The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

WIN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY ti TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enArnel from deciy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING 111PoSSIBLE. A GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair Z.& to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this worylerful liquid. It is now offered to the pnblie in a more coneevtrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3e. each ; also 55.. 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including. brush. - _ _ Red Bull Wharf, Angel-pa:mar, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole I.essee and Manager. Mr.y. B, Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every WelnPsuay and Saturday dnringthe Christmas ITolida3 s T(IIS P.VENITG, will h pQ'rforme r ri MY WIFE'S OUT. To he folloa-cd by the Great Christmas PAn'omime, entitled rntrmALto N IfF, GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, INO THE MILLER'S So?;s, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. 'Beverley. Characters in the opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomiml , te; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past commence at 7. Box-office open from till 5 daily. lIIIEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessen. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE: Messrs. Howe, Ken 'al, Clark, awl Miss Fanny Wright. Aft,r yr!lich, IP I ME: Messrs. So , hern, rhmpendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c.: Mesdames CarendTslt, Burke, Hill, -t• c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUi, FIAIR. - essrs. Comp ton. Kendal, \Vcaihcrshy, B - ackstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII, Sore Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B : WEBSTFIL • Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. DID YOU F.VEIt SEND YOUR WIFE Mr. G. 4elmore, Mrs. L. Murray. THIS EVENING, TO CAMBERWELL Kt a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja mm Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart.. Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. smith, Mr. Romer. Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred •Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Neily H arris. 0Y A L J. Ut ik.W.-E - - . 64; II EATRE. :T------rsolo Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vi g. ~........ Last 12 Nights. THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama, in nut' acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Sir. F. Lloyds an 4 assistants. To conclude with MASTER. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. %ors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. Kr On Monday, Feb. 8, a. new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. • Solo Lessee and Manageress, Yrs Fwanborougb. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. (l srke, Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But .41i and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD 01? Th. E CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude "nth HUE AND DYE. 1 LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRILS SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMI'•S: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlaton, and J. Clarke; A' esdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S HALL).—Great Success of SIRDANAPAtus.—Tth Night.— The new Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SARDANAPALUS (received with roars of laughter and ap plause). Ever, Evening, at half-past 7. The best Shilling Pit in London. Morning Performances on Ttiesday, Jan. 26, Thursday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan 30, at Two r.m. Preceded by a Farce IT. GEORGE'S THEATRE having been pre viously Let for a long period after the iOth inst., the pre vent p rforma,nces CANNOT be CONTINUED here after that date. Places should be immediately taken to witness the greatest success of the season. 1n OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, _ HOLBORN. . . C)ntinned Changes. NeN;icoTrram me every Evening. Ad ditional artistes. New Acts and Fresh Novelties. Signor CAS TELLOTTE in his thrilling and unparalleled Ladder Act, and hignor LERONI, the Elastic Wonder, every evening. Increased attractions in the performance of the Great CARRE Troupe, introducing Herr Oscar Carre and his magnificent stud of Fifty Performing Horses. Ihe laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess and Loyal, in a series of whimsicalities, novel and new. 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A ILMES be7s te inform his friends awl the publio vet:um:ly that he Pnrplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " as soor ns pubished.—No. 10, Hampsteacl-road THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " J. SMITH'S. 29. Bow-strePt. Covent-garden. rIHE LA rt.; EDITION of "THE SUN" at MITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. - ole Lessee and ManaTer. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT Followed by the Grand Pantomime, E USS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THF.ATR E-ROYA L. HAYMARKET THIS EVENING. INTRIGUE. • Messm. Howe, Kendal, and F. Wri-ht. Afier which. HOME: Messrs. Sothern. Chip pendale, &o. Vesdarnes Cavendish. Burke, kc Conelmiing with TIIE FRIGHTFU I . II - IR: Messrs. Comnton. Kervia7. Buckstone. jun., Weathe.rsby. Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, & Cornmenc. At 7. THEATRE -ROYAL. ADELPHI. Turs EvcruNct, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMB ZILW ELL. r. Belmore, Nfrs. L. Murra. At 7.45 MOVIE CRISTO. Mess Mrs. F G. eebter, B. Webster, G. Be y lmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. 4 burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manner, Mr. Vining. Tins EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. M At W. AFTER DARK, a. Talc of London Life: Mr Vining, r. . Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Ilviaclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq (including with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tats EVENING, at 7, A HAPPY FAMIL Y. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke ; Mesdimes llenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Turs EVENING. at 7.30, THE WID , kW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Button. THE FIELD 01" THE C OTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; esdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodell, 1 ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston. TIUs EVENING, DOT. Moser's. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stephens, C. Wyndham. end L.'Brongh es:lames Montagne, J, BLonrottl, Mee, and F.yerar3. And THE GNOME KING Ir. Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. THTFI EVEN7NG, et 7, SL t SHER &CRASHER:Messrs. \ r r ent, ke.: Miss Lennox (?rey and Mrs Caulfield. A'; at 7.45. THE YELLOW PAt•;SPORT MesPr3. Ti F. Atkins, H. Vaugjinn. U. Cooper. and a/nAa Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield VT - 31n ROYALTY THEATRE. U oder the Management of MieB M. Oliver. TUTS rVENING, at 7. 0, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar. Miss M. Oliver. To be followed b y CLAI7DE DUAL: Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSEA-ND. PIZINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management or ` l iss Marie Wilton 'lll3 EvENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Dare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Mips C Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. Idtenrhich, A • WINNING LIAZARI.). rind LITBIGLTE. ROTAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, 31. Cliftun, and THE I.IARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S Wednesdays and L 4 aturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET?, Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. ls. Bux-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerle-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. cji‘ s-piN 4, , - 11 1 - 011ytate LOINDOiV, MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1869. At the first Cabinet Council after the recess, Mr. GLADSTONE and the members of his new party will no doubt have plenty to discuss. There is the Irish question, comprising as it does both land and Church—a formidable junction. There are foreign affeirs, more especially that standing problem in the East, which neither sword nor statecraft has as yet succeeded in unravelling. Thera is the great ques tion of economy to which the Premier has pledged himself ; there is the Ballot, to which a fair propor tion of the Cabinet are already committed. It is not unreasonable to hope that Mr. BRUCE and one or two other recent converts to this much-needed reform will take an early opportunity of explaining the reasons for their change of views to their less enlightened colleagues. In any case, however. the new Ministry which is to face the new Parliament will find the construction of the QUEEN'S speech no very easy or pleasant task. Amid all the topics that crowd upon their notice let us hope they will not overlook some very pressing per plexities. The appointment of Sir RICHARD 3IAYNE'S successor will, indeed, compel them to turn their at tention to the imperative necessity of adopting more active measures for the repression of crime. Th,3 ex perience of every magistrate will confirm the com plaints raised by the public, who not unreasonably object to burglaries by night, pickpockets by day, and to fraud, imposture, and even actual violence going on with impunity during both. Not the least mischiev ous recruits of this vast army of crime are the beg ging impostors, and threatening beggsre, who are be coming an absolute pest in many quarters. Thee ruffians are the worst and most unscrupulous of robbers, because they rob from the poar. The semi which they extract from the careless or the charitable are not only in themselves misapplied, but they are di verted from those who really need them and deserve them. Where there is extreme destitution and actual want humanity forbids us to pause and examine testimonials of character before affording relief ; but these begging impostors are troubled by no scruples The widow and her children are wanting food and fire, the sick men or woman is suffering for lack of ordinary comforts, the aged couple have scarcely the barest necessaries of life, while the able-bodied idler, chanting his doeful tale of "No work to do," or threatening timid passengers iu lonely streets, or clamouring at the doors of every charitable institu tion, fills his pockets with silver, and goes from oue pui;lic-house to another to lay it out. On Saturday last three powerfully-built men in labourers' dress were brought up at Bow-street, charged with begging in the Parks, and it eppeared from the evidence that they were well-known charac ters, who did not scruple to try threats if persuasion proved ineffectual. At Westminster a still more daring member of the b igging i upostor fratereity male ;gig appearance in Court. ili. tut le, was eol un ,ry, though his exit, luckily for the public, was con ducted in a different form. He asked for relief from the magistrate, who directed him to the relieving officer. He refused to go, and threatened to break some windows. Upon this a policeman endeavoure to remove him, when the hero immediately turned round and assaulted him savagely. The ma g istrate, however, soon restricted his energies by sending him o'_f to prison for tees tueatht, with hard labour. At the end of that time he will , no doubt, be ready to prosecute his trade with improved energies, pocketing a goodly share of those kindly alms which should go to assist the really poor. However social philosophers may argue, and theo rists whose knowledge of the sufferings of the poor is drawn from letters, and articles, and essay may dcgmatise, there must always in our complex society be a vast amount of poverty and privation among us in winter weather. Self-dependence is an excellent thing, and the truest charity is unquestionably to help others to help themselves, but it is neither just nor reasonable to expect to find all the moral virtues and a large share of mental wis dom exclusively among the less educated classes Granted that many suffer from sever e privation in the winter who might and ought to lay by something out of their summer's wages, are we to be surprised a, this result? How many of the naillle classes live carefully within their means, laying by money in ' case of illness or reverse of fortune? flow many scrupulously pay their way and keep their accounts straight with the world? We should undoubtedly do all that we can to encourage the poor in habits of thriftiness and forethought, in timely self-denial, and prudent self-respect, but we need not class half the community as worthless paupers, because they are too ready in this as in other thin g s to follow the example of their betters. There is, however, beyond the class of open and professe I paupers a wide circle of really strugging and respectable poor, who are reduced by the stress of circumstances to terrible straits. r 1 bricklayer, with perhaps eix or se.ven children mainly deee.icleut on him, earns in thesuminer, with regular work,lB3. a week • Ow of thi4, with perhaps a little help from his wife, he has to pay three or four shillings for rent and find eight persons in f. , od an 1 clothes. How to the - p - ilo-ophers sup ; ose that h ,, can lay by anythinl4 fur times of sickness, severe frost, or sudden c , tlaotiity ? It has grown to be the fashion to censure the free dispensing of medical advice and medicines to the poor. A social reformer, the other day, condemned the system as fatal to self-respect, yet we apprehend that, if he really knew a few every day cases of very common distress, his opinions might considerably change. A labourer falls ill, or meets with an acci dent. The children want bread, and the landlord wants his money, self-respect notwithstanding. The wife tries to do her part; perhaps she gets casual em ployment in washing or chariug, at half-a-crown a day,for two or three laysin the week. Of courseshe must leave the sick husband untended, and thankfully go out for a day's work after a night's watching ; but when she comes home with her dearly-prized half crown, and gets food and firing, and provides for the inexorable rent day, where is the "self-respecting" sum to come from for the doctor and the medicine? Again, an epidemic perhaps strikes the children. In their crowded rooms, if one member of a large family catch an infectious complaint there is no escape for the others. Four or five chill - en of various ages are down with smallpox, typhus, or that terrible visitant which has been this year so busy amongst us. They have perhaps a hard struggle, and the one warning chimed into the earn of the anxious mother