The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-27 00:00:00

_ - . .. _ - _THE__ -SUN LONDON , SATURDAY EVENING,' .FEBRVA.RY 27 ,-_. _ _ _ , 1869. --- -- - - ~ ______ \ MOSES and SUN. H O'S GRAIN G E R ? LICENSED to particular details they can be settled daring the policy could have averted it, and no honest - policy CORRESPONDENCE FROM FARM VICTCALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. process of discussion. The best feature of the mea- can escape it. And it is difficult to find fault with .... • I:j . T SPORTING EDI CIO N of "THE SUN " can be seen at DR 1 INGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by tight sure is found in its desire to represent all interests, the patriotism which has redeemed such an immense Intom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.!,.. ri XCELL E N C E WITH CHEAPNESS. •J'clack. along.bate i nT there Corps ean b L e 6g n i o s 1 a.dtoi doubt b s still ll that, drags aa its fa r slow -1.2.1 and hence we find that the central authority, which sum in so short a time. The Americans appear dis posed to endure any temporary losses rather than PARIS, FRIDAY, February 2G. ____---- LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. is to have discretional y power, is to consist of mem hdeiseduession goes, the minority never had things mora EVERY ARTICLE of CLOTHING, G R. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY, bequeath their debt to posterity. It is doubtful lengthtbTe bets who are appointed by the various claimants to • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. London, W., begs to - ----- inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general, the right of decision. The Crown, the Royal burghs, whether a more substantial advantage would not be READY-MADE or MADE to MEASURE, that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in gained by distributing the redemption over a greater i l n u p es r t o i v on em o e f nts s_pe c n a d r i r n y g ing an a o g u o t o r d ag p e r o in u e s iple sum beyond upon all public du e completely their own way. Not only is there the prime addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SUN," the universities, the counties, and the schoolmasters -------- and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town space ; but the self-sacrifice which will add burden to or country. are to appoint two members each. The most awk- burden in order to free the future cannot but limits, and imposing an intolerable burden upon the city lil OR ALL CLASSES. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is A g ent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier ward part of the business has been the introduction command respect. ----------- than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi- of Paris-but there is the grave charge, which cannot be PRICES BASED ON READY -MONEYEducational Grants, which cation. No connection with any other persons.. Bally s, Ruff's,. of the Privy Council A similar verdict cannot be passed upon other controverted, that M. Haussmann has raised large sums Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, SYSTEM and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock have been extended into Scotland, after having items of policy. The financial difficulties of the by irregular means. There can be no doubt that this has Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. been done. The Government may extenuate the charge, A N UNEQUALLED STOCK well in Scotland for many reasons, one being a country, be more than temporary, but they are „joyi but it cannot be refuted. Hence the Opposition in EVERY DEPARTMENT. are I--IL THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN ' at that the grant is larger in proportion to the ng the privilege of unlimited castigation of the both intensified and prolonged by influences Government. The majority has no effective reply, but A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S t JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, CLOTHING. Strand. which the nation might speedily remove. The cost of they may comfort themselves with the conside ration that wealth of the locality, so that less is really given - - collecting the taxes is very great, owing to the COM- they have their votes, and that the usual division will OVERCOATS IN EVERY STYLE AND T HE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN "at where more is required. The denominational MAT ERIAL. J. SMITH'S, 29, Bow-street, Covent - gar den. plex it y of the im p osts and the vast territor y over follow the debate. schools are to be put under the management of the The health of the Imperial Family is not all that could - which they are levied. But this cost is greatly OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. ripHE LATE EDITION of "TILE SUN" at ratepayers, with a view to giving them up altogether be desired at present. The Empress suffers from a very t W. SMITH'S '' Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden after a time. An important improvement on the increased by the system of filling up appointments • painful, though by no means serious affection of the ear. town. of trust solely on political grounds. The dishonesty P r i nce N a p o leon is recovering but slowly, and every BOOTS and SHOES. resent scheme s the arrangement that gives the of subordinates is the cause of very severe losses to now and then is subject to fresh attacks of f e v er. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT P i INSTITUTION. Board power to dismiss schoolmasters, which is the Treasury. The revenue frauds are a sensible Another invalid of note is in a far worse condition. HOSIERY and DRAPERY. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TA.YERN, Bishopsgate-street, on now wanting to the authorities, and produces most addition to the weight of taxation. Then, again, No hope is held cut of M. Troplong's recovery. The TUESDAY, the 9th March, at Two o'clock precisely. Emperor went to pay him a visit the day before yesterday, isolated States have systematically injured the AND HATS and CAPS, His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERL AND, P.C., Fresident mischievous results. Some necessary alterations are of the Institution, in the Chair. . to be made in the Privy Council Minutes, in order national credit by conjuring up the phantom of but it was feared that the interview would be too exciting RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. for the invalid, and his Majesty therefore retired. Although to adapt the system to the peculiar state of the coon- repudiation •; and it is only during the last two or - l4, John-street, Adelphi, Feb. 27. still upon what is expected to be his death-bed, the journals IN GREAT VARIETY. three months that the Legislature has given any here are quietly discussing M. Troplong's successor. I have try it affects. The distinction between class is to No. 52, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W.- be d with, because in Scotland the children great discouragement to State dishonesty, The frequently observedindecent haste in English journals after HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a square an(lalchsire i-qt one away credit of the country will now improve, but it might death, but I have rarely known a dying man's post filled A LARGE - STOCK of BLANKETS, at grand Piano, Bagatello Table, two Weighing • , of all classes are accustomed to meet at school. The up by the canard mongers before the breath had left his unusually Low Prices. Counter Scales, Twenty Dummy Cheeses, a small have been improved sooner. An unhealthy spirit of higher branches of education must also be attended body. COMPLETE OUTFITS for ALL CLIMATES, quantity of Butter, Bacon, and Cheese, variety of EFFECTS, under several executions. E speculation now actuates commerce, and business is That public attention is beginning to centre upon the and a great to, for they rank far higher in the estimation of the constantly disturbed by the fluctuating medium of • • elections, is amply demonstrated by the immense number Scotch people than they do with us. The mere ele- exchange. The inconvertible paper currency is a of false statements circulated respecting the coming con- ALLAi ESSRS. BLOCKLEY . and ADAMS will MONDAYS LL - 1 - by AUCTION at their Rooms, on GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES next, at 12. Genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,. in cluding.mentary branches of instruction are not by any source of much injury; its purchasing power is flict. Victor Hugo, Ledru Rollin, Barbier, and Louis bedchamber appointments, drawing and dining room tables and chairs, plated table appendages, engrav- means enough to satisfy their elevated aspirations now much less than in 1860-1, and though Blanc are all talked of as candidates, though one and all A RTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX- inns, hall and kitchen . requisites, and a great variety of are evident impossibilities. CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED. useful effects.