experience has shewn that we cannot afford to neglect the first symptoms of reaction. This reaction has induced more than one of our chief colonies to impose heavy protective duties on British imports; it has given rise to the Monnru Tariff in the United States. Nor are there wanting specious arguments in favour of the course. As Mr. DILKE has shewn in his " Greater Britain," the duties are imposed with the full knowledge that the consumer has to pay. But it is thought expedient that in a young country manufactures should be encouraged, and so the consumers, out of sheer patriotism, cheerfully sus tain the heavy burden of taxation. Facts, however, scarcely bear out this explanation. At all events there comes a time when cheerfulness gives way to complaint. Mr. WELLS has shewn that the cost of living has, under Protection, been raised 75 per cent.; that for every dollar which entered the Treasury of the United States seven dollars were taken from the people. Clearly such a heavy fine as this must defeat its osvn ends. o s of ther b te he d spendingless s y lf mi o s u u t ca h laefn tfur f o r artificial t t i h n e d cbso arge,purchaselarge a sum there of factures. Th e pr i nciple of Free Trade is that miasnuso the purchaser should be left at liberty to putout his money to the best advantage. The principle of Protection is that he shall spend it only in certain ways, in order that certain persons may reap an advantage at his expense. In the second case the producer, being free from competi tion, is not stimulated to improve his production, and he goes on in the old-fashioned way, pro ducing the smallest quantity of goods at the large sst cost. In the first case he finds all the world his rio al, and he is compelled to devise fresh machinery fa r pro ducing the largest amount at the smallest cost. This has been the effect of Free Trade upon Conti nental manufacturers ; and now that it has calmed the very result it was calculated to 'create, old are actually men in Manchester who are inclined to be sceptical as to the benefits conferred by Free Trade. This doubt is not altogether a theoretical one, but arises from the present unsatisfactory condition of the cotton trade. In the Chamber itself no hesita tion was felt on the subject, but it was ackno ledged that out of doors a question had been ra: respecting the application of free trade to the cotton trade. A single fact stated by Mr. BAZLEY, in the course of his very able speech, furnishes comprehensive refutation of the doubt. In 181 when the corn laws were repealed, the , export of the country amounted to £60,000,000; in 186 the exports had increased to £225,000,000. " might be said," remarked Mr. BAZLEY, " that th, did not meet the case of the cotton trade ; but th fact was, that in 1846 the exports of cotton maim, factures and yarns amounted to £25,500,000, but b: the end of 1867 they had become more tha: £71,000,000 sterling. Surely when the trade ha( more than doubled by a change of policy they migh fairly infer that there had been great soundness i , that policy." We are not without an instance of th evil effects of a protective system in a country whose enterprise and whose resources are not inferior t, our own. America, who prides herself on he, rapid progress in other respects, II is remaine, absolutely stationary with respect to her commercia policy, and the consequence is that her trade hampered, her commerce restricted, and her peopl, are deprived of comforts, while the cost of living has risen 75 per cent. Mr. WELLS, the Special Finance Commissioner,lhas not hesitated, in his Report to Congress, to point out the true remedy for the em barrassed condition of the Treasury, but has declared that the wisest coarse for America to pursue would be to adopt the system of Great Britain. The troubles of the cotton trade have really no thing to do with the question of unrestricted com merce. They arise from a scarcity of the raw mate rial. The manufacturers are still suffering from their long neglect of plain common-sense precautions with regard to a manifest danger. To trust to one source, and that a foreign one, for the enormous supply de manded by the spinning looms of Lancashire, was a folly, certain eventually to bring its own punishment. The absurdity of doing so was the greater from the fact that cotton is by no means the exclusive product of America, but was certainly cultivated and used in Asia and Africa long before it was put to any use in the West. Ages before COLUMBUS first dreamed of a Western Continent, the priests of Isis had worn it in their snowy robes, and the Hindoos of