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Any nrticlo not worn or injured will exchanged, or, if desired, the money w be returned. All Goods are marked is Plain Figures, horn which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats end Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is nn aqualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitter for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOr. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENIIAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. ST. ALBANS STEEPLECHASES, March 2d, 3d, and 4th, 1870. A CHEAP TRAIN, at Low Fares, for ST. ALBANS, will leave liu3ton Station on each day of the Races, at 11.10 and Chalk Farm at 11.15 a.m.,, returning from St. Albans at. 5.40 p.m. each evening. Trains in connection at Willesden Junction will leave Bros l-street(City Tei minus) at 10.40 a.m. ; Dalston Junc tion 10.45 a.m. ; Highbury 10.49 a.m. Vi •toria (Pimlico) 10.52 a.m. • Kensington 11.13 a.m. Passmzers from these Stations will have to change car riages at Willesden Juncti n, both going and returning. \V. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Enston Station, Kb., 187 A. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. P. Chatt9rton. THIS EVEriING, at 7, THE WIFE : Julian St. Pierre, Mr T. C. King; Messrs Barrett, Howard, Mlntyre, Moreland, and C. Moore; Misses Edith Stuart and Hudspeth. After which. at 9, PEAIITY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD moTH Eit BUN I : Misses Jessie Vokes. Victoria Vokes. and Rosins. Vokes, Messrs. Fred. Vokes, W. F. Vokes, Prittain Wright, and Harry Boleno. THEATRE ROYAL, HA I - MARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Puckstone. THIS EVENING, a' 7, POPPING THE QUESTION. After which, at 20 minutes to 8, , UR AMERICAN COUSIN; Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Ruckstnne, Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr Rogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. liwynne, Miss C. Hill, &c. Concluding with DE 4.F AS A POST: Mr Compton and Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. r! HEATRE ROYAL, A - DELPHI, -I- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENT U at 7 o'clock, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS TIE LO )KS: Mr. H. .1". Byron: Mersrs J. 1). Beveridge, C. U. Stephenson, George Balmore, Miss Lavis, Mrs Leigh Murray, and Miss M. Hat ris. And TH.. NIGIITINGAL F. Mr Benjamin Webster; Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner. sli3s Furtado, Mrs Alfre I Mellon, Hiss Fliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. To conclude tvi , h OPF.N TO CONVICTION. Messrs. G. Bel more, .7. D. Be veridge, C. 11. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and 3 , -. 1.. i •h Murray. B )x-o Ace open daily, from 10 till it. No fees for booking. Planes can be sevured a fortn!glit in advance. R OY T A I. e , P 1 1 11,, 1 - N , C ItT ['IIS EVEN INC 4. at 7. FORM lieflirS. J. Rouse, Rig As'ley, Taylor, 7,:n Lees n. Eburen IL un ‘Teselanle3 BillingLer, K. Rodgers, JI. Brennaci, E Bar.w t, L Or , v. Av With 1 F TF. t DARK; Messrs Tlignoll Ashley, Roues, Lee. so 1, Yhillips, 11.1:012 ; M:sses li. Leelereq anti Barnett. 1 YCEUM THEATRE (wrier the managemen Meaars Mansell (elegantly relec watel by MacTntosb). THIS EVENING. at TWENTY MINU I'ES WITH A TIGER: Messrs Cogh!an, Odell, and Wilmott; Mesdames Rig nold and Morgan. Aft r which, CHILPP.RIC, by nerve: Messrs M. Marius, G. Vincent, Odell, Lapierre, Coghlan, and /Terri! • MeAdames Dolaro, Fitzlnman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. i 4 OYAL STRAND THEATRE t Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE HEIR AT LAW: 3resrs. J. S. Clarke, D. James, Crouch; Mesdames Button and Claire. Followed by THE TOO D LES : Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. THE LATE EDITION o f "THE SUN " a J. SMITH S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. MITE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. G i .,ENIE, _l_ Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware road, delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as published. trF L E LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to I_ be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S, Atannia, Kensal New-town, SPORTING. —JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "TILE SUN" as soon as pub 13hed.—I, Bath-street, City-read. l? C. 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Gd.—lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Loudon. „, T UE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN.” BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, ut E. MOSES and SON'S. Every desci iption of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, f)r all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in nil tho newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19e. to Lb. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. NinSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless tit. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUN ANIAIZELLA restores the Human Hair tts its pristine hue, no matter at what age. iNo. end CO. have at length, with the aid al OM. of tile molt eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect by: t!,is wow:it-fel liquid. It is now offered to the public it rt rnor3 concentrated form, and at a lower price. I in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. in c7mlioct, brush. led Bull Wharf, Angel paassage, 93, Upper Thames r t E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ;lola Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tnrs EVENING. at 7, THE WIFE : Messrs T. C. King, Bar i Ptt, Howard, M'lntyre, C. Monre, Moreland; Misses .E. Stnart ~ ,! speth. At 9, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST`. Messrs. Pred. v G kee, Brittain Wright, Harry Boleno; Misses Vokes, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENINO, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE cUESTION. After which, at 20 to 8, OUR AMERICAN COU.3 N; Messrs 7„A, . &Ahern, Buckstone, Chippendale. Ic. ; Mrs Chipper. ale, Hiss F. Wright, dre. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST town ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold, Taylor, Philips, Leeson, Bburne, &c. • Mesdimes Bil li ngton. K. Rodgers, Brennan, Barnett, Grey, ie. Followed by AFTER DARK: Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss /toss Le elereq and Miss Barnett. THEATIZE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. TIPS EVENING,:at 7. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr Henry J. Byron. To be, followed by THE NIGHTINGALE ; Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling. J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. And OPEN TO CONVICTION. Mr George Behnore, J. D. Beveridge, C. 11. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. HER MAJESTY. (R E U'E WS TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. 