The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-22 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Wooltendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Beet and Shoe 31auufactura's, and General Outfitters for ail classes E. MOSE 3 and SON'S Est .1 blishmeats are closed every Friday evening at sunset, when business is esumed until eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON. LONDON CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATF,. NEW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER OF HART -STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON- ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.— Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE, AQUA AAIARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a :ev. , * Drier, Sold in Wales, 3s. each; also Is., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. T HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Prickstone. • 'fills VENING, at 7 o'clock, ,MY HUSBAND'S GHOST: Nr Clark anti Mrs Fitzwilliom. After which. at 7.40, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Thokst. , ne, Mr Chippendale. Mr Bowe, Mr hogers. Mr Buck t•itone, jen.. Mr Braid: 3liss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Miss C Hill, Mrs E. Fiizivill.atn. 7Concluding with NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr Kendal. Mr qomptou, Mr Edward ‘o4borne, Mr Mark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Foabroke, Mik,s Owynne THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. 'WEBSTER THIS EVENI N G. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOnD THIN G : Messrs C. H. 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A Fish Out of Water • VAUDEVILLE—For Loie or Money. Don Carlca. Cupboard Love ST. TAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La. Bello Sanvage. GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Alacaire. Vandyke Brown. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Boox, Egyptian Hail, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 8; Saturday 31eu n in , s at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S; Wed nesdays and e'aturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. MADAME TUSSALID'S ExatrarioN, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 1.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, RegerVs-pail: Open daily(except Sundays) Admission. Is.• on Mondays. 6d. Children under twelve. 64 lII,* ^e, - • ell— - . 4 - r . . , * cif mex._, ~1 i.... ) et ig - •( 1% .....,• .::* - ' -..../ LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1870. The meeting of the British and Colonial Emigra tion Fund, which was held at the Mansion House on Wednesday, contains interesting subjects for the notice of those who turn their attention to such ques tions. At this time of the year the work of emi gration proceeds with great rapidity, and the subject is deserving of regard, on more accounts than one. According to the statements which were made, the emigrants of the present day possess many advan tages over those of an earlier period, and various arrangements are made for their comfort which at one time would never have been dreamed of. Mr. HALEY, the honorary secretary to the society, stated that the arrangements on board the ship Medway, which sailed for Canada a few days ago, were good upon the whole, but that be bad communicated with the Government agent of the port of London with a view to insuring greater comfort to future emigrants. A deputation from the Colonization Assurance Cor pora-ion waited upon the Committee in order to ascertain their views with respect to the conveyance of emigrants to 'Western Australia, to which a satis factory answer was returned, Mr. BARCLAY, M.P., declaring, on behalf of the Committee, that although the Society was sending most of its emigrants to Cana da, it was desirable to assist those who wished to settle in other Colonies. The deputation sail that there need be no anxiety as to the reception of the emigrants on the other side, as there was a general desire to encourage emigration to a considerable extent. The secretary stated that as a rule the intending emigrants paid up their contribu tion of three pounds towards the passage. The remainder of the sum is furnished by the Society, or from other sources of assistance. The town of Tor quay eVill contribute five pounds towards the pasfage of the eighty-five emigrants who start for Canada by the Aven, on the 12th of May. Upon a member of the Committee observing that as a rule paupers would not emigrate, the Lo: d Mayor said, ironically, that they were tight, for there were no men or wo men so ingeniously capable of avoiding work a: your professional pauper. Upon this subject Sir JAMES LAWRENCE made a noticeable rem u; k, when he said that in every palish here w,.s a large number of men j , :st verging o" pauper:sua, and he had reason to know that in some the overseers elected to maintain such people ai paupers and as a rertnanent burden on the ratepayers rether than contribute once and for all towards the passags money to enable theta to emigrate. It is high time that this short-sighted policy was changed, and that overseers, and others in responsible posi tions, should comprehend their own duties and consult the interests of others