Bengal had woven it into their airy mnslins. When CORTES and his Spaniards invaded the land of the Montezumas they found the Mexicans employing it for all kinds of domestic purposes, a fact which need not surprise us after its abundant growth in the Southern States of the American Union, but which shows that Ame rica, properly so called, has no exclusive claim to its possession. Europe itself can supply its quota of the precious seed the sun of Italy favouring the cotton plant as well as the vice and the olive. Besides all this there is the fertile conti nent of the south, part of our own dominions, in whose benignant soil and genial climate every thing seems to prosper, only needing encouragement to send us an ample supply of Queensland-grow n cot ton. But without doubt, as Mr. BAZLEY observed on Monday, India must be our great resource. America, it is true, is recovering from the shock of the great civil war, and resuming her cotton cultiva tion, but her own consumption is rapidly increasing, and we must not hope for so large and regular sup p l y as heretofore. But in India we have, under proper management, an unfailing source of supply. Cotton is indigenous to the country ; labour is cheap and abundant ; communication with England is constant and rapid. The trade offers great advan tages to the people, and would, if fully developed, prove a blessing to the Hindoo as well as to the Lan cashire factory hand. What, then, is wanted'? w e have energy and enterprise to spare, and India has labour. We have capital unlimited, and we might almost apply the same term to the uncultivated lands of Bengal and Bombay. We need cotton, and India needs the money which we should pay for it; but yet, such is the inconsistency often manifested in human affairs, here is the country to which cotton supplies the staple for its most important manufacture, exer cising unlimited control over the land whose capital gives its very name to Calico, and suffering from cotton famine for want of the most ordinary care. Some years ago lir. Bazley made a very just ob servation, which he repeated on Monday, not without reason, for the lesson it conveys is not yet fully learnt. He said that the Cotton Supply Association was intended as an insnrance company against the Headquarters, Army of United States, Washington, Jan 20. Gentlemen, —Understanding that your commit tee meet this evening for the purpose of arranging for the Inaugural Ball, I venture to drop you a line to say that if any choice is left with me I would be pleased to see it dispensed with. Ido not wish friends in the the m to a d tt i e s r ar o r f an t g h e e a c n e r y e i p o l o a o n i s es m a a t d t e e o b d y i n n igy inaugura tion, but in this matter it will be agreeable to me if your committee should agree that the ball is un necessary.—With great respect, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT. T. W. Tipton has been re-elected United States Senator by the Nebraska Legislature. The trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund held a meeting in Baltimore yesterday. General Grant and Admiral Farragut were present. A re port was made, showing that the cause of education has been greatly benefited in the South by Mr. Peabody's donation. The National Woman's Rights Convention at Washington adjourned yesterday sine die, after adopting resolutions demanding eligibility to office and the right of suffrage, regardless of sex or colour, suffrage to be based only loyalty and intelli gence. A committee was appointed to prepare an address to Congress. O'S GRAINGER? LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. 'l' SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN " can be seen at GRAINGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight u'clock. REMARKS. The distribution of pressure has again changed considerably since yesterday morning. Readings, after increasing generally till last evening (particularly in the south-east), are now decreasing—the fall at our north.western stations amounting to about a quarter of an inch. The lowest pressure is at Greencastle, and is 016 in. below that at Cape Griz Nez. A fresh rise in temperature has occurred at our southern and western stations, and the air in these districts con tinues very warm and damp. The winds are light and easterly in Scotland ; but have again backed to S.W. elsewhere, and are blow ing strongly in the Irish Channel. Rain has been and is still general. The weather continues very unsettled. Warnings repeated. Only two of the continental reports have been received at present (11.15 a.m.). THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. ALEXA ND ER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street. T HE LATEST EDITION of << THE SUN" SEWS SPORTING s published, containing all the LATEST KEWS andINTELLIGENCE, .by H W HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. T"E " SUN" NEWSPAPER . -G . R . GLENIE delivers the L ATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8,; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SPORTPNG.