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within it, in the same sense in which it is extended to the authorised convents in France and of other continental countries. The means for exercising the civil power within and over the convents in England and Scotland has been by repeated majorities of the House of Commons declared inadequate. History and the current events of the time warn me that unless the civil power has free and ready scope within these convents they ought not to be permitted to exist, though some, perhaps many—if you will, most of them — are well conducted. I have no intention to insult any lady resident in any convent. My refusal to accep t your proposal for an extra judicial and irregular intrusion upon them is sufficient proof of this. Had the House of Commons granted the committee for which I moved I should have called you as a witness, and among other questions I should have asked you two, which your letter shows that you are, to a cer tain extent, competent to answer. These questions would have been :—" Where has the nun whom you brought back in October, 1856, to the convent at Colvrich been since her residence at Winburn ?" You say thatt she has subsequently been in convents abroad. " Where hat lady now ? "put But the committee has been refused, and I refuse to put these questions, except at the proper time, in the proper manner, and in the proper place, and to accept any answer to them except under the above conditions. Your letter throughout assumes that I shall consent to the kind of investigation into the affairs of these convents, which I decline, but it concludes with these words,," You will make those ladies (the inmates of these convents) a reparation as public as the injury you have inflicted." These words have decided me to seek the immediate publication of your letter and this reply. For if these ladies are injured by being denied legitimate means of defence and of reparation, their injury rests upon those who re fused the inquiry before a committee of the House of Com mons, for which I moved, not upon me:. I remain, rev. Sir, your obedient servant, C. N. MIWDEGATE. To the Rev. Dr. Ullathorne. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--During the storms of the past year 1864 the boats of the Natinnal Lifebaat Institution have saved 432 persons from different -wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same perivd on lifeboat establishments, in ads to granting: £1,569 as rewards for say.ng 693 shipwrecked Per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest' y A I'PEA.. T A to the Gublie for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet he continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Wills and Co.. "ferries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. The AIVU AL GENERAL ME k.TING of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN. Bishopsgat , e-street , on TUESDAY next, the 4th inst. at Two o'clock piecisely. ills Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, 'K.T., in the Chair. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) PRODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR. THIS 107EINEsP.; the Opera of THE MOCK DOCTOR. (the English words by ' Chattes Kenny , . Principal characters by Mesdames Poole, Thirlwall, and Fanny Huddart ; Messrs. henry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyall , Dussdr, Ling-ham, and H. Cord Condurtor,Mr. A. MELLON. After which, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous acces sories. Commence at seven. THE AT R E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TIIIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. A;t r which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Alessi's. Phelps, Ja t es Anderson, Walter Lacy, Sin.lair, Rayner; Miss Rose Leclercq and Mrs. _Hermann Vezin. Conclriding with the Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' MY TtIUMB AND HIS EL &VEN ItROTHEtiA); or, the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots ; terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene ; bites Lydia Thompson, ctc. THEATRE-ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone , . Tlll3 EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farrell; Miss Nelly Moore, Szc. To be f ollowe 1 by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, 13uckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersv, ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, dsc. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND FOR Messrs. Sothern, Buckiitone, Braid, Gordon, ClClark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames Snowdon, 11111, &a With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. HIGH WATER AT LONDON:BRIDGE. . 40m. Tins DAT.-31orning, 12h. 14m.—Afternoon, 12h To-llonalow.-11orning, lh. Sm.—Afternoon,lh. 30m. To commence at 7. IicEIV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADET,PIII.- oole Yroortutor and Manager. M.. B. W abater. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Hess s. C. H. Stephenson and Eburne ; Miss K. Kelly. Af er which, THE HUN CHBACK. Julia (4th time) Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. George J , rdan, Swinbourne, BiLington, Stuart, Ashley, Eburae, J. L. Toole ; and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. L, Toole, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. I. echter. TIM EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Mcssrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, CoDett ;- Mesdames C. Horsman, lien- Lto l eo, laawortf I Ir. At ter watch, at half-past 8, a New Drama, entitled TILE ROADSIDE INN. ILbert Ma3ahe, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Widairomb, C. llorsman. Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, Raymond, Uollett; Mesdames Els worthy and IL I'ercy. To conclude with TWO IN IHE MORNIL\ G. Messrs. iViddlaomb and Eme y. Doors open at Half-past The Box-office open daily from iiaev,n till Five. 11 OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining._ THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STR NGS. After which, THE sTREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. ii. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss I`...nny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Alanag - eress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford ; Miss Palmer. Atter which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swanborough. To conclude w th T tiE " GRIN" BUSHES : Mr. Fenton, dcc ; Mesdames itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, dr.a. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. 