The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

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T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN supplied, as soon as ' apublished very Evening by ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newsper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street T HE THIRD EDITION OF tt THE SUN," giving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen at ,TEIVI Y3I NTON 'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr. C Dillon. 'o conclude with PI7SS IN BOOTS. THE AT RE-ROYA L. HAY3I ARK ET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Hoe, Rogers Buckstone, jun., Miss Fanny W r i g h t, &c. Mier whi w ch, HOME: Messrs. Sothem, Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPT AIN OF THE WATCH. N , r. F °them. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck stone. Commence at 7. PRINCESS S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Man Ager, Mr. Vining. TFITS EVENING, at 7, TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER DARK : Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy, Miss Rose Leclercq, ttc. And THE SECRET. THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPIII. MIS EVENING, at 7. A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Stephenqon, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15 to 8, BLACK AND WHITE: Messrs. Pechter, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart: Carlotta Leclercry, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. And WHITEBAIT AT GRE• N WIC II : Mr Atkins. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanhorough. Tins EVMNTNG. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Del ford, Clarke: Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton: v esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Button. To conclude with HUE AND DYE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new Drama, THE MAN OF TWO LIVES: Itlr Charles Dillon: Messrs Ryder, J. Rouse. F. Moreland, Barrett, F. Wilson, Parrett; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Hudspeth. and Mrs Vandenhoff. To eonclude with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS, Doors open at half-past 0, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Buckstone. jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton. A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Followed by THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH: Messrs Sothern, Chippendale, Vincent, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill fie. Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS : Joseph Brag, Mr Buckstone. Box-office open daily. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Revival of " After Dark." After EVENING, TWICE KILLE D ark." After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama. entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Vining,. Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr .7. G. shore, C. Harcourt, Edmcn(ls, "Holston, and Gresham; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Concluding- with THE SECRET. 'doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7. I DAY'S FISHING: Mr G. Relmore. kt 1.5 to S, 9th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter, :Miss Carlotta L ec l ercq, Mr Arthur Stirling Mr R. Phillips, M r Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &e. To conclude with WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray HOLBORN THEATRE -ROYAL Sole Lessee and 3fanager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SATURDAY, IST OF MAY, For the performance of the highest class of DRAMATIC LITERATURE. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. `JlLrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Bufton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA TRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively t . e Last Three Weeks of the Equestrian Season.— Last appearances of the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES. —Brilliant • nd unequivocal success of the Easter Programme.— The SALAMANDER HORSE, the greatest Equine Wonder of the day —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the metropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme BO replete with variety, amusement, and excitement The magnificent Stud of FIFTY PERFORMING HORSES, and the matchless SCENES in the ARENA. The most com plete combination of equestrian talent ever brought together. Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the Continent on the 26th of April. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. 14 O L CHRISTY'S. 1.l) GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT -STREET, Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. EASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe i❑ the world. First Appearance of the celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Harry Leslie. Pro nounced by the Press to he the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed by express command before her Majesty the Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangements for the Easter week : CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Songs, Comic Sketches, and continued success of the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DITTOFT-S, ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Private Boxes, .£2 25.; Stalls, 55.; Reserved Seats, Ss.; Balcony, 2s. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING. at 7, THE HAPPY FAMILY. At 8, 11. J. Byron's new and original Drama, MINNIE : or, Leonard's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan ; Nlessrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. To conclude with BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, Fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia David Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.'5. MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. And BROWN AND TILE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, David Fisher, Andrews, Hur!stone, J. Clarke; I'ledames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Fountain . and Stephens. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss 11 Oliver. Tun EVENIN. at 7...^,0, A LOV M. Oliver. To he foll owed ixn CM'. Mr. Dewar. MI,Er. by CL . DI7VAL: Mr. Dewar. ke. To corelude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Alies Wilton Tins EvENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, IT. .7. Montafn:e. Addison. Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Iluckin , harn White. C. Addison, and Miss Nfarie Wilton. After which, A WINN.D,G lIAZAR D. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN% Tuts EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Salamander H Horses:ot se. also Alfred Bradbury, A . C arre, he,, and the ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Tins EVFNING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S NIINSTRELS' E,thicmian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extra vaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1869. ery Night, at Le year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-offict open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Cd. Children under twelve, Cd. embracing the last chance of calling the Govern ment to account for its stewardship. The Budget is never very inviting; this year it is of no great importance, and figures are cast aside in the presence of far more important facts. The Budget has been made the pretext for bringing into court a far wider subject—the State of the Nation. What has the Empire done for France since the last election in 1863 ? What does it propose for the future Do the French, in short, enjoy that i l s i b e s r: inheritance of every theare entitled, and which European ? rapidly ytow com hi b e e hth in ey g These are the questions which the small minority in the French Parliament discontentedly puts, and which the large majority vainly strives to answer. The case, as set forth by M. THIERS in one of his best speeches, is very plain. It is matter of history that after the coup d'etat of 1851 France went through the farce of a plebiscitunt which elected Louis NAPOLEON Emperor, and accepted a Constitution