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THIS EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. nnd INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G&R DENS, Regent's-path, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission. ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6,1. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET.-3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. flu, LONDOtV, THURSDAY, JAN. 20, 1870. !OME doubt yet remains as to the extent of the disaster which has befallen the British ironclad Hercules; but the mildest version of the news is serious. One account states that " the guns" —meaning all the guns of that new and costly vessel were disabled during prac tice by the shot employed in loading them. Whilst cruising between Lisbon and Gibraltar the Hercules tried her heavy 18-ton guns with conical chilled projectiles, and the result was that the shot broke in pieces before leaving the bore, the arm itself being seriously injured. Another version states that only one gun was so damaged, leaving the details of the disaster unquestioned. This occur rence is at best but a melancholy issue to the lengthy and expensive experiments which ended in the adoption of the Palliser chilled shot. It had been hoped that the missile called after its inventor combined those qualities which had so long been sought in a projectile destined to be employed against armour plates. What was wanted was a shot hard enough to pierce an iron plate, and yet sufficiently tough to resist the concussion with the object aimed at. Captain PALLISEIt'S chilled iron projectiles were very cheap and hard enough to penetrate armour - plating; and though the metal of which they were composed was brittle, the inventor obviated that defect by shaping the head in a peculiar manner. It is to he feared, however, that the adoption of this missile as the regular service shot, although only decided upon with extreme caution, was premature. On board the Hercules the chilled shot destroyed themselves and the piece from which they were fired. Of course it would be hazardous to draw very general con clusions from this one catastrophe. It yet remains to be seen whether the present alarming accident is merely an exceptional case, or whether it is likely to be of common occurrence. It will also be a question whether the 18-ton Woolwich gun only is liable to this peculiar defect. But it is, unhappily, true that the Palliser shot is very brittle, and that its inherent defect has been remedied only by an artificial expedient. This instance of self-destruction is far from an unnatural event, and there is but too much reason to fear that the disaster will he so often repeated as to completely vitiate the projectile for systematic use. In that case the regular service shot of the British navy will become useless, and a new one must be sought. Even if it should happen that the 18-ton gun is most liable to such failures, it follows that the great weapons with which all our large ironclads are armed are entirely inoffensive. Lastly, this unfor tunate occurrence has again raised the question— which ought to have been settled long be fore—whether the Palliser shot, though effec tive in piercing plates when fired in a direct line, is equally efficient when the object is struck in an oblique direction. The prospect at present is not a cheering one. We have blissfully taken the PALLISER missile into our confidence, and adopted it as the ordinary shot of the service. If its failure be confirmed, the costly experiments at Shoe buryness go for nothing, our stock of chilled shot becomes worthless, and much precious time will have been irretrievably wa.st-d. More than this, the only projectile which can claim to compete with the Palliser as an instrument for piercing steel plates is that of Mr. WHITWORTH. Of this shot the best accounts are given, but it is made of steel, and the permanent increase of expense if it replace Captain PALLISER's invention must be enor mous. The next bulletin from the Channel Fleet will be especially interesting THE two great emigration societies are setting up a very formidable organisation for the removal of our surplus population. They are raising large funds, and their members are of such influence, and of so many different schools politics and religion, that we may reasonably xpect a great impetus to the movement from their exertions. Mr. GOSCHEN, too, has recognised, as a private individual, the impor tance of emigration by offering ten shillings towards the expenses of every emigrant sent out by the British and Colonial Society to the number of 2,000. It is clear that the movement is becoming a national one. The question of its expediency may now be considered settled ; it remains only to decide how the transfer of our starving population to a less heavily-burdened land had best be effected. To this end the suggestion made by the Daily News on behalf of "co-operative emigration" is well worth considering, not only by the emigrants themselves, but by the societies. In place of despatching isolated and independent indivi duals, why not send out an organised community—a complete, moveable town ? At present emigrants disperse on landing in the Now World, and each goes his own way. Surely it would be infinitely prefer able on many accounts that a number of persons of different occupations should agree to settle down in one place. Take a batch of agricultural labourers, a few carpenters, tailors, and other artisans, one school master, and, if the "religions difficulty" could be got over, a minister, and forward them, with their tools, to some eligible spot in the wilderness. Any colony or the United States would be delighted to receive such an increase to its national family. At present every emigrant needs special attention from the authorities across the Atlantic ; under the co-operative system a hundred persons, say, could be comfortably estab lished with one exercise of supervision. For the emigrants themselves some of the most ob jectionable trials which now attend removal to a strange land would be overcome. They could help and encourage each other. There would be society for all, instead of the dismal loneliness for