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TH EAT R E ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.---- Managers, Messrs. E. Falc oner and b`. B. Chatterton. ,THIS EVENING, the Play of TIIE MERCIIAN I.' OF 1 , EN CE. Mr. l'elps; Messrs. R a pier, Barrett. G . Bel more,l E. Phelps,n M'lntyre; Mrs. liernaann Vezni ; Miss .R. Leclercq, eze. Alter la Inc. the Pantomime, LITTLE lil?.lGr PIPPIN or, Harlequinh Fortunatus a nd the Magic Purse and wishing Cap. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYAIARKET,- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A IiO3IANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Compton ; Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed by BROTHER SA.SI : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton ; Mesdames Nelly Moore, Snowden, After which, ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. FarrCD, Fisher, Bartleman, Wealhersby. ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, w - o i q o ' ar ' lloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, Sze. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TEIEATRE.- Under the sole Management el Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER Mr. IL Widdicomb. After which. THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, Elsworthy, 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 158th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix Rogers, Ashley, liburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtcr, &c. To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, IL Phillips. Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, Src. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1866. Mr. BRIGHT IS determined to ride his hobby to I death, and no sense of propriety or feeling of jus tics can restrain him. His conduct with respect to the Jamaica affair has been one of the worst things he has done throughout his political career. He belongs essentially to that class of persons who the more they ge t the more they want. Last night he inquired of the s path de Government if they would under take that all and all information re ceived at the Admiralty and the War Department conn ected with the r ecent transactions in Jamaica should be laid before the Comm iss i on in that replied th a t it wou l d island. Mr. GLIpSTONE now be very late to make alterations, because tie C o mmission ha d alread y made considerable pro - Y STORKS was the Commander-in gress. Sir lIEN R chief, as well as chief commissioner, an d all the documents relating to the officers who had h ad assisted in putting down the outbreak, were already in his possession. As for the navy, its officers had reported to the Admiralty, and the Admiralty hesi tated to give up the papers because the officers had given up their reports in obedience to orders, and had not been cautioned against criminating them selves. However, the Admiralty have desired Admiral HOPE to give Sir HENRY STORKS all the information:which he can. This explanationdid not suit Mr. BRIGHT, and he forthwith announced that unless the despatches were produced in the House or in Jamaica, he would bring forward a distinct motion on the subject. What right has Mr. BRIGHT to constitute him se lf a judge in this janlaiCA affair? And why should his opinion outtinveeraigehntthethanleLo, y the service, and be held of more arra)teraents thgk are made I_4 Xperienced indivi-. dua d ls e ? a h l a o v w e a a n g c i e t a h t e a d s already t hs m a b t t e e e r : ma and to Ttrosemuwchlio the Government had better be on the defensive, against any more encroachments. At any rate let, • them be on their guard respecting Mr. BRIGHT,. to whom they are paying too much court I, and, indeed, have been since the commence ment of the session. If they attempt to, make a compromise between expediency and jus-.. tice they will get into a very awkward dilemma. In._ the discussion on the cattle plague the amount t, O be awarded as compensation was altered to suit the opponents of the measure, foremost among whom was Mr. BRIGHT. Let not a simi _ lar course be now followed in respect • to the Jamaica Commission of Inquire. There is no reliance to be placed upon the state ments made off hand upon a question being asked, and perhaps after mature deliberation, rather than face the fury of the hon. member for Birmingham, Earl RUSSELL may adopt some of his tame and subservient courses, and change the aspect of affairs in order to mollify the wrath of the MOLOCH of the Ministry. Such a course will not suit the tamper of the House and the sense of the country, and the best way to treat Mr. BRIGHT will be to let him alone, and show him that his threats are disregarded, and his counsels held of no avail. It is difficult to conceive how a man of any political knowledge and general experience can go on in this unseemly fashion, taking up one idea exclusively, and making all con siderations of right, honour, and justice give way to it. A more mischievous course could not be devised than that which Mr. BRIGHT has marked out for himself this session. As the day for developing the Government Re form Bill draws nearer and nearer the public curiosity increases rather than diminishes. Genuine Reformers are not indeed very sanguine as to the merits of a measure which has gained the support of a divided Cabinet, winning the suffrages alike of the Whig members of the Cabinet and of that Radical party who acknowledge Mr. BRIGHT as their leader. The Ministers have not a very easy time of it in answering the various questions put in the Lower House, and the manner in which their replies are received is not always very encouraging. It seems that the quibble about the statistics which excited so much displeasure a few days since has been abandoned, for Mr. GLADSTONE now says that the errors demanding revision are likely to be so slight that it will not be worth while to incur further delay, and that the tables will be circulated on Saturday morning. Another fact was elicited from the Leader of the House of Commons last evening which is less satisfactory. The Bill, when it comes, is, it seems, only to affect England and Wales, leaving Scotland andlreland to be