The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-23 00:00:00

EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, FOR ALL CLASSES. UNEQUALLED in EVERY DEPARTMENT. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. 800 - rs and SHOE: HOSIERY and DRA PERY. tND HATS and CAPS, IN GREAT VARIETY. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORTES 155, ➢IINORTES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 7, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE S 9, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. NEW OXFORD-STREET nO7, NEW OXFORD-STREET SOS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TO TTENHAM - COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM -COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Doors °nen at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from tillAdaily. MIIEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -SPE CIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES on WEDNESDAY. Waroh3l, and SATURDAY, pril 3. t Two o'cloelz, the Tto3-al Original Chrystv's Minstrels (from the St. George's all) will give e'ee- Cons from their eeleh'•ated Entertainment. At Three (iv:o the Grant Pantomime of PE' S IN BOOTS, terminatiug with the Grand Transformation Scene. At half-past Four, a llusieal Folly, -entitled THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD: At Five, the Deck of a Man-of War in Miniature—Three llundr d Infant Sailors and Marines. Carriag,es to be ordered at a quarter-past Five. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two o'cl Children and schools at reduced prices to the following part: of the house, viz.. First Circle, Dross Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. 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. A stley, &c,: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, kc. With (by desire) BOX AND COX: Jlessrs. Buckstone and Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Box-office open daily. - Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A. DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Selmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to'B, 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, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last 5 Nights. THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE • Louis XVI., Mr. William Itignold : Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. iddlle. Beatrice. On Saturday, March 27, for the Benefit of Mdlle. Beatrice. N.B.— On Easter Monday AFTER DARK. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. 10 YAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swamborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. 7D,rke, Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which. THE FIELD OF Th £ CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, P. Hughes. L. Maitland, kc. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively tie Last Five Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April.—OKßA, the world-renowned. in his original and unapproachable evolutions on the FLYING TRAPEZE, every Evening. His double so mersaults and pe ronettes from the flying bar are incredible. The matchless SCENES in the ARENA, including the great CAERE TROUPE and the magnificent Stud of Performing Horses as usual. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per_ formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. 11,0YAL AMPHITHEATRE, Holhorn.—_ GOO D FRIDAY EVENING, March 26.—GR ND PER FORMANC F. of Handel's Oratorio, "T HE VrESSIAII ." — Full Orchestra and cho rus, numbering nearly 250 persons. A rtistes: Mdlle. Rose Hersee (of Her Majesty's Operaj, Miss Palmer, Mr. Reed Larwill, Mr. Mayhrick, and the celebrated basso Herr Karl Formes. The St. Cecilia Choral Society (120 Voices). The Orchestra will include th 3 most eminent Performers from both Opera Houses, the Sacred Harmonic Society, &c. Leader, Mr. Carrodus. Solo Trumpet, Mr T. Harper. Conductor, Mr. C. J Bargitt. The management would specially refer to the fact that this will he the first appearance in Oratorio for many years of the renowned basso, Herr FORMES, and his Farewell Performance, previous to retirement from the Lyric boards. Box-office open daily from ten till five. Tickets at all the Libraries. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.V, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0. BROWN AND THE BRAHMI S: Messrs. Marshall. Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Huriston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain- Amoli, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST• GEOR GE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided lt:t. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque St etchers, &e.. and the 11;ably successful burlesque THE VERY G°AND DUTCH —S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM and MONT') GUM The Only Company of Christy's Who have had the honour to appear. by special command. beforo THE ' QUEEN AND cOURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EvEi t y EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur- Jay night at eight. 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Great Combination of Attractions for the Faster Tfolidays.—A 'new romantic drama and the grand Pantomime of " Puss in Boots." On EASTER MONDAY, March 29, and during the week, her 3lalesty's Servants will perform (for the first time) a new roman tie Drama. in three acts and a prologue, entitled THE MAN OF TWO LIVES, founded on Victor Hugo's celebrated novel. "Les Miserableß." adapted by Bayle Bernard, ada: ter of 'Faust." Principal character by r Charles Dillon. supported by the en tire strength of the Company. To eonclude with the Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS. terminating with the Grand Transforma tion Scene. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling; Musicul Di rector, Mr. W. C. Levey. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN . " a J. HJLAIES begs to inform his friends and the public eencrely that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE &Di " as soon as published.--No.lo, Hampstead-road N.W. 