of his making. This Constitution was admirably adapted for the pur poses of the EMPEROR, but by no means favourable to the liberties of the people. Under it the French have, indeed, a Parliament. But the Upper House, the Senate, is simply nominated by the EMPEROR, whilst the power of the Corps Legislatif is reduced to a shadow by the sovereign's prerogatives. No measure, not even money bills, can be brought before the Chamber, and no law can be passed, save only by consent of the sovereign. He appoints and discharges his Ministers at pleasure, makes peace and war, and nomi nates to every office in the realm. It was not to be expected that a great nation would tolerate such a Constitution, accompanied as it was by strin gent laws against the press and public meetings, and most insufficient guarantees for the liberty of the subject. The French people have cease lessly struggled to throw off the yoke which they so rashly accepted. Scant success, however, has hitherto attended their efforts on behalf of liberty. Up to 1807, indeed, no changes of any great moment were made, and the reforms which were then wrung from the EMPEROR were far from " crowning the edifice." The Bill of Rights is still of most formid able dimensions. For the reforms of January, as they are called, the Opposition, as represented by M. THEIRS, gives the EMPEROR full credit. The debates in the Corps Legislatif are conducted with greater freedom than formerly. All the Ministers are pre sent, whereas there was formerly but one. The right of public meeting has been con ceded. This privilege is hampered by endless restrictions, it is true; but the privilege now exists, and there is always hope that the progress of the wedge may not be confined to the thin end. Lastly, the press has been conceded some small measure of liberty. But allow the widest interpretations to these reforms, and how much remains to be accomplished ! The EMPEROR'S Ministers are not responsible, but the EMPEROR takes care, whenever a blunder is made, to throw the odium of it upon some unlucky official. An irresponsible Ministry is the source of numerous evils. Then thepeople are not allowed to elect the Corps Legislatif, miserable as are its powers, after their own fashion. Every species of device is used to convert Universal Suffrage and the Ballot into a machine for the manufacture of Imperial adherents. The influence of the clergy is enlisted. Offices, small and great, are temptingly held out to voters. Public money is granted to the communes on the tacit stipulation that votes shall be given in return. In short, the upshot of the Constitution is that the Parliament can do nothing, and that few but Imperial adherents are chosen to do it. Once elected the Corps Legislatif cannot, as we have seen, make any laws, nor freely criticise the acts of the Government. Even a question cannot be put in with out authorisation. The measure of liberty granted by the press partakes so little of the nature of true liberty that press prosecutions take place almost every week. The right of public meeting is turned to the profit of the Government. Even the liberty of the subject may scarcely be said to exist. Under the pretence of providing for the public safety, the Government can imprison at pleasure ; for who but the Government can decide what is, or is not, necessary for the public safety ? Such are the principal conditions under which France exists on the eve of a general electon. Never was the nation more dissatisfied with its lot, but the EMPEROR cannot or dare not promise further con cessions. There seems to be a general awaken ing on the part of the people. The clamour for reform is stronger than at any previous time. So strong, indeed, is it that the Govern ment unmistakeably expresses, by its acts, its grave concern for the result of the contest. But it will not make the promises which would secure it libe he rty, rcsthuyothers s e t n ihn a e t E i s o me n r ; aelpl a ee n s and, h , m raesw e sa a ar n cd w r.i h fi i c l e e :i t h m e o p e e t o f p e l r e support allr r t e reaping nhth • a different Parliament, a different nation, we might almost say, to deal with. So, instead of defending the latest outrage of a British official against the Chinese, he announces that the author of it has been recalled, and he expresses his hope that this measure will be an effec tual warning to the whole consular body. And yet the outrage at Formosa is not to be named in the same day as the outrage at Canton. There was no bombarding with red-hot cannon balls, no wholesale slaughter of innocent victims, no refusal to accept an apology when it was offered, no attempt to maintain by force a wholly illegal act. Lord PALMERSTON would have resigned twenty times over rather than have consented to this course of his former colleague. But, happily, the lesson taught amid jeers and scoffs and personal sacrifice a dozen years ago—the lesson that righteousness, and righteousness alone, exalteth a nation, has been learnt at last. Lord CLARENDON'S short speech is enough to arouse from his undis tinguished grave in the Sussex village churchyard the great man who, through good and evil report, mainly through evil report, protested against the substitution of might for right. It is enough to kindle to new life the warns heart and the clear brain 1 of RICHARD COBDEN. 111 E MAGAZINES. ty:,, 6 p *4) .. -_ , !, v,i4j4, r qi-- , .--::- 1144- _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY APRIL 7, 1869. According to the argument set forth by the pam phleteer, upon whose sketch of the actual system upon which " Our Foreign Relations" are now con ducted we commented yesterday—according to his argument, as to the revision of that system in the future, greater efficiency may be secured by the very means of a more economical arrangement. ItThe o lonly proposi tion remains a i n s to o s , consider s o least of t i tr , e a al l y uri a n n g a . ay the wh whether truly, practicable. And, before entering into details upon this point, we may premise at once that the conclusion arrived at is entirely in accordance with our previous convictions—namely, that it is practicable. That much more economy and much more efficiency may be secured readily enough and simultaneously—that one, in a manner, involves the other—that the terms, in one sense, are almost co-relative. As a rule, it might even be said —not alone in reference to this department, but in reference to all departments of the Administration, without any exception whatever—that extravagance and inefficiency are almost inevitably found cheek by-jowl. It is not extravagance, however, strictly speaking, that has to be complained of in regard to the moneys voted for the remuneration of our orga nized diplomacy. It is rather in the manner of their application than in the matter of their aggregate amount. And here it is that we come point-blank to the gist or argument of the whole scheme set forth by the anonymous would-be reorganizer of our existing system for the conducting of our Foreign Relations. a When he proposes no economy whatever, he shows how, identically, the same funds may be much better applied. For example, we are spending now annually £12,200 upon our Diplomatic Staff at the British Embassy at Paris. This amount the pamphleteer conceives in no way to be exorbitant. He would, therefore, not in any way prop ose i ts diminution. He wou ld only suggest that it should be distributed differently. The Ambassador himself should still have the same income as hereto fore—that is, the splendid sum of £lO,OOO per annum. It is with the remaining £2,200 that he would deal differently —meaning in this, of course, the pamphleteer. According to the existing arrange ments there are at the Paris Embassy the first Secre tary with £1,200 a year, two second Secretaries, one with £4OO, the other with £3OO ; two third Secretaries each with £l5O a year, and two unpaid attaches. Our innovator proposes that in future nobody should go altogether unpaid—that the labourer, what ever his name is, is worthy of his hire, and that the £2,200 should be applied thus:—£l,ooo to the First Secretary, £5OO to the Second Secretary, £250 a year each to a couple of Third Secretaries, and £lOO a year each to a couple of attaches. Surely a reasonable —not to say an equitable--proposition I In the instances of Madrid and of Stockholm—the former a First Class Mission, the latter a Second Class Mission —he would deal somewhat differently, effecting a petty saving of £lOO a year at Madrid, and another petty saving of £2OO a year at Stockholm—each with an increased guarantee, through the economy itself, of greater efficiency. How this is to be effected at Madrid ho explains by saying that, whereas now there is an Envoy there with £5,500 a year, and a First Secretary with £7OO, and a Second Secretary with £350, together £6,soo—he should propose that in future there shall be given to the Envoy £5,000, to the First Secretary £BOO, to the Second Secretary £4OO, and to a Third Secretary £250 —being an economy of £lOO as already intimated. At Stock holm, hitherto, we have had, and still have, of course, an Envoy and three Se cretaries--the Envoy receiving an annual income of £3,400, the First Secretary one of £5OO, the Second Secretary one of £250, and the Third Secretary one of £l5O. Stockholm being, as we have said, a Se cond Class Mission, the proposed reorganizer of our diplomatic system would have the British Lega tion there consist henceforth of an Envoy, and two (not three) Secretaries_ the Envoy receiving £3,000 per annum, the First Secretary £7OO, the Second Secretary £4oo—a saving of £2OO a year being thereby effected. These and other similar sug gestions, thrown out in the course of his argument, impart a practical value and importance to the pro positions of the pamphleteer. And they are certainly propositions—the majority of them —eminently well entitled at the least to con.sideration. THERE is mutiny in the Conservative camp. The Record tells us that a meeting has been held at the Carlton Club, at which " great and just dissatisfac tion was expressed at Mr. DisBAELI's speech, and at the more pronounced levelling -up avowals of his pro-Maynooth lieutenant, Dr. BALL." The Record might have added the still more open avowal of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Our contemporary goes on to say, "a strong intimation has been conveyed to their chief that they do not intend to submit themselves tothe dis cipline of the newcourse of education for the purpose AT least let us be h ones t . In England, at all of meeting the Irish difficulty,and that i n thi s matter they are n o t p repare d to take another ' leap in the events, we are not a " S a bb at h -keeping " people. The gentlemen who wait e d upon Mr. BRUCE to dark."' This stat emen t h as an interest apart from argue against the opening of th e N at i onal Gallery the subject t o w hi c h i t i mmediately refers. It solves and the British Musuem on S un d ays assumed that the questions as k e d a good deal of late, " Can educa we were. Mr. BRUCE hims e lf seems to have assu me d tion be carri e d on w ith out rewards and punish it, and t o h ave re f use d to grant the prayer of the ments ? Can our sc h oo l masters give up the National S un d ay L eague b ecause, though personally ; cane and th e p r i ze , an d t rust solely to the thirst for knowl e d ge ?" Th e answer is clear; they cannot. ou cannot expect m en t o take a leap in he approved o f it , th e nat i on disapproved. That 1 y may be t rue (i t i s at least questionable), but closing I the N a ti ona l Gallery and the British Museum is by thedark w ith ou t a t l east a fair prospect that no means th e same thing as " keeping the Sabbath.', they will f a ll on some thi ng soft. Mr. DISRAELI must first o f a ll th row ou t th e I r i sh Church Bill of The simple t ru th i s that the great majority of p er sons the Liber a l s b e f ore h e can persuade the Conserva in our larg e t owns not only do not "Re6p the Sab tives to p ass one o f th e i r own, lie has a difficult bath," but a b so l ute l y and shamefully dishonour it by task to tea c h hi s pup il s theirs. We are inclin e d t o conduct that wou ld di sgrace a working day. It is think that, clever mas t er th ough he is, he will find on the " S a bb a th " that our beerhouses are it too h ar d f or hi m. most crowded, th a t our spirit-dealers drip. e s their best trade ; :it is on the " Sabbath " that we make most drunkards, that we convert most men into swine. And then we compare ourselves with France and Italy; we point to our closed Museum and Gallery and to the open Louvre and Pitti, and say, "Stand by thyself ; lam holier than thou." If we could but see ourselves as others see us, we should discern that our English reverence for the " Sabbath," on which we pride ourselves, means merely that the working classes in England have lower tastes than those on the Continent. The second find their recreation in looking at the sacred paintings of RAFFAELLE,the first find theirs in drinking " Old Tom;" the second spend their " Sabbath " in the Palace of the Louvre, the first spend theirs in the gin palace. No doubt it is a sinful thing to gaze at a picture of the Holy Family on the " Sabbath," only do let us for very shame hold our peace about it so long as the heads of our families celebrate the " Sabbath" by lying drunk and incapable in the gutter. EXACTLY a dozen years ago this country was in the turmoil of a sudden and unexpected general election. The question before the country was not Parliamentary Reform, not the Irish Church, not any great measure of justice either in secular or ecclesiastical politics, but whether our representa tive in China had done right in bombarding one of the chief cities in that kingdom with red-hot cannon shot, in order to punish the Chinese authorities for hauling down the British flag from a pirate ship which had no right to hoist it. Parliament had condemned our representative ; but Lord PAL3IERSTON acting upon the principle that Great Britain must never admit herself in the wrong, however wrong she may be, inflicted the penalty of dissolution upon the Parliament, and appealed to the country. The country supported him, and declared, not that Sir JOHN BOWRING had done right, but that his action must be upheld. The chief advocates of the policy of justice to all nations, whether Occidental or Oriental, whether trong or weak, were rejected by their con stituents ; and men who loved their country, but loved righteousness more, mourned over this national endorsement of an atrocious wrong. Twelve years have passed since then. The same Minister holds the Foreign Seal as held it then ; but a change has come over the nation. The voices that then cried in the desert have since then been heard in the Senate. Mr. GLADSTONE, who voted against Lord PALMERSTON then, is Lord PALMERSTON'S successor now; Mr.B.RIGHT, who was rejected by the third city in England then, is, next to Mr. GLADSTONE, the most influential member of the Administration. Lord CLARENDON, as we have said, is Foreign Minister now as he was then; but he has different colleagues, THE debate on the Budget now proceeding in the Lower House of the French Legislature is one of the most important of late years. It is not merely a discussion on the most hopeless and uninviting of French topics—French finance. It usually happens that the Budget—which is designedly made the last item of the session, in order that it may not give the Government much trouble—comes on for discussion in July. But the country is now on the eve of the ' third general election under the Empire,and the com mencement of the Budget debate in April is a sign that the end of the session is near. In a few weeks will begin the contest which may have the most important influence on the destinies of the EMPEROR and his people. The Opposition, therefore, is , C WARE SP ;NCE FROM several good articles appear in at. Paul's. The writer on " The Election Petitions" discusses, in a non-partisan spirit, the e ff ec t o f th e new t r ib unal for trying the validity of elections. He comes to the conclusion that the neN system, thou g h an i m p rovement upon the old method, does not provide a sufficient safeguard against electoral abuses. For instance, with regard to th e general belief that it i s cheaper because the petition is tri e d in the town instead of in London, it is