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t) „ 6 „ 8 „ 4 If Box-oftie open daily 1860, Commence at Seven, 0 ' YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE . Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVFNINg. TWICE KILLED. After watch. Dion Poneicauh's Great Drama. entitled AFTER DARK : 'I ale of L on d on L i fe Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Leclerc Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; bli ss E mma Barnett, and MiE3 hose Leclercq. Concludin, with THE SECRET. N.B.—Shc,rtly will be produced, a New Drama, by Dion Bou cica.tft. )Hors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till a. HOLBORN TEIEATRE. - BARRY SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and Manager. TIIIS ELEGANT TI!EATRE WILL RE-OPI:N 07,/ SATITIInAY, IST OF WAY. with Lord Lyiton'e Great Play, in Fire entitied MONEY. stmp"o, n - O hv t'.e f i .ll ow i ng ee : el.rat pi A rtistec. T i 7.: Tatry gri lle I. .t. (!. Ctiw l - rr . , etir;.'e 14 rney, W. N. Stf,phons, Citnr'; , s Co:Zan. E. Dvas. Lin Reyne.• A. Bernard, W. A rthur NIT. 11, - Ir. ncl. A. St.,rt. I. Far , ent. C. vale/nine, 10. Nines. J. Blythe, li, Thaise -, ne. and U. Nelson: Mrs. Hermann Vezin. Miss Jane Il.ismold. Miss A my Faxirsitt. Mira POS ne 1 ), . war, Miss Theme, 31h..- Mulborongh. and Mrs. ( herles Tronm- .n. Principal Feenie Artists —Mr. William C: 'colt and Mr. Albert ( exott. A cting Manager—Mr. Parry SulliTan. _ _________ p OYAL STRAND THEATRE-. k Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A V'EDOW HUNT. Messrs. '..:llrLe. relrord, Joyce; Mesdames 13e fte,nl and Maitland. Atter which. JoAN OF ARC': Messrs Thor-te. James, Fen ton, Tome:, Charuberlalne; MesdamesEuf ton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ItOTAL AMPIIITFIEAFRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t' e Last Sik Nights and Farewell appearance of the CARRE TROUPE and the Wonecrful PERFORMING HORSES. During the week a number of novelties will be pro duced. Those who have not yet seen the beautitil horses should lose no time in doing so. as the troupe leavo London on the, 26th. There will bc an entire chanoe of progr:tnime aach even- 1 inz. —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the ale- tropors. No other Ttea.tre in I ondon offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement. and excitement —The most complete combination of equestrian talent ever brought to gether. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per !gm - lances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at B.alf-past Two. LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. N-A Sole Proprietor and Nizta':er, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, IL J. l'yron's new and •,riginal Drama. MINNIE : or, Loon-.rd's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan ; 4l essrs David FisLer, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarice. A t 9, A BRFACIT OF PRO:111SP. concludo with BROWN . AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mes'aame3 Lydia Foote, L. PJorgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, aud.Stephens. OYA L CHRISTY'S. I_ll l GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, RtoExT-stnEET. Licensod by tho Lord Chan►berlain. 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The Annuity Tables, offering special adiantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found hi the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. LAK General Manager. 316, Regent-st ree t , and 17Waterloo -plac E, e Pall mall, London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WIFE: Mr. T. C. King ; Mr. Ryder, Mr. Barrett. Mr. Wel,b; Mesdatn s Heath and Eden. T o conclude with BLA K-EY21..) SUSAN: Mr. T. C. King, Miss Bessie King. THEATRE -ROYAL. HAYMARK ET. - ....... • 'funs EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Eogers. Clark, Cordon. White: '.l/is- Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which. HOME: Mcssrs. Sothern. Chiprendale. &e.: Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, fie Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WAT(*H. t r Sothern. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence, at 7. PRINCESS S THEATRE. Sole Lesseo and Manager, Mr. Vining. Tars EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At S, AMER DARK: Mr Walter Lacy, 31 r. D. Leeson, Miss Rose Leclercq, &c. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Trirs EVENING. at 7, DID YOU EVE I: SEND YOUR WIFE TO C MBERWELL: Mr. G. Be:more, Mrs. L. Murray At 15 to 8. BLACK AND WHITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. Stirlin7, R. Phillips. Smart: Carlotta Leelereq, Miss Lennox Grey, &e, 9.nd WHITEBAIT AT GRP: NIVIC :Mr A tkins. BOVA!. STRAND TTIEATI:E. So/p Lessee :Ina Manigerpsc. Mrs. warihoroutrh. ling EVENING. at 7.30, 'DIE WIT) BUNT. Messrs. Bel ford. C7arke: Miss - ,3tif t.; - n. JOA CT' A h i•: TL.:. JaIIIE.S. Fenton: esilarnes noodall, I.ydia,Maitland, Button. To cionitluil, with HUE AND DYE CLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Trtit4 F.VENINO. at 7. MINNIE, or. Lronartl's Love. At 9. BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND TILE BRAHMINS. Messrs. Niarshall, David Fisher. Andrews. Rue,- stone, J. Clarke: tklr? , (lanies Lydia Foote, .131 , :mnen, Berend, Hughes, Fountaal . and Stephens. • ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mies, M Oliver. Tilts ErENtxG, at 7.:t0, FOIL AHi oLID IY. tldlow - tit'q . CLAUDE DU` AL: Mr. Dewar. Mr. Paavem - Mfma M. Oliver. Lc. To conclude with TIIE.B4AUDINCI SCHOOL. • - - PRINCF. OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of M ISR Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bane.roft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A. WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 0. and A. Carre, &c. Cfl RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TILTS EVENING. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and tho Burlesque Extravaginza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S ROYAL AL HAMBit A PALACE. THR EE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regeres-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admissio n , Is.; on Mc'ndays, Cd. Children under twelve, CaL LONDOV, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1869. Rumours of an intention on Mr. GLADSTONE'S part to forego, on behalf of the House of Commons, or rather on behalf of the interests of the country, the customary luxury of a Whitsuntide recess, rumours of this alarming character begin to flit about just almost at the very moment when the (louse itself, as a Committee upon the Irish Church Bill, is getting well into the intricate mazes of these interminable Amendments. The thought occurs to one naturally thereupon—What possible advantages do th eOp position propose to themselves through playing pertinaciously, move by move, such a clearly losing game as this, with 111 the odds against them, at every turn, and with not -the faintest chance in prospect of their being able under any circumstances to retrcaive their position ? 