The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-06 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven (2nd time), anew and origi• nal Comedy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. ➢les rs. Yar telic and Price ; Misses Swanboroug - h and Raynham. After whic:i will be produced a new opera burlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibtl Islan is. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Ray - 1111am, Johnstone, (to. To coneltide with LENDING A HAND. Mess: s. Belford and Turner; Misses Sitapson and Hughes. f RATIS AND POST FREE. ...A E. MOSES and SONS' FASUIONABLE ALMANAC for IRO, Liat of Prices, with Fashion-card for the present . Beason. MOSES AND SON E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLO MING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best avorkmanship. E. 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By order, F. W. LANCE, Secretary. T 4 ONDON AND NORTII WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next Ordi nary Half-Yearly Meeting of the London and North Western Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, Euston-square, London, on FRIDAY, the 23d clay of February, instant, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, for the transaction of the general business of the Com pany. And Notice is hereby further Given, that so soon as such business is disposed of or adjourned, a Special Gene ral Meeting of the Company will be held at the same place for the purpose of sanctioning the exercise of the powers contained in " The Lancashire Union Railways Act, 1865," authorising the Company to subscribe to and become Shareholders in the Lancashire Union Under taking to an amount not exceeding £BO,OOO ; and also, for the purpose of authorising the Company to subscribe a suns not exceeding £lOO,OOO, for the erection of a new Station in Leeds, pursuant to " The Leeds New Railway Station Act, 1865 ;" and also for the purpose of Approving an Agreement with the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Company for working the Railway of that Company ; and also for the purpose of authorising the Directors to exer cise the borrowing powers of the Company to the extent authorised by the Company's Acts of Parliament. Dated this 4th day of February, 1866. RICHARD MOON, Chairman. J. P. BROWN-WEST HEAD, Deputy-Chairman. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. TII EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. .Falonner and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermar n (to. After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin loortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Mesmrs. Belmore, IL I, , rayton, G. Weston. Master Per,7 ktoseld ; Misses flaziewood, A. Tho:nson, K Falconer, dz;. PantomirniAs, Messr,. 11. Bolen°, C. Lauri, Commit, tiavLie, Miss Morgan, and Madam., Bolen°. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and ManE.:2,..:r, Mr. Lackstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern, Buekstone, Compton; Mesdames Aeliy Moore, Snowden, To be followed by ORPHEUS IN TH F. HA'MAIcI i,T Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bu tlertitan, We tliersby, .to ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Wvolgar. lloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, rrevot, &c. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. YAL LYCEUM T REATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. )Ir. H. Widdicomb. After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. IL Iltzpatrio D. Evans ; mesdames Ternan, E.swortby, Lavenu, and C. Leciercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT. Messrs J. L. Toole and P. li,ctiord, After whioh, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Itip (his 33d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, Y. Bedford, It Phillips, leelix ltogtrs, Ashley, i.burne, 0. J. Smith ; Mrs. Biltingtcy, &c. To conclude with L ERIN D TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Eburue, C. J. Smith : Miss A. seaman, &c. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi .h, at a quarter to Eight, IT 13 NEVER TOO LATE TO 3IEND. t haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, a. Cstihaem. F. Vilaers, J. a Shore, U. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyt,n, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by its life boats and other means, cantributed to the savinl: of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .£21,374 in the same period on its life boat estabohmeiits, in addition to granting £4,930 for le -wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers ; anti by the secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT• GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Saturday), Mr. Charles Deffrill's new opera, in one act, CIIRLTMAS EVE. Madame P. Lancia, Madame E. Ihywood ; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Aitre v. Mellon. Afte which. at 8, the g - rand comic, skectacular, and ope ratic (;hr,, [MIS Pan ornime, entitled A LAD WS Alt) III; WO CDERIOtiI, LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying I'alaC:. See ether advertisements,. Commerce at 7 o'clock. IIHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " 1. supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LATEST NI4.;WS anti SPORTING INTELLIGNNCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-road, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. 1101,21 ES begs to inform his friends, and the public generally. tte.; he supplies the LATEST EDITIoN .01 " THE SUN " as soon as published --No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. to the actual amou n t i m p ose d , it g i ves scope t o so I many impositions and excuses for middlemen to make their own profits that the retail charge rises to an absolutely absurd amount. If the Malt Tax were taken off, or even considerably reduced, there would be more competition in the trade, more check upon the brewer and retailer, and, above all, less temptation to adulterate the beer by the vile com pounds at present introduced. The price and qua lity of retail beer is now so manifestly unfair that it is quite time some change was made in the in terests of temperance and morality, as well as those of economy, health, and comfort. Good wholesome cheap beer would be the most powerful opponent of that übiquitous enemy of our English indus trial life--the gin-palace. The meeting held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern was very largely attended. Lord BERNERS was in the chair, by right, we suppose, of his thirty