41 per Cent. i per Cent End of,montli 73 90 Oredit Mobilier Transatlantic 212 50 Credit Foncier l7BO Paris Gag 1740 Suez Canal 337 50 RAILWA _ _ fIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1870. - 77 gi -7' n t i Ei , Clint v- ginnlar ~ , BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Feb. Her Majesty walked iu the grounds this morn ing, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. The Prince and Princess of Wales dined witl the Queen at Buckingham l'alace yesterday even ing. LATEST INTELL MENCE PARIS, Feb. 25, Evening. The Avenir criticises the eagerness to vote i►: favour of the Government displayed by the mem bers of the Left in the Legislative body yesterday, and says that to have abstained from voting alto gether would have been preferable. The Pays denies that the fifty-six votes of the minority signify hostility to the Cabinet and ex plains that those fifty-six Deputies did not pronounce apinst the Cabinet, but had in view rather the maintenance of conservative principles of constitutional forms and the safety of the dynasty. In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body M. Buffet, the Minister of Finance, said, in reply to an interpellation, that it was impossible to allow Papal money to be received as legal tender at the public offices, the Papal coins, representing francs to the amount.of 201 millions, being short nine cen times per franc, as compared with the French coin of the same description. The public Treasury could not bear such a loss. BOURSE, Feb. 25.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 2885 It&Pan rives 55 85 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 60 Spanish Threes 2(i Home Debt 22 Deferred ...... Cash Orleans ... 995 Western 630 N orthern ... 1155 Strasburg • • 6OO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6l7} Sardinian Austrian 765 Lombard 4981 North of Spain 69 Saragossa Roman 4sf LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, at 7.1 n, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER And CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G Vincent, Odell, Coghlan, Lapierre, and M. Herve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitz- Inman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. S wanborongh. This EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT L W: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Button, &c. With THE TOOLLES. Concluding with ISO. WOOPINS CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Ball. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Satin day ) at 9; Saturday Mo. nin at 3. Admission, is, 2s, 3s. (3 FIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Satuu•Jays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G UWENS, Ragent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays' 6d. Children under twelve, 641. ROYAL ALITAILBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. ` I C Sint LONDON, SA7 URDAY, FEB. 26, 1870. THE debate in the French Legislature on the home policy of the Government, is a good augury as to the future of the country under the constitutional regime. It is not the result—the two divisions in favour of the Ministry 7 -that is 'of so much conse quence. The present Chamber has shown itself so utterly deficient in independence and con sistency, so equally ready to support re pression and liberty, that no confidence can be placed in its decisions. It was elected under a system of gross official influence and corruption, and its actions, whether right or wrong, are not to be taken as representing the wishes of the country. It is not a representative body, and the sooner it gives way to one that is chosen fairly and without bias, the better. The im portant question was not as to which way the majo rity would vote, but what kind of state ments the Ministry would make touching their future policy. Their declarations are, on the whole, highly satisfactory. The Prime Minister, M. 011ivier, at first displayed that characteristic ambiguity which so greatly weakens his influence; but at length he has thrown off all reserve, aad unmistakably pledged his Cabinet on the most important topic of the day. A little explanation will serve to show how matters stand. On Monday, M. Jules Favre, the leader of the Left, opened the debate, which turned from the first on the prime question—Would the Government 'leave the people to the free and honest choice of their representatives, or wenld they continuo that interference with the elections which has so much disgraced previous Administrations ? Were the electors to be bribed, flattered, and bullied into voting for the supporters of the Ministry ? Were they to be promised roads and drainage, or, as in one instance, a superior dung-pit of excellence hitherto unknown in history, if they would ballot for the right man ? Were the local officials to be so impressed with the duty of getting in the Government candidates that in one case a schoolmaster broke open the ballot box and altered its contents, and in several instances the receptacle contained more tickets than the entire number of voters in the district r Wore prisoners to be lot out of gaol, and soldiers marched in bodies, to pall for the official representative P These expe dients, and many more such, were adopted at the late general election ; and M. 011ivier at first gave no satisfactory reply to the question w 1 other he would continuo them. The Govern nra crrai Lo rpm; , , 32.4 A ; ;ttorfcrc, , but :t would reserve the right of "making its wishes V....:wn." That is, it would carefully inform the e`f,ctors who was the official candidate, though it would exorcise no direct pressure on his behalf. Such a reply delighted the old Imperialists, the Right, who were elected under the corrupt system, and could not hope to be elected under any other. It seems also to have pleased the Moderate Liberals, the Centre; for they proposed a vote of confidence in the Ministry, which was carried by 232 to 18, only the Republicans of the Left voting against it. Thus the " bogus" Legislature was content to remain without any definite pledge against the system of corruption. On Thursday, however, things took a very com plete and remarkable turn. The triumphant Right were utterly discomfited, and their idol of impurity thrown down from its pedestal. The Left were not ettisfied with the previous debate, and one of them hid on the table a measure forbidding any candidate to be favoured by the Government, and preventing any distribution of voting papers by official persons. M. 011ivier seems to have felt that he must choose one way or the other. He must either go forliberty, or forget his past, and pronounce in favour of the system which he took office to abolish. And this time he spoke plainly. "The Government, remaining faithful to its former declarations, will not have any official candidature; and will preserve the strictest neutrality at the elections." And again " "We do not intend to return to the errors of an electoral system which is now a thing of the past." A. scene of intense excitement followed this declaration. The Republi cans forgot their hatred of the Empire, and loudly applauded. The amazed and enraged Imperialists openly rebelled. An ex-Minister of the Interior proposed an order of the day, maintain ing that the Government had a right to interfere in elections. The Left, however, with praiseworthy liberality, came to the rescue of the Ministry, and thus the position of parties at the preceding division was reversed : instead of the Right and Centre combining in favour of the ambiguous expres sion of policy, the Left and Centre combined to uphold the explicit declaration. Victory remained with the allies - by a majority of 188 to 6 . 