pointed out that, although the petitioners save the cost of bringing the witnesses to the metropolis, the cost of one eminent counsel (who is obliged to be engaged) outweighs that of many wit. messes. Still, the writer has no doubt that the reform, in so far as it has gone, is one in the right direction. A judicial verdict may he uncertain, but it is certainty itself compared with the decision of a parliamentary committee. The important question of " Army Reform" is once more discussed, this time by a private dragoon. He is plain spoken in his views, which may be summed up briefly as follows :—He does not agree with the notion that the lowest soldiers should be able to rise to the highest position in the army, and this opinion is due to the fact that his experience convinces him that the private soldier is an "arrant snob." He would sooner (so says the dragoon) be kicked by a lord than civilly entreated by a mushroom man—wherein he differs not materially from his civilian countrymen. Some interesting particulars are given of " A Lunatic Colony," situated at Gheel, twenty miles from Antwerp. In that place a large proportion of the population consists of insane persons, who share in all the daily toils and pleasures as other sane fellow citizens, who live in fraternal equality with them, and are permitted freely to take part in their religious festivals and ceremonies. M. Lanfrey's work on Napoleon I. comes in for the highest praise, through the fact that the historian tells his facts simply and forcibly, because he indulges in no efforts to reproduce an imaginary past, and never directs the atten tion of the reader to speculations of his own. Mr. Fagan's memoir of Daniel O'Connell is subjected to a searching criticism, which, I think, is most richly deserved. The two tales still continue to claim divided honours among the contributions in Mr. Trollope's magazine. Temple Bar this month presents a readable number. The serial " Susan Fielding and Kitty" progresses satis fac torily, and the other contents, though possessing no great depth, are most interesting. A eulogy of the musician Gluck, without fulsome flattery, places the good parts of the composer before the reader ; and "Six Y ears in the Prison s o f E ngland " calls attention to phases in the treatment of our criminals—how they are dealt with in the prisons—which has been lost sight of to a great extent in the discussion s on the subject. The writer is opposed to capital punishment, and enthusiastically calls for the humanitarian treatment of the dangerous classes. He wants to make them work, and give them in some w a y an interest in their work. "The Turn of Fortune's Wheel " and " The Majolica Painter of Urbino" make up the quantity of fiction. A contribution f or the ladies is given in " Flirts and Flirtation." Flirtation is defended, on the ground that by it alone girls can get to find out, without being doomed for life, of what men are made. Men themselves (FROlf OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ought to und ers t an d and do, up to a certain point, what is meant ; and if they after a time take things too seriously, FLORENCE, Marton 31, whose fault i s :it? Girls are warned, however, not to indulge too freely, f or they may be nipped instead of the Knowing that the l ong - expected Green-book would be men. in the hands of members yesterday, I have delayed ray The Art Journal opens with an engraving of Maclisee letter until this morning for the sake of being able to give "The Warrior's Cradle," which faithfully represents that some account of the impression which it Las Produced. artists hard and minute st should have been an • 3' le—he You will recollect that after the publication of the French armourer, Mr. H. Dawson's "A Stormy Sunset" is in T ev h e e ry o w th o e y r a p d r m in i c ra ir b a le l , and is a capital study of clouds. Yellow-book an interpellation was made by Deputy engravi ng is that of M. Mathurin- Guerzoni with regard to the attitude of the Government Moreau's bronze group " Cornelia." Mr. Hall takes his ,The i r q e s i - ) ci ly -vis l t a o s t , hat of France on the Roman question. readers to Castle Howard, a very stately specimen of the stately homes of England. Mr. Dafforne gives a biography . v that a more complete collection of of Mr. Henry Tidey, an artist whose reputation grows despatches, down to a later date, would be laid before afrroemacyouerntrtstoof y th ea e r e . xh A ib m it o io n n g s otfhewmaiisneeerllta,sneio)iocsturaerstiaenleds tP.arliament. This has been looked for with great impa. at Mr. Maclean's Gallery. What I may call the zence, You will have been informed by telegram of the leading article deals with the Highlanders of Scotland, the picture substance of its contents, and I will only add that since pisiebtasureedguaplloenrilNeslro.f 11 I I t a a e l l y e' t s ai lr e o s ok th . e The tour through the the 31st of October last (date of the last French despatch famed Pitti Gallery, at Florence. I would venture a word of c ounse l to the binder. His covers should hold aeaone lr d cly published espatciioi Ge a n t ei.al Paris) l‘ie n t a h h e r i e r a re ( s d e a n t t e i ( s i s 2 u 3 e r d c o l\ n- o t a v i e r m l s h O e u r l ) y , together until the Journal is promoted to substantial in reply to the above, and reiterating the ar,gumens aI. boards, vanced for the recall of the French troops from Civita, Mrs. Gladstone's Convalescent Home is the first subject Vecchia. To this, owing to the absence of M. de Moustier, discussed in the current number of the Victoria, and it is one which cannot fail to commend itself to the hearty sym- there was no reply, and no despatches ul his' ed pathy of its read ers . There can be no doubt that in bearing date subsequently to the accession tooffice of M. ministering to suffering and relieving unmerited distress de Lavalette. There is, consequently, no ground fo: woman is in her true element. The record assuming any change in the reciprocal attitude of the of what Mrs. Gladstone, Miss Twining, and others like them have been able to achieve shewe how respective Governments, beyond what may be interred much may h e d one by women amongst us, even though general merathl erstecedents of the last-named Minister, and the impression appears to be one of considerable dis they may not be able to write M.P. or ALA, after their p ll lo o n : n gu I. t , rn p l e Ai lel lied a ht t hy et theh s e a m meagreness etiin e document thwoe which i c t hl publication the has l a a d s e 1 h i t e i o e on n f a t l h i informs waitedf whole , r h • nofrolaer names. An article on the Lducation of Women declares the great deficiency in the teaching of girls to be its lack Ther o e f is no wri do te u r bt in g i ga t t n t o r t u b th e i a n lw tl a ri y s s , s t a o i p o though r ottillge programmehnes s . series of the Italian despatches proves the policy of the a: cept tble. At least the subje i c s t ais pthaopreorroswihiliychdistceullssseuds, fa a t n li d ers tl7ere are notices on Female c i e l s e s n fu a for the essay in question occupies twenty-seven pages. l b r a e n a s I lk v l e i r n t i s e t r a y n y t leaveo hostile i been n t er such p eiia t a i e s n t o f ro furnish t, Ie asu e Left.