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HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bucksione. THIS I VENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. llozers, Clark, Gordon, White, &c.; Miss Fanny 'Wright and iss F. Gwynn. Aft'r which, HOME: Messrs. Sothero, Chippendale, Comp lon. Astley, Vic,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke. Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF T I .VATCII: Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &e. Condoling with IIiKE YOUR WILLS: Joseph Brag, Mr Blackstone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without 3IUTUAL LIABILITY. 011-FORF r.ITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBF , R of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. . ASSURANCE RI'IISH EQUITABLE COMPANY. 4, Queez-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C. NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. In Weeks. . 3 1F63 1869 £6 -114,250 108 - 1A,481 Excess .• •• In 32 weeks entling April 7th, ISGD 2: Z 4,2 .1 105 -0539,412 1 OLIN G OSN PIA, and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth ponder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from flee IT, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. 4 AMARELLA restores the Haman Hair to its pristine hue, no matter nt what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this woulciful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT —Parfs and I tavre Exhibition Gold Medals. CAUTION. None genuine without Baron Liebig's (the inventor) signature being on every jar. accompanied by full printed directions. About 70 Pints of excellent beef tea for lls., the present reduced retail price per pound. Finest, most convenient, and by far the clievest meat-flavouring ingredient for coups, made dishes, and sauces. Sold by all Italian warehosemen, chemists, grocers, ship chandlers, and provision dealers. WROUGHT -IRON FIREBRANDS, Sheep and Sack Marks, Stencil Plates of every kind, Timber Hammers, Steel Stamps, and all kinds of Cutting and Orna mental Punches made to order on the lowest terms, and delivered carriage paid for sets —R. MAIIRISON, Manufacturer, Orford street, Norwich. Established 1815. THE RAILWAYS (EXTENSION OF TIME) ACT 1868. riIHE SWANSEA VALE AND NEATLI AND _L BRECON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London, S.W., April 23, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in accordance with the Railways (Extension of Time) Act, 1868, an Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of this Com pany will be held at their Offices, as above, on MONDAY, the 10th day of May next, at Three o'Clock in the after noon, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving of an application being made to the Board of Trade, pursuant to the said Act, for an extension of time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junc tion Railway Act, 1864 (which expires on the 28th of July next), for the completion of the Railway therein de cribed as follows, viz. A Railway commencing in the parish of Cilybcbill, in the County of Glamorgan, by a junction with the Swan sea Vale Railway, at the Lorth end of the platform of the Ynys-y-Geinon Station of that Railway, and terminating in the hamlet of Colbren, in the parish of Ystrad/ynlais, in the county of Brecon, by a junction with the authorised lin , of the Neath and Brecon Rail way, at a point in the field numbered on the plan of the last-mentioned Railway; and also for an Extension of the time granted by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Act, 1865 (which expires on the sth of July, 1870), for the completion of the Railway therein described, as follows, Viz: A Railway, commencing in the parish of Ystradgynlais, by a junction with the authorized line of the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway, at a point in an enclosure, numbered 165 on the plan deposited in respect of that Railway with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Brecon in the month of November, 1863, and terminating in the same parish, at or near to the bridge carrying the tramway or tramroad belonging to the Aberciaro Colliery and works nv,r the river Tawe. .D. hOWELL 3101ZGAN, Secretary, IIEATRE ROYAL, ADEIPIII. Sole Propr7efor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Me'don. TOTS EVENING. at 7. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL: Mr G. Belmore. It 15 to 8, 20th time, BLACK AND WRITE. Mr Feebter Miss c arlotta Leelereq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Visa Lennox Grey, &e. To conclude with WHITE.B SIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray • OYAI. PRINCESS'S T IIEATR E. P 31 ) Sole Lessee and Vann rer,Mr. Vining T ins; EVENINe4. Twicr. KILLED .k ter whieh, Dion Boueleanlt's Creel' Drama. entitledAFTEß r ARK: a Tale of London Life Mr \\. - a4::• lacy, Dr Pominicti num y. Mr D. Lcesoa ; Miss Emma rzractt, and Miss hose lin! with TBE SECRET. h , rtly will be prylueel, 11, New Drama, by Dion Bon- ) , ors open at half-past G, commence at 7. rox-office oper , m 10 till 5 HEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN, BARRY SULLTYAN, Sn ant Manager. On S ‘TT7It "AY NEXT. .• AT:], At 7.31. TIE MISTRESS OF THE MILT,. At 8 o'clock, Lord Lytton'p Great Play, entitled MONEY. surry,rW by ti:e rollowinr.7celebr.vel Art i,les, viz.: r• an.y 1:v:1,1, J. C'. Cow - pit • eorgc Honey. W. H. Stephens. Charles A. an*ltard, W. A rt'inr and E. Dvas ; Mrs. Hermann ' , Ess Louisa Th , rno, an-1 Mrs. ( liners Iforsmar,. Scenic Artists—Mr. Wllliarn Caleott and Mr. Albert Acting Manager—Mr. Barry Sullivan. I)OYAL STRAND THEATRE v Sole T.essee and 'Manageress, Mrs Swanborough THIS EVENING. at 7, A V'IDOW BENT. Messrs. Eciford, Joyce; Mesdames Difton er.d 3Taitland. After which. JI)AN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlainc; Mesdames Burton, L. Maitland, Sc. To conclude pith lIUE AND DYE. arkc. ;1 I. OBE THEATR E-1? () YA L Sol.e Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, H. J. Fyron's new and original Drama. MINNIE: or Le) ,rd's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Misf , : Messrs I avid Fisher, 'Vernon, Marshall, and J. A t 9 A TraFACIT OF PlOlll =P. o conclu le with BROWN AND TUE RR A HMI : Messrs MarAhall, David teis7ier, Andrew?. HuriEton, and J. Clarke: 3; ~ ,, I:tmeA :Lydia Foo:e, T.. Morgan, Brennan, Vountain. Hughes. tep!it-is. () Y A T, CHRISTY'S. GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT-STREET. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. FASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe in the world. Mr. 'Tarry Leslie, the celebrated American Comedian, appears nightly. Pro nounced by the Press to he the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed hy express command before her Majesty the Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangem:nts for the EAster week: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Songs, Comic Sketches. and continued success of the Burlesque Extravaaanz a THE VERY GRAND nuTdu-s. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Private Boxes, Z 2 25.; Stalls, 55.; Reserved Seats, 35.; Balcony, 2s. . . Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. ?THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. 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Gentlemen, Having paid the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot me £ of the above Loan on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and I hereby agree to accept that, or any smaller amount which may be allotted to me, and to pay the further In stalments according to the terms of the said Prospectus.