each which now besets the settler on the edge of the desert. The Rob inson Crusoe necessity of every man'e attempt ing all trades _and becoming . efficient in none FRE SUN, LONDON, TrIU.RSDAY EVENING, SANITARY 20, 1870 would be obviated. There would be some comforts and profusion also, instead of the rude plenty which the colonist now obtains. It would be requisite, of course, that the community should be of one mind as to their destination ; but this could be no difficulty in a country where one place is as good as another. No co-operator could safely be ad mitted without some testimony to his qualifications and conduct ; but this would be a great advantage which the detached system lacks. Provided the bond of union was not made too stringent, and the co operation restricted to society, and the interchange of commodities, it is not easy to Pee how roach an at tempt could fail. A Communistic society proper is quite another experiment. d Id" LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This DciO. VICE-CHANCERY. CHAPMAN V. CHAPMAN. Vice-Chancellor Stuart delivered judgment in this case, in which the plaintiff filed a bill against the defendant for the repayment of a large sum of money, which he stated he bad lost by the neglect of the defendant, as his legal adviser. His Honour said the Court was very strict in reference to the conduct of its officers in their relations to their clients, but in the present case it did not appear that the defendant was open to the charge of neglect of professional duty. Although the de fendant might not have given the best advice to his client, still be acted according to what he be lieved was to his interest. The bill must b 3 dis missed with costs. Is deciding, by the very large majority of 226 to 34, to continue the prosecution of M. HENRI ROCHE FORT, the French Legislative Chamber has given a ust and reasonable support to the newlyformedGovern ment. No other course consistent with the dignity and honour of the nation lay open to the choice of either the Parliament or the Administration. If exhorta tion to revolt be a punishable offence, the proceed ings of M. ROCHEFORT must be met with punish ment. To have overlooked such conduct would have been tantamount to a declaration that the crime of seditious writing was blotted from the penal list, that treason-mongers had full impunity in their sayings and doings, provided they stopped short of actual war. For a long time M. Ro CUEFORT supplied a profitable amusement to the Parisian public by lampooning and libelling the Imperial Family. This occupation was continued, to the material advantage of the writer and the gratification of the French people, until several sentences of imprisonment drove the journalist out of France. When the late amnesty was declared, M. RocsEronT was not excepted in respect of his political misdeeds; and though he was still liable to a penalty for a civil offence, which the amnesty did not cover,, the EMPEROR granted him a safe conduct. He returned and resumed his career of hostility to the Man of December. His determination to overthrow the Empire at the first favourable opportunity was not concealed. He sought and obtained re-election to the French Parliament for the express purpose of carrying his designs into effect. He has not ceased to preach and write treason. And when the unhappy catastrophe took place at Auteuil, M. ROCHEFORT made a direct appeal to the people to rise in arms, and but for his own faintheartedness on the day of Nofn's funeral, it cannot be doubted that some attempt of the kind would have been made. On what principle are such proceedings to be tole rated ad infinitum in France any more than in another country ? We in England were seriously considering the expediency of prosecuting the seditious writers of Ireland. But nothing that has ever appeared in the People of Ireland or the Nation is more rank treason than the articles in the Marseillaise, the Rappe; and the _Revell. Even in England the freedom of the press is supposed to have a limit; why should it be boundless in France ? It is true that if ROCHEFORT be turned out of the French Parliament, the First Circumscription of Paris, which he represents, will elect another deputy of the same congenial type. But the happy demagogue on whom the mantle of the great man falls will have the fate of his predecessor as a salutary warning. It will be his own fault if ho fail to profit by it. It may be true, also, that the prosecution will raise ROCHEFORT "to the dignity of a hero and a martyr," as the Times puts it. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Paris deputy is already a hero and a martyr in the eyes of the mob. A prosecution will only render him a little more dear and sacred to the canaille. He will stand no higher than. he does now in the estimation of those classes whose good opinion is worth having. Surely the hero and martyr plea is carried too far, when it is urged against the punishment of any rascal that the just retribution of the law will only ennoble him. The same thing was said of the Fenians ; but Milbank and Portland proved none the less substantial and disagreeable correctives. It is said, moreover, that the prosecution is inopportune, that ROCHEFORT should not be punished until BONAPARTE, the homicide, has been disposed of. But those who urge such a plea entirely overlook the great fact that the Government is in no way responsible for the murder of VICTOR NOIR, which wa.s, in fact, a great and unmerited misfortune. The mad deed of Prince PIERRE was no excuse for ROCHEFORT'S appeal to insurrection, and the punishment of the latter offender ought not to be delayed because the proceed ings against the former are immature. Indeed, it would be a palpable error if the Government recog nised any connection whatever between the two orknes. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. DAMAGING LORD ERNEST BRUCE'S CARRIAGE.