is " Keep them up—give them everything they can take." Who could stint children at such a crisis to save the credit of independence? Thankful, indeed, are the parents in such a case for the free advice, the free medicine, the kindly care, which ourihospitals and dispensaries give. Tot , many fathers and mothers have dui THE SUN, LONDON, _MONDAY EVENG, JANUARY 25, 169. the past twelve months had to mourn for the young v ictims of scarlet fever, hut let those who have been thus bereaved, remembering the lavish skill expended on their little ones, think for a moment what their feelings would have been 'Ltd the wine, the broth, the medicine, the tendance been luxuries beyond their reach. The life of our labouring population is at the best a struggle, and when men and women who do honestly support themselves and their families by their lAbour occasionally break down and call for aid, it should surely not be denied them. The great difficulty is to draw the lino broad and clear between this class and the tramps, beggars, and worthless idlers, who live upon the carelessly given alms of the charitable. It is too easy to Ove to the clamorous applicant, and so acquit ourselves of indifference to sufferings which we do not see, but we may be sure that we cannot get rid of our o.vn duties so easily. We must guard against too ready and to constant doles even towards those whom we really believe to be deserving, but how much more should we wit hhold our gifts or our assistance from the professional beg gar? A little personal investigation will supply every one with cases of temporary distress, of illness, of accident, of loss of employment through the de cay or removal of a trade, that have an unquestionable claim on the reason as well as on the sympathy, and if many are too busy or too unused to the work to undertake such inspection for themselves, a very little trouble will enable them to give their aid through efficient deputies. Theory will not do. We must deal with the poverty and with the crime that now stalk abroad in our midst practi cally, firmly, Christianly, still remembering th,t after all we are wo~-11 complex wants and difficulties—not with items in a blue book, or entities in an abstract calculation. Mx. JOHN STEWART HARDY, the newly-elected member for Rye, is a gentleman whose political utterances would scarcely deserve our notice were it not that he is his father's son. But as the gentleman in question is the heir of the ex-HO3IE SECRETARY'S estates, and probably aspires to be the heir of his statesmanship, it is worth while spending a few minutes over this latest manifestation of Young Conservatism. In the first place, we observe that, in Mr. HARDY'S opinion, very little has taken but the pl r a e c s e sio si i n l c t e ha t t h a e g e o le o c a tio a n e s al hlalcire taken p u l n a d e e e r ; the im poverturn of a Conservative Administration is, in his estimation, a very small matter ; and, save for an old-fashioned and no doubt stupid prejudice in fa vour of the antiquated constitutional principle that the government of the country should be car ried on by the party which is in a majority, we should be inclined to agree with him. So far as regards legislation it matters little whether the Conservatives are in office or in opposi tion, so long as they are in a minority. The elections afford Mr. J. S. HARDY abundant satisfaction. Here we wholly agree with him; though, as he says he expected that the late Government would have been " very nearly in a majority," we do not understand the cause of his satisfaction so well as we do that of our own. Failing that, we will quote against him his own joke about " the man who, having entered into a friendly lawsuit and lost his money, rejoiced because his - second cousin had some of it." Mr. HARDY was satirical over an alleged failure of Mr. GLADSTONE'S attempts to satisfy Ireland, and to reconcile her to the other por tions of the empire. II e said that Roman Catholic priests excited the Roman Catholic electors at Drogheda aginst the Orangemen during the elections, and since the elections two landlords have been shot at. It may be as well to remind Mr. HARDY tha:t excitement which prevailed during the elections arose from the hostility which existed against the Conservative Irish policy, and that as for the two Irish murders, they will be balanced by a good many more tl - van two on this side of St. George's Channel. Mr. (31„1D,5-Tee.N:;E having, as Mr. HARDY alleges, failed to conciliate TrPlancl, it bill be ;Lit crcabin B Lu learn how Mr. HARDY himself proposes to effect that desirable result. His method has the advantage of novelty. It is that of setting up one part of the kingdom against the other. It is to make the Conservative gains in England, however few in number, quite outweigh the Liberal gains in Ireland and Scotland, however numerous. After referring with complacency to the great Con servative victory in his own little borough of Rye, with its 8,202 inhabitants, who, as Dod tells us, are under the " influence " of three Conservative landowners, Mr. HARDY thus goes on to speak of the victories gained in Scotland against the Duke of BUCCLEITCH, and in Ireland against the Duke of AI3ERCORN, of the victories gained in great counties north of the Tweed, and in large cities west of the Channel :—" It really becomes a curious thing to consider whether in lbbayitgi bigotry ye o f fEliri sectariangelln aan Ireland. will a nisaiutotbis iyi is aa t tono question d et e hma r f on e ai over otthe pre sent minority r future years the intelligence and wea lth o f the been bigotry v e h a a n v d e no an clues animosity the would have been very much larger." This is Mr. STEWART IlAnDy's message of peace to Ireland ; this is the mode in which Young Conservatism would bring about the unity of the kingdom. There was one subject on which Mr. HARDY touched wherein he sheared that he was a genuine old Tory. Toryism has always sought to obtain the support of the working classes by a liberal dis tribution of the public money. So Mr. HARDY, being a chip of the old block, denounced the economical changes recently effected by Mr. GLAD STONE and his colleagues ; charged with heartlessness the Ministers who " turned hundreds of thousands of industrious workmen out of employment in the winter months, thereby increasing the rates and taxation of the country ;" and "all this to save, perhaps, a penny income tax, or something of that sort." With a fine philanthropic spirit that would be worthy of all commendation were it not that Mr. HARDY proposed to leave the exercise of benevolence to others, he added: " I cannot approve of such a rough-and-ready economy RS this, so hard-hearted and so cruel to those who have no other means than their labour of gaining a living. I think some other means might be found, and I would prefer paying an additional income tax rather than that thousands of my fellow-country men should be left without work in our large dock yards." Dissecting such a statement as this is almost like breaking a butterfly upon the wheel. It was, we suppose, intended only for the 392 electors, " including four freemen," whom Rye boasts, for Mr. Hardy would not venture to propound in the House of Commons such politico-economical heresy. Never theless it may be worth while to point out some of the numerous fallacies contained in these few words. In the first place, if the proposed reduction should increase the rates and taxation of