The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-10 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Newer in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque Sketches, &c., and the highly successful burlesque THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear, by special command, before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HITNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People el,er} , Satur- Sarntght at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. G LEN lE, Sporting Library, 4. Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, lelivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He Is able to deliver Jvies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9.45 o'clock _ . VICTORIAN (AUSTRALIAN) :RAILWAY LOAN for £2,107,000, in Five per Cent. Debentures.— Authorised by the Victorian Parliament under the Act 32 Vic toria, No. 331, assented to 29th September, 1888, called " The Railway Loan Act, 1868," for the extension of ailways, and, secured upon the Cons Aidated Revenues of the Colony. The Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks. as agenW for the Government of Victoria, Hereby Give Notice, that TENDERS at or above the declared minimum of par (in cluding accruing interest), for the UN ALLOTTED PORTIt of the above Loan, amounting to about £1,463,0 will be tt E CEIVED and Op ned at the London and Westminster Bank on FRIDAY next, the 12th inst., at 2 o'clock p.m., and that pay ment will be received in terms of the advertisement of the lst inst. Preference will be given to new tenders from parties whose tenders have already been accepted, provided the prices offered be equal. Forms of tender may he obtained at the London and West minster Bank, the London Joint-Stock Bank, and the sia Associ ated Australian Banks. For the Bank of New South Wales D. Larnach, Chair man of Committee. For the Bank of A ustralasia For the Union Bank of Australia H. W. D. Saunders. For the Bank of Victoria For the London Chartered Bank of Australia James Fr ser. For the Colonial Bank of Australasia James A. Douglas. London, March 9, 1369. BANK OF ENGLAND, 9TH MAnctr, 1869. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE I_ GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice— That a GENERAL COURT will ba held at the BANK on THURSDAY, the 18th instant, al 12 o'clock precisely, to consider of a Dividend. Also, that another GENERAL COURT will he held at the BANK on TUESDAY, the 13th April next, from 11 o'clock in the Forenoon until 4 in the Afternoon, for the Election of a GOVERNOR and DEPUTY-GOVERNOR, for the Year ensuing (which will be declared that even - ing) ; and the same COURT will be continued by Adjourn meta, and held at the same place and during the same hours, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th April next, for the Election of Twenty-four DIRECTORS (which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the Election of the Twenty-four Directors will be declared as soon as the Scrutiny is over. Printed Lists of the Proprietors having Votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Wednesday, the lith March. 'HAMMOND CHUBB, Secretary. N.B.—By an Act passed in the Seventh year of the reign of George 111., no person will be entitled to vote at the said Election who shall not have been Six Calendar months possessed in his own right of the Stock for which he shall give his Vote. unles the said Stock shall have been ac quired, or shall have come by bequest or by m•trria~e, of by succession to an intestate's estate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any person who shall have been entitled for life to the Dividends of such Stock. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTHAMPTON RACES, 16th and 17th Match. The EXPRESS TRAIN leaving Euston at 9.0 a.m. for RUGBY will STOP at BLISWORTH on both the above days, and be continued to Northampton, arriving there at 10.45 a.m , and a Special Fast Train will return from Nor thampton to London in the evening of each day at 5.40 p.m., calling at Willesden Junction only, and reaching Enston at 7.45 p.m. Passengers from Victoria (Pimlico), at 8.22 a.m., from Kensington at 8.45 a.m., and from Broae-street (City) at 8.25 a.m., can join the Train at Willesden Junction. A SPECIAL TRAIN at CHEAP FARES will also be run on both days from Euston Station to Northampton and Back, leaving at 9.5 a.m. This Train will arrive at Northampton at 11.15 a.m., and return at 6.45 p.m. each day. FAREs —los. covered carriages, 15s. first clas. Trains in connection at 'Willesden I . Fares to Northampton Junction will leave Broad -street and Back : (City) 8.40 a.m., Dalston 8.45 Coy. Cars. Ist Cl am am., Ffighbury 8.49 a.m. lOs 6d 15s Gd Camden Road 8.55 am., Victoria (Pimlico) 8.22, Kensington P.s i - les Od 152 Gd a.m. W. CAWKWELL, Genoral Manager. Easton Station, March, 1?69. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatt , rton. Doors open at half-rast 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS (iF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, HENRY IV. (First Par.): Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Hotspur, Mr. Dillon; Messrs. Ryder, Sinclair, Wil son, Mlntyre, Miss Stuart and Mrs. Vandenhoff. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B.:IDA. pIEATRE ROYAL, II A YAIARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekstone. _ _ THIS EVENING. RAISING TILE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Enekstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. _ _ After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with RUE A L FELICITY: essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c. Boa-office open daily. Commence at Seven. 4111EATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPIII. .L Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, a new farce, entitled A. DAYS FISHING. Mr. G. delmore, Mr. C. IL Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. &t 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, Sc. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts, entitled :VIABLE AN TOINETTE : Louis XVL, Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen. Mr. J. G. Shore; The Dauphin (tire years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr, F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Mait. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. Pp conelnrle with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TE. I Mdlle. Be%triee. )ours open at half-past G, commence at 7. daily from 10 till 5. Box-office open OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swauborongh. THIS EVENING, at THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Cl Lrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But, in and Maitland. After which, THE. FIELD w"rt.. L CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Itobsou Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude 'nth HITE AND DYE. R OYAL rRE AND CIRCUS. HOLBORN The world-renowned 0\ RA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAP perfectly electrified the Metr polls last Autumn, will appear If.VERY EVENING. Onra's performance is now, more than ever, unquestionably seperior to that of Leo tard, or any other performer on the trapeze. His double somer saults from the bar a:e incredib!e, and, to use a hackneyed phrase, most be seen to-be believed. Onra challenges the world. Tliematchless SCENES in the ARENA, as usual, including Herr OSCAR CA RRE and his magnificent tud of Performing Horses, and the Star Company of Equestrians, Acrobats, Gymnasts, and Clowns. "Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excite ment, amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been introduced to the metropolis."—Daily Telegraph. Oct. 30. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Balf-past Two. GLOBE THEATR•E-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; esdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. 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THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " It supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. ALEXA.