— Edward Sloper was charged before Mr. Knox as follows :—Police-constable Rough, 186 C, said that on the previous afternoon the prisoner, who was drunk, was given into his custody i❑ Green-street, Grosvenor-square, by Lord Ernest Bruce, be having damaged his lordship's carriage by running into it with a break he had been driving. The prisoner denied being drunk. Samuel Chadley, coachman to Lord Ernest Bruce, said that on the previous afternoon he was standing at the door of No. 24, Green-street, with his lordship's brougham, when the prisoner came along with a break and pair of horses and drove into the brougham. He tried to avoid the break but could not, and the brougham got tacked in with the break. He stopped the prisoner's horses, and through doing so the prisoner fell off the box. In answer to Mr. Knox, The witness aid the prisoner had plenty of room. The prisoner said a " showful" (Hansom) cab was the cause of the accident, as it was in trying to avoid the cab which was going along that he ran into the brougham, and there was also a waggon standing on the opposite side. Lord Ernest Bruce produced an estimate of the damage to the amount of £4. He did not wish to be hard with the man, but would leave it with the magistrate. The prisoner called a witness who was on the break at the time. There was a waggon on one side of the street and his lordship's brougham on the other, and in trying to clear a cab which was going along the brougham was run into. Mr. Knox said he ought to fine the prisoner 40s. for driving to the common danger, but as he would have to pay £4 for the damage, he should only fine him ss. for driving to the common danger, and order him to pay the damage or a month. COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) SOMETHING FOR 1870.—A man in advance of his time.— Bob Lowe's Tax-gatherer. - - FROM SCOTLAND YARD.—Our police force, it has been observed, is deficient in height. The reason is plain. Tall policemen are discouraged, because they might look over things. FLASHES OF BRIGHT LIGHT.—The report of the Bir mingham meeting with Bright's speech, containing nine thousand and six words was 6` wired r to London by 12.30 p.m. the same night. " Wonderful Telegraph feat," say the jourrAlia. " Wonderful Telegraph hands !" says Punch. FORCE or HABIT.—A tax-gatherer was observed the other evening all alone in a corner, moody, meditative, and frowning. His work was over for the day, but from force of habit (coming from being always at the receipt of custom), he was collecting himself. (From Fun.) As LIKE. AS Two PEAS. -Mr. Dickens's " people, with a little p,'" and his " people with a big 'P. " THE NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT.—If the day breaks in the morning does the sun, as-sets in the evening, become assignee ? _ _ _ A REFORM.—The St. Pancras Guardians have made themselves famous for intemperate speeches ; but it is clear from the inquiry now going on that they do not dearly loie their Bere. A NOUGHT-v JOKE.—The collection-box of the St. George's Hospital at Tattersall's was found on being opened to contain exactly no pounds, no shillings, and no pence, no farthings. The sporting fraternity have evidently been acting up to the rule, "No fees to box keepers." THE STowE-RY TELLER.—Mrs. Stowe's " Vindication of Lady Byron" is out, and most unfavourably received in New York. This libeller of the dead seems to labour under the delusion that assertion is evidence and itera tion confirmatory proof. She will doubtless contrive to turn a pretty penny out of her ghoulish pursuits. As the authoress of Topsy she was once famous for her coloured female, now she will be notorious for her black mail. PRINCE PIRIIIII PONAPARTETPRMON, TA — CLERCIIMAN — SUMMONED IVO The turret looking on the Quai d'Horloge, where Prince AS . SAMIre Pierre is now confined, was known in the Middle Ages as A singular ease was heard on Tuesday by the Birming tbe Tower of Caesar. At a later period it took its name from ham magistrates, in which the defendant was the rector of that Montgomery who slew Henry 11. of France in a tour- a fashionable church in Birmingham, and the complainant narnent, and who was imprisoned within its walls. There a surgeon practising in the same town. Mr. Thomas were no windows then looking on the river, and the Gutteridge, of Calthorpe-street, Edgbaston, summoned basement of the building was washed by the waters of the the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, rector of St. Seine. The populace regarded it with terror, and many Philip's, for an assault alleged to have been committed Inends were current of victims immured for life in its in the vestry of St. Philip's Church, on Sunday, bloomy oubliettes. Some time since it was converted into January 9, after morning service. Mr. Gutteridge gained a residence for the governor of the Conciergerie. Windows a certain notoriety some time ago by a "Nunnery Story' were let into the walls, and some attempts were made which found its way into some of the London and pro to give it an air of comfort. Occasionally, by special vincial papers, and which was investigated by a committee favour, prisoners were allowed to reside in it. The ground of Birmingham gentlemen and proved to be without floor consists of two small rooms and a salon. The latter foundation. On Sunday, the 9th instant, the Bishop of has been furnished with a tent bedstead, and assigned to Rochester preached in the forenoon at St. Philip's and the prisoner for his apartment. It was originally a vt., - ted after service Mr. Gutteridge made his way to the vestry, and chamber, so lofty in proportion to its area that it might somewhat abrubtly entered. He begged to present a pamphlet be said to resemble a well. At present the floor has ito the Dishop,with whom he appears to have been acquainted. been raised so that the capitals of the pillars, According to Mr. Gutteridge's account, Mr. Yorke snatched from which the arch of the roof springs, are almost the book from his hand, and Mr. Churchwarden Bellis level with the ground. Two windows barred with ejected him from the vestry. The pamphlet contained a iron look out upon the quay, but their height from the libellous statement of charges made by Mr. Gutteridge floor and the thickness of the walls prevent the inmate against Dr. Prince Lee, the late Bishop of Manchester from seeing what passes without. The apartment is fur- : Several witnesses who was present stated that Mr. Yorke nished in the simplest manner, and the prisoner has to did not touch the