'rake the proceedings of last night for example by way of illustration. Look at the four divisions which took place during the course of those proceedings— now upon this, now upon that amendment ! Count the numbers of the clear majorities—it is needles to to say always on the side of the Government; always against the Opposition ! First, there was a clear majority of—Ninety-Three ! Secondly, there was one of-113 ! Thirdly, one of-115 ! Fourthly, one of-113 ! It is, for all the world, like a series of very superfluous arithinetical re-examinations. It is working out very nearly the same identical sum all over again —arriving, by necessity, at nearly the same identical quotient. The thing is becotnini.; mono tonous, is becoming tedious, is becoming a bore. It is traversing the same ground over and orer again. We know every inch of the way. We know the in evitable turn, bringing us always back to the same individual standpoint. The work cut out for the Leader of the Oppositien in this n att.:. is, as clearly as pcs:siLle, the very double or ( )nnteilart of the ilcart-breaking work, of SISYPIIU.2, It Alas about it all the maddening tediousness expressed ,in the re nowned alliteration— 3 Up a high bill he heaves a huge round stone, The huge round stone resulting with a bound . Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along tb e grout:." The dead-weight rolls up, or to be plainer, 14 oiled THE J SUN, LONDON, _ FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1569. THT:RE is a remarkable article in the Quarterly Review on " The Cost of Party Government." The writer considers that we are paying far too heavy price for this form of government; that while it has proved invaluable as a preservative against misgo vernment, as an instrument of self-government it has signally failed. It is worth while to mention his arguments, and to point out where we think them Found and where we believe them to be otherwise. To begin with, the Reviewer says that the House of Commons is not a school of statesmanship, but only a school of oratory. "It stimulates oratory, it enthrones oratory, it makes oratory the indispensable condition of high office." Is this accurate ? Take the last Government, or the present, and count how many Cabinet Ministers there were or are orators. It will be found that not half of them have the smallest claim to the title. Of course they must be able to make an intelligible statement, must be able to answer a question relating to their departments, or they would fail to fulfil one of the objects for which they hold office—to be the mouthpiece in Parliament of the departments over which they preside. But there are not six orators in the present Cabinet, nor were there six in the last. The two departments whose shortcomings are especially censured by the Reviewer—the Home Office and the Poor-law Board—areunder the control of men who rarely make a speech, and who are con tent with simply telling unvarnished tales concerning the business in which they are concerned. The next point of the reviewer's is, that the works of Government is much more difficult than it was, because we have now a large colonial empire which males great demands upon cur attention, and there fore we can the 1 ,frord co Icse time in party war fare. The :,nswer to this is simple enough : the less I we govern our colonies the better both for them and for us ; our highest wisdom is to let them govern them , selves, so that this, at all events, is no argument against gov( mment by party. It isiather strnfige that the Reviewer should- , hare selected for his next point the-meant of a strong Government. A Liherittifialfority of 126 ought to be strong enough " 4--- Hfor a Cuarte . rly Reviewer, one would think. More over, as a matter of fact, do we find that all the social questions which he would have Parliament tal,e . up were -undertaken by PITT during his twenty years of office, or by Lord LIVERPOOL during his a.emin:stration of sixteen years? PITT gave us our. present National Debt. Lmairoor, gave us the Six Acts. PITT brought down the finances of England to the lowest ebb. LIVERPOOL nearly drove both England and Ireland into a revolution. The fact is, " strong" Governments are liable to become both despotic and apathetic. It is not the i long-lived Administrations which undertake social ' legislation, but the short-lived Administrations, for these have to seek strength in popular applause and support. There is not a single Administra tion since the' Reform Bill, however brief, which • has not done more in the way _of social reform than was done by Lord LIVERPOOVEI. Moreover, there is this to be borne in mind, social reforms can to a considera.ble extent be accomplished without the aid of Parlia ment. Emigration is one of the subjects mentioned by the Reviewer, and we all know what is being done in this matter by the philanthropists outside the House of Commons. It is difficult to see what the House could do with respect to another matter men tioned by the Reviewer—the improvement of the con dition • of the agricultural labourer. On the other hand, the measures which the House has taken up, and which he censures, Parliamentary Reform and the Irish Church, are just the sort of measures with which the Legislature ought to deal. On the one side we had a people discontented because they were not admitted to the franchise; on the other, a people embittered against an alien institution. Only Parliament could satisfy either of these, and Parlia ment has done or is doing both. We admit that the Reviewer has some cause of complaint against party government. It is to be lamented that just as men are beginning to learn their work they should have to give place to men who know nothing of it. There is not the least doubt that much of the extravagant expenditure on our army and our navy is due to the constant alterations in the rersonnel of the War Office and the Admiralty. Yet even here there are counterbalancing advantages. These changes permit of many men becoming ac quainted with public affairs, so that the death of any one of them is not an irreparable loss. More over there is great danger in the existence of a per manent head of a department. We all know that serious complaints have been raised against under secretaries in certain Government offices. These gentle men are accused of holding too much power and exercising it too dtspotically. Surely the evil would be aggravated if it were the Secretary of State instead of the Under Secretary, who waspermanent. In the protest against the supposed necessity for the resignation of a Ministry, in case it should be encum bered with an incompetent or an erring colleague, we thoroughly agree. But we are by no means certain that any such necessity exists. Lord DEttnY, did not go out in, ,1853, ,but let Lord ELLE - spoitorGir resign instead.