- s ` o ' L m iep- curiouslore of legends Forefathers e . Suffrage, Ladies' Clubs, Miss Rye's Emigrants, and other i kindred t o pi cs. The curious ceremony of the "Colombina " took place The approach of spring renders gardening an important as usual on Easter Eve, and at this dead season, in the consideration, and amateurs and professional cultivators absolute dearth of political intelligence, your readers may will find a goo d d ea l o f useful information in the Gardener possibly not be averse to hearing something about it. At for April. The article on the Rose is continued from last the time when month, and treats of pillar roses, standard roses and weeping rose trees. There is, besides, an essay on the eul tion for the month a compendious list of new plants and doff atSaint crusade, a considerable body of Florentines assemble 1 to tivation of hardy fruits ;and among the general informa- join it at the spot which is now the villa of Prince De :t i new flowers is Riven.Donato, butpreparations werewili which h beingthen m a w d a e sa for n the on s a e s c t o r n , d 7 , Dutenzt wen is more than usually r eadable this snouts. ' under the abb o t o f t h at name the expediti on . Th e fact, by th w e h way, ,y became , c i as Professor Tyndall's style is perfect. Th ere is no other writer that I k now w h o can s o p er f ectly convey an ideaby by a painting, executed by Liverati, to the order of the one or tw o wor d s. Wha t can b e f i ner, for instance, than the wealthy ow ner o f the place. Among these Florentine s words I h ave it a li c i se d? " A s wat h e of fog ;" " the Weiss. i was to be found one of the celebrated family of the Pazzi, a e e the commemorated leader horn shook out a b anner toward s the north, formed by the This knight, a ft er b earing his part in the f ur i ous escalade humid sout h ern air as it graze d the crest of the mountain; " 1 which placed Jerusalem in the possession of the Crusaders, "hacked an d h urt by time, the aspect o f the Matterhorn I was so astonished at having effected his entrance without from its higher crags saddened me ;" " th e alternation of ! rece i v i ng a wound, that he betook himself on the following sun and f ros t h ave made won d rous havoc on the southern day to the spot at which be bad climbed the ramp. rts. face of the Matterhorn, cutting brovvn•red masses of the most imposi ng magnitude behind flint, whi c h projected from the wall. This flint he t oo k much away, b ut leav i ng I Th ere h e found that his ascent had been facilitated by a —pillars and towers and splintered obelisks, clearly cut out possession of, and d eposited it at F l orence i n th e C hurch of the m ountain—grand in their hoariness, and softened of the SS. Ap oa t o li , where, according to t h e tradition, it by the col our i ng of age ." Mr. Tyndall's account of the still remains. A condition attached to the possession of efiasof hi s e i ght years , war with the Matterhorn is in• certain property now belonging to the municipality tensely e xc i t i ng, even t o readers who, like me, have seen ensures the continued observance of . the ceremony con cathedral for the SS. Apostoli, themountainonwromzermatt and theGorner-Grat. What l netted with it, which is quite peacuphraercetsosiFonlorleenacvee.e theOn the acosstnit wrist be to tttose fowl favo climbers who the morning of Holy Saturday have actually made this, the moat w o ofperil all theAkine ascents, I can well imagine. Miss Olney's story, "Astelle," takes no note of the daily and the the fire ensuingw bi which yearis to o e serve for the lamps and tapers during of which the large instalment of forty pages is given, is very liv e l y and amus i ng . Mr. 'Morrison's paper on PLY - struck from the flint in question and brought back to the increasing grumble of parents sisal Education is a review of Mr. Maclaren's book, but that physical education is becoming alm os t th e beginning In front of the high altar and the . canon's choir is erected D u?mo. But this is only a prologue to the " Colornbina." and end of teachina at our great public schools. An article a lofty wooden pillar, from the summit of which a cord is on " Th e W orth ° of Educational Endowments " is an answer to M r . L owe ' s con d emnat i on of endowments, and stretched al ong the church, and, passing out of the great chews in terms, mainly borrowed from the Education Corn- doors, is affixed at its other extremity to a monumental rnission ers ' report, how a large number of charitable en- structure of fi rewor k s placed upon a car d rawn by the dowments, at present useless and even injurious, account by devoting them to might be laerrgdeeoxeefntohfethEeaceoteurnt7G. "Gloria in thein Excelsis "aw a k en the moment when th e fi rst turned to g oo d . support of go o d sc h oo l s . Sir John Lubbock reviews w shortly Mr. Wallace's “Malagayan Archipelago," which organs and all the bells of Florence, a light from the new seems to b e a rea ll y brilliant book of travel. " Two Views fire is applied to the pillar, and a fiery dove or carrier of the Convent Question" are written by two ladies, one pigeon bursts i n t o lif e at t h e summ i t, an d , scattering a of whom w ro t e th e art i cle i n the February number on the of spark s lik e a comet ' s ta il , rus h es over the heads Position of W omen. Both articles are full of sound sense, sheaf and administ er a severe and deserved rebuketo the majority of the crowd along the nave and out of the doors, ignites of the newspapers for their flippant andsuperficial articles on the Saurin case. Th e the car of fireworks in the middle of the piazza, and return swithrapidity to die out before the altar, were petty details and quar re l s i n convent life therefore equal the life was all petty; which is • just as if one were to say while the explosion of the mortars outside forms an ac that becaus e husband and wif e sometimes quarrelledabout companiment to the booming cf the bells, the crash of the the dinner, and the mistress Y assumed that because there stress of the house sometimes dusted the drawing -room china, therefore married life was wholly music, and th e s i ng i ng o f th e c h o i r. Any one who is mean and petty. Th e writers assert that conventual life acquainted with the gloomy magnificence of the interior ism making rapid progress among our upper classes. They of the cathedral of Florence, and the wonderful effect of not alter the fact. If it is to be aent this, for they think the life has greater disadvan- sound under the dome of Brunelleschi, will be able to tages than advantages ; but the fact remains, and all the imagine that the tout ensemble is not otherwise than articles in all the Protestant journals in the world will altered it must be by striking. The car, some of the fireworks on which are giving women another choice than that which is now offered them, th e i nanity of fashionable life or the strict- arranged so as not to explode at once , i s t h en drawn by ness of conv en t ua l li fe, the oxen i n f ron t o f th e o ld pa l ace of the Pazzi family, The Dublin University st aaaz ine is as strong as ever i n where the rest are let off. Thi s cur i ous observance dates the amount o f i ts fiction. 'The class of stories whi c h i t f rom b e t ween t h ree an d f our centuries ago. publishes is not, h owever, of the highest. Vapid senti mentalism marks too many of its novels, and to judg e o i life from th e Dublin University - one would look on it as a dreamy, unreal kind of existence, whose end and aim i s t o get into love. There a re th ree stories now app ear i ng as serials, " My Own Story," "Up and D own i n the World," and the " W yvern Mystery," all of which make progress. Besides these, a complete tale is pr esented, called " Ruth." it tells how a gentleman unwittin g l y then in trying for ber sake to hide her infirmities from the world, on the obloquy of society. wed an occasional lunatic, and Of course he is thoroughly vindicated at the last. Though the novelette is not free from that misty unreality which marks the stories which appear in this magazine, it conveys a healthy, manly moral. The " padding "is various, both in kind and merit. Th e worldliness of the stories is counterbalanced occasionally by controversial articles on the genuineness of the Gospels and Epistles, &C. The history of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, is an interesting compilation. The other articles come up on the whole to the usual standard. good Words is, as usual well illustrated. Th e love snakier ill us t ra ti on to "Debenbam's Vow" is e xce ll en t. Tile oulattly Juaricntnetor tuts month is up tone average. The " City Man's" articles aro capital. But why, by continuing his stories of " Hoppety Bob" has he shewn to his readers that his hero is only a creature of the imagina• tion after? all The articles on Ragged Schools, by Dr. his ministry Guthrie, are very good. Be tells how sad he b ecame w h en, leaving in the v ill age o f A r bil ot, where thee' was only one public-house, that outside th e t own, only three or four d run k ards, and everybody attended church, he came to Edinburgh, where public houses are so