% DEB (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, moo. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street, I I ! ,1 0% G s, R T A A I NG , R ?mu LICENSE! ) srorau•G 14:DI I lON of "THE SUN " can be seen at GIL a INGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight J'elack. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. rink Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton, - . THIS EVENING, at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by HENRY IV. (First Part). Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Hotspur, Mr. Charles Dillon. Concluding with BED A. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, RAPING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Duckstone, jun., Miss Laws, &c. After which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c. Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE A • TOLNET l'E : Mr W. Rlgnold, Mr. J. a Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray: Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A. CUP OF Tr A : 3ldre. Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins Elms - nut, at 7. A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Delmore, Mr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Delmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, tto, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. This EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David. Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston Tins EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brouzh, H. Irving, R. Fmery, Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVF NING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAI D. Mr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, WeatherNby. After which, FETTER 14;D: Messrs. Cowper. eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. At thur, Bartleman, and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: 'Mss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. TRis EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud f 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, ctc THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. Tilts EVENING, at 7. PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, H. Ne ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson: Mesdames Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris. and At. Henry. After which, TH ie. YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, H. Neville. Atkins. Taylor, Taughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Luder the Management of Miss M Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.!!0, A LOVIVI: CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he follow Id hp CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE' OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Manas-ernent of Miss Marie Wilton This Es - ENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. 'Buckingham White. Kiss C. Addison, and Miss arie Afterwhich, A WETNING HAZARD. And INTE,IGUE. • ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. TUTS ErENING, at 8, TUE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravagyaza, TIIE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and :Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL fl AMR .1 PALACE. THR EE BALLET Promenade Concert. Baud of GO. Begin at 8. ls. Boa-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's -pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children Tinder twelve, CA. ~,, t 47 e. 4 SSUIL 3 ) .-41-',75:-.—„,-4 , • ' --. s.p. -- ( ......- 'VI 6:2,1;, vv., .....„ r.iittPl.:lT 11. ...,IZ-, -, rtf.,/, _ „ .-- ci.Nsi !,___,,,,,,._„--. .... LO.NDON, WED,YESDAY, MARCH 10, 1869 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution yesterday again rallied around it, at itsannual general meeting, a body of enthusiastic supporters. his Grace the Duke of NORTIII73IBERLIND, as President of the Institution, occupied the chair and opened the proceedings, the principal point of interest in which was, as a matter of course, the perusal of the riport, yearly produced by the indefatigable Secretary. Every successive assembly of this kind gives evidence of the advance and development of the resources of the Institution, and of the deep-rooted sympathy entertained in its regard more or less by all classes of the populaion. The only dis:inguishing peculiarity of each occasion is this—that one is now more, now less, proportionately in advance of its immediate predecessor. Without directing attention to the relative value of the good done by this last year's doings of the Society; as compared with that effected by means of the energetic labours of the in. stitution daring tho preceding twelvemonth —we would here more particularly bring under the con sideration of the general public the results of the year l ast past regar d e d as a thi n g apart, quite independently. Since the last meeting of the institu tion, which took place, according to annual usage, i n the City of London, about this time in the early spring of 186.3—it is, first of all, especially noticeable that Eighteen New Lifeboats have been either provided or provided for along our storm beaten coastline under the direction of the Institution. That, of itself, is matter rot only for congrata l .ation, but for exultation and profound thankfulness. For, every fresh Lifeboat anywhere established becomes from the moment of its establishment, as we all know, a fresh central point from which benefic,mce radiates, quite certainly, seawards, and to the right and left, in the immediate neighbourhood. Besides these Eighteen Lifeboats, it is worthy of remark also that wherever they have been seen to be especially desirable carriages and boat-houses as well have been provided. Altogether, there are now, we find, as nearly as possible two hundred, or, to be precise, exactly one hundred and ninety-eight lifeboats belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The in stitution itself at this moment is celebrating its forty fifth anniversary. So that, only forty-five years having as yet elapsed, more than three times that number of lifeboats have been provided under its management, and judiciously placed along the coast of the United Kingdom. With such appurtenances at their command, the Institution has been the means within the last twelvemonth of rescuing as many as six ilundrel persons (1303 altogether) from otherwise inevitable death by Ship wreck. And, as serving to mark in a very particular manner the beneficence of the association in its distinctive character as a " Life boat" Institution, it is observable that the majority of the six hundred thus saved were saved under cir cumstances in which help could not possibly have come to them by any other description of boat than the lifeboat. No other boat could have lived iu the raging surf around those poor sufferers. But for it, but for the lifeboat, they must, for an absolute certainty, have been swallowed up in Destruction. Again, moreover, we have indications abundantly given, and some of them very affecting, of the re markable heroism displayed by the gallant tars manning these Lifeboats of the Institution. In times of peace the prol:ssional heroes of a civilised country are—on slrge the Firemen, the members of our Fire Bcigad, s—and afloat the crews of our glorious Lifeboats. Thanks to the Lifeboat Ili- stitution two immense advantages can be secured : Firr,t, those who arc Eavcd arc snatched from destruction, and, secondly, those who arc the means of saving them are perpetually being afforded opportunities for dial layiug valour and humanity und , :r the roost appalling circumtances—opportu tithes for di-Aiact tL,:t would not othcruiiic present themselves. itieverthele6e, while " much has been done',' alas more, far 6 ' more, remains to do "--I.lore the country at large can in THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1869. any way be said to have acquitted itself of its respon sibilitie3 in this matter, now that the advantages of precisely such an institution have, through its agency, rendered themselves manifest. If 600 lives have been saved, as many as 5,000 to 6,000 are