The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-13 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMEN TS juj. are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 o'clock. EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDG A T 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 7, ALDGATE 83, ALDGAT E 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 10S, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET .1, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANC n 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 253, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre- Fentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their nlv Establishments are the above-mentioned. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 1.) till 5 daily. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a Musical Folly. Followed by, at 7.45, HENRY IV. (First Par.): Falstaff, Mr. Dillon; Hotspur, Mr. Phelps; Messrs Ryder, Sinclair, Wil son, M‘lntyre, &c.: Miss Stuart and Mrs. Vandenhoff. To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BE DA. 1 1 HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Leßsee. Mr. Bockstooe. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WI D: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, <to. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, to,: Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Hill, ke. COncluding with RUR a L FELICITY: v 'essrs: Buekstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c.: Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &e. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. 11HEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directregs, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS RVENING, a new farce, entitled X. DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. delinore, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson. Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore. Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Visa Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining TRIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE AN TOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. William Rignold ; Count Fersen, Mr. J. G. Shore ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea.. trice ; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedictta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mdlle. Beatrice. doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. T)OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But .on and Maitland. After which. THE FIELD OP TL E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland. &c. To conclude frith HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA THE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN The world-renowned ONRA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAP ZE perfectly electrified the Metr polis last Autumn, will appear T.VERY EVE \ Onra's performance is now, more than ever, unquestionably superior to that of Leo tard, or any other performer on the trapeze. His double somer saults from the flying bar are incr , dib , e, and, to use a hackricrd phrase, must be seen to he believed. Onra challenges the world. The matchless 'EN ES in the ARENA, as usual. including Herr ( Y .: WAR C RRE and his magnificent tud of Performing Horses, and the Star C ompany o f E questr i ans , A cro b a t s, Gy m nasts, and Clowns. "Such a varied entertainment, so replete with excite ment, amusement, an d ev id ence of refined skill, has never before beenintroduced to the metropolis."— Daily Telegraph. Oct. 30. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per f Drmances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Balf-past Two. L 0 B E E A T E-R 0 Y A L. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.20, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN ND TETE BRAHMI S: Messm Marshall, Warner, David Fisher. Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thome, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. SGEORGE'S HALL , R e g ent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided hit. New and beautiful Songs, Dances, Burlesque Sketches, &c., and the highly successful burlesque THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S OF LONDON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs WILSOM and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur- Jay night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit s Royai , Library, at the musicsellers, and at the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, delivers the LAT F. 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G. R. G begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Ba.ily's, Ruff's, Wright's, and 31•Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. r HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITHS, 39. Bow-street, Covent-garden. TLArE EDITION of " THE SUN" at t W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town, rrHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN' at I JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Straml. THE BENEVOL;':N"U SOCIETY OF ST. PAT RICK. (instituted in the year 1781.) Under the Patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. The EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King street, St.. James's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th March, 1869. The Earl of CORK and ORRERY, K.P., in the Chair. VICE-PEE - SIDE:CT& The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Earl of Beseborough. The Earl of Charlemont, K.P. The Lord Otho Fitzgerald, M.P. The Lord George Hamilton, M.P. The Viscount Stratford de Radcliffe, G.C.B. The Viscount Crichton, M.P. The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. Sir Ralph Howard, Bart. STEWARDS. Captain the Hon. Robert W. Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Hon. John Wilson Patten, M.P. C. Weguelin, Esq., M.P. Captain J. C. Weguelin. Sir Edward Coey. Arthur H Smith Barry, Esq., M.P. . Sir Richard J. Theodore Orpen. The lion. Temple Harris-Temple. John Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., M.P. Edmund Haviland Burke, Esq., M.P. William Thomas Charley, Esq., M.P. James Courtenay, E-q. Charles M'Garel, Esq. Charles Brinsley Marlay, Esq. Joseph Radcliff, Esq. J. F. Corscaden, Esq. The Musical Arrangements will be under the direction of Mr. Land, of the London Glee and Madrigal Union. Dinner on Table at Seven o'clock punctually. As this Festival affords to Irishmen in London the op portunity of uniting in the celebration of the National Anniversary, the Committee earnestly hope for a nume rous and influential meeting. Tickets, 21s. each, to be had at Willis's Rooms, and at the schools in Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. The Children dine, as usual, on St. Patrick's Day, at the schools, at One o'clock. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun., Secretary. m ETROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE, Wednesday, March 17. The ordinary service of Trains between the City and Ham mersmith will be suspenled from 12 noon to 7 p.m., and a Special service of Trains will run at frequent intervals during that period, calling at all intermediate stations. The Fares between - tletropolitau Stations and Stations on the Hammersmith and City Line and Kensington (Addison-road) will be as under:- Ist Class 2 , z1 Class 3d Class Single Journey Return Journey 2s 6d 2s 0(1 Is 64.1 ETROPOLITAN and GREAT WES"tERN RAIL WAYS. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE, Wednesday, March 17. Passengers will be booked through from Westminster Bridge, Victoria, Brompton. South Kensington, and all intermediate stations up to Paddington, to and from Hammersmith. Passengers will be required to change fr,,nt the Metropolitan Company's Praed-street Station to the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway Company, from whi h a Special service of Trains will run. NIISS EMILY FUTHFULL will Repeat her L+_;TU.cE on the Condition and Claim; of Women, with Special Reference to their Higher Education," on THURS DAY EVENING, March IS, at the HANOVER SQUARE Roosts. To commence at 8.30 precisely. Tickets msy be had at Messrs. Mitchell's, ,happell's, Lamborne and Cock's, and Mr. Bubb's, Bond-street; Mr. 011ivier, Old Bond-street; Messrs. Cocks, New Burlington-street: Keith and Prowse, Cheapside; Hays, 4, Royal Exchange Buildings; Mr. Hall, at the Rooms; and at the Vic oria Press, Princes-street, Hanover-square. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. MIS EVENING, at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by HENRY IV. (First Part). Hotspur. Mr. Phelps; Falstaff, Mr. Charles Dillon. Concluding with BED A. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Tuts EVENING. RAI -ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., Miss Laws, Re. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. etc.; Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Commeneh At 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVEN iNO, at 7, to commen , e with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE A.% TOINETTE : Mr W. Rignold, Mr. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; 3ldlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with a:CUT OF TEA: Mdlle. Beatrice THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHI. Tars EVENING, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Start ; Mrs. A lfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &e, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, TLIE WID( W HUNT. 'Alessi's- Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. T tiE FIELD Ole THE CLOT OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; esdames Maria Lougmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tills EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 0.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Tnis EVENING, NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Toole , Lionel Brough, H. Ir v i ng , T E STEEPLECHASE : M r T oo l e . With OUR LLERKS. S. Emery, Miss Hodson, &e. Aft er which, THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THrs EVRITING, BLOW le4 )R BLOW: Messrs. Cowper, Ne ville, Parselle. and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, &e. After which, LUCRETIA BORGIA , M . D. : Mss Fanny Josephs , and George Honey. MAI, '. Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby.To conchide with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATIM AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tars EVENING, the Great Carre Trottpe anti magnificent S tud fTA Horses; also Onra, Alf re d B ra db ur y , A. Carre, THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. Tms EVENING, at 7, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, H. No ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson: Mesdame. Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris. and ,t. Henry. After which ; TH NI YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, H. Neville, Atkins. Taylor, 7aughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Miss M. Oliver. This EVENING, at 7.!!0, A LOVIN.; CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss 11. Oliver. To be follow,l by CLAUDE DUVAL ; Mr. Dewar, &e. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft• Mrs. linekingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss V arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS ETENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravagsnza, THE VERY GRAND DIITCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHA3IB R A PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. le. Box-ofllce open from 11 to 4. ZO OLOGICAL OM!.DENS, Regent's-pink, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, Gd.; c hildren ender tweice, Gd. LONDOW, SATURDAY; MARCH 13, 1869. Diminish pauperism, and there will be not much argument left in favour of Compulsory Education. A considerable section of the humbler classes, natu rally enough, evidences a readiness to see the State saddled with a responsibility which ought to belong, on the contrary, to the population itself. Let poverty among the masses be diminished—let pauperism, in other words, be reduced—and the parents, now de pressed by circumstances, and rendered indifferent as to the continuance of their children in ignorance, will no longer betray this disposition to devolve upon the Government the duty of caring for their offspring. Yesterday, in the House of Commons, the member for Stoke-upon-Trent • brought forward his motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the young children in the larger and more popular towns of the United Kingdom. Th e mot i on was seconded THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1869. by Mr. GEORGE DIXON, the member for Birmingham. It led to an animated and lengthened discussion ; the upshot of it all being that the proposal for a Select Committee was declined on the . part of the Govern ment by the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who intimated, however, on behalf of himself and his colleagues, the readi ness of her MAJESTY'S Ministers to assent to the appointment, for the purposes of that sug gested inquiry, in lieu of a Select Committee, of what will be manifestly far more to the purpose, an Official Commission. An inquiry of any kind into the matter referred to, as a means for affording justifi cation, as one might say, for Legislative interposi tion between the humblest and poorest portions of the community and the pernicious influences of pro found ignorance, is obviously of itself a thing quite ,superfluous. It is equivalent, very much to the elaborate demonstration of a self-evident proposi tion. It is more idle in its way than going to market to buy a hatchet to break e as. Before one atom of additional evidence is obtained we know all about ir. There are official blue-books in existence showing, i.s plainly as that two and two make four, that the dense stupidity and profound ignorance of enormous ma.sesof our fellow-creatures and fellow-countrymen, far and wide all over these wealthy and flourishing islands, present to view a spectacle nothing less than frightful and appalling. The fact that this is so, has, years upon years ago, been proved to absolute de monstration. Nothing can make the lamentable result more apparent or more absolutely undeniable. Nevertheless, it may be accepted at once, we fear, as not one jot less a matter beyond contradiction, that some such tedious process as that of a bran new in quiry must be gone through before anything in the way of practical legislation, upon the question of p.)pular or national Education, can be adventured upon by the QUEEN'S Government. The latest lights —we premise that is the meaning of this inevitable necessity—the latest lights have to be thrown into the darkest places, before anything can be done towards the dissipation of that darkness by the state. Manifestly, however, it is au alternative as to whether the inquiry shall be made by a Select Committee or by an Official Commission. According to the member for Stoke-upon- [rent, the former is preferable. Wisely running counter to this opinion, the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department accords to the latter his decided preference, and the preference also, of course, of his colleagues in the Administration. Aud, beyond all manner of doubt, the result likely to be arrived at by means of an official Commission would be more dispassionate, would be less influenced by precon ceived notions than one attained through a Select Committee—among the members of which would necessarily be found the avowed advocates of the system known by the