The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-03 00:00:00

THE CHARGE AGAINST PROFESSOR EISL_EY. The young girl, Maria Anne Mason, gave evidence at Msr borough-street Police-court on Thursday, against R chard Risky, who is charged with following her ROOM ana annoying ner in and around Leicester-square. She is described as " a rather pretty girl, of small stature." She said : I live with my mother and father at Star trine, North-end, Fulham. On the 17th of August I was sent to visit my sister in Mount-street, but I did lot stay to dinner. I was brought round Leicester square by my sister, as I was going home by an )mnibus. I went to Piccadilly with my sinter to get an omnibus. I saw that gentleman (pointing to the ?risoner), and he asked me to go with him. I said, " No, am going home." He asked me again, but I would not with him. I said " No," but I did not say why I would not. I went towards the house of Mrs. Checkley, hi Greek-street. I went through E,yder's-court and Leicester-square, and the prisoner was following me. He again asked me to go with him. I kept telling him "No," but he would not go away. There is a draper's shop In Leicester-square, and, as I was passing it, the prisoner told me to go to the window while he spoke to me. He pulled my jacket, and caught hold of it. He had touched me once before he got to Leicester-square, when he pulled my jacket. I walked on, I never took any notice of him. When he pulled my jacket and asked me to go with him, I said "No ;" but did not say why. I walked on, and he followed me, and kect on saying, " Will you come with me ?" He said, " You come with me, and I will take you to the theatre." I said " No, Sir, I am going home ;" and he said he would give me a dress if I would go with him. I said "No ;" but he con tinued to follow me, and shewed me his ring, and said he would give a very nice one if I wouid go with him. He tried to pull me against a coffee-shop door, but I got away from him. He told me he wanted me but did not say what for. He kept on asking me to go with him but I would not. When he got into the street where women were with fruit stands he bought some apples. He asked me whether I liked apples, but I did not make him any answer, and walked on. On coming up to me again he offered me two apples, but I refused, and he said "If you won't have them give them to scme one else," and I took them. He followed me to Greek-street, and while looking in a tobacco shop said, " I want to speak to you," and took hold of my jacket, but I took it from him. When I got to Hayes-court he asked me to go down a street in a contrary direction to that in which I was going, but I crossed the road, and went to Mrs. Checkley's, where I made a complaint. I understood the prisoner to mean the Alhambra when he spoke of the theatre, and that if I went there he would make me a nice present. He did not say where he lived. He said he would meet me again at half-past eight o'clock, but I refused, and did not tell him where I lived, but I told the gentleman (Mr. Hales), who afterwards came to Mrs. Checkley's. I had seen him before, but I do not know how long ago ; it might be a month ago, and it was in Ryder's-court. I was going home then, after seeing a sister in Dean-street. He asked me to go with him, and I ran away. The words he used were, " Come with me." I was going to an omnibus, but was afraid to do so because I was afraid he would follow me. In cross-examination, the girl said : The reason why I did not get into the omnibus was because I thought I should be followed. In walking along I took the lead. I did not eat the apples, but gave them to my little sister. He only caugbt hold of my jacket. He said, " Come here," both at the sweet-stuff shop and coffee shop. He frightened me, and I cried as soon as I got to Mrs. Checkley's. Mr. Hales came to the house and asked me if I knew the gentleman. I saw him watching tue while at the door, and when the other gentleman came towards me he ran away. I came with Mr. Hales to the colice-eourt, and he saw my mother at Fulham. Mrs. Eliza Mason, of Star-lane, Fulham, said : Maria Ann Mason is my daughter, and will be thirteen years old on the 3rd of December next. On the 17th August I expected her to return by omnibus. I don't know the prisoner. I should not have given him leave to take my child anywhere had he asked me ; and if he bad done so, it would have been without my knowledge and consent. Cross-examined : She went out that day with my con sent to see her sister. Jacobs, 201 C, said : While speaking to Mr. Hales the prisoner came up, and said he would give 10s. to know who had thrown water over him, and on asking him why the water was thrown over him, he said he did not know, and he thought it strange a respectable man could not walk through the Oteets without being insulted. I told him Mr. Hales knew the reason why the water had been thrown over him, and wished for his name and address. The prisoner said his name was Ricardo, and that he lived in Surrey-street ; he asked Mr. Hales to write to him, and said money was no object. The address given by the prisoner was Mr. Ricardo, Surrey Theatre. Mr. Hales refused to have conversaLion with the prisoner unless in my presence. The girl Maria Ann Mason was recalled, and she said she did not get into the omnibus on Tuesday because she thought she would be followed, the prisoner having fol lowed the omnibus, or rather walked the same way. Mrs. Elizabeth Checkly, wife of Mr. Checkley, Greek street, said that on the 17th August Maria Mason came to her in a dreadful state of agitation, and made a com plaint against the prisoner. She gave her some water. She was in a fainting state, and as white as chalk. Mr. Hales came into the room and asked her to take care of the child. Police -constable Ilosekelly : I believe the witness Hales spoke to me in Newport Market, and pointed out a child who was followed by a man. They both turned into Hayes -court. Witness went in first, and I followed. The girl went into a house in Greek-street, and the prisoner walked away, and then called the attention of the police. man on duty to what had occurred. I did not see the pri soner touch the girl. Mr. West drew the attention of Mr. Knox to the charge of abduction, and cited several cases to prove that it was not necessary that the girl should be actu ally taken away to constitute that offence.—Mr. Knox referred to a judgment of Mr. Justice Erle, and said the impression on his mind from that judgment was that a girl was to be oonsidered in the possession of her father and mother when sent out to visit any one, or for an errand. Mr. Poncione argued on the other side, that the inference of abduction must fall to the ground. —Mr. Knox said if the evidence was to be believed the prisoner made attempts to pull her into different shops. — Mr. Poncione said that even supposing the girl went with the prisoner into a sweetstuff shop to have some sweets, or to a coffee-shop to have a cup of coffee, that could not be deemed abduction. 11 , Ir. Poncione said his defence to the charge was that the prisoner had hitherto borne an unblemished character. He might have been drinking that day, for he had no recollection of what had occurred, and could not even give explanations for legal instructi ons . Th ere were witnesses to character in court if required. He bad played at dominoes with the children of his friends, and had no views of criminality in his conduct. The prisoner might have done all that was alleged without having any desire or inteniion to debauch the girl. M. Knox said so much had been made out by the wit nesses that he could not keep the case from a jury. The charge of assault was weak, but he had no doubt the law justified him in sending the case for trial. Mr. Poncione said that being the magistrates determi nation he would not go into the defence. He hoped the magistrate would take reasonable bail. Mr. Knox fixed the bail at two sureties in £2OO, and the prisoner in £4OO. Mr. Gladstone, with his family, will visit Whitby next week. The Whitby Working Men's Liberal Asso ciation are anxious to greet his arrival by a demonstration, but Mr. W. H. Gladstone has written to say that the state of his father's health compels him to decline any show of feeling of the kind proposed. A REFORMED WORKUOUSE.