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A.t 15 to 8, LIFE FOR LIFE: Mies Neilson, Mr Arthur Stir .ing, Mr Stuart, Mr Ashley, Mrs. Leigu Murray, Miss Minnie Sidney, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Belmore R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last Two Weeks of the Season THIS EVENING, will be prOduCetiTa --- /Crewbrama, by Dion Boucicanit, entitled PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, in which Madame Celeste, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Emma Barnett. Mr. W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore. Mr. G. F. Neville, Mr. Moreland, Mr. Parselle, and Air Dominick Murray will appear. To be preceded by THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE, in which Madame Celeste will give her celebrated impersonations of Ernest de la. Garde and Zambaro. )oors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Boa-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE MISTRESS Or THE MILL. At 8 o'clock, Lord Lytton's Great Play (in five acts) of MONEY, Parry Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, George Honey, W. 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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Reg,erfs-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mc'ndays, 6d. Children ander twelve, 6d (1 4. i 44 15 , re g s , 4 ) 'llll- LONDOW, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1869. Another grand engineering exploit has just been accomplished. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, through the territory of the United States, has very recently been completed. Linking the two oceans together, this enormous trunk line may take rank with the tunnelling through Mount Cenis, with M. LESSEPS' canal across the Isthmus of Suez, and even it may be said, in one sense, with the submarine cable, trailed along the bed of the Atlantic, and bringing into instantaneous communication the New World and the Old. While we have been talking about a trunk line across the North American Con tinent, as a public work in every way most desirable, the go-a-head Republic of the United States has gone in and anticipated us, by doing the thing themselves. Years ago, nearly a quarter of a century since, we earnestly advocated, in these same columns of 7he Sun, the project of a direct trunk line of railway communication between ocean and ocean, between the Atlantic and the Pacific, across our own North American territories, across Canada and the Red River Settlement, westwards through the Hudson's Bay Territory to what is now known as British Columbia, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the western borders of the mainland immediately confronting Vancouver's Island. Subsequently to the period we are just now alluding to, after this magnificent scheme had been explained, and as the phrase h ventilated by the pub lication of a series of pamphlets, addressed by their writer, Major ROBERT CAR3IICHAEL SMYTH, to his friend the late Mr. Justice HALIBURTON , better known to us all under his nom de plume of " Sam Slick"— subsequent to the publication of Dlajor SMYTH'S pamphlets setting forth this most alluring and cer tainly imperial design, a substantial volume was issued from the press by one of the first of our London publishing houses, a work in which the same idea was more elaborately propounded, namely, the construction of a direct line of railroad running east and west through our North American p rov i nces. Naturally enough, the notion of a grand trunk railway like that, uniting ocean with o cean, bringing the European commerce, brought westward to the Atlantic seaboard, and the Asiatic commerce, brought eastwards to the Pacific seaboard of the North American Continent into direct communica tion with each other : while it may have seemed wild, while 'it unquestionably did seem wild to the majo rity of the steady-going people of this country, it caught the fancy, it captivated the imagination of the more enterprising, or at any rate the more daringly enterprising people of the United States. The sug gestion hardly found two or three advocates here among our London journalists—but it was caught up with a sort of enthusiasm by the earnest politicians of the United States. Quickly enough after the publication of the pamphlets of Major Smv•rn and of the book of Colonel RICHARDS, one of the Senators of the United States, by name Mr ASA WHITNEY [it is now nearly tent y years ago] came over amongst us to see for himself how the idea was taking—if it was taking at all—here in England. We remember perfectly well discussing the matter with him almost immediately after he arrived in London. We recollect the eager ness of his -demonstration of the fact of one route THE SUN, LONDON, INIONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, F 69. being so much shorter than another, by the very primitive or elementary argument of a piece of string, or of red tape, trailed round contrasting seg ments of a terrestrial globe. The comparison upon which the whole reasoning in this instance was founded was one constituted by the ocean route in tercepted by the narrow neck of the Isthmus of Panama, and the land route farther to the north across the broad surface of the North American Con tinent. Eighteen years and upwards have slipped by since then. Long prior to that date we had already, and we have often and often since then upon every available opportunity insisted, here in the se same columns of The Sun, upon the urgent advisability, if not the absolute necessity, indeed, in our imperial interests, that England should un dertake, or at the least encourage the notion of a grand trunk line across her own North American possessions. Nothing whatever of the kind has been undertaken. The Hudson's Bay Company still has to be swept out of existence as an obsolete obstruc tion—as was done some years since in the instance of Jobn Company. Canada and the contiguous States, New Brunswick, Nova Scotii, and the rest of them, have been knit together in the form of a confederation. Upon the opposite side of that huge Continent ten years ago a noble colony was founded under the title of British Columbia. This was at a period when the Secretaryship of State for the Colonies was in the hands of a Poet and a Novelist, who, besides being an Orator and a Man-of-letters in almost every conceiveablo phase of that character, proved himself, thus, at the same time, to be a practical statesman and