-On View, when Catalogues may be had. after knowledge. It is evident, as the Duke ob- wages are much higher, the working classes really receive less. But the, influence most Count Von Goltz is still the nominal Prussian Ambas n - served, that the _system of compulsory ratin • . opposed to the prosperity of . America is the sador at Paris, the King refusing to make a change. But N easy and accurate System of Self-measure, THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. would not answer in England, but in Scotland it I hardly need say that that nobleman is dying in Prussia. A introduced by E. MOSES and Son, has served to extend (joie Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton., system of Protection which still commands a large He gets worse every day, their connection to all parts of the kingdom, the different feeling which THIg EVENING, at 7, GIRLS OF THE PERIOD. Followed by is sure to work from majority in Congress. The evidence in this parti- As the approaching meeting of the (Ecumenical Council MACBETH. Concluding with BEDA. ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully prevails on the subject. JOHN KNOX imparted an cular is most complete and conclusive. At is exciting much attention, it may be interesting to attended to.impulse to the education of the land which has never Manchester Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON half recount the number of prelates who are eligible to take THEATRE-ROYAL, EVENING, RAI-'ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendall since departed from it and the good effects of which apologised for his nation in this respect. part in the proceedings. The Roman Catholic Church LIST of PRICES, with Rules of Self - measure 7 BiTen E ne V , inn., 3,:ri s .; Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern, ) counts 12 patriarchates, 117 archiepiscopal, and 905 episco- Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. Chippendale, ae. • Mes,lames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding are likely to increase as circumstances decide the cha- England, he said, had taken a century to with THE FRIG'HTFUL' HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, pal sees. If from this total be deducted 259 prelates in - - Buckstone, jun., Weathersb7, - &-e- ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott, ratter of the people. The Duke of ARGYLL is no learn Free Trade, and although the Americans were I . 4'i MOSES and SON'S ESTABLFIIMENTS Gwynn, dx , Commence at 7. partibus, there remain 132 archbishops and 657 bishops of a very fast People, they could not be expected to get the Latin rite, and 7 and 63, respectively, of the .112 A • are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till flatterer, and does not gloss over difficulties. lie Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11 PRINCESS'S THEA TRE o'clock. admitted that in many respects the bill he presented to it in two or three years. But if Free Trade took long Oriental. This latter comprises Armenians, Greco. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 'rifling. to make way in England, Protection never produced THIS EVENING. at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a to their lordships did not satisfy the wishes of many Romans, Greco-Ruthenians, Syro-Maronites, Syrians, and Syro-Chaldeans. At this moment only 982 sees are occu- MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke quarter to 8, MARIE A'. TOINETTE: Mr 17. Rignold, Mr. influentialConclud- here the effects visible in America. The tariff levied by E • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers. Hatters, J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. persons, but still it was the best that could pied. Seventy is the regulation number of cardinals, but the United States is higher than that of any civilised Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters ing with a, CUP OF T t.A : MdPe. Beatrice. be given under the circumstances, and he claimed with at present eleven hats are undistributed. The youngest for all Classes. nation in modern times. Yet it does not check cardinal is Prince Lucien Buonaparte, who was born in The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. some justice to represent the spirit of his country- importation, it is very inefficient protection ; and it 1828. VON:- Tilts EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15 m en in their estimation of this question. Notwith- CITY ESTABLISHMENT, to R. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling, ,the difficulties that may present themselves would be hard to prove that it is of any benefit There are some cases in which intentional homicide 155, MINORIES G. Belmore, R. Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, except to the few immediately interested. Joined to n ut of this measure, it will be well to the paper currency, it is little short of national necomes excusable, if not justifiable. Some such principle 156, MINORIES Miss Lennox Grey, &e. standing 157, MINORIES in the working seems to have actuated the Toulouse Court of Assizes in dealing with a somewhat remarkable case of murder. A 83, ALDGATE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. give it a patient cone'.ideration, and no doubt by the suicide. Interests which are strong enough to secure young man of Moutbazin, named Mercadi6, aged 18, was 84, ALDGATETerre EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S representation at Washington receive full attention; SUCCE'-S. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. time it has passed through' the committee it will be charged with the murder of a neighbour, the paramour of 85, ALDGATE Marshall. Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl stone. .1. Clarke; Sg, ALDGATE Mesdames Heurade, C. Thorne, Brenne n, Berend, Hughes, Ar- found to curry out the p romise of its title, in being a others are neglected. The cost of all domestic his mother, a widow. He had found them late in the evening 87, ALDGATE sold, and Stephens bill to extend and improve the education of Scotland. p roduce has been so raised that exchange in of the 31st December last closeted together, and in his 88, ALDGATE. ROYAL ST RAND THEATRE. kind with foreign nations has become almost impos- indignation fetched his gun and shot the man dead. 89, ALDGATE Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. There could be no doubt of the facts, but the prisoner was OXFORD-STREET BRANCH.sibIe The Mr. GOSCHEX, in his endeavour to spare the • Americans must have foreign produce ; Tins EVENING, at 7.30, THE ford, Clarke Miss Bufton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTHa I 'tt (.1 1' 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne. James. Fenton; Mesdames Maria Opposition the necessity of acknowledging a blunder, but, with the exception of cotton, other nations can will find it difficult to reprobate. cq ii e , am - the judgment is one which human sympathy %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia .Taitland, Claire, and Hughes. To buy the States' produce cheaper elsewhere. hence 108, NEW OXFORD-STREET conclude with HUE AND DYE has asked the House of Commons to sanction a payment in coin becomes necessary, or, as the ChiefA notary of Jodoyne, in Belgium, has taken to flight, 1, HART-STREET very intricate piece of legislation. leaving 2, HART-STREET QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Everybody has ' ' dul of poor people Commissioner of the R evenue put s it, " mun y depre- was the depository of a very large number astivwe of f l behind him a deficit of no less than 232,000. He 3, HART-STREET Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. heard by this time of the hardships inflicted upon ciated promises of national payment." The value of will be rod • p uc Tars EVENING, A RACE FOR A DINNER. After which, the poorer class of householders by the only sur- United States bonds exported as payment is con- Fmery. Miss Hodson. &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE or vivor of Mr. DISRAELI'S ten principles. The present 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD PODGERS: Mr Toole. vaesrymawniyden.sfptrheeadriediiis,tarnedssl.iis villany tinually increasing, and the cost is aggravated by the 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD Government did their best to warn the Conserva -283, EUSTON-ROAD. fact that though £170,000,000 of the debt is held in TILE WEATHER TABLE.