• L or d PALMI:IISToN was deprived of Mr. Lows, Mr. . .STAgSF.ELD, And Lord WESTBIIRY, but continued - Premier until his death. Altogether, While we hope that Parliament hereafter will be able to - devote its chief energies to social legislation, we do not think that party go'iernment, whatever its defects, has seriously interfered with such legisla tion hitherto. up, with the utmost conceivable difficulty, under tie guise now of one amendment, now of another. I settles down again, at the close of each successivt endeavour, always at the same dead-level--always bracketed,, as though it were a mlestone, 113, as On case may be, or 93, or 115. In another sense, too. 'coking at these accumulating amendments they art mil'stoncs rather than milestones—millstones weigh ing the Opposition down, in proportion to their mul tiplying dQfeats, deeper and deeper, in the ver' Slough of Despond. Seri )uily—again, one is really fain to inquire—What the Opposition propose tc themselves in heaping iipon themselves defeat upon defeat, and each defeat, in turn, not a partial defeat, but one complete and overwhelming. They are act ing conscientiously we - are firmly convinced. But to what end? Is it to end that they may demonstrate, more and more clearly, day after day, that their case is hopeless, that there is no chance wha`ever of their gaining a single step in advance upon any one single amendment ? As if that were still a matter in any way requiring further demonstration ! Long since, that fact is perfectly well known and thoroughly well appreciated, and that, too, let us say, quite equally upon both sides of the House, not one jot more dis tinctly upon thesideof the Government than upon the side of the Opposition. Realizing the truth that itiaso, as the house notoriously does, it is almost by a sort of wilful perversity that it insists, in its character, as a Committee on the Irish Church Bill, upon going quite bootlessly and fruitlessly the same weary round, like a squirrel in a cage, with a metallic click at each revolution, registering as its result, now 113, say, now 115, and so forth, upon a long succession of Clauses, upon a protracted and, one is almost pre pared to call it, an interminable series of Amend ments. The longest lane—even down in Devonshire —has its turning : and, therefore, come to an end of this weary and idle work of the House of Commons in Committee on the Irish Church Bill we shall, of course, eventually. All the same, the mere thought of it, is a heart-sore ; and very earnestly, indeed, must every one, even the most conscientious oppo nents of the Government measure as a whole, long for the time when labours of such undeniable futility shall, in the natural course of things, come at last to a termination. cOARESPONDENCE" PROM RAIL ( FROM inirlrlYlVN ebitriESPurrynr) • PARIS, THURSDAY, April 22. Two hundred electors met at Marseilles, the other day, and resolved, in a very flattering letter, to offer the can didature of the port to M. de Lesseps, the constructor of the Suez Canal. The papers which sustain the candidature of this very able representative of commerce put him forward as a thoroughly independent candi date. He has been before spoken of, hut refused, on the ground that his great enterprise was too absorbing to permit hint to give due atten tion to the interests of his constituents. But the Emperor sent him a pressing 'despatch, written by General Fleury, and so M. de Lesseps consented. But though thus directly supported by the Emperor, he will rest his claims on commercial grounds; and everybody will bo glad to. see him in the Corps Ltgislatif. Gambetta, the young Democratic adveicate, will oppose him. The "Letter to an Elector," whi c h it was hoped would gain over so many votes tp the Government, has just been fullotved up byanother publication of the kind, "Progress of France under - the Empire." The title of this publica tion explains its object. It has just appeared. The fraud by the cashier of the I7nion Insurance Com pany is likely to develop into a pretty story when the whole of the facts are known. M. Pic, tbe manager of the Etendard, is, as I have said, in custody, for having received half of the money appropriated by the cashier, and applying that half to the support of the semi-official paper. A paragraph in the Etendard says that M. Pic did indeed receive the money, but " didn't know that it was stolen." Now there is clearly much in the background here. Not only has all this money been appropriated to keep the Etendard afloat, but the paper has undoubtedly received, as a semi-official journal, subventions from the Government. It is equally little in doubt that the pro prietors were not averse to certain "tips" furnished by contractors of ptiblic Works who hOped to gain an indirect recompense. But, in spite of all this " alimentation," the Etendard was unable to pay its staff. Its writers were not seldom obliged to have recourse to a law-court in order to get their salaries. Certainly, the semi-official print, like all others of its race, was- by no means a lively commercial speculation ; Lut surely things ought not to have been so bad. We shall soon -see, doubtless. These numerous frauds by cashiers hive led a wag to propoSe a company of insurance against the defalcations of these gentlemen. But there is a difficulty in the w.iy— the insurance com pany must contrive to do without a cashier, or the remedy may be as bad as the grievance. It is reported that the Etendard will disappear, and that the France will reign in its stead, and receive the Government advertisements. Some time ago M. Pic founded a bank, and it is believed that he may have used some of the money advanced by the cashier to support his financial operations. The Emperor has clearly set his heart upon a tunnel, or a bridge, across the Straits of Dover. The official papers are constantly reminding us of the scheme. A model of a bridge has just been constructed. This is composed of a single arch, reduced upon an exact scale to the hun dreth part of. the size of one of those of the- great bridge. It - presents an absolute rigidity through cut, that is to say, it is not subject to any movement or or, illation ; there is, consequently, no vibration calculated to disintegrate the metal. There is no more elasticity perceptible under foot than in walking on a pavement, and it can support without any deflection a weight greater than twenty trains, proportioned to the same scale, meeting in the 'middle of the arch. The weight of ten men does not produce a deflection of.more than a few millimetres in its whole length, and as soon as it is relieved of its burden it recovers exactly its first position—indeed, it was not necessary to employ several of the parts prepared to ensure rigidity. The deduction from this interesting experiment is that bridges of any length may be built from bank to bank in a single arch. Orders have already been given for several bridges of this dcscriptioa to be con structed in different parts of the country.. A second model, double the size of the first, is now being con structed. The oratorstnen and women—of the public meetings must be going mad. Madame Minck has already been in difficulties, and dUring "the last few days she has received two warnings from the Commissary of Police.