a laborious administrator. Altogether, during the interval which has elapsed since Mr. ASA WHITNEY was over here in London, nearly a score of years gone by, while much has been neglected, much also has been done .by the British Government, in the interests of our colonies in North Amerion. Bat—in those territories—the grand Trunk line of railroad—connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic—that noble scheme which we have so long and strenuously advocated, and which would most assuredly have been the very best thing Eng-' land could possibly have done with a view to the development of all the vast latent re sources of her territorial possessions in that quarter of the world—is just nowhere 1 The United State, meanwhile, have not been idle. They have dons what we have left undone. Another Grand Trunk Railroad than the one we had hoped to see constructed through our North American ter ritories has been constructed across the territories of the United States. But— remembering Mr. AsA WHITNEY'S cogent argument with ourselves, by means of the red tape or the bit of string trailed over the surface of a terrestrial globe— it would be almost laughable, only that it is positively ir ritating to bear in view thefact that the line of railway that has been constructed is no less than one thousand fire hundred miles longer than the other line mapped out across our own dominions, the line we have again and again most earnestly pleaded for out of a very natural preference. There is the fact. , Let us lay it well to heart, in the midst of our new national craze for sacrificing everything to considerations of eco nomy. IT is said that Lord DERBY has determined to move the rejection of the Irish Church Bill on its second reading. This is very grave news. We find it difficult to believe it. The bill has been passed in the House of Commons by a majority whose unanimity has been unbroken, and it goes to the Upper House substantially the same as it was when Mr. GLADSTONE introduced it. The country has looked on and applauded. Every Liberal member knows well that opposition to this measure would have cost him his seat. There never was an instance in which the country and its representatives were more perfectly in accord, or acted more entirely together. Nevertheless, Lord DERBY is about to take a step infinitely more perilous than any number of leaps in the dark. lle means to set the Peers and the Church (for, of course, the Bishops will go with him) in direct antagonism to the nation. We are not alarmists; but we confess that we do look upon this contingency with extreme apprehension. Desiring the maintenance of the House of L rds, desiring the maintenance of the English Church, we see in this threatened course a, blow against both those institutions which, we believe, they will find it hard to withstand. Of late the Lords have shewn themselves alive to the altered circumstances of the time, by surrendering some of their privileges, such as vote by proxy and the preservation of the House, for the hereditary peerage. But these concessions will avail them nothing if they are so ill-advised as to follow the example of the so often, but never before so utterly, reckless nobleman who will now call upon them to do battle with the whole nation. As for the bishops, their days are probably numbered as parlia mentary peers already. If not, their vote against the Irish Church Bill will seal their fate. It is not filling, enough lolis ntsg 7bhl t lo h t s a te t h de o u n tei othere- t s h t i th t w d e yo o - t f a hr t r h e du i st r t me order rulystnow o incapablesh w ol d cling array yo them selves to ful against the people. Were we writing in the interests of a party we should heartily rejoice at the decision of the Peers, if decision it be. Nothing will tend so much to strengthen the position of Mr. GLADSTONE and the Liberal party as the rejection of this bill. It will awake an enthusiasm in behalf of the measure which has not yet been excited, because it has not been wanted. The continuance of the Liberal party in office is assured so long as this measure remains un passed. No one knows that better than Lord DERBY'S son, except Mr. DISRAELI. But with us the welfare of the nation is of far more importance than any number of party triumphs. We would surrender the second in order to retain the first. It is because we believe that the first will be most seriously imperilled, that the stability of cur institutions will be dangerously shaken, that we contemplate Lord DERBY'S alleged resolve with downright dismay. THE Saturday Review and the Economist contain articles upon the Permissive Bill, in which all the arguments against the measure are put in the strongest and most forcible way. All that can be said against it is said. These arguments may be very briefly stated. Both journals object to the principle of Permissive legislation ; the Saturday Review because it is intrinsically bad ; the Economist because it may lead to bad results. The first paper urges that if a law is good it ought to be enforced everywhere, and by the national will ; if it is bad, it ought not to be enforced at the whim or caprice of a particular locality. All permissive legislation has, according to our contem porary, been a mistake, even such an Act as the Public Libraries Act. One might have thought that here, at least, there was room for differences of opinion, and for the exercise of local judgment and discretion ; but the Review will not admit it,and holds that, if it is well for Manchester to have a public library, Middleton Parva ought to have one. The Economist does not go so far as that, but fears that if the per missive principle is adopted with regard to the sale of liquors, the trades unions may extend it to the sale of labour; if a majority may say thatno alcoholic drinks shall be sold, a majority may say also that no work shall be done except under certain restrictions. Finally, the Review contends that stimulants have been used by all nations, and therefore the attempt to suppress their use is absurd. The second and third of these arguments are quickly disposed of. Thieving and murder have been practised among all nations, .and yet we pass laws to suppress these usages, and though we have not succeeded in suppressing them, we have no in tention of repealing the laws against them. The, supposition that the trade' uniout be able to prevent the sale of labour in a district if the Permissive Liquor Bill is carried, me an s that two-thirds