The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-12 00:00:00

'EBOA'E SERVICES.—During the Storms —A of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship wr,Tks and 23 vessels from destruction. Tho Institution also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2331 for re wards. r ,l~ The Committee of the "Institution earnestly apps :1 to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adclphi, London. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. HARROW RACES. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AND 19. SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EUSTON STATION on both days of the Races, at 11.30 a.m. and 12.15 noon, returning from Harrow at 5.15 and 5.30 p.m., calling at Chalk Farm and Willesden Junction both going and re turning. Trains in connection will leave Broad-street (City Ter minus) for 'Willesden Junction at 11.10 and 11.40 Aan., calling at Dalston Junction at 11.15 and 11.45 a.m., Iligh bury 11.19 and 11.49 a.m., and Camden-road 11.25 and 11.55 a.m. Trains will also leave Victoria (Pimlico) at 10.22 and 11.22 a.m., Battersea 10.34 and 11.34 a.m., Chelsea 10.37 and 11.37 a.m., and Kensington 11.15 a.m. and 12.15 noon, for Willesden Junction. Passengers from Broad-street, Victoria, Kensington, cite., will have to change carriages at Willesden Junction both going and returning. For further particulars see bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, February, 1869. GREAT SALE!! ACHANCE FOR EV The following articles, amongst TO BE SOLD: ERY ONE others, are Chatelaine Coins Aquarium Singing Birds Parrots Cows D'oyleys Dressing Cases Furniture Glass Linen Washing Machine Perambulator Ornaments Etchings Illuminations Painting Materials Paintings Photographs Prints Fernery Ferns Donkeys Eggs Ferrets Goats Honey Horses Dogs--Sporting and Pet Pheasants Pigeons Poultry Squirrels Portrait Album Books Magazines Newspapers Valentines Lathe Fretwork Botanical Collection Pair of Globes Electrical Machines Specimens of Sea weeds Natural History Spe. cimens Opera Glasses Telescopes Collection of Birds' Bats Eggs Albums Stamps Baths Boxes Brush Cake China Churn Clocks Screens Desks Inkstand Aprons Bonnets Card Cases Cloaks Dresses Feathers Flowers Furs Garibaldies Habit Hats Lawn Mower Bracelets Brooches Buckles Chains Chignon Combs Crosses Earrings Sleeve Links Locket Electro Plate Silver Mug, &e. Scarf Pin Rings Scent Bottles Studs Necklaces Watches Piano Guitar Harmonium Carriages, Harness Clipping Machine Reins Whips Workboxes Braiding Tatting Wool Work Sewing Machines Crochet Knitting Woolwork Frame Fancy Work Mate• rials Cotton Stands Accordian Cornet Flute Concertinas Music Organ Canoes Sword Stick Walking Stick Yachts Inndoor Games Guns Breech and Muzzle loading Rifles Revolvers Skates Meerschaum Pipe Jackets Lace Dress Materials Shawls Trimmings Drawings Engravings &., Full particular s as to pricQ, &z c ~ may &c. be ascertained on perusa of THE EXCHANGE AND MART JOURNAL. A copy sent to any one sending three stamps to 32, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To he followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery ny Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Ilarlegninade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past tf, commence at 7. Boa-office open from IG till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKFT. • Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS : Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. s,essrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBE Et WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. tit 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, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. SECRET. Lt 2 "ghts. Tll IS EvENING, THE SECRE Ni T. After which at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in f cur acts, entitled AFTER DA ILK, a Tale of London Life. Messr?.Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. D.Leeson, C. Harcourt, J. G Shore; Miss Emnts. Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclereq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr, F. Lloyds an 1 assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTIIDAY. T)o n's open at half-past G, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 0. riit" On Monday, Feb. 1,5, a new rrama. entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdll,. Beatr:ce will appear. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. .1 S., Solo Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs L'Lrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But An and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TL E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Itobsou Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPIIITFIEA FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Another change of Programme.—First appearance of DON JUAN BARTO, a Mexican Grotesque, and the most astounding Prestidigitateur ever witnessed. Without the aid of apparatus, or contedera'.y of any kind whatever, he will perform, in the centre of the A rena, feats of magic more wonderful than can possibly be imagined. The Press in every city in A merica in which he has exhibited unanimously proclaim him without an equal. Hundreds of criticisms might be quoted in praise of his exceeding cleverness, but one selected from a leading American paper will probably be deemed sufficient: "We have seen dur ing the past week," says the joarnal in question, "the perform ances of Don Jnan Barto, the extraordinary grotesque, and are compelled to acknowledge that his tricks of Prestidigitation are truly wonderful. We have seen Hermann, Heller, Anderson and numerous other professors of the magic art, but we have never witnessed any so dexterous, so complete in their perform ances, nor so truly beyond comprehension, as this celebrated magician. We accord him the praise of being the best !performer that we have ever seen upon any stage; In addition, Her Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the un paralleled Scenes in the Arena, including A. Bradbury, Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Carre, Mdlles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelotti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0 BROWN AND THE BRAHMI NS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David tisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: .Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrado, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. QT. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street IJ Langham-place Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS Messrs. WILSOM and MONTAG UE deem it necessary. to inform the nobility, gentry, an d t h e public generally, that since their last appearance in the metropolis negro minstrelsy, under their immediate management, has ad vancA far beyond that primitive form of entertainment given on its introduction into this country. The chaste and simple ballads, and beautifully harmonised quartetts and choruses are still retained ; those they will have the honour of introducing being composed exclusively for this Company. by Benedict, Balfo, Claribel, J. L. Hat ton, and others. The hackneyed and meaningless negro sketches, with other absurd vulgarities, have given p'ace to operatic extravaganza and burlesque spectacles, from the pens of the most popular burlesque writers of the day. Second night of the burlesque extravaganza on the sub ject of Offenbach's popular opera bouffe, the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, written by C. 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'V SPORTING EDI VION of "THI SUN" can be seen at DR a ILN GER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight s'ebck. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. 