- At La Redoubte the discussion: was . on ,House-rent, and Madame Minck vaguely assured her hearers that society • w as s l e e p i ng on a volcano. " This aphorism." says the Union, "may be interpreted in many ways ; but what appears to us less elastic is the motion made by the speaker who preceded -the lady in the tribune ; he simply demanded that all house-owners should be guillotined !" Some of the proceedings at these meetings do not, however, reflect any great credit ( n the Government. A M. Ruther, for instance, has been sen tenced to two montll3' imprisonment and a fine of L'2), not for unlawful speechifyit;, but - because he vio lated d formality prescribed by the law. The point is rather curious. The.law will not permit a bank rupt ty sign the declaration necessary to the convening of a public meeting. - 111. IZuffier vas one of -the-proprietors . . of a comnrmy which had i•..... b‘,.fficrupt, but r.s the bankr,, i ,cy Was not personal; it was a questionwhetin r the law on public meetings applied to such a case. The tribunal decided that it did ; but evidently the penalty is MURDER AT GREENOCK. The first cricket match ever played in Constan tinople has come off betwecli Eleven of the Constantinople Cricket Club and as many officers and crew of H.M.S. Ariadue. The game ended in the triumph of the Turks. Mr. Gold win Smith, after a short absence from the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, has returned, and is now busily engaged on his work so long an nounced, "A Short History of England Down to the Reformation." DEATH OF A NEPHEW OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. —William Scott, the nephew of Sir Walter Scott, who has been for some time a sick inmate of the St. Andrew's Home in Montreal, died in that institution on the 9th instant, from cancer in the stomach. He was 64 years of age. MR. CEARLES DICEENS.—Mr. Charles Dickens, who was to have given a reading at Preston on Thursday night, was taken suddenly unwell . Ifis medical atten dant, who was summoned from London, has certified that the state of Mr. Dickens's health, by reason of excessive travelling and fatigue, was such as to render it impossible for him to fulfil his engagement. A CANDID SPINSTER.--Miss Dalyrmple, sister of Lord llailes, was a dwarfish and deformed figure, while amiable and judicious above the average of her sex. Taking into view her beautiful pace of residence and hex large wealth, she remarked to a friend one day, " I can say for the honour of man, that I never got an offer hi ray , life."— Chambers's Traditions of Edinburgh: DEATH FROM BEE STINGS.--Mr. D. Thompson, of Launceston, relates, i n the British M a Medical Journal, case of death from bee-sting, occurring within little More than a quarter of an hour after the sting had been inflicted. He adds the account of two other cases of a similar kind, not before published, of which the particulars have been 'furnished to him ; and refers to two other cases in this country, published in 1860. Such accidents are extremely rare, and very few have ever been recorded. At the Clerkenwell Police Court on T.,uraday Mr. Julia Condon, a sal swan in the Metropolitan Cattle Mar ket, was fined 58. and costs, or in default fivo days' im prisonment, for exposing sheared sheep for sale at so early a part of the ycar, and in the wet and cord. The prosecu tion was instituted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A trapeze performer, named Trevanian, had a narrow escape at Cheltenham, on M ondarri r t,t . .110 wag going through a performance cane! the Leap for Life," in company with his brother, when, intend of being caught midway, he fell into the arena below. The excitement among the Epect :tors was intense, but fortunately his in juries were not of a dangerous character. the marriage of Lady Aguea Courtenay, daughter o f tiro Earl of Devon, with the Hop. C. L. Wood, eldest son of Viscount Halrfax, was solemnised on Thursday at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. • TIE .re was a large assembly cf friends. The service was performed by the Lis pcf Oxford, as,istrd 1 y Canon Courtermy arid the Hon.:llA Eev. R. Thu Earl of Devon gave a grand del,tmer aitor 11. e ct rc rnony. The ban y pair leave tu. Cay for the seat of Lord Henry Scott, near SoutLarnplon, en route for the Continent. SENTI3I.:NT, AND FACT.—It i 3 Said that when Lord Pyron sent to his wife the weil•known touching lines— " Fare thee well ! And, if for ever, Still, for ever fare thee well !" he enclosed in the same envelope a butcher's bill, with the Pencilled remark, " Please look over this ; I don't think we had so much meat." The conjunction of ideas was truly affecting, and we commend the anecdote (told by a lady to. whom Lady Byron handed both documents to read) to the careful consideration of those romantic minds who think of the English Manfred as a sublime being, whose "soul was like a star, and dwelt apart," far above sublunary cares--not to speak of butchers' bills. TIIF CONVENT CASE AND TUE 1111511 ROMAN CATHOLICS.—III accordance with an announcemen' previously made throughout the diocese of Meath, a collection took place at the chapels on Sunday last, for the purpose of defraying the legal expenses incurred by the defendants in the late extraordinary trial, and which were set down at £5,000. Many—almost all the con tributors —subscribed on the express understand ing' that none of the funds were to be :devoted towards paying plaintiff's costs, but for the express pur pose of re-establishing the Sisters -of Mercy in the Hull Convent. There was one parish of the diocese where no collection took place—that of St. Mary's, Drogheda—the parish priest of which is the Rev. Thomas Mathews, who is uncle of Miss Saurin, and under whose advice the action was pressed from the outset. The collection is said to have realised the anticipations of the projectors; and it is now sought to make a general appeal for the same object to the Roman Catholics of the other diocesesin the country. CREOSOTE AS FuiL.—With reference to the use of creosote as fuel, a correspondent writes to the Daily News, in which the account originally appeared. "I have nothing whatever to say against the-heating properties of creosote, or the way in which the use of it puts money into the pocket of Mr. John Schwartz, sugar-refiner, of Pelham-street, Spitalfields, or, rather, Mile-end New Town ; but this I - do say, that lam 0116 of some hundreds of poor wifortunates living in the immediate vicinity of the refinery, and that the unbearable stench caused by its use is producing sickness all around, necessitating the interference of the InspectOr of Nuisances and the Board, f Works. My own family is repeatedly suffering from it. As there is no accounting for particular taste, some may like it, but surely it will on'y be those whose purses get heavier by its use, and who live away from the neighbourhood where it is used. The inhabitants of Mile end New Town hope that the Board of Works will be successful in the prosecution now pending for the suppres sion of the nuisance." .4 AN IMPORTANT DECISION.