The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-20 00:00:00

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To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS, tND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery ny Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, RAISING THE 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, fic. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weathershy, Buckstone, jun., &C. ; Mesdames Caroline Hill, Scott, Gwynn, &c. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING., DID YOU EVER SEND YnUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. tit 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. THIS EVENING, at a quarter to 8, anew Drama, in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE : Louis XVI., Mr. Vining; Count Fersen, Mr. William Rignold (his first appearance in Lon don) ; The Dauphin (five years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Beatrice; Messrs. Dominick Murray. J. G. Shore, D. Leeson. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Mille, Beatrice. Ooors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. • THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs 'Ante. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Buf ,an and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TL Z CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. R OYAL AMPHITHEA THE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Oscar Carre and his Fifty wonderful performing Horses, and the incomparable Scenes in theAr ma, including A.Bradbnry. Eng land's Champion Equestrian, A, Salamonsky, A. Carre, Mdlles. Montero, Schwartz, Kremser, and Salamonsky, in a series of unparalleled acts of horsemanship. Castelotti and the Brothers Girardes in their Thrilling Ladder and Trapeze evolutions. The Clowns Burgess and Loyal, the greatest grotesque of the day. "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-ROYA.L. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hrolston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST GEORGE'S HALL, 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. 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MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the Grand Fantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, RAI.q.NG THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal Buckstone, jun., Misq Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton. Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathershy, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, Gwynn, &A , Commence at 7. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENiNG, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE : Mr Vining, Mr. W. Rignold, Mr. Dominick Murray• Mdlle. Beatrice. Concluding with A CUP OF TEA: Mdlie.Beatrice. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM B::RW FLL. Mr. a 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, &c. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Tins F,VENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Ilenrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Borend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, Tames, Fenton; Nesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with HUE AND DYE QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole. L. Brough , H. Irving, S. Emery. Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OP PODGERS: Mr Toole. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. This EVENING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. Mr. E. Price, Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTER ltD: Messrs. Cowper. eville, Parselle, f rew, Brunton, W. AT thur, Bartleman, and George Honey: Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner, Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. MIS EVENING, at 7, SL ISHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins, Taughan, G. Vincent, Se.: Miss; Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, 11. Neville. E. Atkins. H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson; Mesdames Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M.Oliver. Tim; EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EvENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment• and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and ;:aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Gd.; Children under twelve, 6d. •43 7 : 4 4 .., tst 7,0171jiy , LONDON, SA7 URDAY, FEB. 20, 1600. .~_.._ d - A very just complaint has been made byltienon official members of the house of Lords, on recount of the inconsistent arrangement of the Parliamentary work of the Session. There are two sides to every question, and those who sneer at the lordlings, and remark on the dolce f ar 72 ti:tal3 y e styleaeiincapacity of f procedure in their House, forget thatthhoeool are ccup not ants of the prim benches of the Upper School their own masters in respect to the per form. The first part of the Session is workliterall t y h etyhr own away, so far as the House of Locds is concerned, and a t n h d e when the heat of summer brings lassitude n Commons are well-nigh worn out with the fury of their long continued strife, the pressure of work on the Peers is somethin ,, alarming. Theyn possibly manage to do it all, and they cannot d a o any part of it pr o p er ly, so one mea sure is dropped and Igelln;t an other hurried over, while perhaps here and there a parti cular case of importance attracts attention. Then on all sides indignant murmurs arise as to the obstinacy and infatuation of the Lords in wasting time is empty discourse when matters ought to be wound up. Surely it would be wise to consider these things be times, and at the spring -dawn of another session to amend the error of past ways. So far the Govern ment have done well in the general outline of public business; but they have, of course, made sundry mis takes in particular affairs, and this want of work for the Lords is one. Lord CHELMSFORD on Thursday called attention to the fact that Lord GRANVILLE had promised them a fair amount of public business at once, and asked why th e B ankruptcy B i ll was t o b e introduced into the House of Commons. So many noble and learned lords were competent to deal with this question that it seemed the more extraordinary that such an arrangement should have been made. Lord SALISBURY followed up the attack in one of his forcible speeches, and set forth the wrongs of that House of which he is so prominent a member. Their enforced idleness before Easter led to a crush of work at the fag end of the session, and the result was most unsatisfactory. The physi cal power of the Legislative Assembly failed under the pressure of the flood of bills that came up from the Commons at the beginning of each