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATESI' EDITION of "TIIN SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. i The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Corn merce was held on Monday, and was very fully attended. Mr. Bazley, M.P., who was present, referred to the con- tinued depression in the cotton trade. Whilst he had been among his constituents he had heard in various quarters that the principle of free trade had begun to be ques tioned in its application to the cotton trade. Surely, when the trade had more than doubled by a change of policy, they might fairly infer that there had been great soundness of that policy. There could be no question as to the benefits which had resulted from freedom of commerce with all the world. Free Trade employed a greater number, and just as their exports had increased from £60,000,000 to £225,000,000, in that proportion they had increased employment for labour and capital. Let them, then, never be deluded into forsaking true principles. On the important question of the Indian cotton supply, Mr. Bazley very wisely said that i: cotton consumers would pay as much to ensure against cotton famine as they did against fire, they would have a very different supply of cotton. The directors of the Manchester Chamber had invited the Marquis of Salisbury to confer with them on matters of Indian trade and commerce, and the Marquis had suggested that an increase of the commercial element in the India Council would be of great practical service. Mr. Duff, M.P., Under Secre tary for India, had expressed his willingness to enter tain the suggestion, which he considered very advantageous. Mr. Bazley thought that a conference wiLlitome distinguished statesmen as to the best means of carrying it out were desirable. Such a conference should rirlHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at L JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. IrHE LATEST EDITION of "THE SU N. " It J. H3LMES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as publishect —No. 10, Hampstead-road N.W. 'VHE LATE EDITION of " THE SI7N " al J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. swim's " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L A NE. ,lole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVENING at 7, MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. The Whelan case was up yesterday at Toronto, before a full Court of Errors and Appeal, and a new trial was refused. Unless a reprieve is granted Whelan will be executed on the 11th of February. He was remanded to the Ottawa gaol. Cuban advices are very conflicting. The insur gents, according to some accounts, are strongly entrenched in the mountains, near Bayamo, while other accounts represent them to have outflanked the forces of Bahnesada, and to have moved into the Western department. They were recently repulsed in an attempt to burn Manzanilla. It is also rumoured that General Quesada, with a large in surgent force, has appeared near Villa Clara. The Spanish frigate Lealtad had arrived at Havana from Cadiz. A mutiny occurred on board at sea, and seven of the ringleaders were landed on the Canary Islands. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TRIB EVENING, BLUE DEVILQ. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jag., Miss F. Wright. Mier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, GwYnn, &D Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Tuts Evrxmo, at 7, DID YOU E VER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA3IIIF.RWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.4.5 MONIE CRISTO. Messrs. Pechter, B. Webster, G. Be!more, A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, W H. I. hurne, R. Romer ; M rs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leelereq, and . bur e Murray. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mantger. Mr. VinTng. THIS EVENING, at 7, to comtnenee with THE S ECRET. At 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murry y; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Mies Emma Barnet and Miss Pose Lecl ercq Concluding with MA STEM ONES'S BIRTHDAY, __ include Lord Stanley, Mr. John Bright, the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Grant Duff, and others.