pamphlet, but simply observed "that it conform in all respects to the regulations of the Concier- . was a horrid libel, and it was shocking to circulate it when the bishop was just dead." Major Richards and Mr.Bellis churchwardens, then quietly led Mr. Gutteridge out of th, vestry. Mr. ICynnersley dismissed the summons, and made some severe strictures on the conduct of the corn goHe. The reports of his being served with costly dinners from the first Parisian restaurants, and waited on by ser vants in livery, are pure pieces of fiction. THE DUKE OF GENOA AND THE SPANISH plainant. CROWN. By telling the "true story "of the Duke of Genoa's can didature for the Spanish Crown, the Italian correspon dent endeavours to clear General Prim from the conse quences of that terrible fiasco. According to this writer, it it is not General Prim or any other Spaniard that should be blamed for desiring to set up a schoolboy as king, but the King of Italy and his Ministers, who heartily-co-operated with him in an intrigue of which the secret history is now professedly related to place the crown of Spain on the head of a Savoy prince, In fact, Prim was telling the most literal truth when he asserted in the Cortes that he had the assurance of King Victor Emmanuel that, in case the crown was offered to the Duke of Genoa, the young prince would accept it. The candidates put forward by the Italian Government, and supported by a special mission to Madrid, were, it seems, Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta; the King of Italy's cousin, Prince Calignano ; and, lastly, the Duke of Genoa. Difficulties first manifested themselves with reference to the Duke of Aosta, and they notoriously came partly from the De Merode con nection of the Duchess, partly from the Turin municipal and aristocratic clique, which from the first resented the elevation of the Princess Cisterna to a place in the Royal Family of Italy, and afterwards became per fectly furious at the thought of her actually sitting on the Spanish throne. The candidature of the Duke of Genoa might, it was hoped, disarm these municipal and aristo cratic jealousies. It did nothing of the kind, just as little as that of Prince Carignano, which was chiefly wrecked on the reluctance of the Prince to give up his Turin residence and habits. The municipal jealousies seemed as sensitive at the prospect of the Duke of Genoa's establishment at Turin being broken up as they had been at the removal of the capital to Florence. The aristocratic jealousies continued the war against the candidature of the Duke of Genoa, precisely to make the world believe that personal rancours had never inspired the hostility to the candi dature of the Duke of Aosta. But at this stage of the matter not a word of opposition had been breathed by the Duchess of Genoa. The opposition from that quarter broke forth like a thunder clap during the illness of the King at San Rossore. It is commonly reported to have dated from the receipt by her Royal Highness of a letter from her father, the old King of Saxony, a sovereign of very decided Ultramontane ten dencies. An active correspondence ensued between the Ultramontane leaders in Dresden, Rome, Paris, and other places. They succeeded in preventing the reali sation of the candidature. King Victor Emma nuel, who had himself read to the Spanish Minister a long letter from the Duchess of Genoa, expressing her entire concurrence in the candidature of her son, must have opened his eyes very wide on receiving from her another, written in a sense exactly the reverse. So the matter ended. The Echo, however, denies this ♦ersion of the story, and still holds Prim answerable for this most deplorable fiasco. The notion of three Italian candidates being preferred at once it treats as ridiculnu. ANOTHER WATER WATCHER KILLED. A correspondent informs the Pall Mall Gazette that the Rev. C. T. Procter, the Vicar of Richmond, who would not allow a fire-escape to be placed in the church yard in consequence of its being consecrated ground, has since refused to allow the choir-boys of the parish church to sing at a concert in aid of the Richmond Infirmary, on the ground that they might be required to sing secular There is some prospect that a revival of pugilism will be attempted in the United States very shortly. Jem Mace and Tom Allen, both Englishmen, are endeavouring to get up a match for some 2,500 dollars aside and the " champion belt of America." Up to January 3rd, how ever, the two parties had not been able to come to an agreement, and so this great encounter yet remains in abeyance. A. STRANGE STATEMENT BY A DIRECTOR.—At the resumed inquiry, at the Mansion House, as to the alleged embezzlement by the manager of the Oriental Commercial Bank, Admiral James Burney, chairman of the company, said the business was transacted in the Greek language, and he found it utterly impossible to know what was going on. He wished to have some Greek letters translated for his information, as chairman, but it was found it would cost too much. Cockermouth seems a very sad place for water watchers. Only in July last a man named Starkins was murderer: while carrying on his occupation. Now his companion has been killed. Early on Tuesday morning (say the local papers) a fatal affr ty took place in Cockermouth, in which a water watcher was killed. The victim in t'iis case is a man named Henry Kendall employed by Mr. Anthony Dalzell, of Stainburn Hall, the lessee of the Derweni, fishery. Kendall was a tall, strongly-built man, and resi ded at a place called Jenkin Hill. About two o'clock in the morning, Kendall was in the main street at Cocker mouth, nearly opposite the Three Tuns Inn, when he fell in with two men named Wilson Towers, a stonemason, belonging to Tallentire, and Joseph Roney. A quarrel took place between the parties, and they commenced to fight. Both of the men attacked Kendall, and, after two rounds had been fought, he was knocked down, and his head struck heavily against the pavement He never stirred afterwards, and died almost instantly. Towers and Roney were taken into custody. The deceased was a married man, and has left a widow and five children. AN ECCENTRIC OLD LADY.