expressive title of Com pulsory Education. The decision of Ministers upon this subject must, therefore, be regarded as, upon the whole, satisfactory. Intrinsically, there will be not much good in any in quiry. It will serve this beneficial purpose, nevertheless, that it will be a step in advance, and, as we must trust, of course, in the right direction. Already it is a satisfactory circumstance in itself that the session has no further advanced than this when the crying need for Educational legislation is proclaimed aloud within the walls of the new Parliament. The want that has to be made good must, perforce and that before much longer, be in some measure satisfied. Ignorance and Pauperism have alike to be dealt with. To deal with one, without having any regard to the other, would be simply an absurdity. They must be treated harmoniously and sympathetically side by side. If possible, they should be taken in hand simultaneously. But, if precedence must needs be accorded to one of the two, it ought certainly, lowliest c preferencel abyclasses—lift : n o co b :11 e o a iu c t t: C ti o os rded fe pthaeu t pc O oein i:pe si a li u nt iln fi aro e , (f the Pauperism , we shall hear no more of this rough.an 1-readv remedy for ignorance, Compulsory Education. Mn. CARDWELL has been as fortunate as Mr. CHILDERS. Monday night saw the triumph of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Thursday night that of, the Secretary of State for War. Both statesmen spewed such a philosophic comprehensiveness and such a complete mastery of details that it would be difficult to say which of the two acquitted himself the better. Both had to make a maiden budget speech; but Mr. CHILDERS had an advantage which Mr. CARDWELL had not; he had served in an inferior capacity the department over which he now presides. On the other hand, Mr. CARDWELL was better off, inasmuch as he has not, like his colleague, taken the place of one of the most popular members of the House ; one, too, who, perhaps, knows more about the duties of the post he filled than any man living. It is easier to follow Sir JOHN PAKINGTONthaII Mr. CORRY. Without going into the minutiae of the army estimates, it may be well to point out that there are two great principles which have governed Mr. CARD WELL'S policy of reduction : concentration of troops at home, and thorough supervision and control by the department. We have already mentioned that it is to Mr. ARTHUR MILLS, then the Conservative member for Taunton, that the country is indebted for the thorough exposure of the reprehensible, wasteful, and dangerous system by which our troops were for many years scattered over the world. Mr. CARDWELL acknowledged the good services rendered by that gentleman, and pointed out how for some time past successive Governments have modiEed this state of things, either by the recall of troops, or by compelling the colonies to pay for them. As Secre tary for the Colonies it became Mr. CARDWELL'S duty to order back the 10,000 troops with which the New Zea landers were fighting the Morales. His successors, the Earl of CARNARVON and the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, followed in his track ; and he is simply travelling still farther in the direction which nearly half-a dozen Ministers have taken. This policy is now for the first time about to be applied to Canada. It has not been extended to that vast country hitherto for " exceptional" reasons, those reasons being the Trent affair of seven years •ago, and the Fenian raids of more recent times. On both of these occasions Canada was imperilled through her connection with the mother country. In neither matter was she individually concerned. It was, therefore, our duty to supply her with the troops she wanted. Yet it may fairly be questioned if it was not her duty to pay for them. However that may b wna e lomr , t t e h abad etetyacworth ocssaobligationsitashed Canada. on our part is now over. Fenianism is exploded. N o one f ears that t h e U n i te d St a t es boundless 00 su The tn d of c e o s sa l o w n t ar y ra , c t st a n r large fc a n s n itn uninhabitedr country is, w w would land. Canada —the New Dominion—can walk alone. The control of the army is a matter of less interest to temaivooen rsnttheeoawfct civilians ietvrthihloie l uak i n e t, , forslynawrplioeeesfsi u s more referring nof technical. military affairs t ff airslt thanake s to o tti 00 n a a p trh p i e r os e s c e i a a t t b e e va h el e le n Mall etal the e- ) War Office and the Horse Guards. Clearly, how - ever, Mr. CARDWELL has done wisely in superseding that committee of artillerymen hastily appointed by the late Government just before its retirement from office. It is to be hoped, too, that the appointment. of an experienced military man like Captain VIVIAN as assistant to the Minister of War and adviser on purely military matters, will be of service. There is still one work which Mr. CARDWELL has to accom plish, greater even than the reduction of the estimates or the reorganisation of the Control Department— the establishment of a proper army of reserve. present we have merely the kiecta mentbra of that force. It will require all the energy and thi ability of the present Secretary of State to bring into a harmonious, vital whole those at present dissevered forces, the Militia, the Volunteers, the Pensioners, and the Yeomanry. It is satisfactory to learn from Mr. CARDWELL that he has not overlooked this im portant work, and that he does not despair of accom plishing it. IN all probability the constituency of Beverley has at length earned the reward for which it has so long and so industriously striven. A borough must be corrupt indeed when it becomes necessary to bribe from 800 to 1,000 electors in order to give the candi date at the head of the p 0111,151 votes. No decision which has yet been given by the judges admits of less doubt on both counts. Sir 11. EDWARDS and Captain KENNARD were no more duly elected as the repre sentatives of Beverley than one of the voters who were bought with an odd number of half-crowns. And there can be equally little doubt that after a long period of immLnity, during which an organised system of buying place and power was carried on, Beverley stands convicted of utter corruption, such as disfranchisement alone can adequately punish. Under the new Reform Act, a contest in the little Holder ness borough might reasonably be expected to prove as close and interesting as any in England. In most manufacturing towns the conclusion is fore gone for the Liberals, and in rural constituencies for the Conservatives. But Beverley is an interesting hybrid. It is the market town for a large and fertile district, and is likewise famous for the construction of implements. The inhabitants divide their attention between iron works and market produce. However Conservative Beverley might have been under a select oligarchy of farmers, shopkeepers, and freemen, a keen contest might have been expected under a democratic franchise. Even the danger of intimidation is at least balanced, for one or two of the largest employers of labour are ad vanced Liberals. The free and independent electors, however, have been carefully trained to remarkable unanimity. It is common to make a political engine of municipal elections, but nowhere else can be found a more perfect example of a constituency taking time by the forelock, and providing for the greater event in settling the less. Here there was no vulgar bribing for the occasion ; the voters were bought wholesale at the municipal elections, and kept permanently in stock for the parliamentary struggle. A few wire-pullers had the management of an organisation by means of which the municipal elections were settled to the advantage of their own party. Sometimes £:160 was spent in bribing electors at a low figure. Sometimes the cost was