The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-28 00:00:00

--- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28; 1866. Mr. BRIGHT yesterday attended a meeting at Manchester ; it was not very complimentary to Birmingham that he should not have gone there, but it would be difficult for the hon. member to do all that he seems inclined to do in the furtherance of the Government Reform Bill. Were it as com plete as the most zealous could desire, it could hardly be more praised than it is by Mr. BRIGHT. Perhaps it is because the Ministry have partly fol lowed his advice, and perhaps it is still more because the idea of opposition has raised his natural taste for disunion and disputes. On the whole, the tone of this speech was quieter than is usually the case with the hon. member for Birmingham, but doubtless lie suited himself to his audience, and he showed his discretion in so doing, for the fierce vituperations and vehement objurgations that may pass muster at miscellaneous gatherings would hardly have been tolerated in Manchester. We differ from Mr. BRIGHT in thinking that, though we have before this had numerous Reform Bills, " we have not had one proposed since the great Reform Bill of 1832 under the same circumstances of distinctness, in the measure itself, and of earnestness on the part of the Government by which it has been pro posed." In the first place, there seems to be a good deal of misunderstanding about the working of the measure even in the frag mentary part introduced into the House, and in the next, until they were driven on by force of circumstances, the Ministers were strangely apathetic about it. It was observed that Mr. GLADSTONE did not exhibit the eagerness which had been anticipated from his previous efforts in that direction. Mr. BRIGHT thinks the Govern ment will stand or fall by the question, and there fore that it is likely to meet with more direct atten tion, which is very suitable in his opinion. It is not always, however, that hon. members are the most straightforward or disinterested in their actions I when it is made known that the Government are re ' 3l "rsd to abide by the issue of the division, and sometimes we may take the result of the debate as s ignificant there is no particular desire for a change more th au that the proposal, whatever it be, is regarded with universal approbation. The diversity of ° =•uon that exists upon the Ministerial side of the h oxlso w thea occasion s never more pro minently displayed than upon ion of the rec ent debates, a nd Mr. BRlGHTlaOiedg,eat stress upon it in the c ourse of his speech . Re sa id— Youldaresay, some with " have read, of you i curiosity, some of you with amazement, and some of you with disgust, speeches that have been made from the benches of the Liberal side of the house." It is quite unusual for Mr. BRIGHT to do justice to those opposed to him, and therefore many will be surprised to find the terms in which he speaks of Lord GRosVENOR. lie stated very truly that the noble lord had made a proposition against the measure, but he had not " ventured upon any language which was contemptuous of the people." Mr. BRIGHT fell into his old style of exaggeration when he said that some of those who made speeches in the house against the bill con sidered that the great majority of the people " were destined to be henceforth but hewers of wood and drawers of water, for there were those in high position, of high titles, and great wealth, who seem to think that he world was made for them., Rd not for the great people of this kingdom." Allowing, for the sake of argument, that any one of average intelligence, could entertain such a no tion, the meaning of it is quite preposterous, and much as a good and comprehensive measure of Re form may be needed, and would be appreciated, we need no change whatever to prove the thorough in dependence of our working classes, nor to show that they are capable of trust. In the discussion of a great question it is always safest and wisest to keep as much as possible to the main issue, and not to dwell on probabilities, or to suggest chances, for by so doing we lose sight of the vital interests at stake in the excitement of dismissing matters which really have little relation to the objects which should be the chief concern. The more we consider the statements of authentic observers in Jamaica, the more we may adhere to the opinion that there has been throughout great exaggeration among the witnesses. The notion that unfortunately obtained as to the probability of restitution being awarded by the Commissioners no doubt did great harm, and we may fairly con clude that many were glad to foster the idea in order to keep up the excitement, and obtain cre dence for the extreme accounts they had previously put forth. The Commissioners have, however, taken great pains to sift the statements as far as they possibly could, and no doubt when they cannot exactly define the nature of the evidence they will compare the proba bilities of the case with the accounts given in order to arrive at a just conclusion. A notable instance of sheer falsehood was given by a black woman, who came to the Commissioners with har rowing tales of cruelty. She was found out, how ever, and made to convict herself, for the Commis sioners happened to be going in the direction which she had pointed out as the scene of the dreadful tale. She had the effrontery to show them a wrong house, and after minute investigation all her stories were shown to be false. As she declared that her husband and son had been hung, she perhaps thought that she might get some allowance made to her. It must have been mere love of mis chief, however, that prompted her to go to such length in the continuation of her details. We may infer from this striking instance of prevarication, contradiction, and falsehood how much dependence is to be placed on apparently credible stories. Another point worthy of attention is that the con dition of the negroes in Jamaica really left them nothing to complain of, and with one thing and another they were, indeed, very well off. We find, now that we have more minute details of their con dition, that they were better off than was at all imagined by many in this country before the outbreak rendered them unfortunately familiar with the circumstances of the race declared to be so unhappy and persecuted by those who apologise for the insurgents, and seem to be indignant that any attempt was made to put them down. As is correctly stated by the Special Correspondent of the Times, " An English peasant would have thought himself thrice blessed with one half of those worldly possessions." The cottages of some of these insurrectionists show plainly enough that want and distress did not drive them to desperation. In point of fact, they could not have been more prosperous, when we remember the luxu riant soil around them, and the work which they could always have if they choose to do it. It is not always those who are the worst off who exhibit the most restlessness, and show that they are impatient of all necessary restraint. According to the intelligence brought by the Uity of New York a large body of troops is expected at ~lalifax from England, to