The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-05 00:00:00

~., 4Sb .' .'• ' • !-,44 ~.o - '' 1 n t il z . .c.Niiihit,:pii. Su I _ OUSES.--Messrs. find ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TON, buourban, aad Country RESIDENCES to LET or TO W N, Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rental. Oflices, 2. Conduit street, Regent-%treet, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. SOUTH KENSIN GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beattiort Gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Beltons, &c. Mersrs TOPLIS and ROBE itTS have P.K-AIOENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. LIFEI3OAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past year the National Lifeb3at Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. m The its Inslife ti - tution also expended .C 91,374 in the sae periud o 95 n for se boat ebtabshments, in addition to grantiug £4,0 wards for saving life and exeroising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received b the London and country bankers • and by the Secretary , Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. S UBSCRIPTIO NS for the WIDOW and CHILDREN of the late Captain R. IL GRONOW, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and Author cf " Recol lections and Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and Paris," &c. Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, has left a widow and four young children, by his second marriage utterly destitute, without means to defray his funeral expenses, or even to purchaio bread. Captain Gronow was disinherited by his father, in favour of his brother, a clergyman, and the small incomo which he derived from the interest of a sum charged on the family estate ceased with his life ; while the sums ho received from time to time for his " Recollections" were expended in providing for the increasing expenses of his young Tamily. Under these distressing circumstances the friends of Madame Gronow in Paris came to her aid, and they now appeal to the liberality of her late husband's friends in London, and also to the readers of his Reminiscences, for contributions to enable her to maintain and educate her children. Subscriptions received by Messrs. Small, ELDER, and Co., 65, Cornhill, and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox and GREENWOOD, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament street. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Amongst other attractive novelties that will be performed by the celebrated Band of this establishment during the week are Basquit's Combo Fantasia, "An Evening About Town," and his new Valse ; Pastoral Songs, the Overture to Euryanthe, and a grand Selection from " Martha :" Solos by Messrs. Horton, Sloman, Snelling, M'Eleney, and L. Mosca, M. L. CURTI, Conductor. M. GRENET, Manager. Admission, One Shilling. NOtice.—M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, every evening. THE ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer's Flay of RICHELIEU. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. 11. Marston, Raynor, E. Phelps, M`lntyre, sleal.rreson ; Mrs. Herman Vezin, Miss E. Falconer, Sze. After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap, Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mantg.r, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. W. Farren, lir. Compton ; Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed by BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sotherm Buckstone, Compton ; Mesdames Nelly Moore, Snowdeu, &c. After which, ORPHEUS IN TIIE ITAYMA.RKET Messrs. W. I'arren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weathersby, &c ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, lloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Comun:nce at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T REATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, TUE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER Mr. 11. Widdicomb. _ _ . After which. THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Pechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatric , , D. Evans ; IllesdamesTernan, Etsworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr, B. Webster. - THIS EVENING, at 7, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT, Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Bedford. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 155th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, P. Bedford, It Phillips, k'elix Itogtrs, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingter, &c. To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. SOIC LCSECC and Manager, :dr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. . - - After whi,h, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TO() N LATE TO MED. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, b. Calhaem, F. Vilders, J. G. short., tx. Murray, It. Melton, C. beyton, It. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. OYAL SIRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, at Seven (23d time), a new and origi nal Comedy, THE FLY, AND THE WEB. Mes•rs. For telle and Pricc ; Miscs Swinborcugh and Ilaynhain. After which the Grand Burlesque, IVANHOE. Messrs. Stoyle, home, Jame,-, Fenton : 41esdames Swanborougb, Ritynham, Simpson. Johnstone, and ttughes. To conclude with LENDING A ELAND. Messrs. Belford Turner ; Misses Simpson and Hughes. /111 E LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," .m_ Containing the Latest SPORTINCI INTELLItiEI\ es.st be had Every Evening of Cr. It. GLIcSIE, NEws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. 11HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by ALEXA.NDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied as FOOD. as Published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGI.NCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-road, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public generally, he supplies the LATEST EDITIuN of HIE SUN" as soon as published —No. 15, Hampstead road, iN.W. QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the K 79 LATEST EDITION of "Tllt SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TILTS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 26m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m. To-Mortitow.-MQ)rning, 4h. 38m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m. THE SCN,7LONDON, MONDA Y EVENING, MARCH 5, 1866. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1866. The Condition of the Infirmaries of London Work houses has long engaged the attention of all able to appreciate the subject, and to a great extent has also called forth the notice of the public, who, from time to time, have been shocked at the details that have come before them of mismanagement or gross neglect. Last Saturday a public meeting was held at Willis's Rooms for the purpose of considering the present state of the infirmaries, and the steps that should be taken to effect an improvement in their condition. The meeting in question was called together by the Association for the Improvement of the Infirmaries of Workhouses, which has for ob iec44 to secure legislative action to redress the Tnany evils which now affect the poor in these places. The Earl of C ARNARVON occup i e d t h e c h a i r , an d th e attendance was very good. Many gentlemen wrote to express their regret at not being able to come, mid to testify their approbation of the object of the meeting. Am °fla, others was Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, who wrote to say that an annual engage ment prevented his coming, and that he could not thus, second the resolation as he had intended to do : 7ify knowledge of the general condition of the Sick poor in workhouses is not of yesterday, nor are my efforts wanting in my vocation to call merciful attention to it." Mr. DICKENS truly added that it was a horrible anomaly to consider the un checked existence of many shameful sick ward s for paupe r s side by side ; it :was no wo n d er that the poor should creep into corners to die in stead., of resorting to such places. The Chairman derlared that the object which brought them to -szether was one which concerned all classes—the poor, because it related to their provision with the necessaries of life, and the rich, because it implied tl , ,eir duties for which wealth was so responsible. The noble lord reminded his hearers of a very im portant fact ; namely, that it was of no avail to read all the details of sickness, want, and misery that abounded, and then to go on their way and forget them. This is too much the way with the world in general, and hence the great utility and vast significance of such asso ciations as this are referred to, for t hey im press the full importanceoftherealto make occurr some upon the mind, and induce the public definite proposal instead of vaguely putting off the matter to the indefinite mercies of a more conve nient season. The poor in the London workhouses may be divided into these classes—the able-bodied, the infirm, the aged, and those afflicted with chronic diseases. The class which suffers from acute diseases is that for whose welfare the objects of this association tend, and rightly so, as they are the most in need of succour, and amount to 6,000 out of the 32,000 now receiving relief in the London workhouses. The " dreadful and disgraceful" con dition of these six thousand sick poor cannot pos sibly be exaggerated. The salary of the doctors are ridiculously small, and out of it they are to provide medicine. It has been calculated that in one infirmary the amount bestowed for the medical care of each patient was one farthing. No wonder that " shame" was called out at this part of the address. The nursing is equally deficient and badly managed, and in few cases are night nurses allowed. It is really almost too painful to dwell on this sub ject of the sufferings of the sick poor, and quite too irritating to contemplate the conduct of those who are indifferent to such horrors. Lord CARNARVON truly said that the guardians of workhouses were unfit for their position, and were returned by the ratepayers with the avowed purpose of keeping down the poor rates. The society proposed for the evils commented upon to remove the sick from the walls of the workhouses, and to establish neutral and well-organised infirmaries with an adequate staff of attendants. The Archbishop of YoRK moved a resolution to the effect that " The present management of the sick in the metropolitan work house infirmaries is highly unsatisfactory ; that the buildings are inadequate and unhealthy, the medi cal attendance insufficient, the nursing merely no minal, and the general system of administra tion radically defective." This was seconded and carried with only one dissentient, an amendment which was moved being negatived. A second resolution was also carried, to the effect that a deputation should wait on the President of the Poor Law Board, to inquire if he be willing to submit a measure to Parliament for the improve ment of the condition of the workhouses, and in case he refused to do so that the Committee of the As sociation be requested to take independent means to introduce an appropriate measure in Parliament during the present Session. This is very satisfac tory, because it promises something definite instead of vaguely alluding to evils without seeking a decided or comprehensive remedy. The Archbishop of YORK stated in his speech that a commission had recently sat to inquire into military affairs, and that they allowed every soldier to have 1,200 cubit feet for the purpose of health. The workhouses gives nothing like this, and the Poor Law Board only require 500 cubic feet. The condition of the sick poor in Workhouse Infirmaries is a groat disgrace to the community, and the sooner it is remedied the better for the reputation of all classes above the poorest, and for the welfare of the numerous ob jects of parochial relief. *ant of fresh air and cleanliness in health is bad enough, but their ab sence in sickness is something dreadful to contem plate. Great credit is due to all :those who have thus come forward to hasten the advent of a better state of things for these afflicted heirs of mortality. The arrival of the Australasian, from New York on the 21st ult., bring us news of very great inte rest and importance. The PRESIDENT has boldly declared his policy, and has opposed a firm front +„ +l,„ pr„ - i;,,,,i0 rl'horo wns. no doullt_ hefore nq to his opinions or wishes ; they were plainly enough implied in the reconstruction policy with which his name is associated, but the question was how far he would have courage to resist the encroachments of his quondam supporters. Ile had need to be a bold man who opposes the claims of the United States, and who, setting aside all the intrigues of faction, and refusing to be influenced by any con sideration excepting the public good, resolutely keeps on his own course undeterred by clamour, by abuse, or by political desertion. Such a man, rare at any time, is now fortunately, at this momentous crisis, at the head of affairs in the States, and he has just given a notable example of the determina tion with which he will carry out those principles - which he believes to be for the public good. The divergence between the PRESIDENT and the Radicals has long been matter of common notoriety, and all parties watched with eager interest for the crisis which should put the PRESIDENT to the test. The conduct of the Radical party since the meeting of Congress has been so extravagant, so unjust, and so unpatriotic, that it was quite evident they must come to an open rupture with the Government before long, unless, indeed, the Government was prepared to submit to their absolute dictation. Under the plea of defending the rights of the negro, Mr. STEVENS and his party have attempted to override all moderate men, to assume an ab solute dictatorship over the national councils, and to make the claims of the blacks an excuse for the spoliation and degradation of the whites. Slavery is a national crime as well as a national loss no doubt, but it is a crime which the North have