—Mr. Cheetham observed that Lord Salisbury was not the first statesman who suggested that the Council of India ought to include representatives from the commercial districts. In 1858 Lord Ellenborough brought in a bill, providing for representatives from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Belfast, to sit on the India Council, being elected by the constituencies of those cities. Parliament objected to the proposal, and it was set aside, but no doubt a similar project must soon come before the House of Commons.—Before the close of the meeting the subject of foreign competition was raised. Mr. Platt, M.P., asserted, without fear of contradiction, that no country could produce articles so cheaply as England. The rep) cause of the present depression was the high price anA the scarcity of raw material.—Mr. Ashworth having explained that he was in favour of the most open core,. petition, and against All protection whatever, the rabotizur conoludea, GLOBE TII EA T 1:E• ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. A A FAMILY. 7.30 CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN ANDY BRAHMINS: MeAsre. 'Marshall, Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. .1. Clarke: &lesdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. A formidable revolt against Juarez is reported ,to be organizing in Oajaca, under the leadership of General Porfirio, Diaz, Negrete, Ortegg, and Quiroga. The troops of Salnave have been defeated near Miragoane by the Cacos, who are said to be steadily gaining ground. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe god tnagni2eent Stud of 10 Horses: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Svranborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. 13e1- ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria b onim c f e ,re, GHoodall, Lydiaitland, Claire, and Hughes. To DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re. commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q . --[Ad Turtisement.] or , , THE .RATING OF THE POOR. toin. THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN YACHT RACE. The following correspondence has taken place between Mr. James Ashbury, owner of the English yacht Cambria, and Mr. William Douglas, owner of the American yacht Sappho:— " Union Club, New York, Jan. 19,1869. " Dear Sir,—On the return of the Sappho, in November last, I became her owner. From the day of her defeat I have been anxious that she should again enter into the lists in friendly contest with your world-renowned yacht the Cambria. Having determined to cross the Atlantic on or about the first of June next, I trust that a race may be arranged between our respective yachts. That this will be equally gratifying to you as to me I feel assured from the courteous allusions you make to the Sappho in your last of the 28th of December to Com nodore Stebbins. The conditions can be settled on my arrival at Cowes. Permit me to remark that an open course, free from the influence of light land breezes, current, &c., would place the yachts on a more equal foot ing, the Sappho being rigged for the ocean and winter cruising. --I am sir, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM DOUGLAS. " James Ashburn Esq." " 6, Eastern Terrace, Brighton, Feb. 1, 1869. "Dear Sir,—l am this day favoured with your letter dated the 19th ult., announcing your having become the owner of the Sappho, and of your intention to visit Eng land next summer. In the first instance, let me congratu late you on the possession of so promising a vessel, and in the next, to assure you of my readiness to meet you with the Cambria, as you courteously remark, in ' friendly contest.' The conditions, as you observe, can be arranged on your arrival in this country. Referring to the last paragraph of your letter, in order fully to meet the peculiar rig and qualities of your vessel, I propose the following courses as being likely to afford the means of sheaving her sailing and sea-going qualities ; and though the Cambria is only 188 tons as against the Sappho's 381 tons, Thames measurement, and it will place my vessel at a disadvantage, I am willing to meet your views therein. The courses I suggest are-Ist, Round the Isle of Wight; 2nd, From the Isle of Wight, round the Eddystone Light house, and back ; 3rd, From the Isle of Wight, round the Cherbourg Breakwater, and back. These courses, in ad dition to the various club matches, will afford ample op portunity for displaying the qualities of our respective vessels.