---At the meeting of the Liverpool Workhouse Committee, held on Thursday, the Vestry Clerk reported that there was not at that moment in the establishment a single man whom the doctors would certify as able-bodied and fit to work. This is an unprecedented state of things, the workhouse having been notorious as an asylum for lazy, idle, and dissolute persons. OLD TIMES.— A vast deal of cruelty has been wiped out of our criminal code of late years. Formerly, when almost every felon was punishable with death or forfeiture, persons who felt they had no chance if tried at the assizes, used to refuse to plead, or " stand mute," t o the indictment, in order to escape forfeiture, in the inte rests of their families. But there was a rule of law that no one could he tried unless he pleaded ; and in order to make a prisoner put himself on his trial pcine forte ct (Ito • was invented. In the time of henry IV. it was applie 6 thus: "The accused shall be remanded to the prison, and laid the r e i n som e low and dark house, where they shall lie naked en the bare earth, without any litter, rushes, oi other clothing, and without any garments about them and they shall lie upon their backs, their heads uncovered, L.nd their feet and one arm shall be drawn to one (parte , of the house With a cord, and the other arm to ato,the7 quarter; and in the same manner'shall be done with their legs ; and there shall be laid upon their bodies iron and stone, so much as they may bear, and more. And the next day following they shall have three morsels of barley bread, without any drink ; and the second day they shall drink thrice of the water that is next to the house of the prison (except running water), without any bread; and this shall be their diet until they be dead." It will scarcely be believed that this precious power was retained iu our criminal law down to the time of George lII, Cassara Magazine. TURKEY AND EGYPT . The Lerma Herald publishes the foll,wing as " a nearly textual summary of the Khedive's reply to the letter of Aali Pasha" : " His Highness begins by clearing himself from the charge of having gone be yond the proper limits of his rights and duties as defined by the Imperial El-mans. Fully sensible of the successive favours be has received from the Sul tan, he has always regulated his couluct according to the will and orders of his Majesty. The with drawal of the Egyptian troops fromCandia took place, be declares, because of the great expense,which Egypt could not support, and as the result of an under standing previously come to with the Porte. If he addressed invitations to a few foreign Sovereigns to attend the opening of the Suez Canal, it was only in virtue of the high position which he fills under the gracious auspices of the Sultan, and the reception which he met with at the European Courts was similarly due to the benevolent favour with which his Majesty has deigned to honour him. As to his alleged disrespect towards the ambassadors of his Majesty during his recent tour, he entirely disclaims having been wanting in proper considera tion to their Excellencies. The mission of Nubar Pasha is neither a new incident nor unknown to the Porte, which even furnished that personage with letters of introduction when he first set out. The development of Egyptian commerce and the settlement of a large number of foreigners in the country have led to frequent litigious disputes, and the object of Nubar's finis:-ion was merely to effect some modifications in the faulty system of jurisdiction now in force, within the limits of the privileges accorded to Egypt by its gracious Sovereign. Replying to the charge of having squandered the revenue of the country, his High ness compares the present situation of Egypt with that in which he found it ou his accession to power, and argues that the result shows a sensible progress in all directions. He instances the erection of an assembly of native delegates to control the revenue and expenditure and to supervise the administra tion of the numerous schools which have been founded, and of the youths whom he has sent to Europe to be perfected in the sciences, in literature, in arts, and in industry. As to agriculture, this, he affirms, has prospered greatly ; 320,000 feddans of previously untilled ground have been brought under culture. The settlement of foreigners in the country —even as far south as Soudan—and the increased activity in old and new ports, all combined to show the progress which trade and agriculture have made, as also the general security for life and property which exists under his rule. Further, if the heavy debts bequeathed to Lim by Said Pasha, the diffi culties which have been occasioned by the pay ment of so many indemnities, the cost of con structing railways and telegraph lines, and the great outlay occasioned by the Suez Canal —if all these be considered, and if it be borne in mind, at the same time, that the charges of ad ministration—salaries, &c., included—are all regu- larly paid, it must be admitted that the financies are carefully managed, and that the population is not overburdened with taxes. As to the increase of the armament, he merely wished to keep abreast of modern inventions, and the cost of doing this is well justified by his sincere desire to be in a posi tion to prove useful to the empire—as his conduct during the Cretan revolt clearly proved. In con clusion his highness expresses the hope that these frank explanations will remove from the mind of the Sultan the unfavourable impression produced by wholly unjust accusations. his fidelity and devo tion are unalterable ; and, feeling strong in these, he appeals to the clemency and generosity of his Majesty, at the foot of whose throne he proposes to come and lay his respectful homage as soon as the completion of some important affairs will permit." ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOA7 1N571- IUTION. --+ Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at John-street, Adelphi, Tho.. Chapman, V.P., in the chair. The minutes of the ptevons mce.ing having 1.3. Tn read, rewards were , 4vrat•t d to the crews of different lifeboats of the society for going off to the aid of distressed vessels during the past month. It was reported that the :-;outhern lifeboat had been hunched on the Bth nit. to the assistance of the crew of the schooner Widiani Wallace, of Dundalk, which was seen ashore on James's Bank. The boat succeed( d in taking the schooner and her crew of five men to Lytham. The ItamFgate lifeboat Bradford and steam tug Vulcan were taken out twice during, the past month to the aid of yessls sig nalled to be aground on the Goodwin Sands, but the services of the boat were not required. The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, and £2, were ordered to be presented to Capt. C. Bell, of the steam tug William and Charles; of Hartlepool, and to Capt. Matthew Jones, of the steam tug John Bull, of Hartlepool, together with £5 to their crews, in acknowledgment of their ser vices in assisting in the steamers to save thirty seven fishing boats and their crews which had been caught in a heavy gale off Hartlepool on the 16th June. They also went out afterwards and suc ceeded in picking up 360 nets belonging to the boats. Other rewards were also granted for say ing life from wrecks on our own coasts. The Earl of Stamford, P.C., had defrayed the cost of the new lifeboat which the institution was about to place on the Island of Alderney. A contribution of £95 had been received from the stewards of the Covent Garden Lifeboat Fund, being the proceeds of a ball and concert held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 4th February and 27th April. " Two Sisters" had also given £7O to the society. New lifeboats were being sent to Solva and Fishguard, South Wales. The late Mrs. Eliza Doncaster, of Winthorpe, the late Miss Mary Ann Horton, of Highbury, and the late Wm. M'Alley, Esq., of Stirling, had each left the society a legacy of £lOO. Payments amounting to L 825 were ordered to be made, and additional expetwes to the amount of £B3B were sanctioned. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant-inspector of lifeboats on their recent visits to different lifeboat stations, of ter which the proceedings terminated. ST. PANCRAS TVORKHOTJSE AND THE CORONER'S COURI. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lmnkester and a jury were engaged for a considerable time at the College Arms, Crowndale-road, Camden-town, in investi gating the circumstances attending four deaths which had occurred to pauper inmates of the St. Pancras Workhouse. The first case was that of &drier Wright, an in fant of three weeks old, the mother, a married woman, having been confined ia the workhouse. The complaint was that the mother, not having sufficient natural sustenance for the child, she asked Mx. Hill, the surgeon, and Mrs. Sanson, the resi dent midwife, for some milk foi • it. She applied for the milk at six o'clock on Monday night last, and did not get it until four hours after. Although requested to remain in the house, she. left the fol lowing morning with her baby, and fed it on cow's milk and a little port wine. On Wednesday she called in a doctor, but the child died. Mr. T. M. Harding deposed to being called to the child, and found it dying. The cause of death was congestion of the brain and lungs. By the Coroner—Witness did not think the mother, by bringing the child out of the VA )rkhouso, accelerated the death. The child could not have !ived. Mr. I fill (the surgeon), the midwife, an 1 an at tendant were next examined, from who so evidence t appeared that the deceased, from its V reakly con lition, could not h.Ave lived ; that there was plenty tf milk and .-tigar to be had for the child ren on ap plication ; that the deceased had been fed nn the Monday morning; and that the Alter : , Ift the next morning with her child, contrary to the wihes of the surgeon. The patients i zne , ,,i they could have milk for their children all d „ay long if they applied for it. The jury considered that the offleinas 0% re free from blame, and returned a verdict of " D e at, h from natural causes." The second inquiry was on the body of, G eorge Edwards, aged 64, who died suddenly Oh, Wet Ines- day morning last, while an inmate of the insane ward of the before-mentioned establishment. The wife stated that herself and husband went into the house last June twelvemonths, and they were separated. On the 26th of last May her hus band was removed to the insane ward, where she thought he was treated kindly. Evidence having been given relative to the death of the deceased, viz., that after he had got out of bed and returned to it, he suddenly threw himself back and died. Dr. James Ellis, infirmary medical officer, said the deceased was a very quiet man. The body was well nourished, and there were no marks of external violence. The cause of death was rupture of the large vein in the chest, the blood filling the cavity on the left side. There was no appearance of any blow. The exertion of getting out and returning to bed might Lave caused the 'rupture. Verdict, " Death from natural causes." 'I he death of Frank Dyson, aged fifteen months, was next inquired into. Mary Ann Dyson, the mother, said the deceased was an illigitimate child, and was born while she was a prisoner in the Thorhill-fields House of Cor rection. She went into the workhouse when the child was five months old. The doctor had ordered her to wean the child when it was twelve months, and, as she objected, she was allowed three weeks. She then took the child out, as she thought the father would help to support it, but he refused. She was then in and out of the workhouse with the child, where it died yesterday from diarrhcea. By the Corner—She preferred suckling the child, and she objected to its being taking into the wean ing ward as the children were there ill-treated and bruised. There were also some railings, through which the children could put their heads, and might strangle themselves. She said she would not have her child murdered, and the task-master was sent for, but she and her baby left the house. She had applied to the board to allow her something out of the house, but they refused. Mr. Joseph Hill said that, when the child was twelve months old, he, according to the rules of the house, informed the mother that it must go to the weaning ward, but on her declining he allowed her till the 4th of August. She then said that she would not have her child murdered. She went out on the sth, returned on the 6th, and remained till the 13th. She came back on the 20th, that night sleeping in the casual ward. She went out again on the 24th, returning four days after. The child was very ill each time she returned, and he cautioned her that she would kill it if she gave it breast milk after it had been receiving weaning food. It died on Wednesday from disease of the intestines. By the Coroner—The course the mother had pursued was injurious to the child's health ; he might say she accelerated the death. The railings referred to by the mother were boarded over so that no injury to the children could be received. Verdict—" Death from scrofulous disease of the bowels, accelerated by the conduct of the mother." The fourth case somewhat differed from the others, the deceased, Catherine Smith, aged 81, being found dead in bed. George Smith, aged 78, and very deaf, said lie and hii wife were admitted to the workhouse, six years ago. His wife was afflicted in the hospital, and he complained that he could only see her once a week. He continued by saying that when he last saw her she complained to hint that she was ill-treated, and further, that he did ❑ot hear of her death until a long time after it occurred. She also said that during the night if she wanted attendance she was shaken like a child. Mr. llill, the surgeon, said the deceased was suffering from an affection and contraction of the knee. Her general health was good, but she was bedridden. She never made a complaint of any kind. On Saturday afternoon, in passing through the ward, he looked at her bed and saw a change in her countenance. Ile examined her and found her dead. She bad been assisted out of bed a very short time before. The cause of death was fatty degeneration of the heart. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes," and considered that in neither of the four cases had a charge of blame to the work house officials been established. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1869. ME7ROPOLITAN GOSSIP-11,ilisflay. We have leaped suddenly out of a burning summer into a cold and dreary autumn. It is most melancholy to walk through the parks and to see the havoc which ha,sbeen wrought by the easterly gale of the last five days. The limes and the sycamores are stripped nearly bare. The burnt and dried-up grass is covered with still dryer leaves, that crackle beneath your feet as though we were in the last days of October instead of within the octave of St. Partridge. Politics were never duller than they are now. Apparently, as if by common consent, the London journals have dropped them, thinking, apparently, that their readers had enough of them during the last session and will have enough during the next. They are prepar ing, however, to discuss the Irish land question in due season. The Times has taken (the wind out of its com petitors' sails by sending a special commissioner to Ireland ; and so forestalling at least one journal which had intended to do the same thing. In connection with this subject let me recommend all your readers who are interested therein to get Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns's shilling pamphlet, " Land in England, Land in Ireland, and Land in other Lands," published by Longmans. It is most admirably written, and is so full of wit and sparkle that even the dullest details of that great topic become lively. The new member for Hereford ought to be a great acquisition to the House of Commons during next year's debates. There is likely to be a contested election in England before long—quite a novelty in these dull days. The county of Cheshire has for a long time past been almost under the control of the