to a greater ex tent. A little timely assistance would often enable astruggling family to emigrate to other lands,where, by toil and perseverance, they could do well, but from perversity or parsimony the help is refused, and the unfortunate persons sink into a state of hopeless destitution. Such a state of things seems an anomaly in an age of progress, and yet who can deny the truth of the assertion ? Instead of en couraging the poor in habits of self-reliance and inciting them to praiseworthy exertion, the parochial authorities pursue a contradictory course, which too often results in the encouragement of the designing and the neglect of the really dt serving. It is true that a great difference exists between the professional pauper and the struggling poor, but care and caution must suffice to discern between them. At any rate it is satisfactory to know that the poor find such able and willing auxiliaries in the Emigration Societies. That some hundreds are rescued from the imminent dan gers that have beset them at home, and furnished with a sure prospect of well doing, we may feel tolerably certain on the departure of each vessel. Another consideration worthy of notice is that arrangements are made to receive the emigrants, so that they do not set out on a hopeless quest, but have the ad vantages of employment secured to them on their arrival. At the meeting on Wednesday, Mr. DIXON, the Canadian agent in this country, said that be had received intelligence flora the emigration agent at Quebec for the Dominion, to the effect that there was an excellent organisition of some of the best men in that city for the purpose of receiving the emi grants there, and settling them in the province of Quebec. Some idea may ,be formed of the services rendered by the society from the statement of the secretary,p that, including the emigrants sent out by the Medway, they had engaged berths for 1,800 statute adults, at a cost of five guineas each adult, which would amount, in round numbers, to ten thousand pounds. Of that the emigrants would pay five thousand five hundred pounds, at £3 per statute adult ; but the amounts would exhaust the Manufacturers' Belief Fund and that of Mr. GOSCHEN. One of its chief merits seems to be that while it affords timely aid to the distressed, it is organized upon a principle which encourages self - exertion, and calls for some effort on the part of those who are assisted. This is the most effectual way of hel l ing people, and it is to be hoped that many may avail themselves of the advantages presented to them, and find in a new country that peace and prosperity Which misfortune mismanagement have put out of their reach at home. The inconsistency of human nature is a favourite t: - Tic with moralists and pla,s;pher3 ; and it may b noCc.d that na - ions are sometia:es as inconsistent as individu:ds. We often find a man reversing BUTLER S aclae, an 1 deLouncing energetically in ' another a fault he continually cotntrits with supreme incliffetence himself, and iu the same way communi ties occasionally display a happy unconsciouness that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENII'cG, APRIL 22, 1870. t hey are setting their recognised principles of action at complete defiance. Such an instance we have before us in the tariff of the United States. Our Transatlantic kinsfolk boast not without reason of setting the Old World the example of daring and resolute progress. The time-worn prejudices, the doubts, the precedents, the thousand and one de tabling influences which fetter older and more complex Governments may not clog their chariot wheels. They are free to put 1 rineiples into prat ice, to developo " ideas" into systems in a fashion which even the most enthusiastic French man cau hardly hope to realise. The "intelligent foreigner," arriving on our globe from some remote and unenlightened planet, might therefore very rea sonably ccuclucle that the people of the States would be far in advance of Europeans in their com mercial as well as in their constitutional theories. Strange to say, so far from this being the case, the Americans are still resolutely clinging to those bonds and restrictions which England at least has thrown off long since, and which France and Germany are rapidly surrendering. It is marvellous that a people so intolerant of needless fetters, so fully convinced that to grow and develope, to rise to its full height, to extend to its full proportions, a nation must politically be untrammelled and unrestrained, should be so obstinately bent on keeping their trade in leading strings, their commerce under strict surveillance. What is so fatal to the political Con stitution can hardly be beneficial to the commercial world, yet the United States cling to the doctrines of paternal government and centralisation, instead of carrying into their commercial -tbe principles which have made them politically •great and free. it was said of a celebrated statesman, that he " Born for the universe narrowed his mind," and in the same way the great Republic of the West, gifted with boundless natural wealt), keeps her people poor ; blessel with an inexhaustible field for the energies of her own population, and, of half the wayfarers of the Old World as well, she sits lamenting the depression of trade, the decay