'ole Lessee and Mana:zer, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. FOP. wed by the Grand Fantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVIL Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jun., Miss F. Wright. Afier which. HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL H.' III: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &o Comment,' at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Matuger, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At S, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq Crlncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM B ERW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.10, 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 ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Svranboronp,th, TH79 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 cone/tide with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Liston. TUTS EVENING. A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, DEARER THAN LIFE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Brough , Irving, Miss Hodson. &c. With THE LITTL E REBEL And THE GNOME KING: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN. Tills EvEmNG, MIRIAArs CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, Georgo Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which, TURBO THE TERRIBLE : Messrs F Hugbes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss Fanny Josephs, Arc. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, raughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. II Ne•ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss IL Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.0 n: A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar, cte. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton MIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. anti Baneroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRICATE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE: AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, Don Juan l3arto, &c. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 andB all the year round. ROYAL ALTIA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET ~7 , Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. , ;Ztir&\ , ,r l r \ T 414 v, - LOA' DO.N, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 18C9. The question of our national pauperism is becom ing too important to be knger overlooked or slighted. The actual returns of in and out-door paupers indeed may be less this year than last, owing to the remark able mildness of the season, but the standing army of destitution is so large that any variation in the num ber of recruits affects but slightly the strength of its battalions. Undtr these circumstances the con sideration of how best to resist its encroach ments, how best to turn to account those re- sources which are at our command to meet it becomes imminent. The sums annually expended in this country for the relief of poverty and suf fering are very great. They arc not unworthy in their munificence of the wealthiest nation in the world, nor unbefitting the generosity of a people who have always been prompt to answer any appeal for aid. Setting aside the City of London charities, in the metropolis alone over two millions are annually expended for benevo lent objects, and this vast amoaut does not in clude parochial charities. Mr. lltcKs has throw❑ valuable light on a very complex and difficult subject by his admirable synopsis of the charitable institu tions of London, published in the Times of yesterday, and we hope that the issue of this remarkable state went will be only the first step towards a thorough and se arching &port of all our national charities. It will be of immense service to the institutions them selves to put their claims fairly before the public, and to ascertain where and how the waste exists which undoubtedly does exist, else we should not have so much real and pinching distress in our midst in spite of this flood of charity. One great reason for it, no doubt, is to be found in the total want Mr. HIC KS comments upon the want of g system. Mr . tion there is i n suc h e ff orts, an d t h e conseq uent less o r sm. of power. Benevolence overflows in one placie,, sasstotlie impoverishment o f severa l ot h ers. " Every Mr. lIIcKs, " wishes to create a litt:e circle round his own particular hobby, and resists ...Itlehan invites co-oporatio n f rom t h ose aroun d him." 1 Seine other featu res i n th i s synopsis deserve particular mention. W e no ti ce t h at several wea lthy•charitie3, such as Guy' s H osp i tal and St. Thomas ' s llospital, give no report of their income and expenditure. Other reports are unsatisfactory in their form, as when the practice is followed of deducting the cost of collection from the amount received, instead of charging it among the regular expenses, or when ex penses belo ng i ng to one year are carried over to the next. Som e o f the returns are given with admir able lucidity, and there can be no reason why all should not be managed in the same clear, orderly , and business -like method. Mr. HicKs has divided the charities into seven classes. In considering the question of pauperism we may set aside Class E altogether, as belonging to the professional classes, such as institutions for the widows and families of military or naval men, and the various associations for the relief of the poorer clergy. We may fairly ask, ho wever, whether so large a sum as £413,428, should annually be absorbed by this class, leaving, as we know, so much genteel poverty, the hardest to bear of all, still unassisted? Our Church, our Army, and our Navy, can certainly afford to pay their members sufficiently to enable them to support their families respectably, and provide for them de cently, and if they do not do so now, they should amend their accounts until these three professions, at least, no longer require so much supplementary aid from the public. I Infancy, which is the first of Mr. Uteri's divisions, takes £52,000 from the sum total, and it is notice- able that nearly the whole of this is demanded for orphanages. In class B, for childhood, £227,000 are expended, and again the orphanages consume a large proportion, £79,000. We should like to see two of he items in this list considerably enlarged. They ,re both of modern institution, and both meet cry- They are for country and sea homes, and 'or the dinner tables, which, both toge- lg wants. ,her, take less than £3,500. Education employs £2,500, but Refuges for the Destitute take £75,000. Class C, dealing with the evils and afflictions inci dent to manhood and Is onanhood, reveals a mourn- 'el picture of the " painful family of Death Moro hideous than their queen." We must remember that from the general hospitals, reckoned in this list at an outlay of £215,000, the two wealthy City hospitals are omitted. It is grati fying to find the very highest item in this class is that of the book societies, which actually amounts to over £237 , 000. Old age only consumes £ 25,000, which it divides between almshouses and pensions. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBIIUARY 12, 1869. The afflicted class, which includes the blind, the deaf and dumb, and the incurable and idiot, takes £70,000, while Class G, for general assistance, demands £Bl,OOO, of which £32,000 is for Food Relief. Mr. HICKS argues, with considerable force, that the very names of some of our charities seem to speak for themselves of the inefficiency of the:Poor-law or its administrators. A Poor-law:ought to be so administer ed as to make charities for the hous4ess and homeless, refuges for the destitute, and associations of the kind, totally unnecessary. Outside the area of the Poor law there must always be, as Mr. llrcK reminds us, large scope for the action of individual charity ; but at present the public, instead of supplementing the relief by the Poor-law, is, and has been doing for years past, the work of the Poor-law itself. 