The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PA RLIA Ai EN r HOUSE OF COMMONS. —WEDNESDAY. !'he Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past twelve o'clock. BENEFICES BILL, Mr. CROSS, in moving the second reading of this bill said he had not heard that any opposition was to be offered to the Bill that day, and therefore it was not his intention to make such a lengthy statement, as he otherwise should. He did not intend to interfere with Church patronage as vested in the hands of laymen. He believed that the fact of church patronage not being in one particular hand, tended to give a greater variety and tone of thought among the clergy of the country, and that those who resided in a particular locality were best capable of making an appointment which should be satisfactory to that district. He went on to establish the proposition that anciently there was no right to the sale of the pre sentation of a living, and at the present moment there was a very great distinction between the sale of the right to present, and the sale of the exercise of that right. He would do nothing to endanger the rights of private pro perty, but he believed that it was a property held as trust, and that everyone who valued lay patronage woul do all they could to pass the measure to take away th abuse connected with the property, and by taking away the abuse perpetuate the use. The bill provided that the actual sale of the next presentation should not be allowed. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time, remarking that the measure would put an end to a great scandal to the Church, and an abso lute insult to the parishioners themselves. Mr. BEEEsPoED-HOPE hoped the hon. member would not press his motion, but if he did he would not vote against him. He believed that the system of private Church patronage in the Church of England had gone far to produce that class of clergymen —at once men of the world and men of God —which characterised that Church more than any other religious body. If the legal sale of advowsons were prohibited, he was afraid there would be clandestine sales. If his hon. friend's bill had been framed for the purpose of doing away with bonds of resignation, he should have supported it, because that was a practice which he thoroughly reprobated. The best remedy , , however, for such a case was the growth of public morality. The moral responsibility on patrons was increasing every day, and the same might be said of those who were presented. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that so far as his expe rience went, he was unable to confirm the statement of the member for the University of Cambridge, that the sale of ecclesiastical benefices was diminishing, or that the morality he had spoken of was increasing. Cases came before him which, had he seen in a book of fiction, he should readily have believed them to have been invented. He did not approve of the lessening of the patronage in lay hands. He could not see why that which was a scandal should not be amended by the legislation proposed. He recommended the House to assent tothe second reading on the ground that the bill dealt in a practical and effectual way with a great public and pri vate scandal. Dr. BALL had heard with pleasure the announcement of the Solicitor-General that he intended to support the bill. The ingenuity of lawyers had been employed for the pur pose of evading the laws for restricting the abuse of the system. Knowing as he did the abuse and the way in which the restrictive acts were evaded, he should cordia]i support the second reading. Mr. STAPLETON said the bill appeared to open the door to very great abuse. When the livings were sold at all it was not by those who were wealthy. It would, if • the sale of the next presentation were prohibited, be a great temptation for a person to force his son into the Church, and thus do serious injury to it. Mr. HINDE PALMER supported the second reading of the bill, and spoke of the advantage of church patronage being in the hands of the laity. He referred to the good results which had followed the generous conduct of the Duke of St. Albans, who had left the parishioners to choose their own pastor. Mr, J. G. TALBOT cordially supported the bill. He was of opinion that neither the seller nor the buyer of the next presentation had the approval of his own conscience in the transaction. Mr. HENLEY could not understand why a man might not sell the presentation whilst he could sell the advowson, which carried the presentation with it. He said it was impossible not to see that the bill would strike altogether at the root of private patronage. He believed that sales would take place clandestinely, despite any Act of Par• liament. Mr. MONK thought the bill did not go far enough. Nevertheless, whilst admitting with the member for Oxfordshire that if persons were so determined bargains of the kind would be made, he believed it would haw, a good effect. After some remarks from Mr. DICK/YSON, Mr. G. HARDY said they must remember that the Church of England did not consist either of the patrons or the clergy, but of the flock, and he believed that in the bill the House was giving a recognition to the position of the flock. The bill was then read a second time. COUNTY CORONER'S (IRELAND) 11 Mr. - V-IC.E moved the second reading of this bill and said there were 38 county coroners in Ireland, and it was proposed on deaths or resignations to decrease that num ber by 18. The bill gave power to the Lord Lieutenant to direct special sessions to be held to redistribute the districts where the reductions were made. On placing the salary for the coroners at £lOO, he took the amount named in the bill which was passed some sessions ago, regulating the office of coroner in which the maximum salary was laid down at £lOO. In placing the salary at £lOO there was no further burden imposed upon the country than exists at present. He thought a limited superannuation allowance should be made, and that the age at which the coroners should be entitled to the allowance should be 70. He hoped that paying coroners by salary instead of by fees, and gradating them a suitable allowance when incapable of performing their duties further, would raise the status and dignity of that order. Mr. SYNAN objected to a provision in the bill allowing coroners to appoint deputies. He referred to the proposi tion to equalise the duties of coroners, and remarked that it was impossible unless they could equalise the deaths. Mr. STACPOOLE having addressed the House. Mr. CHARLEY said he thought the coroners had made out a case for payment by salary instead of fees. He spoke in favour of the appointment of deputies, and also agreed with the proposal to grant a superannuation allowance. Colonel FRENCH and Viscount CRICHTON having made some remarks on the Bill, Mr. C. Foßmsouß said that so far as the clause to enable coroner's to appoint deputies was concerned, he had not heard sufficient reasons for such a proposal, nor did he think they ought to give the coroner power to commit persons charged with murder when the local magistracy or the stipendiary magistrate could deal with the case. He could not agree with the clause for throwing the superanuation allowance upon either the Consolidated Fund or a local fund. On the part of the Government, he must oppose the second read ing, although he did not think the subject ought to be allowed to remain altogether as it was. The Grand Jury Bill would have been introduced had he had an op portu nity, but when that measure was brought before the House it would include the affairs of the Irish counties, and would deal with the question of coroners. Dr. BALL observed that, as a general principle, what was connected with the administration of justice ought to be introduced by the Government. He had observed that bills brought in by private members when they were of sufficient importance to demand the attention of the executive had a wholesome effect upon the legislature, in ns much as it stimulated them to activity on that subject He shot ~, p ort the second reading of the bill. Mr. DOWNING strongly supported the measure. Mr. MATTHEWS advocated the payment by salary in stead of fees, and the proposal to grant a superannuation allowance. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND Said Government intended to deal with the question, but not during the present session. The present bill was as bad in point of detail as a bill could possibly be. Colonel STUART KNOX said the importance of the sub ject had been admitted on all hands, and he hoped the hon. gentleman who introduced the measure would divide the House. THE O'CoNNon DON approved of the course Govern• . went had adopted, inasmuch as he thought the subject 6_ coroners should be dealt with when the grand jury system of Ireland was considered. . _ After some further discussion the House Pided, when there appeared For the second reading . Against it .. 172 Majority against the bill - . 74. SUBURBAN COMMONS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. J. LOWTHER opposed, and moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months He objected to the measure, as it would absolutely pre- vent for ever all works of improvement and developments of large places, such as Cannock Chase, whereby great loss would be occasioned to thousands of persons. Mr. COWPER-TEMPLE said the objection of the hon. member was such that if the bill went into committal alterations in some of the clauses could easily be made ts remove the enactment of which he complained. He wished the House to affirm the principle of the bill, which was to give the Enclosure commissioners authority, after con. suiting the wishes of the Commoners, to take steps to drain and lay out commons that had hitherto been altogether neglected, and thereby make them really places of recreation and enjoyment. It was not the object of the bill to deprive commoners of any right that they at present possessed, but simply to give them an opportunity of taking advantage of certain enactments by which they would render these neglected spots places of healthful pleasure and exercise. Mr. GOLDREY said the bill would not, in practice, carry out the object of the right hon. gentleman, and as it pro posed to do certain matters which he should like to see done in a very crude manner, he shouldoppose the second reading. Iktr. HIJOGESEN, on the part of the Government, said he should give his vote in favour of the second read ing of the bill. He was quite prepared to affirm the prin ciple of the bill, but he could not entirely agree to the details. He hoped the House would come to a unanimous vote on the subject, in order that the House might recog nise the right of the public to these common lands. Sir SELWIN IBBETSON thought that there were many reasons why the bill should be considered by a select committee. Colonel BARTTELOT did not wish either to hinder the bill being referred to a select committee or being read a second time, but he wanted to know whether it was fair and right after what had been said by the Government that the principles of the measure should be affirmed. Mr. G. B. Gregory, Mr. Assheton, and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore having made a few remarks, the bill was read a second time, and the committee was fixed for the 22nd of June. Mr. GOLDNEY then moved that it be referred to a select committee. Mr. BRUCE pointed out that a large number of questions aad been referred to select committees, and said it was .undesirable to increase the number. He asked the hon. member to withdraw his motion. Mr. GOLDNEY said he should withdraw, whereupon _ _ Mr. LOWTHER said he should make a similar Proposi- don. IThe House then divided, when the amendment that the bill be referred to a select committee was rejected by a majority of 56. PETTY CUSTOMS (SCOTLAND) ABOLITION BILL. The House went into committee on this bill, which passed. Several orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to six. THE SP k.NISH THRONE. It is announced that the Spanish Progressists, the most powerful party in the Cortes, have chosen General Espartero as their candidate for the Crown. He is nearly eighty years of age. Born in 1792, he began his career in South America, where he accumulated a con siderable fortune and put himself into relations with Lopez, Narvaez, and many others of the men whom it was afterwards his fate to oppose in political warfare. To Englishmen who remember the Spanish Civil War his name is familiar as the Commander-in-Chief of Queen Isabella's forces. On the close of the war he was ennobled, and received at his own request the title of Duke of Victory. The sole regency of Spain was con ferred upon him on the Bth of May, 1841. THEE I~I'raRLAND TRIAL, News has just been received from New York of the acquittal on Tuesday of Mr. Daniel M'Farland for the murder of Mr. Richardson. It will be remem bered that Mr. M'Farland shot Mr. Richard son in the Tribune office, to Whose staff he belonged, owing to his wife having left him for Mr. Richardson. Mrs. M'Farland obtained a divorce, and on Richardson's deathbed she was married to him by Mr. Beecher. The circumstances of the case excited the greatest• interest in the States, and the trial, which has bated more than a fortnight, produced intense excite ment. THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE. The American yacht Sappho has been victorious in the first of the matches with the English yacht Cambria. At twenty minutes past eight on Tuesday morning the yachts were started off the Wight, the Cambria's hows being slightly in advance of those of the Sappho at the moment af departure. The Sappho carried a jib more than her ipponent, and in a few minutes after the g'un had been fired she was seen gaining en the English vessel port tack in a surprising manner. A. fleet of crack yachts followed, and the Solent was alive With the white wings_ of all sorts of craft. The early orning was dull, the sky leaden, and the atmosphere c old. The wind blew from E.S.E. rather fresh, and the prospects of a fine race were favourable. As the squadron dotting the Solent bowled along eastward the clouds gradually , disap peared, and the first race is being contested in "Queen's Weather." The breeze lulled during the next hour or two, but as the morning advanced the wind freshened. There was a west-going tide as the yachts went out, and the chances of success on either side were, judging from the betting, quite equal. As long as the two yachts could be seen from the umpires' steamer (which went a long way ahead), the Sappho was continuing to gain rapidly ; but eventually, as the competing ships kept landwards, whilst the umpires' steamer preserved a straight coursa, they were for some time lost sight of. Between five and six o'clock on Tuesday the Cambria was sighted with the American yacht Dauntless on her quarter, but at 6.55 the former gradually bore up for home several miles short of the whole course, which the Sappho completed, being then fifteen miles ahead of the Cambria. The latter was out of the course of the umpire's steamer, which returned without her. The Cambria reached Cowes at four on Wednesday morning, the American representative coming in two hours later, both in good trim. Though the decision of the umpires has nett yet been formally given, it is understood that nO objection will be raised to the Sappho being declared the winner. No similar international race has been run on the Cowes waters since the celebrated dipper America beat every vessel that raced with her while she was in American hands ; therefore the interest taken by the yachting world in these races was great in proportion to the novelty of the contest. When the Sappho sailed round the Wight, about two years since, she disappointed her admirers—not to say that she came to grief. The Cam bria, which was built at Cowes in 1888, draws 12ft. bin. aft, and Bft. Bin. forward, and the greatest draught of the Sappho is 12ft. 10In., being about two-thirds of her length from the bow. Her draught forward cannot well be told, because her keel is cambered. The American is