of commerce, while keeping resolutely in her hand the key whieh will open the door to national pros perity and plenty. America surely needs no ad ventitious aid. Iler products are too valuable, her re sources too vast for her to require an artificial m irket. Europe cannot afford to dispense with the graeari , s of the North-West, while the oils which play so prominent part in molern manufacture, are her almoA exclusive property. In iron and coal she is rich, so rich that we can not yet estimate her wealth, while of co:ton nothing need be said. flow is it that a people so rich, so energetic, so ambitious, should be loudly bewailing their commercial decadence ? Would it not be as well, before the Tariff Bill is finally passed, if the Washington legislators were to p Iris? and find the answer? I EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF STOLEN GOODS. Last night, about seven o'clock, the neighbour hood of Drury-lane was thrown into a state of ex citement, some hundreds of persons having congre gated, by a rumour, which turned out to be true, that the police were about to make an extensive seizure of stolen goods from No. 130, Drury lace, which Ilad been kept by a person named Treasure for a number of years as an old curiosity and china, shop. It appelr3 that Trcasui e and his wife had Lad a quarrel during the day, and thi . former struck the latter. The wife, det - , - .:rinned to revenge herself, immediately want to B.)w-3 reel Police-Wagon, and gave information which led to the immediate apprehension of Treasure. The police searched the prem'.ses, and d'scovere . d in the cellar stolen property of con,Nerab7e value and of all •descriptions, consisting of wearing apparel, linen and woollen goods, watches, jewellery, &e., sufficient to fill seven cabs, some being the pro ceeds of robberies committed upwards of twenty years since. FENIAN MOVE MINT IN NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE. The police have seized a quantity of firearms, including two hundred rifles, which had been sent from Birmingham to a suspected Fenian in Newcastle. The movements on the part of Fenian sympathisers have put the police on the alert. ANOTHER IRISH AGRARIAN OUTRAGE. Another Irish outrage—again agrarian—is reported from County Meath. Several dealers were proceeding to the fair of Navan, when they were met on the road by a party of men with faces blackened. These fellows made them swear that they would give up certain grass lands they had taken. The occurrence took place within a short distance from the police station. _ THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN FRANCE. The French Senate has unanimously adopted the new . Constitution, the discussion of the articles being concluded on Wednesday. M. Emile 011iviei made a speech, in which he said that the Govern ment, if victorious in the Plebiscite — as i t would be would march forward without hesitation or weakness. He eulogised the liberality of the Emperor's sentiments, and declared that the triumph of Constitu tional liberty in France would be the triumph, not o n ly of the Empire but of the nation. After voting the Senatus-Consultum, the Senate adjourned until the Thursday following the plebiscite. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Pri nce Albert Victor, Prince George, and the Princess Louise, arrived at Sandringham yesterday. The Marquis of Bath is much better, and there is every prospect of his early restoration to health. Lady Woodford, wife of Field-Marshal Sir Alex. Woodford, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital, died yes terday. The death is announced this morning of Sir Nor man Pringle, Bart. Lord and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon. Miss Thesiger are expected in town to-morrow from Birstall. Lieut.-Colonel Akroyd continues to recover s_itis factorily from the effects of his recent accident. The War-office has countermanded the order for the assembling of the militia in the town of Whiteha.ven in consequenc3 of the prevalence of typhus fever in that town. Mr. Childers, it is stated, has in deference to the position occupied by Admiral the Hon. Sir F. G. Grey offered him a command, so as to prevent the necessity of his early retirement. A great meeting of Roman Catholics is being held to-day at Manchester, in opposition to Mr. Newdegate's pro posal for the inspection of convents. Tho Duke of Norfolk and Lord Howard of Glossop are amongst the speakers. It is understood that the Dublin Freemen Com missioners report is in favour of the freeman franchise, and that corruption has not extensively prevailed The Esmonde will has been established finally by consent. All the costs are to be paid out of the assets. A large seizure of suspected Fenian arms was made in Nlancheater yesterday afternoon, by Inspector Henderson, of the city detective, force.. The inspector went with a num ber of police to a beerhouse in the neighbourhood of Old hatu-:•oad. a locality well knowu as a resort of Feuians, and seized a number of revolvers awl Suld2r 11118.4, and 2,000 rounds of ball cartridge. It is stated that no one has yet he en apprehended. 