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The importance of pure water to health has been ranked by most of our scientific men as next to the value of pure air, while some even rank it higher. Whatever may be its exact position in the scale there can be no possible doubt as to its vast conse quence to the public well-being. It does not need a careful analysis of the component parts of impure water, or a knowledge of the unwholesome materials of which it is composed, to be certain of its injurious agency. A great many of the diseases which render an Anglo-Indian life perilous are directly traced to the scarcity and impurity of the water, but we need not go so far to witness the deleterious effects of a bad supply. Our courts and lanes and byeways have since the increase of our population suffered terribly from this cause, • one of the prime agents of the dreaded typhus, while, besides its immediate results, it slowly but surely undermines the health and predisposes the system to every contagious in fluence. Agricultural districts, too, whose griev ances are less known to the social reformer or the philanthropist, often greatly lack a sufficient supply of pure water, which may without exaggeration be called one of the first necessaries of healthful life. The question naturally arises, how it is in a country like England, temperate, well watered, and inter sected by canals, there should be any scarcity ? and the " intelligent foreigner," when asking the ques tion, would perhaps be surprised to learn in answer that it is a self-made trouble. By an ingenious application of " matter in the wrong place," we have contrived to corrupt our rivers at the same time that we pay enormous sums for sewage, that we import guano for manuring our land, and that water companies charge us heavy rates for supplying us with what might be had at little or no cost were it not for our own perverse folly. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, in his speech last night, certainly did not do much for the temperance cause, for his revela tions were start ing enough to frighten all water drinkers for ever. We are in the habit of proceed ing somewhat slowly with our reforms ; but when the Sewage Commission reported, four years since, that upwards of 100 rivers were in an absolutely poisonous condition, and the Committee of last year not only confirmed this statement, but added to it, it is really time that we got upon the road to im provement of some kind. The official opinions not only confirm the assertions of private individuals, but go far beyond them. Mr. RAWLINSON, the Government engineer, on being asked what he thought would be the probable condition of the rivers if the present course were persisted in, answered that he " could hardly imagine the rivers and streams ever becoming worse than they are now." The river Exe has suffered so much from the sewage that a farmer on the • banks is obliged to dig artificial places for his cattle, as they can not touch the river water. Mr. RAwLINSON says that on the Mecllock, at Manchester, there is a scum so thick that birds walked on it, and you can see the gas rising up in a bubble. As for old Father Thames himself, we metropolitan citizens have had pretty convincing evidence of his condition, but the details furnished by official reports are as startling as unpleasant. The injury to health is the great consideration, but the waste of money has also a claim on our notice. "At Leeds £150,000 had been spent in sewage operations. It was then found .that the water of the river Aire could not be drank, and they accordingly spent upwards of £350,000 in getting water from another river" This, as it proved, was no great acquisition, for sewers, factories, paper mills, and other miscellaneous contributors, rendered the water absolutely poisonous, so that when a carpenter's foot-rule was dipped four inches below the surface it was impossible to read the figures. There are plenty more such practical proofs forthcoming. A bottle of pure paraffin has been made from the waters of the Dee. A gentleman tumbling into the Calder, found him self not only figuratively but literally in the blues, for his white trousers emerged of a deep blue colour from the dye stuff with which the river abounds. Some years ago a salmon was an every day prize in the Calder, but now there is no such thing as a fish to be found in its " deep dark blue " waters. This is another part of the public loss, since no fish can live in such poisoned rivers, and cattle in some instances have been destroyed by them. The fishermen at Chester have picked up dozens of poisoned salmon, which, remembering the paraffin, is not surprising. The Severn, with a watershed of 4,437 square miles, only yields salmon to the value of £l,OOO, while the Tay, with only 2,283 square'miles, gives 30,000. This is certainly a very great argument in favour of a change, for one of our great national resources is thus wantonly de teriorated and destroyed. The waste of the sewage matter is another drawback to the present system, though that of course is secondary to the injury to public health. " Would it not be as sensible," asked Lord R. MONTAGU last night, "to throw away the whole of our sheep and to send to Saxony for cloth, as to throw away our manure and send to distant countries for guano ?" The answer to the apparently difficult question of how to dispose of the sewage which poisons our fish, lowers the public health, wastes money, and produces evils and discomforts innumerable, 'is readily supplied by mother earth herself. That which in the wrong place is the fruitful source of disease is if rightly applied conducive to health and plenty. We have already had numerous instances of the improved value of land after the judicious application of sewage, but a case mentioned by Lord It. A.....tONTAGU last evening is worth notice. At Croydon some land was worth £2 an acre, but when the sewage of the town was utilised it went up to £4 an acre, and the town afterwards let it to a tenant at £5. By the application of sewage this tenant got four crops of grass a year, averaging from 12 to 14 thug per acre, which he sold, as it stood, for £8 a crop. He therefore paid £5 rent and received for the pro duce of his land £32. This would seem convincing enough ; and the owners of land, and of the rights of fisheries, as well as the people at large, who are poisoned by bad water, or have to pay heavy rates for a tolerable supply, are equally interested in the matter. When we read such details as were fur nished us last night we must all fervently hope that the Government will fulfil a promise for once, and take immediate steps to secure the public from a further consumption of blue dye, paraffin, and other animal, mineral, and vegetable poisons. It is satisfactory to find that his Royal Highness the Prince o f W ALES h as se t hi s face against the pernicious practice of " percentage to servants," and that his intention has been made public, for we may now confidently expect that an end will be put to the evilcustom that has so long prevailed. The same West -end firm that forwarded the Duke of SUTHERLAND'S letter on the subject to the Times has now sent communication received from General rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENiNG, MARCH 9, 186th KNOLL vs to the effect that his Royal Highness will not pa rmit the prevalence of the practice in his househc dd. This epistle intimates that the Prince of WALEs.ha;ging understood that a " practice pre vails of tradesmen offering to servants a percentage on t . he amount of their bills," has directed that " every servant who