—THIS DAY. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. tires of the mischief which they were inflicting, and to Country Branch: Tnrs EvF NING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAI "s, Mr. E. Price, t foreign countries, only £100,000,000 in value has ....—____ 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTER ED: prevent it. But MT. GLADSTONE failed in the attemp . 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. Messrs. Cowper. ~ eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. A, thur, The warningswere abundantly Five fulfilled. ever been received for it. Such are some of the METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. SPECIAL NOTICE.-In consequence of frequent misrepre - Bartleman. and Geor g e Honey ' M e sda me s L y dia Foote, Turner, effects of a system of Protection which has raised all E x treme Sea Seutations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. 'l•u conclude with LU- thousand distress warrants to recover rates h ave been they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Miss Fanny Josephs, George Honey. issuedcommodities • ' to famine price. The 'Spaniards were t. Div Establishments are the above-mentioned. in Birmingham alone. In the East-end of Saturday, B. T r + 4 W. li ir t:. r. D. WR. t ° o wiser in this respect; they would not sacrifice the 1gb a .. m 27 . , . ',?" , 44 l2 9 THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. London special arrangements had to be made to I__ __.__ __ ---- ___ THIS EVENING, at 7 SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins, dispose of the claims for dis h ,• c arge, so enormous was general good for local industries, and one of the first Nair - n — 29'59f. 37 - 'i 36 W.S.W. 6 8 W.N.W. hs.o o'o9 4 o'ol 3 THEATRE ROYAL, I)RURY-LANE. 7aughan. G. Vincent;&c.; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield: t fthac s o e revolution was an indiscriminate abolition Aberdeen 29 1.9 f. 37 /34 W. 3 8 W.N.W.I b. Leith - acts le Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. After which. at 7.45, PAPER WINGS : Messrs. H. Wigan, tke number of persons who found themselves unable '§cf. 38 136 N N.W.. 11 , .. 6 8 W.N.W. o .b. -- 4 Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open H•No 7 ille, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and Smithson; of the import duties. The mine resource is not taiertdosroii . gy, RM. 42' 3.8 N.W. 7 7 N.W. b.c. - 5 from 10 till 5 daily. Mesdames Furtado, Schavey, N. Harris, and St. Henry. to pay at the same time the rates and the 7 7 S.W. C. - Yarmouth 29'89f. 48 45 W.N.W. _ - THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a old rent, which included the rates, but available in America, but a gradual enlightenment Helder -_ - - _ Musical Folly. ROYALTY THEATRE. ofpublic opinion i , and the ceaseless efforts of Free Cux haven IN Followed by. at 7.45. MACBETH: Mr. Dillon ; Messrs Ryder, which the landlords refused to reduce. Not only - - - - - - 037 _ Tinder the Management of Miss IL Oliver. Ardrossan 29'B4r. 38 36 N.W. 10 11 N.W. S.C. •3 , 6 EL Sinclair J. Rouse, B ,Be reft, 11. Int re Ac•• Mrs• Howard Paul Tode advocates, are the only means of improving Greencastle 29'97r. 40 36 N.W. 5 8 N.W. r.s.c o'l9 , - b ias Poole : misßm. , l3eirne l Y , • , • , THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss did Mr. DISRAELI'S device prove intolerably harsh, - M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, the fins_ condition of the United States. So Holyhead 3o'los. 44 40 W.N.W. 8 8 W.S.W. c.o. - _ To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BEDA.ut it entirely failed in the very object for which it Liverpool 3o'o4f. 46 41 W. 8 7 W. p.c. 0:01 5 Sc.&cTo conclude with FAMILY JARS. Valentla 30 - 37 r. 46 :42 I N.N.W. 7 8 S.W. f.r.c 005 6 was said to be instituted. When the law came to be long as the pe2nle are content to lose much one way Cape Clear - -I - I - - - - - - II HE AT R E ROYAL, Ti A Y MARKET. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Roch e's Pt 3?. - 29r. 45 ,43 ,W.N.W. 5 5 W.S.W. b. -- 2 interpreted it was found that the tenant might, if he in order to gain a _ tt li. _le another, improvement is Penzance 3o'3of. 49 ,47 W.N.W. 4 6 W. C. o'o4 3 Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. Under the Management of Miss Marie 'Wilton Plymouth 30•24f. 50 ,48 W. 3 5 W.S.W. c.rb - 3 V THIS EVENING, RAISING THE - Tnis EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, chose, make the landlord his agent for paying the hopeless. Weymouth 33'17f. 51 1 46, N. 1 1 W.N.W. 2 dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal- Addison, Glover. and Bancroft.: Mrs. liuckingham "Whit,. Mica . -...------... Portsmouth 39'10f. 50 49 W.N.W. 4 7 N.W. C. - 3 ton, de. C. Addison, and Miss N'arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING rates without disqualifying himself as a voter. In a London ,20 elf. 50 1 45' W. 6 7 S.W. o.bc --. after which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp- HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. C'peGrisNez , 30'03f. 48 46 W. 8 3 a ,N.W. o. - ion, Astley, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, Ac. word, the "personal payment of rates," which w" LATEST INTELLICrqCE =tent 3 0 724f. ;50 50 ,r . . = SW. i\. W. -I 0 7 01:: Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. % eesrs. Comp 1:4.4.. Rochefort :3o'39f. '52, 50 IV. 5 5 W. 0 - -1 2 ton. Kendal, Weathersby, Buckstone, jun., Ac.; Mesdames ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN, the one immutable principle of the English Reform Biarritz 3o'slr. 52 50 W. 4 - - m.r. 0•04 3 Caroline Hill, Slott. Gwynn, &c. THIS EVENING, the Great Ca rre Troupe and magnificent Stud Bill (Mr. DISRAELI did not go through the farce of (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) i>ox-oftice open daily. of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c. Brusst!'"• - - - - - - - -.. Commence at Seven. insisting upon it for the Scotch and Irish Reform . _—..._____. Paris - _ - _ _ _ - - - -.b. rgi HEAI'RE ROYAL, ADELPIII. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. Bills), wasfound to have vanished directly it came to be AMERICA. strasiamre --- - - - Toulon _.., 3o'lBs. 48 j 46 N.N.W. 4 9 N.W. f. - 5 j Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. TUTS E , ENING. at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S applied. All this trouble and turmoil, all this intoler- NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Heart's Con- Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque able hardshiptent (9 a.m. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE Extravaganza, THE VERY G HAND DUTCH-S. inflicted upon many thousands of persons e• to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report, the _ local time) - -.