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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their t nly Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattAfton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, OTUELLO: Mr. Phelps, Mr. Dillon, Mr. H. Sinclair, &c.; Miss Heath and Miss Fanny Huddart. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B M DA. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. Astley, &c.: Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with REM A L FELICITY: ‘ , essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. ; Mesdames Vhippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven, rEfEATRE ROYAL, APELriii. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBER'VELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. &t 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, etc. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D.Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. ...tk‘ Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swomborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE VIDow HUNT. Messrs /21Lrke. Belford. Joyce: Mesdames Button and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more; F. Hughes, L. Maitland. &e. To conclude Nuth HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA fRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN The world-renowned OKRA, Wb one extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAPEZE perfectly electrified the Metr polls last Autumn, will appear THIS EVENING. Onra challenges the world. Herr OSCAR CA RRE will introducehi Six splendid Trick Horses—Topeze, Saladin. edj id, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the incomparable Scenes in the A r 3na, including Engand's Champion Equestrian. Mr. A. Pradbury, Mr. A. Cttrre, Mr. A, Salarrionsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero. A malls. Schwartz, and Krembser, "The trick horses are magnificent animals, every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Waner,' David fisher. Andrews , H urlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan. Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Bo rend, Hughes, and Stephens. T. GEOR 'S HALL, llegent-street. 1. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. 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For the Bank of Victoria For the London Chartered Bank of Australia James Fr, iser. For the Colonial Bank of Australasia James A. Douglas. London, March 1, 1869. No. FORM OF T ENDER. To the Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks, as Agents for the Government of Victoria. • Gentlemen,— hereby tender fo r £ Debentures of the Victoria Government, according to the annexed notice of the lat Instant, and undert ake to p a y £ for every £lOO in Debentures, and to pt acce an the same or any less amount that may be allotted to , dto pay for them in conformity with the terms of the said notice. Name... Address L ate ..... March, 1869. V.R.-TOWER. ALE OF STORES.—By order of the Secretary of State for War.—Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will Sell by Public Auction in the Tower, on TUESDAY, 16th of March, 1869, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores: Tents, Bela, Hair, Haversacks, Tin Sheets, May be Viewed at Days previous to the the War-office, Pall-: with. Accoutrements, Harness, Bedding, Brass, Musquet Stocks, Horsehair, Iron Bedsteads, &c. 4 o'clock the Three )gees may be had at oyal Arsenal, Wool- the Tower from 10 to Day of Sale, and Catalog nail ; the Tower; and BA THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattorton. TIM EVENING, at 7, GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by OTHELLO. Concluding with BED A. THEATRE-ROTA L. HAYMARKET. . - - --- --- - . TIM EVENING, - RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., bliss Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, dm. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF TEA: Mdlle.Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHT. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID Y( )II EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMS XR FLL. Mr. G. Be:more, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster,A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mina LpTinny Crey, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swan7lorough. TIITS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW IfIINT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bnfton. THE FIELD OF THE C i .OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Lon cud gm l o:e;ntß.HUE iL , TD y Goodall, I.ydDia3ETaitland, Claire, and Hughes. To con GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Thrlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, rere nd, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston Tins EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough , IL Irving. S. Fmery, Miss Hodson. &c. With THE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tnrs Ev exix , l, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAI O. Mr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, WeatherFbv. After which, FETTERAD: Messrs. Cowper, • eville, Porsche, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur, Bartleman, and George H on ey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tins EvENrso, the Great Cane Troupe and magnificent Stud f5O Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, THEATRE-P,OYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, H.Ne-ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan. H. Cooper, and Smithson: MesdarnAQ Furtado, Schavev. N. Harris. and t. Henry. After which ; TH RI YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, IL Neville. Atkins. Taylor, Taughan, G. Vincent, te. ; Miss Fur ado and3lra Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss AI Oliver. Tres EVENING, at 7.30 A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar , Miss M. Oliver. To b e followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS hvENisb, SCHOOL: Messrs, Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss 11arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. T. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TiriB EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extraragtnza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL AMBR A PALACE. THREE BALLET, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Boa-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regents-paik, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Gd.; Children under twelve, Rd. _ir/lyyv , A fti4 ',O%\Z 4 LONDON, SA7URDAY, MARCH 6, 1869. A subject of immense importance to the poorer classes in this country was yesterday brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by the noble lord the member for West Essex, Lord EUSTACE CECIL, the brother of the Marquis of SALISBURY. It had reference to false weights and measures, and it bad reference also to the adulteration of food. Imme diately upon the motion for going into Committee of Supply, the noble lord called the attention of the House to this matter of twofold importance to the great mass of the community. He justified his doing so by a number of very painful, and doubly painful because quite indisputable, details. His remarks, which, throughout, were eminently to thepurpose, and which were of really distressing interest in them selves, were closed by his moving—" That in the opinion of this House it is expedient that her MA JESTY'S Government should give their earliest atten tion to the wide-spread and most reprehensible prac tice of using false weights and measures, and of adul terating food, drink, and drugs, with the view of amending the law as regards the penalties now in- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA_Y EVENING, MARCH 6, 1869. flicted for those offences, and of providing more efficient means for the discovery and prevention of fraud." Five other members followed him with more or less apropos observations of their own z—conspicuous among them being the right hon. gen tleman the President of the Board of Trade. Even tually Lord EUSTACE CECIL'S motion was withdrawn. So that, in Parliamentary slang, the subject in volved in it had, after all, been merely ventilated. There is good, however, in the mere ventilation, once again, of matters of this kind—even though nothing more comes of it at the moment than the eliciting from the responsible Minister of the Crown, who happens to be appealed to, some such answer as that uttered immediately before the close of his remarks yesterday by Mr. BRIGHT, namely, when he assured the House that the Commission now sitting will soon report, adding—" It is, I believe, the intention of the Govern - men t, as it would be my own disposition, when it is made, to take such steps as may appear best, with a view of asking Parliament for fresh legislation on this subject." When Mr. BRIGHT says a thing like that, we may rest assured that he really means it. And although it proves to be his opinion that the evils complained of by the noble lord the memberifor West Essex, have been and still are very greatly exaggerated—all the facts, which have been brought to light, whether by the Commission of Inquiry appointed some years ago by the Legislature, or by that other very well known Commission popularly spoken of as the Lancet Commission, the Commission presided over with conspicuous ability by a man no less competent to do so than Dr. HASSALL, go distinctly to disprove any such remark as that of Mr. BRIGHT'S, as indicative on his part of something very better than an amiable hallucination. As to the Question, so far as it relates to False Weights and Measures, the disproof is shown only too strikingly by the return alluded to by Lair fug b 00... by him only last Session—a return showing the number of con victions for the use of fraudulent [Mr. BRIGHT objects to the word, but we are restrained to leave it so] of fraudulent weights and measures in the metropolitan districts in a single year—namely, from the Ist of July, 1867, to the Ist of January, 1868. Exclusive of six districts, from which, for some unexplained reason, there was no return whatever, that report showed that within those six months there had been no less than 659 convictions ! Otherwise putting it—at the rate of 1,300 convictions for the use of fraudu lent weights and measures in the year ! Yet, with a stubborn fact like that before us, we are told that there is, on this matter, exaggeration ! And so, too, in regard to the question of adulteration—the adulteration of food, of drinks, and of drugs. With Dr. HASSALL'S appalling Report of the results of the Lancet Inquiry actually on record—purchaseable and readable by any one who lists—we are told, in regard to that likewise, that there is great exaggeration in respect to this question about the adulteration of food. The remark is really unworthy of Mr. BRIGHT. The facts of the case are dead against him. There is absolutely, as one may say, in these matters, no room for exaggeration. It is true that alum may be a good thing in bread, for inasmuch as it arrests the decompo sition of gluten in flour, as shown by Baron LIEBIG. But, while that is so—there may at the same time, as the old proverb has it, be too much of a good thing there as elsewhere. And so also in the blending of chicory with the ground-up coffee berry. And so with other not necessaril y i n jurious ingredients in articles of every day consumption so long as those ingredients are employed to their legitimate ends in moderation. But with respect to cocculus indicus in beer, there is no getting over the fact that it ought in no instance to be there at all—as there is certainly no getting over that other fact that whereas only 68 cwt. was the quantity of that drug consumed in this country in 1857 the quantity had increased in 1858 to 394 cwt.