of the ratepayers of a parish are likely to belong to trades unions; a supposition which we need not characterise. The objection to permissive legislation on principle is worthy of more respect. We are not sure that the principle is not being carried too far. But there ought to be no objection to it in the present instance. The licensing of drink shops is already, and always has been, decided by each locality for itself. There is no general law either for ordering or for prohibiting the opening of such shops. A. landowner may close them if he will. Magistrates may close them if they will. What the advocates of the Permissive Bill say is that the power of opening and closing ought not to be left to the individual landowner or to the bench of magistrates. The first may, for aught he knows, be acting the part of a tyrant in opposing the wishes of his tenants by refusing to suffer a single public-house upon his property. The second may be influenced by their connection with the liquor trade to open far more public-houses than the people want. The supporters of the Permissive Bill say that this question ought to be left to the ratepayers, because it is they who are really most interested in the matter, as much so as in the supply of water, sewage works, orany other purely local question. There is a further reason why the legislation in this matter should be permissive. All parts of the kingdom are not yet equally educated with regard to the evils of drunkenness and the benefits that would result from prohibition. There are towns, like Manchester and Devonport, which would probably pass the veto to-morrow by a, large majority ; but there are others in which there would be an equally large majority against it. The second have to be taught by the experience of the first. The country is not ready for a universal measure of prohibition. Such a measure might pro voke the riots which our contemporaries fear would arise even in places where the majority are favour able fn prohibition. "We havc iio ouch fear about thooo. We believe that the town which adopted this measure would scarcely know itself again by reason of the greatness of the change that would come over it. Its lowered rates, improved morals, and rapid prosperity would soonbring about the result which the Saturday Review and the Economist desire—general legislation. THE people of Paris must be found guilty of wilful injury to the cause of freedom which they profess to serve. Since the foundationof the Empire. the advocates of liberty have never had an opportu nity so favourable as the present. Never did the chances of putting an end to the despotism of personal rule, and of securing constitutional Government by peaceful means, appear so propitious. Eighteen years have been more than sufficient to weary the French people of government by the will and caprice of a ruler who, however able, is not obliged to consult the wishes of his people, nor to account to them for his errors. Apart from the consideration that political freedom is in itself a good thing, and that France alone of the more civilised States is under despotic rule, the policy adopted under the Empire is intrinsically mischievous. Abroad, the Empire is the source of constant disquiet and anxiety to neighbouring States; but the policy of armed peace, whilst it alarms the rest of the world, brings neither profit nor prestige to France. At home the EMPEROR'S rule has been productive of many benefits to his people ; but the one defect of extravagance vitiates all its merits. In time of peace NAPOLEON 111. thinks nothing of accummulating a load of debt, the misery of which will remain long after the memory of his good works has perished. The French people have long been alive to the evil of this policy, and they display unmistakeable anxiety to alter it. They are disposed to withdraw the passive obedience which they have accorded so long. A strong party desirous of mitigating despotism, and yet of avoiding revolution, has recently risen, and is gaining strength. This party openly avows its desire to retain the EMPEROR and his dynasty on the throne of France, but it must be under constitutional, and not personal, rule. It is asserted in many quarters that the EMPEROR himself would like to secure France for his race by meeting these moderate demands. Here is an opportunity..of which the Paris politi cians seemed disposed to make the worst. The natural position of Paris is to lead the rest of France ; but the Parisian Liberals seem anxious only to frighten and alarm. In the Par liament just dissolved the French capital was represented by eight deputies, whose opinions for the most part could hardly be ranked as moderate. Parliamentary Government, perfect freedom of speech and writing, abolition of the standing army, and the separation of Church and State, were only the milder articles of political creeds which sometimes descended to socialism. But most of these advanced deputies do not satisfy the Parisians. They are, in several circumscriptions, opposing the Radical representatives by men whose programme -may be summed up in the single word " Revolution." M.. EMILE OLLIVIER is the most moderate of the Paris deputies. Ile holds that revolutions have never ensured liberty, and that peaceful constitutional means are the best calculated to gain the great end. The EMPEROR. should never have sat on the French throne, it is true ; but he is there, and cannot be dispossessed. Why not, asks M. OLLIVIER, strive for liberty under the Empire instead of vainly following the igms fat uus of revolution ? Sensible as these views are, they are precisely the sentiments which have set Paris in a blaze during the last few days. The crowd which assembled to hear M. EMILE °Lull-lEn, received his moderation with derisive tumult. The idea of taking the oath of allegiance to the EMPEROR, with the intention of keeping it, as M. OLLIVIER does, is treated with scorn. Freedom under the Empire is deemed an impossibility. The mob plainly answered the Paris deputy that they would not have the EMPEROR or the Empire at any price. They called for revolution, sang revolutionary songs, fought with the police, and committed all the follies which mobs are wont to commit in the name of freedom. This is not a hopeful state of affairs. It has been noticed that the aspect of France now is precisely what it was before the revolution of 1848. Put the Government is very different ; and the out break which overturned Louis PIIILLIPE might produce no effect whatever upon the throne of NAPOLEON 111. AnOther result is much more likely. There is a large class in France which prefers substantial to visionary gains, which looks more to domestic prosperity than even to poli tical freedom. People who have something at stake will not support the policy of revolution. Even the peasants invest their savings in the Funds, and will not lose them for the sake of Republicanism. The only effect of this violence must be to strengthen the hands of the EMPEROR• Order is even more precious than liberty, and despotism will once more have the friends of order on its side. TILE GREAT TEMPERANCE DEMONSTA.TION—THIS DAY.