0. Since the establishment of the present Constitutional Government there has been no event of importance equal to this. That the Ministry bas finally committed itself to a career of freedom is cvi- denced by the rage of the old Imperialists, who so readily accepted the first unsatisfactory statement. A speedy dissolution ought to follow; but whether a new Parliament be elected now or at a more remote date, a complete redistribution of parties must be the inevitable result. Time only can decide what kind of Chamber will take the place of the present ; but it is certain that those owls and bats of universal suffrage, the members of the old Right, will disappear with the light of electoral purity. It is possible, too—there are many signs in favour of such a result—that a really Liberal Empire will gain the support _ _ of Fayre, Picard, and other of the more Moderate Left. The Emperor is said to be somewhat appre hensive of the issue, and to fear that free constituencies will elect a Chamber entirely hostile to him and his dynasty. But such a consideration, though it might operate against granting uni v er sa l su ff rage in the first instance, is no excuse for rendering the National Assembly a sham, and perverting the choice of the people by discreditable frauds. v Strict impartiality at elections is the one great need of France, and this is just what the present Ministry has unequivocally promised. TUE Eight lion. 6tephon Cave's Lifo Assura.nc3 Bill has' been read a second time, and as it is intro duced by a membor of the Opposition, and regarded with some favour by the Government, its chances of success would appear to bo very considerable. Its loading principle is that of making provision for the complete publication of insurance companies' accounts. A. yearly balance-sheet, a statement of receipts and expenditure, and of assets and liabili ties. will bo exacted. The fullest detail will be en forced, and means are to be taken to preVent Chat confusion of arrangeMent, by which in -1 genious officials are wont to defeat the object lof publication. Complete particulars must be given as to the way in which the money gees in current expenditure, thus sheaving how much is eaten up by management, and what proportion is applied to the just liquidation of claims. Tho receipts will be carefully divided under their proper categories. The securities in which the assets of a company are invested must be adequately described. Besides these publications of accounts, every office will be required, once in five years at least, to make an actual valuation of its property and obligations, and to publish the results in a form which very rigidly provides against duplicity. In order to ensure that there shall be nothing of a fictitious character in these returns, the accounts must be signed by the chair man of the company, the managing director, and the principal official of the life department. Any false statement on the part of these persons may be punished by a fine of V 4 .0, or by fine and imprison ment. Other provisions, distinct from these publication clauses, are of much importance. Before commencing business every company must make a deposit of £2o,ooo—a very serious hamper upon bubble enterprises. In order to prevent fraudulent amalgamations, the policy-holders must have notice given them, and either one-half are to give their written assent to it in order to make the amalgamation valid, or if one-fourth assent and one-tenth do not dis sent, the Court of Chancery is to have discre tion to affirm or negative the proposed contract. The terms of amalgamation ere to be made public, and precautions will be taken agianst payment of commission to persons who arrange such transactions. Finally, there are some useful provisions, in favour of the policy-holders, for winding up in case of failure. It is difficult to see how such a measure can prove baneful, whilst it contains elements which ought to be productive of great good. The chief objection to legislation of this kind is that it leads people to take measures on the mere faith of the legal provisions, without ascertaining whether the result of compliance with those provisions is satisfactory. The mere publication of accounnts may induce insurers to invest without inquiry as to the real meaning of the figures. But this bill provides so many restrictions against bubble companies, which are the main source of fraudulent accounts, that such an evil can scarcely be of extensive operation. The measure is much more than a mere injunction to reveal an annual statement of a company's condition. It has precedent on its side, too, for all other civilised States have taken the pre cautions which we have so long and so disastrously neglected. France, Prussia, and Canada are each protected, and evea New York, which tolerates and abets the swindles of a Fisk, has the strictest life assurance law in the world. Public opinion is irresistibly on the side of this bill. Yet it was noticeable in the debate that the welcome of Mr. Lowe to the second reading was not unhesitatingly given; and there is some excuse for his,clualification it approval. This measure is a good one, but if we legislate on these matters at all our action should be consistent, and on some principle. At present it seems to be conducted on no principle whatever, save that of hand-to-mouth expediency. A law is proposed to protect investors in insurance offices, and another measure is suggested to leave investors in friendly societies without .any protection whatever, by abolishing the late Mr. Tidd Pratt's office of Registrar. And yet what is the difference in principle between an assurance company and a friendly society, save that one is for the well-to-do, and the other for the poor? It is true that the abolition of the Registrarship is desirable, for that officer had no real power, and his appearance of authority only deluded poor people. They looked upon the rules which he signed as the rules of "Government" societies. But nothing is (leviAed to supply his place. It is evident that if special and rigid precautions are taken against life a=suracco frauds, similar efforts must be ~,20/1 on behalf of the other class of pru dential investments. It will never do to construct an elaborate law for ono, and leave the others naked and defenceless. There must be a uniform rule in these matters. If the Life Assurance Bill works well, there cannot be the slightest objection to a Friendly Socie ties Bill of like character. 