The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-09 00:00:00

nOUSES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furn►shed and unfurnished TOWN, buourban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rentAL Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent- atreet, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. SOUTH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Gardens, E lvaston- place, Cromwell-road, On slow and TI urloe Squares, Boltons, Am Messrs TOPLIS and HO IsE itTS have sI DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. O ffi ces, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and ;South Kensington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SERVI C ES. —D urin g the storms of the past year the National I.ifeb•iat Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin: of 707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The insti tution also expended £ 9 1,3 74 In the same perLd on Its for life boat estabshme its, in addition to graut.g £4,930 le wards for saving life and exer3ibing the tileboats. The Committee of the institution e.iruestly A i'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANcIi: to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. .n. Contr ib u tions are received by the London and country sq., at the bankers • a nd by the Secretary , Richard Lewis, Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphl, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAIWEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Thursday), Mr. Charles De new opera, in one act, CEIRIbI'MAS EVE. Madame P. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. After which. at 8, the grand comic, et ectacular, and o_pe ratio Christmas Pan' omime, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-- managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermar n Vezin. &c. After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master Percy Hosed; Misses Bazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Jo. Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno, C. Lauri, Cormaca, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK ET.- Sole Lessee and Mansvr, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern Backstone, Compton; Mesdames .Nelly Mow e. Snowden &c. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAN - MARK F.T Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Ba , tleman, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. H. Widdicomb. Alter which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomo, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrick, 1). Evans ; bieschtmesTernan, E.sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT. Messrs J. L. Toole and P. Bedford, After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 136th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, F. Bedford, R Phillips, lens Rogtrs, Ashley, liburne, C. J. smith; Mrs. Billingtcr, To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Ebnrne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &C. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whidi, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem, F. Vilaers, J. G. &hose, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL SIRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. hwanborough. - - - - - THIS EVENING, at Seven .(sth time), a new and origi nal Comody, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Mes-ro. Par- Belle and Price; Alls4ea Swanborough and Raynham. After which will be produced a new opera Burlesque, L'AERICAINE ; or, The Queen of ►he Cannibll Islau :s. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough, Raynham, Johnstone, &c. To conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messts. Belford and Turner; Misses Simpson and Hughes. /11HE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Coutainiag the Latest STOUTING INTELLI(IEIMCri, van be had Every Evening of (1. R. GLENIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " A. supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by W. ALEXANDEIt (late BROOKS), Newspaper Ageut, 24, Old Cavendisti-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SI'OIi,TING INTELLiGh;NCS, By 11. W. 11A.11.11.16, Newspaper Agent, 4, linLektriars-roau, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic generally, that he supplies the LATEST EDITL)N of •• THE SUN " as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. PORTING.-JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATP.ST E DITION of " rti .4 SUN" as svou as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, Bn. 12m.—Afternoon, Bh. 46m. Ta-lionuow.-Merning, 9h. 24m.—Afternoon, 10h. sm. g, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 18G6. The Address has been agreed to in the House of Commons, but Ministers are not yet out of the wood, and may expect some difficulties in the debate of to-night. There is no disguising the fact that this is a very inauspicious commencement of the session for the Government ; indeed it would be difficult to say in what department they have yet ' got into trouble. Last night there was a regular discussion about Ireland and its wrongs and griev ances, which endedin the rejection of the amendment proposed by THE O'DONOGHUE by an immense majority-346 to 25. Of course, there was the usual talk indulged in by certain vehement defenders of their country as to the bad treatment of the Irish, but when we consider the recent events that have taken place in that country, we must say that, on this occasion at all events, more • reticence might have been displayed with great ad vantage. It is not the way to render the adminis tration of justice more easy for those members, who have influence to be for ever taking the part of those who are really culpable, and exciting others who need no encouragement to do mischief. THE °DONOGHUE complained that the English people doubted the reality of Irish grievances in this country, and was at great pains to prove their ex istence, and even went so far as to warn the house that great sympathy existed with the Fenians. His desire that the Government should institute an inquiry into the reasons that existed for Irish discontent was a suggestion most incapable of realisation, and not likely to come to a successful issue. Mr. GLADSTONE took a very pro per view of the question when he said the house should resist the omission of that paragraph in the Address which related to Ireland, and also added that it would be most inexpedient for them to de clare that aisaffe ew t. e existed in Ireland to a great degree. Th e , right non. gentleman also dwelt strongly upon the injudiciousness of the course proposed, since it involved the House in a dangerous admission. further doubt the wisdom of representing that the cause of that dissatisfact ion must be inte rpreted in th e pre sent instance as synonymous with Fenianistu, that that dissatisfaction is the result of causes Nvhich it is our duty, and which it is therefore implied to be i n " It is always unwise forPar our power, to remove. 