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, " JAMES AS.EIBIIRT." A statement which appears in one of the morning papers, says " that, on the reassembling of Parliament ) Lord Westbury will take a prominent position in the House of Lords as the legal leader of the High Church party." DUELLING IN ITALY.—The Select Committee of the Italian Chamber has admitted the reading of a bill pre sented by M. Macchi for the abrogation of the articles of the penal code which punish duelling. The Sheffield magistrates had before them again un nonday the h.m6-ro:,,ling dispute between Mr. 7'nw.ll and his men. Both this and the Supo,;o. L duCidOd in favour of Mr. Powell, who gave Eddy, the defendant, an opportunity of returning to his work on easy terms. Eddy refused to avail himself of that opportunity, and the bench now ordered a warrant to be made out for his commitment to prison for a month. Mr. S. R. Graves, M.P., attended the annual dis- tribution of prizes to the Liverpool Rifle Brigade on Monday evening, and expressed himself strongly in favour of in creased support being given to volunteers by Government. He also thought that greater inducements should be held out to officers by freeing them from the heavy expense which generally at present they are subjected to, relieving them from the Civil obligations of citizens, and allowing them after they had retired to retai❑ the rank they held in the force. There had been a universal and he considered a right call for retrenchment in the national expenditure, but he thought before a large reduction took place in our military strength the Government should first satisfy itself that we had a sound volunteer force to rely upon. If it be true, Mr. Graves said, that the volun teers were no favourites at the War-office, the sooner they sought for themselves some change in the organisation the better. ELECTION EXPENSES. The expenses of Mr. isernal Osborne, one of the Liberal candidates for Not tingham at the last election, were issued on Tuesday, and are as follows :—Stationery, advertising, and printing, £219165. 11d. ; rent of committee-rooms, wages of clerks, agents, polling staff, doorkeepers, messengers, &c., £291 Bs. ld. ; sheriff's charges, £133 11s. 2d. ; personal and hotel expenses, £52 10s. ; total, £697 6s. ld. At the same time the Speaker's expenses for North Notts were announced thus :—Advertising, printing, registers, postage, telegrams, and stationery, £lB2 18s. sd. ; messengers, clerks, canvassers, and bill-posters, £lO3 Os. 3d. ; carriages, cabs, and horse hire, £96 14s. ; committee-rooms and expenses of same, £49 11s. 3d. ; agent's retainers and charges, £472 12s. ld. ; under-sheriff's and officers' fees £64 13s. Bd. ; total, £969 9s. Bd. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —The temperature of the wee k just passed was very low indeed. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 40'7 deg., which 2'5 deg. above the average of the same week in fifty years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 54'0 deg. on Thursday, 28th January. The lowest night temperature was 26'3 deg. on Sunday, the 24th January. The entire range ortemperature in the week was, therefore, 271 deg. The low temperature was attended with a corresponding increase of mortality. In the seven days ending on the 30th ult. the death rate in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom was 30 per 1,000 ; in the metropolis itself it was 29. In the first fortnight of January, when the mean temperature was six degrees above the average, the deaths were 9 per cent. below those in the second fortnight, a period which included seven days of low temperature. Last week the deaths registered in London were 1,737, or 18 over the estimated number, and 158 more than were recorded in the previous week. The mortality from scarlet fever is declining, while that from whooping cough is on the increase. No fewer than eight persons were, during the week, killed in the streets of London by horses or vehicles. WHAT A FARMER SHOULD BE. " Two sorts of people," said a quaint old customer in a village which shall be nameless, " make fanning answer in the present day. There's the market man—a noisy, bustling, deal ing., haggling, chaffering fellow that bothers everybody into bargaining with him and then blarneys and bam boozles buyers and sellers out of sixpence a head in a lot of sheep, or half a sovereign in case it's a fat bullock. Some farmers are half jobbers, and by keeping their eye well up when buying-in and selling-out, manage to graze and feed live stock at a