The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-04 00:00:00

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To he followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled ,YRIMALKIN THE GREAT; oil, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, (ND 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 Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Bnckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c,: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &e. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL BAIR. Messrs. Comp ton. Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. rt. WEBSTER. 'Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon ~ Lv+yu THIS EVENING. DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Relmore, Mrs. L. Murray. St a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. 0 H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leelereq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 5 Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET, After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, J.Q. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. To conclude with AI ASTER. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daliy from 10 till 5. oar On Thursday, Feb. 11, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. _Lc Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bulon and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TILE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames 31. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude frith HUE AND DYE. RO!AL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. This Evening there will be a series of entirely New Acts and Performances at this fashionable and popular place of amuse ment. Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Trick Horses " Topaze," " Saladin," "Nedjed," "Tancredi," " Freis chutz," and " Abdallab," which for symmetry, breeding, and in telligence, are unequalled and matchless thronghcut the world, England's Champion Equestrian, Mr A. Bradbury, with his co adjutors, Messrs Carre and A, Salamonsky, will execute that wonderfully daring act " The Three Olympians," on three horses. Nothing in the history of equestrianism has ever approached the superb riding of the Manes. Montero and Salamonsky in their double Pas de Deux with Messrs A. Salamonsky and A. Brad bury: and certainly no words can describe, or at all events do justice, to the inimitable bill of fare nightly set forth at the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus. The Press is unanimous in its verdict of approval. "Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excitement, amusement, and evidence of refined skill, has never before been introdueed to the metropolis." Telegraph. " The trick horses are magniqcent animals, and every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard. "Many per sons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibi tions which travel through the provinces; the Holborn Amphi theatre 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, commenc ing 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 BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. c4T. GEORGE'S THEATRE, Regent-street, 1,) Langbam-place. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. First appearance, since 1862, of the ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WIL SOM and MONTAGUE), who will commence their Lon don season in the a')ove theatre on Thursday, Feb. 11, 1869. 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PORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the ► J LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub hshed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. rUHE LATE EDITION of " TIIE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. elole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVENING, at 7, MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tills EVENING, BLUE DEVILS. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone, jun., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, da , Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tilts EvENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CA3II3F.RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MONIE CRISTO • Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W. kburne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 'Manager. Mr. Vininz. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8, 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 Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tars EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorn's, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Turs 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 ongmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To A onciuda with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens, C. Wyndham. and L. Brough; Mesdames Montague, Rignold, Mace, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tars EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George Honey, F. Ilrew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia Foote and Larkin. After which, TURKO THE TERRIBLE : Messrs F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey; Mesdames Larkin, Weathereby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton. Miss Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAIL. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Mrs EvENING, at 7, SL A SHER & CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne , ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper. and H. Wigan ; Mesdamaa Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Trus EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND• PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Bliss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. 13. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pailt, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6,1. - LONDOS, Tll UPSDAY, FEB. 4, 18C9. The question of poor-rating has now became t o h n a e t of the noticeable subjects of the day, and a bears relation to it cannot fail to possess interest. A very important meeting of the Council of the Central Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tues day, in Fleet-street. It was attended by deputies from provincial chambers, and members of Parlia ment were present. Mr. ANDREWS, of the Somer setshire Chamber, movel a resolution for a Na tional Poor-rate, which suggests subjects for re flection. It proposed that a contribution to the poor -rate might be raised from all incomes by the income-tax, and that this should be placed in the national Exchequer to the credit of the Poor law Commissioners. This scheme is well worthy of consideration, and it is only surprising that some thing of the sort was not thought of before. The principle laid down is a very correct one, that the re lief of the poor is a national object, towards which every description of property ought justly to be ca'led upon to contribute. In all these matters much time is lost before anything is effected of a remedial character, and yet the burden presses heavily on some, while the general result is not satisfac tory to the public. It was truly observed by the seconder of the resolution that the present system of levying the poor -rate is too limited in its area, and is, besides, of such a character that it cannot be effectu ally enforced in many instances. It may be added that where it is enforced it presses very hardly upon those who ought not by right to contribute so much to it as they do, and are either weighed down by the • pressure or give up the ineffectual struggle altogether. Another argument that may be raised in favour of making a decisive change is, that the expenditure in the way of poor -rate has increased enormously, and it now amounts to a sum between 10 and 11 millions. All that we have heard of the matter lately does not promise a speedy reduction in the case, and well might Mr. PE LLY, M.P., have declared that our pre sent poor-rate system was an utter failure. It is making a step in advance to discover a mistake, and the best thing is to find a remedy for it ; at any rate the plan here proposed is worthy of a trial, and should not be hastily put aside without an effort to adapt it to general use. Some objections will be obviated in the considera tion of this plan by the knowledge that the local management must still be preserved in tact. We may consider it one point gained hat the matter has been taken up by hose well qualified to judge, and when Parliament it is to be hoped that due attention will h meets paid relief to the question. All that relates to the of the poor has been neglected for too long a time, and legislation has been in a manner abeyant, notwithstanding the complaints so frequently and justly made. The Chambers of Agriculture appear likely to do their part, in the earnest consideration that they devote to the subject, and if their example stirs others from the lethargy into which they have fallen, surely some desired ends will have been answered, if all the expectations of the most sanguine ace not immediately fulfilled. It was finally proposed at the meeting referred to that a deputation should wait on the Premier to lay before him thO necessity of an inquiry by a Royal Commission into the amount and incidences of taxa tion. The only drawback to this is that it would take some time to be acted on, and meanwhile town. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1E69. the evils now complained of would increase rather than diminish, but no one at all qualified to judge of the matter will deny that the unequal pressure of the poor-rates as the sys'em stands at present is a grievance that calls for the attention of Parliament, and the new House of Commons must not shirk its duty in this respect. The extraordinary and exceptional state of the weather has long been the subject of remark. An English winter without frost is an astonishing and almost unprecedented occurrence. We have of late years seemed to revive the experience of the las generation, whose members tell us that Five and twenty years ago, Winter was a time of snow. 18G7 at all events gave us some insight into the plea sure of a season in which JACK FROST reigned su preme, and laid his embargo on gas pipes and water pipes unmercifully. Last winter, it is true, we had but a week or two's frost, though that was rendered intolerable, even to frost lovers, by the alternation of sleet, snow, rain, mud, and frost on the top of all. The summer which succeeded was one of almost un paralleled heat in this our temperate climate, and it set our meteorologists and scientific philosophers wondering. Wise men foretold an early and a hard winter. Omens and portents were not wanting. The berries were plentiful on the hedges, wild birds from the north had made their way hither, and other signs were ready to point the disagreeable moral. And yet here we are in the early days of February, with Valentine's-Day almost in sight, and JACK FROST is as yet a stranger. True, he has peeped at us, but we have scarcely recognised him, and no sooner pre pared for his mischievous tricks than off he vanishes in the warm sunshine or the soft west wind. Various ex planations are given for this remarkable phenomena. Some find their origin in the unusual prevalence of earthquakes and volcanic action, disturbing the sur face of the globe, some again anticipate a gradual change of climate ; some believe the warmth is due to an exceptional influence on the gulf stream ; while others are inclined to think the central fires of the earth are penetrating its outer crust—a pleasant suggestion ! However this may be, it is certain that we are suffering from the violence of most exception a storms, and while the scientific record tells us that for eigbteeen days of the past January, the tem perature has been higher than during the same in terval for fifty years—we are likely, we fear, to have to add that it has also been the most disastrous January for the same period. The news from all parts of the coast are full of painful histories; of ships lost, crews suffering terrible privations, fishermen perishing, houses inundated, farms submerged, and railway lines destroyed. From the west coast, more especially the tidings are startling. The Devon and Cornwall Railway and the Cambrian Railway have both suffered severely, while. in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales there have been many and fatal accidents. At Dublin on Sunday the tide rose higher than it has been known to do since 1839 ; while in the principal streets of Cork the water was from three to four feet deep. At Youghal the sea broke over part of the railway line, destroying the station. The inundations at Limerick have been of a serious nature, and at Tramore part of the road has been washed away. From Scotland numerous disasters are reported, while in the Mersey and in the Isle of Man the scenes of destruction have been extraordinary. It is gratifying to find our lifeboat institution, as usual, doing good service, and providing the means of saving many lives, and we hope the extraordinary catastrophes which are everywhere reported will stimulate the public liberality to fresh exertions in its favour. THE age of compromise seems to have passed away. Whatever may be the merits of the remedies devised for national grievances, it is impossible to deny