—The Chester magis trates have just decided( elga that etedt aon another.iTnporta ntApacerer certain function may not be delegated master pipemaker in that quaint old city is blessed with an apprentice, unruly to a degree ev en i n th ese times of nnivrsal license. This lad recently absented himself from work for an entire week, and his mother, on taking him back, requested the master to thrash her son, as ho was wholly beyond her management. In the innocence of hii heart the master complied with the unique r(q-e t, inv(st:ng a penny in the pur• chase of a cane to give point t 9 his admonitions. It is not alleged that the master used unnecessary violence n inTeting the punishment. lie was, however, guilty of the offence of taking the law into his own baaois, an d this was an enormity which the law, at any rate, was not likely to overlouk. 'llka magistrates agreel that the offender deserved, we will not say chastisement, but pecuniary punishment. It was shown that he was a • kind and not a cruel Toaster, that he frequently treated his apprentice better than he deserved, and that in this instance he had simply flogged the fad at his mother's express solicitation. But the mat , ter had dared to usurp magisterial functions, and he was lined 10s, and costs for his presumption, The next time this unruly apprentice is guilty of misconduct, Ills master, if he be possessed of anything like a sense of grim humour, will take him before these fauna Chester maglatrate4, and then, in lieu of a thrashing with a penny cane, the lad will probably be sent to prison fur a week. lint then, in ON extremely probable event, the Chester magistrates them. selves will have had a hand in the pie, and this mud In' admitted to make a conakierable-difforenee. At the Glasgow Spring Circuit Court, James Guilin, or Gillan, was charged with the murder of Police Inspector WlCinnon, of the Greenock constabulary in that town, on the Ist of January last. The prisoner was also charged with stabbing a joiner, named John Thomson, who attempted to apprehend him after stabbing the inspector. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty to both charges, and the case went to trial. From the evi dence adduced it appears that on the night in question Gillan 'went into the shop of Mr. Simpson, a confectioner in Hamilton-street, to ask for drink, and on being told that no drink was sold there, but that he would get what he wanted in a neighbour. ing public-house, he attempted to go inside the counter, and then struck Mr. Simpson a blow which broke two of his teeth. 'Thomson then interfered, and seized Gillan, till a policeman could be sent for, and in the encounter was once or twice stabbed by the prisoner. On the arrival of the constable, Galan was quietly asked to go to the office, but, instead of obeying, he struck Inspector M`Kin non a full blow with Lis knife behind the ear, and then ran off along the street. The unfortunate inspector had only time to cry, " Catch that man ; I'm done for," when he stag gered, and was carried into the nearest shop, where he died in a few minutes. Gillan was captured a short distance off by Thomson, who was again stabbed in the scuffle. Evi dence washed for the defence, which bore that theprisoneron the day when the murder was committed was considerably the worse for liquor. The Lord Justice Clerk Lavin g Inimm ed up the evidence, the jury retired, and, after an absence of twenty-five minutes, brought in a divided verdict, six find ing the prisoner guilty of murder, eight of culpable homicide, and one of "murder without premeditation." The prisoner was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude. At the same time Neil. Lingstone was charged with the murder of an engineer named 31‘1Vlutrie in Greenock, on the 20th of March last. The prisoner pleaded guilty to assault and robbery, and as the circumstance of the case showed that the prisoner had no thought of murder the plea was accepted, and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. On the previous day, before the same judge, a man named Shaw was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for killing a woman during a drunken brawl in the Callow gate, Glasgow. excessive. The news from :Algeria i 3 to the effect that all is not so ,ranquil iu th..t quarter as could be wi.ihed. THE A IIERICAY GOVERNMENT AND THE CUBAN INSTIRRECTIOA: ------ji.---._, The Washington. correspondent of the New York, Tribune, writing on the Bth instant, says : " Cuban matters are becoming more important and interesting each day, the interest being enhanced by the action of our own Government, and the presence here of intern rent representatives from the insurrectionary forces, who are d a ily gaining influenti a l f r i ends by the repre sentations which they are enabled to give. There can no longer be any doubt of the attitude of cur Govern ment in reference to the American prisoners held by the Spanish authorities, nor of the decision to main tain a faithful neutrality as between the contending parties on the island. There is no doubt, however, that our Government Is ill u nhesitatingly demand the immediate and unconditional release of all the American prisoners, and that all efforts at interference on the part of citizens of the United States will be peremp torily dealt with. This is rendered more apparent each day by the action of the President and heads of departments. The Navy Department is especially ac tive in its preparations to prevent interference by our citizens. STARTLING PUBLIC PRAU_DS AMERICA. Th 3 Congressional Committee appointed last year to in vestigate certain suspicious doings in -the Department of the Treasury which is d e voted to the printing of 'notes - and bonds has issued a remarkable report. ri -:po committee say that they have found, with regard to nearly every description of Government securities, discrepancies in the accounts be tween the number printed and number issued, showing that . sorne of them disappeared after learving the printing press; they have found the Looks kept in the most careless way, no record at all being preserved of many very im portant transactions, and a very imperfect ane of others; that no pains whatever have been taken to secure the proper numbering of the Government bonds, the work being actually left, without verification, largely to the memory of the person in charge of the printing machine. The testi mony tends to ahoy, the Committee say, that " the numerical registers of issue are rather theoretical than actual records of transactions ;: that is, that the clerks in charge did not compare each issue of their bonds by their consecutive numbers with the registry entries, or make the entries in the register from such comparison ; but that they made up the entries in the . register, as a rule, by taking the first and last number-of any particular lot of secu rities, and making the entries from. those, and assuming that all the numbers between wore consecutive regularly, and not duplicate. It is also suggested as t 6 the duplicate coupons, that as they are numbered at a different time from the num ber on the bond, they may have been duplicated and the bond not." A telegram from Oxford states that a challenge from America to row a four-oar race in August from Mort lake to Putney has Leen received by the president of the University Boat Club and accepted. The great "penknife question" in the Civil Service has been set at rest by the cancelling of the order that no more penknives should be issued. The matter was, it is stated, carefully considered by the Cabinet. At the last meeting of the . 