—while in 1867 it had increased to no less than 689 cwt., and in 1868 actu ally to the monstrous total of 1,064 cwt. altogether. To talk of exaggeration in the presence of facts like these, is simply preposterous. There is reason for the interposition of the legislature between the fraudulent traders and the humbler class of the consumers in the United Kingdom. And—it matters little how reluc tantly—to that interposition Mr. BRIGHT has now formally pledged her MAJESTY'S Government. WIIATEVEIL may be thought of the working of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, whether it be considered satisfactory, or, as is more likely after such cases as Salford and Wallingford, a failure; it cannot be denied that the measure is and must be less com prehensive than its title. It is not a preventive Act at all ; it is a punitive Act. It does not render bribery, intimidation, or treatingproonveidewshitmelaensss easy than before. It simply for punishing those persons who have been guilty of such acts. The result is that the late election poves to have been just as bad as any of its recent predecessors. Roughs were hired to keep the peace by breaking other persons' heads. The beer barrels were set flowing by way of clearing the muddled heads of those whose politics are undefined and hazy. Influential customers attempted to enforce unbiassed opinions upon the shopkeeping voter by threatening to withdraw their custom if he did not arrive at a certain conclusion and give effect to it with his vote. There was tumult in the streets, there were quiet threats in the house. There was the physical force intimidation from below, there was the much more serious moral intimidation from above. In many instances there has been no attempt 'whatever to punish these abuses, and the most rotten boroughs in England will go free because of their very rotten ness. Even where an appeal has been made it has often failed, though every electoral evil under the sun was shewn to have prevailed. Clearly, therefore, we cannot rely upon penal legislation for checking electoral sins. The absence of a public prosecutor and the leniency of judges offer so many chances of escape that politicians will always be found to run the risk of conviction in order to obtain the coveted honour of a seat in Parliament. It is under these circumstances that the Govern ment has determined to inquire, by means of a select committee, into the conduct of parliamentary and municipal elections. It, will be no vague investigation. It will be charged to consider not only the evils whereof we have spoken, but the remedies which have been from time to time suggested. These are chiefly the abolition of the hustings, with its nomination and declaration speeches, the closing of public-houses, the reduction of expenses, and, above all, the Ballot. We pointed out during the height of the elections of how little use the hustings was, how it merely offered an opportunity for rioting, and how easily, as was proved from the conduct of municipal elections, it might be abolished. We take for granted that the general election of November was the last at which this venerable, but most cumbersome, relic of antiquity' will be brought out. The two next points we have named have already been under discussion, and have miscarried hitherto by accident rather than by design. A large number of members in the late Parliament expressed a decided opinion that no public-house ought to be used as a committee-room, and the number in the present Parliament would, after the recent revelations, be found even larger. The majority would, we hope, be prepared to go still farther, and to enact that on the polling-day, and the day immediately preceding and following this, public-houses should be closed altogether. The reduction of expenses is rather a sore subject just now, and the advanced Liberals, whom the Government allowed to be beaten by three on Mr. FAWCETT'S motion, shewed their resentment by voting against the issue of the writ to Bewdley. But , the mishap of Wednesday will not seriously retard the change Mr. FAWCETT recommends. Probably before the next election tle cost of polling-booths and other unavoidable expenes will be thrown upon the rates ; in that case the ratepayer will be bur dened to the value of an 01111:0 of tobacco every three years. But the prime refora is, as we have said, the Ballot, and after Mr. BRICE'S speech in favour of it, there can be no doubt bu that we shall shortly have so far Americanised or Australianised our institutions as to adopt the pinciple of secret voting. We do not imagine that tlere is likely to be any serious opposition to this chaige. There are a large number of Conservatives wlo believe that it would benefit their party ; and whe. we read of the Liberal riots in Monmouthshire aiV. Cambridgeshire, it is clear that the Conservatives need protection against the intimidation which come from below, as much as the Liberals against that vilich comes from above. THE White House has Ist perhaps the most unpopular tenant that ever ociipied it, and President GRANT reigns in his stead. The new head of the State has taken the Constiational oath " without mental reservation," and his long period of silence has terminated by a most unambiguous and decisive political programme. General GRANT'S inaugural proclamation will be hailed with satisfaction both by the people to whom it is addressed and by the many nations who have direct interest in the declaration. The Americans have clearly hoped much from Mr. JOHNSON'S successor, not because they looked for a dictator specially charged to deliver the State from its burdens, but because General GRANT was the choice of the majority, and his coming to office would put an end to the injurious conflict between the branches of Government. The United States is not, and is not likely to be, in the position of its great prototype. The necessity for a CAMILLUS or a CINCINNATUS such -as it existed during the civil war, is at an end. The superiority of Congress has been definitely esta - T.-sTrvrcrlTeß term of office. The disasters of the contest between the tate rresi.- dent and the Legislature were such as to leave no doubt that the greatest of all qualities in an American ruler is the wisdom to be guided by the decision of the people, and prefer, whenever it is possible, the choice of the nation to individual opinion. The rule of a minority has been the greatest of misfortunes to the United States since the war. General GRANT takes office under very different auspices. He was elected President by 214 representative votes against the 80 accorded to his opponent, and he begins his labours supported by a popu larity which no President, scarcely even WASHINGTON, has exceeded. Should his inau gural proclamation prove a true presage of the nature of his rule, Europe can only desire that his first Presidency may not be his last. . The proclamation contains no allusion to the war. In fact, the war and its chief consequence, recon struction, have ceased to occupy public attention. Economy, the rescue of the country from financial collapse, and the improvement of internal adminis tration, are now the most important questions of the time. It is upon these that the new President most decisively expresses him self. Congress has just passed an Act which