'CIVI SER VICI;:` - l'UPI'LY A 3SOCIATION. The balance sheet for the half yell - ea led 28th Feb. last has jus..t, been is-;t:e I, from which it oppoars tl,at goods were sold during that perio.l to the amount of £208,022., and that the net prJfit in the trading, after paytcvnt of'all expense's (._V3 I ie. Od. per cent.), was 43,217, which, according to the rules of this association, "shall go towards reducing he pries of articles sold at the stores." We are informed that this t-2, - .Amsivo business had its origin in a purC:3aie of tea by tt few' clerks of the. General Post-ollica,and that its prea,nt tragnitude has compelled the committee to restrict the sale of tickets to the public. II ER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 21. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, walked and drove this morn ing. ihe other memberi of the Royal Family also went out. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, April 21, Evening. M. 011ivier received an autograph letter from the Emperor yesterday, congratulating him on his skeech delivered in the Senate. It is expected that the proclamation of the Em peror respecting the Plebiscite will be issued on Saturday. Complete liberty will be granted for public meet ings previous to the Plebiscite. PlacaMs alone will be subjected to official control. M. Picard has publishei a letter, counselling his electors to vote negatively, and in another, addressed to M. Grevy, he justifies his abstention from signing the manifesto of the Left on the grounds that Depu ties cannot assume a responsibility for doctrines promoted by journals. The Avenir National censures this letter, and considers the writer as lost to Demo era ly. Many of the workmen front the foundries and metal works in Paris have struck, and up to the pre sent the masters manifest a determination not to BOURSE, April 21.—Three o'clock—The market .:loseszi as follows : per Cent. per Cents 75 10 End of month 74 721; Credit Mobilier 270 Transatlantic 195 Orodit Foncier _1320 Paris Gas 1695 Suez Canal 3OO Bank Shares 2820 It&Fan gives 56 40 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 49 20 Spanish Threes Home Debt 24t- Deferred ...... "- 'EL - Cash . 98U- RAIL WA' . 11871 (184 (UBl - 665 511. 808 - 420 LISBON, April 20. Orleans Western Northern Strasburg iiyons and Mediterraaean Souther:h Sardiuiau Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman PORTUGAL, The damage done by the la e hurricane was chiefly confined to boats and lighters, and only one life was lost. The • Bri ish frigate Bristol drag;ed her anchors, but gat up steam, and wa3 safely moored. The troopship Tamar sAll3 to-day for England. SPAIN. MADRID, April 21. The indisposition of Senor Rivero continues. GREECE. ATHENS, April 19. The brigands, who are still holding their captives, are surrounded by troops. Theogenes, aide-dc-camp of General Churd (?), has been sent to inform them that the full pardon they demand coul3 not be granted. It is stated that the British Minister has offered a ship to c.mvey the brigamli, with the ransom, out of Greece. ATIIENS, Al ril 21, 9 p.m. Further news respecting tLe captives is expected to-morrow. if the brigands insist upon re.eiving a pardon they will be attacked by the troop 3. A M E It I C A. (By Cable). NEW YORK, April 21. Spanish accounts received fro:n Cuba admit that the insurgents, after a severe engagement, succeeder) in capturing Capit tino del Somo. Over seven thousand Irish and German immi grants have arrived here during the last two da3 s. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131; the highest quotation during the day was 113 i ; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 1061 1401 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra Stato, $1 50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 15c, CANADA. (By Cable.) TORONTO, April 21. Judge Galt has, with the assent of the counsel for the accused, allowed the validity of the second warrant for the arrest of Richot and Scott, delegates from the Red River Settlement, and they have been handed over to the police for examination before a police magistrate. The military expedition to the Red River, under the command of Colonel Wolesley (not Wellesley), is expected to leave in the first week in May. Sir Stafford Northcote has arrived from England. METROPOLITAN GOSSlP.—TnunspAr. Aurely this is the most brilliant Easter week we have known for many a year. This comes of having Easter in the latter half of April. I would suggest to the fathers of the CEcumenical Council that they might arrange with the Eastern Church to compromise their long standing dif ference about the date of celebrating this festival, by agreeing to make it a fortnight later than it is at present observed in the Western Church, provided the day were fixed for the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in April. And yet though it has been so brilliant a week, vegetation is unusually backward. Travelling across England, from East to West I was surprised to find that London was more ad vanced than Devonshire, that the trees in Hyde Park showed more foliage than the trees in the sheltered country about Torquay. This is the more strange because in London there have been violent alterna tions of temperature. On Sunday, for instance, the thermometer marked 61 in the shade at two o'clock, and by eight we were shivering before a bitter east gale, which had reduced the temperature 16 degrees. Monday, however, was