Egertons. Under the Reform Bill it was divided into three districts. Nevertheless, each district returned an Egerton, and in only one divi- sion (Mid-Cheshire) was there a contest. A vacancy has now taken place in North Cheshire by the death of Mr. E. C. Egerton. For the vacant seat Sir Edward Watkin has appeared as a candidate in the Liberal interest. None has yet been announced in the Conservative interest, but, of course, one will be forthcoming, and it is probable that Major Legh will be the man. Sir Edward lost his seat at Stockport through the removal from that town of his legal agent, who had great influence in the boron gh,and who has gone to reside at Manchester. Whether Sir Edward's business transactions will prove any hindrance to him remain to be seen. It is pretty certain that his former electioneering dealings will not. Bribery is an offence soon forgotten. Meanwhile it is to be noted that he was formerly very uncertain in his politics, and owed his knighthood to Mr. Disraeli. There are rumours of changes at the War Office. The new control system has answered so well in Ireland and the colonies that it will, in all probability, be extended to England. In that case Sir Henry Storks will have the supreme control of the expenditure, subject, of course, to the Secretary of State. Lord Northbrook's committee on the reconstruction of the War Office is still sitting, and it is not known when its deliberations will be over. At pre sent, therefore, all ideas as to future arrangements must be little better than guesses. It is not improbable, however, that the War Office and the Horse Guards will be brought into one building, so as to save the enormous delay and cost involved in the incessant letter writing and sending between the two departments. The authorities were very anxious to have the new India Office, but could not obtain it. It is rumoured that there will be very shortly a fresh reduc tion of the clerical staff at the War Office, which is at present far too large to be efficient. Captain Vivian's post is not much more than a sinecure, and it will probably be necessary to give him additional duties, or to transfer him to another department. The Byron scandal is the great topic of the day. Told in plain language, Mrs. Stowe's charge against the poet is that he was living in adultery with his half-sister, the Hon. Augusta Leigh ; that he told Lady Byron this on the day of their marriage ; that she, nevertheless, lived with him for thirteen months; (Mrs. Stowe says two yews) that Lady Byron consented to let her daughter be named after her rival ; that she further kept the matter secret through her whole life; and that having charged her three executors nct to allow any one to become acquainted with the history of her life, she told it to Mrs. Stowe, who was well known to be a literary lady, and, therefore, not unlikely to publish the story. All this Mrs. Stowe asks us to believe, and she makes so great a demand upon our powers of credulity that she must excuse us if we say that they are not equal to it. Her own countrymen doubt the accuracy of her narrative, and censure her for telling it. Vie, the fellow countrymen of Byron, ought to be still more cau tious how we accept so fearful a tale as truth. Dr. Lushington is said to be acquainted with the whole history. If he be, let him come forth and say what he has to say. Let him do it at once, for when a man reaches 87 years of age there is not much time to be lost. I will only a,ll. that should the story prove untrue, it is scarcely likely that Lady Byron can have intentionally misled Mrs. Stowe. Everybody who knew the poet's wife adored her. How high-minded a woman she was, we can gather from the references to her in that book which all the world is reading now, the "Diary of Henry Crabb Robinson." Meanwhile, Mrs. Stowe's story is published simulta neously in the Macmillan's and the Atlantic Monthly magazines is making both periodicals sell to a prodigious extent. - More than 30,000 copies of the first periodical have been sold already. Th ecclesiastical world is greatly exercised by the pro- pective episcopal appointments. It is taken for granted that Bishop Wilberforce will be translated to Win chester, a reward merited alike by long episcopal services, and by the help which he gave to the present Government during the debates on the Irish Church Bill. But who will succeed him at Oxford? That is the question. The position is almost the most influential in the Church (although the emoluments are small), and proportionably great is the interest felt in the filling of it. It is no secret that the Queen wishes to place Dean Stanley there, and that he would like nothing so well as that post. But will Mr. Gladstone venture to carry out the arrangement? He might have done so a few months ago, but I do not think he can since the unfortunate " Voysey" letter. It is all very well for Dean Stanley's admirers to say that he subscribed to the Voysey Defence Fund not because he approved of the sentiments con tained in the " Sling and the Stone," but because he wished all parties to have fair play. The obvious reply is, why did he not subscribe to the Mackonochie Defence Fund? lam told that should Dean Stanley be designated by the Queen, the majority of the chapter of Christ Church would refuse to elect him, and would be prepared to incur the penalties of pnemunire rather than give effect to the conge d'elire. lam inclined to think that the new Bishop of Oxford will be found not at Westminster, but at Oxford, and that Dr. Scott will be the new head of that illustrious diocese. At the election of 1865, when Mr. Gathorne Hardy wrested the seat for the Univer sity from Mr. Gladstone, Dr. Jacobson was the president of Mr. Gladstone's committee, and he was rewarded with the see of Chester. The other important members of the committee were Dr. Pusey, Dr. Williams, Professor Payne Smith, Professor Jowett, Professor Rogers, Dr. Scott, Dean Hook, Mr. Liddon, Mr. Flood Jones, Dr. Temple, and Archdeacon Grant. Now, of these gentlemen, three, at least, are not likely to get a mitre—the first, the fourth, and the fifth. The third is also an extreme man on the Low Church side as Dr. Pusey is on the High, and Professor Jowett on the Broad. Of the rest, Dr. Temple and Dean Hook have refused preferment, and Mr. Liddon is, probably, not acceptable in high quarters. Dr. Scott is a Broad Churchman, a scholar (the principal editor of the famous Liddell and Scotts Lexicon), and the head of the most intellectual college in Oxford. Should he be selected, it is believed that Professor Jowett would succeed him as Master of Balliol. This would be consolation in a quarter where the desire for liean Stanley's promotion is most keen. The Ladies' College at Hitchin will be opened very shortly, and then an attempt will be made to supply edu cation of the highest order to female students. The pro ject is due mainly to the energy of Miss Emily Davies, sister of the Rev. Llewellyn Davies, and author of an article in the new number of the Contemporary Review. The number of students will not be large to begin with, but it is hoped that they will increase. Meanwhile Miss Davies will con tent herself with renting a house instead of building a college. Heartily wishing the scheme to succeed I would ask if the payment-2150 a year—is not too high? It is true that education and board at Oxford and Cambridge cost as much, and probably more. But than Hitchin is not Oxford nor Cambridge, and the lady students will not have such demands made upon them in the way of hospitality as Oxonians and Cantabs have. There is another point. Is it quite wise and consistent to restrict the professorships to men? I understand that a most competent German scholar, one who had translated Tennyson and other difficult English poets into German, was refused the post of German professor simply because she was a woman. This does not sound quite in keeping with the main idea of this institution, that women's education may be, and ought to be, equal to men's. Literature has sustained no light loss by the untimely death of Mr. Burnell Payne. He was a man of no ordi nary powers, and was rapidly