— I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature Address (in full) Date To Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. 'r His EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Rogers. Clark, Gordon, White; Mis., Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern. Chippendale, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c Followed by THE CAPTAIN OH THE WATCH. r• r Sothern. Concluding with .MALE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Coxnmenes, at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tlll3 EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AP I'ER DARK: 31r Walter Lacy, Mr D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins EViy:NTNG. at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO C I MBERWELL: Mr. G. Belmvre, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8. BLA( K AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirling, R. Phillips. Stuart: Caeotta Leclereq, Miss Lennox Grey, Lo. , &:::(1 WHITEBAIT AT GRP:, NWICH : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND TTLEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. 1 trra EVENING. at 7.30, THEWIDi )W HUNT. Nieman. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton: esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To e,nelu:le with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS r TIMING. at 7, MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9, .k BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens. FOYALTY THEATRE. finder the Management of Miss it Oliver. TUTS v ENING, at 7.n0, IS' FOR AHi ;LID -tY. Followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar. Mr. Danvers. Mixt; M. Oliver. &c. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the 3innagement of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Ban,roft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING lIAZARE). And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tirrc EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTI'S NTINSTRELS' Ethiopian Fntertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GE AND DUTCH—S ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET; Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. Is. Bca-oMce open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert a-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on rendays, 61. Children under twelve, 6,1. • , - 4 LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1869. Becauss the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. intimated very recently his intention to celebrate the Cen tenary of the birth of the wonderful Founder of his Dynasty, by bestowing an additional pension of ten pounds a year upon each of the veteran soldiers still surviving from the wars of the First French Empire and from the wars of the First French ReVo . - lution-110 a-piece per annum to the war riors of the Great Emperor and of the Great Revolution—simply because of this the announce ment thus made by his Imperial MAJESTY has been receivcd by very mmy people almost with derision. For ourselves we cannot but regard the derision thus expreissi as in itself exceedingly contemptible. It is certainly carrying to an extreme the nil admirari prin ciple. Ingratitude is notoriously the basest of vices, even among individuals. Ingratitude on the part of a whole nation is simply detestable. And cer tainly, if another man might say, apres moi le deluge, NAPOLEON the GREAT might have said, in regard to France, avant moi le deluge. " Chaos," before his ap pearance upon the public scene, had " come again." With all Europe in arms against Revolutionary France, NAPOLEON, on first assuming power, had to build order up,'once more, from the very foundations. By means of the Concordat, he raised anew the altars of GOD, desecrated, until his advent, by the orgies of infilelity. By means of the immortal Code, with • which his name is identified, and which constitutes ; in fact, his securest passport to immortality, he was enabled at ones to ensure again the just administra tion of the law, first of all throughout France and afterwards, accordingly as his conquering armies ad vanced from one European csuntry to another, throughout the chief part of the nations! of Christen dom. Wars were forced upon him by Coalition after Coalition. Two only of the NAPOLEONIC wars were d:sdnctly of his own creation—the war against Spain, nto which he was tempted by the discreditable and ev, , n disgraceful degeneracy of the then reigning family at Madrid, the fatuous CHARLES IV., his profligate Queen, their contemptible and faithless son FEnDt- SAND VII., and his mother's frivolous paramour EMANUEL GODOY, Prince of the Peacs—the other wantonly - provoked war being the one al venturtd upon, in 1812, against Russia, the connueucel by the triamphal advance acress the Neimen, and drawing towards is close la the disastrous retreat across the. Borodino. Otherwise than in those two instances, it is dir.ct!v contrary to the teachings of history to assert that the First NAPOLEON was the aggressor in that long series of wars in which the provocation always came front one or a':o:.ht r of the great anti-Gallicaa Coalitions. l'o charge NAPOLEON with all the bloodshed, therefore, Hof those sanguinary times, is simply an absurdity, is simply a contradiction of notorious facts, is Limply a vio'ation of ccmruon-sense. lie wieldod the sword of France as a great warrior, as the greatest of a:lwarriors. ide ruled France, he ruled Europe from his imperial throne, as a great monarch, as a new SESOS- ' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1E69 TRIS, as a later CHARLEMAGNE. As was said in the Legislative Chamber during the reign of Louts FHILIPPE, immediately before the return of .the re mains of the great Emperor from the Island of St. Helena, as was then said in the French Legislative Chamber by the responsible Minister of the Orleans King—" He, NAPOLEON the Great, was the legitimate Sovereign of Francs. He was both Em peror and King." He was Emperor of the French and King of Italy—to say nothing of his being Lord Paramount or Suzeraine, during the first three lustres of this century, over the maj irity of the rest of the kingdoms of the European continent. And it is the esntenary of the birth of this - wonderful being that the reigning sovereign of France, the successor to his name, the heir to his empire, proposes, surely in a very modest, in a very moderate, manner to celebrate, by bestowing a small addi ti3nal pension upon the last survivors of his veterans when the tne.norable day shall have came round ! In this we can see nothing to deride. In this we can only recognize what, upon the instant, commands at once our profoundest sympathy and respect. Granted that NAPOLEON the GREAT was polLically, and in arms, the foe of England. Still, for all that, he was a glorious foe. Twice he went out.of his way to address himself personally by letter to the Sovereign of this country, entreating that war should cease and that peace should be established between the two nations. His advances were graciously, and frankly, and mag nanimously made—but they were in no way responded to. When those gigantic wars were at last closed by the final crash at Waterloo, NAPOLEON wrote again to the then Royal head of our Government— not to the King, who was by that time mad, but to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent—saying, among other things, that he came to him like THEMI - STOCLES. [Fancy, talking of THEMISTOCLES to Pam the Fourth !] Andbasely was . thateonfidence—reposed in "the most generous of his enemies"—falsitied by those six purgatorial years of insult to which the Captive