greater, and on one exciting occasion no less than £3OO was dis tributed amongst the voters. But whether the sum spent was small or great, the Liberals invariably found themselves in a minority of about two to one. This was one way of preparing for the election to Parliament. Then the freemen of the town—before the Reform Act they numbered 8.50 out of 1,400 voters—had the right of pasturage over a large plot of ground ; and by Act of Parliament twelve pasture masters were elected to control this right and take care of the pasture. Formerly these pasture masters were chosen equally from the two parties, but of late they were all of the dominant and Conservative type. But worse remains. The pasture masters not only had the spending of a considerable sum in connection with the free land, but they had the distribution of £1,400, left as a legacy, and intended to be divided in con siderable amounts amongst poor freemen who had sustained loss of stock. This money, shameful to relate, was divided in small sums, so as to defeat the object of the testator. Its management was so judicious that out of thirty-three who received this money and voted twenty-six polled for the successful members. eligible it le e, co i nss clear, Conservative was an iye candidatesdm r a t b o l e b uild foundation tlron for . Sir H. EDWARDS and Captain KENNARD did not fail to make the most of it. The former is chairman of the Beverley Waggon Company, and knew nothing of the bribery. But Mr. NORFOLK was manager of the same company, and this able deputy provided him self before the municipal election with £BOO, which he worthily spent. The usual sum required at the annual trafficking in votes was about £l5O, but as the nilinicipl election took place only a fortnight before the greater event, prices ruled much higher. Buyers, too, were much more anxious than usual. Though the ordinary p r ice of a muniqipal vote is five shillings, on this occasion the lowest price was fifteen shillings, whilst the total sum distributed was five times the average amount. Eight hundred voters could be bought for each, but as seven half-crowns were a very common offer, it is clear that more voters must have sold themselves in advance at the municipal contest. The result was proportionate to the means employed. The Liberals have never for y ear s past found their way into the town council, bu t on this occasion they gave up the struggle early in the day, as unusually hope less. It will be seen, therefore, that the bribery for which this election has b een declared void was wholly indirect bribe r y . Nothing was done in the way of vote traffic on th e d ay o f th e parlia mentary election. The prime mover, Mr. NORFOLK, carefully abstained from any interference on that day; but the object of his disbursements a fort night previously is not the less evident. The £BOO was spent not to return Conservative councillors, but to ele ct Si r H. EDWARDS and K Captain EN NARD. The ordinary policy at the lesser contest is to provide f or th e greater ; b ut here the provision was as Thereexcessive,is e ve a r i y id reas o o u n t of proportion to the comparatively moderate y bribery of previous for supporting all the ju d g e 's conclusions. There is lio ground for doubting that knowledge of what was going on was withheld from the two candidates, for cons constituency d this is g enera lly the case. But it is certain that bribery was ex t e nsively employed on th e i r b e half, and that it e n their election isgracd by one of th e wors t s t or ies is void. Fi na ll y , th e w h o l e y is of corruption ever revealed, and Beverley in Justice must s urren der the privilege which it has held so long. Th e p e titi o n has clearly proved the neces sity of dealing with municipal and parliamentary corruption at the same time. It is additional testi mony, too, to the value of the new law, for it is doubtful whether these disclosures would have been made before a committee of the House of Commons. It is proposed to convene a public meeting in Dublin for the purpose of considering the proprioty of erect ing a national monument to the memory of Lord Gough. A Cabinet Council will be held at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street, to-day. The Government have sent a protective force of eight policemen, .with a constable, to ocoupy the railway station at Mullingar. The execution of the two men, Dolan and M'Conville, who are confined in Durham gaol, will, under present arrangements, take place on Monday week, the 22d instant. Between four and five o' c lock on Thursday afternoon, as the wife of a fanner named Hodge was crossing the mils at Farington station, near Preston, the London express train came up, caught her, and killed her instantly. A collision occurred at Atby, Ireland, on Tuesday night, between an express train from Kilkenny and some cattle waggons which were shunting at the time. No lives were lost, but the fireman received a slight injury. The waggons, carriage, and engine were smashed to atoms. A telegram from Shrewsbury states that the Folice have found in an old outhouse at Bretchell, Shropshire, the body of a child with its bead cut open. A domestic servant named Pugh has been arrested, and will be brought up for examination to day. The Athenztun thinks that the announcements that Mr. Reverdy Johnson will preside at the next annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund, are surely a little hasty. Events on the other side, says our contemporary, makes it very uncertain whether Mr. Johnson will be in England as late as June. It is expected that the Viceroy will accompany the Prince and Princess of Wales on their return to Alex andria, where a grand ball will be given in their honour. Subsequently the Prince of Wales will probably visit the Suez Canal, and from this, it is said, he will leave for 'Tern- Wm ; where he will remaindering Holy Week. Le CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, March 12. Lord Lyons has - had a long interview with:the Emperor, and then another with the Marquis de Lavalette. These diplomatic visits are at once set down to the credit of the Belgian difficulty, and, as it would appear, with some reason. The railway affair has become of at least sufficient importance to warrant the intervention of other nations. The statements that England has made representations on the subject must now be accepted as true, whilst Prussia is reported to have taken up a very jealous attitude. But, though public opinion is disturbed enough at present, appearances are in favour of a quiet settlement of this railway affair. The letter of the Pope to Monseigneur Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris, which so unwarrantly made its appearance in the third edition of M. Emile 011ivier's book, is said to have given some annoyance in high places here, on account of the absolute negation of the civil authority which it appears to uphold. The Church of Rome has on the whole a strong friend in the Emperor, but lie dislikes the too positive assertion of spiritual supremacy. There is another item of intelligence from Imperial circles. It was asserted that the difference between Baron Hauss mann and M. Rouher had been smoothed down by the Emperor's interference, but news from a very good source says the reverse. The two Ministers are still as hostile as ever. '1 he public is feverish with anxiety to know what line Baron Hausmann will take when the City of Paris Loan comes on in the Senate ; but for this ; I fear, people will have to wait until the event takes place. Baron Haussmann has not divulged his intentions to anybody, for the simple reason that he does not know them himself. A new candidate for the Presi dency of the Senate has appeared on the scene. This is the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat. Amongst items of election news I may mention that M. do