a fins handsome yacht, and a good representative craft. To give some idea of the legitimate means adopted to ensure success, it may be mentioned that the Sappho was carefully covered with black lead and polished from keel to gunwale. The Cambria also had her copper blackleaded most carefully. This was done that the yachts might slip more freely through the sea, and to make the water fly off the hull speedily. The conditions of the races have 13eeaz freely commented on, and the fact that no "conditions" are attched to the race there is hailed with much app ro b a ti on . That is no time allowance, and no conditions, despite the apparent dispa rity in measurement, might cause some surprise, but it has been tritely argued by the American press that " the feeling is Justly assuming righteous proportions that matches should not be trammelled by purely arbitrary and technical conditions, for all rules of measurement, and theories as to size and conse quent speed are faulty. The belief is that in theprelimi naries of a race the vessel that gets the better of the ' con ditions' manifestly obtains the better of the contest, and allowances may be so tortured that a fast yacht may be beaten by _a canvassed snail." Since the American craft sailed in English southern waters she has been increased in breadth below her water line eighteen inches on either side, thus giving her three feet more beam, and con sequently a greater degree of stability, a qua lity s h e was deficient in before the alteration. Her deek is of the normal breadth, and the side now forms a "tumble home." A Central Press telegram says :—",There seems to have been some little difficulty s tb the Sappho passing the winning boat ; but the umpires h ave awar d e d th e pr i zes to the Sappho. She now lies in the roadstead with all her bunting flying; but the rain spoils the beauty of the ships in harbour. A. telegram to the Shipping Gazette says the owner of the Sappho claims to have beate n th e Cambria by nine miles. Mr. Ashbury admits that his yacht was fairly beaten. and abandons the cups, The police have been informed of the death of Mr F. Tyrell, formerly of Bow-street Police-court, who over heard the conversation between Lord William Russell's murderer, Courvoisier, and his friend, in the cell o f th e former, and thus enabled the prosecution to prove the murder and where the stolen property had been re moved to. The Imparcial a Madrid Ministerial j ourna l,. sa y s , on the sth, that the negotiations for a treaty of commerce with England are being followed up in the Spanish Foreign Office with the greatest activity ; that the bases proposed by Spain are not objected to in . principle, and that the only cause of delay is from the examination of them on the part of the English Gov eminent for the pur pose of ascertaining whether they are in opposition to any other stipulations in existing treaties with other countries. THE OPENING- OE LONDON UNIVERSITY BY THE QUEEN. VROIII OUR OWN gEPORTER.) ANZDNESA&Y. At last London University has a local habitation at well as a name. For more than thirty years it haEs pos. sessed the first only. Settled dwelling it had none, but was driven about from pillar to post in most undig nified fashion. To the public, it was a mere nominis umbra. Even a Londoner, if he were asked to mention its locale, would either confess thut he did not know or 'answer " Gower-street." The first answer would have been a good deal more accurate than the second. The building in Gower-street was Uni versity College, not the University itself. The University had apartments only; in Somerset House at first, then in Burlington House ; and when that building was pulled down to make way for the Royal Academy, the University had to descend lower still—to take rooms in a private house . 1 in Saville-row. But the Senate and Convocation were cheered under this humiliation by the knowledge that close by their last and shabbiest tabernacle a gorgeous temple was being erected for them. Yesterday that temple was opened by noless a person -than . 'Queen Vic toria. Before I describe the ceremony, let me say very briefly what London University is. It is mainly an examining body. It has a Chancellor, Earl Granville ;it has a Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Grote, the historian ; it has a Senate and Convocation. But its chief function is the examination for and conferring of degrees. The confu sion between University College and London University was not altogether unnatural. When University College was first formed it was known as London University, although a mere joint-stock undertaking. In 1836 a charter was given to that institution, and it was then known asUniver sity College. About the same time another charter was given, and by it London University was established. This was granted during the Royal will and pleasure, and it therefore had bo be renewed after the death of William IV., which was done December 5, 1837. Addi tional powers were given in 1850, and on April 9, 1858, a wholly new charter was signed, instituting many changes in the func tions and arrangements of the University. At that time there were forty-seven colleges and collegiate schools in connection with the University. The number is now considerably over fifty. The degrees conferred are those of Law, Medicine, Surgery (which is distinct from Medicine), Science, Literature, and Arts. The degrees in Surgery, Literature, and Science are of very recent origin, and at the present time Literature has but one doctor, Dr. Weymouth, formerly of Plymouth, now of Mill Hill school. It wi l be seen that Dirinity has no place. This is intentional. It was expressly excluded at the foundation of the University, and the exclusion for a long time was reckoned as a reproach to the institution. That feeling no longer prevails, and the reault is that men of all religions and races can and do obtain the benefits of the University. The new building is very ornate, but mast unfortu nately situated. It lies, at the back of the new Royal Academy, and its f ron t i s i n Burlington-gardens, a street so narrow that it is impossible to obtain a proper yiew of the elaborate elevation. A street running at right angles to the gardens gives the only opportunity of seeing the structure at a conven i en t di s t ance, an d even then only a portion of it is visible. The architect is Mr. Pennethorne, the style Palladian, and the building is remarkable for the large amount of sculpture introduced. In fact, it may be called a combination of sculpture and architecture. As regards ground plan, the building consists of two oblong blocks, the smallest of which *placed behind or to the so u th o f th e p r i nc ip a l one. The front presents a central portion about 120 ft. in length, flanked by two square towers, and ex tended farther east and west by wings, apparently two storeys in height and 64t. in leugth. The towers carry a clock and a wind dial, and between them is a projeeting portico with five entrances. The portico, the centre, and the wings are all surmounted by balustrades, on the pedestals of which balustrades are placed statues of eminent men, selected as fitting illustrations of the various forms of academic culture. The statues over the portico are seated, those on the roof line are standing ; and there are also standing 4 - iires in the niches on the ground floor of each wing. The principal figures are on the balustrade of the por tico, and are by Mr. Durham. Taking them in order from east to west, they are statues of Newton, Bentham, Milton, and Harvey, as representatives of th e f our Facul ties--Science, Law, Arts, and Medicine. The ti • glues on the central roof line are Galen, Cicero, Aristotle, Plate, Archimedes, and Justinian, representing ancient culture. Of these the first three are by Mr. Westmacott, the last three by Mr. Woodington. The east wing is devoted to illustrious foreigners. To the roof line Mr. Wyou has contributed Galileo, Goethe, and Laplace ; whilst for the niches Mr. M'Dowell has furnished Leibnitz, Curler, and Linnaeus. The