of Saint ll:Jena was, thereupon, infamously subjected. That Captive of St. Helena being, in reality, all the the while—despite all those miserable and wanton humiliations—not merely one of the greatest men who ever lived, but, ii we for one, out of our Eng lish heart and judgment, might say so, the greatest ! BERANGER—but then he was a Frenchman —has called NAPOLEON, emphatically, "le plus grand poete du monde." How, again, has Lord BYRON, who was, on. the contrary, intensely an Englishman, how has Lord BYRON spoken of NAPOLEON, when, inci dentally, in his noblest poem, celebrating the event of NAPOLEON'S fall at Waterloo ? " There fell the greatest, nor the worst, of men !" How, again, was NAPOLEON spoken of by the Right Hon. CUAIILES ' JAMES Fox--one who knew him personally, one who, among our English states men, might have ptrsonally staid forth as the very type of JOHN BULL? Why Fox, speaking of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, when he was First Consul, said with all possible erupt) isis and deliberation, "1 believe hi,n to be the best, as 1 am certain he is Cie greatest of men." And it is this pre eminently Great Man, this Soldier among this Lawgiver among Lawgivers, this Conqueror of the natiops of Europe, this author of the Code Napoleon, this Founder of the Reigning Dynasty of France, the hundredth anniversary of whose birth on the 15th of August, 1769, now rapidly ap proaching on the 15th of Augue, 1869, NAPOLEON 111. now proposes to commemorate by bestowing au additional ten pound pension upon those of his veteran warriors who are still surviving ! Surely, we say, in any such proposal, so far from there being any provocation to derision, there is only reason, on the contrary, for what we ourselves have here already enre.ssed in its regard, namely, for the profoundest respect, and the profoundest sym pathy. FOUR or five years ago London wss so scandalised by the outrageous immorality of the Haymarket and adjacent streets that it compelled Parliament to pass a measure for the closing of the refreshment houses between the hours of one and four in the morning. The Act was so effectual that it was extended " per missively " to other towns. It was too effectual for the persons affected by it. They have never ceased to struggle against it. First they tried stealthy evasion ; when they were found out they tried wholesale corruption ; and it is but a few months ago that a whole division of police had to be drafted off to another part of London because they had been utterly demoralised by the denizens of the Haymarket. But valour is sometimes the better part of discretion, and so it has proved in the present case. The impunity which they could not secure by secrecy nor by bribery they have secured by openly defying the law. The whole of the infamous crew which live upon vice have waxed bolder and bolder, and now it seems that they need fear nothing so long as they obey the injunction pecea fortiter. When the authorities at Scotland-yard discovered that their men had been tampered with, they at once set to work energeti cally. They sent the offending constables to another part of London where they would not be exposed to temptation ; they instituted prosecution after prose cution against the keepers of the night-houses ; and as the stipendiary magistrate always convicted these people where he had evidence to justify a conviction, he struck terror into their hearts. But suddenly they found new allies. The wisdom of our Legislature has decreed that there is an appeal from the magistrate who is well acquainted with the matter he has tried to the magistrates who know nothing about it. It has decreed that if the borough magistrate, who must know the requirements of his own town, decides that no fresh liquor licenses shall be granted, the applicant may appeal toa bench of magis trates fifty miles away, and these, though they may never have set foot in the town, may revise the decision of their bretnrem It has decreed that if the stipen diary magistrate, a lawyer by profession, and a judge long practised in the art of weighing evidence and sifting facts, convicts the keeper of a brothel on what he deems ample testimony, the county magistrates, who know nothing of the law save what their clerk ' tells them, who may be landlords of the tenants who have been convicted—it decrees that these irrespon sible and comparatively ignorant persons may set aside the conviction of the trained professional magistrate. Thus there came to the aid of the Haymarket haridans help from Olympus at a time when they were driven to despair. The deus ex 2nachinci on this occasion was the Middlesex bench of magistrates, who reversed the decisions of Mr. KNox, the Marl borough-street stipendiary. These gentlemen declared that befor e there could be a convic tion that a house was a brothel there must be clear demonstration that prostitution was carried on there. We do not know if their Worships were joking. If they were, the joke was a very " smutty " one. But it had its effect. There was hil.irity in the Haymarket ; there were paeans in Panton- street; and the lecherous crew shouted for joy, and determined to show their grati tude to their deliverers by more flagrant and out rageous indecency than ever. Thus it came to pass that when one day last week one of the chaste proteges of the Middlesex bench was brought up before Mr KNOX, charged with harbouring harlots, that magistrate said he could do nothing. True, the evidence was suffi ciently complete to satisfy ordinary persons; but his superiors had required evidence so extraordinary, so almost impossible to obtain, so demoralising to the police if they did obtain it, that it was useless for him to convict. Thus the reform of the Hay market is suddenly arrested in full course, and the Three Estates of the Realm are stultified. Franlily, we do not regret that this event has happened. It will call su. - :11 attention to the present magisterial system re would never have been obtained otherwise. The Middlesex bench have now given us the "frightful example " which was needed to illustrate the evils of conflicting jurisdiction, and the utter unfitness of country gentlemen to pre side over the morals of our large towns. The advo cates of a reform of the licensing system could not desire an event more favourable to their cause than this ; the supporters of the Permissive Bill could not ask for clearer demonstration of their principle than this. Fortunately this thing has not been done in a corner. It has been done in the metropolis, within a mile of the Houses of the Legislature. It must be paten, glaring, to countless M.P.s. Equally flagrant acts of this kind have been done elsewhere at the extremities of the kingdom ; but Haymarket revelry and devilry at two o'clock in the morning will prove too much even for our by no means squeamish legislators. IT seems only too prdbable that the friends of Free Trade will be once • more called upon to fight the battle which they so hardly won a generation back. The hope that Protection would be gradually confined to those young nations whose experience has not been great enough to teach them commercial wisdom has proved vain. A contest in which the selfishness of the few is enlisted against the good of the many is not to be disposed of so easily. In England, as we have seen, the cause of Protection is not altogether friendless ; in France its advocates form a very powerful party. When the treaty of commerce between the two countries expires, its renewal will, on the other side of the Channel, at least, be strenuously opposed. For some time past the old cry has revived. Certain manufactures, and