be marched from thence to New Brunswick. The rumour goes that 10,000 men are to be sent, but this is most likely an over statement. The measure, as we have said on pre vious occasions, is a wise and prudent one, and is by no means uncalled for under present circum stances. The active organisation of the Fenians is scarcely likely to break up without the leaders at tempting some movement, and Canada offers them every facility, though they will probably meet with a very warm reception. What our Go vernment should now do would be to send out gun boats ; a dozen of these would protect the Canadian shores, and keep the Fenian Naval Brigade in order. They are lying idle at home, and our mortar boats are being converted into scavengers, so that a little profitable employment might easily be found for them. A Canadian, writing to a contemporary on this subject, says, after referring to the vigorous efforts made by the colonists in self-defence, " We have soldiers, and we have shown that we are prepared to use them, but we have no gunboats, and will England, who can easily and without expense, supply us ? The presence of five armed vessels in the St. Lawrence would be worth 5,000 men, and would relieve us from the necessity of keeping that number of troops under arms." Ile therefore says that sonic gunboats should be sent to the St. Lawrence without delay, so as to be there when the navigation opens, to guard the frontier from Lake Ontario to Montreal. The Fenian attack was, according to the last re ports, to have been before the breaking up of the ice, but there is no certainty as to their movements. At any rate, in the present unsettled and disturbed condition of affairs, it would be a safeguard to have these vessels protecting the coasts. The Canadians have shown so great a willingness to protect themselves, and to do their own part with out looking to the mother country for everything, that it is only fair and reasonable that England should make some effort to assist them. It is very well for us to smile at Fenianism, and to read the accounts of the Dublin trials with more pity for the criminals than alarm at the design, but we must remember that in Canada it is a very different thing. With all the appliances of warfare, with a restless and excitable population around them, with plentiful supplies of money and every facility for recruiting, with experienced military commanders and plenty of vulnerable points to attack, the Fenians in America present a formidable front to a thinly peopled colony—formidable, that is to say, so far, as thg temporary necessity for action and the possible result of negligence or hesitation are concerned, though not really dangerous to a brave and united people. Within 24 hours, says the Canadian correspondent referred to, an army of 10,000 men was turned out, well officered, well armed, and fairly drilled. What with regular troop, , 0 re read y volunteers, and militia, there are now about for action , and these supplemented a rriving from England, and assisted by blthey 0 0e a the gunboatse upon the lakes, would very soon dipose of ItF eisnipa possible that the Brotherhood may do the colonists good servi ce by im p re ss i ng upon them the desirability of carrying out the Confederation scheme. New Brunswick, it will be remembered, was the malcontent who frustrated the plan, and it was the Irish element which occasioned the opposi tion. No doubt the great proportion of the anti unionists were Fenians in disguise, and the rest of the community may now see what their patriotism is forth, New Brunswick, as the nearest point, is the fir st to be threatened by the invader, and may learn, a useful lesson from the alarm. Union is strength, and there can be no doubt that a concentration of the Governments and a federation of the Provinces would be the best security against invasion. When the emer gency arises the colonies are ready enough to act in concert ; but. it is evident that a much more vigor ous and united action could bo secured by one su preme Executive and Legislature. The Governor of New Brunswick, in his address to the Parliament, stated that he was directed to express the strong and deliberate desire of her MAJESTY'S Government for the union of the Provinces, and we hope that the expression of this desire will afford the opportunity of ro-opening the question, now that the New Bruiiswickers have had actual evidence of the dan gers of an isolated policy. In the States themselves matters are proceeding quietly, though the Republicans have gained a vic tory, which few will rejoice over. They have carried the New Hampshire election, thus winning an im portant step ; but the general tenour of events still indicates that the country prefers a Democratic policy. A meeting of Republican members of Con gress has been held in support of the PRESIDENT'S policy, and have resolved to petition Mr. JOHNSON for the removal of Messrs. STANTON and HARLAN. The Indiana Democratic convention have also en dorsed Mr. JOIINSON'S policy, and there is evidently a strong feeling in its favour. The PRESIDENT himself is reported to have said that Congress had been three months in session without accomplishing anything towards the restoration of the South, and that while they continued to oppose his plan they failed to introduce one of their own. The manner in which the Radicals propose to deal with the matter has just received another illustration. Mr. STEWART has introduced resolutions in the Senate prescribing conditions for the admission of the Southern representatives. These include negro suffrage, full civil and political equality for blacks and whites, the repudiation of the rebel debt, and no compensation for emancipated slaves. Such terms are not very easy for the South to subscribe to, and the repudiation of the Con federate debt is especially' an unfair demand to make of honourable and high-spirited men. The Northerners seem to forget, in their de sire to humiliate their former adversaries ; that they are really degrading the American character and damaging their credit as a nation. It is one of those cases in which magnanimity and generous forbearance are " twiceblessed," and since there is a considerable party in the Northern States capable of appreciating this truth, we can only hope that they will not suffer themselves to be overridden by turbulent and vindictive professors of the much abused doctrines of Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality. ; CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The news in regard to Germany to-day is more pacific than for some time past. The Austrian Gazette announces, it may be supposed officially, that Austria is not arming. " Should she be forced to take arms, it would not be to assume a position in spite of treaties, but to maintain those treaties. Never has Austria refused to give to Prussia what belonged to her, but she will guard everywhere, and at all times, for Germany what belongs to Germany. In Schleswig Holstein she undertook from the be ginning up to the present hour to preserve the inte rests and the rights of Germany. Beyond that she asks for nothing, and asks for nothing for himself." The death of the Landgrave Ferdinand of Hesse