Montalembert has been spoken of for the Doubs de partment, but it is not likely that he will be brought for ward. The Liberal committee of the third circumscription of the Doubs having to find a candidate to run against the Marquis de Con6gliano, considered M. de Montalem bert's chance, but ultimately chose M. Pidoux. M. de Montalembert is in very bad health just now, and, besides, he gained very few votes in 1863. On dit that the inde pendent candidature of M. Casimir Nrier, in the Aube, is becoming very dangerous to the official nominee, M. De Plan cy. An exciting scene, unfortunately attended with a calami tous termination, has occurred at Strasbourg. The first floor of a house at the corner of two streets wasa Protestantreading room, kept by Madame Lange. On opening the rooms three mornings back she found them in flames, which extended in a moment to the staircase, and cut off the retreat of the persons living above. M. Lirant, proprietor of the house, with his wife and sister-in-law managed to get down from their apartment on the second storey by means of a rope ; a photographer, named Kolb, with his family, on the fourth floor, also escaped by a ladder placed from his window to that at the back of an house forming the opposite side of the angle. M. Debts, on the third floor, succeeded in passing to an adjoining house along a slight projection in the wall, and, by clinging to the outside shutters, his mother and sister followed him, but his wife in making the attempt fell on the pavement, and received such injuries that she died shortly afterwards. Mr. Debes's brother-in-law also jumped into the street, and was killed. The house was en tirely burnt down. A remarkable criminal case is now being heard in Paris. Two young girls have been carried off together by a man of business, named Plovier, and were sent back to their parents safe and uninjured in any way, after three weeks' detention. One of these girls was 20 years of age, the other 19. They are the daughters of a manufacturer in good position, and had each of them a dower of not less than £12,000. Plovier is neither young nor handsome, but he possesses the allurements of the tongue and pen, and seems to have wished to marry the eldest for her fortune, whilst she on her part not less desired to marry him. But why both were taken away is not quite clear. As, however, the two are over 16, it will be necessary for the parents to prove that fraud was used in carrying them off, and this, to all appearance, will be difficult. The wreck of the Cambria, a large screw steamer trading between Trieste, Messina, and London, is re ported. She was lost on the homeward voyage on the coast of Sicily. The captain, one passenger, and eighteen seamen were drowned. Ten others were save(' COURTS-MARTIAL CO.2II3IISSIOY. The first report of the Commissioners to inquire into the Constitution and Practice of Courts-Martial in the Army has been presented to both Homes of Parliament by command of her Majesty. The Commissioners delay the final report, but make suggestions respecting the present system of punishments fur military offences. Penal servitude is the most severe form of punishment in use, and it is advised that recourse be had to it, only in those cases which demand d's missal from the army. With regard to the discipline main tained in military pthons, the commissioners are of opinion that the prisoners should not be associated. They recommend that a central military priso❑ he established, and that it should be worked upon the " separate system." All the punishments for repressing drunkenness have hitherto proved ineffectual. A punishment by fine has been sug gested, and the Commissioners concur in this opinion. With respect to the punishment of non-commissioned officers they advise that the rule may be to a certain extent relaxed, which reduces them to the ranks upon being tried by court— martial. WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. Before daylight on Thursday morning, while the wind was blowing strong from the northeast, the Ramsgate lifeboat Bradford, in tow of the steamer Aid, proceeded out in response to signals from the Gull Light-ship. On nearing. the Goodwin Sands a vessel was seen ashore on the north west spit, with a tar barrel burning as a signal of distress. The lifeboat was then towed to windward of her, and slipped. Sail was made on the boat, but when about fifty fathoms off the ship, the lifeboat struck the sand heavily. The Broadstairs' lifeboat—Samuel Morrison Collins— had also come out and grounded, the sea breaking fearfully over both boats. The falling tide fixed the Brad ford hard and fast on the sand. The crew of the stranded ship, meanwhile, shouted for assistance, and after some difficulty a line was got from the vessel to the lifeboat, and a hawser hauled into the latter. A number of the lifeboat men plunged into the sea, and wading through the heavy surf, boarded the ship. The master requested them to do their best to save the lives of his crew and the vessel. After great labour and risk the ship came afloat, when she was taken in tow by a steamer into Ramsgate harbour. She was the schooner Pride of the West, of Penzance, bound from Yarmouth to Hayles with a cargo of flour. The crime of horse stealing has for some time past prevailed to a great extent in the upper parts of the county of Essex. But the most daring raid of this kind was made at Ilford on Wednesday night. Six fine agri cultural horses, valued at the sum of £240, belong ing to Mr. Lake, farmer of Aldborough Hatch, were bedded up for the night at seven o'clock. At nine it was found that the stable had been opened, the horses unhar nessed, and all taken away. They were traced in the direc tion of London, and over Bow Bridge, but there the clue failed. The horses have not been found, but some gypsies, who were in camp near, aro in custody. Mr. Justice Keogh, in sentencing prisoners con victed of rioting at the Limerick election, said that it was perfectly useless to talk of freedom of election if mobs were to be allowed to go abroad, as in that city, carrying sticks, life-preservers, pieces of rope, and handkerchiefs with stones in them. If mobsmen were to be al lowed to go out into the streets and flourish weapons over the heads of every elector who was oppos , dto them, it would be far better that Limerick should have no represen tative at all. Judge Keogh sentenced the prisoners to six months' confinement each, with hard labour. • The sixteenth report of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales has been issued. They have made, during the year 1868, 2,047 orders authorising sales of charity estates, building or other leases,transfers of stock,establishing now schemes,and application to tbolaw courts. The amount of stock transferred in the year was £458,692. At the close of 1868 the total amount of the various stocks and shares vested in the official trustees was £3,413,029, held by them upon 4,9 M accounts. The only scheme the com missioners had prepared during the past year with the view to its being submitted to Parliament, is for the Tre vilson clarity, affecting the parish of East Newlyn, iu Corn wall. '.l'4 strike and lock-out of South Lancashire miners still continues, with no signs of abatement. The proprietors of the Denaby Main Colliery have within the last fow days made an effort to stock the pit with men from Stafford shire. On Wednesday evening last a number of the men locked out saw the new corners and managed to persuade them to return to their homes. Tho men expressed a willing ness to do so, and a fow of them rettAned to their comrades at the pit and persuaded them to go borne also. The result was that about 60 of the "black sheep" left. The majority left Mexbro', hea.ded by those locked out with a large flag. They were repeatedly choered.o . o the way by some thousands of people. Thoso locked