rising to a high position in the world of letters. Educated at Cambridge, he entered holy orders and became the curate of Mr. Llewellyn Davies, in Marylebone. He resigned his curacy last Christmas on account of theological difficulties, And devoted himself entirely to literature and prt. He wrote several essays on art in the London Student, and one on the same subject in Macmillan's Magazine for June, intending to complete his subject in a subsequent number. At the same time ho was writing the criticisms in the Pall Mall Gazette Amon the Royal Academy Exhibition, and was reviewing books for the same journal. NORITICH CSI CAL The Mozart clement was very strong on Wednes • day night's concert, and appeared to give much gratification to the audience, which was a tolerably good one so far as the body of the hall and the galleries were concerned, although there were many empty chairs in the space reserved for "patrons,' who have the privilege of paying a double admis sion price. The Moz trtian selection comprised a serenade for two principal violins, viola, and contra basso, accompanied by violins, violas, violoncellos, and tympani. The serenade was composed by Mozart in 1776, at Salzburg. An unpublished auto graph manuscript, No. 239 in Dr. L. Von Kochel's catalogue, in possession of Signor A. Randegger, was kindly lent to the committee—of course " for this occasion only." The second part of the concert opened with the " Der Freischutz" overture, which was followed by a selection of light trifles— French, English, and Italian—which so delighted the auditory that several encores were called for, the concert being thus protracted to about half- past eleven. Yesterday morning was devoted to a sacred can tata, " A Song of Praise," composed expressly for the festival by Mr. Horace Hill ; Rossini's " Messe Solennelle," performed for the first time out of the metropolis, by permission of the directors of the Royal Italian Opera ; and Handel's Dettingen "Te Deum," composed in 1774 to celebrate the conclu sion of peace in that year. The instrumental intro duction of Mr. Hill's cantata opens with passages of a recitative type, in which the solo phrases are assigned principally to the oboe and clarionet. The allegro moderato is of a fugal character. The sub jects of the first chorus are of the cathedral model. After a brief choral recitative comes a pleasing quartet, "He is blessed ;" this is followed by an aria for baritone, " While I live will I praise the Lord," in the minor music. The next number is a duet for soprano and tenor, " Sing unto God ;" while the following movement for five-part chorus, mixed with soli passages, serves as an introduction to the final chorus in B flat, in which tonic, with its adjacent keys, the work is laid out. The work is considered a meritorious one as a whole. The attendance yesterday morning presented an improvement upon that of Wednesday morning. The hall was not altogether full, but the patrons showed in considerable force. Among those pre sent were Lady Milman, Sir S. Bignold, Mrs. Lacou, the Earl of Albemarle, Col. Fitzroy, Capt. Garnett, the Ven. Archdeacon Blokelock, Sir T. 13. 'Western, the Hon. Mrs. Roes, the Rev. C. Lucas, Lady Rowley, Lady Lacon, the Rev. E. B. Sparke, Mr. J. J. Colman, Mr. Gerard Day, Sir T. P. Beauchamp, Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., Lady Ellice, Lady Bayning, Lord Stafford, Sir H. Robinson, Sir R. Buxton, Mrs. Arkwright, Col. Custance, Mr. Wyrley Birch, General Eyre, Lady Hartismere, Lady Durrant, Mr. D. Dalrymple, M.P., and Mrs. Dalrymple, the Marchioness Townshend, Lady Ffolkes, Sir W. Kemp, the Rev. Evans Lombe, Szc. In most cases these names represent more or less numerous parties. Last evening's concert sustained the reputation of the festival ; but the attendance was not quite what could be desired. The following statement as to the attendance was made up last night : I B V n e d ; n , e i t r y s d t a n y o 7 1, 1 i o n r g n , i n s g s , 5 , 7 ; Monday evening, 1,383 ; Tue s d a y even ing, 971 ; s l ; V r e f d li n u e r s s L d i a a y y e e v v e e n n i n n t r , 825. Tutal receipts, .£3,642. ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's1—Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Few ailments are more disheartening, and none more ominous, than ulcerations on the surface of the body. W herever they are situate it is difficult to cure them unless treated judiciously with some cooling, healing, invigorat ing application like this never-failing ointment. It has worked wonders in making bad legs sound and strong, even when the power of the blood-vessels had nearly been destroyed, and almost entire stagnation of the circulation had rendered every other curative means abortive. No sore, wound, or ulcer can withstand its healing influensce, which can be most beneficially exerted when winter is giving place to spring, and the circulation becoming mo re active and more easily controllable by proper purifying, soothing, and strengthening agents. His health s ddenly failed, and he was ordered abroad. Travelling about Europe, he seemed to have recovered his strength, and went to Munich in order to criticise the pictures in the exhibition held there this year. He re turned to England about a month ago slightly indisposed, but lie attributed his disposition entirely to his long journey. [n a few days he took to his bed, and never rose again. He was but 30 at his death. The season for announcing new books is scarcely arrived yet. I have, however, a few announcements to make. Miss Jolly, author of that perfect novel, " Pearl," has in the press a new work, " which, I under stand, she considers her chef d'ccuvre. Mr. John Saunders looks upon his recently-published " Hirell" in the same light, and it is a work of considerable beauty and power. Mr. William Howitt is writing a History of the Society of Friends—a work for which his connection with that body peculiarly fits him. Miss Meteyard, author of the sumptuous " Life of Wedgwood," has published a little volume, called " Give Bread, Gain Love." Mr. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, known best as an artist and an art-critic of the Pre-Raphaelite school, but who has also written some charming poetry, has a volume of poems in pre paration. It will, I hope, meet with a happier Fate than his " Dante at Verona," which, after being announced, was destroyed by its author under very melancholy circumstances. The author of the most interesting article in Cassell'd Popular Educator on the London University is Mr. Rollitt, LL.D., of Hull, himself a distinguished member of that univer sity. The Broadway is to have a new editor. Mr. Norman Lockyer is to edit Mr. Macmillan's new journal of science, Nature, and will be assisted by Professors Huxley, Kingsley, Darwin, and other eminent scientists. Last, and by no means least, it is understood that Dr. Newman is writing a work on Rationalism, which will be published shortly. The London Free and Open Church Association have drawn up a bill for the purpose of declaring and enacting the law as to the rights of parishioners in respect of their churches. The preamble states that whereas according to the ancient law the entire area of any parish church is intended for the equal use of all the parishioners ; and whereas for many years the law has been disregarded or misinterpreted in many parishes by the appro priation of seats, to the injury of the poorer parishioners and the great hindrance of religion, it is expedient that the ancient law should be declared and enacted with a view to its future observance. The clauses go on to declare churches to he for the equal use of all parishioners, to impose upon bishops and other ordinaries and all churchwardens the duty of seeing that the law is carried out ; to declare all appropriations of seats unlaw ful, except in the case of churches built under certain special acts ; to render void all claims and faculties by prescription ; to forbid the granting of future faculties ; and to empower the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to accept a site for a church which the majority of the managing committee desire to be