dealt with hereafter. It is not easy to see what advantage can possibly arise from this needless division of interests. The members are all returned to serve in the same Parliament, why not under the same bill ? Lord RUSSELL, it will be remembered, introduced three bills in 18G0 for the three kingdoms, subsequently beating a retreat with them all. He appears to be partial to this mode of doing business, and if his English measure proves a good one, he may well be allowed to indulge his own inclinations as to the time and manner of introducing its fellows. The bill or bills will be probably submitted to a severe criticism, both in Parliament and out of it, for there are so many parties to please in a measure of this kind, and so many whom it is impossible to avoid displeasing. Among the latter we must class the extreme Reformers and the extreme anti-Reformers alike. The former have a theory of their own, which we shrewdly suspect may be compared to those will-o'-the-wisps which re cede as the pursuer advances. More and more extreme and democratic grow their measures till universal suf frage and all its kindred theories are gravely pro posed as the panacea of all political evils. But supposing, by some wave of an enchanter's wand, a thoroughly Democratic Constitution was established in this country, should we have peace ? The expe rience of America and Australia emphatically answer in the negative. The Radicals of the United States are . in a state of perpetual combustion, while the manhood suffrage of the Australian colonies very recently brought one of them to a political dead lock. So that if, for the sake of a quiet life, we allow these good gentlemen of the BRIGHT school to have their own way, we shall find that like spoiled children similarly treated the result is any thing but pacific. At the same time we cannot help regretting that those gentlemen who claim to be the leaders of the working classes should so very ill represent their real interests, and thus damage the cause which they profess to serve. We have always advo cated the admission of a large number of working men to the franchise, believing that they would be found fully as intelligent, as patriotic, and as disinterested as any other class of voters. But it is on the ground of their intelligence, and not of their ignorance, that we would have them ad mitted ; it is because they have profited so largely by the opportunities now offered to them of acquiring at least the rudiments of knowledge ; it is because many of them belong to a generation which had the benefit of a good schooling in early life, and because they have shown the fruits of that education in their increased enlightenment, modera tion, and tolerance, their appreciation of the diffi culties of those above them, and their sympathy for classes other than their own. The working men of the last century would not have been qualified for the franchise, but the tide of progress has carried every class forward till they, in common with those about them, have been trained to the possession of power. But education must be the level to raise them, and he who advocates the immediate admis sion of a vast number of totally uneducated and illiterate men to the franchise, is either declaiming for the sake of effect, or supporting a measure as derogatory to the working men as it wruld be ruinous to the country. A man who can neither read nor write, and will not take the trouble to learn, had cer tainly better let politics alone ! Ho can neither read the foreign news, the speeches in Parliament, the com ments of the, journals; he is indebted for his political knowledge to the garbled accounts of a mob orator, or the chance assistance of some better informed friend. What merchant or man of business would consult a totally illiterate man on any complicated and important matter, yet the legislation for the momentou s p largestriveinindividual. iv empire id uora in le the Independence world is certainly not less difficult is tsn the h e a first ff affairs of requisitea of a conscientious voter, but it is impossible for a totally ignorant man to be independent in his opinions, because he has to depend on others for his information. Those who wish really to raise and benefit the working classes had better seek to educate than to enfranchise them. Education is a mental enfrranchisement which will elevate them in spite of every obstacle, the mere possession of a vote by an unreflecting rabble will lower the influence or our Parliament, while it will do themselves, either individually or collectively, not the slightest good. We were apprehensive that Mr, CLAY'S Bill ),. -. -- THE • SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1866. woal ,d prove as severe a test to the un-Parliamentary lea ders of the lower ranks of men as the B allot has done to the professing Reformers at St. E Aephens. We are far from denying that a man 'may conscientiously oppose both on what he be lives to be public grounds, but it certainly has an awkward look that directly a principle is reduced to practice it finds more opponents than supporters. It is so easy to talk :about purity of election to uphold the suffrage as a Rational trust, with which no private consideration should intermeddle ; it is so pleasant to declaim about the rights of the working man, to descant upon the wonderful intelligence, political know ledge, and individual independence of our artisans and mechanics; but it is so very inconvenient for the landlord to lose his influence over his tenants, for the wealthy representative of a large borough to see his penniless rival at the head of the poll—it is so disagreeable for a platform speaker to feel that the mob he is addressing knows quite as much of the subject under discussion as he does himself, and is therefore an audience not of admiring disciples and of intelligent critics. The public virtue of both classes of Reformers reminds us of some well-known lines of " Hudibras," which tell us of the conveni ent morality which denounces " sins it has no mind to." The Reform League " has no mind" to coerce tenants or bribe supporters, therefore it can afford to bo immaculate. The Whig lords " have no mind" to address