receives, and every tradesman who offers, such percentage should be dismissed, and cease to enjoy his Royal Highness's custom." Thia is sure to be of service to the cause that has been so energetically taken up by some already, but which of course has much to militate against its progress from perversity and prejudice. General KNOLLY'S observes with great justice that such a practice is equally detrimental to the tradesman and his employe'es, and that his Royal Highness believes that every tradesman ought therefore to desire to put a stop to the practice. The West-end firm before alluded to very truly observes that the PRINCE'S high example, " if widely known, will en courage the indifferent to adopt the same system, and by that means an end must be put to an ac knowledged evil." It is difacult to estimate rightly the full extent of the injuries that are inflicted by this custom. Its effects are widely spread and extensively felt, although many may not take time and thought enough fully to realise the fact or suffi ciently to comprehend all the bearings of the case. It lowers the tone of morality among all who adopt the practice to a great degree, and even those who do not follow it to a considerable length are sure to become more or less vitiated by the habit. The high wages that are given to the ser vants in large establishments render the thing quite ridiculous in some measure, and it is quite certain that no gratitude is ever entertained by the reci pients of such extra donations in the shape of per centages and perquisites. It seems a very strange thing that in a country so celebrated for its busi ness-like qualities, such a lax state of things should go on in the conduct and management of its chief establishments. It is, indeed, the duty of those in a high position and possessed of great wealth to guard against the existence of evils in their households, and especially those which tempt their dependents to the commission of fraud, and the habit of cheating in a minor degree. All that tends to destroy fair play and to put a stop to above-board transactions. It may be suggested in connection with this subject that a great deal of evil would be avoided, if those in influential positions would follow the example of her MAJESTY, and settle their accounts quarterly. By this means a great source of temptation would be removed both to tradesmen and servants, as the long-standing accounts afford so many in ducements to both sides to cheat, or at all events to mystify. Another evil is that those employed in establishments where this lax system prevails be come spoiled by luxury, and ruined for more strict management in after life: If the circumstances of their careers lead them into positions where they must work harder and fare less sumptuously, they are often in one way or another induced to adopt dishonest practices. The example of his Royal Highness in the matter of percentages is likely to be of great benefit in many ways, and it is gratify ing to think that one is, who may be called the leader of fashionable society at present, so deter mined to put down a practice that has been proved so pernicious. It is quite time that something was done to check the many evils that have sprung up in the social system through the extravagance of some, and the carelessness of others, acting directly or indirectly upon those who came under their influence. The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday, in the case of the Fusi lier, will meet with universal approbation. It is not only for its immediate consequences, but for its after effects, that this adjudication may be consi- dered as one of importance and interest. The owners of cargo on board the Fusilier appealed against a decree of the Judge of the Court of Admiralty, which held them liable to " contribute to the remu neration of certain sailors for saving the lives of the passengers on board that vessel." Lord CHELMS FORD delivered judgment, to the effect that the owners of cargo are liable to contribute to " life salvage remuneration." The decision of the Court of Admiralty is thus affirmed, which is most satis factory in every respect. It seems strange that objection should be made to the salvage claim, for it is one that is almost universally acknowledged. The practice of the National Lifeboat Institution is always to confer rewards upon those who have particularly distinguished them selves in rescuing lives from shipwreck ; and it is one that cannot be too generally followed or universally adopted. If property be liable to this charge, surely the lives of human beings ought to be considered of more account, and it is but fair that the preservation of passengers should be held worthy of remuneration. Had the decision of the Privy Council been favourable to the appeal, a great injury would have been inflicted upon all whose pursuits or engagements expose them to the perils of the sea. Now that this decision has settled the question, it is to be trusted that many similarly cir cumstanced will take warning, and not demur to the rightful claims of those who render such signal services to the cause of humanity. In every re spect, then, we may rejoice at the issue of the question, and trust that the success of the claims of the salvors in this instance will encourage others of the same calling to pursue their vocation with in creased ardour and assiduity. It is universally admitted that the labourer is worthy of his hire ; and this theory can never better be applied than to those who risk their lives to rescue others from im minent peril by land and certain destruction on the mighty waters. It is a false spirit of economy that induces those in authority to refuse the claims put forward by the energetic class who do so much for so very little in many cases; and it is gratifying to find that a legal decision has done more service to the in terests of the general public, in this instance, than it often does in matters of moment and questions of great magnitude and significance. THEPOLESIN SWITZERLAND.—The correspondent at Berne of the Independance Belye, writing on the 2d s a y s : -1 , A despatch from Romanshorn, a village of Thurgovia, upon the banks of Lake Constance, announces that the Polish ex-dictator Langiewiez arrived there on the Ist of March with an elderly lady, and immediately left by the railway for Zurich. During the latter part of February upwards of a hundred more Polish refugees arrived at Ronaanshorn. The Federal subsidies for the maintenance of these unfortunate men havin g ceased, and the cantonal subsidies being.insufficient, the journals of East Switzerland propose a public subscription for three months at sd. per month in favour of the Poles who are destitute." A FRENCH ANNIVERSARY.—It has occurred to several of the justices of the county of Middlesex who meet for the discharge of public duties at the Session house, Clerkenwell, that a proposal to celebrate the comple tion of 50 years peace with France by some suitable demon stration would be received with general approval. The in tention is to invite to a public banquet certain distinguished noblemen and gentlemen of France, and to fix the enter ment for some day in the month of Juno. A committee is about to be formed, and an announcement of their views will shortly be laid before the public. FLOGGING IN THE ARMT.