free. The bill will not interfere with the rights of the clergy to use the chancels for the officiating ministers and other persons assisting in the conduct of Divine worship, nor with any rights to private aisles, chapels, or chantries. There is one person in England who has the " courage of his convictions." It is the Rev. Charles Stirling, Vicar of New Malden and Combe. He has a letter in this day's Daily Telegraph in which he ascribes all the misfortunes of England to the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act and subsequent legislation of a similar character. Mr. Stir ling cites his proofs. Unfortunately for him he can find none for sixteen years. From 1829 to 1845 there is no record of disaster. But in the latter year the Royal Standard was blown down at Windsor, and some body let the Queen's crown fall. These terrible calamities occurred on the very clay that the Queen gave her assent to the Maynooth Bill. Then came the famine as an additional punishment for the same offence ; and, though it did visit the wrong persons, though it was not we that had done the wicked deed, who were punished, but other persons altogether, that does not shake Mr. Stirling's faith in his theory of an avenging Deity, who, according to him, strikes out wildly, hitting no matter whom, provided some one be hit. The next punishment was the Crimean expedition, in which, for the first time, Popish priests were sent out for the benefit of Popish soldiers. Of course, all the dis asters that attended that expedition were intended as a chastisement for this offence. No matter that in the end we succeeded ; no matter that some fifty years before a certain ultra-Protestant Royal Duke, who declared that if lie ever wore the crown he would sooner put it off than sanction Catholic emancipation, com manded an expedition still more disastrous ; no matter that the Duke of York returned from Walcheren defeated and disgraced, instead of a conqueror bearing trophies of captured flags and guns. Mr. Stirling is perfectly confident as to his interpreta tions of history, and expects everyone else to be. Then look at the crowning punishment of England. She no longer subsidises half the armies of Europe; she no longer is engaged in constant wars, but is fond of peace and of minding her own business. " There were giants in those days," says Mr. Stirling, looking back to the times of Walcheren and Austerlitz. There was Pitt, for instance, who gave us a gigantic debt ; Pitt, who, by the way, most earnestly desired to emancipate Roman Catholics, but who sup pressed his convictions in order to curry favour with his his King. MIOELLANEOUS NEWS. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE IRISH CHURCH. The meeting at Dublin, which resulted in the choice of the Irish Archbishops as the leaders of the laity, was convened for a different purpose. it was at first intended to address a requisition to the Dukes of Leinster and Abercorn,requestingthem to assemble an aggregate public meeting of lay Churchmen to consult as to the proper course to be followed. But no sooner had the proceedings commenced than the audience set themselves to consider the inexpediency of calling upon the Dukes to hetid the laity, and finally it was determined to have recourse to the Archbishops instead.. The meeting was large and influential. Eleven peers were present. A laudable disposition was manifested to lay aside party differences, and to co-operate for the welfare of the Church. A lively discussion took place, but the speakers were generally of opinion that the Archbishops were the most fitting leaders that could be chosen, though the claims of the laity to a a full share in the government of the Church were strongly insisted upon. the resolution finally adopted was that the Archbishops be requested to convene a lay conference, to be held in Dublin on the 21st of September, and in order that the representation at the conference may be complete, their lordships are to do what is necessary "to secure the election of delegates for such con ference from the several parishes and con gregations throughout Ireland, on a basis of repre sentation similar' to that adopted at the election of lay delegates to the diocesan meetings which pre ceded the recent Church Conference." The Bishop of Cork has just held a local con ference at Bandon. A numerous assembly of ladies and gentlemen passed a resolution that a synod be held in the diocese, and that lay representatives be elected in each parish and congregation equal to the , number of the clergy, THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. The forbearance of the Commissioners at Bridg water has at last been strained too far ; one of the witnesses was too contemptuous towards them, and he has been visited with a heavy fine. A Mr. Symonds told a tale very hard to believe, and being informed by the Commissioners that the way in which he had given evidence tended to make them distrust the truth of his depositions, he replied defiantly that they might believe what they liked, he didn't care ; it was only the opinions of his fellow townsmen that he valued. Ile was asked to retract his observation, but he repeated it even more offensively, and was thereupon fined fifty pounds. A great deal of the sitting was occupied in cross-examining several witnesses who have contradicted one another about the destination of a sum of £lOO, which has mysteriously disappeared. ABridgwater banker stated that Dr. Kinglake, brother of Mr. Kinglake, the candidate at the last election, obtained £l,OOO from him to " purchase the election" for his brother. At Beverley the proof is now clear and unmis takeable that the nrinicipal elections were made by the Liberals a means of gaining votes at the par liamentary contest. Last year the parliamen 4- ary election seems to have been purer than usual, unless, indeed, matters were done more quietly. There were none of those rampant rumours of bribery which generally flew about. At Norwich the commissioners are still pursuing a very hard task, with little satisfactory result to themselves. They have obtained evidence, however, of numerous cases of bribery. IRISH LAND. Sir John Gray, M.P. for Kilkenny, in a series of articles on the land question, advocates the legisla tion of that " fixity of tenure " which prevails on the Lurg:m, Downshire, Erne, and other large estates throughout Ulster. This province has a larger proportionate agricultural population and a greater number of small tenant farmers than any in Ireland. "It is continually referred to by Irish landlords for the industry, order, and content that prevail among its people." Fixity of tenure is the rule on many of the Ulster estates, but it has never been enjoined by law. Sir John would apply the principle to the whole of Ire land by Act of Parliament. But in order to Pre vent the change from converting the landlord into a mere rent-charger, the member for Kilkenny would add a proviso, guaranteeing such increase of rent as the increased price of agricultural produce may warrant. THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY, The committee appointed at the meetini , of the Altocrt Nice 14v-4914 p, recCAPY 4914 4a19449p, recommend that their constituents insist c n the stoppage of litigation, as the only means of preserting the assets and of settling matters in a reasonable time. They are of opinion that the policy-holders should adopt the principle of reconstruction, but should not pledge themselves to the details of the scheme put forward by the actuaries. These authorities think that of the £324,000 which the uncalled capital amounts to only £150,000 could be realised ; the committee believe that a better result might be attained. Policy-holders whose premiums are due are recommended to pay them, for the pro visional liquidators are authorised by the court to receive them, on the distinct condition that " they shall be returned in full if no satisfactory plan for tha reorganisation of the company be settled, or other provision for its assurance liabilities be made, on or before Ist January, 1870." FRIENDLY SOCIETIRS. Mr. Tidd Pratt'sreport on English friendly societies chews that