years' consistent opposition to the tax. There was a goodly show of noblemen and members of Par liament, so that the repeal is not likely to suffer for want of advocates in either house. Besides these direct politicians there were farmers, maltsters, and others connected with the question in its various aspects. Lord BERNERS, in his brief ad dress, spoke very sensibly, and urged, with reason, that the question should not be regarded as a party subject. This has, in fact, been the great weakness of the abolitionists hitherto. They have relied too exclusively on the rights of the farmer and the agricultural class, without arguing the matter on the broader basis of the :interest of the general con sumer. The removal of a considerable tax affects all classes of taxpayers, so the interests of all de serve to be considered in a repeal which must be felt somewhere. Lord BERNERS said, " I hold that it is a great social question ; it is a question far beyond the region of party feelings and party politics ; it is a question which affects all classes— the producer and the consumer alike." The noble lord went on to show that it affected the producer QPORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the L. LAT e.ST EDI I'ION of "TH IC SUN" as soon as pub lishtd.-4, Bath-strtet, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 4m.—Afternoon, 6h. 20m To-Monnow.-3lorning, Gh. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. Om. A t Alt e ff ' '' f -4..." t 4; 1 / 4 . 111 ‘ ~.....;N.:,. t ' aliet .1..... ',-.---„, e. ? m ilt ~ - .4k. - pro: -vim iv_ 1,-.,......_ ~,,:,..",_ , LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1866. It must be a satisfaction to all classes of the com munity that Her MAJESTY is again appearing in public, and passing through the ranks of her peo ple to open her Parliament. A long seclusion has followed the sudden and severe shock of the death of her illustrious CONSORT, but deep as was the sympathy felt throughout the country, it is now admitted on all sides that the period has arrived when the duties of her exalted position can with advantage be resumed by ller MAJESTY. It cannot be said that this particular juncture is at all a favourable one for the delivery of a Royal Speech, and it would require far more skill and dexterity than any of the present Cabinet possesses to make the many crooked things look straight and the many rough places smooth that abound in mat ters of home and foreign interest just at present. Great allowances could be made for the difficulties with which the Government has had to contend in suddenly losing him who was its chief and director ; but at the same time it must be admitted that the chief obstacle to success has been interposed by their own wilful mismanagement and perversity. No one expects that much about Jamaica will ap pear in the Speech from the Throne—that subject has now assumed a shape in which it is best left alone and treated sub silentio. A pass ing allusion must be made, but we may best realise the inconsistency of the course taken by Ministers when we remember that no commendation can be passed upon the authori ties in Jamaica in the Royal Speech, although a notification of the approval of the Colonial Secre tary has already been signified to Mr. EYRE, and read by him to the house of Assembly. A Sove reign has seldom had a more ungracious task to perform than has her MAJESTY in the allusion to this outbreak in Jamaica ; and slur it over as they may, it may yet be the hill of difficulty they cannot ascend in the coming session. by the restrictions of the excise ; it affected the consumer by making the difference of one-third in the price of beer ; and it affected the labouring classes most of all by driving men to the public house, where they fell into bad company, ran up long scores they could not pay, and were served with drugged intoxicating stuff which was neither cheering nor invigorating. Mr. PUNNETT, of Kent, urged that the principles of Free Trade should be fairly applied to the case when there would be no fear of the result. A Mr. READ, M.P. for East Norfolk, in a speech which was amusing from the intolerance and prejudice it displayed on this very question of Free Trade reminded his hearers that Lord RUSSELL had said many years since that if he were in power when the corn-laws were repealed the first tax which he would repeal would be the Malt-Tax. We have yet to see, however, how far Earl RUSSELL, the Premier of 1866, cares to be reminded of the pledges of the Lord JOHN of 1830 or 1840. It is was of course to be expected that Sir FITZ ROY KELLY, who has taken so prominent a part in advocating the repeal, should be present at this influential meeting, and his speech was, as usual, able and to the point. He argued that the repeal of the Malt Tax must naturally follow from the reduction of other duties, and he brought forward Sir ROBERT PEEL'S declaration that if the corn laws were repealed there would be no answer to give to the farmer when he claimed eval freedom for barley and malt. Several other speakers followed on the same ground, and there were not wanting advocates on the humorous side of the question. Ihe cup that " cheers but not inebriates" came in for some very severe attacks, and one might almost have thought the speakers were dis cussing the attractions of some deadly poison. Great amusement was created by the statement that a work by Dr. E. S3IITII, showing the evils and dangers of too much tea drinking, had been dedi cated, by permission, to Mrs. GLADSTONE. But still more laughter was produced when it turned out that another book of still more decided anti teapot characteristics had been dedicated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself ! Possibly these volumes reached Carlton-house-terrace too late to affect the Budget for 1865, but let us hope Respecting the aspect of affairs in Europe, although we are on amicable terms with all the nations, much has transpired during the past year to cause distrust, and to awaken suspicion in the minds of all the independent and enlightened among her MAJESTY'S subjects. The policy of Prussia, both at home and abroad, has been a most mis chievous one, and likely to become more hurtful as time proceeds and its plots are matured and de veloped—a domestic calamity such as had had no parallel in the memory of the present generation. It is, indeed, a painful topic, and yet one that cannot fail to arrest attention and demand a considerable share of notice in the Royal Speech. In this important matter, again, the ' hesi tation and inactivity of Ministers