—The Devizes Gazette gives some extraordinary particulars of a funeral which took place in that town on Saturday. The deceased was a single lady, 70 years of age. Five years ago she had a coffin made, of which she was so careful that she would never allow it to be removed from her room, except when she paid an occasional visit to Weymouth, and then she took it with her. She always kept eight half-crowns in it, being five shilling apiece for the bearers when their office became necessary. The old lady died of dropsy, and the cherished coffin being too small, it was found necessary to have another made. Her rela tions, however, would not separate her from the constant companion of her old age, and so they had the smaller coffin chopped up and buried with the corpse in the same grave. AN A3IERICAN REVIVALIST PREACHER.—The religious reporter of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury has much concerned himself lately with the doings of one Elder Knapp, alias " the Evangelist," whose profession "is that of consulting physician for sick souls when the ori ginal family doctor finds that his pharmacy has lost its effi cacy." The Elder, while stirring up a " refreshing revival" in the Berean Baptist Church, preached against swearing, and said :—I will give you, my dear friends, a picture from a scone in hell. The Devil is sitting . in his private office, receiving the souls as they are brought to him from the upper world. In comes an infernal gaoler, conducting a goal to everlasting flames. " Who were you ?" asks the Devil, as the culprit was brought to where he was sitting. " Secretary Benjamin, of the Confederate Cabinet." was the reply. " Oh, yer, I knew you were coming," said the Devil, as he turned the leaves of his ledger, and made an entry of the secretary's name. " I always sliew con sideration to those who have showed it to me. I've yot to take you in, but I'll try and make you as comfortable as possible." To the attendant : " Shew Mr. Benjamin to a place as near as you can get him to a current of air." The next arrival was a man who had killed his mother in-law. He was hung in Cincinnati. "Take him away," said the Deyil, "but treat him kindly. The chances are two to one that he isn't much to blame. I remember his case. His mother-in-law came here three weeks ago. She looked as though she wanted killing. She's over in No. 63. Put him there, andset the old woman in front of the furnace. No. 63 is too cool for her." Pretty soon another victim arrives. "What has brought you here?" asks the Devil. "My case is a hard one," was tho reply. "I am here just because I swore." " Because you swore ?" asked the Devil, rising angrily from his chair. "Yes, that's all the sin I ever did." "All the sin?" exclaimed the Devil; "all the sin? Why, you mean, despicable, contemptible, low-lived vagabond," said the Devil, as he brought his fist down on the table, " there isn't a corner here that's hot enough for you. Of all the sixty thousand preachers that spend their Sundays in blackguarding me, not one of them ever yet accused me of swearing. Blasphemed your Maker, did you ? Profaned the holy name of your Saviour that forgave his enemies upon the cross, and died to have saved you from here ? You did this, did you ?' The trembling culprit made nc rcply. " Why," continued the Devil, whose voice arose as his wrath intensified, "why, there's no excuse for you. A man by an unlucky blow may kill another one. In pressing temptation a man may steal; ho may 1:e to save his neck or to cheat his neighbour, There's some excuse for him. The profane swearer has no excuse! Attendant, take this accursed scoundrel out of my sight. rut him up to his neck where tho coals are the hottest, and then put somebody to sit on his accursed head." " This " says the reporter, is a fair sample of the Elder's style and if so, there oan be no doubt as to its "awakening" oharacter.7—Pail mall &Wee.' (Frog Judy.) When is a settled account like water to an old toper ? When it's liquid-hated. Why is a policeman generally of a satirical turn ? Because he has such a habit of " taking people off." CERTAINLY NOT.—Can the singing of a tonic-sol-fa choir be termed a Hullah-baloo? WHO IS IT ?—But for the unerring accuracy with which the French papers always give English names we should almost fear that some unprincipled person has been assuming the honoured name of snelif our English baronets. The Petit Journal complains that two clever English swindlers are at this moment victimising Paris. The first is about 32 years old, and answers to the name of " Lardley," or " E 7 Ardley." He gives himself out as a baronet or colonel. Ho is a man of small sta ture, with a light-coloured beard. The second, who signs himself " Hermitage," and calls, himself an aide-de-camp of " Lardley," is tall, beardless, and appears to be 24 or 25 years of age. These two gentlemen, who say they are at Paris on official business, present themselves at, the prin cipal hotels, spend enormously, borrowing, money from masters and servants, and finally disappear without paying Two days ago they ordered at a tailor's the uniform of a prefect of police. " Lardley," while having his measure taken, told the tailor that he was about to occupy the vacant place of M. Pictri. "It is very likely," says Le Figaro, " that Lardlcy ' and his companion will appear before the Prefect of Police, but they will not occupy his apartmenis." We would strongly advise "Lardley" to be careful. The name he has assumed closely resembles that of a baronet well known in this country, who has been allowed to indulge in pastimes which would not be permitted in the case of a spurious baronet. Of course, if it is our own baronet who is making this sensation in Paris, some represertikation on his behalf should be made to the French Government. But if "Lardley" has had the bad taste to assume an honour to which he is not entitled, we must leave him to his fate and under no circumstances can we interfere for the pro tection of his aide-de-camp, "klerinitage.7—rall Mall Gaiette. y THAMES. THREATENING A RELIEVING OFFICER.—David Coghlan, an Irish labourer, appeared before Mr. Lushington to answer a charge of using threatening and abusive language towards Mr. George Harris, one of the relieving officers of the Poplar Union. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the pro secution for the Poplar Board of Guardians. The prisoner had been receiving relief from the Union to the exteneof 2s. and two loaves of bread of 41b. each weekly. Mr. Harris suspected that he was imposing on the Union, and one evening went to his lodging, where he found him at supper with his wife, and there was another man and hi• wife in the room partaking of supper with them. There was a loaf, cheese, haddock, and half a gallon of strong ale c n the table, and a good fire in the grate. The visit of Mr. Harris disconcerted the supper party, and some hints were dropped he had better look out. The prisoner was directed to attend before the Board of Guardians next day. He did so, and was informed that his relief was temporarily suspended until further inquiries were made. The prisoner on bearing the decision of the board vilified Mr. Harris and threatened him. He said the relieving officer should soon die, and he would put a bullet through his head, that he knew wh:,t he could do, and that Mr. Harris should suffer for what he had done. Mr. Henry Butler, assistant relieving olliur, con firmed the statement of Mr. Harris, and said he cli,tinctly heard the prisoner say, " I shall do for Mr. Harris in a way you don't like." The prisoner, in defence, said that be had been ill-used by Mr. Harris, who stopped his relief. Air. Charles Young—No, the Board of Guardians on the proper representations made to them stopped the relief. The prisoner said he had been kicked and knocked about by Mr. Harris. There was not the slightest foundation for this assertion. Mr. Lushington said that relieving officers had very difficult and arduous duties to perform and must be protected. The Board of Guardians and the complainant had done quite right in the matter. He ordered that the prisoner should find bail to keep the peace towards Mr. Harris, and in default he was committed to prison. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 19. There is a lull in the agitation on the Land Question pending the intended conference on the 2d of February. The several departments are busily engaged in compiling information for the guidance of the Government, and an abundant store will be ready for immediate use when the anxiously-ex pected bill comes before the country. The Poor Law returns will farm an interesting collection, and other tables are in preparation which will throw light upon the classification and value of landed property in Ireland. Some further meet ings are spoken of, but there is a growing feel ing that the opinion of the country has been sufficiently expressed, and that popular demonstra tions should be suspended till the character of the Ministerial bill shall have been revealed. A pro jected meeting at Tralee has been abandoned, alter a conference on Monday between several of the priests and laity. It was resolved to hold, in stead of it, a county meeting after learning the details of the bill. They expressed a hope, and said that for the present they must as sume " that the , Government are bringing in a just measure of redress for the grievance under which our peop?e suffers from the pressure of un just land lays." The Cork papers publish statis tics of holdings in the Macroom union, which, like those from other unions, already noticed, agree ably surprise the advocate of landlords' rights. The majority of tenancies are under lease. There are 1,328 farms held by lessees, 1,171 by tenants from year to year, and 78 are in the hands of pro prietors. Electioneering movements in Mallow are becom ing more lively. Mr. Munster arrived on Monday evening, and made his public entry into the town with great pomp. Be was met at the station by his agent, about 40 electors, and a large crowd. Ilis carriage was preceded by the town band and followed by a train of five or six cars. His friends express great confidence in his suricess. He issued his address last evening. He will vote for a good land measure, an amnesty for the political pri 'oners, and denominational education. Major Knox nade a horse-to-house canvass, and, it is said, re zeived numerous promises of support. A s'raage ,ffitir is reported to have happened on Mouday yelling. A band from Cork paradol the streets, ,receded by a banner, on which were the words Amnesty for the Political Prisoners," when the itandard-bearer was assaulted by the mob, and I:g torn down. A riot was expected to follow, and he traders shut up their shops lest the windows should be broken, but the excitement was only umneutary, and quiet was soon restored. The Master and Fellows of Wadham College, .oxford, have presented the Rev. S. L. Warren, M.A., L , ctor of Neentoti, Salop, to the vicarage of Esh,r, Sur rey-. The rev. gentleman is a son of Ur. Samuel Worrell, Q.C., the author of " Ten Thousand a Year." THE BRYNMAWR MURDER. The adjourned inquest on the body of Susannah Evans, who was found in an outbuilding of the Black Lion public house, Brynmawr, on the morning of the sth instant, witl, every appearance of having been murdered, has been re sumed. The evidence now given tended further to crimi nate the man David Richards, who was last seen with deceased, and ultimately a verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. The jury also said "That the conduct of Thomas Thomas, the landlord, in turning the woman out of the house, and the conduct of both him and John Davies in endeavouring to send the deceased home in the helpless state she was, under the circumstances, shewed great neglect and inhumanity." They also censure the conduct of Thomas and his wife, who refused to admit the woman to their house, when she said she was perishing, and the conduct of Ebenezer Davie, in not assisting her was greatly to be blamed. EXECUTION OF TROPPMANN. We have done with Troppman at last. He was guillotined at seven o'clock on Wednesday morning. There was a dense fog at the time, and a crowd of some 10,00 ( ) persons, but no demonstrations of feeling were indulged in. Troppmann wrote a letter to his family during the night. Though the time of a pri soner's execution is not announced to him in France, the cries of the crowd early in the morning informed the