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CAUTION. MOSES and SON E. beg to inform the Public that they have adopted and registered a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words " The Standard," with the initials "E. M. & S.' underneath, and that henceforward every article of clothing manufactured by them will have a label or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mark printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat ing the said Trade Mark. - -- • • • • • For trades and addresses see following advertisement, "THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BES WORKMAN:4IIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, for all area, all occasions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. For the convenience of Ladies accompanying their Sons there is a separate department for Boys' Clothing, and it is furnished with a splendid assort ment of Suits, Ov,rcoats, and Clothing for all occa sions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. 110.-iE 3 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. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for mag nitude, variety, and cheapness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all climates, with every re quisitc for the vayage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Pat terns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Wool:endrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all classes. E. MOSES and SON'S Est blishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SCN LONDON: CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ELECTION OF C ITU RC 11W ARD EN S. —TO T FIE PARISHIONERs OF EN GLAND and WALES. The Easter Vestries will shortly be held You are invited to elect only such Churchwardens as will act upon the principle that all Parishioners (poor as well as rich) are equally entitled to the use of their Parish Church. This is the principle of our Ancient Paro chial Law. and is also in accordance with the Teaching of the Gospel. On behalf of The LO.? DON FREE AND OPEN CHURCH ASSOCIATION. ALFRED BUCK LEY, Chairman of Sub. Committee. S. R. TO WNSHEND :BAYER, F.R.S.L. Papers on the subject may be had gratuitously on application to the Resident Secretary, 15, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. JOHN G °SNELL and CO.'S C EIE RRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the eramel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.— Red Bull Wharf, 93, tipper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine line, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 78. 6d., and 15s. each, includ. ing brash. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon. don, E.C. T HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. P THIS EVENING. at 7 o'clock, MY HUSBAND'S GHOST: Mr Clark and Mrs Fitzwilliam. After which, at 7.40, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Ruckstnne, Mr Chippendale. Mr Bowe, Mr oogers, Mr Buck stone, jun., Mr Braid; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Miss C Hill, airs E. FitzwilLarn. Concluding with NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward .sborne, Mr Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Fosbroke, Mits F (3-wynne THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs C. H. Stephenson, a shley; Misses Harris. After which, THE PROMPTER'S BOX: a Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr Benjamin Webst r, Mr Henry J. Byron. Mr J. D. Boveridge, Mr R Phillips, Mr C. 11. Stephen son, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr Ashley, Mr W. H. Eburae, Miss Furtado, Miss Lavis, and Mrs Alfred Mellon. To be followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr J. G. Taylor and Miss Eliza Johnstone. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. 1) 0Y A L STRAND THEATRE 11 Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THLS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Button and Anstiss. Followe•l. by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. Jamed, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes, Anstiss, and Metcalfe. And A FISH OUT OF WATER. VAUD EVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. WILL OPEN THIS EVENING. Apra it. at 8.3 commencing at 7, with an original Comedy, by Andrew Halliday, entitled Full LOVE OR MONEY. An Address, wri,ten specially for the occa sion by Shirley Brooks, Esq , will be delivered by Mr. H. J. Mon tague. A new Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CA tir.." S; OR, THE INFA ATE IN ARMS. And a new Farce, by F. Hay, entitled CUPBOARD LOVE. Supported by the fol lowing Company:—Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey. IL Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne (his first appearance in London), E. Elton, J. G. Gates, .H. Blsnd, J North, and Thomas Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, Kathleen Irwin, Louise Claire, Jenny Beaucierc (her first appearance in London), Rose Evelyn her that appearance in London), Kemp, T. Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. J. Norton, Fellowes, and A. Newton Conductor of the Orchestra—Mr. Arthur Nicholson. Acting Manager and frea,nrer—Mr T. E Smale Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. SA,lls, 6s; balcony stalls,4s; boxes, is; upper circle, 2s; pit, is 6d; gallery, 6d. MIIE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street. Strand. . THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 2i, Delancey-street, Camden.town, N W PORTING.—.J MIN ROBERTS supplies the LATms r EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road. 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GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy V.llage. Lucky Friday. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEHN's—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. ::TRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlcs. Cupboard Love ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke Brown. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Satuiday) at S; Saturday Mom n at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till '.31 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, (kl. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-par k Open dally (except Sundays) Admission. ls.• on Mondays, M.' Children under twelve. gd - l e St \ ' , 11 4 . 2 < ' s UAL lists arrive at Quebec before the emigrants. The Government agent at Quebec, Mr. STAFFORD, makes the requisite preparations on the other side, and the emigrants' on arrival are passed on to those par's of the country where work is awaiting them. there are agents in the other chief towns of the DomiLion, and the. Commissioner of En.igratiou at Ottawa is said to be inspiring fresh life into the movement. By means of this system the emigrant is saved half the rill of Lis venture. Ile does not land friendless and homelFss in a strange country, neither is he left without resources. The. way to success is open to hitn ; the remainder rests with himself. The fertile, yet scarcely tenanted provinces, of our British dependencies offer so ready and so appropriate a solution to the great problem of what to do with our unemployed poor that we can only suppose its simplicity offends our statesmen and philosphers since they resolutely refuse to avail themselves of it. Let us hope that the prac tical good sense of the community may come to the rescue, and assist those able and indus trious workers, who are here condemned to inaction and degradation, to seek " fresh fields and pastures new," where work and competence await them. DISTRIBUTION OF GOOD FRIDAY BEQUESTS IN THE CITY. Yesterday, in the oldest churchyard in the City (St. Bartholomew-!he-Great, Smithfield), a most curious custom was observed, and this in obedience to the will of a lady who many years ago resided in the parish. She bequeathed property for the forma tion of a fund for preaching a sermon every Good Friday, and for the giving to 25 poor widows of the parish 6d. every year for ever. She stipulated that the sixpence should be taken by the recipients from her grave, and those who were by age too stiff in their joints to do this were not to have the small gratuity. No provision was made for the preserva tion of her grave stone, and the money is placed on another beside it. The ceremony was under the direction of the rector, Rev. John Abbiss, ALA., who preached the sermon, and who was presented to the living so far back as 1815. It may be added that he is now 84 years of age. Pis curate is the Rev. A. Squibb, and he assisted in the service of the church, and witnessed, amongst a few others, the carrying out of the ecccreric will in question. GOOD FRIDAY AT THE CRYSTAL PAL kCE. Yesterday the magnificent weather shone brightly for the Crystal Palace. The number of payments was 43,367, and of entrances by season tickets 4,180, making a total of 47,547. Many found their' chief pleasure in the open grounds ; many were attracted by Howes and Cushing's circus, which had been set up on the lower terrace ; by the "Aztecs," as the strangely-matched pair of South American dwarfs are called ; by the performing German dogs ; by the three-!egged horse, and by other shows in the Easter fair. The grand concert of sacred music was, how ever, the chief magnet towards which the clustering units were drawn at half-past three o'clock. Previously the whole system of fountains had been displayed, under the favourable conditions of bright and calm weather. The concert opened with the Old Hundredth Pealm, in which the visitors joined. As the great points were all such as have been made before, year by year, it is only necessary to say that Madame Ruders dorff was so far from having lost any of her old energy that she sang the " Inflammatus" and " Let the bright Seraphim," with, if possible, more Spirit and vigour than usual, and was encored in the last of the two pieces, au honour shared by Mr. T. Harper, who played the trumpet obbligato. On Monday the Easter holiday amusements begin in earnest, Mr. Harry Lemon having written a new extravaganza expressly adapted for representa tion to a juvenile audience, the title being " Cinde rella, or Prince Fe'ix and the Crystal Slipper." filirtCN GI 111.1111}11! IIEIi 111A.IES7'Y. OSBORNE, April 15. Her Majesty and the Royal Family and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting attehle I Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANC PARIS, April 15. It is expected that the Plebiscitum will be fixed for the Bth of May. The Emperor will issued a pro clamation to the people, which will be promulgated at the same time as the decree summoning the people to vote. BOURSE, April 15.—Three o'clock—The mark e closed as follows :- 4} per Cent. 3 per Cents 73 70 Ital'an rives 55 End of month... 73 77j Austrian Fives Credit blobilier ~. 270 Ottoman Loan Transatlantic 2OO Do. Debt... 4B Credit Foncior l2BO Spanish Threes ... 28 Paris Gas 1695 Homo Debt.. Suez Canal 3OO Deferred . RAILWAYS .___. Cash Orleans Western Northern .... 1175 Strasburg i.yons and Mediterranean Southern..... 605 Sardinian Austrian ... Lombard 4271 North of Sp a i n 6 21 Saragossa Roman.. ~.. 49 AMERICA. (By Cable). WASHINGTON, Aprills, A memorial from Mr. Cyrus W. Field, asking for aid to lay a cable between California, China, and Japan, has been presented to Congress. NEW YORK, April 14. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1t31; the highest quotation during the day was 1131 ; the lowest, 1121. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 21 1885 1867 If 1081 1121 1111 110 i 106-2- 159 10-40 Illinois . Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra Stato, $1 40c. to $5 Oc. Corn—Old mixed, $1 9c, NEW YORK, April 15. According to Messrs. Moffat, Davidis, and Co.'s report the week's receipts of cotton have been 45,000 bales, and since the Ist of September, 2,498,000 bales. Shipments to England, 36,000 bales; to France, 2,000 bales ; and to the Continent, 9,000 bales; and since tha Ist of September, 1,660,000 bales. Stock at all ports, 380,000 bales. Middling Upland,• 101.1. cost and freight rer steam►r. WRESTLING AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL. The Agricultural Hall yesterday had a copious programme. The arrangements that had been made for the bull fights were left in their integrity, so that the hall resembled an amphitheatre. It was well filled, and the identirication of the wrestlers was effected by armlets of yellow and blue, corresponding to numbers in a frame with yellow and blue tassels ' attaolled. For the Eleven Stone London Prize there were 49 entries; All Weights, 51 ; and Eleven Stone Country, 46, nearly all of whom appeared. The gallery, as usual, was dernonstra*ive, but le s so than on ordinary occasions. Major Wills and Mr. Marget son did the umpiring, and their decisions in no one single instance were objected to by the audience. 11ST. LONDON PRIZE.-.Out of this entry of 49 there were some of the best men at the weight, and, as all of them verged on llst., the disparity in size was not so great, but stripped, in proper costume, the men looked much bigger than in ordinary dress. Some fine wrestles took place in this contest— notably,- G. Giles (Papcastle), J. Graham (Carlisle), J. Irving (Bewcastle), R. Coulthard (Cockermouth), and J. Strong (Unthank). The two latter were left in for the final bouts—the best of three throws. In all the trial bouts one throw decides. Strong was much fancied, but when he was fairly in hold with Coulthard he had no chance whatever, as his clever opponent got both falls by gathering him up, and by a sharp piece of what billiard players would call screw back, put him down and won the prize. ALL-WEIGHT PRIZE.—Thin is the event of t he meet- ing, and to all intents holds the position of the championship wrestling in England. The celebrities of the weights were W. Lawson (Newborough), G. Steadman (Drybeck), W. Jamieson (Penrith), and R. Wright (Longtown). Lawson, who is the most skilful wrestler of the day, a spare and sinewy man, was thrown by Jamieson by a pipe off the chest, the weight of his opponent telling its tde at close quarters. Wright had a desperate struggle with Steadman after two holds, and it took all his skill for him to get on a half back heel. When Jamieson and Wright faced together they were not long in catching hold, and after a still shorter struggle Jamieson put on the outside click and brought Wright down. The second fall was as quickly introduced, commenced, and concluded as the first by Wright using a quick inside click, and bringing his man down easily. it was now one each, and it ought to have been very exciting, but everybody expected the third fall to go to Jamieson, and everybody was right. Jamieson got a good hold, and with a half-buttock, a rare stroke to catch Wright with, he brought him over. This throw left Jamieson the champion for the year, and though we scarcely can applaud the tameness of the last bouts, no one can deny that the proper man has won. COUNTRY ELEVEN STONE PRIZE.--There was not such good wrestling in this as in the . other two con tests, as several of the men were tired from their previous bouts. The most noteworthy one was be tween W. Lawson (Newborough), and G. Giles (Papcastle.) The final bouts were between J. Graham and W. Lawson. In the first Lawson, having ra.ch on his side as well as science, easily held Graham and biped him, but holding him too cheap in the second bout Graham got a good hold, and using his legs well brought Lawson down amidst great cheering. The third bout ended quickly in Lawson's favour with a hipe as before, and be thus secured the Eleven-Stone Country Prize. The be,t sight of the sports was the wrestling be tween sixteen picked men from the three lists of entries ; the winners, however, were barred, so that the contest became a consolation one. J. Allison and G. Steadman were the last two in, the former a short, compact man, the other an immense broadbackei fellow fully 11 stones heavier. The first tussPl ended in Steadman's favour with a swinging hipe. In the second Allison turned the tables on him, and getting a lower and fast bold he swung him down with a side stroke. The Ist bout was quickly placed to Stead-. man's favour by a hipe. This wrestle concluded the day's sports, which, with the exception of the milk and water contest between Jamieson and ‘Viight, passed off without a hitch. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE The Duke of Cambridge, with General Sir Hope Grant, Major-General Gambier, Colonel Clifton, and Cohnel Jervois, arrived at Exeter on Thursday evening, and attended divine service at the Cathedral yesterday morning. Last evening they left for Plymouth, where they will inspect the fortifications. A part'y of one officer and two sergeants, two corporals, and three privates., of the 27th Regiment, are held iu readiness to proceed to the Ilya° School of Musketry on the 20th instant, for a course of rifle instruction. Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Stanes and Deputy-Purveyor Page have proceeded from Col chester to Watl,y, to meet a control officer from the Woolwich district, and to take over the charge of the barrack and hospital stores at Worley, which has by a general order been recently merged into the eastern district. Massive iron armour-plates, weighing from 10 tons to 14 tons each, and 10in. thick, have arrived at Pembroke dock from Sheffield, fur the Thunderer ironclad ship of war. The plates have been con veyed to Pembroke over the Pembrokean d Tenby Rail way, and have been sent from the station on a heavy waggon drawn by about 10 or 12 horses, but in a short time this inconvenience will Ibe avoided by the construction of an extension of the Pembroke and Tenby line into the dockyard. Large quantities of Welsh steam coal have been stored in anticipation of the arrival of the Channel Fleet. Another batch of 14 hands have been superan nuated at Pembroke dock, and 14 others, labourers and boys, have been dis3harged. Yesterday being Good Friday all work was sus pended in Chatham dockyard and the other public establishments of the port and garrison. The troops attended Divine service in the morning, but had a holiday for the rest of the day. The weather was very fine in the morning, enabling the dockyard men and others desirous of making excursions to avail themselvers of the cheap trips offered by railways and steamboats. The Rupert, ironclad ram, 3,159 tons, 700-horse power, which is intended to be a very formidable and strong vessel as a ram, is to be built in No. 2 dock at Chatham dockyard, but that dock• is at pre sent occupied by the Sultan, 12, armour-plated broadside ship, and she will not be floated out, it is expected, for about a month, several prstpone ments having already occurred, from the impossi bility of getting the vessel sufficiently forward in the time at first allowed. In order, however, that time may not be lost in the construction of the Rupert while No. 2 dock is occupied, the keel of this ram has been for some time past fitting on blocks erected between No. 4 and No. 5 building slips, and the shipwrights have almost completed their tasks. As soon as No. 2 dock is free, the keel of the Rupert will be taken to pieces and rapidly re constructed in the dock, when the work of building may be expected to make rapid progress, as the ma terials of the ship'are now being prepared. The Lords of the Admiralty having decided that the Cerberus, 4, armour-plated turret-ship, for the defence of Melbourne, now completing in No. 4 dock at Chatham dockyard, shall have her turrets fitted with Captain Scott's gun-carriage, that officer has been engaged at Chatham personally superintending the construction and fitting of the carriages, and the work approaches completion. The guns of the Cerberus will be formidable—COO-pounder 18-ton guns. The report of the committee of the Thistle Explo sion Fund shows that the total receipts amounted to £1,103 17s. lid. Grants were made to the widows and families of those who perished, and to those who were injured, but not fatally, cf sums varying from £25 to £lB5. The whole fund has been expended, except about £7 retained for incidental expenses. As soon as a selection can be macic from various prisons and additional officers appointed, an. addition of 250 convicts to be employed on Chatham dock - yard extension works, will be made at St. Mary's Prison, new quarters having been completed for the reception of these prisonets. The increase of convict workmen will enable the au , horities to push forward the portion of the extensive works on St. Mary's Island more rapidly than hitherto. THE COMING STRUGGLE IN THE JOCKEY CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at Newmarket after the races on Wednesday in the Craven Meeting General Peel will move :—That the Derby and Oaks at Epsom, the Doncaster St. Leger, the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and all the great public stakes for which yearlings are mitered, shall close and name on the Tuesday after Doncaster, and that no public stakes for yearlings shall close at a•later date. No stakes for which two-year-olds are entered shall close and name before the third Tuesday in April, and in two year-old stakes for which a small forfeit is declared the time of declaration shall not be fixed at an earlier date. Sir Joseph Hawley will propose that a committee, including the three stewards, be appointed to consider the present condition of the turf. It is due to the Club that he should state why he asks them to take this step. He conceives it impossible to disguise the fact that racing is no longer a national sport, but has become a mere trade with most of its followers. The public are now convinced that the system which has been of late years rapidly growing up in no way tends to improve the breed of horses, but is one of simple gambling, and that in this state of things the Jockey Club silently acquiesce. Such an impression, rightly or wrongly formed, is most damaging alike to the sport and reputation of those who mix in it ; but so long as the recognised authorities remain passive, and make no effort to bring about a better order of things, it would seem impossible to remove it. The committee proposed would not only be able to refute this position if unfounded, but would be able also, if compelled to come to the conclusion at which Sir Joseph Hawley, in common with many others, has arrived, to discuss remedies which the Club might subsequently apply. If the appointment of such a committee should be carried, Sir Joseph. Hawley will submit to them the following pro posals, which he believes to be conducive to the future welfare of the turf. The committee to report their opinion upon the same, with any suggestions of their own, to a general meeting of the Jockey Club, to be held in London about the time of Epsom Races :-1. No horse to run in any flat-race after November 15 or before March 25, and no two-year-olds before September 1. Any horse so running to be thenceforth disqualified from entering or running at any meeting where the Jockey Club Rules are in force. 2. No entries for two-year-old races to be made more than fifteen days before the day adver tised for running. 3. No entry of any horse under four years old to be received in any handicap. 4. No public money, cup, or other prize, to be given in any race to which two-year-olds are admitted to any race under a mile, or to any handicap. 5. All entries to be made in the real name of an owner or part owner as ascertained by rule 34. 