—This morning Lincoln's-inn-fields presented an animated appearance on account of its being the mustering point for the numerous temperance societies who proposed making a demonstration on the occasion of their marching to Beaufort House grounds, Fulham. At half-past 10 tho procession started ; it was composed of many thousand persons, innumerable banners and bands of music. A great many of the company followed in carriages, and altogether the procession was a demonstration in the fullest sense of the term, as it extended nearly a wile fu length. " Tommy Dodd" was the favourite marching tune. BATH RACES.—After a continuance of indifferent meet ings at the "fair city of the west," wo have reason to be lieve in a general resuscitation on this occasion, and predict a gradual improvement on the last few years, as no effort on the part of the now secretary has been omitted to add to its attractions. Lieut. H. Browne's colours have been altered to drab, blue facings, blue cap. Sir H. Hardinge's colours aro scarlet, white facings ; and Mr. M'Carthy's green, white braid, white and green cap. EASTBOURNE.—AdmiraI Rous, to whom the objection to Puff as the winner of the Selling Stakes at this meeting was referred, bad decided the same to be invalid, and de clared Puff to be the winner of the race. CIVIL SERVICE ATHLETIC SPORTS. Tliere are believers in muscular Christianity among the civil servants of the Crown. The annual celebration of the Civil Service Athletic Sports took place on Saturday. We are told that all went well. It was pleasant in the Veterans' Race to see the eldest competitor come in first; pleasant to note this gentleman—gray, wiry, and 56 years of age—finish his work artistically and without distress. The steeplechase, too, occasioned infinite merriment. An artificial lake with a stiff fence in its front had been pre pared, and this had to be taken in its turn after a suc cession of jumps, and three times in the course of a mile run. The racers here were all finely-built, mus cular men, who in their gaily coloured silk breeches, bare legs, and tightly-fitting skin-jackets recalled the pictures of Spanish matadors about to wage war with the bull. It bad a droll effect to see their respective friends—some old, some young, and all in the ordinary costume of the gentleman of to-day—putting the runners' naked legs through an amateur shampooing process just before the start. The wind, as we have said, was cold, and so calves and ankles were rubbed and pinched assiduously—a friend to each leg, in order that their owner might be ensured his maximum of elasticity when the word was given and he bounded off. The floundering into the water at the great jump, and the splendid way in which it was cleared each time by the winner of the race, were all watched breathlessly, and as if persons present had a personal stake in the result. So with the pole jumping, when active gentlemen threw themselves some nine feet into the air, and alighted com fortably on the other side of the bar as coolly as if it were a stile ;so with the hurdles, so throughout the day. Our Civil Servants seemed to distinguish themselves in all they tried for ; and there was a social side to their gathering especially pleasant to see. A family party—minus the cavilling ; a fashionable entertainment where neither per formers nor spectators were bored; a competition in which those left behind shared the sweets of the successful — such were the athletic sports. 0' CO NELL'S GRAVE. on Friday an interesting ceremonial took place in Dublin, when the remains of Daniel O'Connell were removed from the vault in the O'Connell circle, where they were temporarily deposited, to the tomb prepared for them beneath the O'Connell monument, Glasnevin Cemetery. O'Connell was buried on Thursday, the sth of August, 1847, and the next day a meeting was held in the City Hall for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements to erect a monument to his memory. A committee was appointed, and a design by Petrie chosen for the monument, which combined a round tower, a mortuary chapel, and a monumental cross. The round tower, however, is the only part completed. The committee having ascer tained that the vault in which the Liberator's remains were placed were ill suited for the purpose, both in position and construction, accordingly arrangements were made for their removal to the crypt beneath the Round Tower. The crypt is in the form of an altar tomb, with three pierced panels at either side, and one at the west end, so that the coffin may be seen through the openings. The ornamentation is purely Celtic, and the table of the tomb is a single slab of Kilkenny marble. The ceremonial of Friday was altogether of a religious character, the arrangements were highly judicious, and nothing whatever occurred to mar the harmony and pro priety of the day. It was estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 persons were present, all of whom behaved with great decorum. Those who were to take part in the cere mony assembled in the Mortuary Chapel at eleven o'clock, and proceeded to tte vault in the O'Connell circle. The services then began, the coffin was transferred to the bier, and the order of procession formed, including the mayors and corporations or Drogheda, Clonmel, Limerick, and Dublin, the Athlone town councillors, the Lord Chan cellor and judges, about 300 clergy, the Chapter of Dublin, and the Cardinal Archbishop. On reaching the tower High Mass was celebrated by the Right Rev. Dr. Whelan, and after the service was con cluded, the Rev. Thomas Burke, 0.P., delivered a funeral sermon, warmly eulogising the services of O'Connell, the dream of whose life was, he said, being realised to-day. The oration was listened to with the deepest attention, and at its conclusion, the "De Pro fundis " and " Requiescat in