west wing is adorn e d w ith linglish wor thies—Hunter, Hume, and Davy—by Mr. Noble on the balustrade ; and Adam Smith, Locke, and Bacon, by Mn. Theed, in the nichee. Shakspere is conspicuous by his absence. For him is reserved the place of honour, a niche inside, out of the cold, and at present a cast of the Westminetey Abbey statue faces the visitors ascending the great central stair case. This stair case is exeeedingLy fine, and is quite the principal feature the interior. White marble balusters are surmounted by a grey marble handrail. Before mounting the staircase a fine corridor is passed, running at right angles. On the right or western side the corridor leads to the torture chamber, otherwise the great library or examination hall, a room 72ft. by 53ft., which occu pies the whole of the corresponding wing. On the left, or eastern side, it leads to the theatre or lecture hall, which occupies the whole of the eastern wing, and is capable of seating nearly Buo persons. At each end of the corridor is a transverse passage, and these passages give access to the smaller examination halls which are situated behind the main building, at the extremities of the southern or secondary block, and are separated by private rooms for the use of examiners. The eastern smaller hall will serve as a place of assembly for official persons on public occasions. Ascending the main staircase we reach a landing of polished marble, inlaid in various colours. This landing gives access in the centre to a very handsome Senate room, forty-three feet by 27ft. and 56ft. sin. high. On either side of it are smaller rooms for committees and for the Registrar and Assistant-Registrar of the University. At the extremities are entrances to the respectivegalleries of the great hall and of the theatre, and transverse passages, corresponding to those below, give access to the first floor of the southern block. ' This first floor is occupied by two examination halls, placed over the smaller ' halls of the ground floor, and fitted up especially for the conduct of practical examinations in chymistry and in anatomy. At present the tone of the building is too white. But this will be remedied if Parliament consents ; if, that is, the House of Commons will find the needful funds. The Theatre is not yet quite finished, the lights having to be introduced. But it is a fine room, and the eleven tiers of benches rising one above the other in a semicircle render the place admirably adapted for hearing. To-day Bond-street and Burlington-gardens presented a gay appearance. Flags innumerable were suspended across the former street, and the balconies in the second were hung with crimson cloth and filled with well-dressed visitors. As the Queen had arranged to go through the building, every one of the principal rooms in the university was tenanted with a goodly and distinguished company. For once the ladies were eclipsed in costume by the gentlemen. It is impossible for tongue or pen to describe the gorgeous and many coloured robes in which the members of the university arrayed themselves. The older members were themselves astonished. They had on plain simple gowns, or if they indulged in hoods these were of the quietest colours. But at London University there are many faculties and grades, and there was thus room for invention. The result is that though the University is distinctly non-reli gious, to-day's beautifulgarments excelled anything seen in the most advanced Ritualist church. It would be an ex aggeration to say that every man wore that which was right in his own eyes, for there were certain broad principles laid down : brown for arts, yellow for science, blue and white (a sweet dress) for Bachelor of Laws, blue and purple for Doctors • and so forth. But the amount of colour in each seemed to the decision of the wearer. The effect was grand, and must have astonished even an Oxford Mus. D. if any were present. The most favoured place was the theatre. So favoured was it, and so select was the company, that the building was not filled. The tiers of seats were occupied by mem bers of the Senate (robes were de rigueur) and distin guished visitors, but no ladies were admitted except five, to be named presently. The gallery was filled with Indies and members of theUniversitynot belonging to the Senate. The five ladies were seated in the front row. There was the Countess of Granville (wife of the Chancellor) who occupied the post of honour. On herright were Mrs.Grote (wife of the Vice-Chancellor) and Mrs. Lowe, wife of the representative of the University in Parliament. On her Dft were Lady Louisa Cav en di s h, d aug ht er o f th e l a t e uke of Devonshire, formerly Chancellor of the UniVer sity, and Mrs. Storrar, wife of the chairman of Convo cation. On the same bench were seated Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Forster, Mr. Cowper- Temple, Lord John Manners, Mr. Ayrton, Canon Leighton (Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University), the Lord Mayor and Sheriff Paterson. Those behind them were General Sabine, President of the Royal Seciety in general's uniform, Sir John Bowring, olive-skinned Bebop Keshub Chunder Sen. I noticed, also, Mr. Leathern, M.P., Mr. Winterbotham, M.P., Mr. Shaw-Lefevie, M.P., Sir William Jenner, and a whole crowd cf igedicals—Quain, Russell Reynolds, Professors Bentley, Gordon, Reynolds, Angus, and a crowd of other magnates political, literary, scientific, and the rest. Of the most distinguished persons, Mr. Disraeli was the first to arrive. He was dressed in Windsor uniform, and was greeted with round upon round of applause, chewing that even in so Liberal a body as the -London University there are some Conservatives, or else that the Liberals are liberal enough to cheer great men of every sort. Mr. Gladstone arrived later, and he alone of all the Ministers present was in plain morning dress. For him there was an even more distinguished recep tion than for his rival, the whole company ris4 to greet him with cheering and waving of h and academic caps. At 12.20 the sound of the playing_" God Save the Queen " told us that the .Ce Md the Prinoeee of Wales has], arrived. It was THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAA , MAY 12, 1870. nair an uour later before the second performance of the National Anthem anneiinced the arrival-of the Queen. She was accomnanied by the Horse Guards, and the Coldstrearns on foot were atrawn up in front o f the building with tAgiv And. r Ala g jeety was met at the grand epitomes Lota Granville, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Lowe, and several other Ministers and mem bers of the University ; and having been conducted into the Western and Eastern Halls, and'up the grand staircase into the Senate Room, she descended and entered the theatre, just before one o'clock. She was preceded by the members of Convocation, who took their places on either side of the dais (Dr. Carpenter, the Registrar, having previously received a hearty cheer. The royal party consisted of the Queen, the Prince and the Princess of Wales, and the Princess Louise. Her Majesty was dressed in a black morning dross and bonnet. The Princess of Wales was also in mourning ; the Princess Lo u i se wore a resp l en d ent costume which alone of all the ladies present outvied the doctor's gowns. The Prince was in a general's uniform. The great officers of State and attendants stood in a group on the left, the members of Convocation on the right, and the spectacle at that moment was decidedly imposing. The royal party did not sit down but remained standing while Lord Gran ville presented and read the following address :-- "May it please your Majesty : " We, the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Follows, and Graduates of the University of London, hail with feelings of loyal attachment the presence here to-day of your Majesty and of other members of the Royal family. " The influence of the Crown, during your Majesty's reign, has been exerted in an especial manner to promote and extend education. " It was in the year of your