'lament to make promises in a vague and general sense which cannot be fulfilled, and a t any rate are not at all likely to •be so. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer also declared, with great reas on , that the more clear and unequivocal this language was not only would they better discharge their duty to the Throne, but the greater mercy would be shown to the deluded persons who were at once the agents and - victims of the conspiracy. Taking all things into consideration, perhaps we may come to the conclu sion that this first debate on Ireland has ended happily, and although, as Mr. GLADSTONE insinuated, to the arausie raent o 4 the House, " the tranquil period of the evening" was not of long duration, still the result of the strong discussion proved that the good sense of the House was triumphant over every other consideration. Had the Government displayed the same tact and decision in other matters of importance that they have done in this affair of Fenianism they would not now find themselves in such an awkward position. The Legislature in Kingston has been summoned at an earlier period than previously intended, in order to empower the Royal Commission to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and to administer oaths. This will be very desirable in all respects, and pre vent much of that exaggeration and prevarication in certain quarters which has already done so much mischief to the cause of truth both here and in the colony itself respecting the late lamentable trans actions in Jamaica. More, all obstacles are re moved, and the sooner the real work of the Commission begins in earnest the better for all parties concerned. The condition of the island is at present tranquil, and all parties are comparatively quiet until the Commissioners have given their opinion ; but, of course, in such a state of things people will talk, and it is earnestly to be trusted that much heed will not be given to the reports and statements that abound in all directions, and which, while professing not to mean anything, in reality cause only too deep an im pression. If one thing in this whole affair is more to be condemned than another it is the publication in the papers of Kingston of the proceedings at the trial of GORDON. In a case of such importance it was essential to the cause of justice and the maintenance of order that the first publi cation of such an affair should come before the English public and the Colonists in an authentic form, and substantiated by official authority. It is certainly strange that while some people persist in stating that the evidence could hardly be weaker against GORDON than it was, we find that GORDON himself at his trial declares—" I admit that circum stances are in appearance suspicious against me, but I cannot help that." This is a contradiction in terms at any rate, and the apologists for rebellion find their protegee's own words condemn their assertions. If anything can prove more effectually than another the great injuries which Earl RUSSELL has inflicted upon Jamaica and all colonies in general, it is the reports met with concerning the manner in which , the blacks have received the news of the suspension of General EYRE. In the accouut given by the Special Correspondent of the Times, we meet with the following significant declaration :—" The negroes in the interior are quiet, but exult openly in what they regard as the disgrace of Mr. EYRE. Mi.SSiS QUEEN send Governor home to hang him,' is a common saying among them." Nothing can possibly show the inconsistency of our Government more than this, and it fully verifies the justice of Lord DERBY'S observation, that not only was Earl RUSSELL'S decision neither just nor generous, but it established a bad precedent, and would prove inju rious to the future good government of our colonies. Taking all things into account, it cannot be too much regretted that, for one reason and another, such exaggerated accounts should have been sent to this country and obtained credence in the colony. Still more is it to be lamented that, through political motives and sectarian prejudices, these ridiculous stories should have met with so much attention in England. In whatever way the Commission decide ultimately concerning the transactions in Jamaica, it will always remain a lasting disgrace to a certain portion of politicians here that they have so treated a question that concerns the honour of our public servants and the welfare of our colonial empire in general. The only good that can come out of the evil will be that the public may learn not to put so much faith in future upon the professions of those who advocate with their lips what their acts deny, and pretend to be votaries of civil and religious liberty, while they show them selves pretty plainly to be worthy of the darkest days of benighted bigotry, and as perverse as if they were the agents of the greatest desiot. The controversy between the Admiralty and Captain COWPER COLES has been of long standing, and never, perhaps, have the unfairness and preju dice - which too often characterise our naval adminis tration been more strikingly and painfully exempli fied. Here is a gentleman of great experience and undoubted practical ability suggesting an important alteration in the mode of constructing our -war vessels, yet although the Admiralty officials cannot refuse to acknowledge his claims, they practically refuse to give his system a fair trial. They profess, indeed, to be anxioas to see it tested, and engage him in an official capacity, but only to tantalise him with all the postponements, interruptions, and innumerable vexations which make the sickness of hope deferred so weari some to hear. When they had agreed to give his method a trial, instead of allowing him to build a new ship, they were seized with one of their periodical fits of economy, and cut down a wooden three-decker. Nevertheless, in 1 spite of all the difficulties and the de ' lays occasioned by the very half-hearted manner in which the work was carried on in the dockyards, the Royal Sovereign played her part so well that she was a decided success. Rumour, always mali cious, whispered that she succeeded too well to please certain parties at the Admiralty, and accord ingly there was a decided unwillingness to send her to sea. She was sent to Portland and other places round the coast, but when cross-questioned in the House, the Admiralty officials declared that she was only a kind of floating battery, and they were afraid to run the risk of sending her across the Channel. This was certainly rather aggravating to Captain COLES ; but nevertheless he has gone on, endea vouring to improve and perfect his system, which at the first had only been imperfectly tried. How ever, at the close of last year, it was suddenly an nounced that the Lords of the Admiralty had be come so far convinced of the