Pace" having been sung, the coffin was placed in the tomb beneath the tower. THE IRISH PRIMATE AND THE GATE KEEPER. At the Armagh Petty Sessions, at the end of the past week, the Archbishop of Armagh summoned Mary Ann Fitzsimons, a respectable-looking old woman, to show cause why possession of a house and premises, his property, held by her, should not be deliv(re I to him ol his agent, demand of possession having been made on the let of May. Mr. Veitch said he got instructions to EOM) the notice on the woman from the Lord Primate on the Ist of Feb ruary, who desired her to leave at the end of that mouth, but, at witnesWs request, consent: l to let her remain in the place for a quarter; when she was told that her wages would be reduced to £2, she replied, " How did the Primate expect she could live on that ?" The garden was allowed as a part of her wages; it con'ained abut rood. The defendant, in her examinatioa, said that her husband, who died last December, had been with the late and present Primate 46 years as gate-keeper, and that she had been married to him 33 years. Mr. Kidd: He was entitled to a pension, surely. Witness: There are potatoes in the half rood and vegeta bles, and other things since November ; w hen Mr. Voitch told me that my wages were to b e re duced, I asked , f it wa s right for the Pritiiate to reduce the wages of a poor widow woman, and pot her on th e s t ree ts ? Since my husban d ' s death I have opened the gates from four or half past four in the morning till ten o'clock at night, and if it was neces sary I sat up all night. I said it was not fair for him to fight for his living in London, and that I should not fight for my own. (Laughter.) Ultimately an crder was made for possession to bo given iu eight days. ROSSINI'S LAST WoßK.—There has been a great struggle for Rossini's last work, the "Masse Solennelle." It is now definitely understood that this great work is secured for England, the proprietor of the copyright (for purposes of publication in England) being Mr. Thomas Chappell. Rossini's Mass will be produced by the!directorg of the United Opera, London, in St. James's Hall, on the 19th inst. ` APPREHENSION OF THE DEFAULTING SHIELDS POSTMASTER. —On Sunday evening a telegram was received by Superintendent Richardson, of South Shields, stating that Detective Patterson, of his force, had that day apprehended at Liverpool Mr. John Elliot, the South Shields postmaster, who absconded in February after appropriating £3OO belonging to the post-office. The Liverpool coroner held an inquest on the body of Florence 11‘Carthy, an "unfortunate," 19 years of age. The body was found in the canal, and it was supposed that death had resulted from drow nin g . On a post pp tem exa mination, however, being made, it was found that there were bruises upon the bead and chest, and other indications that she had been subjected to great violenee. Her nails were full of sand, showing that a struggle had taken place. The night before she was found screams were heard proceeding from the direction of the canal. The jury returned an open verdict. Mr. G. AV. Whalley, M.P., and Miss Whalley were on Thursday last driving home from Wrexham in a small basket carriage, and when descending the hill, in the vil lage of Ruabon, the horse took fright from some portion of the carriage touching him. lie at once dashed forward, Miss Whalley having the reins in hand at the time. 3lr. Whalley at once got upon his feet and took the reins from her but at the same time was thrown out with a fearful plunge. Miss Whalley was also thrown out, but she succeeded on getting upon her feet again, and ran as well as she was able to attend her father. The horse rushed forward towards Rbosyin e d r o until the carriage was dashed into fragm en t s . Both Mr. and Miss Whalley w e r e able to walk home with out assistance, there being no alarming symptoms of injury except a few revere bruises. MR. BRIGHT AND MR. CHILDERS. Shortly after the Government came into office, Mr. Bright hasl occasion to consult Mr. Childers on some matters of busi ness, and foe that purpose betook himself to the Admiralty. Not being well acquainted with the premises, however, and too proud, of course, to spew his ignorance by mating inquiries, he essayed to find the First Lord's room with out guidance. But, after some vain attempts, he opened a door which he had not the courtesy to knock before entering, and there found a gentleman with his feet on the fender, his back to the door, and that morning's 2'imes in his hand. To this individual the President of the Board of Trade thrice Propounded the query, `• Which is Mr. Childers's room, ' but receiving no answer, thereupon concluded that the gentleman wa: , either deaf or insolent, besides being idle, and therefore, on all scores, a proper sul,j(-et for dismissal. Burning with indignation at the shameful way in which public servants neglected their duties, Mr. Bright forthwith returned to the Board of Trade, and there indited a letter to Mr. Childers, informing him of what he had seen, and suggesting that the occupant of room No. should be dis missed at once. An explanation followed, when it turned out that it was the First Lord's own room into which Mr. Bright had made his way, and the First Lord's self whom he Lad reported, the back of whose head ho had not recog nised, and who was'so deeply immersed in his studies that di4 not hoar his colleapel query.-zinuatratol i • THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. ANOTHER MASSACRE. The Maori rebellion in New Zealand has spread, and once more assumed a formidable aspect. Te Kooti, the leader on the east coast, and Tito Kowaru, the leader on the west coast, have both reappeared in the field. The colonists have sustained two distinct disasters on the west coast. A body of constabulary has been attacked, and out of ten men but three escaped. Worse still, another body of European settlers, including one clergyman, has been massacred. This catastrophe occurred at a place called Pukearuhe, near the White Cliffs, about thirty-six miles from New Plymouth, a town situated on the west coast, and very nearly opposite tc. Poverty Bay, on the east coast. The Taranaki !Praia gives the following account of this affair : " In 1865 a military settlement was established at this place, and a blockhouse garrisoned ; thereby stopping up the only road at that time known by which the natives, who were hostile to us at the north, could come down ; or at least making