Homburg may have an important influence upon the affaija of Qcrivau3^at thin crinin of caLt angement between Austria and Prussia, for the succession of the State returns to the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt. The Landgrave was the oldest sove reign of Europe, having been born on the 26th of April, 1783. The oldest prince is now Henri the 18th of Reuss-Schleiz, who is 76. The Langraviat is a small territory of 27,000 inhabitants. The late Landgrave succeeded his brother on the Bth of September, 1848. His political sympathies were in favour of absolutism. The Langraviat branch is now only represented by two princesses—the grand mother of the present Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and the widow of Prince Henri the 20th of Reuss-Greiz, the former sister, the latter niece of the lale Landgrave. Although the works at the New Opera do not proceed very rapidiy, they are carried on surely ; and some idea may now be formed of the beauty and magnitude of the building. Some months ago the Emperor, actuated by the most noble feeling, ordered that the work should proceed simultane ously with the new hospital, with the idea that a mere place of amusement should not be finished be fore an establishment for the succour of the sick and necessitous. This Opera House will be the most magnificent in Europe. Its length will be 150 metres by 100 in width; total extent, 15,000 metres. The opera house next to it in extent is the Oriente, at Madrid, the extent of which is 7,950 metres. The existing Opera House in Paris has an extent of 6,820 metres. The Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, London, is only 2,774 metres; the Opera Comique at Paris, 1,500 metres. The Opera House, which ranks third in regard to extent, is the Theatre de Charles Felix at Genoa, 4,750 metres. It seems, from a note read at the Academy of Sciences by M. Duchemin, that there is a contagious malady among insects as well as among animals. Some honeycombs have been received from the town of Valence (France), which contain a large number of dead bees. From microscopic observation it is found to contain an acarus which is often found in the sugar cane, and which inflicts painful and dan gerous wounds on the arms and hands of those em ployed in the manufacture of sugar. M. Duchemin ascribes the death.of the bees to this cause. There is at length something like a settlement of the differences among the Literary Society (Gens de Lettres). At their last meeting two members were chosen to complete the committee—Messrs. Alta roche and Paul Lacroix. With respect to the Tresor Litteraire, the apple of discord, it was decidedly 160 notes out of 179, that a consultative committee of 10 members should be added to the general com mittee, with a view to make such modifications in the work as they may consider necessary. These members are—Messrs. Paul de Musset, Paul Feval, Legouve, Henri Martin, George Bell, Caraguel, A. Challamel, Mornaud, A. Achard, E. de Laledolliere. Pra-Bat-SomdBtch-Para-Pen-Klon, second King of Siam, whose death I mentioned, has left a large family and a large fortune. He leaves 30 children and 120 wives. The eldest of his sons, now 27, will take the princely honorary title of Second King when he shall have attained the age of 30. His uncle, the first King, has just decided that his nephew shall take a voyage to Europe to complete his education, and he will be present at the Paris Exhibition, at which there will be an extensive collection of the industrial products of Siam. The spring season of the Sailing Club of Paris commenced on Sunday on the basin of Argenteuil. There was a strong wind from the W.N.W., and the Ariel was driven ashore. The 'first prize was won by M. Carpentier's Temps (time, 2h. 28m. 30sec.) 2d prize, Marie Gabrielle (h. 34m. 30sec.) 3d prize, Verveine (2h. 35m.) 4th prize, Petrel (2h. 35m. 20sec.) The next match will take place on the Bth of April. A man named Jean Barne, living in the town of Tulle, has murdered his wife and two young children without any apparent motive. The assassin con fessed his crime to the magistrates. He narrowly escaped summary punishment by the crowd on his way to prison. It is said that one half of the world does not know how the other half lives. The widow Clauss for a long peri o d h as manage d to live comfortably with out paying either for board or lodging, but Ole was compelled to disclose the secret of doing so by the Tribunal of Correctional Police yeterday. It ap pears that some months ago a geitleman met the lady in the Garden of Plants, and he found her so agreeable and so respectable that he thought there would be no harm in asking hei to his house to dinner. The lady said she was till(' of living alone, and she should like to go and bowl with some re spectable people. On being qufstioned delicately about her means and her fortune she said that in 1848, having saved the lives of th 3 Duke de Monte bello and M. Guizot, by coucealin; them in her bed, the Duchess de Montebello, on dying, left her a sum of 200 f. a year in stock, a gaidwill of an esta blishment worth 40,0001., and L6,000f. in ready money. Besides this her uncle, the Marquis de Marius, had left her a villa at llontrouge, which was worth from 15,000 f. to 18,000 f. It was ar ranged that the lady should boaid and lodge with the gentleman and his wife. Three months elapsed and no money wis forthcoming. Upon the strength of similar or more flourishing accounts of her fortune the lady had lived gratis for weeks with several other inlividuals who ap peared as complainants. The answer of the accused to the charge was that she had aways paid for her board and lodging by the work sle did. The court pronounced a sentence which world enable the lady to live for nothing for two years more, but perhaps not so luxuriously, as it condemned her to imprison ment for that period. Such lady swindlers are generally described as handsome elegant, and ac complished. The widow Clause is an exception, for the report says she " is neither rica, elegant, accom • plikhed, nor plausible of tongue,' but yet in three houses she had been received, and lodged and boarded for nothing. London and Dublin papers have published sensa tion paragraphs and telegrams announcing that Stephens was in Paris and intends to embark at Havre for New York. This is a case inwhich there is necessarily secrecy, and I may not be in the secret, but I have made inquiries in what is called the proper quarter, and without wishing to be responsible for a contradiction of the report, let me inform your readers in perfect confidence that I do not believe Stephens to be in Paris. Perhaps to morrow I may confirm or contradict the report. OTJSES.—Messrs. TOPUS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, 'uburban, and Country RESIDENCES to for LET two or SELL. x'ar:lculard upon application forwardedstamps non stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit freet, Regent-Street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. OUTH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen'b-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Sardens, Elvaston-Place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe squares, Boltnns, Sic. Messrs TOPLIS and ROBERTS have RESIDENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and $0 nth Kensington, facing the Museum. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-- Sole Lessee and Maniga, Mr. Buckstone. On SATURDAY NEXT, '1 HE OVERLAND ROUTE Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Farrell, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, Clark. Weathersoy, White, Ci,e, it 0.; Mes dames Snowdon, [lilt, Wright, Co;eman, 3toorc, &e. and Mr. After which, BOX AND COX : Mr. Buckslone Crompton. Concluding with T 11E WOL F AND T E LAM B. Commence at Seven. NEW TIIEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor and bianager, air. B. Webster. NING, THROU GH FIRE AND WATER: THIS EVE M ess rs. J. L. Toole, It Phillips, Bill in g ton ; Miss Woolgar and Miss IL Si lt:tin H s. After which, TE WR ECK ASHORE : Messrs. J. L. Toole. P. Bedtord. S t uart, Billingtor , Ashley; Min wooicrar and Miss 11. Simms. To conclude with BEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Tool e, R. P hillips. Ebur ne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c. oyAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ItSole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining'. THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIM SELF. After which, at a quarter to Eight, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining. T. Mead, D. Murray, Shore, Villiers ; Mrs. H. Manion, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. ROYAL SIRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, a new and orig,i• nal Comedy, THE FLY,AND THE WEB. Messrs. Par selle and Price; Misses Swanborough and Raynham. After which the Grand Burlesque, IVANHOE. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton : Mesdames Swanborougb, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, and Hughes. To conclude with LENDING A HAND. Messrs. Belford Turner; Misses Simpson and Hughes. ADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. — Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. — Will RE-OPEN for the Summer Season on EASTER MONDAY, April 2, 1816, with a powerful Company, selected from the principal London and Provincial Theatres. During the recess the Theatre has been renovated and decorated; entirely new Orchestra Stalls, with a selars.te entrance, added; the Dress Circle and Pit Seats recovered, and no expense spared to render this Theatre one of the most elegant and comtor, able in London. On EASTER-MONDAY, April 2, and during the week, will be presented the great Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of BELPHEGOR : Messrs. T. Swinbourne, G. Belmore; Missea Ada Dya-, Hudspeth, and Mrs. Poynter. After which (first time at this Theatre), Ithe M Ev er green er-grn Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand , Esq , of IXION :Misses Lizzie Willmore, Fanny Gwynne, Ada Harland, 'Jetty Tracey ; Messrs. F. Barsby and G. Belmore. 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P4' ) I;l'4' It) •_Ar THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1866. LITERATURE. Golden Leaves from the American Poets. One Vol. Pp. 384. Fred. Warne and Co. That America is rich in poetry all know perfectly well who know anything at all about the writings of Poe, Bryant, Willis, and Longfellow. But that the young country is so rich in poets, has so many of them, has such a choir of nightingales, we hardly realised in full until we came to the examination of this dainty gilt-edged volume of selections. Selec tions, they are, from the writings of upwards of one hundred transatlantic songsters and sang stresses. One hundred and seven are mentioned by name as contributing their quota to the collection— to say nothing of three fragments of verse included in it that are (all three) anonymous. Among these one hundred-and-seven, however, it should be here re marked at once that—besides the four famous names already enumerated—there are really and truly but ten only who are in any way familiarly known in these latitudes : those ten being Dana, Everett, Sigourney, Holmes, Lowell, Whittier, Street, Emer , son, Beecher Stowe, and Bayard Taylor. The rest— ' (with perhaps the solitary exception, here supple mented as by an afterthought in parenthesis, of Payne,:the author of that lovely song of our hearths and hearts, " Home, Sweet Home") —the rest of this melodious concourse of one-hundred -and-seven in all aro wholly unknown to us on this side of the Atlantic. So that the collection as a whole has the conspicuous charm of novelty or freshness—the great majority of the contents of the book being submitted now for the first time to the English reader, with the rare exception of such old familiar and beloved favourites as " The Raven" or the " Psalm of Life," as " Thanatopsis" and " Excelsior," as "The Bells," and the " Arsenal at Springfield." As for old favourites like these, we can never read them too often, we can never meet with them too frequently. " Familiar in our mouths as honsehold words"—we know them (literally) by heart. But clustered here about them in profusion—clustered thickly around these choicer blossoms flowering in the wild and wide prairies of American literature —are other, lesser, but still eminently beautiful effusions hitherto wholly unknown to us, unrecog nised and unconjectured Flowers of transatlantic verse, that have for the most part, until now, so far as English readers are concerned, been " born to blush unseen," if not actually condemned also to " waste their sweetness on the desert air." The volume-- which makes a lovely gift-book, opportunely issued from the press during the Easter holidays—is adorned at its outset and enhanced very con siderably, both in interest and in value, by a charming prelection upon American poetry, penned by Alexander Smith, author of the " Life-Drama," and Secretary of the University of Edinburgh. As a frontispiece to the volume there is a noble head of Longfellow--from a recent photograph—a head, the silvering hair and lowing beard of which would seem to indicate far more than the poet's real age of fifty-nine, giving him, in fact, an aspect truly patri archal. Hardwicki s Shilling Peerage, Shilling Baronetage and Shilling House of Commons—each in the corn pactest form, and printed in the clearest typo graphy, are again, according to annual custom, issued from the press very seasonably and oppor tunely. The three volumettes, moreover, are still published under the editorship or revision of Mr. E. Walford, already well known as a skilled and practised man-of-letters, of rare industry, and of untiring application. MADEMOISELLE TITIENS.