merits of the turret system that they were going to build a turret ship themselves, the turrets to be of remarkable strength, plated with armour of extraordinary thickness, and carrying Armstrongs of 600 pounds calibre. The most astonishing part of this intimation was that Captain COLES, the redoubted promoter of the turret system, was to have nothing to do with this new sea monster, but that Mr. E. J. REED, the chief constructor, was to be the designer of it, and this after Mr. REED had been universally regarded as the champion of the versus the turret system, and after the Admiralty had pooh-poohed and discouraged Capt. COLES'S vessels in every possible way. Upon this Captain CoLEs, with a very natural indiscretion, addressed a letter to a contemporary, complaining very justly that neither he nor his ships had had fair play, that he had never received encouragement or assistance from the Admiralty, and that the treatment he had received was neither fair to himself nor to the country. The grievances of a disappointed and ill-used ma n seldom, unfortunately, attract too much at tention ; but there was a sting in Captain COLES'S complaint which the Admiralty could not but feel. otrictures cm ar. ships, the Enterprise I and Research, the Pallas and Bellerophon, none of which have succeeded in combining strength and speed, or, as a satirical critic once more strongly put it, " can neither fight nor sail," contained, unfortunately, enough truth to be very unwelcome. The consequence was that Captain COLES was called upon by the Admi ralty to acknowledge or disavow his letter, and adopted the only course possible to him, see ing his name was affixed to it. Upon this the Admiralty dismissed him from his official position, on the plea that it was contrary to the rules of the service for any officer employed in it to enter publicly into controversies on matters con nected with the profession. So Capt. COLES is thus quietly disposed of, and his invention is to be carried out by others, who will, we presume, reap all the glory if it should realise the expectations formed of it. Certainly we English have a singular method of carrying on our naval administration and of encouraging inventors. Since the days when we executed an admiral pour encourager les autres we have gone on doing our best to disgust men of independence and ability with the service. Were it not for the strong inherent love for the sea and interest in all connected with it that characterise Englishmen we should probably have succeeded in rendering the service and the dockyard alike unpopular. The Admiralty has a very comfortable fashion of receiving every plan and suggestion, and making no sign, neither giving it a fair trial nor returning it to the inventor. By and by, when the unfortunate suggester of the scheme is wearied out, his invention, if it be a good one, appears in a slightly different form as the Admiralty's own ; after the fashion in which we sometimes see rival theatres or publishers bringing out the same play or transla tion with trifling alterations. There was an in stance of this not very long ago with the Shoebury ness target, which the Admiralty appropriated as their own design ! The turret system is to be ap parently a more conspicuous example, only un fortunately the name of Captain COLES is insepar ably connected with it by the very controversy which the Admiralty have occasioned. Sometimes this system of discouraging the inven tor is carried a little too far, as in the notable in stance of Captain BLAKELY and his guns, which are now being made for a foreign Power, and may one day be turned against ourselves. We regret very much the whole affair, both in the public interests and in the interests of justice and fair play. Capt. COLES'S system may be imperfect, and fail to fulfil his expectations; but let it have a fair trial, when the question will very soon be decided. The ex pense of one ship is surely not so very serious, con sidering the amounts lavished in every department of our dockyards. Again, it is manifestly unfair to take the whole matter out of Capt - ain. COLES'S hands (he remarks in his letter of Jan. 10th that he has not even seen the drawings for the new ship) when he has never been allowed to carry out his in vention in the manner he wished. This is not the way to secure the services of those men who arebest qualified to improve the efficiency of our service, nor to bring our navy up to what it really should be. But all the previous injustice and harshness is intensified by the dismissal of Captain COLES, by which hasty and ill-judged act the Admiralty lay themselves open to the suspicion that they wish to get rid of the inventor, while they appropriate his invention. Among the many causes of com plaint which the House of Commons has against the Ministry we hope this will not be overlooked, but that the whole affair will be thoroughly in quired into. Sir J. PAKINGTON, if he will take it up, will prove a powerful champion, and we hope before long we shall have Sir JOIIN HAY again in the house to call the Admiralty to account, as he so well knows how to do. Surely a great public in stitution should be above all petty jealousy and meanness ; and surely, too, a department on which the whole safety of the country depends should be conducted rather with regard to efficiency than to favouritism or pre judice. The least that the Admiralty can do to repair their injustice to Captain COLES would be to allow him to design ships for Messrs. LAIRD or some other of our great shipbuilders. We should not be surprised if they provoke him into resigning his ungrateful country, and, after the fashion of Captain BLAKELY, carrying his services elsewhere. If the abilities of our own men of genius are to be turned against us it will not be very pleasant, and if we have to meet a fleet of COLES' turret' ships, armed with BLAKELY'S guns, with some of our Admiralty contrivances, it will be more flattering to individual ambition than satisfactory to the country. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN COU,RESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Paris papers of to-day of course review her Majesty's Speech, and most of them in a favourable spirit. The Journal des Debats says :—" We believe that the Royal Speech will be well received in Eng land. It is very pacific in its assurances, and it presents in a favourable light the various questions with which the country is occupied at the present moment. These questions naturally are not very interesting to us, being exclusively English, and we remark that the only point upon which we should desire information, the rupture of the negotiations in regard to the treaty of extradition, is passed over in silence. Does this mean that the English Go vernment accepts purely and simply this interrup tion, and that it does not recognize the pos sibility, as far as it is concerned, of changing the conditions of the treaty ? 