warm enough to suit the Volun teem at Brighton, and warm enough. too, to suit his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, who, in order to escape taking part in the great festival of the citizen army on the South Downs, travelled in the opposite direction 300 miles away, and held a review on the slopes overlooking Plymouth Sound, a review so miserably meagre that it has .brought all con cerned in it into ridicule. In the midst of the recess it is impossible not to think of politics. The position is eminently unsatisfactory. As I have mentioned on a former occasion, there is scarcely the remotest chance that the Government will pass any measure during this session except the Land Bill. The Ministerial Whips are working hard during the holidays in the hope of getting Liberal M.P.'s who have amend ments on the notice - paper to withdraw those which are not important, so as to avoid that terrible loss of time which has been caused hitherto by going again and again over the same ground. The Conservatives are not likely to yield to any such consideration, for-thoughts good many of them would fear to throw out the bill lest if they did so " a worse thing should befal them," they have two strong reasons for hindering the progress of the measure—one the desire to damage the prestige of the Government, the other to render impossible the passing of the abolition of University Testi and Ballot Bills. Mr. Gladstone refused to commit himself to the first of these two measures during the present year, neverthe less it is not improbable that he will introduce it after Easter, and it is understood that Mr. Leatham has with drawn his Ballot Bill,on the promise that the Government, in the person of the Marquis of Hartington, will be pre pared to take the matter in hand before the close of the Session. That these measures will pass it is absurd to expect. They will but share the fate of the, Lord Chancellor's Law Reform Bills, the Intestacy Bill, the Mine? Regulation, Merchant Shipping, Trades' Union, and Licensing Bills, printed or unprinted. For it must be re membered that even when the Land Bill has got through the Commons it will have to pass the Lords, a very severe ordeal for any measure of this kind, affecting as it does the rights of property. Their lordships are pretty certain to insist upon Mr. W. Fowler's amend ment, exempting farms of £5O and upwards from the operation of the compensation clauses. It will be remembered that this amendment was lost by a majority of only thirty-two, a defeat almost equivalent to a victory, and which will certainly encourage the Peers to try their hands at it. This will lead to a collision between the two Houses, which will need discussion and will occupy time. By far the most serious matter, however, is the position of the Education question. The Conservative party are getting alarmed at the prospect of material alterations of Mr. Forster's bill in accordance with the views of the League, and it is not improbable that several members of the party will endeavour to force the hand of the Govern ment, and compel a declaration of intentions. Should the alarm be well founded, the Lords would certainly resist any such material alteration, feeling that with the support, not only of the Conservatives, but of a large section of the Liberals in the Lower House, they could safely resist the League. Thus there seems a prospect of a long and increasingly bitter controversy on this subject, to last, in all probability, until this time next year. The rumour respecting the retirement of Lord Prather ley, which I mentioned in a former letter as being very prevalent, does not seem to have been well founded. The Chancellor by no means dislikes the woolsack, and is in no hurry to leave it. Lord William Lennox feels himself aggrieved by my recent statement respecting the Victoria Hansom, and Brougham Company. His Lordship resents the idea of Colonel Dickson, of Reform procession celebrity, being associated with him as a director of the company. The real Colonel Dickson "is a staunch Conservative, and was never connected with any Reform demonstration." I accept his Lordship's correction, but Ido not see why a cab should be any the better because the company to which it belongs has a "staunch Conservative" instead of a Radical for its director. There is one thing to be said for the real Colonel Dickson ; if his cabs go as fast as his tongue did when he was member for Limerick, Jehus of all former generations will be eclipsed. After a prolonged immunity, there is a remarkable mor tality just now among members of the Peerage. Within the last few days we have lost the Dowager Baroness Lyttelton, Lord Tenterden, and Lord Hartismere. Lady Lyttelton, who was aunt to the present Viceroy of Ireland, was formerly governess to the daughters of Queen Victoria. Lord Tenterden was the grandson of a barber, and the son of a Lord Chief Justice. The grand father refused a peerage on the first occasion that it was offered to him, being, as he said, too poor to maintain the dignity ; but he yielded the second time that the offer was made. The late peer was a poor man, and therefore lived in seclusion.. Outside his club he was known as Mr. Abbott. His nephew and successor held a post as clerk in the Foreign Office, and was afterwards