—A return was issued a year ago, stating that the number of persons flogged in the army in the year 1862 was 126, and the number of lashes inflicted 5,999. But that included only the army at home ; and a return now issued states that the whole number flogged in the year in the army at home and abroad was 379, and the number of lashes inflicted 18,180. In the same year 1,462 soldiers were marked with the letter I), and 37 with 8.0. FOR THE NURSERY.—Where must little boys who lint their fingers in their mou ths ex p ect to go to ? Why, I Gnaw-thumb-erland, you bed child.=-Piend. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, .MARCH 6. The treaty of commerce between England and Prussia will not comprise more than five or six clauses, which have been communicated to the re maining States of the Zollverein. As the Zollverein and England already enjoy the reciprocal rights of the most favoured nation, the present stipulations can only refer to tariff questions. . The sole object of the treaty is to compel the contracting parties not to increase, at any future period, the entry duty upon goods sent from the Zollverein to England, and vice versa. Similarly to the treaty of the Zollverein with France, the present convention will be concluded for a period of 12 years, coming into operation at the same time as the new Zollverein tariff, i.e., on the Ist July, 1865. The signature will take place as soon as all the members of the Zollverein have sent in their adhesion. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 8. The editor of the Dernocratia has been arrested. Senor Fernando Alvarez, a member of the Minis terial party, has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 150 to 93 votes. At the request of the Minister of Finance the Congress will hold extraordinary evening sittings in order to expedite the discussion of the Financial Bill. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS, SUEZ, MARCH, 3. The Simla, with the above mails, arrived here al 7 a.m. to-day. A GAME OP ROMPS-WITH MY BOYS Br CHARLES KENT. " For it is good to be children sometimes." The Christmas Carol. Trooping to my study, In the fire-glow ruddy Rolling by the fender, Tumbling down my books : Scaring student-labours More than pipes and tabors, Punch or kettle-mender, Philosophic looks ! Hold ! you elvish rascal! Leave my peerless Pascal: If you want an anvil Here to play at smith, Take some earthlier writer— Further from a mitre — Take Voltaire or liand'ville Thus to trifle with. Come four urchins rattling, Seeing who by battling, With victorious laughter, First shall climb my knee : Ranting, roaring, scrambling, Dancing, prancing, ambling, As though oach a rafter Strove to rend with glee Hist! there, Mark, or may be You'll be choking Baby— Giving him for coral Choice of amber tips, Meerschaum brown as berry, Glossy tube of cherry— Worse than sourest sorrel To those sugary lips ! 0 the joyous clatter! When, with cushions' batter, Curtain-cord and tassel, Some the sofa climb: Than the fire for warming Better far the storming Of our mimic castle, Captured time on time. Now ! who'll play Jack Little roguish varlet Clad in shoes of scarlet, Socks and frock the whitest, Blue sash, curls of gold-- Canter, perched a-straddle, Slipper for a saddle, Thro' dark eyes—the bright-. est ! Shining joy untold. Hither, chubby Charley 1 For one moment's parley ; Cease thy merry clatter, Though but for a while-- Ruffling yellow tresses Back from fond caresses, Loth to stop thy chatter Even to share a smile. Homer ? Romping Puss in Corner ? Skittish Hunt the Slipper ! Blundering Blindman's Buff ? Wheel away the table, Madcaps fresh from Babel ! Let each elfin tripper Find there's room enough. Till the fire-glow ruddy Chegners all my study, Bookcase, floor, and ceiling, With a Shadow Dance! Filling gloom with brightness, Heaviest hearts with light ness, Livelier laughter pealing As our games advance. When tired out and flustered, Round my arm-chair clus tered, Romps, no longer wrestling, Claim old tales of mirth— Siniling at our folly, Marianne with her Dolly, Near my footstool nestling, Crowns the glowing hearth. Magazine for March. Sweet-eyed, laughing Willie, Loitering willy-nilly Near my arm-chair captured By a furtive hand ! Sage of seven full summers, Wisest of boy-mummers— When by fun enraptured Wildest of the band! Rosy-warm from coddling, Baby-Henry toddling O'er the hearth-rug slowly, Dimpling hands outspread: Hither wee, wee blue shoes I Hither tottering two shoes ! Soft rings—aureole holy ! Crowning thy fair head. -From Colburn's New Monthli Memorials of Cardinal Wiseman. The Memorial of the Cardinal, we presume, xi' be one hereafter to be erected at that central point in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Kensal-green, in which the remains of his Eminence were the other evening solemnly interred. Meanwhile, a number of memorial publications of the deceased prelate have already made their appearance from the press, while others are announced as in prepa ration. H.E.'s Collected Writings, we doubt not, will before long be issued—probably in monthly volumes—and not improbably, we should con jecture, by the Messrs. Bums, Lambert, and Oates, of Portman-street, Portman-square. They would, these Collected Writings of Cardinal Wiseman, comprise among their number suc h wor k s as "Fabiola," as the argument on " The Connection between Science and Revealed Religion," as " The Lamp of the Sanctuary," as the " Recollections of the Four Last Popes," and so forth, together with the Sermons, the Lectures, the Dramas, and the various miscellaneous papers contributed by his late Eminence to the Dublin Review, The Month, and other well-known periodicals. The editing of this accumulated collection of the Works of the Car dinal would in any case, we should imagine, be a duty entrusted to some Catholic ecclesiastic of emi nence—some one duly qualified both by scholarship and by intimacy to undertake the responsibility— such a man, let us say, as either Dr. Manning or Dr. Russell. Rumours are already rife as to the probable biographer of the Cardinal—one of these rumours averring that Mr. Maguire, the Mayor of Cork, and member for Dungarvan, is even now busy in the accumulation of materials for the task — that hon. gentleman being already favourably known, as a biographer, through his admirable memoir of Father Mathew, published only a year or two since by the Messrs. Longman. Whoever may be chosen eventually, nevertheless, to be the biographer of Cardinal Wiseman, the duty ;of writing the life of a man in many ways so dis tinguished, is one worthy of the application to it of the highest powers and of the fullest energies. Among other preparations already afoot with a view to the evidence in a more signal manner of the affection and respect with which the name and fame of Cardinal Wise man are cherished —not v ery sur prisingly—among his co-religionists, it is wor thy of particular note