cannot fail to speedily restore the drooping credit of the Republic. Both Houses have decided that the American debt must not, in any form, be repudiated, and General GRANT echoes this sentiment by declaring that " every dollar of the Government indebtedness should be paid in gold unless otherwise expressly stipulated at the time of being contracted." This assurance is of moment to Europe, where many mil lions of the American debt are held, and it is hardly possible to over-estimate its bearing upon the prosperity of the United States. The Americans have long seemed unable to comprehend why their credit should be little better than that of Egypt or Turkey, instead of being second to none in the world. Their Six per Cent. Bonds have for years remained 20 per cent. below English Three per Cents. The Five- Twenties, to approach the market value of consols, considering the difference of interest, ought to be quoted at 150. They are now 82, and but a week ago were at 77, this latter price being then the highest figure ever reached. The facts speak for themselves ; the lending public will be content with less interest rather than incur tue risk Of losing part of hence Americans must not only pay a high interest, but will be compelled to repay at least one-third more principal than they received. The new policy will lighten the national burden by borrowing cheaply and at full rates. President GRANT will attempt another important reform. The revenue frauds are at present a grievous loss to the nation. Probably not more than two-thirds, certainly not more than three quarters, of th e t axes co ll ec t e d fi n d their way to the Treasury, General GRANT has declared that he will clear the Civil Service of the " thieves and imbeciles" who have either failed to collect the r even ues or have put the pro ceeds in their pockets. Unfortunately he cannot do this to the full extent, for the Senate has refused to repeal the Tenure of Office law, and the head of the State has no power to remove any office-holder hoNvever flagrant his dishonesty. It would have been better, doubtless, if a law passed to provide for an emergency had been repealed when the original necessity no longer existed. Still General GRANT can sus pe n d a ny official, and though the Senate has not been disposed to dismiss any Republican, yet much may be clone in this branch of economy. The new President hopes for a speedy resump tion of specie payments, desires that negro suffrage may be accepted—which now seems pro bable, and will deal with the Indians as humanely as pos sible. It is noteworthy that the proclamation contains no allusion to foreign affairs, except in general terms. The Alabama Treaty is not mentioned, and the recent vote respecting Cuba is Passed over in silence. General GRANT no doubt perceives the glaring inconsistency of preferring demands against England because of our recognition of the Southern belligerents, and at the same time supporting by public votes of Congress the cause of rebellion in any part of the world. It is no small mark of the new President's wisdom, that where he cannot approve he is silent. He may desire the rejection of the Alabama Treaty, but he cannot give moral countenance to an attempt to wrest a colony from Spain. It is well that in the present condition of American foreign relations so little should have been said respecting them. The rest of the proclamation must command unqualified approval. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. A return published yesterday morning chews that the total income of the United Kingdom for the year ended on the 31st, of December last was £71,860,677 12s. Bd., while the expenditure exceeded that amount by £2,221,602 12s. 9d. The interest and management of the National Debt cost the country £22,456,066 6s. 5d., and the terminable annuities, interest on Exchequer bonds and bills and on bank advances for deficiency swelled the amount to over twenty-six and a half millions sterling. The charges on the Consolidated Fund were £1,859,009 18s. 10d., while the army, navy, Abyssinian expedition, miscellaneous civil services, &c., cost £45,186,570 Bs. 6d. Added to these is a little bill on account for fortifications represented by the figures £425,000, making a grand total expenditure of £74,082,280 ss. sd. Of the gross income £22,486,000 was derived from customs, and 220,214,000 from excise. Stamps yielded £9,174,000; land and assessed taxes, £3,477,000; property tax, £8,414,000; post office, £4,50,000 ; Crown lands, £359,000 ; and the miscellaneous receipts were £3,176,677 128. Bd. A THEATRICAL MA WAGER AND HIS MUSICIANS. ._.._- A case has been tried at the Liverpool County Court. which affords us a small peep behind the scenes. The proprietors of the Amphitheatre and Theatre Royal sued Mr. Frederick Duncanson, who had been engaged as the leader of the orchestra at the theatres in question. It was part of Mr. Duncanson's duty to compose and arrange music for the pantomime of " . Red Riding Hood," but during rehearsal one afternoon — two days before the pantomime should have been produced — the defendant took offence at some words which passed, packed up the music, and walked off. The plaintiffs held that the music was their property although it bad been- composed by the defendant. This contention formed one main feature the case. The evidence throughout is somewhat curious, but the end of it was that his Honour held that the music was a part of the pantomime, and therefore not the pro perty of the individual contributor. The damages were originally laid at £5O, but a verdict was given for £l6 with costs. THEATRICAL AND J IIUSICAL MEATS. Mr Barry Sullivan succeeds Miss Fanny Josephs as lessee of the Holborn Theatre. Ho commences his season on the Ist of May. A new piece by Mr. T.W. Robertson, entitled "Dreams," is in rehearsal at the Gaiety. It is the piece lately pro duced at Liverpool under the title of "My Lady Clara." Herr Wagner's opera " Meistersinger" has been produced at Munich with but moderate success. There were no less than 141 rehearsals prior to its public performance. Miss Amy Sedgwick appears at the Standard Theatre on Monday next. Mr and Mrs Howard Paul give their entertainments at St. James's Hall on Thursday and Friday next. A. " London Burlesque Combination Company" sail for New York on the 10th. Miss Jenny Willmore is amongst the troupe. (From the Musical Standard.) It is