annually placed in jeopardy along our coasts by shipwreck. If 600 lives have been saved-700 lives were lost during this last year by shipwreck along the coasts of the United Kingdom. Our consolation is in reflecting upon the - aggregate amount of good accom plishedby the Royal National Lifeboat Institution during the fifty-five years in which it has been in existence. Within that interval—less by a whole lustre than by half a century—the number of lives saved by its means we find to have been 17,849 alto gether. It has done noble work ; but, beyond that, it has clearly within it a capacity for almost indefi nite expansion. FRIENDS and foes agree in lauding Mr. CHILDERS'S maiden speech as First Lord of the Admiralty. It was indeed a very able speech; not eloquent, cer tainly, but, which was far more important on that occasion, perspicuous and thorough. It was a com plete review of our naval administration. It took up one after another each of the great departments of the service the construc tion of the Admiralty Board, the working of the administrative establishments, the great manufacturing establishments of the dockyards and victualling yards, the manning, the equipping, and the construction of our ships, their allocation to dif ferent stations, and the officering of the navy. Not one point was overlooked, and there was none on which Mr. CHILDERS had not some important sug gestions to make. Taking these various points seriatim, we find, in the first place, that the administration of the navy has undergone an important modification. Under the present arrangement the First Sea Lord and his junior take charge of all business in connection with the personnel of the navy. The Controller of the Navy takes charge of all business connected with the materiel. Both are directly responsible to the First Lord. I The finance of the department is undertaken by the Secretary to the Admiralty, and he exercises control over the funds required by the First Sea Lord and by the Controller. Thus the divided control which used to hamper the administration of the navy has ceased, and the Board of Admiralty virtually no longer exists. This is the most important change of all, because it is the fountain and source of the other changes. The first result of it has been a thorough investigation into the Admiralty Esta blishments at Whitehall and Somerset House. Mr. CHILDERS has discovered that there were two departments preparing precisely the same books, for precisely the same purpose, in precisely the same form, and that neither knew the other was doing this. He has discovered, also, that the number of clerks has increased from 200, who were paid £83,380 in 1849, to 44.5, paid £123,000 in 1809. It is impossible, perhaps it would not be desirable, to reduce the clerical staff to the number of twenty years ago ; but Mr. CHILDERS pro poses to save £20,000 a year. As this saving involves hardship in individual cases, he will surrender his patronage, and whenever a post becomes vacant, which the First Lord has the right to fill, he will place in it one of the superfluous clerks already in the service. At the same time he gives up his official residence in order that the departments may, as far as possible, be brought under one roof. The question of contracts the new Lords of the Admiralty have not yet found time to master. It is a very large one. It will, when examined, give rise, we expect, to some extraordi nary revelations, which will quite eclipse those made before Mr. SEELY'S committee. Mr. CHILDERS'S present idea is that the Admiralty ought, as Mr. COBDEN advised, to be in the same position as a private firm, and have regular buyers well acquainted with the articles entrusted to them, and able to make t f h o a r s th e o e n c l o e u o n v t e r r y t . h e l t t ie is pa si rt gn m i e fi i c l a t n L o tt f t t h h ee change ge t rg h a i i c n h . the Naval Stores Act is to be repealed, inasmuch as it prevents the country from getting the highest price for its old stores. The intentions of the Government with regard to the dockyards are well known. Deptford and Woolwich are to be closed, the workmen on the establishments are to be drafted as fast as possible to the four great yards at Devonport, Portsmouth, Chatham, and Pembroke. The work to be done at those yards will be larger in quantity and yet cheaper in cost. More money will be spent in wages, but there will be a great saving in superinten dence. The same principle will be adopted in manning the navy. The number of seamen will not be materially altered, but the non-seamen will be carefully weeded. Moreover, the present crowded list of officers will be taken in hand. At present there are so many officers that promotion is intolerably slow, and employment is impossible for a large number. It is proposed to clear this list by paying off with a sum down, in lieu of half-pay, those officers whom we can spare, and who are willing to go. The number of ships on foreign stations will be reduced, but our naval power will be really increased by making them move more frequently from point to point. From time to time they will be visited by a flying squadron, consisting of six or seven very fine ships. The coastguard ships will form a squadron of reserve, and will be sent to sea, so that the Naval Reserve will have an opportunity of active drill. Finally, we are to have, among other powerful ships, the two most powerful in the world— turret ships, carrying four 25-ton guns, with an armour of from 10 to 14 inches of iron, a backing of from 13 to 20 inches, and whose cost will be not much more than half of the all but useless Warrior. Mr. CORRY does not approve of this last proposal, and will move a formal amendment to it in committee. The country will hardly complain when the only charge which a Conservative ex-Lord of the Admi ralty can bring against the estimates is that, though they shew a reduction of nearly a million, they are £40,000 too high. CORIMPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, March 9. The air is thick with rumour. A scarcity of news inve riably does give an impulse to the continental imagine tion, but in this case the scarcity amounts to a positive famine, and the inventive faculties are proportionately active. The Belgian railway affair is again exciting attention, and dire whispers of serious consequences float about. The Moniteur yesterday announced, with! inex pressible gravity, that the Belgian repesentative had left Paris, and that a rupture between the two countries was menaced. To-day the Temps completes the news given by the Moniteur. The Belgian Minister did indeed go to Brussels on Saturday, but he has already returned ! The mere fact, however, that he travelled between the two capitals is sufficient for some critics. Then the Duc de Grammont has been recalled from Vienna, where he officiated as ambassador. This step, say the official papers, has no political signifi cance ; but the New Free Press is of opinion that the relations between France and Prussia have again become weaker. Thirdly, we have talk of an interview between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Italy, and some of the papers are grumbling because Turkey still keeps a corps d'arm(e on a war footing in Thessaly. Lastly, but most important of all, the debate on the Crddit Foncier Loan is still a dead weight on the mind of the public here. The dis missal of M. Rouher and an entire change of Ministry is talked of. M. Rouher is to be made President of the Senate—an office of great dignity, which M. Troplong has most opportunely left vacant. The information that M. Rouher will have to give some account of himself comes from a very good source. The Emperor has never abandoned M. Haussmann for a moment, and he will certainly call M. Rouher to explain the too premature surrender which the latter thought himself obliged to make in the Corps Leg isl ati f. 31. Laboulaye has consented, after much solicitation, to come forward as a candidate for the Seine-et-Oise department. His programme is strongly in favour of religious and political liberty, and equally strongly against standing armies. The publication of the Pope's letter to the Archbishop of Paris in the third edition of M. Emile 011ivier's book was not only unauthorised, but has caused great indigna tion. The Elendard is very severe upon M. 011ivier for publishing a private letter which had not even been officially given to him. It hints that the letter was kept back until the third edition in order to give the book a fresh impulse. Curiosity would buy up one or two issues without the Pope's letter, but after that the sale needed stimulating by an " appendix." Poor 111. 