mobs, therefore they can be gene rous about popular education. " Give the people manhood suffrage," says a speaker at St. Martin's Hall, " and education will soon follow." This is something like saying, " throw a man into deep water and he will soon learn to swim." The knowledge should be acquired under circum stances and conditions where failure is less perilous, especially if the issue of his swim ming concerns others as well as himself. But we are told that if the franchise rests on education, the opponents of the people will have " direct inte rest in keeping them in darkness." Who are these opponents of the people ? Where are they to be found, and what power have they to keep some hundreds of thousands of free and independent men "in darkness ?" If this is the only ground for demanding "an unlimited suffrage," it is a very poor one, as we have said—about as uncomplimen tary to the poor as to the rich. But, the fact is, that Mr. CLAY'S educational franchise would admit hundreds of thousands of the working men, of our artisans and mechanics, and labourers of the better class, those, in fact, who are qualified to form an independent opinion and fit for the possession of a political trust. It would be the simplest, the fairest, the most com prehensive mode of settling the question of Reform on a permanent basis, to add an educational fran chise to our present qualifications, and in place of the subscriptions, the agitation, and the Chartistic principles of the League, we should be glad to see our working men giving their cordial and unani mous support to a measure worthy of themselves, and calculated to preserve intact that Constitution, which in spite of all modern orators and democrats has been the foundation and support of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. What ith misfortune and bad management the Government are getting into nothing but confusion and disgrace. Last week there were some very revelations made respecting the election petition at Devonport, and no specious sophistry or ingenious argument could prevent the House and the country from thinking that a very strange story had come out. The letter of Mr. PIIINN, which is published to-day, explains still more fully how much the whole affair partook of the nature of a job, and, as such, was unworthy of the support which it received from the Admiralty. Mr. PHINN declares that he has had " nothing whatever to do with the Devonport peti tion, and had declined to have anything to do with it." Furthermore, he states that hehas no t interfered in any way with the affair, and that he was in no way a party to, or cognisant of, the issue or service of the Speaker's warrant. This statement is quite comprehensive, and shows that those who so early claim the seat for Mr. PIIINN do so with out his sanction and are not justified in their vehement assertions,; as Mr. PIIINN here distinctly states that they claim the seat, it is true, but they have done so without his concurrence and against his advice. Sir J. PAKINGTON made some observa tions upon the subject last night, and very forcibly said that he could not concur in the opinion of those who did not think th© Admiralty to blame. The right hon. baronet showed very good grounds for the conclusion he arrived at,tthat the conduct of the Admiralty had been gravely culpable and im proper. The partisan attorney of the petitioner addressed a letter to the Admiralty, praying for the interference of the Admiralty in the dockyard at Devonport in affording facili ties for serving summonses upon the voters employed there. Now, as Sir J. PAKINGTON said, the proper answer would have been for the Admiralty to say "We have nothing to do with this matter. It is impossible to deny the truth of what the right hon. baronet said. But by sending a tele gram to Devonport, authorising the so-called " faci lities," the Admiralty were making themselves parties to the case of the petitioners, and taking an unjustifiable course. It is really too much of a good thing for Mr. GLADSTONE to make out that the Board of Admi ralty thought that, in agreeing to give these " faci lities," they were doing their duty. If so it was one of those cases, unhappily few and far between, where duty and inclination go hand in hand. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has thought the matter over, and whereas on Thursday last he thought the Admiralty had committed no serious error, he now thinks there was no error in the case at all. We prefer to take the right hon. gentleman's first impressions on the subject when he spoke according to the dictates of his own judgment, and not after ho had been sub jected to a long tirade on official forms and profes sional etiquette. At any rate the Ministry have got themselves into a very awkward fix, and they may have some considerable degre w e hi o e f h tr th ou es b e lei in getting out of the dilemma, into ill advised proceedings on the part of the Admiralty have havveeryplacpedrepterhelym. st S a i t r ed _T3a h J. that he will move for a committee to investigate the pro ceedings in this Devonport petition, and Mr. GLAD STONE did not offer any objection to it, but reserved his reply until the answer shall have been received to the letters sent to Devonport to obtain neces sary information respecting the transactions called in question, Mr. HUNT said very truly that had the warrants been served upon the men as they were leaving the dockyard, which they do at certain hours, all this trouble would have been spared; but the fact is that this has been a regular meddle-and muddle business from the outset, and reflects great discredit upon all concerned in it. When we consider that Mr. PIIINN stated that if the committee gave him the seat he would not take it, the conduct of those who preferred the petition seems the more extra ordinary. For every reason the house must insist upon this affair of the Devonport election petition being thoroughly investigated, and not consent to be put oa with excuses, It will never do fora pre cedent to be made of this matter, and the sooner it is distinctly understood that those in official posi tions decline to be mixed up in such affairs, whether Lona fide or not, the better. A great deal has been said on this subject, but it leaves us where it found us, under the impression that the Admiralty has acted in a manner deserving of the greatest cen- sure. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. There is nothing official in the Moniteur to-day. It states, however, that the illness of the Prince Imperial follows its regular course. The condi tion of his Imperial Highness is satisfactory. The news from Italy in the illoniteur is, that measures having been taken at the commencement of February to place the Italian army on the peace footing, such was its position on the Ist of March. An important economy has thus been effected, and a guarantee of peace is afforded, without giving the country any reason to fear events which might occur. A letter from Madrid says:—" The accounts from the Pacific, brought by the Florida, states that the magnificent Spanish steamer Almansa had reached Valparaiso on the 25th of January. No encounter had then taken place between the Spanish and Chilo-Peruvian squadrons." The Madrid paper, the Epoca, says it is absolutely necessary that Spain should change her policy in regard to Chili. The following strange story is given as authentic. M. Raimondet, a rich old miser, who died lately, left a will, couched in these terms :—" I give and bequeath all my fortune, amounting now to 673,553 f. 50c. in railway shares, to the young girl who, having lost the left eye and the right leg, should please and get married to a young man of her own age, handsome, honest, and well educated. If at the death of my friend Durand, whom I ap point as the executor of my will, the peculiarity I mention should not have been met with, 1 wish all my property to be shared. between the various bureaux of benevolence in our good city of Paris." In order to carry this will into execution, M. Durand, who is also very rich, sought in vain for some time a young girl who should be in the condition required by it. A few days ago, however, while passing along the Rue St. Honore, he perceived, in a small linen cap shop a young girl who was trying on a cap for a customer, and who had not the use of the right eye. He went into the shop and asked for some handker chiefs, and was delighted to find, from the noise of the mechanism, that the girl had a wooden leg. In the evening he returned to the shop and followed her home to the Rue Montmartre. He afterwards made some inquiries, and found that the girl was engaged to be married to a young man named Adrien D--, a clerk. A week afterwards, when the young couple with their friends were about to terminate their nuptial evening by a modest repast, to the astonishment of all present M. Durand en tered and seated himself without ceremony at the table, and made known the dispositions of the will. It is almost unnecessary to say that some additions and improvements were made in the bill of fare, and the first toast was to the memory of the testator. The newly married pair have just left Paris with the intention of spending the honeymoon at Nice. M. A. Grehau, Consul of the first King of Siam at Paris, has received a despatch from the Siamese Government announcing that the second King of Siam, brother of the reigning Regent, died at Bangkok, the capital of the kingdom, on the 7th of January last, at the age of 57, after a long illness. The body of the late King was placed in a golden urn, enriched with diamonds and other precious stones, and placed on his Throne, where it will re main until the funeral evening, which, according to the custom in Siam, will not take place for a year. M. Grehan, in conformity with his instructions, immediately made an official communication to the Emperor Napoleon of the death of his Sovereign. The deceased King was Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. As it is proper to be accurate in official matters, I transcribe the names of the deceased King as they were written in ill. Grehau's commu nication to the Emperof Napoleon. Here they are : Sondetch Phoa Paramenda Mahaisvaraiso Bang sarga Pha Pin Clas Chao Yu Hua. One of the papers states that typhus fever of a malignant character prevails at the grand seminary of Sulpice, and that there have been a great many deaths. The celebrated General Yusuf, who went to Cannes in the hope that the mild and genial climate might restore him, is now almost in a hopeless state. The curate of a provincial town recently came to Paris and was, the day before yesterday, nearly the victim of a very adroit pickpocket. The curate, however, exhibited truly Christian meekness and let the pickpocket down very easily. A very intel ligent young man entered into conversation with him in the omnibus, and the curate listened to his remarks with peculiar pleasure. He was not, how ever, so absorbed with the conversation as not to feel that the hand of his fellow-traveller had been introduced under his surplice, and that his purse was gone. The priest, however, did not take any notice until they both got out, but continued the conversation as if nothing had happened. Arrived at the journey's end, however, the curate took the young man by the arm and said very mildly, " My friend, you have taken my purse, and as it contains all that I possess in Paris, I shall be very much obliged if you would return it to me.,, The young man at first did the innocent, but the curate said, " I don't want to ruin you, for I hope you are not yet lost, but do not force me to call for the police. Behave graciously. If you don'tlike to give me my purse in the street, let us go into this square." Saying this the priest took his friend by the arm and they proceeded towards the Square St. Jacques. The thief saw that the priest, although mild, was firm, and returned the purse with a polite bow. The latter reproved him briefly but earnestly, and left him with a gracious salute. A Paris paper, in giving a summary of the news received from Mexico, says,—" The military situa tion is favourable, and the Government of the Em peror Maximilian proceeds in a progressive course. The Ministry of Justice has under consideration reforms of the law, civil and criminal, and the municipalities have carried various local improve ments into effect. The cities of Mexico, Puebla, Orizaba, and Cordova are about to be lighted with gas. In reply to a deputation appointed to condole with him upon the death of King Leopold, the Emperor Maximilian said he should endeavour to profit by the excellent example of his brother-in law, and to develope the resources of the country. M. Parisis, bishop of Arvas, near Calais, is dan gerously ill and not expected to recover. The Pope has sent to him a despatch from Rome bestowing upon him an Apostolic blessing. Viscount Victor de Puysegur, formerly represen tive of the people, has ju s t di ed at h i s c h a t eau , n ear Toulouse. In 1848 the Vi scount propose d a reso lution in the National A ssembly, that t h e constitu tion should be submitted to the people for adoption. The resolution, however, was not agreed to. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 5 (Evening). A meeting of the Shareholders of the Bank of Spain was held to-day, when an animated discus sion took place. The Directors of the Bank pro pose to issue notes for 50 reals and 20 reals re spectively. FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH G. The condition of the Prince Imperial is very satisfactory, the disease being rapidly on the decline. BOURSE, March 5, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations per Cents Do. end month — 3 pei Cents. 69 72 I- Do. end month 62 35 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Fonder — Italian Loan — Do. end month 69 75 RAIL Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B Do. Bonds 3Ol 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'AYH. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1132 25 Lyons and Mediterranean — 912 25 Southern 557 25 Western — ... 570 Eastern Sardinian — ... 145 ' Austrian Lombard — ... 415 North of Spain — 175 Saragossa 237 69 Di,to to Barcelona — ... 100 Bottum J RE L AND. .15 - DUBLIN, March 5. An illustration of the necessity of written con tracts between landlord and tenant in Ireland came before the Lord Chief Justice at the Meath Assizes last week. The plaintiff was the Earl of Mayo, father of Lord Naas, who was Chief Secre tary for Ireland under Lord Derby, and exerted himself to settle the land question. Lord Mayo is so much esteemed that he is frequently invited to pre side at religious and charitable meetings in Dublin, and he is therefore a nobleman to whom one would think an appeal, on grounds of Christian equity, especially from an aged gentlewoman, would not be made in vain. In this case the appeal was made by the representative of his own agent, a lady who once had the care of his lordship's children, and lived under his roof. According to the statement of her case, her uncle, the late Mr. G. M'Vittie, who had been agent for Lord Mayo, held two farms on the Mayo estate, as tenant at will. He found the farms in an impoverished condition, and brought them into a state of great improvement. Miss Bentley, his niece, the present defendant, resided with her uncle for 23 years, and intrusted him with her savings, together with £3OO left her by her mother, and this money was invested in the farms, especially the Harristoun farm, about 30 acres, on which a mud cabin was transformed into a substantial and handsome cottage, a most desirable residence, in which Miss Bentley hoped to spend the remainder of her days. In 1861, Colonel Burke, son of Lord Mayo, returned from India and wished to engage in farming. At the request of the landlord Mr. M'Vittie resigned possession of the "Upper Farm " to the Colonel without notice to quit, on the alleged express agreement, that, in consideration of this surrender and the permanent improvements he had made, he and his niece should enjoy the other farm during their joint lives or the life of the survivor. Mr. M'Vittie died in 1864, and Lord Mayo imme diately demanded possession of the land. Miss Bentley then addressed to his Lordship a most touching letter. She implored him, by the memory of his old and faithful agent, not to turn her out ; she promised to pay the rent punctually ; she said she probably would not have many years to live, and again and again in the most earnest manner and almost abject terms, implored the land lord to have compassion and mercy upon her, and not drive her out from a spot which is so small in his large inheritance. Lord Mayo answered this appeal in a manner which, I fear, is too common with Irish landlords. The following is his reply : " Miss Bentley—l regret extremely the loss of your poor uncle. He was everything that I could wish. I never cm pect to get so good a tenant. I am 50t...! that I cannot comply with you- request, hac..ng other intentions about the farm. So as soon as convenient to you to move, the better.—Yours truly, "MAYO." The writ of ejectment went forth. Miss Bentley took out a defence, but she could produce no proof of the aweemeat. Lord Mayo, though summoned as a witness, failed to attend on the ground of ill ness, of which a medical eerLificate was produced. The Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, but respited execution till the Ist of May, that Miss Bentley may have an opportunity of moving for a new trial, on the chance that Lord Mayo will then be in better health. _ Arrests of suspected Fenians continue to be made in the provinces, but none of any importance. The gaols in some places are almost full of prisoners of this class. A reported Head Centre, named Mackey, whose business is said to bring him in about £2OO a year, has been arrested at Templemore. A. clerk named Murphy was arrested in the tele graph-office at Cahir, on Thursday, and was sent by rail to Clonmel. It is said that emigration has increased so much lately that the fare to America has been raised from £4 to £7. The report that two of the constabulary had been arrested as Fenians has been contradicted by the sub -inspector at Fermoy. At the Monaghan Assizes seven persons have been convicted of riot and assaulting the police at Cas tleblancy, during the election in July last. Nearly all the cases in the calendar in that county arose out of election riots. At the Wexford Assizes, where Dr. Ball, Q.C., is acting as Judge, instead of