—This unrivalled artiste, on her passage to Berlin and Hamburg, has been induced to play four nights at Cologne, and made her first appearance there last Thursday week as Norma. It is im possible to describe the enthusiasm that gifted lady has created : the prices of admission have been trebled, not withstanding which it was impossible to obtain a place, many hundreds from Bonn, Coblentz, and other Rhenish towns being obliged to return without being able to hear her. Many of those disappointed, however, presented them selves at her hotel with a petition signed by over 7,000 names, beautifully engrossed on parchment, together with a magnificent silver gilt crown, of original and chaste design, bearing the arms of Crefeld, Dusseldorff, Hanover, Minden, Essen, &c., bogging her to visit them each, but for ono evening, on her own terms. This she unfortu nately has been compelled to decline, in consequence of her approacoing return to London, where she is engaged at her Majesty's Theatre. At Cologne and Hamburg Madlle. Titiens receives as honorer (salary) half the total receipts, amounting frequently to 5,0001. (£200) per night. SAMUEL WILDERSPIN, THE FOUNDER OF INFANT SCHOOLS, who died on the 10th inst., aged 74, was born at Hornsey, in Middlesex, not in poverty, as in one place stated, but in lowly rank. He obtained only an elementary school education, and was placed to learn a common trade ; but his sympathies led him to become a teacher of poor children, he ben where we in work houses and low neighbourhood ought to begin, namely, with the " precious infants," using a term which he de lighted to employ ; and the honest, truthful, little man suc ceeded as he deserved. His first school, we believe, was in Quaker-street, Spitalfields, London. As " Temple Bar" in 1861 said, he was at home in the midst of babies." What a fine touch of nature he displayed when he subdued to quietude a school full of crying, yelling, kicking, little rebels, who had risen in boisterous panic to go to their mothers, by marching among them with his wife's gaily ribboned cap stuck on a clothes prop ! He used to be proud of this feat, and it illustrates the principle on which he acted. Mr. Wilderspin was married twice, and he had three daughters. Two of these have gave before him. Ono was unmarried, and she lies in Thorne's churchyard, where also his earthly remains, attended by friends, were placed last Wednesday morning. The other was the wife of Mr. Young, a fellow-worker of Mr.Wilderspin's, now principal of the Infant department of the Irish Model Schools in Dublin, who was present at the funeral ; as also was his son, the Rev. Samuel Wilderspin Youag, by whom part of the service was read, Mr. Jones oiMiating at the grave. Mrs. Torrington is the remaining clauEhter. Her husband was known to and respected by many here, ho having, on some of his visits several years ago, lectured at our Mocha anics' Institution. Her son, too, was present at the funeral. . _ The Grey River Argus, of the ;3d of December, states that a splendid parcel of gold, veighing 3800 z., was on the previous day sold to the Bank of New South Wales by two miners, Moore and his mate, tha result of less than live weeks' work, in a gully about eit;ht miles from No Town. The same party a short time fine° realised 200 oz. for a little over a fortnight's work in the same locality. The gully is a small one, and the other parties in it are doing quite 45 Yell. —Melbourne Argus. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Naval and (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIAN ARMAMENTS. BERLIN, MARCH 28. The semi-official Norddeutsche Allgenzeine Zeitung publishes another long list of authentic statements respecting the present armaments of Austria, in order to show to what extent that Power is making pre parations for war. SPAIN. MADRID, MARcH 27 (Evening). The motion of Senor Fages proposing the reduc tion of the army was thrown out in the Congress by 157 against 35 votes. General Ariscum is dead. The lealtad asserts that the resignation of the Ministry is imminent. HUNGARY. PESTH, MARCH 28. The committee of the Lower House of the Hun garian Diet upon the affairs common to Austria and Hungary is preparing a detailed report embodying certain proposals to be submitted to the Diet. Herr Vranicanzo, a member of the deputation from the Croatian Diet, has died suddenly. It is uncertain whether the Croatian Diet will elect another member to replace CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, MARCH 27. The Pera leaves at 2 p.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton on Sunday, April 1. Military Intelligence. The screw steam frigate Doris, 30, Capt. Vesey, having had the defects in her machinery made good, was taken yesterday outside Plymouth Breakwater and tested, under the inspection of Capt. Edmon stone and the officers of the steam reserve in Ha moaze. She will sail again shortly for her station, North America. The paddle-wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Aplin, is appointed to embark a detachment of the 66th Regt. at Plymouth, for conveyance to Aldershot, via Portsmouth, whence she will carry a detachment of the 13th to Plymouth. The second trial of the iron frigate Bellerophon at light draught of water will take place at Portsmouth to-morrow or Saturday. According to the arrange ments of the Admiralty, so far as they were known yesterday at Portsmouth, the frigate will not be again tried at her present draught of water over the measured mile. When her funnels have been shortened she will steam outside the harbour and remain somewhere off Spithead a sufficient time to work the engines up to their maximum strength, when indicator diagrams will be taken with the in dicated horse power of the engines and the number of their revolutions, which will be forwarded to the Admiralty for comparison with the results under the same two heads obtained on the recent light draught speed trial of the ship with her lengthened funnels in use. It is not, however, improbable that these last orders may be superseded by others before this notice appears in print. The Ida Zeigler, hired sailing troopship, with the headquarters of the 70th Regiment and invalids.on board, whose arrival at Spithead from New Zealand was announced in The Sun of yesterday, discharged the invalids yesterday morning early into a Govern ment steamer at Spithead, and immediately after wards sailed for Dover to land the 70th Regiment there for Shorncliffe Camp. The sailing Indiam an Agamemnon, Capt. Marder, whose arrival at Spithead from Bombay was an nounced in The Sun of yesterday, with the head quarters of the 56th Regiment on board, was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday by Government steamers, and the troops disembarked at the dock yard. The 56th, headed by the bands of regiments in Portsmouth garrison, marched into quarters in the Clarence Barracks, Portsmouth. After the dis embarkation had been effected the Agamemnon was again towed out to Spithead, and continued her voyage under canvas thence to London. The sailing Indiaman Dilawur, Captain James Baillie, whose arrival in Plymouth Sound from Vin goria Bay, with the headquarters of the 44th Regi ment on board, was announced in Ihe Sun of Mon day, arrived at Spithead yesterday. She will be taken into Portsmouth harbour this morning to dis embark the 44th, who then proceed by special train to Dover for Shorncliffe. The Trafalgar Indiaman, one of Messrs. Green's Indian fleet, arrived at Spithead yesterday, with military invalids on board, from Calcutta. They will be transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, at Netley, this morning, and the ship will then sail again for London to deliver her cargo of seeds and Indian produce. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 27, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 41 per Cents 97 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Do. end month 6B 57i Credit /robin& Do. end month Bank Shares 3605 Credit Foncier — Italian Loan 6O 80 Do. end month 6O 77k BAIL' Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 3Ol 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred VATS. Cash. Acct. ••• 875 • 1125 • 887 50 ... 556 25 ... 562 50 ... 540 - 102 50 396 25 ... 407 50 166 25 - 210 - ... 90 - - 88 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Itomau The Abyssinian Prisoners. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 28. A telegram, dated March 27, has been received this morning from her Majesty's Agent and Consul- General in Egypt, stating that Dr. Beke, writing from Massowah on the 12th of February, announces that Mr. Rassam had joined the Emperor, and had been well received. The Emperor, in reply to his request that Captain Cameron should be released, said that he had nothing against him, and would have let him go long ago, only he would not depart without the others. The matter was to be further discussed at Debra Tabor. MARKETS.—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were but moderate. The trade for all qualities was in a sluggish state, yet no quotable change took place in prices from Monday. stands. Ths amount of business transacted was very mo derate, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, on former terms. With barley the market was very moderately supplied. The trade was firm, at the extreme prices of Monday. Malt ruled firm, at fully late rates. The market was moderately supplied with oats. The trade was quiet, on former terms. Beans ruled firm, at Monday's advance in prices. There was a fair demand for peas, at full prices. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. NMI' ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 770 1510 1220 220 53U F ore i gn 14,490 4410 5,970 480 eks. ble. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending March ' For the corresponding week 17, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 66,512,-455 3d l Wheat 71,992-38s 4d Barley 36,877-365 6d 1 Barley 32,863-28 s 8d Oats MEAT MARKETS. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL.—Good supplies of meat are on sale in these markets, and the demand is in a slug gish state, as follows :—Beef, from 2slod to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops is very moderate. Prices aro without material change from Monday. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A CITY MERCHANT.— On Monday afternoon Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry at the Duke of Clare nce Tavern, Penton -place, Newington, respecting the death of Mr. Charles William Pay, aged forty-one years, of the firm of Pay and Son, wine merchants, of Fenchurch street, City, whose death took place under the follow ing somewhat mysterious circumstances : —From the evidence brought forward it seemed that between 12 and 1 on Thursday morning the deceased was found lying on the steps of Hawkstone Hall, Waterloo-road, in an insensible condition. Police-constable 121 L on arriving deemed, from appearances, that deceased was under the influence of liquor, and with assistance placed him on a stretcher and carried him to the Tower-street Police-station, where he was charged with being drunk and incapable and locked up. The sergeant on duty, Joseph Thompson, 19 L, examined deceased, but found no marks of violence, and believed that he was under the influence of drink, as his breath smelt strongly of spirits, and he was per fectly helpless. During the night he visited him several times in the cell and tried to rouse him and ob tain his name, but failed to elicit any answer from him. At five o'clock, finding him still insensible, Dr. Corbett Blades was sent for, who considered that he was in a fit, and ordered his removal to St. Thomas's Hospital, to which institution he was as soon as possible conveyed. On his clothes being searched upwards of £54 in notes and gold was found, a pocket-book, and papers, which led to his identification. A railway ticket from Mortlake to London was also found, but although the inquiry had been made no information could be obtained as to how he came in the condition he was when found on the steps of the hall. Mr. Deny, a salesman of Newgate Market, identified the body, and stated that he understood deceased had gone to Mortlake on business, and other evidence showed that at four o'clock in the afternoon he was perfectly sober, although he complained of illness, having previously suffered from fits. On being received into the hospital he was at once attended by Dr. Lees, the assistant medical officer, but he gradually sank, and expired on Thursday night. A post modem examination showed that death had resulted from extravasation of blood on the brain consequent upon a fracture of the skull about seven inches in length. The coroner observed that at present there was no evidence whatever to show how such an extensive injury was caused or how it was deceased came to be in tho condition in which he was found by the police. The case was shrouded in mystery to such a degree that it would be advisable, he considered, to have an adjournment in order to ascertain if violence had been used towards the deceased, for although money was found upon him, yet a robbery might have been attempted with violence, and those engaged in it frustrated in their plans. The jury entirely concurred with the coroner, and the inquiry was adjourned. DRUMMOND AND PERTH PEERAGES.—The Earl of Perth having succeeded some years ago in establish ing before the House of Lords his right to those ancient titles, as well as those of Earl of Melfort, Viscount Mel fort and Forth, and Lord Drummond, Stobhall, and Monti fox, and who is also Due de Melfort and Comte do Lussan in France, has been served heir male of James Drummond of Perth, better known as third Duke of Perth, and who commanded the left wing of Prince Charles's army in 1745. It is understood that this is the first step in a now cause celebre, involving, as it will do, the right of the present possessor of Drummond Castle and the other eetAtee of the ancient garldom of Perth.—Scotsman. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, March 27.—The market continues languid and depressed. The advices as to arrivals of cotton on the American seaboard, which con tinues to be large, taken together with the quantity known to be at sea from all quarters, influence buyers of goods and yarns, and they are holding back from purchases except where they have the temptation of lower prices. In shipping yarns there has been very little business, spinners requiring prices which buyers are unwilling to give. For home trade descripti'ns the market has also been quiet, and prices are un favourable to sellers, most kinds being Id. per lb. down since last week. In the cloth-market buyers appear almost to have suspended operations for some days past, and to-day there is still the same indis position for business. Offers even at very low prices are unobtainable. This state of things, of course, causes some weakness in the value of goods, but as yet there seems to be no necessity felt on the part of manufacturers to press sales on the market. Cloths of almost all makes are more or less affected, but the actual business to-day has hardly been suffi cient to test them. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re port of this day's cloth-market :—" Since last Tues day our market has been quite inactive, and to-day buyers still hold aloof. Prices naturally show some weakness, but there has not been sufficient business to justify a change in our quotations." CARDIFF, 26th.—Considerable activity charac terises the steam coal trade of the district, the pits are fully employed, and, as the spring orders arc coming in rather freely, proprietors are busy in executing the contracts already in hand, and the rolling stock of the railway compa nies is taxed to the utmost in conveying down the large quantities to port for shipment on foreign ac count. There is a good trade doing in steam for marine purposes, and several important orders were about to be given out. The inland demand is im proving daily, and it is expected that the railway companies are about to reduce their tariff still fur ther, so as to give greater facilities to the metro politan traffic. For house coal the inquiry is about the same as last reported. In the iron trade a mo derate amount of business is being done, and orders come in a little more regularly on home and foreign account, but no material change will take place until the ensuing quarter. Great uncertainty pervades the future of the American trade, but on eastern and continental account indications are promising. Quotations are fully maintained for pig iron. LEEDS, 27th.—The woollen cloth-markets in the public halls to-day have been tolerably well attended by buyers, who displayed a fair disposition to buy seasonable and ordinary cloths at late prices. The stocks of new goods in the halls being rather low, and prices of all such having an upward tendency, in consequence of the recent advance in the price of wool, the aggregate amount of cloth which changed hands was not large, though it exceeded what was sold on this day se'nnight. The demand for light meltons was not quite so brisk as we lately had to report, partly owing to the stocks which are in the hands of London, Manchester, and other houses, and partly because alpaca frabrics in the Bradford trade are competing with them. The demand for strong meltons, good tweeds, and ordi ninary all-wool cloths is steady, though not brisk. The country manufacturers report themselves as moderately well employed, but they are looking for orders for goods suitable for the autumn and winter trade. Wools are quite as high as last week. Se veral parcels purchased at the recent sales in Lon don are in the process of being manufactured into cloth, and their quality and condition are well spoken of. NomNorram, 27th.—There was barely an ave rage attendance at our Exchange-hall to-day. The demand for lace yarns, however, ruled firm, and the full rates of last week were readily made for fine numbers. Hosiery yarns a tolerable sale, and high prices were obtained. Demand for silks dull, at nominally unchanged rates. Brown nets same as last week in price, but mosquito nets are, if any thing, a shade dearer. ROCHDALE, 26th.—There has been a rather better attendance of buyers in the flannel market to day than last week, but their operations were not extensive. A few selected parcels, chiefly fancy goods, were purchased, but the feeling among mer chants was mostly in favour of giving sample orders for comparison before general orders. This was especially the case where goods are intended for ex portation. There is no improvement in the demand for Yorkshire goods, but some miscellaneous lots at low prices changed hands. As the prices of wool are very firm at the late advance, so flannel is also steady at fully last week's rates. New Yorkshire goods are also firm in price. FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT LEEDS.— LEEDS, Tuesday.--- , At half-past eight this morning, as the engineman was setting on after breakfast at the works belonging to Matthias Shaun, in Dewsbury-road, Leeds, the 45-horse boiler exploded with a terrific report, and brought down the several sheds and grinding-rooms in the yard. Tho hands were fortunately finishing breakfast, but 16 of them (principally girls) aro in the infirmary suf feringi from scalds and contusions . The engineman s severely scalded, and has his thigh broken. 1 lioreo was killed 200 yards off by a piece PI stone. , .Z-t• Olt WI - • - ! A „ r HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, March 27. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Susan Melville, also took a drive. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise ki,nd her Grand Ducal High ness the Princess of Holienlohe-Langenbourg, drove out in a carriage and four this morning. Their Royal Hignesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Teake, Lord Newory, Major Keppel, the Hon. Mrs. Stoner and suite, honoured the performances at the New Adelphi Theatre last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Marlborough House on Tuesday not for Sandringham. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary left their residence in St. James . / Palace yesterday for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, where it is the intention of their Royal Highnesses to pass the Easter holidays. The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland has im proved in health of late. The anxiety of her friends has been greatly relieved by the improvement which has taken place. The Earl and Countess of Percy, who have been on a visit to the Duke of Northumberland at Torquay, are expected to arrive in town to-day on their way to Albury Park, Surrey. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers left town yesterday for The Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Hughenden Manor, Bucks. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the lion. Hamilton Haldane Duncan, brother of the present Earl of Camperdown, and grandson of Admiral (first viscount) Duncan, and Miss Mercer Hen derson, youngest daughter of the late Gen. Mercer Hen derson, and sister of Mr. George Mercer Henderson, of Fordell, Fifeshire, N.B. We have to record the death of the Hon. Lady Trench, who died at Nice on the 25th instant, at the ad vanced age of 81. The deceased lady was the youngest of the two daughters of Robert, first Lord Clonbrock, an d was born 28th Sept , 1784. Sh e marr i e d , N ov. 21 , 1800, the Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, 8.C.8., by whom she has a family of daughters. Her husband died in March, 1824. The deceased lady was connected by birth and mar riage to some of the best families in Ireland. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND GOOD FRIDAY.