have greatly contributed to enhance the difficulty of their position, and to put them in an unfavourable light before the country. It is well that the meeting of Parliament will in a great measure relieve them of their responsibility, and devolve upon others the task of suggesting remedies. So far as Ireland is concerned, her MAJESTY has the gracious task before her of congratulating the Parliament upon the loyalty of her people, which was notified during the recent discovery of the conspiracy. Reform is, of course, the most notable subject in the Royal Speech, and yet we are not likely to meet with much discursive or detailed description. It is true that when on previous occasions a great deal was promised in the Royal Speech, very little was afterwards done in the way of performance ; there fore, a meagre announcement of the fact that some steps have been taken to form an estimate of the requirements of the representation, and that the attention of Parliament is invited to their considera that a careful perusal of the terrible statistics ad dressed directly to himself by Dr. DREWITT, and Mrs. GLADSTONE'S resume of the arguments of Dr. SMITH, may move the presiding genius of the Exchequer at least to lighten, if not wholly to remove, the burden of an obnoxious and oppressive mpost. It cannot be much a matter of surprise to any one that the recent events in Prussia have created great alarm and disquietude alike for the present and the future. So great an innovation has not been made upon the rights of the members of Parliament dur ing all the crusade carried on against freedom by Herr VON BISMARCK, and therefore it follows as a matter of course that men are on the alert who be fore this have been content to take a hopeful view of the question, and to think that matters would right themselves in the long run. They now find to their horror and consternation that no time must be lost if they would prevent their country from being degraded in the eyes of Europe, and dis honoured in the annals of history. Many passages may be quoted to prove that the MARKETS.:--This Day. late transactions that have taken place respecting the prosecution of the members are contrary to the spirit and the letter of the Constitution. It is dis tinctly stated that the members of both Houses of Parliament cannot be considered as responsible for their votes. " For the opinions expressed by them in Parliament they can be held responsible only by the House whose members they are, and under the bye -laws enacted by the same." This definite expression of opinion has hitherto been recognised a tion, may, or may not, mean that Ministers will keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the heart. In all human probability, this session, which inaugurates the seventh Parliament of her MAJESTY'S reign, will be a stormy and eventful one, and form a marked contrast to the tedium and monotony of many past years, during - which the Government have been indulging in a dolce far niente. The movement in favour of the repeal of the Malt Tax is assuming formidable proportions, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer can hardly afford to disregard the claims of the abolitionists. They appear resolved that the Government shall not be able to bring that charge of indifference against them which was so long considered a sufficient an swer to all appeals about Reform. The public does not care for it or there would be more agitation was the constant reply, and the very weariness and disgust of the political professions which produced an apparent inaction wore thus quietly made to do duty in the cause of the very politicians whose " words, not deeds" had given rise to the dissatis faction. The repeal of the Malt Tax has been com monly set aside as a party question, and conse quently all efforts to secure it have been regarded as mere party movements, and the stronger side of the 'louse has never taken it up. The public, on the reform principle, was supposed not to care theirabou pointtit,and the farmers were not lik e ly t o carry unaided. The real objection with most people has been that they apprehended the benefits of the repeal would be divided between the landlords and the brewers after the unsatisfactory fashion of some 40 years since when the Beer Tax was removed. Three millions were lost to the Exchequer, and about a farthing in the quart was gained by the public ! But the opinion is now gradually gaining ground that after all it is a tax which affects the consumer as much as the producer, 4:Lee, in addition ,nd admitted on all sides, aad the courts of law have sided with the people in upholding these rights, and preserving intact these privileges. Now, however, a change has come over the spirit of the dream, and we are to witness the infringement of those statutes which contain the articles of the Prussian Constitu- tion. Last year the Upper House passed by a large majority a measure which proposed to restrict the freedom of speech in the Prussian Parliament, but no one believed that the thing would be carried to such lengths as it has now unhappily been. The most strenuous opposition will be made by the Lower House to the execution of the Govern ment projects, and we find that so great is the indignation experienced that it is proposed to introduce a resolution affirming that the cause pursued by the Supreme Tribunal has constituted a breachnull of privilege, and therefore and void, and binding in no way. This is a very extreme step to take, but quite justifiable under the circumstances. At any rate, whatever evils may ensue, we cannot say that the Deputies have not done their duty boldly and unflinchingly, and had the people supported them better, instead of turning their thoughts to the despoiling of Denmark, things would now be in a more prosperous state, and there would not be so much to fear for the liberties of Prussia. There is a story circulating in Paris which has caused a great sensation. It is reported that a lady has been strangled in a railway carriage on the line between Meluu and Fontainebleau. Her husband, a high judicial ftuutivaary i its suspected as the assassin. sr HAY. COLONIAL. " THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING I VFEBRUARY 6, 1866. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Moniteur states that the Minister of Marine and the Colonies has just presented to the Emperor the first copy of the French edition of the Commer cial Code of Signals. An English and French com mittee was appointed to prepare a book of signals to insure communications between trading vessels of all nations, and the two Governments adopted the basis of a plan for one universal code, and im portant modifications were made in that which had appeared in England. Mr. Larkins, of the Board of Trade, and Naval Lieutenant Sallandvouze superin tended this minute work, the printing of which, in French and English, has just been finished. Copies of the French edition will be furnished to all trading vessels, and at the same time the arrangements have been made at all the Semaphore stations to receive their communications. Arrange ments have also been made to receive by telegraph, and the post communications by ships with the land. Very shortly a mutual language by signal will be established between English and French merchant ships, when they are in sight of the coast of France, so that they may be in communication with all the French telegraphic stations. Several Governments have expressed a desire to adopt the Commer cial Code of Signals soon after its publica tion at Paris and London. All nations are invited to give it their adhesion, and it is to be hoped, thanks to the good understanding between France and England, that we shall attain the realisation of that great idea of peace and civilisation, " the esta blishment of one universal maritime language." The Journal des Debats has a long and remark able article in reference to the differences which existed between the Egyptian Government and the Suez Canal Company. " With Lord Palmerston," says the Journal des Debats, " has disappeared the last representative of those ancient passions which looked upon France as the natural enemy of Eng land, and on the undertaking of M. Lesseps as a conspiracy against English interests in the East. It is well to remember that the two principal mem bers of the present Cabinet, Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone, at the period when they sat in the ranks of the Opposition, energetically opposed the policy adopted by Lord Palmerston relative to the Suez Canal. Now that they have received their full liberty of action, there is reason to hope that Earl Russell and' Mr. Gladstone will not place themselves in open contradiction with the attitude they assumed, and the speeches they made in open Parliament at another period." The Debats proceeds to state that the French Government has appointed for its com missioner M. Lebasteur, and the Canal Company is represented by Baron Mallet, Senator, and seems to entertain no doubt that, on the arrival of the com missioners at Alexandria, for which they sailed on the 9th ult., and after further conferences, the Sultan will agree to a convention for negotiating the affairs of the company. The works on the canal are proceeding with ex t rem e activity and v i gour. The Pope has s en t I,ooof. to the cent ra l com mittee formed to receive subscriptions in aid of the numerous sufferers fro m the terrible devast a ti ons of the cholera at G ua d a l oupe , expressing his regret to M. Chigi, his Nuncio here, that under present cir cumstances it was not in his power to send a larger sum. I recently sent you the particulars of the terrible murder and mutilation of a woman at Toulouse, the crime being supposed to have been committed by the keeper of a wine shop, named Aspe. A human head has been found in the canal near that city, and although considerably decomposed it has been recognised as that of the murdered woman. Aspe will shortly be tried on the charge of murder. Another case of murder and mutilation has been discovered. It took place at the village of Littoy, near the town of Bayeux. The victim is a widow of 77 years old, named Savary. She resided in a lonely house. The body was found horribly muti lated, and deep stabs were found on various parts of it. It was known in the neighbourhood that she had money in the house, to obtain which was no doubt the inducement of the murderers. There is a field at the back of the premises of the deceased woman which leads to the farm occupied by a man named Elie. The researches of the police have in duced them to apprehend Elie and his son as the supposed murderers. The Legislative Body have voted a law granting a prize of 50,000 f. to be awarded within five years to the author of a discovery which will render the voltaic battery applicable with economy either to industry as a source of heat, to chemistry, to to mechanism, or to practical medicine. Should there be no reason to grant the prize at the period named, the competition may be deferred, by decree of the Emperor, for another period of five years. OPENING Poncet, after his condemnation for the murder in the wood near Argenteuil, became very talkative, and reproached one of the gendarmes because he was not disposed to converse with him. " Well," said Poncet to him, " is it because a man is condemned to death that you won't speak to an old acquaint ance ?" The place of execution is rather a romantic spot, west of Versailles, distant a mile or two on the road to Sceaux. On the border of a road did Poucet assassinate a defenceless man, and such a spot is the locality for the expiation of the crime. In addition to his appeal to the Court of Cassation, he sent a petition to the Emperor praying for pardon. An other murder has been committed near Argenteuil. Halfway between Sartrouville and La Frette the body of a man of 65 has been found in a field of asparagus. Mortal wounds had been inflicted on his head with some sharp instrument. He was known in the country by the name of the Sorcerer (le Sorcier). SMITIIFIELD.—Mos,dow hay, 44 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to 16 158 Od ; and straw, X 1 16s to .£2 2s per load. Trade firm. £5 5a £4 4s to .£5 15s Od; clover, :0 11I .Cr iD Os . 071, 31 ; a ea n d rstr h a a w, £1 18s to .£2 4s per load. A fair demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, .£4 4s to .£5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to .£6 158 Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. TEA.—There has been very little business transacted, operations having been deferred until the public sales, which commence to-day, when about 21,400 packages will be offered, 17,000 of which are without reserve. SUGAR.—The market has remained very quiet ; superior qualities of West India, however, fully support previous rates. In the refined market there is no material change. COFFEE.—There has been a lair inquiry for Plantation Ceylon, and full rates are current. RlCE.—Only a limited business has been entered into, and there is no material alteration to repOrt in value. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited some considerable excitement, owing to a pressure of speculative sales. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 47s 6d; March delivery, 48s ; and last three months, 49s 6d per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Thi i ray. . Market opens steady. Amer can rather dearer. Sales probably 6,000 or 8,000 Vales. The East India and Irrigation Canal Company have received advices from their manager and chief engineer stating that labour has become very abun dant, and the works are therefore being pushed on with extra vigour. The Governor-General and the Lieut.-Governor of Bengal had promised and were expected to visit the head works and canals during the present month. The works were also progress ing very satisfactorily. During the last few days there has been very little animation exhibited in the Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. The operations in tea have been on a very restricted scale, the trade having de ferred their purchases until the public sales, which commence to-day. Sugar has been in moderate request, only superior descriptions having main tained former rates. Coffee has been in good demand, and brought full prices, while rice has been neglected, and a considerable decline at one time took place in the value of tallow, consequent upon speculative sales ; a slight recovery, however, has since transpired, PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, It is with great satisfaction that I have recourse to your assistance and advice. I have recently declared my consent to a marriage between my daughter Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein Sonclerbourg- Augustenburg. I trust this union may be prosper ous and happy. The death of my beloved uncle, the King of the Belgians, has affected me with profound grief. I feel great confidence, however, that the wisdom which he evinced during his reign will animate his successor, and preserve for Belgium her indepen dence and prosperity. My relations with foreign Powers are friendly and satisfactory, and I see no cause to fear any disturb ance of the general peace. The meeting of the fleets of France and England in the ports of the respective countries has tended to cement the amity of the two nations, and to prove to the world their friendly concert in the promotion of peace. I have observed with satisfaction that the United States, after terminating successfully the severe struggle in which they were so long engaged, are wisely repairing the ravages of civil war. The abolition of slavery is an event calling forth the cordial sympathies and congratulation of this coun try, which has always been foremost in showing its abhorrence of an institution repugnant to every feeling of justice and humanity. I have at the same time the satisfaction to inform you that the exertions and perseverance of my naval squadron have reduced the Slave Trade on the West Coast of Africa within very narrow limits. A correspondence has taken place between my Government and that of the United States with respect to injuries inflicted on American commerce by cruizers under the Confederate flag. Copies of this correspondence will be laid before you. The renewal of diplomatic relations with Brazil has given me much satisfaction, and I acknowledge with pleasure that the good offices of my ally the King of Portugal have contributed essentially to this happy result. I have to regret the interruption of peace between Spain and Chili. The good offices of my Govern ment, in conjunction with those of the Emperor of the French, have been accepted by Spain ; and it is my earnest hope that the causes of disagreement may be removed in a manner honourable and satis factory to both countries. The negotiations which have been long pending in Japan, and which have been conducted with great ability by my Minister in that country, in conjunction with the representatives of my allies in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion which merits my entire approbation. The existing treaties have been ratified by the Mikado ; it has been stipulated that the tariff shall be revised in a man ner favourable to commerce, and that the indem nity due under the terms of the Convention of October, 1864, shall be punctually discharged. I have concluded a Treaty of Commerce with the Emperor of Austria, which 1 trust will open to that Empire the blessings of extended commerce, and be productive of important benefits to both countries. The deplorable events which have occurred in the Island of Jamaica have induced me to provide at once for an impartial inquiry, and for the due main tenance of authority during that inquiry, by appoint ing a distinguished military officer as Governor and Commander of the Forces. I have given him the assistance of two able and learned Commissioners, who will aid him in examining into the origin, na ture, and circumstances of the recent outbreak, and the measures adopted in the course of its suppres sion. The Legislature of Jamaica has proposed that the present Political Constitution of the island should be replaced by a new form of Government. A bill upon this subject will be submitted to your consideration. Papers on these occurrences will be laid before you. Papers on the present state of New Zealand will be laid before you. I have given directions for the return to this country of the greater portion of my regular forces employed in that colony. I watch with interest the proceedings which are still in progress in British North America with a view to a closer union among ithe provinces, and I continue to attach greater importance to that object. I have observed with great concern the extensive prevalence, during the last few months, of a virulent distemper among cattle in Great Britain, and it is with deep regret, and with sincere sympathy for the sufferers, that I have learnt the severe losses which it has caused in many counties and districts. It is satisfactory to know that Ireland and a consider able part of Scotland are as yet free from this cala mity, and I trust that by the precautions suggested by experience, and by the Divine blessing on the means which are now being employed, its further extension may be arrested. The orders which have been made by the Lords of my Privy Council by virtue of the powers vested in them by law, with a view to prevent the spread ing of this disease, will be laid before you, and your attention will be called to the expediency of an amendment of the law relating to a subject so deeply affecting the interests of my people. GENTLEMEN OF TIIE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have directed that the estimates of the en suing year shall be laid before you. They have been prepared with a due regard to economy, and are at the same time consistent with the mainten ance of efficiency in the public service. The condition of trade is satisfactory. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, A conspiracy, adverse alike to authority, pro perty, and religion, and disapproved and con demned alike by all who are interested in their maintenance, without distinction of creed or class, has unhappily appeared in Ireland. The consti tutional power of the ordinary tribunals has been exerted for its repression, and the authority of the law has been firmly and impartially vindicated. A bill will be submitted to you founded on the report of the Rcyal Commission, on the subject of capital punishment, which I have directed to be laid before you. Bills will be laid before you for amending and consolidating the laws relating to bankruptcy, and for other improvements in the law. Measures will also be submitted to you for ex tending the system of public audit to branches of receipt and expenditure, which it has not hitherto reached, and for amending the provisions of the law with respect to certain classes of legal pensions. Your attention will be called to the subject of the oaths taken by members of Parliament, with a view to_avoid unnecessary declarations, and to remove invidious distinctions between members of different religious communities in matters of legislation. I have directed that information should be pro cured in reference to the rights of voting in the election of members to serve in Parliament for counties, cities, and boroughs. When that information is complete, the attention of Parliament will be called to the result thus ob taMed, with a view to such improvements in the laws which regulate the rights of voting in the elec tion of members of the House of Commons as may tend to strengthen our free institutions, and con duce to the public welfare. In these and in all other deliberations, I fervently pray that the blessing of Almighty God may guide your counsels to the promotion of the happiness of my people. WHo' WHO FOR 1866.-18th Annual Edition. Price 2s. 6d., by post 2s Bd. At the Railway Stalls, and by all Booksellers. London, A. H. Baily and Co., Corn- With the opening of Parliament appears "Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and House of Commons," price 15s. half-bound, gilt, gilt-edges, compri sing over 1,600 Coats of Arms, Heraldically Emblazoned, the Biographies of Peers, Baronets, Knights, M.P.'s, per sons holding Courtesy Titles, all dignitaries, &c.—in fact, all information to make it the complete vado-mecum of the titled classes, and deserve the favour with which it was re girded 100 years ago. In two vols. the " Peerage," and the "Baronetage," &e., cloth, is. each. DEAN and SON, 65, Ludgate-hill, E.C., and all Booksellers, MARE AND CO.'s. TYPEFOUNDRY, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. As Described by Henry Mayhew. In the Eighth Part of the very curious and valuable publication entitled, " The Shops and Companies of London and the Trades and Manu tures of Great Britain," a periodical edited by the ingenious author of "London Labour and the Lon don Poor," there appears a description of the Type foundry of the Messrs. Marr and Co., of Edinburgh and London, so remarkable of its kind, as affording the reader a vivid idea of the mysteries of a truly wonderful craft, that we cannot but direct attention to it thus pointedly —speaking of it, as it deserves to be spoken of, as a really masterly epi tome of the history of the whole rise, development, and progress of the marvellous art of the typo grapher. It elaborately traces step by step the ad vancement of that greet art from its first rude beginnings up to its earlier approaches to something like perfection as an art, re lating its advancement towards that rapidly approached goal of perfection, through the in genuity of John Gutenberg, the practical skill of John Faust, and the consummate taste of Peter Schafer, to whom the world is indebted for the ori ginal conception and first execution of type-casting. It particularises, incident by incident, the rise and development of the Printer's Art, telling us how it was in August 1457 that there was printed the famous Psalter—only some half-dozen copies of which are now known to be in existence—a work the capital letters of which were printed in black and red and blue, the whole being upon vellum. It goes on to relate how it was but a little more than two years afterwards, namely, in October, 1459, that there was produced the Durandi Rationale Divinorum Officiorum—and in 1465 that first tribute of the new art to polite literature, the Cicero de Officiis, in which occurred the first Greek type employed by the printer. It recalls to mind the fact that quartos and folios were the earliest sizes in vogue : in these the Gothic Letter being mainly employed—the old Gothic Letter being afterwards changed into semi-Gothic in 1465 in the Subiaco Lactantius. After which it is intimated that the Roman type was in 1470 brought to per fection at Mainz by Nicholas Jenson —that the first specimens of Greek types worthy of the name were employed in 1471 by Schweynheym and Pannartz— that it was at the commencement of the sixteenth century that the Italic character was invented and introduced by Aldus Manutius, the Venetian-- and that it was in 1482 at Milan that Soncino first executed printing in the Hebrew character. Punctuation, we learn next, has been a compara tively recent contrivance—Aldus hitting first upon the semicolon ;—the full stop . however, having the order of precedence as the earliest point invented —the colon : having been introduced somewhere about the year 1485—the comma , first appearing as long afterwards as 1521—while only as recently as 1587 are the first indications of the note of inter rogation ? of the asterisk * or of the brackets [ ], the last invented of all the stops being (appropri ately, as a climax) the note of admiration I Besides these there are numerous other signs or marks either of reference or of punctuation, such as the hyphen - —the parenthesis- ()—the dagger f —the double dagger t —the section § the parallel —the paragraph ¶—the pound mark £—the dollar mark s—the etcetera, &c., or ampisand &—the pound weight mark lb—the index ire—the per I'—the to ©. Then as to the salient varieties of type, we learn all about the Gothic, about the Roman, about the Italic, about the condensed or elongated