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Will have coupons for interest, payable half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum attached, and— Will be accompanied by a warrant certificate, entitling the holder (in addition to the above bonus) to a distributive share in half of the surplus profit arising from the ultimate realisation of the entire property comprised in the mortgage. Applications for fully paid-up Debentures will be entitled to priority of allotment. _ If no allotment be made the whole of the deposit will be re turned without deduction. If the whole amount applied for be not allotted the excess of deposit will be applied to the future payments due upon such number as may be allotted, but interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed and paid as above thereon. An opiniol of the soundness of this security, and of the value of the distributive share of surplus profit offered to the Deben ture-holders, may be formed from reports annexed to the printed particulars, and the consideration that Trouville is cue of the choicest marine resorts in France. where the noblesse spend their summer. It lies on the coast of Normandy, opposite to Havre, directly south of the Isle of Wight, and possesses one of the largest awl most comfortable hotels in France. public rooms, gardens, walks, slopes green to the water's edge, and sands Slll, rior to thf.se of Scarborough or ItamsTate. Fri m Loudon Trouville may be reached via Dorct and Calais, or Folkestone and Boulogne. or Via outhampton and Havre. From Paris it is only live hours and a half diste.nt by railway. Mrs of the properties and reports of architects and sur veyors may be obtained at the Offices, or will be forwarded by post. Full printed par:leulars of the Loan and forms of subscription may he obtained of the Bankers, Brokers, and at the Offices of the Association, namely:-26, Old Broad-street, P.C.; 6, hiteltall. Westminster, London; and Paris, 51, line de Car dinal Pesch. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET THIS EVENING, RAI , ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., Miss Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c. Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c Followed by BOX AND COX. Concluding with A KISS LN TLIE DARK. Comment.", at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. This EVENiNG, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE AN TOINETTE : Mr W. Ilignold, G. Shore, Miss Lydia 'Howard; Mdlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CUP OF TEA : Mdi'e. Beatrice THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. This EviNING, at 7, A DAY' s FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster. A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &n, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. lens EVENING. at 7.30, THE WID( )W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Burton. THE FIELD 01" THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorns, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To eonnlude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIN EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. s larshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Liston. Tms EVENING, A an RA ag CE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, Lionel Brough , H. Irving, S. Emery, Miss Hodson. &c. Concluding with THE BIRTH PLACE OF PODGERS: Mr. Toole. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRic AND CIRCUS, noT,BonN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, Arc ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tires EVENING, at 7.10, A LOVING GITP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton 'furs EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. .7. Montagne. Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Hiss C. Addison, and Miss varie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tins ErENING, at 8, TIIE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertitintnent: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY' MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 3 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET i Promenade Concert. Band of Co. Begin at 8. le. Box-offici open from 11 to 4. --- ildren ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerts-pack, OPEN daily (ex ueenpdterSutwndeafryes?.6d.Admission, Is.; on Mondays, ed .; Ch oTt i , • di t • _ ;1 1 , Sint LOA D 02 , 1, TUESD.II; MARCH 23, 1869. The debate runs on. It is mere talk—in this sense, of course, that it is perfectly well understood through out that nothing whatever will come of it in the way of modifying, even to the smallest extent, the res a:result certain, from the very moment, to have been arrived at on the inevitable division. Never was the result of an elaborate and lengthened debate more disticeily a foregone conclusion. To all intents and purposes the division list might be publi,hed pretty safely beforehand. Every body knows how everybody will vote before the ayes and noes are told out into the opposite lobbies. To a considerable extent, of course, this is frequently the case in matters that are brought to a division in the House, matters not absolutely and avowedly re garded a s w h at are called open questions. But it Is a mist a k e to suppose, for one instant, as some THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1869. Appearances must be kept up to some extent at Bast. And so—the debate has been ad journed and re-adjourned, Speeches, pro and con., being delivered in more or less rapid succession, and stenographic contributions of considerable extent have been accumulated within this last week, to eke out the volume of Parliamentary Debates for the session of 1869. Several of these otherwisepurposeless speeches have, nevertheless, for all that, been very remarkable. Hitherto the palm has been borne off among the debatora chiefly—certainly firstly—by the right hon. gentleman the President of the B iard of Trade. Whatever else may be said of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech, if it was flashy, it was also at the same time singularly effective in its delivery. As an exhibition of cleverness, it was a masterpiece. But the speech of Mr. BRIGHT was the outpouring of the heart and of the conscience far rather than of the head merely. It was not clever ness, it was oratory. Ile spoke out of the depth and fullness of life-long convictions. And--as was but natural under the circumstances—the peroration rose at last to the majesty of true and burning eloquence. Last night's continuation of the discussion com menced by fir HOUNDELL PALMER'S speech in opposi tion to the Bill —a speech immediately answered, really and admirably answered, by the Solicitor- General--was brought to a close ostensibly by a speech from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but virtually by one delivered by the member for Bury St. Edmunds, a gentleman who calls himself—thereby putting, as we conceive, rather " too fine a point upon it"—a Progressive Conservatism. As a whole, Sir ItouNDELL