profit. The other sort that are looked to as moneyed men,' though very likely but small occupiers, are always 'up to the eyes in breeding ;' go when you will, you're sure to find a cow just calved, or a sow with a brisk young litter, or else the old-fashioned farmer is going to sit up all night with a mare that's after foaling. If you ain't a smart chap among the drovers and butchers, depend upon it breeding's the thing." There is truth in our ancient friend's idea ; but, going further, we say that a first-class business agriculturist should not only be an adept at market and in the farmery, but seeds also —to be a proficient in a multitude of most diverse arts and professions. He should be, as it were, a husbandman, shepherd, herdsman, chemist, seedsman, merchant, horse-dealer, farrier, machinist, woodman, &c., &c., all in one ; and will turn from sorting seed potatoes true according to form, colouring, depth of character of eye, &c., or from haltering and swinging a raw colt, to display his judgment and medical skill in a case of bovine mid wifery, or to see to the proper packing of an engine piston or the grafting of a 1ty91.01 01010,1 4 ‘nil Viethikr tv eign:Attarg mniat. A great meeting of member's of the soelety for Pro moting Christian Knowledge (whose fiery demonstration on the Natal question on the Bth of December will be well remembered) was held yesterday afternoon at St. James's Hall, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canter , bury. The reason for the largeness of the meeting and the interest taken by large numbers of the clergy who have come from various parts of the country to attend it is a determined effort on the part of the Ritualists to obtain a footing in the standing committee: Of this body, seven retire by rotation, but six of them offer themselves for re-election, viz. : Mr. John Boodle ; the Rev. J. W, Buckley, vicar of St. Mary's. Paddington ; the Rev. R, Burgess, rector of Upper Chelsea ; the Rev. Dr. Miller, vicar of Greenwich ; the Rev. M. W. Mayow, vicar of South Heigham ; and the Rev. J. D. Hales, vicar of St. John's, Richmond. With regard to the seventh re tiring member, the Rev. Charlton Lane, vicar of Hampstead, he did not offer himself for re-election, and the standing committee recommended in his place the Rev. E. Capel Cure, rector of St. George's, Blooms bury. As rival candidates on behalf the Ritualists the following gentlemen were nominated by the Rev. R. Temple West, incumbent, and the Rev. J. A. Foote, curate, of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington :—The Hon. Henry Walpole; Mr. R. Brett, of St. Matthias, Stoke Newington ; Rev. Thomas Hugo, rector of West Hack ney ; Rev. A. Blomfield, vicar of St. Matthew's, City road; and the Rev. G. Hodgson, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of Cookham Dean, Maiden head. The Ritualist party was decisively defeated, the numbers standing at the close of the polling :—Rev. J.W. Buckley, 465 votes; Rev. J. D. Hales, 454 ; Rev. E. C. Cure, 452 ; Rev. R. Burgess, 450 ; Rev. Dr. Miller, 448 ; Mr. Boodle, 346 ; Rev. M. Mayow, 335 ; Rev. A. Blomfield, 213 ; Rev. G. Hodson, 206 ; Hon. H. Walpole, 174 ; Mr. R. Brett, 162; Rev. T. Hugo, 158. It was then proposed that a deputation should wait uP OII the Premier t o l ay b efore him the necessity of all inqui r c by a Royal C omm i ss i on into the amelnt and incidences o f local taxation. To this an amendment was proposethhat the matter should be postponed for further consideration. The resolution on being put was carried. Mr. R. JASPER MORE then proposed a resolutio.- to th e effect that a deputation should wait upon the Presidea• of the Board of Trade to urge the desirableness of a se parat• i Government d epartment for Agriculture, but the gener al feeling w as aga i nst the proposition. The matt er was ultimately postponed till the next meet' ing, in March, and the conference terminated, after sitting for nearly five hours. A penny Conservative weekly newspaper, t° 12 : called the Brit ann i a, i s to be published every 'Wednesday °— and after February 24. SUFFOCATED IN A Tunxisu BATH.—Two Turk s ' domestics in the employ of Prince 111ustapha Fazyl, were suffocated a few clays ago in the bath which had just bee' erected in his Highness's konak at Stamboul. The bath o had be en h eated for the first time, and the deceas a went into it a t a b out two o'clock in the morning. seems that th ey f e ll asleep ; one, a young man, never awoke. The servants succeeded in rescuing the others but the p o i son o f t h e fumes had taken too strong 11°i of him, an d h e di ed in the course of a few hour s.