July. We must really coincide with the noble mar quis in his opinion on the matter, and recognise the truth of his assertion that "it was a sham to call that House a Legislative Body," and then to expect it to perform Legislative duties at the fag end of theSeesion, allowing only 10 or 15 minutes for each bill. Lord GRANVILLE made one of his smooth replies, and admitted the truth of what had been said on the subject. He declared, however, that the evil was one of ancient date, for 15 years ago Lord ABERDEEN had said that during the fifty years over which his memory extended, the same thing could be said. It appears that the noble lord himself has a grievance ou the matter, for he had been taken by surprise at finding, with regard to two bills on which he had counted, that notice was given on the first night of the Session of their introduction into the House of Commons. He wound up with the consoling assurance that he would impress upon his col leagues the claims of their lordships for business to be provided whileithey had time to transact it. Lord CAIRNS spoke very much to the purpose, and suggested that the Government should reconsider the course they might take with respect to the Bank ruptcy Bill. The importance of that measure was so considerable that, accordirg to present arrange ments, it could not reach that U use before the end THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1869, of June at the earliest. .The clauses were between two and three hundred, and could not possibly be briefly discussed with any regard to propriety. With respect to what had fallen from the Lord Chancellor as to the wishes of the mercantile community on the subject, Lord CAIRNS said that the noble and learned lord himself could attend to their wishes far better in that respect, and could address the deputations with greater authority than one of the law officers of the Crown in the other House, who was not in the Cabinet, and would have his time much taken up with other business. The noble and learned lord concluded by declaring that those most anxious on the subject would rejoice at the House of Lords taking up the measure first, if they knew the risk they ran through other arrangements of not getting it passed at all during this year. Lord RussELL's remarks on the topic under dis cussion were characterised by good sense and discre tion. He showed the importance of the Upper House taking some measures for consideration, and he made a suggestion worthy of notice to the effect that Government should extend the estimates to the end of June, so that the House of Commons might have time to discuss those measures which were sent up to the House of Lords for consideration. It is to be hoped that some beneficial result will follow from this debate, and that this, the first session, of a new Parliament will not pass away without wit nessing a better mode of transacting business in the Upper House. It is idle to pursue the same course year after year, and then to complain of its evil effects. The interests of the country suffer from the delay that takes place at one season and the undue haste that is made at another, and it is high time that a change should be made for the better in this respect, for the present system does not conduce to the credit or character of either House of Par liament. The news from the United States is very unwel come, though not altogether unlooked for. There have been for some time past rumours of the reluc tance of the Senate to confirm the Convention agreed upon by the English and American Ministers ; but most of us were willing to hope that such aversion was exaggerated, and that both countries would be only too glad to get rid of the interminable Alabama question. Mr. ItEVERDY JGHNSON 7 whom Lord STAN LEY not unreasonably accused of "letting out the cat," might justly be supposed to know what was in the bag he himself carried, and his asser tions were frequent and positive enough to satisfy the most sceptical. Terms, according to the American Minister had been agreed on by the London and Wash ington Cabinets, which were honourable to both countries, and there could be no fear that any fresh source of disturbance would arise. We learn by telegram, however, that on Thursday last the Con ventio❑ was rejected by the Senate. We have two versions of the affair. The Philadelphia news tells us that the Senate committee agreed almost unani mously to recommend the . rejection of the Treaty. The telegram from Washington says that the Com mittee reported adversely on the Treaty with Great Britain, but favourably on the St. Juan Treaty. The explanation of so unwise a step is possibly to be found in political rancour. The present antagonism between the Senate and Pre sident JOHNSON is so strong that the members of the Upper House of Congress might very likely be un willing to allow their uncompromising adversary the credit and the satisfaction of solving so difficult a problem by his last official act. There are not want ing, however, indications of another nature. The old feeling against Englan I is once more showing it. self, and there are interests at Boston which are not likely t) miss the opportunity it affords them For the present the affair is again involved in wearisome perplexity, though we must hope not irretrievably so. One thing is certain. We cannot make further concessions. We have done our part, and must wait in patience. If the right of England to recognise the Confederates as belligerents at all is the disputed point, we fear the end of the en - tanglement is some way off. No English Minister could consent to submit such a matter to arbitra tion, but if he should do so, the Parliament, the Press, and the public would very soon disclaim him as a representative of English feeling, and a guardian of English honour and interests. THE most laborious of inquiries, and the most voluminous collection of official information, have produced their first-fruits in the shape of the Endowed Schools Bill. The measure is not worthy of the exhaustive investigation of the Schools Inquiry Commission, but its shortcomings are inevi table from the nature of the proposed law. Its opera tion will be only temporary, and will lapse in the space of three or four years, when the time will have arrived for the entire reform suggested by the com mission. The radical amendment of the present system of secondary education can be effected only as part of the revision of all the branches of public instruction. But in the meanwhile the temporary measure is founded wholly on the report of the commission, and embodies several important stipulations from which immediate benefit will be derived. The admirably comprehensive report of the commission recommended that for the future endowed schools be divided into three classes, the