that way much more difficult for them to traverse without being seen. The country that has been occupied as military settlements may be thus roughly described. From the mouth of the Waitara, running inland about eight miles, and northward along the coast, twenty miles ; the two points conjoined by a belt of rugged hills across the land, formr, a triangular block. It was at the furthermost point that this massacre occurred, a place almost isolated from the rest. About twelve months since it was the act of the present Government—the Stafford Ministry—to remove the garrison from the blockhouse, and most of the settlers who were there have since then gradually left it. A few, however, remained, and it is those who were massacred. There can be no doubt that the Govern. ment are responsible for these murders, for they have been repeatedly warned of the danger, and have been requested to replace the men they had taken away ; but, with their usual inertness where real clanger menaced, they neglected to attend to the advice so frequently given, and the con sequence has been the massacre. On the 13th of February a party of the Ngatimaniapoto tribe, headed by a young chief, named Hone Weteri (John Wesley), arrived in the vicinity of the White Cliffs. Having chosen a picked party of about twenty men, leaving forty or more on the beach, he went up to the blockhouse, and meeting with John Milne, he told him the natives had some pigs to dispose of in the gully leading to the stream (the Wairoa), on the north side of the redoubt. Milne went with him, and when a little way down the winding path he was treacherously toms. hawked from behind. Seeing that the other man-- Edward Richards—did not come, a native was sent back to tell him they could not agree about the price, and requested him to come and settle it. The poor fellow went unsuspiciously to his doom, and when a short way down was likewise tomahawked in the same way as his comrade. The murderers then went to the blockhouse, and Lieutenant Gascoigne, who with his wife and children were strolling in a paddock which was attached to their house, seeing the natives there, went towards them to ascertain what they wanted. The wretches appeared quite friendly, and shook hands with him, asking at the same time for a light for their pipes. Lieutenant Gascoigne had his youngest child in his arms ; so, to oblige the natives, he handed the baby to Mrs. Gascoigne, and walked ahead towards hiedwelling. He reached the house, and was just in the act of opening the door when he was cut down. The door being on the opposite side of the house to that at which Mrs. Gascoigne was, she did not see her husband's fate ; under some pretence a few of the natives met her, and getting behind, tomahawkeu her, as they had done the others, at the back. After this the hellhounds brutally tomahawked the poor helpless children, mutilating their bodies fright. fully with thei r weapons. About the dusk of the evening the venerable missionary, the Rev. John Whiteley, was seen riding towards the place, and on reaching the summit of the hill on which the blockhouse was built, he was stopped and ordered to return immediately to town ; he remonstrated and rode gently forward. The miscreants then fired, killing the horse the rev. gentleman rode, and as Mr. Whiteley was in the act of rising another volley was fired, killing him likewise. The weather on the Sunday was very boisterous, and it was not till late on the Monday that a settler, having occasion to visit the Gascoignes, came upon the dead body of Mr. Whiteley. Information was at once given to the other settlers residing in that district, who immediately left the place ; and as soon as word was sent to town of the occur rence, a volunteer force, with very little preparation, started at (nee to fetch the bodies of the victims into town. They were interred in the Cemetery, a procession of over one thousand persons following them to the grave." The Rev. John Whiteley, it is added, was a minister of the Wesleyan order, and had been in New Zealand since 1333. For the last fourteen years he has laboured amongst the Ngatimaniapoto tribe, a division of which perpetrated this massacre. The Governor, in reply to a deputation `from the settlers of the district, said that 200 of the armed constabulary should be sent to the New Plymouth district. DEFEAT OF THE REBELS. Later intelligence in the Melbourne Argus chews that these disasters on the west coast were rapidly followed up by active measures on the part of the colonial forces. The Argus says :—" On the 13 h March Colonel Whitmore, with a force of about 400 men, attacked the camp of Tito Kowaru, the leader of the insur rection on that side of the island, and, after a sharp fight, completely routed the enemy. The attack was commenced in the early morning, under cover of a dense fog, and the firing at one of their sentries was the first warning the Maories had. About 400 of them, in a state of nudity, and carrying nothing but their guns and pouches, rushed into the open ground, but were met with such a tremendous fire that they dropped down as quickly as they could into a steep wooded gully. A terrific close fire was then kept up for an hour, at the end of which time the mist rose. The men then fairly took to the bush, and fought from tree to tree with a valour never surpassed. For three long hours furious fighting was kept up in this way. The Hau-haus tried to climb the trees, but were quickly brought down, the women in the mean time carrying off the dead in the midst of the heaviest fire, their cries being terrible. There was no shrinking among our men. At the end of four hours the Hau-haus had retreated through the dense undergrowth, leaving the bush fairly in our hands. All the Maori clothing was captured, as well a s guns, tomahawks, revolvers, money, tents, axes, spades, and shovels—in fact, the whole of the enemy's baggage. Seven dead Hau-haus were found, and two women were made prisoners. The attack was planned with consummate skill, and carried out without a single mistake, the men being thoroughly under command during the whole of the engagement. On the side of the attacking force one manwas killed and thirteen wounded. Colonel Whitmore is in active pursuit of the into the with th e v i ew o f prevent i ng the i r escape the fastnesses of the interior.' A Church Conference between the clergy and the laity of Sh. flield is to be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th inst. As a comment on the fear that now exists of a war Let«•cen this country and America, it is stated that on the day that Mr. Sumner's speech was delivered the American army was reduced by 1;0,000 men. The coliie) y owneis of South Yoi kshire haviug met together to consi - er the advisability of forming boards of cot cilliation and - arbitrati, n, havo rejected the proposed means of settling the many disputes in their districts be tween masters and men. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN OF BONNY. The screw steamer Roquelle, Captain John Griffiths, belonging to the British and African Steam Navigation Company, which has just arrived in the Mersey from the West Coast of Africa, brought intelligence of the total destruction by fire of the town of Bonny, on the morning of the Bth of April. The disaster has laid the whole town in ruins, and rendered many thousand persons utterly homeless and helpless. THE PROGRESS OF THE IRON AND STEEL MANU FACTURE.— The qualities of this invaluable metal have not only greatly improved, but the mysteries of its organis& tion and inner nature are daily becoming more clearly revealed. Castings in soft steel can now be made in contradiction of all past assertions, whilst the simple but most marvellous discovery by Mr. Saxby, of the appication of magnetic tests as a means of discover ing unsuspected flaws in manufactured iron, pro raises to add a most important safeguard to the use of material ‘vhich is now so largely increasing. The seiner process of the conversion of iron ore into steel by a comparatively cheap and reliable process has, it is well known, introduced a new element into the manufacture of this metal, whilst the costly and long continued experi m ea t s o f Government have given to the world faett. ..vh;ch engineers and practical men have not been slow t take advantage of. The result:s tha' wi Lay. now a sup ) ), of iron equal in its qualities to all the demands that the nature of its use may make upon it. There is at present a warm controversy on the'respective merits of iron and steel for mechanical purposes ; but, perhaps, the true and simple view of the que. , ,t'on may be found in the opinion of Mr. Zerah Colburn. "Steel," says be, "is only iron in its best and most valuable form." Steel is, in fact, no more a different material from iron than are wrought iron or cast iron from each other. The time may come when the distinctive name of " steel" will be disused altogether, and the gencric name " iron," v. - Ith some mineral or other distinctive prefix to mark its special qualits., wak elLayo 14gDicr what Ameazt--:fitcf(qc, IRELAND. The Daily News' correspondent, who is investigating the agrarian outrages in Ireland, gives a story which shews how thoroughly "Irish" the dwellers in the Green Isle are. "It appears from the returns of the Irish banks that the tenant farmers, spoken of as so poor and miserable, have investments of money which, in the aggregate, amount to a very large sum. But I understand the money in the banks is a mirage. It will hardly be believed that the Irish farmers pay interest on their own money ; but it is a fact. A mau lodges, say £ 6oo ' in the National or Provincial Bank, for which he 1 3 allowed 14 or 2 per cent. But it is no unfrequent case, when the same man wants money, that he goes to the bank and asks for a loan. lie does not draw out a portion of the £6OO which he has invested, and the receipt of whick he keeps possession of, but for a loan of money at the rate of interest for the time being. The bank, of course, has the most substantial security in the deposit of actual cash ; it can, therefore, lend money to the fai l amount of the deposit, and the stupid farmer loses the difference between the 2 per cent. which he receives from the bank and the 6,7, or 8 per cent. whic h he pays in the shape of interest. I asked (says this correspondent) the excellent bank manager from wha m I received this information to give me some explanatio n of this almost incredible peculiarity. The explanatic o given was, the farmer, in his social intercourse with his neighbours, was able, by the retention of his 1600 receipt, though mortgaged to nearly the full amount, to impress them with the opinion that he was a ' strong' man ; a n d this opinion was useful to him in many ways. He wa s sometimes able to dispose of a daughter in marriage, , t e " In fact, the Irish farmer only does on a small scale what magnificent companies and ' clever fellows' have done i° London on a scale so grand that the enormity of the crime has been buried in the enormity of the cheat. In estimat' ing the amount of floating capital in the country a certain deduction must therefore be made on account of the custom to which I have referred." Referring to the poor appearance of the dress of the farmer and his belongings, the correspondent is informed that he dare not dress as he might. " A farmer told m e at one time that he made a present, at some sacrifice, of is silk dress to his daughter, an exceedingly pretty girl, to whom he was most devotedly attached. After donning her gay attire, she, woman-like, made a display, and 05 Sunday was the admiration of her companions. tie r appearance attracted the notice of the lady of the grea t house,' who inquired her name, and on learning it 3 11° observed that when Jack could dress his daughter in silks he ought to be able to pay higher for his land' Well, the silk dress cost him ss. per acre (about £7 or 0 per annum) to his rent. I know myself farmers, rich, comfortable men, who actually prepare their stock for th . 