'We recall to recol lection that the passage of the Imperial Speech re ferring to this subject expresses only a vague hope of the substitution of new treaties for old ones." The Siecle says :—" It was, no doubt, with the idea of exhibiting a polite discretion that the Speech does not say word about Mexico. Its silence about Prussia and Germany seems to prove that on both sides of the Channel the determination is to forget Poland, and that the accomplished facts in Schles wig are accepted. The Queen was quite right in saying that the union of the fleets of England and France had contributed to cement the friendship of the two nations, and to prove their amicable accord in the interest of peace. We should have wished to see this accord exhibited in the interest of liberty and the independence of the peoples." The real business of the session is about to com mence. In the Senate, the discussion on the Ad dress may be a little angry, but entirely harmless. The Marquis de Boissy has taken care to be the first on the list of orators. He will speak about Algeria, the meeting of the French and English fleets, and the arming of the French navy. I was about to particularise other subjects on which the marquis will speak, but it would be easier to notice the few existing points upon which by possibility he may not speak. Your readers, no doubt, will re member that this marquis is particularly ad verse to England and the English, and that he said last session that nothing would give him greater pleasure than a war between the two coun tries, and that he should be happy to be placed in command of any expedition against England. The other members, whose names are inscribed as de sirous to speak, are Baron de Vincent and Cardinal de Bonnechose. The Baron means to take up the subject of public instruction. Of course, I presume, the Cardinal will take for his theme the necessity of maintaining the rights and privileges of the Pope. Your sporting readers will, no doubt, be inte rested with the following items :—Vermouth is at Chantilly, and will soon be able to reappear on the turf. The number of horses belonging to Count de Lagrange is no less than 160. Baron -de THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1866. Rothschild's filly, by Gunboat and Cast-off, has been named Cannorieve. The Presse is not very enthusiastic in its praise of her Majesty's Speech. It says, " The Speech does not display any research of style or imagination. The youngest graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, or a simple lecturer of the Rue Scribe or the Salie de Valentino, could give quite as good an account of the events of the day or of the political situation. We, however, direct the attention of our readers to the paragraph which mentions with manifest plea sure the assemblage of the fleets of France and England on the part of the two countries, an as semblage which cements the friendship of the two nations, and proves to the world their amicable concord in the interest of peace." The Constitutionnel says, " We publish from The Sun the report of the sitting of the House of Lords, at which the Royal Speech was read, and also the report of the sitting of the House of Commons. The opinions of the London journals in regard to the Speech are as yet but imperfectly known to us, but, according to correspondence from London, the partisans of Reform have experienced a sort of dis appointment. The words pronounced upon this subject by the Queen do not appear by them to be sufficiently explicit to enable them to hope for the introduction of a Reform Bill during this session. The Ministerial change to which we alluded yester day is confirmed, viz., the secession of Sir Charles Wood." Poncet, the murderer of M. Lavergne, was executed this morning at 7 o'clock near Versailles. He pre served his indifference to the last, and was seemingly less affected than the spectators. It is necessary to be cautious in placing confidence in some of the Paris papers. In their anxiety to give exclusive information, they are at times ridiculously and reck lessly careless and audacious. For instance, the Pays and the Gazette de France, which were published last night, both gave an account of the execution of Poncet from the report of an eye-witness to the terrible fact yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The Pays promised further particulars to-day. The Gazette de France was more modest, and contented itself with the little bit of exclusive news of an event (then only an anticipatory lie) which only became an " accomplished fact" 24 hours afterwards. One is naturally anxious for some explanation of the dilemma. I like to use mild and polite words. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figuras of the previous account : DEBTOR. Feb. 8. Feb. 1. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 924,619,525 955,472,925 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 5,686,953 91 6,231,620 30 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 163,455,09 8 62 143,636,760 47 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 2,272,883 75 2,628,545 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total 1,471,802,775 54 1,429,301,267 57 CREDITOR. Feb. 8. Feb. 1. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 377,360,451 67 371,202,682 82 Do. branch banks 326,966,219 348,944,363 83 Advances on deposit of bullion 6,290,000 5,591,300 Do. branch banks 5,105,000 6,732,100 Do. on French Public Securities 11,866,700 11,931,700 Do. by branch banks 6,467,500 6,817,100 Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks 19,870,200 19,870,280 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -60,000,000 Government Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es - (1 - 4Ww, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,415,223 8,414,061 Expenses of manage ment 223,087 98 206,439 73 Sundries Total 1 ,4 71,802,775 54 1,429,301,267 57 Certified by the Senator-Governo r of the Bank of France. (Signed) RouLAND. AMERICA. --- ~,_ In the Federal Senate, on the 24th inst., Mr. Wilson (of Massachusetts) proposed an amendment to the constitution providing that no payment shall ever be made by the United States, or any Sate, for or on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves, or for or on account of any debt in curred to aid rebellion against the United States Govern ment. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. On the 25th inst. the bill to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau was passed by a vote of 37 to 10, after several ineffectual attempts to amend it on the part of va rious members. The bill is, in substance, as follows : Section 1 continues the original act in force, and autho rises 'the President to establish 12 or less districts, each under charge of an assistant commissioner. Section 2 specifies the clerks to be employed, all to be under military jurisdiction. Section 3 authorises the Secretary of War to order issue of provisions, clothing, fuel, &c., to refugees and freedmen, as he deems needful. Section 4 authorises the President to reserve for refugees and freedmen three million acres of land in Florida, Missis sippi, and Arkansas, to be alloted in 40 acre parcels, and at. a rental in accordance with the value of the ]and. Section 5 confirms for three years the titles of lands given by order of Gen. Sherman to freedmen in South Carolina, with the proviso that owners and occupants of said land may effect special arrangements, with the sanction of the Freedmen's Commissioners. Section 6 authorises the commissioners to purchase lands for the support of dependent freedmen and refugees, and to build asylums and schools, the necessary funds to be pro vided by Congressional appropriation. Section 7 authorises the President to extend military jurisdiction and jurisprudence, when necessary, for the enforcement of the laws and powers accorded to the bureau to secure the rights of person and property to the freedmen and refugees. Section 8 provides that whoever subjects any freedman to slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, or discriminates between black and white per sons in imposing legel penalties, shall be punished by a fine of $l,OOO and imprisonment for one year. Officers of the bureau to have jurisdiction overall complaints wherever such discrimination of colour is made, or whenever State or Federal Courts are not in full and peaceful operation. A motion by Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, to reconsi der the vote on the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, was lost in the Senate yesterday ; ayes 18, nays 22. Resolutions endorsing the President's course in regard to reconstruction have been passed by the Legislatures of Kentucky and New Jersey. The editor of the Charlotte (N. 0.) Times has been ordered to pay a fine of $3OO for circulating disloyal writings within a district under martial law. He was arraigned before court-martial. General Delafield, in charge of the National Military Academy at West Point, has suggested that it would be im proper to decorate the grounds of that institution with cannon captured from rebels, with the inscriptions, as has been proposed, showing the manner of their capture. The General thinks that the trophies of a civil war are better to be kept out of sight, as their presence can only revive un pleasant memories. The Fcnians in this city seem to be undergoing a reaction from their late condition of excitement, and quietnessreigns at the " Capitol." The triumph of the Olfahony faction seems to be generally conceded, although a strong oppo sition still remains. There are rumours afloat that the Brotherhood have re cently secured a large supply of arms, ammunition, and Military stores ; and darks hints are thrown out by Ameri can Fenian journals that important and startling develop ments are near at hand. " Special meetings with closed doors," and " Cabinet deliberations on proposals calculated to shake thrones to their centres," are announced to have transpired in the Union-square head-quarters. The ope rations of the Brotherhood, however, so far as is known outside, appear to be confined now to procuring the circu lation of rumours calculated to keep up the flow of money into the treasury of the order, and to guarding the moneys so procured from peculation. Their scccess in the former effort ip add to be much greater than in the latter. LATEST IN (RELTTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 8 (Evening). The Minister of State has announced in the Cortes that Peru is probably at the present time in open hostility with Spain. THE PRINCIPALITIES. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. BUCHAREST, FEB. 8. The Ministry have tendered their resignation in consequence of a vote of the Senate, declaring cer tain contracts entered into by the Government to be unconstitutional. The members of the new Ministry are not yet known. AUSTRALIA, CHINA, & JAPAN. (Via Alexandria.) MELBOURNE, DEC. 26. The Government has brought forward the princi ples of the concession which they are prepared to make to squatters. The news of the Spanish war with Chili has created great excitement, and the sales of copper have been stopped by several of the principal firms. Continued dissatisfaction is felt on account of the mail service. The Victoria Parliament was prorogued on the 28th ult. the Governor, in his speech closing the session, expressed regret that the Appropriation Bill had not passed, and that the constitution pro vided no means of settling the dispute. The Government resorted to an appeal to the country, and the dissolution took place on Decem ber 12. The elections are now going on amid great ex citement. SYDNEY, DEC. 22. The Government has sent a remonstrance to Eng land, in consequence of the dissatisfaction generally felt with reference to the mail service. Mr. Kinder, of the City Bank, has been mur dered ; and great excitement prevails owing to the atrocity of the circumstances under which the crime was perpetrated. Kinder's wife and Miss Ber trand have been arrested and committed for trial. News from New Zealand states that the General Assembly would meet at Wellington in March. The most prominent proposal to be introduced is one for the separation of the Northern Island from the rest of the colony. This bill is not likely to be opposed by the Government. A proclamation has been issued prohibiting trade with the eastern coast. Advices from Napier and Poverty Bay state tkat skirmishing had taken place with considerable loss to the rebels. The pah at Poverty Bay had been captured, and several natives killed and wounded. Four hundred troops were waiting at Jouranga to march against the enemy's posts. The Kerera rebels had surrendered. SHANGHAI, DEC. 26. News from Pekin announce the arrival in that city of Sir Rutherford Alcock, and states that the court differences had been amicably settled. Prince Kung's Administration was giving satis faction, but the Cabinet were unfavourable to foreigners, and difficulties were consequently ap prehended. The news from the North is alarming for the Imperialists. The Nienfei rebels are appearing in large numbers, but no active measures have yet been taken to oppose them. News from Japan states that local disturbances continue to occur. The Daimios were steadily filling the arsenals and improving their naval and military tactics. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, FEB. 8. The Ripon leaves here at 7 p.m. to-day for Marseilles, - where she may be expected on the 11th. Letters in London say 13th inst. The Syria left at 6 p.m. yesterday for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the 16th inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Tanjore, from Southampton, January 27, reached Malta on the sth inst. at 2 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. The Massilia, from Marseilles sth inst., arrived on the 7th inst. at 8 p.m., and left on the Bth at 2 p.m. for Alexandria. ARRIVAL OF THE ATRATO AT ST. THOMAS. We have received the following communication from the secretary of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company : “The Secretary of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that the com pany have received advices, from which it appears that their steamer Atrato, which left Southampton, with the mails, &c., for the West Indies of the 2d ult., arrived out at St. Thomas, all well, on the 16th ult., at 2 p.m., 13 hours before time.” FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. PARIS, Feb. 9. M. Drouyn de Lhuys has received a despatch, dated the 23d ultimo, from M. de Month°lon, the French Minister at Washington, announcing the steps taken by the latter, and the resolutions adopted by the Federal Government in view of the recent events at Bagdad. M: de Montholon states that the Government of the United States thoroughly decided not to allow itself to be drawn into a conflict with France through filibusters or agents of Juarez. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. B.—Three o'clock—The following are the last quotations:— 4-} per Cents 9B 65 Roman Do. end month — Ottoman Fives 39 50 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Mexican Loan 46 Do. end month 6B 87i Do. Bonds 3OO Credit Mobilier ... Russian — Do. end month ... 670 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3725 Spanish Threes ... 40 50 Credit Foncier 1312 50 Home Debt — Italian Loan 6l 40 Deferred Do. end month — RAIL'' rAYS. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard I North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Cash. Acct. ... 853 75 ... 1107 50 860 - ... 545 - - ... 557 50 ... 535 - - ... 160 - - 405 - - 397 50 ... 168 75 - ... 215 -- 115 - MR. RIMMEL, THE WELL-KNOWN PERFUMER of the Strand, Regent-street, and other places, has just brought out a series of splendid valentines, which are quit© diffe rent from the hackneyed style ordinarily noticeable in these tokens of affection. Discarding the usual paper ma terials ho has resorted to a combination of lace, silk, feathers, and other gossamer-like materials, producing the most dazzling effect. Some of them have cupids holding on pretty rings or lockets ; others, real birds bearing ten der messages—ia fact, they are, as a whole, the most novel and recherche articles of the kind ever produced. MUNIFICENCE OF A LATE GLASGOW MERCHANT. —Mr. Alexander Kay, insurance broker, who died last week, has, we understand, bequeathed the munificent sum of £lO,OOO for the purchase and maintenance of a public park for Kilmarnock, and also £6,000 to build and endow in the same town two public schools for working men, where a " good plain practical education" will bo given. The deceased gentleman. was born in Kilmarnock; but, although he left the place of his nativity in early youth, he seems always to have cherished a warm regard towards "auld Evening Citizen. The Bold Governor Eyre and the Bulls of Exeter-hall. -- (A SONG FOR THE STREETS.) (From Punch.) On the right of the Strand, as you walk to the West, The street of all London the finest and best, You'll see a Greek word on a portico tall : The building behind it is Exeter Hall. There people resort to hear spouters :Anse Mahommedans, Catholics, Pagans, and Jews; Ex-drunkards talk cant, Irish clergymen brawl, And fanatics howl nonsense in Exeter Hall. The victim just now of its blather and blare, Is a brave English gentleman, Governor Eyre, Who, for saving Jamaica with powder and ball, Has roused all the malice of Exeter Hall. The Hall has its Pets, whom you must not attack, And chiefly it pets Quashi-Bungo the black ; And if Quashi-Bungo quotes words from St. Paul, It 's ready to kiss him, Exeter Hall. At times Quaslii-Bungo from Scripture refrains, And chops up white people, and scoops out their brains ; Uprises at once the philanthropist squall, " Of course you provoked him," says Exeter Hall. For some horrible murders performed by the Pet, Eyre gave him a lesson he 'll never forget. " You monster, you wretch! Quashi-Bungo to maul ; " We 'll hang you at Newgate," cries Exeter Hall. " We'll hear," says John Bull, " hold your jabber and row, I've known my old friend, Mr. Eyre, before now." " He's a Nero, a Jeffreys, a Governor Wall," Cries, screaming with passion, mad Exeter Hall. Now John stops his ears to fanatical spite, And suspects Quashi-Bungo was served very right, But he'll hear the whole story, not told in the drawl And spasmodic bewailings of Exeter Hall. But if, when the tale of Jamaica is told, The Queen gives her thanks to the Governor bold, What a bellow will burst from the favourite stall Of the big bulls of Basilan in Exeter Hall! MARKETS.—This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. The few dry samples on offer changed hands at full prices, but damp produce was very difficult of sale at Monday's currency. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was by no means ex tensive ; nevertheless the market ruled steady at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late sales. Barley, of which thero was a fair supply on offer, sold slowly at late prices. Good and fine malting qualities chiefly commanded attention. Malt sold slowly at last Monday's currency. The supply of oats on sale was moderate. The trade ruled quiet, at late rates. Both beaus and peas met a slow sale, at previous quo tations. Flour was in fair demand, at full quotations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 480 260 920 1020 590 Irish Foreign — 5840 15,710 3230 sks. 1860 brls. HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Thursday. The Queen, accompanied by the royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday at half-past 5, and will remain there for a fortnight, in order to secure the rest which is so necessary to her after the fatiguing exertion of the preceding day. The Earl of Bessborough, Lord Steward of the Household, had an audience of her Majesty to-day, to present the address of the House of Lords in answer to the Speech from the Throne. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday, attended by the Countess of Maccles field. _~ . The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson have arrived in town. His grace has taken a residence in Mansfield street, Portland-place, for the season. Marie Marchioness of Ailesbury will return to town early next week from visiting the Duchess of Beau fort, at Badminton. The Earl of Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford are still in the south of France. The noble earl, we bear, is much improved in health. The Earl of Beauchamp is, we are sorry to learn, dangerously ill at his residence in Belgrave-square. The Countess of Dudley will give an evening party on Monday next, at Dudley House, Park-lane. Viscount Eversley and the Hon. Miss Shaw Lefevre have arrived at their residence in Eaton-place , from Heckfield Place, Hants, for the season. Lord and Lady Taunton receivtd a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Belgrave square. BOROUGH HOP. For most kinds of hops there is a fair demand, and prices rule firm. The supply of hops is moderate for the time of year. New Mid and East Keats Bos to 190 s p er cw t . New Weald of gents 71 New Sussex 77 Yearlings loos to 140 s „ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on salo are tolerably large. For most descriptions there is a fair demand, at our quotations. Per Blb by the carcase. cl cl Inferior beet 2 .0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small d 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 10 4 8 Lamb, Os 0 e d s d Inferior mutton 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton 4 0 4 6 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork 4 1:1 5 4 Id to Os ud. COLONIAL. TEA.