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OYAL STRAND THEATRE. ..tu Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD O 1 TLS CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne. James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, Szt. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. The ANNUAL GENERAL NESTING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAYERN, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, the 9th March, at Two o'clock precisely. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, P.C., President of the Institution, in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adelphi, March 2. TOED: GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY tx TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to auy tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A AMARELLA. restores the Homan Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of ono of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. fled Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY LOAN for 1:2.107,001, in Five per Cent. Debentures.— Authorised by the Victorian Par7iament under the Act 32 Vic toria, No. 3!:1, assented to '29th September, 1 , t(33, " The Railway Loan Act, 1333," for the extension of ita,ilway, and sermred upon the Cons .11 , 1ated Revenues of the Colony. _ The committee of the six Associate.' Australian banks, as agents for the Government of Victoria, have been instructed to negotiate the said loan of £2 107.001). The loan will be issued in Debentares of £lOO, £5OO, and £1 000 each, bearing interest at per cent., to commence front the Ist January, HD, and the coupons of the said loan are pay able on the Ist of January and Ist July in each year. at the London and Westminster Bank and the Lon ion and Join.-Stock Bank, whore also the principal will be payable on the Ist day of January, 1894. copies of the Act, with the debentures and coupons, can be seen at the London and Westminster Bank. The Act provides that the proceeds of the loan shall be ex pended in constructing a line of railway from Melbourne to Belvoir, on the Upper Murray River. By it, a large district of great mineral, pastoral, and agricultural wealth will be opened up, and much of the trade of the great pastoral country, north of the Murray, will be secured to Melbourne. The whole of the public debt of Victoria hiss been contracted for the execution of public works, which not merely develope the resources of the country, but are reproductive in them selves. Tenders in the form annexed will he 'received at the London and Westminster Bank. on or before Tuesday, the 9th inst., un til one o'clock p.m., where and when they will be opened, in presence of the agents of the Government, and of such of the applicants as may attend. The debentures will he allotted to the highest bidders. pro vided the tonder3 are not below the minimum price, as directed by the Government of Victoria, which will be placed on the table In a sealed envelope. Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling other than sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted: and should the equivalent tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to be allotted, a pro rata distribution will be made. Payment of the debentures will be required as follows, viz. : The sum in excess of £9O per cent. on allotment, and 190 per cent. on the 23th May next. The letters of allotment will be exchanged for scrip to bearer. Forms of tender may be obtained at the London and West minster Bank, the London Joint-Stock Bank, and the six Associ ated Australian Banks. For the Bank of New South Wales D. Larnach. Chair man of Committee. For the Bank of Australasia, . Wm Brown For the Union Bank of Australia H. W. D. Saunders. For the Bank of Victoria For the London Chartered Bank of Australia James Fr ser. For the Colonial Bank of Australasia James A. Douglas London, March 1, ISGO. No. FORM OF Ti NDER. To the Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks, as Agents for the Government of Victoria. Gentlemen,— hereby tender for £ Debentures of the Victoria Government, according to the annexed notice of the Ist Instant, and undertake to pay £ for every £lOO in Debentures. and to accept the same or any less amount that mi.y be allotted to , and to pay for them in conformity With the terms of the said notice. Name.. Address 1 ate .. a . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton 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, THE SCHOOL FOR SCAN DAT.: Mr. Phelps, Mr. Dillon, Mr. H. Sinclair, &c.; Miss Amy Sedgwick To - conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled B DA. -LANE. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING T lIE WIND: Messrs. Ken dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal ton, &c. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stleY, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with RUR a L FELICITY: s essrs. Buckstone, Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. ; Mesdames Vhippendale, Fitzwilliem, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBER WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. Pit 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Ash ley, Mr. Stuart, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &c. Commence at Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining TRIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, a new Drama. in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : 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. Daycs, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties.___ Precedel by THE SECRET. 10 conclude with a new Comedletta. entitled A CUP OF TEA Mdlle. Beatrice. `3oors open at b9.lf-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL AMPHITHEA [RE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN The world-renowned ONRA, whose extraordinary feats on the FLYING TRAP EZE perfectly electrified the Metr polls last Autumn, will appear THIS EVENING. Onra challenges the world. Herr OSCAR C A RRE will introducehi Six splendid Trick Horses—Topaze, Saladin, r edjid, Tancredi, Freisehutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the incomparable Scenes in the Arena, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, Mr. A, Salamonsky, Mdlles. Salamonsky, Montero, A melia, Schwartz, and Krembser, "The trick horses are magnificent animals, every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor anti Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS : Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David Fisher. Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GE OR GE'S II ALL Regent-street. FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862. Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided nit. Every song was encored on the first night of performance. ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS (Proprietors, Messrs. WILSON 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 chell's Royal Library. at the musicsellers, end at the ball. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER. --('T. R. GLENTE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, delivers the LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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MHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at t W. SMITHS " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. __ _ (Instituted in the year 1784.) 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. Ji mes's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th March, 1869. The Earl of CORK and ORRERY, K.P., iu the Chair. VICE-PRESIDENTB. The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Earl of Bessborough. The Earl of Charlemout, The Lord Otho Fitzgerald, 31. P. The Lord George Hamilton, 31. P. The Viscount Stratford do Redcliffe, 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., 31. P. Captain J. C. Weguelin. Sir Edward Coey. Sir Richard J. Theodore Orpen. John Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., M.P. Edmund Haviland Burke, Esq, M.P. William Thomas Charley, Esq., M.P. James Courtenay, E .q. Captain W. A. Fagan, M.P. 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 i❑ 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-roa 4 . The Children dine, as usual, on St. Patrick's Day, at the schools, at One o'clock. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun., Secretary. TIT EA TRE -ROY A L DRURY- L AXE. role Lessee anti Manitger, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by ECHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Concluding with BEDA. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tnis EVENING, RAI-ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone. jun.,.Mis. LIMP, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with RURAL FELICITY. Con:none. , at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TUTS EVENING. at 7, to cornmenee with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE AN TOINETTE : Blr W. Rignold, Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud ing with A CUP OF TiA: M dl:e. Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADEI,PIII. THIS EYENni, H, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM B ZRWYLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. Tars EVENING. at 7.30. Tll E 'W HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Bufv.n. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH OF COLD: Messrs. Thorne, Tames. Fenton; Mesdames Ms.ria Lon more. B. Goodall, 1 -ycl!a. Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tins F,vENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marsiiall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, .1. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Listmt. THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough , H. Irving, S. Finery. Miss Hodson, &c. With TIIE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. This EVFNING, AUNT CHARLOTTES Ma .I P. Mr. F. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Wcather,by. After which, FETTER HD: Messrs. Cowper, eville. Parsclle, Prew, Brunton, W. AT thur, Bartleman, and George Honey: Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Maribro, Hodson. and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Mss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. ROYAL AMPHITHEATIZN: AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tars EvENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud f 50 Horses; also Onra, Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, fin THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC. THIS EVENING, at 7, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, Ti. Ns- lie, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan. H. Cooper, and Smithson : Mesdames Furtado, Schavey. N. Harris. and at. Henry. After which, TH t•% YELLOW PASSPORT. Messrs Neville, H. Neville, Atkins. Taylor, Taughan, G. Vincent, fie.; Miss Fur ado and Mrs Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. nder the Management of Miss Oliver. This EvEstxo, at 7.10. A LOVI NH; CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by ('LAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the 3lsnagenient of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. :11ontagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. ltuchingharn White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET, TnTs EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRMS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and t!'aturdays, at 3 and 3 all the year round. ROYAL ALTIAIEBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET . Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. 19. BOX-OffICO open from U to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regenes-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Menciays, 6d. ; Children under twelve, 70 , 7 ...7JiLlig } - ''",. • 4 , -- ",;e0 ---7 ; -114 LONDOAV, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1869. The Ballot is at last coming. There can no longer be any doubt of that. Mr. BERKELEY'S occupation has gone. The question has passed into the bands of the Home Secretary. The time for fooling upon the matter has disappeared. The House of Com mons is at last disposed to consider the subject se riously. Hitherto the mere phrase Secret-Voting was little better than a by-word and an opprobrium. Yesterday, the expression had hardly passed the lips of Mr. BRUCE when it was hailed with enthusiasm. It is true that the question has not yet been actually accepted as a Government Question by the present Advisers of the Crown. But, at any rate, it has been openly discussed in the House by the first of the five Secretaries of State, who has frankly avowed himself to be a convert to the Ballot, and has--in moving (as he did last even ing) for the appointment of a Select Committee for inquiring into the present mode of conducting Parliamentary and Municipal Elections, with a view of providing further guarantees for their tran quillity, purity, and freedom —openly declared that the object of the Committee would be among other things to discover whether some System of Secret Voting could not be devised ! The announcement, moreover, was hailed with loud and ringing cheers from the side of the majority, meaning from the Liberals, or Ministerialists. Again, we say—. the Ballot is at last coming. The Prime Minister, himself, has i c s audid T ly he av h o i w o e m d e t s h e a c t re h ta e4s , no longer its antagont • him self have has manfullyack n ri c o e d that acknowledged to be a convert seen, to thes could ystm o as so un-English—whatevere possibly mean in regard to a method of takingvotes,wirnes lti_aebnid.ucAluubsse for years and years past in all the frequented by the very rd of Trade, England. The President of the Bo a pick of the gentlemen of as far back as in 1853. sixteen years ago, votedwhich h t e , b i favour cf the Ballot,' to the advooaey of d haseversince then been consistently devoted. Another notable member of the present Cabinet, the right honourable geetleman now the First Lord of the Admiralty, a very few years after that, namely, in 1860, almcst upon the morrow of his first entering into the House of Commons, in the course of hi:, Maiden Speech, not only spoke strongly, nine years ago, in favour of the Ballot, but in the course of his remarks