The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. CHARLES FETTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of the Cuunty of Middlesex, from I et October to 31et December, 1364, inclusive, AS TO TELE OTIDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE. RECEIPT. B dance in the Bank of England on Ist Oct., 1864 £1',219 13 1 BATES, Arrear on that day of the Rate made on 14th Juty, 18 6 4 Rate made on 13th uctober, 23,2'.5 15 2 23,563 3 8 Arrears on 31st December, 186 i •• f,474 9 0 Amount of Rates received .... ... ........ £21,088 IIOT:SE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII FIELDS. For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners Forßread, Officers' Uniforms, and Boots, and Prisoners' Boots and Pepairs, made and done tor, and Cocoa supplied to the H ouse of Correction at Westm ,nster • • 56 3 1 9 For Bread, office , s' Uniforms , Prisoners' C10t ,, e 4 and Ham mocks made for , a nd Cocoa rup lied to the House ot Detention 290 12 7 For Bread an d Officers Uniforms made for, and Flour and Coco su pplied to the County Indus a trial School at Feitham For Maintenance of Military P•i soners •• •• •• Ditto of Prisoners not sentenced to hard labour • • • . • - 0 15 0 Sums taken from Vagrants to be appli2d towards their Main tenance • • .. • . For Maintenance of Excise Pri soners • . • • • • • • By Sale of Old Stores • • • • Compensation for Uniform re tained by Officers on their leav ing the Service of the Prison For Boots and Shoes made for and supplied to the County Lu natic Asylum at flanwell For Officei a' Uniforms and Cloth ing made for and supplied to the County I.unatlc Asylum at Colney Hatch .. • For Copies of Commitments .. 321 1 9 4 1 9 0 2:43 7 10 2,743 0 9 48 0 0 201 14 6 65 3 8 75 0 0 I'o 0 11 151 8 6 192 15 5 6:4 1 7 258 17 2 57 11 7 72 15 3 78 It 5 276 15 6 £31,E03 16 9 .. 3,095 6 0 £34,901 2 9 2 8 6 20 4 0 2 2 0 141 12 3 211 17 6 0 4 0 HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners For Straw Hats and Bonnets made and supplied to the County Lunatic Asylum at Banwell For Boys' Socks made and re paire • for the County and In dustrial School at reltham For Stockings made and s upplied to the House of 'Detention at Clerkenwell For Bones, Fat, and Rags so d.. The Produce of the outer Ground 88 17 ",C1 10 16 0 35 15 4 6 0 0 11 13 0 12 10 0 ---- 1(15 12 2 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters .. 23 14 0 By Sale of Wash .. • • OlB 0 ;:4 12 0 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAH. By Sale of Farm Produce.. • • 39 0 0 To w ards the maintenance of juve nile Offenders in the 'School .. 91 12 0 ------ 130 12 0 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees received by Inspectors • • 7.1 8 2 Fines and Penalties • • • . 126 6 2 15914 4 SUNDRIES. Produce of Sale of Registers of oters and pa. ts of ditto • • Ditto of Lists of Justices Expenses of inquiring into the Settlementa of Lunatics and removing them to the County L una tic Asylums 5 8 31 17 8 3 12 0 2 0 0 Total Receipt .. £31,904 0 9 EXPENDITURE. Home of Correction at Coldbath Fields— General Expenses X 9,582 8 3 T on ti n e Annuities .. 89 2 6 Interest or moneys borrowcd .. 257 10 7 P r incipal repaid .. 333 6 8 -- £10,362 8 0 House of Detention at Clerkenwell— General Expenses .. 1,894 16 10 Interest of moneys borrowed.. 209 8 7 Rome of Correetior at Westminster — General Expenses 3,247 14 6 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 7t7 6 9 PriLeip al rep aid 1,616 13 4 County Industrial Scholl for Boys— G e n e ral Expenses • • .. 3,56! 15 4 Interest of motleys borrowed .• 573 10 10 Principal repaid .. 666 13 4 Payments for Boys on their dtw,barge 57 ;5 0 Conveyance of male juvenile of&n oers to the Industrial School at Feltham .• • • • • 015 10 Relormatory School Ship Corn wdli—Maintenacce of Boys .• The Philanthropic Society's Le tormatory School, ditto.. • • I;clorniato'y School at Wands worth, ditto • • • • Ditto at Brack Green, ditto Reformatory School, Hamps'ead— Maintenance of Girls .. Limpiey Stoke Reformatory— Maintenance tf Girls 4,86914 6 33 17 10 12 5 0 4 5 4 12 ►5 4 10) 13 3 3 5 0 S torebouses— Rents, Tales, Insurance, Fuel, &a. 201 fi 7 Interest of money: borrowed .. 353 2 3 Principal repaid LO, 0 Prosecutors and Witnesses — Central Criminal CUIII t ➢liddlesex Se,sions Criminal Justice Act .. Juvenile Offenders Act .. 6=B 14 2 1,43! 17 6 41 17 2 1 12 9 Corc Tiers' Expen ses Total. Salaries. .id. p Middlesex— £ s. d. s. d. s. d. West. l4l 0 0..18113 6.. 331 13 6 Ce-tral . 305 0 0.. 652 8 3.. r 57 8 3 East 375 0 0.. 767 13 3..11 2 13 3 Westminster 110 0 0.. 166 11 6 .. V 6 11 6 Duchy of Lancaster. 11 1 9.. 28 12 6.. 39 14 3 Gross total •• • Bridges .. . sessions House, Clerkenwell (int lohall, Westminster .. A.- sistant Judge's additional Salary .. Clerk of the Peace .. •• •• •• •• Weights and Measures •• •• •• •• Treasurer of the County .. .• Law Business Expenses of preparing anew basis or standard for a Ccunty nate .• • • • . Conveyance to i epots of Offenders sentenced to penal Servitude .. .• • • • • • • General Printing and Stationery A clv er tis e m nts Miscelhuicous Charges .. .• Total Expenditure Balance in the Bank of England .. 63 3 6 112 18 3 I,tfA 8 10 2,107 1 7 AS TO "THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 180," RATE. RECEIPT. Balance In the Bank of England on Ist Oct., 18C4 .. .. .. .. .. • • £7,'93 2 A rrear on that date of the ratemade on 14th July, 1864 Rate made on 13th Oct., 1164 .. 4357 8 6 .. 11,6G2 17 7 11,9E0 6 t .. 1,431 8 11 Arrear on 31st Dec.,lFs4 Amount ot Rates received • . Pensions payable to and money received for maintenance ot Lunatics at Hanwelk and Colney Hatch Asylums at the charge of the County Tot.l Receipt .. 10,528 17 2 EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell— Ordinary repairs .. • • • . Interest paid •• •• •• I'rincti:al repaid.. - • • • Annuities to retired Officers .. 85 IS 2 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repairs .. Interc:-t paid Prine•pal repaid Annuities to retired of C3* £20,007 17 7 £1,185 13 7 549 8 5 1 061 13 4 42 1 8 :.iz4B 4 0 2,233 14 8 3,3613 4 47 10 0 2,843 14 0 7,468 2 0 2,997 2 6 .. £13,308 18 5 - 0,6J8 19 2 £20,06717 7 Maintenance of county lunatics Total expenditare Balance in the Bank of England .. As TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR TAE ENLAROEmENT 01' TILE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT RAN - WELL. Da, Amount in the Bank of Ensz , land in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry iflorris Neinoßead, 1.6 q., and the County 'l'rea•urer, On Mt. 1, .864 • • • • -- X 1,137 5 r, Amount in the Bank of England in the thrPe names mentione I per contra cm 3 :At Dec., 1661 x 1,137 5 6 AS TO MONEY BORROWED FOR ERECTING A FEVER INFIR MARY AT THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY HATCH. DR. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry rownall, Esq., Henry Morris Elonoshead, Esq , 'and the County Treasurer, en ist Oct., 1861 £1,6.55 0 0 CIL - Paid-Mr. Samuel Walton the third, fcnrth, fitth, and sixth instalmects d .I to him under 850 0 0 his coati act for but ding a newlnfirmary .. Paid Mr. Fr. derick Hyde Forel', architect, his 42 10 0 Commission on that bum •• •• •• Balance in tile Bank of England in the th - ee names mentioned p. r contra on Dec 31, 1964 762 10 0 £1,655 0 0 AA 're ' MoNBYS BORROWED FOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN- DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX. DR. Ba'ance in the 'Rank of England in the joint names of Remy rownall, Eaq., nb head EN, and the County Treasurer, Henry Morris on lA Oct., IEGi £lB5 18 6 .. •. •• •• „ Paid the S uperintendent ofen the School, for wages a t workmen employed in erecting new tto .. .. .. .. due to hirn .f. ,6 5 7 .. .. Paid Mr. George 113wer the balanc e under his Con tract for erecting ?nil Buildings .. . Gaswor ks Paian, ralan, ein the Mink of England on t 1 thrZe 71. nano' mentioned per contra on list 1)., i tic.' 10 5 5 74 7 6 XlB5 18 6 AS TO MONETS TIDEMOWED FORENTkaaING TUE ROUSE 07 coItnECTION AT coLDBATu PIELDS, AND EB.OVLDING TREA.DW HEELS THERE, RECEIPT. Balance in the Rank of England in the joint names of Henry rownall, Esq , Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on lot Oct., 18E4 • • 15,324 15 0 EXPENDITIME. Paid the Clerk of the Works 12 weeks' wages.. £37 1 6 Paid Messrs. Haden and Son the fourth and final instalment due to them under their Contract for providing Warming and Ven tilating Apparatus.. • • •• • 241 5 Paid Messrs. Mbnsileld and Son the seventh a nd eighth instalments due to them undo r their Contract tor erecting the new centre building • • • • • • • • • • • • Paid Mr. Frederick Hyd e Pownalt, Architect, big commission on the last-mentioned sum.. Paid ditto ditto on the above-mentioned sum paid to Messrs. Haden and Son.. .. Paid Thomas Fillary,the premium the vieitug Justice§ lor awarded hill 2 1,000 0 0 50 0 0 12 1 3 MOSES AND SON '• respectfully invite public attention to their large and well-assorted WINTER. STOCK. u MOSES AND SON'S 12.4•"SANDRINGHAM" and " DANISH " WRAPPER ;1 atroduced by them) is the newest and most fashionib.e style of Overcoats for the season. EIMOSES AND SON'S • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTHIN Li for all classes and all ages. EMOSES• AND SON'S • CELEBUATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, from 30s. LI MOSES AND SON'S • HOSIERY and DRATERY, for all classes and all ages. E, MOSES AND SON'S HATS AN U CAPS, fur all c asses and all ages. u 1 MOSES AND SON'S Lu• BOOTS and SHOES, for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S 1. OUTFITS, for ail classes, all ages, and all climates. MOSES AND SON'S • LONDON HOUSES, , 54,155, 156, 157, Minories; 83, 81, 85, 86. 87, 88, 89, Aldgatc 506, 5U7, 508, New Oxford—street ; 1,2, 3, Bart-sire,t , 137, 138, Tottenham-court-road ; 288, Euston-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. E A MOSES AND SON'S • Estabtishments are closed tve , y Friday evening at sunset until Saturday evening, at sunset, when business is re sumed unlit 11 o'clock. A 1 articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article nut approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, " The rhilosophy of D ress, " gratis and post free. COALS. The LILLIESITALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' .263. per ton. l I Double.. 21s. per t on. Top 253. „ Deep ....228. s, tie II screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne L'ark-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, raddington, W.. and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per childron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Azeitt. 111 HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN I_ supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER. (late BROOKS). Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE E _TN,' Containing the Latest SPOUTINCi Et, itau be had livery Evening of G. It GLEN EE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Byde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied as coon as Published. containing all the 1-iiLEsr _NEWS awl SPORTING INTELLIGKN OR, by . w HARRIS, NeAcpaper Agent, 4, Blackirlars-road, London, NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.--The gr eatestMAßELL .i. Moat usctul invention 01 the day, AGUA A r r. Lombard Messre. JOUN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-colt , respectfully offer street, London, Periumors to her Majesty, to the public this truly marvellous dui. 1. which gradually at restares the han hair to its pristine hue—no matter of what age. Thumua Amarella has none of the properties . dvi-s i it, on the contrary, is beneficial to rrhe and when the hair is once restored one application per month will halt it in perfect cior. Price one guinea per bottle, or in bottles, 'Hs. 61. Testimonials from ar istes of the highest order, anti from Individuals of undoubted re , pectability, may be seen on application. Meshn Cro*nell and Co. have the system, and been a ppointeaPerturnero to heroy4), ifighti tios the Princes of Wales. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.T.—Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m To-lionnow.-Morning, sh. 83m.—Afternoon, sh. 55m. 4€7 12 11 9 9 0 most approved &signior a new set of Tread wi C3lB •• •• •• •• i ••• •• 25 0 0 Balance in the Bank of England n the three names mentioned per contra, on 31st Deo ,18C4 3,058 i 2 9 £5,324 15 0 AS TO MONET BORROWED YOU ALTERING THE B AND C SEC TIONS OF THE HOUSE OP CORRECTION AT WEST MINSTER. RECEIPT. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq , Henry Morris emshcad, Esq., and the County Treasurer, 4 • • • 1.3,370 0 0 on lst Oct., 183 EXPENDITURE. --- Paid the Clerk of the Works 13 weeks' wages to this day .. • • •• £32 10 0 Paid Messrs. Tracey and C^.. Builders, on ac count of their Contract .. • • • • •• Paid to Messrs. Haden and Son on account of their Contract for providing Warming and Ventilating Ap[aratus .• . SO) 0 0 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra, 3' st Dec., 1864. NO 0 0 1,887 10 0 £3,370 0 0 The accounts, of which the above is an abstract, were p-e -sented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex on 2d Jan„ 1865, on the oath of air. Charles Pettitt Allen, the Treasurer of the said county, and were audited on the same day by the following justices of the peace for the said county, viz.: - Henry Morris Kemshead {Chaff. man), Francis Brock man Morley, J. hn William .; cakes, Thomas Jervis, William Peter Bodkin, Francis Healey, and William Griffiths, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on 19th January, 156'. CHAttLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. T HE PALL-MALL GAZETTE, An Evening Newspaper and Review, Will appear on TUESDAY, February 7. Price Twopence. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. T IS EVENINU the performance will commence with the new Opera L ARA. (first time in England). Principal characters by m'essrs. Swift, G. Honey, Forbe, Terrott, and Renwick his first api:;earance); M saes Louisa Pyne, Cc tacit, Burrington, and Homer (her first appearance). Conductor, Signor AILDITI. After the Opera will be given the Burlesque, entitled THE lON AND THE UNICORN. Principal characters, Messrs. Rouse, Anderson, &c. ; Misses E. Button, Cottreil, Furtado. To conclude w.th the GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Doors open at Halt-past Six. Commence at Seven. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA. AND THE WONDERFUL DONATO. THIS EVENING, (Tuesday), a new Oprra. the music by F. Clay, the words by T. W. Robertson, entitled COb STAN CE. Principal characters by Mdlle. Martorelle and Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. 11. Corri, A. Cook, C. Lyall. and Henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. After which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful PaLtoraline, CINDERELLA, in wnich Donato will reappear. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE EIGHTH te.minating with the fall of Wolse y . Missrs, PhFlps,Walter Lacey, H: Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair ; xiss Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, &o. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Del more, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &c. Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lccletcq, ac. ; Messrs. Boleno, U. Lv.uri, W. A. Barne., T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdme. Boleno, the Misses Gunniss, and Signor Tescano. T HEATRE -R 0 Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jan. 31, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, 13uckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wet thersby, ac. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDREA.RY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braia, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdoa, Hill, Sac With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Kcelcy. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. .1: II IS EVENING, a new Extravaganz entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I lIINCESs. Atter which, TIIE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining,, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forreetcr. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Ilarnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. lecchter. TII3 EVENING, MY 11IFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdicombe, F. Charles; Misses B. Percy and E. Lavenu. After which, at halt-past S, a New Drama, entitled THE e.OADoIDE INN. 11,bert Manite, Mr. I. echter. Messrs. IViddicomb, C. Holman, Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Haymow', Collett; Mesdames EISA °ally and B. Percy. To conclude with BEARFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr. Witld:eomb. - • -• Doors open at 'flail-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev..n till Five. TV . DV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL --- i 1 ...,le revj.ri , •;..l auit Mailutoir. 11:. B. in eustei. THIS' EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Messrs. Stephenson, Ebuine; Miss K. Kelley. - At er which, at 8, THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss BAternan, supported by Alessi.... George J 'lan, Swiubourne, Liiljug,ton, Stuart, Ashley, Eburne, Itolucr, J. L. Toole ; and Miss 11. Simms. To couziudc with DARK DOINGS IN TIIE GIJ,'- bt)AttD 1Y Tits; IiNoT i: I.Nti'E Ai Bito ciiElts. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; airs. A. Mellon. COllll/IC/10e tit 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborougn. EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle ; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughcs. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE " GRIN" ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames ada Swauborough, Itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. To c-include with MRS. GdEEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSINESS. Mr. Belford. GRATIS AND POST FRE E. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF_DEESS. Vi MOSES AND S 0 N respectfully attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable aesigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices ire such as must satisfy the most conomical. Tnis depart ment is in a ()lath:tot part of the premises, which will be found gre .t cony. nience for ladies and children, 2,101 5 5 5,691 14 7 rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEMNG, JANUARY 31, 1865 ttt . g4l °Q)4"4 4-4- 4 LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 1865. There are few things more to be regretted in their way than strikes. No matter how or where they occur, they contain elements of a deplorable charac ter, and give rise to so many sufferings and losses that they rank among our great social grievances. Whether the harm be considered that is done to the community through the waste of time in carrying on the trade and business of the country, or whether we look at the wretched homes or blighted hearths of the innocent victims of the obstinacy of one side 1r the tyranny of the other who pay the penalty and reap the fruits of the sowing of strife alike, we must consider that some stop should be put to the con stant recurrence of this calamity, and the spread of the angry and discontented feelings which give rise to it. Both sides are often unquestionably to blame ; the employers exact too much, the employed will yield too little, and hence all suffer loss, annoyance. and public reproach. The lookers on from liar cannot or will not, perhaps, comprehend all e technical details of the said grievances, and the ins and outs of the so-called difficulties, but unwarped by prejudice and uninfluenced by self-interest, their judgment may be clearer and their opinion of more value than those more initiated in detail, and more cognisant of circumstances. They see that the acquisition of wealth and the jealousy of property often make the masters unmindful of their duties; they appreciate their claims without acknowledging their responsibilities, and in their over haste to get rich, they are apt to look upon their men too much as machines who are necessary for the carrying on of the needful tasks, rather than as human beings who share the like feelings as themselves, and have not had the same advantages to enlarge their views, or the same inducements to restrain their indignation and modify their temper. The men are also often found to be prejudiced against their employers, as a class, without much right and reason ; and wherever or whenever did a large body of the working classes stop to analyse their sentiments or take note of the cause of this or that effect ? Sufficient unto them is the idea that they are wronged ; and let that notion once obtain among them, then it will spread like wildfire until no consideration of prudence and propriety will stay its course or check its ravages. Philosophers and philanthropists have wearied themselves in preaching moderation to one side and fair play to the other, and a mutual endeavour to adjust difficulties to both. It has seemed hitherto unavailing for any foreign influence or third party to do any good or effect any material benefit in the complex character of the affair ; therefore, it is the more satisfactory to notice that, in one particular, the differences that have existed are likely to be put an end to. At a meeting of the masters and opera tives at Coventry some conciliatory measures were undertaken, and we may gladly hail the welcome intelligence that a period is likely- to be put to the vexatious differences and ruinous altercations that have prevailed for some time past. The masters appear to have acted with unusual wisdom, and to have made more efforts in framing overtures for peace than arc un happily often witnessed in similar cases. There is no doubt that they will reap the fruits of their praise , worthy endeavour, but meanwhile the thanks of the conununity are their due, and the recognition of all qualified to judge will be their meed of ap proval and their token of goodwill. There is nothing more difficult than to be the first in settling affairs of this sort ; however false or faulty a kind of pride prevails, to the exclusion often of the higher motives, and the extinction of the really genuine sentiments of some of the parties at Coventry. It is fortunate for the interests of many that these deleterious influences did not triumph, but that a happier and kindlier feeling prevailed, which has re sulted in a meeting of delegates from both sides to consider the state of things, and determine upon the course most feasible to pursue in the dilemma in