— The public sales of China produce terminated yesterday, and scented descriptions sold at slightly reduced rates. 5,118 packages passed, of which 3,154 were sold, being without reserve. SUGAR.— The market has been exceedingly dull, and the few transactions reported in West India were at about previous rates. In the refined market, common lumps are quoted 43s Gd per cwt. COITEE.—There has been a good demand for plantation Ceylon, which sold readily at slightly enhanced rates ; other quotations remained at about previous values. RICE. Business has been very dull, and quotations re main without change. SALTPETRE.—No — business of importance has been re ported ; late rates however are sustained. TALLOW.—The market has been more animated, and slightly enhanced quotations are now current for both pre sent and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 46s 9d ; April to June, 475; and last three months, 49s per cwt. AIRS. CHAS. KEAN'S BENEFIT IN NEW ORLEANS. —The engagement of those admirable artists, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, is fast drawing to a close, and the lovers of the Shaksperean drama will soon be compelled to take their final look, in this city, of these faithful porsonators of the Bard of Avon's genius. Tho fact that this is the last time we are to see and hear Charles Kean and Ellen Tree, whose names have been as household words in our mouths for so many years to us, lends a melan choly interest to each of their performances at the St. Charles ; and we attend each with the same feeling with which one takes fresh leave daily of a friend, knowing that the inevitable last greeting is fast drawing near, and that the sad "Farewell" must surely soon be said. It is, perhaps, a sympathetic feeling with the artists themselves that induces them to exert all their powers in their several performances, so as to leave behind them in New Orleans a reminiscence of their talents and their last delineations here that shall long dwell, as a ten der pleasure, in the memory of the lovers of the legitimate drama. These remarks are incidental to the announcement that Mrs. Kean will take, to-morrow night, her last benefit in New Orleans. Think of that, all ye veteran admirers of the palmy days of Manager Caldwell's time ; all ye whom we have heard so often speak so warmly of Ellen Tree's first appearance here, in 1838; all ye who would render to un fading genius a token of yourundiminished regard and ad miration. In every way she has deserved the public es teem as an artist, as a wife, as a mother. The lofty purity of her character, the undimmed lustre of her intellect and her genius, have consecrated her name in that little host of women whom the world delights to honour ; and, in associating her life's destiny with that of the son of Edmund Kean, it 'was felt that genius, intellect and purity were most appropriately allied in one of those unions so rare, yet, when met, so unhesitatingly the object of the world's respect and adtiration. Let this occasion show that our minds are not wholly wrapt up in the mate rial pursuits of life ; let us turn aside, for the nonce, from the coarser occupations that bring the mind to the level of the earth, earthy ; let us tender to this great artist such a proof of our true regard as will cause her, when once more esconced in her home beyond the broad Atlantic, now and then to cast a thought of grateful reminiscence to her friends in New Orleans.—New Orleans Daily Picayune. GOOD NEWS FOR GAS CONSUMERS.—A company is now in course of formation for the purchase of the patents granted to Mr. Isham Baggs for his improvements in the manufacture and use of inflammable gases. The combustible gases producedunder the patents are hydrogen and carbonic oxide, and these are made exclusively from coke by the decomposition of water—for though iron is employed in this decomposition, it is revivified and restored to the metallic state at every succeeding stage of the ma nufacture, and so on again and again ad infinitum, without waste and without removal from the retort, the hydrogen and carbonic oxide being generated separately and passed into the same gas-holder for mixture and subsequent con sumption; coke, therefore, and water are the only sub stances really consumed in the process. A ton of coal in round numbers will produce in the ordinary gas manufac ture an average of 9,000 cubic feet; but under these patents the coke is entirely consumed, and produces, from only 13 cwt., no less than 40,000 cubic feet of gas. It is proposed by the projected company to erect works on a smaller scale, in the first instance, where at present there are no works, and the inhabitants require gas, in order to demonstrate the practicability of the invention. The holders of shares in the first company will, according to the prospectus, be entitled to substantial advantages in an enlarged company to be afterwards formed, and various other inducements are held out which promise a large re turn for the capital invested. At the worst no loss can result even to the pioneers in the new undertaking, for the small works erected, in the event of the enlarged company not being formed, will be carried on for the manufacture of gas in the ordinary manner—the arrangements neces sary for the testing of the new invention being easily applicable to old and accepted plans of manufacture. The success of such a company as that proposed will be hailed with the utmost pleasure by every gas consumer in the kingdom, because in the event of success, of which there appears to be no doubt, it will render them independent of the galling monopoly which has so long been exercised by the old and established gas companies throughout the country. SERIOUS EXPLOSION AT A BLAST FURNACE.