00JARBOONDERCE PRE PARIS. (mom OUR OWN CORRESPRDENT.) PARIS, THURSDZ, February 11. Greece has accepted the decision of to Conference, but we are as yet entirely without details f the terms upon which the agreement has been mad, or whether the acceptance is unreserved. The pauc.y of news from the East during the last few days is inexplicable. It has caused the semi-official ppers to abate some of their confidence even then the issue seems now to be assured. They as much afraid that the acceptance by Greece will be acompanied by some very awkward reservation. In other !expects the aspect of political affairs was never more aeerless. There is absolutely nothing doing. The Corps7Agislatif will meet on Friday to discuss the City of Paris ;oan, but of general interest there is nothing on the cards. Three chairs are now vacant in th French Academy. Such a thing has not been known fo a century. Who will fill them is still an open queeion, fur there are several candidates, not one of whom ; I believe, is in all respects satisfactory. Public curiosity is not to be gratifies by a cause célèbre in the shape of the bonbon poisoning cse. It is not to be tried. The affair has become more iysterious, but less tragical. It was at first thought that 3ertain authorities in high places, fearing revelations whip would be painful to the distinguished family involved had managed to arrange that the Polish count shouldnot be brought to trial. His punishment would be lit poor compen sation for the injury and disgrace of the exposure. Whether this be the true explanation omot, it is certainly not the one given. It is now stated tht the bonbons con tained no poison, and that there is theriore no ground for a trial. But if there is no ground fora trial, why has Count ICzidniakowaki been ordered to leave France ? If there were no ground for an accusatioi, the Government would not be justified in ordering he Count out of the country. There is ranch reasoi to believe that the former version of the story is the .rue one ; that the Beauffremont family have found it t( their interest to hush up the affair, and the Count has been banished to avoid exposure. Comment on such a mole of administering justice is n :edless. Arbitrary proceedings of this kind are the rule now in France. The Berryer subscription has produced 24,000. The question now is, what is to be done with it. A pair of statues is contemplated, but surely the money might be better employed. At the ball given by the Minister of the Interior and Madame Forcade de la Moquette, the lanes' dresses were nearly all in the style of Louis the Fifteenth's reign, high headdresses and powder being worn. We are told that "the success of the powder was completv," whatever may be the signification of such a triumph. A day or two ago an exciting balloon ascent was mane by two aeronauts of great skill. They went up to a great height and met with a tremendous south-west gale, which carried them forward with unparalleled rapidity. In thirty-five minutes after setting out they were obliged to cast anchor, having made no less than fifty-six miles in that space of time. Casting anchor, however, was one thing, and getting out another. The wind was still extremely powerful in the lower strata of the atmosphere, and the balbon was dragged over the ground for a space of about three miles. The inhabitants gave chase, and at length the two travellers It is quite evident that the whole question needs a thorough examination. There is money enough spent in London every year to render deaths from starva tion impossible, and yet how many persons, especially women and children, do annually sink from long continued want it would be hazardous to guess. Far too large a proportion of the money raised is absorbed iu the machinery of the societies. Salaries, rent, fur niture, and other similar expenses consume much of it. It has been estimated that a fourth of the money collected is spent in this manner, and the returns favour this impression. There are many small insti tutions for the same object, which might, with advantage, be amalgamated ; there are others which might be more economically and efficiently administered. Our charities, like our other time-hon oured institutions, need reform, and the opportunity has now come for reforming them with full advan tage. The amount is large, but not excessive. Lon don can very well afford two millions, or twice two millions, annually out of her enormous wealth for the relief and the succour of those who at the best must be content with the crumbs which fall from the rich man's table ; but the question is not how much is spent, but how it is spent, and whether the desired end is fully attained with the greatest degree of efficiency and the minimum of expense. WHILE the air is thick with rumours of difficulties among the political leaders of the nation, there is an unusual outburst of loquaciousness on the part of less prominent politicians. Conservatives have been feasting at Birmingham, Liberals at Croydon, a Cardinal has been the guest of the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and seven bishops have been —not to the Tower—but to Fishmongers' Hall, on the other side of London Bridge, where they were feasted by the Prime Warden. Out of all this talk it ought to be possible to extract something like definite statements and a clear policy. Yet we find it hard to do so. Conservative eloquence was confined for the most part to mild sarcasms at the expense of Mr. BRIGHT, justifications of the leap in the dark, and prophecies of a repetition of the Reform drama, in which the Liberals would again prove bunglers, and have to hand over the settlement of the Irish Church to their opponents. No doubt these will be quite willing to undertake that or any other measure which they have hitherto denounced, The Dublin if tiiey ban c q a t i l l et Itvhaesreabyverydisshpletihidieidr aff ri a v i a r l , s but Earl SPENCER had to avoid party politics, and in doing so, dosed his fellow-diners with statistics so dry that it must have taken a good deal of wine to wash them down. The chief event of the evening was the marked deference shewn by the Viceroy to "that illustrious Prince of the Catholic Church, his Eminence Cardinal CULLEN." We must turn to the Liberal dinner at Guildford for anything like a definite expression of Liberal ideas and intentions. Mr. ONsLow, who has been offered office in the present Administration, and who refused it, we believe solely because of the uncer tainty of his re-election, has great hopes from the commercial policy of the present Government. lle said that we could well afford to rest on the laurels we had already won, and he hoped that " the th'n red line," of which Englishmen had always been so proud, would never be found fighting again the battles of continental Powers, from whom we gained but little thanks." Sir WENTWORTII DILKE mentioned that his experience at Wallingford had she wn him the necessity of adopting the Ballot, for in that agricultural constituency, miscalled a borough, he got from at least one-third of the voters the answer, "I votes as master votes." We commend this fact to the notice of the Reform League, and all persons who think that the Liberal cause would be strengthened by the assimilation of the county to the borough franchise. Lord HOUGHTON, who as Mr. MoNeKToN MILNES was a follower of that most Conservative of Ministers, Lord PAIXERSTON, frankly avowed that no h if e d h ae a r d ca .1 to b ez e ep e no n t l y v i eo a r a o r sl c g ha , ag i g. s e o s pf Forra o r p a o s s he ls tb h ayn a t d c