-- -- - _ _ . Accordin g IXPLA NATION , PCI 11 A 1141:1P 41 , TV - PT r MI- CI Arblmnra Virg L. Murray. in order to give the 300 and odd gentlemen who week's reeeints of cotton at American north amounts Te.vom,tor corrected end reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The rgi HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. j Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBE R WELL. Mr. G. delmore. Mrs. L. Murray. - I,t 15 to R 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, a new Drama, in four acts, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE Louis XVI.. Mr. William Bignold Count Fersen. Mr. J. Shore ; The Dauphin (live years old), Miss Lydia Howard; Marie Antoinette, Mdlle. Bea trice; Messrs. Dominick Murray, D. Leeson. • New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, Mr. Dayes, and Mr. Matt. Mogan. New Dresses, new Properties. Preceded by THE SECRET. To conclude with a new Comedietta, entitled A CUP OF TEA. Md Ile. Beatrice. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open dally from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. IIIitTHIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Behan and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD OF TELZ CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James. and Robson Mesdames M. Long more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude pith HUE AND DYE. R OI AL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The most varied Entertainment in the metropolis.—THlS EVENING, Herr Oscar Carre will introduce his Six splendid Tsick Horses—Topaze, Saladin, .1% edjid, Tancredi, Freischutz, and Abdallah—pronounced by the entire Press to be matchless for symmetry, breeding, and intelligence In a dition, the Incomparable Scenes in the Anna, including Engand's Champion Equestrian, Mr. A. Bradbury, Mr. A. Carre, Mr. A, Salamonsky, Salamonsky, Montero, Amelia, Schwartz, and Krembser. " The trick horses axe magnificent animals, every lover of horses should make it a special duty to witness the stud."—Standard "Many persons form their estimate of a circus from some of those exhibitions which travel through the provinces; the Hol born Amphitheatre is as far above them as Patti's singing is above that of a street ballad-singer."—Court Journal, Jan. 2. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor anrl Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.•0 ' BROWN AND THE. ZRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner , David fisher, Andrevn, Hurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoli, Henrade, Be tend, Hughes, and Stephens. ST. GE OR GE '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 WILSON! and MONTAGUE) The Only Company of Christy's who have had the honour to appear. by special command. before THE QUEEN AND COURT. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT. Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur day night at eight. Admission, One Shilling. Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit- Shell's Royal Library. at the musicsellers, and at, the hall. Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO. IIIHE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G - . R. GLENIE, I. Sporting Library. 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, 'slivers the LAT NI EDITION of "TH F; SUN " at the earliest risible moment after leaving the press. Ile is able to deliver Jopies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a eomparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 2.43 o'clock PORTING. —JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATKS r EDITION oP "THE' SUN " as soon as pub liphed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.G. CB RISTY 3IINSTRELS. St. James's Ilag, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and .`laturdays, at .' and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL fl AMP It A PALACE. THR EE BALLET . 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Eox-office open from 11 to 4. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTL\ G N EWS of the day. may be seen st JEM. 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A little reflection showed us, however, that there was more reason in their resolution than appeared at first sight, for to settle the complicated question of English Education was quite impossible in the present Session, but 0 amend and improve the Scottish system was within the limits of capability. In some respects we may say that good service has been done to the cause of progress among ourselves, for the speech of the Duke has enforced attention to the peculiarities of the system which has prevailed in Scotland, and a feel ing of emulation, if not of envy, may be fairly aroused when we read and understand how immea surably superior our friends north of the Tweed are to ourselves in this respect. There is no reason wby the English, as a nation, should be so culpably indif ferent to education, but so it is, and their only chance of improvement will be to admit their errors and seek to rectify their deficiencies rather than to conceal them or to deny their significance. The Duke of ARGYLL was well qualified to deal with the sub ject of Scotch education, and he succeeded in im pressing the House of Lords with his thorough ac quaintance with the matter, and his earnest endea vour to improve the prevailing system, if he did not altogether convince them of the soundness of his scheme or of the accurncy of his deductions. Per haps we have been shutting our eyes too much to the defects of the Scottish plan, on ac count of its vast superiority to our own. No man can study the subject as set forth by the Duke without seeing that some care is required to adapt the scheme to the requirements of the present day. The secret of the shortcomings may be said to lie in the fact that the original plan of the system has not changed, while the places to whichitr refers have done so most nn,st c onsiderably. For genera tions the law of Scotland has enforced compulsory rating for the support of education, but for some time the towns and cities have outgrown the parochial system, in sho e r x n ten o t f its value, as it is circumscribed It will be remembered that the Duke of ARGYLL was the Chairman of the Royal Commission which was appointed to inquire into E Jucation and its general requirements, and this furnished him with still better opportunit:es for judging of the case in a compre hensive spirit. So far as the general principles of this bill under consideration are concerned we cannot see that any complaint can be justly made, and as Mr. GOSCHEN, in his endeavour to spare the Opposition the necessity of acknowledging a blunder, has asked the House of Commons to sanction a veryintricate bythis time piecee of the hardships inflicted of legislation. Everybody upon dyh o as heard the poorer class of householders by the only sur vivor of Mr. DISRAELI'S ten principles. The present Government did their best to warn the Conserva tives of the mischief which they were inflicting, and to prevent it. But Mr. GLADSTONE failed in the attempt. The warnings were abundantly fulfilled. Five thousand distress warrants to recover rates have been issued in Birmingham alone. In the East-end of London special arrangements had to be made to dispose of the claims for discharge, so enormous was tke number of persons who found themselves unable to pay at the same time the rates and the old rent, which included the rates, but which the landlords refused to reduce. Not only did Mr. DISRAELI'S device prove intolerably harsh, but it entirely failed in the very object for which it was said to be instituted. When the law came to be interpreted it was found that the tenant might, if he chose, make the landlord his agent for paying the rates without disqualifying himself as a voter. In a word, the "personal payment of rates," which was the one immutable principle of the English Reform Bill (Mr. DISRAELI did not go through the farce of insisting upon it for the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills), wasfound to have vanished directly it came to be applied. All this trouble and turmoil, all this intoler able hardship inflicted upon many thousands of persons in order to give the 300 and odd gentlemen who supported Mr. DISRAELI a flimsy pretext for adopting the suffrage which they abhorred, were, it must now be admitted by themselves, intended for that purpose solely. This