precis writer to the present Lord Derby. Lord Hartismere, better known to the world under his Irish peerage of Henniker, owed his English barony to the late Conserva tive Government. He represented East Suffolk for twenty-five years, and was succeeded in the representation by his son. This gentleman, who now takes the title, is twenty-eight years old. He married the only daughter of the Earl of Desart. The Prince of Wales stood sponsor to his eldest son. No doubt the Hennikers and the Kerrisons will settle upon a fit and proper representative for East Suffolk. It has not been usual to trouble the electors in the matter. While speaking of the peerage, I may mention that Lady Cowper has estab lished at Paris a midnight meeting movement, which has been very successful. Another English institution has been imported into the French capital—a sporting club, called the Derby. The newspapers have been publishing accounts of the presents made by the Duke of Edinburgh to the native princes of India. It is to be hoped mat his .Loyal Highness will on this occasion defray these presents out of his own pocket, especially as it has lately been replenished to the extent of £200,000 by a lucky mining speculation in New Zealand. The Duke receives £15,000 a-year from the country. While on this matter it may interest your readers to know what the Royal Family costs us. The Queen receives an annual allowance of £385,000, out of which, of course, the Royal households are to be maintained ; the Prince of Wales receives £40,000 a-year, 'besides a revenue from the Duchy of Cornwall, amounting to about £55,000 a-year ; the Princess of Wales gets £lO,OOO a year ; the Princess of Prussia, £B,OOO ; the Duke of Edinburgh,2ls,ooo ; Princess Louis of Hesse, £6,000 ; Princess Christian, £6,000 ; Duchess of Cam bridge, £6,000 ; Princess Teck, £5,000 ; Duke of Cam bridge, £l2,ooo—besides which he receives £3,460 a year, salary as commander-in-chief, and pay as officer of regi ments to which he is attached. Altogether upwards of half a million. This, however, is much less than the Imperial Family costs France. Napoleon alone has an allowance of a million. I am sorry to announce the death of the Hon. Julian Charles Fane. He was not only an accomplished diplo matist, for many years attached to our Embassy in Paris, but he was also a graceful writer, and was the author of a volume of poems. He was a brother - of the Earl of Westmoreland, and was only 42 at his death. The Daily EAgraph has lost one of its most fertile leader writers by the death of Mr. Prowse. This gentleman carried to perfection the style for which that journal is famous, and was especially great upon topics like "the social evil" Mr. Broclriek, who has been appointed one of the com missioners, together with the Earl of Devon, to in spect the condition of the Fenian pris . oriers, is known in the literary world as a leader writer in the Tinte3. He was the member of the " Young. Oxford" band who did battle so gallantly against the Duke of Marlborough in his own 13.4.1:914.14 of Woodstock. His elder brother is a strong Conservative, and represents Mid Surrey. They are sons of Viscount Middleton, for merly rector of Bath, and afterwards Dean of Exeter. Mr. Prowett, of the Temple, formerly proprietor of the John Bull, is now on the limes reviewing staff. Still on matters relating to journalism, I may add that the Church Herald, the latest started Conservative paper, has been hoisting the flag of distress in the shape of an appeal for'more support from the . party. The opponents of the Contagious Diseases Act have started a weekly journal to a.dvocate their views. It is called The Shield, and is published by Messrs. Tweedie. In con- nection with this subject I may mention that the c urrob number of the Westminster Reeiew, just published, con tains a continuation of the article which it published i n January. I believe that the author is Dr' Chapman, and he recommends that all hospitals shall be open for the reception of the patients who are now relegated to the Lock Hospitals. I may also mention tha t it was the ladies who have been most active in opposing this measure that prevented Sir Henry Storks from being elected M.P. for Newark. The Government were anxiouS to have him in the House, and would have given bin' a post at the War Office. But no sooner had be offered himself as a candidate than a telegram 11783 sent down to stir up the opponents of the act to oppose Sir Henry, and they worked with such effect that he had to retire. Mr. Mundella, M.P., who has bee n indoctrinated by his fellow-townsmen at Nottingham (a borough closely connected with Newark) went to the last mentioned place and worked against Sir Henry. I am glad to see that Mr. Locke King is going to tall the attention of Parliament to the condition of the Patriotic Fund. In the annual report lately published reference is made to the Lady Superintendent of the Wandsworth asylum, whom the commissioners were con' pelled to dismiss. The report states only a very sm all portion of the facts, does not give the particulars of the charges which led to this dismissal, does not state this obstacles which certain officials threw in the way of an inquiry, until one of the commissioners was compelled to remonstrate, does not admit that the official by whom