—Levalit Times. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION. —A spirited eft bi4 was set on foot some two or three years ago in Bedfordsh ire to meet a want felt in most of the agricultural countieelll England—viz„ a thoroughly good education for the 0 , 1 of farmers and other middle-class people at a cost within their r eac h. A l arge school, calculated to receive :3Uv b oys as boarders, has been built at Kempston, near to the town of Bedford, and which is about to be opened. T he necessary funds were raised by shares among the landed proprietors and leading farmers. The Duke of Bedfor d supported the movement by taking shares to the amoun t of £lO,OOO. Lord Cowper, the lord-lieutenant of the county, also subscribed largely, and is president of- t h : school board. A n e d ucation of a superior order, W ith board, lodging, &c., without extras, is to be imparted f ° : the low sum o f £3O per year, the object in view being, no t so much a com merc i a l project, as to bring down the costg' a suitable education for the middle classes to the lowest remunerative point. The school will be open to boys fr c ' D all parts of England. A CASE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVMENCE* --- Thomas Geddely lived as a waiter with Mrs. Hannan Williams, who kept a public-house at York. One morn' ing her scrutoire was found broken open and robbed, an d ' Thomas Gedd e ly di sappear i ng at the same time, n o clonal' was entertained as to the robber. About a twelvemon th after, a man calling himself James Crow came to York , and worked a few days for a precarious subsistence a rc ° porter. Many accosted him as Thomas Geddely. declared he did not know them, that his name was Jot Crow, and th a t h e never was at York before. But this was held as m ere l y a trick to save himself. His mistress was sent for, and in th e m id st of many people instan t" singled him out, called him by his name (Thomas Geddely)' and charg e d hi m w i th his unfaithfulness and ingratitude 111 robbing h er . H e was directly hurried before a justice o f peace; but on hi s exam i nation absolutely affirmed that he Was not Thoma s G e dd ely, admitting, however, that he Wag a vagabond an d petty rogue, and Mrs. Williams and anothe r person swearing positively to his person, he was committ ed to York Castle for trial at the next assizes. On arraign' ment he pleaded not guilty, still denying that he was th e person he was taken for ; but Mrs. Williams and O rge others made oath that he was the identical Thomas Geddely who lived with her when she was robbed; and s servant girl deposed that she had seen him, on the ye," morning of th e ro bb ery , i n the room where the scru toire was broken open with a poker in his hand. 9 prisoner w as f oun d gu il ty of the robbery, was soon after executed. Some time after the true Thomas Geddely, w h o on ro bbi ng h i s mistress h a d . fie ct e from York to I re l an d, was ta k en up in Dublin fora crim e of the same stamp, an d th ere condemned and exec ute • Between his conviction and execution, and again at th e fatal tree, he confessed himself to be the very Thorns: Geddely who had committed the robbery at Yor k f° which the unfortun a t e J ames Crow had been exec uted : We must add, th a t a gent l eman, an inhabitant of 11`71lsti happening to b e i n D u bli n at the time of Geddely's tll and execution, and w h o k new him when he live d with ._ Mrs. Williams, d ec l are d t h at the resemblance betwe en th e two men WAN NO exceedingly great that it was n ez t:l imposaiblepOistinguish their leer gitundateteMXP' Ariscatdifill A very important meeting of the Council of the Cent ° . Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Sa n !, bury Hotel, Fleet-street, London. The conference 7 . attended by deputies from provincial chambers, anal° hers of the Legislature interested in the subjects set de!, for discussion w ere i nv it e d to b e present. The c hair " occupied by Mr. C. S. READ, M.P. the Amongst the preliminary business transacted Was election of M r . George Towline, M.P. for Grimsby, as vie o, chairman of the Central Chamber for the ensuing yee r ' oe The CHAIRMAN, a ft er rea di ng some bye-laws t, regulation of di scuss i ons , w hi c h were adopted by t h e race ing, called upon ) Mr. HEN RY G ENGE A NDREW!! (Somersetsbire (Awn ber I to move th e f o ll ow i ng resolution for a national V°, rate :—" That the income tax affords an econom i , means of raising f rom a ll i ncome a contribution to the 1 poor rate, which ma y b e p l aced to a separate account i 0 the national