011ivier, therefore, fares badly on all sides. The Siecle casts him out, and the Etendard hints that the book is a commercial speculation. It appears that some subordinate in the service of the Archbishop managed to get hold of the letter, and through him it came into M. 011ivier's hands. This functionary is to be dis missed. No less than 315 adjudications of bankruptcy have been made by the Tribunal of Commerce during January and February. M. Hector Berlioz, the well-known composer, is dead. He was born in 1803, and in early youth was put to the study of medicine, which, however, he speedily renounced for the more congenial pursuit in which he has gained such fame. In 1826 he was compelled to seek his livelihood, which he did by accepting an engagement in the chorus of the Gymnasium. He soon produced a mass for four voices, with chorus and orchestra, which was followed by the " Waverley," and his fantastic symphony based on "The T empest " an d on "F aust, " w hi c h was overture to arranged for the piano by Liszt. In 1828 he gained the second prize of the Institute for musical composition, and in 1820 won the first prize by his cantata of " Sardanapalis." The list of his after works is too long for me to enter into ; but amongst the roost successful were " Harold" and " Romeo and Juliet" symphonies. He was the author of several literary w or k s . His principal reputation is founded upon his endeavour to introduce a new style in music—an attempt which was in a measure successful. It incurred the censure of some, but Paganini was of opinion that Berlioz was the equal of Beethoven. The great violinist testified his admiration by a present of £BOO. Several years since the well-known publishing firm of Michael Levy agreed to bring out a " History of the House of Condd," by the Orleanist Duc d'Aumale. After the book was printed, the Minister of the Interior of th a t t i me gave orders to the police, who seized eve r y copy, and prevented the issue. The seizure was irregular and illegal; nay, as the Liberte has it, it was monstrous. But we are now informed that M. Forcado de la Roquette has ordered all the volumes, which are still in the possession of the police to be restored to the publishers. Several actions have already been brought, but the courts have pronounced themselves incompetent. A suit is now pending, and the Government has offered to pay the costs: of this! Was there ever such an Adminis tration ? Seizing the books was disgraceful, but to deliver them up after seven years' retention is a confession of error which will humiliate the Government without repair ing the evil. . _ You have, doubtless, received the verdict in the Montauban child murder case. It is simply ridiculous. Capital punishment is still the law of France, and yet the 'wretch Delpech, who murdered eight children by thrusting their heads into hot water, and who killed her own daughter's child by pouring vitriol down her throat, is sentenced to hard labour for life. Why not repeal a law which is such a wretched face? If the woman Delpech be not deserving of death, no criminal can be. THE TVL'ATIIL'E TABLE. -THIS DAY. -- f! PROSPECT OF ANOTHER GREAT _COTTOA STRIKE. The news from the cotton districts becomes very - alarming. According to the Liverpool Post partial and total stoppages in Preston continuo to increase ; in fact, the losses upon some descriptions of manufactures are so great as to render any other course impossible, if utter ruin is to be averted. Some firms cling to the hope that a reduction of 10 or 20 per cent. in wages may cure the evil of which all complain ; but in many cases a much larger reduction—some say 50 per cont. even— would still leave the business unprofitable. Last week it was agreed that notice should bo given of a general reduction of 10 per cent., but even with this very many firms contemplate stopping their machinery altogether. Iu the case of Mr. George Smith's mill, Moor Brook, where a reduction of I 5 per cont. has been adopted, the Union has made a most determined effort to tab the attempt; but, notwithstanding that effort, Mr. Smith has three hundred looms at work, mil most of his spindles ; and it is believed that the resistance that will be offered to the general reduction of 10 per cent. will bo equally futile. Tho Spinners' and Minders' Association have as yet re ceived no intimation of the action of the masters. They say that some time since it Was arranged by deputa tion that, before anything further was done, with reference to wages —as the operatives are even now working at a reduction of 5 per cent. below the standard list, and have been doing so since Jan., 1867—deputations from the two bodies should together consider the course to bo taken, and that under any circumstances Preston should be governed by the East Lancashire list of prices. They therefore now complain bitterly that the masters have come to the resolutions above stated without giving them the promised interview. In consequence of the strike at Mr. Smith's mill, the Spinners' Association have now on their books 1031eads of families refused relief by the parish authorities. DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY aZir ,THE LICENSING SYSTEM. Yesterday afternoon a large and influential deputation of members of Parliament, magistrates, and others from the counties of Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Lincoln shire, Northumberland, Essex, Staffordshire, the North, East, and West Ridings of Yorkshire, and from the boroughs of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Reading, bad an interview with the Light Hon. Austin Bruce, the Home Secretary, on the subject of the licensing system. The Chancellor of the Exche quer was also present, but took no part in the proceed ings. Amongst those forming the deputation were Lord Sandon, 11. P., Mr. Graves, M.P., Mr. Rathbone, M.P., Mr. Came, Mr. Edward Lawrence, and Mr. Wybergh, from Liverpool; Sir T. G. Hesketh, M.P., the Hon. F. A. Stanley, Mr. Starkie, M.P., Mr. Hibbert, M.P., Mr. R. Shaw, M.P., the Right Hon. J. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., Mr. Alfred Milne, Mr. J. M. Bennett, Mr. N. Fowler, Mr: C. F. Richards, from Manchester ; Mr. W. J. Leigh, M.P., Mr. E. C. Egerton, M.P., from Cheshire ; Mr. T. Fletcher, M.P., Mr. W. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. C. Potter, M.P., from Cumberland; Mr. Joseph Dodds, 3.1. P., Mr. J. W. Pease, M.P., Mr. T. C. Thompson, from Durham ; Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M.P., from Northumberland ; Mr. W. Winn, M.P., and Sir M. J. Cholmeley, M.P., from Lincolnshire; Lord Teignmou th, the Right Hon. Thomas Emerson Headlam, M.P., Colonel Duncombe, M.P., Mr. H. W. F. Bolckow, M.P., Mr. F. A. Milbank, from the North Riding of Yorkshire . Mr. J. D. Dent, M.P., Mr. W. IT. Broadley, M.P., Mr; C. Sykes, M.P., from the East Riding ; Colonel Akroyd, M.P., Lord F. Cavendish, M.P., M r . M orr i son, M . P ., Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Mr. J. Fielden, M.P., Mr. W. N. Philipps, and Sir F. Crossley, M.P., from the West Riding. The above list represents but a comparatively small pro portion of the names of those wno were present, the deputation being so numerous that the official room of the Home Secretary was not large enough to contain it, and it had, therefore, to assemble in one of the apartments of the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down ing-street. Colonel WILSON PArIEN introduced the deputation to Mr. Bruce, stating briefly that their object was very earnestly to press upon the notice of her Majesty's Ministers the great necessity which there was for