'ELIE LEIDERSIIIP OF THE CONSERVA. TIVE PEERS. We believe the result of the meeting to thy ai the Carlton Club will be the offering of the leader. ship in the House of Lords to the Duke of Rich• mond. THE CAPTAINS IN THE ARMY. It is stated that no captain will, after the Ist of April, be allowed to retain the command of any of her Majesty's troops if he has completed his Stith year. TILE FORTHCOMING BUDGET. The Economist estimates that Mr. Lowe will find himself with a surplus of about £4,500,000. In any case there will certainly be a large surplus, pessibly the largest which an English Chancellor of the Exchequer has ever had to give away. CHIEF BARON KELLY. The statement of the Law Times respecting the probable retirement of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer is, we are informed, without foundation, and there is also no truth that he is unable to proceed upon the circuit owing to ill health. Lord Chief Baron Kelly has left town for the Western Circuit. THE BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK. We regret to hear that Dr. Grant is suffering at Rome under a relapse of his serious illness, but his physician does not apprehend immediate danger. THE EDUCATION BILL. The leading members of the National Education League have decided to offer some amendments to the Government bill, and the utmost endeavour will be made to induce the House to accept them. MAIDSTONE ELECTION, The polling for Maidstone closed yesterday, with ,he following result : Sir John Lubbock (Liberal) Mr. Foster White (Conservative) 1,404 Majority for Lubbock.. 107 THE DERRY mors. Yesterday the ten policemen, tried before the Irish Court of Queen's Bench oa a charge of man 81aughter during the Derry riots, were acquitted. The jury appended a memorandum to their verdict that all party processions ought to be for the future suppressed. 'ME FASTING GIRL. Yesterday summonses were issued against all the doc:ws in connection with the case of the Welsh Fasting Girl. The exanAnation will take place eArly next week. The Qleen will leave Buckingham Palace at elf-past four this afternoon, and reach Windsor Castle et iveuty minutes pest five o'clock. Mr. Alfred Wigan will re-appear at. the Gaiety Lest mouth in "First Night," and Mr. Tool° will appear shortly in the operetta "Balthazar." Messrs. James and Thorne are joint prcprietors, with Mr. 1.1. T. Montague, of the new theatre in the Strand. Miss Ada Cavendish-has joined the company. IVe have been requested to state that Henry J. Keates, Esq., of 5, Quoeu's-terrace, Camden. road. N., has Ix en appointed local treasurer of the National Associa- tion for Freedom of Worship (Loudon and Manchester), whose object is gradually to abolish pew rents in parish churches, and to restore their ancient freedom to rich and poor alike. ITALY. ROME, Feb. 24. The Duke and Duelices of Modena and the Prince of the Asturias have arrived here. NAPLES, Feb. 25. The King has left for Florence and Foggia to- day. SPAIN. MADRID, Feb. 23 (Evening.) The Impartial of this evening says that the Car- List rising would take place within four days, under he leadership of Don Carios. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Feb. 25. A disastrous fire occurred on Wednesday last at Galveston. The loss is estimated at a million of dollars. The North German Lloyd steamer Ohio arrived oat at 8 a.m. to day. IVASIIINGTON, Feb. 25. The Secretary of tha Navy, and many naval officers and members di Congress, visited the British ironclad Monarch at Annapolis to-day. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2G. The Cunard Royal mail steamer Java, from New York on the 16th inst., passed Crookliaven at 6 a.m. to-day. She brings no mails. I'LYMOCTEI, Feb. 26. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Westphalia, from New York, arrived here to-day with 81 passengers, 81 sacks of mails, and $88,597 in specie. She landed 47 sacks of mails and $40,179. The mails were forwarded by the 10.20 a.m. train. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 117 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1174 ; the lowest, 116,f. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll5l. " 1885 ll4l. " 1867 ll3g. 10-40 46 Illinois 142. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 234c. Petroleum—Standard White 29c. Flour, extra state, ss.oc. to $5.60c. Corn, old mixed, sl.4c. CANADA. TORONTO, Feb. 25. From Ottaway news has been received of the arrival of Mr. Waddington, from London, on a mission to urge the Government of the Dominion to aid in the construction of the British Pacific Railroad. BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, Feb. 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Rangoon, from Bombay 12th inst., arrived at eight :his morning. Urraff.—The Acts of.the Legislative Asgembly of Utah, as officially published, exhibit an evident in tention to form a community entirely separate and distinct from the other States of the Union. The in( Jost noticeable of these Acts is the one that pro vides that " no laws or parts of laws shall be read, argued, cited, or adopted in any court, during any trial, except those enacted by the Governor and Le gislative Assembly of Utah Territory, and those passed by the Congress of the United States when applicable ; and no report, decisions, or doings of any court shall be read, argued, cited, or adopted as precedent in any other trial." Heretofore, in organiz ing new territories, it has been customary for Con gress or the Territorial Assembly to provide that the laws of some adjacent territory of older date shall be in force until amended or repealed, the supposition being that communities residing iu neighbouring districts would have the same ideas and wants. But Utah has acted upon the princ'ple of casting off all old associations. It has been sug gested that the Utah law above cited is in conflict with the section of the United States Censtitutio,i, which provides that full faith and ertdit shall be given iq each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. In cases where the judgment of a foreign Court or a con• tract, express or implied, created under the laws of another State is attempted to be enforced in Utah, the exclusion of the record or of proof of the laws NV - amid undoubtedly be unconstitutional, but the act of the Utl h Legislature may be construod only to for bid the citing of the laws or decisions of other St,,tcs merely as precedents, and in this light the Utah Act, althmigh highly illiberal, cannot be held un constitutional. Another Utah law allows the Judges of the Courts to have absolute control over the counsel,regulating the fees in everycaseondputi:sh ing him by fin and imprisonment for the use of ex citing lanuage, or for neglecting to present all the facts in the case, whether they are calculated to make against his client or not." Another chipter incorporates the " Church of Jesus Christ of LActer Day Saints," and establishes an ecclesiastical body, with unrestricted powers over "solemnities, sacra ments, ceremonies, consecrations, endowurents,tith lugs, marriages, fellowship, or the religiot a duties of man to his Maker."