PALMER' speech, which was listened to, of course, by every one most respectfully, was felt to be somewhat disappointing. As a piece of Parliamentary oratory it was scarcely up the level of his reputation. Not so the speech of Sir Jonx COLERIDGE— aspeech as brilliant as any he has delivered in the House since that maiden speech of his, delivered from the floor of the House below the gangway, which at on ce pl ace d hi m in the foremost rank among the most skilled and practised orators within the the walls of th e L eg i s l ature. Intermediately, in the address course otof thelastH nigh t's ouse of debate, between thSolicitor-Generalthe and that later one delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a whimsical harangue was made in support of the Government Bill by the mem ber for Londonderry, who, speaking as a Protes taut Episcopalian in defence of the measure un der discussion, finished his remarks by saying, that —Now he wasdone, but that, if he was done, he had some satisfaction in knowing that the Established Church in Ireland was done too ! A remark very naturally eli citing loud cheering and much laughter. Mr. LOWE was almost, as matter of course, alternately agreeable and sarcastic—agreeable because of his sense of the Ministerial triumph before him, and sarcast . c by reason of his scorn for the majority of the so-called arguments adduced in the course of the mere make-believe endeavour of the Opposi tion to prevent that triumph being realized to the full. The member for Bury St. Edmunds, however, in his futile efforts to interpose between M r . WALPOLE and that right hon. gentle man's moving of the adjournment of the debate, closed the night's discussion as a theatrical per formance is closed by a farce, namely, amidst shouts of laughter. Nothing could have been funnier than the effect of every sentence to . which he gave utterance. It was the last spasmodic scream of No Popery and, as such, it was received with a sort of good humoured derision. THE philosophers who have lately been endeavour ing to revive duelling in England will have little chance of success after the terrible tragedy which has just occurred in Madrid. One evening last week a young Spanish gentleman of great promise, Cm. ESTINO OLOZAGA by name, and who had just been appointed Secretary to the Cortes, went to the Opera accidentally let his cane fall, and in its fall it touched a certain Count DE JARA. The COUNT, being a very choleric man, chose to resent this accident as a premeditated insult, and abused the author of it in strong language. In vain did OLOZAGA inform the COUNT that the affair was a mishap ; DE JARA would have it otherwise, would force a quarrel, which the young bloods stand ing by did their best to foment. There is a law against duelling in Spain, as there is in France, but in neither country is the law enforced, and so the offence is common. A duel, therefore, OLOZAGA was told that he must fight. A duel is, apparently, what DE JARA had intended from the first, for he was known to be a notable swordsman, and had come off victorious in more than one affair of honour. his opponent was totally unizsed to fighting. The inevitable result followed. The two met ;DE JAEA having received not a single scratch, killed his adversary at the first thrust ; and now all Madrid is mourning for the loss of this promising young man, and the murderer is in hiding, soon, it is said, to reappear in the capital and take Ins place in society as though nothing had happened. It seems like a waste of words to prove that this was as sheer a case of murder as could possibly be. In fact it was worse than many mur ders, for these are often perpetrated in the first heat of ungovernable rage, while this was committed in cool blood, after hours of reflection.. Yet as there ha,ye do, that the division is not as a rule affected bydiscus sion. A Speech has often and often, before now, upon many a great division, influenced a vote. Historical instances of this might be adduced almost ad libitum. But—for certain--anything of that kind, any in fluencing of votes through the present discussion upon the Irish Church Bill, is not to ,be thought of. The House had made its resolve before the Second Read ing was moved. And if any acknowledgment of the fact that it was so, that this House had so made up its mind could have been required, it would have been found unmistakeably in the two hours' Speech in which the Leader of the Op position moved his amendment. That Speech re ferred repeatedly to the measure it affected to regard as just possible to set aside, as a measure certain to be carried. For again and again it was noticed that Mr. DISRAELI spoke of the results of the Bill when carried as likely to be so-and-so—evidencing plainly enough that in his heart he knew quite well that it would be carried. But for that matter it would be the merest affect.ttion on the part of anyone tosuppose otherwise. The majority at the back of the Govern ment-, in regard to this one measure especially, sets at defiance all thought of serious opposition. So that, in point of fact, the debating on each side is simply carried on, as one may say, for the sake of keeping up appearances. The House of Commons for awhile has almost assumed the character of one of those De bating Societies in which the members air their elo quence, purely for the sake of so much rhetorical practice. Not that by this we would imply for a single moment that upon either side of the House the speakers are not seriously in earnest. Upon no question that might be submitted to the consideration of Parliament in debate, could we fancy the majority of them more seriously in earnest than upon the very question involved in this Irish Church Bill. Only—that they, one and all, know quite well that, whatever they may say for or against it, the division list will give exactly the same result ; and that, consequently, in homely phrase, they might just as well save their breath to cool their por ridge. The fact is so, literally, - precisely what we have described it to be, that the division might have been taken at the end of the first night's discussion quits as reasonably as in the small hours after this next midnight. Such could not be, however been writers in some of our ablest magazines who have urged the revival of this bloody code of honour, it is necessary to use logic respect ing a matter which instinct should be suffi cient to settle. We ask, then, What is gained by such an expedient as this ? What is proved by the dead body over which an agonised father is now weeping inconsolably ? Does it clear up the dispute as to whether the fall of the cane was accidental or intended ? Does it establish anything except that the murderer was a better swordsman than his victim ? Surely that fact might have been established at less cost than this. In fact, duelling, so far from helping to clear up the truth, helps to confuse it. Who can doubt that if OLOZAGA had been the better swordsman DE JARA would have borne the fall of the cane with equanimity, and accepted the apology with Christian meekness ? Who can doubt that, relying upon his skill, he sought a quarrel, and that his object was not satisfaction of wounded honour, but gratification of inordinate vanity ? That vanity could be content with nothing less than blood. DE JARA is henceforth a CAIN, branded of heaven, and though none may observe the mark, [there comes a day when it will be plain enough for the universe to see. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per Java.) NEW YORK, March 10. The following is a copy of Mr. Stewart's letter declining the office of Secretary to the Treasury : " WASHINGTON, March 9. " To the President— " SlR, —.Appreciating the high honour conferred by your nomination and the unanimous confirma tion by the Senate of myself to the office of Secre tary of the Treasury, I regret that circumstances beyond our control compel me to decline. Could the difficulties presented by the provisions of the Act of 1789, which, in organising the Depart ment of the Treasury, prohibit the Secretary from being directly or indirectly concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, be overcome by any reasonable sacri fice personal to myself I would willingly make it. I would promptly transfer to the hands of gentle men iu whom the public have full confidence every interest in the gains and profits that could possibly occur to myself in the business of my house during my term, b be applied to such public chari ties as their judgment should dictate, and have pro posed and sought by the execution of appropriate instruments to accomplish that end. But serious differences of opinion have been expressed as to whether that course would satisfy the require ments of the law. Although I will not hesi tate to make this appropriation, provided it would enable me to accept the office and thus unite my efforts with your own and those of other members of your Cabinet in restoring economy, honesty, and strict frugality in the administration of the Govern ment, and lift as rapidly as practicable from the people the great burdens of taxation, debt, and ex- travagance resting upon them, yet the business re lations of my firm, in its connection with others largely interested in their continuance, are such that they cannot be severed summarily, nor can my interest in it he wholly and absolutely disposed of without producing great embarrassment and loss to those with whom I have been connected. I cannot consent to enter upon the adminis tration of laws by any act or course that may be construed into a disregard or violation of law ; and while, therefore, 1 regret that the plan proposed is deemed inadequate to relieve me from legal and, as it seems to me technical, disabilities, I yield to the better judgment cf others rather than seem to be willing to acc,V a position in disrespect of law. In finally renewing the declination which was tendered at the outset of these objections, I re peat to you, Mr. President, my thanks for the honour done me in offering me this high position, and assure you that you will have my earnest efforts to sustain your Administration in carrying out the wise and salutary measures indicated by you upon entering upon your oflice.—Sincerely your friend, " ALEX. T. STEWART." President Grant, immediately after accepting Mr. Stewart's resignation, addressed the following communication to the Senate : "To the Senate of the United States.--I have the honour to request to be permitted to withdraw from the Senate of the United States my Mes.,age of the Gth instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution by the two Houses of Congress, to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section eight of th e A ct of Congress, approved September 2, 1789. gg U. S. GRANT, cc Washington, March 9, 1869." The Senate, by unanimous vote, consented. Secretary Washburne, Postmaster -General Cres well, and Secretary Bone assumed control of their respective departments yesterday. The 16 who voted in the House against the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Act were all Repub - Mr. Sche nc k . licans, among them was Several prominent lawyers of Washington de cided that the proposed transfer of his business by Mr. Stewart would not release him from liabilities, though he might forego all profit; and hence that he would still remain ineligible under the law of 1789 for the Secretaryship. A report is about to be laid before the Legis lature of Prince Edward Island in relation to the subject of reciprocal free trade between the island and the United States. introduction by the Government of, and the vote by the Chambers on, the Railway Bill has given ris, to animadversions in France in connection with. which the Government considered it right to for ward to Paris thoroughly frank and loyal explana tions. In order to give mutual proof o! friendship and confidence, and desirous of harmonising the interests of both countries, the two Governments have agreed to institute a mixed commission, whose task it will be to exa mine the divers industrial questions arising from the existing relations, and from the treaties re cently proposed for the cession and working of the Brazilian railways. The solution of these questions will be calcu lated to develope the commercial industrial relations of the two countries. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, March 2. The following gold ships have sailed for England during February :—The Maid of Judah, with 28,875 ounces; Highflyer, 25,250; Manchester, 10,375 ; Lansdowne, 16,500 ; Reigate, 14,125 ; Essex, 18,000. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, March 1. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has arrived here. Numerous private fetes have been given in his honour. The colonists express the greatest satisfaction at the appointment of Sir James Ferguson to the Governorship of South Australia. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 22. The Queen, accompanied by PrincesE, Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove and walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 18. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 11. fr. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,011,770 02 7,011,776 0 Reserve of the Batik and its branches Reserve of latnled pro perty 4,000,000 4,000.090 - Notes in circulation 1,31-1,243,600 1,317,409,750 - Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 151,668,695 68 160,053,058 31 Current accounts, Paris 2..4,935,353 63 252,915,469 3G Do. branch banks 46,322,162 45,916,114 Dividends payable 1,270,221 1 190 559 Discounts and sundry , , interests Rediscounted the last 3farcli 18. c. fr. e 182,500,000 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 1 35,232,897 68 35,753,504 87 933,790 85 933,790 85 6,882,180 10 5,564,671 81 Total CREDITOR. March 11. March 18. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. II !Branch banks Commercial bills over- 992,251 31 193,138 73 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 254,927,562 62 219,043,137 51 Do. branch banks 240,729,899 238,665,084 Advances on deposit of bullion 26,146,900 Do. branch banks 4,903,600 Do. on French Public Securities 13,455,700 Do. by branch banks.,, 6,409,280 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 23,431,600 - 4;293;400 - 13,601,600 -- 048;480 - 38,266,200 27;937;300 Bonds Do. branches . Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 924,700 - 961,700 924,600 - 962,300 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 (Law, June 2, 1857) 10,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage- 8,982,201 - 8,994,501 - tuent Sundries 734,626 21 739,134 77 10,723,327 54 8,178,956 8 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROLTLAND. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. ALLEGED FINDING OF ANCIENT COINS.—A middle-aged, rough-looking woman, giving the name of Mary Anne Leach, was charged with unlawfully having in her posses sion a number of antique small silver coins, some of which are Roman, without giving a satisfactory account of the possession of the same. _ _ Police -constable Barry Collins, 36 B, said that at a quarter past eight last night he was called into the shop of Mr. Scrivener, jeweller, Prince's-street, Storey's-gate, where he found the prisoner, and Mr. Scrivener informed him that she had just offered some ancient silver coins, which he produced, for sale. Witness asked prisoner where she got them, and she said that she had had theta in her possession for years, and that they had been originally found in Tothill-street. He told her she must go with him to the station, and on the way she told bins she had picked them up that morning in Great Chapel street and the Broadway. Prisoner now repeated this story to the magistrate. Mr. Dayman said that there was no artific!al value reasonably attached to suoh articles as the coins produced. He should discharge the prisoner, but order the coins to be detained for a mouth to see if the owner could be found. CUBA. Several engagements are reported in the neigh bourhood of Sagna. The views of President Grant relative to the Cuban question are the subject of numerous reports and considerable discussion. MEXICO. The recent numerous executions in the Republic have caused so much trepidation and horror among the people that Juarez has ordered a complete sus pension of them throughout the country. All the military prisoners recently captured in rebellion are ordered to the capital to be tried for treason. General Negreti,is reported to be reorganising his forces. Escobedo has defeated the insurgents under Cauales in Samulipas. A bona fide prize fight, according to the rules of the ring, except that hair-pulling and biting were allowed, took place between two women in Somerville, Massachusetts, at an early hour on Monday morning. At the first round one of them, named Sarah Chapman, became frightened and jumped out of the ring, but her backers drove her in again, and she eventually won the fight. At the twenty-first round her opponent, Molly Jones —both of them having been severely punished— begged her seconds, in God's name, to take her away ; and so the fight and money-- fifty dollars— was awarded to Sarah. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, March 23. The Moniteur Belge of this morning says :—" The FRANCE. PARIS, March 23. The Journal Officiel of this morning publishes the declaration on the Belgian controversy, which has been drawn up and agreed to by the two Go vernments, and which announces the immediate nomination of a mixed commission to investigate the question. BOURSE, March 22.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4-1 4 . per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of mouth_ 70 25 Credit Mobilier 280 End of month 2BO Credit Foncior —1482 50 End of mouth Bank Shares 2875 Ital'an Fives SG 10 End of mouth — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 321 Horn• Debt Deferred Oasis Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman.. RAILWAY . I C 57; 4681 (4 • ;15 r / o rtri f ytt THANT ER John Jasper, a young man, who up to the present time maintained a good character, was charged with stealing a scarf, value 2s. 6d., from the shop of ➢ir. Biggs, hosier, High-street, Poplar. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with bard labour. DUBLIN, Monday Night.—According to the Irish Times of to-day the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is to be made a Peer. The same journal gives a rumour that Earl Spencer has tendered to the Prime Minister his resigna tion of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. The reason assigned is that the nobility and gentry have held aloof from his Court. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, of 39, Albemarle street, request us to state they are not the new bail fur Madame Rachel. CORRERPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A migration amongst the Ambassadors is taking place. Lord Lyons is going to England, and Count Stackelberg is about to return to Russia for a short time. The Cheva lier Nigra is already absent. With regard to the explosion at the Sorbonne, I may mention that the official journal declares the manufacture bichrate of potassium to have been carried on without authority. Such stuff ought not to have been kept in the nidst of a crowded city, and the explosion of the Nth is, therefore, the result of an infraction of the law. The five victims were buried yesterday, in the presenca of an 'immense crowd. THE PAPAL STATES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROME, MARCH 15. The Pope went again to St. Peter's on Friday, and was surrounded by a greater concourse than even on the pre vious week. The crowd was immense. Every day adds to the influx of strangers, among whom there is a very large