variety of black letter, about the Elzevir, about the Baskerville, about the Old English, about the Eyyptian, about the Sans-serif, about the Doric, the lonic, the Antique, and the Clarendon. We have specimens next of those variations;of the Italic characters, known as the Script, as the Bowles, and the Running Hand. Among other more curious examples of typography, again, are the Rustic as contrasted with the Nonpareil Skeleton, or again as the Antique when compared with the Ancient-faced. As an illustration of the veritable italic type of the last century we have the mention of James Marr and Company's Type Foundry, established in 1742, the ancient numerals, I, a, 3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9,0, being placed in juxtaposition with the modern nume erals 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, 0. Finally—skipping the Pica and Primer of various sizes—we have, as if in typographical illustration of what can— That air and harmony of grace express, Small by degrees and beautifully less a descending scale of those more customary book types—the bourgeois, the brevier, the minion, the nonpareil, the ruby, the pearl s and the As explanatory of the source of their nomenclature the following particulars will be found interesting : The origin of the names of the different sizes of types is somewhat curious. Originally there were but seven such sizes; the first was called Prima (whence the name Primer, but now this sort of typo is termed " two-line English ") ; the second Secunda (now our Double-Pica and the Great- Paragon of the French printers; the third Tertia (which is at present our Great-Primer and the French Great-Roman; then there was the Middle size (still called in Germany Mittle—but that is now our " English," and the French St. Augustin typo) ; after which came the three sizes of letters on the opposite side of the scale—Pica, Long-Primer, and Brevier. In Germany the names Secunda, Tertia, and Mittel are still retained. Pica in Prance and Germany is called the "Cicero" type,because the Epistles of that writer were ori ginally printed in such a letter. Pica, with us, was so styled from its having been the typo in which the Ordinal, or Ser vice Book of the Roman Catholic Church, was originally set- This Ordinal was called the "Pica," or familiarly the "Pie." Steevens tolls us "the pie was a table or rule in the old Romish observance, showing, in a technical way, how to find out the service to be read upon each day." Bourgeois was so styled on account of its having been introduced into this country from France, where it was originally dedicated to the citizen printers of that capital. Brevier, on the other hand, obtained its mine from its having been first used for printing the Breviary, or Roman Catholic Church-book. Minion, also, is of French origin, and was so termed owing to this letter having rapidly become a special favourite on its appearance in that country—where it is designated to this day "la miynione" (the darling). Nonpareil is French likewise—this title having been given on account of its extreme smallness in proportion to the largo size of the letters formerly in use ; so that, being without equal in this respect, it came to be thus denominated. Pearl, on the contrary, is purely English (the French, however, have the same size at present, and call it "la Parisienne"), and was introduced after the success of the nonpareil letters ; founders having been thereupon induced to attempt cutting another letter on a smaller body ; and, as this was a greater advance to perfection, it came ultimately to be spoken of as the pearl of all type —even as Paragon obtained its name from being considered to be the perfect pattern of a letter, when it first came out. Diamond ac quired its title in the same manner—the name being signi ficant of the extraordinary neatness and consequent value of the character, in which type-founding is said to have reached the " summit of minute perfection." Full particulars are then given as to the mysteries of a FOUNT —meaning thereby, a given weight, say 800 lbs. of type of the same body and face, includ ing all the letters, stops, figures, fractions, points, signs, references, rules, spaces, or quadrats—the number of letters apportioned to each lower case in a fount, say of pica, of 800 lbs. weight, being in the following relative proportions :- 8 19,200 ... c and in (each) 4,800 ... fi 800 13,600 f 4,000 .. ff 640 o, n, and a (eaeh) 12,800 ... w and y (each) 2,720 fl 32D t 12,400 ... b 2,560 ... ffi 240 10,220 ... v 1,920 re 160 r 9,920 k 1,280 ce 90 d 7,040 q 800 6,400 j and x (each) 640 5,150 z and & (each) 320 Total 168,450 The upper case being the capitals, the lower case the small letters ; quadrats, leads, brass-rules, and o forth being the materials employed in what is technically called the justification of the lines; para graphs, pages, or columns of typo sei up by the skilled hands of the compositor. The Caledonian Mercury states that Miss Long worth will give a reading in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, on the evening of the 16th. "Mrs. Yolverton, we have reason to know," says our contemporary, " has contemplated for a length of time this method of advancing her pecuniary interests; and we are disposed to believe she will make an appearance in her readings which will prove that she has not overrated her power to please. A fire completely destroyed one of the cotton mills belonging to Messrs. Ogden at Dukinfield on Satur day morning. The fire broke out as the workpeople were about going to work, but notwithstanding the assist ance immediately rendered, nothing of the mill could bo saved, LA TEST INTELLIGENCE* (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FEB. 6. The Nene Preussiscke (Kreuz) Zeitung, of to-day, publishes an article to show that Austria favours the democratic agitation in Holstein in the interest of the Duke of Augustenburg, and against that of Prussia. The writer expresses a hope that Prussia will not allow the Austrian alliance or a revolu tionary movement to endanger her well-acquir ed rights. SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 6. The Minister of Finance has presented to the Congress a bill, assigning to the Bank of Deposits 110,000,000 reals of the proceeds of the sale of the public domains. A meeting of Senators has been held at the house of Senor Salamanca, at which a memorial wee drawn up on the different questions Affecting the public credit of Spain. eposits THE CAPE MAILS. FALMOUTH, FEB. 6. The Diamond Company's steamship Kaffrari from Table Bay o n J anuar y 2d, with 17 passengers the mails, arrived h ere this morning. a, THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS• The Golconda, with the above mails, reached Suez on the 31st January, at 9 p.