11oyal Humane Society the bronze medallion was given to W. J. West, a bandsman in the Rth Middlesex Volunteers, fur saving the life of Mr. Fairbourne, a private in the 4th Middle sex, at the Dover lleview, under the exciting circum stances detailed at the time. The engineer, Benkupin . Danks, who recently caused the death of a mar, named Careless, a doggy and uuderlookor at the Iteddall Bill colliery, by drawing the skip in which the men were being pulled to the top of the pit over the pulley, has been coturnit ed fur trial on a charge of manslaughter. On 'Wednesday a gymnast, called Alvantee, was performing on the high trapeze at Day's Concert Hall, Eir rningharn, he lost.his hold, and, hurled beyond the net in tended to meet such accidents, he felt upon the foctlightE. The unfortunate man vtas sellout4ly injured in the back and ' CITRISTIAN MISSIONS TO .FOYPT. THE LATE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT DOVER. i b. MUSCULAR POIVL•R AND INSTINCT OF IA SECTS. We have been informed that Professor Kitcliingman, an entertaining entomologist resident near Brussels, who has for some time been making a variety of curious experi ments on muscular power peculiar to several species of insects, has lately contrived an ingenious instrument foe nieasuring their force of traction, flight, and thrust. The pulexorneter—so called from the family pulicidac, or - )1(1c.r, being the b ase o f th e varied experiments—is o i f simple construction, conpisting of a very finely manu factured hair-like spring, attached to a horizontal lever, at the end of which the insect to be tested is placed. This is connected wall a circular deal, about four -and a-half inches in diameter, numerically graduated with the utmost nicety. Tha minute machine is so delicate h a t it revolves with the slightest impetus, an ndicator pointing out the comparative strength of the insect. A method of calculation, easily acquired, necessary to ascertain the comparative force between one insect and another. It has thus been ascertained that the genus pulcx irritans (the common flea) is possessed of more than ten-fold the average strength of insects at all proportionate to its size. The great muscular power of the flea has for ages past been known, particularly to entomologists ; but no attempt seems to have been made to accurately measure its force contrasted with other insects. It is, however, now stated that the greatest mean effort of the flea is equal to as much as 80) times its own gravity, that of the . small bodura to about 200 ; various other apterous tribes are measured from eighty to ninety-five, while the average force of the coleoptera, or beetle species, is put down at about seventy-five times their own weigh t,- the common cockchafer being sixteen only. It is also shewn that the comparative strength of the weakestknown aptera considerably. exceeds that of any known specimen of the vertebrata. Professor ICitchingman has extended his experiments by endeavouring to train several species of insects, which has been accomplished to such an extent that one has been induced to run back downwards along a very fine silken cord, pulling be hind it a single-wheeled suspended car. Two others, placed at each end of a small slip of wood, balanced upon a pivot, leap up and down at command given by a peculiar movement of the hand. A fourth, independent of com pulsion, pulls back its tiny leg to fire off a miniature cannon. Among other surprising feats of the kind, we are told that the Professor has . succeeded in training a beetle to swing to and fro a is Leotard, and is now endeavouring to teach an insect to propel a minute model velocipede. We understand the pulexometer and insect Curiosities have been shown to several entomologistS and scientific gentlemen at Brussels, and have attracted much attention. —star. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN A RAILWAY CAR RIAGE.—Tke body found on the Irish railway line, near Mallow, has been identified as that of an Austrian sailor, who was discharged from a vessel at. Passage last week to go to North America. The police are still prosecuting inquiries, and on Thursday blood stains were discovered in one of the carriages of the train in which the deceased is supposed to have travelled, and the circumstance of the door of the compartment having been locked is taken as confirming the belief that deceased was thrown out through the window. THE POPE AND THE MILORD-ANOLAIS.—The correspondent of the Petit Mohiteur reports the following extraordinary exchange between the Pope and an Eng. lisp nobleman Pius IX. received with own the off er i ngs presented to him by the different de hands put a tions. A mongst ot h ers, the Pope received, on the 10th, a skull an English nobleman, who presented hi s H ol i ness with cap filled with sovereigns. At e end of the t asse l was a diamond of immense value. the Having presented his magnificent offering, the Englishman added, with the usual phlegm of his nation, that he gave the present on condition of getting the Pope's skull-cap in return. Pius IX. smiled, and ringing the bell be ordered the servant to bring him another Culotte. When brought he took off the one he wore and gave it to the Englishman, who put it into his pocket and retired, saying that he was never so pleased in his life." LOUIS XIV., MILTON, AND GALILEO. -An interesting, letter, written by Louis XIV. to the poet 'Milton, was read at a meeting of the French Academy of Science during the present month. It is as follows :-• " Monsieur Milton,—Deign to believe that the letter which you sent me, wherein were described your tour in Italy, and especially your int,Tviews with the illustrious Galileo, has given moe the greatest pleasure. Will you accept my gratitude? for I assure you that the letter is to me a most valuable possession. You tell me also in the same letter that you kept up till the time of his death a correspondence with the illustrious Florentine. Should I be indiscreet if I asked, if not for the originals, at least for true copies ? If you will allow it, one of my faithful servants now in England will undertake the management of this affair. Will you favour me with your reply on this point? for, as I have already communicated to you, I have so great an esteem and consideration for Galileo, who was the beacon of the world, that I desire to possess all that he has ever written. With this, Monsieur Milton, may God keep you in Ills holy and worthy custody. -f., Lovls.