some alteration being made, and made as promptly as possible, in the present system of licensing beerbouses. They desired also to place in the Home Secretary's hands several peti tions from the magistrates of various localities. As Mr. Bruce knew, a petition had been presented yesterday in the House of Commons from the grand jury of Lancaster, praying for an alteration to be made in the law, which, as it at present existed, was productive of most injurious results. Mr. ASHWORTH, of Salford, presented the petition from that district. The subject, he said, had very frequently been under the consideration of successive Governments. The mode in which licenses were obtained for beerhouses worked in this way, that the very men to whom the magistrates referred them had only to go to the excise officers and they could obtain them by purchase. It could hardly be denied, in the face of the facts and statistics that had been collected, that crime in the larger towns was to a great extent traceable to the beerhouses. In all parts of the country the magis tracy testified to this. In Salford he believed theincreased demand for labour, producing, as it of necessity did, increased wages, added to the facilities offered for getting drink at the numerous low beerhouses which existed, had tended to produce an immense amount of the crime which came under the notice of the magistrates. The C overnment, he added, would be acting wisely by spending some of the Parliamentary time which they were devoting to devising means for the correction of cri minals in bringing about an alteration in a law which was the source of so much crime. He desired also to call the attention of the Home Secretary to the number of present ments made on the subject by grand juries. Lord TEIGNMOUTH was sure that the unanimous support of the magistracy would be given to the object sought to be attained by the deputation, as would that of all other thinking men, not excepting the licensed victuallers them selves. That Government which should bring about an alteration in the present anomalous system would be de serving of great credit, and would always be regarded with sentiments of gratitude. Mr. LAWRENCE (ex-Mayor of Liverpool) presented a petition from the magistrates assembled in quarter session. The greatest interest, he said, was felt in Liverpool in the matter now brought under the notice of the Home Secre tary. A bill had been prepared in 1867 on the subject, but had been withdrawn because Mr. Walpole had promised that the matter should engage the attention of the Government. For reasons to which he need not refer at length, Mr. Walpole had been unable to c trry out his undertaking. There had been some differences of opinion amongst the magistrates in Liverpool as to the length of time houses to which licenses were granted should be permitted to keep open, but he rejoiced to say that there was in the borough the utmost unanimity upon the points, that the present system of licensing was unsatisfactory, and ought to be altered, and that no alteration would be satisfactory which did not place the beer licenses under the same authority as public-houses. Licenses were now granted by three different authorities, the beerhouse license by the excise, the licensed victualler's license by the magistrates, and the wine license by the magistrates and the authorities combined. There was also a great anomaly in the extent to which offences against the different licenses were punished. The report of the House of Commons in 1854 had condemned the present system, and every Government since had endorsed that condemnation. It was generally supposed that the system was one fraught with so many difficulties and involved so many personal questions that Governments were afraid to grapple with it. This must be so no longer, and any Government which set to work to find a remedy for the evil would be supported warmly by the whole country. In Liverpool, 9-10ths—he might almost say, 99-100ths were of the same opinion as the deputation on the subject. Much was expected from a Reformed Parliament, and he trusted the first Cabinet selected from it would not shrink from this great work. He believed that Mr. Gladstone's sympathies were with the movement. After some further observations from members of the deputation from Birmingham and Sheffield, Mr. BRUCE replied that he was sure he could say for Mr. Lowe as well as for himself that the observation made by the several members of the deputation bad been received with great interest. If any doubt as to the wide spread feeling of interest taken in this matter brought under their notice could have existed, the number and in fluential character of the members composing the deputa tion must at once have set it at rest. One of the speakers had reminded him that successive Governments for some years past had had it in contemplation to legislate on the matter, and to remedy, if possible, the evils complained of. He had himself been con nected with Governments which had intended to do this ; and there had been others with which he had not been politically associated not less anxious on the same point. The difficulties surrounding the subject had also been made a matter of comment, and the fear that Government had thought of bringing forward a measure which it would afterwards have to carry out. If he (the Home Secretary) had thought that the Government could have seen that there was any chance of the carrying the measure this session, he should certainly have proposed to his colleagues to bring in a bill. Nothing but a complete measure would, he thought, meet the requirement of the case. The present was the third deputation he had received on the subject ; the first had proposed that the transfer of beerhouse licenses should be made to the magistrates ; the second proposed that a suspensory measure should be passed, but the one before him did not, as he understood, suggest any plan of its own. They thought, he presumed, that almost anything was better than the present system, but did not endorse the opinion of the first deputation to which he had referred. The steps to be taken to bring the matter forward would de mand great deliberation. Mr. Gladstone bad afew days since promised that the subject should be deeply considered by the Cabinet. More than this he (Mr. Bruce) could not say ; but he should be able to impart to his colleagues the important views which the deputation had enunciated, and the sentiments that they had so strongly expressed that some sort of action must be taken and he believed it ought to be taken promptly. A co-operative store at Rochdale was broken into a night or two ago, and a laigo number of metal cheques used in the business, representing £250, were stolen. On Monday two men were charged before the magistrates with b3ing concerned in the burglary, their de tection having arisen from the suspicion caused by their having produced £5 worth of the cheques, which they de sired to convert into money. They were remanded. At a large public meeting at Bradford on Monday it was determined to close all places of business between the hours of eleven to ono o'clock on tho nomination and polling days (Thursday and Friday next). Mr. Thompson's friends proposed that Friday should be observed as a general holiday, but this was defeated on the part of the Mialiites by a large majority. The excitement in the town is intens?, and the contest is expected to be a severe one. The London correspondent of the Lcecls Mercurp ays—" Ifer Majesty had on Thursday the pleasure of be coming personally acquainted with two of the most disth guished writers of the age—Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Browning. These eminent men—who, so far as intellect is concerned, stand head and shoulders above their contemporaries —were invited to meet the Queen at the r( s:denco of the Dean of Westminster, and the nterview was one of a very pleasing and characteristic 4ind. Mr. and Mrs. Grvte were :asp of the par ty. 711 E ROYAL MUSIC HALL. The proprietor of this favourite place of public amuse ment continues to provide for his patrons a very agree able and excellent entertainment, maintaining, at