out received their first pay yesterday at Mexbro', at a cost qf about RN. 8r1.111.T OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Saturday Review is busy discussing what N proper legislative office of tfie Lords, and what scope remains for their superfluous energies. The Lords may be regarded as an initiating and as a revising legislative body, and it must be considered what they can properly initiate, and how they can properly revise. Lord Russel; said that the initiating functions of the Lords lay properly in matters ecclesiastical, diplomatic, and legal. As tc ecclesiastical quesiions, the attribution to the Lords of a constitutional aptitude for dealing with them probably suggested itself to Lord Russell as a compliment to the bishops. But this was clearly a mistake. The bishop are not meant to legislate for the Church, but to defend it. They initiate nothing ; they remain passive, and see as far as possible that things are not changed to their detriment. The repeal of the Test Act, Catholic Eman• cipation, the suppression of half the Irish bishops, disen• dowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church, arc the sort of ecclesiastical measures carried by modern English Parliaments ; and the rustic who waited till bishops initiated them would gaze a long while at the river of time. In diplomacy, Ptrliament does not so much legislate as express, opinions for the guidance of the Socretzryof State ; and here it is quite true that the Lords can, and often do, take the initiative with much success ; and a debate in the Lords on any international or diplomatic question generally commands great attention and respect. But one evening every other session is about all that falls to the lot of the Lords as an opportunity of sheaving their excellence in this department of public affairs. Diplo matic discussions, to be valuable,:must be very rare. There remains the law ; and here it must be owned that there is, as matters now stand, a lamentable waste of very valuable legislative power. The experience and the knowledge and the leisure of the Law Lords are not nearly enough uti lised for the reform of those portions of the law which everyone knows ought to be reformed, but which it is no one's business to reform. The main duty of the House of Lords must, however, necessarily be that of revising the legislation of the Commons, and the Lords are fully jus tified in asking that they should have every possible facility given them for discharging this duty properly. Lord Russell suggests that the best method of securing this time would be to alter the time of year up to which the estimates are framed, so that the discussion in the House of Commons of these estimates should be thrown later than it is now, and be put after the mass of their legislative work for the sessionwas (Lam. Then the Commons would be discharging the complex and lengthy financial duties which belong exclusively to them, while the Lords were revising the bills sent up to them. This suggestion deserves consideration, as also does that of Lord Granville, that many bills might be permitted to begin in the Lords which must now begin in the Commons, because they have some faint and remote tinge of a money bill about them. The extreme jealousy of the Lords with which the Commons used to be animated in all money matters may perhaps be mitigated now that the supremacy onhe Commons has been este.orished. The Spectator, referring to Lord Salisbury's remarks on the spread of education having nothing to do with the diminution of crime, says : For our parts, much as we respect the group of administrative statesmen of both parties, there is not one of them whom we cannot easily conceive, if born under less propitious circumstances, and brought up without education, as being Haute, like all the rest of us, to fall into positive crime. Lord Salisbury, strong and able as he is, is undoubtedly a strong partisan, liable to very narrow views—witness this utterance about education and crime—and not indisposed to be arrogant and overbearing in asserting them. Suppose he bad had no education, no means of living, and no social rank to widen and soften him, does anybody doubt but that he might have been one of the dangerous classes—the very dangerous classes himself ? His slight hardness in defence of property rights might just as well have been excessive hardness in assaulting them—they come from the same root at bottom.—and if he had taken to burglary, none of the crew would have been so violent against the "peelers," or a bitterer stickler for his share of the " swag." His old opponent in the Commons, on the other hand, Mr. Forster, the Vice-President of the Council, had he been brought up outside the world of education and social amenities, though he would have been quite as formidable as Lord Salisbury, would have beenterrible in a different way. He, it maybe, might have been drawn into a trade union, and on behalf of such a brotherhood have become a desperate character—A terrible picket against the "knobsticks," an enthusiastic rattener, a stern executioner of the unlawful laws of such an ignorant and tyrannical Vehmgericht. Nay, if we may let our imagination dwell at all on so very delicate a field as the possible affinities of illustrious and intellectual men for different classes of transgression of the law, had they had none of the advantages which Lord Salisbury thinks so utterly without bearing on crime or " moral depravity," is it so absolutely impossible to imagine that—in another and very much worse world —some disreputable double of Lord Derby, instead of taking a leap in the dark " to dish the Whigs," might have made his enemy stand and deliver on Hounslow Heath, on pain of receiving a couple of balls in his head, and ridden to York in some incredibly short time to prove an alibi? or that some unfortunate wretch with a strange whiff in him of Lord Russell, might have been charged with feloniously placing obstacles across the rail road with intent to throw the up-train off the rails, to gratify a grudge against some of the passengers? Is there absolutely no conceivable world in which Mr. Bright might have been a prize-fighter, or Mr. Lowe a body snatcher, or Lord Westbury a devotee of vivisection practised in open contravention of the law against cruelty to inferior creatures, or Mr. Goschen an accomplished coiner, or Lord Stanley a dangerous tramp and beggar? Would Mr. Disraeli be quite unimaginable as a Leicester square conspirator against foreign Governments under the guise of a melancholy pedlar of steel pens, or Mr. Gladstone as a promoter of bubble companies, or the Bishop of Oxford as a begging-letter writer? Is no conception more inconceivable than that some alias of Mr. Walpole's should have been taken up for singing doleful ditties about the streets, with six starving children as his companions, and without strict adherence to history in his lugubrious nar rative? or that same smiling bumpkin, resembling a village Granville, should have been charged with turning his bonhomie to bad purpose in some country fair, by acting "bonnet" to the local dicer? The Saturday Review is dissatisfied with Mr. Bright's language respecting the matter of false weights and measures and adulteration, to which Lord Eustace Cecil the other evening called his attention. How comes it that in the parish of St. Pancras the inspectors state that the crying evil of the day is that the parish authorities screen and conceal the numerous cases of deficient weights and measures brought under their notice ? Why is not the supervision of weights and measures made a matter of police, and not of municipal regulation? and why should not the magistrates be compelled to publish these lists? The whole thing ought to be taken out of the hands of these wretched vestries. No, says Mr. Bright ; trade would be impossible if we