Mr. Justice Haye-; who is ill, a young man 211 years of age, was found guilty of the murder of his father, near Newtownbarry, in Oct. last. He was sentenced to be hanged on the 4th of April. When sentenced was pronounced the prisoner fell back in the dock perfectly senseless. The court-martial on Drum-Major J. Butler was resumed at Cork on Saturday. Several witnesses, among the rest the approver Warner, were exa mined in support of the charge of Fenianism. The evilence was nearly the same as that on the trial of Sergeant Darragh. At the Court-martial in Enniskillen, the prisoner Egan's case was finished on Saturday. Colonel Mason gave him a good character. Private Denis Buckley was then put forward. He pleaded not guilty ;" and after the examination of two witnesses the court adjourned. At the Meath Assizes on Saturday, an action was brought by Mr. William Kelly, of Temple, in the county of Westmeath, against the Midland Great Western Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of an accident which occurred on that line, between Mullingar and Castletown, in October last. The damages werelaid at £3,000. The defendants pleaded that the accident was not occasioned by any negli glence or default on the part of the defendants, and that the injury suffered by the plaintiff was chiefly caused by his own acts and conduct. The jury found for the defendants. • On Saturday morning Captain Waller, R.N., Commander of 11.M.5. Royal George, at Kingstown, visited the commander of the United States steamer Canandaigua, Capt. Starabal, on board his vessel, in return for the visit of the latter on Friday to the British man-of-war. The national flags were hoisted, and salutes mutually fired from the ships' guns as on the preceding day. Several of the Ame rican officers were entertained on board the Royal George in the evening. Yesterday a crowd of visi tors were admitted on board the Canandaigna, but some ill-disposed persons conveyed ardent spirits to the seamen, and commenced giving toasts and sing ing between decks. Very properly the ship was at once cleared of strangers in consequence of this misconduct. The police have been watching and searching all sorts of craft in the Bay of Dublin, in the hope of finding Stephens. In that pursuit they seem to be still " at sea." The Easter Monday Volunteer Re-ciew. IMPORTANT MEETING AT BRIGHTON, Monday. This forenoon, at 11 o'clock, a numerous and in fluential public meeting of the inhabitants of Brigh ton, convened by the mayor and corporation, took place at the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving a report as to the negotiations with the landowners, opening subscriptions, and taking other measures in reference to the forthcoming Easter Monday Vo lunteer Review. The Mayor of Brighton (Mr. Alderman Martin) presided, and was supported by the late mayor, Mr. Alderman Brigden, and most of the other aldermen and town councillors ; Major Harrington, Captain Hallett, Capt. Dunhill, Mr. H. Willett, of the firm of Valiance and Catt, brewers ; Mr. W. C. Tamplin, brewer ; Ensign Abbey, Messrs. J. C. Burrows, Davy, Jeffs, Langworthy, Payne, Stocken, Lieut. W. C. Tamplin, IL Williams, G. Black, &c. The London and Brighton Railway Company were also represented. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, observed that be thought the inhabitants of Brighton might again congratulate themselves that there was every probability that its vicinity would again be the scene of the volunteer Review of the metropolitan and other regiments on Easter Monday, as the matter, he might say, now mainly dependedupon themselves. He had the honour, with some of the committee of his fellow-townsmen, to meet Lord Ranelagh and other metropolitan commanding officers, on Satur day week, and go with them over the ground at Bevendean, where the review of last year tookplace, and also over that of Ovendean, where it had taken place in 1863. Those officers came to a decision that either would do, but preferred Bevendean, if ar rangements could be made with the tenants and landowners. He was happy to say that difficulty would, he thought, be overcome if the towns people raised sufficient funds, of which he had but little doubt, as they had already flowed in pretty liberally. Some of the tenants were holding out for an advance on the plea that the crops promised better than last year—(laughter)— but he had no doubt they could be settled with. There was, however, a more formidable' difficulty, and that was as to the supply of horses for the ar tillery, as Lord Truro had written to say that he alone would require 75 horses for his guns, &c. Their friend Mr. Willett would no doubt take that in hand. What they required in the shape of funds was about £750, and he thought they could at once write to the commanding officers that such matter was arranged. It had been suggested that if they could only induce the Prince and Princess of "Wales to attend this year's review, it would not only be viewed as a graceful compliment to the town, but to the volunteers themselves, and the committee felt with him (the mayor) that it would be most advis able to offer them an invitation. (Cheers.) Alderman BRIGDEN moved the first resolution— " That in the opinion of tbis meeting it is desirable the Easter Monday Review should be held at Brighton ;" and he alluded to the great success which attended the review at Brighton last year, at which a greater number of volunteers were present than at any former review. He thought if they got the review held at Brighton this year it would be come an annual custom to hold it there. Mr. ABBEY seconded the motion, which was then put and carried. Mr. Alderman BURROWS moved the second reso lution--" That the Mayor and Town Council be requested to communicate with the proper authori ties for the purpose of inviting their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to gra ciously condescend to honour the forthcoming review with their presence." He (the alderman) believed it was very probable that the Prince and Princess of Wales would accept the invitation this year. They bad been unable to do so on former occasions, owing to the death of Prince Albert. Captain HALLETT seconded the