distinction to be by the age of the pupils. The first class was to be devoted to the education of boys who remain at school to the age of 18 or 19 ; the second grade would be determined by an age limit of about 1G; and the third limit would be fixed at 14. As the duration of a pupil's education depends upon his social position, this division into grades would be really a provision for the different wants of different classes. Beyond this the Commissionersrecommended that Parliament interfere in the disposal of any endowment where it appeared that the object of the donor was no longer of public benefit. Lastly, it was agreed that the endowments ought to be more equally distributed, so that there should no longer be a surplus in some districts and comparative destitution in others. To carry out some of these reforms, the bill brought in by Mr. FORSTER proposes to create a commission which shall have power to review the educational endowments of the country, and recom mend alterations in the trust deeds, subject to the sanction of Parliament. Such a body will be more readily formed, and work more advantageously for the temporary purposes of the Bill, than the Provincial Boards recommended in the Schools Inquiry report. And though it will not enjoy all the powers which it was proposed to confer on the Provincial Boards, its functions will be so extensive as to secure many of the most needed changes. The Commission's power to submit trust deeds to Parliament for alteration, at once strikes a blow at the greatest abuses of the present system. It will now be no longer possible for money to be wasted on the instruction of single pupils, or in teach ing subjects which, useful enough at the time the endowment was made, are utterly unfit for the requirements of this age. Latin and Greek will no longer be inflicted upon boys in all but the humblest ranks, to the prejudice of teaching which might fit them for the duties of life. In short, the will of a donor who had no conception of the requirements of the nineteenth century will not be allowed to prevail over the public good. This is by no means all that is needed—it does not affect, for instance, the management of schools—but it is much, and is the precursor of more. In addition to these temporary arrangements, the Bill contains several important provisions which are intended to be permanent. In no effective scheme of reform could they be left out. An Educational Council of twelve is to be permanently appointed. Half it members will be nominated by the Govern ment, and the other six by the three universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and London. This council, which is quite distinct from the commission, will be entrusted with the certification of masters and the examination of all endowed schools. After a certain date no teacher can be ap pointed to an endowed school who does not possess a certificate of fitness, granted either by the Committee of Council on Education or by this new council. The charge of schools will no longer be entrusted to individuals because they are deaf, lame, or otherwise unfit for any occupation except that of perverting education. A teacher must be equal to the duties of one of the most difficult of callings before he can be appointed. In addition, all endowed schools shall be examined under the rules drawn up by this council, and exhibitions open to the pupils of endowed schools shall in future be awarded by the council, or its officers. This power will subject the secondary schools to a test of usefulness as searching as the examination now required of all elementary schools which receive aid from Government. Inef ficient or misdirected teaching, the,deplorable results which were exposed by the Inquiry, will at once be detected. The value of these stipulations is self-evident. All that is necessary for the reform of endowed schools as they exist, and the substitution of efficient teaching, is provided. For the more com plete scheme, including redistribution of endow ments, we must perforce wait. THE confident statement made by the Opposition journals, that the QUEEN'S absence from Parliament was due entirely to her repugnance to utter the words placed in her mouth by the Royal Speech, proves to have been as unfounded as it was confident. Up to within a very few days of the opening of the session lIEn. MAJESTY hoped to meet the two Houses of the Legislature. It was only on the urgent advice of her physicians that she abandoned her intention. But so earnest is the SOVEREIGN in the wish to mark her confidence in the Reformed House of Commons, that she has expressed the wish that the Address which both Houses pass in reply to the Royal Speech may be presented to her by the members of the two Houses in person. In a word, as the QUEEN is unfortunately prevented by illness from going to Parliament, she desires that Parlia ment should come to her. We need scarcely say that both Parliament and the nation will rejoice in this manifestation of the SOVEREIGN'S interest in the political change which has lately been effected, and her confidence in the advisers whom that change has produced. Lord CAIRNS in the Upper House, and Mr. DISRAELI in the Lower, had not a word to say against this proposal. We can easily believe that it was made all the more willingly by Mr. GLADSTONE and Lord GRANVILLE, because it gave them an oppor tunity of disproving the idle rumours as to the want of cordiality between the QUEEN and her Ministers. It was this aspect of it which provoked the anger of Sir LAWRENCE PALK. Throughout the debates on the Reform Bill the hon. baronet re peatedly shewed his dislike of any exten sion of the franchise, and his restlessness under Mr. DISRAELI'S educating process. The world has changed, but Sir LAWRENCE PALK - remains the same. The resisters of democracy in 1866 became the heroes of a Tory democracy in 1868; but the west country member continues where he was, except that he now represents East Devon instead of South Devon. He, therefore, can see no cause of congratulation in an enlarged constituency and a reformed House. Much less can he understand why it should be celebrated by a procedure which was last adopted after the battle of Trafalgar. In the great victory of a nation over its neighbour there was something satisfactory ; inn blood-dyed decks, in sinking ships, in wounds and gore and death there was abundant cause for rejoicing; but in the peaceful enfranchisement of our own working class, in the admission of more than a million of our fellow-subjects to political power, he sees none. And yet, perhaps, Sir LAWRENCE PALK was but the spokesman of many who more wisely kept silence. They cannot be expected to view with satisfaction " a political triumph which may, or may not, have been gained," or to be in the mood