the process of dissolution goes on amongst these bodies as rapidly as ever. During the year 1868 not fewer than 180 friendly societies gave notice of their intention to cease business. Instances of bad management are still numerous. Many complaints arc made that members or their widows and children cannot get their claims paid. This grievance is specially common in the case of burial societies. In most cases the only mode of recovering the money is to apply to the arbitrators in London ; but as the sum insured is generally small, it is not worth the while of the claimants to do so. Excessive expenses of management are still very common. TIIE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPHS. Mr. Dickens's All the Year Round, in an article headed " St. Martin le Grand's Adopted Child," ex presses approval of the transfer of the telegraph lines of the country to the Government, and enters into an explanation of the arrangements which Mr. Scudamore is making for utilising them. The writer states that three kinds of offices will be established—offices of deposit, sub-telegraph offices, and head telegraphic offices. In the first named, messages will be received ; they will also be collected in straggling districts by the post messenger and the mail-cart driver, The sub-telegraphic offices will be in connection with a " head-centre," from which they can be sent all over the country. The chief offices will act like the General Post Office in the case of letters—will "forward" messages collected at the minor stations, and by them obtained at the various depositaries. The shilling rate, first to be tried, will not long continue, this writer thinks ; but he is entirely satisfied that it is a good one with which to begin. He is of opinion that the increase from the sixpenny rate which will be made in some cases— the metropolitan district, for instance—will be balanced by the reduction made for long distances. The money-order system which it is proposed to establish All the Year Round also approves. It points out that the custom of telegraphing money is prevalent in Belgium and Switzerland: The plan used is simple, and very much like that which at pre sent prevails with our post money-orders. Two similar forms have to be filled up in the same way by the remitter ; they shew the amount of money to be sent. The postmaster receives these cards and the money. He stamps one of them and gives it back to the sender, to add anything he may wish by way of telegram. It is then sent to the telegraph office, and the receiver, by applying with the telegram at the district post-office, obtains the money. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPEY. Sir William Thomson announces an important discovery touching the art of laying submarine cables. Ile has found a mode by which a fault existing in the coiled part of the cable on board ship, scarcely recognisable as an incipient flaw, will make a sudden and decisive indication after it passes out of the tank, and . before it reaches the pulley at the stern. The alarm will thus be given in time to stop the cable and remedy the defect. DR. CUMMING. The last broadside of the Weemlinster Gazette editor is answered by an immediate fire from Dr. Cumming. The editor spoke slightingly of the doctor's Latin ; the doctor declares that the editor's reasoning is " worthy of the genius of Ignatius Loyola." Probably the Roman Catholic writer will not consider himself harshly treated in being com pared to the founder of the Jesuits. But touching the point at issue—whether Dr. Cumming, in com mon with other Protestants, is invited to be present at the Council—the ex-interpreter of prophecy really has some argument on his side. Archbishop Manning thinks he is invited, and so does Sir George Bowyer. Surely the opinion of these authorities is not to be despised. But again, we ask, why not rest con tent until the Pope's answer comes ? ENGLAND'S DOOM. The Rev. Charles Stirling, vicar of New Malden and Coombe, seems to have taken up the mantle of interpretation which Dr. Cumming has let fall in his desire to go to Rome and convert Antichrist. Actum est de republied, or, in plain English, it is all up with us. Mr. Stirling sees traces of national decay on every band. Cur history since the Reformation bears a striking analogy to the history of the Jews from the Exodus to the Babylonish captivity —a most humiliating comparison, for the Jews took a period of nearly 800 years to ruin themselves, whereas we, it seems, have come to the verge of destruction in 300. Our national power has declined until we are an object of contempt to all Europe. Count Bismarck speaks lightly of us : which is rather foolish of that Minister, for had not England subsi dised Frederick the Great it is probable that the Prus sian monarchy would never have had any e.:istence And what is the cause of this abject position of England ? In Mr. Stirling's opinion it is our " con cessions" to Popery. The Irish famine was the immediate consequence of giving Maynooth £27,000 a year. The disasters in the Crimea were caused through oar permitting the :English army to take over Roman Catholic priests. The sacrifice of Denmark, and the recent proposal to give up Gibraltar were the result of concessions to Popery. Mr. Stirling believes in omen : " On the very day that her Majesty gave her assent to the Maynooth Bill, and closed the Parliament in person, the Royal Standard at Windsor was blown down, and the crown of Queen Victoria was let fall, and its splendid jewels were scattered on the ground ! I regard these remarkable incidents as ominous of the approaching break up of the Empire. The gentleman who talks in this way is a vicar anct has a certain number of intellects and souls under his care. FATHER IGNATIUS. The Rev. Mr. Lyne, in explanation of his lecture on the Reformation, writes a funny letter, which the Telegraph prints exactly as the rev. gentleman wrote it, with " cd " for " could," " & " for " and, " obt " for " obedient." Father Ignatius's epistle may soon be summed up. Ile thinks the fact of a " bad man " so obvious that lie f L e t l i t t t e Luther's g rm b e e c i e n ssary to make the statement in hi s lec ture. Wickliffe is a " disreputable ancestor." The Reformation was anything but a blessi ng , both in the social and religious sense. The monks were the greatest benefactors of mankind, One of them discovered gunpowder ; is this the reason w hy Mr. Lyne thinks so highly o f th e b o dy ? Father Ignatius, however, succeeds in proving some thing by his letter, which skews c l e a r ly that before he pursues his investigation into the benefactions of the monks a little enquiry into the nature of the English language would not be amiss. TUB BOAT RACE. Mr, 'Milan, the bow oar in the Oxford crew, con curs in the decision of the judge that the Inter 'atonal lace was won by about a length ant. three-quarters. A little way from the fiagboat the Dxonians were four or five lengths ahead, but the nterposition of a row-boat caused them to lcse a .ength. Then they did not reach the flag-boat at ;he point where they expected to find it:— I myself looked round and could see nothing of it ; we even called to some people in a boat to know where it was, end they said they could not see it ; so we paddled on and eventually came to it, so far on that we kept on grumbling end talking as we rowed, and I even said to Mr. Yar iorough, " I vote we stop, for I am not going to row much *urther." All this time we were rowing leisurely, as the :ace was safe ; but the Harvard men were still rowing on lard with that pluck and determination with which they :owed all through the race, and it may, therefore, be •eadily conceived that they gained on us considerably, and he "fiat" of the judge is doubtless correct. ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES. A circular was recently sent round purporting to come from the Royal Colonial Society, and an nouncing the intention of its authors to convene a conference of representatives from all the colonies in order to consider their position in face of " England's desertion." It now turns out that this circular, which the Times thought " marked an epoch in our history," never came from the Colonial Society. Lord Bury, the president, writes to the effect that the gentlemen who signed the circular were fellows of that body, and used its rooms ; but they alone were responsible for the production, whichwas not official. Earl Granville writes to the same purport. The gentlemen referred to had an undoubted right to use the rooms, as they were fellows of the society ; but their publishing a communication which was calculated to mislead does not appear altogether justifiable. PEERLESS PARISHES. Norfolk county in one respect holds an honourable pre-eminence in the province of Canterbury. It contains 127 parishes and townships which possess neither public-house nor beer-shop —a larger number than can be claimed by any other county in the Southern province. Lincolnshire comes next with 116 ; Dorsetshire is close behind with 108 ; Gloucestershire has 83 ; and Leicestershire, 80. Hertfordshire has one beerless parish or hamlet ; Devon and Cornwall figure low on the list with 23 and 25 respectively. Altogether, in the 32 English and 12 Welsh counties embraced by the province of Canterbury, there are about 1,300 places in which no liquor is sold, - • . _ s-. THE NORWICH FES IVAL. The Musical Festival being held at Norwich is progressing. The concerts with which the proceed ings have been opened are not spoken of very highly. Mr. Peirson's " Hezekiah" was produced at 0 10 of them, but made a v ery unfavourable impression upon the Times musical critic. Mendelsehon's " Reforms' tion Symphony" was made an introductory piece, sni spoilt by the late arrivals. The Times corresponde s informs his readers that he has been in suited. Mr. Barclay, who gives no address except London, writes him a letter enclosing £2O of notes in order to influence his criticism on some of the peformances. " Mr. Barclay is desired to all at , the Times office for those notes, which will delivered to him after he has described them, tun' given their numbers and his address." FOREIGN NOTES. THE SUEZ CANAL. The regulations for the transit of vessels on the Sues Canal have just been issued by M. de Lesseps. During the inauguration of the canal there will b e no charge made, • and these regulations will not come into force until the 21st of November. Sb i l l6 of all nations are permitted to use the canal, the sole condition being that they do not draw more than 2.1 s feet, the canal being only 26i feet deep. Ste aln. boats may be propelled in the ordinary manner, but ea'' ing vessels over fifty tons must be towed by the company service. The maximum speed of vessels in the canal i e fixed provisionally at about six miles an hour. Nav i g a• tion is allowed during the night on condition of fares being kept up and a strict watch maintained. The commander° of vessels are forbidden to anchor in the canal or to throw earth or rubbish overboard, and if anything should fail overboard which they are anxious to re cover they aro forbidden to try to recover it therneelveT!' but must give notice at the nearest station. ue charge for transit from one sea to the other is ten frat i per ton, and ten francs per passenger, and th e cost o towage is fixed at two francs per ton. The pilot, Wil° must be retained on board in case of stoppage, is to c11111;ge twenty francs a day. A reduction on this charge P.d however, to be made on those vessels which are towed' THE KHEDIVE. News from Constantinople states that Talaat Pasha' °ll arriving at that capital with Viceroy's reply to the Sultan, forwarded a copy of the letter to the represent°. fives of the Great Powers, with a note, in which te h Khedive appealed to their amicable intervention. /13: Constitutionnel, in reprinting this intelligence, st ates the Khedive, in his reply, gives an explanation respectin,°„, the question of the armaments. Without disputing t`i" non-abrogation of the firmans which interdict the Vo ll c i tian Government from having any vessel of war, ° l t which limit its army to 18,000 men, he recal ls the fa de that since Mehemet Ali :and all his predecessors e actually had a superior military and naval force. bl tacit recognition of this fact by the Porte 3 03 _, 0 all the European Powers justifies him in the COP" which he has adopted. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. The numerous forces which compose the army of Pill ° are about to undergo their annual ordeal of field e%e.r. vises, and the affair always excites great interest 11/ military circles. As an institution the Prussian 01113 ,,,, / : nearly perfect of its kind. Every subject of Xing "„ — :i Liam is compelled to enter the military service, 1 1 0 no substitutes are allowed. He must be three Ye 311 , 1 , - , 3 the army and four in the reserve, and then he enters Landwehr for five years more. I-Ie is then free fro lll obligatory service unless there is a foreign invasi c ' T ',l l B which case every one capable of bearing arms betwee v v ijo ages of seventeen and forty-two must turn out. g e11 : 1 „ t have been condemned to imprisonment with hard laP jl i, are considered unworthy to enter the army. I:" te , i jis• tories of the Confederation are divided into thirteep ° ' tricts, each of which has an army corps. The 0 111 ,;, ° f the North German Confederation has a war-streng'' 11 :)03",000, and a peace establishment of 300,000 mo t; Additions would be made to this force in time of witr t uer virtue of conventions that have been drawn u p with °woo States. The German army, with the exceptioll of Russian, is the largest in the world. PRINCE CHARLES OF ROUMANIA. the The Goloss of St. Petersburg has an article o n c• position likely to be assumed by the Danubian rril'ciroPf4o ties in case of a conflict between the European ese;; the subject of the Eastern question. The Russia n r u t. nal believes that the provinces can never aspire to C Olvry independence, and the question for them to considiierios therefore, who would be their best protector. Ti le v° 4 ll holds that Russia is their natural ally, and it record 9 of satisfaction the rumour tha k. Prince Charl es i 5 51).00 . to marry a Russian grand-duchess. The , ( I : fl tle t has lately received from the Em p eror e le the Order of Alexander Newski. The Patrie receitit:lib intelligence with displeasure, and thinks that ' 'lll do more wisely in remaining under the cast suze'.„ der of Turkey than in allying herself with a row er -11 03 8 whose influence her native Sovereign w ould be.-° merely the governor of a Russian province. riV t. FUNERAL OF lIENRY LETS. On Monday the town of Antwerp paid the last • . 0 er of respect to the memory of the greatest Flemish Oleo. of the time. The funeral of Baron Henry LeYs s/1 :; t° ducted with great solemnity, and nothing was W T '',. 1 ,;3 11 do honour to his name. The walls were Cov er r placards calling upon the citizens to hold a gron er ';'7l' l P l ' ing, a request which was granted willingly. irii,goiut Lsos which was struck by the Artistic Circle of Ant"etrij; laid upon his coffin, and the Royal SocietY %%old Encouragement of rine Arts decided that no sit in his vacant chair for six months. CIVILISATION IN CHINA. „ d oe/ . Government Itseems tto have be not,no a fi s n w al a l s y settledrecentl th:tuottiil e ceo li i i : 51 ) ; diated the treaty which Mr. Burlin recently c° ncliwe t° -united rhat their behalf with the Government of the Nobody knows how the false report origi"a'te6' eilig .t appears that so far from the treatY L i b t ° rejected, the Chinese appear rather disl)°sevocer approve of it. The treaty was of the highest We t - 0 and full of promise as to the of ei vilis fr ateci China. Many persons in EuropPer°fegarreessd that the - °l et States, by means of this a.,,reement, illigitiPire' a B preponderating influence in 'the Celestial ,-- rt o as u b t e apart from the merits of the treaty, it w 35 in ,, i r ° ll oll c n a g p t a h b e il fi i t r y s first o r r e c b o e g i n n i g t iroenp represented e t n h t e e Chinesedby. til i G ss ( i o v : li of itsi II?la LIST FOR THE USE OF VIVA THE METROPOLIS. 11 MUSEU3IS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. 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