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. s.—Three o'clock—The mark et has closed on the following quotations:- 41 per Cents 9B 55 Roman ............... Do. end month — Ottoman Fives...... 4 6 2 5 3 per Cents. 6B 65 Mexican Loan ...... Do. end month 6B 77i Do. 80nd5......... Credit Mobilier 770 Russian ............... 150 Do. end mouth Austrian ............ Bank Shares 3725 Spanish Threes ... Credit Foncier 1315 Home Debt ......... Italian Loan 6l 80 Deferred ............ Do. end month 6l 90 69 -- -- VATS. Cash. .A.cut.7s ... ... _ ... _ ... 1115 -- ~. 856 25 ... _ ... 546 25 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian, Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ••• 532 5° *** 200 b o 403 —.** 407 75 --- *** .• • 1 72 25 - 21 6 ••• --- ---- - --- ••• 125 ....- -- ..• DEAL, FES. 5 ' The Merchant Shipping Company's steamer Dartmouth, Captain Davis, f r o m Shanghae on the 21st October, with a cargo of tea and sal h arrived in the Downs. t. She reports that on the 11th January, ,11 4.58 long. 24.17, she fell in with a ship floating bottom up, evidently a large vessel. Her back was broken, and se vera l s h ee t s o f copper had we' rk d off amidships, all th e res t appeare d ne arly new quite sound. The Dartmouth passed close leeward of the wreck, but could not see anythi n g floating about to enable her to obtain any clue t° to the ill-fated vessel, and th ere being a s trong breeze and squalls at the time it was not de em ' prudent to lower a boat to go alongside. -- 4 N4 - 17 C our t far HER MAJESTY. RETURN OF THE QUEEN. WINDSOR CASTLE, Mond*. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Fr lll cess Helena, Prince ss L ou i se , Princess Beatrice, and his Serene Highness Prince Christian of Sch le _ A g wig-Holstein, l e ft O s b orne at 2.30 p.m.) and arriT at Windsor Castle a t five minutes past six o'e lc)c The suite in atte n d ance cons i s t e d o f the Dowag er Duchess of Ath o l e , the Hon. Flora Macd onald' Lieut. General th e H on . C . Grey, 00 C o l o nel the 0° D. Be Ros, Count de Rantzan, i n attendan ce Prince Chri s ti an , an d th e M aster o f th e Househ °id • Lord Talbot de M a l a hid e an d C o lonel the 13° A. Liddell are the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. ce The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Pr ili Albert Victor and P r i nce G eorge, and attended by. the Countess of Mac c l es fi e ld, Lieut.-Gen. I Cs°li) : 3 Major Teesd a l e , M r . Fi s h er, an d M r . ri arrived at Marlbo r o ug h House yesterday aft ernoo, from Sandringham. dor The Prince of Wales we n t t o th e House of L ° after his arrival. a pe Earl Russell, First L or d o f th e Treasury , g nee the usual Parlia men t ary b anquet , at hi s o ffi c ial raal de ; t ; in Downing-street, last evening to a distinguished P of of the supporter s o f th e G overnment i n the Il° lis° Lords. The Earl of Derby had a parliamentary as leader of the Con serva ti ve party in the Hous e of peers, • yesterday evenin g , a t hi s res i dence in St. J am es's- 5 1 ° ,, r e e r , The Right Hon. the Ch ance ll or o f t h e Excl ) , l ; as leader of the House of Commons, gave last 01 7 ° E f: r '' a his residence in Carlton House-terrace, ce the usual '," t i t ; mentary banquet to a party of the supporters 0.1 Government in the lower branch of the Legislature. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli received Y ester :t i i at dinner, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate , 3 El— re - of m em b ers of the House of Commons. Ther e w P e re istt sent :—Viscount Cr an b ourne , L or d B urg hley', VisvcrAt Hamilton, the Right Hon. Lord John Manners, the -7 11 ,, Hon. Lord Stanley, Colonel the [ion. Henry Lowther, the Hon. Ernest Duncombe, the Hon. Henry Wynn h , an :h o u• Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, General the Itig' t j j o Jonathan Peel, the Right Hon. Sir Edward Lyttouiford Right Hon. Sir William Hylton Jolliffe, , S ir t % ul Northcote, Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, Sir 1" --4 Heathcote, and Colonel Taylor. A DISGUSTING AND FATAL WAGER. 01 1 ° ci a 3 last week a man named Smith, a shoemaker in undertook for a wager of five shillings to eat a 1 " 0 -it uncooked. He accomplished his brutal task, bu , t 2, claiming the wager his attention was called to the "-tr which he had left. To finish all disputes he at once a ": this, but no sooner had he completed it than he fell bo' c ''' and died. THE CONVICT CHARLOTTE WINSOR.---T-TP, ~t r o o Saturday afternoon no reply had been received 11 :"7 - ei , the Home Office relative to the memorial for m ercy', "i n :, was forwarded to Sir George Grey on the 26th . il lt ` -° regarded as arguing Whether this may be the prisoner, or whether it may be viewed in c o a ted light, opinions will vary. The respite, which Was g ry th during Easter Term, will expire on Monday next, the inst. Unless an answer front the Home Secretary je f°l4 t coming either to-day or to-morrow, it is expected th a t further efforts will be made to save the life of this 01°1- ous A c t onvict.— Western Morning News. 01 13 the • Mansion-house yeserday, I\ ' l ` . f P e ermowan,who is charged with having fraudulently tra rred certain mining shares, was committed for trir.l. of CAPTAIN COLES'S TRIPOD MASTS. w°cle moni this invention was exhibited at Lloyds' Captains' 1-t-he favouiably for yesterday. It does away with shrouds and stays, an d antage mast is supported by t w o smaller ones. The ro pe s, claimed are as follows :—Saving of wear and tear of er improved ventilation of ship, i nc reased spee d ' e l PL" f,„ci voyages may be made, in consequenc e of a vess to with these being able to sail closer to th e wind ; the 0185 may be as readily cut away as wooden masts. ,- A FREE MURDER LATE URDER AT SIVANSE A.-- PARDON GRANTED.—lntelligence reach ed Swansea Yester; day morning that her Majesty has been pleased to 6 13 11 11 _, to Francisco Cliardinieri, the Italian who was tried _ L ; condemned at the last assizes for the murder of pater Moitch, a Russian sailor, in Fisher-street, Swansea, .111.11:3_ pardon. The condition imposed is that he musty uiteDas: Majesty's dominions within thirty days after irel from custody, and never return thereto again daring e l term of his natural life ; failing cornpliance the capio.' sentence to be carried into effect,