for repeating a piece of State ceremony which was last performed when the nation was delirious with joy. But if the repeti tion of that ceremony should suggest a parallel between the vanquished of 1805 and the vanquished of 1868, there is no fear that we shall confound them. Tories no less than Liberals are Englishmen ; are every whit as loya l a nd patriotic. The only difference is that Lib erals and Tories differ as to the manner of shewing their loyalty and their patriotism. THE Millennium is come at last. The Orange lion has lain down with the tiltraniontane lamb; the Kerry leopard has made friends with the Antrim kid. Mr. JOHNSTON, M.P. for Belfast, has moved, and the O'DoNoGifirE, M.P. for Tralee, has seconded, a motion for repealing the Party Processions Act. Mr. JOHNSTON was lately in prison for violating that Act ; Mr. O'DorroGnDE needs no intro duction to identify him. When two such men agree touching any one thing, denial must surely be unwise, impossible. And yet what is it that they Want ? The repeal of an Act which was passed to prevent them from quar relling; the repeal of an Act which forbade the wearers of yellow to celebrate the siege of Derry and the battle of the Boyne, and the wearers of green to break the heads of the others for doing so. Both parties desire to break each other's heads. Why should they not do so ? Only if we give them leave to do so it will not be quite the Millennium that we shall see. It is not for nothing that lion and lamb, leopard and kid are asking for freedom to bark and bite. Give them that freed om , an d th e y will assuredly not only bark and bite, but growl and fight, " for 'tis their nature to," .II'LEAN'S AN 2V UAL EXHIBITION OF OIL PAIN TIN us. The fourth annual exhibition of oil paintings, British and foreign, is now open at Mr. M'Lean's new gallery, 7, Haymarket, and a finer collection of pictures has rarely been witnessed. Notwithstanding that Mr. M'Lean has had to encounter a sharp competition he has succeeded in spite of all opposition in collecting and arranging for the inspection of the public about 160 " oils" of the highest character ; many of them, indeed, having a con tinental reputation, and most of which will not fail to delight all true admirers of the fine arts. In the exhibi tors we meet with no picture of trifling merit, each one is a gem in its particular sphere ; and, unlike other exhibi tions, Mr. M‘Leans' specialty is quality as well as quan tity ; the rule in general being the reverse. Space permits us but briefly to enumerate the most beautiful amongst the beautiful, and thus we begin with " May Blossom," by W. Bouguereau, in which the flesh tints of the principle figure are surpassingly fine. " Capri— gathering oranges," by E. Sain, is a delightful picture, so is the "Confessional," by Gustave de Yonghe. C. Marchall's two celebrated paintings "Penelope" and "Phryne" adorn the cAlection, and Merles "Marguerite" at once attracts and retains the attention of the visitor. The "Artist's Model," by Frith, is remarkable for the clover way in which the lights are dealt with, and many of the visitors will at once recognise both the place and the artist at work therein. There is a couple:of splendid Webb's, ono "On the Dort, evening," the other "Rough weather, morning." John Pettio contributes a very high class painting, " Persuading Papa ;" and Mr. E. Nicol another, "The new Tenant." There is a wonderful specimen of flesh painting by Perrault, tiro pupil of Bouguereau ; but the mo=t remarkable. painting in the Exhibition is J. Linnell, senior's last and we believe his greatest effurts, viz., the " Thunder Cloud." This great picture is in itielf quite an exhibition, and one that will call forth both wonder and surprise. „ m a ki n g Houses" by Frere, " A Pet Bird" by Smith," Maternal Cares" by W. Oliver, and Poole's 'Coming down the Hill" aro all splendid specimens. Mr. Al• Lean doubtless will receive general praise for this his fourth exhibition, but that will be nothing more than ho well deserves. Her Royal Highness the DucheEs of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, visited yesterday the exhibition of Mr. Kenneth MacLeay's Drawings of Highlanders of Scotland, at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, Bond-street. Alexander H. Stephens is reported to he in fail ing health, and unable to resume the duties of his profes sorship in the Georgia University. VOLIIISION BETWEEN A WAR SHIP ANL A STEAM PACKET. The Paris correspondent of the Evening Standard tele graphs as follows : " Penis, Feb. 18. "A fearful collision took place last night between Toulon and Nice. A steam packet, the Prince Pierre, was rut down by the war steamer Latouche Treville, bound tc Nice, where it was to take the corpse of Fuad Pasha of board. About 16 of the passengers of the steamer were drowned. A member of the Corps Ldgislatif saved him self dit-on by swimming. The man-of-war was badly damaged." INSANITY AND ASYLUMS. The Pall Mall Gazelle has just called attention to a serious fact, that although wo have greatly improved our mode of treating the insane, insanity is increasing in a greater ratio than the population. The Times has an article on the sub ject of Hospitals for the Insane, which derives all the more interest from the abeve-meutioned unsatisfactory state ment. Attention is called to a defect in English medical education,there being no examining hoard which requires from its candidates any knowledge of lunacy or evidence of having had opportunities of studying it. ft is not surprising that under these circumstances the treatment of insanity does not keep pace with the general progress of medical science, and " mad doctors" live in a little world of their own. The sad conse quence of this want of facility in obtaining knowledge of the subject is that medical practitioners know nothing of the premonitory stages of insanity. Tho first signs of failing brain power come under the notice of persons who have never learnt to interpret them, and no ono is taken to a "mad doctor" before being manifestly mad. The specialists themselves see the first signs of madness too seldom, and the public falls to the ground between two stools. There are no resources against developed madness but locking up 800 or 1,000 lunatics together and placing them under the charge of two or three doctors who have had no kind of training for their duties. It is observed in this article that the heads of the profession in England have signally failed in the subjects of medical education, and the publicbeforelong must be brought to understand and control it. Medical education takes no account of maladies that aro worse than death, and it is time that this anomaly should cease. Hospitals for the insane should be thrown open for students, and lectures upon insanity