especially the cotton trade of Normandy, are not in a flourishing condition at present. The communities inte rested ascribe their misfortunes to the injurious effects of commercial treaties, particularly that with England. Before the Treaty of 1860 was concluded, the cotton spinners of Normandy entered their protest against it. In reply, they were promised improved communication—canals and other advantages. But after nine years' experience they have found their case hopeless. Bankruptcies have been very frequent of late, many mills have stopped altogether, and those which still.struggle on only work half-time. They have found themselves unable to compete with the industry of countries more favourably situated, and they pray for a protective tariff to restore the balance. This party has its representatives in the Corps Legislatif, and it is not altogether reassuring to find that the champions of Protection are chiefly to be found amongst the Liberals, and are headed by M. TIIIERS. The majority, indeed, is in favour of Free Trade, as it is in favour of everything Imperial. But the Left has contributed to mix up this commerial question with the great political dispute of the day ; it unites the cry for parliamentary government with the demand for a high tariff. It is just possible that the EMPEROR, compelled to yield some thing, may prefer his own prerogatives to industrial progress. He may, to avoid political liberty, concede Protection. The enemies of Free Trade in France have found no new argument with which to uphold their position. Indeed, when a politician of M. THIERS'S intellectual stamp can do no better than revive the old fallacies of thirty years bae!i, it is clear that the case is not one for logic. The essence of Protection is the sacrifice of a whole nation to the interests of a few producers; and M. TRIERS seeks to do this, not because the pleas in favour of such a policy are sounder than formerly, but simply because he imagines that the producers will be benefited. He complains that the price of textile fabrics is so low that French manufacturers cannot profitably produce them, forgetting, as Protectionists always do forget, that the millions of Frenchmen gain, if the few suffer, by every centime struck off the price of any commodity. England can manu facture cotton goods much more largely and more cheaply than France, but the result of this is beneficial, not to England only, but to all the world. For one manufacturer who may suffer by an influx of cheap gocds, a thousand general consumers gain. 'Scalier M. TmEns's speech, nor the debate of which it formed part, were creditable to the political economy of the Corps I , 6gislatif. M. TIIIERS quoted the prosperity of America as a triumph of Protection ; when the truth is that the manufactures of America are not prosperous. The most rigid mid special protection fails to promote manufacturing industry in the United States, whilst to the general commenity the high price of necessaries is becoming instil - Tort kble. The day after this debate some of the worthy deputies were fiercely inveighing against the American Government for imposing such a high duty on French brandy that the exportation had greatly fallen off ! Such is government on the prin ciples of self-interest. If selfish considerations be set aside, and the Anglo-French Treaty judged by its fruits, there can be no fear as to the result. Since 1860 the increase of commerce between England and France has been so immense, so exceptional, that there can be no hesitation in ascribing it to the influence of the Treaty. It came into operation in 1860. During the three years immediately preceding this date our imports from France were of the round value of 12, 13, and 17 millions respectively. In 1865 they in 1866, 37 ; in reached 311 millions ; 1867, 33 millions. We exported to France 11 millions in 1857, 9 in 1858, and 0 in 1859. In the years 1865-6-7 the numbers were 25, 26, and 23 millions. It will be seen that the figures have not uniformly increased year by year. Sometimes an early year gives better results than: a later one. But since the Treaty the trade between the two countries has far more than doubled. We take from France five times as much silk, twice as many clocks, three times as many eggs, fifteen times as much butter, two and a half times as many gloves, and twelve times as many hats and bonnets as before the treaty. On our side our sales of textile fabrics to France have increased ninefold. Surely the two nations have gained by an interchange of this magnitude, by an increase of commerce which is quite as great on one side as on the :other. Surely such results are not to be set aside because things are dull and bank ruptcies frequent in Normandy. Nobody can desire that a trade which has prospered at one time should fall off ; but commercial success is not kept up by State aid. It is quite impossible that the Anglo-French Treaty can be wholly repealed, and the old system resorted to. This is not what the Protectionists hope or expect. They will be satisfied with small things at first. But it is this first in sidious attack upon the gre at principles of commerce that, with th ese result's before them, Freetraders must guard against. I NTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. A grand exhibition of flowers, fruit, vegetables, garden architecture, machines, and implements, plant houses, and garden furniture, will be held at Hamburg from the 2d till the 12th of September, 1869, contemporaneous'y with the congress of German botanists, amateurs, and gardeners. The exhibition bas.been warmly taken up on the Con tinent, and a very influential committee has been formed to represent the United Kingdom of Great Britain on the occasion. The Rev. M. J. Berkeley, rector of Sibbertoft Market, Harborough, has been appo;nted by the Government her Majesty's commissioner, and Mr. George Eyles, of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, South Kensington, act: as secretary. The cointnittee have sent out invitations to all our leading horticulturists and others to exhibit, and steps aro in progress to secure the safe conveyance of the English contributions to hamburg. The prize list is a very r:ch one, as much as 500 thalers being offers I in one of the classes open to public competitio:l. We doubt not but the Eng lish will do their best to maintain the high reputation they have to the present tune enjoyed, and that an exhibition of unusual magni ficence will be the result of the united exertions of the various emirnittees here and abroad. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, April 25. The miserable Belgian railway dispute has for a long while past lingered in abeyance. The two parties have been unable to come to terms. France will have the two Belgian lines leased to the French company, and Belgium will not consent to this. It was therefore considered certain that the negotiations would fall through, and that M. Frh-e-Orban would return to his native heath, leaving this dangerous quarrel unsettled. But the Independance Beige hints that this is not to be. Its Paris correspondent, who has hitherto been so well informed on this question, says that the departure of the Belgian Minister from Paris has been delayed, and that there is yet a chance of coming to terms. It would appear, however, that this chance has been created only by M. Frre-Orhan giving way. He has made a proposition, tl.e IndeTcndance is assured, which gives ground for the hope that the difference between the Belgian and the French proposi tion may ultimately be split. What, then, are the terms of the new offer in ads by M. Frre-Orban ? The I lid(pendance believes that the Belgian Government will take the Luxembourg Railway, and will allow the French company the lease of part of the line. We are not told how large a portion of the line will thus be given up ; but it is clear that the little State is finding the pressure too great. The Opposition are very confident in face of the great and rapidly-approaching struggle. Predicting the result of an election is always the most hazardous of prophecies ; but the Opposition believe that they can safely count upon a certain gain. They do not hope to overturn the majority, but they are confident that their minority will look less deplorably small than at present. Some candidates of the Third Party are thought to stand particularly well. Who "L'Homme qui Rit" may be, the readers of M. Victor lingo's book must wait to learn ; but everybody agrees that " L'Homme qui ne rit pas " is M. Ernie 011ivier. Truly the way of transgressors is hard. The man who tries to serve two parties at once must expect to get into trouble straightway. M. 011ivier is supported and opposed by both the Government and the Oppo sition. He is candidate in the Var department, where the Government do not want him, and where the Opposition do. The Imperialists hope to get in an official candidate, whilst the Liberals cannot hope to return anybody more Liberal than M. 011ivier. On the other hand, M. 011ivier is candidate for the third circumscription of Paris. Here the Government would be glad to see him returned. No official candidate is likely to do much good in Paris, and the authorities, therefore, prefer a moderate man to a Red. But for the Republicans M. 011ivier is not advanced enough, and therefore they are starting an ultra to oppose him. Why this complexity? Simply because M. 011ivier believes that liberty is compatible with the Empire; and in ISG7 he made the famous overtures for a Liberal Government—overtures which M. Rouher so successfully burked. The unfortunate deputy stands, therefore, in the common, but unenviable, position of trying to please both parties, and pleasing neither. M. Lesseps has arrived at Marseilles, and is fairly en campagne. The 23rd and 24th of May are now spoken as the most likely date for the elections. The Corps Legislatif presents a woeful aspect of desola tion. The deputies are few, melancholy, and languid. They are agitated, as one may suppose condemned men generally are, but it is not a healthy, bu3iness•like agita tion. The last sitting or two has been remarkable for the number of ladies who were present. Never have I seen so many there before. They were come, said one wag, to hear the " Song of the Swan ;" but, whatever may be the attraction, the few deputies who occupy the deserted benches are lost in their audience. It looked like a 'llls sionary meeting. The sittings have lately been very long, but everything, it is hoped, will be finished on Monday. M. de Montalembert is much better. A lamentable accident happened to a legerdemain performer at the Cirque Napol6on on Friday. The unfortunate conjuror, Dr. Epstein, was ceminencing a trick in which he made use of a gun, which he himself charged with a kandkcrchief thrust into the barrel by means of a ramrod. He then offered the weapon to a spectator, with directions to take good aim and fire it at the doctor, promising to receive the charge on the point of a sword. The man refused, but another person accepted. The word to fire was given, but the moment after the piece went off the doctor staggered and fell to the ground, exclaiming, "I am a dead man ! " Several persons hastened to his assistance, and a surgeon being sent for, the unfortunate performer was removed to his own residence in a very dangerous state. It appears that the thin piece of wood used in ramming down the charge had broken in the barrel, and that a piece of it perforated the conjuror's tight lung. The excitement was, of course, very great, though few of the spectators knew the danger of the wound. The poor doctor is hardly likely to recover. LATERNATIOYAL YACHT RACE. Mr. Ashbury, the owner of the celebrated yacht Cambria, has thrown out a challenge to America for a race across the Atlantic, to compete for the cup which was carried of by America some time ago. Some cJrrespondence has taken place respecting the conditions of the contest. The Cambria has arrived oil Brighton to take in stores preparatory to a short experimental cruise, and Mr. Ashbury entertained a party of friends on board. In the course of some remarks which he made, he declared that neither trouble nor expense should be spared to uphold the character of the country in yachting matters. For seventeen years no one had had the pluck to compete for the cup now in the possession of the Americans. He thought it would be better for the vessel he competed with to be of the tonnage of the Cambria, and not double. lie had, however, submitted the u question of measurement to the Royal Yachting Clb Yachting Congress, and he would abide by that decision. He had thrown down the gauntlet in a perfectly fair manner, and it was for the Americans to take it up. GALLANT RESCUE. The Jornal do Commercio of Lisbon, of April 8, gives an account of an act of extraordinary gallantry performed by Lord Walter Kerr, commander of H.M.S. Hercules. It seems that, when sending down topgallant yards at sunset, on Sunday, April 4, a man fell overboard from the maintopgallant yard. The commander, Lord Walter Kerr, who was on the poop, carrying.on, the instant he saw the man fall i n to the racing tide of the Tagus, at once flung off his cap and jacket, and plunged after him, Had the noble and gallant officer taken time to think, he might have, without prejudice to his courage, well have hesitated before placing his life at the mercy of a current of such wellanown danger. The man was at some distance from the ship when Lord Walter jumped overboard, but after considerable exertion, he reached and supported the unfortunate man until both were rescued by a boat from the ship. We heartily concur with our Portuguese contemporary in the warm eulogium which it passes upon this singularly fortunate act of daring humanity. The chances for any man overboard in the Tagus are few enough, and, but for the gallantry of his commander, the man had no chance at all, having become insensible from a blow. The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of Henry Jenkin, sentenced to death for murder at the last Bristol Assizes. Mr. Charles Dickens was seen by Dr. Watson on Friday, who declared that tho novelist must betake himself to entire rest, and must do so at once. Dr. Watson has for bidden his patient to road any more. The Rev. H. Wix, cf Swanniore, Isle of Wight, has been served with the Bishop's monition, forbidding him any longer to continuo the Ritualistic practices for which his church has become noted. --- A man named Bellis, master of a small vessel, was drinking at a public-house at Connor's Quay, near Chester, the other day, and ho quarrelled with and fought a man named Jones. Bullis's mate, named Hughes, thinking the captain in danger, interfered, but Bellis turned upon him, knocked him down, and kicked him on the ribs. The result was that both stripped and fought, and in the second round Hughes struck Bellis on the neck, bursting the jugular vein. On being picked up the lattor was quite dead. Hughes is in custody. On Friday, a conference, called by the Ycrkshire Board of Education—the first of a numbor of similar ga therings it is proposed to hold in various parts of the county—took place at Sheffield, to ascertain the opinion of tho public of that district, as to the best course to adopt in order to get at the