Majesty's accession to the Throne that the University of London began its labours for the encouragement of a regular and liberal course of education among all denominations of the subjects of the Crown. " We offer our dutiful thanks to your Majesty for con senting to open a building which, with the sanction of the Crown, has been granted to us by Parliament, and which, while distinguished by its architectural merits, fully satisfies all the requirements of the University. "We venture to interpret this gracious consent as a personal recognition, an the part of your Majesty, of the progress which the University has made in numbers and in reputation ; and of its success in developing an enlarged system of education among all classes, races, and creeds of your M a j es ty' s su bj ects i n every quarter of the globe. "Your Majesty's visit will confer an historical interest on this building. It will dwell in the memory of those who are this day to receive distinction earned by honour- able diligence and ability; and will sustain the Senate and Convocation in their combined efforts to elevate their university still higher in public esteem. The Queen bowed at the conclusion of the address, took it from Lord Granville's hands, and passed it to Mr. Bruce. She then said in a clear voice " I declare this building opened." A flourish of silver trumpets from the gallery announced the fact to outsiders. Then the loyalty which would have broken out when the Queen entered, but was suppressed by a vigorous official hush, was allowed to have full play. " Three cheers for the Queen" were called, and a good many more were given. Each member of the Royal Vamily present had the orthodox three, and the Queen Looked particularly pleased when the last of them, " the Prince of Wales " was called. Then there followed general bows and graceful curtsies, and the royal party disappeared, having been in the theatre scarcely more than five minutes. As soon ag they were out of sight the Chancellor, the Premier, Mr. Disraeli, and oth er f avour i tes were called, and then thr degrees were conferred by the Chancellor. CHARGE AGAINST THE DIRECTORS OF AN INSURANCE COMPANY. At the Mansion House, yesterday, Mr. Hodges, the manager, and the Hon. A. Joscelyn, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Wright, Mr. Horwood, and Mr. Bulmer, formerly directors of the Monarch Marine Insurance Company, attended before the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir R. Arden, and Alderman Carter, to answer two summonses, charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to cheat and defraud the shareholders of the above company, which is now in course of liquidation. Mr. G. Lewis conducted the prosecution. The defendant( were represented by Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Barley. The defendant lurwood did not appear, and it was stated that he was on the Conti nent when the summons was delivered, A similar excuse was made for the non-attendance of Messrs. Hodges and Wright.—Mr. Lewis opened the case at some leng th, but the inquiry was of coarse only partially gone into. The Monarch was established on the 3d of May, 1869, for the purpose principally of effecting marine insurances, and it suspended payment,in March, 1870, having liabilities to the amount of £200,000, debts to the amount of £20,000, and with no assets whatever. The ostensible charge against the defendants was that they had fraudulently conspired together to deceive and defraud the shareholders by issuing false-balance sheets, and other proceedings of a similar character. It appeared that the company was ori ginally promoted by a person named Swetenham, who was described as an esquire of Huntingdon, in the county of York, but who, in reality, was a clerk in the Monarch Company, and who was to be paid a sum of £6,000 for his services in promoting the company ; but, by the Articles of Associa tion, the directors were empowered to give any further remuneration they might think proper to the same gentleman. The capital of the company was to be £1,000,000, or 22, 000000 shares of R 5 eac h, an d i t commenced business in June 1869; and it was alleged that the defendants took a num ber of shares ; but although, in accordance with the terms of the prospectus, ten shillings were ' have been paid upon each share, it was stated that not a farthing was paid upon any of the shares so taken, but immediately afterwards they received considerable sums out of the funds of the company as directors' fees. The case on the part of the prosecution was that the company never had been a bona fide company, and that the whole of the proceed ings was nothing less than a gross fraud. The prospectus that was the subject of the charge appeared to have been issued in February, 1870, when the company had only been in e: stence a few months ; and when, ac cording to the case for the prosecution the com pany received very large sums of money which they was utterly unable to pay, and .were, in point of fact, in a state of hopeless insolvency. Mr. Lewis referred at considerable length to the facts he proposed to put in evidence, and said he should be able to shew that at the time the company was inthis condition a sum of £3,000 was borrowed from a gentleman named Law, portion of which was used by the defendants for their own purposes. The actual amount paid up in the shares, it appeared, was only £BOO, and Mr. Lewis said he should shew that the prospectus and the names of the shareholders that were published were entirely fictitious and fraudulent. He said there would not be the slightest doubt that a gross fraud had been perpetrated, and the only question for the consideration of the court would be, who were the_persons who were responsible for that fraud.—Th e Right Hon. William, Earl Poulett, deposed that he never applied for any shares in the Monarch Company, or authorised either of the defendants to do so, and although his name appeared in the prospectus as the president of the company, he had never attended at the offices in that capacity, but he had been once or twice in the Board-Joom. He had never acted as director of the com pany, or as president although he was aware that his name appeared in that firm in the prospectus. He was aware that the salary of the president of the company was to be £4OO, but he had never received anymoney for acting as president. H knew nothing about the company, except what Mr. Hodg,s, the manager . told him. lie was informed by him that the company was established for the purpose of insuring ships, and witness thought Mr. Hodgeson told him that they had £7 z ooo balance at the bankers. He did not take any interest in the matter.— Mr. Lewis : Very likely not, but the share holders did.—Examination continued : Witness never received any notice to attend the meetings, of the directors. He saw his name ad : eertised almost daily in the newspapers as the president of the company. It was at the suggestion of Colonel Paget, a friend of his, who was one of the directors, that his name was put to the prospectus as directed. Witness only attended at the board room twice a year, and he merely took part in the business of the day, and signed some policies for ships that had sailed or were about to go to sea. Witness never had his name removed from the prospectus as president until the Court of Chancery interfered, and wound up the company. In cross-examination, Lord Poulett stated that the direc tors appeared to take very active interest in the success of the company, and there was nothing to induce him to believe that all the proceedings were not bond fide and regular. After some further evidence the inuuiry was adjourned. A DESPERATE COMBAT. The Petit Marseillais gives the details of a homicide committed in that city on the person of a workman named Tronc, aged 25, employed in the mill of M. Canapal, by a guard of the octroi, named Sansonetti, a Corsican, and attached to that administration for the last ten years. This man had been for some time past made the butt of sarcasms on the part of the millers on account