that Viscount Fending, Viscount Campden, Lord Petre, the Hon. Charles Langdale, Monsignor Man ning, and many others, laymen and ecclesiastics, noblemen and gentlemen, have been formed into a committee for the purpose of originating a memo rial of his Eminence, worthy in some manner of his high reputation. Meanwhile—as these remarks of ours began by setting forth—various literary me morials of the Cardinal, of more or less importance, have already made their appearance, or are an nounced as upon the eve of publication. First and foremost of all, among these, being—beyond any question whatever—the one, amongst them all, the most worthy of preservation—the authorised and carefully-corrected verbatim report, in the form of a pamphlet of 37 pages octavo, of the remarkable Sermon—a funeral oration, as affecting and impres sive as funeral oration could well be—delivered (upon the day of the Cardinal's interment) from the pulpit at Moorfields, by the Right Rev. Monsignore Henry Edward Manning, D.D., formerly Arch deacon of Chichester. Other sermons upon the same theme—the memory of Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman—have also made their appearance from the press as separate publications ; such, for ex ample, as the one delivered on the 19th ult. in Bunhill-row, by the Rev. James Conolly. But, it can hardly be deemed—even by' the preachers of those other sermons, themselves—in any way in vidious, that we should particularise the one uttered by the lips and revised by the hand of Dr. Man ning, as—amongst them all—standing quite apart as a specimen of pulpit eloquence, and more even than that, as a tribute of reverential and affectionate friendship. The Tur: Lyn-street. Another little reminder (that is, to the reading public) of the excellence of the Turkish Bath, has recently made its appearance very opportunely. It is in the form of a thin brochure, only a few pages in length—pages extracted (for separate publication thus as a pamphlet) from the " Manual of the Turkish Bath," by Sir John Fife, M.D., F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon of the Newcastle Infirmary. And we are in no way surprised that pages such as these should have been extracted thus from a goodly volume like that of Sir John Fife's, for separate publication in this readily readable form, by the promoters of that haunt at once of health and of luxury, 76, Jermyn-street, St. James's. Those already habituated to the luxurious means for pro moting health supplied to them by those admirable Baths, need no reminder of the excellency of the system of the Turkish. Bath so called—the, old classic bath of antiquity— the bath familiar to Roman civilisation. From page 372 of Sir John Fife's book we take the following half-dozen benefits assured to agriculturists, upon the application of the Turkish Bath system to the system of Farming Cure of sickness in cattle, sheep and pigs. "2. Saving of mortality in young stock. "3. Fortifying the horses engaged in ploughing and draught. "4. Increasing flesh and milk. "5. Increasing the productiveness of stock. "6. Collateral advantages : drying harness, Clothes, saving damaged grain and seeds, saving of sickness to farm servants, and also to the farmer himself and his family. Again—from page 380 of the same work—we take the following eight good results (among Horses) of the Turkish Bath, as employed in the Stable : "1. The skin is cleansed far more completely than by any other method of grooming. "2. The system relieves itself, through the skin, of every kind of impunity. "3. The animal is enabled to bear, with perfect impunity, the greatest alterations of heat and cold. "4. The appetite, so frequently a poor one in training, is increased, and digestion promoted. "5. The lungs are brought into strong play, without in creased action of heart and pulse. " What is commonly called inside fat of heart and lungs is removed, and the wind consequently greatly improved ; and this without the fearful wear and tear of legs and con stitution, now so universally practised to attain that object. " 7. Aloes and other drastics become superfluous. "8. And lastly, whereas, in the opinion of the first trainers of the day, by the present system, it is impossible to bring a horse fit to the post more than once or twice in the year for a great race, by the use of the bath he may ever be in the highest state of condition." Admiral Rous related two years ago in the Times the advantageous effects produced among the equine race by the application of the system of the Turkish Bath in the training of Horses. Mr. Scriven has, here, more at length, in the excellent pamphlet now under consideration, recorded his experiences during four years consecutively of the same Bath as em ployed on an Irish Farm under his own immediate observation. To those who are still sceptical upon the matter of the good derivable from the Turkish Bath, among the Human Race, among Horses, among farm cattle, among domestic animals, we would at any rate commend this excellent little pamphlet, a pamphlet that any one may glance through in ten minutes very pleasantly. (Cheers.) He also presented W. Hobbs Adams, who had been elected by the boys themselves, as the boy they most esteemed, to receive the prize of £5 given by the Canterbury Lodge for that purpose. He had received 58 out of 67 of the votes of the boys. Several toasts and songs concluded the proceed ings of the evening. LITERATTJEE. Shattered Idols. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Report gives the authorship of this novel to an accomplished lady of title, and if it be a first work, the graceful style and pleasant manner in which the story is narrated reflect credit upon the writer, whom, however, we cannot congratulate upon the theme of her selection. The manner of the tale is infinitely better than the matter. The plot is very ingeniously contrived and skilfully worked out, but the characters are, without one solitary exception, singularly unattractive, and some of them most re pulsive. The first chapter opens with one of those horrible " effects" to which, as (compulsory) readers of sensation novels, we are becoming habi tuated, we cannot say reconciled. A medical student, who, a little later on, developes into another Palmer, brings home a dead body to experi ment upon. Waking from an uneasy dream, the votary of science beholds the corpse "with its eyes open, and gleaming full upon him. The lamp still burning shone upon the ghastly features, which seemed to express inquiry and astonishment." The scene which meets the eyes of the startled house keeper, who enters shortly after her master has left the house is still more ghastly. She sees the student, as she believes, seated in his chair, robed in his dressing-gown, and on his head a cap of lace and blue ribbons belonging to herself. The whole room bearing tokens of bewildering confusion. " Monsieur must be mad," thinks the house keeper. The figure turns, " and then, as if shot through the heart, the old woman fell to the ground, convulsed with terror, for the face that turned towards her was that of the corpse," the supposed corpse having re covered