which all are placed. Mr. MAULT, the Secretary to the Manufacturers' Association, very truly ob served that that day inaugurated a new system, and might appropriately be regarded as " one of the most important meetings in the building-trade," as hitherto there had been no settled principles, and matters of dispute were constantly arising. There are good grounds for supposing that, if the wise and comprehensive resolutions agreed upon are adhered to, a better day may dawn upon the trade and all concerned in it ; vexatious doubts and over whelming differences may be superseded by mutual understanding and comparative con fidence in each other, and in the principles that ought to guide and govern them. Much skill and caution have been used in the drawing up of the plans proposed as the means of extrication from the complex situation now so greatly to be deplored and deprecated. Delegates from both sides are to frame the new rules, subject to the supervision of an arbitrator from each side, and these arbitrators again are to appoint an umpire. The casting vote of this latter is to be considered as final, and both masters and men have promised to abide by and be satisfied with such decisions as the collective wisdom and judgment of those engaged in the settlement shalldeemrequisite. If matters are thus arranged and adhered to, it may surely be trusted that a better fate and brighter future is in store for the distracted and bewildered operatives and their dissatisfied employers. The masters have done quite right in giving up the " discharge-note ;" and whatever errors they have previously committed, they have done their best to remedy by the frank spirit in which they have made their advances and proposed the remedy.. The flag of truce now waved be tween the contending parties is a welcome sight, and will be hailed with satisfaction by all who have the foresight to see the evils attendant on such alter cations ; and if the promise now held out is at all realised, the prospect for the future must certainly be better, more honourable to all engaged in the un dertaking, and the connection that unites masters and men may be looked back upon without shame on one side and remorse onthe other, if they humbly and heartily strive to do their best, sensible that their countrymen look to them for preserving the unanimity so necessary to th e we lfar e of th e W I. , munity, and knowing that, for all their opportuni ties, the strength to work, and the power to employ workers, they will one day be called upon to render an account. It has often been said that there is no evil with out some corresponding good, and this has been forcibly exemplified in the recent and still continu ing cotton distress. Though originally springing from the desolating war in America, and creating much prolonged suffering in our manufacturing districts, it has yet been the means of conferring great, and, we may hope, lasting benefits on other countries.: Its effects in Turkey and Egypt have been most remarkable, not only from the success which has attended the cotton cul- tivation in those countries, but from the energy and public spirit which the authorities have shown. There is a mortifying contrast between the manner in which the cultivation has been encouraged in those half civilised regions and in our Eastern dominions. It might have been supposed that a rich and powerful country like England, so deeply interested in the supply of cotton, and pos sessed of sufficient wealth, energy, and enterprise to make any experiment of the kind not only pos sible but easy, would have been only too eager to avail herself of the opportunity offered by the rich and varied climates and. soils of her Indian territories. But whereas in Turkey and Egypt every effort was made, not only to induce the people to enter into the cultiva tion, but to instruct them in the best means of doing so, and the most profitable means of laying out the money received for their cotton by the pur chase of the proper instruments for the improvement of the soil and the dressing of the cotton, our Indian authorities have acted with their usual supineness and dislike to any striking progression. The golden opportunity has been suffered in a great measure to slip past, and when the fall of price, consequent upon the cessation of the American war, comes, the Indian cultivator will probably be disgusted at the loss of his present high profits, and will abandon the attempt. If more active steps had been taken to en courage the cultivation during the years of the distress, by the time peace was restored to the States the first difficulties and preliminary expenses would be over, the quality of the cotton improved, the frauds of packing, &c., done away with, and the whole trade set on a firm footing, when moderate profits would be quite sufficient to repay the ordinary outlay of cultivation, and to give the ryot a suitable reward for his labour. At the annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr. ASHWORTH, the President, made a very sensible speech, commenting on the present aspects of the cotton trade, and we are glad to see that the views of most of the gentlemen who addressed the meeting on the subject were enlarged and enlightened. The change which has come over the trade since 18G0 is one of the most startling in commercial history. Its vast extent and flourishing prosperity prior to the transatlantic struggle, its sudden collapse and subsequent gradual rise into a state that gives hope of complete resusci tation even without the aid of its old source of supply, form a most remarkable and interesting history. In 1860, observed Mr. Asnwount, which was the year of our largest con sumption, we consumed an amount of cotton valued at £34,000,000. Last year, for about half the quantity, we paid £80,000,000. It is something, however, to have even reached this level after the almost absolute stagnation of the trade. The fact of its growing indigenously in many dif ferent parts'of the world proves what may be done by intelligence and enterprise ; and we hope our commercial men will do all in their power to en courage such enterprise, besides endeavouring, if possible, to rouse an indifferent Government to vigorous and consistent action. The Royal marriage Act. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—Some few weeks ago your paper contained some remarks relative to the Royal Marriage Act, and you stated that it was an error to suppose that the members of the Royal family aro compelled to marry foreigners. The law is as follows, "by Act 12th Geo. 111., c. 11, no descendant of the body of King George 11. (other than the issue of Princesses married into foreign families), is capable of contracting matrimony without the previous consent of the King, signified under tho great seal, and any marriage contracted without such consent is void. Provided that such of the said descendants as are above the ago of 25 may, after a twelvemonth's notice given to the King's Privy Council, contract and solemnise marriage without the consent of the Crown ; unless both Houses of Parliament shall, before . the expiration of the said year, expressly declare their disapprobation of such intended marriage ; and all persons solemnising, assisting, or being present at any such prohibited marriage, shall incur the penalties of the statute of prremunire." Now, as the com mon report is, whether true or false, that the Princess Mary of Cambridge is desirous to marry Lord Hood, there is one important clause in.