selfishness was fitly punished. The Conservatives who might have claimed the gratitude of the newly-enfranchised electors for bringing them within the pale of the Constitution found only cold looks and angry words. The Liberal party promised to amend the law if th e p eo pl e wou ld en t rus t th em with the power to do so. The people responded, the Liberals came back to office, and within ten days from the opening of the session they have brought in the measure intended to effect the desired object. The manner in which the Government proposes to fulfil its pledge reflects great credit upon its forbear ance. It has no desire to renew the strifes of the last two years, or to win an easy victory over a routed foe. Thus Mr. GOSCHEN has introduced a measure so complex that we do not believe the House of Commons will have the patience to consider it when there is a much simpler way of solving the difficulty. It is highly significant that the proposal to resort to this, the real solution—the restoration of the compound householder—should have come from the Conservative benches. Mr. GOLDNEY was probably too shrewd to have ever been taken in by Mr. DISRAELI'S "principle." At all events he sees that it has failed, and he is too sincere a man to wish the continuance of a troublesome sham merely in order that a few gentlemen's feelings may not be wounded. Mr. GROSVENOR HODG KINSON became for a few days the hero of the time by proposing to abolish the compound householder. Mr. GOLDNEY may attain to celebrity of longer duration by restoring him. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report, the week's receipts of cotton at American ports amounts to 59,000 bales; total since the Ist of September and taken by American spinners direct, 1,860,000 bales. Shipments to England, 48,000 bales; to France, 2,000 bales ; and to the Continent, 6,000 bales. Stock, 420,000 bales. Market quiet. Mid dling upland 11;, cost and freight per steamer. Barometer corrected Ind reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motioa of the mercury within last 14 hours. Theimcmeter exposed in shade. EXtrelna Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : shy ; c.—clouds, detached ; f. - fog ; I.—lightning ; hazy ; o.—overcast, dull r. rain ; IL—snow ; t.—thunder. Baia-fell, snow or hail melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance, r prIE " SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE 1 delivers the L ITE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn 8 ; Starch-green, S; 'Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9. 2 0; Watford , 9.15. THE British Embassy Secretary at Washington has just drawn up a concise and trustworthy account of the condition of the United States. The docu ment is instructive, and is published at an opportune moment. It may be read with advantage by the slightly-restive men of Manchester ; and at a time when the Anglo-French Treaty must soon come under consideration, the French people might profitably consider this lucid statement of the causes by which the prosperity of a great nation may be undermined. They may here see how ingeniously and perfectly the most overflowing natural riches have been rendered comparatively useless; how admirably a State, in attempting to secure to itself the whole benefit of its wealth, may injure its neighbour much, and its own people more. There can be no doubt that the condition of the United States is far from satisfactory, and there can be equally little question as to the causes which have led to this suspension of prosperity. Some of these causes were unavoidable ; others are directly attributable to persistent adherence to an unsound policy. Though nearly four years have elapsed since the termination of the civil war, its effects are still severely felt : the nation is crippled by a colossal debt and burdened by a ruinous load of taxation. The interest on the national obligations now amounts to very nearly one-half of the entire expenditure. For the financial year 1867-8 the entire expenditure fell short of 62 millions sterling, whilst the interest and premium of the debt absorbed above 20 millions of this total. At the close of the war the whole burden amounted to COO millions ster ling, of which not less than one-sixth has been paid off during the last four years. Recently, however, the work of reduction has been checked, and the debt has again risen somewhat, owing to that great enterprise, the Pacific railroad, and that great folly, the purchase of Russian America. This incubus of debt is the price which has been paid for the preservation of the Union. No sound ►I I HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. jkLEXA s DER (late Brooks), Newspaper agent, No. 4, Old tivendish street, Oxford-street. Orders by post punctually attended to: THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" to be seen Every Evening by S 10 at Mr. ROBERT MzACOCK'S, Britannia. Kensa.l New-town. FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 27. M. Rouher last night detailed the inconvenience resulting from financial societies being subjected to the control of the State, and from the offical authorisation required for the issue of foreign loans by companies and banking houses. From the Minister's speech it is supposed that the Government intend to introduce a bill grant ing complete liberty of action in the cases re ferred to. FRANCE. 130 URSE, Feb. 26.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 44 per Cent. End of month... ItaPan Fives 57 50 3 per Cent End of month 7l 424 Mexican Loan 24 Credit Mobilier End of month... 293 75 Spanish Threes 34 Credit Foncier ...1620 -- Home Debt — h, "-e End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans .....p ... 9631 Northern. ......................... Lyons and Mediterranean T 995 Southern.... 62lk Western Eastorn ............ .. 585 Sardinian Austrian 65 61 Lombard 4831 North of Spain 65 Saragossa Roman 5O THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL ZUEMS. Dr. Westland Marston's new plan "Life for Life," will be produced on the 6th of March at the Lyceum. Mrs. Stirling's readings at Brighton has been one of the many successes of Mr. Kuhe's Grand Orchestral Concerts. " Les Miserables " w ill be produced at Drury -tape Theatre on Easter Monday. Mr. Robertson's new comedy, "My Lady Clara," has been acted with success at the Alexandra Theatre, Liver pool. Mr. and Mrs. Bandmann (Milley Palmer) sustained the leading parts. • A performance for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire at the Hull Theatre takes place on Thursday morning, March 11, at Drury-laue Theatre. Mr. J. L. Toole is about to visit America. Mr. Sefton Parry very shortly re-opens the Greenwich Theatre. (From the Musical Standard.) The theatre at Cologne has been destroyed by fire, and nine persons have unfortunately perished. The house has only been built ten years, replacing one also burnt. At the approaching Great Rhine Musical Festival, they announce for performance Handel's "Joshua," a cantata of Bach's, the second part of Haydn's "Seasons," and Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang." The performances of the Italian Opera Company in the new theatre of the Viceroy at that ancient city, Cairo, are very frequent and successful. The Italian opera seems to have acquired a footing both in Turkey and Egypt. THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS, A. most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and CO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint.. ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of the inters: purchaser REMA RK S. The decrease in pressure noticed in the west yesterday afternoon seems to have passed to the N.B. with great rapidity ; pressure at Nairn having decreased nearly half an inch between 6 p.m. and mid night. This fall has been succeeded by K fresh recovery, exceeding O'3in in the north (where it has been greatest); gnd pressure is now increasing in the south also. The lowest reading is at Nairn, and is i;'Vin. lower than that at Itochefort, where pressure is still high. Temperature has changed but little. A bard N.W. gale has blown on our N. an' l W. coasts during the past night, and continues in the northern part of the Irish Channel, though of less force ; but in the English Channel wind been comparatively light. In the S.E. and S. moderate to fresh westerly .breezes are reported to-day. Snow and sleet have fallen in the north. The sky is deer in Scotland, and somewhat cloudy elsewhere. Weather is very unsettled. The sea is not very high. It has been decided to lower the operatic pitch to the Freneh Standard at Covent Garden. The 7 abler is informed that the statement circulated by the Irish Times that the Duke of Norfolk had seceded from the Catholic Church to the lrvingites is without foun dation. A correspondent of the Liberte states that a museum is about to be established at Sebastopol for the preservation of all the trophies and souvenirs of the war with Englane and France. On Thursday the Norwich electoral organisation determined to give continued support to Mr. Tillett when ever an election occurs for Norwich. Mr. Tillett was the working-men's candidate at the late election. On Wednesday afternoon the ship Ingre, of Ma sterdom, bound to Havannah in ballast, grounded on the Goodwin Sands, where she became a wreck. The lifeboat, Van Kook, took off the crew and landed them at Rams gate. The Weekly Register says : "Archbishop Manning will leave Rome in time to be in London for Passion Week. It seems that there is no truth in the report sent us from Rome that his Grace is to receive a cardinal's hat. For the present, at any rate, there is no chance of this taking place." Mr. Goggin, an owner of property at Glin, near farbert, has been fired at whilst driving home with his wifo in an open carriage. Four shots were discharged from behind a fence and all mi. sed. Mrs. Goggin described the intending assassin, whom she saw running off. Pendinf ejectment proceedings are stated as the probable cause. It bas been determined to present a testimonial, in the substantial form of £l,OOO, to the Rev. IT. A. Stern and Mr. IT. Rosenthal, the late prisoners in Abyssinia. Amongst those who are taking an active part in the movement are the Marquis of Cholmondeley, Sir W. de Capel Brooke, Colonel Yarborough, C. 8., Canon Hall, and alter gentle men. At the Guildhall, yesterday, a butcher of Aylesworth, in Suffolk - , was sentenced to three months' hard labour for sending diseased meat to the London market for food. It was stated that the defendant bought a cow which had died from being diseased, for 275. Cd., and in order to hide the appemance in the meat cut away a large portion of the in side, rad even scraped the ribs in order to destroy the trace of disease. The British Medical Journal understands that tl e Government intend to transfer the working of the Conta gious Diseases Act from the War-office to the Home-office. It will be proposed to extend the operations of the Act to the remaining military stations ; and also to give powers to carry out the Act among the civil population generally under permissive clauses, such as those recom mended by Lord Lifford's ComMittee last Session. The case against the Rev. W. J. E. Bentioik, of Frome, is expected to come before Sir Robert Phillimore in the course of a few weeks. The complaint against the rev, gentleman will be that he teaches a real, actual, and visible presence of the Lord upon the altar, and that without that doctrine, containing and inferring the sacerdotal office of the priest, and the sacrificial character of the altar, there would be no altar at all. The case will also embrace Aomil minor tharECOS. THE COURT. Her Majesty has gone back to Windsor. Describing her departure from Osborne, the Court Newsman, writing from Portsmouth says : "The Queen and Prince Leopold, with the household and suite, embarked on board the Alberta at Osborne, and proceeded direct to the special platform at the . Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, where the party were met by the officials of the port and garrison; and her Majesty was, as hasbeen her custom since the death of the Prince Consort, habited in mourning attire but was unveiled, thus affording the few who were permitted to witness her disembarkation an opportunity of detecting a decided improvement in appearance since the stay of the Royal Family at Osborne. The unusually high tide which prevailed completely flooded the line of rails on which the train was stationed to considerable depth, and it became necessary to provide planks on which the Royal party could walk to the saloon. This circumstance was an evident source of amusement to the younger members of the Royal Family, and more than once her Majesty laughed at the novelty of her position in finding herself seated in a train surrounded by water. There was no delay in the arrangements, however, and the train selected to convey the Royal party to Windsor left shortly before mid-day. It was generally observed that Prince Leopold appeared to be weak and somewhat prostrated, but it was nevertheless reported that his health bad very much improved during the week. " The Lancet has the following on the health of the Prince :—" We are glad to be able to give a very good account of the health of Prince Leopold. His Royal Highness, as is well known, has exhibited at different times a disposition to loss of blood from the mucuous membranes. The Prince was seized with another attack on Thursday afternoon, the 18th inst. Dr. Hoffineister was soon in attendance, and remained all night at Osborne. Sir William Jenner arrived early next morning from town, and under his charge the Prince has progressed most favourably, and is at the present time quite convalescent. It is very satisfactory to be able to add that on this occasion there was far less cause for anxiety than existed last year. This, together with the consideration that during the past twelvemonth his Royal Highness's health has materially improved in every way, affords reasonable ground for believing that the tendency to hemorrhage has lessened, and may continue to decreas e in the future. Of course some anxiety must necessarily still continue to exist." CONVOCATION. The bishops forming the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury met on Friday, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury. A large number of petitions were presented, praying that their lordships would adopt some measures for a fuller representation of the clergy in the Lower House of Convocation, by making the elected members larger in proportion to the deans and archdeacons who hold their seats officially, and the proctors in cathedral chapters.—The Bishop of Lich field brought before the House the subject of pensions for retiring bishops and clergy, and gave many instances in which dioceses and important benefices were left with. out episcopal and spiritual aid. He suggested that incomes should be more equalised, and that a fund should be raised out of the revenues of the Church to meet such resignations, and that retiring bishops and incum bents should also be entitled to a portion of the income of the sees and benefices they resigned. After some dis cussion, it was agreed that a committee of bishops should be appointed to confer with the Lower House on the subject. The Lower House devoted most of its time to the con sideration of the Irish Church question, but before that matter was taken up, Archdeacon Denison complained of the treatment his petition on the Eucharist had met with, and protested against the action which had been taken upon it. He also expressed his regret for certain expres sions he had used, and withdrew them. The address to the Crown agreed upon by the Upper House was then brought down. To the original address the Lower House had appended a prayer to her Majesty, asking that she would not agree to the disestablishment of the Irish Church. The Upper House, on the ground that this would be asking her Majesty to take an unconstitutional course, struck out the petition, and the Lower House had now to consider the address as amended. Canon Blakesley moved that the House should concur in this address to the Crown. Archdeacon Moore seconded the motion.—Archdeacon Denison thought the best plan would be, considering that unanimity was most desirable, that the House should ask for a conference with the Upper House, and he moved that through the Prolocutor such a conference should be requested.