physical strength, but with intellects con siderably deranged. This opening does not certainly prepossess the reader with the tale, and Castelle, the medical student, remains throughout surrounded by an atmosphere of morbid gloom—alternately mesmerising and poisoning his victims, being appa rently as devoid of sensibility or sentiment as the strange hero of Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Strange Story." Some of Castelle's iniquities are suggested, to him by one Father Jerome, a Jesuit priest, drawn after the most approved melodramatic style—a regular Bogy, with the sheet and the turnip's-head. This worthy gentleman writes to Castelle to come and attend a wounded man, who happens to stand in the way of Castelle's designs. " Your object will be best promoted by your immediate arrival and careful attendance on the invalid prepared for you" —this suggestion being significantly written in italics. Castelle comes, and assidiously devotes him self to the invalid, who grows worse and worse not withstanding the surgeon's reputed skill. Yet more revolting is the picture of the deathbed of Clelia, who is doomed to death only because she is the wife of Castelle's most devoted friend, upon whose property he has designs. The dying girl is continually thank ing her murderer, and her heartbroken husband is constantly summoning to her side the beloved friend whose treacherous hand is destroying all his hopes and happiness. The situation is very painful, but Castelle passes through it undismayed. We need not further particularise the incidents of the tale. When next the fair authoress takes up her pen, we trust she may devote it to some more pleasant task. 7he Journal of Agriculture. No. 88. New series, Wm. Blackwood and Sons. The contents of this journal are for the most part devoted to live stock. The first article, "On the Means of Increasing the Number of Live Stock and the Production of Meat," treats of a subject which is not only very important to the farmer, but to the consumer. The high price of meat is a serious evil to our labouring classes, and if by any means the amount of production can be increased, and the price consequently lessened, it will he a very great boon to them, and tend considerably to improve the public health. An account of the Arab Horse of ' Africa will be read with interest, so much having been said of the beauty and docility of that race. " The Linen Trade" is another important question which should be carefully considered by all interested in the welfare of Ireland. The Farmers' Note- Book, the agricultural summary for the quarter, and the tables of average prices are continued as usual. The transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland are given at length, and give some valuable information respecting the applica tion of chemical science to agriculture. Mr. Romford's Hounds. Part XI. Chapman and Hall. This number is very entertaining, and although it relates chiefly to domestic life instead of .to the sporting scenes of which the story more particularly treats, it may be considered in some respects the most amusing Part that has yet appeared. The description of the supper is very ludicrous, and the raid that was made by the hungry party outside forms quite a dramatic scene. Mr. Romford's amaze at the transformation of a quiet evening, with " rabbit-pie," into a grand ball, with an ele gant supper, is ably depicted. The day of reckon ing may not be quite so agreeable when:it arrives ; it may, however, be presumed. The irruption of the Goths and Visgoths into the gay scene forms another diversion, and the illustrations of the fight and the invasion of the supper-table are very well done, and present a good idea of the scenes referred to. royal Masonic Institution for Boys. The sixty-seventh anniversary meeting of this charity was celebrated last evening by a grand din- ner at the Freemasons' Tavern. The efforts which have been in progress for some years past to obtain funds for the erection of new school buildings hav- ing been so far crowned with success that the new edifice will be opened in the course of the ensuing summer, the proceedings were invested with unusual interest, and the attendance of brethren was more than ordinarily large. Amongst the grand officers and other distinguished masons present, were— The Duke of Manchester, grand master for North ampton and Hunts, in the chair ; Brother Colonel Bowyer, grand master for Oxfordshire ; Brother Augustus Smith, M.P., grand master for Corn wall ; Brother Llewelly Evans, president of the board of G.P. ; Brother Havres, past grand warden ; Brother Plucknett, grand deacon ; Brothers Hopwood, Potter, Hervey, Wilson, Head, Udall, past grand deacons ; Brothers Wood and Fenn, directors of court ; Brothers Symonds and Bradford, P.G.D.C., Brother Young, G. 5.8., Brothers Patten and Spiers, P.G.5.8., Brother G. Clarke, G.S., Brother Farnfield, A.G.S., Brother Dickie, P.G.Pur., &c. The stewards were 85 in number, of whom 58 represented London and 27 provincial lodges. The musical part of the pro ceedings were conducted by Brother Wilhelm Ganz, P.M., and the singers were Madame Parepa, Misses Arabella Smith and Julia Elton, Mr. Donald King, Mr. L. Wilson, and Mr. Wallworth. Grace after dinner was sweetly sung by a number of the pupils at the institution. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts the healths of the Earl of Zetland, grand master of England and president of the institution, and of Earl de Grey and Ripon, deputy grand master, were drunk with masonic enthusiasm. That of " The Pro vincial Grand Masters and the Present and Past Grand Officers," was responded to by Brother Augustus Smith, M.P., grand master for Cornwall. Colonel BOWYER, grand master for Oxfordshire, proposed " The Health of the Chairman" in com plimentary terms, and said that while noblemen thus devoted their time and gave the prestige of position to the interests of Freemasonry the brethren might rest assured that their charities and their in stitutions would show no signs of decay. The Duke of MANCHESTER, in responding to the toast, said he believed English noblemen were gene rally anxious to do their duty and honourably to fill the position they were placed in by Providence. Their countrymen generally acknowledged this, and as the nobility had no obnoxious and exclusive pri vileges to excite hatred and jealousy (which had been the case in other countries), they were felt not only to ornament, but greatly to add to the stability of the social column—(cheer')—and he was proud to think that it was not only in Freemasonry, but generally, that the nobility enjoyed the esteem and regard of their fellow countrymen. (Loud cheers.) The boys of the institution were then introduced into the room, and The Duke of MANCHESTER rose to propose the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Institution." (Cheers.) He believed he might fearlessly state that the education given to the boys was extremely good. He was glad to see that classics and mathe matics were equally balanced, for he was one of those who thought that schools generally in Eng land gave too great a