the country, it will, according to Mr. HARDy's own hypothesis, diminish taxation also ; it may increase the rates by a halfpenny in half a dozen towns, it will decrease the income tax by a penny throughout the whole king dom; manifestly a change for the better. In the next place, Mr. HARDY may be willing enough to pay a penny income tax for workmen who are not wanted, but other tax-payers may not be so ready—may ask Mr. Ihunr, since he is so benevolent, to take the whole charge upon himself, and not be generous with other persons' money. If we were to act upon Mr. ll.tunv's own supposition, where would he have us stop ? There is a far larger number of men out of employ already than those who are about to be discharged, If we are to make the want of work a test for receiving the national revenues, why not employ every man in want of a job ? Why not go on adding penny to penny of income tax until the whole are provided for' When that is done Mr. STEWART HARDY, the pattern young Con servative, will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has realised the fondest dream of the Communist —national workshops. No doubt when he has accomplished this he will chuckle over the manner in which he has " dished" the advanced Radicals, CORRESPONDENCE FROM MIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONIT.) PARIS. SuNDArp,nuary 24. The Public confirms the good news to Paris news papers. The journalists are to be admit to the Corps L.lgislatif, and a separate desk, with fronwenty-five to thirty seats, will be set apart for their ust A committee has been nominated for the purpose of serving order amongst the excitable Parisian writers, d for carrying on all relations between the press and thathorities. A meeting has just been held for the purpoof nominating this committee. Twenty-five of the Ps papers were represented. In speaking of newspaperiatters, I may mention that the Government supporto in the Corps Legisla.tif are greatly disgusted at the oniteur, which has virtually gone over to the Opposon. A very annoying adversary it proves. The °aid papers have more trouble in " correcting " its stateme3 than those of all the other papers together. It neveDses an oppor tunity of a hit at the re'gi'me. An effolis being made amongst a section of the Bight to restoi the wanderirg sheep. The olEcial jimrnals announce that noibstitution will be permitted in the National Guard .Abile. All who are regularly drawn must serve, exc6ng the usual immunity granted to orphans, widows' sis, and brothers of soldiers in active service, or who havkliecl in service. There is to be no buying off. Everythin must give way to the army. The General Council of the Church wi not be a failure so far as France is concerned. The Fnich bishops are making great efforts, both to procure suscriptions and to arrange for their absence during the log sittings of the Council. I am told that negotiations are on footbetween Greece and Spain with the view of "mutual ecognition." .It will perhaps be remembered that Spain and Bavaria are the only two States which never recognied the Hellenic Kingdom. The disappearance of M. d'Archiac is scarcely less mysterious than the memorable affair cf the Rev. Mr. Speke. It is known that M. d'Archiac, who vanished in a mysterious rdanner some time ago, committed suicide, much-esteemed but unhappy savant left his home to pos letters announcing his intention of committing suicide, and that he was never again seen, except at the Rouen railway station. Thence he went to Triel, but at this place the traces of his fate terminate. Then is no hope of his being alive, but how he met his death 'mains a mystery, for there is little reason to believe that he threw himself into the Seine. The International Exbibition which was projected at Lyons is likely to fall through, The Prefect of the Rhone has announced that the Chamber of Commerce will not give the assistance that was expected, and the corporation of Lyons cannot. The sum of £60,000 which was expected from the municipality could be raised only by loan, necessitating a considerable increase of the octroz duties, and the local administration does not therefore deem itself justified in voting the money. Without funds of course there can be no Exhibition. and perhaps this result is not b be regretted, ex cept by the Lyons tradespeople. International Exhibitions are already too numerous, and, further, in order to be successful they must be held in some capital. With an Exhibition at Paris in 1867, and another At Vienna in 1871, Europe may be very well satisfied. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REEORTEL Monday, Jan. 25, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen I Leith Shields Scarborough , Yarmouth Helder ' Cux haven Stud esnics Ardr ossan Green castle Holyhead .. Liver pool .. Valentia Cape Clear.. Roches rt. Penzance Plymoui h Weymouth Portsmouth London .... C'peGris Nei Brest L'Orient Roth e fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons I±Qulon Heart's Con, tent (9 a.m.l local vine) 29 71f. 29'79f. 29 95f. 501,1 f. 30'14f. 3016 r. S.W. S.W. S.W. S.W. W.S.W. s. s.w. Extreme N.E. --I 13 0 21 2 2 3 N.*. w. B. W. S. E. r.c. O.M C. r. b. o. b. r. EWE RIGHT HON. W. F. COWPER, M.P., ')N EDUCATION. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., delivered an aress on education at Romsey the other night, at a oirde held in connection with the British School there. \dmitting that a little learning was a dangerous thing, he aid there was something else calculated to be even more 'angerous, and that was no learning at all. We had sappily got to a stage when it was no longer necessary o argue for a wide ext,nsion of education as tecessary for the good of the country, observa ion having shewn that ignorance has a necessary onnection with improvidence, pauperism, and crime, and herefore that any expenditure on education must be a ood investment. We found, too, that the inspection of ur schools was becoming more practical and effectual ; he Revised Code, whatever objections on other grounds here might be made to it, possessed this great advantage -it provided a definite and accurate test of the trouble ,nd perseverance of teachers in laying the foundations and lements of learning. The effect of the improvements ,lready attained had led to this—that the great problem o he discussed is not whether education shall be xtended or no, but how it shall be extended ,nd where. The great difficulty to be overcome s that in so many parts of the country, especially in scat ered districts and in large towns, there are numbers of hildren unprovided with schools to which they can go ; ,ud another difficulty is that we find parents so indifferent o the welfare of their children as not to take the trouble o send them to school, or, if they do so send them, to see hat they attend regularly. This question would have to to discussed both outside and inside the House of Com ions ; bat our clear duty is not to await for this. Rath r ye should support those schools already in existence ; and o he introduced an appeal for the support of the Romsey chool. UR. MACKOSOCHIE ON THE JUDGMENT. At St. Alban's, Holborn, on Sunday, the seven lamps wung before the altar, and during the Communion the andles gave no light. Smaller candles, however, were ighted at the morning services. The parishioners received tis view of the late judgment of the Privy Council. This sldress opens with referring to the prohibitions as "a vrong, a