the same time, all the commendable features that so strongly mark his management. Unlike other establishments, which at one time were looked upon as " music" halls, but which have now become changed into sensational ballet saloons, Mr. Sweasy still places . his reliance upon the attraction of really good music, and the hearty support he receives from the public must be very gratifying to him. In a varied programme it would be unfair to expect him to please the tastes of all his patrons, but he arrives as near that point as can be possible, and he miL-ht yet reach nearer the desired result if some kind of supervision was exer cised over the comic songs. It is much to be regretted that Mr. Arthur Lloyd so degrades his talent as to sing such unmitigated rubbish as he did last evening, because there are plenty of excellent and witty songs he is quite capable of giving with humour and effect with out offending- the tastes of any of the audience. But without further noticing the trashy item in the pro gramme, we pass a t once t o a more p l easan t d uty, an d begin by compli men ti ng Mi ss Ad e l a L e i cester, w h o pro raises to becom e a f avour it e pu bli c vocal i st. Mdlle. Lara is another excellent singer, and Master Michaels is a very clever juvenile comique. The great feature of the pro gramme now is the singing of Mr. Pat Currie's "Original Irish Minstrels," and a better or more entertaining band of "minstrels" we know not of. The melodies of Erin aro given with exquisite taste, and the clever troupe wAI de serve :be enthusiastic applause they nightly receive. Tho band, always excellent at " the Royal," nightly performs one or two of the compositions of the great masters, x - cute(' in a manner that culls for the highest commendaf(n. Altogether, the entertainment here is ve.-y excellent, and deserves tbo strongest public support. • The eminent ph6tOgraphers, Messrs. Lucas and Tuck, of No. 7, Haymarket, hare just taken a portrait cf the Bishop of London, which is perhaps one of the finest ,„ c i aie ns yet produced. The half tones come out ad o'iirably, and altogether it is a faultless picture. They have al;o been very sueees. ini tht , port' ait to stone, thus producing a lithograph of the lightest ex cel!ence. As a likeuoss the portrait is unmistakable, as a, work of art it is of the highest excellence. mET ronoLocreAL DEronTs. Extreme Sea Wednesday, It t W F. 0 March 10, B. T. /....- ;I.; • 1 1 t 2 0 F. D. WR. to 8 a.m. 9 —17.7, - ---z--- - Nairn Aberdeen Leith - ..;.,-,-, 4 2 E.S.E. bim 0•08/- Shields - 2 Scarborough 29•55 f. 38 •' 3 „ E ' s •,, , 5 3 N.E. s.ro , o'2B 4 Yarmouth 29•5d. 36 • ''''. 5 5 S.W. , Leo - 5 _ _ -• __ Helder - - - - - - Cux haven - - _ - - - - - - Sku denims - -34 4 - N . E . - 1 - - - - Ardrossan - 3 N.N.E. h e 0'23 Greencastle 29 62r. 4 0 4 5 ~, 36 E.N.E 2 K Holyhead , G Z. • ‘, N.N.E. c.m - - Liverp00l - 0 Valentia Cape Clear - —7, 4 1 ~,T N E - - - - - - - Roch e's Pt 29'46f. 35 " • • • 1 6 N.N.E. c.b. - 0 Penzance Plymouth - 2 Pembroke Portsmouth 2941 f. 36 E. 3 2 E.S.E . - .m; o'4o 2 London - - C'peGrisNez 29 43f. 32 -„ , 1 ,1 ~ 5 4 sy. o.c. _ Brest L'Orient Rochefort 29•19f. 37 37 aa. p 5 5 S. o. - 1 Biarritz - _• • rn. - 3 Corunna - - - - - - - - - - Brussels - - - - - - - Paris - - - - - - - - _ - Strasbourg - - - ---- - - -- - Lyons .. Toulon - 7 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. g x i : e r. . 1 4t d 142 1 local Mine) - - - - - - - - - - z of ._ t c h a e ira m . mercury last 14 hours , Thermometer exposed in I nd N icates direction of motion Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; 0 , shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. b.-blue sky ; C.-Cowls, detached ; f. - fog h • - hail ; 1.-lightning ; 50*-nli6tY' hazy ; 0.-overcast, dull r.- rain ; s.-snow ; t.-thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) Since yesterday morning during last 24 hours, Sea disturbance. e ry ather: within a slight recovery of barometrical pressure REMARKS. has occurred iu the north of Scotland; whilst at our southern stations, and particularly in the S.W. of France, the decrease has continued. Pressure is lowest in the south, and the reading at Rochefort is 0'541n. lower than at Nairn. Temperature has scarcely changed. The north - easterly squalls at Valencia have died down, and this morning light is moderate winds are everywhere reported. In the W. of these islandi and in N.W. France they arefrom between N. and E. ; but are southerly in S.W. France and along the E. coast of England. A little rain has fallen. The sky is overcast or cloudy. with snow in the N.B. The sea is calm. In a breach of p romise case tr i e d a t N o ttin g h am on Monday, the pl a ' ut i ff, who was described as the daughter of a Dewsbury surg eon, and was sa id t o b o forty ye a r s o f age, obtained a verdi ct for £6OO damages against the defen dant, a gen!leman of independent means, living near Nottingham. An alarming accident occurred on the Lancashire and lorkshire Railway at Todmorden on Monday. Several of the passengers were seriously injured, and some of them report that they consider their escape to be of a marvellous character. It appea rs th at the points were un d er re p a i r, an d that, the temporary f as t en i ng giving way, several of the car riages were thrown off the rails. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that a letter has been rect-ivcd from Mr. He urges its rej.3cti on b y the Senate b ecause i t ma k es no Su Hill er, explaining hi s Lostilly to the Al a b ama T reaty. Provision for the injury sustained by the Republic through the sweeping of its commercial marine from the sea—in other words from the recognition of the South. At the Oldham Police -court, on Monday, Roger Wilding, a colhc!or of borough rat , s for the Oidham Cor poration, was brought up on a charge of embezzling cer tain sums of money which ho had receivel en account of rates. Evidence vas given of three distinct cases of em bezzlement, amounting in all to about ..£lOO. The prisoner was committed. to the sessions for trial, bail being refused. Two children were burned to death in the soutll_ western snburi s cf London yesterday. One of them, a girl named Hamwood, aged ten years, residing at Chelsea, was standing On the fender to reach something off the rnantlesilof, her chess cangl,t the flames of the tin,. She died as soon as she arrived at the hospital. At Fulham, Charles [zod, aged six , years, _blunt to death undez „ wag • eiratlar clrcgmetaiAgo. SUPERVISION OF CRIMINALS. Yesterday an important memorandum was issued for the information of Parliament, describing the present iyatem of supervision pursued by the police with respect to license holders in the metropolis. From this memorandum it appears that a male license holder is required to personally report himself at the principal police station of the district in which he resides within three days of his liberation. A printed description of the license holder is sent from the prison to the police, with the address where the man, ?revious to his liberation, stated he intended to reside. No further steps are then taken by the police for a month from hat date, when, if the license holder again reports him- self, he is considered as complying with the law. After inquiry to ascertain if the address given is a correct one, . no further supervision is kept over him by the police, and his lodgings are not again visited. If a license holder neglects to report himself as above, or is seen and suspected of leading an irregular life, then the police make quiet in quiry, and, as is frquently the case, if it is found that he has left the address he was living at, his description is inserted in the Police Gazette with directions for appre- hension. The employers are never informed by the police that they are employing a license-holder. No case, says Colonel Henderson, has ever been known of police levying black mail on license-holders. Of :368 male license-holders discharged in the metropolitan police district in 1868, 290 placed themselves undrr the care of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, either on discharge or subsequently. Colonel