gave the emphatic evidence itz its behalf THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1869. derivable from his own Australian experiences. That speech of Mr. (:,lIIILDERS' we are glad to see has within these last few •3aysbeen opportunely reprinted, together with an appeindix of singular value and importance just now, cons isting, as it does, of extracts from the legislative Act of the Parliament of Victoria, by which the system of Secret Voting by the Ballot was adopted in the representative organisation of that im portant colony. Than that particular system, we know of no better, that could be sub mitted to the consideration of Mr. BRUCE'S Select Committee. Upon that Committee we would fain see enrolled, if it might be in any way possible, besides Mr. BRUCE himself, his two Cabinet col leagues, Mr. CHILDERS and Mr. BRIGHT. Associated with whom, one would also like to secure, if that pin might in any way be practicable, such energetic independent champions of the Ballot as the light Honourable Sir HENRY LITTON B ULIV F.R and Mr. HENRY FITZHARDINGE BERK t..LEY. Anyhow, it is earnestly to be hoped that all possible care may be taken in the selection of its members, for upon the labours of this coming Committee there will, clearly enough, devolve a very weighty and solemn re3pon3ibility. It cannot, of course, bat have been observed last evening how very carefully the Prime Minister endeavoured to guard the Government, of which he is the head, from the imputation of having for mally, as yet, committed itself to the adoption of the Ballot as a Ministerial measure. "So far," he said, "as the collective view of the Govern ment is concerned, it can hardly be said—and I speak under correction—to go beyond this :—lt is quite evident that the very large extension of the franchise which has taken place has altered—in some cases, perhaps, slightly, in many very greatly and even fundamentally—a number of the conditions under which elections are carried." Granted that much, he went to say, " This, then, appears to us a fair occasion for examining into the whale snbject ; and, undoubtedly, as respects the exercise of the suffrage with freedom, that has become a matter, if possible, more vital than at any former time in pro portion to the larger number of persons inte rested in it." hence—from a recognition of all this, and of the distinctly altered circumstances of the case—the proposition, by Mr. BRUCE, in the name of his colleagues and himself, for the appointment by the House of Com mons of this Select Committee of Inquiry. That proposition has been at once accepted by the House. The Committee will, in due course, and forthwith, be formally appointed. At the first notion of it the late Horne Secretary, the Home Secretary under the two last Premiers—under Lord DERBY and under Mr. D ISRAELI--tOOk occasion to remark, " I Lore the Committee will be allowed to inquire into the intimidation by mobs." Whereupon what said the now Premier, Mr. GLADSTONE? Why, he said manfully and instantly this—" Most cordially do I hope so too; for no doubt intimidation must form one main chapter of this inquiry. The commit tee, I hope, will endeavour," he added, " to gain evi dence on all these questions—on questions that bear on intimidation by violence, questions that bear on intimidation in other forms than by violence, ques tions that bear on treating and drunkenness, questions that bear on excessive expenditure, and questions that bear on bribery ; these being the chief evils connected with elections." The work before the Com mittee may seem considerable, may seem to be some what difficult and even laborious ; but, to our notion, the direction in which it will all tend, or, in other words, the result eventually tobe arrived at, is also as plain as a pikestaff. sever has any matterlong under discussion been more clearly or more unmistakeably ripe for its final settlement than this perfectlysimple and perfectly comprehensible question in regard to the Ballot. It works freely, and steadily, and satisfactorily, un der every system of Government under which it has been tried. It works thus under a pure Demo cracy as in the United States. It works thus under a lure Despotism as in the France of NAPOLEON M. Above all —it worthy of more partieu:ar 113 as di rectly affecting ourselves—it works admirably, as it has done ever since it was adopted there, under the Consti tutional and Parliamentary Government inaugurated in Australia some fifteen or sixteen years ago, under the personal observation and watchful scrutiny of one of the youngest no doubt, but also one of the most keen-witted Cabinet Ministers in Mr. GLAD STONE'S Government, the Right Hon. gentleman now the First Lord of the Admiralty. With Mr. CHIL DERS in the Cabinet—and Mr. BRIGHT—and Mr. BRUCE--and (we will add) Mr. GLADSTONE at the head of it, and of them—we are sanguine that the great reform of " The Ballot" will at last, and as the natural sequel to Household Suffrage, be triumphantly accomplished. As Government is prepared to deal with the ques tion, the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE rightly declined to accede to Mr. ACLAND'S proposal for a select committee to consider the expe diency of establishing a Department of Agri culture. Commissions and select committees are not a reassuring resource. They are apt, in keeping the word of promise to the ear, to break it to the hope. The best that can be said of them is that they are a slow and tedious, but sometimes necessary, means of examining new schemes of legislation. In this case there is not the slightest need for a committee, except in default of more direct procedure, for the grievance which Mr. AcLAND brought under discussion is not only of considerable moment, but admits of gradual and partial reform. It is notorious that the arrangement of the English adminis trative departments is the worst in Europe. Some of the chief State offices are entrusted with several distinct duties ; in other cases a single act of the Executive must be begun in one office and completed in another. The War Office has hitherto conspicuously failed in ruling the army in conjunction with the Horse Guards. The great work of education is lamely done in a branch office. The Board of Trade has abundance of employment, but though its functions comprise several distinct duties, the interference of the Home Office must be sought in the discharge of nearly all of them. It was this very ingenuity of confusion that furnished Mr. BRIGHT with a partial reply to Mr. ACLAND'S motion. The member for North Devon expressed the wish of the entire agricultural community in desiring to secure some well-defined authority over matters affecting agriculture. At present State interference in this direction is exercised by half-a dozen different offices, whilst proper responsibility is to be found in none. The Home Office, the Board of Trade, the Privy Council, the Statistical Office, and two others, assume some of the functions which ought to be vested in one central Department of Agriculture. Such a sub-division, added to a variety of local authorities, necessarily produces unsatisfac tory results. Statistics are not collected with sufficient