6 market in secret. I have been present at fairs where th elf cattle would realise high prices, but they would beg O r God's sake that the fact would not be mentioned in the newspapers, fearing that they would be punished 11 increased rents for being enterprising. On the contrary, t he farmer secured in his holding glories in seeing his successes recorded, and the fact is an incentive to him to renewed 5 0 still more vigorous exertion." But it is not alway s the landlord so much as the agent who is near at hand', " The distant landlord does not know—probably does a° care to know, for it might interfere with his pleasure of peace of mind—the great oppressions and the pe tty annoyances that are inflicted in his name. Of course, _ii agents are not the same. There are many good o ieti ii amongst them, and many who try to mitigate the hal l commands of a dictatorial absentee landlord, but agenel as a system is bad, and, productive of evil. 11° duties of property are onerous enough wi l l performed directly, but the duties of property delegat e too frequently means power without responsibility ; 511 irresponsible power, whether in the hands of an ErnPer c : 4 or an agent, leads to nothing better than a well-arranged disorder—desordre Lien ordonne." " The Irish Government," the Daily News writer P es on to say, " are now preparing a return of the agrari all , crimes which have been committed in Ireland for the la s two or three years. They will contrast not unfavoura bly with the amount of outrages of the same in former times. But really what does it sign ui what the ratio of comparison is ? It is n ot a question of more or less, of a comparison of t he last three years with three, ten, twenty, or Oil years ago ; it is a question of cause and effect, ° a system and its results, of a one-sided law and its cops e ; quences. Purify the system and the blotches disaPP ei ! from the surface. It is not the untutored and u ndlec i c i plined passions of the Irish Celt that have produced a 1 3., 133 do produce these agrarian outrages. As far as race ,11 be supposed to have anything to do with the matter, i t , tendency would he in the other direction. It is i nsecti d rity of land tenure which is causing these most 10 occurrences." The Irishman has an article on the subject of "ap e !' sant proprietary in Ireland." Its tone will be understov" from the concluding passage. After referring to examples of France and Prussia, the wr it er o bserves :- ~ So when the Irish people are put in possession of Os land they will not be the first nati o n i n Eur o pe that achieved the same position. Those who tell them to 100 ' and work for this issue are not acting in a manner hostile to the welfare of the nation. The prosperity and haPl iv ness of 6,000,000 is of greater moment than the cor e. nience of a few thousands. The settling of the land 0 11 e 1 ., tion here has been too long delayed. But a better da y l. at hand. Hitherto Ireland had none to stand by hers The oppression of our rulers had well-nigh crushed tw spirit of the people. But now Mr. Bright appears to catch a glimpse of the future. Next year his message the British Parliament may be that Ireland and it 151/ lords cannot both be preserved. It will, no doubt, b e ; hard struggle with landlordism to surrender the sp oils has so long enjoyed ; it will be unpleasant for l a ndlorj 4 S to give up their power over their vassals ; it will be fl to forego the pleasure of spending wealth which has be l t won, not by their exertions, but by the toil of othe rs. is is not the fault of the people of Ireland if there are rae li e d such a position. The bulk of Irish landlordshavebeenP lac here byour English rulers. They fatten on confiscated 11 perty. They are still aliens in sentiment. It fs °t e a interest as much as it is the interest of their tenants tll-6 there should be a peaceful and speedy solution of °lto difficulty. They must make up their minds to subm i t. great changes. They have everything to gain by she by a readiness to do justice; they have everything to lose b ; opposing the wishes of the nation. Legislation migh t -, able to have regard in some degree to their interesvea But if legislation should fail to bring about th e nee • 0 0 reforms, there is still another power to which a Hatt e~ can resort—a power that when appealed to o °Lt " questions of vested interests in a way summary' i-to decisive, and when thoroughly roused has seldom faile „j strike terror into the hearts of tyrants and p rivilee" aristocrats." THE REPRESENTATION OF CAITHNESS.- --111 : requisition to Mr. James C. Trail], nephew of the sit tll ,,i member for Caithness, has received the signatures "s nearly half the constituency. No definite announce:l3°w has been made in regard to the degree of support giv en - o t the requisition to Sir Tollemache Sinclair ; but it ba 5 . ,, 11- yet received such a number of signatures as ' to justify 7 1 f active proceedings with a view his offering ) 141° , 1 '; The constituency generally continue to deprecat e steps being taken by Mr. Traill, the sitting member' the mean time. THE MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT.—The tion of electricity to church organs promises one aci v i / l; tage. In many country parishes the clergyma n iS "A, only inhabitant capable of playing the instrumen t ',... 4 's correspondent of a contemporary intimates that in A l ' n specified the clergyman is having the key-board fitted in the reading-desk, so that he can himself pre side die , musical part of the service without any unseen3ll`)lo, turbance of his own more strictly - prescribed avocsti°l:34 In this instance the organ itself is placed at the other e of the building. THE HEALTH OF PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. - it *" . jl health of Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holste ia, understood, continues to improve. Her Royal liigh‘ iiie'i; in the course of last week, was attacked with ;oi fever," and her condition at one period excited o e o l apprehensions in the minds of the Queen and Family. Fainting and hysteria were, it is beh e.r among the symptoms of the attack. Sir William 1°1386 te who remains in town during the Queen's absence land, was at once called in ; and, in cooperation bee j 4 Fairbank, one of her Majesty's surgeons, has constant attendance at Frogmore House. Her iwA'gor Highness and Prince Christian were to have left W t i '0 sudden the arrangement being Friday night, with her Majesty, for Scotland , 1311 rr' illness prevented • ea Td out. As soon as her Royal Highness c onvalee ceev and Prince Christian will leave Frog mor e and j oin - Royal Family circle at Balmoral. SENTENCE ON LADY THIEVES. — A Par is corrile; spondent writes :—" The increase of kleptomania erat:-se the ladies of Paris was recently noticed. Tw° Of -fick°e.r maniacs, who appear to have had more meth od v i e madness than even the cruel Prince of Den-mark, y¢ ea been tried by the Correctional Tribunal. T he Pr d soners were Madame d'Alpnget, aged ptae her daughter, aged 22, and one s t y led t. law papers as belonging to the monde alga e ' e i 0 Both mother and daughter appear to ha ve , b r.lo carrying on their kleptomaniasm for some ti me PBs' for less than three establishments fell victims to the ` ill _ 3 ;11 , 0 , tunate fouling ' of those ladies in the sh a p e of lace, to and even mantles. 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