plentiful and (it follows as the nicht the day) church-roers were so fees- I ITALY. Mr. Chapman's action against Mr. Price, Q.C., came to an abrupt termination, so far as the public hearing is concerned, on the opening of the Assize Court at Leeds on Monday morning. Counsel on each side had a con ference with the judge in private, and after that it was agreed to refer tho points at issue unreservedly to an arbitrator. His lordship expressed a strong opinion that topic 3 would have to be gone into unsuited for a court of justice, and the troublesome investigation could be very much better conducted by a referee. The referee is to have full powers, everything being left to his discretion. A mysterious tragedy is at this moment causing a great sensation in the neighbourhood of the Rua do Tour non, Paris. A loud dctonation was heard a few rnorn.ngs back proceeding from the apartment of Commands t Thevet, et thr barracks of the Garde de Paris. On the door being forced open, that officer was found 1 . ing on his bed lifeles P , h av i ng d i scharged a pistol into the r gio .1 of his heart. Near him was standing a lady dressed in her under clothing only, and who proved to be the wife of pea person of high family residing tho neighbourhood. The deceased officer was between forty and fifty years of age , is possessed of considerable property. An investigation is going on, but this affair is still enveloped in groat obscu rity. The lady, who is aged about 30, had Leen acquainted with the commandant for about ten months. (FROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, April 6. Lord Stanley's speech at Glasgow, or at least that part of it which relates to foreign affairs, has attracted some little notice here. Lord Stanley, it will be remembered, said the only serious risk of England being involved in a European complication must arise from those pledges of protection, in the form of guarantees, which you have given to minor European States. " Well, it is obvious to remark that those small States are protected by international jealousy quite as much as by international morality. No great Power willingly sees any other great Power aggran dised in its own neighbourhood. The only real danger to those minor communities would arise out of anything like a general understanding or concert, or combination among all the greater Powers for the absorption of the smaller ones." Such a combination, Lord Stanley added, is very improbable, but should it be made, it could hardly be expected that England would oppose it single-handed. On this the Temps remarks that Lord Stanley made similar remarks two years ago, in order to disarm criticism on his intervention in the Luxemblurg affair. As the Liberal and Conservative parties are pretty much at one on foreign intervention, and differ only in detail, the Temps thinks that these statements, which, it observes, represent the nation generally, are not very reassuring for the small States in these times of "general agglomeration." The small States are being swallowed up wholesale by their neighbours, and England decides to remain an indifferent spectator. The Budget, or rather the Things in General debate, is still going on. The Right is intensely anx'ou3 to get rid of the political part of the discussion and to land on the comparatively terra firma of the Budget itself, but the Left is not less anxious to keep up its attack. Yesterday M. Buffet vigorously assailed the system of official candi datures, and again M. de Forcade la Roquette defended them. Then M.M, Louvet and Magnin carried the discussion into the territory of finance proper, to the great delight of the majority, who l a te the denunciations of the Left with a very bad grace, and are anxious to end the debate, in order to get off to electioneering occupations. But even the fiscal 'proclivities of MM. Louvet and Magnin did not keep them to £s. d. considerations solely. Politics were continually cropping up in the speech of the former. To- day the. Budget is again forgotten, and Disarmament takes its place. The incident of Saturday, M. Rouher's polite invitation to M. Girot-Pouzol to " hold his tongue," is not, I hear, likely to be forgotten very readily. The insulted deputy means to bring the Minister to account for the expression, and is collecting evidence that his version of the scene in the Clermont Court is correct. A great number of persons have signed a memorial affirming that the words which M. Roul.er denied were actually made use of. The Paris branch of the We3leyan Missionary St ty has just held its anniversary at the Church in the Rue Raquepine. Addresses were delivered by several English clergymen, and over £6O collected. Lyons does not seem disposed to give up the project of an international exhibition for 1871. The scheme has been revived on modified terms. The projectors do not this time ask for a subvention of £60,000. All they want is the exact sum which the octroi duties may product during the time the exhibition is open. All suc cess to the scheme ; but it would appear from past ex perience that no exhibition can command very great success unless held in a great capital. The InternatioLal Art Exhibition at Munich is definitively determined ( n for this year, and will be opened on the Ist of August. Munich is at all times an art exhibition, and doubtless would command a much larger number of tourists if the sanitary arrangements were not so wretched. They have however, greatly improved of late years, A meeting of the council of the Central Chamber of Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Salisbury Hotel, S alisbury -square. Amongst the gentlemen present were Lord Berners, Earl Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Massey Lopes, M.P. Sr George J en ki nson, M.P., Sir Wilfred Lawson, M.P.i, Major Parker, M.P., Mr. G. Backhouse, M.P., Mr. T. Dyke Acland, N.P., Mr. Christoph er S y k es, M.P., Colonel B r i se, M .P., Mr. G. H. Gregory, M.P., Captain P. G. Craigie (North Riding), Mr. R. C. Wade (Devon. shire), and others. After the transaction of some formal business, The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. R. Jasper More to bring forward his proposal for a deputation to the Presi dent of the board of Trade on the subject of a separate Government Department of Agriculture. Mr. JASPER MORE said at the last meeting there was an adjourned discussion on this subject, and on the night of that day Mr. T. Dyke Acland brought forward his motion on the same subject in the House of Commons. Mr. Acland fairly repre sented to the House the remarks made in the council. In making his motion Mr. Bright stated that the home Secretary was considering whether seine adjustment of departments could not be made which would to some extent attain the object of the chamber. He would, there fore, propose that they should not at present send a depu tation to the President of the Board of Trade, but should, at the same time, keep the matter in mind, so that if an arrangement of departments did not take place to their satisfaction, they would be able to place their views before Mr. Bright in a definite form. The proposal for the adjournment of the question met with general approval, and the chairman proposed that the matter should be referred to a committee of the council on the subject. Sir Massey Lopes, in seconding- the motion, said they might congratulate themselves on the fact that the Prime Minister had to some extent given his promise that something should be done ; and that statesmen on both sides of the House had admitted that the grievance as it stood at present was indefensible. Lie was quite satisfied that the urban population were not at all aware of the extent of the grievance to which they were subjected. People in the rural districts, and, he believed, all county members, were alive to it ; but they wanted the assistance of the borough members, and the only way to obtain that was to create some agitation in the towns. He did not think that it would be desirable for the com mittee to propose any particular remedy ; the more they dealt in generalities the better. Mr. R. C. WADE asked whether it was intended that information should be collected, or that advocates should be sent about the country. If the latter course were pursued, he believed that it would be anything but bene , ficial. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON, M.P., said he had a motion on the paper of the House of Commons, for the 16th instant, asking for an inquiry, but since he put that motion on the paper, Mr. Rathbone, the Liberal member for Liverpool, had asked him to postpone it for the of giving hi m an opportunity Purpose , as the tiyerepresenta taking the initative in the matter, and of shewing the feeling of the towns on this subject. When once the towns saw that it would be to their interest to support the counties on this question, the case would be greatly strengthened. The motion was agreed to, the following co mmittee bein g appointed :—M r. Andrews, Cap Craigie, M r . J asper Masse tain C More, Lop Mr. ALP D. Long, Mr. F. S. Corra,nce, M.P., Si r y es, ~ Mr. Vard en . Sir George Jenkinson, ALP., and The third subject on the paper was , "Wh a t steps should be take n w i t h regard to the Diseases (Animals) 13ill." Gov ernment Conta g i ous Mr. Hawley p ro p ose d a series resolve th a t t of resol u ti ons on the subject. Re asked th e C ouncil to regulations lations forhere should the be add e d to the bill compulsory gu b ship or rail; provisions that owners of animals suffering from contagious or infectious disease should be required to give immediate notice of the existence of such disease; that less arbitrarypowers should be given toinspec tors; that the slaughter of cattle which have been in contact with plague-stricken cattle should! be that sheep - pox sho u ld made compulsory ; be dealt with i n th e same way; imported animal s that the slaughter q u arantine, or su f f icient inspection o f made, compulso at the places o f d e b arkation should be ry ; that separate markets should be established by statutory enactment at all places where foreign animals are landed; and that a deputation be appointed to lay these views before the Vice-President of the Privy Council. This series was in substance carried (with some altera tions) after some little discussion. On the motion of Sir GEORGE JENKINSON, an addition& resolution was adopted to the effect that every encoura,ge• ment ought to be given to the carrying on and the de. velopement of the dead meat trade. On the motion of Mr. WiuTAKER (Worcester) seconded by Mr. R lGny (Cheshire), the following. resolution was agreed to : "'That compensation for slaughtered animals should be defrayed, as in Ireland, from the general taxa tion, or, at least, a moiety of that compensation should be defrayed from Imperial revenr e." The deputation to attend on the President of the Board of Trade that afternoon was then appointed, Mr. T. Rigby (Cheshire), Mr. Randall (Lincolnshire), Captain Craigie (North Riding) and Mr. Duckham (Hereford), being selected as speakers. The next subject on the paper was "To consider the best substitute for the malt tax," but in consequence of the lateness of the hour, the discussion was Postponed and the council ad •o TRE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN. - ANOTHER DEATIL—The list of the victims by the explo sion at the Ifighbrooks Collier belonging Me rcer and Evans , has been to Messr s . four bf y, urther increas e d to thirty-- y the death of the lad Wilcock, whose name has been heretofore included in the list of those most seriously injured. THE PUBLIC' HEALTH. —Last week the annual rate of mortality in London was 27 per 1,000, while 30 was the rate in 13 other large towns of the United King dom. In the metropolis, 2,319 births and 1,670 deaths were registered, the latter exceeding by 40 the estimated number. It is remarked that the mortality in Londo n has gradually increased during the last six weeks, the deaths in the seven days ending 27th February having been 1,419, or 2il less than they were last week. Four persons were killed by vehicles in the streets. The mean temperature !luring the week was 39 clggrels or OA belew the average. " '' THMES. RELIG IOUS DIFFERENCEP.—ARobert Stokes, a stoker 00 the Great Eastern Railway, was charged with violently assaulting his wife, Ann. The complainant, who carried a fine child in her arnlS , had been married two years to the prisoner, whose coo' duct for the last twelve months had been harsh and cruel' lie frequently taunted her with her religion, Roman Catholic, which be knew when he married her, for they were united in a Roman Catholic Chapel by a Romisb priest. He bad often struck and kicked her, and there were bruises cn her arms and bosom. He had also been in the practice, out of more wantonness, of stripping the bed clothes off her and her baby, and leaving them uncovered in cold weather. Once he buffeted her about the head with a pillow and stunned her. lle hit her on the rib* on the side, and on her bosom. He had a quarrel with hi e landlord, and because she took the landlord's part lie knocked her down and kicked her. In cross-examination by Mr. Charles Young, the woman said her husband was very industrious, and made seven seven days' work per week. She never told him she did not like him because ho was a Protestant and a member of the Church of England. She did refuse to procure meat for his dinner on Good Friday. She had a fish dinner that day. Mr. Chas. Young said the man had been nine years in the employ of one company, that ho was a steady man, and that his wife was always " nagging" him and taunting him with being a heretic." Mr. Benson said the parties were very foolish to quarrel about religion, and had better leave theology alone. Their religions were very nearly alike. A Roman Catholic was as good as a Protestant, and a Protestant ag good as a Roman Catholic. Good Friday was an awkward day to talk to a woman of the complainant's faith about meat. The parties must bear and forbear, or they would be always unhappy. He had no doubt the prisoner wag a good workman, and sober, and steady, but it too often happened that men had a good reputation in the outer world who were brutal and tyrannical at home. The prisoner was a tall, strong fellow, and he wag afraid that his temper was that he h a d il l-used a bad one, a nd his wife very b ru t a lly T ass he had he complainant was the most creditable woman o f h e t cl ever met with, and deserved better treatment , If the prisoner was ever brought before him again for a similar offence he would send him to prison for a very long time. He ordered him to find bail, two sureties in £lO each, to keep the peace towards his wife and all her 3.la jesty's subjects for twelve months. Tito sureties were provided. Astley's Theatre •was again suddenly closed on Monday tiigbt, and great disappointment was occasioned to both performers and the public. VICTOR HUGO'S NEW STORY. —At last it is pos sible to publish Victor Hugo's new story; and wo regret very much to say that it cannot be published in Once a Week. The reason is, that long before M. Hugo'e novel was hoard of in this country Mr. Antboul Trollope had agreed to write a story, to b° commenced in the course of next month, a story of great interest, and specially designed for the form of Oleg a Week. In consequence of the first delays attending the appearance of L'ilonone qui Bit in Paris, Mr. Trollope kindly consented, in spite of his other arrangements, to allow his story to stand over till the beginning of July, 11 which time it was expected that the publication of Victor Hugo's tale in this magazine would [be nearly completed. But unfortunately the latter has been e° long delayed that it is no longer possible to begin it in Once a Week, the limited size of which forbids the simultaneous publication of two novels of special interest and of great length. The proprietors have there fore wisely determined to transfer By Order of the King to the pages of the Gentleman's Magazine. In place of Victor lingo's tale a now story by a popular author will bo jai' mediately coannece2d —Once a Week. [ ADVERTISEMENT:I —Holloway's Pills.—Health an d Vigour.