tolerated for too many years to give them the right to be judge, jury, and accuser all in one. The point at issue is not the past but the present, and those who know most of the negro agree in assuring us that it is cruel kindness to throw him unreservedly on his own re sources unprepared. The result of this reckless and undiscriminating legislation we have seen in Jamaica, and one might naturally have supposed that the experience of the last few months might have modified the views of the most enthusiastic Radical of New England. Slavery is put an end to once and for ever. The sins and sufferings it occasioned are happily numbered among the things of the past. The great question now is how to provide for the millions of emancipated blacks thrown on the heads of the American Government. Common sense and practical humanity would certainly seem to support the policy proposed by the PRESIDENT— of endeavouring to get the plantations in working order as soon as possible, so that the negroes may readily find employment, to which he has been all his life accustomed, in the old familiar districts where he is known and liked. There would be the important difference between his position now and heretofore that he would be free to enjoy the results of his own labour, equal to and to l the whit e man in the eye of the law, able to hold property him to formai ve on his earnings, a household rn in g unmolested.lly teaching gradual course of instruction, the whites may in time raise the negro sufficiently above his present level to render him fit for the possession of political power, but to give it to him in his present condition would be fatal to the negro himself and ruinous to the country. Acting on this conviction, President JOHNSON has put his veto upon the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, as unconstitutional and unnecessary," and pro posing to establish by Congressional authority military jurisdiction over all par ts of the United States containing refugee feedmen. This fi.ubstitution of military for civil authority is clearly opposed to the whole principle of constitutional government, and entirely against the hope of restoring internal tran quillity and commercial enterprise to the Southern States. Such an institution as the Freedmen's Bureau, established to meet an extraordinary and exceptional state of things in a time of war and convulsion, is, as Mr. JOHNSON very justly says in his Message to the Senate, inconsistent with a time of peace. Moreover, the legislation which implies that negroes require public support would, Mr. JOHNSON asserts, be likely to injure their character and prosperity, as it is certainly most inconsistent with the demand for political rights. The PRESIDENT has something also to say for the Southern white people. The 11 States most affected by the Bill are shut out from representation, and one of the fundamental principles of the American Constitution is that there shall be no taxation with out representation. Congress can decide upon the qualifications of its members, but every State should be allowed the right to send loyal represen tatives. The PRESIDENT'S Message is dignified and states manlike, founded on arguments which are un answerable if the principles of constitutional govern ment are to be maintained. All the members of his Cabinet, with the exception of Mr. STANTON and Mr. Howrox, acquiesced in the veto which, as may be supposed, excited the wildest excite ment. Happily the popular feeling is en tirely on the PRESIDENT'S side. Salutes have been fired in different parts of the country to celebrate it, and a large crowd serenaded the PRESIDENT. The failure of an attempt made by the Radicals to nega tive the PRESIDENT'S veto in the Senate was received with tremendous applause from the galleries, so that we may fairly conclude that constitutional principle has won the day, and that the great body of the American people refuse to allow their long-cherished rights and principles to be overthrown by the tumult of a self-seeking and discordant faction. The Radicals are naturally infuriated, and have denounced the PRESIDENT in no measured terms. As :the only means of punishing him, they have propounded a measure in Congress rendering any President ineligible for re-election. As Mr. JOHN SON has just declared that he is not a candidate for a new term of office the arrow is not a very sharp one. The whole position of affairs is now most in teresting and exciting, and we can only hope that the PRESIDENT will go on as he has begun, and that the support of the country may enable him to carry his policy out for the benefit of all ranks of both races. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. I believe that the only point of importance mooted by the Opposition now to be disposed of is that which calls upon the Chamber to pronounce some opinion respecting the projects attributed to Prussia in reference to the Duchies. The amend ment upon this subject is referred to the committee on the address. The Constitutionnel says that a despatch from Berlin announces that Prussia is adopting energetic steps with a view to the solution of the difficulties in accordance with her peculiar interests. That paper, however, contradicts the report that General Manteuffel was about to proceed to Vienna with a communication from the Prussian Government to that of Austria announcing the de termination of Prussia to effect a solution of the whole question with as little delay as possible. A very remarkable case of forgery has been tried before the Court of Assize at La Vandee. A young girl, named Mathilde Lafrechome, and Emile Menard, a fashionably-dressed man of 30, were found guilty of forging and circulating eight bills or exenange, w ,cuuc yr T 7 ooot. Ti.. ...AWN markable case of forgery was committed against a gentleman named Savary de Beauregard, and it was proved that Lafrechome, who had been brought up at the convent, drew the bill in favour of Hor tense Hardy, superior of the convent, and forged the acceptance of Madame de Beauregard, pretend ing that the latter had given the bill of exchange as payment for a loan of 3,500 f. The male prisoner is a notary's clerk, and was on intimate terms with the young girl, and no doubt instructed her as to the mode of drawing bills of exchange. The jury having found both prisoners guilty, the girl was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 100 f. Emile Me nard was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and a fine of I,ooof. Menard has appealed against the sentence. The girl is described as being of re markable beauty, and of peculiarly mild and modest demeanour, and under 20 years of age. According to the statement of one of the witnesses (there were 40), Menard seduced her by promises of marriage, and being very vain and of expensive habits she committed the forgeries to provide for the expenses which they entailed. The musical event of the last week was the com position of some beautiful variations to what is called bile Romance du Saute, (the song of the mil lion) sung by Desdemona in " 0 tello." There ars three stanzas, Malibran