rapidity, and are much less useful than they might be. The unlucky farmer who happens to require the assistance of a State department meets with such trouble that Mr. BRIGHT himself recommends the agriculturists to " conic as little as possible to any Government office." Many chances of important reforms fall through the sieve of this ill-arranged administration. But whilst all these departments interfere, none is responsible if anything goes wrong. Mr. BRIGHT did not deny that the system was bad, but urged that the same grievance was to be met with in every State department—trade, for instance, was in no better case than agriculture, It is not clear how the farmers are to be consoled by the knowledge that they are no worse off than the merchants ; but Mr. BRIGHT ended his confession by stating that a change was contemplated. This will be a better triumph for Mr. ACLAND than an elaborate blu book. The nature of the proposed reform is not difficult to define. A. Minister of Agriculture is scarcely required, and would tend to unduly increase the number of State secretaries. But there can be no reason why the entire agricultural jurisdiction should not be concentrated in one branch of the Board of Trade, or other department. It is of little consequence what form the authority is to take, provided that it be well defined, sole, and responsible. And this species of redress is the more easy because it may be gradual ; one reform of the kind will in no respect interfere with another, and little by little the entire Executive may undergo a wholesome regeneration. There is much that an Agricultural Department might do. The concentration of the work that is already done would in itself amply warrant the change. But the member for North Devon pointed out that, with the aid of legishtion, its functions might be advanta geously extended. It might superintend the transfer and improvement of land, especially with regard to better dwellings for the labouring classes. Then— though this is a great subject—there is the question of better internal communication, which a distinct department might profitably undertake. It might undertake far more efficiently than at present the supervision of cattle traffic. The management of water-courses and river basins is also an important subject. To these suggestions we may add that the recent commission on the employment of women and children in agriculture, said much relating to the farm labourer generally which this department might well consider with the help of Parliament. The com mission especially urged the great moral and material benefit which the labourer derived from a cottage allotment, and pointed out that the Legis lature might do something to promote this practice. How greatly a distinct central authority would facili tate this work it is hardly necessary to point out. These are, however, ulterior questions. The primary principle of concentration is good, and it is to be hoped that the present reform will not be the last of the kind. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REtr"ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. INAUGURAL PROCLAMATION OF PRESI- DENT GRANT. WASIIIN'GTON, March 4. General Grant took the oath of office, at noon to-day, as President of the United States. The following is his inaugural proclamation : " Citizens,--Your suffrages have elected me to the office of President. I have taken the oath prescribed by the Constitution without mental re servation, and with the determination to do, to the best of my ability, all that is required of me. The responsibility of my p os i t i un I feel ; but I acc e pt it without fear. The office which has been con ferred on me was unsought. On leading questions I will express my views to Congress when I think it advisable. I will interpose my veto to defeat measures to which I am opposed, but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet with my approval or not. I shall have a policy to recom mend, but none to enforce against the will of the people. The laws are to govern all, those approv ing as well as those opposing them. I know no method to secure the repeal of obnoxious laws so effectual as their stringent execution. "Many questions will arise during the next four years, and it is desirable that they should be appre ciated calmly and without prejudice, the greatest good of the greatest number being the object to be obtained. "This requires security for the person, for pro perty, and for religious and political opinions throughout the country. All laws to secure this end will receive my best efforts towards their en forcement. "A great debt has been contracted in securing the ljuiou, the pa . ) in , 2nt of which, and a return to a specie basis, as soon as can bct accomplished with out detriment to the debtor, or to the country at large, must be provi led. To protect the national honour every dollar of the Government indebted ness should be paid in gold, unless otherwise ex pressly stipulated at the time of being contracted. Let it be understooi that there must be no repu diation of a single farthing of the public debt, and it will go far towards strengthening our credit, which ought to be the best in the world, and will ultimately enable us to replace the debt with bonds, paying less interest than we now pay. To this should be added the faithful collection of the revenue, s t r i c t accounta bility to the Treasury for every dollar collected, and the greatest practicable retrenchment. Who doubts the feasibility of paying every dollar with more ease than we now pay for useless luxuries ? " Prostrate commerce must be rebuilt and in dustry encouraged. " The young men of this country have a peculiar interest in maintaining the national honour. A moments reflection upon our future commanding influence among nations should inspire vationalpride. How the public debt is to be paid, and how specie payment is to be resumed, is not so important as that the plan should be adopted. The united de termination to do is worth more than divided coun sel on the method of doing. Legislation on this subject may not now be necessary, nor even advis able, but will be so when civil law is fully restored throughout the land, and trade shall have resumed its wonted channels. "It shall be my endeavour to execute the laws in good faith, to collect all the revenues assessed, and to have them properly disbursed. " I will, to the best of my ability, appoint only officers who will carry out this design. " Regarding foreign policy, I would deal with nations as equitably as the law requires that indi viduals should deal with each other. I would pro tect law-abiding citizens, whether of native or foreign birth, whenever their rights are jeopardized, and wherever the flag of our country floats. I would respect the rights of all nations, and demand equal respect for our own. If others depart from this rule in dealing with us , we may be compelled to follow the precedent. "The proper treatment of the Indians deserves careful consideration. I will favour any course tending to their civilization, Christianization, and ultimate citizenship. " I hope for and desire the adoption of the Suf frage Amendment to the Constitution. "In conclusion, I ask for patient forbearance, one towards the other, throughout the land, and a determined effort on th e p a rt of every citizen to share and cement our happy union ; and I ask for prayers to God on behalf of this happy consumma tion." SOgTHAMPTON, March 5 The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxouia, from New Orleans and Havana on the 18th ult., has arrived here with 71 passengers, $7,269 for London, $11,600 for Pal is, and a large cargo, includ ing 176 packages of cigars and tobacco, for this port. DUNVILLE awl Co. Belfast, ate the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession iu preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.4.