said that M. Aubn is to be raised to the rank of senator. It is rumoured thatll. hector Berlioz is in" a desperate state of health." A new opera, untitled Stradalla," ,by M. Marchi, is in rehearsal at the Italian tieatro at Nice. Vieuxtemps is pokively going to make a profes sional tour of the United States this year. Ho is expected to leave early in the sprng. DUNVILLE and C)., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the verld. Their Old Irish Whisky is re • commended by the medictl profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in cask; and cases for home use or export& tion. Quotations on appleation to Messrs. Dunville and Co. UllaSt; or 4, Beaufort-btilrlings, Strand, London vcr,44—A c i.. Tertieement THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Now that the Oxford and Cambridge crews are up ana are daily appearing on the London waters, aquatic circles are becoming excited on the subject of the race. The names of the men now located at Putney are as under : OxroßD at. lb. et, lb. J. H. Woodhouse, Univ ll 2 J. C. Tinne, University.... 13 10 R. Tahourdin, St. John's ll 12 AC. Yarboro, Lincoln.... 11 13 T. S. Baker. Queen's l2 10 W. D. Benson, Balliol .... 11 8 rI . Willan, Exeter l2 2 S. D. Darbishire Neilson, St. John's (cox.), 7st. 131 b. CAMBRIDGE. et. lb. • it. lb. A. Rushton, Emmanuel ll SIW. F. M'Michael, Downing 12 2 J. H. Ridley, Jesus J. W. Da'e, St. John's ll 12P. H. Kellor, Trinity ll 8 I. F. Young, Christ's J. H. D. Goldie, St. John's 11 13 E. Gordon, Trinity (cox.), ist. 81b. The general appearance of the dark blue crew is that of a heavy, not to say rough set of men, who need training much - , but who, when trained, will be able to " hold out" almost to any extent. -The light blue eight are, as far as can be judged at present, much in advance in point of superiority to those who so gallantly but fruitlessly strove for the honour of the Cam last year. Both crews, when out yesterday (on Thursday they did little more tbarr a gentle paddle), rowed in fairly good form, but no one could fail to see that they have got their work well laid out to be In proper trim by Wednesday the 17th, when it is expected that more spectators than on any previous occasion will throng the banks and bridges from Putney to Mortlake. Mr. Newmarch is proposed as president of the Statistical Society for the ensuing year in place of Mr. Gladstone. The Irish Protestant Defence Association have passed a resolution declaring an uncompromising resistance to the Church Bill. The Irish prelates are to summon dio cesan conferences in a few days. Mr. Holman Hunt has been elected to the Society of Painters in Water Colours, and ho is expected to contri bute to the exhibitions of the society, although ho will not abandon oil paintings. An ironworker named Hall has been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the horrible murder at Wed nesbury on Saturday night. Tho police say they have a strong case against him. It was stated on Thursday that Mr. Fawcett aid not vote in favour of his measure for throl,vi ng the expenses of elections on the rates. It appears that the error occurred through Captain Fogan's being substituted in the division list for Mr. Fawcett's. The death of Lord Gough creates no vacancy among the Knights of St. Patrick. At the creation last November of the extra knight, the Earl of Mayo, her Majesty directed that his lordship was to succeed aul be entitled to the first vacant stall ; he consequently becomes ono of the „„,1.- The Beehive, writing regarding the eagerly ex pected report of the Royal Commissioners on Trades' Unions, says it will not be surprised to see more than ono report in consequenca of the Commissioners being unable to agree; it is not unlikely the one report will be signed by seven, and the other by three Commissioners, the latter being in favour of unions than tho former. A return published yesterday shows that dur ing the year, 1868, £22 0,000 was advanced from the Conso lidated Fund for the purchase of bullion for coinage. This makes a total of .£10,058,029 since and including 1837. The total amount paid to the credit 01 the Exchequer at the Bank of England in the same period is £10,020,000- of which £250,000 was paid in the year 1868. The bill to amend the law which regulates the burials of persons in England not belonging to the Estab lished Church has been brought in by Mr. Hadfield, Mr. C. Reed, and others. It is enacted that when the burials of persons not belonging to tho United Church of England and Ireland take place in the burial grounds of such church, ministers of other denominations may perform the service. Due notice must bo given to the incumbent of the parish by the minister who proposes to attend such burial. Certain churchyards may be exempted from this law on account of their small size, or their being given or purchased for the use of persons attending the worship of the church. At a meeting held at Strangeways, Manchester, on Thursday, for the purpose of inaugurating a new Conserva tive association for working men, Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P., made a short speech, and referred to his own election. Ho said the point of law raised against his return for MatoLes ter could not be decided until the judges for the Court of Common Pleas reassembled at the conclusion of the Spring Circuits in April. Ho bad the greatest possible hope that the result would be in his favour. He had taken the best advice, and had been assured that it would bo so. In any case, he should retain the strongest sense of the honour which the enlarged constituency of Manchester had done him by placing him at the head of the poll. Earl Spencer, replying to a deputation from the Town Council of Drogheda on Thursday, said: —"You may be assured that whenever the Government see a prospect of scouting to the land question the time and at tention which its importance deserves at their hands and the hands of Parliament, they will rot fail to use their best endeavours to settle it upon a satisfac tory basis." Her Majesty's Government had, the Lord Lieu tenant added, extended clemency to a great number who had joined in the Fenian conspiracy ; he earnestly trusted that those men would return to their duties with the determination to respect the law and promote good order. He (Lord Spencer) lookel forward hopefully to the passing of legislative measures which will materially tend to promote the welfare of Ireland, and if -he could in any way contribute to that end, it would be to him a source of deep gralification. A MEDICAL MITHRIDATES.