and her sister Viardot Garcia, as well as Grisi, always created great sen sation, when they sang the air in its original state. Patti has sung the variations recently composed by the great master Rossini, but I believe not in public. m The report tatposrtiess h t t ha a t t hthteye young aread Princemirable. The Im perial has been attacked with measles, but in a very mild form, and that his illness does not create the least uneasiness. It is serious enough, however, to cause the postponement of the intended Court to-morrow. Baron Hottinguer, the rich and influential Ger man banker, has just died in Paris, aged 63. His fortune is said to be 60 millions of francs. In England it is the common custom for a Mi nister to requestynembers to abstain from discussing political matters while negotiations are in progress respecting them. This abstinence from discussion was requested in the Corps Legislatif on Saturday, in regard to Mexico, by M. Rouher, on that ground, and thus the sitting does not claim any particular notice. I may, however, explain that Baron Saillard, Envoy Extraordinary for France, was not expected to arrive at Vera Cruz till the 15th of January, and therefore the Government is yet without an answer to the despatches of which he is the bearer to the Emperor Maximilian. It appears, however, certain that the Government has quite decided to withdraw the French troops, and not to interfere any further with the affairs of Mexico. The submarine cable for establishing a telegraphic communication between France and Corsica, which was laid down a few weeks ago, works perfectly. It will not only afford telegraphic communication between that island and the continent, but it will form an important portion of a mixed line from Sicily to Upper Italy by Sardinia. From Cor sica a second telegraphic communication is effected with the Indies and Algeria, which at present is carried on by means of the continental lines of Italy. France is now placed in rapid and direct communi cation not only with Corsica and Algeria, but with the various islands contiguous to her shores. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, in an article re specting the events in Moldavia and Wallachia, sap that " they were rather precipitate in choosing the son of the Icing of the Belgians to rule over them, such election being in formal contradiction to the stipulations of the treaty of August 19, 1858. If the Principalities have got lid of a prince who did not possess either their sympathy or their respect, they must not flatter themselves that they have yet been able to replace him." The Count de Flandres is at all events engaged for the present. He has just left Marseilles for Rome, it is said, with a view to an interview with the Pope in reference to some regulations connected with the Roman Catholic re ligion in Belgium. The second official reception of the Emperor at the Tuileries was very numerously attended. The Empress was dressed in white satin, and wore her orders. Her Majesty had a magnificent diadem of diamonds and rubies. The Emperor is said to have chatted very cordially and courteously with several of the members of the Chambers, and particularly with those who signed the amendments. I have no means of knowing whether this latter statement be true or not. The Prince Royal of Denmark is expected in Paris, in order to thank the Emperor personally for sending him the insignia of the Legion of Honour. His stay here will be short. He is going to Athens. His brother, the young King of Greece, will return with him to Denmark, to be present at the betrothal of his sister, Princess Dagmar, to the heir to the throne of Russia. There is a report of the marriage of King George with the Princess Eugenie of Leuch tenberg, which it is said will take place at the same time as that of his sister. Mr T. B. Scott, English Consul at Bordeaux, has just died in that city of congestion of the brain. Mr. Scott had a very valuable collection of curiosi ties and modern paintings. The Abbe Liszt has composed the music for a mass at the Church of St. Eustache, which will be executed by the first artistes in Paris, under his own immediate superintendence. He comes from Italy for this express purpose. The receipts will be de voted to the communal schools. Since 1849 there has always been a mass composed for the Caisse des Ecoles, and performed at the same church. Last year the music was the composition of M. Huvard, maitre de chapelle of St. Eustache. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAR Cll 5. Telegraphic advices received here announce that six regiments of Cossacks have reinforced the Russian corps of observation, stationed on the Moldo-Wallachian frontier. The candidature of the Duke of Leuchtenburg as the future Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities is strongly put forward at Jassy. Military reinforcements have been despatched from Bucharest to Jassy, and a military cordon has been established along the frontier line of the Pruth. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF CORK. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3. The extra Inman steamship City of Cork, from New York on the 15th ult., arrived off Holyhead at 11.30 a.m. to-day. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 17. Middling cotton 45c. to 46c. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, MARCH 5. The Messageries Imperiales steamship Said, with the India and China mails, arrived here at four a.ni. to-day. FRANCE. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. PARIS, MARCH 5. The indisposition of the Prince Imperial follows its regular course, and the condition of his Imperial Highness is very satisfactory. BOURSE, March 3, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations :- 43 2 - per Cents 99 35 Do. end month 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 60 Credit llobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1365 Italian Loan 62 Do. end month 62 Roman Ottoman Fives 3B 80 Mexican Loan 4B Do. Bonds 303 75 Russian 74 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred AY& Cash. Acct. . 890 1131 25 . ~. 915 - - 558 75 - 570 - ~. 