them the one quality of being radical. Instead of the miserable modifications of detail by which reform has been stifled during the last generation, we now appear to be rather in danger of the other extreme. Of this kind is the proposed remedy for the defect of poor-law administration. After many abortive attempts to reduce the inequalities of rating and at the same time to secure a more advantageous expenditure of the money, we are now confronted by a scheme for a total reconstruction of the system, for a complete change in the mode of raising and expend ing the sum required to keep down starvation. It is proposed to substitute general instead of local taxation for the poor ; the rates levied on real property in isolated parishes are to give way to an in come tax equally distributed throughout the country and levied upon all species of property. There can be no doubt that this formidable project is likely to receive very powerful support. It will unite in its favour the two most widely separated sections of the community. It is warmly advocated by the agriculturists because it will reduce the burdens on landed property, which in respect of poor rates are both excessive and unjust. The mer chant pays a rate assessed upon the value of his premises, the professional man upon the rent of his house; but the general income of each ,be it ever so large, is left untouched. The farmer, on the other hand, derives his whole income from real property, and the poor rate is assessed upon the whole of his holding. In the one case the rate is paid upon well nigh the whole capital ; in the other upon a very small fraction of it. In another direction the allotment of the burden is similarly unequal. As each parish is assessed separately and according to its needs, so in the poorer districts, where the ability to pay is least, the amount demanded is greatest ; in the richer districts, the reverse. The complaint is old; but, unfortunately, so is the grievance, and it remains as yet untouched. In the country there is much danger —not for the first time—that the rating may soon rise to the level of the rent ; in the towns the poor law is to some extent a machine for the manu facture of paupers. The burden is becoming so intolerable that a speedy reform is necessary, both in the interests of justice and from the refusal of the afflicted classes to bear it any longer. The proposed national poor tax is at least a practical attempt at a change which cannot long be postponed. It would establish both the species of equality which are needed ; it would assess all kinds of property for the discharge of an obligation which falls upon all classes; and it would put an end to a system by which the poor have to bear part of the duty of the rich. Though the morem.ent in favour of this change is supported mainly by those who reap the first kind of benefit, yet it would not the less profit those who suffer from the ine quality of the rate in towns. In London especially the shopkeeper approaches in one respect to the condition of the farmer. llis rent forms a very large proportion of his yearly expenses. The poor rate is assessed as in the case of the farmer upon this excessive rent, and yet these shop keepers and others of the lower middle class and the poor, who are heavily rated, have to support an amount of poverty from which richer parishes are comparatively free. The proposal to levy the rate upon all kinds of property, to make it, in fact, art income tax, is as just as the proposal to abolish the present local system, ',The duty of supporting the poor might well be levied upon real estate at a time when there was little personal property in the country, but the con litions of national wealth have wholly changed, whilst the law remains. Beyond immunity fo/ • very small incomes, the duty is one which pr t iperly falls upon all alike. The one great objection— -and the Central Chamber of Agriculture, which discus led this question on Tuesday, did not efficiently de, al with it—is the difficulty of administration, There would be little difficulty of collecting the tax : the question is, how should it be spent ? The central authority for the relief of the poor could not act so efficaciously as the local boards ; the task requires such minute observation that it ought to be distributed as much as possible. But, on the other hand, if the administration were left to the guardians, their management would be very different from what it is now. Now they have both the ratepayers and the poor to consider, they must find money as well as relieve necessity; under the new system the latter task only would fall to them. There is too much reason to fear that great extravagance would ensue which it would be extremely difficult to check. If this part of the problem can be satisfactorily solved, the reform will have almost every argument in its favour ; if not, its practicability has yet to be proved. , . 6 11 s , ju l a44 4. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2. The Queen, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Arthur left Osborne to-day for Wool wich. The Duke and Duchess Frederick of Schleswig- Holstein arrived at Osborne yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 4. The Princess Bacciochi, a relative of the Em peror, died yesterday. BOURSE, Feb. 3.—Three o'clock.—The marke closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month 3 per Cent End of month, 7O 80 Credit Mobilier 292 End of month 2so Credit Foncier 1560 End of month, - - RAJLWA Bank Shares 3025 It:,Pan Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 24 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 32 50 Home Debt Deferred Cash Orleans N orthern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 570 Western Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian 657k Lombard 4871 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 47k (inoit OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, February 3. The prophets of war have succeeded in bringing one about after all, though in a direction very different from that expected. A little war has broken out in Algeria. The tribes or tribe which is now giving some little occu pation to the enormous French force mustered in the colony is said to have come to an understanding with Morocco, which is in constant dread of being swallowed up by French aggression. The Arabs have pre maturely got in motion, owing to the conviction that a great struggle between France and Prussia was inevitable. France's necessity would be the Arab's opportunity. The panic of the summer has pro duced something. The offending tribe, which, as you havd no doubt heard, has already been defeated, is the Oulad-Sidi-Cheik, the same which invaded Algeria