proportion of German and French Catholics. The rope, after praying before the shrine of St. Peter and the altar of Saint Gregory, whose-feast it happened to 1 e returned to his apartments. Ile was looking extremely well. Great preparations are being made for the fetes of tl.e 11th of April. The Pope will say a low mass (i. e., unac ?,ornpanied by music and unassisted by deacons and sub• deacons) at the Iliall Altar, about eight in the morning, being, as your readers are aware, the anniversary of his first mass said fifty years ago at the little church of Fan a Elma, attached to the charity school of Tata Giovanni. rho space does not admit of his saying the anniversary mass there, and so it has been arranged for the Vatican Basilica. A review of the Pontifical troops in the Piazza of St. Peter's will immediately follow the ceremony, and a hymn will then be sung by several thousand young Romans in the courtyard of the Damaso, immediately under the Pope's windows. The rest of the day will be occupied by the reception of congratulations from the hifferent public bodies of Church and State ; and in the evening the Pops will drive round the city to see the illu minations, which will be on a scale of extraordinary brilliancy. On the following day, the 12th, he will go as usual to St. Agnes, outside the walls, to give thanks for bis preservation from death by the falling in of the building, and for his return from Gaeta in 1850. The weather is still miserably cold and stormy. Thunder, hail, and rain have succeeded each other with little variety ever since the beginning of the month, and a furious storm is sweeping over Rome as I write these lines. There does not seem a hope of its settling into the usual spring weather. There is very little going on of political interest in Rome tself, as everything is suspended by the uncertainty of matters in Spain. I may, however, state that in official *cies here the election of the Duke de Montpensier is considered certain, and has been pointed out as the most probable ever since the fall of Isabella by Mgr. Franchi, the Papal Nuncio in Madrid, a man of extraordinary talent and political capacity, in his private despatches to the Cardinal Ministers. The Comte de Paris has signified his extreme disgust at the conduct of his uncle, both to himself and to Isabella in a recent autograph letter. The saltworks of Astia, from which so much was hoped, nave turned out a dead loss this year to the spirited enterpriser the Cavaliere Paerardi, the heavy rains having completely prevented the necessary evaporation. The emissary, however, which is intended to drain the great marsh of Campo .11.1arto, close to Finnicius, is in full work, and promises to restore several square miles to cultivation. The only fact of importance connected with Rome is :he formation of a camp of twenty-five thousand men by the Italian Government, near Montalto, only two days' march from Rome, and one from Civita Veechia. As it is in the most unhealthy part of the Marremma, there can be no reason for such a proceeding save ulterior intentions against the Pontifical territory. Considerable gravity is attached to this fact as it has not any precedent since 1860. Garibaldi, according to letters received here within the :ast few days, is extremely ill, and entirely incapacitated from taking any part in public business. His friends con sider his state very precarious, and prophecy a complete break up of his constitution. The Republican movement is daily assuming greater importance, and Mazzini has portioned Italy into four " Regie," or governments, each of which is confided to a separate chief. Genoa, Bologna, Florence, and Naples are the centres of action, and all are preparing for a desperate struggle. The King is fully aware of the direction matters are taking, and has placed hrge sums in foreign securities in order to provide for the worst. The Legion d'Antibes has received its first instalment of arm ]5O breechloadii g guns, this morning, presented by the sal Archbishop of 136saneon (Mat hiem). T,.ey carry 1,300 yards, and fire 12 rounds to the minute. The e t of the regiment will be armed in a few weeks with the sane weapon, and the Zouaves with the Reming. ton. The gendarmerie, Swiss and line, are armed with reformed rifles turned into breechloaders. Every prepa ration is being made for war, and, as matters are, it is scarcely probable it can be staved off beyond the autumn in Italy. The meal tax in th? kingdom of Italy is effectually suspended. No one will pay it. The Government dares not enforce it, and is framing a new bill, by which all pro prietors of land or houses above 20,000 f. in value are to pay a heavy tax, those above 50,000 f. still higher, and so on in an ascending scale, so as to fall entirely on the higher classes. It is impossible that such a measure can be carried out in Italy, where the people are absolutely null, and where money is the one influence. The operation on the goods of the Church has failed, and a national bank ruptcy seems to be a mere question of weeks. At the Cork assiz-.35, on Saturday, Mr. Downing pleaded guilty to no charge of sending money to Lord Portnoy, lieutenant of the county, who was procuring for hint a nomination to a magistracy, but disclaimed by affidavit any corrupt intention. Sentence wap deferred. Mr. Down• inz PARIS, MONDAY, March 22. The hmperor has been slightly ill during the last day or two, but was able to preside at the Council of Ministers to-day. The Marquis de Lavalette was absent, owing to the death of his wife. It is stated that the Empress is again expressing a wish to go to Rome. This desire is said to be merely personal. Her Majesty wishes to be one of the numerous Catholic pilgrims who will wend their way to the Holy City on the occasion of the Pope's jubilee. There is very little to be said of the debate in the Corps L6gislatif on the bill for calling out the ani:ual contingent of 100,000 men, which the reorganisation of the army has rendered the law of the land. The general impression is that the law as it stands must be altered—the country cannot bear such a strain upon its resources ; but at present the pacific empire is determined to have an army of these dimensions: so the contingent is voted, and will be until the country comes to a dead-lock and will pay the " blood-tax "no longer. That the immense army of of France was infinitely injurious to the country, and beyond this that it was comparativey useless, was the bur den of M. Picard's speech, who led the assault upon the 'bill. He argued that in spite of this drain upon the country the army was not ready for action, for