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"THE AiTAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES PEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MUSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, f3r all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to Lb. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Ordors by Pest aro attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. DIOS ES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. Al] Goods are marked in Plain Figure; from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Ifosiery and Drapery, Hats NIA Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un 3qualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. The following aro the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOY. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. :CENT OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. F OREIGN and COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TRUST (SECOND ISSUE), n Certificates of £lOO each, bearing 5 per cant. (Interest. To b 3 issued at .C.BO. T STET: S The Right Hon. Lord Westbury. Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P. Geo. Wodehouse Cnrrh, Esq. G. 31. W. Sandford, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The success of the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust, which was formed in May, 1868, has called for an extension of this mode of investment. During the last two years the Investors in the Trust have received at the rate of 7 per cent. upon their capital, free of income tax, and 235 Certificates have been drawn and paid off at par. The successful holders having thus received a bonus of £l5 per cent. in addition. The market value of the securities held by the Trust is greatly in excess of the original pat:chase price, and its estimation by the public is shown by the present quota tion of the Certificates, the issue price having been £B5. In compliance, therefore, with a general desire, it has been determined to open a subscription for a second issue not exceeding £600,000, in Certificates of £lOO, to bear 5 per cent. interest, to be issued at £BO. The object, which is now well understood, is to give to the Investor of moderato means the same advantages as the large capitalist, in diminishing the risk of investing in Foreign and Colonial Government Stocks, by spreading the investment over a number of different Stocks, and reserving a portion of the extra interest and the amounts received in redemption as a Sinking Fund to pay off the original capital ; and, in addition, to give to each Sub tr3riber a pro rata participation in the ultimate reversion in these different Stocks, which will remain when the return of the original capital has by these means been accom plished. The annual receipts by the Trustees will be first applied, after deducting the limited amount of expenses, in paying the interest upon the Certificates. The excess will be ap plied as a Sinking Fund in repaying the Certificates at par by annual drawings, to be made in the presence of a Notary Public in the month of May in each year. The securities representing the Second Issue will form a distinct and separate Trust, though identical in principle with that of the first, and under the control of the samo Trustees and managed by the same staff. The Trust of the Second Issue will last for twenty-five years, at the expiration of which time it is estimated that a large proportion of the Certificates will, in all probabi lity, have been paid off, and that a large proportion of the Stocks will still remain for distribution as a reversion ; accordingly the Trust will he wound up as soon as all the Certificates have been drawn, or at the end of twenty-five years, whichever shall first happen, the remaining Stocks being then sold, and any Certificates not previously drawn being first paid off, after which the balance will form the reversion to be distributed pro rata. All sums received will be placed to the credit of the Trustees, at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie. and Co. For each £BO of the total amount subscribed will be issued a Certificate of £lOO with Coupons attached, bearing 5 per cent. interest, payable at the Banking-house of 3lessrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. half yearly, on the 15th of January and the 15th of July, the first Coupon for the proportion of the half year falling due on the 15th July next. In addition to the Interest Coupons, a Coupon, repre senting the share accruing to the Certificate-holder in the above reversion, will be attached to each Certificate. This Coupon of Reversion will be retained by the holder when the Certificate is drawn, and entitle him to a pro rata divi sion of the ultimate reversion. The advantages of the investment may be summed up as follows : 1. Interest at .£6s. be. per cent, on the amount sub scribed. 2. A bonus of £2O per cent. by the repayment of capi tal at par. 3. A reversion, eventually divisible among the holders of the Coupons of Reversion. Application to be made in the annexed Form, accom p inied by a deposit of £lO per cent. Payments to be made as follows : On application On allotment ~ £lO 0 0 70 0 0 VO 0 0 Certificates, with Interest Coupons attached, and also the Coupons of Reversion, will be issued as soon as pos bible after the second payment, of which duo notice will be given. Draft of the Trust Deed, together IN ith forms of the Certificates and the contract as to the expenses, may be seen at the Offices of the Foreign and Colonial Govern ment Trust, No. 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, and Prospectus and Forms of Application may be ob tained of W. B. Rose, Esq., Secretary, and of Messrs. Baxter, Ros,, Norton, and Co., Solicitors, at the same address ; and of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., Bankers, Lombard-street, where all subscriptions must be paid. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TRUST (SECOND ISSUE. To the Trustees of the Fund (care of Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, London). Having paid to Messrs. Glyn and Co., to the account of the Foreign and Colouial Government Trust (Second Issue), the sum of £ as a Deposit on Cer tificates of £lOO eac h i n th e said Trust, I request you to allot to me that number of Certificates, and I engage to pay the further I ns t a l men t o f £7O per Certificate upon that or any lesser number that you may allot to me at the time named in the letter of allotment, in default of which my previous payment will be liable to forfeiture. Name A (hires,: Description Signature THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY of ST, PA'rRICK. instituted in the year 1784. Under the Patronage of her MAJESTY and his Boyd . - Ilighness the Prince of \VALES The EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FES TIVAL of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. .Ltraes's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, the 17th March, 1870, His Grace the Duke of ABERCORN, K.G., :in the Chair VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Marquis of Lansdowne. The Marquis of Ileadfort, K.P. The Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P. The Earl of Egmont. The Earl of Clonmell. The Earl Vane. The Viscount Bective, TliejViscount Ilarberton. The Viscount Crichton, M.P. The Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. The Lord A. Edwin Hill Trevor, M.P. The Lord Dunsany. The Lord Dnfferin and Claneboye, K.P.. K.C.B. The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, STEWARDS. The Right lion. William Cowper-Temple, M.P. The Right, Hon. Francis Plunkett Dunn J. Mant, Esq., M.P. Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Hinmars. Colonel the Hon. Dudley Fitzgerald de Ros. The lion. Robert Harris Temple. Lieut.-General Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K.C.5.1., C.B. Sir George Frederick Harvey, Captain Sir F. Leopold M'Clintock, R.N. Sir Edward Cory. .1101,0 E. Corseaden, Esq. James Courtena3 - , Alexander Findlater, Esq. Thomas Greg, Eel. lon Tract Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Robert M.Calmont, Esc. Morgan John O'Connell, Esq. Jo s r.pli ItadcHT, 13 , q. Captain Hugh de Grey Seymour, M.P. Th, Musical Arrangements will be under the direction Mr. Land, of the London Glee and Madrigal Union. Dinner on table at S,:ven o'clock punctually. As this Fe. , :ival affords to Irishmen in London the ortunily of uniting in the celebration of the national riversary, the committee earnestly hope for a numerous intlvential meeting. Tick.!ts, 21s. each. to be had at Willis's Booms, and at Schools, in Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. The fltildren Dine, as uusal, on St. Patrick's Day, at Soho I', at One o'c1o(1. THOMAS KIPPAX KING, Jun., Secretary. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBITS' FIX: the Yokes Family. At 7.45, PEEP 0' I/AY: Messrs. J. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Bar lett, J. " eville, F. Charles, C. Moore, M'lnt3-re, W. F. Yokes, and Fred. Yokes; Mesdames E. Stnart, Barrett, ichells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosins. Yokes • • cr. 1. 4. X' • 11 esco viol; T") OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The ANNUAL GENERAL MEET: N G of this Institution will he he'd at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishop gate-street, on TUESDAY, the 11th in , tant, a' o'clock precisely. His Grace the Duke of NORTFIUMMIZ LAND, P.C., President of the Institution, in the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adelphi, March 5. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS FIX: the Vokes Family. After which, at 7.4 , , PEEP 0' DAY: MessrsJ. B. Howard, Lewis Nanton, Barrett, J. Neville, F. Charles, C. Moore M Intyre, W. F. Voices, and F. Voices ; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Barrett, 3lichells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosins Voices 1 1 HEATRE ROYA L, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS I.VENING, at 7, POPPING THE QUESTION. , After which, at 20 minutes to 8, ,UR AMERICAN COUSIN ; Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Buckst.ne, Mr Chippendale, Mr Braid, Mr Kogers• Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. 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SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. efi OHN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the tenth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of ono of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing; this woncirful liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel passeage, 93, Upper Thamos street London. E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. 'furs EVENING, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE QUESTION. After wh'ch, at 20 to S, OUR AMERICAN COLT,,IN: Messrs Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Bc.: Mrs Chippendale, Miss P. Wright, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST Rf TAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Tats EVENING, at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER After which, PAUL LAFARGE; Messrs W. Rignold. G. Be:more, VoHaire; Mesdames R. Leclercq and Lethiere. Followed by A DARK NIGH S WO RK : Messrs Rignold, Belmore, Crellin ; Miss Rose Leclercq and Miss Barnett. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Tnis EVENING, at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR. BLOW Mr itenry J. Byron, T. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, Mss Lavis, Miss Eliza John stone, &c. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr Henry J. Byron LYCEUM THEATRE. TITS EVENING, at 7.M, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGP:It And CHILPERIC: M. Marius, G Vincent, Odell, A. Cook, Ls plerre, and M. lierre; Mesdames Dolan), Fitz- Inman, Itomanelli, _Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. S wanborongh. Trus EVENING. at 7, TILE ifEIR AT LAZY: Mr Clarke, Mr James, Miss Button, &c. With TIIE TOODLES. Concluding with INO. WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every Evening (except Sattu clay) at 5; Saturday Mornings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL ORDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on lilcndays` Gd. Children under twelve, Gd. ROYAL ALIIA3IBR A PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. • ,i;vT iIIIT LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1870. THT:nE is nothing more remarkable in political annals than the stimulus given to social legislation by the extension of the franchise. It is but a little more than a year since the Reformed Parliament was elected, and already we have had, either produced or promised for the present session, two education bills, bills for facilitating the transfer of land, a measure for recognising and protecting trades unions, and, by no means the least, a measure for reform ing the liquor traffic. It is this last which is most prominent just now. But it would never have become prominent if the Reform Bill had not passed. As long as the £lO borough franchise was the minimum qualification, the liquor-traders formed so large a proportion of every constituency that they were able to exert great pressure upon candidates. The removal of that limit haa_al 14e emcLl:l4le_SoP2-. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1870. pletoly swamped the publicans, and given the fran chiso to that class which has suffered most grievously from them. This disturbance of the "balance of power" has enabled the Ministry to do that which it would not have ventured to do before—interfere with "the trade." The Beer-house Bill of last ses sion, which was befriended by the present Govern ment, was the first blow, and that it was not a light one may be gathered from a complaint just made to Mr. BRUCE, that thfee hundred beershops had under this Act been closed in Manchester alone. But a far more serious blow menaces this traffic. It is not only the beershops, but the higher class of houses also which are to be dealt with by the bill Mr. Bruce has promised to introduce next Friday. The statement made on Friday by our London correspondent, that liquor sellers are very anxious to entrust the licensing power to persons other than town co diicillors or magistrates, because these will be too much subjected to local influence, was exactly verified a few hours later when Mr. Thompson, acting as spokesman for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Brewers' Association, urged this very point with Mr. Bruce. Ho'fv far he urged it successfully remains to be seen, for the Home Secre tary gave no definite reply. We shall know next Friday, and according to the statement which he will then make will be the action of that large and daily increasing party which demands that the ratepayers, who are the persons most vitally interested in this question, shall have a more or less direct yoke in the regulation of that traffic which now inflicts upon them such grievous pecuniary, not to say other and far heavier burdens. Nor was it only at the Home Office that this sub ject of the liquor traffic was bfought up on Friday. It was introduced into the House of Commons in two separate forms. There was the old discussion upon the malt tax, raised by the persevering Colonel Barttlelot, and there was Mr. Dalrymple's proposition to establish asylums for the confinement of habitual drunkards. The eullant member for West Sussex and most of those M.P.'s who have hitherto supported him, had the good sense to see that this is not the time to ask Government to throw away several millions of taxation in order to cheapen beer. He, therefore, abandoned his old proposal for remitting or reducing the malt duty, and proposed only that a direct duty; should be levied upon beer, as was done by Mr. Gladstone in lien of the hnn duty. Mr. Lowe gave very cogent reasons for not effecting that change, and made the safe promise that when he came to deliver his financial statement he would either assent to the proposal, or state his reasons for not assenting. Mr. Dalrymple's proposi tion was so entirely novel to M.P.'s that the member for Bath could scarcely have expected it would be entertained on the first time of asking. True, asylums for the detention of habitual drun kards exist in the United States and in Australia, both of them English-speaking countries ; but the House of Commons, even the reformed House of Commons, and even in these days of rapid law making, requires a ear or two to consider a matter before it will legislate upon it. For our own part, we need no such interval. An habitual drunkard is virtually insane—that is, has no control over him self; and as he can, and does, inflict far more injury upon those around him than nine tenths of the lunatics now in asylums, we see no reason why lie should not, but very strong reasons why he should, be subject to restraint. More than that, he himself would generally gladly submit to the restraint. It is quite true that he is nominally a free agent when he " puts an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains," but he is really as little free as the man who is suffering from St. Vitus's dance is free to control his muscles. Only put restraint upon me for a while, the drunkard says, and I shall recover my liberty. The spell laid upon me by the drink demon will be broken, and I shall once more be free. Of course we would rather take away the cause than remove the effect, would rather restrict the liquor traffic in the same way as the sale of other poisons is restricted; but as that is not likely to be fully accomplished at once, we would gladly support Mr. Dalrymple in his praiseworthy endeavour to establish refuges for those who long to flee from the cruel foe that now enslaves both body and soul. TN a Short time the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund will meet again, after a long interval. It is to be hoped that before then some influential member of Parliament will make himself acquainted with the working of the fund, and will call the attention of Parliament to it. This fund, it cannot too often be stated, is a national fund, voluntarily subscribed during the Russian war for an especial purpose. For many years part the nation has had no voice in its management, and, as a consequence, it has been devoted to objects utterly different from the intention of the donors. That intention was, that the money should be spent in relieving the widows and orphans of soldiers and sailors who had died of wounds or disease contracted during the war. In a word, the fund was meant for the benefit of two generations, and two generations only. How that intention has been fulfilled we may gather from the history of the Asylum at Wandsworth. A. magnificent pile, costing a prodigious sum of money, has been erected for the reception of the children of persons in the military service. Of course such a building - could not be meant for only the children of soldiers and sailors engaged in the Russian War. Nearly the whole of these must now have outgrown the period of education, yet still this building stands "an eternal possession." How far it is a beneficial one may be gathered from the fact that not long since it was found absolutely necessary to investigate the management of it, and every effort was made to prevent the result of the investigation from becoming generally known. This is but one instance of the manner in which a fund, contributed for a specific purpose, has been diverted from that purpose. It may