large numbers of children who are at present living with little or no oducati.m. The 3.1a . y or I re sided, and the Rev. Canon Salo and other gentlemen took part in the discussion, the genemal opinion expressed being favourable to the introduction in some form of a compulsory system of educatior. A correspondent at Douglas, Isle of Man, sends to a contemporary an account of a scandalous outrage prpetrated by a body of miners et Kirk Michael. It seems that a dispute has arisen between Mr. Tetley, who is a very largo shareholder in the Kirk Michael Lead and Copper Mining Company, and the dircctors of that concern ; and in conseqnence work in the mine has been almost completely suspended. The men aro under the impression (rightly or wiongly—wrougly, the writer of the letter says) that they have been deprived of employment by Mr. Tetley, and in r:venge they have on two ( cnslo is bombarded his residence with large stones, smashing the windows and placing the lives of the inmates in jeopardy. They have also sent to ilr. Tetley a letter threatening to kill him. PUBLIC PETITIORS. The fifteenth report on Public Petitions displays some interesting features. The opponents of the Sunday open ing of the British Museum and similar institutions have marshalled a formidable array of names, 53,320 persons having signed their petitions. In favour of the change 3,861 have petitioned, but a few officers of the East London Free Sunday Society have petitioned the House to disre gard the protests of "persons residing in country dis tricts " against the removal of the existing restric tions, as they cannot possibly represent the feelings and opinions of residents of the metropolis. The Irish Church, as in the former reports, fills a promi nent place. Against the bill there are 293,000 malcon, tents, while it has 50,600 supporters. Coming to details however, it is more popular. For disendowment there are 144,000 names, against it only 18,000. The protests against disestablishment are apparently recognised as ineffectual, since there is but one petition with three signa tures with this object. The Temperance party continue to send in petitions for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, in favour of the Beerhouses Bill, (signed by 20,000 persons), and for alteration of the licensing laws. The friends of Sunday and Ragged Schools have bestirred themselves in their favour, the petitions for the bill relating to them having more than 22,000 signatures. The bill for abolishing imprisonment for debt is not popu lar; only one petition with an official signature is in its favour, while 10,154 persons have signed the 119 petitions for an alteration of the bill. THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AT THE GOLD DIGGINGS. The John o' Groat Journal rays :—" His Grace the Duke of Sutherland arrived at Dunrobin Castle on Monday night, and passed Helmsdale on Tuesday on his visit to the diggings at Hildonan. About a mile from Rildonan-house, he was met by a large cssemblage of diggers, &c., who took the horses out of the carriage and dragged it in triumphal pro cession for a considerable distance. His Grace finally alighted, and walked at the head of the procession, which was led off by a couple of pipers, to the tent village. Arrived at the tents the diggers clustered round his Grace, who ex pressed the pleasure he felt in seeing around him so many good-looking, stalwart fellows engaged in such a novel atd interesting occupation. He hardly knew how t o thank t hem for the splendid and enthusiastic reception they had given him on that his first visit to the Kildonan diggings--a reception which was on his part totally unexpected ; but in order to reciprocate in souse measure such an expression of their good-will, he would have great pleasure in ordering an ox and a cask of beer to be sent down to them from Dunrobin, and ho would take the liberty of suggesting, at the same time, that Mr. Gilchrist, the discoverer of the gold fields, should be elected to the post of carver. The Duke also referred to the rapidity with which the village bad sprung up, and the gratifying symp toms ho saw around him of its continued success. Loud and prolonged cheers greeted his Grace's address. The Duke then visited the scene of the diggers' labour; taking an active personal part in the washing out of several dishes, in one of which he was fortunate enough to find a pretty respectable nugget, weighing a pennyweight, which, he said, he would have made into a pin as a memento of his first visit to tha g fields of Rildonan Before leaving, the Duke was presented by feir. Gilchrist with the gold collected by the diggers snits time ago, as a mark of their sppreciation of his Grace's kind ness in allowing the gold-fields to be worked so long without let or hindrance, or restriction cf any kind. Dr. Rutherford also presented the nugget of 2 (5. 17 grains which was felled in the Suisgill burn. It is said that a gentleman connected with a London mining firm met the Duke on the ground, and made an offer which sounds almost fabulous for the whole right of working the gold fields." It is E aid that a French company is upon the point of undertaking the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Corinth. The mean height is about 80 feet abJvo the sea level, and the width about four miles. At a sprelal meeting of the Manchester City CouLen on Friday, a resolution was adopted fixing the salary of the stipendiary magistrate to bo appointed in suc cession to Mr. Robinson Fowler, who has resigned, at £l,OOO. The police have captured Jenkins, one of the men who recently escaped so cleverly from Dundee prison. He Lad not been able to leave the town. His comrade is still at largo. The County Court Clerk of Bishop Auckland has embezzled £lBO, chiefly belonging to the ilig-hway Board, and has disappeared from the country. A reward of .£lO is offered for his apprehension. Tie alleged excessive ritual at Sefton Parish Church, where the disgraceful disturbances have lately taken plto.!e, scent likely to bo about to be investigated by sotno legal triLunal. The churchwardens have forwarded com plaints of the practices to the bishop, praying for an inquiry. The Joint o'Groat Journal understands that a requisition to Mr. James Traill, requesting him to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Caithness on his uncle's retirement, is in course of signature through. out the county. Mr. Trail has been visiting Caithness, it is alleged with.political views, although this is cont ra . dieted. lye will probably 1 , -e opposed by Sir John G. 'l'. Sinclair, who is an advanced Liberal, an advocate of the Ballot, and in favour of the assimilation of the county and burgh franchises. SPITE AND INFLUENCE.