6. That, in addition to the private meetings of the Jockey Club, there be also public meetings of that body, at which alone motions to rescind, alter, or add to the laws of racing shall be made. Notice of such motions to be given as at present in the `• Racing Calendar," and the decision to be given by open voting as now used. 7. That the basis of the club be extended, and that not only more gentlemen who are large owners of race-horses, but those who take interest in racing as a means of preserving the breed of horses, be invited to become members. Sir Joseph Hawley will also propose that when a horse does not start, all bets shall be void, and that any person ascer tained by the stewards to have paid or received money upon any bet so void, shall be warned off the Heath, and be disqualified from entering horses for any race what ever. It is also his intention to bringbefore the committee (if appointed) the present system of telegraphing starters, and of declarations by owners, with a view to better regu lation ; and, in case the committee should think some of the proposed alterations beyond the practical powers of the club, to ask them to consider the disirability of petition ing the Legislature to effect them compulsorily. If the com mittee to be asked for by Sir Joseph Hawley in the Crairen Meeting be granted, it is the intention of Lord Ailesbury to submit the following propositions for their consideration :-1. That no public two-year-old stakes, to be run for at Newmarket, or other place under the Newmarket Rules, shall close between the Doncaster September Meeting and the following 25th of March. 2. That the acceptances for any free handicap and the declaration of forfeits for any other handicap to be run for at Newmarket,or other place under the Newmarket Ri'' •3, shall in no case be published earlier than the Thursday .in inediately preceding the week in which the race is to be run. The object of the first proposition is to discourage the early trying of two-year-olds. The object of the second is to discourage play or pay betting on handicap races. Admiral Roils will move at this meeting of the Jockey Club the following alteration of Rule 40 of the Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club :—To omit the words of the present rule up to T. Y. C. inclusive, and substitute the following :—" No public money shall be given to be run for at Newmarket for any race over a shorter distance than five furlongs. " - - LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1870. Easter Monday has come to be inseparably asso ciated in the minds of the public with the great Volunteer Review, which takes place on that day. For many years it has been regarded as the event of the holidays, and also as an object of interest and attraction apart from any other consideration. Undsual curiosity is now excited on account of the inconveniences which were experienced last year on the occasion of the Volunteers assembling at Dover. The weather was as unpropitious as possible, and the delays which intervened were so prolonged and vexa tious that at one time it was believed no Review would take place, and the unwelcome tidings to that effect were disseminated in London on the evening of the day. Happily matters did not turn out so badly as was at first anticipated, but still the affair was not a success, if it was not a failure, and a great deal of disappoint ment was experienced. It seems as if Easter Monday, 1870, were to bring better luck, and as if the ap proaching spectacle at Brighton were to met with the success which has generally attended the pre ceding Reviews in that town. The Volun teers, it is well known, prefer Brighton as the scene of their display, and it is cer tainly the most convenient rendezvous for Londoners. It is true that some drawbacks exist, and that Dover and Portsmouth offer special advan tages, but the fact remains that Brighton is the favourite, and it is useless to dispute the point. chief thing to bear in mind at the present time is not so much the place where the Review is held or the attributes that attend it, as the fact that year by year the Volunteers have been marshalled ii battle array, and gone through their various evolu The tions with the approval and admiration of their countrymen. This is the more important to remember, because it was over and over again predicted that it was a nine days' wonder, and that the sort of thing could never last. Even some who might have known better, but wbose opinion was respected, joined in the outcry, but the result has completely baffled their prophecies, and shown them to have been as ignorant as they were presumptuous in their calculations. The last danger that threatened the Volunteer Service arose when the present Ministry came into office, for the t.mdencies of the Cabinet were well known to be those of rigid eco nomy and a mania for cutting off resources. Through these perils the Volunteers have passed however, and, notwithslauding some sharp skirmishes between Lord ELCHO and Mr. CARDWELL on the subject of the rules and regulations of the service, no material injury appears to have bean sustained, aud no lae of energy is apparent. This is as it should be, Mistakes must be made, and shortcomings appear i❑ all branches of the service, and especially in a volun tary undertaking of this character ; but the great thing is to keep alive the interest of all concerned. So far as the past can speak for the future there seems no reason to apprehend any diminution of the sprit that has sustained the Volunteers from the outset of their career until the present moment. They have profited by the experience that time and trial alone can give, and for the most part they turned to good account the hints and directions they have received. The nation at large has an interest in the success of the Volunteer Review, and it will await the issue with anxiety and