—Philadelphia Ledger. TOWN TALK. (From the TVestern Mail of this Morning.) FRIDAY EVENING. The Leadership of the Conservative party in the House of Lords remains still undecided. Ex- Chan cellor Cairns has resigned that post of honour and responsibility. Lord Derby has been offered it, but bas declined. Who may eventually be selected to occupy the position continues a matter of bewilder ing uncertainty. As Sir Robert Peel used to say, there are before us one of three courses. First, for the convenience of the party, Lord Cairns may be induced to recall his resignation, and to re turn from Meatone after Easter as Leader of the Opposition. Secondly, one of the Dukes may be chosen as his successor. Thirdly and lastly, the choice may fall upon the Marquis of Salisbury. As for the Earl of Derby, every one feels that he could hardly have declined the proffered responsi bility more befittingly. Ilia manly, yet modest, reluctance to arrogate to himself either that ex perience or the possession of these personal qualifications which are essential in the Leader of a great political party, but more especi (one is almost tempted to say) of a party actually at the moment in Opposition, cannot but raise him in the estimation alike of his peers and of his compatriots. The offer to Lord Derby of the leadership of the Conservatives was a signal mark of honour to one who has only just crossed the threshold of that august assembly, and was one in many ways, I believe, altogether unexampled. It was almost as if the party bad regarded the leadership as hereditary in the house of Stanley. It was a tribute, at one and the same moment, to the late and to the present Earl. And, as if expressly to disembarrass everyone concerned in this most delicate negotiation, Lord Cairns, as gracefully as graciously, took his departure from London at the very time, en route for Mentone, whence the noble and learned lord bad only returned for a brief interval, in order to assist at the .open ing of Parliament. By Easter be may be wanted again to resume, in the thick of the session, the weighty responsibility of the Conservative leader ship in the Lords, to which it can hardly be insinu ated by any one that he clings very tenaciously. Happily, the state of his health in no way necessi tates his return, at this moment, to the more genial atmosphere of Mentone. He goes thither simply because of his inclination—coupled with the oppor tunity afforded by the circumstance that nothing just now remains for him to do in the House of Peers, in consequence of the absurd system of post poning, until the parliamentary session has some what advanced, the more active labours of the upper Chamber of the Legislature. The curious fact is that the Conservatives in the House of Peers have literally an emberras des richesses in the way of possible leaders. There is something surely very remarkable in the fact that there are at this moment in the House of Lords, to the left of the Chancellor as he sits there on the woolsack, several peers of the highest distinction fully qualified by their endow ments ant their reputation, by their capacity and by their ministerial experience, to occupy in the Lords the post of chief of the Conservative Opp sition. Pending the selection of the right man eventually Lord Cairns may still consent to watch over the interests of the party, though, in that case he would do so, almost, I had said, by an act of self-abnegation. The introduction of the educational measure by Mr. Forster was signalised, immediately after the close of his singularly able speech explanatory of its details, by one of the most graceful incidents I can recall to my recollection in the history of Par liament for many years past. I allude to the em phatic and magnanimous tribute offered to the right hon. gentleman by- Sir John Pakington, when the latter said that his only regret on the occasion was that Mr. Forster had not introduced his Lill to Parliament in the capacity of Minister or Secretary of State at the head of a new and entirely independent department—the Educational Department. The House cheered the remark with all the more cordiality becaus: of its having fallen from the lips of one of the principal occupants of the front Bench of the Opposition. Accounts are, I regret to say, not so favourable as to the state of Mr. Bright's health at Upper Norwood. Mr. Disraeli, it i§ gratifying to add has so far recovered from his rather sharp attach of bronchitis as to have, since Monday eveoing resumed his attendance in the House of Com. moos. Mr. Bruce, again, has rather rapidly got rid of the cold that, for a day or two only, confined him to his house and has assi,ted at the Cabiuet Council, with two other convalescent colleagues, Lord Gran rine and Lord Clarendon. Mr. Shirley Brooks, I am glad to learn, is better, though prostrated by the combined effects of seve ral rather severe mala lies. During his illness he has been sorely missed down in Whitefriars, where he is the main-stay, the main-prop, the backbone, the heart and soul, or, however you may like to ex preis it, of the Punch establishment. Mr. William Brougb, everyone who knows him will be grieved to hear, is verS , ill, as also is Mr. Robertson, the dramatist. Mr. Leighton is better, though hardly sufficiently recovered to render it probable that his unfinished labours will be completed in time for the Royal Academy . Exhibition. S:ill, one is heartened in his regard by the recollection that last year Sir Edwin Landseer's illness did not prevent him from perfecting his wonderful picture of the " Swannery," nor Mr. Millais's still sharper illness prevent him from delighting our eyes with the glory of colour lavished upon his portraiture of "Nina Lehmann." Mr. Frith is preparing to en chant us all with his portraiture, not of a delicate slip of a young maiden in her teens,but of one of the most fascinating actresses who has for a long time past stepped, like a lovely surprise, upon the Lon don stage—meaning Mrs. Rousby, of the Queen's, now starring it (and a very " bright particular star" she is !) in Mr. Tom Taylor's play of the " Axe and the Crown." Besides his portrait of Mrs.Rousby, Mr. Frith is meditating a great picture, illustrative of Homburg, in the limning of which by our modern Hogarth there will be reason for M. Gustave Dori looking to his laurels, as the del icter of the gambling lifeof Baden-Baden. Our modern Hogarth, I have just now called Mr. Frith—hardly extrava gantly ; and the phrase is suggestive of the notion of a book (and what a book it would make 1) entitled " Frith's Works," after the fashion of that famous book we all treasure up on our bookshelves, containing the " Works of Hogarth." Mr. Charles Dickens's new serial story, the name of which was announced, as I told you it would be, in last Saturday's Athenzum, will appear, that is, No. 1 of it, will appear, on the last day of March. The illustrative green cover, as 1 mentioned some weeks back, is from the pencil of i gr. Dickens's son-in-law, the brother of Mr. WilktA Collins, the novelist, viz., Mr. Charles Allston Collins, the " Eye witness" of All the Year Round. It foresbadows. at once enticingly and tantalizingly, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Wben, at the close of next month, you come to look at it, you will see, in the charmingly delicate and graceful design, grouped - - - - as a sort of animated framework all round the title of the book on the centre of the page, incidental indications of the drift of the tale, as it will be told by the great master of serial fiction, in twelve instalments—a spiral winding to the right, a start- ling revelation at the bottom, with a picturesque vista opened to view at the top of the drawing ; while in the f,. reground, just a little to the left of zh's up; er portion of the pieturel cover, there au indication, in two daintily pictured figures of—in one and the same breath as it were—of love and estrangement. A glimpse of all this is certainly an aipctizer, if we wanted one, wWch, I am bo'd to say, \V assuredly none of us do, before sicting down to devuur a new piecemeal fiction by the wont popu'ar story-teller who ever livel Art is looking up at the two great univer _ . fteetious'y refered; to by Thackeray in