—Professor Scoutetten of Metz, has written to the Academy of Medicine on the subject of cutaneous absorption. He maintains that the skin, when healthy, does not absorb ; and that no bath whatever can have any effect on it. The doctor is so posi tive that he offers himself to be experimented on, by enter ing any bath containing poisonous substances, provided they have no corrosive qualities. He further offers to pay a fine, of an amount to be fixed by the academy, if he be wrong ; and declares himself ready at any time to place himself at the academy's disposal. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. On Friday afternoon an extraordinary accident, resulting in the death of one woman and slight injury to other per sons, occurred in front of Buckingham Palace, whilst the carriages were conveying gentlemen from her Majesty's levee. A rider, who is stated to have been Mr. Percy Howard, was riding down the Mall towards the Palace, when his horse sud• denly became unmanageable, and darting of at full speed, ran full butt against the Palace railings, which are at least 12ft. high, and jumped right through them. The upper portion of the railings, being of a more substantial character than the lower part, remained fixed between the stone pillars situate a short distance on either side, and to this portion the rider fortunately clung, and saved him self, with a few bruises ; but an unfortunate woman,named Gillans, who had a child in her arms, and was watching fer the carriage of which her husband was coachman, was knocked down and fatally injured. She died a few minutes after admission to St. Georkels Hospital, wher e fideWßlAketi by the mike. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Saturday _Review, in criticising the Ministerial plan just unfolded to Parliament, speaks of it in high terms of praise, and says that the eager expectation with which the introduction of the Irish Church Bill by Mr. Gladstone was awaited was amply rewarded. As a mere piece of orato rical composition, his speech was universally acknow ledged to have been one of the greatest triumphs which this generation has witnessed in the House of Commons. Nothing could have been more clear, more aptly arranged, more comprehensive, or with a better distribution of materials, than his statement. He was thoroughly in his element, and he has been so long out of his element while baited and vexed in the Reform debates, and while car ried away by his own volubility in his career of stumping, that it almost comes as a novelty to find once more that, when in his element, he is among the very first speakers that have ever addressed an English Parliament. When he has to deal with an enormous array of figures, to address a vast variety of interests, to introduce ingenious novelties, and to weave in bits of not inappropriate senti ment, he shews himself a real master of parliamentary oratory. His speech on Monday was like a Budget speech on a grander scale, and with a much wider interest. The effect of the speech, apart from the scheme it introduced, sby no means unimportant. It stamps upon the memory of a public which in recent years has had to listen to much criticism on Mr. Gladstone—which, if often exagge rated, has yet in the main been just criticism—why it is that, in spite of everything that can be said against him, he holds so commanding a place in general estimation. The two great succeses of the scheme, each of which shews great felicity of contrivance, great originality, and great political tact, are the creation of the Church Representa tive Body and the destination of the surplus. That there must be some body created to represent the Church was obvious ; but it was by no means obvious to hit upon the three peculiarities of this part of the Government plan— that the nature of this body should be wholly unknown now, so that the time of Parliament shall not be wasted in settling the squabbles of clerical parties, that the mem bers of the Irish Church shall find themselves irresistibly impelled to create such a body within a given number of months after the passing of the Act, and that the Govern ment, while having none of the trouble of creating it, retains a control over its formation by reserving the right to decide whether it is truly representative. The destina tion of the surplus, which was always said to constitute the main -e the .eheme. is so adroitly managed that there is probably no part of the scheme that will meet with less opposition. The expenditure of the money on works of mercy has a sort of semi-religious sound about it which may comfort those who object to the utter secularisation of Church property ; it will benefit the poor only, Irish people only, and the only class of poor who would not be demoralised by having money laid out in large sums for their benefit. Fond as they are of jobbery, not even Irishmen will turn blind or mad to profit by the spoils of the Irish Church. And then even those who most dislike it must own that the scheme is a very clever scheme in the subtle and delicate way in which it tempts —or, as Sir Stafford Northcote said at the Middlesex ban quet on Wednesday, bribes—people of all kinds to agree with it. The Spectator says that it is well not to holloa till you are out of the wood, and it would be folly to begin that never very remunerative process on the very morrow of entering it ; but, to assert no more than bare fact, no one can doubt that Mr. Gladstone's bill, and the marvellous effort of exposition and oratory by which it was accom panied, have made such a beginning of a very difficult enterprise that all who are concerned in it are sanguine of success, and all who are anxious to defeat it are beginning to tremble or despair. Mr. Gladstone has begun his Irish campaign as Lord Napier of Magdala began his Abys sinian campaign, with an administrative breadth and minuteness, a largeness of view as to the end, and a per fection of detail in the arrangement of the means, which is full of something much less vague than hope—of assu rance for the future. The Church will have quite new opportunities of reorganising itself after the disestablish rnent by freely rearranging the duties and localities of the clergy. We think it is quite reasonable