hope. These annual ceremonies may be regarded as landmarks in the history of the force, and as signs and t )kens of the unfailing interest which is felt in its career by those who throng to witness them. The late Lord DEBBY emphatically chlracteriscd the Volunteer Inqituti._;n as " defence, not defiance," and the description wa3 admirably adapted fur the occasion. It cannot be denied that, through good report and evil report, the Volunteers have pursued their course, and although sometimes perplexed by doubts and disheartened by depressing circumstances they have been stedfast in their endurance and spirit. In this they have exhibited those sterling qualities which are necessary for the success of any cause, and which have made the character of Englishmen respected through out the world as being equal to any emergency that may arise, neither unduly elated by success nor crushed by disappointment, but resolute to face difficulties. A very interesting sight might have been seen on Thursday in the Victoria Docks, though the busy world of London was probably too busy with its cares, and its money-making, and its holi day-planning to spare it a passing thought. That day, however, was an important landmark in many a humble calendar, and it will prove, we may hope, ,he inauguration of a brighter and happier Five hundred and eighty emigrants— men, women, and children—left the docks in the screw steamer Medway for the Dominion of Canada. They were the first detachment of the adventurers to be sent out this year by the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, and they came, a 3 may be supposed, from very various quarters. Some of them were from Torquay, a climate which will not render a Canadian winter very acceptable, and others from different parts of the pro vinces. The majority were, however, Londoners, and a troop of friends and relatives escorted them to the wharf. No doubt the parting was mournful enough, but at the same time it was full of hope. The emigrants did not belong to the lowest and most melancholy classes. They had self-reliance and courage, and were so far from being rau i ;ers that they had each provided £3 towards their passage. The Society gives the additional £1 needed, and thus uture. the burden is lightened. The scheme is a very s:mple and satisfactory one. Mr. DIXON, the Canadian emigration agent in this country send. out from time to time lists of intending emigrants to the Government of Quebec. These lists give the name, age, and occupation of each member of the families, and the number of the children, and the ➢IEETING AT TRA.FALGAR-SQUARE. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, a public meet ing to advocate the principles and objects of the newly-constituted Land and Labour League was held at Trafalgar-square. At the time named a pro cession of the working classes, headed by a band, and with numerous banners, took up a position around the Nelson Monument, and the utmost good order prevailed throughout the proceedings. Th e chair was occupied by Mr. HENNESSEY, who strongly insisted upon the necessity of the waste, unoccupied lands of this country being appropriated for the employment of the working men now requiring labour, such lands to be taken poss es _ sion of by the Government, by paying the present owners a fair market value. He said that a reply had been received from Mr. Gladstone, stating that he was unable to receive a deputation from the league, but he should be happy to have a communi cation setting forth its views. The present meeting had therefore been convened to place before it a memorial which it was intended to present to the Premier. A suitable Memorial was adopted, and a deputation appointed to present it at Downing-street. 'rho assemblage broke ud about six o'clock. The Prince of %Valcs is announced to preside at he annual dinner in aid of the Royal General Theatrical Fund, which is announced to take place on the IGth of May ler Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide (the Princess of Teck) has been pleased to appoint Colonel James T. Airey, C. 8., to be Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to her Royal Highness. The State apartments of Windsor Castle will be opened to the public on and after Monday next, the 18th instant. It is not probable that Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey will succeed Sir James Yorke Scarlett in the command of the Aldershot division. Mr. Benjamin Horne, of the well-known firm of Chaplin and Horne, railway carriers, died yesterday morn ing, aged 67. It is announced by Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co. that the public subscription for the Bonds of the Des Moines Valley Railroad will be closed on Tuesday, the 19th inst. COLUMBIA FISII MARKET.—This market is to Com mence business at five a.m., instead of six a.m., on and from Monday morning next. On Thursday last the first large consignment of salmon arrived from Ireland, and sold briskly (wholesale) at an average price of ls. 10d. per lb. Tho mackerel on sale in the market throughout the week have been very fine. A FLOATING FISH MARKET.—A plan has been submitted to the markets committee for the enlargement of Billingsgate market by means of a floating covered way, to extend the entire length of the Custom-house Quay, and of sufficient width to give an addition of four times the space of the existing market, with which it is proposed to connect it on the river side, so as in no way to obstruct the naviga tion, nor interfere with the approaches to the quay. Con sidering the scarcity of land space in the vicinity, there is reason to believe that a plan for utilising the useless mud shore will meet with all proper attention. Tie proposed structure is to bo of a suitably ornamental character. • The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Idessts. DUNVILLE sdt Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." lIIG II WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening SATURDAY 10 min past 2 ... :.. ...33 min past 2 SUNDAY 53 min past 2 18 min past 3 MONDAY 40 min past 3 58 min past 3 TUESDAY.. 