—On Wednesday a very serious explosion took place at the blast furnaces, Twedale, belonging to Messrs. Ilipkins. The furnace keeper and three other men were severely burnt by the molten fluid which was thrown over them. It is hoped, however, that the injuries in any of the cases will not prove fatal. Tuurt "*"‘ frr 4' 4 zTar.i (f 4 THE LA rE LORD MONTEAGLE. It requires some little effort for the men of this generation to remember who and what was Lord Monteagle, who died on Wednesday last at his seat in Ireland. And yet Lord Monteagle filled high office ; at a critical period of our parliamentary history he held a prominent position, and he received the reward of great merit and important services. Unhappily, what will most be remembered about him is something to be remembered against him• The finance of the Whigs in his days was a bye' word, and it was the misfortune of Lord Mont eagle, then Mr. Spring-Rice, to have been Chancel lor of the Exchequer for about half those ten years when, after the passing of the Reform Bill, th e Whigs were on their trial as statesmen. g t Great would be the joy of the Three per Cents. if Spring- Rice would go into holy orders," wrote Sydney Smith, and it must be borne in mind that Sydney Smith was himself a Whig. The Chancellor, of the Exchequer did not take the hint of the humourist by entering holy orders, but he entered the sacred edifice of the peerage, hid his head in a coronet, and the much - abused name of Spring" Rice was forgotten in the lustre of a new title. Thomas Spring-Rice was an Irishman, born in Ireland in the year 1790. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his de gree in 1811. In 1820, having in the meantime married a daughter of the Earl of Limerick, he en tered Parliament as member for his native place -- Limerick—which he continued to represent till the year 1832. Gradually he became known not merely as the representative of Limerick, but also as " th e member for all Ireland." These were days when the Catholic question began to make a stir and Ireland was the standing difficulty of our Government. Mr• Spring-Rice was the fast friend of O'Connell, and as such took a prominent part in the discussion of Irish affairs. He was a capable man of business, and as the mouthpiece of a powerful Irish interest he acquired with his party not a little influence in the House of Commons. The result was that he, among other Whigs, had his share of office when the party in 1827 first attained to the Treasury Bench. He was made Under Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and when at length, in 1830, the Whigs came fully into possession of their power he became successively Secretary of the Treasury , Secretary for the Colonies, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The first of these offices he shared at one time with Mr. Edward Ellice, and afterwards with Sir Charles 'Wood ; the second he held but for a very short period ; the thirehe filled for nearly five years, and it was in the discharge of its duties that he became renowned. In all these posts he showed an ability that was respectable, although it was not respectable enough to save him from ridicule and depreciation. Indeed, there was a good deal about him to excite opposition and pre" yoke criticism. He was a tedious speaker, for ex ample ; he was accused of jobbing ; and he was un dersized of stature. This last is, of course, a most flagrant offence in the eyes of all satirists, and " B." made much of it. Dr. Chalmers bad just then come to London to deliver lectures, and in one of his addresses he announced with all the emphas is which characterised his oratory that the then ag e was an age of little men, or, as he was supposed to pronounce it, " leetle " men. "H. B."aeized up on the idea, and at once exhibited a specimen of the " leetle men" who governed the nation, Mr. Spring" Rice being prominent among them. Sometimes/ however, he got praise for his smallness, as when ill , combat with O'Connell, w h en O'C onne ll h a d turned upon the Whigs, he fou g ht an d b ea t o ff the grea t Irish giant, on which occasion his merits were dis played to the eyes of the world in a picture of litt le David conquering Goliath. The real objection t ° him was not that his stature was low, but that his finance was not great—that his speeches were dull, and that his public spirit never rose very high. " B." gave currency to a small pun upon his nag which took the popular fancy—Risum teneatis? The Whig Ministry was sorely ridiculed in those days, and no one came in for a greater share of the satire they provoked than Mr. Spring-Rice. He had al last the good sense to see that his days were num' bered, that the Whigs were falling, and that he him self would never succeed as a financier. He ceased to be Chancellor, and made himself Comptroller of the Exchequer. At any time he could be ousted from the Chancellorship, the Comptrollership be could hold for ever, with its £2,000 a year. He not only fell softly, but he covered himself with the robes of a peer, and the name of Spring-Ri ce blossomed into that of Baron Monteagle. In referring to these events, we naturally catch something of the tone which belongs to the critieisra of the period in which they occurred. But if we n 2114 , g . not speak of Lord Monteagle as either a very strong or a high-minded man, we must do him justice as : shrewd one and as a good partisan. If he was n ot a brilliant Minister, he was, at least, a useful on e ' and if he failed as a financier in a time of great difficulty, it must be remembered in his favour, t ha while Irish affairs were all important, he did good service and fairly earnt the confidence of his frie nds. After his retirement from the Cabinet he maY be • said to have almost retired into private life, only that that about six years ago, when Mr. Gladst one 's Budget was announced, he led the atr, upon it in the House of Lords. Mr. Gladston e . his friends naturally spoke with contempt .e' attack upon the Budget led by a Whig fi nancl who had been laughed out of the Excheque r ' bil _ t s this did not necessarily invalidate the criti cism ,s Lord Monteagle ; and it was no small tribute to prudence that 21 years after lie had resigu .. ea_ rabie Chancellorship of the Exchequer, a con sicie party in the Legislature—Whig and uestion willing to regard him as an authority on a q e 00 oZ finance. That was his last public appearance the great stage to which he had been accustomed. Tory accustomed.--were CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTINC THE SIIENANDOA.u. —A blue-book, containing the pap ers relating o . the Shenandoah, originally the Sea Kin g , _ before Parliament. The opening lette r is from 31r.Adains_ to Earl Russell, April 7th, 1865 , deta ilin g the ravages of the Shenandoah, to which Earl Russe ll re p lies, defending the conduct of her Majesty's Government. Then comes a• proposal for a °' Claims C omm ission" to decide ura prizes, and its refusal. The next p art of the correspond ence is subsequent to the surrende r of the Shenandoah and Captain Waddell to the British Government. T he been lald releaso of Captain Waddell and his crew call forth offers from Mr. Adams to prove acts of piracy against them, but the proof is not given, and Lord Claren don closest he Cor - r e s pondence by an offer to " co-operate gladly in Co ing the truth ;" and here the vexed question closes for the present,