—Lid - Tertiveumato CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM our: OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, March 4. I am assured that N. Emile 011ivier's book was sent, before publication, to the Emperor. It is likewise stated that it met with a very good reception in that high quarter. It is doubtful, however, if it will meet witb the same welcome from the members of the Democratic Committee, who are charged with the task of selecting Opposition candidates for the depart. meta of the Seine, which M. 011ivier represents. One idea strikes me in perusing this book. Can it be possible that new reforms are contemplated, and that this publica• tion, containing the Emperor's liberal letter, is a not undesigned preliminary ? The Presidency of the Senate is becoming a disputed question. M. Baroche loses ground as the probable suc cessor of M. Troplong, whilst M. Drouyn de Lhuys and M. de Persigny are both mentioned. It is probable, however, that no definite appointment will be made during the remainder of this brief session. The Memorial Diplonzatique and many other Paris journals are beginning to convince themselves that a Montpensier sovereign for Spain is an extreme probability, not to say a certainty. The not very veracious Memorial says that the Cortes seat a solemn deputation to Dom Fernandp to offer him the crown, but it was refused. The Government has, therefore, definitely abandoned a candi dature which presented no chance of success. This intelli gence seems to be tolerably true in substance, and very disagreeable is the impression it produces here. The official papers are gradually assuming a semi-hostile attitude towards Spain. Any candidate would have been preferred to Montpensier. The Figaro states that Madame Alboni receives £l2O a night for singing in Rossini's new mass. The weather for several days past has been dreadfully tempestuous. So violent was the wind at Paris the day before yesterday that one of the large trees planted more than half a century ago on the Quai d'Orsay was blown down. The telegraph wires have been injured in all direc tions. Communications are interrupted between Paris and the provinces, as well as with Italy, Switzerland, and part of Germany. The gale has gradually descended from the North Sea towards the Mediterranean, and the Bay of Biscay has been given up to a perfect hurricane for two or three days. A distressing calamity occurred during the tempest at Havre. The barque Lerida, of Nantes, was wrecked off that port, which throughout the storm has been almost inaccessible to ships. The Lerida was not able to combat the immense waves which heat the en trance to Havre. The crew were seen to let go two anchors, but the cables snapped by the violence of the tempest, and in a moment the Lerida was cast against the ramparts, the parapets of which were beaten by her yards. The spectators who had been watching the vessel from the shore in the most painful axiety rushed to the spot with ropes, which they were able to throw to the persons on board. The whole would have been brought safely to land had not a passenger and an apprentice both seized together the same line, which broke beneath their weight. They fell back into the water, and were drowned. The famous poisoning case at Marseilles did not measure the depth of iniquity in the South of France. A series of revelations now being made at Montauban is even worse than the story of Joye, the herbalist, and his customers. The details ought never to go beyond the court of justice. To form anidea of the nature of the crime it will be sufficient to mention that eight women are all included in one act of accusation for wholesale abortion and child murder. No less than twenty-seven charges are preferred against these eight persons. The rez-de-chausst'e of the house inhabited by one of the women was a perfect graveyard. Four infant skeletons were found in one place, five in another. The Act of Accusation reads like a chapter from the history of Rome in the worst days of the Empire, but unfortunately it is a narrative of real events, occurring in the nineteenth century. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY, METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Friday, March 5, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith ?thields iicarborough Yarmouth Helder Cux haven Skudesnws A.rdrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 1 Cape Clear Roch e's Pt Penzance Plymouth Pembroke Portsmouth Lon don 29'53f. 29'52f. ri9'7lf. 29 71f. 2916 f. 29 89f. 2914 f. 29'95f. 30'01f. 29'95f. 30'25f. 30'13f. 30'18f. 30 ff. 30 Of. 30 (Cf. 30 Of. 30.c4f. W. N. W. N. W. W . N. W.l N.W. W. N. W. S.W. Extreme 1 5 4 I 2 5 3; ,W.N_.W. W. N: W. wlr:w. W.N.W. ! N.W. 1` WY. iW.N.W, W.S.W. W.S.W. ' W. N.W. W. W. N. W. W. N . W. N. N. W. C'peGrts Nei Brest .. L'Orient Roche fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) 30'23f. 30'335. 36'32r. !0 'O9 10'05 '0 'O4 o'ol 0.04 20'06r. NW. W. S. W. ,W.N.W. E. E. N.W. IV. W. N. W. W. S. W. DEPUTATION ON THE SALMON FISHERIEL Yesterday a large and influential deputation of mem. bens of Parliament and conservators of fisheries from all parts of England waited upon Mr. Knatch. bull - Hugessen, at the Home Office, to urge upon the Government the necessity of introducing Salmon Fishery Bill into Parliament. Amongst those present were Earl Percy, Mr. Matthew W. Ridley, M.P., Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Davison, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Dodds, M.P., Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., Lori Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., Mr. Stevenson, M.P., Mr. George Elliott, M.P., Mr. George Clive, M.P., Mr. Cadogan, representative of Coquet; Mr. John Duncan, Mr. Cuthbert, chairman of the Conservators of the Tyne ; &c., &c. Earl PERCY introduced the deputation. Mr. OLIVE, M.P., said that all the Conservators of Fisheries were agreed that there was sufficient information before Government for them to introduce a bill to legis late on the subject. Mr. LLOYD, the secretary of Conservators Boards, said they had been for many years at work in trying to surmount the difficulties in the way of increasing the supply of salmon. So long as the mill-dams and weirs were allowed to remain, to the ir.jury of breeding grounds, so long would the supply of salmon be circumscribed. They wanted to have boards established, with powers to take down the mill dams, free the river from pollution, and enforce a proper close