one of his novels, as Oxbridge and Catnfnrd. Whit) Mr. JJlin Ruskin is deliveling a course of lectures to the alumni at Oxford, on the writs and influences of Art, as a civiliser, Sir Digby Wyatt, in his capacity as the Slado professor of fine arts, an- nounces a course of thirteen lectures at the Uoi- vcraity of Cambridge, on architecture, sculpture, painting, and, among other congenial themes, Art applied to ludustry. Photography has recently had a new opening afforded to it, that M. Daguerre Mr. Fox Talbot, and their successors never could have dreamt of as amongst the possibilities, or, at any rate, let me say probabilities of its application. This, the public earn through the rather odd medium of the latest electioneering intelligence. The intimation came from Nottingham, where it would seem that the two daughters of the popular, but unsuccessful, can didate, Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., distributed in the public street, and in the market-place, photo graphs of their father in his robes as the Recorder of Newcastle. The photographs were accompanied by a printed notification on the card running to the effect " Nottingham election, 1870—Miss Sey mour solicits your vote and interest on behalf of her father, W. Digby Seymour." The incident is agreeably suggestive of a method for getting rid of the intolerable nuisance of a personal canvass by means of scattering cartes-de-visite of the candi dates broad-cast over the constituencies. One of the most brilliant of the shilling :maga zines—one of not very lengthened existence, but not of very high chatacter—will, I em given to understand, before long cease to make its appear.- ante. Astley's, I also hear, is likely, under Mr. Batty's management, to revert to its original purpose, viz., as an arena for horsemanship, as a circus or amphi theatre. Two rather whimsical mistakes within these last few days have appeared in two of the leading morn ing newspapers. On Saturday last, in the Standard, there was given an official letter, addressed to the Emperor Napoleon 111. by the virtual Prime Mi nister of the day, the Minister of Justice, the letter ending deliciously, as it was printed in the Ran dard, "I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sire, with the deepest regret, your Majesty's devoted servant, Emile 011ivier." The other was rather a slip of the pen than air error of the press, and ap peared in the. Times' special correspondence from Rome, under date the 12th inst., descriptive of " The Exposition of Catholic Art" in the Eternal City. Hitherto I have certainly regarded Michel Angelo as one of the longest-lived among the greatest men of geniis of modern times. But the limes' correspondent at Rome' evidently considers that mightiest genius in art, even in his age, " above Par !" For, lo ! and behold, this special Roman correspondent of the Times, when describing the cloister of the Carthusians, behind the immense Church of S. Maria degli Angeli—the scene at this moment of the exposition of Catho lic art deliberately penned the words here immediately following:—" In the centre is a foun tain, and four cypresses, planted by Michel Angelo; one of an immense size, abd hardly past its prime ; a second as large, but going ; a third, once larger, but now a wreck ; and the fourth younger by two centuries." The inference alone deducible from this astounding announcement is enough to raise the ghost of George Cornewall Lewis, who was in credulous even in regard to the possibility of there being found any well-authenticated case of a ve ritable centenarian There have been recently issued from the press, by Mr. Rotten, of Piccadilly, cheap and compact pocket volumes, comprising within them the pick of the speeches of Mr. Disraeli, of Mr. Bright, and of Mr. Gladstone. The best of Mr. Disraeli's, however, are, to my mind, entirely wanting—mean ing those through the medium of which the seath iug wit and scathing irony of the member for Bucks first won for himself so very formidable a reputation as the master-satirist of debate; this, be it remembered, at that epoch in his Parliamen tary career when he stood alone and very cons' i cuously to the fore as, in both senses of the term, the arch-antagonist of Sir Robert Peel's Go- vernment. Mr. Edmund Yates, the " Flaneur" of the Morn ing Star, when the Morning Star was still shining, on Saturday last began a new series of letters, giving the current metropolitan chit-chat in the pages of the Court Circular. The title chosen by the Flaneur liediviuus is one rather suggestive of the novelist-journalist, hailing under his new as pect, from Crutchet Friars, to wit, " Asmocbus in London." Whether the Chancellor of the exchequer and the Chid Commissioner of Public Works have been trampling on the tenderest corns of the most suisi tive politicians yet more cruelly than ever I know not ; but, n.ore Foiutly than ever, I have heard it predicted of late in -Clubland that when the pre sent strong Government does come to grief, the two men who, in all human probability, will br ing that event about will be ➢lr. Lowe and Mr. Ayrton. It most certainly ought not to be forgotten by them or their colleagues, that what broke up the great Liberal party in the House of Commons within a very few months after the death of Lord Palmerston, was, more than any thing else that c,eu'd be named, the insufferable temper at that time manifested by the then member for South Lancashire. Mr. Gladstone has moderated his tone of arrogance wonderfully since then, especially since he became member for Greenwich. Could not the member for the Tower Hamlets and the member for the Z.iniversity of London go and do likewise ? It would, at least, be an act on their part of very wise discretion. Whatever complaints may have been made as to the working of the telegraphic system by the Post office authorities at the time of the transference, there cannot be two opinions as to the self-sacrificing devotion of Mr. Scudamore to the enormously en hanced responsibilities of his position as Assistant- Secretary. Night and day he has been haunting the purlieus of Telegraph-street. The demands of sleep he has ignored. No wonder that, after a fortnight of this almost heartbreaking work, at last, when going down in the train the other night, towards the small hours, on h s way homewards, somewhere in the direction of Lea-road, nature so far succumbed that this indefatigable public servant fell dead asleep—not waking up until he was seve ral miles beyond his place of destination. The arrangements are now getting into complete form under his assiduous and untiring supervision. The Mordaunt divorce case has been the chief sorrow of London during this last week. There will be an exquisite sense of relief when the inquiry is cleared out of the way, and, as much as may be in any way possible, swept out of the popular recol lection. It is not simply a sorrow to what are vul garly spoken of as the Upper Ten Thousand, but to all classes of the thoughtful community. The marvel is how ladies can possibly sit there in court, hour after hour, and day after day, listening to so frightful an investigation. Yet they do—and un veiled As I close my letter, there just now comes to me the announcement of a new daily paper, price two pence, the first number of which will appear on Tuesday