to suppose that, within the ten years allowed for the work, almost all the clergy of the Church will have willingly transferred their services to the new corporation. It is scarcely possible to doubt that the set of clerical opinion will run very strongly in favour of such a step—that hesitation in taking it will be looked upon as a sign of a grudging and selfish—of an unclerical—spirit. Thus, without either the heartburnings of a harsh and peremptory measure, or the evils of a pro tracted death-bed for the present system, we may, in all probability, see disendowment finally completed before the end of 1880, and disestablishment completed at once —or, at least, by the first year of that decade. There is nothing Ireland needs more than those more refined charities which are supplied by the overflowing wealth of private revenues in England, but which, in a very poor land, are not provided at all. Infirmaries for the body and the mind are institutions as distinctively Christian as churches themselves, and indeed the bard misery which springs out of the want of them not uLfre quently drives men into an irreligious attitude of heart. There seems to us a fine moral, as well as political tact in appropriating the surplus revenues in this way. If the Prot.stants are apt to say that this proposal promises to be a rather special fulfilment of the prophesy, " The poor ye have always with you, but Me ye have not always," they should be reminded that, inasmuch as we are only about to divert the trust-money of the nation to "some of the least of these " Christ's " brethren," we are not in any true sense diverting it from Him. On the whole, the Ministry have made a great strength out of their great difficulty, and are probably ten times as strong as when they first took office. The John Bull asserts that Mr. Gladstone has intro duced a bill for undermining the Constitution of the coun try, and blames the apathy cf Conservatives. The jubila tions are, however, premature, since in spite of all that has been said on the subject few really understand the question at issue. Sir Stafford Northcote is most cautious in the use of language. When he calls Mr. Gladstone's bill "a scheme of robbery combined with a still more gigantic system of bribery," we may be confi dent that the country will at last be roused from its fatal apathy. While High Churchmen are busying themselves with Lent services, as if the circumstances of the Church were in no way unusual, and looking forward to the day when the Church shall be free (though the Saurin case may teach them a useful lesson as to the fallacy of the State not interfering with religion); while the astute clerical supporters of Mr. Gladstone are congratulating themselves on the success of their schemes, we yet have faith in the common sense and religious feeling of our fellow countrymen. They must and will assert themselves. We bear willing testimony not only to the eloquence and lucidity of Mr. Gladstone's great speech, but we cordially thank him for the thorough character of his bill. The country now sees what is proposed, and we look forward with confidence to the people supporting the House of Lords in again remitting the subject to them. When they thoroughly grasp the scheme shadowed forth in the bill, they cannot endorse a policy which can have but one legitimate conclusion—viz., the abolition of the English Church, the Aristocracy, and the Throne. The Saturday Review puts little faith in Mr. Cardwell's ingenious definition of the administration of the army. If the Commander-in-Chief's office is strictly subordinate to that of the Minister, as that of any Under-Secretary is, what is the meaning of a succession of solemn docu ments, defining the relations between the one office and the other ? The hare existence of such documents is an authoritative assertion of duality "in theory." We know well how Mr. Cardwell will excuse his statement. He may say that though the Commander-in-Chief is not by any document or by practice made in terms subordinate, still he does, as a matter of fact, yield in the last resort whenever the Minister chooses to intervene. This is true in exactly the same sense in which it may be said that in the last resort the House of Lords always yields to the House of Commons. But who would say on this ground that the Peers are not "in theory " independent of the Commons, or that there is no duality between the two Houses? It is exactly the same with the Commander-in- Chief and the Secretary of State. Now as to the practice. You cannot prove practice from written patents, but we can fortunately prove out of Mr. Cardwell's own mouth that, as to one part of the " excepted powers," the inde pendence of the Horse Guards is an actual fact. The Minister was compelled to admit, in answer to Sir Patrick O'Brien, that there is no appeal from a decision of the Commander-in-Chief to the Secretary of State for War. Mr. Cardwell says this is as it should be, and that is a position which anyone has a right to argue, and which we are ready to discuss when once we get the facts honestly admitted ; but to say that certain powers are vested in the person holding the office of Commander-in-Chief, without appeal, and in the same breath to say that he is a mere subordinate under a letter of service, and that there is no independence and no duality, is one of those contradictions that only a Cabinet Minister can he expected to compre hend. In theory, therefore, and in practice, in any but a non-natural sense of the words, the dual government exists. How pernicious it is, we are not discussing today; and if the Government approve of it, with all of its anomalies and all its extravagant cost, it would be fair and manly to challenge public opinion upon it. But to evade the issue by denying the existence, patent to all the world, of that which they would like to defend but dare not, is a device which does credit neither to the candour nor to the courage of a Cabinet which includes among its members some of the most resolute opponents of military domination. We have only to add that if, instead of putting sarcastic questions which are easily evaded, Sir P. O'Brien and Mr. White had asked for the documents we have referred to, they would have compelled an admis sion of the truth., and sooner or later the whole truth must Mae• - 1 ,r4 7 7i--; k i Ita 11131 HER MAJESTY. BucKINGIIAM PALACE, March 5. The Queen, accompanied brPrincess Louise, visited the National Memorial to the Prince Con sort in Hyde-park this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Christian, and attended by the ladies and gentle men of their suite, left here for Windsor Castle. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REU'"ER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA. CALCUTTA, March 4. The Amheer of Afghanistan has arrived at Peshawur on his way to Lahore, where the Lieu tenant-Governor of the Punjab, the lion. 11. F. 3.ll‘Leod will hold a Durban The camp is being formed at Umballa. The Bank of Bengal has reduced the rate of 40113' count one per cent. PORTUGAL. LISBON, March 6. The British squadron has sailed for a cruise of twenty days on the coast of Portugal. The weather is very fine. ALEXANDRIA, March 5. Professor Owen and Mr. Fowler, the engineer, left with Sir John Lawrence in the Caradoc. AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 5. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report, 040 week's receipts of cotton at American ports amounts to 45,000 bales; total since the Ist of September and taken by American spinners direct, 1,900,0 00 bales. Shipments to England, 17,000 bales ; to France, none ; and to the Continent, 3,000. Total since the Ist September, 808,000 bales. Stock, 440,000 bales. Market firm. Midling upland 1101 cost and freight per steamer. AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Feb. 2. A motion of want of confidence in the MinistrY has been defeated in Parliament. The preliminary arrangements for convening 011 intercolonial conference for the establishment of 3 Customs Union are progressing. ADELAIDE, Feb. 3 . The Government Land Reform Bill has pass ed through Parliament. The arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke fo Edinburgh is daily expected. It is announced that her Majesty the Queen 1 ' 133 requested that the reception given to the Du ke should be of a non-official character. MELBOURNE, Feb. 2 . The following gold ships have sailed for Pg . land since the departure of the last mail Holmsdale, 23,500 oz. ; Nevis, 8,500 oz. ; vian, 11,875 oz. ; Ernestine, 6,125 oz. ; Aliciay 13,500 oz. ; Wellesley, 6,500 oz. ; Niagara, 7, 75° oz. ; Sussex, 12,750 oz. ; Rover, 8,375 oz. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, March 6. The Royal Mail steamer La Plata, with th e above mail, has arrived here. There was little news from Rio de Janeiro. The Anglo-Brazilian 7 imes says that L o p ez had orde red the crews and guns from the steamers to a nest position at Birabibi, in the mountains. Ile ws " .s said to have 5,000 men, and also 'to be acti leli recruiting, and sending parties to kill all ga r - guayans disobeying his order to abandon the Coen" try accessible to the Allies. General Macmahon and the French and Dalglu Consuls were still with Lopez. THE RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEAT• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SLR,-My letter on " The Loss of Life:at Sea, 0 which you was kind enough to insert, was wr itte b t more with a view of starting a fresh train of tho ug o than to intrude opinions upon so vast a subje ct " the mercantile marine." Will you permit me to explain the present P - 30 tion of " the rule of the road at sea," an d :„1, I steering and sailing rules," a subject upon w"'"i e o feel myself more confident to speak ? For ceo tur s o before the introduction of steam, what is 1 ° 3 %. by sailors as the custom of the sea and the P b r at tice of seamen, obtained not only in England, tro , in foreign cc)untries ; but when steam was in fo r duced, and it became necessary to make a la vr e o steamers, this custom and practice was upse , the as regards sailing vessels, and for years P as " a t practice of seamen and the law have been variance. The existing law, was made in 1862, Was be be cepted by foreign nations, and although it °l3J the true that England of herself ought not to take .0; responsibility of altering this internation al l e es yet, fortunately or unfortunately, such h ag b ea t done, for the Board of Trade, evidently seeing something was wrong, issued an order in C °/111 00 of the 4th of August last, altering and explain ing do cl, law, while in foreign countries it remains unn ha try and the whole matter is now under the co nei 'ho tion of foreign Governments. Sir John Halt finer speech in the House of Commons, very clearly was plained the defect in the existing law—whi ch it bat the object of this order in Council to rem edy' d• as the necessity for change has thereby been root 'flitted, would it not be advisable to go t o the. r e o f of the matter, and re-establish the old Preetic iti the sea, and enact a law for steamers in conform with it ? —Yours obediently, 01 4 ' WILL I AM STIRLI.Na London, 4th March, 1869. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Dag' MARLBOROUGH-STREET . ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WIFE. —JO9BPII NeVll33-1-100' newsvendor, living at 47, Union-street, Igiddlosex pita], was charged before Knox with assaulting his syl Mary Newman. t' ri - The complainant said that yesterday morning ; toff a so n n d er, who was not sober, demanded some znona9 b erg because she would not give him any, he struca• scarf kicked her, and nearly choked her by tighfeni n g t il A r s ial‘' round her neck. He was in the continual habit o f — . 13 o f mg, and made away with everything for the purpoabio, getting it. She was sorry to have to appear i t g ainB i t if but was compelled to do so for tl:e protection of he r :01 Mr. Knox said the prisoner was a drualten, grubs fellow, and committed him to prison for two otooth9 " hard labour. THAMES. or WO CARD SHARDING.—Henry Ward, a card sharp charged with gambling in the East India Dock-ro3°'l3 the The Sailors' Home. ife s Magistrate said there was no doubt pr isone r f habitual gambler, and committed h im to the frous o 0 nation for one month with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. 4ive 0' SUS• KEEP YOUR CRININIES CLEAN. • - vevitth menses were heard, taken out by _SrMr. Noroa'uoriotl4 solicitor to the Board of Works, again St cti persons for having their chimnies on fire. I ll° of these persons paid the fine of 20s. MARKE7 S—7 HIS DAY. L IVERP OOL COTTON. March 6.—Sales probably 12,0 00 or 14,000 10.10'31°1°i ffral and advancing. 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