in 1864, and managed to stir up an insurrection of some importance. The question is, what are the chances of a repetition of the events of 1864 ? The state of affairs in Algeria at present is such as to leave no doubt whatever on the subject. Algeria is divided into two parts—the North and the South. The North is named the Tell, and includes all the arable land ; whilst the South is wholly pasture or desert. In Tell the population is agricultural, and fixed ;in the South it is nomadic and pastoral. All the grain consumed in the South is grown in the North, which receives in exchange wool, dates, and other produce of the kind. It is clear, then, that Tell is master of the situation ; the South is dependent on the North for its existence. Now, the French occupy the South to the distance of some 300 miles from the coast ; there is the base of its power, which is secured by the occupation of the central line of the country, including many strategic points, such as Tlemcar. Far beyond this centre line is a chain of military posts, closing the entrance to the North. Lastly, beyond the North is a series of advanced posts in the South itself, for the purpose of keeping in subjection and watching the pastoral tribes. Hence these three lines evidently secure the North and extend French domination into the South. What passes in the latter district is comparatively of little importance pro vided the Tell remains tranquil. The Oulad-Sidi-Chaik may readily advance past the third line of advanced posts to the frontiers of Tell, but it is not likely that they will effect an entrance into that separate district. In 1864 they brought about an insurrection in the North, but this was very largely owing to the massacre of Colonel Beau pretre's troops, which had an immense effect upon the natives. But now the great pastoral tribe is worn out by several years of famine and difficulty, and it is not pro- bable, on the other hand, that the tribes of Tell have any energy after recent sufferings. It is likely that the pas. toral tribes will never enter the North, and very probable that this single defeat may put an end to the rising. Is there to be an active revival of the jealousy between France and Prussia ? It would seem so. Count Bismarck made some very disagreeable allusions to various potentates in his speech on the sequestration of the private property belonging to the ex-Elector of Hesse and the ex-King of Hanover ; but most unpleasant of all was his charge against the French Emperor of fostering the Hanoverian Legion on his territory for the invasion of Prussia. The accusation was marked by much more au dacity than wisdom. The Prussian Chancellor may fe3l confi lent in his position ; but his ene mies are very numerous, and his open provocation may have a disastrous result some day. The official journals are very indignant at this speech. Their language is as little select as that of Count Bismarck. That stormy petrel, the Cross Gazette, has just appeared with a very inopportune article on the independence of Belgium, remarking that all the Great Powers ought to guarantee the future of that country, and adding that Germany must undertake her defence should she be threatened from any quarter. Where is the necessity for opening a question of this kind ? The King of Belgium is still young; may have a son; and if not there is his Lrotber. There is not the slightesb reason for creating a disturbance about Belgium. M. d'Archiac, whose body was rumoured to have been found in the St. Martin's Canal, is now said to have en tered the monastery of La Trappe. Sixteen young men have been tried for rioting and using seditious language a few days ago. Three were condemned to fine and imprisonment. Torgues, in the Var department, has just been the scene of a tragic event. M. Rivalz, a much-esteemed mer chant, was in a room on the ground floor of his house, near the Grand Cours, when a shot was fired through one of the windows looking on the street, and he was mortally wounded. The murderer is said to be a farmer who had been caught in the act of stealing manure on the property of the deceased, and was about to be prosecuted. He committed the crime therefore from a spirit of vengeance. Becoming after wards convinced that any attempt at escape would be use less, he resolved to kill himself, and accordingly his body was found under the walls of the cemetery, he having blown out his brains. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DA IXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates 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 ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r. — rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The inerease in pressure has continued at our central stations since yesterday morning, whilst in the extreme north and in south west France scarcely any change is reported. The rise has been greatest at Liverpool, but decreases in all directions from that point. Readings are now highest in the south, and decrease uniformly in a northerly direction : the pressure at Nairn is o'77in. lower than that at Rochefort. A rise in temperature has been general, except at Rochefort and Biarritz ; in th e N . and N.E. it amoun t s t o 16 deg. since yesterday. Thermometer readings are high, and remarkably uniform. The easterly winds of yesterday have disappeared, and moderate to fresh south-westerly winds prevail evewryhere. A little rain has fallen at almost all stations, and the sky continues overcast, with rain in the south. Weather does not seem settled yet. Warn ing were issued to all coasts yesterday. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 8. The Impartial of to-day states that, according to letters received from Barcelona, the two Tristani (Carlist chiefs) had entered Catalonia by the valley of Andovra. Troops had been despatched to oppose their further advance. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 4. The Guion steamship Nevada, from Liverpool, arrived here to-day, and having embarked mails and passengers, she proceeded for New York at 10 a.m. All well. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 3. The British squadron has arrived here from a cruise. All well. INDIA. BOMBAY, Jan. 16 (via Brindisi). It is stated that the subsidy given by the Indian Government to Ameer Shere Ali Khan consists of £120,000. The order for the commencement of the irriga ion works at Behar has been issued. The Bank of Bombay has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. ; and the Bank of Madras dividend is at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum. CALCUTTA, Jan. 15 (via Brindisi). An outbreak of the Coolie tribes on the frontiers of Sylhet and Cachan is reported. It is stated that the L i eutenant -Governor of the Punjaub will shortly come to Calcutt a , f or th e purpose of arranging the terms of th e a lli ance w i t h the Ameer of Affghanistan. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report the re ceipts of cotton at American ports during the last four days were 37,000 bales against 43,000 last week. The shipments during the same period are to England 10,000 bales against the same amount last week ; to the Continent, 3,000 against the same amount last week. The receipts for the week will amount to 80,000. Market very active and ad pvaenr c s i t n e g am . probably cost and freight steamer. upland, 14, P. C. A. " Nothing succeeds like success," and as year by year we record the progress of the institution, whose well known initials we again place at the head of this article, we seem but to be repeating th e p ra i ses an d congratulations w hich have now for more than twenty years formed the s taple of our comments on its annual reports and balance-sheets. Still, the members of the Provident Clerks' As sociation, whose assurers number more than ten thousand persons, and who include in their ranks every class of English society, from the peer to the peasant, doubtless prefer the smooth monotony of their prosperous course to those more exciting and startling shocks whose disturbing influence has been felt in every circle, not even excepting the lofty regions of finance known as the " Life Assurance world." Our readers will probably learn with great surprise that though since the year 1844 no less than 355 assurance offices have been actually founded, yet so numerous have been the amalgamations, wind ings up, &c., that during the same period 328 have ceased to exist. Among the very best of those which remain the " Provident Clerks' Association" has a just title to b 3 ranked. One of its members whose whole life, as he expressed it at the meeting, is passed in the preparation and analysis of ac counts, declared that he had never had before him a balance-sh ee t more t h oro ughly simple and honest in its state men t or more completely intelli gible in its form ; and when the results of the past five year's working are considered, a clear cash profit of more than fifty thousand pounds divisible among its assurers, w hil e am pl e reserves are made for all possible co n ti ngenc i es , w e join heartily with the unanimous voice o f th e m embers in expressing our sense of the skill, a bility, and high principle with which the affairs of the association have been administered. There is no need for us to re capitulate here the details brought last night before the meeting. The report tells its own story, and tells it well, f or it s every wor d i s based upon and corroborated by the fi gures e x hibited in the balance sheet. In a v ery division, we may count upon see i ng in the r ep or t s of this thri v i ng f ew society aa beforeincome their o f next a t bonus leas t £lOO,OOO per annum, and a reserve considerably exceeding half a million sterling. SOCTIt K ENSPZGTON MU SE I:31. —Visitors during the week ending 30th January, 1869—0 n Monday, Tues day, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Museum, 15,791; Meyrick and other galleries, 3,352; on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday, admission 6d-, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., Museum, 2,050 ; Moyrick and other galleries, 324 ; total, 21,517. Average of corresponding week in former years, 10,181; total from the opening of the Museum, 8,116,885. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Thui slay, I F. I 0 Feb. 4, B. T. = W. Ito F. W It. 'to 8 a.rn * 12 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'92r. 49 48 W.S.W. 4 4 S. I r.o. 0'23 3 Yarmouth 3o'o6r. 48 47 W.S.W. 2 5 S.S.E. LILL o'3l 2 Cuxhaven _ Skud esnais _ Ardr ossan Green castle 2913 r. 51 49 S.W. 4 1 S.W. c.ro o'o3 Holyhead Liverpool Cape entia Clear... . 29:8_2r. _53 5_2 S_ .W. 7 s. i v. L. OLO4 Roches Pt. 29 88r. 50 50 S.W. 5 5 S.W. mfo 012 4 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30•13 r. 52 51 S.W. 5 5 S.W. o.r.;0'11 2 Portsmouth 30'19r. 51 50 W.S.W. 3 6 W.S.W. 0.r.,011 2 London 30'11r. 53 52 S.W. 3 6 S . W . c.ro UpeGrisNe . z . 30'18r. 48 48 W.S.W. 5 7 W. o.m o'o2 5 Brest L'Orlent 3s'3or. 52 52 W. 3 7 W.S.W. r.c. 1 0'04 3 Rpcli e fort Bi3rr . Z , a Bruss " eri• . • Paris Strasbourg.. _ Toulon 30'30a. 52 47 N. 4 7 N.N.W. o.b. Heart's Con-I tent (9 a.m. I local time) THE PEACE SOCIETY. The committee of the Peace Society have forwarded a memorial to Lord Clarendon in connection with the pending negotiations between the Government of this country and that of the United States of America. They suggest that an arbitration clause should be inserted in any new treaties that may be made by the two Governments, in order that a different interpretation might not be afterwards put upon them. To this Lord Clarendon returned a answer to the effect that he fully concurred with the committee in the opinion that it was desirable to have recourse to arbitration for the adjust ment of international difficulties. A copy of the memorial was sent to Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the United States Ambassador, and his Excellency replied that in the convention recently concluded between Lord Clarendon and himself the decision of the arbitrator was made conclusive upon all disputed points which might arise. EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. A very extraordinary passage across the Atlantic has just been made by the United States storeship Guard, of six guns, Commander Adams. This fine ship, which is a sailing vessel, left New York for Lisbon on the 10th of last month, carrying stores for the American squadron in European waters. She encountered a succession of terrible gales, the violence of which may be inferred from the fact that one of her boats was washed away from the davits and lc,st, and the other battered into a complete wreck ; and for days together she had to struggle against a perfect tempest of wind, hail, and snow, the waves all the time running very high and tossing the ship about in such a manner that it was almost impo3sible for the seamen to maintain their footing. In spite of these storms, however, Lisbon was sighted on the 17th day after leaving New York, and the same day the Guard arrived safely at that port in good order. So short a passage, under such adverse circumstances, mast be considered a most remarkable achievement. TILE SETRET HISTORY OE THE AMERICAN WAR. The New York. Times, in a special despatch from Washington, asserts that the secret history of the late American war has only just been discovered. General Grant, as is well known, was not so popular at the outset of his military