motion, which was carried with acclamation. Mr. 11. WILLETT moved the third resolution— " That a committee be appointed, consisting of the following gentlemen, with power to add to their number, for the purpose of communicating with the commanding officers of volunteer regiments and the proprietors and occupiers of land in the ne;ghbour hood of Brighton, respecting the review on Easter Monday ; for receiving subscriptions to meet any reasonable expenses to be incurred thereby ; and also for provicrng prizes (to be shot for on the preceding Saturday, under the restrictions and regulations hereafter to be mentioned), if deemed advisable, and forZall other incidental purposes." (Here followed a list of proposed committee.) Mr. Willett had no doubt the volunteers were coming, and all they had to do was to provide the funds. He had no doubt they would be forthcoming. Major HARRINGTON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. TAMPLIN moved the fourth resolution— " That, it having been notified by the commanding officers of artillery, that horses must be provided for the guns at the forthcoming review, resolved that Mr. 11. Willett be requested to apply to the owners of horses ig Brighton and the neighbourhood, re spectfully requesting them to aid the review by pro viding horses for the pe-pose." Mr. BRIGIIT seconded the motion, whl.ch was agreed to. Mr. WILLETT then moved—" That the Mayor be requested to act as treasurer to the fund, and the Tom n Clerk as honorary secretary to the committee." This resolution was seconded by .Alderman BRIG DEN, and ca-ried. A resolution was also adopted—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Henry Willett, Esq., for his kindness in mak'ng the necessary arrangements for horses for the artillery at former reviews, and by kindly undertaking to make similar arrangements on the piesent occasion." A vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the proceedings. A large number of subscriptions were announced, and anior.gst them were—Messrs. Valiance, Catt, and Co., 30 guineas ; Mr. Goldsmid, 20 guineas ; Messrs. Tamplin and Son, 10 guineas ; Messrs. Hallett and Abbey, 10 guineas ; Messrs. Harring ton and Sons, 20 guineas ; Mr. Long, five guineas ; and Mr. Herriott, one guinea, 13EVED.LEY CANDLEMAS HORSE FAlR. —This fair closed on Thursday in last week. First-class animals were eagerly sought after, and soon found purchasers, and even corn paratively inferior animals realised remunerative prices. Dealers from London, Manchester, Doncaster, Brussels, Hamburg, Edinburgh, kc., made considerable purchases. 011MTENHAM GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES.—The Cheltenham Grand Annual, with 300 sous added, and the Prince of Wales Steeplechase, with 150 added, close on Tuesday next. As the money added to tho former is the same as that to the Grand National, and the course is one of the finest in England, it should command an entry of all the " cracks" of the day. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as— cough, asthma, also diarrhosa, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, no'ses in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sca, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the Chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 46,276. Mr James Roberts, timber merenant, of Fernley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Joly.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. — In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 01, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 10, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. Juhn'S-wood, London; and all respectable grocera and che galots. —Beware cot tspurivas Drury-Lane Theatre. Sir Bulwer Lytton's admirable play of "Richelieu" is a welcome variation of th e program me at this house, where it was repr esente d l as t even i n g in very creditable style. Mr. Phelps's performance of the Cardinal is a finished Piece of acting, and unques tionably one of the artist' s b est i mperson ations. He gives spirited and skilf u l express i on t o the noble ambition, the intrepid patriotism, and the dry sen tentious humour of the crafty Churchman. Mrs. Herman Vezin plays Julie ; Mr. Marston, Baradas ; and Mr. Edmund Phelps the Chevalier de Mauprat. The theatre was crowded in every part. " King Lear" will be produced on Monday next. Strand Theatre. The burlesque of " Ivanhoe" has been revived at this theatre, and proves exceedingly attractive. A posthumous play, by Sheridan Knowles, never hitherto published or performed, and a new extrava ganza upon a classical subject, by Dlr. F. C. Bur nand, are in preparation. or t Craw: HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 5. The Queen, with Princess Helena, and attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, drove in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, and the Gen tlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service yester day afternoon at St. George's Chapel. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. City of London Working Classes. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.—TUIS DAY. The ceremony of inaugurating the City of Lon don Working Classes Industrial Exhibition took place this day in presence of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and a large number of the leading men of the city. The corporation hav ing granted the use of the Guildhall for the pur poses of the exhibition, a very energetic and practi cal committee was at once formed for carrying out the praiseworthy object. The ancient hall has been most tastefully decorated with flags, and a splendid organ has been lent by Messrs. Gray and Davidson in order that the musical portion of the ceremony should be quite equal to the rest of the interesting proceedings. That the music will be worthy the occasion is beyond a doubt, as Mr. Benedict ha s taken the matter in hand, and therefore we look upon that part of the ceremony as perfect, for per fect everything is that Mr. Benedict submits for the approval of the public. The committee are un der deep obligations to the talented maestro, but then he is ever first to contribute his impor tant