of his political opinions, and especially for the warmth with which he had espoused the cause of Prince Pierre Bona parte during the trial. On the morning in question he came to the mill as usual, but in a stat e o f hi g h excite ment, and showing a poniard, threatened to use it if he were subjected to any fresh insults. Thereupon Tronc, with a view to preventing bloodshed, slipped behind the other, and locked him firmly in his as, proceeding which immediatelyled to a desperate struggle between the parties. Both soon lost their balance, and rolled on the ground, Sansonetti striking at his adversary with the dagger, and four blows taking effect. He at length abandoned his victim on the arrival of M. Druere, the inspector, who came to separate the combatants, and in reply to some indignant remarks made by the latter drew a double-barrelled pistol from his pocket, saying, " And here I have the means of killing some more of you !" He then walked quietly off to the octroi, and there suffered himself to be arrested. Tronc was taken to the hospital in a hopeless state. An outbreak of small-pox has taken place at Kingston-on-Thames. A few days since there were five cases in the workhouse infirmary, and the medical officer reported that the cook and two men nurses had taken it. The district medical officers reported eighteen cases. It is said to have broken out in a place known as Young's buildings in the town. The British Museum was open to the public up to eight p.m. far the first time on Monday last. The total number of men, women, and children who entered the Museum in the extra hours between six and eight was on the first day seventy-five. MR. BRIG?IT. Referring to the already contradicted rumour of Mr. Bright's retirement from the Government, the Scotsman says that the truth is simply this, that before his Illness Mr. Bright felt very severely the responsibility at taching to a Minister, although the burden of depart mental business fell mainlyon Mr. Shaw Lefevre's younger and more active shoulders ; that Mr. Bright's medical advisers are very anxious that he should enjoy complete mental repose for some time yet ; and that he himself has had some doubts as to the propriety of retaining office under the circumstances ; but that his colleagues are unanimously of opinion that there is no present need of such a question being raised at all. It is probable enough that Mr. Bright will remain on furlough till the end of the session. CLERICAL OPINION ON EDUCATION, Archdeacon Freeman, speaking on the subject of educa tion in his visitation charge at Exeter, on Tuesday, said the poverty of the poor was the reason, to a great extent, why their children were'not found in schools as often as they should be ; therefore no bill would be of real service which did not take into consideration this great social difficulty. The question now raised, as far as the Church was concerned, was whether they could with a safe conscience, accept the terms offered in Mr. .Forster's bill. The clergy hitherto had found no difficulty in de ciding as to the degree and manner in which they should impart religious instruction to those who were not children of the Church. But with regard to the conscience clause it was plain that there were consciences on both sides to be considered—the conscience of the teacher, the clergy man as well as that of the parent ; and there was anotheras pect of the question. If it were said by the parents, " You must forbear during the whole time of instruction from all manner of Christian talk and teaching; you must not breathe religious thought, much less generate a Christian-like or a Church-like atmosphere in your room," he (Archdeacon. Freeman) should reply, " You are asking too much ; you are asking me to forego the varied advantages for the sake of which alone I ever turned secular teacher at all—it is not worth my while, spiritually speaking, to be a secular teacher at such a sacrifice." AGITATION MANUFACTURE. " The Governor of a County Prison " writes to the Pall Mall Gazette, complaining that certain 'persons who are now promoting an agitation against the Contagious Diseases Acts are in the habit of deliberately getting up fictitious testimony adverse to those measures. It is their practice to find out a girl who has been committed to prison for refusing to submit to examination. They ascer tain when she is to be discharged from prison, and when she issues from the gaol they meet her, and thereupon extort from her if possible the statement that she refused to be examined from modesty., In support of his statement the writer tells the following remarkable story :—" A few days ago two respectably dressed females, who did not give their names, came to the prison of which I am the governor, and de sired to see a female (name unknown to them) whose imprisonment was to expire on the fol lowing morning, and who had been committed from a certain town (name of town given) on a certain day. Their object, they said, was to see that the prisoner was `safely sent home to her friends.' The date of committal, the name of the town whence she was committed, and the date of the expiration of her imprisonment being riven, I easily found the prisoner alluded to, and thinking that the ladies were philanthropists who wished to do the girl a real good on her diicharge, but had for gotten her name, I asked them to come, to the prison on the following day. In the meantime I learned from the girl that she had no friends, but that a lady in the town from which she was sent had introduced herself to her, and to all the girls residing in the house with her, before she went to prison, and told her that she hoped all the girls in the house would be of one mind, and not go up any more to be examined. This lady gave the girl, on her being committed to prison, the address of a certain person in the town where this gaol is situated, and told her to go to him on her discharge from prison. I have very good reason to believe that the lady who visited the girl before her com mitment, the gentleman whose address was given to the girl, and the ladies who came to meet her are all con nected with one another, and with the society who are desirous of altering the law. The ladies, in fact, ad mitted this to be the case. The girl informed me that she had been examined fortnightly since the law first came into force, and had never objected until she was persuaded by the lady to do s o . Modesty, therefore, had nothing to do with the girl's commission of the offence for which she suffered imprisonment. Surely the work ing members of this society will do well to reflect that the law can punish not only those who break the law, but those who incite others to do so, and they may rest assured that false represent a ti ons ill do no good what ever to their cause.' REFUSAL TO MARRY UNBAPTISED PERSONS. A dispute has arisen at Braintree on the question of marrying unbaptised persons. Mr. Carey Rees, the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, the vicar of Braintree, and the Bishop of the diocese of Rochester, are the parties. On New Year's Day, Mr. Carey Rees sent a letter to the Bishop of Rochester, of which the following is the main portion : " A few days ago I called on the Rev. Mr. Cartwright; vicar of Braintree, to ask him to publish the banns of matrimony between myself and a lady (a member of his congregation) residing in Braintree. Mr. Cartwright, on ascertaining from me that I had never been baptised, declined to publish the banns. I have therefore taken the liberty of writing to ask your lordship whether Mr. Cartwright was acting in accordance with the laws and usages of "the Church of England in thus declining to publish the banns." Whereupon the Bishop returned the following answer, dated January sth : " Sir,—l believ e Mr. Cartwright was acting strictly ac cording to law in refusing to publish the banns of a per son whom he knew to be unbaptised. I remember the same case occurring some thirty years ago, when I was at Oxford, and it was considered th a t th e c l ergyman was justified in his refusal. But, while I say this, permit me to say that I feel the same pain which, I am sure, Mr. Cartwright feels in placing thi s obstacle in the way of your union. Ido most earnestly wish that the hindrance might be surmounted by your receiving Holy Baptism. You meditate entering into a state in which the future happiness of others (if God should bless you with chil• dren) will depend on your Christian life and example; and as I used always to exhort those whom I married to receive the Holy Communion at the first opportunity after their marriage, so now I do exhort you, if, by God's grace, you can overcome your scruples, to be baptised in order to your marriage b e i ng ce l e b ra t e d w i t h our holy service. I shall make further inquiries as to the legal question ; but I have very little doubt that it is as I say. I cannot tell you how much I shall be relieved if you could consent to be baptised.