time. They thought the Govern ment were the proper parties to undertake such a measure. Mr. DODDS, M.P. for StocktDn, said the three points necessary for legislation were—first, to free the river from pollution of various kinds, gasworks, manufactories, and so on ; secondly, to do away with milldams and weirs ; and, thirdly, to regulate the close time. With regard to pollutions, there was already select com mittee of inquiry and the deputation did not urge any thing to be done pending the committee's deliberations. With regard to mill dams and weirs, the legislation of 1865 had done good to some extent ; but they wanted the appoint. ment of a special commissioner to inquire into the legality of fixed engines. The powers of commissioners at present were much too limited for dealing effectually with dams and weirs. It had often been urged that there was an antagonism between commerce and the preservation of salmon ; but their interests were perfectly reconcila able. Special commissioners might report on the legality of fixed engines ; and if it was found that certain proprietors had vested interests there ought to be a power of purchase given to the local boards. With regard to the close time, there were certain regulations that ought to be modified, to omit certain localities; as it was manifest that what was applicable to a river in the south of England, could not be applicable to one in the north. He urged that there should be a general superintendence, and such regulations as would make the salmon fisheries do the greatestamount of good. They wished to have mill-dams and weirs done away with, and then have a free passage left to the salmon from their breeding grounds to the sea. Unless this was done, there never would be any permanent increase of salmon. (Applause.) Captain CREW REED, as a proprietor on the Wye, said since the passing of the Fisheries' Act of 1865, the poor People on the Wye had been deprived of the use of the rod, and he urged upon the Government not to forget the poor people, whose rights were as much affected as any proprietor of river side property. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. W. G. LIDDELL thought that some thing more ought to be done to do away with poach ing. with hand nets, which took away salmon when on their way to the sea. Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN said Mr. Bruce was better acquainted with the subject than he was, but he might tell them that the Government were now considering a Salmon Fishery Bill ; and in the course of a few weeks it would be laid on the table of the House. The deputation had acted wisely in not interfering with the Select Committee on Pollutions of Rivers, which had a much broader scope than the mere preservation of salmon. He had the bill in hand himself, and he would be glad to have further fnformation the matter. He pressed them not to expect too much, for this measure was looked much in the same light as the game laws, and he thought the levying of rates for the preservation of salmon would be distasteful. He hoped the gentlemen would support the Government measure when it came before the Houre, though it might not give everything they required. (Applause.) After thanking the hon. gentleman for his courtesy, the deputation withdrew. DOUBLE MURDER AND ALLEGED SUICIDE. Poplar seems likely to obtain a most unenviable fame by the number of its murders. Another double murder has just been committed, and that before Cooper, who committed a double murder, has been discovered by the police. It seems that at 271, High-street, resided a Mrs. Browne, aged 50, confectioner, and her daughter, aged 23, and that on Tuesday evening, when they were last seen alive, the shop was closed at the usual time. Until Thursday forenoon there had been an I— entire cessation of business—the shop having remained closed. This aroused the suspicion of the neighbours, 5 who communicated with the police, and on the relatives being apprised of the fact, an entrance was effected. On some person getting into the back window on the first floor the lifeless body of the daughter, represented as a handsome young woman, was found lying in bed with her throat cut in a frightful manner. On going down stairs the mother was discovered stretched on the floor —having met her death in a similar manner. Mr. Brownfield, the divisional surgeon, was at once called in, and was of opinion that death in both cases was the result of murder. From the appearance of the daughter she is thought to have died without a struggle. Mrs. Brown had lived apart from her husband. For nearly ten years a young man, named Bradshaw, a naval engineer, had lodged in Mrs. Browne's house, which led to an attach ment between him and the daughter. Bradshaw, however, left the place some time since, and on the night of Tuesday was seen walking up and down and watching the shop. It is said that he did not reach his lodgings in Campbell road, Bow, where he was cohabiting with another woman, till after one in the morning. On proceeding to bed he appears to have been very restless and uneasy in his m i n d, and got up several times for the purpose of burning a number of letters supposed to have been written by the deceased young woman. Further, it is stated, he kissed the woman living with him, and remarked "that it might be the last time she would see him." He was after wards found in the house with his throat cut, and dead. The police arrive at the conclusion that the Brownes were murdered, and that the man referred to is the perpetrator of the crime. REPRESENTATION OF BEWDLEY.—LocaI politi cians have begun to bestir themselves in anticipation of the issue of the writ to make good the vacancy in the repre sentation caused by Sir R. Glass being unseated. The names of Major Anson (brother of the Earl of Lichfield) and of Mr. W. C. Hemming (a private gentleman residing near Bewdley, and who was for some months in the field at the last election) have been mentioned as either of them likely to be the Liberal candidate. The Conservatives have fully determined to bring out Mr. Cunliffe, of the firm of Cunliffe, Rogers, Sons, and Co., bankers. ANOTHER ATTEMPTED IRISH MURDER.—The Dublin correspondent of the Times telegraphs as follows, under date March 4 :—" Mr. Anketell, the station. master at Mullingar, was shot last night. Seven slugs lodged in his'chest, and he is not expected to live. He was at the time entering the back gate communicating with the yard and kitchen of his own house, situated close to the railway, along which he had walked from the station. The gun was fired from the direction of a door leading into an adjoining garden. Ho had reported two railway policemen for insubordination. One, named Moran, was arrested, but subsequently discharged, he having shewn that he was elsewhere at the time the outrage was committed. The other in not forthcoming. The railway company have offered a reward of £2OO for the discovery of the perpetrator." FREEMASONRY AND THE PRINCE Or WALES.