—Canon Selwyn seconded the motion.—The Dean of Westminster urged that there was no necessity for any conference. He would advise the clergy not to take up the position by assuming that there was but one or two alternatives to be adopted by the Legislature ; for, he said, to do so would be adopting a most dangerous course.—The question was debated at considerable length, and at last, on the vote being taken, it was found that there were 42 in favour of a conference with the bishops on the subject and 22 against. The Prolocutor, accompanied by his assessors, then waited on their lordships to request the conference. On his return he stated that their lordships had consented to alter that part of the address which related to the Irish Church. The paragraph will read :—" We look forward with deep anxiety to the proceedings which may be proposed to Parliament respecting the Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland, and we trust that the interests of true religion may not be lost sight of amid the conflicts of political parties, and we pray that the issue may be directed by the good providence of Almighty God to that which all loyal hearts desire —the peace, the enlightenment, and the good government of Ireland."— Archdeacon Denison said he was willing to accept the alteration, and would move that the request for a confer ence with the bishops should be disc"iarged. This was carried nein. con. It was then moved and carried at once that the address should go the Queen as that of the "bishops and clergy." A. petition was afterwards adopted, praying that the Archbishop of Canterbury would use his influence against the proposed measure on the Irish Church. A Cincinnati genius advertises for a situation, saying that, " Work is not so much an object as good wages." T.:" understand that a petition, numerously s igned by the members of Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, and the Inner and Middle Temple, praying that the new law courts should be erected on the Carey -street site, will shortly be presented to Parliament. LEGISLATION FOR INDIA. --We have reason to believe that Sir Stafford Northcote's two Indian bills, which were withdrawn last session, will be reintroduced with certain modifications by the Duke of Argyll, and that by a new clause power will be given to the Viceroy to alter the position of a province from " regulation " to "non regulation," or the reverse. —Asiatic. The Ffrench minor case was again adjourned in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday. It was stated that the young lady is still ill, but her mother, Lady Ffrench, has free access to her in tho Loretto convent. The Lord Chief Justice agreed to hold over the matter until Monday next, but intimated his intention to ascertain the young lady's own will as to staying in the convent; she was in her 17th year, and at lib( rty to choose her own residence. M. Patry, a retired banker of Tours, killed his wife on Tuesday evening. Jealousy seems to have been the motive of the act, and there even appears some reason to think that he may have shot not at her but at a suspected lover. Madame Patry slept on the ground floor of the house. At 10 in the evening the husband, hearing some one in the room, came downstairs from the first floor, with a gun in his hand, fired, and killed his wife dead on the spot. It is alleged that at the same moment a gentleman who had left her apartments escaped through the garden, jumping over a ditch. MR. MONK AND THE REVENUE OFFICIALS.— Ott Friday a deputation from the members of the Revenue Departments waited upon Mr. Monk, M.P. for Gloucester, to present him with an address expressive of their gratitude for his successful advocacy of their right to the electoral franchise. The address, a work of great artistic merit, illuminated in the style of the middle ages, was presented by Mr. Hemel, the solicitor of the Customs. Mr. Monk said he hoped that the new House of Commons would admit the revenue officer to the full rights of citizenship. BEETROOT SUGAR.—The origin of the manu facture of beetroot sugar, now so extensively carried on throughout France, Belgium, and the States of the Zoll verein, presents a striking instance of good educed from seeming evil. Scarcely, if at all, practised in Europe before the century opened, the manufacture sprang into importance as the result of the remarkable fiscal contest waged between Napoleon and this country, which began with the celebrated Decree of Berlin, in 1806. Resolved to isolate Great Britain entirely from the Continent—to place cs Anglais under the penalties of excommunication from the brotherhood of nations— the Emperor sought to prohibit all commercial intercourse, even of the least direct kind, between England or her dependencies, and any of the countries then under his control. The retaliatory Orders in Council of January 1807 were the consequence ; and the derangement and destruction of trade were rendered total—much to the profit of the smuggling fraternity, who now came into wonderful activity and importance—by repeated decrees and fiscal regulations effectually closing the Continent against the product of England and her colonies. GAWP* r ef .4gr4y111411 iolattat. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAIA The. Saturday Review believes that the difficulty wh ich lies at the bottom of the whole question of the Pr° l3 :A er functions of the House of Lords is far t oo deep and 114 ': to be met by resolutions o f th e p eers no t to do this 11 " that except at their own time and on their ow n conditic ia t This difficulty is, that legislation is not no w the enactment of measures which wise men think the best for the nation, but the enactment of measures which the nation, through its representatives, wishes to pass. All legislation implies change, and the instruments of legislation will vats according as the motive pow er o f c h ang e resides , one set of persons or in another. The Lords may possibly represent some classes in England, but they de 00 ; represent the classes in which the motive power o!chal l gi resides. They are thus necessarily cut out of the spher e° legislation, and every day their exclusion becomes more complete. Theoretically, it seems as if the Cabinet Oa t ' do wisely to bring some of its measures forward 01 t he Lords, and some in the Commons, but each measure in turn seems important when the leaders of the Miele til examine it ; and, if it is important;it is important be len s some considerable section of the classes in whom th e motive power of change resides wishes for it and needs But if people care about it, they naturally wish their 0 0 representatives to discuss, modify, and improve its ,11 their behalf ; and so each measure in turn seems as it must go to the Commons first. With regard to the tl ee bills which the peers have succeeded in obtaining there are many objections to their introduction in the ITPP er House. The Sotch Education Bill, indeed, is likely to tie passed with little alteration. But this is only registerhig, an edict of the House of Commons beforehand instead el afterwards. The Lords will but declare that they are prepared to assent to what they understand would Pl eas! : the Scotch members in the House of Commons• t ri liet 'i not legislation in the sense in which the Hou s- Commons legislates. It is only such an arranger ae " of sham legislation as seems to keep up a little the dignity of the peers. When we enter on so difficult an investigation as that of ascertaining the tr ue function of the House of Lords in modern England, We necessarily begin by clearing the ground and discovering the direction in which efforts to give new activity to the peers will be futile. It is not without regret that we ar : forced to the conclusion that th e p eers canno t e merge 00 ,, of their present false position, either by any resolution 012" to proceed with business sent up after a certain date, el by getting one or two minor Government bills entrusted to them at the beginning of the session. The Spectator thinks it is quite certain that before long; that is within