preponderance to classics. (Hear.) He did not think that the study of classics strengthened the powers of the mind to the same extent as that of mathematics. Some minds, no doubt, were better qualified for the one than the other ; and in such cases he would have the natural iaclination of the mind consulted and any special powers promoted ; but for the ordinary business of life, in his opinion, the study of mathematics was the best preparative. (Cheers.) For himself, he would admit that he knew next to nothing of Ro man history, nothing of Latin, and—until the last year or two, when he had studied it to read Homer —nothing of Greek, and he found he did very well without them. (Cheers and laughter.) At the same time a man could not be a great orator or a distinguished writer without he studied and became familiar with the models of antiquity; but unless they wished to follow literary pursuits, or take a prominent part in the debates of parliament, it was better for the boys to give their minds to mathema tical and :geometrical studies. (Cheers.) He un derstood that there was still wanting about £15,000 before the new building could be started clear of debt, and he believed the brethren grnerally were very anxious, and were making great exertions, to secure that result. (Cheers.) The toast having been duly honoured, Brother BINCKES, the active secretary, presented to the chairman one of the boys, named Thomas J. Weaver, as the best boy of the year, who had taken no fewer than six prizes at the school examination, and now was entitled to receive from the noble chairman a gold and silver medal. Without invidi ous comparisons he could say that no boy in the school had ever stood in a prouder position. Royal Literary Fund• The annual general meeting of this association took place yesterday at the society's offices, Adelphi terrace, Mr. F. W. POLLOCK in the chair. Among the gentlemen present were Sir H. Ellis, Sir E. Belcher, Vice-Admiral Sir J. Prior, Messrs. Dickin son, G. Gibson, Robert Bell, Ouvry, Harrison, H. Foss, William Smith, Gaspey, W. B. Donne, and Masters. The business was of a purely formal character. The report of the treasurer was presented, and it stated that the permanent fund, which amounted at the date of the last general meeting to £23,93915. 6d. Consols, had produced in dividends during the past year the sum of £7lB 3s. 4d. The great success of the anniversary dinner under the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had enabled the general committee . to purchase stock to the amount of £1,560 18s. 2d., since the payment of the July dividend. The permanent fund there fore now amounted to £25,500, producing an annual dividend of £765. The stock of the Newton pro perty consisted of £8,167 15s. 10d. in the Three per Cents. Reduced, producing an annual dividend of £245 Os. Bd. The Newton estate at Whitechapel had produced, during the past year, the sum of £203 in rents. During the past ,year there had been 48 grants, amounting in the whole to the sum of £1,490. Six of these were £lO grants, four grants of £l5, eight of £2O, eight of £25, seven of £3O, six of £4O, six of £5O, one of £6O, and two , of £lOO each. _ _ . . Votes of thanks were given to the registrars, treasurers, and auditors ; also to the hon. solicitor, physician, and architect, and to the secretary for the very efficient manner in which he had discharged his duties. The election of registrars, treasurers, and audi tors being proceeded with, Messrs. W. H. Harrison, John Dickinson, and Robert Bell were elected as registrars ; Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., the Lord Hough ton, and Mr. W. F. Pollock as treasurers ; and Messrs. Bolton Corney, William Hookham Car penter, and Theodore Martin as auditors. Mr. F. W. Gibbs and Mr. Froude were elected on the general committee, and the Dean of Westminster on the council, in the room of the late Mr. C. W. Dilke. Before separating the CHAIRMAN announced that the Archbishop of York would preside at the annual dinner, which was fixed to take place on the 10th of May next, at the Albion. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. A vo - 71 0 - )'irvw =4 . - - A , ~,,,L , gin ri s . ~ _ / -* 4 _mgt. ttrailat 11 . .A. qt - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Mgcli-8. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lord Harris, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. Her Royal Highness Princess' Helena went to London yesterday, and honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with her presenct, and returned to Windsor Castle at night. The o,ueen drove out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. ---0--- - The Prince and Princess of Wales The Prince and Princess of Wales and Albert Victor, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Lieut.-Col. Keppel, returned to Marlb orough House yesterday morning from visiting the Q ueen at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses went to the A del p hi Theatre in the evening, attended by the Hon. Mr s ' Bruce and Lieut.-Col. Keppel. Prince Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Manchester, the Hon. Mrs. Brll e° ' Lieut.-Colonel Koppel, and suite honoured the perform ances at the Adelphi Theatre with their presence last evening. His Excellency the French Ambassador, the Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, will give a gra nd ball at the Embassy, Albert-gate House, on Thursday, the 32a inst. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disrae li entertained at dinner yesterday evening, at G rosveOr Gate, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the gar c i ti ,, i° and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchi'ne of Clanricarde, the Earl Granville, the Earl and Countes Stanhope, General and Lady Alice Peel, Viscount Cour temy, Lady Sarah Lindsay, the Bishop of Oxford, Baron Ferdinand do Rothschild, and Mr. Oswald. Drury Lane Theatre. • Shakspere's popular and charming play of " As I° ,` Like It" was last night reproduced at this theatre, Princi pally, as we presume, to afford Miss Helen Faucit an op portunity of appearing in the character of Rosalind, le , r , performance of which is unrivalled in the subtlety of the expression of the character, and in its truly fem ui f, charm. There is no trace of any diminution of power in personation, and the effect on the audience seel'aed t° this be as potent as ever. Mr. James Anderson's Jaques W t . marked with great care to render every word of the teat with full expression and emphasis, and the celebrateu sp . eeches of this rhapsodist Of the forest were 0 11 re ; °erred with marked , applause. Mr. Walter W il d gomery's Orlando has youth and manliness, 'fa' the colloquial portions, as well as the more sentireen" with Rosalind, and the more humane with Adam, given with force and nature. Mr. J. Neville's perfe rraa .o n ie of the latter character was very nicely rendered, a nd f- „l'y deserved the sympathy and applause it gained. The ° ( - 1 .1. other novelty of the cast was Mr. Walter Lacy's P e the I° 7l _ mance of Touchstone, a part latterly confided to comedian, although Fawcett