culprit that his hour was come. When told by the officials that the time had arrived, he replied, " T am ready." Only twice did he exhibit any signs o: weakness, first, when he felt the cold edge of the scissors used to cut away his hair, an, the second time when he saw the guillotine. However, he quickly recovered his firmness, and ascended the steps of the scaffold alone. From the time of his leaving the prison he never uttered a word. For two or three nights the Place de la Roquette had been occupiod by a dense crowd, who waited anxiously in the hope that the morning would afford them the spectacle they desired. They were however, dis appointed, and it appears from the Paris paper, that all sorts of rumours have been circulating in consequence of the delay. It was more or less generally believed that the Emperor had been induced by the pri soner's reiterated protests that it was his accomplices who had committed the crime for which ho had been condemned, to order a respite for further investiga tion. It is certain, the Gaulois says, that his Majesty received on Tuesday an anonymous letter on the subject, which he deemed of sufficient importance to send to M. 011ivier. The same paper has the following :—The landlady of the cafe in the Rue Grange Bateliere, where Troppmann was in the habit of going on different occasions with unknown persons about the time of the murder (Mdme. Brack), having received a great number of anonymous letters begging her to do so, made a last effort to induce the condemned man to name his accomplices. She was conducted to the prison at two o'clock by M. Claude. The director of the prison was present at the interview. Madame Brack sought in vain to soften Troppmann. She threw her self at his feet without any success; his invariable answer was, " I have given instructions that my accomplices should be found. I shall not name them; let them look for them. The two men you have seen with me were my accomplices, but there was a third." Then he added, " You will receive, madame, to-morrow, a letter from me, which will tell you all that I have to say to you." RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA AND IN ENGLAND.—The Empress of Russia has presented a dia mond ring to M. Buchan, who has recently invented a mode of warming railway carriages without expense by utilising the heat of the locomotive. The details of this most valuable invention have not yet reached us— but perhaps that is not of very much consequence, as it would be absurd to suppose that directors of English rail way companies would consult the convenience of the public in such a matter. Directors, of course, always travel in first.class carriages, and find obsequious porters. Besides, there must necessarily be some preliminary outlay. It is rather a curious fact that in such an out-of-the-way country as Russia, whose railways are but things of yesterday, railway travelling should be so much better understood than in England—the parent country of all railways. In Russia all are cheap fares, four *lasses of carriages, all well warmed, and comfortable in every way. In the first class, beds, lavatories, and every luxury ; and above all, punctuality on the longest journeys. —Once a Week. THE FLOWER G ARDEN.—This (says the Gar.. dener's Magazine) is a capital time to make fresh roserias and renovate old ones. If the ground was deeply trenched highly manured, and thrown up roughly into ridges in October, it will be in first-rate working order, and the roses will go into their new quarters under favourable circumstances. Where it is desirable to re-arrange the beds, the plants must be taken up carefully and laid in by their heels, whilst the trenching and preparations are going on, and not be allowed to lie about with their roots exposed to the cold winds. Trench the ground as deeply as the nature of the soil will allow, and incorporate s. liberal proportion of good fat manure. If first-rate flowers are wanted, and a moderate amount of expense is not objected to, give the beds a dressing of about six inches of good maiden loam and in many instances the loam will do as much good as the manure Standards and half standards should be staged immediately they are planted, to prevent the wind loosening them, for if they once get loose and blow about, it is of little use to expect them to do much good. This is a very good time to make new and re-form existing edges of box. The ground is made ready for the reception of the plants by being made level, and then trod or well beaten down to a level with the existing walk, or the intended height of the one to be made. A trench about six inches deep must be neatly taken out, the soil brought out into the walk, and the back of the trench made perfectly straight for the pieces of box to lie against. The side of the trench should be made rather sloping, and in laying in the box keep it in its place with the left hand, and fill in a portion of the soil with the other ; when a tolerable length is done, fill a further portion of the soil in with a spade, give it a good treading, and then fill the remaining part in and when made firm the operation is complete; and nothing remains but to put the gravel in its place. In pre paring the box for planting, strip off the moderate sized sprigs with a portion of the roots adhering, and trim so as to form a miniature fan. The tips of the sbootS should be cat off level, and a part of the old hard wood at the bottom, when it is too long and would prevent the piece lying nicely in its place. Each spray should be as near in size as possible, to krevent any un necessary trouble when laying it in, - ilpit 1 , 0 11 ( 44! i HER MAJESTY. OnollNt, Jan. 19. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out this morning. I_,ATEST INTELL [GEN CS (REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Jan. 19. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1211; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1211 ; the lowest, 121 f. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llsf. <4 " 1885 llbf. 44 " 1867 ll4l. 10-40 lc Illinois 139. Erie 23f. Cotton—Mid. upland 2slc. Petroleum—Standard White 32c. Flour, extra state,_ss.loe. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, sl.2e. ITALY. FLORENCE, Jau. 20. The Opinione of to-day, the Ministerial organ, confirms the statement that the prorogation of Par liament will be extended to the 7th of March. The reason of this is that Senor Sella finds it impossible to prepare the budget by the Ist of February, and also in consequence of the interruption of public business, caused by the carnival during the month. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 20. The National Steamship Company's steamship England, from New York, arrived off this port at 3.30 this morning. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. All well. INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAIL. MALTA, Jan. 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon leaves at midnight for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 29th inst. The Nyanza, from Southampton on the Bth inst., arrived at six a.m., and left at noon on the 18th inst. for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 19.—Threlo'clock—The markt t closed as follows : ti per Cent. lO3 End of month_ 3 per Cent End of month 73 30 Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 192 50 Credit Foncior 1752 50 Paris Gas 1650 Bank Shares 2890 Ital'an vive 9 55 05 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 316 Do. Debt 44 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — RAILWAYS, Cash. Orleans ... 970 Western Northern ...... ll3O Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 605 Sardinian Austrian BOO Lombard slsi North of Spain 7HE FINSBURY MURDER. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD. After the account of the murder of Cecilia Ald ridge had been published in the papers no fewer than 20 young women, whohad evidently read the details, called at the scene of the tragedy and re presented themselves to be sisters of the murdered young woman. This singular circumstance at tracted the attention of the police, and they tho roughly investigated every case of alleged relation ship with the deceased, and in each instance the result of their inquiries clearly proved the fact that every one of the 20 persons who claimed the relationship had intended to commit a fraud, and that their statements were entirely false. The most remarkable case, perhaps, was one practised by a young girl on Monday evening. On that day she entered the Windmill public-house, Castle street, Finsbury, and after inquiring as to whether that was the place where the inquest would be held on the body of the murdered young woman, Cecilia Aldridge, she stated that she was the sister of the deceased, and she said that she was a native of Liverpool. While she was speaking she wept bitterly—at least, those who saw her state that she did so—and she said that she Was not responsible for the misfortune of her sister, or for the course of life she had adopted. When her statement was brought under the notice of Colonel Henderson, the Commissioner of Police, he ordered that all the cir cumstances connected with it should be thoroughly investigated ; and, in consequence of the young girl having carefully abstained from mentioning tier name when she called at the Windmill Tavern, it was very difficult for the detectives who were instructed to discover her whereabouts to ascertain anything about her. Last night, in consequence of information that they received, they were led to be lieve that she lived at No. 4, Wakefield-place, Bun hill-row, St. Luke's, which is situated within 200 yards of the Old-street Police -station. They at once went there, and the following statement made by the mother of the girl will show that the whole story told by her daughter is false from beginning to end. Upon being questioned, she said, "My daughter is named Matilda Chamberlain. She is 18 years of age, and from her childhood she has given me a great deal of trouble, for she has been given to telling stories. On last Monday I thought she had gone to work at her work-rooms in the City, but I have since learnt that she did not go there, and on Monday night she returned home. Shortly after wards several people stood in front of our house, and I, not knowing what was the matter, threw up the window, and asked them what they wanted. I was then told by some neighbours that my daugh ter had said that she was the sister of the mur dered woman, and upon my asking her whether she had done so, she said, Yes, I know that I have done wrong.' - I then said to her, 'lf you get yourself or me into any trouble about this I will murder you,' and I felt so excited that I felt as if I could kill her. Ever since then she has been attacked in every way, and the next morning when she went to her work she was followed by a crowd of people, who kept shouting after her, and I am deter mined that if I can manage it nobody shall see her again." It may be stated that after Matilda Cham berlain left the Windmill public-house on Monday evening, she cried so bitterly in the street that a crowd gathered round her, and upon some persons asking her what had happened she said, "I am the sister of the girl that was murdered in Fins bury-square." She then went, followed by a body sh e of was her then sister, shown crowd, to the St. Luke's Workhouse, and upon being questioned by the gate - keeper she said she wanted to see the us e. who was lying in the dad into the d e ad-house, and after viewing th e c or p se s h e sa id, dead-house. That is my sister." She then left, c r yi ng . She i was dressed in a hat and feather, a black jacket, a blue dress, and she carried a black muff. BREAKFAST.—EPPs'S COCOA. —GRATEFUL AND CoNf- FourlNG,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a gcueral favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re marks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homceopa,thic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful applicat;ou of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epp;; has provided our breakfast. tab!es with a deli cately flavoured bevera:,:e which m y save us many heavy doe b:lis." Male s;mply w '.e:• or milk. Sold only in tin-lined paelcets, labelled "JAMES Ecrs and Co., ijODICS po,thie Chemists, London. Job of ber au. 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