20 min past 4 45 min last 4 WEDNESDAY 8 min past 5 30, min past 5 THURSDAY 50 miu past 5 17 min past 6 FRIDAY,. ..... ............ 43 rain past 6, l2 rain past 7 ~~/ CONFESSION OF THE IRISH MURDER. John Cleeson, in custody for the murder of Patrick lCirnan at Clenbane, near Holy-cross, confessed his guilt at an investigation held in Cashel B ridewell, on 'Thursday'• FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY. A surface man, named Macpherson, while jumping off a ballast train this morning was knocked down by a , passenger train near Stirling and killed, He leaves a wife and three children. Macpherson was a discharged sf Mier, and had earned the Crimean, China and Indian medals. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN PRACTICE. Mr. Paynter Allen has just made an inquiry, conducted under the auspices of the Society of Arts, into the exist ing state of education in Richmond, Twickenham, Mort lake, and neighbourhood. Mr. Allen gave special attention to the religious difficulty. Some of his remarks on the actual value of the religious teaching under the existing system are worth notice. He says that the present religious instruction is inefficient and bad. In one of the three large parishes the clergy abstain almost altogether from visiting the schools in their minis terial capacity, religion being left t the teachers, who would be glad to be relieved from the respon sibility. Thereis a similar abstinence in most of the other parishes. But where the elf tgy really undertake this task they do so spasmodically, and the teachers are unanimous in pronouncing their instruction worthless. Ministers would stand aghast at the opinions expressed by their subordinates of the mode, as well as of the value, of their lessons. Their teaching is said to be mechanical, their exegesis elevated far above the comprehension of the children ; they do not engage attention by aptitude in awakening sympathy, and their catechumens are consequently more often mystified than instructed or enlightened. As an illustration of the justice of these charges, an instance may be mentioned, as stated to me, of a lad in a primary school, who, having been allowed to take the Sacrament, was overheard by the head-master to say, in reply to some inquiries by the other boys in his class relative to the wine, that if he had known he should have had so little of it he would not have given himself the trouble he did in preparation. A curate taking an earnest personal interest in an evening school frankly says he has never entered the day schools for the purpose of givinc , instruction. Another minister, who also leaves religion to the school master, says his experience leads to the impression that the only Bible knowledge with which children are gene rally familiar consists of the anecdotes in the life of Joseph. The simplicity and attractiveness of that narra tive have too often recommended it for indiscriminate reading, and this fact has led gen tl emen o f hi g h p os ition in this district, as sincerely anxious as the clergy or any others can be that religion should not be reelected in our ~ehools, to ask whether there is no impropriety in allowing certain passages in the life of the Patriarch to be read in mixed schools, with boys and girls at the age of puberty ; and if it is not putting a teacher in a most awkward and painful position to compel him to be witness to a curiosity and remarks which he is helpless to repress. In this connection, too, a reference may bb made to a , practice, which assuredly would appear out of place were we not so accustomed to it, of requiring children to be present and to respond during special services for women in the church. Nor is the Catechism itself entirely free from passages upon which a teacher must not venture to comment. These questions do not appear to be unworthy the attention of our high ecclesiastical authorities, par ticularly as it is said and believed by some that some things daily repeated very carelessly in schools were not intended for children's ears at all. There is one school in the district which has obtrined the reputation of devoting more than ordinary attention to religioug knowledge, and inquiries were instituted in every part 01 the parish, and among all classes of employers with the view of ascertaining what character boys with these advantages maintained in their situations. Among tradespeople the complaint was common that no confi dence could be placed in them until their fifteenth or sixteenth year, when the discipline they bad gradually . learned in previous situations began to tell upon their conduct. A. well-known physician said the boys he engaged from this school to carry medicine turned out very bad, and that in Richmond generally that was their repute. The newsagent at one of the railway stations states that the majority of the boys he has had from the same school have gone wrong; one stole a sovereign from him. A lady, who was accustomed to select a boy from the school for her page, lost so many articles by one after another that she has determined not again to have a page. From these facts the conclusiOn is that the formulas of doctrine which constitute the staple of religious teaching in the primary schools, whatever their value or the constancy of their repetition, do not, in point of fact, give any appreciable advantage of character to boys instructed in them over those who have been taught to observe the plainer rules of practical Christianity. CAPTURED BY BRIGANDS. Brigandage is very active in Greece just now. A Reuter's telegram narrates the capture of two secretaries of legation, one English and the other Italian, three Eng glish travellers, and two women, the