career as he afterwards became, and, in fact, justice was not done to him by either the press or the public. The military authorities were severe upon him, and General Ha'leek wrote to Stanton, blaming Grant's "neglect and inefficiency." It was in tended that Gen. C. F. Smith should permanently supersede him as commander of the army in Tennessee, but that officer dying, Grant retained the command. All kinds of rumours were circulated about him, and he was regarded in the army as virtually disgraced. When Grant invested Vicksburg he was blamed on all sides. President Lincoln, who had been his friend, wrote to tell him that he had made a mistake, and after he Lad tried one or two ineffective assaults, an order was sent to General Banks, then investing Port Hudson, directing him to supersede Grant and take the command of the army himself. General Banks expostulated, and was censured for disobedience, when suddenly Vicksburg fell, and Grant became a popular hero. Every scrap of paper betraying the official secret was removed from the archives, and Banks kept his own counsel, and thus it is said General Grant himself never heard of the order which would have changed his whole career until a month ago. His triumph at Vicksburg gave him larger opportunities, and he has gone on from one step to another. THEyrrHITWORTII SCHOLARSHIPS, A correspondence possessing some interest has been laid before the Birmingham Town Council. It refers to the case of Thomas Waldron, who was fortunate enough to obtain the Whitworth Exhibition of £25, having gained honourable distinction at the examinations held by the Science and Art Department at the Birmingham Midland Institute. The Department awarded another sum of £25 to Waldron on con dition that he would pursue his studies in a college they approved of. He naturally resolved to pursue them at the Institute classes where he had gained so much dis tinction. When this decision was made known to the Science and Art Department, however, they replied through their assistant-secretary that the Birmingham and Midland Institute was not such a place of instruc tion as was contemplated. The town clerk there upon inquired in what particulars it failed to reach the required standard, and the secretary replied by enclos ing a programme of the Royal College of Science in Dublin. This, as may be supposed, created no little annoyance in Birmingham, and the town clerk was directed to send another letter asking if King's College, London, came within the meaning of the Council minute, and whether the class fees would be remitted to Mr. Waldron. Another official epistle brought the gratifying intelligence that King's College would be accepted as the place of instruction, but that the fees could not be remitted, as the college was not under the control of the Department, as were the Dublin College and the Jermyn-street School of Mines; also the session was so far advanced that only half of the local exhibition (212 10s.) could be allowed. Mr. Waldron, upon this, resolved to go to the Royal School of Mines, and the Department promised him free admission, but would only allow him half the scholarship, and that will not be awarded until he has come up for the May Exhibition. The Town Council are very indignant at the whole affair, and intend to have it inquired into. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., will entertain the mover and seconder of the Address in the House of Commons, and those members who fill official appointments, at dinner on the 15th inst. CABINET COUNCIL—A meeting of the members of the Cabinet will take place on Saturday next, at the FirstLord_of the Treasury's official residence, in Downing. GRAND BANQUET TO SIR WATEIN WYNN, M.P. A grand banquet has taken place at Wrexham, in honour of the return, for the seventh time, of Sir W. Wynn an n n6 of the representatives for the county of Denbigh. The pre' parations were of the most brilliant description, and th e attendance was exceedingly numerous. The chairman' Major Ff ou lk es , propose d t h e toast of the evening i n a In°,B appropriat e speec h , an d rendered full justice to i" , merits of the h onoura bl e b aronet. H o r eminde d his hearers that Sir Watkin Wynn had be en their member ever since the year 1844, and that maul Liberals had said it would be a peat misfortune to Wales ii Sir Watkin ceased to be one of the representatives of De ll ' bighshire. In responding to the toast, Sir W. Wyn n W enthusiastically received. He referred to the r"; cent election, and th e energe ti c manner in which his friends h a d come to h i s rescue w hen was so unexpectedly opposed at the last women' He alluded to the orderly manner in which everything /913 conducted at the last election in terms of great satisfact ion. When they contrasted the peaceable conduct of their mini n g population with the riotous disturbances that took Plac e North Shropshire they must feel that great credit was fi n ' to the constituency. Sir W. Wynn concluded by 64 1 that he would reti re if a t any f uture period t h e y Min any ono more wor th y th an hi mself to b e thei r d representative in Parliament. M r . Mikes, M.P., Pr °o9 i e d the "House of L or d s ," an d b e li eve d that the toas t we n ' always be welcome to those Englishmen who respected the Constitution. The hon. member in the course of bis d speech criticised the acts of the now Governerent, an blamed them for th e i r i ncons i s t ency i n making It, i many small redu c ti ons b y di sm i ss i ng c l er ks, an , then creating a Thi r d L or d o f th e T reasury f or th e bene fit of Mr. Shnsfelel, and raising the income to two thousand I : year. Captain Cooke proposed the "House of Common s, , and declared that th e component pacts o f M r. Gl a dstone° large majority were not very creditable to the Liberal par t / . He was sure that such diverse elements could not loag cl ing together. Mr. Laird, M.P., in responding to the toast, re marked that the assembly which ho represented ' 04 , 1 as yet untried, and h o h a d no d ou b t whatever that , would do its duty as its predecessors had done, and it would bo sure to be kept in the right direction so long as the re was such a large Co nserva ti ve m i nor it y as a t preson' , existed. The hon. member referred to the difficulties of position in which the Government was placed, and agr ee h with Lord Stanley th a t it wou ld b e l ong b e f ore t h e question was satisfactorily settled. street. It is stated positively that it was not decided yesterday that her Majesty would open Parliament in per son. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to say that she will do so if her health permits. Earl Granville, as leader of the Ministerial party in the House of Lords, has issued invitations fur a dinner on the 15th inst., to a numerous party of the sup porters of the Government. The Guardian says :—" While the recent Synod in New Zealand requested Dr. Jenner to withdraw his claim to the Bishopric of Dunedin, Bishop Selwyn requests tho Dunedin people to withdraw their opposition to Bishop Jenner. The last-mentioned Bishop is now on his way to Now Zealand, where he will try conclusions with his recal citrant flock." Mr. Dunbar Isidore Heath, lath Vicar of Reading, Isle of Wright, who was six and a half years ago deprived of his living for false teaching, writes to the Church News tLat the judgment of the Privy Council which was then given against him implicitly condemned the most cherished doctrine of the Ritualists, the continuous offering of Christ in the Eucharist. He refers to p. 239 of Brodrick and Freemantle's Ecclesiastical Judgments in sup port of his assertion. A life convict in the Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, named James English, murdered M. H. Pennell, fore man of one of the shops in the institution, on Wednesday, because he threatened to report him for neglecting his work. English attacked Pennell in the shop with a hatchet, while the room was full of workmen. He cut his head open, and after he had fallen, made a second stroke at him, hack ing his neck horribly. English was placed in the dungeon. He has before committed two murders. A lady of distinction gave a fancy ball in Paris not long since, and, in order to be distinguished, placed a servant at the door to announce the costumes as they entered. A couple of ladies appeared hi full ballroom dress. " What costume shall I announce?" asked the servant. "We are not in costume," they replied. " Two ladies without costume," shouted the servant, to the horror of everybody.—Court Journal. A deputation, introduced by Mr. Beach, M.P., consisting of Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Payne, Dr. Aldom, Mr. Barrow Rule, Mr. Weymouth, Dr. Schmitz, Mr. Honey, Mr. Rossiter, Dr. Schaeble, Mr. Oppler, Rev. E. Hedges, Mr. Wyles, Mr. Long, Mr, Horton, Mr. Robertson, and several other gentlemen, had an interview on Wednesday with the the Lord President of the Privy Council, on the subject of scholastic registration. After the objects of the association had been fully explained, his lordship expressed the great pleasure the interview had afforded him, and pro mised to give the subject his most serious consideration. A case of importance to the sporting fraternity w as heard by the Liverpool stipendiary magistrates on Tuesday. Samuel Johnson, the keeper of a public-house in Clayton-street, the former occupier of which made a large fortune by racing sweeps, was summoned for having unlawfully used a room in such house for receiving money on the contingency of a certain lottery not authorised by Act of Parliament. John Sidebottom, a shopkeeper in Rich mond-row, was summoned for a precisely similar of fence. The prosecutions were instituted under the 42d George 111., chapter 119, section 2, by which the de fendants had rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £5OO, or to be committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions. Only ono case was gone into, it being proved that a woman had purchased tickets tor racing sweeps at the defendant Johnson's house, and that those tickets were referred to in a list of prizes. The magistrate thought that a prima facie case for trial had been made out, but he allowed the matter to stand over for a month, on the un derstanding that the " sweeps," or lotteries, or whatever they were called, were entirely done away with. CAN Sum THINGS BE ?—Bronislaus Szwarc, one of the most able and popular of the leaders of the Polish national movement of 1861-2, disappeared mysteriously a few months after the insurrection broke out. He has just found means to communicate with his friends, who, after making every effort to find out what had become of him, had given him up for lost. His story, like that of most of the Polish leaders, is a very sad one. He was the son of a Polish refugee in France, and in 1860 it6tained the appointment of engineer to the St. Peter::- burg and Warsaw hails ay, the greater part of which was constructed under his superintendence. His patriotic feelings, however, soon aroused the suspicions of the authorities, and he fled to Warsaw, where he took an active part, under an assumed name, in the national organisation which was then forming. On Christmas eve 1862 he was arrested by the police, and after a desperate resistance was overpowered and confined to the citadel. After a long inquiry, in the course of which it is said he suffered torture, he was sentenced to death. The Empress Eugtsnie having interfered in his behalf as a French subject, the sentence was commuted to trans portation, and he was ordered to be sent to Siberia. Scarcely had he arrived at Moscow, however, when a second order arrived ordering him to be forwarded to some other destination, but what this was his friends have until a few weeks ago striven in vain to discover. It now appears that for the last five years he has been chained to a wall in one of those fatal casemates, lying below the level of the river Neva at Cronstadt, where so many political prisoners have died a miserable death. Those who have seen him there, and who knew him at Warsaw when he was a handsome, spirited young man, say that it is now quite impossible to recognise him. He is a cripple, prematurely old, utterly broken down by disease and suffering, and without a spark of his old encrzy left, ELECTION PETITIONS. • The judges are still h ar d a t wor k , b ot h i n E ng l an d an d Ireland, worming out cases of bribery and intimidat ion. Three towns, all of their names beginning with " now in process of visitation by the learned judges. -r l.