next, entitled The Financier. The editor of the new journal is the late City editor of the Daily News. A capital twopenny periodical pub lication has just been commenced by the author of " Enqiure Within ;" his new venture being temptingly headed " Best of Everything." The Owl s% i:1 make its appearance again in a fort night's time. it is expected that Mr. John S. Clarke will ter minate his engagement, which has already extended be yond 400 consecutive nights, at the Strand Theatre, in March, and will appear in New York at Easter. A serious fire occurred this morning on the praniees of Messrs, .Poulton and Co., woollen mer chants, Blackfriars-road. The whole of the stock was d mtroyed. It is stated that New Oa in ans is at present al most dirkness at nicht, in consequence of the Oas Company having cat off the supply of gas. The bills for the gas furnish° t during the la.a t wo veers have not been settled, and the comp my gave Lo:ico that unless payment was made on February 1:4, the gas would be turned off. Tho Spanish portion of the city still uses oil lamps, and the appearance of tho streets in that district is very gloomy. A correspondent of the Pull Mall Gazette states that the Khedive has taken into his service thioc Ameri can generals Mott, Loring, and Sibley—who are soon to be j 'hied by the g a ff of A m e r i c a n officers especially en gaged for the reorgaliisa, , ion of the Egyptian army. Generals Loring and Sibley fought under the Confederate flag. The appointment of these officers to Egyptian com mands would, if standing alone, have excited little remark, but the same letter speaks of " the vigour with which the fortifications of Alexandria are pushed on," and " the con tinued arrival of recruits." ART, SCIENCE, AND LITERATURE. The Athenceum has the following :—A new poem ; hi George Eliot, 806 lines in length, will appear in April one of the magazines.—A correspondent tells us thas e ar. autographs of Mr. Tennyson's ancesto rs ar e now bo o and sold.—M. Renan has published a popular edition 0 ! the " Vie de 'Mins," with a striking preface, addressed chiefly chiefly " b, la d4mocratie Franeaise. '—The Dublin Unti• versitg Magazine, after a long and honourable struggle to be an essentially national periodical, has failed to find the support in Ireland which it deserved, and has passed into the hands of English proprietors.: - • The Italian Government has appointed a comaus• sion to investigate the laws regeerding literary property. There is a project on foot in Paris for the formation of museum containing the best examples that can be found of the various types of the human race, not for scientit e, purposes only, but also in the inter e st o f art.—M. Charl es ochet has introduced the su'oject in a lecture at the Sor bonne.—lt is proposed to use hypophosphoric acid in aericulture for the destruction of insects. Mr. Stanislei Martin especially advocates its use against the Phylloxera vagatrix, which is so injurious to the roots of vines; A recent visit to the Royal Gallery, in the Houses 0 ' Parliament, gave us cause to lament the too obvious dete rioration of Mr. Maclise's picture in that chamber, " The Interview between Wellington and Blucher afte r Waterloo." The whole of this work is now covered with w'iat may aptly be compared to a glassy or semi-tran s ; parent mildew. By examination as complete as want ,s 1 a scaffolding permits, we are, however, convinced that, this appearance is superficial, and co u ld b e removed with out injury to the pigments, and therefore without injurY to the picture.—Those who are so earnest in pressini " sensation dramas"—" Formosa," " Streets of London , and other such i n t e ll ec t ua l d ram atic shows, as the oxilY, dramas of the day — are re f erre d t o t wo p l a i n f acts reco rded in the Times : the success of the revivals of "She Stoops to Conquer," and of Colman's " Heir-at-Law." What , again, do they make of the firm hold which a serious Play in blank verse, such as " 'Twixt Axe and Crown," ha l taken of the public, or of the success w hi c h a tt en d e d the revival of " The Scornful Lady," some years ago, in whi ch the beauty and pride of M r s. 'Warner, and the excellen t and quaint comedy of Miss Charlotte Saunders (befor e she entered on " the jockey business ") are things not to be forgotten 1--Miss Gabriel has completed another operetta, " Lost and Found," of which one or two privat e performances have been given before its representation in public. The libretto is by Mr. George March, of the Lord Chamberlain's office.—Le Menestrel gives a singular proof of Mdlle. Nilsson's devotion to art. She joined the Cercle des Patineurs of the Bois de Boulogne, but refused to venture on the ice, lest she should compromise the, representations of " Hamlet " and th e rehearsals 01 " Robert." Nature states on the authority of Mr. Scott, the director of our own Meteorological Office that the French Minister of the Marine Department has made arrangements for hoisting the " drum " signal at at semaphore stations on the French coast, between Dunkerque and Nantes, oa, receipt of telegraphic intelligenc e f rom th e M e t eoro l og ic' , Office. This signal will, therefo re , h ave th e same algae' cance at those ports as on the Elbe and at our own stations. --During the recent discussion on Easter Island at the Royal Geographical Society, it was stated that the layers of guano could be traced, and the deposit of each twenty; four hours distinguished. It was calculated that it eau" have taken 4000 years to form the twenty-feet deposits on the Chincha Islands.—The town of Dantzic having give! n a concession of the sewage to Messrs. Aird, of Berlin, and granted them land for its utilisati on , p re p ara ti ons are nor being made for carrying out the work under the direction of Mr. Baldwin Latham—The Bulletin de la &meta d' Acclimatation contains an article on the use of the skins of the kangaroo for glove-making, which seems to promise a successful result in this respect, and as furnish' ing a new source of animal food, as these animals thrive, well in Europe.—l n consequence of the appointment 0 ' Mr. Dyer to the chair of Botany in the College of Scieneet Dablin, the Professorship o f N a t ura l Hi story at t h e R o y ° Agricultural College at Cirencester is vacant. The Graillic has the following :—The Owl will hoot for the first time this season in a fortnight hence.—lier r i Wagner has just published a pamphlet on the " Art 0 ' Conducting an Orchestra," of which Le Minestrel promise! a French translation.