three years, the House must consider wile ° it will or will not equalise rates throughout the metropolle; and Mr. Goschen on Monday hinted very clearly that he Majesty's Government is inclined to the affirmative l' vief; As a matter of justice, we cannot allow West London il grow for ever richer through the labour of East Londetot yet reject all share in the burdens East London ha s et bear; as a matter of local policy, we cannot for even exempt the educated, the wealthy, and the powerful f r° o f any responsibility in the taxation of the poorer quarterewe their own city ; and as a matter of national safel' e ue cannot for ever go on heaping rates upon the poor w"to the rich are comparatively exempt. It is all very W elf eet suggest palliatives, but when an East-end greeng l ), pays rates on a rent equ a l t o h a lf hi s wh o l e profits, as West-end doctor on a rent equal to a tenth of his reeeil) be taxation must not be carried too far, or there resistance. Pending, however, any general reform will involve terrible questions, such as the mora l ' l (1 bility for the relief of the poor, the political liability, aof the legal liability, together with the actual incidence A taxation, it is possible to pave the way for P a l u e - ti , greater measures by equalising the bases of o p lation. It is of no use to say every Londoner shal l ` ef il 3s. 4d. on his rental, if the parishioners of St. j' lll2 l l - ea decree that a half or quarter of the true rent slia,"" ig , i j accepted as rental for the purposes of the Act. r - rm ":" 5 ; what happens now. St. Judas, being rich, and 113v1 5 6 few poor, lowers its assessment, i.e., its legal valuetion,vi far as it dares. Of course, its poor rate is norai lla o° higher, needs more pence in the pound; but it Le a rl really higher, while all general rates are a ctuallY: . 4 0 much lower. The Marquis of Hampshire, saY, house worth £l,OOO a year, pootrates of 6d., and g e ii -e 0 rates of 25., ought to pay £125 a y ea r. But it assessed at £5OO, his poor rate will be ls., his gen el.33 L iesa as be& re, and his total payment £75, ver y little mor e , - ge half. This is, of course, a very ex tr e m e case ; he b t , 0 00 Goschen quoted an instance of a house as sessed for hots. duty by the Exchequer, and, th ere f o r e , it is to b e P iet sumed, fairly assessed, at £6OO a year, while its Old was paying poor rate and county rate on only 137° ., ; bole much smaller variations than that spread ove r There parishes will make a vast difference in the returns. 00 are twenty parishes which under local acts can, o t, disposed, play almost any trick they like about assese ln e at and we only wonder that under the system th°Y ° el fair as they hav e b een . Thi s anoma ll y mus t be rear :0j before anything l arger can b s d one, an d i t w ill be rear pe el by Mr. Goschen's measure, w'.l:e't Las evidently the euP* of both sides of the House. 1 1/ 5 The London Review cons id ers th e b est mea ns to de pt in order to improve the electoral system, and declar e % to nothing can he more exorbitant than the sum chargeved candidates at the last e l ec ti on f or agency . I n almos t des account these expenses figure as the largest itere, a ipg * many cases are only a colourable pretext for eng t :!„, o isc certain number of votes. A rem e dy f or this mayat gested, not only easy of application, but lying r e3 o o t o f our hands, and, if successful, it strikes at the verY C off indirect corruption. Let the county court ie dg , et e geer, better still, the r e vi s i ng b arr i s t er , ac t as judicial :r e d in taxing all election accounts, and let him be erre" vt to strike out and report upon any excessive items' t the/ the number of agents employed be limited, so t 113 , - e th e shall not bear more than a certain proportion '''sees/4 number of the electors. The abolition of the daY °f l d (I ° nation, and of the practice of placarding the Pon, W° 4 cell . something to limit both the opportunities and the "tiblie' of electioneering zeal. The forbiddi n g the use a P Dot houses as committee-rooms would probably do re °re t ; t he these and other amendments might safely be l eft terie % progress of the bill, if only a different mode of reg . „, - o ont the votes could be carried through the House of C°'",,eerP To the new-born zeal of the Government, to the the experience of the members, and to the numb er ode oa ‘ , majority pledged to support the Ballot, We con (pie. commit the care of an inquiry, which has for lte f th e little less than a revolution in a system a lrea „, ci all astonishment of educated Europe, and without in the history of the world. 0, ig s The Saturday Review wants to know whether l " sors" . not the fact that all the appointments of tihe 1 101 Guards, from the highest to the lowest, are Walla .chief General for the time being, acting as commander- 11 sap And if it is so, with what fairness can Mr. Caru-,eepaatf that the dual system is not at this moment raira' Every duplicate office in the Horse Guards and t e 00 14 Department is, we are now told, a duplicate ofpct,oan' tained, by the authority of the Minister, for th e of the disement of some petted soldier at the exnet is i e d e ear C : country. A chief is wanted to supervise the ev l2°Le ge ment of supply, and what do we find? WhY', s i3e lfol l A re two generals, Sir Henry Storks and Gener a ,' tiler assigned to this work at the War Office, alul e aera` f magnificently-paid general,calleda.Quarterns aster" 600' to do substantially the same work at the }ter se 1 , 0 0 111 Of these three only one is wanted, and it is sv , s el, ee erl f that the principal duty of the Quartermaster-ue trio to make routes, and to send requisitions for stores The e/ twin department which exists at the War Office' Gum s again, there is a Military Secretary at the gor se i s t h aA and his counterpart at the War Offic e, lor shape of an Under -Secretary of State, t a le f (4 6 out of what once was called the Secr e t the ° Military Correspondence. The necessity !°_oebor•ll: offices is created by the dual system, and one, might be dispensed with if thegeneral wielding idleot el. of the Commander-in-Chief were placed at the Main, the Minister as his military adviser. The n ' aig isth° o have at the Horse Guards three adjutant-gener,o a loe a' to say the adjutant-general of the arneY, in deV e „ needed, and two deputy adjutant-generals, rf 7 0 of Cal dent of the first, who report direct to the P o a; neer s an d bridge as the immediate commander of the Ene e ' exes o 5 0 4 Artillery respectively. Not only are all these 1:1 0f oe O ro costly offices established as a consequence °, the fi ° o government, and of the quasi-independence me ' ...or k of Gnards, but a very large percentage of tl w _ deo ee ap two departments consists of tedious correel)°',imitellal,6 wrangling about trifles between Pall Mall and sa '_ .3 that For all this waste and mischief Mr. Cardwelln).,ate !, alone is responsible, and should he fail to an o ; l if /O a once, his responsibility would be heavy en it teriai responsibility were less of a farce than eft for a • On Monday next Mr. Gly n will mcn-c ool I ° ll P3°Y writ for the borough of Bradf ord, and 3lr,flgil for a writ for the borough of 8.. wdley. RELEASE OF A FENIAN CONVICT. ,tigus Government have unconditional l y release I:_ejoisn" Costello, who was under pen al servitude for -r edo and whose writ of error recently failed. was As held crowdedin nthe v s i n ct e o e r t i i a n H g al o l of on theThursday i u l Itls i i n t f a: nvo t o .r 0 o f f : e : 0 0 0,1 r i lease of the whole of the Irish political Prise g P it, ' et tions were adopted by the meeting be ilic s ceree s vs se faction the intention to restore the ll"' bea to r e ' ce in Ireland; considering the deterulix:alai:al 0 g 0 000 . 00 tO forty-nine of the political 'prisoners as a gir l to d e jubti f of of the intention of her Majesty's Minister . 0 os an . 0 the Irish; and expressing the belief that sel let the political prisoners remained in the gao l at the ir r e . . source of disaffection to the Irish, endrk' t P A o ppilA v ' would promote the pace, contentment, a tho VDPire. 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