- the said Royal Marriage Act, which belongs solely and exclusively to the House of Cambridge, and which can only be known to members of the legal profession. It is as follows :—" The exception of the issue of Princesses married into foreign families." Now the word issue (unlike that of child or children, which is wholly and exclusively confined to the first generation, and can never take in grandchild or any more remote genera tion) means any descendant in law, and would apply as, for instance, in the following case :—The present Queen is the issue of King James 1., albeit, she is his great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter. Now the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and her brother, the Duke of Cambridge, as also their sister, the Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, formerly Princess Augusta of Cambridge, are, it is true, descendants of the body of King George 11., but they arc also the issue of a Princess married into a foreign family, as the present Duchess of Cambridge was the granddaugh ter of the Landgravine of Hesse Cassel, and she was prior to her marriage Princess Mary of England, one of the daughters'of King George, and therefore the issue of a Princess married into a foreign family. Thinking this may not bo much known at this dis tance of time, I have taken the liberty of troubling you with this letter on the subject ; and although in all proba bility the upholders of the Royal Marriage Act would call this a mere quibble of the law, still it is a very nice point, whether the House of Cambridge and all their descendants are not free from the fetters of the aforesaid Royal Mar riage Act, and are able to contract matrimony without the consent of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, signified under the great seal. I don't here pretend to enter upon any discussion of the merits or demerits of the Royal Mar riage Act, but merely and simply to state the law as, Sir, your obedient servant, A. LAWYER. Drury-lane Theatre. After a few weeks' holiday, Mr. Phelps returned to this house last night, and appeared in the cha racter of Cardinal Wolsey, in Shakspere's play of " Henry the Eighth." 'This revival is not distin guished by any of that spectacular show which marked Mr. Charles Kean's performance of the same play at the Princess's, and it is merely pro duced, we presume, :to give Mr. Phelps an oppor tunity of representing a character which he made popular at Sadler's Wells Theatre during his . long lesseeship. Nearly all his great histrionic successes have been in old men. His Justice Shallow is without a rival, and though Wolsey wants that ele ment of dry humour which is found in Richelieu, and which brings out Mr. Phelps' genius as an actor, he makes a very striking portrait of the Cardinal. His careful elocution in the third act which ends the Drury-lane version—and Mr.W. Lacy's forcible re presentation of Henry the Eighth, give a value to a play which is certainly not one of Shakspere's greatest productions. The quaint minuet which is danced at the Cardinal's banquet appeared to amuse the audience even more than the fopperies of Lord Sand, which were amusingly rendered by Mr. Vitz-James. The Duke of Buckingham was excel lently played by Mr. Henry Marston, and Queen Catherine by Miss Atkinson. 4. LETTER OP THE tomer Aftli.ttli'S FATHER. — The Cotitt'gti' geittiv of Jag: 28 says :—" Although we think it were better to let the dead test in peace, we are nevertheless induced to publish the folloWitid letter from the father of Franz Muller to a German lady indionclott i= Noble Lady,—We hate received your kind letter, and are astonished that you, noble lady, stold trouble yourself in order to bring to light the innocence of the guililec martyr. But this you will find very difficult. The false judges will venture everything to suppress the truth, for they must feel ashamed of having condemned to death an innocent man. May God forgive their great sin ! Although many persons say that my son asked my forgiveness, he did so indeed, not on account of the murder, but because he went to that place without my consent, and for that reason he asked our pardon. But I will stake life and death upon the fact of his innocence. Herewith I send you his letter. God Almighty will reward you for what you have done for us. —I remain, with the greatest respect, your most devoted XARI, Xxi'LLEltt' "--Rcuter'e L'Vre43' ELPHI. I LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. GREENCASTLE, JAN. 31. The overdue Canadian steamer North American, from Portland on the 14th inst., arrived here at eight o'clock this morning. She called at St. John's for troops, but brings no later news via that place. She was detained off there 2G hours by fog. ITALY. T RIN, JAN. 31. Yesterday evening, on the occasion of a Court ball, a popular demonstration took place before the Royal Palace. The crowds were dispersed with the aid of the National Guard, and several a ests were made. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 30.—The market has been heaVy to-day For the Account, Threes opened at 67f. 15c„ and gradually declined to 57f. 5c., at which they now stand. Mobilier are also lower. Railway Shares have been firm, with scarcely any change in quotations. The market closed as follows:- 41 per Cents 95 70 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobilier 965 Do. end month 967 50 Bank Shares 3560 Credit Foncier 1275 Roman 73 Italian Loan 64 95 Do. end month 65 10 Ditto Threes 65 75 New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILV VAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOO7 50 ... 1007 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 940 ... 940 Southern 58,1 25 ..; 580 Western 557 50 540 Eastern Sardinian 307 50 ... 306 25 Austrian Lombard 543 75 543 75 North of Spain 345 347 50 Saragossa 4OB 75 407 50 Ditto to Barcelona 177 50 t r zurt EER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 30 ' Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice attended Divine Service at Whippingham Church yesterday inoru- ing. Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal H i g h ; nesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended the afternoon service. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen arrived nt Osborne yesterday. The Prince of Wales went out shooting 0-ciaY' d P3' accompanied by Prince Leiningen, and atten de Captain Grey. T. he Prince and Princess the of Wales and ' Lifeboat. The following gratifying communication has be received by the Royal National Lifeboat Ins titutO from General Kuollys, relative to an important ser; vice performed a few days ago by the Albert Vit° lifeboat, stationed at Berwick-on-Tweed „ " Marlborough House, Jan. 30, 18 7 h, " Sir,—llaving had the honour of communicat in g t°l4, Prince of ales the contents of your letter of the 26th in-'" W with the information of the Albert Victor lifeboat 115viiii,g been recently instrumental in rescuing six fishermen fr° , 4 drowning, I am desired by his Royal Highness to een`Z o to the Committee of the National Lifeboat Institution, t,-(1 extreme satisfaction the Prince and Princess have rereistbeo from such a happy occurrence, being associated WO „1 0 name which they authorised at the request of the P e of Ma nester. ses to " I am ch firther desired by their Royal Ilighne s- 0 r thank you for the communication, and have th e 110 to be, &c., << W. T. . To Richard Lciiis, Esq." Health of Cardinal Wiseman. The opinion pronounced by Mr. Tegart (Tuesday) morning as to the state of the 110 41 1, :j his Eminence is, that the Cardinal has O t quite so good a night, but that, at the same iilll`' he is not