—Yours, &c., ROCHESTER." To this letter Mr. Carey Rees returned an answer on the following day. He said that with every veneration for the inspired writings, he thought that the inspired Ap os tl es t rea t e d baptism and the Lord's Supper as outward institutions Divinely appointed to symbolise and illustrate certain important religious truths. And that to force them into association with marriage was nothing less than profana tion. However, the bishop made no reply, and Mr. Carey Rees now publishes the correspondence, hoping that the refusals of clergymen to bury and to marry un baptised persons will alike receive attention. It appears that the vicar has acknowledged the illegality of his con duct in refusing the banns. FORGERS IN RUSSIA. An extensive capture of forgers has been made in Russia. In August last a large number of forged five rouble notes were thrown into circulation, and the police lighting upon tracks of the forgers, followed them to all parts of the country. Each day they discovered fresh accomplices. The organisation of the band extended throughout the whole empire, with the exception of Moscow, where there was a separate body. They were divided into two sections, one of which put the false notes into circulation, whilst the other superintended the employment of 10 per cent., which was set aside for the liberation of members who might be arrested. On the 19th of January the police succeeded in getting together in Odessa the principal culprits by pretending to treat for the purchase of a large quantity of notes. The le a d er o f the gang, the cashie r , an d others, were arrested. The next day two others of the forgers were taken into cus tody, one at Nikolagew and the other at Kursk. IRE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BELGIUM. A correspondent furnishes some particulars of the dread. ful catastrophe which has just taken place at Dommel dange in Belgium. A passenger train, which had left Luxembourg on Saturday last, at half-pa3t eight in the evening, and going to Mersch, Ettelbruek, &c., wes stopping at the Dommeldange station, and its locomotiVe working. The signals announcing that the way was free, a goods train, consisti ng o f 40 waggons of 10 tons each conveying minerals,lefl Luxemburg, coming from Esch-on the-Alzette, It had scarcely arrived on the inclined plane, when the breaks broke at once ; then the velocity became prodigious, and a misfortune seemed inevitable. They perceived the danger from the Dommeldange station ; the employes opened the doors of the passenger train, crying, Satire qui peut / At the same moment the goods' train came on swift as lightning, and crossed over the passenger train in its whole length. The latter train was smashed in pieces, and many people standing on the station's quay were wounded by the debris. It is impossible to describe the horror of that dreadful scene. During the whole night workmen were busy at setting free the way. Thirteen corpses, mutilated, most of them affording no sign of recognition, were brought on the platform. All the persons unable to jump out of the train were killed, with the exception of M. Gervais and his wife. M. Gervais, burgomaster of Merch, mem ber of the Chamber of Representatives, and brother to the Minister of State of Luxembourg, is seriously wouWded his wife was also severely hurt near the right eye. And a most extraordinary thing the only vestige which remained of the carriage occupied by them, was only the copp er - p l ate, on which was written "First class." The wounded are numerous. The mechanician of the goods' train and the fireman jumped from it before the collision. The station master of Dom meldange the inspector o f th e Luxembourg line, the mechanician, and the break-man of the goods' train, have been arrested. Most of the victims were poor miners returning home with their weekly salary, A telegram from Berlin states that the Emperor of Russia will arrive there on Friday next, and leave on Saturday morning for Ems. The bookbinder, Wittman, of Wollin (Pomerania), who had been condemned to death, has been pardoned. He had poisoned six wives with whom he had successively married. THE GREEK MURDERS. The Vienna correspotdent of the Eastern Budget saY s ' writing on the 7th inst. :—" According to the accotulb: which have rea c h e d me f rom Athens, the French •A-° sador there has officially notified to the Greek Governtule that France will i n f u t ure h o ld i t respons ible for If security of every F renc h man w h o may trave l i n the colly e l after receiving an o ffi c i a l assurance that t h e roa ds by Y' s he intends to pr ocee d are sa f e. Such an assur ance 1 , b e . to be required in the case of Frenchmen travellinr,m4 tween Athens and th e Piraeus, as there are Frenc h 81 ",;t of war in the latte r p or t, and the French Gove rnin iti • considers that Greece i s b oun d t o prov id e f or the secl,r It of the road between the capital and the sea. 05 is reported at Vienna that an exchanae of notes rg, taken place between Lond on , Paris aneSt. Peters 11 d on the Greek affair. Th e B r iti s h Government, Pik the report, is disposed to ente r on a very eneliece, policy in the matter, but Russia, supported by F r a bet warmly opposes Lord Clarendon's views, and urge it is diplomatic representations would b e su fficient. Russ ia added that Austria strives to detach France from of a in this controversy, as she regards the maintenanue d cordial understandi ng b e t ween F rance an d Eug L iari a nce Eastern affairs as the b es t guaran t ee f or th e main of the status quo. THE PLEBISCITE. Now that the first excitement of the Plebiscite is ac°Cteer; people are busying themselves in analysing the char ge of the votes. The course taken by the army is of soldier, the first consid era ti on , an d th e f act t h at 36,598 „roi have voted with the " Noes," has been brouolt out ,„ ry nently forward by the Opposition. In 1852 the e se e, "Nons" were only 11,077; in 1870 they are, as ;,,, , ene more than three times that number. The Prince 7 es shr barracks appear to have been the most disaffected, afoot • as many negative as affirmative votes being give n ' being! soldiers who voted ear ly i n th e morn i ng i ns i s t e d 011 veo allowed as electors to remain and watch the ballot. rse to were allowed to do so, the officer probably being ay e t h! provoke a collision as the men declared Be. would remain at the risk of being shot these publican agents are said to have been busy anw n g f the troops, and severe measures are spoken of. One regiments stationed at the barracks will, it is said,. en ts banded, and the men scattered among other reg'r a d Six thousand of the Paris garrison, it is said, vo te v ote; The friends of the Empire point to the negative n ot given by the soldiers as a proof that no pressure I , ?!,r t he upon them. They explain the number of the Noes woe unpopularity of Marshal Niel's administration. oft Marseillaise is enthusiastic about the military v° ° 'esi, declares the soldier citizens have done their duty like, _ w o and the moral vict or y i s w ith th e R epu bli cans , as the t 0 ar e and a large portion of the armyare with them. The nee' says that the Duke o f H am ilt on ma d e a b et on the,rvote of the vote. He w as t o rece i ve a L ou i s d' or f or ever.' The over six millions, and pay two for every one below it' t he Duke has gained a handsome sum by his bet. 