the mal-practices were brought to light, greatly to the disgust of the authorities at. Spring Gardens, was dismissed by them after the assurance that he should not be placed at any disadvantage if he Mme forward and revealed what he knew. This is a case which Parliament ought to investigate, for as the circuity' stances appear at present a great wrong has been done. There is another reason for inquiry. Some time ago the Duke of Somerset was so dissatisfied with the mismanage' ment of the fund that he refused to be any longer respon sible for it, and resigned his position as commissior. At the present time there is at least one of the commis sioners who is by no means satisfied. But what can lie do alone, albeit he is an M.P.? I do not think it is generally known that between ne w and August the trustees of all the important educational charities will have to draw up their schemes for the better distribution and employment of their funds. Tin der Mr. Forster's Endowed Schools Act of last year the trustees of endowments of less amount than 210,0 00 had to sendin their schemes by the beginning of February ; in cases where the endowments exceed that amount a longer term is allowed. IN THE W AKE OF RoItY.—A laro . e addition lia 3 been made to the constabulary force in Westmeath within the last few days by the arrival at Mullingar of bet° fifty and sixty constables an d snb-constables, to I A thence distributed to the different outlying stations --4 Dublin Express. RUSSIA AND TCllKEY.—Accordino• to a despatc h from Vienna to the North-East Correspondent there i 3 reason to fear that Russia and Turkey will get into a di- 14 ' 1 ,' culty on account of the refusal of th e G ree k P a triarch ' a accept the reforms of the Bulgariart . Church. Russia hel, protested against the threat of the Turkish Goverurao. to depose the Patriarch. THE MECCA PILGILIMAGE.—Accounts from dab state that the solemn flies of the great pilgrimage 9 Mecca have terminated under the most favourable sad' tary conditions, although 200,000 pilgrims took Part 1 1 them. The Grand Sheriff of Mecca and Governor-Gene rE4 of the province, with the assistance of Arif-Bey, the vices president of the Coulicil of Health, at Constantinopl e ' have personally superintended the strict enforcement 0 , the hygienic measures which were adopted for the cac 3 ' sion. There is good reason to suppose that the .Mussulreal Pilgrimage will be productive of no disastrous effects, a•U 4 ;ntroduce no epidemic disease. The devil-fish of Victor Hugo's fiction has i l l counterpart. A crab caught in Yok o h ama B a y w eighe'' about 40 pounds, had legs over five feet in length, and it s mouth contained two large teeth. When in the water It s strength was such that it could have quite overpowered 3 man. This horrible ghoul, as if attracted by that 0; palling calamity, was found clinging to the masthead c.' . ; the recently sunken steamer Oneida . • A taxidermist , 1 :' San Francisco is preparing the dead monster for bition. Messrs. Duchland and Young, the special commis:: sioners appointed to inquire into the effect of recent legislation on the salmon fisheries in Scotland, have lected a large amount of information, and intend to inspect the salmon rivers and districts of Scotland, start' ing from Edingburgh early in May, commencing with tha district of the Forth, and from that travelling round the east coast. It is expected that a subsequent inspection the autumn will enable them to complete their survey of the Scottish rivers. Mr. Pease, M.P., explains his remarlis on the Ballot question at Bishop Auckland. "What I did 51 at the meeting at Bishop Auckland was this-that I h 3 good authority for saying, that if time allowed, the I‘l,a r 4 quis of Hartington would' this session, on behalf of v,,T, Government, introduce a Ballot Bill dealing not only I?"' f that subject, but with others embraced in the report °t the committee of which he was the chairman, and o ' n . such a measure would be a reform in the system of ducting our elections, in which case I have no doubt 3 a Leatham would withdraw his bill, having accomP ll2lle his object." LEVEL UROSSINGS ON RAILIVATS:::-Art action has b een tried in the Court of Queen's Bench which raises Or_ question of what amount of precaution is necessary ° n the part of railway companies with respect to level crossa ings. The plaintiff, whose name was Storey, was a P, 1113 0 teachor in a school, and obtained £2OO damages at Dure a for injuries received while walking on the railway 11 ° - . While crossing at a level crossing, she was knocked do' il by a coal train, which she was unabl e to s ee owing to thet smoke from some coke ovens. There was no one in fro ,4 of the coal train, and it wa s i m p e ll e d f rom b e hi n d, so 4 a jury found the company guilty of negligence. A rule now been granted on the ground that there was no ilea gence on their part. ag ed SINGULAR CHARGE.