—M. Perrin, director of the Grand MOeera, has, it appears, mad e a f orma l prom i se to the inister of Fine Arts to produce two new operas and tW O new ballets every year. The Architect has an interesting article an forthcoming pictures of the Royal Academy, Of the forthcoming exhibition the Architect says, "We should be inclined to surmise that, although in general interest it may not be under the average of its prdecessors, the number of pictures of importance will be smaller than usual. Mr. Leighton , for instance is ill, though it is to be hoped he will recovef, sufficiently to finish his "Andromache at the Well., His "Hercules struggling with the Angel of Death" in progress. Millais is very strong. His most importan t contributions will be an Inundation Scene, in which * little child is seen floating in its cradle on the surface of flooded stream, and smilingly holding out its tiny hands to clasp a bird that hovers in the air above it, whilst, in the distance, the father is seen putting off on a raft to rescue his child from its impending fate. Another of Mr' Millais' subjects is the young Raleighs sitting o n the sea-shore and listening in rapt attention to the wondrou s . j tales of a bronzed sailor from the We s t ern ma i n. A thou and smaller painting represents a modern version of "Th e Widow's Mite." Mr. Millais will also send some portraits. Mr. Calderon has chosen for his principal theme two • classic maidens drawing water on the banks of a streams overhung by leafy boughs and a mass of clematis. A c i second work shows us two b eggar c hild ren — a g i r l and, little boy—standing in the snow and f og o f a w i ntry day, whilst th e first plays upon 'a harp. " Spring driving away Winter" forms the subject of another pie' tare ' and Mr. Caldero n m a y a l so ex hibi t one or two portra its. Mr. E. M. Ward has taken for his subject an incident in the life of Judge Jeffreys, whilst Mrs. Wa r d h as se l e cted one from the history of Napoleon the Great —Mr. W, I. Yeames has a large picture representing " Maundai Thursday in the olden ti me ," a l a d y of rank of the le ginning of the sixteenth c en t ur y was hi ng t h e f eet of twe,.../e old women.—Mr. Petti e w ill h ave no l arge work.—w° E. Leslie is at work on a large canvas, on which he she's us a bevy of fair girls in a woodland park, sitting on the banks of a stream and watching the course of some roses which one of their number has thrown on its surface. , Mr. Balfe, the composer, h as b een appo i n t e d a K n ight of the Legion of Hono ur .—M r . Ri c h ar d R . H o l mes , °f the British Museum, has been appointed librarian to the Queen at Windsor Castle. THE TAX ON LICENSED BREWERS. FRIDAY. This afternoon a numerously attended deputation of members of Parliament and large and small private brewers, had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chan' cellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence, Downing' street, to represent the injustice which is inflicted on licensed brewers by the tax which is imposed on the beef they brew. A memorial which had been forwarded to gr• Lowe stated that licensed victuallers are put to more es" penses for their brewing licenses than they were before the hop duty was abolished, while those who are not brewers are not affected by the change ; that it is unfair that the substitute for the hop duty should not be borne alike by all those who are brewers, instead of by only lb portion ; that, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer hitt fortunately a surplus revenue, the petitioners have no the more reason to hope that he may favourably consider their appeaL Mr. PRIOR, of the firm of Truman, Hanbury, and Co., briefly addressed the right hon. gentleman on the q ues tion, and represented wh a t th ey th oug h t was a great injustice inflicted on them by the present tax. Mr. LOWE : It appears to me that it is a tax on beer. Mr. BASS, M.P, : There are several brewers here who pa Y 0,900 a year. It i s an i n f r i ngement on free trade. L Mr. OWE : Every duty is an infringement. The ta% is on the quantity of beer you brew. It may be vit.! wrong to tax beer—up on th a t I say not hi ng — b ut le 1" not a tax on beer, on the quantity b rewe d ? Mr. PRIOR : W . () have to pay, while the private brewer has not. We brew specially for the poorer classes. Mr. LOWE : It seems to up a tax on beer neither more nor less. A Member of the Deputation : It is a tax we have to pay to carry on our business. Mr, LOWE : I believe that the malt duty was repealed not so much to cheapen beer as because there were certain objections to it—because of the gambling nature of the thing. What you really ask me i s t o re duce the tax on beer. I should like everybody to have beer as cheap as possible ; b u t I cannot regard it as any particu lar injustice to your trade. You get it back from the consumer. A Member of the deputation : No, we do not. Th e brewer must reduce the quality of his beer, to repay himself. Mr. LOWE : I cannot agree, as at present advised, that it is a parti cu l ar l y heavy burden 9 on the trade. It is 0 burden on the consumer. Mr. PRIOR : You cannot find any other trade 8 0 taxed. Mr. BASS, M.P.: When you reduced the duty on brandy from 225. 6d. to 10s. 6d., you did not put a tax on the seller, neither did you do se in th e case o f French' wines. We stand alone and we say that it is a personal tax, equivalent t o a pro; perty.tax. We cannot divide a sum of 3d. on a barrel worth 40s. It is, therefore, a tax on the brewer.. When Mr. Gladstone introduced this impost he told us that We should get our hops cheaper, but in the seven years since the duty was taken off I have had to pay 20 per cent. more than before: I said at the time that so fat from being advantageous in the price of hops it woula , have a contrary effect. Mr. LOWE: It really seems to come to this—that it is a tax on beer. Mr. BASS, M.P. : No ;itis a property on brewers. A Memb er o f t h e Deputation : It is substantially double what it seems to be. Mr. BASS, M.P. : Besid es you are getting more money than yo u did on the hops. Last year the tax amounted to £410,000, and Mr. Gladstone said he only ex pected 2300,000. Mr. LOWE : I fail to see the exact injustice. Is the argument that you cannot reco u p y ourse l ves ? Mr. PRIO R : Yes. __. _ .......... - --. Mr. Lowz : I can only say I will give the matter ml best consideration. Mr. Bess, M.P. : Will you kindly give us the reason- - and no man is more able to do so if there is a reason —why we should be thus excepted? Mr. LOWE : I did not impose the tax. Mr. Bass, M.P.: But you maintain it. Mr. LOWE : Mr. Gladstone wanted a substitute for the Hop Duty. This was the substitute. Mr. BASS, M.P.: I have paid £64,000 in four year* and have not had sixty-four pence in return. Mr. LOWE : I can only say I will give the matter /a best consideration. It is stated that a large and influential deputation from Ireland is being organised to wait upon Mr. Giadston 9 with reference to the Land Bill, and esvecially with regard to the "'contracting out clauses, and the diminishing: seal" of compensation," which, in the opinion of the obj.!ctord, .dfords inducentouts to evict the small tenantry. GREECE. —The law fir tke euttizr4 of the Isthmus of Corinth, which was voted by the Greek Chamber, i 5 now beirn, carried out. The work will be Undertaken by M. Challet, of Paris and M. Pict, engineer to the Cervi:ot railways. The Ministry have granted to the co n tractor; the possession of 500 hectares of State territory on both banks of the Canal and various other privileges, while the contractors, on their sid e , h ave engage d to lodge a su of m 300,000 drachmas as a guarantee for the due fulfilment o!, the cont rac t . I t i s stated that M. Bak, senator 01 _ Prance, and th e M arqu i s de Plceuc, deputy-governor of the B an k o f France, will participate in the under taking. Apetition has been lodged against Mr. Munster's retrn for Mallow ' b on the ground ofribery and intimid 4 " Lion. Major Knox dahlia the seat. dii CI 5 th th th - Ettl ga tri do an IL vi