-- The quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge has just been held. The Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland having been re-elected M. W. Grand Master for the ensuing year, which will complete his quarter of a century in that office, the noble earl acknowledged the kindness of the brethren, and expressed a hope that ere long he would be succeeded by a younger and more active brother, who would merit and secure the confidence of the craft which had been extended to him for so many years, and then proceeded to state that, owing to a letter which he had received that day, he was compelled to defer to a future opportunity his communication regarding the Prince of Wales, which he believed would be of great interest to the craft. A Rim FIND. —A singular discovery of dia monds and jewellery has been made at Newton Abbot. Denbury House, belonging to a gentleman at Torquay, has lately been undergoing repairs. The house is a very ancient one. In one of the rooms a painter discovered a cupboard, which apparently had not been opened for centuries. The cupboard was locked, but the painter was curious to see what was inside, and having obtained per. mission to open it, ;vas surprised to find a quantity of diamonds, jewellery, &c. No one had the slightest know. ledge of the cupboard, and it is the general belief that the articles had been secreted there for generations. The owner of the property of course took possession of the find ; which is estimated to he worth several hundr,,,, mum% 41 r9:71% Tit .1 ' SI 'PUNT. *it *) HER MAJESTY. Buc KINGITAM PALACE, March 3. The Queen, accompanied by Princess, Beatrice, visited the Zoological Gardens this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the ladies an d gentlemen of their suite, visited South Kensingto n , Museum, and afterw ar d s h onoure d t h e D ea n n' Westminster with a visit. XXPLAITA' Barometer corrected and reduced to :2 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within lost 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; C.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ; I.—lightning ; In.—misty, hazy ; o. —overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail molted) daring last 24 hours. Lea disturbance. REMARKS. As was to be expected, the remarkable increase of pressure noticed the last two days has been succeeded since yesterday afternoon by a decrease, which is most rapid in the north of Scotland—amounting to tl'ain. In the S.W. there is very little change. This fall has been accompanied by a rise exceeding 2-ltths of an inch in the S.W. of France, and the reading at Rochefort is now 011 in. higher than that at Aberdeen. Temperature has increased, although the wind is still north-westerly. At Rochefort, however, a fall is reported. Winds over these islands have again become north-westerly. They arc gene rally fresh in the N., and at Ardrossan a gale set in during the night. In S.W. France a moderate easterly breeze is reported. A little rain has fallen. The sky is cloudy or overcast, and the weather again very unsettled. The sea is calm. Warnings to N. and E. coasts. GREAT COLLIFRY STRIKE. The notices given to from four to five hundred of the miners employed at the Denaby Main Colliery, the deepest pit in Yorkshire, situated near to Mexbro', on the South Yorkshire Railway, expired on Wednesday, and the men brought out the whole of their tools, and aro now idle. The notices were given on account of a large majority of the men joining the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, the firm refusing to employ any men who lag long to the union. Although every effort has been put forth by the association, the managing partner refused to withdraw the notice unless a pledge were given that the men would leave the union, which they positively refused to do. The South Yorkshire Miners' Association is the largest and most power ful organisation of its kind, having over 8,000 members, with a spare capital of £lO,OOO. Nearly 1,200 miners, together with their wives and families, are now dependent on the union funds. In addition to the men who are locked out at Denaby Main, from eight hundred to nine hundred are under notice at the Thorncliffe and Chapeltown Collieries and Ironworks, not only to leave their employment, but also their houses, gardens, &c., after the expiration of 28 days from the 24th of February last. Although the notices are said to le only on account of a change in the firm, the men are apprehensive of a reduction, and are holding meetings and adopting means for resisting such a movement. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Arthur, visited the Zoological Gardens, at Regent's park, and South Kensington Museum, yesterday. General Schenck's Finance Bill, providing for the payment of the United States debt in gold, has finally passed through Congress, and now awaits only the sanction of the President. Yesterday morning the Earl of Shaftesbury laid the foundation stone of a number of almshouses to be erected on the outskirts of Sheffield by Mr. Mark Frith, the Master Cutler for two years in succession. The almhouses will cost upwards of £30,000, will be thirty-six in number, accommodating forty-eight men and women (twelve mar ried couples and thirty-six single persons). Judgment was given yesterday iu the Court of the House of Lords Appeals, in the case of Hudson and the North Eastern ran wnyCompany, involving a question of mortgaged property to a railway company. The Lord Chancellor said the whole matter turned on the proper construction that ought to be put upon the agreements entered into betw en Mr. Hud son and the company, Mr. Ifik'soa In v ns to claim cortaiu indulgencies in meeting his engagements. The appellants gave further time to Mr. Hudson to meet his engage ments, but without prejudice, they contend, as affecting their original agreements. His lordship said ho should propose that the original decree of the Master of the Rolls should be reversed, it appearing to him that any arrange ment entered into between Mr. Hudson and the company subsequent to the original agreement, did not prejudice that original agreement. Lord Westbury and Lord Colonsay concurred. Appeal allow_ d with ecpitF, and also the costs in the court below• 711 E MUSICAL MA GA ZINES. BOND - STIMET.—This justly popular magazine O r the Eresent month is of more than ordinary excel lence, and shows very clearly that the publisher° keep in view th e p rom i se ma d e at starting. The new number contains a very delightful ballad, en" titled " Twilight steals softly," by E. Fox ; an d a very brilliant schotti sc h e , b y M r . H o b son, en titled " Sea shells." Th e t a l en t e d an d or i g i na l banal; composer, Mr. Blamphin, contributes one e, his choicest and ne wes t p ro d uc ti ons, a ballad of exquisite melody, entitled " I have tried 1364 not to love thee," which will find a place amongs t the best songs of the present day. The ever ready composer Tinney adds a capital and spirited g allop , entitled " The Rocket," and Minasi a very effeeti v , e , and serio-comic song, " Call her back and kiss her. The immense circulation thi s magaz i ne h as attaiaet, and is the most convinci ng p roo f o f it s exce ll enc e, 0 1 certainly the publishers d eserve th e t h an k s of a l the musicians out of the m e t ro p o li s f or th e ex celley t supply of new and really good music they now re ceive monthly through their local librarian. _ EXETER HALL.