'hey returns of the voting came in from the departmen ts tai til were telegraphed to the Emperor, who did not retire thre e the last news was received on Tuesday at rem o'clock a.m., and th e P r i nce I mper i a l i ns i ste d o n reu. -- ing up also. Anc lea rhe following ar e th e f u ll re t urns o f t h e vo t es rec in the departments :- ves ot Registered lot Departments. Voters. Voters. Ayes. Noes. 636 65u„ Ain 107,179 91 , 6 7 1 84,021 7, 0 . 1 ' 67 0 Allier 106,876 34:173 90,791 27:160 8 2 2 2: 6 6 9 3 0 4 7 3 , , 4 8 , 1 2 7 8 5 0.-' 2a 4 Alpes (Haute) Aube Ande 7 7 7 4 : 5 42 1 6 9 6 5 4 9 :7 1 6 1 7 1 1 1 3 2:2 8 2 1 9 2 1 : 33 1 Bouchesdußhone 140,606 93 , 790 39 ,57 3 52,975 -- Calvados - 97,944 10,9 93 Cantal 62,433 47,540 44,483 2 ,8„ 5 , 8 96 5 Charente 116,622 103,538 95,516 7,(P' 1. 39 3 Charente (Infre.) 148,188 126,819 109,298 15,9 1 -L Correre 84,392 69,616 65,951 3, 4 ' 2.5 5 Cotes du No r d 16 9 ,345 13 1,118 121,943 8 , 242 Crouse Dordogne -14 6 ,6 96 126,277 114,694 10, 6 0 , Doubs - 8 3 ,564 65,230 48507 16,0 97 1 - , '4 OO Eure 116,887 95,226 72,404 18,453 Eure-et-Loire 84,521 74,751 61,553 11,37 1 .1- gl Finistere 161,105 121,358 116,313 13,2 97 , --- Gard 133,310 102,113 63,938 38,675 Gironde Gironde - - 123,956 38,512 -,,-- 93 5 Reranit 137,855 105,404 66 , 090 38,3 89 630 Indre Indre-et-Loire Isere 168,871 131,707 87,262 43,82 6 8 54 Landes Loire 143,261 112,365 78,563 33,204 03 Loire (Haute) Loire (Inf4rieure) 154,407 110 , 391 92 ,94 3 15,928 -,631 Loiret 100,219 87 , 295 72 , 531 13,061 Lot-et-Garonne - 82,082 72,527 14,524 2547 Marne-et-Loire 154,004 123,789 106 , 917 14,26 Manche 153,875 132,921 - 193 5 Mayenne 121,390 99,989 89,896 4,90 0 :0 Bas Rhin Haut Rhin 129,166 102,476 80,994 196 8 1, 69 0 Rhone 181,832 144,693 90,669 92 , 09 4 , 544 Haute Saone l, A 93,371 72,273 55,208 19,912 Sarthe 132,943 116,286 101,048 13,8 93 '631 Seine 417,488 333,291 139,928 184,18 6 ,731 Seine (Inferieure) 201,333 170,621 123,173 44,939 j' ,6 Seine-et-Marne 102,000 88,814 64,931 23,3 13 , ,*"688 Seine-et-Oise 142,122 128,840 93,598 32,65* Sevres (Deux) 102,954 87,015 79,380 6,63 2 ,"663 Somme 168,286 /48,846 134,042 13,13 1 '',34 Vaucluse 85,111 60,211 33,942 25567 4 0 Vend& 185,043 91,290 84,205 4 ,76 5 2 'ooo Vienne 96,692 82,617 76,006 5,611 1 ' 2 13 Marine (Marne, deux posts) - 15,498 2,970 A STARTLING DISCOVERY. , lid Dr. Johnson, as we a ll k now, was a goo d ha t n t er and his hatred to th e S co t c h was one of hi s " o strongly marked p ecu li ar iti es. W hat, then , is it surprise of the literary world on hearing, P asserted that Johnso n was hi mse lf a Scotchnit',J The story is not a u th en ti ca t e d , b ut i t is put fer,v`'ilie by an adventuro us wr it er as an explanation yes doctor's mysteriou s an ti pa th y to the Lan d o' t-'3.so and all its b e l ong i ngs , w hi c h has given lot to so many various conjectures on the 1), 0 of his critics a n d bi ograp h ers. Bi shop Percy he'' ,; ' .„,l his invectives were uttered more in jest th 3 9 01 earnest. Croker suspects that he had some e r3 „ o l/ cause for his un warran t a bl e d is lik e, and 136°5-the plainly intimates that he was jealous or eo t expo % tis success of the Scotch. The enterprising of the mystery, who believes the illustrl , t y Samuel to have been himself born 11°1 4 of the Tweed, considers that his explanation c,, le n g ,;- up the matter. The Scotch were unpopular in 'c o in Johnson's time,and he thereforesought to to teal a damaging fact, and affected great bitternes3o mislead the public. He had to dissemble hie l a ° s and somewhat ov er did th e process. His hatre d w era sham, as Percy supposes,_ and Cr o k er an d B os well "%;ig right in belie v i ng he had a personal object. or explanation, based as it is on the supposed unP,Ns, larity of the S co t c h i n J o h nson ' s time, does not no with Boswell's assertion that " their succes s e ii England rath er excee d e d t h e due proportion o f , real merit." [ADVERTISEMENT. Consumption, and all a go : bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in eve pta4e ft re l 3 aggravated and aee3l3fated by drugs of ev e y ry descriptio a ale ss; perfe tly curable by Do B ARRY ' S health-restoring Ile vd DO% Artbica Food, as proved by tho usan d s o f cases which llits., ug considered hopeless; such as i n di gest i on (dyspeps i a ), , e asthma, consumption, h ,bitual const i pation , diarrhoea , a l' r n et' derangements, hwmorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency r ra! , vousness, biliousness, fever s , sore t h roat, diphtheria, eat''el' colds, influenza, noises i n th e h ea d an d ears, rheumatisra, osSr impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neura l g i a, irritability, sleie.stalr: „ ness, acidity, palpitation, heartb urn, headache debility, ",„ spasms, nausea and sickness even i n pregnancy or at se - '0 ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ti4htness of the chest, Pa..., 1n5 ,,50 0 ,,," pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, Br.c. 1 ",.,„ r e few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. ber', 68,413—"R0me, July 21, 1866. The health of the Holy Jr`,, excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies , 'Fend' confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arahietdoe of which he consumes &plateful at every meal , It has % t os ° a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his „ aszt i f cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the era' du Midi," July 2i. Cure No. 46,:e70.—Mr. James Roberts: jog s ' merchant, of Fernley, surrey, of thirty years' diseased Gera spitting of blood, liver derangement, and parti a l deafre..,s s i er foir N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart d e D eo l ea, Lord-Lieutenant of NvfoocfP"; of many years' dyspep s i a. —N o. 49,83?. " Fifty years ' in co' agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, eo u gAlsr,: e stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting' s ooli Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many un ti ther !* and more than sloppy imitations to which, without a Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached 19 0 TS In tins, at is 14d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 48 60; 51b lls.; ,„ 0 1,a 24 lbs 4 B.—Also Dir BARRy's REVAIX , ITA A RABIC& Clif`44 eq.; POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 2s, for st Af, t at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 5711 eaP z ., sen t —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins 7, r der. - "i free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Or SP' BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London' all Grocers and Chemists. • BIRTHS. On the 10th, at 64, R egen t' s Park-road, Mrs. LlenrY grooY6 of of a daughter. On the 9th, at th e C ra i g, Wi n d ermere, the La d y n'eie S t a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 10th, at the Church of the H I T BrOile© o.y rllll d t Common, Kent, by the Rev, A. Rawson, rector , s a n or e Rev. R. H. Hancock, A.M. William, only sell 1) 1, — Brow - Gill, Chelsfield, to Louisa, daughter of John Bac h, ley Common. 11 011 On April 26, at St. Peter's, Hampstead, by the Re v ]).1) , Whelpton, M.A , assisted by the Rev. N. Roberts', dlO5 Frederick Stanwell, of Boston, to Mary A Al niece of W. T. Whelpton, Esq., of Belsize Park. DEATHS. On the 6th inst., James Robinson, Esq., of Winderpoo ? ' flair' Notts, nged 80. f S 0" On the 7th inst., in London, Robert Saville, M.D., ° derland. county Durham , d , aged 56. his 11/ 1 . On the 10th at Roch steram Martin, Esq.•, i n "'- year. .c. ; abet l4 On the sth, at 23, B a k er - s t ree t , P ortman - squa re, J. , .° eldest daughter of the lat 3 William Nicol. __.—....0! 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