550 - - 145 - - 401 25 408 75 172 50 232 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 118 75 Important Cattle Plague Decision. At the Horncastle Petty Sessions on Saturday last, before the Revs. Thos. Livesey and T. Pickford, Mr. James Banks Stanhope, who did not appear, was charged, on the information of Superintendent Thoresby, of the Lindsey constabulary, stationed at Horncastle, that he, on the 29th day of January last, did unlawfully remove two cows and 16 bul locks from ReTesby to Tattershall along a public highway, such cattle not being fat cattle removed for the purpose of slaughter with the licence of a justice of the peace, nor cattle removed from one part of a farm to another part of the same farm, with the licence of a justice. Mr. Robert Toynbee (of the firm of Toynbee and Larken, of Lincoln) appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Peter Williams (of the firm of Freshfield and Newton, solicitors, London) appeared on behalf of Mr. Stanhope. The spacious court-house was crowded during the whole of the proceedings, which lasted upwards of six hours, and great excitement as to the result was shown not only at Horneastle, but also at Lincoln and the district around each town. Frutit the evidence adduced it appeared that on Saturday, the 27th day of January, Mr. Banks Stanhope sat on the llorncastle bench, officiating in his capacity as a magistrate. With him on that oc casion on the bench, besides others, was Mr. Moses Elmhirst, of West Ashby. The magistrates sat till late on that day. Mr. Betts, a tenant of Mr. Stan hope's, residing about from 700 to 900 yards from Revesby Abbey, Mr. Stanhope's residence, had some beasts taken ill on the Saturday, and he called upon the veterinary surgeon at llorncastle and got some " drinks" for them, as he supposed that the animals were suffering from eating too much chaff, but the inspector told Mr. Betts that if the beasts were suffering from the cattle plague he might as well throw his medicines into the canal as administer them, as they would do no good. On the Sunday, Mr. Betts found his beasts no better and adminis tered a drink. In casually passing Mr. Bell's, Mr. Stanhope's bailiff, he called in and found that one of his animals was " off its peck." After this Mr. Bell and Mr. Betts went up to the Abbey and saw Mr. Stanhope, and they recommended that the beasts should be sent off at once for slaughter, " because," as Mr. Betts said, " they would get no fatter and would not pay for keeping." Mr. Betts suggested that they should be sent to Boston, for London, and Mr. Bell suggested the Manchester market. Mr. Stanhope at first declined to send them away; but ultimately he despatched the fol lowing letter to Mr. Elmhirst:— " Revesby Abbey, Sunday, Jan. 28. " Dear Elmhirst,—Mr. Bell has become rather frightened at the plague being in Mareham-le- Fen (two miles from my farm), and my feeding beasts being nearly fat, he wishes to send them at once to Tattershall (Boston erased), to Great Northern station, to be sent to London to-day, and sold and killed there to-morrow morning. There are 10 (7 erased) shorthorn steers, two cows, and seven Scotch steers. Mr. Bell sends a note to the Horncastle inspector to give ' a warranty of their health,' without which it must be understood that your order is not to be used. I also want a certifi cate for the removal of my animals across the road ' with the inspector's permission.'—Yours sincerely, " J. BANKS STANHOPE. " Moses Ehnhirst, Esq." Upon the receipt of this letter a licence was is sued for the transmission of Mr. Stanhope's cattle, and the inspector, by the aid of two candles, exa mined Mr. Stanhope's beasts on Sunday night, and certified they were healthy. A messenger had been despatched to Mr. Wood, of the Great Northern Bos ton station, asking for cattle trucks to be attached to the mail train on Sunday night. That gentle man at first refused, but consented in consequence of an impression made on his mind that the cattle plague was in the neighbourhood, and that it was important to get them away. A message was also sent to Tattershall. On the Monday the inspector called and saw Mr. Betts' beasts, and pronounced them to be suffering from the plague, and some were shot the same afternoon. Some days after the plague broke out on Mr. Stanhope's own premises. By the 3rd clause of the Quarter Sessions order of the 16th of January it was necessary for every ap plicant to give evidence that the cattle plague did not exist within one mile of his premises before he could remove them. The magistrates held that Mr. Stanhope's letter did not show that it was not with in that distance, and fined him £2O and costs. Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty Tichborne, a Hamp shire baronet, has just died at the ago of 27. The manor of Tichborne, in Hants, has been in the Tichborne family from 200 years before the conquest. The baronetcy was created nearly 250 years ago. The deceased was tho 11th baronet. We have to announce the sudden death of Mr. Spencer Compton, registrar of the Supreme Ccurt at Bom bay, on the loth ult. Ile was the eldest son of the late Sir Herbert Compton, Chief Justice of that presidency. CHARLOTTE WlNson.—The Governor of the County Gaol (Mr. Rose) has received a further respite of this notorious culprit to May 14. She has been cautioned against entertaining any hope that her life will be spared in the event of the next decision of the Court of Error being adverse to her. On hearing of the further respite she expressed indignation at the " law's delay."— Westein Times. Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee on Saturday at the Horse Guards. Upwards of 100 officers attended. Colonel Borton, C. 8., at present in command of the troeps at Colchester, is about, it is understood, to leave that station, having received an appoint ment in Dublin. Colonel T. H. Tidy, A.A.G., is named as the successor of Col. Borton at Colchester. The 17th Lancers are expected to leave Colchester on the 15th inst. Lieut.-Col. D esborough succeeded Col. Brougham in command of the Royal Artillery at Shoeburyness on the tat inst. The troopship Tamar, Capt. Stirling, arrived in Portland harbour from Portsmouth early on Saturday morning to embark detaehments.of the 75th Regi ment, which have been stationed for the last six months at Portland and Weymouth. The Portland detachment was under the command of Major Mulles, and the company from Wey m outh under command of Capt. Suttie. The latter company left by the 9.30 a.m. train for Portland, the band playing " Auld Lang Syne," and both soldiers and civilians gave several hearty cheers as the train left the sta tion. A quier and better conducted corps than the 75th have never been quartered at Weymouth, and their departure is generally regretted by the inhabi tants. The troops embarked on board the Tamar, and left Portland at noon for Dublin, but it is pro bable she will call into Plymouth to remedy some slight defects in her rigging. The 75th are relieved by detachments of 62d Regiment, who arrived here from Pembroke between 5 and 6 on Saturday morn ing, the other portion of the regiment having pro ceeded to Gosport. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. E. Aplin, left Hamoaze on Saturday for Plymouth Sound. She will leave shortly with stores for the squadron on the coast of Ireland. A second series of experimental shell firing with percussion fuzees tookplace at Portsmouth onThurs day and Friday last, in the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee. Capt. Astly C. Key, C. 8., con ducted the experiments, the object of which is the selection of one efficient description of fuze for use with all guns in the Navy, rifled or smooth bore, in the place of the several kinds of Moorsom's, Boxer's, and others now in use, none of which can be used with shells indiscriminately from rifled and smooth guns. The practice was made, as on the former occasion, at the old wooden frigate America, moored in one of the shallow creeks on the upper part of Portsmouth harbour. The trials are not yet con ciuueo ; but tee reuman ruze has p.Lor ud co bu as yet the most reliable of all. The effects of firing at the America is something frighful ; a visit to her as she now lies, with the tide flowing and ebbing through her all but sideless and deckless frame, would fur nish material for an unanswerable essay for the benefit of those who still advocate the supremacy of wood over iron in the construction of ships of war. The committee formed at theßoyal Naval College, Portsmouth, for the relief of the widows and rela tives of the officers and men who unfortunately perished at the destruction by fire of her Majesty's late ship Bombay, off Monte Video, on the 14th of December, 1864, and at the wreck of her Majesty's late ship Racehorse, on the coast of Shantung, China, on the 4th of November, 1864, have brought their labours to a close by a final distribution of the funds remaining in their hands, and have published a state ment of the receipt and expenditure of the sums com mitted to their charge, for the information of the subscribers. In the Bombay 91 lives were lost—two officers and 89 of the crew. In the Racehorse 99 lives were lost-11 officers and 88 of the crew. Owing to the prompt receipt of subscriptions from private sources for the relief of the wives and families of those who perished in the two ships, the com mittee were enabled to commence the payment of allotment money immediately after the Admiralty ceased to pay it in January, 1865, and continued to pay it until January, 1866, thus averting consider able trouble and pecuniary distress. The balance sheet of the committee, issued at its last meeting on the 27th ult., gives us subscriptions received to that 'sshsihpipßacehorse, £1,530 date from the 16th of February, B l o B m 6 b s: ay7 T i2 o ,7 t 9 h 4 e 3s . special 6 d;funddi ;ditto, o fo , for e h r e r m A a l j a e j s e t s y t s y 2s. 7d. ; to the general fund, £2,594 2s. 7d. ; and bankers' interest, £B2 16s. 4d.—the total amount is thus £7,001 ss. Of this sum £3,554 10s. has been paid in allotments and relief to the wives and families of those who perished in the Bombay, and £2,898 15s. to the wives and families of those who perished in the Racehorse. Out of this sum the widows of the crew of the Bombay receive each £77 10s. from the special fund subscribed for that ship, and £l6 19s. from the general fund. The widows of the crew of the Racehorse receive each £22 18s. from the special fund for that ship, and £l6 19s. from the general fund. Due pro vision has likewise been made by the committee for securing the awards to those of tender age, so that the money shall be applied to their exclusive benefit. The balance-sheet shows an expense of £4OO for advertising, th ew printing,hwolei th, eo stationery, portages, and o th er expenses, which, with a cash balance of £l4B, brings p £7,001 ss. The Admiralty u have given the gratuity of a year's pay to each of the has widowsbeen of furnished cr be seen by the committee's statement, the main re lief ews of both ships, but, as will from private sources—from the the officers, seamen, and marines of her Majesty's navy, as also from army officers and from civilians. Lieut. C. P. Boger, late of her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, has been appointed to the Victory of Flag Lieute nan t to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty: —William APDowall, engi neer, to the Racoon, for service in the Whiting ; James Ritchie, engineer, to the Sphynx ; David Francis, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Racoon, service in the Whiting; and George John James, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Racoon, for service in the Whiting. For the purchase of stalls and boxes in the Cen tral Hall of Arts and Sciences, to be erected at Kensington, the sum of £47,300 has been already sub scribed, the price for a box in the first tier in perpetuity being £l,OOO, payable by instalments ; for one in the se cond tier, £5OO ; and fora stall in the amphitheatre, £lOO. —The Builder. THE MAYOR OF SUNDERLAND SNOWBALLED.— After the conclusion of the contest for this borough the mob attacked and ma:treated peaceable pedestrians, by assaulting them with snowballs, and so far forgot the re spect due to the occupant of the civic chair as to make an organised snowball charge. upon him as he was walking down the street. Parliamentary Reform. A second public demonstration in favour of the principles advocated by the Reform League was held on Friday in St. Martin's-hall ; Mr. EDMOND BEALES, the president of that body, occupying the chair. The attendance, as before, was exceedingly numerous, and both the galleries and floor of the hall were well filled, the auditory consisting chiefly of.,working men. The CHAIRMAN, in his introductory address, said the meeting had been called together to receive the report of a conference which had just been held on the subject of reform. That conference was coin posed of delegates from every part of the country, including Ireland and Scotland ; and without fol lowing the example of another place, and waiting for statistics, they had resolved that registered resi dential manhood suffrage, protected by the ballot, was the only principle upon which a new reform bill ought to proceed, and they had agreed to peti tion the House of Commons to allow twelve of their number who were working men to be heard at their bar in support of that principle. (Hear, hear.) Having offered a few remarks upon the evils and corruptions arising out of the existing system of representation, he insisted that the continuance of such a state of things was not only subversive of the constitution, but revolting to common sense,'and the sooner a remedy was applied the better it would be for all classes of society. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GREENING of Manchester, before proceeding to move the first resolution, gave an explanation of the absence of Mr. Ernest Jones, who was to have been the first speaker, according to the programme of the evening's proceedings. It was feared, he said, that Mr. Jones's excellent constitution had been overtaxed in serving the cause of reform, and his friends were now apprehensive that it was breaking down ; at all events the present state of health would not admit of his undertaking a journey to London, and at the last moment Mr. Jones had been compelled to telegraph his excuse for not being present. The resolution which he had now to propose, in place of Mr. Ernest Jones was this :—" That this meeting highly approves of the resolutions passed by the Reform League Con ference held in St. Martin's-hall the 28th Feb ruary and Ist of March, and cordially affirms the principles advocated by the Reform League of resi dential and registered manhood suffrage, protected by the ballot, as the only sound and proper founda tion of all real representation and of self-govern ment, as being in entire accordance with the theory and spirit of the constitution of these realms, and as imperatively necessary to render the House of Com mons, not in name only but in reality, the house of the commons of the