—The London corre spondent of the Elgin Courant writes : " There are noblemen and noble men. There is a certain notorious Scotch duke, whose name is well known in sporting and otherperhaps less creditable circles, whose application to be admitted a member of the Jockey Club has been refused by a majority of that tolerably latitudinarian body. I believe, however, that the refusal is based more upon the workings of a private spite than upon public grounds, however strong the latter might be. This is not the first occa sion that this young gentleman has been served in the same manner, and the hostility on both occasions is said to be traceable to the active efforts of a gentleman whose turf career was on a very colossal scale, but who has recently, on being elected ALP. for a division of an English com.ty, sold off his stud and relinquished the turf. The duke in question is rather given to the display of the muscular powers with which Dame Nature has gifted him, and on one occasion, I have heard, his fist came in unpleasant contact with the gentleman in ques tion, an application which was followed up by another from the toe of his boot, and the remembrance of this cas tigation has, it is said, operated unfavourably on the claims of the youthful peer to an entrance into the exclusive circle of the Jockey Club." The Boston Pilot publishes a correspondence that has passed between Mr. John Foley, an Irish artist in America, and Mr. G. F. Train. The artist presents to Mr. Train, whom he styles the future President of America, a picture of himself in the presidential robes. Mr. Train graciously accepts the gift, and is compli mentary in return. He recounts also his inviolable deter mination to achieve the freedom of Ireland. Both the writers express themselves with the degree of inflation which is customary when patriots of that stamp give vent to their intentions. Mr. Thomas Halliwell, postmaster of Leigh, was on Friday charged at the Leigh petty sessions, at the in stance of the Postmaster-General, with embezzling the sum of £2O. Mr. Jennings, solicitor, of Manchester, who con ducted the case, said the money was paid over to Mr. Halliwell by a Mr. Wilkinson, on behalf of the Well intended Benefit Society, for (I-posit in the Post -office Savings Bank. It was the duty of Mr. Halliwell, on receipt of the money, to have given one of the Savings Banks books to Mr. Wilkinson, with the sum de posited entered therein. Instead of that he gave Mr. Wilkinson a common receipt for the money. Subse quently Mr. 117ilinson sent to Loudon, unknown to Mr. Balliwell, to have the interest added, and the fraud was then discovered. Mr. Barnwell was apprehended, Lut was admitted to bail on Tuesdly last, and since then ho has absconded. It was supposed that there would be several other charges against him. On the application of Mr. Jennings, a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Mr. Barnwell. HOMAGE TO ART.—On Monday last, the 19th inst., about three o'clock in the afternoon, an amusing incident occurred in the British Museum. It appears that three young ladies, apparently sisters, and of the respective ages of from 19 to 22 or 23 years, were passing along, taking the greatest interest in everything they saw. At length they chanced to come upon a sleeping Cupid. There lie lay, with a most delicious dream-smile on his face ; they gathered round him, and, with the true sym pathy of woman, soon began to smile also. " What a sweet child !" exclaimed one. " What a dear, lovely boy !" sighed another ; and they grzed and revelled in silent ecstasy over this embodiment of the sculptor's genius. But the eldest of the three certainly put the climax on the whole, for, without any idea of the possibility of the thing, or the logical sequence of what she was about to say, she breathed forth, " What a handsome man he would have made !! !" They all looked silently at each other, and at the dreaming marble before them, when, with that touch of nature which is said to make the whole world kin, they each bent over the sleep ing god of Love, kissed him in turn, and went away with lingering looks behind. Like most other mundane joys, it had, however, its shadow. A young art student war; quietly esconced behind a group of statuary sketching something before him, and perfectly hidden from the sight of the ladies. When he saw the unusual turn which affairs had taken, he crouched down, and almost hid him self in his boots. Poor fellow, what a Barmeride feast was his !—Buiklc►-. STATEMENT OP THE CONVICT IVII,TSIIIRE The convict Wiltshire, now that the commutation of his sentence is secure, has made a long written statement to the Rev. 11. G. Layton, chaplain of the Gloucester County Gaol. In it he tells how, after leaving the Pub lic ' house on the Saturday night, he and Milsom found the woman lying in the mud, and he pulled her hair, and said he thought he knew her. He accuses Milsom of inciting him to the first offence, and then brings against him a much more serious accusation. The two, he says, left her after the first abuse of her, but returned almost at once and pulled her about to see if she had any money. During the operation, he alleges, Ali:so:ifs dog caught hold of either her clothes or her flesh, and Milsom kicked the dog aside, and then hitched his fingers in the woman's gown, and tore it down to her breast. The two lifted her en the bank, and then, fearing some one was approaching, went away to the convict's brother's. On the way there, as Wiltshire alleges, Milsom wiped blood -off his band on the grass. The most important part of the statement ie the convict's admission that u hen he left his brother'S he went back to the woman, as to which there w 5O no evidence at the trial. He says :." I went on down t° my home, and when I come some way down the lane I heard something, and thought upon the woman. I we nt along about ten yards farther, and I heard it again shout ' Murder r I stopped, and looked about, and went in through the gate after a bit of hay for my donkey, an d there I saw the woman with her head hanging down inside the railings, and her bands down. She was lying acre ° the palings on her stomach, with one foot caught by the shoe in the thorn, and the other foot on the rail, and her clothes all down over her head. I asked her to get up' She did not seem to move. I pulled her shoe out of the thorn, and let her fall over. She cried 'Murder !' three times, and I went away and left her, and went on to MY home. He then makes further accusations again st Milsom. Most of the details of his confession are 0 ° revolting that they cannot be published. We are told that he has not denied throughout that the woman died from suffocation, but that when asked whether be placed his hand on her mouth he replied that he couldn t say, and would rather talk about something else. On Saturday his wife received a letter from him, in which be says, " I am thankful to the Almighty ithat my life is to be spared, but am very sorry to think I shall be parted from you as long as I live. The chaplain tells re e I am to be sent into penal servitude for life, but I ea / very thankful I have got this instead of being hung. Everything was got ready for me to be hung last 11IondnY, and on Friday I gave up all the world to die, bu t I couldn't get my wife off my mind. I cannot tell 3 133 , how very thankful I am for my life being spared till G en shall see fit to call me." He then says he thinks the trouble fallen upon him is a punishment for his desertion of religion. MURDER AT BRISTOL. A most brutal murder has been committed at Bristol. It became known on Saturday night that Police-consta ble Hill, No. 273, of the St. Philip's division of the Bristol police force, had been brutally murdered, whilst engag ed in the execution of his duty, by a young man of between 19 and 2 °years of age, named William Pullin, who works atthe Steam Saw Mills, Redcross-street. At about nine o'clock on Saturday night, Puffin, who resides in Brick-stre et, was in company with a young fellow about a year bi 3 junior, who resides near him, and the two WO illusing a donkey in West-street. Their conduct was viewed by Mr. Curtis, a master baker, residing 111 the same street, and th a t t ra d esman wen t i nto th e road and remonstrated with then). They were very abusive, used bad language towards him in the street, and went into 11 15 shop and created a great disturbance. Ile threatened to give them into custody, and followed them with that intention into Gloster-lane, where it happened that the murdered constable was on duty. Pullin became violent, and assaulted