—Seutember - - The May meetings proceed apace. The Christian mis sions in Egypt were the object of the gathering in Exeter Hall on Thursday. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, X. 5.1., presided, and, in addressing the assembly, said it was with the greatest diffidence that he had accepted the honour of occupying the chair, and his only excuse was that he was desirous of helping forward the great cause for the promotion of which they had met together. It was about nineteen years since he was brought out of the darkness of heathenism into the light of Christianity, and each year made him prize more highly tha blessings he had received. This was an induce mcnt fur him to exert himself by prayer and earnest advocacy, in order that the light of the Gospel might be extended to his benighted brethren in the East.—The Rev. Dr. Lansing, missionary of Cairo, in relating his experience, said that the only hope of Turkey was in the extension of Christianity, and the only pract:cal solution of the Eastern question was in the success of a Protestant mission. The mission with which he was connected had been in existence fur fourteen years, and consisted of ten mis sionaries, and about forty natives, who were employed as colporteurs and native pastors. They had eight sta tions. The number of communicants was 200, and they had GOO children receiving a Christian education. There was also a theological training-school, to which 22 students were attached. The press had been active in its agency, not fewer than from 8,000 and 10,000 books and useful orks having been distributed. The speaker then went on to recount the success of the mission efforts among the Coptic races, on whose behalf he made an ear nest appeal.--Lord Lawrence also addressed the meeting, speaking very earnestly in favour of the mission. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant, Quartermaster- General, has made his report on the review of regular and volunteer forces, held at Dover on Easter Monday last, the substance of which is as follows :—" On the morning of the review day a very violent storm took place. It blew a gale of wind accompanied by a very heavy fall of rain and sleet, and after consulting with 11 , 1ajor- General the Honourable James Lindsay, Inspector- Jeneral of Reserve Forces, and the principal officers of the force, the weather was pronounced to be so unpro pitious that I thought it necessary to put a stop to the review. The volunteers were therefore dismissed, with instructions to fall in at three o'clock p.m., and to proceed to the train for conveyance to their homes. The weather, however, partially cleared about eleven o'clock, and Field-Marshal 11. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, Corn manding•in-Chief, who had ridden to Dover from Palmer Castle, determined that the review should take place, and ordered the assembly to be sounded. In a short space of time, and greatly to the credit of the volunteer force, the brigades were formed upon the Esplanade, and proceeded to the Castle-hill, where, after marching past his Royal High ness, they took up their positions. The general plan of operations, which had been drawn up by Major-General, Russell prior tam) , taking over the command, was but little deviated from except in some minor points; but in conse quence of the late hour at which the review commenced the movements could not all be performed. The movements of the two forces were very creditable to the volunteers, and, so far as I was able to judge, they evinced great willingness and promptitude in carrying out all the orders that I had occasion to give. I must state, however, that, in my opinion, this force cannot be really serviceable if it is not placed, while under arms, under some more stringent military control. Such a large body of armed men not amenable to any military discipline might be the cause of very serious embarrassment. I beg also to forward the report which I c. ed for from Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, in command of the Royal Engineer Field Telegraph and Visual Signals Detachment. .This force was of great service, and I am confident that when it is brought into more general use it will prove a very valuable adjunct - to an army in the field. The signals with the fleet and the Castle were carried on with great precision. They were executed under the superinten dence of Captain Stotherd, Lieutenant Anderson (Royal Engineers), and Major Bolton (late 12th Foot), and great credit is due to these officers for their able arrange. mnents." •••••=o,Rwe • w• 1011.( .._ _ w ~... t Et, ,73T-t e , D , , ..,,,. . ,t; 4 ,/. 4 ' ' t r.y*, .....'- 1 ,13--11-"Wir.e.,,, 1 is) •: , t IMIZ MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Apri l 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christi 3l3 ' drove out yesterday afternoon. ller Majesty, accompan i e d b y Pr i ncess Boatrice, wait out this morning. ati Princets L ou i se , P r i nce L eopold, and P l i a cc 3 Prinec::s Christian walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL LGENO (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA, AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and OtientalC S o u r:p z a ' ny A 'a pr s i t l e 2 : ul'.er Simla, from Calcutt a 30 t h M arc h , arr i ve d here 3t 7 p.m. yesterday, and the Baroda, from 130 114 tOth iust., at 6 a.m. to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, April 2 3 . The Bangalore arrived at Southampton at !Di d ' night yesterday. GREECE. ATHENS, April 22. M. Rhangalic has left for Constantinople to eli ter upon his functions as Hellenic Envoy at the per te. Baron Eder, the new Austrian Envoy, hitherto Consul-General at Bucharest, has arrived. ANIERICA. LISBON, April 2 2 . The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's stool; ship Panama, from S ou th A mer i ca, arr i ve d h e re noon to-day. She experienced strong head-Wil )d4 on the passage. Sh e b r i ngs 14 8 passengers, £.l7,°ovri in specie, and a full cargo. The steamer Magellan arrived at St. Vincent °II the 25th ult., and left the same day. Rio, April 1. Count d'Eu, the newly appointed commander 01 the Allied army, left for Aseuneion on the 3001 0 No news from the seat of war. The liana railway traffic was stopped on the 30th ult., the Gov,rnment having refused a sul►- aidy. ,-.. al i The Reyal,'nj t , steamer arriv e d ou t t o -d a y Shipments of co ee, during the month of Mal were 238,000 .bags.. stock, .110,000 bag s ; V° first is quoted 7,200 to 7,400 . ; superior, 7,800 to 8,600. Exchange on London, 181; on France o°- ininal. Freight to the Channel, 4:5a: to 50s. ; t° United States, 40s. to 455. MoNTEvIDzo, March 20. Exchange on London, 51 ; France, 4 5 . 4° to 5.45. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7kis Day. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBIIERY.—John Turner, a rough' lookiGg youth, aged 17 years, was brought before Ur' Paget cha rge d w i t h a daring highway robbery in a publ'3 road. Yesterday afternoon at half-past five o'clock, Mrs. D ila Johnson, a lady residing at No. 5, College-t •rraeo, TN' deltas-squitte, Stepney, was passing along the north sidt of the Mile-end- road, close to the New Globe Tav r i u with two sm a ll parce l s, and a purse containing XI 103. 1-;"ci in her l e ft h an d , w h en he came to the left side of her an d demanded her purse. She requested him to leave ]ter, on which he mad a snatch at her purse. Mrs. Johnson: though a slight woman, struggled with the prisoner an d called for help. The prisoner struck her, made a bolu snatch, and ran away with' the purse and money, T ba lady screamed, and called out "Stop thief." A gentlema n on horseback rode after the prisoner, who fled down the "Longfellow-road," on the south side of the Mile-oud road. There was no thoroughfare at the end of the Long' fellow-road, so the prisoner was compelled to retrace bi S steps, and ho was rode down and captured. Mrs. Johnso n did not see her purse and money again. Eliza Jarratt, a widow, saw the prisoner struggling if it4 Mrs. Johnson, who had great difficulty in keeping 1,3 f feet. \Villain Smith, polico constable, No. 333 K, said the pri" toner gave his address No. 41, Devonshire-street, Stopuey He was unknown there. The prisoner, in spite of the clear evidence against him' made loud protestations of innocence, and said no purse or money was found upon him, and he was quietly walking" along the road when a gentleman, not a police office r ' caught hold of him. Mr. Paget said any person could apprehend a thief, an d it was the duty of every man and woman to use ever,' exertion to run down and arrest criminals. Before he committed the prisoner for trial it would be as well t° have the evidence of the gentleman, an officer of volun' teers, who rode after the p r i soner, an d to make some itV quirks about the prisoner himself. He remanded the Pr i " goner for a week. WESTMINSTER. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—henry Coulson, 15, was charged with throwing stones at a train on the Metropo litan District Railway. Thomas Price, pointsman at the St. James's-park sta . " tion, said at half -past seven last night he saw the prisoner and other boys on the girders close to Lady Deere's Alms houses, where there was an open space ; they we re throwing stones at the train; and dropping them on the drivers and stokers.' Brooks, 129 B, proved taking prisoner with a stone is his hand; this nuisance had boon repeatedly complained of, and was intolerable. In reply to ]gr. Selfe, the Superintendent of the Metro politan Railway Police said they had no byelaw to meet the case as they were an underground railway. Inspector Holmes, of the B division, said at this very spot they had to stop a train the other day and clear the line of bricks and stones that had been dropped on to the instals. Pace, the pointsman, said several of the drivers and stokers had been struck, but in this case he could 11( - 4 bring it home to the prisoner. Mr. Self said be could not do anything with the Pri soner, save commit him for trial for a misdemeanour with out much chance of a conviction; he therefore severely reprimanded the prisoner and delivered Lim over to hi ° father for correction, at the same time recommending the company to make some provision in their bye-laws to moot such cases. M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. "" Henry Clarke, of No. 269, Copenhagen-street, Caledonian" road, porter, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing some tea from a chest, the property of the Great Northern Railway Company. Keriah horogood, an officer in the employ of the Northern Railway Company, said he went to the office 13 Regent-circus and was shown by Mr. Wood a small pack et of tea under some shelves in a dark place in the basement. 11e eJncestled himself to see who took it away, an d saw the prisoner come down the stairs and stop o pposite where the packet of tea was and stoop down and pick th .1 picket of tea. The prisoner then went to the water closet. He wont after the prisoner, and saw him in a stooping p)sitioa with both his han.ls in the pan of the closet, and he took hold of the prisoner and told hint ill was an officer and should take him into custody for stealing the tea. The prisoner instantly struck him on the heal and resisted violently, and pulled up the handle attachel to the valve to wash away the tea in the pan. If° got the prisoner's hand away and took him into the office, and Mr. Wood went to the closet and got out some of the tea. Sergeant Peck was then sent for, and prisoner given in charge. On going to the station the prisoner said be . put the t e a d own the closet, and that after the closet bas been examined he found the package, and thought ho had put it into the chest. Sergeant Peck, 25 C, gave evidence that the prisoner said that after the chest was sent off he found the package of tea and that. he put it into the closet. Mr. Woutuor asked, for tc-romiLud, which was granted. VALPARAISO, March 13...='; Coffee, $l4 45c. ; freight to Liverpool, 424. 63• Exchange on London, 46 to 46i for 60-day bills. NEW YORK, April 22. Gold closed at 1331. The highest quotatio n during the thy was iita ; the lowest 1331. Ster ling Exchange on London, 1081 ; Five-Twen t y United States Bonds, 1882, 121 ; ditto, 1 88 ' 118 ; ditto, 1867, 115 ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 1061 ; Illinois, 144 i ; Erie, 334. Cotton—middling up land, 28ic. Petroleum—standard white, 33°. Flour—extra State, $5 70c. to $6 30c. Corn•—•° ld mixed, 82c. Al 0 COMM Consols count, —; New Tkre, £l,OOO 9 India Stc ditto 5 per Cent., Oct. per Cent., The Fori changes arc have advab the former G6f to 64 liau is stew In Amer the e x t rem , tern Railw at this moo English exception c tension, the little or no Dealings limited, an provenient prices bein More bu some cases and Londo former heit 32-1- co 331, is 10.3. love C 3 to 64, a . ] The Gre] clally anno per cent. p lag period At a mef Bank, an i Cent. per al A meetii A.gricole et 26th inst., gress." A petitil Egyptian heard befoi MaY lb The sun )3,,nk yeste Malta. The Su £51,000. The Lau an increase The Sect given notic Calcutta at of huglAnc ti.e terms s the amoutit At an ad John Crosa liabilities NI. at £14,000. wound up I The list by Ales The subseri large. Accortlin United St: on Tuesday Company, instead of several hot Plymouth and passeni on the 13t1 week ende4 reaultes wha Beat PuLilo dew. Other depot On the oth Otovernmeni this Other occur Notes unim Th• amour being a do bullion in I an increae preceding Subjoine of the Ban and Frencl last year Bullion .. Reserve Notes in I Rate of di Consols French E tiovEtv 3 per Cent. Ditto for 3 , 0 Per Cent. IN ow t 3 p er 21 Per ne• 4 pet Annuities. Do. for 3k Uo ( I t.,1 itt!-r Do. Bank of En t 1),• epeni Canada 4pc Inter -Colon iNDIAN India 'iconic, Do• Openi Do. 5 p " r Do. 4 p o . r Do. Corti] Do. Enfac Do. 5 per Do. 51- pa D.) 5 per Do Do, DRI