worse this morning. The bulletin issued last evening ran as follows ' lO " The Cardinal has passed a good night. other respects, he continues much the same. " W. MuNK, " CHARLES lIAWIiPr " EDWARD TEGART : By an error of the press the second nanl e s oy scribed to the bulletin, as published )T ester in The Sun, was erroneously given -or impression of last evening as `,,,` Hawkins," whereas it should have been " t ic Hawkins." We give this erratum in simple alike to each of those eminent practitioners. ---P-• Earl Granville (Lord President of the Cn t "i ll et will give the usual dinner to the members of the C3-vet, and the great officers of State, at his house in Bruton -5' on Thursday next, to settle the roll of sheriffs. ves' The Earl and Countess Delawarr left town terday for Buckhurst Park, Sussex. th e The Earl of Lonsdale, since his return fr o — , l le Isle of Wight, has been suffering from a cold. T he Earl was better yesterday, and no danger is conte 3 l 3- ; e o io. The Earl De Grey left town yesterday to the shooting partly at Grantley Park, in Surrey n on The Marquis of Ailesbury is expected in I,ssaf" Monday, from his seat in Wiltshire, to dine at 0111 tn ville's Parliamentary dinner that evening. er' The funeral of the Dowager Countess of .13- a e el. vine took place yesterday at the cemetery, Neu sal , 4 : It was of the most private character, the harse be", n erl lowed by only two mourning coaches. The chief rri'll,--tot were the Earl of Tankerville and the Earl of lklalotes' The christening of the infant daughter of c v Watkin and Lady Williams Wynn took place on ti 3t°lllsrge at St. James Church, Piccadilly, in the presence °f party of the relations of the Wynnstay family. Tfle,-;:t3 sore were her Majesty the Queen of Denmar k, rePre%tb by Mrs. Studholm Brownrigg ; her Royal Ilighn-e6'oci.4 Princess of Wales, represented by the H en- Mrs. 1'10" Stonor, one of her Royal Highness's Ladies of the o , o s chamber, and Sir Hugh Williams, Bart. The cer eraea, 1e performed by the Hon. and Rev. HenryCholreolPejo The infant received the names of LouiseyAl e xandr 37 - her two godmothers. MR. 11. A. BURCE, M.P., AND HIS COIsTSTIT IV ,:eit —The electors of Merthyr were addressed bY representative, Mr. 11. Bruce, Vice-President of th e I LO' of Education, on Thursday evening. He defended the r e oe which had been pursued by the Government respecti97,l)o war between Germany and Denmark, and the tnn le % 4 Ce il struggle in America. The present Parliament had OP a deep and sincere interest in the welfare o f the c°-,:atil and in saying this he spoke more particularly of th e ' o il ov to which he belonged. It might have been retregre t on questions connected with religious reforms , ° t a r 10 1 other subjects. Mr. Gladstone's Government .A-011;rti w of as h a most important measure, as was also the nr l).-e : ' er °t° t e Factory Act system to the trades which hadt l°t been included. Six weeks ago he was represented t° said that education had fallen off, but ho had Pa rticu iST l O guarded himself against making any such statenieat• he ns did s say was, that the progress of education Wt'Siergi had objected not so rapid as a few years ago. Tl ie l e t 10 4 very much to the conscience clause. It been stated that the Privy Council had refused gl'elei the Church schools of the National Society u tile° 01 took the conscience clause, but he had give n. ,t ) s fes l grants under such circumstances, where it would "",. 11° 13°' there were a sufficient number of members of the C bl- i e f England in the parish to justify such a grant, (31. 0 "/ V parish consisted entirely, as some did, of raerabe r° Church of England. But where there w as only on e and a divided population, they always asked wha t P - I"V sions had been made for the children of DissenterS• f 13 0 C o uncil acted with impartia lit y , and was practically 61030 religion, but gave assistance to Churchmen, DO ° Jews, and Roman Catholics. ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—On Sa,tw r ef/ at noon, William Wilson, the principal upholA t ; e an d George Hammond, the head porter at the Lord Cfi'lte" berlain's stores, Windsor Castle, were brought 1W wand before Captain Johnson and Mr. T. J. Ile rej ; ty sitting county magistrates, at the council chamberwn-hall, Windsor, on the charge of stealing Bete To t ee' articles, the property of the Queen. Mr.. Geo. Clarice, 0,, true sergeant of the metropolitan police, said that in C ot' quence of information which he had receive d be end rt c Mes e srs. Oxenham, 353, Oxford-street, auctioneers, eiv d there from a Mr. Fraser the things n ow F r i ° ote , .; in . a canvas wrapper—viz., crimson silk be d pair of embroidered silk curtains, and three riece;i°,: lance for windows. ,On Saturday, the 21st inst•l;:a tba Windsor again with the things. The prisoner sent sent for, and said, "It is no use denying that 6,e things, buhty Hammond, notlshould theha hevedaod po neit rt i e f r I . out of the store-room through a window. lialu nl°l' ,l ll esi c 1. it and sewed on the card, but I directed it a s ne3T -- t ° ; handy. Hammond carried it out of the C 0. 00 i station." Hammond was sent for and came . 'nutted that he took a parcel to the station , but Sa'-tittil'e'p not know anything was wrong or what the parcel e°4S QdCi and that Wilson told him to take it. The WO"' told Wilson he must take him into custody, an d to search him, but as he was doing so Wilson a e- ,. 4 1 1 e r: . out of his pocket, and attempted to throw it iuto It was sealed and addressed to a Mr. Butch er. '`,l told him he must open it to see what it contained' jllil a 0 as follows :—" Windsor, Jan. 21, 1865.-3 11% shall feel obliged if Mr. Phillips will forward '7-filo'.,o order for the amount due for sa l e of fe,illf mats. I called on Thursday and received request you to forward the balance.—W. K ll j' C 1 dress, Mr. Hilton, George IV. , C hm eh-street, l eef 'l $ John Fraser, a clerk to Messrs. Ox e nham, ancti°ll,lo4 353, Oxford-street, London, said th at on the 18th e l HO; c r he received a letter to the following effect it° 'a 4 place, Windsor, 17th January. Gentlemen, on ° v 1 warded to you this evening a package, contaiaim' of curtains embroidered, two side tails and cl' 11) :11 ono set tent-bed curtains, crimson silk, whic li ,"'"° please dispose of at your earliest sales. Gentlei%ll4ol:. main yours respectfully, William Wilson. 3 1 e 661. -vr . ham." The letter came by post, and soon ' llte , r e., carrier's parcel was delived at their auctiou-°-? 33 Thursday he informed Mr. Oxenham, and iuferltteel,'lto given to Mr. Clarke. Mr. Henry Seyraour,_, sWre'. C ° the Lord Chamberlain's Department, Wi n cl6° :; j r !, l ;. eo identified the articles as the property of her 111$1 the Strattun, goods porter at the Windsor station °f ten tit Ao li Western Railway, said Hammond was very station with parcels. The last time he came to the uP was on the 18th, when he saw a bundle wraPPealo,,,, canvass wrapper in the goods room. Mr. Willinfunpeffrii4 inspector of Windsor Castle, in the Lord Gll9-1 0 Department, said that Hammond was partia ll Y i of cV : 4 o orders. It was not his duty to carry a large Pn rce- I Se rs by Wilson, except under pecular circumstauceS• Clarke asked that Hammond might be re' I'-M (110°ef 1 0 n ext examination, and he was accordingly 1I be r t h te e ,sc s e same bail V3O). Wilson was again charged W., offence—namely, stealing four quilts, the proPerbi S Majesty, from the stores at Windsor Castle. 