—At the monthly (March) meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Archdeacon Sinclair, who was in the chair, was requested to forward 3 memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the desecra tion of Good Friday. The Primate has sent the following reply ;—" My dear Mr. Archdeacon,—l have long observed with feelings of deep concern the growing disregard of that sacred day on which we commemorate the great sacrifice of the Cross, and should humble ourselves in penitence before God for the sins which caused it to be offered. To turn such a day into a season of festivity and recreation is to dishon our Him who so loved the world that He gave His life a ransom for it; and I would fain hope that reflection will lead many who call themselves Christians, and who would be unwilling to renounce their hopes as Christians, to feel how grievous a slight they thus put on Him who Pu t. ; chased the redemption of the world at so great a price. entirely concur in the tenuor of the address which, as chairman of the meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, you hare presented to me, and you aro at liberty to make known this expression of my gre st sorrow at the frequent desecration of Good Friday, an" my earnest desire that all the members of the Christian community should observe that day with such feelings 0f reverence and devotion as the remembrance of the Saviour's Cross and Passion ought to inspire. Believe Ins , my dear Mr. Archdeacon, very sincerely yours, C. 1: " CANTUAIt." NEW APPOINTMENTS.—We understand that Mr. George John Shaw Lefevre, M.P. fur Reading, has AC cepted the post of Civil Lord of the Admiralty. ,jr. Kuatchbull-Hugessen, M.P. for Sandwich, Junior Lord o f the Treasury, is to be Under Secretary for the Home D' 3 7, partmont, vice the Hon. T. G. B ar i ng, w h o will succ eed Lord Clarence Paget as Secretary to the Admiralty. DEATH OF A Mn. T. THORNTON.—Th e d ea th 16 announced of Mr. Thomas Thornton, who was for 40 year n connected with the Parliamentary staff of the Times. was rarely absent from his duty—that of preparing the summary of the debate in the House of Commons. I le was in the habit of attending the house at 4 o'clock, when the Speaker took the chair, and never left until the house rose, involving in many cases a sittin of nine or ten hours. He retired from Parliamentary duties at the close of lot session. DAMAGES FOR INJURY ON A RAILWAY.—The Rec. David Dunlop, a licentiate of the Irish Presbyter ian Church, and described as editor and part proprietor of t he Banner of Ulster, has obtained a verdict in th e J u ry Cour t ' at Edinburgh, with £1,500 damages, against the Scottish North-Eastern Railway Company. The pursuer was , °ll the let of September, 1864, travelling from Aberdeen t° Glasgow with a third-class ticket, and in approaching t he General Station at Perth th e t ra i n came i n t o co llision wi th another from Inverness, and he sustained severe bodily n injuries, which for a time l a id hi m as id e f rom wor k, a1 i „, c1 ,, b ,," some extent permanently impaired his constitution. of collision was proved to have occurred through the fault the company's servants, and a tend er h a d been mad e £1,050. The damages claimed in the issue were £ 6,500 ' and the Lord-Advocate, at the t r ial, as k e d the jury fo r 1 : - t least a sum which would yield th e p ursuer £220 a-Y es : with £l,OOO for solatium, an d £l6O for medical expen s , e , After a speech in defence f rom th e S o li c it or -General, W 4 '" asked for a candid consideration of the pursuer's injury and loss, which he had greatly exaggerated, and a cha r g e . from Lord Barcaple, who said it was not so aggravated case of fault as to require exemplary or inflamed damages' the jury awarded the sum above stated—.£l,soo. EXECUTION AT EXETER.—The execution of the murderess Mary Ashford took place to-day in front of the gaol at Exeter. 'The convict, it will bo recollected, W 8 tried and found guilty of poisoning her husband, a s 4°6 : maker, who had discovered the existence of an improp er intimacy between her and another person. EXECUTION AT STAFFORD.—George Bentley, Wil ?„ on the afternoon of the Bth of January last murdered .10' Poole at Gilley Brook, about th ree m il es f ro m Ecclesh ali; f in North Staffordshire, was executed at Stafford yeaterdefi Ho fully acknowledged the) justness of the sentence th 4 had been awarded. The execution er was a ca ttle dealer, °i Dudley, named Smith. When on the scaffold, and im nje ; diately before the adjusting o f th e ro pe, the culpri t 1, heard to say, " Lord J esus rece i ve m y spirit." S hllll ' afterwards the drop f e ll, and d e ath took place almost in stantaneously. : THE BRIGHTON MURDERER.—The executi on John W. Leigh, whose trial and condemnation tooli.._ place at the Sussex Lent Assizes on Thursday last, i 3 been fixed by the high sheriff, Mr. Hankey, to take Piluscst at Lewes on Tuesday, April 10. It is not expe cted ba s any reprieve will be obtained. Since his trial Leig h , o t conducted himself in an orderly manner, and h is c°l3s ioll on the whole leads those in a position to form en ° P ill ot a to believe that he is not so indifferent to his fate as, sr the careless and apparently unfeeling nature of hi s e titli - e; behaviour, is generally supposed. He receives the &tiLivg tions of the authorities and of the chaplain with bece l ! his respect. He has had several visitors prior to and sinee cx condemnation, including his mother and his wife. Advertiser. SHOCKING DEATH FROM SCALDING.- - Y eStera nie ploY John Clements, about 22 years of age, in the Mr. Townsend, bone boiler, Hatcham-road, Old lien t-r S; lost his life under the following circumstances. It age that yesterday morning the deceased was reaching ° el. 11 ',raja large copper, said to contain above 500 gallons of ws' i , ee t liquid, from which a quantity of bones and grease ba l a nce ' bedn extracted, when by some means he lost his : f and fell in. Mrs. Townsend, the wife of the propri et°- ° L i the place, who was near at hand, hearing a noise, lola up and saw the deceased in the act of falling il 2t° , l l 'ia cee de- s copper. She caught hold of his clothes, and suc O. drawing him out, severely scalding her hands in doisg The deceased, who was frightfully scalded , was wr3PPeerj in blankets and taken by Edward Maynard , the fore°100; to St. Thomas's Hospital, where, after lingo B eab .eci s d ing . hours, death put an end to his sufferings. The er who was much respected, leaves a wife daily ex P act confinement. gore- ----- CONVICTION FOR ARSON.--At the assizes in - his ford R. Atkinson was indicted for set tin g fire t° house in that city. Earl, one morning in December thetile prisoner raised an alarm Earl,; fire, and on the arrival °f, firemen they found that the flam es and smoke arose I°4 the combustion of certain cask s and boxes in the cellarlur the house. An examinatio n convinced the police suPell hips, tendent that the fire was premeditated, as firewoo d, r 3te., were found ca refull y p laced and smeared overrhe paraffin oil, tallow, and other combustible material. prisoner had in September sought to insure hi s stock I°_ £l,OOO, but did not succeed, as it was not considered to be et Fe t wor th more than £ 2OO . He subsequently managed it insured for £lOO and £lOO for fixtures. After hearlog the evidence for the prosecution and defence, the ja i l re c ; turned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was setttePee to penal servitude for seven years. 4 • _,,•'-'-`--.