e,au opposedßeformerspartiesthe are Reformers now, and there is no statesmanship in being so. But Mr. Loehr: KING was a Reformer years ago, and he used to advocate Reform when it seemed a hopeless cause, and when his perseverance was GllTaoreN wio•ernthlarakedd,ozeinvhovisicoannary forecast statesmen— thethe rewarded only by d e f ea t . Men like these, as Lord i future, °lT consciousness unoo t i h ls e t o i r t i u e t s io o n f al the act C s. ons iN t i i r t . uti x on D, i ,nG order got statesmen wh o evo l ve out of their own to a reception which his firm adherence to Reform, through evil report, deserved. He it was who won the Liberal battle in East Surrey twenty years ago, and won it so thoroughly that it has been main tained ever since. He contended that Mr. GLAD STONE had shewn himself an admirable tactician in taking the sense of Parliament upon the Irish Church last year, instead of waiting until after the general election—a delay that would have involved another appeal to the nation. Mr. BUXTON'S speech was the speech of the evening. He pointed out that the present Cabinet differed from preceding Liberal Cabinets, because while these were confined almost exclusively to men of the highest aristocratic position, the present has the popular element paramount. In fact we have a Government borne to power by the irresistible will of the people a Government imbued with the spirit of the people, and determined to carry out the popu lar will. Evidently Mr. BUXTON considers that the first work which the Government will have to accom plish is one of great difficulty. Disestablishment is no easy task, but the appropriation of the funds will prove the real crux that will try the quality of the Ministry. Ile would have it remembered that Irish Church property was left originally by Irishmen for Irish purposes, and would have that principle respected in the distribution of the Church property. That done, and he had no fear of opposition from the Lords, who were too wise a body to follow the example of the Ceylon elephant which charged a rail way train. He gave great praise to the Ministry for their reductions in the public expenditure. He praised them because they were acting as trustees of the nation, bound to account to them for the money spent, instead of being at liberty to use it in promoting the interests ofrfomtheirdisozargpianr g ty u ; solbound,ess officialstoo , no b t ec t a o u b se e Government even n 0 t h t a r es been (eti a Nsi, in doi ng so t h ey might have to inflict pain, and point eft upon llithert N s , eu su fficiently \*N f r i l : o e s only so nation desirA it and insisted upon it. To economise on principle is a new feature in statesmanship, most welcome, most commendable. managed to arrest the progress of tie dangerous convey ance, which fifty stout arms straightway placed in safety. One aeronaut was unhurt,:the other dightly injured on the head and foot. It is noteworthy that the temperature in the upper regions was much higher than on the group, Perhaps the south-west wind accounts for this. A most singular attempt at murder is reported from Fontenay-aux-Roses, a pretty village in the neighbourhood of Paris. It appears that some dais ago a worthy shoe• maker of the village, who always paid his rent regularly, carried the periodical sum to his landlord—an individual not in the enjoyment of any great renown for liberality. He presented his mmey, and demanded a receipt. "It is not ready," was the reply ;"I w:II give you the receipt to-morrow." But the shoemaker would not give up his money until he got the acknowledgment, and so the landlord grumblingly made it out. The exchange Was then cautiously made, the shoemaker • • giving up the money with one hand and receiving the paper with th e o th er. B u t no sooner b a d th e land- lord got the money than he snatched away the receipt. A portion of it remained, however, in the hand of the shoemaker, who, observing this, astutely went away. Soon he was sued for the rent again. The portion of the receipt was produced in court, and the shoemaker came off triumphant. The exasperated landlord, foiled and degraded, took the first opportunity of firing a double barrelled gun at his tenant, He missed his fire, and is now in custody. Three persons confined in the Castle of Thun, in Swit zerland, have made a very determined attempt to esca t e. They had made a hole in the wall of their cell, and, by „ - tearing their bed clothing into strips, had formed a rope. The first man who attempted to descend bad scarcely launched hhuself into the open space when a knot of the cord slipped and the man fell from a height of seventy Feet on to the pavement of the courtyard. He was killed. gis companions, as was to be expected, then abandoned their project. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. But, after all has been:said, we are still in the dark as to the attitude of the Government with regard to the Irish Church question. There is reason to think that the Cabinet is not so entirely of one mind on this' subject as the Liberal party could desire. If this be so, we are scarcely likely to have a very definite statement of policy from Ministers at the banquet which comes off to night at Fishmongers' Hall. Rarely has a Minister had to speak under more critical circumstances than those under which Mr. GLADSTONE will address to-night's illustrious gather ing. Extreme Sea Friday, ''''?' F. 0 Feb. 12, B. T. W . W . Ito F. D. WR. to 8 a.m. 12 9 ---_ _ ------ ------ I--- Nairn - .... 1 5 Kw, o.rb o'os 1 Aberdeen Leith iihields . 29 9.1. 43 N.W. 42 S.W. 1 4 c.f. 2 Scarborough 29'95f. 39 a W.N.W. 1 3 W. c.f. 2 Yarmouth 291.6f. 44 43 S. 2 3 W.N. W . o. 2 Helder - -- — —: Milt Srell - _ Skild CISMS —'— Ardrossau Green castle 29151. 38 a N.W. 2 1 4 W.N.W. rhc o'oB— Liverpool Valentia 29'9a. 44 42 Z. 0 2 N.W. mro,o'os 0 Cape Clear - Roche a FL 2919 f. 40 , ~.N.E. 4 4 N.E. r. 0'62 2 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29 "92f. 52 50 S.W. 1 1 S.W. r.o. o'2l 2 Portsmouth 29911. 51 50 W.8.1v. 6 6 W.S.W. 0. (Pm 5 London , Brest ...... 33'041. 52 50 S.W. L'Orient.... 3018 f. 52 50 S. W. I ' 7 ' —B..—W.. o. -- 4 4 Roch e fox t.. 30'35f. 52 50 W. 5 g m_iy . .. 2 Biarritz .... 30'41f . 50 48 N.N.W. 3 n e l ' . _ 3 Corunna.... -- Brussels.... '—— P ar i s 3trasbourB — -- -- -- T L o Y u " lo a n — :, -- i isz -- .w. i .c. __-- — 5 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) — -- '— =PLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg, at se a l e v e l. The letter r,rising ; f , falling ; 5, steady— l ndicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours Thermometer exposed in , shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky c• — clouds, detached ; f.-- fog h.—hail : I. lightning hazy: o .