services to any great public object in which th e exquisite art of which he is so remarkable a profi cient is awarded its right and proper position i n the proceedings of the day. The soloists are Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Mdlle. Liebhardt, Miss Wu.; son, Miss Greening, Miss Whytock, bliss Lee, an', Mr. Patey, and a choir of nearly 200 well - trained voices. The arrangements for exhibiting t h e pro ductions of the ingenious and clever artisans are , th best that could have been devised. Long tables ~ have been ranged the entire length of the hall, and on them are displayed models et steam engines, both land and marine, cast in g electrotyping, cutlery, brass and polished steel work, goldsmiths' work, engraving, needlework in every variety ; in fact, on the long tables will be found ex quisite specimens of nearly all the handicraft° that have won a famous name for British workmanship all over the world. to the From a rapid survey of the hall prior 15 opening ceremony, we can fairly say this t he by far the best and most important ef Industrial Exhibitions that has yet tte, place; and although time prevents us Poinu',,b,, out particularly the separate excellencies of um articles exhibited, we hope to have the pleasur.e,.niof doing so on a future occasion. The case of art . ' s : o gold work, however, and the collection of ant l q of and modern watches contributed by Mr. Bensenin! Ludgate-hill, present such a very attra ctive itera is the exhibition that we cannot pass them by eve the very cursory glance we were enable d to ta k e to day. t whi ch The opening commenced at two o'clock, a hour the civic procession entered the n amidst the loudest applause. An address Nit , so pre sented by the exec u ti ve committee to the 11°' Mayor, after which his lordship declared the Ohl bition open in the usual form. as ri oite The musical part of the performance w, it up to the high anticipations we ha d formed of prior to its commencement. Governor Eyre. a nor '^py of a letter fi-o . n Geiv Eyre is in reply to a memorial, addressed W ' • Secretary Cardwell by the inhabitants of Clieltew ham, regarding the outbreak in Jamaica :-- " Flamstead, Jamaica, Feb. 1 "My dear Sir,—Pray accept my bet and for! thanks for your kind note of the 29th Decem ,. copy of the memorial enclosed in it. I beg you 10 11 , assure the gentlemen who have signed this document that I highly appreciate and value such a friendly support, and their truly English demand of It play for an absent public officer, whom (tiwon ug unknown to them) they are unwilling to see derailed without some proof of his misconduct. it can hardly be denied that the emergency (O sioned by the rebellion in Jamaica was a great One' when that rebellion spread 20 miles in one diree tion in two and a half days, and 40 miles in a ; other direction in three and a half days , or tha t the peril threatening the entire Island was mod imminent, when disaffection, seditious feeling, a ll sympathy, with a readiness to join the rebels, vie r° known to exist in almost every parish ; whilst 5! the same time the local Executive had not a sing," soldier available to send to any locality whatever, should further outbreaks in other parishes ha ve taken place. Under such conditions, the most prompt, certain, and severe punishment of tiles° who had actually risen in rebellion became necessary as a measure of self-defence to insure the public safety. Ido not doubt but that the inquiry nog being instituted will make all this and much more fully apparent to the British public, and that the result, by showing the necessity of the steps taken, will justify the opinion so kindly expressed, and the action so considerately taken, by the influenti al gentlemen who signed the Cheltenham memorial to Mr. Cardwell.—Believe me, my dear sir, yours _ ver y faithfully, << E. J. EYRE. To Colonel C. P. Kennedy, 13, Lansdown-crescent, Cheltenham." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, March 5• HEALTH OF TIIE MASTER OF TRINITY. The reports of the health of the Master are (s' o'clock) highly unfavourable. The health Of the Master has relapsed since the bulletin of Sund* and imminent danger is now apprehended. a A telegraph message from her Majesty arx.l,/,l'eb this morning, inquiring as to Dr. Whewell's hea and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales been in autograph communication with the Rev'. 114:0 C. Mathison, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity , and a t private tutor to his royal highness, on the same s u w: ject. These communications evince the utraesv sympathy with the Master's affliction, and expr ess the most earnest wishes for his recovery. THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. The syndics have made their twelfth annual re: port. They record sundry practical details, among° them the exchange of duplicates with Mr. Stevens, the American bookseller, for various Ame rican works. It is feared, as the result of a late insP ec beer:tion of certain classes, that many books ha ve lost during the years that have elapsed since the preceding inspection. The catalogue of the StrYY; MSS. is nearly completed, and that of the Patri c and Baker MSS. far advanced. The n umber 0 . books taken out of the library during the Yea r d i° 20,253. A number of valuable presents are reperte OXFORD, March 5 ' ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZE. This prize has been awarded to Francis Channing, 8.A., Exeter. Subject — " The Gree Orators considered as Historical Authoriti es." Subject for 1867.—" The Mahomedan Foyer 111 THE SHILLING MAGAZINE will in future be Pub lished by Messrs. Adams and Francis. THE N EW PRIZE-PEAL — The executive Of th e Dramatic College have awarded to Mr. A. R. Sloes, a 0° 131 ; ber of the Stock Exchange , the l ate Mr. T. F. Coo - s p r ize of £lOO for the best national drama. Th e title of t it drama is " True to the Core," and it is understood that )L will soon be produced at ono of the West-end theates. T HE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S STABLES COlltllia 3 this moment 350 horses, and give employment to 280 men Cii., ~... 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