exch equer t o t h e credit of the Poor-law C° ts o missioners. Th a t thi s reso l ut i on is without pre judice,,t, any better m o d e o f remov i ng that unjust incidence o f tu l poor rate which was affirmed by resol u ti ons o f the Coun c il on May 3, 18G8, b u t suggests a means of redress 1014u,..1 7 of careful examination, should her Majesty be graci o49 4 pleased to grant the Royal Commission Inquiry for which Sir Massey Lopes has notice of motion." This resolution was laid before meeting in a lengthy speech, in the course of which copious reference w as ma d e to t h e ev i dence taken before, and the report made by, the Lords Committee appointed to ce eider the law relating to parochial assessments in the 3 15 ' 1859. That committee, it was pointed out, arrived at the conclusion that th e re li e f o f the poor was a na tiona l object, to war d s w hi c h every description of P ,. perty ought ju s tly t o b e called upon to ee"' tribute, and that the Act of Elizabeth co lt r li ; plated such con t r ib ut i on according to the "ability"n every inhabitant. It was argued that an increased are a over which the imp os t o f taxat i on should he spread vre ti ' , d enlist the interest of all in its economical expenditure , a nd that owners of prop er ty wou ld h ave a more immed i a t e W I direct interest than at present in preventing an undue ie. crease of the rate. The resolution was seconded by Mr. THOMAS Dll Ollll l (Herefordshire Chamber), who contended that the presell a system of levyi ng th e poor rate was not only too l i sa ite in its area, but it was of such a character that in nay instances it could not be effectually enforced. In the discussion which followed, the Rev. E. SmlT llses . (Hereford s hi re Ch am b er ) sa i d he was not adverse t o , plan proposed in the resolution, but he would have the tenant farmers a vo id th e error of imagining that 04 would eventually gain anything by it. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON (Gloucestershire Chamber) fil l ' nished a number of statistics to show the enormous i ll• crease which had taken place in expenditure in the Ray of poor rat e d ur i ng t h e last three hundred years' amounted at the present time to between ten and de l '' . millions. The change proposed to be made in the in s t ner of levying th e p oor rate need not interfere w i t h the machinery now in existence. Mr. BRANDON (Lincolnshire Chamber) took his stand in supporting the resolution on the broad ground that es the poor belonged to the nation their support should he the nation's charge. In his opinion incomes of 00 an upwards should be taxed for the poor rates. In n o case' he trusted, would local management be abolished. Captain CRAIGIE (North Riding Chamber) s uggeste d that there s h ou ld b e a classification of the objects ft. which money was now collected under name of poor rates' Mr. BEACH, M.P. (H ampshire Chamber) had no don that it was the originalintention of the Legislature thatOer' sonal property should be taxed. No means of levying the poor rate was so easy and just as levying it upon income' Mr. ALBERT P ELL, M . P ., characterised the present poor-rate system as an utter failure. If, however, all change we re t o b e ma d e, t h e sympathies of the middle a nd working classes in the large towns must be enlisted. Mr. BROWN (Staffordshire Chamber) supported th e resolution, as did also Mr.• DANIEL LONG (Gloucest er ' shire Chamber), and Mr. CALDECOTT (Worcestersh ire Chamber). Mr. HICKS (West Riding Chan3ber) stated that the Chamber he represented would, he believed, fully appro ve the resolution proposed by Mr. Andrews. Mr. GURNEY (Cornwall Chamber) contended that the whole property of the nation ought to taxed for what was in reality the police rate of the country. There was ri° difficulty in carrying out the proposed arrangement. 1 - 101 ' . management must still be preserved intact. After a long discussion, at the close of which t he CHAIRMAN expressed his approval of the resolution, ands reply by Mr. A NDREWS, the resolution was put and carried, with the following preface :—" That the unequ e/ pressure of the poor rate, as at present imposed, is e t grievance which renders necessary the early and 1 70° serious con s id era ti on o f P arliament ; that, in the opinion of thi s c h am b er, t h e maintenance of the P°°', is a national liability to whi,h income from every sourc e should contribute ; that, in the disbursement of a P c ' el rate levied in accordance with the principle h ere soo n ' dated, local ad m i n i s t rat i on should berecognised and O a. ranteed."