111 also a remand was granted. Gallant Lifeboat Services. PENZANCE, Monday Night. A rather exciting scene occurred here yesterday. It blew very heavily from the, S.E. The brig Willie Ridley, of Plymouth, bound from Plymouth to Newport, in ballast, at anchor in Guaras Lake, drove from her anchorage during the night to within hall-a-mile of the shore opposite the Western Es planade, and in a most dangerous position. The Penzance lifeboat of the National Institution was thereupon at once manned by Captain Fellowes, R.N., the Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, and a volunteer crew, and launched. She was buried by the tremendous surf, and it :was thought she would have been lost on the rocks, several of her oars being broken. Subsequent attempts, how ever, were more successful, and after great exertions the brig was reached in safety, and the crew of eight men taken into the lifeboat and brought on shore through the breakers. The poor men were very glad to take advantage of the boat. Captain Fellowes, and the lifeboat crew, behaved most nobly, and they were loudly cheered by the thousands of spectators on shore. The ves sel ultimately held to her anchors, and is now safe. An important service was also performed by the Southend lifeboat, belonging to the National Insti- tution, a few days since. Observing the brig Elizabeth, of Lowestoft, in distress, the lifeboat immediately put off to her help. After great exer tions the lifeboat's crew succeeded in bringing the vessel and her crew of seven men into a place of safety at Harwich. The crew of the boat exerted themselves• to the utmost extent, and, indeed, had they not done so, the vessel must inevitably have gone down with her crew. The Bank Returns. The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 7th of January. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 4th of January (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the -previous month : Dec. 10, Jan. 7, 1501. i 1865. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England 19,8(6,118 19,571,118 £235,020 Private Banks 3,058,541' 2,959,367 99,174 Joint-stock Banks 2,751,1i9 2,737,410 16,7e3 — Total in England. 25,61 ,, ,8221 25,267,925 £350,897 Scotland... 4,626,79 91 4,3c5,591 3O ,2 5 Ireland 5,872,70 5,661,0:e 211,67 United Kingdom 16,11 Q,323 . 35,254,512 I £863,781 And as compared with the month ending the 9th of January, 1864, the above returns show a decrease of £702,149 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £731,103 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... ..• .E 1,253,419 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 488,917 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,742,336 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,576,320 The Irish bailks are below their fixed issue ... 693,468 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 4th of January was £14,116,259, being an increase of £162,742 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £3,284 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,378,11 9 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,216,413 £4,594,532 Being a decrease of £99,451 as compared with the pre vious return, and an ncrease of £236,655 when compared with the corresponding period last year. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT ARDWICK.—un °MAU' day afternoon a collisioit occurred on the railway near the Ardwick station. The train arriving in Manchester at 430 p.m. from Sheffield, ran through a goods train that was crossing the line, near Ardwick, overt urning and breaking ome of the trucks, and strewing the goods on the line. The engine and tender of the passenger train were also se riously injured. The passengers were shaken, but none of them sustained serious harm• MANSLAUGHTER NEAR SCARBOIIOUGH.—OHSatUr day, a man, named Thomas Lidster, was brought before the Mahon Magistrates on a charge of having caused the death of John Pickering, at Stanton, near Scarborough, on Thursday night. No evidence was offered, and pending the Coroner's inquiry the prisoner was remanded for a week. Soon afterwards Mr. J. M. Jennings, the East Riding coroner, opened an inquest on the body of Pickering at Sax ton. It was shown after leaving work on Friday the prisoner and the deceased went to the Ganton public-house, and there quarreled and fought. After a round or two the de ceased's wife fetched the deceased home, whence they were accompanied by the landlord's son. Lidster, how ever, had followed unobserved, and called the deceased out of his house, saying that he (deceased) had chal lenged him to fight and he would fight. Deceased replied he did not wish to fight, and thereupon Lidster put one foot behind deceased's heel and then pushed him over •on his back. The deceased fell heavily with his head on the ground, fracturing his skull. Death resulted shortly afterwards. The jury unanimously returned a verdict of manslaughter, and tho coroner made out his warrant for the prisoner's committal for trial at the sessions. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT OLDHAM. —On Saturday morning a machine joiner, named Joseph Whitehead, living in Albert-street, Oldham, at tempted to murder his wife, and afterwards succeeded in committing suicide. The man was solue time ago employed by Messrs. Platt and by Mr. Lees, machinists ; but he has for some time been out of work, and has latterly been in a low desponding state of mind. His wife was confined of her second child on Saturday week, and from the time of her confinement up to Friday night the husband slept at his mother's house. His wife was in bed on Saturday forenoon, and during the temporary absence of the nurse the husband made a deliberate attempt to murder the poor woman. He inflicted a cut under her eye with a table knife, and another in the centre of the upper lip, but she struggled so effectually as to prevent him carrying his de sign into effect. Her screams brought tho nurse upstairs, and, on observing her enter the bedroom, Whitehead drew the knife across his throat, inflicting a fearful wound. He fell backwards upon the floor, and died before medical as sistance could be procured. Though the attack was made on the woman very suddenly, she was enabled to catch hold of the knife, and her hand was severely cut by the force with which the husband drew it out of her grasp. The deceased is said to be about 35 years of age. THEATRE ROYAL AD Miss Bateman as Julia in The Hunchback, Our liveliest hopes in regard to Miss Bateman's success in her new impersonation have been far, far exceeded. Triumph could not have been more com- plete or more legitimate than the really bril liant triumph won by her last evening, as Julia, in " The Hunchback." She looked—to begin with— charmingly. She dressed the part with exquisite ,aste--her costumes being as various as they were picturesque and some of them magnificent. But it was, of course, the emotional genius apparent in her acting of the character throughout, that _ _ achieved for her that complete and absolute com- mand over her audience which may, now, at length, in our delightful remembrance of last evening, be said to have securely established her reputation as an actress of the highest powers. Her most enthu siastic admirers need no longer fear to be met with the taunt that Miss Bateman is eminent only in ,one character—that she has gained her extra- ordinary popularity, here, by one solitary representa tion. To our own individual thinking, her Julia far surpasses her Leah. Yet, while saying this, let us acknowledge, at once, quite frankly, that, according to our vie; of it as a dramatic production, the play of " Leah "is just simply detestable. ThQ charac ter of Leah, even, in our eyes, although played by __ _ Miss Bagman, and played, too, by her, as all the London world of playgoers knows by this time, with such impassioned intensity—the character of Leah, we say, is, in our eyes, very nearly as odious as the play itself. Only at the close of it—in our own estimation, at least—was the drama of " Leah" in any way really acceptable. Other wise, throughout the first four acts, we should have been disposed to pronounce it, in the words of Dogberry, " very tolerable and not to be endured." The fifth act alone was (according to our judgment), and this thanks solely to the genius of Miss Bateman, the reclamation of both the drama and the character. VVe forgot, then, the malignant spite of the mencli- cant Jewess, in the earlier scenes, in the pathetic tenderness of her dying prostration. With her Julia, however, it is altogether different. There, at least, we have nothing to for get or to forgive in that alternately charm- ing, tender, radiant, agonised impersonation. Besides—the character itself is one so inexpressibly more agreeable to contemplate. It is no longer a wandering mendicant, the creature of an alien race, whose fortunes we are called upon--to follow sympathetically—for the most part vainly, in our own instance, again let us acknowledge it ! Julia, on the contrary, that spoilt child of fortune, is from first to last what Leah never, even for one single instant, affects to be—a lady ! And a perfect lady, Miss Bateman is, as Julia, throughout. But then, not only the two characters, but the two dramas are so widely contrasted! Listening to the words of " The Hunchback" we are listening to a dramatic production which is, in its way, part and parcel of our national Literature not to the tawdry rubbish of an evanescent melodrama, one that partakes not in the least of the cha racter, one', that participates, not in the smallest degree, in the dignity, •of any lite rature under the sun. Occasionally, even, we need not hesitate to assert, that the text of " The Hunchback," as indeed, not unfrequently happens in others of the dramas of Sheridan Knowles, rises to the elevation of true poetry. As a revival of one of our legitimate modern dramas, this representation of Sheridan Knowles's truly admirable drama of " The Hunchback,"—particularly as it is now put upon the stage of the Adelphi Theatre—is an incident to be hailed, as we for one do certainly hail it, with the very liveliest satisfaction. It was a matter of regret to us last evening that the enter prising manager was not himself present—by the accidental Circumstance, as we learnt, of his having been snowed up somewhere in Wales—that he him self was not there present in the house, so that he might with his own eyes have witnessed the brilliant success achieved by this revival of " The Hunchback" under his management. Scenery, dresses, appoint ments—all were perfectly new and of such unmis takeable excellence that the audience could see at a glance, for themselves, at - every turn, that, as had for some weeks previously been announced by advertisement, no ex pense had really been spared under Mr. Webster's management, with a view to render this reproduction of " The Hunchback " worthy of it as a dramatic masterpiece. But what is far more worthy of note, the parts in this new cast of " The Hunchback " proved to have been admirably distributed. There was not a single character in the piece that was not thoroughly well represented. Mr. Swinbourne's Master Walter—from whose dorsal defor mity the play takes its title, a character assumed, it may be remembered, by the dramatist himself upon the occasion of the play's first repre sentation in 1832 upon the boards 'of Covent Gar den—was not simply carefully studied and eminently judicious throughout, but was here and there dis tinguished by singular animation, and once or twice even by a pathetic tenderness that fairly carried his audience with him. Mr. Jordan we do not re member to have ever seen to so much advantage as in Sir Thomas Clifford. He not only looked the character (very handsomely!) but played it with real ability throughout. Mr. Toole's Fathom, quite as a matter of course (small though the part is in itself) was another of that inimitable low comedian's triumphs of comic impersonation. The scene be tween Fathom and Thomas, the London footman (grotesquely portrayed, this latter, by Mr. Romer) was one series of explosions of laughter from be ginning to end. Apart, however, from the great scenes of the play—meaning those in which Julia, Master Walter, and Sir Thomas Clifford, are the chief interlocutors—the most brilliant triumph of the night (apart, remember ! from those great scenes) was that riant, sparkling, thoroughly ex hilarating scene—scene the first in the fourth act,—in which Helen schools Master Modus in " The Art of Love," not according to Ovid ! Mr. Billing ton (always a favourite with the Adelphi audience) was the ultra-modest lackadaisycal Master Modus—Miss Henrietta Simms being the charming, delightful Helen of the occasion ! Miss Simms's performance of Helen last evening, but more par ticularly in that scene, as also in the sequel to it, viz., the first scene in the fifth act, may be set down at once, as, beyond all question, the greatest hit that pretty young actress has yet achieved since the occasion of her first stepping before the London footlights. We not only congratulate her very cor dially upon this, but we feel that we ought, in simple justice to her to mention the,fact that she was, during the evening, twice recalled by acclamation—hand in hand, of course, with her companion, Master Modus. Even an insignificant character like that of Lord Tinsel was, in the cast of last night, so very happily touched off—with an air of such deliciously absurd nonchalance—by Mr. Ashley, that it seems here to claim, at least, one word of honourable mention. The heroine of the night and of the play, the observed of all observers, the one bright particular star of the occasion—among all that moving group of Her Majesty's Servants, as they were wont to be called in the old-fashioned language of the playbill — was, naturally and inevitably, by right of her genius, by right of her many rare qualifications as an actress, not excepting even from among these her classic profile and her chiselled features—Miss Bate man, as the Julia in this really admirable cast of "The Hunchback." Her triumph, in the represen tation of that character, in all its grace ' and tenderness, in all its espieglerie in the garden scene when she is toying with the feather, in all its pathetic anguish in the draw ing -room scene, now alone, now with Mas ter Walter, now with Sir Thomas Clifford, was—we would here emphatically repeat what we have already said—a triumph complete and legiti mate. It was a triumph so unmistakeable of its kind from first to last, that it at once securely consolidates her reputation. At the fall of the curtain she was recalled again and again—re ceiving a thunder of applause from all parts of the house, as well as a plentiful shower of bouquets from the stage boxes on either hand. The theatre itself was filled from floor to ceiling, and the audience never flagged in the evi dence of its appreciation of a performance that (speaking for ourselves) was thoroughly enjoyable from the rise to the fall of the curtain—not a single momentary hitch of any kind m arri ng the e ffect of the first night of this revival of " The Hunch back." It was an evening that was really a treat to old blase playgoerf? bot k al sh a 41 the Aha Icn aft ; 4 4 , tile