latter being released. but the former detained until the payment of heavy ransom. This is not the only event of the kind that has happened lately. Several captures have been made. A correspondent of the Times, writing from Salonica gives an account of the adventures of one young Greek, who has just escaped from a horde of robbers, in the Thessaly mountains. The following is the story : The young Greek is one of four brothers, possessors of coasting vessels and inhabitants of Kariza, a village situated at the foot of Mount Ossa. It appears that two of his brothers and another inhabitant of Kariza were re turning to their homes from the sea coast, a walk of about an hour. Th e y h a d go t a b ou t halfway, and had reached a spot romantic in its solitude and abounding in rocks and trees, wh en th e y were su dd en l y surrou nded by eight brigands, who appeared as if by magic from their hiding-places, armed to the teeth—this well-known phrase in this case being literally verified, as the brigands carried their swords between their teeth ready for action, in case the guns which they held their hands levelled at their victims should miss fire, or prove insufficient for their deadly work should anY resistance be made. In this case, however, it was impos sible, as only one of th e b ro th ers had a revolver, which wal loaded with shot instead of ball. The brigands forthwith despoiled them of 100 liras which they had in their pos session, and made prisoners of two of them—viz., the youngest brother, aged 21 years, as they sa id h e wou ld be able to walk the best, and the companion of the brother, aged about 30 years. There seems to have been soma fatality in the family of the elder of the captives in thus falling into the hands of the brigands, as about tell years ago his father was in the Church of Karizat with the greater part of the villagers, when it was surrounded by brigands. In trying to effect 11 10 escape, as, being about the richest person in the village, he feared being taken prisoner, he fled to the roof of the church, and was there shot by the brigands, who, nevertheless, got a good round sum from the brother of the victim, who was unaware at the time of what had occurred. Seven years after this event the brother who had been thus duped and had been led to pay so much. i money, and which had r e d uce d th e f am il y very muc h n circumstances, was taken prisoner by the brigands, who, not being satisfied with th e 2500 given them as a ransom, cut off half of each of his ears. The cap tors, with their two prisoners, made their escape to the mountains in the neighbourhood, and for two days continued their flight night and day, and for two more days they did not rest except at night. During this time they managed to reach the' rocky heights of Mount Othrys, which form the frontiers of Greece and Turkey, where they remained in compara tive security for 18 days. I am informed there are other brigands who infest this chain of mountains in parties of twelve and twenty-five, amounting ill all to about one hundred. The brigands lived; well in th e i r mounta i nous retreat. Lamb and mutton, which they r oas t e d b y t h e i r fi res, f i gs an d other ruit, milk, wine, ,Szc., formed their daily fare ! , and in the even i ng they, sang their robber songs, and seemed to enjoy themselves very much in their rocky abode. The two prisoners were kept bound night and day, but not so as to prevent their walking; otherwise they were well treated, with the exception of the cruel threats that the brigands assured them they would carry out if the ransom were not paid. They at first demanded 4,000 liras-1,000 liras from each of the four brothers — ransom for the younger of the prisoners, but afterwards they reduced their demand to 2, 00 ° liras, of which th e y i n f orme d th e b ro therS at Kariza by letter, threatening to cut off the ears and nose of their prisoner if they did not fully coin ply with the-demand. Before the answer came, and after the prisoners had been twenty-two days with their inexorable captors, it appears one night, having probablY drunk more wine than usual, they became very drowsy and slept soundly, those who were on watch not excepted- The younger and more vigorous captive, pretending at first to sleep soundly, now seized upon this oppor tunity, and made his escape to Armyros, where ai friendly hand cut his bonds, and whence he pro' seeded to Volo on horseback. Having previously; informed his brothers by letter of his escape, and of the unfortunate drowsiness of his fellow prisoner, who stal remained with his captors, and for whom they demanded 1,000 liras as ransom, he left Volo by s t eamer f or Salo nica, where he arrived on Friday, the Ist instant and visited his relations there—the family with whom I am at present residing. The evening was spent in rejoicings: and among those present who were overjoyed to see to return of the one who was given up for lost, none WO more merry than the escaped captive. A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A horse belonging to Mr. Porritt, of Burnham Market, died suddenly. Th e cause of death not being known, the body was t o when in its stomach eight stones were found, six of them, weighing a pound each, the other two half a poun'lA They were sharp-edged, and of triangular shape,, an how they found their way into such a strange situation is not apparent.—East Suffolk Gazette. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A MARRIAGE CELEDEA- TlON.—Several persons were injured at a marriage celebra tion at Hexham. Some young men were firing cannons in honour of the union of Mr. W. Ridley to Miss TenlP l ,_e• both of Hexham, when a spark fell into a powder coil which immediately exploded, i n j ur i ng one man, name' Taylor, very much and seri ous ly b urn i ng several other who were standing near. MR. 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