United Kingdom." In advo ting manhood suffrage he combated the objections which Lord Elcho and Mr. Lowe had advanced against it, and insisted that the fears which these opponents entertained to an extension of the suf frage were groundless. He next dealt with the scheme of reform which had already been shadowed forth as that of the Government. A£6 franchise would still leave that arbitrary line which the league were anxious to see abolished. Such a suffrage was exclusive rather than inclusive in its character, and would make: no change in the present conservative system. It would do no good for London and the other great cities of the state, and therefore could not satisfy the people who were demanding to be admitted within the pale of the constitution. He was equally opposed to an educational franchise, such as that proposed by Mr. Clay. One of the qualifications embodied in that gentleman's bills was being able to spell correctly, and he had been told that if this should become law it would have the effect of disfranchising a majority of the present House of Commons. (Laughter.) But give the people that franchise which the league advocated and education would soon follow. On the other hand, if it rested on education the opponents of the people would have a direct interest in keeping them in darkness ; and on that account he called, in the language of the resolution, for an unlimited fran chise. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GREW, of Birmingham, seconded the re solution. Mr. SAMUEL POPE supported it in an argumenta tive speech, though he thought it ought to demand as a right what it asked as a favour. He agreed with the Edinburgh Review, that the question was not an amendment of the Act of 1832, but an exten sion of the electoral power of the people. Experience had convinced him that working men would make better, more loyal, and more independent voters than any other class in the kingdom, and he advised that when next the league sent a deputation to Downing-street it should be accompanied by such a mass of working men as should for the time stop the traffic in Parliament-street. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put to the vote, and carried by acclamation. Two other resolutions were also passed, one in viting all classes of real reformers throughout the country to unite in contributing to the funds of the league, and in agitating, and labouring in their several localities, by means of local associations or otherwise, in support of the principles of reform set forth in the first resolution, and the other directing that copies of these resolutions should be transmitted to Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings, and the meeting separated at a late hour. AN END TO A NEW YORK PROJECT.— New York, or at least certain interests in it, have lately been jubilant over the prospects of an under ground railway, which was to relieve the crowded streets of their throngs, and whisk rejoicing pas sengers, in darkness, from the Battery to Harlem, as fast as steam could carry them. They have under ground railroads in London, why should they not have them in New York ? Ah ! why not ? New York is a " metropolis," so is London. Why should not the metropolis of America enjoy all the advantages of the metropolis of Great Britain ? There could be no satisfactory answer made, and so the underground railroad was declared to be a cer tain thing. It was settled, upon theory, that the scheme was perfectly practicable, and until lately the speculation promised well. But now there comes forward one Craven, who sweeps away the whole project with a few strokes of the pen. He is the Chief Engineer of the Croton Water Board, and he tells his fellow-citizens that unless they are will ing, large numbers of them, to go without water during the months that the great public improve ment is in progress—unless they are willing to build new sewers to an extent which cannot even be estimated at this time, to relieve those which will be disturbed by the operations of the railroad builders—they might as well give up the plan. The route chosen for the railroad is under the largest water mains and most important sewers and cul verts in the city of New York. It will be impos sible to prosecute the work without stopping off the water in extensive districts, not only adjacent to the railroad, but in remote sections which are supplied from the main pipes. The consequence would be the stoppage of manufactories which must use the water, increased danger from fire in conse quence of the want of means of extinguishment, and the serious inconvenience and injury to citizens deprived of a necessary fluid. Add to this the nuisance of stopping communications with culverts, and the consequent injury occasioned by the accu mulation of deleterious matters above ground which might occasion malignant epidemics, and there are reasons sufficient to put an end to the underground railway schemes, and to compel the savans of the American metropolis to find some new method of getting rid of an undoubted difficulty, enabling them to present something startlingly original, and alto gether unlike what they do in London. SIR ROBERT PEEL AT TAMWORTIL—Sir Robert Peel presided at an annual meeting on Friday night of the Fazeley Club, Reading-room and Library, of which ho is both the founder and the president. Ile was accompanied by Lady Emily Peel. Mr. John Peel, the other M.P. for Tamworth, and his family were also present. The parish school-room, in which the meeting was held, was thronged. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.— liadyn's "Creation" will be performed on Friday next, March 9. Principal vocalists—Miss Edmonds, Mr. Cum mings, and Mr. Santley. Dr. Wilson, who has lately received the appoint ment of consul at Antwerp, was the physician of Gover nor Seward during his illness consequent upon the mur derous attack of Payne, one of the Wilkes Booth con spirators. c our t • etrigLit. -- HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 3. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Helena. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also went out walking. March 4. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise/ Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divi ne service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. J. Shuldham preached the sermon. There is no truth in the report that his Bela Highness Prince Leopold is about to go abroad on account of his health, such a step being quite nn' necessary. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive on Saturday. In the evening their royal highnesses had a dinner party. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Son. Mrs. F. Stonor and Lietit—Colonel Keppel in wait ing, attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal , St. James's, yesterday. An Old Scandal in a New Light. Some mention has been made in the Court of Probate upon one or two recent occasions of the case of cc Ryves against the Attorney-Genera l.