be said, that perhaps as the amount raised was so large, it could not be advantageously expended upon those for whom it was meant. It may be urged that, just as the llartley Colliery Fund was much in excess of the requirements, and after meeting these a general fund for the relief of colliery accidents was estab lished out of the balance, so the Commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund have been justified in departing from the strict letter of the subscribers' intentions, and in establishing a fund for the perma nent benefit of the military services. Unfortunately, inquiry chews that this is very far from being the case. We have bad brought before us again and again cases in which the persons for whom the fund was subscribed have either been refused relief, or have had it granted to them only after long delay, and as the result of that importunity which of old time was found to prevail even with unjust judges. In truth, applicants for relief have been treated as though they were paupers, and as though the committee were relieving officers whose first duty was to keep down the rates. Advantage has been taken of every technical mistake or omission, just as if the two parties were respectively plaintiff and defendant in an action for damages. In a word, the fund, instead of being administered in accordance with the generous intentions of the donors, as the royal charter expressly enjoins, has been dealt out with the utmost niggardliness on the part of the administrators, and with humiliating conditions on the part of the recipients. In one case the widow of a Crimean soldier was refused relief because during Some years of travelling in various parts of the world as a servant she had neglected to send in her claim at the proper dates. In another case the widow of an officer who died of disease contracted in the Russian War, has been refused because her husband was a militia officer, a circumstance which did not prevent the country from accepting his services, and which ought not to make the country slow in granting relief to his survivor. We will give one more case which has recently come before us. On the declaration of the war against Russia, a boatswain on board one of her nctiOtii 8144_1744 .91'dffed_Witk_WTOgi t 9 the lslacx sea; and he was emplOyed in those waters during the whole of the campaign. For days and nights he was engaged in cutting out and towing vessels belonging to Russia, and during the siege or Sebastopol his ship was detailed to tow out of action any ship that became disabled. In these services he was necessarily much exposed to wet, fatigue, and. anxiety. These told on his health so greatly that though a hale and hearty man when he went out to the Black Sea, ho returned home, as we are assured by his relatives, so much broken in health, that he soon afterwards died at Haslar Hospital, at the close of the year in which the war terminated. He left a widow and five children, and this widow and three of the children were wholly unprovided for. Appli cation was made to the Royal Patriotic Fund, and though all the proofs required by the committee were sent in, the applicant was informed by the Secretary that " having laid the case before the board, he was directed to inform her that they could not grant her any assistance." We add no more on the present occasion. We have shewn that while money is squandered recklessly for the benefit of future gene rations, the two generations for whom the Fund was expressly subscribed are too often excluded from its benefits. The Commissioners will shortly have an op portunity of inquiring into this matter. If they neglect to do so, we warn them that Parliament will have to interfere. The fund. is a national one, and the nation ought to haVe direct control over its administration. CP4- .tv'w td4 . • C O 1 1 r Cdtraff4l4. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6. Her Majesty and the Royal Family attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. LATEST INTELL MENCE (REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PAINS, March 6. The Constitutionnel of this morning quotes the folowing opinion from the Berlin magazine Millie rische Blaetter :—" Ever since the unlucky ex periment with the Mobile Guards, and since the introduction of the Constitutional regime in France, which henceforth clntrols the French army, there are, indeed, no other military Powers left i❑ Europe but Prussia and Russia." BOURSE, March s.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. 3 per Cent End of month — Credit Mobilier 248 75 Transatlantic 215 Credit Foncier _1330 Paris Gas 1755 Suez Canal 340 BAILWAI Orleans Bank Shares 2890 It&Fan rives 55 95 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 46 20 Spanish Threes 26 50 Home Debt — Deferred — 'B, Cash , Western Northern Strasburg • • 605 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 620 Sardinian Austrian 790 Lombard 5OO North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman 521 SPAIN. MADRID, March 5, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Corte, in reply to Se nores Ochoa and Garcia Lopez, General Prim dis tinctly denied, in the name of the Government, all projects of a coup d'etat in favour of the Duke de Montpensier, adding that to the Cortes alone ap pertained the right of electing a King of Spain. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, March 5. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1131 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 114 ; the lowest, 1131. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 lll4. " 1885 llOl. " 1867 llO/. 10-40 Illinois 1371. Erie Cotton—Mil. upland 22lc. Petroleum—Standard White 2Bc. Flour, extra state, $4.90c. to $5.50c. Corn, old mixed, sl.2c. QUEENSTOWN, March 7. The Guion United States mail steamer Minne sota, from New York, arrived here at 5 a.m. She landed the mails and some of the passengers and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.30 a.m. All well. BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, March 5. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, from Southampton 26th ult., arrived at 9 p.m. on Friday, and left at 2 this morning for Alexandria. Experienced heavy gales. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SuEz, March 7. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Rangoon, left at noon, and the Surat at one p.m. yesterday for Bombay and Calcutta. Caiiendish on Bez que. - -- Best —Briscan —Brisque—Bizique —Which is it ? CAVENDISH—great on Whist, a dab at Croquet, a cunning hand at Drole, will explain all about that in regard to the new game to any one who lists, besides laying down the laws of Bezique, as England and America by common consent have resolved upon calling it. In regard to Cutting, Dealing, Drawing, and Playing—in regard to the Eight Last Tricks, and even in regard to Scoring, " Cavendish" is as explicit as the most rigorous of players, even Mrs. Battle herself, could desire the great successor and superseder of Hoyle and Major A., to be. The little handbook now under notice, like all Cavendish's Handbooks, has been issued from the press in the daintiest form by the Delarues the new Guide on Be'zique, taking its place, by right, side by side with those from the same master-hand on Whist, on Drole, and on Croquet. The Table of Scores will be found illustrated by the same pretty little devices as those with which the friends of Cavendish have, within the last year or two, already been so very agreeablg familiarised. 711 E MISSING STEAMER CITY OP .BOSTON. The ship Ben Nevis, arrived off Gravesend on Saturday, from Melbourne, reports that on the 24th February, in lat. 49.35 N., long. 17.20. W., she sighted a steamer disabled, and apparently making for the Irish coast. She was schooner rigged, and under sail. They tried to get near her and ascertain name and particulars, but the sea and weather were unfavourable for approaching. Capt. M. Petrie, the master, thinks this disabled steamer was the missing City of Boston, and that it must be some days before she can reach the coast. It may be well to observe that the City of Boston is not a schooner-rigged vessel, but is a full-rigged ship. It is also doubtful for other reasons —one, especially, that the commander of the City of Boston, knowing the anxiety the non-arrival of his ship would produce at home, would use every means iu his power, if his vessel is disabled, to signalise every passing ship to get his steamer reported, in order to relieve the minds of the relatives and friends of passengers and crew. The names of the passengers, as far as can be at present ascertained, are as follows :—Mrs. M. Cos grove, Mr Guignene, Mr A. C. Morton, Mr and Mrs Whitaker and four children and one infant, Mr James Adshead, Dr Tupper, Mr and Mrs Allan Ebbs and two children, Mr A. I'radger and Mr. J. M. Cole, Mr C. T. Archibald, Mr. and Mrs. Ro land, Mr W. Cochrane, Mr James Cosgrove, Mr Lawdler, Mr R. M'Donald, Mr Duncan M'Do nald, Mr J. M'Kenzie, Mr John Leresely, Mr J. 11. Previer, and Mr P. 0. Niel. These embarked at New York. The following joined the steamer at Halifax :—Captain Stirling, wife, and infant ; Lieutenant Kildrick, wife, and child ; Capt. Hamilton, Lieutenant Orange, wife, and child ; Captain Forbes, Mr E. Billing, Mr T. J. Kenny, Mr C. A. Knox, Mr W. G. Potter, Mr T. R. Ro binson, Mr T. 11. Rol,irv,on, Mr William Murray, Mr A. K. Doull, Mr C. S. Silver, Mr John Barrow, Mr P. Power, jun., Al r 11. C. Money, Mr M. Le conte, Miss Paint, Mr J. 11. Paint, Mr T. Thomp son, Mr J. Allan, Mr J. B. Young, Mr and Mrs Baker, Mr J. D. Purdy, Mr C. Fisher, Mr P. R. Montgomery, Mr W. Parks, and six steerage pas sengers, her crew, officers, engineers, firemen, and children numbered in all about 100. In conformity with the instructions received some time since from the Admiralty, a number of addi tional hands have been discharged at Pembroke Dock. THE COLLISION BETWEEN 711 E BO:11. BAY AND ONEIDA. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following reply to a telegram despatched by them to their superintendent at Bombay, asking for particulars with reference to the collision between the steamers Bombay and Oneida : "Bombay, March 3, 4.5 p.m. "Collision between Bombay and Oneida occurred 24th Jan., about 20 miles from Yokohama, at seven p.m. Quite dark ; Oneida .being under sail and steam, going thirteen knots ; Bombay, steaming head to wind, going eight knots. Bom bay ported her helm, shutting in Oneida's green lights. Oneida starboarded her helm, crossing Bombay's bows, rendering collision unavoidable. Bombay felt the shock so little that Captain Eyre did not think Oneida could have Leen much damaged, and continued his voyage on to Yoko hama. Oneida was cut down on the quarter, and soon sank, with 115 men. Two of her boats, with 61 men, escaped. Do not know names of officers drowned. "Saved :—•Yates, master; Suddard, surgeon ; Coningbield, Captain's clerk ; and 57 sailors and marines. Bombay not damaged. Signed, "G. F. HENRY, Superintendent P.and U.S.N. Co., Bombay." 7HE UNLVARSITY BUJT "LICE. OXFORD, Saturday. The floods are again out, and the towing path rendered inaccessible, while Chris t Church-meadow, which a few days since was entirely free from water, is again covered, and would with a good frost again afford some fine skating. The crew, who are now supposed to be in strict training, again confined their practice to the short course, the stroke oar being taken alternately by Messrs. Woodhouse and Houblon, Mr. Willan coaching from horseback, and Mr. Hall, Corpus Christi College, the Univer sity coxswain, steering. The indecision of the officials Gf the Boat Club in the selection of their stroke has occasioned considerable anxiety in the minds of Oxford men, and a definite selection for that important position will, it is hoped by the well wishers of the " dark blue," be immediately determined on, as the time is Short, the race being most likely to take place on Wednesday, April 6, instead of Saturday, April 9. That Mr. Houblon is thoroughly qualified for the arduous task of row ing stroke over the London course seems a matter of doubt, but in the absence of a better man that gentleman, we understand, will keep his seat in the boat. A few days will determine the impor tant question. The Oxford crew will, we un derstand, leave Oxford as early as possible for their headquarters, the White Lion, Putney, with the view of making up the practice they lost through the inclemency of the weather. The following are the names and weights of the pro bable crew : et lb Bow. S. H. Woodhouse, University ll 8 No. 2. A. G. P. Lewis, University No. 3. F. Payne, St. John's No. 4. S. Edwards-Moss, Baliol No. 5. T. S. Baker, Queen's No. 6. Tahourdin, St. John's l2 7 No. 7. W. D. Benson, Baliol Stroke. T. 11. Houblon, Christ Church... 10 6 Coxswain. A. H. Hall, Corpus POLICE INIELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN.—Thomas Rush, a tall powerful-looking man, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with loitering in 'Waterloo-place and Pall mall, supposed for the purpose of committing a felony. Sergeant Gould, divisional detective, said that' about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night he was in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and seeing prisoner and a female together, and suspecting them he watched them and saw them go down Pall mall—the prisoner on one side and the female on the other. The prisoner then placed himself in a doorway, while the female stopped different gen tlemen. The prisoner and the female then walked to Waterloo-place, and when near the Duke of York's steps the female accosted a man and walked with him into the park, the prisoner following then'• The man pushed the female away, awl she then returned with the prisoner, who walked up to ani looked into some of the carriages, a great number being collected there. The prisoner then, seeing him, ran away, but he went after him and caught him, and on the way to the station he said his name was Thomas Rush, and that he lived in Pye•street , Westminster, and that if he had. known he was going to take him into custody he would have broke❑ his back. On making inquiries he had ascertained that the prisoner had left Millbank Prison a short time since, he having been under sentence of five years' penal servitude for a robbery with violence, and he had nearly six months to serve, being at large on a ticket of leave. He knew the prisoner to be a companion of thieves about the Haymarket, and he had done no work since he bad left r t ison. The prisoner said that all the officer had stated was false, and that he had made it all up for him. Sergeant Gould said that he had been to the address the prisoner gave, and he did not live there. The prisoner said he had been to see his sister, and was going to seek for his mother when he was taken into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner whether he was looking for his mother amongst the carriages ? The prisoner would go to prison for three months as a suspected person, and what was more, he had DO doubt he would then be sent to Millbank to serve the rest of his time. The present case showed how little use it was to let such men out. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The debate on the second reading of the Irish Land Bill will probably extend over to-morrow and Thursday, terminating on Friday night ; and the committee will enter on its labours certainly not later than Monday, the 21st inst. It is said that Mr. Gladstone will make certain concessions to the dissident Irish members, but will resist all appeals to extend Ulster tenant right to the whole of Ireland. THE CHARGE OF LIBEL AGAINST AN M.P, It is confidently stated that the charge of libel against Mr. Hardy, M.P., will not be proceeded with at the ensuing Stafford Assizes, an amicable settlement having been effected. THE MINERS. The Mines Regulation Bill does not give satisfac tion to the colliers of the Midland district, though it is generally admitted that in some respects it is a step in advance. THE WICKLOW PEERAGE CLAIM. The hearing of this case was resumed this morn ing before the Lord Chancellor and the Committee of Privileges in the House of Lords. Sir Roundell Palmer expressed his willingness to call Mrs. Howard. Sir John Coleridge submitted to the Lord Chan cellor whether this was the right course to pursue. He apprehended the charge against Mrs. Howard was one of perjury and conspiracy, and he urged that she ought to be treated in the ordinary way. The Lord Chancellor thought the Solicitor- General bad not put his case in the ordinary light. Mrs. Howard alleged that the chill was her son and was the real Earl. If Sir Roundell Palmer had been in possession of the evidence which he now alleged he had, he would have had an opportunity of cross examining her. He did not think that, her evidence having been given, the case could be said to be closed, and he thought that the ordinary course would be for Mrs. Howard to be cross• examined only on those points on which evidence had not pre viously existed. Mrs. Howard refused to make any statement whatever until the other side had made out their case against her. Notwithstanding her repeated refusals, she was ultimately induced to retire with her counsel for consultation. On her return, Sir John Coleridge said that he regretted to inform their lordships that after doing his best to peruade his client, she still refused to be sworn. His lordship then put the question that Ellen Howard, who had been guilty of gross contempt in refusing to be sworn, be placed in the custody of the Black Rod. The motion was agreed to, and Mrs. Howard was removed to one of the committee-rooms in cud tody of the Black Rod. Mary Bent was examined by Sir John Karslake, and said at the age of 15 she went out to service to earn her own livelihood ; and was now about 28. She was in service at St. Ann-street, Liverpool, in 1863. She there became acquainted with a man called Jones. In 1864 she went into the Liverpool Work house in the month of July, where she remained for six weeks. She was confined there on Aug. 16, 1864, of a boy in the lying-in ward. Ellen Hig ginson, the official over the ward, attended witness from time to time, as also did a nurse named Stewart. The child was registered under the name of William. Shortly after the confinement, on the 23d, about noon, she saw a lady in the ward. There was a lady with her. Mrs. Higginson came with them. They looked all round the room to see if there was any child they would like. There were many women and children in the ward. The lady and Mrs. Higginson tried to induce witness to part with her child. Last Friday week witness saw the same lady in one of the outer rooms of the House of Lords. Sir John Coleridge submitted that before any evidence as to what took place should be given Mrs. Howard should be identified. Mrs. Howard then entered the box, and witness positively swore to ber, and then proceeded :—The lady said that the child should be brought up as a gentleman and should have a first-class educa tion. She gave me from Monday to Friday to consider. She was with me about half an hour. I promised to consider about it. I saw her again on the Friday, and there was no one with her as a companion. Mrs. Higginson came with her to the bed. She then said I was not to own it after she had taken it. After this the child was taken away to be dressed, and I don't remember seeing it again. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, will, it is understood, leave Windsor Castle to-morrow for Buckingham Palace. The Queen will remain in London for a day or two, and then return to Windsor Castle. DEATH OF A MARCHIONESS.—The Marchioness of Tweeddale suddenly on Saturday moaning, at half-past ten o'clock, at Edinburgh. The condition of the Marquis of Ailsa, though still considered critical, was slightly improved on Satur day. His injuries are believed to be chiefly internal. The second meeting of the Fox Club this season took place at Brooks's, on Saturday. Among those pre sent were - the Marquises of Normanby and Hartington ; the Earls of Albemarle, Charlernont, and Stair; Viscount Eversley, Lord Methuen, Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory, Sir Montague J. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P., Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, Hon. Fitzpatrick IL Vernon, Hon. Col. William Edwardes, M.P., Col. Thomas C. B. Challoner, Lieut.-Col. Hambleton F. Custance, Edward A. Sanford, Esq., Augustus K. Stephenson, Esq., Henry A. Herbert, Esq., M.P., George Ridley, Esq., Robert Gur don, Esq., John Charles Dundas, Esq. TIIE KENSAL- GREEN TRAGEDY.—James Camkin, the young man charged with the murder of his stepfather at the Western gas works, was apprehended yesterday in the street by Detectives Jones, 18 X, and Frewen, 266 X. Ho was in a half• starved condition, and said he had not tasted food for 26 hours. Upon being charged ho said, " I certainly did it." The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mesas. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their flue old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening MONDAY 7 min past 5 20 min past 5 TUESDAY... 40 min past 5 54 min past 5 WEDNESDAY 10 min Past 6 20 min past 6 THURSDAY... ..... ..... —5O min past 6 10 min past 7 36 min past 7 5 min past 8 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MA7CII. The English and Scotch gentlemen played a match on Saturday afternoon at the Oval ground, Kennington, in which old Harrovians, Etonians, Carthusians, &c., took part. For a long time the game was carried on with unabated vigour without any definite result. Sides were then changed, and by a very successful run down H. Craw ford scored a goal on the part of Scotland, he be longing to Harrow School. It was very well encou raged, and obtained the applause of several hundred persons assembled. A. Baker, on the England side, had several times tried hard to obtain a goal, and at last succeeded, so that the match terminated with a goal for either side. The following were the players :—England—H. Thornton,. Harrow ; E. Bowen, Wanderers; A. Baker, N. N.'s.; W. Crake, Harrow ; E. Freeth, Civil Service ; E. Lubbock, Etonian ; A. Nash, J. C. Smith, R. Vidal, West minster School ; C. W. Alcock, Wanderers ; W. Buller, Barnes, F.C. ; and A. Morton, 'Wanderers. Scotland—J. Kirkpatrick, Civil Service; W. A. Hamilton, Harrow; A. Kinnaird, Crusaders; C. Hamilton, Civil Service ; W. Lindsay, Wykeliamist; E. Crawford, harrow ; W. 11. Gladstone, M.P., Old Etonian; J. W. Malcolm, M.P., Old Etonian ; R. Muir-Mackenzie, Carthusian ; J. C. Gordon and A. Morten, Crystal Palace. FINE ARTS IN NEW YORK. -a Snedecor's Gallery is already recognised as one of the best places in New York to buy first-class pictures by American artists. Mr. John Snedecor, the enterprising proprietor, and his courteous assistants, have made his large and handsome looking-glass and picture-frame st as well as the artgallery, one of the most attractive estab lishments on Broadway. Here may be found a variety of articles for the decoration and embellishment of a man sion—notably a splendid collection of bronzes and sta tuette groups, by the famous John Rogers and other noted sculptors. One of the two galleries is exclusively devoted to the exposition of a large assortment of choice en gravings, of the English, French, German, and Ame rican schools. Mr. Rudolph Fink has charge of this department. In the gallery of paintings constant changes are going on, owing to the rapid sales effected, and the accession of pictures every week or two, so that crowds of people, representing the wealth and fashion of the city, are attracted there daily. Among ti ose now on view a fair number are from the easels of Llme of our most distinguished artists. Mention of a few cf these will suffice to show the high class of talent represented. " Light and Shade," a charming little rustic picture—children feeding ducks, the landscape part by James M. Hart, the figures and ducks by A. F. Taft. A choice little "Land scape " by James M. Hart, and a little " Marine " by M. F. N. De Haas, exhibiting some of this artist's extra ordinary skill in representing moving water. W. N. Beard has a fine picture—" Landscape and Deer ;" S. R. Gifford contributes a clever "Marine ;" and M'Entee has a " Twilight" landscape, replete with poetic sentiment. Here are also some fine landscapes by William Hart, George Inness, W. Thompson, and others. " Out in the Sun," is by Lambdin. A. F. Tait has a "Cattle Piece ;" George Hall has a picture of a "Spanish Girl and Fruits," and "Rest by the Roadside," is an odd picture by Hennessy. Of course, there aro many other pictures, both figure and landscape, worthy of mention, if space would permit, but we cannot close this notice of Sned cora' Gallery without an allusion to the fine "Bust of Edwin Booth," in his famous character of Hamlet, by Launt Thompson. It is a fine specimen of the work of this rising sculptor—indeed the great actor may congratulate himself on his good fortune in having two such artists as Thompson and Le Clear, to hand him down to posterity iu marble and on canvas. We append the following from one of our exchanges —B. F. Reinhart's studio : Among the late works of this really fine artist (who has recently returned to this city after a long and successful career abroad) is a charming cabinet picture, entitled "The Faithful Guardian." Its design is full of unaffected simplicity, and the story is admirably told. The dog, a perfect bit of character and artistic execution, is represented as keeping a faithful watch over his two little friends and playmates—a pair of truant urchins, who lie sleeping in the grass under the grateful shade of overhanging boughs. The drawing of the fore-shortened figures of the children is masterly, whilst the colouring is rich and in harmonious keeping with the character of the subject. Mr. Reinhart has two or three other spirited little pictures underway on his easel. Among which may be mentioned one, replete with action and expressiveness, entitled "The Yound Heels of Old Virginia," which promises to be an exceedingly fine pia turn when completed. It is being painted to the order of Mr. Charles Osborne, a prominent gold broker.