Henderson remarks that there have been difficulties in consequence of a divided jurisdiction ; but, in the event of the passing of the measure introduced by Lord Kim- Lerley, the supervision of con victs who place themselves in charge of the Prisoners' Aid Society will be carried on by the police in conjunction with the officers of the society, ' and can be so arranged as to avoid any undue interference with the men. As regards the arrest of license-holders or of persons nho have been twice convicted of felony, it is clear, Colonel Henderson remarks, that all must depend on the personal knowledge of the police-constable of the person and antecedents of the suspected person. Under ordinary circumstances no constable interferes with any license-holder, nor would he arrest any man on suspicion without previously reporting the circumstance to the Corn missioner, who would order quiet inquiry to be made, and give instructions, if necessary, for the man's arrest. Iden tification would be rendered more easy than at present by the proposed central registration. Mr. Henry A. Bowen, a well-known New York financier, has arrived in London as the agent of an portant railway corporation in America. THE CLOSING OF WOOLWICH DOCK YARD.—It is stated that negotiations are pending between the Govern. ment and one of the largest shipbuilding firms on the Thames with a view to letting to the latter a considerable portion of Woolwich dockyard for the purpose of building iron ships of a large class. Should the negotiations prove successful much of the apprehended distress consequent upon the closing of the Government dockyard will be averted, and the migration of a large number of skilled artisans from the town prevented. NARROW GAUGE TRAFFIC ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On and after Monday next the northern section of the Great Western Railway will be worked entirely upon the narrow gauge. Trains leaving Paddington for Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Manchester, and Birkenhead will now run from London to their desti nation on the narrow gauge, instead of partly upon the broad and narrow. The metropolitan traffic of the Great Western will be also partly narrow gauge, and also some of .the trains into Windsor. The broad-gauge trains will be confined to the western district of the railway. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —The rate of mortality in London last week was 24 per 1,000, while in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom it was 26. In Birmingham the rate was as low as 18, while in Glasgow it was 38, or more than double. The deaths in the metro• polis were 1,487, or 51 less than the estimated number. Measles, scarlet fever, and whooping-cough are on the increase. Five persons were killed by horses and vehicles an the streets. The mean temperature during the week was 39'1, or rather more than one degree below the average. A decision cf importance to friendly societies was ratified at the Eckington (Yorkshire) Petty Sessions en Mon day. The treasurer of a friendly society had refused to dis bufSe funds for a " club feast," on the ground that such a pay sent would be illegal; whereupon ho was requested to resign, and deliver up the money and books in his hands. He refused and was summoned before the magistrates. An objection was then set up that as the proceedings had not been taken within six months, the jurisdiction of tho Bench was ousted. The Bench took this view of the case, but the Court of Common Pleas (on appeal) decided that the benoh lad jurisdiction. The case was therefore remitted to Ecking ton, and on Monday the defendant was ordered to give up the cash, £l4, and the books of the society, and pay £2 fine, with £1 expenses. MURDER RYA LUNATIC. —Au inquest has been held at Birmingham into the circumstances attending the death I Mary Ann Ackland, a pauper inmate of the Borough Asylum. Deceased had been placed in the airing yard attached to the ward. There was no other patient in the yard at the time. Ten minutes later she was dead, with a wound upon her head. A lunatic, named Bridget Hart, said she had struck Ackland with a piece of iron, which was found close by under some shrubs. Hart was a vio lent lunatic, and, in consequence of a disturbance which she caused in the ward, she was removed into the court. The deceased was 31 years of age, and had been over six rears in the asylum. Hart was a tall, muscular, powerful woman. The jury found that the woman Hart had com ,fiitted homicide whilst in a state of unsound mind. A MODEL PARAGRAPH. —ln order to accommo date newspaper language to the new theory that electri city is merely a " mode of motion" and not a fluid, the Chicago Times publishes the following model of a para graph :—" During the thunderstorm of yesterday the stable of Mr. John Jones became subject to electrical conditions. There resulted a violent molecular electric agitation, whereby a hole was undulated, or rotated, through the roof of the barn. The peculiar motion of the molecules was finally carried to and communicated through a haymow, setting it on fire, and hence through the body of a hors; whereby death resulted."--New York Tribune, Feb. 25. ENDURANCE OF COLD BY HORSES. —The Abel& 211edicale contains the following curious information about the power of endurance of cold by horses. On the 2nd of January, 1846, an expeditionary column operating in the mountains of Bou-Taleb, Algeria, started for Setif with mild and beautiful weather ; but on the following night a severe frost set in and snow fell in abundance, continuing on the 3rd and 4th, so that it rose to a height of nearly three feet. The head of the column arrived at Setif on the evening of the 4th. During these two days and nights about one-fourth of the men were buried in the snow, another fourth experienced no bad effects from the cold, and the rest had to be sent to the hospital on account of bad ehilbla!ns. And yet none of the horses of the four squadron.-z, which belonged to the 3rd African Chasseurs, suffered the slghtest inconvenience ; neither feet, nor tails, nor ears were frozen; the pulmonary affec tions were not more numerous than usual. The secon:i case occurred in the Crimean war, during the winter of 1555-6. The thermometer fell to four degrees below Fab renlicit's zero ; one of the horses had a hoof frozen on to the ground, which had to be broken up with a pickaxe 1, release it. For thirty-six hours tire animals were leer,: without drink, because as soon as the water had be drawn up it would freeze in the pail ; and yet this intel:; • cola alf,et thy Itad to bivo in the open air, the stables not being. ready. These cases go far to sliew that there is no danger in good ventilation etables. even in the depth of winter. '-- ( I TS 1, 1 1. 1 . , it ntilit HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 9. her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Lou ise ' Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, arived be" from Windsor Castle at twenty minutes pas t 12 o'clock. The Queen, ac2ompanied by Princess Louise , drove out this afternoon. LOYAL NATIONAL LIPEBOA7 1N57 1 17 (1710 N. The annual general meeting of the subscribers and friends of the National Lifeboat Institution w ag held yesterday at the London Tavern—his Grace the Duke of Northumberland in the chair. Th ere were present am ongs t ot h ers the Right Hon. Ea?' i Percy, UP., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., CaPZ I : Richards R.N, h y d rographer of the Admiralty, 'llo l " Chapm an , E sq., F.R.S., Gen. Moore, C. 13, C e " Mackenzie, James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S., MOO Botley, Esq., F.S.A., Capt. the Hon. F. ga ttde ' R.N., Col. Fitzroy Clayton, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, K.C.8., Capt. Montagu Pasco, R. N. ' N. B. Downing, Esq., Christopher Brown, Esq . ' Francis Lean, Esq., R.N., E. K. Brown, El f ' Arthur Pe n d arves Vivian, Esq., M.P., and C. Cooke, Esq. The Noble CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfacti on that the institution continued to hold a place in the feelings of th e nat i on. T hey had now nearly o lifeboats on the stations ; many of them had bees, contributed by p r i vate i n di v i duals. The results of their efforts during the past year had been t he saving of nearly 900 lives. The men round the coast were always ready to aid in manning the lif e ' boats, and the coastguard were especially .04111 to give their abl e ass i s t ance. The past season ha been oce of long calms followed by tremendee tempests. The efforts of the committee had bee ° unflagging, and they were anxious to accept every improve men t, and to carry out ev e ry plan by whi c the object of saving life might be effected. The officers of the institution were re-elec ted ' and the secretary, Richard Lewis, E sq ., read the t report, which s t a t e d t h at s i nce the last rePc . r . 