—This magazine, though differ' ing essentillly from the former, is no less remar k c i able for the excell ence o f it s contents. W e bad great pleasure in recommending it from its col' mencement, and it conti nues t o d eserve t h e high est praise. The number for March opens with a fin e ballad by one of our best composers, Mr. H. Smart; and Immanuel Liebich contributes a very effec til ; pianoforte piece, " The H ar p o f D av id . " Elizabe",,, Philp adds a new sacred song, " Lord, help and Mr. G. A. Macfarren a new hymn for Ea st , er. A beautiful compositi on f or th e h armon ium ul t Rimbault makes up a num b er qu i te equa l, if 13° superior, in excellence to any that have yet been published. Messrs. Metzler have just published two 011 . beautiful compositions of St ep h en Gl over for 6, ' 0 pianoforte, entitled " Recollections of the Rhin e ' which we have much pleasure in recommendi n g; Though not unnecessarily difficult they form O r ' effective pieces, and are really worth the time oc cu. pied in their study, w hi c h i s more than can be sa l ' of a great deal of the new " mus i c " l ately publishet:; They have also just p u bli s h e d t we l ve piano:Y( o " a pieces, in the form of exerci s e s , by th a t accomplished composer for the pianoforte, M r . K u h e , w hich v il e be most acceptable to a ll mus i ca l stu d en t s . rill uninteresting nature of the usual exercises to tu l ' quire the shake, the staccato, grace notes, arpeggil and octaves are too w ell k nown t o nee d rema rk, b il e for the student to attain the facility in an attracti (r. f and enjoyable manner h as b een th e o bj ec t of air. Kuhe, and, according to our opinion, he has 5 ' 16• ceeded in his task in the most successful manne r ' Mr. G. Emery, of O x f or d- s t ree t , h ave j us t issue d two very beautiful ball a d s , b o th o f which ,„ w ill 0 " 1., certain to be received w ith th e greates t isT°linf One is a remarkably melodious setting some elegant lines by Longfellow, by Cl 3rl ; bel, entitled " R es i gna ti on ;" an d th e °tile " Sweet Mother," is by W. H. nella031; the music being by W. H. Weiss. Apart froul the peculiar merits of both compositions they will e3,bo as both bu t be regarded with the greatest interest, music composers have passed from amongst us, Li. oa the many delightful strains they have left belt, will cause their names to be long remembered the two ballads of which we now speak will, Wit out doubt, add greatly to the fame of each. ITALY. ROME, March 4 ' The Official Journal of to-day denies the e at ' . meut that Father Trullet, who had made a jour e6 to Paris, had received a mission from the Goveril; v went to treat with th e F renc h Bi s h ops relative t the CEcumeni ca l C ounc il. Th e same paper denies that any di ssens i on ex i sts i n t h e Congreg t s o tion relative to the discipli nar y ar ti c les for organization of the Council. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 4.—Three o'clock.—The 03 " rice closed as follows : Bank Shares ......2 06 : 5 - 0 Ital!an Five 5....... 51 ... End of month... --- „, .., Mexican Loan ... -,,., .., Do. Bonds ...... I ',',", .•••• Spanish Threes ... °' .., Home Debt...... -"*". .•••• Deferred ..• Cash Orleans Northern ... ~ 60 . /160 Lyons and Mediterranean ... 990 Southern..... 6171 Western Eastern • • 5 85 Sardinian Austrian 6621. Lombard 4 B Bl North of Spain Saragossa R oman s3i. 11 per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 421- Credit Mobilier End of month 293 75 Credit Foncier 1490 - - End of month ,— RAILWAY' BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Mar eh 'to The following is the return of the Bank of f ll- ot ' for the week ending to-day, together with th e c responding figures of the previous account :--- DEBTOR. Feb, 25. March 4 ' 0. fr. 43. fr. nOO - Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 --182, 500 ' v Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, e 6 0 1 June 9, 1857) 7 014,776 02 71 044 ' 14 Reserve of the Bank ' and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,10 5 ' 750 ' 4 Reserve of landed pro- n 00 0 perty 4,000,000 4,0t-,100 -• Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at 1 013 971 6 3 sight 35,223,257 48 01- -' Treasury account cur- 65° 1 $ rent creditor 154,035126 48 156,00 1 % 9 0 5 9 Current accounts, Paris 258,251 , 168 89 241,075,761 -•-' Do. branch banks 45,392,697 4 7 , 3 a rd , 80 6 Dividends payable 1,458,941 11 " Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last P 301790 86 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries , 2 R6 8 61 5,526,364 20 61u ‘1 -'6_- __.-- Total Feb. 25. fr. 8 90 Cash in hand and in Coßranch banks 05 mmercial bills over- 298, 171 dtie Commercial bills dis- ~, 3 ,.., _ counted, not yet due 282,724,130 06 286,61u, ‘ n o .--- 253,705,701 2 50 , 51v'' 00 ~, Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of ~82.. ~,, 28 6 ' ' 0 bullion 27,775,900 4, '08 1 60 Do. branch banks 4,513,800 Do. on French Public - Securities 13,609,900 Do. by branch banks 6,955,580 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- Government Stock re serve Do. disposable 0 : 0 ; 0 1 " 5;1 itentes Immobalise"es 80,633,437 21 1 ; o , (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 1(0,000,00 0 .-.•• hotel and furniture of the Bbnk and landed property branches E x penses of manage- 7 01,6 8 '6 - went 521,069 49 88 41,7 Sundries A 6 62966 802 27 2, ---------- 04 5 1 459 ' lIIC T otal Certified by the Senator-Governo r of tue of France. go a"- ,i4P , (Signed) o W6 _ eo6;7Bu.bo_ 37 7 n0 _ ~3,:46 0u 5 27 92vc ,A 9.7 v 40v , c, ivy 929,900 - 940,300 -- 8 , 98% 2°1 X 0 1 COM 3 The bu: although C shade low( account. very unfal If not befo Bank park In the fore American itailway sl: Consols count, 92 ; New Tkre( . land Stock. India St ditto 5 Pe' Cent., Oct 104 ; ditto In the r: i per cent Great Easi ter n , s price s are a 1138 to 11 land, 115 i Eastern, 3 Eastern, 7 Great Nor Caledonia' Dover, 16; In the 1' of 1868, al cent. ; Ore cow -Krems and 1865, : of 1868, It The quotas NI to 81 ; of 1864, 8 Italian of 1 United ti Cent. are r ; Grea the Consol Bank si to I; Lon London, 31 Prem. ; an, In rniscc final. Nal li to i dis 33 Ity, 131 ti Telegraph Anglo-Am The sum from. the B South Amc A stauraabmt: u se pr o aii t npr h det Another bounced fc blillions of It is stat about £l4( D anubian , 110 Oneed it Messrs. B seeurity is the Great ] It app e a Bonds, as F 1 . 8 likely tc l a contend are alreat :Turkish C 4 I t appears Whom the will detnan /3 411 be off their griev. Telegrar of elcchang from that fr om Para Lopez had lowers, bul The rett week ahoy £12,000,0( pending w Caused by Stock Exel way dividt A deput holders an terd a y of Poreign-of at Vienna ell to briN With the A Of the Ang that, on ix Governme Power. As an ai of the Ste( belo hay r ule 21 : less be be a constant Yeara • _ _ 'ma adlaatssion. At a n Tel egraph c able bete to be defr sl at Deft' oil prefere bulli o iteservile' Note s i n ate o f d Consols Preuch a a 13.13i:tolefrnEoti; tiz 3 Per u 0 ,.., t 4 o D w .1)8 ' o. 21. 1: Agiauiti -: Do. fo e r B z Do (lied 2ct-tlic quo , DO.