—Corres pondent of Anglo-American Times. The Select Committee on American Navigation have agreed to report a bill, allowing drawbacks on ship building materials not to exceed $3 per ton on wooden sail ing ships, $lO on composite with iron frames and wooden planking, $lO on wooden steamers, $l2 on composite steamers, $l2 por ton on iron sailing vessels, and $l5 per ton on iron steamers. When the materials used are of home production equivalent amounts are to be allowed. The bill allows ship stores and coal to be shipped and consumed free of duty, and gives an annual subsidy to American vessels engaged in the carrying trade for over six months in a year between America and foreign ports, or between several foreign ports as follows:—With British American provinces $1.50 per ton for sailing vessels or steamers ; with Eu:.o pean ports, $4 per ton for steamers; with all other foreign ports, $3 per ton for steamers. The committee also rep .rt a bill substituting for all tonnage duties, 30c per ton, and abolishing all harbour dues, pilotage fees, or other taxes imposed by state or municipal laws. WESTMINSTER. A SAILOR'S FREAKS.—Patric Connors, an able bodied seaman in her Majesty's service, was charged with assaulting Charles Miller, a refreshment house keeper, of 18, High-road, Knightsbridge. Mr. Miller said about ten minutes past eleven las t night the prisoner came into the house a nd dis turbed the people by jumping on their table. 11° remonstrated with him, when prisoner asked for a peck of beans and a peck of oats. Witness wa tt to servo his customers, when prisoner jumped over the counter and struck him in the face and fore head; besides, he broke several plates in getting over the counter. Prisoner denied the assault, and said the prose' tutor took his money and refused to serve him• He was drunk. James, 290 B, witnessed the blow ; prisoner Wa s drunk. nr. Selfe,—Are you in her Majesty's service , Prisoner—Yes, sir, I came up y es t er d a y, an d am going back to-day. Mr. Selfe—No you will not. lam not going to have you going into the man's shop and running, amuck in this way; you are sentenced to seven days hard labour. Prisoner—l have never been in trouble before. Mr. Selfe—No, I certainly shall not allow such conduct. THAMES. THIEVES AND RECEIVERS.—Henry Lawson, a labourer, and Mary Sadler, of Rich-street, Lime' house, calling herself a " marine" store dealer, Wer e brought before Mr. Paget charged with being in th e unlawful possessio❑ of a crowbar. Thomas Norman, a detective officer, saw Lawso n and another carrying a crowbar. It was taken into the shop of the female prisoner and put into a sca le ai:d weighed. Money passed between the parties• Norman went into the shop and seized both 15d 5 ' One escaped. The crowbar was behind the counte r and Norman seized it. The woman said she gave 6d. for it. Norman added that he found lead concealed i° Mrs. Sadler's shop on a former occasion. l b° crowbar was a large and powerful one used on road s ' and L.C. was marked upon it. There was another in Mrs. Sadler's shop marked I.C. Lawson, in defence, said he picked up the crow' bar in the Commercial-road. Mr. Chatles Young, who appeared for the femal e prisoner said the crow bar was only bought as o ld iron, at 3s. 6d. per cwt., which was a good price• The woman was married, and had a large family. Mr. Paget—That don't give her a license to Or chase stolen property. I shall remand the prisoner and not take bail. AN INGENIOUS THlEF.—Henry Gibbs, an a ctive , well-dressed man, aged 21 years, was charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Jani s 'Tower, a shoemaker, of No. 5, Love-lane, Shad well. The prisoner entered the prosecutor's shop and asked him to put two b u tt ons t o th e boot ° his right foot. Mr. Trower said he could not, and the prisoner left. A watch was missed directly afterwards. It was hanging up on the wall behind where the shoe' maker was at work. The prisoner was :pursued, and he threw down the watch which was re• covered. Police-sergeant Freeston, 58 H, said the pri' soner was convicted at the Middlesex Sessions ou the 20th of May, 1867, and sentenced to tW ° years' imprisonment and hard labour, and anothe r was convicted with him and received a similar sea' tence. They went into the shop of a silversmi th and jeweller who had lost an eye, and asked ha ll his opinion of the value of a gold pin. While 11 : was examining it through a magnifying glass vo' ci his only eye, 3 gold watches, 2 silver ones, a° other property was stolen. Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial. DESTRUCTION OF TAYLOR'S FLOUR MILLS 131' FIRE. Yesterday morning a fire broke out at Taylor '° steam flour mills, in the Oval-road, Kentish rroW l3 ' which in a shoot space of time laid in ruins p ro, perty of the estimated v a l ue of some thousands of pounds. The fire originated in the flour 11° ' three floors high and 150 feet in length. Thera was no loss of life or serious personal injury. I ll° following is a copy of Capt. Shaw's official repor t ; " Sunday, March 6, 1870, 3.40 a.m.—Oval-ros cl, Camden-town. Mr. Seth Taylor's flour Cause of fire unknown. Contents insured in the London and Southwark and other offices- --t ' building in the Sun. " A building of five floors (brick and timber)' about 100 feet long and 30 feet depth, with. O n ; tents burned out, and the roof off. The roofs 0' boiler-house and stables severely damaged by fire and breakage. Side walls and staircases, o w tents of warehouses, offices, and dwelling-1 01 1 damaged by fire and heat—all communicating an adjoining. "No. 1, Stafford-terrace, Oval-road. Mr• Freeborne, licensed victualler and proprietor of the Stanhope Arms tave rn . B ac k f ronts scor ched 11 % contents damaged b y smo k e. Insured ill the Phoenix fire office. The depot of the 59th Regiment left Chatham Garrison on Saturday to proceed to Dublin, to 1)° attached to the 47th Regiment. The officers with e the depot are Capt. Hutton and Lieut. Goodall ; depot consists of abo u t 70 o f a ll ran k s . This is 0 ! last depot of the 2d Depot Battalion that is to leapt Chatham ; the three depots remaining of the 15 f b utalion of the 14th Rrgiment, the 21 battalion ° I the 14th, and 39th T will form part of the gene ra battalion at Chatham. cittc du e , Exe 3 p r Ju n Ce❑ ex ( dia pre Sul ex Pre An Cat