° It may not be generally known that, although the cause has not as yet assumed a very important shape, it involves points of historical interest ; and Whe n it shall have come fully before the Court it will, we have no doubt, attract a large share of public at tention. The suit is undertaken by a mother and her son, who, though they are now living in compa rative obscurity, aspire to the high honour of being recognised as members of the Royal family. 111 endeavouring to accomplish their end it will b e necessary for them to inquire somewhat closely into the private history of King George 111., and mall curious incidents must of necessity be brought out by the evidence and documents exhibited in refe rence to this part of the case; for Mrs. Ryves, the pe titioner, asserts that she has descended from the issue of a private marriage contracted by the fourth bro ther of George 111., who was known as Prince Hen r i Frederick, Duke of Cumberland. The lady to wlie lll the Prince is said t o h ave b een marr ied was °lila , Wilmot, the daughter of D r . J ames Wilmot, rec tor of Barton-on-the-Heath, in Warwickshire. His wif e ' the mother of this Olive Wilmot, was a Polish Prin cess. How much interesting matter it will be ne cessary to disclose, for the purposes of this suit, re specting the private relations existing between the Prince and Olive Wilmot prior to the alleged mar riage it is impossible to say at present ; but as the whole suit hinges upon this point, everything inci dental to the intimacy of Prince Frederick and pr. Wilmot and his family will no doubt be thorougla canvassed. But whether this marriage can be proved or not' it was quite certain that it was acknowledged 5, the time, for the gossips of the period seem t o have made it one of their stock subjects, and the daughter born of the marriage was also publicly recognise It seems, however, that in the course of time the Prince got into a scrape with Mrs. Horton , a sistex. to Col. Luttrell, who was afterwards returned mem ber of Parliament by Court influence in place °f " Demagogue Wilkes." The Prince ev entual married Mrs. Horton, and, as the bigamy was come witted in the face of the acknowledgment of tit issue of the former marriage, it became necessarY that something should be done to hush UP o 0 scandal. The histories referring to the period she',: that the King about this time would not receive b's brother at Court, and it is conjectured, with sou l f show of reason, that the prohibition arose ou t ° the disagreement between them consequent o °l this bigamous marriage. The Prince, according l y unwillingly or unable to deny himself the pleasure of Mrs. Horton's society, and equally loth to be de nied the Court, neglected his first wife, who after wards died in France. He also consented to a Pr?" posal that his daughter should be brought UP ignorance of her parentage until the scandal he': died a natural death, and certain distinguished personages had died too. When this had been settled to the satisfactio n o f a ll concerned , save those who, if the story be true, had been i t% grievously wronged, the marriage of the Prim with Mrs. Horton was allowed to pass witho ut in terference and it is this Mrs. Horton who has COii : tinned to be acknowledged as the only and ch ild d, less wife of Prince Frederick, Duke of Cumb erland' It is easily conceived that an arrangement suellthe that which, it is said, was come to betweeu otit Prince and the King was not concluded w itb some writing, and it is asserted that several dee f the ments were signed touching the legitimacy il daughter of the Prince and his wife, née Oliv e er e mot. These documents, it is further asserted, W to of witnessed by more than one Minister of S t 3, re . the period and carefully preserved at the Icing e the quest. They were ultimately committed to el care of certain eminent persons, upon w h° , o .. solemn obligation of secrecy was laid until the hap, pening of certain events which have long sill we curred. The names of all these persons have no doubt, be made known in the course ° proceedings before Sir J. P. Wilde. . The case has already been before the pub lic, an d only in courts of justice, but also in Parliamen t . tier t by petition to the Royal Family. The first P eti to the Crown was made in 1819, a nd the last in 18.061 In 1861 Mrs. Ryves, then 64 years of age, e tal b i o g a decree against the Attorney-General esta blix ' the marriage of her father to the lady to wile, re k o have already referred as the daughter of the euletilt first marriage, and the chief object of the Pre . petition is, as we have already stated, to es ta r b i l l i t s e li e r ) Mrs. Ryves's descent through this lady from ' L i_ to Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, wit" t he ultimate object of proving her son's title t° lam A honour and dignity of the dukedom of Cu mber and her own right to the title of Princess of C ul ' berland. P e ' The case was introduced to the not ice of age' anent by Sir Gerard Noel nearly half a century the He moved for a select committee to inquire in.t° truth of statements made in her pe tition, NVlnch b e had presented three months before. It seer"! e a was very earnest in her cause, thoroughly believed in the genuineness of her case , a nd persiste',,•;, announcing that he ,4 had it in comman d froin ti"ai Royal personage" to do so and so—" for ; to personage he would continue to believe heroll:ter she was proved and declared to be an un „ 0 , wok. by a select committee of the House of Core l , a t on The petition of that day seemed to aim uet Raab the declaration of Mrs. Ryves's legitima c y awl, . from descent, but also to the acquisition of a grant ` ba a the Civil List. Sir Gerard Noel declared he always believed that every member of the ,a 1 - r ° J was family was upon the Civil List, but here " member of the royal family quite unprovided for" The present petition was filed in the Cour Divorce, under the Legitimacy Declaration.:yu' or August last, and the case has been set delays hearing by a special jury, but a series of _ tits , have caused it to be put off for another three ra 11 ort made An application for an adjournment w General, and opposed byDr. Smith and e ral Feb. 27 by Mr. Bourke, on behalf of tli a 3 e s i ik r. t rf terl l i ci a ; could ne t 1)° d o e n s ;trheedpdaerltayofbetchaeupseetihticonheard. just t e cAotmtoernetYopeo°so. sion of a number of documents which er arrangedbe arraned in time for the trial. These paP at o f certil ie • petitioner asserts, are simply copies e „ 0 , l m furnished by her or her mother to the Sov rei=s„ . we company with petitions concerning the claims was have referred to. A significant obeerva b, ie P at . u ma a d n e ted by th S e ir ap J pl . marked that it was an important ease —au . , 1113 i i c p0 11 iolnViflodrepOonstpTotineesradot. ecnorre,... ula b e r • it that could reasonably be obtained sho tant public case—and all information bearle6 pro" trlC d duced in court, and, when tried, should be once for all. ~~ £8 after] Th large] br o k e on ea 61 4 pe Th Pally the p 60 p' rri i reco n Per a ( 8:11ty D o a oer ew New A DO Do D I utttdc D ( D( ( tree iii .l.) .W0)1 boo ti v , l T 4 ba, hq e,