- un comes Wallingford, wh ere M r . J ust i ce B lack b urn is pt"- "judge and j ur y," an d M r. S tanley Vickers, g'''pciq the gentlem an w h ose pract i ces are being inquired into. Amon gs t th e f acts proved were tha t at ; public-house called the Whit e H ar t two l a b oure rs wer; supplied with beer and spirits free, and they were told that it was Mr. Vickers's. Careful inquiry was first ro a l as to whether they were voters. There was also a story ° a dinners, and beer given indiscriminately to women an men. Suppers, too, were givento such as choose to partal.o' A man was paid over £1 and supplied with drink for ring' ing the bells. At other public-houses, too, beer sv ag given away, and it seemed to be understood that thus; who attended me e ti ngs s h ou ld get something with Whic to " wet their whistle." At Warrington Mr. Baron Martin has only j ll4 , opened an inquiry. Th e p e titi on se t f ort h that, acco rding to the declaration of the poll, 1,984 votes were recorded Of Mr. Peter Rylands, and 1,957 for Mr. Gilbert Green all ' and that Mr. Rylands was returned ; that that 2-eta!: was undue and improper ; and that Mr. Rylands, agents and others, was guilty of bribery, of treating, an"' using undue influence; and it then set forth peculiar alias; Cond. They were that s evera l vo t es were duly ten d e red, ° intended to be so, in favour of Mr. Greenall, but the/ were not in any way included or taken into accont According to the o p en i ng statement and some evidefoc given, it would app ear th at a man had been enga ge' poll-clerk who kn ew no thi ng a b out poll i ng, an d who Put down and omitted votes as he thought proper. The o f himself was not able to gi ve ev id ence , i n conseq uence labouring under intense mental excitement. Intimidation by masters and others is the grievanc e Westbury. Two labo urers gave ev id ence o f t h e i r waste ri, influence being brou g ht t o b ear upon t h em to vo t e for tir o Phipps. In one case, however, it was a case of "obligi n g' but in the other the master uttered a vague threat knowing what to do when the short days came ou• .d man who had borrowed money gave in a letter, written in conseq uence o f hi s re f usal to vote for PlliPP ; asking for imm e di a t e payment of the money. Ot h er ease of the same kind w ere p rove d . which THE ROB ROY IN SYRIA. The Times publishes a letter from "Rob Roy" (I° ,; Macgregor), whose voyages in the " Rob Roy Ca noe „, have been so remarkable. M r . M acgregor i s now in SYr; He sends an interesting account of his voyage ne tbe Abana river and round th e di str i ct. " All this regin°,%o writes, " though so near D amascus, is unkliclta ,i and unsafe. I h a d t o take two soldiers, 01°11nflo well, but w re t c h e dl y armed, for the eleven `4ro spent in th ese excursions, and the newsP °Pe ie the(A rabic) here and a t B eyrout are about to c hroni c r discoveries m a d e i n t h e i r territory by a foreig°,l; which may b e b r i e fl y summed up as follows :-1. to Abana has th ree months, but the largest is not Il e Harran (as in Vandevelde's excellent map), but Haush Hamm ar . These flow into a marsh has no outlet. It is wrongly called a lake, for in Lan part Is there a hundred yards of open water; t . ; seasons. 2. The Pharpar has two mouths, but the in r t is the southern one, to the south of Kasrein (a n i ." -- t ° B north, as in Vandevelde). These both fall into I. '" zo Hijarieh, which is rightly called a lake, with an nv er :;' of five feet of depth, plenty of open water, and an ° ' - ' 1 ; flow into another lake (Asyah Hasweh ; not Bala, In Vandevelde). Also the lake Matkh Brak is c ii " a marsh, a n d th e r i ver Kh une i f i s was Perfe,egret dry whe n I crosse d it s b e d tw i ce in a short eri,vh sion to the first of the ' giant cities,' Brak. wonderful `stone town' can no longer be regarded oa uninhabited. An Arab has come to it from AlepP° 1 :1 3 6 gathered 109 peopl e roun d hi m , w h o now occupy ancient dwellings s o l ong t enan tl ess . I n a f ew years rewht the houses will be plastered, and the sentiment of the e t b will be destroyed. Being in light marching order, I y., only saddlebags, I put up in thi s Sh e ikh' s h o use. AOO l entered the yard through a gate with a stone still turning on its hinges as it may have done 0 the days of Abraham. I s l e pt i n a room w ith e. ll ts rafters each 10ft long, and a w i n d ow h av i n g f °r h j s b shutter one slab of stone. I h ere rea d o f the elections, and of Mr. Bright as a Cabinet Minister. was indeed a strange sensation when I closed this for the night, and the heavy slab turned easily by a Piiie from one of my fi ngers . M r. Rogers has sent is°-atit British Mus eum one o f t h ese extraordinary slab doors, P'll:, fl six inches in thickn ess ; a l so a copy o f t h e i nscr i p tion ° '"a stone in this particula r h ouse , w hi c h i s i n G re ek, 3 • dated, I believe, m ore th an 2 , 000 years ago, I vie 3e,l*- ;io number of villages in the plain Of Damascus. The 9, e l e y there are handsome ; m an y o f th em are t a tt oo ed. ' a s wear very brilliant colours, chiefly red (as in Egyp t sees always blue), and l ong re d b oots turned LIP at "pci ends. They ar e s t rong , h ea l t h y, good-humour ed, " erg intelligent. Their h ouses are of mud, but I 1 ( 4 ' g o er s dirty. They ran in crowds along the rivers while canoe passed, but when it was on shore (and wraPP e ' - ..,,a carpets) it was cons t ant l y supposed to be a coffin' - ve t several times the women shrieked as I took off the c° ~;,c1 and launched the boat. Blessed with fine weather; 'l4 perfect health, I have enjoyed this canoe voyage i n ', dri b° and Egypt to the highest degree, and once more ev e ; io t po spurs of Hermon, which is now all white in snow, ' . 0 .- (1 to launch the Rob Roy on Lake Hulen and then ci elsc-D the sacred Jordan." - 'O ll For an example to it s rea d ers, a N or th u 3 )„ 11 • paper announ ces th a t th e S pea k er of the Nor th Car °lili o house of Represent a tiv es "h as L een so b er a ll the ses sll2-n-. A correspondent writing t o th e Indo-P 111) 5 states ;,, correspondence from Monghyr, un d er date the 210 t that " a very serious ac c id en t, b roug ht abou t 1- 0 3 8 manner unknown and perhaps unheard of si nce , 1 1 1. establishment of railways, not on ly i n I n di a , but thO i lif• out the world, happened to a train last evening s t past eight p.m., between S a h e b gunge an d Illi rz apore , 5 .,,,; c 0 ' 3 two miles from the latter st a ti on . At th a t time tile ' h i e !) down goods train was appr oac hi ng a mangoe tope, i ll ':,:;110 some seventy elephants we re s t a ti one d. The red glaring in the distance, and th e no i se an d smoke ' 9 `..,, t p engine would seem to hav e cause d an aw ful CO tion among the poor br u t es , a ll o f w h om more 19- i lr tried to break away from th e i r f as t en i ng s. 00e th e male, however, the strongest and most courageollg a nd lot, became so infuriat e d th a t h e b ro k e his Cl' rushed forward to interc e pt an d encoun t e r the sl 1 Pr:01 enemy. He had scarcely pl ace d hi mse lf on the lille the train was down upon him. He encountere d it head and tusks ; but animal strength proved jri l e eel for steam and machinery--the poor brute was I tn° , l - i down and killed on the spot, and the engine, rebelln-izijecl ran off the line, and it and eleven carriages were CA ill into a ditch. The fireman luckily managed to Jun' d r i v ers time, and the guard did th e same ; b u t the Po or t rial named Smith, remained in his place, and received ii3J" from which it 41 not expected ke wild