most oppressive wrong." "I am not, however," ays Mr. Maelsonochie, "going to say hard things bout those who Lave clone this wrong. Still, here it stands. In the face of English justice—the lmost absurd impartiality of which is, to its honour, a lye-word over the whole world—a judgment has been tronounced, which does not oectare law, but overrides, on he showing of its own arsuments, even statute law, in rder to make a law against us. No doubt the judgment vas meant by those who began the suit to be against our ilessed Lord in that which is dearest to Him—the Sacra nent of His Divine Love ; but by the good providence of ur God upon us, the counsel of Ahitopliel has been urned to foolishness, and the blow has fallen upon us." dr. Mackonochie then goes on to say that he intends o obey the law. The State has in ,de the law. The law of the Church sanctioned the practices which Lave been attacked before the suit began ; it sanctions hem still. The practices forbidden are part, indeed, of he right of the Church ; but they are not necessary for he validity of her ordinances. The Church law permits ,nd claims as its right that which a harsh and novel nterpretation of the State law has now forbidden. Are are contented to forego for a while our rights is Churchmen rather than seem to disobey as citizens." tin Mackonochie the more complains of this interference vith his rights, as his party had never s eppe in to bisd ?rotestants to do against their consciences what the Prayer 3ook enjoined. And yet, as he shewed, they had broken is rubrics in a manner most distressing from his point of dew. " All round London are hosts of churches in which he Rubric is broken : no daily service ; no saints' day ervice ; no notice given of Festiva' or fast ; no Litany on ffednesday or Fri ay ; the Athatiesian I reed smitted ; he Holy Communion not administered to each everally ; the marriage service mutilated ; the sacrament of Holy Baptism sold for 11. 61, by autho ity of the Diocesan Registrar ; and, worse than all, the niserable profanation (most unwitting, I believe, in most :aces, perhaps in all, but not less truly so) of evening tommunions. Then bishops—perhaps even the Archbishop I d York—habitually offending, nut only in regard of these tr some of these instances, but also by administering the ite of confirmation to candidates by the dozen. Nearly ill these, as well as countless less or greater matters, are •iolations of plain rubrical directions, and are he greatest tossible abominations to us, but we have never stirred a finger to interfere, nor do mean to do so. Why, then, you are all asking, should we be disturbed, when we lo not wish to diSturb others ? I cannot tell you, finless I have given the answer already in the fact that the church triumphs through weakness." Mr. Mackonochie hen goes on to state how the service will in future he onducted. As to incense, he has come to the conclusion •nat the best plan will he that the church should be tensed to the days when there is to Le a li gh celebration, before acs of the services beginning at seven, eight, nine, Ind 10.30, and also before evensong. As regards the pos ture of the priest during the celebration, he will stand hroughout the cow_tecrat ion prayer. This of course does tot aff , ct the congregation. The candles will not be lighted. le takes this opportunity of stating that he has ust had a present made him of seven lamps for the sanctuary. He has long wished to have them, since he aw them in some churches where they have been used for nany years. It is true that they are of Eastern rather ,han 'Western authority ; but they so strikingly remind us ,f the seven lamps of fire in the Revelation, burning afore the throne, and which are " the Seven Spirits of 3-od," that this objection at once fails to the ground. Vloreover, they cannot be in any way mistaken for a viola ion of the judgment : they will burn continually, night ,nd day. In yielding obedience t o a j u d gment, h owever m fair, it is right and nanly to yield entirely. He vishes, therefore, that they should clearly understand that ,hese lamps are no kind of substitution for the " two fights on the Communion-tab!e," nor in any way meant san evasion of the judgment. "I do not want," Mr. :lackonochie goes on, "grotesque attitudes, or prostra ions, but to see you careful never to cross the church when he blessed sacrament is present without genuflecting, and Lever to genuflect when it is not there. If you come ip the nave for communion, to see you very quietly and •everently genuflect on leaving your seat, on entering the Chancel, and again on having the altar. To see the sign If the cross made in like manner, before receiving the Communion in each kind, and before leaving the altar, also at the end of the creeds, and Glory be to God nn high,' at the absolution and blessing, and at the Glory be to Thee, 0 God,' before the Gospel, on the 'orellead, lips, and breast." " God," Mr. Mackonochie xclaims, in conclusion, " has called you to take part in he great work of giving back to the Church of England hat ' worship in spirit lied in truth' of which more han two centuries of cold, unlov:ng Protestantism have obbed her." Some one has noticed Madame Rachel's waggery in putting up at her old shop in Bond-street a " Closed for alterations." The other night a boy, esolved not to let Madame R. have all the wit to herself, balked up outside her door, " Beware of the paint 1" Professor Owen, of the British Museum, has left T,ngland for the purpose of accompanying the Prince of Wales in his tour in Egypt, to add, if possible, some cientific interest t o th a t most i n t eres ting of journeys. It s to he hoped that a bronchial attack, to which the Pro essor has been subject, will give way to the Eastern amosphere. The Dowlais Iron Company, by a timely eonces ;ion, has averted a strike among the colliers in their employ. the colliers demand that they should be allowed to have ,wo men of ►heir own to see the weighing properly carried nut, the two men to be paid by them. The company at first •efuse(l the application, but after a few days conceded the Joint, and this decision is expected so affect every colliery n Glamorgaushire. - - - -- Professor Rogers on Friday delivered the last of I series of lectures in the I,rg room of the Co-operative Store, Toad-l a n e , Rochdale, to a lame audience. In ac- Enowledging a vote of thanks, Mr. Rogers said he .could t, ll them a story. Mr. Paiglo, had told him hat when he was introduced into that honourable posi tion whi c h h e occupied now, and when ho was brougnt into .!ompany with our sovereign and her family, ho spoke to one A the royal princesses in ',lotion to her eldeA sister in this ashion—expressing a hope that although sh- 1:0‘v lived it, t foreign land, sho bad not 10.-3 t her 13.11 p: thy with the nkrest in the country of h r bir . The I ply- was: "No, ',deed; there is ono iustitutieu she takes ! rol , und ,ut, rest and that institution is iu your Doti , , I relieve— die Rochdale Equi able Pioneets' Socie.y." The Rev. Dr. Molcsworth, '.car of Rochdale, in what may be called a pastoral letter to flock, advises that be decision of tho Ptivy Council in the Mackonochie case ihould " cL^i i-ulty obeyed," with protest. To secure the - ihurch her "rights" for the future, he suggests—"lst. A :ommission of bishops, presbyters, and lay communi !ants should be app,,iuted to collect facts and opinions, Ind to report on the same to Convocation. 