- -To the must regular livers occasional distur bances of digestion will Occur, which may be cJrreeted at once by these famous pills, the alterative and tonic powers of which cannot bo too highly extolled. A dose now an", then will prove salutary to every one, but a continued course must be taken by the confirmed invalid. It is won derful how the appetite and digestion improve in propor tion as the pills exert their wholesome influence over the animal economy. They augment muscular stren3th and mental vigour. Holloway's pills frequently cure diseases of the digestive organs after all other medicines have failed to afford relief, and they are especially serviceable in dis orders oh the liver and kidneys. CDRISTY 3r: Wednesdays an NSTRELS, St. James's Hall, E B:aturdays, at 3 and 8 a] PARIS, PARLIAMENTARY- AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The select committee appointed by the House of Com mons to inquire into the general question of parliamentary and municipal elections held their first sitting on Tues day. The members elected to sit on this committee are Sir M. H. Beach, Mr. Brand, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cross, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Edward Egerton, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Graves, Sir George Grey, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Marquis of Harlington, Sir F. Renate, Mr. Staveley Hill, Mr. Howes, Mr. Hunt, Mr. James, Mr. Leatham, Mr. Locke, The O'Connor Don, Mr. Raikes, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Villiers, and Mr.:Whitbread. The Marquis of Harlington took the chair, and the first witness called was Mr. Barber, the Mayor of Nottingham, who said that in that borough, in connection with the municipal elections, he believed one-third of the voters were corrupt. A number of statistics which he adduced went to spew tlat in one of the wards of the borough, cut of 1,967 voters, 600 were open to bribes ; in another ward, 500 out of 1,3:30 were susceptible to the same influence ; in a third, °5O out of 639 ; in a fourth, 300 out of 1,008; in a fifth, 170 out of 678; in a sixth, 100 out of 582; and in a seventh, 582 out of 1,475. The amounts paid were usually 3s. 6d. and 55., though some times they were much larger, and the bribery was a matter of public notoriety ; so much so, indeed, that many respectable persons refused to have anything to do with the elections at all. The reception of bribes was not confined to the lower classes, but if the amount offered was deemed sufficiently large, the shopkeepers were quite ready to take it. This system of bribery had been in existence as long as the witness remembered. He did not think that the bribery at municipal elections was intended to have, or did have, any considerable effect upon the parliamentary elections. In answer to Mr. Villiers, the witness said that attempts had been made to stop the system of bribery that existed, but they had generally broken down before the elections were over. The money for the bribes was paid by the candidates generally, though, when the amount was large, it was sometimes raised by subscription. The corruption in the borough was on the increase, and, in the opinion of the witness, money would carry any election, parliamentary or municipal, in Nottingham. Replying to Mr. Hardy, Mr. Barber stated that there were many instances in which small shopkeepers had been content to receive 108. for their votes. One remedy for the present evil would be secret voting, if a system of secret voting could be adopted, though probably more would be done in the way of remedy if the law could easily be put into operation to punish the bribers and the bribed. To Mr. Fawcett the witness said that a public prosecutor would be necessary to put the law into motion against offenders. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with the examination of other wit nesses from Nottingham, who confirmed the views expressed by Mr. Barber. The committee will take evidence from various boroughs and towns in England. CENTRAL CHAJIBEI? OF AGRICULTURE, cr4p , COP tt eirtnirat LIER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, April 6. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left Wind• sor Castle this morning at a quarter-past 11, and arrived here shortly after 12. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, visited St. Bartholomew's Hospital thiB afternoon. Prince Leopold visited the Tower of London. LATEST INTELL IGENC% (REU"'ER'S TELEGRAIIS.) DEATEI OF SIR E. CUSARD. NEW YORK, April 7. Sir Edward Cunard, Bart., died suddenly, frovi heart disease, in New York, last evening, lie wa s 53 years of age, and a principal partner in the house of Messrs. Cunard, Burns, and Maelvor, the steaur ship owners. FRANCE. BOURSE, April s . —Three o'clock—The markei closed as follows :- 1 per Cent. ...... 101 Bank Shares 2850 End of month... ltalian Fives 55 8 0 3 per Cent End of month 7O 35 Mexican Loan 241 Jredit Mobilier End of month... 275 Spanish Threes 32 50 Credit Foncier ...1487 50 Rome Debt End of month... Deferred Cash NOrleans ..... ............................... 9481, orthern ............................ ...... 1112} Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 9'l; Southern..... ................................. 613 i EWestern ....................................... 595 Sastern ............ ........................ ardinian ..................... Austrian .......... ........................... Lombard .................... North of Spain Saragossa .................. Boman ................... 511 C 631- 475 . ...................... 55 IRELAND. • DUBLIN, Tuesday. The Prince, accompanied by their Excellencie o and a briViant party, left town to-day at 12 o'clock for Punchestown. His Royal Highness was cheered by the specte , " ters, who lined the way to the terminus, a n d the crowd there assembled. Ile was also warmly re ceived on the course. The weather was unfavour able, and the attendance was not so large as last The Prince of Wales's Cup was won by Fa' :ullagh. Cardinal Cullen was among the guests at the (viceregal Lodge this evening. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71tis Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ) INGENIOUS RolmElm—Joseph Ricketts, porter, in the employ of Mr. Jabez Hughes, dealer in photograph/ 0 apparatus, 379, Oxford-street, and also Frederick Smith, photographer, Now-street, Covent -garden, and brother-ill' law of Ricketts, were brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the former charged with stealing a quantity of property be" longing to his employer, and the latter with receiving the same with a guilty knowledge. From the evidence it appeared that in consequence of the prosecutor having lost a large quantity of property th e police were communicated with, and after watching the premises several mornings the prisoner Ricketts was soli by Mr. \Verge, manager to the prosecutor, and Police-coo" stables Walker and Deechey, to go to the premises an hour before his time, take down the shuttets by mewl° of a pair of steps, go through the fanlight into the sholA and after being there a quarter of an hour come back and place a parcel behind the door. The officer then tool‘ Ricketts into custody, and on the way to the station be threw away two keys which had been left safe in the shop overnight by the manager. On the parcel being opened it was found to contain some of the prosecutor's property'• Beechey then went to Smith's house, Smith being the brother-in-law of Ricketts, and found there several articles used iu the trade of a photographer, and which wore idea• tified by the prosecutor as his property, and when Smith was charged with receiving the things, he said he hay purchased them four months' ago, but one of the articles, a bottle of collodion, bore the prosecutor's mark. After the depositions had been completed Mr Tyrwhitt asked the prisoners whether they wished to state any' thing. Mr. Lewis Lewis, for the prisoners, said they would reserve their defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed them for trial. year, . N.- ___. MC Coil Cons( count, New TI Jan., V £lOO, S. 4 per C India ditto 5 Cent., per Cen The Baring loan ha issues, a Cent. E 1862 C loscosv closed -,1 concern upon th Cents. an advz ; and are qui are quie are f to Rails downwe Caledon 374 ; G tropolit; to 1164. 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