interfered. They interfere in France, they interfere in Prussia, they interfere every where where it is admitted to be one of the first duties of Government to protect the poor and ignorant and starv ing ; and even where law is halting, and it is difficult to reach offenders in a thinly populated country such as America, the law of Lynch supplements the statutes. But in England the British tradesman ought not to stand this. Better shut up his shutters than submit to the degradation of honest dealing. Mr. Bright at the Fishmongers' Hall said that, in his own person, he had in the public interests so far neglected business that he was almost in the condi tion of Mr. Shell, who was, according to his own account, sent to the Board of Trade because he knew less about trade than any other man in Parliament. We make Mr. Bright a present of this extenuation of the character which he is pleased to give of the British retailer. We trust that Mr. Bright is, as lie seems to suggest, ignorant of the real character of his clients. His picture of them is scarcely engaging. Pope talks of the "tradesman meek and much a liar." Mr. Bright describes him as much a liar, and bound to be so by the stress of competition, but anything- but meek. Mr. Bright's retailer not only cheats, but must cheat, and must not be interfered with in his cheating. We regret to say that there is much truth i n this. The lower you descend in trade, the less economical and the more unsound is its working, The small retail tradesman has no capital, or only such as he borrows at an extravagant price ; the retail publican is much in the same condition. They deal in perishable articles ; they are bound to give credit they are open to competition ; the money that they have is not enough to pay interest, to remunerate their own labour, and to keep th e i r families ; and adulteration and false weights are their only resource. Humanitarians will say that, if you throw additional difficulties on the small retailer, you are suppressing a useful element in society. fhb; is just what we deny. We believe that the public good, and the true interests of trade, would be advanced by diminishing retail trade as it is now carried on in poor neighbourhoods, and that both vendors and consumers would be benefited by improving a good many retailers from off the face of the town. The John Bull, in reviewing the achievements of the members of the Government, declares that the good boys have said their lessons very well, and been sent back to their seats with a pat on the back. 'ThePremier has put up Mr. Childers and Mr. Cardwell as his pet pupils, and their easy translation will, on the whole, do credit to the Liberal establishment. But we must not be da zz l e d by the kind of plodding work which passes occasionally for brilliant scholarship. Mr. Childers and Mr. Cardwell are the industrious boys, not the geniuses of Mr. Glad stone's school. The Ministry having committed itself to economy, the heads of the great spending departments— the Admiralty and War Office--were forced to econom i se as best they could, and it is only just to say they have done their work, from the purely popular p o i n t o f v i ew, without much clumsiness. Mr. Childers had to save, and his estimates appear nearly a million lighter than they were before. 11Ir. Cardwell had to save, and he has knocked off a clear million or more. These are facts — great facts—dear to the British taxpayer, of whatever politics he may be, and the encomium passed on the two good boys from , the Oppositi o n b enc h es was no t a lt oge th er undeserved. The credit of such of their retrenchments, however, as are safe they cordially acknowledge to be due to their predecessors in office ; and Mr. Corry and Sir John Pakington will probably in detail criticise the weak points of the Government schemes, while Lord Elcho on Friday night gave notice of motion as to the formation of an army of reserve. As to Mr. Childers's scheme for turret ships, to draw twenty-six feet of water without masts, it is simply - absurd, the ships, as Mr. Corry, who knows more probably about the navy than any one in the House, says, beinEtals unfit for L3agoing plirpoeliaills2r_soa_At defence. " BRADFORD ELECTION. THE NOMINATION. As we have already mentioned, the nomination of the candidates for Bradford took place on Thursday, amid a most disgraceful riot. The proceedings were appointed to ',take place in the open air. The crowd did not gather long before the hour of commencing, for shortly before eleven o'clock there were not more than a few hundreds gathered in front of the hustings. The number, however, rapidly increased, and by the time the Pro' ceedings were fairly in progress there would be us many present as at the first nomination, about 50,0 0 being present, the whole side of the hill being black with people, and both sides were equally hearty in the vocifers• tions with which they interrupted the speakers. Through' out the whole of the proceedings, indeed, the people maul' fested a degree of turbulence which ultimately prosoh° 3 the row which brought the proceedings toan abrupt tenni . nation. The Mayor having asked if any elector had a candidate to propose, Mr. S. Storey, who was greeted with cheers and hisses, proposed Mr. Thompson. During his speech a miniature battle of the standard ensued, a fight taking place for cne of the boards bearins the placard, " Hands up for Thompson." Ultimately it wag got down and pieces of the board torn off. Another great surge took place, and a board of each party came to griefs and disappeared in small pieces. One of the bearers wag thrown down and had a narrow escape from being trampled upon. Alderman Brown, who was received with great cheering, then proposed Mr. Edward Miall. Mr. Thompson then came forward to address the assembly, and was received with much uproar, the proceedings being suddenly interrupted and brought to an unexpected conclusion* The feelings of the mass up to this time bad evidently been growing more and more angry, and the various attacks on the board-holders to which we have alluded, and others which took place, had placed in the hand ° of many of the roughs weapons which could be use d with not a little effect to suppress any manifestation of feeling to which they might happen to be opposed. 3-115 at the close of Alderman Law's speech in seconding gn Miall, a fresh attack on a board, one of Thompson's, which was close to the centre of the hustings, was made' and assailants and defendants came to blows. While this was going on similar proceedings had taken place away at the back of the crowd, and in the middle of I ° stones began to fly. So sudden and unexpected was tbie occurrence that it would be difficult to say from win d !, side the first stone was thrown, and indeed it was n°3 until stones and pieces of wood began to fly about rather thickly that the people around seemed to understand that anything of the kind was going on. Then the dense massing of the crowd prevented easy retreat, though there was a speedy shrinking back from the centre of the fight, and once the missiles began to tell, the people on Thompson's side of the hustings ran to the back of the hustings, leaving the space they had occupied con' paratively clear. It was only a momentary retreat, ho l . ever, for many, and having filled their pockets with stones, they returned, firing the stones right into the thies of the crowd on the Miall side, and they in their turn ha d to flee, only to return and dispute in a similar manner the possession of the field. In this warfare both women and men 'took an active part, and the force with which the stones were thrown shewed there was little regard f° 2 consequences. The police made a charge_to disperse the rioters, but they were too few in number to deal with ti ° mass of people, and it was not possible to single otn the offenders. During