and other performers of ee ce , 5 trio characters formerly undertook it. Mr. Lacy's r e rn e and style are not so broadly comic as we have been ' 9- 0.0 used to, but it produced its effect. He infuses jut° rs enormous self-sufficiency with a touch of courtly ra3ulle, he indicating, as it would seem, that being the Royal Jester , be would have a touch of courtly manners. There TO amore reason in this, but we think that Touchstone is ulu ch jer, the wag than the gentleman. Mr. Lacy's version, h7t told very well. The house was crowded with an ele6 " - audience, which was lavish of admiration and *Plans°. The Custom house Clerks' Petitions• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sin,—You have earned the gratitude of . the whole 015; toms' service by the publication of the letter sign: b e " Custos," commenting on the state and condition of ( .1 0 , clerks of that ill-paid and hard-worked bran ch of the Go, vernment establishments. And when I supplenl ea , t „ v o cl statements by fearlessly asserting that all those ernr"' t therein court rather than avoid inquiry, tha t they ars' A afraid of work, that they are not extravag ant in theiro; mands ; but seek through petitions to the Board of '- toms and the Legislature only " a fa i r day's Wage f°,ri: fair obtainday's work," I fell sure that the subject wi ll not cm a patient hearing, but also enlist the sympathieS the public. You were good enough last year to publish seve ral Jetta° of mine touching upon this important subject , apropos eTt° the " amalgamation of the Justoms and the Excise." Nli twhheeononldaitsisourneofytohuisthmaotstthneruereheasroubseeanudnoreamelioration of public servants, that their condition has sPgoencetalf:::sd, to worse, a due regardto the efficiency of a g reat public estt blishment will probably command that attenti on which pli an e d otherwise be denied to the mere complaints of over-worked officials, however well founded those.cueivis plaints might be, or however meritorious the inc liirld complaining. arc s/ Perhaps at no time, since Mr. Horsfall's committee Bora° public attention to this matter, has the necessity o f ve il reform and modification of the Customs' establishraell,„ot. more imperatively demanded than at the present nleciair For throughout the service there is that wide-sPr ea d p ro' content and intense dissatisfaction with the pay an d the spects, as most seriously to impair the efficiencY been several departments. The system of repression hs a ciii to drawn to its utmost limits — so tightly, ind eed, as h ar . 00 10 - bear tha strain any longer — and princip als sre el t getically pleading to the Board the insuborinat ion departments as the result of the penny has been in vogue so long. The commissioners ar'rorcl, dated with petitions from their employees, putting the ' 12 in the strongest language consistent with respect, tipon -wise oysters adequacy of their pay, and the impossibility of Wr i t tb e , the emoluments doled out to, what is with truth sta"`"ioyea hardest-worked and the most efficient of all those OP in the public service. ieg eci ' Last year the Legislature was in like m anner - 13 5 and I doubt not there will be a repetition, dur ing tntilniu sent session, of the same prayers, but to which 5 attests Parliament can hardly be expected to pay muc h attu res sea The question however remains, and, stifled and i re P i. p as it may be for a time, will perpetually recur anutics°o6" " like the irrepressible nigger." Is a Governine r ` t , i ; pitO: in calling upon those who enter their service' t ' o severe and trying competitive examination t 0 obr o t we paltry pittance which the present rate of pay a i l g e „ iit who succeed ? Is it consistent with the moral s ° ) .o yn: Government to delude the public by offers of e inP ipt fr ° , - to those who attain a high standard of efficiencY ; th e snsi t which, when the scale of remuneration is ee kunwili'l cessful turns with disgust ? These are cine sti° ,:er , to the public has answered in an unmistakeable ulaMtifto it only remains for the Parliament and the Pr carry out the wishes of their constituents. „ an til " - (1 Does any one say that £75 a year, rising X , ' f r i - r f sic eO l to £9O is a fair reward for a clerk's services, 3—ebert eight and ten year's service? The. grea t Sir I t '° , l,rea t 'i v t spoke once his mind upon this subjec t, and a +be rs ce it no clerk after ten years' service ought to be sti' er s of less than £2OO a year. I need hardly add t ',,;tecl, scale of remuneration would be thankfully' sc ce .,.;: e s ' o d in these days of exaggerated rents and high P'-ileapan the necesaries of life, both of which lia sie ., o rcls 1 , 6 1 p. at least 10 per cent. since those memorable gni dab' at spoken. Again, is there, asks these gentlernell'ooc',t. stantial reason whythe Statistical and Controlling oe'tio the Inland Revenue should be paid from 10 tnf o r ;log e li f more than the like officers performing similar reason g hot duties in the Customs? Is there, above all, a rl Y,ot. the Board of Trade should be paid 50 Pe r , i w por ti3 b ioli salaries than the Inspector-General's ofao cu. . 0 010 t ot Exports, for compiling and publishing the a ce np oss'„d the latter office prepares ? It has always WI an ,ra te o' tb brain work deserved, and was accorded, a higbe'roly ° f oe than manual labour, but here we have the a rt° • t oci rec la fi e gl a labour of the hands being more highly OP 0 0 -;lls3 r the products of the intellect. As l on g as attempt tr° D t are allowed to remain, it will b e useless to at: o ' _erytee• the jealousies and heartburnings in the pub]" a o r ve ril ot e There is but one principle upon whic h a d to the regarssitioo of the can and ought to act—having a proper ti' rests of the public, and the character and P l ', no t ° S ate" civil servants of the Crown—viz., a liberal hill', co r i tO, i t ) vagant remuneration. I assert, without feraor.C.lst orvoalerleo, tion, that the true interests of the public a ~I ) et ittte paying gentlemen in their employ fair and s' ae %blin ° cl ien t a h n o d ne i s t t is ly o a n n l c y i ueffipoontenstlychseprvrinocliteis itota,tsir yPotirsfelo, servant, Bth March, 1865. trial o M f A UR tkin DE ------''---.--..----..------------°. wai T o_m HE tinh S e Durha took place, have signed 0. , e ti ' o f tl l° on commending then ndemned mall to the lernene4ol, Crown, ccount of the great provocation he 7 cAS' REDUCTION sßo.n7fEoir.etheellmOfdtehr eofjtirhi';.:clijelf::: IN THE RATES OF iota RIAGE.--We were informed t- that the g oo d coi A o l 3 London and North-Western tailsol,totioo 1 contemplate an immediate and substantial Oa_ ,verroo their rates for the carriage of goods to and Reel 14.1.,, ea and the • interior. The public will hail the evenv , w it. , faction.—Li ve rpool Post. a lt Ogeci Pi MALT RETURNS.—The quantity of In-- t 0 ire the brewing of beer for sale in the Yor 1864 ;0031 large, amounting to 40,099,857 bushels ill [ Vra,42l in S cotland, and 2,597,095 ill lel ~~ ~~ MO Great tolia c i d ames s t ie gen , ntinu e capi 14 ge bu s . "ere at th e t ° -(lay fc 4 1111 e la: t his (1 Li ve , 441,