-Charles Pinter, a carman, -. d 21, was charged at Worship-street with assault. A you i :. woman named Humphreys said she was walking along t'i Wick-road, Bow,' with two friends, when the 1)4 2 °1 , and some other men drove up in a c 3 after claiming acquaintance with her he pulled her i nt o a cab, and they drove off. Presently they stopped at x , public-house when she jumped out and ran back to __ t friends. In defence it was said to be a frolic on the PP' of the prisoner and his friends, the young woman hal asked for a ride. The magistrate thought it was a stur l joke, and fined the defendant £5 for an assault. THE W ANT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE Pooh%' At an inquest held by a London coroner, a witness Pre sented herself to the court, when the following eonvers tv tion took place :-Coroner : How old are you ? Witness,l Thirteen, sir.-Coroner : D o y ou k now i t i s wr o ng to tell a lie ? Airitness : No, sir.-The C oroner : H ave you ne been to school? Witness : No, sir.-The Coroner : D o you attend any place o f wors hi p ? Wi tness : N o , sir. -- The Coroner : Not either church or chapel, in the naorir Ing or evening, ? Witness : No ; I've never been t o oua -Coroner : Can you read or write ? Witness : No, sle e v e Coroner : Have you a father? Witness : No, sir P'L o lead these three year.-Coroner : Did he never teach r e to read ? Witness : No, sir ; mother never taught 133 , too, sir.-Coroner : Do you ever say any praY w eri a l ; Witness : No, sir ; I don't know what they are. after remarking upon the shocking ignorance of Coroner, the child, at length succeeded in sheaving her tie value of in oath, and the case then proceeded. IN EEDF ITL PURIFICATION.—Uur authorities ! home would do well to follow the example of the E Va-' peror and Empress of Austria, who, accor di n g to t Eastern Budget, have just performed the ancient ceremony of washing the feet of twelve poor old men and wonae rl. The Court Chamberlain washed the feet of t il „ 3 old women, and the Empress dried them. Pr ill ai - a Hohenlohe and the Emperor performed the P P- s I offices for the men. How charming all this sounds to 11 ji who would gladly see twelve poor old men or women was il la if we could find anybody to undertake the task. We sh° l Lai not care so much about their feet, if only their hou could be washed. An Easter "house-washing" cerera? l/y S e a performed by the Home Secretary and Sir John This' s° would be a most touching sight. The Home Secretso! with a scrubbing brush and a _pail might ole a % twelve small houses in some Whitechapel ee„ u a • while Sir John Thwaites washed the street outside Nir";ia water-cart. It would of course, be a very small il ls act) meat of sanitary reform, but what an example it w° to ' be to the vestries, and what an encouragement to thef ie ,, put eleven or twelve Sanitary Acts into operation I 1- ae at again, might not the Home Secretary with advantage Ba' en his condescension by washing twelve small tradesla; convicted of adulteration or false weights e v en . measures ? The greater the rascal the greater th e a,ll/3 descensiou. Instead of simply washing the feet, O ape improve on on the practice at Vienna by immersin,ire whole bodies in the Ifiver Thames from H un gerford bt 5 ,1, 0 Of course we do not expect Mr. Bruce himself to pti c i' oe i tradesmen into the water. The Empress at Vienr,.., a lf.; not actually perform ary the unpleasant Let an Under-Sceret of State, or the Junior _ at ). of 'the Treasury, duck the interesting grocers, t!r e „, let the Home Secretary, following the Empress's ex?112_,13 simply dry them when they ernerge from the river," as we term the - unfortunates stream we arc it polluting and abasing b ecause we h ave p o iatte.- ii , to 'When the dried and purified tradesman are return,i_we their humble homes, a few Raster eggs playfully bb at them by those whom they have injured and r would add to the interest of the whole corm:awl 3_Ti_.° xxoduce a salutary effect perhaps.-Pall Gaxtil INDIA. (By British Indian Submarine Cable.) • BOMBAY, April 21. Mr. Forsyth, commissioner of Julinder, has been appointed to go to Yarkand. A good harvest is expected in the Punjaub. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald has gone to Mahablesh war for the hot season. Her Majesty's ship Teazer has arrived. BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, April 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Vera leaves at 8 this evening for South ampton, where she may be expected on the 30th instant. The Massilia from Southampton, 9th in,tant, arrived at 4 a.m. , on the 18th, and left for Alexandria, at 11 p.m. the same day. CHINA MAIL. SUEZ, April 21. The Deccan, from Cakutta 30th ultimo, arrived at 10 this morning. PLntoUTli, April 21. The steamer that has gone ashore at Scilly proves to be the Salo of London, from Oporto for Liverpool, with a cargo of wool, wine, o:auges, and 30 bullocks. The Sado is nay to become a total wreck. The crew and-thre.!bnllocli s were saved. LivEßroor., April 22 Africln Royal mail stw_tmer Calabar arrived off this post to-day, and will reach t'le river about noon. A plan of .dealing tai tr the. Red River inslrg!nts has, it is sa:d, been agree.] upon by the Dominion and Im p:rial Covernment3, but It is not desirable to disclose it. We are informed that Colonel Johnson, the chief of the Sioux Indiacs, at Brandford, has effred eight hundred of his warriors to assist Mtijor-deneral Lindsay in subdu ing the insurgents. prig ACC, /care, Sto ee n Te n and Lu x 171. L:dj aid Prei of t to 1 and 4 4 t now Gen at. Ori ( 63 t P ral ZlO, date Cloy ex pc Atl a de re citlol O f t It and tn, p , „ h oit „Jeer N uw . bo.