18 lifeboats b a d b een p l ace d , or were abou t to o t : placed, on th e coasts. C arr i ages and gnat houses had also b een prov id e d where req uire The institution now possessed one hundred an ninety-ei g ht lif e b oats. During the past twelve . months they had b een th e means of rescu ing i s , l s hundred and three persons from various shipwre e nearly the whole of whom were saved under ll ', cumstances in which th ey cou ld not have been any ordinary d escr i pt i on of boat. On some °f the occasions where li ves h ave b een save d , the ser , vices of the lif e b oat crews had been of the I.l' life' heroic cha r a c t er . Th e crews of the several f„.si boats of he institution con ti nue d t o reg ard the y with unbo un d e d confidence. That confid enca was undoubt e dl y f u ll y just i fied by t h e v er y small number of lives which (considerlll6 • Mt the perilous character of the lifeboat w e had been lost from them, amounting to less than 3 , 0 average of one i n eac h year s i nce the i nst i tu tion, l the year 1852, undertook the work of providing oa costs with imp rove d lif e b oats. Year a f t er y ear our coasts ar e s t rewn w i th sh i pwrec k s to t h at e number of nea r ly 2,000 , b y w hi c h the li ve s of di. least 5,000 or 6,000 men were placed in jeollar The nuraber of lives thus imperilled during t past year was fully up t o thi s average . 700 per' sons perished f r o m s hi pwrec k s on t h e coas ts °`, the United Kingdom during the past year. Fe and meetings had b een h e ld i n several l arge cities .0. towns to promote the o l 3jects of the iestituttot. Attention was called to th e unceas i ng efforts of t i n e Board of Trade in maturing and maintaining to rocket apparatus in a state of thorough e fficienel i ; This agency cont r ib u t e d every year, un d er the 3b management of the officers and men of the coas t guard servi c e, t o th e sav i ng of hundre d s o f live s from shipwrecks in situations where, from the P re• sence of rocks and o th er i mpe di ments, it wou ld b absolut e ly i m p rac ti ca bl e f or li feboats to be rendered equally available. The cordial co-operation of the Bo ird of Trade, of the officers and men of the coastguard service, of the local branch committees, and of our coast boat men an d fishermen were the 45 The number o f li ves save d during to „ oo 45 years from the establishment of the iristi tuil its in 1824, to the end of the year 1868, either hi bich lifeboats o r by spec i a l exert i ons f or Nl' s it has grant e d rewards, was 17,80. This W 3 glorious life-sa v i ng recor d , o f wh i ch our eoaotri. might well be proud. In addition to the 6 03 _ o f and 25 vessels saved exclusively by the lifeboats °f the institution, 259 lives were rescued last y et by fishing-boats and other means on and outlying banks of the United Kingdom. o f these services 13 silver medals, 15 v ntee ao d thanks inscribed on vellum and parchment' tiore £2,431 had been granted by the ins tit . / Since the formation of the society it ba d a nd pended on lifeboat establishments voted 90 gold and 801 silver medals for ea; o f life, and pecuniary rewards to the aul °lll3 . fa r% the .eror of £29,167. The committee had again the sat ls om , tion to acknowledge the earnest and kind e°; c - a i ration they continued to receive from til e ro t branch committees, which constitute so DIV_ for a portion of the machinery of the institut ion the supervision of its several lifeboat es tablish' ments, and of the valuable and gratuitotiatbsosa vices of the zeal ous h onorary secre taries of r . committees. The tot a l amount o f re ceipts u 9s. ing the year 1868 had been £3 1 , 666 7 13 Bd. ; and of that sum no l oss than £ 6 ' 7l Os. 2d. were spe c i a l g ift s t o d e f ray th e cost of tbtyr: teen lifeboats. The t o t a l expenditure of the Be eie 3 3. including liabilities, amounted to £31,58 5 4s. be . Twenty legacies o f var i ous amounts h as been apra queathed to the instit u ti on d ur i ng t h e past iLare months. The it ems o f rece i pts an d exPer' ~a 1 to were detailed i n th e fi nanc i al statement annexed the report, a u dit e d , as usual, by a pu bli c accouhiaot. The instituti on h a d now under its charge a Illa F f. sa nid d centfleet, consi s ti ng o f 198 lif e b oats. To m aiutal a , O a w perpetuate th e operat i ons o f the soc iety part 01 _ 00 , matter of unceasing solicitude on the committee, who were deeply sensible of the r ee Y res t sibility incurred in the management of this g oo d and national institution. Nevertheless, eneou r 1 50 as the committee had been by the public, a ided t : e ir by their invaluable local organisation, and by , not own able and experienced officers, they d la shrink from that responsibility ; on the e°ll_tie es they were determi ne d, w i t h t h e co ntinued e ie d sing of Almi g ht y G o d , to l eave no e ffort un“ , sf that could in any way tend to decrease the _ 1°5 1;1 life from ship wrec k on t h e coas t o f the I."' Kingdom. While the secretary was reading the reports tb gentleman begged to int erru pt him as he read thb°o accounts of special d ona ti ons , an d handed from t Mincing-lane M erc h an t s a f ur th er contribut ion ,°: £305 4s. It was stated also that her 31530 jesty had forwarded her usual contribution of to the institution. Admiral Sir GEORGE SARTORIUS moved that the report be received an d a d op t e d, w hich was se conded by Earl PERCY, and unanimously agreed to• o if f Other resoluti ons i n f ur th eranc e of the object s al the institutio n were move d an d sec onded by Ad w ri l J. W. Ta r l e t on , C. 8., Ad m i ra l Sir W. 11. -11 K.C.8., Sir Ed war d P err ott, Bart., A d T h ir n 3 r API - lardy, Capt. the lion. F. Maude, A rL— n - a Pendnoes Vivian, M.P., Thos. Chapman, B s q'' 3- R. S. N. B. Downing, Esq. to 1 1 The meeting closed with a vote of than ks Grace the Duke of Northumberland, which 118 moved by Capt. Sir FREDERICK ARROW and 8e- conded by Capt. DE S. CROIX. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.—At Cornwall, on Saturday, s ome me were excavating. —O7 4 .arden, when they ca me upon t h e complete renliu' two full-grown ix . sons, male and female. The 6 The were periect, and all the tooth white and firmly set' discovery has caused considerable interest in th e trict, but no explanation of the mystery is yet forthozu". X The buyin tent. parlor vided featur 1 per of the at the althou day h Acc Frenc Con count, New: land E Indi ditto , Cent., 10 pn Iu Brazil; tc of 18( ditto Bright Metro 108; Londo Ban] Londo Stock, and In Thei t erday The Loan f Londoi tender was ai fixed a £92 1,9 was at nutrthe Riven balance Pan. o , A. te. Masco' for. A to Ballitar were al At t Compa direct() ilnprov With tt ante ( Easter' tween British tween ari s i ng Proalisi further Admira meta of the est: due. r. balance Union amount past ye The Agency general of £l,B The J Way Cc Cclasgo, The Amerie instant. The Telegra to the f: an int Come-tE ending A pet Chanc e (Lhaite the volt be remc to b e hi 19th inl The Lialite be subs( e 4 ) ll lpan lng a p t f or the Hornse: Gla sE Janies failure, led to and Co Ath^,eatin U O ., S Acurtrianc trazilian °3 . 1/ , D o . Uo. 1) 0. Do. 5 1)0 Act] eno s b.) 2 pi C u ' ia, p ililiU DO. 4i o. 3 t o . 0. 7 P 0 ark l P ° i;bi q 0 0 8 ie Pc Eli: 3 ;TialDr Da 1)0 45! —O . XII T , Dt -- ' O . £5l °CI . 41( I,' uglisb D o 40veri