should be delivered at all medical schools. THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CLERGY. The Earl of Shaftesbury has prepared a bill for better enforcing the laws respecting the discipline of the clergy, and for amending the constitution and regulating the mode of procedure in Ecclesiastical Courts. It proposes that the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, each in his own province, shall be the chief judge in all appeals or letters of request from the judgments of the diocesan courts, the lay judge being a barrister appointed by the Archbishops, subject to the approval of the Queen. In all proceedings in a Diocesan Court the Bishop and his Chancellor are to be the judges. Part 5 of this measure provides for the prosecution of suits against clerks." No jurisdiction with re spect to the correction of clerks for any offences against the ecclesiastical laws, or concerning whom there may exist scandal or evil report, as having offended against such laws, nor in suits involving any question concerning doc trine, or the due administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, or concerning the ornaments of the Church and of the ministers thereof at the times of their ministration, nor in any other suits in the Ecclesiastical Courts, is to be exercised in England except by the courts and by the persons referred to in this bill. Any three members of a church who are inhabited householders are to be empowered to commence proceedings, but upon the application of the defendant the petitioners are to give security for the costs of the defendant. No change is proposed in the penalties inflicted under the existing laws. Another important feature in this bill is that issues of fact, at the desire of either party or at the will of the court, are to be tried by a jury composed of six assessors, of whom three are to be clerks holding preferment, and three are to be justices of the peace within the diocese ; but a new trial may be granted where the opinion of the assessors con victs or is adverse to the defendant. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. -- EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF HER MAJ.ESTY'S CUSTOMS' COMMISSIONEI?S. Dagenham Lake is situate between the Tilbury and Southend Railway and the north bank of the Thames, at a Distance of eleven miles from Fenchurch-street Station, ind contains about sixty acres of water, and a company 'aas been formed for the purpose of making it into Jocks. Three separate And distinct Acts (unopposed) were )btained in 1855, 1862, and 1866, with powers altogether to -aise £750,000, and to purchase about 350 acres of land around the shores of the lake. On the faith of these solemn and deliberate Acts, the public were invited, and have subscribed, a very mnsiderable sum, to carry out what Parliament declared in the preamble of the said Acts to be a public necessity. About £160,000 has been actually expended in the purchase of land, the construction of works, &c., &c. An independent porttn of the works, being a part of those authorised by the said special Acts, was completed in April, 1868. It consists of a pier or jetty, with all necessary appliances for loading and unloading cargoes, and two dolphins for the safe mooring of vessels. By means of a railway from its outer end to the Tilbury line (one mile distant) the pier is connected with the whole railway system of the kingdom. It affords advantages to shipping which are not possessed by any other landing-place along the whole course of the river, having at its outer extremity a depth of 17ft. at low water, thus enabling the great majority of vessels to haul alongside or depart zt any time of tide, thereby enabling coasters to make several more voyages in the year. For landing cattle the situation is unrivalled, having abundant pasturage close at hand. Two large warehouses, with capacity for the storage of many thousand tons of goods, have also been erected. A considerable amount of business having been promised, early in June last application was made to her Majesty's Customs for their necessary licence to land and ship free goods. This permit, however, her Maj esty's Customs refused to grant, without stating officially any reasons. After seve ral ineffectual endeavours to induce them to alter their decision, an appeal was made to her Majesty's Treasury, who referred the case back to her Majesty's Customs to report upon, and, as might be expected, they backed up their former resolution. Meanwhile deputations from the company, attended by merchants who are large im porters of the goods in question, had audiences of the Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury and the Chancellor A the Exchequer ; memorials, signed by 133 of the leading mercantile firms in London, were presented to her Majesty's Treasury in July and October last, the purpose of which was that the carrying out of the works contemplated by the company would be hailed as a great boon by mer chants, insurance companies, and others, inasmuch as they would relieve the upper part of the river of part of the crowd of shipping, and also afford the greatest facili ties for storing separately hazardous and inflammable goods. The existing docks are surrounded by densely populated neighbourhoods, and great risk to life as well as property is incurred by this class of goods being stored in close proximity to them, as experienced by fires in the London Docks, St. Katherine's Docks, London Bridge, &c. Notwithstanding all the efforts that have been made and explanations given for the last eight months, by deputa tions, by personal interviews, and by correspondence, luring which time the most grievous loss has been sus tained by the company, a definite and adverse reply to their application has at last been received. It will scarcely be believed that any department of Government, however absolute the power conferred upon it, would advisedly ignore what the Legislature upon three separate occasions had deliberately sanctioned. Yet such is the power Her Majesty's Customs has assumed. And upon what grounds? "A. That the necessities of the port do not require such accommodation as this company can afford. "B. That the premises are remote and lonely. "C. That there are twenty-six wharves that wouiu claim to be allowed the same privileges, if permission ' were granted to this company. "D. That the Crown would be put to the increased cost of officers and of supervision to protect the Revenue." Replies to the following effect have been submitted to Her Majesty's Treasury, viz.:— A. This objection is at variance with public opinion upon the subject, and with the proofs given upon the • preamble of this company's several Acts, as also to the well-known fact that the annual increase of shipping entering the