—overcast, dull ; rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain -fall , snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. THE MINISTERIAL BANQUET. ingly ; and if we are true to ourselves, the House ol Commons will be true to us, and the country will be true Mr. Gladstone has become a Fishmonger, and enrolled S to them. his name after Mr. Peabody's and Mr. Cobden's in the Mr. BRIGHT responded to the "Trade and Commerce roll-book of the famous Liberal corporation—the same of the United Kingdom." Ho was received with specially which had, two days previously, entertained "the seven long and demonstrative cheering, and spoke with much of bishops" at their " grand old hall." Great interest was his usual frankness. Alluding to the great change in the naturally felt in the proceedings at the banquet which I House of Commons, he remarked that the only injury followed the "swearing in " of the Premier, seeing that which the " great revolution " had done was the slaying this was the first time the new Ministry had presented of certain reputations. After some general remarks on itself as a body in public. Mr. Gladstone's speech con- his department, the President of the Board of Trade passed tained as much as anyone could expect at a banquet. It at once into very precise details of policy. He said : The did not forestall the Queen's Speech, but it contained i other day at Glasgow an address was presented to the quite sufficient pledges as to the policy of the Government, I Minister of the United States, and many good things were He began by denying the rumours that he was about to I said, and there was one piece of good advice given, in the depart from the policy laid down by him during the elec- hope and expression that the principles of free trade would tions. "It is sometimes said and thought— perhaps take root and spring up and extend in the United • lightly, though occasionally with a degree of truth— States. Well, we all say that ; but we no great right that the changes of parties are but changes of Ito lecture other people. As far al we are concerned men, and that with the transition from one side of the in this country, we have no protective duties ; House of Commons to the other, pledges, opinions, and I all men are equal in regard to their industry principles are compromised or forgotten. It can hardly iin its sale to any other country in the world, and we be feared that on this occasion such is likely to be the case. are all equal in our right to reoeive back from every I look to the characters, experience, and ability of the country what every country can offer. But if we were friends with whom I have the honour to be associated ; i Americans, and were discussing the conduct of England, and I believe that such an appeal, if it were made, would we could not say that England has established free trade be effectual. But the nation has other guarantees for our i because protective duties are abolished, but we should say fulfilment, to the best of our abilities, of the purpose for England is far from having established free trade, beca.u . se which we have been called. Never in our history— she still receives more than twenty millions sterling per certainly not within the history of living man, annum at her custom-houses, and prohibits the natural has there been an occasion upon which the issue extension of trade with many articles which aro of first raised at a general election was more intelligibly and I necessity to her people. I will not say that wine is an distinctly raised than when the late House of Commons, article of first necessity. Some say it is; but at any rate condemned by the Government of the day, was summoned we may say that sugar, tea, and coffee are articles of the to the bar of popular opinion, there to receive its final first necessity, and yet upon them we levy a duty still of acquittal or condemnation. Every man who bad to give 50 per cent. ; and an American might say that, especially his 'suffrage throughout the country k new f o r or against i if he came fr omtmheanSytapteeopolfe tVhiinrkginnoiat,aovnerythNevhpolreosdounicee what that suffrage was to be gi ven ; an d if th e i ssue was o f hi s State, which distinct, the verdict also has been distinct—for upon no thing, we levy a dutyof something like 300 per cent. Now occasion has the nation made its meaning more clearly if I am not absolutely silenced by entrance into the known, or laid down alike for tho se w h o are th e obj ec ts Government, I shall take repeated opportunities of bring of its preference, and for those whose opinions it tug my colleagues before the bar of public opinion. I was disposed to put aside—laid down with greater shall say that lam at the head of a department which clearance the lines of public policy and of action." is permitted to advise ; that we have in our department Nearly every sentence of this declaration was received men of remarkable ability in connection with commercial with cheers, and "applause" was very loud when the affairs ; that in all questions submitted to them —and right hon. gentleman went on to say—" lam not about to many are almost daily, from the Foreign Office and else anticipate that sketch or outline of the policy and where—they give good advice, but very little of it, measures of the session which must, within a few days, be unfortunately, is accepted or followed. My right communicated to Parliament and to the world, but with- hon. friend opposite, who spoke just now about the out telling any secrets, those who have taken part in the House of Commons, says, with a most absolute air, struggles of last autumn, and especially those who watched " This thing cannot be done ; the Abyssinian expe the determining issues of the last session of Parliament dition must be paid ; the estimates are so and so ; the may well judge that we, who took upon ourselves the surplus is so small ; the proposition is so unreasonable, the heavy responsibility of raising and submitting to thing cannot for a moment be entertained." And then the the judgment of the Legislature such a question as the i unfortunate Board of Trade finds itself shut up for giving continuance of the religious establishment in one of the .advice which cannot be acted upon. The new Parliament, three kingdoms, may well judge that we, having been I hope—and I cannot agree with the .Chancellor of the permitted thus far to make good our ground—to make I Exchequer that there is positive uncertainty as to what good, in the first instance, by repeated divisions in the it will do—will do something positive and intelligent on House of Ccmmons after due discussion, and to make it this question of economy. When the majority in the good, abov e a ll, i n th a t w hi c h ou r opponents are careful to House of Commons is so small as it has been for many tell us, and n o t u n j us tly t o t e ll us, was the final meanin g years back, there is a great temptation on the part of the of the deed ; th a t b a yi ng, procee d e d thus far, having thus Ministry and leader of the House of Commons to adopt set our ha n d s t o th e pl oug h, we are not likely to look various foolish propositions leading to an increased expen back, but to face it—to go steadily onwards, and to perse. diture in order, as it were, to buy the support of various sec rete, with p ru d ence , i n d ee d, an d with consideration, but tions in the House, but with the majority which has been re without hesitation, and without delay, to the end we have f turned to this Parliament, a majority so large—it may be in view." Mr. Gladstone then went on to say that he nominal, as somebody has called it, or it may turn out to was encouraged in the task he had commenced by the con. ibe real—l say with such a majority as that returned by stitutional knowledge and character of thesovereign, by the real constituencies throughout the country, the country character and abiliti es o f th ose who had determined to co- has a right to expect from the Government a stronger operate with him in forming an administration, by the hand in dealing with the national expenditure than we concurrenc e of th e public judgment in the policy he was have hitherto seen. I apologise for saying all this. Perhaps about to propose, and by the deep conviction that that it is not considered right. It is not, however, very common, policy was one o f justice, and for the public weal. "If I find, at public dinners for public speakers to be very there be curiosity as to the course which the Government i much in earnest, but the fact is that with me these things is endeavouring to follow, and will pursue shortly after the are, and have always been, very serious things. If I opening of the session, lam afraid I must not attempt at have given my life to them, and have sacrificed any this moment to gratify that most natural and intelligible interests - of my family to them, so it is because I believed sentiment; but I do venture to give a pledge that not a they were serious; and there is no walk in life, moment will be lost in the maturing of those measures none whatever, to which a man is more bound to which, when p ro d uce d an d ex pl a i ne d, will, 'believe, alluvia bring serious convictions and serious conduct than a full gratification," The Premier then went on to con. in the management and advocacy of public affairs. gratulate himself and 'the meeting on the great Liberal Mr. Bright was then "down upon" the bishops. I might victory gain e d a t th e e l ec ti ons . But such a great victory I ask the Prime Warden, and his predecessor in his digni was not without dangers. It might produce slackness of fled office, whether they have ever had here so jolly a mind, and no great force would overcome errors of general. company as that of the other night. (Loud laughter ; the ship. " But if it shall be our happy lot to avoid these reference being to the banquet to the bishops.) I almost dangers, then I will venture to say that never were publi c envy those right rev. gentlemen, so light and airy were men more happy i n th e nature of the tasks which they they. What an extraordinary point of imagination that have been called upon to take in hand. For what cane be man must have arrived at who could say that life peerages, an object dearer either to the understanding or to the the ecclesiastical peers, were really the only liberal heart of man than an endeavour to bring about element in the House of Lords. (Roars of laughter,) throughout the wh o l e o f thi s vast community that That may be true, but if it be, I very much pity all the union of feeling and interest which, even in the degree rest of the House of Lords. (Renewed laughter.) There we have hitherto possessed it, has been the source of was an old Syrian monk I read of many years ago our strength, but whi c h s till presents to view here and named Ephraim Cyrus, and when they wanted to make there some points on which it is fatally defective, and him a bishop he was terrified at the idea of undertaking which we wish to bring up to that condition in which that then laborious and perilous office, and he feigned every man will almost forget whether he is a Scotchman, madness and absconded, that he might avoid it. When an Englishman, or an Irishman in the sense of conscious- my right hon, friend at the head of the Government asked ness of his belonging to a common country ? For cen. me to become one of his colleagues, I did not for a tunics we have been associated together in political wrongs; moment think of feigning ma,dne:is, but I was on the for centuries our policy, so successful in most respects, point of absconding by an express train on the North has failed to attain the great and paramount purpose of Western DuhtetilfwEr iih ie ra N i i n ro l u e ld yr i u i s av l e iad pr li: f - e ed rre i d n carrying that sense of broth er h oo d th roug h out th e our day, whether three kingdoms associated under the rule o f h er M a j esty , madness or absconded if they had asked him to be made We are now called upon to make a great and supreme a bishop. My hon. friends around me laugh, as if such eirnt for that purpose. In a day it cannot be done. By a thing as that was absolutely impossible. But, judging a single measure it cannot be done : nay, it may be that from the men, some of whom we have known as by many measures the whole result cannot be produced as bishops, Ido not think that anything need to be wou an immediate consequence of acts of legislation. But we dered at; and if I h a d b een a bishop, with an income of have to deal with a people certainly not less susceptible from £5,000 to 215,000 a year, why, it is very likely I than ourselves, not less capable of gratitude, attachment, might have been as full of humour as those right rev. and affection— not less inspired with a true and genuine gentlemen were. I might have been as merry as any of love of justice. I have faith in a policy which is founded them, because I should have had an inexhaustible source upon justice. This is the opinions with which I of rejoicing and merriment, certainly in the generosity, if and all the colleagues with whom I am associated not in the credulity, of my countrymen. I trust to your desire to approach the consideration of the Irish Church forgiveness for making this little speech. To speak as a -question. We well know that there is nothing we can do Cabinet Minister is a thing so strange to me —as strange in any other department of the public interest or of public at one time as it would have been if I had been made a affairs which can possibly compensate for failure with bishop—that I hope I may be pardoned for anything I regard to the Irish question. But I won't ask you— may have said or left unsaid. I thank you very heartily or, if I may so say, a ll ow you for one moment—to sup- for your kindness in the new and str ange pos i tion in which pose that because we are i n h eart and mind to make this lam placed. (Loud cheers.) OUT first and paramount object, we shall therefore be forgetful of the other great interests of this country. In truth, sir, there is but one consideration that tends, I think, to depress and sadden the mind of public men, and that is, the consideration how the demands of those inte rests in this vast and diversified empire, multiplied far beyond the powers of human time, intelligence, and strength, are to be met. In every department of the State it has been endeavoured so to distribute the strength that we may possess as to secure the efficient discharge of public duty. Mr. LOWE responded for the House of Commons. After remarking . that one of the great blessings of the country—undisputed succession—was not extended to the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer at once proceeded to the question of economy. He said : The House of Commons comes in pledged, as the Govern ment is pledged, to rigid economy in the public expendi ture. Here we get rather into difficulties—because though I have remarked that no man ever objected to economy in the abstract, no man ever saw abstract economy practised in this world. As soon as it ceases to be the abstraction, and decends into the region of 'concrete, economy becomes one of the most distasteful matters in the world. If it is economy of public stores and munitions—shall I say pens, for instance ?—it is meanness and it is cheeseparing unworthy .of a great nation. Every man mends his own pens when they won't write any more, but it seems intolerable that a Government clerk should be asked to mend his. Is it public politics where millions have to be employed—where millions have been befOre lavished with very doubtful results? Then we are told that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever. Is it the most painful act of economy, the economy of reducing the staff of offices, which is recom mended? Then the sympathies of the public—and, I fear, the sympathies of the House of Commons—go with the small minority, and there is necessarily suffering for the public good. Now, I hope better things for the House of Commons. I hope it will show among the virtues which belong to its station public spirit, and that when there is a question, and there is nearly always, between the public and some class of individuals, it will array itself on its own side—on the side of the public, and not on the side of individuals; and I hope, moreover, we shall no longer have that strange inversion of functions we now witness in the theory that the House of Commons is the guardian of the purse of the people, and that the parsons who are to be dreaded as likely to invade that purse are the Ministers of the Crown. People think the [louse of Commons represents. the economy of the public, and that the Ministers of the Crown repre sen t th e d e sire to spend, and are, in fact, -a profligate executive. 