Mr. Curtis in the presence of the aa: ccr ; who then arrested him. The prisoner, instead of g °il : quietly to the station-hou se , res i s t e d an d assaulted ,1 officer, and a severe struggle ensued, in the course ° which the two parties got into the passage of a pubt house called the Th ree H orse Sh oes . Wh en th e re Pu b "; used a knife, and stabbed the constable desperately Jus above the knee on the left leg. The injured man called O a that he was stabbed, and began to bleed profusely ; a ri some of the bystanders, who had previously sent to the_ station-house for a reserve force, despatched messenger s f° l r , medical assistance. Mr. Davis, surgeon, arrived, and a °l t was procured to remove the constable to the infirmary , but the medical gentleman, seeing that the wounded officer vas fast sinking from the effects of the bleeding, ordered that he should be driven to the station-house, which was v er t i much nearer. B e f ore h e reac h e d th a t p l ace be 115 j b breathed his last. It i s b e li eve d th a t t h e woun d, was some four inches long sloping upwards, had di elue some of the large blood vesse l s. Th e a ll ege d murderers Pullin, was arrested b e f ore hi s v i ct i m had expire°, and , has been remanded on the capital charge, to await the result of the coroner's inquest. Allen has also been arrre' heiided upon a charge of assaulting Mr. Curtis. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. For several months past Philadelphia has been exc lte : l by a tragedy. On a Sunday night in November PI Mrs. Mary E. Hill, an elderly widow lady, was niurdure in her own resid ence , b y a bl ow f rom a po k er , and 13,a body thrown out of a wind ow . H er son -i n -l aw , G e° , r [ i S. Twitchell, and his wif e , C am ill a (Mrs. 111 ` :° t daughter), who lived at and were in the house the time, were arrested for the murder. 'Twitchell '9l.fe a young, weak, and inoffensive crea t ure , w hile his svi i 6 --several years older than he—was a termagant w hoa"' J' e had been forced to marry by his father, whose mistress t li woman had been. Twitchell and his wife were arraig ned : and were allowed separate trials. The evidence agai i ) them was purely circumstantial. The h us b a nd was t ri bb e e first, and found guilty after nearly two weeks' trial; wife was then tried, and the prosecution abandoning t ', e case, she was liberated. Twitchell was sentenced " hanged on the Bth of April. To save Twitchell ev e° , device known to the law was resorted to. His case carried through the courts. The Governor was besoligli t , o ',°, pardon, but would not interfere in the case. Twitc hell! wife occasionally visited him in his cell, but treat him with coldness, and evidently was anxious to get ric l i ; him, but dreaded the revelations he might make. ring 1 they quarrelled, and Twitchell made a confession, in he charged his wife with committing the murder ; saia hr knew nothing of it until she woke him from sleep on ap night it occurred and she told him of it ; that he took oath never to tell. This statement was believed by o' l 'e and doubted by others, popular opinion setting a bra p n j, upon the wife. The day of vecution approa cw i i i, and Twitchell's condition each day betokened fear of death ; he was broken-hearted, nervous, °"0, terribly agitated. On the 7th of April he was so Pr ° , trated as to n ee d s ti mu l ants. H e took leave o f his fatn and friends, his wife not coming near him, and finally 13 :e an interview with a f e ll ow ' culprit who was to be exectittb with him. Th e y were l ocked up in separate cells f°r„-I! night, but on th e morn i ng of the Bth of April Twi tch was found dead. H e h a d kill e d h i mself by taking Pr u e acid. At noon Eaton walked out to the gallows pitying the weakness of the other, and protesting innocence of the crime for which he was to-suffer. J O , CONSERVAT I VE DINNER AT Irswlcii,-11 , 1r. ,- Jobbold, who for many years represented Ipswich in t " - % 1 Conservative interest, will be entertained at a dinner ne week in that town, by his political friends. Mr. Gat h°llll Hardy has been invited to attend. An action was brought in the Court of Qu eei Bench last week against a telegraph company for reeoveto of a loss occasioned by a mistake in a telegram. 5 ., 1 19- 01 amusing stories were told in the course of the tr' re 4 mistakes of a similar kind, such as " Your wife is deli ve : i i of fire girls," an alarming anaouncement, which 5 11° .:,1 have read " a fine girl." " Wanted, two hund. bouq uev : 6 l , an expensive order, which, literally conet ril , - bi was " Wanted, two hand - bouquets." O'll other day a case o f th i s kind came under -;,311 notice. A lady li v i ng i n L ondon received one eve n. ' " the following tel egram f rom Scotland :—"Y °111. °°t cannot live for lon g ." I n an agony of despair the ' took the next train f or S co tl an d . To her great J o y °1 :11 found her boy alive and well, and about to sta rt .: shooting. The son was as muc h aston i shed as his ill'Areti " Oh ! wond er f u l eon, so to astonish a mother." `:‘ this should ha ve b een t h e message —" Your son cant leave for Lo n d on ." —B r i tannia. THE MALLOW M URDER. —lt seems more O° T bable daily th a t t h e man who was found dead on lirx ',l nesday, on th e ra il way near Mallow, has been the of a foul mur d er. T he b ody has been identifie" SE' that of an Au s t r i an sa il or w h o was d i scharged f ro m a S'elgeo at Passage l as t wee k , w i t h the i ntention of go i ng to An' ea The carriages of th e t ra i n i n w hi c h t h e dene 3se lo oi supposed to hav e t rave ll e d were exam i ne d, and —.l'lll stains were discovered in one of the compartments. to door of the compartment was locked, and these ci te stances, together with the position in which the W il n , s e 6 i on the li ne , s t reng th en t h e susp i c i on that th e de ce. t il was thrown th roug h th e w i n d ow o f th e carr iage. Dit stated that lie received £lO when discharged fr °111 c 0) vessel ; but no m one y was f oun d on hi s per son, 3n , e il pockets bear evidence of having been rifled. The sure' who examined the body gives it as his opinion thatot wound on the head, from which the brains protruded, 0 1 not caused by a fall, b u t mus t h ave b een i n flicted °' sharp instrument. M 0 / CO DI The Gol dull, but t Saturday. in Spanish way shares politans an Consols count, 93a New Tkree £l,OOO, 2 prein. ; Ba India S ditto 5 per Cent., Oel ditto Bond In the fi have risen fiat at a re per Cents. 141 14k; Cents., at at 7G 77 Honduras The Dal 1 preen. In the I Eastern Alidlan( ginal hay( The pric Great 371- ; A, 1081 politan, 1 Midland, 4 7i 8 ; Nc 1; North. Eastern, 7 America the 1885 1 Forty Bon unaltered 98i 99. The But Joan are s ticipated. The sui Bank on The AN , Point de £160,000, England. with and the 1 from Me . from Otai announce( of that b' this count The ful warded tc you, with Canadian report of ccived a c dian Par] tioas couf to carry 1 matter of STONE BA: Toe tra Kingdom 13,496 mi ing week showing v the receip pal lines i week on 9 respondin £613,855 £17,992 i other lin 8,680 mil of last ye increase c The total those of t an increa, The rei pany (L'h states tha autlice to The fa American Chester. Lettere has been that plae Prussia, I Uovl 3,per Cei Ditto f 8 per eel New 3 y New 21 Do. 5 Annuitie Do. foi Do (lit Exchop Do Do. Bank of Do. oil Canada Inter-Cc IND] India Do. 0] Do. 5 Do. 4 Do. 0( Do. Ei Do. 5 Do. 5i DJ 5 Do. BI 1)0. 111 Argenth Do., E Itultriai ~razilia 03.4 Do. Do. Do, Do. 5 1)0 Ao 13 .et.os 1)o2 C u 'itt, 6 00.4 Do. 3 Do. 6 Do. 7 C lo uI Danish, Dan"hi Do 8 Ilquado 1) 0 5 Do. Do. Do. Do. A Engl