this a consultation had take n place on the hustings, and the mayor announced that a poll was demanded, and adjourned the proceeding°. The rioters paid no attention to the l intimatioa.', they were evidently quite exasperated by tb e time, and so strong was political passion that sv saw women most respectably dressed hurling et°llee and pieces of wood at the opposite party. After t his affrg had lasted for about five or ten minutes a general attach was directed to the hustings, and the parties on both sial were glad to beat a retreat, the stones, clay, mud, au bc sticks being freely thrown at any of the occupan ts W were visible. The reporters were not spared eitheri and they were glad to abandon their occupation ono seek shelter underneath the hustings. Several P ers° were taken into custody, although strenuous efforts for their rescue were made. Ultimately the riot began_ to subside for lack of men to keep it up, and then; number of Mr. Miall's supporters gathered i n f r°ll .! and, in answer to a call from the hustings, gave thr ee che . e L for:Miall. As the crowd dispersed and stone-throvis became more dangerous to the thrower from his being 133 ° re s , s : easily seen, the row quieted down, and after a che er I : Thompson the proceedings in a manner came t o s of As may be supposed, all this stone -throwing did n gs take place without some people being h urt, thoti v: considering the ferocity of the attacks, fewer person T he re been injured than might have been anticipated. ~of were a dozen taken to Dr. Terry, Leeds-road. g l9° `' them had head cuts, though some had severe injuries °re the face. Three of the cases of injuries to the head A l , reported as being very bad. Two persons were so severe J. injured that they had to be taken to the Infirmary' these one, a man named Wilkinson Wadding!°t: was struck on the right eye by a stone, which has sntlio tered the ball completely, and destroyed for ev sight of that eye. The other, a lad named KirPY , 11 00 in Silsbridge-lane, had a severe cut on the left side 0 : a , b , head. The blow, from a half-brick, was so severe t s t ates was completely stunned and fell to the ground- to ~e r of that all he recollects before falling is that a nuln" young women, seemingly mill hands, struck him. THE POLLING. The polling took place yesterday, and resulted ill triumphant return of Mr. Miall. The official declaro,tie' of the poll was made at six o'clock last evhfi The mayor stated that the number W ll° voted for Mr. Miall was 9,243, and for Mr . Thornr L; 7,086 He therefore declared Mr. Miall to have been " - n j elected. Mr. Miall took the lead in the roorning% kept far ahead of Mr. Thompson during the entire His e majority was frequently 1,700, 1,5 00 , a nd I,° °toed his opponent. The town was perfectly quiet all cia' there was an absence of much of the excitements ° ' 1 , 11 , c ; 1.1 rent at the last election. The defeat of M r. ThonWs— late ascribed to the desertion of a large number of the e — tbe it who voted for Mr. Ripley, and who had Promise votes to Mr. Thompson. REPORTERS FOIL THE (ECUMENICAL COl -•' A communication from Rome states that the aut beriti" are engaged in organising a service of rep rters f°l' ti tli b: pr i oc . eedings in the (Ecumenical Couneil o The 14 :1 oli'llilis been V the gi H dius Marcheses, a Piedmontese, has been P l3°e ; e l l o ee l ee y lne F sini a a t hs h toi e loy r , at the head of the ' shorthand Wr,,,b_ra; o a r d subject e y o e f ar t s h . e Bpingef Before eo Pro lttigoittin'reionr! t i l i l s e m y v e o h w t s, he was for a long time first reporter to the of Turin. DESTRUCTION OF A NATURAL BRIDOP' Al .„, ..--0 11° of the most interesting natural curiosities in C°rinvl7:l ° b r e been it destroyed. som e t i m midway has"The between Penryn and elstonw,ato tb..!_saseuft. the high road, and weighed about 800 tons• -"", v. s uave' t l i t ih3 w f a a s ot p , l as ace w d el i l n long, 14ft. high, and 19ft in breadth, and Was ova and fot o iets called, "113 e -,:tit was an object 01 nu irneo asa most its . immensee xtraorsdizien,ary position, Li, _ o h interest to tourists as well as to the geologist. TheT ° th rested on the point of two detached rocks, and undern~°l, men" was a free passage. Immediately beneath " .-"" e be en was a valuable granite quarry, which basAiere worked to the depth of 40 feet, close up ' to the be d '' 4 0 the Main Rock rock rested. This has been rented 11 s- a • one, who, unknown to the proprietor, Mr• Ilosken,"o hole bored underneath the rock ad charged, 1 ' 136 , 1 , t ; i i to ll when o fired, threw the Tolmen off its bed, and ause' "- r ll into the quarry, 40 feet below. of FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—A summary in°cl°64lo. i forbidding the banns has formed a subject of iti ve ni t s ;o x n at the assizes of Carrick-on•Shannon• A- Pasr--m en, two of whom were named O'Brien' a ncl I‘-'- to e ofJ. mott, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling -b° i Leit ohn M‘Ga"Yi the 26th of a farmer, living site Clonturk, c°llntlisc'cl 013riefht o f the rim' INleoveemvibdeern,cdeirwecetnetdto w that gang, and, proceeding to the hous on the De. i or break ;/2 the °° them to - • * with a sledge. This was done by wnerniott 1 4,4 prompt and efficient manner. Meanwhile O'nr iell vi a it two shots into the kitchen window. M`GarrY deeramesde P a rudent to retreat upstairs. The party, "la ving - we? his hand entered the house, and Br Derraott, t° p WOW s seVer:". `Gard hand in practice, struck Mrs. M`Garry with the sledge. O'Brien, having learnt that A-I G io cts had gone upstairs, directed M`Derrnott to s ledge ' to o the stairs and bring down the old scoundrel." M e c i tbs set about obeying the order, and bad demolishe 008 balusters and posts of the staircase when AVGarrirt 10 down from his hiding-place. O'Brien held theien t° an breast, and swore that he woild shoot °l el ~ he for co ncealing his brother. Ile was assured ths:tber was not in the house. A search was made in e° the room and in the barn, entrance being leA s '' aid of the sledge, and they were oblii,ved t° The without finding the object of their search• for explanation of the scene was that young °93,rifibrose. whom they were looking, was about to m art,' tultheY cutor's daughter against the wish of his faruil, °Ti n t the merely wished to carry him away in order to Preve-oW alliance. Their visit, however, only accelerated the do g riage, which was celebrated by the registrar in 5 f esv f the afterwards. A question was raised in the defen ce ° u te ri p too r o i d s i o en n rj e ut r hr s ee conv ct° use. The jury 013:1. prisoners on one count, and Chief Justice, ~ .. reserved the point , . . for the cisSiLiion ofj. - , co;1141: Appeal, • I a N t lr s h h e t i ot dwellingel ov ohye t Act,lie whether h they e there e c r o o u could a s . legallyho h e l f r l: e c c i e t e p , e , aorvo. s:irco tend , Ma The i to sales, The inc has not IGovern' sales foi yesterdv United has not far as ii rican 5- able ret by no r place in The 1 first-clo COLSI count, New T Zl,OOO, Stock, 4 India ditto 5 Cent., Wester: Great London 116 i tc 49i to 1021 i ditto A cannot, tendere account total nc about policy. At 1.1 Compa Was ad( dend s month done aN upon tl Bills for 20( tender colonies rupee, I rate. The South . 19th in, eluding mends per cen Advi atnall fl rnents ( hion is spinner Messrs. donald trade. to be hi Viet grantee Gold '1 capital from be rem date. At tl (Limit( Parniel paid, sc 15 IN parry ( share. The Act su during bales, 95 m of whit 1,280 /aeons. The Societ: their d tor, by Go Per per (2 Now 3 New 2i Do. Atinuit Do. Do ( Exchcq Do ti Do. Bank 0 D I . i Canada Inter-( IN] Ar z ! , out Uo .4.llita lir Do. D o . Do. Do. ; ijo 2 B .eno, Cub Ouiliat Do. Leo. lo uani st Darob Do Equal 111 ZYPt Do Co: Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. ] Du. Do.