'rho fact is exactly contrary. Th e House of Commons, instead of being the guardian of the public purse, is the source of increased expenditure, and the department whic'i the Mouse of Commons ought to chce!:, being saddled %% WI the responsibility- of the matter, is most s'nnuous and :no it uuceasing in its exertions to retrench. I Lope that these things wi:l be altered, not that the department over which I have the honour to preside will become anxious for extravagance, but that the House of Commons will be so kind as to give us a little assistance in reducing the expenditure, or at least pre venting its increase. After a few remarks to the same effect, the right hon. gentleman concluded by saying : Yoe know that the country has lately been divided on the most momentous question of modern days. On that question it has answered in no doubtful or ambiguous voice. The present Government is backed by a majority unexampled in history. That majority throws upon us great obligations, and I trust we shall be equal to the occasion. and shall discharge those obligations The Echo understands that a Bankruptcy Bill will be among the announcements in the Speech from the Throne. THE SIAMESE TWINS.—Sir W. Fergusson has carefully examined the twins, and, we understand, concurs in the general opinions of surgeons, that any surgical separation would be most likely attended with fatal consequences, not so much on account of any obstacle presented by the structure of the uniting band of flesh, as the moral effect of the disunion on the two brothers. THE LATE MR. KEBLE AND THE IRISH ESTA BLISHMENT.—In his "Memoir of the Rev. John Keble, M.A.," Sir J. T. Coleridge publishes a letter from Father Newman, describing an interview with Keble in 1865, from which we extract the following passage :—" Mr. Gladstone's rejection at Oxford was talked of, and I said that I really thought that had I still been a member of the university I must have voted against him, because he was giving up the Irish Establishment. On this Keble gave me one of his remarkable looks, so earnest and so sweet, came close to me, and whispered in my ear (I cannot recollect the exact words, but I took them to be), `And is not that just ?' It left the impression on my mind that he had no great sympathy with the Establishment in Ireland as an establishment, and was favourable to the Church of the Irish." THREE PERSONS DROWNED. —A shocking acci dent happened on Wednesday evening, on the quay by the side of the River Severn, - at Worcester, where at the time was a menagerie of wild beasts, and the music attracted a crowd of people. Among them were a young girl named Priscilla Clarke, aged 18, and a youth named Francis Glover, employed at an iron foundry. These two young people were larking together, when the girl ran backwards and fell off the quay into the river, which happens to be much swollen with flood waters, and is very deep. Glover, seeing the accident that had befallen his companion, jumped into the water to save her, and caught the young woman by the clothes. He called loudly for help ; but although the accident was witnessed by a considerable number of psrsons, no help was afforded, and both sank. A boy, aged 10 years, is also supposed to have been drowned about the same time, within sixty yards of the same spot. THE UNEMPLOYED. —The London Mechanics Institution is taking lip the question of the unemployed poor, and is about to convene a public meeting to consider the following resolution :—" In the opinion of this meeting the enforced idleness of enormous numbers of the people, their compulsory residence in the filthy slums of large towns, elbowing the professional thief and mendicant; the rearing of children in these slums in igno rance, idleness, and dirt, with the ever-present examples of immorality, drunkenness, and a hatred of work, are th: chief causes of crime, pauperism, and disease, and that Parliament be at once petitioned to consider the following remedies for these evils and the present scarcity of em ployment, viz. :-1. An Act authorising the Government to establish factories and start, public works in all parts of the United Kingdom. 2. An Act authorising the Government to establish schools in all parts of the United Kingdom for the housing, feeding, clothing, and educating the children of the poor and working classes between the ages of three and 12 years. 3. An Act authorising the Government to make life assurance com pulsory on every man and woman on attaining the age of 21 years, no matter what their state of health may be. 4. An Act for a national rate on property of £lOO and upwards for , the halraediatp exigencies of the Dom! REMARKS. The increase of pressure noticed yesterday continued at Nairn until midnight. Since last evening, however, a decrease has occurred along our south coasts, amounting to about three-tenths of an inch at the ent r ance of the Channel, and pressure is now falling generally. R. , .akiings, though still high in the south-west of France, are much more uniform than of late ; but that at Nairn is 0'59 in. lower than that at Rochefort. Temperature has decreased generally in these islands, but remains unaltered in the west of France. South westerly winds continue to blow with considerable force at all southern stations ; but over the British Isles light variable winds are general, and an easterly breeze has shewn itself in London and in the ir►,,l, Channel. Rain has been continuous and heavy in the south. The sky is generally overcast, with thick fog on the east coast, The hearing of the Tamivorth election petition was resumed yesterday morning before Mr. Justice Willes, and further evidence in support of the allegations of treating was given. It is reported that ono of tho witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the petitioners attempted to poison himself last night by swal lowing laudanum. his name is Radford, and he is landlord of the White Lion Inn at Fazeley. When it was known that he had taken poison remedial measures were taken, and the man is said to bo still alive, although in a very precarious condition. Yesterday Dr. Lankester investigated the cir cumstances relative to the death of Mr. John Stephenson, the great bookmaker, who was found dead with his throat cut on Tuesday morning, in the library of his residence. A physician deposed that when he saw the deceased on the right preceding the suicide ho was very agitated, and certainly nut in a right state of mind. Mr Lambert, who bad been connected with tho de ensed, deposed that his business loises had never - roulded hint, becaus3 they were soon recovered. As a rule Le was a temperate man. lir. Lambert said that deceased lad suffered no hisses to worry him, neither were there any xpccted. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound 4iintr." The first report of Mr. RevcrJy Johnson's speech at Glasgow repress Ws 1 ni 'o hay said :—" The Ameri cans believLd that the Alabama outrages might have been prevented by the British Government not recognising the belligerency of the South, or preventing the Alabama getting out. Lord Russell, in conversation with him (Mr, Janson), had said he wanted to stopber, but the Government c uld de nothing without consulting the proper law offic• and that gentleman was partially insane at the time. When proof was first got as to the Alabama being allowed to entea colonial ports, his lordship said the law officers thought Go vernment could not prevent it. Proceading to speak of the conventions recently signed, Mr. Johnson said their principle, honestly observed, wouldprevent any future affilculty." • f l \AlD"l't I , 4 ,CsalgT HER AIIAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 11 The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise , Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove °° yesterday afternoon. cis Her Majesty walked and drove in the grou p this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. LATEST INTELL IGENCV. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. ii. Yesterday, a ft er th e rev i ew cf the troops an d th e battalions of th e N at i onal Militia, the members °i the Provisional Government attended Divine se t ' vice in the Basilica of the Holy Virgin of Anto chn ' where a solemn 7'e Deem was celebrated in ben° of the opening of the Constituent Cortes. Senor Olozaga has left Madrid, in order to his estate near Vico. It is asserted he will resig n his seat as deputy. THE NATIVE RISING IN ALGERIA• PARIS, Feb. 11 ' The Official Journal of this evening pu blic' 16 telegram fro m Al g i ers, stating that a portion of 66 tribe of Ouled Sidi Cheikh, which remained faith' ful to the Government, surprised the insure . camp on the sth inst., and made a successful rail' s ' returning with 2,800 camels laden with booty. GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 1 The programme of th e N ew Mi n i stry explains the present sit ua ti on o f affairs, and dwells upon the difficulti es w ith w hi ch they have to contend. 'lO Ministry d ec l ares t h e i r adherence to the protocol of the Conf erence, an d announce that a new general election to the Chambers will be necessary. ATHENS, Feb. 8 ' Count Walewski, carry i ng t h e adhes i on of the Greek Government to the Protocol of the C °lr ference, left to-day on his return to Paris. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Feb. 12 ' et The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stesn i re Poona!), from S ou th ampton Jan. 30, arrived het on the 10 t h i nst. at 7 p.m., and left at 2 8. 111 . tji following morning for Alexandria. ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 13 ' The Nazione o f t o -d ay says the assertion that t 136 Minister of Finance has concluded a financial 0 ; ration with vario us f ore i gn capitalists, with the ° , ject of suppressing the forced currency, P re° ture. FRANCE. r vt BOURSE, Feb. 11.—Th ree o ' c lock.—The 1115 closed as follows : ~ 4 per Cent. ......103 65 B an k Shares 3 o o' -, End of month... Italian Loan 3 per Cent ....... 71 27 End of month -- - ,4 2 ,5 End of mouth_ 71 17-} Mexican Loan Credit M o bili er ... 293 75 Do. Bonds ./ End of mo n th ... 29 3 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncior ...1592 50 Home Debt --- / End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans 9479 "'Northern ... llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6161 Western Eastern . 575 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4921 North of S pa i n Saragoss a A 9 Homan THE ROYAL CHRISTY'S 1111NSTREJS The large and talented tr oupe of vocalists b t instrumental perfor mers, now known efis s o t' Royal" Christy' s Mi nstrels, made their aP P e ance in London at the St. George's Hall, La" e t ham-place, after a to ur w hi c h h as extended oar six years, duri ng w hi c h t i me they have visite d ei y the town and city i n E ng l an d , and finally receive u jo l Royal com man d to appear before her Majesty e pf her Court at B a l mora l . The " royal" troup e minstrels is un d er th e d i rection of Messrs. Moog and Montag ue , an d t h e great and distingui° i f feature of their e n t er t a i nment i s that all 01100 is rigorously excluded. and the songs orb's' troupe all bear a he a lth y t one and sentiment. l'sloce particularly observable in th e i naugura l perforM tbe it last evening, and f rom t h e applause with which a9o° efforts we re rece i ve d a long and prosperous t-rdst seems open to them. Th e corps i s one of the lecivtbe that has yet been seen in the metropolis, a n voices are all pa r ti cu l ar l y good, and b ° 00 1 Y vise very d e li g htf u ll y. The programme tbs witted last night nearly corresponded wi th o ld given before the R oya l F am i ly, and ab°e Tbo with ballads overflowing with dulcet melody w it) opening overtu re , " Z ampa, " was execu t e d a p such extraordinary a bilit y t h at i t called fortesv enthusiastic encore—an hon our it f u lly dese r pit3 and then came some ballads of the most oc c i f itr description. "Beautiful Hawthorn," by M r ' WO gerald, is an extremely pretty song, and the pe tal with which it was ren d ered secured suc h get it, applause that the clever darkey had to reP e s ,' b et which he did with, if possible, greater effec t ' 00 came a very humorous song by Mr. Louis Lip e "The happiest time in all my life," which he gwith capital effect. Mr. B renn i r (t e nor) s a o , graceful ballad, " Bl ue E ye d V i olets, " with g 00 taste, and Mr. B a ll (b ass) followed with a o°v " We meet a ga i n, " i n which he exhibited ac eked' ordinary compass of voice. " The Monkey ding" is a wond er f u ll y com i c ditty, and Ur' ne fo Howard executed it w ith suc h sp i r i t an d genet-01P that he had to repeat it. The gem of the ev` re t he however, was Mr. Be rnar d' s s i ng i ng " J us t hefsd Battle, Mother ;" it was g i ven w i t h the etio sioti° tenderness and path os , an d e li c i ted an el] t hu ities i° and well-deserved e ncore . O ne o f t h e Dove e the programme was " C ome where m 7 1 % . r tett ° dreaming," unac compan i e d , and sang as a qtlierali by Messrs. Wil som , B renn i r, W ard, and Fithdieac° it was excell en tl y d one, and pleased t h e au the very greatly. Th e " Christy's Gallop ,l , by goo' company, closed th e fi rst part, and t h en 31r' c oed tague came forward, and in a few but wel l.tu n ge sentences explained to tne audience the a r t s t it!' meats for the f u t ure w hi ch seeme d to ale s of general approval. Then succeeded a ' veri t i bel ° dancing, singing, banjo playing, &c., and t he w " gr i ; concluded with a very com i c extravaga nza, b Date C. Bernard, en ti t l e d " The Very Grand 00 , which brought the en t er t a i nmen t to a Yell sue ful conclusion. The arrival of another troupe of chrisl London will doubtless lead to a little rivalry 0,0 tweet: St. James's a n d St. G eorge 's Halls, hut the old song says, "There's room enough f()t 00° File arrangements by Mr. Nimmo for the ace modation of th e very numerous au dience th9'toolo tended were in every respect perfect, as th e t t he were quietly and comfortably seated witheu slightest interruption to the performance. PLO OOHING 111 Vl'CllES.—Eleven champio° P lat° ing matches Lye already taken place this year i 3 oftic ." parts of the kingdom, but the principal plough t he turers have not sent their o w n men to competo ale prizes, but have left th e s uccess of their plough' °woe local ploughmen. Si x o f th ose ma t c hes have bse° foi ls by men with Messrs. Ransome's ploughs, one h 3s to Messrs. Howard's, and the remainder to oth or 103 b COREISEI TICK E TING. —l l 11 uraday.- - A t ' cl us t i nt ee f to-day 1,529 tons of co p per ore rea li se I £6,29 8 5../ *": an average of £4 2 s . p er t on ; fi ne co pper 98 ton s 18 ; -14:10 produce 61, standard, £lO6 45., being a decline on sale of 255. ordim. structi, With t. i 3 o►nba i 80 c, at atel y cable, , to b e 1; tw eet , The this we, corr esp 'Weste r an incr Wester hal; ai tension Aletrop £482. Mr. ber Iro Tolt ec °, l eave t 5 0,00( th e the coin. the a3E311 "Icial 1 Creditor 123, 61 Ord er Iv, I) iscu th e quet3 th e Gov and a c Bible j oi Prin e i tz ll cibert of th e th e sth illustrati LOU N o !ej I,,, t ‘ e 80;4 a Pei 9 ( ; /.1 Di ent tt „ 0 14:' for , e ,, r a e ent Ni 'lv 2 b o. P , , r l o • for I I —° (Red zeh e L o ' l ll4' A of h uk Er ne,, (l * aCCO wid a 4 D o ' ;Tell 00: e Do. 1 PeC 11 ° ' erti ae c , . Ewa 9! I r 1-1 acti Nev Sto( ditti per