2d. Con v,,cation should b liberated from undue control, Ind invested with additional, and clearly defined, powers. II The two Convocations, Cituterl ury and York, should be united. 4th. Regulations effecting doctrine or discipline ;hould be initiated in Convocation, but should not become aw till confirmed by Parliament. sth. Parliament should .ake re other part in such regulations than confirming, or "ejecting, or r, quiring amendwents as pAdicipp of &LAO pir rach ZirLANATION 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 nl ullu 44L 6, 12 IaUIA/b. 111.111t41-G,LI tipOSeu in shade. Extreme Force ,iith 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. ItEATARKB. Yesterday morning barometrical pressure, though lower over Great Britain than on Saturday, was recovering from the depression then noticed, and readings were very uniform, tkough lowest In the west of France. Since then, however, a decrease of thr.2e-tenths has occurred in the north of these ialands, (sada slight recovery on the 'W. coast of France. The reading at Nairn is nearly 0 In. lower than hat at Cape Grin Nez. Temperature ye*rday had somewhat re overed over France, but decreased in the west : this morning a con siderable rise in the north and west i s enticed, though readings gd— S.W., gene ra and li are blowing fre s h i n th e I r i s h Channel. easterly in the smth. T o -d ay th ey h a ve continue low in the S.E. a nd E. Winds mere light and variable on veered Sunda to ym S ° . rni an n Rain has fallen in Ireland. The sky is geneully cloudy. LAST HOURS OF THE DUK OF BRABANT. Belgium is in mourning for her los; heir. The interest excited by his six months' illness and the wonderful patience with which he bore his sufferings was not con fined only to the land of his birth. The Belgian nation deplore the loss of a Prince vhich promised it a king worthy of his father, and this regret will be shared by all Europe, and especially in Engand. Several days before his death the poor child, gifted with remarkable firmness and intelligence, felt his end approaching. On the I.4th he asked one of his d)ctors, "Have I still some days to live?" Tin physician endea voured to reassure him. "Your Highness is much better." " No," was the respoise of the child ; "I feel sure that lam about to die.? On New Year's day, as we have already mentioned, in asked and obtained a sum of 1240, which he divided between the two nurses who had watched over him from the first. For the last three days the Queen never left his bed-side, nor removed her el:the& When the hopelessness of the case was announied to the King he fell back into a chair, uttering the m(st distressing cries. He was carried away in an insensible c►ndition. The child became delirious about four days ago,at five o'clock. On Thursday evening the last agony comnenced, and at mid• night he died. Lady Clarendon will arrive in laris this evening en route for Rome, to attend the accouchenent of her daughter, the wife of Mr. Odo Russell. It is rumoured that Mr. C. S. Parter, the member of Parliament for Perthshire, is about temarry a daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. . In the course of the ensuing week Mr. Childers and the other members of the Boatd of Admiralty will pay their first official visit of inspection to Chatham dockyard and port. A local papers states that the conservative and Liberal Parliamentary agents at Stockport have lodged at the Master's office notice of application to withdraw the peti tions against Messrs. Tipping and Smii), on the ground that in counsels' opinion the evidence obtaired would be insuffi cient. Mr. Justice Blackburn has fuel Saturday, the 30th instant, for the hearing of the applicator to withdraw the petition against Mr. Tipping. On Friday afternoon a seriousaccident occurred at the mill of Martin and Johnson, Thlton, by which 700 workpeop:e will bo thrown out of empl/mhut for about six months. The mill engine "run awa," and the massive fly-wheel, weighing thirty tons, strucc against something near it, crushing the weaving engine and breaking it up into fragments. The whole of the machinery in the en gine -house is destroyed, and the Image is estimated at £6,000. Among the clerical appointmetts it is announced that the Bishop of Lichfield has collatd the Rev. J. Erskine Clarke, M.A., of Wadharn College, Oxford, vicar of St. Andrew's, Derby, to the prebendal tall of Hansacre, in Lichfield Cathedral, vacant by the rsignation of the Rev. /I. J. Pye, M.A., the son-in-law of he Bishop of Oxford whose secession to Rome caused so melt " sensation" lately. Mr. Clarke is the editor of the Parishllagazine, and is other wise well known as a magazinl write. The Dublin _Nation writes strolgly on the Church question on the text of "No Compronse." It contends that "it is not consistent with religious emality that th,4 clergy of a small section of the rich people, itrlnling nearly all the landowners, should bo supplied by the State gratuitously with gcod dwelling-houses and nice fa'n, v, bile the clergy of the masses of the people were oliged to procure these things for themselves, and pay for thea as best they could." in that case we should have survivng amongst us," adds the writer, "a State-pampered sect, s a root of the 941 (4 - Clllatlittl_U:44Aing Ole nation. THE NEW ZEALAND 7vIASSACRE. The overland mail brings particulars of the massacre in 'dew Zealand. The Southern Cross has the following e.ccount :—" On Tuesday, November 10, before dawn, the Poverty Bay settlements were attacked, and thirty live persons —men, women, and children—were indis 3riminately massacred. Twenty are missing, three of whom are believed to have been killed. Neither sex nor age has been spared, the returned prisoners from the Chatham Islands having kiPed every one that they could reach. The flocks and herds of the settlers are destroyed, their homesteads and dwellings burned to the ground, and one of the finest, if not the very finest district in New Zealand, is entirely devastated. How the natives came into the Poverty Bay district is not known certainly, but neither Europeans nor natives had had the slightest warning or alarm. Shortly after three o'clock, about an hour before the dawn—a favourite time with the Maories for surprises—Majorßiggs appears to have been awakened by hearing Maories outside the house. Supposing them to be some of the friendly scouts that have been sent out to discover the whereabouts of the Han-Haus, he accosted them in Maori. The boy Charles James, who is the only one that has escaped to tell the tale, says that the major 1 seemed to be questioning the natives. Instead of answer ing him they fired, wounding him severely. He ran into the house, calling out to his wife, ' Emily, run for your life ! I'm shot'.' The major seized the gun, and was in the act of loading it, when he was again fired at, and he fell. The natives appear to have rushed into the house, and commenced to devour whatever provisions they could find about. They kindled a fire in the house, poor Mrs. Biggs standing by her wounded husliand all the time with the child in her arms. Major Biggs now implored his wife to fly for her life, but she heroically expressed her determination to remain by him till the last. The servant also determined to remain with her mistress. When the boy last saw Major Biggs and the women, Mrs. Biggs was standing by her husband, with the child in her arms, crying, while the servant also stood close by. The boy, seeing that the front was crowded with Maories, ran to the back ; but they were there also, and, coming again to the front, he crawled below a platform, and got into a flax-bush, and thence into the scrub. Lingering for some time near "-- he saw a native standing over Major Biggs. and beating out his aranis i„,tisria of big musket. The house of Lieutenant Wilson is a little farther up, about two or three paddocks distant, and probablyanother party attacked it at the same time as Major Biggs's house was attacked. It was burnt to the ground. It seems the first house the Hau-Hans came to was that of Mr. Dodd and Mr. Peppard, both of whom were killed, as well as two men in their employment. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Peppard were found both lying dead, shot. Mrs. Biggs was also found lying inside her house ; her child, with its brains dashed out, clasped to her bosom. A man named Garland alarmed the ladies at Bloomfield House, and proceeded to Lieutenant Walsh's. He saw Walsh, his wife and child lying outside, shot. He then proceeded to Cadle and Blair's store, about one hundred yards from Lieutenant Walsh's. He saw Mr. Cadle lying dead, shot ; also a friendly native, named Hoera Wakao neha, and a returned Han Hau ex-prisoner, named Paul. He (Garland) then proceeded to Mr. Uren's ; he found the place deserted, and then made his way to Turanganui. The list of killed and wounded, including 20 friendly Maories, amounted to 54. It has been since reported that Mrs. Wilson is not dead, and has one wound through the abdomen, one through the thigh, and five other wounds. She was three days by herself before being discovered. She was during that time sustained by her heroic son Jemmy, a boy of eight years old, who supplied her with some eggs and a few potatoes. The brave boy when found by a party of ours had a card upon him, upon which the poor lady had scribbled an appeal for help in the following touching words : ' Could some kind friend come to our help, for God's sake. " The Wanganui Times gives the following facts : " Captain Noake has ridden across from Wairoa with the intelligence th a t Ok u t u k u was a tt ac k e d a t h a lf-p as t eight this morning, by Colonel Whitmore, with a force of 300 Europeans and 80 natives—the majority of the natives not turning out when required. The encampment was found to be occupied by a strong and well-posted force. After a fierce contest, finding his casualties very heavy, and there being no prospect of his gaining any advantage by continuing the attack, C o l o nel Whitmore retired, carry ing away all the wounded that could be seen. The Euro pean forces engaged, including the reinforcements, landed at Wanganui on Thursday last, behaved nobly. Kemp, and about fifty or sixty of his natives, also fought well. Major Hunter died whilst being carried off the field. Nearly all our casualties occurred attacking the Pall- Colonel Whitmore was preparing to resume the attack next morning. The Rangatira has arrived at Wellington from Wanganui. Patea and other settlements have been abandoned. It is said that the troops generally are discontented, and there is a want of confidence in the friendly natives. One hundred and twenty dismounted cavalry from Auckland arrived at Wanganui by the Rangatira, and further reinforcements arc cApecteil. Business buspended at Wanganui. The governor and Mr. Stafford have . left for Wanganui. A meeting is to be held to consider the present state of the colony. A public demonstration is likely to result." The 'Wanganui Times, of Tuesday, says : " Colonel Whitmore was obliged to fall back upon Patea, instead of renewing the attack, as at first contemplated. Yesterday morning Colonel Whitmore, with the main body of his force, marched from Patea to Nukumaru, via Wairoa. The women and children from Wairoa, having been taken to Patea on Sunday, came to Wanganui by the Sturt last night. It is, therefore, supposed that Col. Whitmore's object in marching by Wairoa was to take the men from that redoubt with him and abandon the place. This is the more probable as the Wairoa redoubt was attacked on Sunday night, but the assailants were driven off. Major Fraser and a few men only remain at Patea, and it is feared that it must also be abandoned." It is expected that the Queen will return to Windsor Castle on the 19th or 20th of February. After wards her Majesty intends paying several short visits to Claremont, and during the London season the Queen will reside for a time at Buckingham Palace. The Earl of Derby has been suffering from a severe attack of gout. During last week, when Knowsley was full of company, the noble earl was compelled to keep his bed. his lordship has of late improved in health, but is still very weak. The Bishop of Salisbury still remains in the critical state as before reported, at his apartments at Claridge's Hotel: His lordship is under the constant care of Dr. Gull. Prayers for his recovery were offered on Sunday in many of the metropolitan churches. THE SIIOItT-TIME MOVEMENT. —At a meeting of the Trades' Council of Edinburgh, held last week, it was resolved to agitate for the adoption of "fifty hours as the regular week's work." It was also agreed to recommend this decision to the favourable consideration of the Trades' Unions throughout the United Kingdom, and to request an expression of feeling from the various trades as to whether they should unite into one great body fur the purpose of carrying out the object in view. The South London Press says the following is a " fac-simile " of a document sent by a well-to-do contractor to a public board, whose duties are carried on within a hundred miles of Southwark : " Gentle. men of the Vestry I ave to ask you to alow me to give up my Contract for Dusting at the End of the Saceond_ year as I ave Reasons for So cluing and the Contract is I Believe for one, two, or three years if you Will kindley give Me the Benefit of it I Will Be Much abligh as I ave Reasons or I Should Not ask." An amusing result of the passport system is reported from Paris. A certain mayor had to make out a passport for a certain duchess. The duchess was wealthy ; the mayor was in her servica. The duchess was something of a coquette ; the mayor was anxious to gratify her humour. But the duchess was one-eyed, and the mayor had a difficulty in making out the passport. How was he to describe her eyes? He entered them in the schedule as follews :—" Eyes—dark, beautiful, soft, full of expression —one of them being absent." This is surely the triumph of courtesy, and worthy of the nation that plumes itself - )n its politeness. A machine is in use at Melbourne for shearing zbeep by steam. It is made of brass, something in the shape of a small trowel ; the motion is got up by a turbine wheel about three inches in diameter, and this is geared nto another wheel on which is fixed a cutter. In front is ti comb, which serves as a guide, and against cutting the akin of the sheep. The steam is conveyed from the boiler )3r a tube of indiarubber. The tube or pipe is double, .laving one inside the other ; the inner one is the injection, d the space between the two is the ejection. The machine is used in the same fashion as the shears, but nits much quicker and far cleaner, without the least hanger of injuring the fleece or the sheep. MEMORIAL TO TII E LATE ARCHBISHOP OF :./ANTERBURY.—It has been resolved to erect a memorill .o the late Dr. Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of ant e rb ury, in the west front of the Cathedral of Ripon, }f which diocese his grace was the first bishop. Among hose who have most liberally contributed to the scheme ire the Earl of Zetland, the Duchess Dowager of North imberland, the Earl of Dartmouth, the Bishop of St. ksaph, the Bishop of Ripon, Lieutenant-General Sir W. dell, Mr. J. D. Dent, M.P., Lady Mary Vyner, the Deans ,f York, Ripon, Durham, Hereford, and Salisbury, Arch leacon Musgrave, Archdeacon Quit, Lady Auguita ktithavek ennui,... - - • - A Vtr • ;-.: HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 24. The Queen, attended by Lady Churchill, walked and drove yesterday afternoon. Princess Louise walked in the grounds. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service this morning. The Right Hon. William and Mrs. Gladstone ar tived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morn ing, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BUENOS AYRES. SOUTHANIPTON, Jan. 25. The Liverpool and River Plate steamer Halley, from Buenos Ayres, has arrived here. She landed six passengers and £2,120 for London, and pro ceeded for Antwerp. On the 29th ult. the Halley spoke the barque Foam, ou the 4th inst. the steamer Tycho Brahe, from Liverpool, and on the 20th the Kilcaira, from London, and the Matador, from Cardiff. HOMEWARD LNDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, from A!exandria, arrived here to-day at 10 a.m., and left at 5 p.m. for Southampton, where Rhe may be looked for about the 29th instant. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 25. The North German Lloyd steamer Hermam), from New York, arrived here to-day with 90 pas sengers for this port and Bremen, 38 sacks of mails, and $4,000 for London, $177,500 for Paris, and $1,200 for Bremen. Off Scilly the Hermann .spoke the steamer Cambria, bound west. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Jan. 24. The official .Ifonitorul of to-day denies the state ment of some foreign journals that arms and War material are being sent from Roumania into Tran sylvania and Bulgaria. HOMEWARD BOMBAY MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steame r Bangalore left at noon on the 23d instant, and the Ripon at nine this morning. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 29th instant, and the latter at Southampton about the 6th pros. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 25. The official journal •of to-day publishes an ac count of yesterday's reception of the Chinese Era' bassy by the Emperor and the Empress. BoURSE, Jan. 23.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : ti per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 1 per Cent End of month 7O 25 M e xi ca n Loan 24 75 Credit, Mobilier End of month... 273 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1555 Home Debt End of month... Deferred ...... Cash Orleans . ... 9231 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern. Western Eastern • • 568 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 475 North of Spain Saragossa Roman.—. RAILWAYS. 47i GLOBE THEATRE. On Saturday a burlesque extravaganza by M r ' Reece, entitled " Brown and the Brahmin, Captain Pop and Princess Pretty Eyes," was pro duced here, and met with perfect, success. The P iet of the trifle is neither new nor original, but that nowadays is not considered of much importance , provided the original idea is old enough to have be cmne nearly forgotten. It is over thirty years ag° since the farce of the " Illustrious Stranger" was performed at Drury-lane with Liston as Benjamin Bowbells, Harley as Gimbo, so the working up (34 the humorous idea contained in that piece may b e excused. Mr. Reece has accomplished his task veil effectively, and the extravaganza goes reinarkablY well. The fun all proceeds from the propoJe cl marriage of Brown, a cockney, shipwrecked on an island subject to the rule of a Brahmin Prince , with the daughter of the aforesaid mighty potentate. Brown goes in at once for the marriage but when he finds he is to be buried with the ido of his young heart's fondest affection he at once repudiates the agreement, and talks about his rights and privileges as a true born Briton. A ll, however, is made happy by the restoration of the princess to life, whose death has been . but a pretence to f r i g ht en away th e horrid . Brown, who by chanc e s t oo d i n th e way o f th e !Tal lover of the lady, Capt. Pop. Mr. Clarke sustained the part of Brown very humorously, and Miss gag' gie Brenn a n, Mi ss H ug h es , Mi ss Cl ara Th orne , and Miss Laura Mor g an a dmirably fill e d th e ot h er pa rts. The scenery is very beautiful, the dresses are sn' perb, and altogether the trifle is so well and moriously done that it will secure for itself a lout and successful run . M r. B yron ' s comedy " Cyril Success" continues in a course of uninterrupted suc cess, and nightly attracts very crowded audiences. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—This society 119 ' 3 issued a specially interesting programme for performanc e at Exeter Hall on Friday noxt, :the 29th inst. it coal" prises the overture to Hander's " Occasional Oratorio, , three works by Mendelssohn, viz.:—" Lauda, siont , " Psalms cxiv. and xlii.," and Spohr's "Last Judgment The principal vocalists will be Madame Letninens-Sher" rington, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Cummings, and li r ' Lewis Thomas. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. RICHARD YOuNG, LAO M.P. FOR CAMBRIDG ESHIRE.—The testimonial to g r ' Richard Young, late Liberal member for Cambridgesbiin and which will consist of a piece of plate of the value of upwards of 600 guineas, will take place at a public dinne r at the Guildh a ll at Cambridge on Thursday, the 18th e' , February next. ASCENSION. —We understand that the witnesse s brought to England by the Megmra, to give evidence at the recent court-marti a l, are t o re t urn to t h e i s l an d by th e same ship, which will leave England about the 7th proxinte' Captain Wilinshurst is to return by the next mail steame r about the 27th inst.— United Service Gazette. THE PORT OF LYNN.—In 1868 dues were pai d at Lynn on 83,520 tons of coal and 99,623 tons of good!A waking a tot a l of 188 , 143 t ons . I n 1867 d ues we re pa' ou 100,470 tons of coal and 86,671 tons of goods, makil a total of 187,141 tons. There was thus an increase last year in the movement of the port of 1,002 tons. THE " GREAT WESTERN" BALL—The first an nual ball in aid of the funds of the Great Wosterct Railway Widows', Orphan, and Superannuation Fu nds will take place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. Jaa loss ou Tuesday. the 2d of February. The ball will be under the patronage of a very large number of the aristocra t s' and in order to secure a most brilliant gathering the 05. cutive committee are const an tl y an d energet i cally at wore' The stewards on the occasion will he Messrs. Beesley a Browning, Longburst, B e ll, C ra i g, Adkins, Gsll i on , Winter. The celebrated Coote and Tinney band will h e in attendance ; and from the exertions that are being 1. °,,, a° , a ball of unusual brilliancy seems to be a matter of t' greatest certainty. The object for which the entertain" went is being organised is one that is worthy of fill strongest support, and it i s t o b e hoped the exer tions ° the committee will be attended with more than ordinal success. 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