Thames is equal to 100,000 tons. It was shewn by the parties who signed the memorial that it would be for the general advantage that certain goods should be stored at Dagenham, and as many of them are large importers of the class of goods referred to, it may be conceded that they are the best judges of what would suit the interests of their trades. None of the firms who signed the memorial are in any way con cerned in the company, except as to the requirements of their trades. B. " That the premises are remote and lonely." This objection is not tenable, the property being only eleven miles from London, with a railway through and a station ipon it. Her Majesty's Customs have actually an esta )lishment at Thames Haven, which is thirty-eight miles from London, on the same side of the river. Had Customs' privileges been granted to the company last June, the place would no longer be lonely, but hundreds, perhaps thousands of the starving workmen at the East end of London would at this moment be bringing their labour to a remunerative market, and the Government would have been spared the pressure which must come upon them very soon to afford them relief by emigration or some other expensive process; whereas by the refusal of her Majesty's Customs to grant the licence, the works have necessarily been stopped, and proceedings of every kind postponed for who would advance a sixpence when thus subject to their arbi trary fiat? C. " Twenty-six wharves would claim the same privi leges." The owners of these wharves are notundersuchre strictions as are imposed by a special Act in favour of the public. They have no special Acts, therefore they c ou ld •-.ot claim the privileges. The case forms no parallel. D. " Increased cost of officers and supervision to protect the Revenue." _ _ _ Application has been made to land free goods only, and the company have offered to pay for the supervision that Her Majesty's Customs may deem necessary, the expense of which, with accommodation for the officers, must be trifling. It is inconsistent with either equity or justice to withhold Customs privileges from the company. It was competent to her Majesty's Customs, or any oth ers concerned, to have opposed this company's Acts, and they cannot be jus tified in opposing them now after £160,000 has been ex pended on the works. Their decision, as it now stands, is entirely subversive of the principles of free trade, and virtually renders the decision of the Im perial Legislature subject to that of the Customs authorities. There is no guarantee that the privileges would be granted even if the docks themselves were com pleted. _ If this opposition is continued, it will be seen that the company must inevitably collapse and the unfortunate shareholders be involved in widespread ruin, entirely through the arbitrary decision of a section of her Majesty's Government, whose duty ought to be, instead of placing obstructions in the way of commerce, to foster it in every Possible manner. By the 24th sec. 10 Vict., cap. 27, " No quay of the har bour, dock, or pier shall be deemed legal for shipping or unshipping goods, uutil the same has been approved by her Majesty's Treasury and her Majesty's Customs respec tively." It cannot be supposed, however, that power is given thereby to withhold that approval unless more valid reasons for the same can be substantiated. 25th Sec. Undertakers cannot take any rates until the harbour, dock, or pier is complete and fit for the recep tion of vessels, &c. The Dagenham pier is in every respect applicable for the purpose for which it is intended, and is moreover sanctioned by the Act of 1860. Early in the present month a deputation from the company had the honour of an interview with the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade, who gave marked attention to the statement of their grievances, and there is reason to suppose that he alluded to the affairs of this company when in his speech at the Fish mongers' Hall he stated that the advice of the Board of Trade was received but not acted upon by other depart ments of the Government. The London Review hears that a reduction in the price of the Times is contemplated by the proprietors. The Convention between her Majesty and the Shah of Persia for extending telegraphic communication between this country and India has just been pub lished. It provides that the telegraph lines shall run through Persia; that the Government of that country shall "employ their good offices" in facilitating its construction and maintenance, and shall reccivo in consideration thereof from the British Government the sum of tlireo tkonsand tomans (nearly £1,100). The Convention is for 20 years. THE EASTER VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—With re!: , ,ard to the Volunteer Review, Major-General James Lindsay has issued the following notice from the War Office : " The Secretary of State for War has approved of a review of volunteers taking place at Dover on Easter Monday, the 29th of March, 1860. Applica tions from corps desirous of attending this review must be made on the prescribed form through the lords-lieutenant of their respective counties, and delivered at the War Office on or before Monday, the Bth March, after which date no further applications will be received. It is, however, particularly requested that commanding officers will make their applications as early as possible before the above date, as their doing so so will neatly facilitate railway and other arrangements."_ METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 2912 f. •9'7Cf. 29'30f. 29 86f. 2`.) 5e f. 40 j 38 44 40 39 35 j 29 801. 29 78f 29',57f. 29 . 901. 29'93f. 29'90f. 29'96f. 30'00f. 30'01f. 29'99f. 29 995. 29 995. 30'05r. 30'05r. S.S.E. N.N.W. S.W. S.W. IV.S.IV. S.W. W. S. W. S. W. S. S. W. W.N.W. N.N.W. W.S.W. N.B. E.N.E. Extreme 9. W. N.W. S.S.W. W. N. W. W. N. N. W. N.N.W. N. W. N.N.W. ;W.N.W. N.W. N.E. EXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm, Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f. - fog h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder, Rain-fall, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours.- Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Since yesterday morning a decrease in atmospherical pressure has set in at all stations in the British Islands, and amounts to two tenths of an inch in the west of Ireland, whi st in the S.W. of France a slight recovery has occurred. The reading at Nairn is, however, only o'32in. lower than that at Rochefort. Temperature has changed irregularly, but not much. The reading received from Ardrossan yesterday seems doubtful. In these islands light airs and calms prevail, but the general direction of the wind is more from S.W. than it was yesterday. At Valencia a northerly wind con tinues, and a north-easterly breeze in the S.W. of France. Some rain has fallen in the west. The sky is cloudy, with fog ; mist and rain in places. The sea is very calm. A deliberate attempt was made on Thursday to upset a passenger train, by placing a pair of wheels across the rails near Shrewsbury. A boy has been arrested on sus- picion. A telegram from Cologne says that the theatre there was burnt down on Wednesday night. Nine persons fell victims to the flames, among them the money-taker and his wife. A thunderstorm passed over Nottingham on Thurs day afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock. The lightning was vivid, and the peals of thunder loud and frequent. There were showers of rain at intervals. The Athenmum hears that Lord St. Leonards is preparing an answer to certain misrepresentations which occur in Lord Campbell's "Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham," and that the volume will shortly be pub lished by Mr. Murray. The Weekly Register mentions a report, and hopes it is not true, that the Prince of Wales will on his journey homeward call at Caprera in order to pay his respects to Garibaldi. The Radicals of Stockport, believing the with drawal of the election petition to be the result cf collusion, and holding that bribery was rifo in the borough, are about to petition the House of Commons to institute an inquiry. The death of Captain Wardiaw, from injuries re ceived whilst hunting with the North Warwickshire hounds, adds another name to the list of fatal accidents which have occurred in the hunting field this eeason. The season ap pears to have been unusually disastrous. A movement is on foot in Leeds with a view to the establishment of a Board of Conciration in that town, for the settlement of trade disputes. Some conferences haid been held ou the subject, but no plan of operations has yet been adopted. - - - The Lancet says :—" We are glad to be able to inform our readers that the rumoured reductions in the Army Medical Depfatment—which, according to some, were to be both immediate and wholesale—will be comparatively small during the pre sent year. Owing to the representations which have been made to ➢lr. Cardwell, we understand that the assistant professors will retain their appointments at Netley—at any rate for the present." Madame Ugalde, the eminent singer of the Opera Comique, has just obtained a divorce a mensa et (hero —the) only divorce legal in France—from her second husband, M. Varcollior, to whom she was married in 1839. The husband, so far from defending the action, brought a cross one, demanding a separation against Lis wife. Th e court thought the faults on both sides equal, and made a double decree, pronouncing a separation at the side of each party. A little girl of 7 years old, the onlyissue of the mar riage, is to remain at school, each parent having permission to visit her during play hours, and she pa y 34 h c ai da J _ a with her father AnsLmether aterattalok2. Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth.. Helder .... Cuxhaven Bkudesmes Ardrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear Roch ts's Pt Penzance „I Plymouth Weymouth Portsmouth London 1 C'peGrisNer Brest L'Orient Roche fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) INTERESTI2VG OPERATIONS.' One of the large plates which Sir John Brown and of Sheffield, have made it their special business to pro duce was manufactured only a day or two back at th e famous Sheffield manufactory. Under any system wha t ' ever lines of joints between the armour-plates are admit' telly lines of weakness, and it was in view of this wel l ' known fact that the late Iron-plate Committee, in thei r examination of practical men, appeared to keep so Proms ; neat the important point of whether the entire face of the shield or casemate could be constructed of one entir e plate ;in fact, with an unbroken front. The eminentnleu who replied hesitated on this subject, and even the principal practical men of this great Sheffield firm ga ve an absolute denial to the practicability of producing perfect plate 12 feet by 8 feet in superficial area and soni c five or six inches in thickness. The fact is now more thsa accomplished. The immense slab was produced in t ill° , wise. From eight o'clock on Thursday evening until p ot noon on the following day the huge pile of iron, consisting of five slabs superposed, each 7 feet by 6 feet and 3# incb O thick, or a mass of GO cubic feet, weighing 14 tons, "" gradually heating during the 16 hours to welding point in the glowing furnace. At 25 minutes past 12 the furnac e door was opened, and the faint outlines of the pile could be indistinctly seen through the white rolling flames ; the toegs were fixed on,and the rolling mill began winding at the hea d chain to pull the glowing mass on to the trolly. A sro nr . a of workmen stood by, and the pile, dripping with he t steams of molten metal, was quickly under the huge rolle rs ' Then came the dull rumble of the mill, and the 00 1 pile was seized in the iron jaws and passed rapidly easily through. Then followed the clatter of the revel ° of the mill, and again the rollers grip the yellow IV' s !: and bring it back to view. Busy hands broom and !Vi e t its surface, clean off scales ; and backwards and forwe r : it passes some four times, until a length equal to future width is attained. The traveller overhead O W brings up the crane, the dogs are attached, and the 131a54 ,,, lifted and swung half round. Now, again, through mill the glowing mass of iron passes and repasses, now and then a conflagration of brooms, and a l ittle watering, to assist the scaling, and now and then Of manoeuvring of the place to secure its proper wi' Little by little the length increases, and the thickne: diminishes, until at ten minutes to one n 'eleo exactly twenty-five minutes from the commencetn ent of the operation, the orange-coloured plate is repo t finished, whole and perfect, upon the trolly on the r: side of the rolls, slowly to cool and straighten, be fore it is thrown on the floor and weighted for final want The size of the shield-plate rolled in its finished state 16 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches wide, and 5 inches thick. 0e result of Friday speaks highly of the continued adva nce English establishments so constantly make to meet e ver " ., coming requirement. A year ago a plate of such super m ' cial dimensions was deemed and asserted to be inalY , ec' ticable. The wish of an important public body is imPree'w and quickly is realised. To-day in Sheffield theY prepared not only to make plates of the size den3an cle a 12 feet by 8 feet ; but to go beyond, and make plates 8 feet wide by 20 feet in length. ELECTION PETITIONS. The Daily News thus sums up the election petitions j, the week :—" No member o f e ith er p ar ty h as b een unsea A tv ; The resalts on the Liberal side have been as follows :-:;;;;i c petitions against the return of Mr. Loch for the . " l d Burghs, Messrs. Price and Monk for Gloucester CitY, Ajl eo Lord G. H. Cavendish for North Derbyshire, have . withdrawn, while at Greenock Mr. Grieve, and at TA worth Sir R. Peel and Sir H. Bulwer have been decls', duly elected. Of the petitions presented against the C °ll l o servative members, the case against Mr. Jack - sen' tsf , Hartlepool, was withdrawn ; while at Staleybridge Sidebotham, and in Westminster Mr. Smith, have I le r declared duly elected. Up to this time 49 petitions , P e s es sented against 31 Liberals and 18 Conservatives, have b tifr disposed of. Only three Liberals have lost their O A against four Conservatives. " The defence at Coventry is still being conducte some cases it is a matter of credibility of witnesses; side positively stating that money was paid for ce r o o illegal purposes, the other denying the alleged transec t4 lo l in tote. Mr. Seymour, solicitor, and the sole profeo 4° e . agent of the sitting members, declared that he did notite tion nor had he any knowledge of corrupt p r actices ; to toov gave special instructions that they should be avoided' that it was a special direction that the Leicester'' should not be paid anything either in money or in On of for conveyance. He did not authorise the paynle n ,,ol expenses to the two London out-voters by a man 1 31 ''io Moore. Witness explained that the fact of certain lte t o in election expenses being unvouched was owing t° lye illness of the person who was acting as the clerk t A) agent for election expenses. -04 1331 In Ireland three petitions are being held. At gi4 Mr. Heron for th e p e titi oner , c h arge d M r . Wreg i- 00 with profligate expenditure, bribery, and treating , 4 0 alleged that the election cost £7,000, of which £4, 50 '0 illegal expenditure. Mr. Weguelin's bill at the D eV ol° , ,ge: 4 Arms Hotel was £1,200, an d h e h a d s i xteen publie.:l l3(fr oo besides. Large sums were paid to voters R I t og hire of rooms and on other pretexts. Sixteen v° , 0 : 6 41 pledged to v o t e f or M r . M'K enna, an d s i x who po'r°6o- not to vot e were b roug h t over b y corrup t oe. fgo The petition aga i ns t th e return o f M a j or K nox fo r , v • e l lt• borough i s b e i ng h eard b efore Just i ce Keogh, a t ers on-Shannon. Evidence was given of voters having ! o h paid to leave Sligo during the election. Mr. Shiel, as 0 1 ;i0 proved he was paid to go to Dublin, where he liv e i ci tha t an alleged emp t oy e o f M a j or K nox. I t was pr ove° r jet the Mayor of Sligo paid the debt of a prisoner ill to release him to vote for Major Knox. The trial Cada petition has not concluded. LAW AND POLICE. A CITY CASE.—In the Court of Common i l l e° , t lce , Friday, a c a se was h ear d b e f ore th e L or d Chief Ju g . 0 4 between the Lord Mayor and Corporation to the one hand, and Mr. Cowdery , a 1 1, 0 - on the other. The action was brought on 2 1 0 0 1 for £l,OOO, given by Mr. Cowdery on his actrB as broker to secure his obedience to the City regtuif`":ols These, it was alleged, he had infringed, and a s'or cr iy -t ai", a technical breach was agreed to, which involved te tO, tion of impropriety. The verdict was accordinglY ell- SP for £ l,OOO, with nominal damages for is. The case' s great excitement among the City brokers. tel 3 l 4 1, A BENEFIT SOCIETY CASE.—At Westminster, " - i t, Hibbert, the secretary of a branch of the Nation n ' - fo f ciation of Operative Plasterers, was sumnioite-00f neglecting to pay £ lO on the death of a member. ' A - 14 0 named White, paid up his arrears on th' e ,..„01 6 of last November, and died four days rar iteto when his parents claimed the money, and were r e : ecn . The defendant and Mr. Williams, secretary of fil f e tive department of the association at Bir) ,013 1 1 3 de ° both explained that the claim was bad, :ns 0 1 ; the rules six weeks must elapse after the Auld ment of arrears before the friends of a menib et „ e ar participate in the benefits of the soc i e ty . If the had lived the required six weeks, the claim could In ll 'i t e go l been disputed. Mr. Selfe held that there was 'i n° 4 o ,ll ‘ l , claim, but a strong moral one. The society's credi yen be promoted by liberality, and the claim ought to 1:0 1 '' at with a regard to honesty and fair dealinPe o p Williams refused to accept the magistrate's sugg'l"., l o o l allow the dispute to be settled by a disinterest ( ' °T r the but said he would endeavour to get a few pow 1"°- complainant. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—OR Fri lL4a c. official communication was received by the rettl4.o-130°, efi officer, from the City Conservative Associati4o3oGoul ect that, so far as they were concerned, ne IP :t be taken in the election on Monday, and n o 011°8 raised. PRESCRIBING IN CHEAP PERIODICALS. beies gerous practice prevails of publishing in some of °e,,,cieot"4: papers various receipts for the cure of minor The writer is often deficient in all real knowledge °,,jl tine, and is assisted by the errors of the printer. ":" lowing on prescription for instance :—" Syr. of Pe0,1.,e eta " ounce and a half ; syr. of squills, half-an - o unce ; to° of digitalis, thirty drops ; teaspoonful to be en child frequently." We can quite imagine a fractietl°age being dosed into the effectual quietness of death bl a mixture.— The Lancet. „ AN AMERICAN DAIRY.—The second larg ; in America is located about four miles-from 01%telicle- There are 800 cows in the stable. They are al l i'v d 0 0 ' by Swiss cow-milkers. The chief food use s IS gr eun 1.13 n 0 e mixed with malt and oil-meal, cooked by / 3te , 811 :: is 4' d average amount of material consumed per ' tiv% bushel bushels of malt, 6,000 pounds of cut hay, d ie w- s s t oor fle corn-meal, 15 sacks of bran and oil-meal. o f 10 ,13c oi ; pasturage embraces an area of over 1,00 0 ac zcE Le i$ The average daily yield of milk at the p resent t . `"" gallons, with 80 gallons of cream. REPORTED CURE OF CATARACT WIT-110-- TION.—Dr. Tavignor has communicated to th at' e' A i ; co r f e of Medicine a method by which cataract no, to ;,, without an operation. It consists in aPI/ 1 / I ., e fi `riite t . j , ; :d diseased eye a phosphuretted collyrium, which°',vottkuh.B gradually restring the transparency of th e ig hie! ) v et lens, from the o circumference to the centre, st i o f last to yield. The formula is as follows solv e almonds, 30 gms. ; phosphorus, 10 centigrs. ; e. 711 yes bath at 80 deg. Centigrade, 'in a closed an d Three or four times a day 4 gins, of this solo 2.017 instilled between the eyelids of the diseased, . °1.1 " . 'Alin" ' o.do io for etyma 29'98f. Ic.r. !o.rc c. 0.1 c.r. o.rf