the National Guard Mobile was wholly unorganised. Only a few captains had received commissions. Expensive, baneful to industry, and useless was M. Picard's comment on the French army. Marshal Niel's reply was the old story. Other nations were arming, France must keep pace with them, just influence in Europe, &c. The debate was dull and slow, and generally miserable, like the weather outside, which was cold, snowy, and dismal. But suddenly a burst of laughter aroused the Corps Ligislatif from its torpor. M. Haentjens had by mistake emptied at one draught M. Picard's glass of water. Whether the liquor had any contagious effect or not is an open question ; certain it is that M. Haentjens, a member of the majority, became a second Picard. Instead of supporting the Government, the inspired Haentjens made a furious attack upon the conscription; in other words, denounced the only means by which the army of France can be kept up. The display of elo quence was, however, followed by the usual result. The contingent was voted without a division. The Imperial Court has fairly frightened the. Gover nment by its excessive complaisance. M. Louis Ulbach, one of the leading journalists here, was lately fined £l2 for asserting that the name Napoleon was derived from two Greek words which signify " hangman." The Govern ment appealed against this sentence as being altogether too light for the enormous offence of making public such a derivation. The Imperial Court took the matter in hand, increased the fine to £2O, and added the trifle of six months' imprisonment. This is too much of a good thing. The enormous disparity between the two judgments is ridiculous. Everybody agrees that in making such an alteration the Imperial Court has done no good service to the Government. It appears that the authorities have not yet succeeded in quite extinguishing the Lanterne. Four men and two women have just been tried before the Tribunal of Correc tional Police of Paris on a charge of introducing the Lan e •ne into France. Nearly 700 copies of that publication were Found at the residences of two of the accused ; there were also found a petticoat with eight large pockets, by tb, a'd of which one of the females had recently brought from Brussels 130 numbers of the prohibited work; and a waistcoat, flannel vest, and belt, containing in all twenty-three receptacles, in which one of the men Lad imported 170 copies. The accused were sentenced to terms 3f imprisonment varying from two to six months, with the addition of a small fine. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. A deputation, composed chiefly of gentlemen from Ma. cheater and Liverpool (Mr. Nicholson, the president, and another member of the Cotton Brokers' Association of the latter place being amongst the number) connected with and interested in the cotton trade, had an interview with Mr. Bright, the President of the Board of Trade yesterday. The object of the deputation los to call the attention of Mr. Bright to the evil consequences which would follow if, as had been suggested, the practice of the Board of Trade of issuing returns of the cotton trade classified under five heads as to weight, quality, and other matters were to be altered into the custom of sending forth those returns classified under two heads only. The subject was very ably argued by the various men. ben present, and Mr. Bright in his reply, whilst not admitting that the cotton manufacturers ought to d e pend upon the Board of Trade for their returns at all, but o ught to get them for themselves, was of opinion that the plan of issuing them classified under the five heads, as hitherto, was the proper one, and ought to be continued. As is now constantly the custom at deputations to the Board of Trade, reporters were not allowed to be present. OCEAN HAIL CONTRACTS. The select committee moved for by Mr. Seely to inquire into the contracts entered into by the late Govern• meat with the Cunard and Inman lines of steamers for the conveyance of the mails between this country and America met again yesterday. The duty of reporting to the House on this important matter has been confided to Mr. Dent (chairman), Sir Massey Lopes, Bin Hamilton, Mr. Graves, Mr. Seely, and Mr. Greaves• Though the evidence taken by the committee has assumed vast proportions, and has been obtained by lengthened examinations of a great number of official and non-official witnesses, the actual points to be decided are simply whether or not it is a wise thing for the post Office to subsidise the contractors who carry the mails rather than to pay them for the services they actually render, and to enter into arrangements with them for a long term of years. When Mr. Seely brought forward the subject in the House of Commons, he con tended that the amount of £120,000, which was the sum named to be paid annually for three services a week in the contracts made with Messrs. Cunard and Bin Inman by the late Conservative Government, v 135 not only too large, but was in reality sacrificing about R 40,000 per annum. He also argued that the proposed mode of contracting was unnecessary, and that by enter ing, into an arrangement with the contractors for eight years, the Post Office would be precluded from taking advantage of increased speed and other improvements, and would Le preventing the adoption of the ocean penuY postage. The motion for the committee of inquiry, which was not resisted by the Postmaster-General, was carried by 115 to 86. The committee sat in private yesterday simply for the purpose of considering their report. Mrs. Plow, the widow of the clergyman who Iv° murdered at Todmorden last year, died on Friday evenings at \Vantage, Berkshire. It is stated the agreement to submit to an open Court of Arbitration all matters connected with the " Ed ruands' scat.dal" has come to nothing. The action for libe l (Edwards v. Greenwood), which stood for the end of Feb ruary last, but which was withdrawn during the above negotiations, will now be proceeded with, and will come on before a special jury in the Court of Ccmmon Picas, \Vest minster Hall, the first sitting day after the forthcoming Easter Term, viz., the 10th of May next. The Birmingham Post states that the recent con duct of the released Fenian convicts has caused the Go vernment to stop all further steps in extending th e Royal clemency. The Irish Executive was investi gating the claims for the pardon of several other prisoners, but the conduct of the released men caused * stop to be put to such proposal. The Government is not indisposed to consider the claims of the convicts, but more substantial guarantees for good conduct will be required., and at present no further liberations will take place. Mr. Sergeant Cox has issued an address to th e electors of Taunton, in which he does "not attempt to dis guise the pain" the recent judgment has given him. l l ° trusts that at the next election the Conservative party Will endeavour to secure their share in the representation of the borough. The learned sergeant concludes as follows: -- " I Lid you farewell for a season, in the assured confidence that when a new Parliament shall be summoned (and none can spy bow soon that may be), you will restore me to the honour of which I have been legally, but not equitablY -- and I am sure not deservedly—deprived." OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE.—There are araumentS urged against the proposed reduction, both on the grounds of practicability and expediency. None, however, seem to us of sufficient weight to counterbalance the manifest benefits. We cannot share in the fear that the regularitY and efficiency of the mail service would be impaired. .A t the figure of a penny, freight on the mail-bags would amount to something over £4O, or 200 dollars per ton -- surely enough to make the efficient fulfilment of postal re quirements an object with the wealthiest steamship COW' pany.—.llrov York Times. NEW METHOD OF CULTIVATING POTATOES. -- The Stoats-Anzeiger gives us some particulars of the 11 01 method of cultivating the potatoe, discovered by Guhlielh of Pinneberg, in Holstein, and which, it is said, has give"' surprising results where it has been employed. The lead' ing features of this new mode of culture are-1. Turning up the soil to a cons id era bl e depth. 2. Choosing as se ed large, sound, and many - eye d potatoes. 3. Leaving e nch seed potatoe a s p ace o f 12 square feet. 4. Laying these!,a potatoe with th e b u ddi ng s i de down. By a report lai! before the last meeting of the Frankfort Agricultur al Societywe learn the result of experiments in potatoe grow' ing made last year. In one rnorgen (two-thirds of en acre) which w as pl an t e d with eight metzen see d , and where each s ee d potatoe was left twelve square feet, the produce was 108 scheffels (German bushels). An °ther morgen of land, pl an t e d w i t h twelve metzen, and where seed pot a t oe h a d a space of niter square feet, Yie lded e e S 3 scheffels. A thi r d morgen was planted w i t h scheffel seed, each potatoe being left six square feet, and the produce w as 78 sc h e ff e l s. T he average crop o btained from 7-8 scheffels on the same land was 50-60 scheffe The advantages of Guhlich's system then consist o c i —l. A savin g o f 6-7 sc h effels per morgen of see d ; 2, an increase of from 25 to 100 per cent. in the pro duce. THE "COD E OF H ONOUR " IN NEw ORLEANgc; o A New Orleans new s p aper g i ves the particulars o f an other duel, fought on th e a ft ernoon of the 4th inst. between and well-known resid en t s o f th e names of Lewis Lalaur ie Leonard Jew e ll, a t th e M eta i rie Course. The diffleul re b y . originated in an a lt ercat i on in Carondelet-stree t, ,he specting a debt o f a f ormer partner of Mr. Jewell. 'ne challengin g p ar t y was Mr. Lalaurie, and the we a p ons selected by his opponent were rifles with round bath; at fifty paces. On arriving at the gr l3und , of choice of position was won by Mr. Lalaurie, vol_ course took his place with his back to the wind — ti e being at the time a very strong breeze blowing' r ds principals h av i ng b een placed in position, and the w% ,t given, " Gentlemen, are you ready? One, two , three ; the ball of M r. J ewell passed very close to Mr. Lalal/efr. head. F or some reason not mentioned the gun e f Lalaurie was not discharged within the stipulated tnnrifie At the second shot the ball from Mr. Lalaurie'. , t passed through the clothing of Mr. Jewell at the rig knee knee ; the spectacles worn by Mr. Jewell were blownly the wind from his face, and his shot failed — t . b e Mr. Jewell is considered one of the best shots I: thel' he city—to touch hi s adversary. At the third s ilo oa t ball from M r . J ewe ll' s r i fle passed throug h the _ he • sleeve of M r . L a l aur i e, on a line with his h ear t. - g . i . ball from M r . L a l aur i e '., rifle lodged in Mr. J e well r ex pressed left foot. Th e c h a ll enger and his friends t h en Th e wound, satisfi e d w ith th e result of t h e firing, an the ground, M r . J ewe ll and his seconds following• oe wound, though no t o f a d angerous character, is said to be very painful, a n d w ill , d oubtless, keep the gen tleman who was i n j ure d b y t h e last shot indoors for ma nY doeto come. THE ERNEST JONES DEMONSTR4TION. — ' To PROGRAMI .IL—A full meeting of the Central Com mittee for conducting the above d emons t r ation at Tr afalgar : square, on Good Friday, has just been held at the Nag Head, Lmtirr-lane, Mr. L ucra ft i n the chair. The su b committee brought up th e i r repor t , w hi c h stated t hat ar• rangements had been ma d e f or th e men of IlackneY' Bethn a l Green, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Mile-end, polo: &c., to assem bl e a t t h e S almon and Bal l , B e th n al Green , 3 ` two o'clock, from whence they will march to Finsbury; square, to b e j o i ne d b y t h e I s li ng t on and 1 1 °'' t°i , contingents, and th en procee d t o j o i n the main body a" lerkenwell-green, from whence the proces sion, ae c°lll : panied by se vera l b an d s an d b anners, w ill start at fou, o'clock for Trafalgar -square. The West-end processi %vhich will em b race th e G erman, F renc h, Italian, an Polish societies connected with the International Werk• ing Me n 's A ssoc i a ti on, w ill assem bl e in and sot: Sot' eh from Soho-squ are a t h a lf- pas t f our , a nd the so London proc ess i on w ill assem bl e an d l e ave the Ope : lisk, Blackfriars-road, at the same hour. The p roceed ings in Trafalgar-square will commence at five o'clock, and the speakers will be Mr. G. J. Holyoake, Rey' I\f. Appletree, Messrs. C. Bradlaugh, G. Odger, and Wade, Mr. Lucraft acting as c h a i rman . The committee also reported that the various s oc i e ti es o f Irishmen in th e metropolis would also take part in the demonstration, out of respect to Mr. Jones for his able defence of the Ma n. chester Fenians in 1867. The report of the sub committee having been discussed was approved, and the meeting,, then adjourned. - • ' Bus cases prove] demar Railw, and in recove Money paper Con count, New ' £1,00( £5OO, shut. Indi ditto 1 Cent., per Ce In t purch a Argent zilian Cents. 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